UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Friday, January 17, 1997 3A Debate team aiming for nationals By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer Debate coach Scott Harris isn't apologetic about it — he and his team of debaters are out to win. Given the team's successful record this year and taking multiple first place trophies, his goal of winning both the National Debate Tournament and novice nationals could easily be affirmed. The team began the new year with a strong showing at tournaments hosted by Kansas State University Jan. 8-13. Hajir Ardebelli, Overland Park junior, and Drew France, Sioux City, Iowa, senior, took first place at the invitation-only round robin, which included eight of the top teams on the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) circuit. At the open tournament that followed, Ardebili and France took second, losing to the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the final round. Debaters Amy Miller, Topeka sophomore, and Patty Keller, Lakewood, Colo., freshman, also qualified at the open tournament but lost against Ardebli and France. KU teams also won three fall tournaments, including the prestigious University of Kentucky tournament where Ardebill and France took first. The debaters are participating on both the CEDA and National Debate Tournament (NDT) circuits, which share the same topic of environmental pollutant regulation. In previous years, the two organizations had different topics, making the two circuits mutually exclusive. Ardebili and France leave today to compete at the Dartmouth Round Robin Invitational with seven other teams chosen as the best of the NDT. They were the only team invited to both the Dartmouth and K-State invitations. Geoff Krieger / KANSAN First-year debaters Mike Eber, Miami, Fla., freshman, and Grant McKeehan, Overland Park freshman, also are having a successful season. "They won their last tournament at North Texas University, and reached elimination rounds at Harvard, Northern Iowa and Kentucky," said Harris. "They'll be one of the favorites to win novice nationals, and I expect them to reach elimination rounds at NDT nationals." All of this success comes at the cost of lots of preparation, however. Debaters often spend as much time doing debate work as they would with a full-time job. "The top teams probably invest a minimum of 30-50 hours a week, not counting the weeks they're traveling," Harris said, noting that students may miss class on Fridays and Mondays that they are on the road competing. Because the debate arguments are constantly developing and changing, the squad must work to keep up with other teams while creating new positions of their own. "Given that our goal is to win nationals and novice nationals, we have to work as hard as everyone else," Harris said. "You're never ready—everything is constantly changing." Although participation in debate requires a massive work load, Eber said it can be an enjoyable and social activity. “四 tournament are more than just the actual debate competition. We have friends that we get to see there as well.” he said. Harris said the teams will be doing more topic research, argument organization and holding practice debates to prepare for the competition. Some of the debaters, however, hoped to prepare a different way, such as with "more sleep," said Eber. David Magariel, Overland Park sophomore, looks at his notes in preparation for an upcoming debate. Behind him are trophies the debate team won in previous debates. Students excited, skeptical about Israeli peace process Parliament approves withdrawal from By Doug Weinstein Kansan staff writer With Wednesday's signing of the Hebron-West Bank accord, the first step of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is nearing completion, but some KU students and Lawrence residents are left with mixed emotions. The first step of the accord gives the Israeli army 10 days to remove 80 percent of its forces from Hebron. Safadi, a former KU student, said the new accord, which would postpone the completion date for the Ahmed Zafer, Medinah, Saudi Arabia, graduate student and president of the Muslim Student Association, did not comment, but instead referred to Lawrence residents Baha Safadi and Samuh Stadieh. pe ace process to August 1998, would only promote hatred. Iris Rosenthal, Buffalo Grove, Ill., junior, and president of HawkPAC, a KU subsidiary group of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said she thought the Israeli government shouldn't have to give up Israeli land for peace, but she thought they probably would have do so to prevent war. "If you want genu i n e peace, let's do a land for peace formula," he said. "We don't want to risk war, no more bargaining, no more inches. If the intention is to achieve peace, hopefully Netanyahu is more apt to follow international law and treaties." Shimon Peres took Rabin's place until the May 1996 election, in which Peres lost to Benjamin Rabin was to start by giving Palestinians some of the land Israel had captured in the 1967 war. However, Rabin's assassination in November 1995 slowed the peace process. The peace process began in September 1993 with an agreement between Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The agreement called for Israel to exchange land for peace. Netanyahu. Netanyahu's said he would not trade land for peace. But yesterday's agreement shows that times have changed. Robert Grant, Los Angeles senior and campus liaison for HawkPAC, said he was excited because this was the first step toward peace he had seen since Netanyahu was elected. But Grant said he thought there was a lot of distrust on both sides. Statieh said the only difference between Rabin's agreement and Netanyahu's was the new accord would postpone the agreement one year. Samih Statieh, Lawrence businessman, said Netanyahu's new agreement was similar to Rabin's past peace attempts. "There are so many questions left unanswered. It sets the stage for an uprising," he said. "This tells me that even though we are a step closer, the road is filled with obstacles," Statieh said. Minnesota man rescues parents trapped in snow REVILLE, Minn. — When a 20-foot snowdrift trapped an elderly couple in their enclosed house last week, their son dug a 12-foot tunnel in the snow and crawled in each day to visit as he worked to free them. It wasn't until Wednesday, a week later, that Paul Haug was able to cut a path wide enough to get a car in and get parents Florence and Curtis Haug out. "I was so happy to get out of there to see the sun," Mrs. Haug said yesterday. "Six days of that was just too much." Haug used his tractor and snowblower to plow through the snow. It took him a day to reach his parents' house in this rural town, but he got stopped by the towering snowrift. "I was doing pretty good until I got to the corner; it finally took the gear box out of my blower," he said. While they were waiting to be rescued, the couple watched TV and read books. "There was no use writing letters because we didn't have mail since the eighth," Mrs. Haug said. NATURAL WAY • NATURAL FIBER CLOTHING • NATURAL BODY CARE • 820-822 MASS • 841-0100 "I was over there at least once a day, sometimes two to three times, so I could bring them milk, groceries, that kind of thing." Haug said. 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