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Re: Syracuse Needs Your HELP!!
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> Shortly before we left for CEDA Nationals, the Syracuse University Debate
> Team was informed that Syracuse's College of Visual and Performing Arts
> would no longer provide us with a travel budget (but would continue to
> provide us with coaching and office space). We are therefore looking for
> another internal source of funding for our travel budget starting with the
> 1995-96 academic year. To that end, we are respectfully requesting that
> our colleagues in the debate community send letters of support to our
> Chancellor:
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> Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw
> Syracuse University
> 300 Tolley Administration Building
> Syracuse NY 13244
>
> This was a good year for us, with Michael and Isaac winning regionals and
> advancing to double-octos at nationals, and with Shannon emerging as one
> of the top new debaters in our region. I am sure that Dan and whoever
> replaces me will lead the team to even greater successes next year, but
> only if they are actually able to travel. We appreciate your support.
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I will gladly write your administration and encourage others to do so.
Might I also suggest that everyone who writes keep the letters positive
and cool. Programs in the past have been damaged by letters meant to
support who have been too "enthusiastic" (flaming) in their rhetoric of
support.
Perhaps you could give us some guidelines on what to say to be persuasive
with this particular administrator.
This is important to Syracuse and all debate programs everywhere. Let's
do what we can to support this good cause.
Sincerely,
Russell T. Church
Professor of Speech
Middle Tennessee State University
Box 43
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132
Office: 615-898-5607
Home: 615-849-9170
Fax: 615-898-5826
e-mail address: rchurch@frank.mtsu.edu
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