In a word, it's arguably war for these combatants
By Laurie Hollman
The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 6, 1989
PRINCETON -- Debates, rhetoric, arguments. They love 'em here at the ninth annual World Universities Debating Championship. Big debates. Bodacious rhetoric. Outrageous arguments.
Mitch Thrower of St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., argued yesterday that a life without Mickey Mouse, "Mr Everybody," as Thrower called him, would be a life without morals.
Cheryl Strauss of Cornell University argues that vegetables should be the focal point of a new world religion. "I think we should all pray to vegetables," she said. "Then we could all look down, and that would make us feel good." Psyching up for the next round of argument, a debating due from Swathmore argued that they could do better in the championship than a debating duo from the University of Pennsylvania. And in a debate over euthanasia and quality of life, the team from Glasgow University in Scotland argued that the team from Cambridge University in England couldn't possibly make judicious decisions about who should live and who should die, sir, not from the Porche-laden environment from which they came.
"Shame, shame," the English rebutted, slapping their palms on wood.
Quite a time these college students were having in the hallowed halls of Princeton University, as they took part in what is to college debate what the World Cup is to soccer, Wimbledon is to tennis or the Olympic Games are to sports. The championship lasts though Monday.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 6, 1989
PRINCETON -- Debates, rhetoric, arguments. They love 'em here at the ninth annual World Universities Debating Championship. Big debates. Bodacious rhetoric. Outrageous arguments.
Mitch Thrower of St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., argued yesterday that a life without Mickey Mouse, "Mr Everybody," as Thrower called him, would be a life without morals.
Cheryl Strauss of Cornell University argues that vegetables should be the focal point of a new world religion. "I think we should all pray to vegetables," she said. "Then we could all look down, and that would make us feel good." Psyching up for the next round of argument, a debating due from Swathmore argued that they could do better in the championship than a debating duo from the University of Pennsylvania. And in a debate over euthanasia and quality of life, the team from Glasgow University in Scotland argued that the team from Cambridge University in England couldn't possibly make judicious decisions about who should live and who should die, sir, not from the Porche-laden environment from which they came.
"Shame, shame," the English rebutted, slapping their palms on wood.
Quite a time these college students were having in the hallowed halls of Princeton University, as they took part in what is to college debate what the World Cup is to soccer, Wimbledon is to tennis or the Olympic Games are to sports. The championship lasts though Monday.