Archive forJune, 2010

DEBATE- Kansas City wants to through a huge shout out to Whitney Young High School’s Misael Gonzalez and Kevin Hirn for winning the NFL Policy Debate National Championship. This team hails from the Chicago Urban Debate League. DKC staff has had the pleasure of judging these two at NAUDL nationals last year. They are a [...]

DEBATE-Kansas City’s Director, Gabe Cook, and Director of Debate at UMKC Matt Vega appeared with Tim Sheaff (Board member National Forensics League) on The Walt Bodine Show Wednesday to discuss debate in general and the National Forensics League’s (NFL) National Tournament being held in Kansas City. More than 5,000 students, coaches, and parents are in town [...]

By Jamelle Brown- Thirteen Sumner Academy forensics students joined 5,319 students from across the country to compete last weekend in the CFL Grand National Tournament in Omaha, NE. Three Sumner Academy students, Jazmyne Preston (Oral Interpretation of Literature) and Marcus Banks/Robert Coppage (DUO Interpretation) advanced into elimination rounds and medaled in the top 48! David [...]