UNICAL Student to Sit in Adjudication Panel of Debate Tournament in New York

Efio-Ita Nyok|28 July 2016|8:30AM

The appointment was announced on the 25th of July by Professor Eric Barnes, the Director of Debate at the American University. He is the only African representative on the Chief Adjudication panel of the Tournament…

Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, a 3rd Year student of Philosophy in the University of Calabar has been appointed as the Assitant Chief Adjudicator for the 2016 Edition of the Hobart and William Smith Colleges InterVarsity Debate Tournament popularly known as the “HWS IV 2016”. The tournament is billed to hold in New York.

The appointment was announced on the 25th of July by Professor Eric Barnes, the Director of Debate at the American University. He is the only African representative on the Chief Adjudication panel of the Tournament, and University of Calabar is extremely proud to breed such incredible talent. The full Chief Adjudication Panel includes:

1. Chief Adjudicator – Michael Dunn Goekjian (Cambridge University)
2. Chief Adjudicator- Josh Zoffer (Harvard University)
3.Chief Adjudicator – Veenu Goswami (University of Toronto)
4. Chief Adjudicator – Julia Fetherston (Harvard University)
5. Chief Adjudicator – Sarah Balakrishnan (Harvard University )
6. Assistant Chief Adjudicator – Taylor Murray  (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
7. Assistant Chief Adjudicator – Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph (University of Calabar)

Kennedy, one of the Best Debaters in Africa, just returned from the All Nigeria Universities Debating Championship at Covenant University where they ranked 2nd overall in the Nation, a Tournament at which he was hitherto Best Speaker. He will also serve as the Deputy Chief Adjudicator at the African Universities Debating Championship in December 2016 in Zimbabwe.

We are proud of Kennedy, the University of Calabar debate Club for this huge achievement and call on the University of Calabar management to recognize and properly award and congratulate Kennedy on this feat and keep encouraging students to do the University proud.

Efio-Ita Nyok
Is a Blogger & the Editor of Negroidhaven.org (Negroid Haven)