Forensics Articles

By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 3 minute read

CUI’s perennially-competitive forensics teams finished strong again, with the debate side winning the National Christian College Forensics Invitational (NCCFI) championship, and the speech team placing third in the President's Division III Team Sweepstakes at the National Forensics Association (NFA) Championship.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/1/2019 - 2 minute read

CUI’s debate team has done it again, placing second nationwide at the 2019 National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) Championship Tournament. It is the seventh time in eight years they have finished in the top five among all universities, and their run includes two first-place finishes and four second-place finishes. The Eagles are the only squad in the country to place a team in the quarterfinals or higher at nationals for the last five years in a row.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 12/21/2018 - 2 minute read

Amanda Ozaki-Laughon — originally a high school debate champ from California’s Central Valley, and now Concordia Irvine’s director of debate — has been part of CUI’s forensics program for seven years as the squad has risen from obscurity to become a national powerhouse.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 12/21/2018 - 1 minute read

CUI's director of forensics, Yaw Kyeremateng, was named the 2018 Outstanding Coach of the Year at the American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament, a high honor for someone who helped build Concordia Irvine’s speech team from scratch.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 12/21/2018 - 3 minute read

CUI’s speech and debate squad continues to gather team and individual achievements as one of the nation’s top programs.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/1/2017 - 6 minute read

At this year’s National Speech tournament, senior Diego Perez advanced beyond preliminary rounds in four events and finished ranked #10 nationally. He is one reason CUI’s speech team is edging closer to the kind of national stature and dominance that the debate team has enjoyed as #1 or #2 in the nation for the past five years.

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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/1/2016 - 2 minute read

Concordia's steamroller of a debate team rolls on, with the debate squad finishing second at national - the fourth year in a row it has notched a first or second place finish nationally.

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Posted on 7/1/2015 - 2 minute read

CUI’s flourishing debate team won its second national championship in three years, continuing its rise from obscurity to the top of the heap among college forensics programs. They did it, remarkably, with an almost completely new set of debaters.

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Posted on 3/1/2015 - 3 minute read

I was homeschooled but refused to take my work super seriously a lot of the time. I would mess around, procrastinate and try to avoid chemistry and algebra.

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Posted on 7/1/2014 - 2 minute read

In the past four years, CUI’s debate squad has gone from “Who?” to “Wow!", winning the national tournament last year and taking second place this year in spite of having graduated seven of its strongest debaters.

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