Illinois State Forensics Union came out swinging at the 2023 Illinois Intercollegiate Forensic Association (IIFA) State Championships which took place Feb. 24-March 4 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. The Debate team was declared State Champions after…
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Junior Connor Rada (Lakemoor) took 3rd place speaker and a partial quarterfinal in Junior Varsity on December 4th at the Fall Finale hosted online by Lafayette College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The virtual nature of the…
Illinois State Junior Connor Rada (Lakemoor) won third place speaker in junior varsity at the Lincoln-Douglas Redbird Tournament on November 5th-6th hosted by Illinois State University in Normal. Other members of the team participated by assisting in…
Junior Connor Rada (Lakemoor) took first place in novice speaking and semifinaled in the 2022 Missouri Mule Tournament hosted by the University of Central Missouri on October 21-22nd. Freshman Taylor Perteete (Chicago) took ninth place speaker in…
The Illinois State speech team took first place overall this past week at the first Mid-America Forensics League Tournament (MAFL) and fourth place at the Western Kentucky Fall Tournament (WKU). Both competitions were held asynchronously. The team…
Normal, Ill. – It’s the start of fall semester and the Redbirds are back on campus! The Illinois State Forensics Union is gearing up for their first series of in-person, fall competitions since 2019, welcoming a new…