190th meeting

Our Toastmaster Marcel set the right tone for this meeting's potentially delicate but broadly interesting theme of "National Stereotypes." Many speakers later fielded Table Topicsmaster Jag's questions with candor, tact, and humor. Everyone present seemed to enjoy the meeting with the exception the excitable Mrs. Bennet, who was vividly portrayed by Maryam in her reading of the first two chapters of Pride and Prejudice. Alex, our other prepared speaker, presented his research-your-topic project with a talk entitled "Copyright in the  Information Age."  Many members of the evaluation team complimented him on his articulate presentation of several relevant and verifiable facts.

189th Meeting

You didn't need to be a numerologist to expect something special to happen on May 18 at our eighteenth meeting of this year. And you would have been right in about eight ways! Our Toastmaster Xiang led us through an adventurous meeting. We had our Table Topics segment first, in which Kalen challenged many of us to demonstrate our rhetorical wizardry by answering questions more or less related to wizards. (Our theme was Harry Potter versus The Lord of the Rings.) In place of one prepared speech, Maryam and Jag delved further into the relative merits of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings series in a panel discussion moderated by Jordi.  That discussion came after a brief trip back to reality, in which Area Governor Mick Normington delivered a speech on the difficult job market for those with advanced degrees outside of STEM. A few other guests were present and also enriched the meeting with their words and ears. In sum, this meeting was another fine addition to the UT Sciences Toastmasters genre←(Word of the Day).

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UT Sciences Toastmasters is moving to a new location!

Starting on June 1, 2012, we will meet in the Student Activities Center (SAC room 1.106) at 5:55 pm every Friday.

This lovely room on the first floor of the SAC will be our new home all Summer and Fall. Come join us on the first Friday of June.

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As always, parking is free on Dean Keeton Road after 5 pm, and paid visitor parking is available at the University garages.