stickin' it to harvard... and liberty university

Some people mock the debate team, i might have been one of them... but i thought this was some interesting news - or at least nice to use against the ivy leaguers.

Debate Team in Top 20
The Concordia College debate team is ranked 18th in the nation according to the latest rankings published by the National Debate Tournament. The rankings are for the fall 2005 debate season. Concordia is ranked just ahead of Harvard, which is number 19. Others in the top 20 include Emory (1) , Northwestern (7) and Dartmouth (6). The following is a list of the top 20 teams. 1. Emory 2. Wayne State 3. Kansas 4. Missouri State 5. California 6. Dartmouth 7. Northwestern 8. Michigan State Univ. 9. Georgia 10. Baylor 11. Whitman College 12. Mary Washington 13. Miami 14. Wake Forest 15. Texas-Dallas 16. Missouri-Kansas City 17. Louisville 18. Concordia 19. Harvard 20. Liberty University

O Come, all ye radio listeners...

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
7:00-8:00 PM
Concordia College Christmas Concert 2005 "O Come All Ye Faithful"
Four hundred students participate in the telling of the Christmas story through sacred music, word and art. The Concordia College Orchestra, the bell choirs and the five vocal choirs of the college, led by The Concordia Choir, perform old favorites, and new music for a thoughtful and joyful Christmas experience.

Check it out on WUSF, 89.7 here.

funny

thanks heather

interesting article about stupid persons

School drops song about picking cotton
Monday, November 14, 2005
BERKLEY, Michigan (AP) -- A song about people picking cotton was pulled from a middle school concert in suburban Detroit after a black parent complained that it glorifies slavery.

Superintendent Tresa Zumsteg decided Monday to remove the song "Pick a Bale of Cotton" from the program, said Gwen Ahearn, spokeswoman for the Berkley School District.

Ahearn said that when the song was picked for Wednesday's folk songs concert at Anderson Middle School, there was no intent to offend anyone.

"As it became apparent that that is the case, we pulled the song," she said.

The school is predominantly white.

The song's lyrics include, "Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton. Gotta jump down, turn around, Oh, Lordie, pick a bale a day."

Parent Greg Montgomery said he complained to school officials, and when he was dissatisfied with their response, decided to pull his 11-year-old daughter, China, from singing.

"It's mind-boggling that people don't understand sensitive issues," he told The Detroit News.

China said: "They were bringing back the memories of how African-Americans picked cotton, and it wasn't a good memory. It was disrespectful to African-Americans."

Ahearn said there's nothing derogatory in the song's lyrics, but the district did not want China to miss the concert.

"For her family and the school district, the best thing was to pull the song," she said.

Earlier, Ahearn, while confirming that officials were considering pulling the song, had defended the choice.

"We used to sing that song when I was in school during the '50s," she said. "It's like a Southern type of folk song. I remember it being perky. It was more of a song that people just sang for fun."