Touro College NY SCAS Dept. of Speech and Communication
Speech Tournament #1, March 30 and April 6, Spring 2006
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First Prize: Marah Smith "End of Apartheid in South Africa" Barrie Cline GCA 100/103 Midtown	Second Prize: Sarah Goldstein "Men and the Rising Demand for Plastic Surgery" George Backinoff GCA 100/103 Midtown	Third Prize: Angelique Diaz "Free Things To Do In NYCity" Richard Green GCA 100/103 Taino
Finalist: Leslie Grant     "Youth Organizing"     Michael Llorénz     GCA 215/216     Taino	Finalist: Wellington Marrera "Exercise Methods to Increase Muscle Mass & Tone Muscles" Michael Llorénz GCA 100/103 Taino	Finalist: Heidy Pichardo     "My Favorite Bathroom"     Linda Creamer   GCA 126/128    Sunset Park
Finalist: Melody Evans  "Same-Sex Marriage Debate" George Backinoff   GCA 101/102  Midtown	Finalist: Zohar Abikzer "Anabolic Steroids" Hal Wicke GCA 100/103 Midtown	Finalist: Khadra Kodah     "Traditional Responses to Rape and  Concepts of Sexual Assault   in Somali Society"   Michael Llorénz    GCA 100/103     Midtown
Finalist: Cynthia Barksdale  "Conquering Fear" Michael Llorénz GCA 100/103 Midtown	Finalist: Selime Dedinca "How To Prepare Byrek" Timothy Bellavia GCA 100/103 Midtown	Finalist: Yakov Oldaka         "What is Kosher"         Michael Llorénz         GCA 100/103         Midtown
Finalist: Tanika Johnson  "Breast Cancer"   Dolores Albert GCA 100/103 Taino	Finalist: Juan Salinas "Music Production" Linda Creamer GCA 126/128 Flushing	Finalist: Pramila Ghmire         "Struggling Women In Nepal"         Richard Green         GCA 100/103         Taino
Finalist: Maria Rodriguez "Homelessness" Dolores Albert GCA 100/103 Flushing Finalist: Alon Sapir "The Stock Market" George Backinoff GCA 100/103 Midtown After clicking on any of the above photos, you will be able to access the video as well as order prints online as per the instructions in red below.

For two consecutive Thursdays in the spring of 2006, students of the Communication courses in the NYSCAS division of Touro College, New York City, showed their public speaking skills in the first student contest sponsored by the Department of Speech and Communication. The event will be repeated each semester in the future. These 17 students were finalists in their Communication classes, all of whom presented similar informative speeches. These were chosen by their classmates to represent them in this contest. Each speech was limited to 5 minutes. Often called one of the most valuable personal and professional skills, public speaking requires these students to select, research, organize, write and rehearse a presentation on a specific topic. As a learning tool, public speaking is a learning matrix that simultaneously combines the skills of critical thinking, research and use of evidence to support a point of view and the abilities to organize, write, rehearse and give a presentation that an audience can understand, all in a "real time." Were time to allow it, a question and answer period can follow the presentation which tests listening skills. In the Communication classes, the instructors of these Touro students work diligently with their students on each aspect of two types of presentations: an informative speech and a persuasive speech. The speeches in this contest were information speeches, designed to present a balanced, value-neutral, considered explanation of a process, a part of history, or a topic in which the speaker does not choose a position.  Public speaking has a long and illustrious history going back to the Greeks and Aristotle and the Romans of Cicero and Quintillian. Public speaking was originally called "Rhetoric," the art of persuasion. However, in recent years, the term has become diminished and is often associated with empty political and personal promises. "Spin" is another pejorative use of rhetoric as it attempts to interpret a political action in a particular way to benefit the promoter of an idea. Public speaking has long been a required course in colleges across America. At Touro, we introduce public speaking as one of many communication tools a student needs to be exposed to in order to be effective in a competitive marketplace. Interpersonal Communication, Cross Cultural Communication and Debate are among the courses we offer. The Department has introduced a Business Communication specialty for Touro students to hone their communication skills for the marketplace which lists "communication skills" as one of its highest priorities. Enjoy these presentations. Hal Wicke Deputy Chair, NYSCAS Department of Speech and Communication Touro College, New York City

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