Ex Nihilo

Speak, Proclaim, Defend

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    • November 20, 2020

    By Stephen HosmerPosted on Posted in Club Announcements

     NO club meeting on Monday, November 23rd.

     Happy Thanksgiving from the Leadership team! 

    “Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100:4-5

    Important! Please RSVP! 

    Please, RSVP to this email! We want to make sure our member families are receiving the weekly Ex Nihilo Newsletter, and other relevant announcements. Please respond to this email with “Yes” when you receive it. This will enable us to contact those that do not respond to see if there is a problem. Thank you for your assistance.

    Next Club Meeting/December Club meeting:

    Our next club meeting will be on November 30th.

    December Meetings will be:  7th, 14th, and 21st. 

    Check this out!

    Results from Stoa Virtual Challenge-Red :

    Congratulations!

    Extemp:

    • Benjamin Arroyave- Check

    LD Debate: 

    • Christian White – Check (4-2)
    • Walker White-Check (5-1)

    LD Speaker:

    • Walker White- Check

    Tournament Calendar:

    Stoa: https://stoausa.org/tournament-calendar/

    NOVEMBER:

    DECEMBER: 

    JANUARY:

    • January 7-9 San Diego Classic-Santee, CA (Tournament link coming soon!)

    FEBRUARY:

    • February 18-20 The Desert Gem-Bermuda Dunes, CA (Tournament link coming soon!)

    Great Free Resource You May Not Know About!

    Here is a great, free resource that you may not know about. On its website, the U.S. State Department has detailed summaries of the significant policies and events in our country’s foreign relations, from 1750 through 2000. The website is: https://history.state.gov/milestones. By way of example only, for the years 1937-1945, detailed summaries of the following foreign policy milestones are provided:

    ·        1937–1945: Diplomacy and the Road to Another War

    ·        Japan, China, the United States and the Road to Pearl Harbor, 1937–41

    ·        Mexican Expropriation of Foreign Oil, 1938

    ·        American Isolationism in the 1930s

    ·        Henry Luce and 20th Century U.S. Internationalism

    ·        The Atlantic Conference & Charter, 1941

    ·        Lend-Lease and Military Aid to the Allies in the Early Years of World War II

    ·        U.S.-Soviet Alliance, 1941–1945

    ·        Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, 1943

    ·        Wartime Conferences, 1941–1945

    ·        The Casablanca Conference, 1943

    ·        The Tehran Conference, 1943

    ·        Bretton Woods-GATT, 1941–1947

    ·        The Yalta Conference, 1945

    ·        The Potsdam Conference, 1945

    ·        The Formation of the United Nations, 1945

    This is a great resource for speech and debate, homeschooling, and general interest alike.

    Local tournament requests our help:

    Volunteer at The Bumble B new Stoa speech only tournamentDate: Saturday, December 19thLocation: Emerald Middle School in El Cajon. We need tournament help, all areas!Volunteer Positions:Ballot PushBallot ReturnStudent Check-InJudge Check-InExtemp PrepJudge HospitalityJudge OrientationMealsLost and FoundSet-up/Clean-UpIf interested, please email the Tournament Director at: TheBumbleB2020@gmail.com. The Subject Line should contain the contact the position interested (ie. Subject: Ballot Push). If no specific area but you’d still like to volunteer, simply put in “Volunteer”.Prepare to volunteer at minimum 4 hours or two shifts depending on the position. If you cannot work the minimum, you are still welcome to volunteer but may not receive the Early Registration Code.After you submit your email request, you will receive a reply back from either the Tournament Director or the Event Lead with information for Sign-Up Genius and the Early Registration Code.If you have any questions, you may contact us at: TheBumbleB2020@gmail.com
    November 20, 2020