Robinsdale Armstrong High School - Gyre Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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MOCK TRIAL: Law In Action Mock Trial consists of a group of students interest- ed in the legal system. They attend meetings about three times a week under direction of advisor Meg DeLapp. The team works on a given case, later to compete against other schools. In order to win, they must receive more points than the opposing team, or get a ruling in their favor. This year has been a great year for the team. They ' ve been a tremendous success. Mock Trial members: Andy Beaton, Dave Hong, Jennifer Johnson, Dana Per- usse, Steve Seeger, Shannon Tur- bak, Stephanie Untiedt, Beth We- ber. Alternates: Dan Nabedrick, Jeff Rosenberg. Above: Beth Weber makes her closing statement re- garding the expert witness. Left: Dave Hong argues his side of the case. 80

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Debate Club Speaks Out The Armstrong Debate Club provides an exciting place for students who want to speak their minds. Under the guidance of coach Jacki Fruen Broze, the members prepare for formal arguments where facts and strategy play a major part in debate tournaments. Important social issues such as health care for the elders were discussed in debate tournaments. In 1988-89, the club spoke their way into winning fourth place at the Minnetonka High School Invitational Match. This particular victory symbolizes de- served reward for the members who worked hard to develop and enrich their speaking and researching skills. Armstrong anticipates even greater success in the up-coming years! Club members Steve Crain and Chris Erickson practice their argument. Debate Club: Steve Crain, Stacey Fruen (team captain), Chad Hoseth, Coach Jacki Fruen Broze, David Hwang, Steve Anderson, Chris Erickson. Not Pictured: Rebecca Jurisz and Jason Veichek. Declam Declamates! Declamation this year started with a trip to Duluth for their first of many contests. Students are divided into different categories such as Storytelling, Prose, Humorous, etc. They were allowed to pick one or more categories in which they compet- ed. Most of the work was individual in which time was spent developing and perfecting their own performance. The year went by smoothly and everyone had fun. Row one: Elissa Kampf, Jenny Hall, Kaia Moquist, Mike Latz, Stacy Fruen, Jenny Vraney. Row two: Eddie Garen, Gretchen Julseth, Amy Carrison, Becca Jurisc. Joy Campbell, Karen Johansen. Hilary Ceopcrman, Paxton Garner, Chris Erickson, Robyn Fredericks. Row three: Kali Erickson, Pam Brauf- man, Chad Hoseth, Insook Pack, Benji Latz, Hilde Nybrenna, David Hwang, Chaz Weber. Not pic- tured: Forrest Brandt, Edie Dohcrty, Leann Freeberg, Fred Gray, Eric Gratias, Kris Guttormson, Dave Hong, Chris Jordan, Candy Kremin, Denise Milstein, Shawn Norman, Susan Olson, Josh Peskay, Courtney Peterson, Mark Queen, Jeff Rosenberg, Dean Paul Russel, Dana Salita, Alexa Sekula, Jeff Udell, Nicole Wascoc. 79

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Future Problem Solving Surges Forward Armstrong has one of the most suc- cessful Future Problem Solving programs in the state. This is the result of outstanding coaching by Al Shaff, Roger Michael, and Paul Anderson (the state coordinator for FPS), as well as a group of students who are willing to learn and expand on that knowledge. Each team consists of four members who work together on a hypothetical problem that involves issues of today, and they produce a best solution in an attempt to solve the situation. At the state Open Bowl, Arm- strong ' s four teams that participated took the first four places, with the team of Andy Toering, Siiri Silpala, Karin Strat- ton, and Dana Perusse taking first place. The state FPS Bowl is held in May with the top team going on to compete in June at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. ,-, • Top: Ryan, Joy. Becca. and Mark work together under the inspiration of Dis-Cobulos. Above Right: The first Place team: Siiri. Dana. Karin, and Andy. Above left: Mike. Dave. Steve, and Misa intensely work on their problem. Joy Campbell. Eric Miller. Chris Tauber, Becca Jurisz, Steve Seeger. Dave Hong. Mark Erbaugh. Misa Saros, Ryan Gustaf- son, Mike Swanstrom. Jason Peattie. Chris Merriman. Not Pictured: Sharon Bachman. Steve Crain. Nick Denysenko, Jer- emy Erickson, Steve Gannon, Tiffany Garofalo. Jasmine Gok- cen, Thor Halverson. Jim Halvorson. Anne Hanovich. Jay Ho- henstein. Chad Hoseth, Grant Johnson. Gretchen Julseth, Jessi- ca Locketz, Shawn Norman. Sara Pae. Dana Perusse. Josh Peskay. Siiri Silpala. Karin Stratton, Amy Tenute, Andrew Toering, Chris Yang. 81