Gustavus Adolphus College

 

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Seniors - Class of 2010

Alex Brakke, Mary Cunningham, Christopher Hunt, Emma Moreau, Paula Wiggam

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Name:	Alex Brakke
Hometown:	Alma, WI
Major:	Communication Studies
Email Address:	abrakke@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, Duo
Best Speech Memory:	Staying up all night at the Los Angeles airport talking with Emma ...I was not tired one bit!

 

Name:	Mary Cunningham
Hometown:	Maplewood, MN
Major:	Communication Studies and History
Email Address:	mcunnin2@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Persuasion, Informative, Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu, Poetry, Drama, Communication, Analysis, Parliamentary Debate
Favorite Quote:	"I can do everything through him who gives me strength". -Philippians 4:13
Best Speech Memory:	The Ride home from SDSU in which everyone had a lot of laughs and got to know way to much about several people in the van.

 

Name:	Christopher Hunt
Hometown:	Shoreview, MN
Major:	Physics, Music Minor
Email Address:	chunt@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, POI, After Dinner Speaking, Duo, Poetry
Favorite Quote:	"Self improvement is masturbation.  Now self-destruction..." - Fight Club
Best Speech Memory:	Breaking through semis to finals in prose junior year at Mankato.  Also...IMPROMPTU DUOS!

 

Name:	Miss Emma Margaret Moreau
Hometown:	Saint Paul , MN
Major:	Communication Studies and Spanish
Email Address:	emoreau@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, After Dinner Speaking, Persuasion, Impromptu, Duo, POI
Favorite Quote:	"Speaking of guacamole..."
Best Speech Memory:	Rocking out to Michael Jackson in the vans...ALWAYS.

 

Name:	Paula Wiggam
Hometown:	Cheyenne, Wyoming
Major:	Classics and Russian Studies
Email Address:	pwiggam@gustavus.edu
Categories:	POI, Drama, Duo, Prose, Impromptu
Favorite Quote:	"I have vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals." - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Best Speech Memory:	The van ride back from Bradley and nationals in Ohio last year!

 

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Juniors - Class of 2011

Marie Bushnell, Eric Cronin, Phil Helt, Claire Sagstuen

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Name:	Marie Bushnell
Hometown:	Elmhurst, Illinois
Major:	Political Science and History
Email Address:	mbushnel@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Impromptu, POI, Poetry, Duo, Parliamentary Debate
Favorite Quote:	"Life is a book and those who do not travel only read one page". -St. Augustine
Best Speech Memory:	The bus ride home after the first tournament.

 

Name:	Eric Cronin
Hometown:	Milaca, MN
Major:	History
Email Address:	ecronin@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Impromptu, Drama, ADS, POI
Favorite Quote:	"It is called a bone cutting knife ma'am".
Best Speech Memory:	The story of the boning knife, told by a Minnesota State University-Mankato coach on the bus to Bradley University.

 

Name:	Phil Helt
Hometown:	Gladstone, Missouri
Major:	Communication Studies and History
Email Address:	phelt@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Persuasion, Prose, Informative, Extemporaneous Speaking, After Dinner Speaking, Communication Analysis
Favorite Quote:	"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" - Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell), Auntie Mame (1958)
Best Speech Memory:	Breaking to quarterfinals in CA and ADS at the 2009 AFA-NIET in Ohio.

 

Name:	Claire Sagstuen
Hometown:	Eagan, MN
Major:	Religion and History
Email Address:	csagstue@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Informative, Persuasion, Impromptu, Extemporaneous Speaking, CA, Poetry, Parliamentary Debate
Favorite Quote:	"All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber. -Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse V
Best Speech Memory:	Watching the seniors get our 18th place trophy at nationals, I know they are the reason we got that placement and I miss them all dearly.

