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BOISE STATE DEBATE TEAM MOVES UP IN NATIONAL RANKING

Tournament rankings recently released by the National Parliamentary Debate Association advanced the Boise State debate team from 18th to sixth out of 279 schools. The change is largely due to the "Talkin’ Broncos’" outstanding performance at the University of Oregon and Louisiana State tournaments in the fall.

The top 10 schools as of the end of fall semester are as follows:
bulletUniversity of California, Berkeley
bulletTexas Tech
bulletCentral Missouri State
bulletCarroll (Montana)
bulletTruman State University
bulletBoise State University
bulletNorthern Arizona
bulletCreighton
bulletUniversity of Oregon
bulletColorado State

The Boise State team will also play host to the 2001 Pi Kappa Delta National Convention and Tournament March 28-31. Teams from across the United States will converge on the Boise State campus and the Doubletree Riverside Hotel for this biennial event, which will feature 800 to 1,200 competitors representing up to 100 of the best teams in the nation.

Contact:
Marty Most
Communication/forensics
426-1920