Gu Debate Team Takes Second Place At Tourney

Fri., April 21, 1995

Compiled By Mary Beth Bonner.

The Gonzaga University debate team of senior Blake Dias and sophomore Ian McLoughlin captured second place at the CrossExamination Debate Association National Championship Tournament March 31-April 3 in San Diego. The team of senior Ben Stuckart and junior Fred Petersen placed third.

Dias was named the best of the tournament’s 432 speakers, the first such award for a Gonzaga debater. Dias captured 177 of 180 points. Gonzaga debate coach Bill DeForeest said it was the first time the university had two teams in the tournament’s “final four.” McLoughlin and sophomore Will Brewer took 17th and 20th place as best speaker, respectively.

The CEDA tournament consists of eight preliminary debates determining the top 64 teams in the nation. Those teams are seeded into a single elimination bracket based on record and total individual speaker ratings over the eight rounds.

GU’s previous high in the sweepstakes had been eighth in 1989, when a GU team included DeForeest. The sweepstakes is a compilation of scores of the university’s best two debate teams for the season, which starts in September. The University of Missouri-Kansas City won the sweepstakes title this year.

Saad Hafez, a University of Idaho agricultural scientist, was named a fellow of the Afro-Asian Society of Nematologists during the group’s biannual meeting held in Cario and Minoufya, Egypt, in December. He presented his research on biological control of nematodes in a variety of crops, particularly sugar beets and potatoes. He joined the UI College of Agriculture in 1982.

Tom Quigley, vice president of Kiemle & Hagood Co., was named the Commercial Realtor of the Year for 1994 by the Washington State Commercial Association of Realtors.

ALSC Architects, P.S., of Spokane, announced the following professional accomplishments of its staff:

Todd Vedelago has become licensed to practice architecture in the state of Washington. He is a 1992 graduate of Washington State University and has been employed by ALSC for five years.

Ayad Rahmani has obtained his architectural license. He received his Master of Architecture from Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., and has been employed by ALSC for two years.

Kristin Christenson has passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification examination. She has been with ALSC for one year and is a 1991 graduate of WSU.

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