{"id":1741,"date":"2025-04-16T15:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:27:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:27:36","slug":"the-art-of-public-speaking-a-profile-on-jcccs-debate-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/04\/16\/the-art-of-public-speaking-a-profile-on-jcccs-debate-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Public Speaking: A Profile on JCCC\u2019s Debate Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Photo by: Jasmine Mills)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Have you ever engaged in a formal act of public speaking? That is, dressed up in front of an\u00a0<\/span>audience?\u00a0 It can be quite a chore, but it also has its own rewards. JCCC\u2019s renown Debate team has had\u00a0<\/span>myriad of success over the past few years. For instance, the team had <\/span>a banner year in 2022<\/span><\/a>. The team is\u00a0<\/span>attempting to make the 2024-2025 season another year worthy of praise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Debate has many forms, but there are two predominant styles that are regularly practiced\u2013<\/span>Lincoln-Douglas and extemporaneous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lincoln-Douglas is a traditional style of debate in which two people face off and deal with a certain topic. Examples include: gun control, international dilemmas, etc. A Presidential debate is a\u00a0<\/span>prominent example of such a style of debate, with certain extensive modifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Extemporaneous debate is where one person, often without the help of written notes, gives a\u00a0<\/span>somewhat spontaneous speech covering a specific topic. Topics are usually similar to what is chosen in <\/span>Lincoln-Douglas, although often there is a separation of domestic and foreign topics and their concurrent\u00a0<\/span>competitors. The speech is judged on content and speaking delivery, which tends to be a bit different\u00a0<\/span>from the grading criteria for Lincoln-Douglas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We interviewed Chris Loghry, the current JCCC Debate Coach, on his experience with the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How has this 2024-2025 year been for JCCC debate so far? Any highlights or letdowns?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a good year, with a few setbacks due to weather impacting our travel. We\u2019ve had some\u00a0<\/span>successes as well. Our team that competed at the Missouri State University tournament last semester\u00a0<\/span>was entered in the novice division (limited to students with no high school debate experience), but due\u00a0<\/span>to the division being small they were required to compete in the Junior Varsity division (limited to\u00a0<\/span>students in their first two years of intercollegiate competition, but have high school experience). Despite n<\/span>ot being as experienced as some of the other competitors, the team of Isaac Zarate and Kristin\u00a0<\/span>Boeckmann won three debates and were awarded top 10 individual speaker awards. This was a huge\u00a0<\/span>accomplishment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What was the toughest competition, or is that coming in the future?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe toughest competition is the Cross Examination Debate Association national championship, which we were unable to attend this year due to some scheduling conflicts with some of the students. The next\u00a0<\/span>toughest is probably the Tournament and Conference of Scholars which is hosted by Arizona State\u00a0<\/span>University this year and occurs the weekend of April 18<\/span>th<\/span>. It is a debate competition and undergraduate\u00a0<\/span>research conference.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What is your favorite aspect of being a coach?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cHands down the best aspect is seeing debaters grow as both competitors and students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

How often does your team practice? What is expected of them outside of practice, if anything?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe team meets weekly on Wednesdays. Outside preparation is encouraged but not required.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Is this coaching experience different from your time coaching at Emporia State?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest and most obvious difference is the amount of time I get to have with the students. At\u00a0<\/span>Emporia I had students for four or five years. At JCCC, that time is significantly shorter, with some\u00a0<\/span>students only [being] able to be on the team for a single semester.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever engaged in a formal act of public speaking? That is, dressed up in front of an\u00a0audience?\u00a0 It can be quite a chore, but it also has its own rewards. JCCC\u2019s renown Debate team has had\u00a0myriad successes over the past few years. For instance, the team had a banner year in 2022. The team is\u00a0attempting to make the 2024-2025 season another year worthy of praise.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[216,217],"ppma_author":[218],"class_list":["post-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chris-loghry","tag-debate"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Saul Epstein","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/sepstein\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5959.jpg","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/cyrus-moffett\/","display_name":"Cyrus Moffett"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["News<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Chris Loghry<\/a>","Debate<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Chris Loghry<\/span>","Debate<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2025","modified":"Updated on April 16, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2025 3:27 pm","modified":"Updated on April 16, 2025 3:27 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":218,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"cyrus-moffett","display_name":"Cyrus Moffett","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5959.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1841,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/1841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}