On Saturday, September 13 the Lafayette Forensics Team traveled together for the first time to go on a retreat to Chambersburg, PA. This retreat brought together returners and novices and allowed for the speech members to intermingle with debaters. The retreat consisted of educational components that gave an overview of all the different events. By exposing speech members to debate, and debaters to speech, teammates gained a new appreciation of their team members and also encouraged individuals to try new events. In addition to the educational component of the retreat a key purpose was to bring the group together. By engaging in several icebreakers, team bonding activities, and games novices and returners learned about one another and felt like they were part of a special group. The Lafayette Forensics Team got a lot of work done and had some fun at the Fall 2014 Retreat. Now they are ready to get out in the circuit and compete!

–Kaitlin Kinsella, VP of Speech