Tonight was the banquet ceremony before the tournament begins. It is where a guest speaker talks to the teams and most importantly (besides hearing Tim tell everyone about the Rules) the top 5 teams are announced including the number one (Copeland Award).
The guest speaker was Tim Goldstein who was a former University of North Carolina debater who was quite successful and now works as a Lawyer who specializes in Supreme Court litigation. He gave a great speech on how debaters should never give up and was very funny. Then there were a couple of other awards for the person who gives back to the community the most and coach of the year. But that was not that exciting. Then the Top 5 teams were announced. I was anticipating Matt and Kevin but sadly they were never mentioned. Too much time looking at Facebook I guess. Anyways, the top 5 teams were 5) Wayne State MT 4)Dartmouth CO 3) Kansas BJ 2)Oklahoma CJ and the best team went to Georgia CR. From what I heard it was a very close decision.
Beyond that there is not much news. The funny/sad thing of the night is that Georgetown will not make it to the NDT. According to my friend who goes to Georgetown, the senior on the team was leading a discussion for a club he was the president for and the guest speaker spilled over on time. By the time they made it to the airport the lines were too long and they missed their flight. Sadly, they will not make it and I know that they are very sad.
Anyways, things are going good and I am just hoping that the internet doesn’t stop crashing.
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