{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Debate team wins third championship of semester &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"o0L0dAYsW6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/debate-team-wins-third-championship-of-semester\/\">Debate team wins third championship of semester<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/debate-team-wins-third-championship-of-semester\/embed\/#?secret=o0L0dAYsW6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Debate team wins third championship of semester&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"o0L0dAYsW6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/W-debate-team.gif","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":194,"description":"University of the Cumberlands\u2019 debate team took first place overall at the St. Anselm College Debate Tournament this past December. They beat 15 other teams from top colleges and ivy league schools in order to claim the victory. This marks the third tournament championship the team won during the fall semester alone. (The team also took first place at Bellevue College and at Tennessee Tech University earlier in fall.) \u201cIt was another great win for the team,\u201d said Jay Bourne, a professor at Cumberlands and the debate team\u2019s coach. \u201cWe enjoyed competing in debate rounds against universities from New York to Oregon and everywhere in between.\u201d Three debaters advanced to out rounds in competition. Elaine Leslie (senior; Owensboro, KY) took first place overall as Tournament Champion. Leslie also took home second place for Speaker, and Noah Parker (senior; Church Hill, TN) took home fourth place in the same category. Jordan Floyd (senior; Corbin, KY) and John Ahlf (freshman; Williamsburg, KY) both reached the quarterfinal round of competition. Floyd won Top Speaker for the tournament. Team members call themselves \u201cDebatriots,\u201d a wordplay between \u201cdebate\u201d and Cumberlands\u2019 mascot, a Patriot. While these Debatriots certainly have a sense of fun, when it comes to competitions, they don\u2019t come just to play. They come to win. The team is currently the national champion in Debate Division I. The team is also the national champion for the Quality Award, given by the National Christian College Forensics Association at a tournament in 2018 to the team with the most points earned per competitor. In the past 20 years, the Cumberlands debate team has won eight national championships. They also took home one team championship from a competition in Montreal, Canada. The team has finished in the top three at nationals more than 20 times. Over the years, they have earned more than 25 individual national championships in speech and debate."}