[eDebate] Cornell--what a tournament!

[NEIL BERCH]

Thanks to Sam Nelson and the Cornell University debate team for a great 
tournament!  Sam was everywhere, making sure everyone had what they needed 
for an enjoyable experience.  I believe James Thomas was involved in every 
aspect of the tournament, from food to room availability, to directions, to 
packet stuffing, and he did it all with style!  Katie Baxter-Kauf, Christy 
Webster, and Vik Keenan ran a tab room that was at once amazingly efficient 
(even in the face of a variety of challenges from their constitutents), 
scrupulously ethical, and very open.

Add an amazingly congenial atmosphere and gorgeous early fall scenery in 
upstate New York, and you have a tournament that should not be missed!

Thanks again.
--Neil Berch
West Virginia University