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Speech and Debate Participates in Westlake/Chaparral Tournament

Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor| October 3, 2018

Debate competitors hold up the Westwood sign together. Photo courtesy of WHS Speech and Debate.
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Students participating in Extemporaneous Speaking take a group photo. Photo courtesy of WHS Speech and Debate.
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Extemporaneous Speakers read the list of competitors advancing to finals. Photo courtesy of WHS Speech and Debate.
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Finalists in Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking wait to collect their trophies. Photo courtesy of WHS Speech and Debate.
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Sraavya Danala ’22 and Srivaishnavi Marreddy ’22 hold their trophies. Photo courtesy of WHS Speech and Debate.
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Chaparral Star Academy Tournament

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
1st Place: Aman Tewari
5th Place: Yunhan Xu
Semi-Finalists:

Sneha Bhale
Arjun Raman
Nikhil Reddy
Hrushikesh Saranu

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Semi-Finalists:

Clementine Larrouilh
Pranav Srinivasan
Max Wolf

Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
1st Place: Anurima Mummaneni
6th Place: Emily Gao
Semi-Finalists:

Tim Ma
Sonny Stenson

Novice Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate
Semi-Finalists: Sraavya Danala
Quarter-Finalists:

Srivaishnavi Marreddy
Joy Yang

Octo-Finalists:

Katie Falcon
Eric Gao
Anushka Saini
Joshua King
Anoop Rachakonda
Pranav Medikonduru

3rd Place Speaker Award: Anushka Saini

Varsity Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate
2nd Place: Saavan Myneni
Quarter-Finalists: Alex Lee

Varsity Public Forum (PF) Debate
Quarter-Finalists: Rehana Shaik – Sindhuja Uppuluri
Octo-Finalists:

Chinmay Pingale – Nathan Iyer
Jeff Freeman – Arnav Gunwani
Elisa Baxter – Mahir Kota
Pranav Kulkarni – Raymond Sun

Westlake High School Tournament

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
2nd Place: Aman Tewari
5th Place: Nikhil Reddy
Semi-Finalists:

Sneha Bhale
Bryce Keeler
Arjun Raman
Andres Sanchez
Hrushikesh Saranu
Daniel Vinnik
Yunhan Xu
Laila Yusuf

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Semi-Finalists: Clementine Larrouilh

Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
1st Place: Anurima Mummaneni
4th Place: Max Wolf
Semi-Finalists: Linette Page

Novice Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate
1st Place: Anoop Rachakonda
2nd Place: Pranav Medikonduru
Semi-Finalists:

Srivaishnavi Marreddy
Joshua King

1st Place Speaker Award: Anoop Rachakonda
2nd Place Speaker Award: Samia Bruster

Varsity Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate
2nd Place: Alex Lee
Octo-Finalists:

Alice Zhang
Saavan Myneni
Mihir Shah

2nd Place Speaker Award: Alex Lee

Varsity Public Forum (PF) Debate
Quarter-Finalists: Pranav Kulkarni – Raymond Sun
Octo-Finalists:

Chinmay Pingale – Nathan Iyer
Mika Freund – Sophia Wang

2nd Place Speaker Award: Samit Deshmukh

Novice Policy Debate (CX) Debate
Semi-Finalists: Katherine Yan – Ruhee Nemawarkar

Students Enjoy Enchanted Forest Themed Prom

Standing together before their dance began, Gods Menu performers pose, setting the tone of the dance. K-pop Club members rehearsed for six weeks for their second to last performance, the Spring Showcase, offering ample opportunities to perfect their choreography. I was excited to dance with complex group formations and movements, dancer Ninju Prem 25 said.

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Posing with his camera, Mr.Youn prepares to photograph the eclipse. A rare scientific occurrence, this was the first time Mr. Youn had attempted to photograph a total eclipse. Honestly, I wasnt even photographing it, I was just experiencing it,” Mr. Youn said. “You know, we built it up and the anticipation was incredibly high, but experiencing it was cooler than I anticipated.”

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UT representative Patrick Patterson describes the importance of teaching kids to be academically honest from an early age. He was one of three UT representatives speaking at the academic integrity seminar on Thursday, March 22. What you have to do as a community is get together with the administration, Patterson said. Create your own honor code. Involve as many folks and kids and adults, as many as possible. Create that honor code and stick to it.

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Celebrating with her friends, Aanya Ujjval 26 gets sprayed with color powder. All profits from the Holi festival through selling powder and shirts were donated to Casa Marianella.

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