Here are the results from the 2010 Guy Yates Invitational, held at West Texas A&M University on November 19th and 20th.
U.S. Extemp
Champion: Haylee Dodson (Seminole High School)
2nd: Maggie Main (Holliday High School)
3rd: Reed Chappell (Seminole High School)
4th: Emily Gonzalez (Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School)
5th: Sarah Murphy (Denver City High School)
6th: David Rios (Big Spring High School)
Here are the results from the GGSA IE #2 Tournament, held at Pinole Valley on November 20th.
U.S. Extemp
Champion: Alec Bahramipour (Miramonte High School)
2nd: Ali Hasanain (Miramonte High School)
3rd: Mike Zhu (Dougherty Valley High School)
T4th: David Tse (Miramonte High School)
T4th: Jake Friedler (San Ramon Valley High School)
5th: Emily Tribble (Miramonte High School)
6th: Rami Bata (Miramonte High School)
Here is your Thanksgiving week Extemp Central shor t answer news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
Here is your Thanksgiving week Extemp Central multiple choice news quiz. Pick well and good luck!
Results are in from the 2010 Glenbrooks have just come in. After an intense competition involving many of the names in this year’s National Points Race, Dylan Slinger of Lakeville South High School in Minnesota edged out National Points leader Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina by one rank in the tournament’s final round. Slinger took three of the five available first place ranks, while Donahue took the other two. Slinger picked up two four’s from the other two judges on the panel, but Donahue pulled a heartbreaking six after receiving two second place ranks. This was the first major national circuit appearance for Slinger, last year’s CFL national champion and final round national champion in United States Extemp at the NFL National Tournament. Unbelievably, this is Donahue’s third consecutive finish at a National Points Race tournament this year, as he placed second at Wake Forest and Yale earlier in the season. Slinger’s victory keeps the Glenbrooks extemp title in Minnesota for a second consecutive year.
In other tournament news, Monte Vista High School in California placed two extempers in the final round. Jason Kim placed fourth and Louis Li, last year’s California state champion in International Extemp, placed sixth. Kim and Li’s respective finishes will be a boost to Monte Vista’s standing in this year’s National Team Point Race. The other extempers to make finals were Ross Slaughter of Walt Whitman High School in Maryland, who placed third, and Kimia Dargahi of L.C. Anderson High School in Texas, who placed fifth.
Several prominent extempers saw an early exit from the tournament. Yale winner Curan Mehra of Scarsdale High School in New York dropped in preliminary rounds, Jared Odessky of Nova High School dropped in quarter-finals, and Catherine Chiodo of Des Moines Roosevelt High School in Iowa and Nabeel Zewail of San Marino High School in California dropped in semi-finals.
Since the Glenbrooks is a third tier tournament all of the extempers who broke will receive National Points Race points. The National Points Race standings, the Extemp TOC qual board, and the MBA Bracketology page will be updated later in the week to reflect this weekend’s events.
Here is your R&D for November 18th:
Fears of new food crisis as prices soar from the Financial Times
The cost of global food imports will reach $1 trillion this year for only the second time in history. The UN warns that rising inflation in emerging countries could create a second global food crisis. The last food crisis was 2007-2008.
Mitt’s bad medicine from the Boston Herald
Although former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is seen as a front runner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012, he has one lingering problem: his healthcare overhaul in Massachusetts that served as a model for President Obama’s healthcare reform package. Considering the anger of the GOP base towards Obamacare, this issue could complicate Romney’s 2012 hopes.
GM Stock Sale in High Gear from the Wall Street Journal
Generate Motors is expected to sell $18.1 billion in shares in what experts believe will be the second-largest U.S. initial public offering (IPO) ever. Yesterday, GM sold 478 million shares at $33 each, which beat expectations.
Here is your R&D for November 17th:
Thousands of Sudanese register to vote in secession referendum from the Los Angeles Times
Thousands of people in southern Sudan registered to vote for a referendum that could split the country in two in January. The registration process is expected to last two weeks.
Russian Arms Pact Faces New Obstacle from the Wall Street Journal
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona announced his opposition to a vote on the new START accord with Russia because of concerns that the cuts to America’s nuclear stockpile endanger national security. Kyl wants more money to modernize the nuclear arsenal that America will be left with after the treaty is ratified.
