Sports of the mind

Here's cause for campus celebration!

clipped from media.www.dailyvanguard.com Debate club ranks in top four teams among 47 teams at national tournament this month When Dan Adler attended his first competitive debate as a spectator five years ago, he had never guessed he'd be a finalist in a national forensics competition some day. But that day came on April 1, when Adler and teammate Eric Sanelle, both Portland State students, made it to the final round of the U.S. Universities National Tournament. Adler and Sanelle, members of the Portland State speech and debate team, placed in the top four teams competing at the event hosted by Claremont College in Claremont, Calif., on March 31¬ and April 1. Three PSU teams attended the competition. Of the 47 teams that competed, two of the three PSU debate teams were ranked in the top 10 in the nation. Alder and Sanelle, who were ranked third after passing a preliminary round, advanced to the finals. Another PSU team, Josh Gross and Kelly Welch, ranked eighth after a preliminary round, but were knocked out before the finals.