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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/41/iQCHF.St.138.jpeg|413Spencer Kim (left), 15, a sophomore at Durham Academy and John Carroll, 16, a junior at Ardrey Kell High School faced off in the cross fire portion of the school's public forum debate. The question the two-person teams faced off on was the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/41/1sLohq.St.138.jpeg|413Spencer Kim (left), 15, and Mark Cohen, 15, both sophomores at Durham Academy debated John Carroll, 16, a junior and Vaibhav Shrishail, 16 a senior at Ardrey Kell High School. the question the two-person teams faced off on was the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/37/A2Gjh.St.138.jpeg|351Luke Tolman, 16, a junior at Millburn High School in Millburn, New Jersey found some space on the floor of Myers Park High School between debates Saturday. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/1pbicd.St.138.jpeg|525Erin Larsen, formerly a debate team member at Myers Park High School acted as a public form debate judge and gave critiques to teams after they finished Saturday. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/Gg16V.St.138.jpeg|398(from left) Vaibhav Shrishail, 16, a senior at Ardrey Kell High School talks with Shouri Gottiparthi, 16, and Alexander Jacobson, 17, both are students at the North Carolina School of Science and Math. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/1jwiii.St.138.jpeg|413Mark Cohen, 15, a sophomore at the Durham Academy, goes over his notes prior to a public forum debate Saturday at Myers Park High School. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/1aFYzT.St.138.jpeg|525John Carroll, 16, a junior at Ardrey Kell High School pleads his case to Erin Larsen who judged the public forum debate. The question the two-person teams faced off on was the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/QDpgS.St.138.jpeg|366(from left) Mark Cohen and Spencer Kim of the Durham Academy faced off against John Carroll and Vaibhav Shrishail of Ardrey Kell High School during a public forum debate. The question the two-person teams faced off on was the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/2zypB.St.138.jpeg|419(from left) John Carroll and Vaibhav Shrishail of Ardrey Kell High School strategize between sessions of a public forum debate. The question the two-person teams faced off on was the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/WlFMV.St.138.jpeg|398John Carroll, 16, a junior at Ardrey Kell High School pleads his case to Erin Larsen, a judge, during a public forum debate. The question the two-person teams faced off on was the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/Qz25E.St.138.jpeg|413(left to right at near table) R.J. Pellicciotta, of the Cary Academy, Beth Eskin, of Timber Creek High School in orlando, Fl. and Robert Sheard, of the Durham Academy, helped tabulate speech and debate results Saturday at the Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament. The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green, debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/05/15/36/Pq2z.St.138.jpeg|427The second day of the 40th annual Laird Lewis Invitational Tournament for high school speech and debate teams was held at Myers Park High School Saturday January 5, 2013. More than 1,000 students, 400 coaches and judges from 67 schools spread across 17 states participated. "This is by far the best regular season tournament in the country," says Carol Green (in this photo with a gorilla hand puppet), debate coach for Harker High School in San Jose, Ca. Green's team not only won first place in public forum debate last year at Myers Park but they won the National Forensic League national championship in the same category. JOHN D. SIMMONS - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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