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Jewell student Edwon Edwards has been named to Missouri Governor Bob Holden’s Youth Cabinet, a body created to increase involvement of young Missourians in state and local issues. The Youth Cabinet represents the highest-level youth advisory council formed by any state.

Holden formed the cabinet so that young people could voice their ideas about how to make Missouri a better place. “The Youth Cabinet members have each been assigned to a department director, based on their areas of interest,” Holden said. “The Youth Cabinet members will work directly with my cabinet members to open a dialogue between the young people and the decision-makers of the state.”

Edwards, a first-year political science major from Kansas City, Mo., has been assigned to the Missouri Department of Insurance, where he works with Jewell alumnus Scott Lakin ’80.

“The governor’s Youth Cabinet is a great chance for students interested in politics to get involved,” Edwards said. “Youth Cabinet members are placed in all of the departmental offices in Jefferson City and are instrumental in providing information to the department heads on young people between the ages of 18 and 25. I think it is a success, and I plan on being involved in it as long as I can.”

The William Jewell College 2002-2003 Mortar Board Chapter was one of only 34 chapters nationwide to receive the Silver Torch Award.

Jewell students and faculty braved the rain this fall to participate in the National Conference for Community and Justice’s Walk As One Walk-a-thon. NCCJ sponsors diversity programs dealing with bias, bigotry, discrimination and racism.

The students of Dr. Rebecca Folsom, Associate Professor of Music, have competed in several events in the past few months. Three students participated in the tri-state National Association of Teachers of Singing competition which involved singers from Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. Joshua Lawlor placed first and Matthew Gladden placed second in division 2 (freshmen men), while Justin Greene placed second in division 8 (senior men). In addition, four students participated in the Missouri Music Teachers Association competition. Justin Greene and Josepha Haden both were named Honorable Mention.

Students from Assistant Professor Debbie Scarfino’s “International Business: Global Viewpoint” class were featured in a photo contained in a recent newsletter from New Zealand-based Douglas Pharmaceuticals. Students spent 12 days in New Zealand last summer attending seminars and visiting various international businesses.

Cardinal debaters continue to receive high national rankings in parliamentary debate. At press time, the squad was ranked 28th out of 213 colleges and universities, and was second in Missouri only to Truman State University. In team rankings, sophomore Phil Fuhrman and first year Luke Landry are still 20th in the nation out of 600 teams, and hope to receive a bid to attend the prestigious National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence. Every year the NPTE offers bids to approximately 48 teams based on their national rankings. To see the entire rankings, visit the NPTE website at http://npte.debateaddict.com.

The Cardinal debate team began 2004 on a high note. Following a successful fall season in which Jewell debaters qualified for the elimination rounds of every tournament at which they competed, the squad traveled to St. Louis for the first tournament of the spring semester, which was hosted at Webster University. Three Jewell teams were 4-2 in preliminary rounds and qualified for the quarter-final elimination bracket. Of those teams, first-years Colleen Montgomery and Lilia Toson defeated teams from the University of Missouri and Hillsdale College before taking second place to top-seeded Purdue University. Finishing in the top ten speakers were Toson at 9th place and first-year Luke Landry at 3rd. The squad also competed in Extemporaneous Speaking, and sophomore Kevin Garner received 5th. The Jewell debaters received 3rd place in squad debate sweepstakes.

Before classes began in January, the squad hosted the first William Jewell College Round-Robin Championship for the Kansas City area Urban Debate Leagues. Each school was asked to bring their top two debate teams to the one-day tournament. Lincoln Prep won the tournament, closing out the final round.