Friday, Feb. 26, a bomb-threat shut down the 5 freeway, postponing a speech competition for two hours. The threat kept many schools, including Antelope Valley College, from reaching the competition on time. But, the event would prove to be an exciting one for the previously mentioned team when they did finally arrive.
The competition took place at San Diego State University and hosted mainly southern Calif. Schools such as USC, UCLA and other community colleges. What makes this completion so special though is that for the first time, AVC brought home a team speech award for the third most points in their division.
Congratulations to Professor Harish Rao on leading the team to victory. Speech team member Nathaniel Hawthorne took second place in novice impromptu and made it to the final round in novice informational. “I’m glad I went,” said Hawthorne, “I definitely learned a lot from the experience and am looking forward to the next competition.” Considering that this was Hawthrone’s first speech competition, Prof. Harish must be doing something right.
-By Rebecca Morgan
