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speaking classes and challenge themselves to go outside of the class and have an opportunity to really develop those skills in a friendly competitive environment.”

The tournament consists of two categories. One being a persuasive speech and the other an informative speech.

Communications Professor Yeprem Davoodian said it will be a great opportunity for students to gain critical skills.

“They will inform us about the world and demonstrate their organizational and critical thinking skills with their informative and persuasive speeches,” Davoodian said.

Students interested in informative and persuasive speaking will get the opportunity Friday, May 20, to gain critical thinking skills with the fourth annual Speech Tournament. The tournament will take place in several locations throughout the Village and the Great Hall. Michelle Silver, associate speech professor, said it will be a great opportunity for Speech 101 students to gain speaking skills.

“The students are really excited about the event. It's a great experience,” Silver said. They're really developing the requisite skill that they need for public speaking.”

The Speech Tournament started about four years ago. Before that there had not been one beforehand since the seventies according to Silver.

“I really felt that the department needed it [speech tournament],” Silver said. “We needed an opportunity for students to really take the oratory skills that they're learning in their public

Criminal Justice major, Francisco Arambula, hopes to persuade his audience that Hispanics are hardworking people.

“I'm really passionate about equality here in Southern California especially here in the valley,” Arambula said. “What I'm going to be focusing on is how we [Hispanics] are 40 percent of the population but 90 percent of the poverty.”

The tournament will have two rounds. The first round will be held in several rooms in the village and the second round will be held at the Great Hall.

“We have students presigned up for the informative or persuasive category, and they're assigned to go either into an informative speaking room or a persuasive speaking room where they are judged by our first round judges,” Silver said.

Two male students were involved in a fight around the Library/ Learning Crossroads around 1 p.m

5/11- Disturbance call Road rage incident ended up on campus from 101 freeway around 6 p.m. in Lot 1.

5/12- Student Incident

Male student was driving around in Lot 7 in a white infinity 4DR asking females if they want a ride. Student had a odor of marijuana coming from vehicle around 4 p.m.

5/12- Traffic Incident Student hit a parked vehicle on Mason/ El Rancho around 8 a.m.

5/12- Disturbance

Parent having an argument with a director in the Child Development Center around 4 p.m.

5/12- Check the Vicinity Officers were called at the Farm center for a male flying a drone disturbing the animals.

5/14- Trespassing

Male non-student was warned from an advisor for trespassing in the North Gym Men’s Locker Room.