TSA chief likely to face lawmakers’ questions on pat-downs, body scans from CNN
The controversy over the TSA’s screening practices continues as TSA chief John Pistole will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Critics say that the use of full body scanners and pat downs is an invasion of privacy and that it is a waste of precious resources.
Here are the answers to this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. Does Aung San Suu Kyi need to call for Western nations to end sanctions against Burma?
2. Will NATO’s efforts in Afghanistan be improved by recent agreements with Russia to bolster cooperation in the area?
3. Is kidnapping the next venture for Somali pirates?
4. Will Sarkozy’s cabinet reshuffle fix his problems with the French right?
5. How can India improve building safety?
6. Is the UN to blame for Haiti’s cholera outbreak?
7. How will Prince William’s engagement impact how the British people view the royal family?
8. Why is Russia angry over Viktor Bout’s extradition to the U.S.?
9. How should Pakistan respond to President Obama endorsement of India’s candidacy for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council?
10. Is Ireland going to bring down the euro zone?
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Here are the results of the Dobson High School Invitational, held on November 12th.
Champion: Jackson Arn (Chaparral High School)
2nd: Noah Wuerfel (Chandler Preparatory Academy)
3rd: Megan Mcfeely (Shadow Mountain High School)
4th: Bill McDonald (Brophy College Preparatory)
5th: Jenny Chen (Sunnyslope High School)
6th: Thomas Lin (McClintock High School)
Here are the results of the IHSFL Fall Conference.
Champion: Catherine Chiodo (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
2nd: Maddie Holmes (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
3rd: Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
4th: Steven Bork (Iowa City High School)
5th: James Lindgren (Marshalltown High School)
6th: Katy Roat (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
7th: Claire Yocom (Des Moines Roosevelt High School)
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Here are the results of the Mauldin Maverick Invitational, held on November 13th.
Champion: Paavan Gami (Southside High School, South Carolina)
2nd: Allen Worth (Asheville High School, North Carolina)
3rd: Anand Shah (Southside High School, South Carolina)
4th: Isabel Williams (Myers Park High School, North Carolina)
5th: Mohit Gandhi (Southside High School, South Carolina)
6th: Patrick Withrow (Myers Park High School, North Carolina)
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Here are the results of the PBCFL Tournament at Boca Raton, held on November 13th.
Champion: Meyer Kizner (Boca Raton Community High School)
2nd: Kevin Solove (Atlantic High School)
3rd: Haylee Becker (Atlantic High School)
4th: Brian Callahan (Suncoast High School)
5th: Michael Ollukaren (Suncoast High School)
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Here is your R&D for November 16th:
Prince William to marry Kate Middleton, giving Britain a 21st-century princess from the Christian Science Monitor
While continental Europe is being hit with serious economic problems this morning, Great Britain woke up to good news: that Prince William will marry his college sweetheart, Kate Middleton next spring or summer.
Ireland told: Take EU bailout or trigger crisis from the Guardian
The European Union has warned Ireland that it needs to make a decision within 24 hours about whether or not it will accept a bailout. Spain and Portugal fear that they could be next if Ireland defaults on its debt.
Russia denounces ‘Merchant of Death’ extradition from the UK Telegraph
Arms dealer Viktour Bout, dubbed the “Merchant of Death”, has been extradicted by Thailand to face terrorism charges in the United States. Russia has claimed that the extradition is illegal.
1. Was the latest G-20 meeting a huge blow to Obama’s presidency?
2. How will the controversy over full body scanners and pat downs impact the airline industry?
3. Will cuts in defense spending tear the GOP apart?
4. Did Michael Bloomberg make a major error choosing Cathleen Black to run the New York City public school system?
5. Who will win Chicago’s mayoral election?
6. Are the recommendations of President Obama’s deficit commission DOA?
7. Will “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” help or hinder Sarah Palin’s 2012 chances?
8. How will Ireland’s economic problems impact the U.S.?
9. Was Keith Olbermann’s suspension from MSNBC justified?
10. How big of a distraction will Charlie Rangel’s trial be during Congress’s lame duck session?
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