2024 National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence
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Feature by: Baker Weilert, Director of Debate & Forensics
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The Whitman College Debate and Forensics coaching staff extends an invitation to the 2024 National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence (NPTE), hosted here on campus on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 in Maxey Hall.
In 2001, Whitman College hosted the first NPTE, and 20+ years later we are incredibly proud to have the national tournament here again. This is the first debate tournament hosted on Whitman’s campus in over a decade!
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How to watch: You can find a complete schedule in the tournament invitation available at nptedebate.com. Additionally, if you want to follow along with one of Whitman’s four teams in the pool you can find round pairings at tabroom.com.
Some important notes: While this national tournament is an “open” event, competitors always reserve the right to forgo an audience. Please be respectful of these requests, and take additional care when spectating to not influence the outcome of the debate by avoiding cheering, clapping, recording, texting or any other distracting behavior. Additionally, parliamentary debate takes place at a rather rapid speed of delivery (approximately 300–350 words per minute) and might be difficult to follow at times. I have gone ahead and provided an example here, but spectators should expect rapid delivery, critical argumentation and speeches focused on content over form.
Please join me in welcoming this year’s NPTE National Championship Tournaments competitors from Parliamentary Debate at Berkeley, University of Texas at Tyler, University of the Pacific, William Jewell College, Kansas City Kansas Community College, San Diego State University, McKendree University, Saint Mary's College and of course, your own, Whitman College.
Go Blues!
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Biology Student Earns First Place Poster Award
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Heidi Dobson, the Spencer F. Baird Professor of Biology, recently took two senior research students, Biology major Lauren O’Rourke ’24 and Biology and Hispanic Studies double major Quinn Miller ’24, to the annual meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America in Hawaii. The students presented their thesis research in poster form and Miller earned the award for first place in the undergraduate posters for his poster titled “Aquatic insects change along a river’s course: insight into causative factors.”
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Intergenerational Panel Discussion Tonight
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The History and Hispanic Studies departments will co-host “Intergenerational Dialogues of the Oaxacan Diaspora” on Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m. in Olin 129. A panel of Walla Walla and Whitman community members will discuss family history, Oaxacan and Mexican heritage and diasporic culture in the United States. (Flyer attached.)
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Music Department Concerts This Weekend
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The Music Department will present two concerts this weekend at Chism Recital Hall in the Hall of Music. The Whitman Orchestra Spring Concert will take place on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. and will feature Concerto & Aria winner Irene Tsai ’24 on piano and original works by Composition and Visual Art students. (Flyer attached.) The Jazz Bands 1 & 2 Spring Concert will take place on Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m. (Flyer attached.)
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Identity Fraud Assistance for Employees
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Have you or a family member been a victim of Identity Fraud? Use Canopy, Whitman’s Employee Assistance Program. Employees and family members receive up to a 60-minute free consultation with a highly trained Fraud Resolution Specialist (FRS). The FRS will conduct emergency response activities and assist members with restoring their identity, good credit and with the costly steps to dispute fraudulent debts, etc. Members also receive an emergency response kit outlining actions and suggestions regarding identity theft prevention and restoration of the member’s damaged identity. For assistance, call 800-433-2320 or schedule on canopywell.com.
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The men’s golf team recently won the Northwest Conference Championship and will now play in the NCAA National Championship. Mason Remington ’27 won the conference championship and was named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. Assistant Golf Coach Bill Howard was named the Men’s Coach of the Year.
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Welty Student Health Center
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Hunter Conservatory, Kimball Theatre
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Intergenerational Dialogues of the Oaxacan Diaspora
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Das Deutche Haus (Interest House)
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Reid Campus Center, Side Lawn
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La Maison (Interest House)
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