Full Text of HR0931 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Libertyville High School Debate Team has had a | 3 | | successful 2013-14
season, with great team and individual | 4 | | success in both Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas
Debate | 5 | | formats; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Both styles of debate require not only the | 7 | | development of rhetorical and
analytical skills, but also a | 8 | | deep understanding of topics derived only from many hours of
| 9 | | independent research and writing; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Libertyville High School recently sent a large | 11 | | delegation of 1st and 2nd-year debaters to the Illinois | 12 | | Communication and Theater Association State Tournament on the
| 13 | | weekend of March 14, 2014; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Sophomore Elizabeth Murphy placed 9th and | 15 | | sophomore Ken Wu placed
13th in Junior Varsity Lincoln | 16 | | Douglas-Debate, while freshman Alo Garcia-Escobar placed
13th | 17 | | in the State in novice Lincoln-Douglas style debate, and | 18 | | freshman Manal Ahmed placed 10th in Speaker for Public Forum; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois High School Association administers | 21 | | the Varsity State Debate
Tournament each year, affording |
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| 1 | | experienced high school students the opportunity to compete
| 2 | | against the finest quality debaters in the State, this year | 3 | | hosted at the University of Illinois-Springfield
the weekend of | 4 | | March 21, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Libertyville High School delegation of | 6 | | debaters to the Varsity State
Tournament is composed of juniors | 7 | | Ankur Rastogi, Holly Miller, Pooja Sajeev, Aasimah
Tanveer, | 8 | | Lucia Zhang, and senior Stevie Zheng; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Coaches Dennis Duffy, Sarah Greenswag, and Brian | 10 | | Voss have great pride in
their team's hard work, dedication, | 11 | | and success throughout the school year; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we recognize the talent and
ability of these students and | 15 | | coaches and congratulate them on their achievements this | 16 | | season; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the Libertyville High
School Debate Team as an | 19 | | expression of our esteem and with best wishes for continued | 20 | | academic success.
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