MCC Speech Competition
Vilma Sierra
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Campus and Community
The Technical Services Center, better known as the TSC auditorium, hosted the first Middlesex County College Speech Competition on Friday, April 24 at 6 p.m.
The event, which was sponsored by the Visual, Performing and Media Arts Department as well as the Pearson Publishing Group, allowed nine contestants to participate and be evaluated by three judges: Jane Brady, Joe Cardone and Gina Hermann. While professor Jeremy Nickerson hosted the competition, professor Louis Dell'Omo was coordinating the contestants entrance to the auditorium.
The nine contestants were nervously waiting for their turn to give their speeches in the TSC auditorium. Rebecca Cohen, the first place winner of $1000, gave her speech on legalizing prostitution. "[I]am former sex worker and all [I] am asking for is a working environment," said Cohen.
The second place and $500 prize winner was Kristen Mingo with her speech on obesity in America. She expressed her concern about an unhealthy America consuming growth hormones and pesticides. "It was a great honor to be part of this competition because I learned how talk to a crowd who is not going to respond back," said Mingo.
The third place and $250 prize winner was Theresa Lewis with her speech on capital punishment.
Contestant Federico Zanatta gave t-shirts to the audience after concluding his speech about donating blood. Another contestant included important facts about Middlesex County during her speech about stricter penalties for sex offenders. "For all in Middlesex County, a total of 358 names [have been] found for sex offenders. The offenders won't go away and the question is what more can we do?" said contestant Melinda Rivera.
Interesting topics were presented to the audience such as: the importance of exercise by Darlene Guillet, animal testing by Margaret Schreiber, donate blood by Catherine Michaelson and government funding of higher education by Ismaeil H. Ismaeil. "[The] government should take actions to increase the funding for education and students should elaborate a plan to afford their university of choice," said Ismaeil.
At the end of the competition, all the participants received a recognition certificate by professors Nickerson and Dell'Omo.
The event, which was sponsored by the Visual, Performing and Media Arts Department as well as the Pearson Publishing Group, allowed nine contestants to participate and be evaluated by three judges: Jane Brady, Joe Cardone and Gina Hermann. While professor Jeremy Nickerson hosted the competition, professor Louis Dell'Omo was coordinating the contestants entrance to the auditorium.
The nine contestants were nervously waiting for their turn to give their speeches in the TSC auditorium. Rebecca Cohen, the first place winner of $1000, gave her speech on legalizing prostitution. "[I]am former sex worker and all [I] am asking for is a working environment," said Cohen.
The second place and $500 prize winner was Kristen Mingo with her speech on obesity in America. She expressed her concern about an unhealthy America consuming growth hormones and pesticides. "It was a great honor to be part of this competition because I learned how talk to a crowd who is not going to respond back," said Mingo.
The third place and $250 prize winner was Theresa Lewis with her speech on capital punishment.
Contestant Federico Zanatta gave t-shirts to the audience after concluding his speech about donating blood. Another contestant included important facts about Middlesex County during her speech about stricter penalties for sex offenders. "For all in Middlesex County, a total of 358 names [have been] found for sex offenders. The offenders won't go away and the question is what more can we do?" said contestant Melinda Rivera.
Interesting topics were presented to the audience such as: the importance of exercise by Darlene Guillet, animal testing by Margaret Schreiber, donate blood by Catherine Michaelson and government funding of higher education by Ismaeil H. Ismaeil. "[The] government should take actions to increase the funding for education and students should elaborate a plan to afford their university of choice," said Ismaeil.
At the end of the competition, all the participants received a recognition certificate by professors Nickerson and Dell'Omo.
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