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Mock trial gets real
Brian Anthony
Issue date: 12/3/08 Section: News
"Here it's just the eight of us, so it makes it much easier to have a discussion and gives us a lot more responsibility."
Freshman zoology major David Fraiser-Jones agreed, saying that he enjoys the extra freedom that is given in college mock trial because it enables students to be creative.
"It helps that we have so much talent in our group among the veterans, all of whom came from serious mock trial teams in high school and I've learned a great deal from since my high school team wasn't all that serious."
Rachael Gigar, a freshman English education major, is one of the few without previous Mock Trial experience.
Gigar joined Mock Trial because she enjoys "both debating and acting, and Mock Trial is a good mix of the two."
"It also gives me a chance to indulge my love of law and its practices."
Rachel Schrader, a freshman biological sciences major, said she thinks the American Mock Trial Association is "a crash course of mental preparation, organization and logical thinking.
"However, the characters in college can be molded more to fit your case, which is a nice change."
The team will put its knowledge and practice to use on Dec. 6 in Colorado Springs in a scrimmage against CU-Colorado Springs.
There the teams will compete to see who best presents the evidence, closing and opening statements and witnesses.
The scrimmage is the first of several competitions for the team, who are preparing for the Great Plains Regional at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan. in February.
"At the college level (the competition is) particularly competitive," Hamburger said.
"It pretty much has to be your only activity to be particularly successful."
Staff writer Brian Anthony can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Freshman zoology major David Fraiser-Jones agreed, saying that he enjoys the extra freedom that is given in college mock trial because it enables students to be creative.
"It helps that we have so much talent in our group among the veterans, all of whom came from serious mock trial teams in high school and I've learned a great deal from since my high school team wasn't all that serious."
Rachael Gigar, a freshman English education major, is one of the few without previous Mock Trial experience.
Gigar joined Mock Trial because she enjoys "both debating and acting, and Mock Trial is a good mix of the two."
"It also gives me a chance to indulge my love of law and its practices."
Rachel Schrader, a freshman biological sciences major, said she thinks the American Mock Trial Association is "a crash course of mental preparation, organization and logical thinking.
"However, the characters in college can be molded more to fit your case, which is a nice change."
The team will put its knowledge and practice to use on Dec. 6 in Colorado Springs in a scrimmage against CU-Colorado Springs.
There the teams will compete to see who best presents the evidence, closing and opening statements and witnesses.
The scrimmage is the first of several competitions for the team, who are preparing for the Great Plains Regional at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan. in February.
"At the college level (the competition is) particularly competitive," Hamburger said.
"It pretty much has to be your only activity to be particularly successful."
Staff writer Brian Anthony can be reached at news@collegian.com.
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