 

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Sophomores - Class of 2012

Katie Asfeld, Allegra Birdseye, Chloe Goldade, Sam Hemmerich, Chloe Radcliffe, Lucas Youngvorst

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Name:	Katie Asfeld
Hometown:	Clarissa, MN
Major:	Communication Studies
Email Address:	kasfeld@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, Duo, POI, Poetry
Favorite Quote:	"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Best Speech Memory:	Placing 2nd at State in duo my senior year of high school.

 

Name:	Allegra Birdseye
Hometown:	Duluth, MN
Major:	Political Science
Email Address:	abirdsey@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Persuade, Informative, ADS, Impromptu, Extemporaneous Speaking, Parliamentary Debate
Favorite Quote:	"Be yourself because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

 

Name:	Chloe Goldade
Hometown:	Sioux Falls, SD
Major:	Communication Studies
Email Address:	cgoldade@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, ADS, Persuade, POI
Favorite Quote:	"If God didn't want smoke, he never would have told us to burn witches" - Stephen Colbert
Best Speech Memory:	The entire team sitting in IC during a thunderstorm, and all of us on individual laptops... apparently we weren't afraid of being electrocuted.

 

Name:	Sam Hemmerich
Hometown:	Milaca, MN
Major:	Biology, Studio Art Minor
Email Address:	shemmeri@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, POI, Duo, Info, Poetry
Favorite Quote:	"Is it ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care!"
Best Speech Memory:	First year Nationals (of course).  Especially watching Tasha in quarter-finals and seeing the postings!

 

Name:	Chloe Radcliffe
Hometown:	Prior Lake, MN
Major:	Undecided
Email Address:	cradclif@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, Duo, ADS, CA, POI, Impromptu
Favorite Quote:	"This is the coat I'm wearing."
Best Speech Memory:	Warm-ups at GAC-SSI

 

Name:	Lucas Youngvorst
Hometown:	Staples, MN
Major:	Biology and Psychology
Email Address:	lyoungvo@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Informative, Impromptu, Persuade, Extemp, Drama
Favorite Quote:	"I do not Identify with any one thing, But with what I have inside."
Best Speech Memory:	When 4 of us went through the McDonalds Drive through..."I've got build-up!"

 

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First Years - Class of 2013

Kate Bissen, Kaitlin Burlingame, Vanessa Condon, Hannah Engel, Eric Halvorson, Christopher Moua

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Name:	Kate Bissen
Hometown:	Eden Prairie, MN
Major:	Political Science and English
Email Address:	kbissen@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Extemp, Persuade
Favorite Quote:	"Trust, but verify." - Ronald Reagan
Best Speech Memory:	Root Beer floats at Kris' house on the first night of Work Week.

 

Name:	Kaitlin Burlingame
Hometown:	Paynesville, MN
Major:	Communication Studies
Email Address:	kburling@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Drama, Poetry, POI, ADS
Favorite Quote:	"Well-behaved women rarely make history." - Marilyn Monroe
Best Speech Memory:	Attending 2 summer camps in high school and taking 2nd at State senior year!

 

Name:	Vanessa Condon
Hometown:	Mound, MN
Major:	Communication Studies and English
Email Address:	vcondon@gustavus.edu
Categories:	POI and Prose
Favorite Quote:	"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Best Speech Memory:	Playing Loaded Questions with the Team

 

Name:	Hannah Engel
Hometown:	St. Anthony Village, MN
Major:	Undecided
Email Address:	hengel@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Persuade, Prose
Favorite Quote:	"Failure is success if we learn from it." - Malcolm Forbes
Best Speech Memory:	Getting to meet my new teammates this year.

 

Name:	Eric Halvorson
Hometown:	West Fargo, ND
Email Address:	ehalvors@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Prose, Impromptu

 

Name:	Christopher Moua
Hometown:	Oakdale, MN
Major:	Undecided
Email Address:	cmoua3@gustavus.edu
Categories:	Persuade, Informative, Impromptu, Extemp
Favorite Quote:	"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." - Helen Keller
Best Speech Memory:	My high school speech team's annual trip to the MSU speech tournament.

 

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