CSUN to Host Speech and Debate Tournament
(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2004) -- Debaters from throughout Southern California will be gathering at Cal State Northridge from Nov. 5 through Nov. 7 for a series of speech and debate competitions.
ÒThis will be a full service tournament offering three preliminary rounds, individual events, open and novice, parliamentary debates, and three divisions of policy debates,Ó said Becky Opsata, director of Forensics at Cal State Northridge.
She said some of the fieldÕs leading experts will be judging the competition, including Jeanine Congalton of CSU Fullerton, Erick Roebuck of Biola, Dawn Jacobs of the College of the Canyons, and Voiza Green of Azusa Pacific.
Parking on campus is recommended at Lot B1 at the corner of Nordhoff Street and Darby Avenue on the southwest corner of campus. Participants and visitors will be able to buy a $4 one-day-pass from the yellow automatic vending machines or from the visitorsÕ booth.
For more information, call Becky Opsata at (818) 677-3043 or
e-mail her at becky.opsata@csun.edu.