Academic Creativity and Excellence Day
The semi-annual research colloquium at Bushnell founded by Dr. Tim Bergquist.
2023 Bushnell debate championship
Topic: Jesus was not all-knowing.
Affirmative: Grayson Bolaños
Negative: Spencer Hoffman
The winner will be decided by audience vote, and will be crowned the 2023 Bushnell debate champion.
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
L203 (click here to view the live stream)
10 – 11 AM
2021 Bushnell debate championship
Topic: Serving in the military violates Biblical teaching.
Affirmative: Anthony Wurst
Negative: Jacob Lilley
The winner will be decided by audience vote, and will be crowned the 2021 Bushnell debate champion.
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
L203
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11 AM – Noon
Successful Argumentation in Prayer to God
Should we present arguments before God in prayer? I believe that our prayer life can be enriched by offering argumentative prayers as taught in the scriptures. Dr. Srader has a unit in his Argumentation and Debate course on why we should use argumentation in prayer. In it, he offers three examples of stories from the Bible where successful argumentatuve prayers that convince God to change His mind are offered. To expand this teaching, I presented Dr. Srader with another such example in the story of Abraham. I suggested this as an example of argumentative prayer which convinced God to change His mind as he argued for the lives of the righteous in Sodom and Gomorrah. In this talk I will present what Dr. Srader had before my suggested addition. Next, I chronicle our conversations on the issue, which were argumentative. I then discuss how Abraham’s form of argumentation with God fits into Dr. Srader’s definition of an argument, and we crescendo by practicing. I will offer an argumentative prayer asking God to help us to lead a meaningful life based on John 15:12-17. Then we will discuss the talk together.
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
L203
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1 – 1:30 PM
2020 Bushnell debate championship
Topic: Face-to-face interaction is healthier than digital communication.
Affirmative: Evan Zuvich
Negative: Daniel Gerlach
The winner will be decided by audience vote, and will be crowned the 2020 Bushnell debate champion.
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
L203
2 – 3 PM
Competitive versus. Collaborative Listening
In order to discover which is more powerful, speaking or listening, Daniel Gerlach and Doyle Srader are implimenting two studies to determine people’s perceptions of listening and speaking and determine in debate which is the more strategic behavior, attempting to counteract the general belief that listening is weaker than speaking and that listening can be considered as competitive just as much as it can be collaborative.
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
L203, poster #8
10 AM – Noon
Topic: NCU students get a better education than U of O students do.
Affirmative: Brad Keller
Negative: Nick Rodriguez
The winner will be decided by audience vote, and will be crowned the 2019 NCU Debate Champion.
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
P103
2 – 2:30 PM
An Attempt at Visual Arguemnt
Visual arguments are heavily dependent on their context and enthymematic nature. The visual must make a claim, or claims, that are understood by the audience and also provide reasons why those claims are true. We have attempted to translate these concepts to a visual debate: Resolved: Digital photography is better than film photography.
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
P003
3 – 3:30 PM
Topic : Resolved, that Sunday School answers are never wrong.
Debaters: Zoe Herron and Katy Noel.
Come help pick the winner with your vote!
COMM 325, Argumentation and Debate
Doyle Srader
P003
2 – 3 PM