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Contents:
1. This week’s conversation – “Massacre in CT” – replacement topic – last meeting of 2012
2. The next conversation in February 2013 – ‘Current Events”
3. Last week’s conversation – “14th Speech Contest”
This Week
Last Club meeting for the fall – Back in February, 2O13
1. The Touro Communication Club
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
2-4 pm – Room 316
(Replacement Topic)
“Massacre in ConnecticuT”
The tragedy of last week in Connecticut has been repeated too often in Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin, Virginia, Texas and many other states. These mass murders do not include the thousands of individual shootings that occur daily in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and other urban areas.
President Obama calls for “meaningful action.”
Mayor Bloomberg calls for “immediate action.”
So where’s the action?
After President Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, was shot and paralyzed in 1981, there was a flurry of interest in gun control that led to the Brady Law. But like many important issues, attention flags and soon becomes background noise competing with every other issue that Americans have to deal with.
Soon, gun control will no longer the flavor of the month
until the next massacre appears.
until the next massacre appears.
We will try to discuss why this happens over and over again.
And what we can do about it.
Since many of us may have experienced t
the effects of a lack of gun control,
we will probably have some strong feelings.
Share your views! Bring a friend!
Next Week
2. The Touro Communication Club
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
2-4 pm – Room 314
“Current Events”
Many wonderful and awful things will no doubt have occurred since
our last meeting in December.
Holidays and happiness, tragedies and sadness, successes and failures seem to be
the continuing menu we experience daily.
If we approach “Current Events” as a way to look at our own lives,
we may be able to perceive a pattern which will help us
to gain perspective on the parallel between our own lives and the larger world.
As literary people know, the microcosm is reflected in the macrocosm as well as the reverse. We can always find the universal in the particular as well as the reverse.
Like the changing of the seasons, we can discover a rhythm to our world that
helps us to strategize more effectively. Crashing into invisible walls that
we could have seen is a daily challenge.
As we learn to strategize more effectively, we learn to connect the dots and
Know that we can make better decisions.
Making better decisions allows us to communicate in more
effective and competent ways.
By the time February comes around, without doubt there will be another blurb.
See You in February!
LAST Week
3. .
Touro Speech and Communication Department
Proudly Presents Our
14`th Speech Tournament
TUESDAY DECEMBER 11, 2012
@ 2:00 PM
ROOM 314, MIDTOWN
FINALISTS - FUN -FOOD
COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR FUTURE LEADERS
1st Prize $100.00 - 2nd Prize $75.00 - 3rd Prize $50.00
27-33 W. 23rd Street - Main Campus
New Faces included: Richard Lewis, Jahira Tide, Isaac Bardos, Dr. Frances Baer, Dr. Catherine Barksdale, Eseka Usunyu, Esmeralda Pena, Sam Fragin, Jesse Ahmed, Yoseph Mandel. Familiar faces included: Lorinda Moore, Karen Peralta, Joslyn Williams, Denise Rodriguez, Orhsy Garcia, Roland Iguina, Michael Moronta, Chanaia Curry, Charles Mason, Sabrina Bryant, Dr. Jules Heyman, Charnay Murphy, Yoko Ono McCullock, George Backinoff, Gena Bardwell, Richard Green and Hal Wicke.
14th Speech Contest Results–Fall, 2012
December 11, 2012
Name
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Title of Speech
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Instructor
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Course/Site
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Rank
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1. Isaac Bardos
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“How To’s of a Great Caribbean Vacations”
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Prof. Bardwell
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GCA 100 - Midtown
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1st Prize
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2. Jesse Ahmed
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“Non-verbals in Public Speaking:
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Prof. Wicke
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GCA 215 –
Midtown
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2nd Prize
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3.Esmeralda Pena
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“Multiple Sclerosis”
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Prof. Wicke
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GCA 215 –
Midtown
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3rd Prize
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4.Michael Moronta
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“The Obedience Experiment:
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Prof. Wicke
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GCA 215 –
Midtown
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Honorable Mention
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5. Samuel Fragin
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“Everyong Belongs”
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Prof. Backinoff
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GCA 101 – Midtown
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Finalist
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6. Richard Lewis
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“J-Z – A Business
State of Mind”
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Prof. Backinoff
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GCA 100 - Midtown
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Finalist
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7. Yoseph Mandel
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“Lucid Dreaming”
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Prof. Backinoff
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GCA 100 - Midtown
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Finalist
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8.Yoko Ono McCullock
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“Admission to an Ivy League School”
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Prof. Backinoff
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GCA 101 - Midtown
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Finalist
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9. Jahira Tide
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“Shopaholic”
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Prof. Bardwell
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GCA 100 - Midtown
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Finalist
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Judges: Professor Charles Mason (Business), Dr. Catherine Barksdale (Education), Dr. Frances Baer (History
UPComing Conversations
Topics “Political Speech” “Right & Wrong,” “Equality,” “Free Speech,” ‘’Literacy,” “Binary Thinking,” “What is Reality?” “Turning off Your Mental Editor” “Confidence,” “Needing approval,” “What is ‘Work?' “Getting Your Life Together,” “Work and Work Ethic” ”Dealing with Disrespect,” “Authority,” “Negotiation,” “Gun Control,”
How To Series – How to Study, “The Cost of Money,
Current Events: An occasional review
Communication Skills – Reading Literature, Interviewing, Elevator speeches, etc.
Communication Strategies – “Getting to YES,” “Shooting from the Lip,”
Films – “RECOUNT” Replay, “The Great Debaters,” “Wag the Dog,” Emmy Winning “Game Change.”(Available January 2013), “My Fair Lady”
Faculty Showcases – Colloquy III - Professor Yearwood on Jane Austen ”Persuasion”
Student Showcases –
Student Clubs – T.B.A.
Plus your suggestions!
Hal Wicke
