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Kari Janhsen of South Anchorage High School became the first extemper to successfully defend a state championship when she won her second consecutive state title in International Extemp at the Alaska High School Activities Association State Tournament, held two weeks ago at East Anchorage High School. Jahnsen’s teammate Jack Sezauer took second place and AJ Tsang of Eagle River High School took third.
In United States Extemp, Foster Bimbaum of West Anchorage High School won his first state championship. His victory over Connor Van Alstine of Dimond High School gives West Anchorage its second champion in United States Extemp in the last three seasons. Robert Hockema of Homer High School finished third.
All of the finalists earned an automatic qualification to the 2015 Extemporaneous Speaking TOC at Northwestern University.
Here are the results of the 2015 Alaska High School Activities Association State Tournament:
Last Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on a party-line vote decided to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service. This allows the FCC to impose more regulations on broadband Internet providers as if they were a public utility. The FCC intervened due to concerns that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will discriminate against network traffic, speeding up some Internet sites that would be willing to pay them a special fee, while reducing the speeds of other sites that either refused to pay or were in competition with other operations of the ISP. This so-called “net neutrality,” which treats all Internet data the same, has become a highly charged political issue, with conservatives warning that the FCC’s decision will stifle innovation and liberals championing the FCC’s decision as a victory for consumer interests.
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