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The Evan Anderson Forum is the home of the Gustavus Adolphus College Forensics Team

The Evan Anderson Forum is a comprehensive, co-curricular forensics program that balances competition in individual events and debate with community service and scholarly activities. Firmly grounded within the liberal arts tradition, we promote the development of outstanding public speaking, critical thinking, oral advocacy and composition skills through ethical intercollegiate competition in spee

ch and debate events as well as through the practical application of forensics-related concepts on campus and throughout the community. The Forum seeks to reimagine the role and purpose of speech and debate programs by establishing itself as a model campus and community resource that facilitates debate and deliberation on matters of public concern. It seeks to leverage the expertise of its members to foster community dialog, promote ethical forms of conflict resolution, and encourage civility and tolerance in political debate and public moral argument. Finally, the Forum promotes both the scholarly study of intercollegiate speech and debate as well as forensics-related community service.

10/22/2017

The Mankato Swing was a huge success! On Saturday, MJ, Thomas, Michael (not shown) and Amanda competed in the Larry Schnoor Invitational hosted by MSU. Then, on Sunday, Marissa joined up with the group at the Mustang Stampede hosted by SMSU, where the team took 2nd place in Limited Entry Sweepstakes (and also bet on some pony races)! The full list of awards is below.

Larry Schnoor Invitational (Sat):

MJ- 2nd Place in Extemporaneous Speaking

Mustang Stampede (Sun):

MJ- 5th place in Extemporaneous Speaking
Thomas- 3rd place in Editorial Impromptu
MJ- 1st place in Editorial Impromptu!!
Thomas- 7th place in Impromptu
MJ- 3rd place in Impromptu
MJ- 6th place in Persuade

Many thanks to MSU and SMSU for hosting the swing! GAC’s next venture will be the Vocal Viking at Bethany Lutheran College. Until then, the team is ready to enjoy a (long overdue) fall break!

10/21/2017

Gustavus debate underwent an exciting growth spurt today! Competing in the second PLUM tournament at Bethany Lutheran College, this time we had 3 teams competing. GAC continued its trend of novice debaters succeeding as Grant and Callie took home 4th and 2nd place in speaker awards, respectively, and Callie and Amanda broke to the Bronze Round! With Fall Break weekend off to a great start, tomorrow we compete at the Larry Schnoor invitational for IEs. Expect more updates this weekend!

10/08/2017

Today was day 2 of the Jackrabbit Joust!

Grant received 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking. It was his first college speech final!

Megan received 3rd place in Persuasive Speaking.

Now begins the 4-hour long drive home.

10/08/2017

The Jackrabbit Joust day 1 was an absolute success!

Grant competed in his first speech tournament ever!

Megan received 3rd in persuasive speaking, 6th in impromptu speaking, and 4th in extemporaneous speaking.

09/27/2017

So proud of these two! Thomas Sullivan was top speaker and Grant Longman was third place. What's more, they were undefeated and won the whole tournament! Not bad for their first time out 🙂 I hope others on the squad will join them at the next Plum on Friday, October 13th. I promise it will be fun and the debates were very high quality.

09/26/2017

Let the debating BEGIN! For the first time in years, the Gustavus team is sending debaters to the Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest (PLUM) tournament at Bethany Lutheran College. Thomas and Grant are excited to bring back debate to Gustavus Forensics!

03/26/2017

On a related note, one team member received a very special honor last night! In addition to her competitive success, MJ was named a recipient of PKD's All-American Award! This award goes beyond recognizing trophies earned and also acknowledges scholarship, service, and advocacy. Only 10 students are named All-Americans at each national convention, making it a very rare achievement. MJ has been a tremendous leader on and off the team, and could not be more deserving of this honor. We are very proud to have her as a part of this team!

03/26/2017

After four days of competition, the Pi Kappa Delta national tournament has come to a close, and with it, the Gustie forensics season. Last night, the team attended the banquet and partook in a beautiful celebration of all aspects of forensics. The evening was not without competitive success, and two Gusties took home awards for their performances. In particular:

MJ was a Top Legislator in Student Congress and took home Excellence awards in both Student Congress and Extemporaneous Speaking!

Thomas earned an Excellence award in Impromptu!

It is difficult to capture the atmosphere of this year's biennial convention in words, but suffice it to say that the entire team is feeling incredibly grateful to be part of this community. The season may be over, but this weekend all were reminded that using your voice does not stop outside the round. Gusties will shine!

03/22/2017

After taking yesterday to make the epic sojourn to Boise, Gustavus is in the midst of their first day of Pi Kappa Delta nationals! Today just MJ got the ball rolling in Congress, but tomorrow the whole team will be raring to start IEs!

02/20/2017

Gustavus experienced much success during the state tournament!

Thomas received 2nd in Oratory and will represent Minnesota later this spring at the National Interstate Oratorical Competition. This is a significant honor!

Maddy took 6th place in Extemporaneous Interpretation

Megan is a state champion in Extemporaneous Speaking and received 3rd place in Impromptu Speaking

02/13/2017

Gustavus had a LOVE-ly time yesterday at the Fighting Scot invitational in Eau Claire! Thanks to Monmouth College for hosting a well-run tournament! Here are our results:

Megan took 6th in Extemporaneous Speaking!

Thomas took 5th in Persuasive Speaking!

01/29/2017

The Gorlok was an absolute success this weekend!

Maddy won an excellence award in Prose.

Megan advanced to semi-finals in both Impromptu speaking and Persuasive speaking. She also received an excellence award in Extemporaneous speaking.

Coach Phil received an award for being a vibrant member of the forensics community as well as a literal Gorlok.

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