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Coached by Jason Habig
Gurbani Kaur is a sophomore at Hathaway Brown. She has been a member of the Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Team for two years. Gurbani is a staff writer for the school newspaper "The Review" and is a staff member of "The Specularia", HB's yearbook. This year Gurbani was selected to be a TRUST leader, a program that pairs high school students with sixth graders at Hathaway Brown to work on leadership development and a respect for diversity. She is a Global Scholar and a member of HB's Junior Varsity Tennis Team as well as enthusiastically volunteering for the school's Peer Tutoring program. Outside of the classroom, Gurbani pursues her mathematical and scientific interests by conducting research in Bio-Medical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. She is a member of the Ohio Academy of Science and will be presenting her research at the OAS meeting next month. Gurbani has been a Youth Staff Leader for PANDA, an organization that teaches middle school students to be drug and alcohol free, for the last two years. She also volunteers for the Revere Relay of Life, Stewart's Caring Place, and the Richfield Sikh temple.
University School
Coached by Peter Paik
Evan Meisler has competed in Lincoln-Douglas debate for University School all four years of his high school career. He has been coached over the years by Mr. Peter Paik, Ms. Amy Dinsmore, and Mr. James Lewis. Presently he is the head captain of the University School Speech and Debate Team. Evan qualified for the state tournament as a freshman, junior and senior, among other successes. This year, he won two district titles, earned his second consecutive finish as a state semifinalist, and qualified for nationals. Debate aside, Evan is an avid cross-country runner and a co-captain of University School's track team. He is pursuing a research project at the Cleveland Clinic concerning the optical effects of a corneal transplant procedure and enjoys writing short stories.
For over two decades, The City Club has hosted the annual High School Debate Championships sponsored by the law firm of Baker Hostetler, LLP in memory of Patrick Jordon. Every year, the top two area high school debaters square off in a classic "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate at a Friday Forum. This gives the debaters the opportunity to compete not only for the judges and the audience in the room, but also for our radio and television audiences. Debate teams from across Northeast Ohio are invited to attend as guests of The City Club and Baker Hostetler, LLP.
March 18, 2011