For anyone who has ever wanted to just crawl into the fetal position. Today I went to the library to do work because I am a college student, and that is what college students do. As I banged my face on my keyboard, hoping my forehead would be a pal and fix my essay, I sensed that the business school student at the adjacent desk was judging me (I could tell he was in the B school because he was wearing a suit and had elegantly coiffed his hair). Who was he to judge me? Ok, he

Movies and TV shows can be great resources for HI scripts. Finding one in script form with an ISBN is a treasure trove of snappy dialogue and made-for-the-screen jokes. But judges are looking for a little something extra when you pick a movie or TV show, and simply re-creating the characters from everyone’s favorite comedy isn’t a surefire way to get laughs, especially if the audience has heard the jokes before. So how can you, the performer, go about freshening up this scrip

In my senior year of high school, the head of my local forensics league was interviewed by the biggest local newspaper in the area. At first glance, everyone in the speech and debate community was excited; even though there were hundreds of people involved in the activity locally, there was always an element of mystique and exoticism associated with competing in speech and debate. I mean, why would you wake up so early… on a weekend… to dress in a suit all day? What do you me