Grammar Gazette- Issue 3, 1993

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Kate Eltham wins a. D. U. debaters win Garth through to state team KOIter Memorial t ophy A term of debating success

ing future as our younger debaters continue to participate in this adj ing putsuiL One tomn whose torii, *bution to Grim, nar debating has been lurelu able is the galelO Junior Al goup. Cara Dunas, Vanessa Granger, nametle mmn, Tnntity Ryan and Nabsha Stintng coned an OPPrl"- nib, to debate in the Grind Final, containg the topic'*hatA^minais becoming too in figious". Despite by ing narrowly defeated by N1 11.1 lows' icon. , am the students gained valuable debating experience, aswe" as trophies for them relves and the icon. Offering students OPPortuni

1993 finals series has entertained participants and spectators. Topics featured in the grand finals focussed on legal issues but this dld not diminish the dynamic nature or the debate. The 51u dents' admirable research into is sues such as ", hat the U. S. is an unfair trader", ", hat we should abolish the states, and '*hat Maho is a step in the right direction" resulted in lively, sincere and or ten humorous exchanges. The dominance of Girls' Groin mar debatersin the schools' coin". titionisevidentfu, the 51ats, its which record that every one or the lime tea, us mom our school advanced to the linels series and five or these competed in the semi-final ror their erode

Johanna Sing -.^.^^-^ For BrisbaneGirls'Groannnr, the 1993 debating reason has been an unpre"dented success in addition the Kate Eltham s selection in the state team, the Queersland Debating Union Grand Finals tight on 23 A". recognised onr tomwork and competence Brisbane Girls' Cronn, ar was presented with the prestigious earth Kofier Memorial Trophy for the champion school in the QD. U. coin petition. This award is a reflection or theseh"o1 ECUtstsn""Braun, shall grades or debating Every ham con tributed it this attainnenL hangumted in 1989, this is the tidy"rGirls'Grammarhas@med this award and it indicates a promis-

night and despiie these being the first pre (as opposed to short prepam lion) dBbares of the trials. adrenalin

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One of Groinmar's successful de. barers, Kato Eimannin Yearll. has wassiillrunninghigh. Kaledisplayed recently shotfrom being wellknownto confidence and skill to be seleried as being furious. She was selectsd as the the first reserve firs reserve for the 1993 Queensland The national competition was held Debating learn. a rig earn. in Cantorn for aweekatthebegiimng Kare. who has been debating with or term lime. The first few da s were the Queensland Debating Union since spent muting atobvision sales of de Year8, wentihrough aboutfiverounds bales foreh"dren. Topicsincluded'that of trials before being selected in the school sport should be coin ulso " training squad from which the team and "that the Simpsons are an ideal was decided family" These trials involved short co- The "real" competition began on retion debates every weekend. Any Monday. and involved six heals and one could enter the trials. and those two finals Topics for a Intx, ore of people who impressed the selectors shortprepamtion and prepared debater werecalled back formore trials. Sho included "that we should inner VCne prepyra"on debares involve a secret rimlitorilyin Bosnia" 'that racialvilifi subject. which is disclosed an hour cation should be a crime". and "that before the actual debate be@ns. Each Medicare is a ranure". By Thursday. learn 18 required to come up with a after two rebaies a day, Western AUS complete case within tha hour' This balm had won the most debates. and highr sound difficult enough, but iris Queensland had to race New South even hader in blowing your ream Wales in a semi-final. Queensland members or the adjudicators. Kale. won this. but uniformnaiely lost the however, passed each successive round final against Western Australia. and was finally selected in the final One highlight of the week was a squad of twelve. fomaldinnerforalldebaiers. The guest This squad had a month's inton- speaker was Rotori Tick, Ier. the Fed SIve training before the final selection eralMinisterforAboriginalandTones night. where the slate team was finally Strait Islander Affairs. chosen. There were two debates on the

ties to use their wit and logic in exhilarating clashes with some or the state's best school teams, the Apex debaters perform s rongly

Mahon Louise Woodhead Worrying whether their palm cads. __,,, pens andblazerallcolourco-ordinaled. Allhebeginningofienntiireethere 11was DSUresigithe 1993 Apex us bat was an abundance of "tribal goup ing, finals were approaching. ings"inside and around the library and This year. three of the six Apex G21evels. There were groups of girls debating learns made it to the quarier clustered around Concise Oxford Die- finals : the Junior A and B teams and nomades, delibemling and debating the Senior B. The Junior A team was over which colour palm cads to use - the only one o these 10 debate their

wayinto the semi-finals. Despite their had work. the team 10s 10 All Hat' lows' by a mere point. foewts, tombc"I^ich, ts be, ,,,, 31"ad' reamamb^^^, a; lireB. "nunis"tintsofitsd*@saltsA mmbstigmilyaE

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