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Ian Maxwell takes first prize in Public Speaking Contest
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Sophomore management information systems major, Ian Maxwell, took first prize in the first annual University of Connecticut Communication Society’s Public Speaking contest. Maxwell’s speeches were praised by the judges for his stage presence and ability to hold his audience’s attention through the use of nonverbal gestures tone of voice. Over 400 students and supporters filled the seats to watch the finalists present their speeches, cheer on their friends, and, for some, to earn some extra credit points in their own public speaking classes. Maxwell and the four other finalists, Aidan Coll, sophomore undecided, Brendan Costello, sophomore political science, economics and finance major, Steven Reilly, freshman marketing major, and Stephanie-Marie Riquier, sophomore marketing major, presented prepared speeches and gave improvised presentations on the topic of the role of communication in education. Reilly took second place and Costello came in third. They were scored by judges Emily Noonan, on-air talent for the Huskies All-Access sports program, Professor Stephen Stifano, of the communications depart-
With the rebranding of the Husky logo, gone are the days of organizations like club sports displaying it arbitrarily. Kyle Muncy, head of UConn Trademark Licensing & Branding, insists its for the best of the brand. While club sports are allowed to prominently display the new Jonathan on their uniforms and equipment, they must first be approved through an application process to do so, and even then, the badge on the uniforms must be preapproved by Club Sports. “The biggest thing is, and this is just [in] regards to the husky dog logo in general, the logo as a new trademark is that it has to represent one thing and one thing only and that is the university, if it is used in the creation of other organizations it weakens that trademark” Muncy said. This philosophy counters the previous guidelines, which was that club sports, and other organizations, could use the old Husky at their discretion, and display it however they would like. While more freedom was afforded to groups, Muncy said that this weakens the overall brand that repre-
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The winner of the first annual Communication Society’s Public Speaking Contest, Ian Maxwell, in the middle of his presentation is pictured above
ment, and Representative David Kiner of Connecticut’s 59th district. Contestants first presented a prepared speech on the role of communication in education, then
presented impromptu speeches based on questions and themes given by the judges in subsequent rounds. Coll said he spent the last two days preparing himself to present
the speech he spend the last few weeks writing. “I thought I did well on the prepared speech, not as much in the impromptu,” Coll said. Topics included working in
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son into the world so that we can live through him. So it’s a really essential message about what Jesus did, why he did it and why we need what he’s done.
Qureshi: So do you do this out of your personal expenses?
groups on projects, the importance of passion in work, the necessity of storytelling, learning through effective communication, and the making of a “cake” through the
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Scot Smith comes to evangelize at UConn By Fatir Qureshi Campus Correspondent
On April 21 and 22, Christian preachers gathered in front of the Homer Babbage Library to evangelize to UConn students. The event was organized by Scot Smith, a 58-year-old former teacher, who has conducted similar events throughout the country. Originally from Boston, Smith eventually became head of a prep school in Florida. Four years ago, he left that position to become a full-time evangelist. Students had generally mixed opinions on the presence of him and his fellow preachers on campus Smith had been particularly critical of Catholics and nonChristians. “He (Smith) was abusive, and said that I was spiritually dead and going to go to hell, which I don’t even believe in. It also isn’t fair for him to attack other religions, but it was sort of stress relieving to argue with him even though he was using circular logic,” said 2nd-semester computer science and engineering major Akshara Thejaswi. “I don’t really have much to say, they weren’t that arrogant, and under the constitution they have freedom of religion and speech,” Connor Jackson, a 2nd semester computer science and engineering major, said. Smith had the following to say about his cause, his beliefs, and his purpose. Qureshi: Why do you go
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Smith: I spent many years as a school teacher, and I was trying to impact the next generation, but I felt that really a lot of the college students didn’t have a clear understanding of what the gospel was, and why Jesus came and had to die. So I felt if I could do as much good in the years I had left, it was important for me to go on college campuses and deal with the ideas that are really on people’s minds and put into that mix the ideas about Jesus, his sinless life and his bloodshed. So it is basically about doing as much good for the next generation. Qureshi: So are you guys affiliated with some other organization? Smith: Well I am a member of Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship, but I am really the only one here in an organization. These guys here are just friends of mine, but I knew that these guys could join me this week, and we arranged it together in advance. Qureshi: What is the main message that you want to get across? Smith: The main message is really pretty simple. It’s the main message of the Bible, which is basically that we were born enslaved by sin. It’s an inherited condition from Adam. We can’t fix the mess. God, out of love, sent his
Qureshi: Have you ever faced, like, any heckling? Smith: Goodness, yes, all the time. It comes from the territory. I mean the apostle Paul, he had people mock him. He had some people believe, and he had other people who said they would hear more about this later, but we expect all three reactions. We expect heckling, we expect some people will be genuinely glad we’re there, and they’ll be some people in the middle who will not know what to make of it, who will want to think about it later. I’ve never had anyone hit me, I’ve had people throw water at me, I’ve had people yell things out. Qureshi: When you’re traveling around, do you go to multiple universities or just mostly in Connecticut? Smith: I travel to multiple universities. If I’m gonna do a New England tour, I’ll go for two weeks and hit some of the Ivy League schools, and some of the big schools like UConn and URI and the UMass system. Then when I’m out west, I’ll hit some of the colleges in the West Coast. So yeah, I do a lot of traveling, and I usually take two week tours at a time.
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Smith: Yes, I pay for my own expenses. I used to own my prep school. I sold my school, and I basically live on very little, and by God’s grace I’m able to pay my own bills.
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Qureshi: So what made you want to do it so publicly?
Smith: Well I think that you k n o w J e s u s was a preacher, Paul was a preacher, Peter was a preacher. God has always called Qureshi: his men What made to take you want to a public, give up runvisible ning your stand for own prep his glory. school? S o m e people Smith: I see you just really and say, felt strongly “ h e y, that I wantyou’re ed to have c r a z y, ” an or they Scot Smith s a y , impact on the next Christian Preacher and “hey, he generation. believes, former teacher let me I wanted them to hear listen to the gospel him.” So clearly and I think didn’t feel that they had very it’s the publicness of it, the boldmany Christians who were capa- ness of it, that becomes galvable of taking it into the public nizing, especially on a college square, but I felt that God had campus. prepared me to be able to do it. So I saw the need, had the Qureshi: Were you raised desire, and felt that it was more Christian? valuable than just working for money. Smith: No, I was raised
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“It was important for me to go on college campuses and deal with the ideas that are really on people’s minds and put into that mix the ideas about Jesus, his sinless life and his bloodshed. So it is basically about doing as much good for the next generation.”
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Roman Catholic.
Qureshi: That’s a denomination of Christianity...
Smith: No, it’s really a different religion. Roman Catholicism follows the Pope, Christians follow Jesus Christ. Roman Catholicism follows that salvation comes through sacraments, Christians believe that salvation comes directly to their souls because God has regenerated them. Catholicism is actually different, but they would say that they have some similarities to Christianity. When they have a disagreement between their traditions and the scriptures, they would take tradition over the Bible. Protestants take the Bible over tradition, that would be the difference.
Qureshi: Most Catholics identify as Christian.
Smith: They might identify as Christian, but it is really the theology of Catholicism, which is different.
Qureshi: What do you feel about contemporary topics like evolution, abortion and gay rights?
Smith: Well I think the Bible speaks clearly about some of those and less clearly about others. Like, I believe that the Bible doesn’t speak clearly about the age of the earth, so I think that there is room within
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