I'm a junior at Pacific University majoring in Political Science with a minor in Integrated Media.
Good evening...I'm trying to win this extemp round and if you don't know who I am, I wouldn't be surprised. I got into this to improve a broken filing system, to fix nationals because it's going bankrupt, and to improve snack tables at tournaments because it'll save money if fewer people show up in emergency rooms. What I've found is that extemp at AFA isn't about these things. It's about clawing your opponents eyes out so long as you don't get tagged for it. How about this--I will never say anything about my opponents, or anything about anything, without saying it myself, right into the panel of judges' eyes. You might not get to hear much from me at NIET, but when you do, you'll know I stand by it. I'm Mark Truax, and you better believe I approve this extemp speech.
