Results from the Nebraska Double-Up

Hey everyone! We had another successful weekend at Creighton University for the Nebraska Double-Up. Here are the results:

Saturday October 24th

Allison Henri: 2nd in Prose, 3rd in ADS, 3rd in Duo (w/Cameron), 1st in Poetry, and 2nd Overall Speaker
Niveditha Rajagopalan: 3rd in CA, 6th in EXT
Brian Robinson: 6th in ADS
Blaine Miller: 4th in CA
Cameron Logsdon: 3rd in Duo (w/Allison), 3rd in DI, 3rd in Poetry



Sunday October 25th

Cameron Logsdon: 1st in DI, 1st in Duo (w/Allison)
Allison Henri: 1st in Duo (w/Cameron), 2nd in Poetry, 2nd in Prose, 2nd in individual sweeps. 2nd in overall individual sweeps for the weekend
Danielle Steen: 2nd in Info
Brian Robinson: 3rd in ADS
Blaine Miller: 3rd in Prose
Jonna Rebensdorf: 5th in DI
Niveditha Rajagopalan: 6th in CA

UNO finished 4th on both Saturday, Sunday, and overall!



UNO Forensics will host our annual tournament with Doane College this weekend. If you want to attend or judge email asyrek@unomaha.edu.

Results from the Sunflower Swing

On October 10th and 11th the team traveled to Newton, KS to attend the Sunflower Swing, co-hosted by Bethel College and the University of Oklahoma. Here are the results:

Saturday, October 10th:
Cameron Logsdon: 1st in Prose, 1st in POI, 3rd in DI
Niveditha Rajagopalan: 1st in ADS, 3rd in Impromptu
Tessie Stednitz: 1st in Poetry, 3rd in POI
Brian Robinson: 1st in Extemp, 3rd in CA, 4th in Impromptu
Blaine Miller: 1st in Persuasion, 6th in Duo (with Danielle)
Jacki Miller: 3rd in Persuasion
Stephanie Larsen: 5th in DI
Danielle Steen: 6th in Duo (with Blaine)
Eastin Yates: 2nd in POI

UNO got 2nd in team sweeps.

Sunday, October 11th
Brian Robinson: 1st in Extemp, 4th in CA
Cameron Logsdon: 1st in Prose, 2nd in POI, 2nd in DI
Niveditha Rajagopalan: 3rd in Impromptu
Danielle Steen: 2nd in Informative
Tessie Stednitz: 3rd in Duo (with Eastin), 3rd in POI
Eastin Yates: 3rd in Duo (with Tessie), 6th in POI
Jacki Miller: 3rd in Persuasion
Blaine Miller: 3rd in Prose
Jonna Rebensdorf: 4th in Duo (with Stephanie)
Stephanie Larsen: 4th in Duo (with Jonna)

UNO got 2nd in team sweeps.

Combined Sweepstakes:
UNO took 2nd in combined sweepstakes for the weekend.

Results from K-State

Our first tournament of the year was this weekend at Kansas State University. The team had a great showing:

Saturday, October 3rd:
Allison Henri: 1st in Poetry, 1st in ADS, 2nd in Duo with Cameron Logsdon, 4th in Prose. Allison won overall individual sweepstakes on Saturday.
Niveditha Rajagopalan: 1st in Extemp, 2nd in ADS, 4th in Impromptu
Brian Robinson: 1st in Impromptu, 4th in Extemp, 5th in CA.
Blaine Miller: 1st in Persuasion, 3rd in Prose
Cameron Logsdon: 2nd in Duo with Allison Henri, 4th in DI
Tessie Stednitz: 3rd in Poetry, 3rd in POI
Eastin Yates: 5th in POI
Danielle Steen: 6th in Informative
Stephanie Larsen and Jonna Rebensdorf: 6th in Duo

1st place in Team Sweepstakes.

Sunday, October 4th:
Cameron Logsdon: 1st in Prose, 1st in POI, 4th in Duo (with Allison) won Overall Individual Sweepstakes
Allison Henri: 1st in Poetry, 2nd in Prose, 4th in Duo
Niveditha Rajagopalan: 1st in ADS, 2nd in Ext, 4th in Impromptu
Tessie Stednitz: 1st in Duo with Eastin Yates, 2nd in Poetry, 3rd in POI
Eastin Yates: 1st in Duo with Tessie
Brian Robinson: 1st in Impromptu, 5th in Extemp
Blaine Miller: 3rd in Persuade
Danielle Steen: 5th in Informative

1st place in team sweepstakes.

Combined Sweepstakes Results:
Allison Henri won Overall Individual Sweeps for the weekend
The team won Overall Individual Sweeps for the weekend

Thanks to KSU for hosting such a great tournament. Thanks to Aaron Duncan for getting us such a great discount at Super 8!

Kansas State Results

Hey everyone! We're here at Kansas State for the first tournament of the year. We're going to be posting results on our Twitter feed as the day progresses, if anyone is interested! Head to http://www.twitter.com/unoforensics. The first post is already up! More as it happens.

The Forensics coaching staff was hit with the flu this week! It's not easy to satisfy the needs of hard-working students when no coaches are available to help. Thankfully, we all recovered and practice was at full throttle tonight. I'm thrilled to share that we finished another speech!



We're now looking forward to the annual swing we host with Doane College, which will be held at UNO October 31st and November 1st. Any fun Halloween themes you'd like to see for trophies? While you ponder that, don't forget about our Mary Kay fundraiser on Saturday, September 12th. Remember that you can always purchase products online and the proceeds will still be donated to our program. To do so, visit the link below and then click "Contact Me" at the top of the page. This will allow you to email Betty Hatfield, our party consultant, to place your order. Just be sure to tell her that your order is part of the UNO Forensics fundraiser! Enjoy shopping!

http://www.marykay.com/bettyhatfield

Mary Kay Party With a Purpose - To Support the UNO Speech Team!

Now, I know we just did a fundraiser, but not everybody loves baked goods and snack food as much as they like Mary Kay products!!! With this in mind, you are invited to A Mary Kay Party With A Purpose!



On Saturday, September 12 from 2-6 pm at 914 S 37th St Omaha, NE 68105, the team will be hosting a fun get-together with the chance to pick up some Mary Kay goodies you can't find in the stores! 100% of the profits go to support UNO Forensics and our bid to pay for our national tournament. The team travels most weekends from October through April, so our time to start really rolling in donations to pay for nationals is running out. Come and support the team and snag some stuff for yourself while you're at it! Anyone is welcome, but if you wouldn't mind shooting a quick RSVP to asyrek@mail.unomaha.edu, it would be greatly appreciated. Hope to see you there.

Weekend Workshop

On Saturday, August 29th we had another workshop on campus. This was our first chance to get a good look at this year's team in action. We are discovering a bit of a demographics issue.


That some of us may have a problem with.


On a positive note, it's always fun when school starts and the team is together again. We've spent the summer talking about a lot of social, political and cultural issues that our students are energized about. It's so much fun to watch the light bulb go off as they discover new passions and develop their own "voice." We've got interpers watching persuasion and extempers watching poetry! Oh, and you'll all be pleased to know that we only had one event go over 13 minutes!