WKU Forensics Team Members Earn
Top Honors At Debate Camp

Bowling Green, Ky. - Three members of the Western Kentucky University forensics team took top honors recently at a debate camp at the University of Vermont.

Five members of the William E. Bivin Forensic Society were among 300 students attending the two-week camp, which included a debate tournament.

Jennifer Purcell, a sophomore from Lewisville, Texas, was named top speaker and scored 118 of a possible 120 points in the four-round tournament.

Stacy Bernaugh, a Bowling Green senior, was second-place speaker with 116 points while Jenny Corum, an Auburn sophomore, finished fourth with 112 points.

Purcell and Bernaugh were debate partners during the tournament and finished with a 3-1 record.

Reagan Gibson, a senior from Evansville, Ind., teamed with a Vermont student and finished the debate tournament among the top 10 teams with a 3-1 record.

With a tradition of national and international debate championships, Western's program is recognized among the nation's best.

For more information, contact Judy Woodring, forensics director, at (270) 745-6340. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.

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