Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Highland Park High School Debate Team had their best tournament at the Illinois Congressional Debate Association State tournament.
The information below comes from District 113. The Highland Park High School Debate Team had their best tournament ever when they swept the Illinois Congressional Debate Association State tournament, placing 1st in both the Championship Division and the Invitational Division. The tournament was held at Harper Community College and the top 14 debaters competed with the best from 25 schools. Want Highland Park news in your inbox? Subscribe to Patch's newsletter. The team also brought home many individual trophies. Representing the Championship Division, Eli Ruffer, Alexa Soren, and Alex Foster won the Critic's Choice award. Matt Kaufmann placed 2nd and Eli Ruffer was Best Presiding Officer. In the Invitational Division, Alex Froy and …
Monday, February 4, 2013
The HPHS Debate Team placed 1st in the invitational divisions with Caleb Goldstein receiving the highest achievement as the 3rd place Quality Speaker (3rd out of 250).
The information below comes from District 113. Highland Park High School recently hosted the Tournament of Champions Qualifier and Invitational; over 400 competitors from 25 schools competed in the two divisions. The HPHS Debate Team placed 1st in the invitational divisions with Caleb Goldstein receiving the highest achievement as the 3rd place Quality Speaker (3rd out of 250). Individual awards also went to: Claire Rafson, Cari Kraus, Andy Kaufmann, and Isaac Lasko won Critic’s Choice Awards. 1st Place Speaker went to Corey Novak and Alex Froy. 2nd Place Speaker went to Ben Karp. Best Presiding Officer went to Claire Rafson, Ben Karp, Cameron Deahl, and Andy Kaufmann. In the TOC division Alex Gordon placed 7th, Matt Kaufmann placed 11th…
Monday, October 22, 2012
State's Attorney candidates Chris Kennedy and Mike Nerheim participated in Sunday's League of Women Voters Lake County Administrative Offices Debate.
The Lake County State's Attorney office has been attracting national media attention since 2011, when a scandal involving multiple counts of wrongful convictions came out. Democratic candidate Chris Kennedy and Republican Mike Nerheim discussed their visions for restoring the integrity of the office at the League of Women Voter's Lake County Administrative Offices Debate on Sunday afternoon. Holiis Burgess moderated the debate, with the audience submitting the questions anonymously. The questions began with one asking the candidates about how they would ensure that the office becomes more transparent, without sacrificing the privacy of those involved in sensitive cases. "The role of the State's Attorney is to go out into the community and …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
One letter has sparked a heated debate between two Patch editors, and we need our readers to settle this once and for all.
Joanna Schneider, editor of Glenview Patch, recently noticed that Stan Golovchuk, editor of Northbrook Patch, was writing "in the North Shore" when referring to local news. She pointed this out to him and advised he use "on" instead. She insists this the appropriate attribution, and a few of their colleagues seem to agree. Golovchuk did not appreciate the advice, not one bit. A fight broke out — words were said, pans were thrown and still no clear winner emerged from the debate. Both sides made some strong points. "Towns such as Northbrook and Glenview, which consider themselves part of the North Shore, are not along the lake," Golovchuk said. "Therefore, they wouldn't be on the Shore, they're in it. It being a region. C'mon people." …
Monday, April 25, 2011
This weeks Patch Portraits also features a Niles Boy Scout helping to restore community history and a Wilmette pastor delivering his final Easter sermon.
This week's Patch Portraits was produced and edited by Pam DeFiglio, Jennifer Fisher and Andrea Hart. Check back on Mondays for the next installment. Also showcased: a Wilmette pastor delivering his final Easter sermon and a Niles Boy Scout helping to restore community history. Four years after winning the two major high school debate contests as a team, Matt Fisher and Stephanie Spies united again at Northwestern University to win the biggest college competition—the National Debate Tournament (NDT). The two Glenbrook North graduates, both seniors, can now add the 2011 NDT crown to their successes, along with the 2007 Tournament of Champions and National Forensic League Competition. “What’s served us very well in debate rounds is the fact …
Friday, November 19, 2010
The tournament, held Friday and Saturday at HPHS, attracted debate teams from across the state for two days of legislative argument.
It's Saturday afternoon, and 500-some-odd students are milling around Highland Park High School's hallway, chatting in small groups, sometimes disappearing into classrooms or bathrooms. These kids are comfortable in suits, in starched blistering-white collared shirts, in black skirts and heels and at least one pink shirt/bow tie/mohawk combo that is, quite frankly, awesome. All the finery is in honor of the Illinois Congressional Debate Association tournament, this one hosted by Highland Park, which has just ended. Debate teams are here from high schools around the state, many of which are substantial drives and overnight stays away. The students have spent nearly eight hours debating a variety of topics over the past day and a half. They…
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