Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Debate fF0f'67Z.S'Z'0.S'.' - ovices dominate debate, forensics teams Having many first-year novices on the debate and forensics teams did not limit their victories. Debate members competed during first semester while forensic com- petition was second semester. One of the outstanding victories was won by Senior Earl Sanders and junior Scott Banks. Both took third place at the North Invitational Debate Tournament. A win that made Debate Coachjim King extreme- ly proud was the victory won by first-year debaters Robyn Whitten andjennifer Sand- berg who went 3-2 at the East Advanced Tournament against more experienced op- ponents. The Northwest debate team consisted of 22 members. Sophomore Mia Shields was elected chairwoman of the debate team. Aside from entering debate touraments at other schools, the Northwest debaters hosted the Sixth Annual Grizzly Growl Debate Tournament in November. This gave the debaters experience in organizing and running a tournament King described debate as formal argumentation with specific rules and guidelines governing considerations for each party while allowing each person a reasonable opportunity to support and at- tack logic and reasoning. Forensic members won honors in their various competitions. Shawn Hoffman and Mia Shields won first place honors for their impromptu duet acting of Stick-up. Shields also won third place in original oration. Misty Solomon and Debbie Shaffer also won first place honors for their impromptu duet Baby Broiber. In the poetry competition, Shawndra Harding received second place honors with the reciting of G0a r Trombone and Dawn Hagen received third place in prose reciting Heller Skelter. Shields and Hoffman were the only two forensics students to place in the State Forensics competition. They received second place honors for impromp- tu duet acting. Forensics gave students the opportunity to orally interpret literature, use creative speaking and perform in the the area of dramatic arts. Some of the forms of foren- sics included reading poetry, performing skits and reading scenes from plays. -Missy Knollo QQBUPQ N f sig gt sa. it -1 -is i is Q S , up :gi . . . it A t fists , s..-. , -'R-rt . -- ffl it 1. 1-' ' ' gif' - p'... A A I-xfsliir ,I -? ' Inq ABOVE: Defending her position on the debate topic, junior Lisa Moore provides data in hopes of winning her argument. LEFT: Looking over the tournament pairings, Sophomore Robyn Whitten and Debate Coach jim King think over the Northwest debater's chances of winning the competition. Debate! Forensics ' 51

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ABOVE: Stan McIntosh refutes the reasons for the pro stand on the debate topic. BELOW: Waiting for the day's assignments, jennifer Sandberg, Robyn Whitten, Michelle Hurt, Mia Shields and Shaundra Harding discuss the debate tour- nament held over the week-end. DEBATE! FORENSICS TEAMS: fFront Row? Lisa Moore, Shaundra Harding, Laura Moore, Lynn Galyardt, Hd Rudd. fSecond Rowj Bfidgett Riekel, Robyn Whitten, Debbie Shaffer, Shaen Mahaney, jennifer Sandberg, Michc Hurt. CTop Rowj Sponsor james King, Chris McKee, Mia Sheilcls, Stan McIntosh, Brian Martin, Liz Beugelsdyk al Roger Long. 50 ' Debate! Forensics K e xy L

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Celia McDuff, Advisor NW EXPLORER STAFF: fFront Rowj Tracey Ware, Amanda Shanteau, Sponsor Celia McDuff, Lori Delozier. fSecond Rowj Emilee Topham, Brenda Lee, Kandi LaMar, Monica Frazier. fThird Rowj Shane Applegate, Neal Smith, Bruce Adams. fBack Rowj Kathy Wynn, Todd Terwilliger, Tiffany Bales and Chris Clark. Newspaper! Yearbook: Staffs take tours, earn journalism awards Meeting deadlines and producing a quality product were two of the main goals set by the newspaper and yearbook staffs. They continually worked to perfect jour- nalistic skills and spent many hours outside the school day working on deadlines. The lack of returning members on the yearbook staff resulted in a slow Start. Ad- visor Celia McDuff and Seniors Anita Zelmer, editor-in-chiefg and Kelli Brown, assistant editor, used their skills in aiding an unexperienced staff. After the staff spent first semester learning yearbooking techni- ques and making plans for the book, the 1983-84 edition of the Szlvertzjz went into production. Trips taken by the staffs included going to Topeka to tour josten's, the yearbook plant, attending a newspaper and yearbook workshop held at K-State, and competing in the Regional journalism Contest held at WSU. In April both staffs went to Six Flags Over Texas for a fun outing. At Regionals, Brown placed first in layout-double page spread, while Zelmer placed second in layout-double page spread and third in theme development and graphics. Both attended State Contest held at KU where Zelmer took third in theme development and graphics. The N W Explorer newspaper staff work- ed productively putting out a school paper twice a month. Students planned, wrote, typed and pasted-up the student newspaper which was printed by the Vocational- Technical School. Bruce Adams was editor-in-chief of the newspaper during first semester and Lori Delozier held the position during second semester. jounalism II and III students were responsible for the newspaper production for three nine weeks and students in the journalism I classes gained experience publishing a newspaper during the final nine weeks. At the Regional journalism Contest Kollen Long placed second in sports writing, jill Whistler placed second in headline writing, Todd Raines placed se- cond in editorial writingg and Delozier plac- ed first in feature writing. At the State Con- test at KU, Delozier placed second in feature writing while Whistler won first in headline writing and Long placed third in sports writing. Both yearbook and newspaper staffs recieved praise for their journalistic ac- complishments and a finished product to show for the many hours of work. -Tim Ross 52 0 Newspaper I Yearbook