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Westwood Debate Team competes at Connally High School

lindayoowestwood
November 19, 2013

  • Extemporaneous speakers eat lunch together. Junior David Dam won 2nd, and junior Shomik Ghosh won 5th in Domestic Extemporaneous speaking.

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  • Policy debaters, senior Alvin Chen and junior Sam Bhagwandin, prepare for their next debate at Connally High School. The senior- junior team received first in policy debate.

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  • Debaters bond with one another before elimination rounds begin.

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  • Debate 1 novices competed at Connally High School. Novice LD closed out finals and a Novice CX team reach semifinals.

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  • Sophomore Rasik Jankay and freshmen novices look through their ballots for results.

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  • The Lincoln Douglas debaters, sophomore Spoorthi Dasari, junior Sunay Nanavati, sophomore Neha Shah, were octofinalists at the tournament.

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