Stories about "Rhetoric"
Brooks Quimby season off to strong start
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 2:50 pm
Bates College debaters started their season in style the weekend of Sept. 25-27 with a tournament win in Vermont and a strong showing at Boston University. Representing Bates' Brooks Quimby Debate Council, sophomores Colin Etnire and Ian Mahmud finished first out of 76 teams in a tourney at the University of Vermont on Sept. 27. (Debate teams comprise two people.) Beginning debaters acquitted themselves well that same weekend, as two Bates teams won three out of four rounds in a novice tournament at BU.
Pearls and Swine
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 12:01 pm
Fareed Zakaria’s wise words pique professors’ interest
Belief in ET abduction isn't alien, says Kelley-Romano
Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:35 pm
Associate Professor of Rhetoric Stephanie Kelley-Romano has interviewed many people whose deeply held personal beliefs help give meaning to their lives. And, by the way, these people think they were once abducted by aliens.
Bates presents acclaimed multimedia piece by DJ Spooky
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:39 pm
Paul D. Miller, the musician, essayist and media artist also known as DJ Spooky, presents a live performance of his internationally renowned multimedia project "Rebirth of a Nation" at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Lewiston Middle School, 75 Central Ave.
Bates community urged to register, vote
Saturday, October 9, 2004 1:00 pm
"It's often said that democracies are measured by the participation of their citizens," President Elaine Tuttle Hansen observed. "We are fortunate at Bates to have student Democrats and Republicans who each year take that civic commitment to heart and work to register their fellow students."
Name that team
Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:26 pm
Intramural team names — hip, obscure, ironic — serve a purpose, explains rhetoric professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano.
Bates professor wins award
Friday, November 7, 1997 8:39 am
Robert J. Branham, professor of rhetoric and director of debate at Bates College, has received the latest American Forensic Association (AFA) Daniel Rohrer Award for "Stanton's Elm: An Illustrated History of Debating at Bates College," published in 1996.
Rhetoric professor receives argumentation theory award
Thursday, February 1, 1996 9:20 am
Robert Branham, professor of rhetoric and director of debate at Bates College, has received the latest Research Award of the American Forensic Association (AFA) for his 1994 article, "Debate and Dissent in Late Tokugawa and Meiji Japan," which appeared in the journal "Argumentation and Advocacy."