Debate Team Attends National Tournament
The Fairmont State Intercollegiate Debate Team closed out the season by attending
the National Forensic Association's Championship Tournament at the University of Akron
in Akron, Ohio, on April 14-16.
Chris Sharps, an oral communication major from Boone County, W.Va., and Jon Fox, a
senior psychology and oral communication major from Fairmont, participated in the
tournament. The duo qualified for the tournament by advancing to elimination rounds
in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Forensic Association state tournament and by
winning the tournament at Bridgewater College.
Eighty-eight debaters from 65 different schools took part in the tournament. Ashley
Stevens from Grafton, W.Va., also qualified for the tournament but was unable to attend.
Other members of the 2004-05 debate team are Jennifer Cogar, Sarah Grumblatt, Lauren
Zirk, Brett Harper, Heather Musgrove and Maria Mutafis. The members of the 2005-06
debate team are Christina Soles, Aaron Kropog, Jennifer Cogar, Heather Musgrove, Nathan
Bryant, Terry Meeks, Ashley Stevens and Chris Sharps. Sharps will serve as team captain;
Kropog and Cogar will be the webmasters; and Stevens will serve as team historian.
The Intercollegiate Debate Team is open to all FS students in good academic standing.
The team is coached by former FS debater Kimberly Helmick Korcsmaros. For more information
about the debate team, e-mail kkorcsmaros@fairmontstate.edu or call the School of Fine Arts at (304) 367-4219.
