Forensics

Forensics team silhouettes Emphasizes the development of communication skills that are so essential today. Students in forensics compete in a variety of oral interpretation and public speaking events.

Forensics club meets every Monday at 4 p.m. Meetings are open to all students interested in developing their public speaking and performance poise. Forensics doesn't require an audition.

Team Awards

2012

Phi Rho Pi Region IV Tournament, March 16:
- Gold Awards:
  - Jay Jacobs - Dramatic Interpretation
  - Richard Singletary - Extemporaneous Speaking
- Silver Awards:
  - John Cox - Dramatic Interpretation
  - Parliamentary Debate Team of Richard Singletary and Bob Gibbons
- Bronze Awards:
  - Devin Lasker - Prose Interpretation
  - Elino Pucci - Dramatic Interpretation
  - Dramatic Duo Interpretation Team of Elino Pucci and Jake Seelye
Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association (IIFA) State Tournament, March 2 and 3
- First Place, ensemble event, Interpreters Theatre
- Dramatic Duo Interpretation
  - 1st Place - John Cox and Lauren Murphy
  - 3rd Place - Jay Jacobs and Johanna Klay
  - 5th Place - Saida Jimenez and Devin Lasker
- Dramatic Interpretation
  - 1st Place - Jay Jacobs
  - 7th Place - Elino Pucci
- Extemporaneous Speaking
  - 4th Place - Richard Singletary
- Impromptu Speaking
  - 5th Place - Richard Singletary
2012 College of DuPage Frank-ly Speaking invitational tournament:
- Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
  - 4th Place - Richard Singletary
  - 6th Place - Bob Gibbons
- Varsity Dramatic Duo Interpretation
  - 3rd Place Johanna Klay and Jay Jacobs
- Novice Dramatic Interpretation
  - 4th Place - John Cox

2011

Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in Greenwich, CT:
- Gold Awards:
  - Steve Guardi - Prose Interpretation
- Bronze Awards:
  - Steve Guardi and Jeffrey Vitale - Dramatic Duo Interpretation
  - Jeffrey Vitale - Program Oral Interpretation
Phi Rho Pi Region IV Tournament, March 18 and 19:
- Bronze Award for Team Sweepstakes
- Gold Awards:
  - Steve Guardi - Prose Interpretation
  - Steve Guardi and Jeffrey Vitale - Duo Interpretation
  - Rosemary Palczynski - Program Oral Interpretation
- Silver Award:
  - Jeffrey Vitale - Program Oral Interpretation
- Bronze Awards:
  - Aliena Rogers - Program Oral Interpretation
  - Jessica Benson - Poetry Interpretation
5th at the Illinois Intercollegiate Forensics Association (IIFA) State Tournament, March 4 and 5:
- MCC students placed in two Open Finals: 6th Place Duo Interpretation - Steve Guardi and Jeffrey Vitale and Steve Guardi placed 5th in Prose Interpretation.
- 6 MCC students made the Community College Finals:
  - Poetry Interpretation, 2nd Place - A. J. Valentine and 6th Place - Jeffrey Vitale
  - Prose Interpretation, 4th Place - Kat Stemple
  - Program Oral Interpretation, 5th place - Rosemary Palczynski and 6th Place - Lauren Murphy
  - Dramatic Interpretation, 6th Place - Antonio Clinton
- Both MCC debaters were recognized in Parliamentary Debate for Individual Speaker Awards: 4th Place Speaker - Carl Mohr and 6th Place Speaker - Richard Singletary.
2011 College of DuPage Frank-ly Speaking invitational tournament: Team captain Kat Stemple took first place and Steve Guardi of Johnsburg placed second in prose interpretation.

2010

Phi Rho Pi national tournament, New Orleans April, 2010
- Bronze Award for Overall Team Sweepstakes and Individual Events Sweepstakes resulting in an overall 5th place ranking
Phi Rho Pi Region IV March, 2010
- Silver Award for Overall Team Sweepstakes and Individual Events Sweepstakes
Illinois Inter-Collegiate Forensics Association Team Sweepstakes, East Peoria
- 3rd place Team Sweepstakes

2009

Lauryn Lugo won a Gold Award for Dramatic Interpretation; Joe Cusumano and Katie Klein each won a Bronze Award for Informative Speaking.
Winners of the bronze award as a team for Individual Events Team Sweepstakes are: Joe Cusumano, Branden Dunlap, Katie Klein, Lauryn Lugo, Mike Tarchenski, and Alex Peters.

2007

Silver medal for Individual Event Team Sweepstakes
Silver medal for Overall Team Sweepstakes (which included team events like debate and readers theatre)