0 2A - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom MONDAY: In Other Ivory Towers TUESDAY: Off the Beaten Path THURSDAY: Before You Were Here FRIDAY:. Photos of the Week NASAL PREVENTION Fast on their feet To che non-debater, listening tu a debate round may feel like life in fat-forward. Keeping up with the Univer- ity of Michigan Debate Team means prenenting and refuting arguments at 300 to 400 words per minute, according to debater Maria Liu, an LSA sophomore. To put this into pernpective, the aver- age conversation ia carried out at i10 to i50 wordsaper minute. "We do a lotuofresearch before the school year starts and we have prep time during rounds to formulate arguments," Liu said. "Butcthere's also a lot of thinking on your feet." Each debate season begins with the introduction of a new topic, around which every tour- nament for the year is framed. The theme this year deals with how the U.S. government should address nuclear weapons prolif- eration. Debates throughout the year can vary anywhere from philo- sophical issues to concerns with international relations to deci- sions regarding U.S. domestic and foreign policy. The i4-member team partici- pates in four to five tournaments every semester at different uni- versities across the country. Tournaments consist of several rounds in which teams are guar- anteed an equal number of affir- mative and negative stances. Debaters compete in pairs, and each is permitted a nine-minute constructive speech, a six-min- ute rebuttal speech, three min- utes of cross-examination time and 10 minutes of preparation time. To prepare for an upcom- ing season, the team meets for a week of extensive training, which involves research on the season's topic, speech drills and other exercises before fall semes- ter begins. "We spend a lot of time in the Michigan library system doing computer-based research," Coach Aaron Kall said. "All of the arguments mustcbe supported by evidence, facts, figures, articles and dissertations." During the year, team mem- bers have scheduled meetings every week, as well as occasional mock debates as practice for competitions. The most recent tourna- ment took place at the Univer- sity of Kentucky, where Liu and LSA junior Edmund Zagorin advanced to the octafinals, tom- peting as one of the tournament's top 16 teams among 133 others. Zagorin also won the 1tch place speaker award out of 266 other debaters. 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CRIME NOTES Thief steals lunch Roughhousing in WHERE: University Hospital WHEN: Monday af about 10:40 am. WHAT: A hospital staff mem- ber reported that bee lunch, tD and credit cards were stolen from the break room, Univer- sity Police reported. There are no suspects. Tire stolen, bike left behind WHERE: 700 Block K. Uni- versity WHEN: Monday at about 2:50 p.m. WHAT: A female student reported that a tire had been stolen off her bike from where she had parked it, University Police reported. lotunge room WHERE: South Quadrangle WHEN: Saturday at about 7:45 WHAT: A police officer noticed a leg had been ripped off the couch and the hand sanitizer mounted on the wall had been stolen in the first floor lounge, University Police reported. The damage value is about $250. Laundrylifted. WHERE: Mary Markley WHEN: Friday at about 5:15 p.m. WHAT: A female student returned from a meeting to find all of her laundry stolen out of the machine in the Frost laundry room, University Police reported. ~CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Mental health Video game symposium tournament WHAT: The fourth annual WHAT: There are free video symposium about mental game tournaments every health in the workplace. Wednesday night. Prizes will This year's installment be offered. 'will address anxiety dis- WHO: Michigan Union Bil- orders. liards WHO: Counseling and Psy- WHEN: Tonight from 8 to chological Services 11 p.m. WHEN: Today from 10 to WHERE: Michigan Union, 11:30 a.m. Billiards Room WHERE: Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Room p r71 ~- r I International careers panel WHAT: A panel of environ- mentalists will discuss global climate change issues and career opportunities in the field. WHO: International Cen- ter WHEN: Today from i to 2:30 p.m. WHERE: Dana Natural Resources Building, Room 1040 WHAT: Physics professor Helen Quinn of Standford University will give a lec- ture about how gravity has contributed to human understanding of the uni- WHO: Physics WHEN: Today at 4:15 p.m. WHERE: Lorch Hall, 140 Askwith Auditorium CORRECTIONS 0 Please report any error in the Daily to correc- tions@michigandaily~com. 1When amale driver attempt- ed to flee after being pulled over for driving erratically, he was run over by his own vehicle, the Portland Press Herald reported. The driver, who is charged with driving drunk, forgot to put the truck in park before -he attempted to run away. 2Aheroin addict back from the dead and the ghost of an old man visible only to Japanese exchange students are both figures from the book "Ann Arbor Area Ghosts." >>FOR MORE, SEE THE STATEMENT 3Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan told an audience in Mem- phis on Sunday that he believes the MiNi vaccine was created to intentionally kill people because the world is overpopu- lated, UPIcom reported. He said many wise people will opt not to be vaccinated. 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