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Antonino Monea and Steven Cole took fi rst place in the Great Lakes Regional qualifying tournament in November, sweeping the event with seven winning rounds and no losses. “Moot Court is like walking a legal
Making a Point I
n their fi rst Moot Court competition, two Eastern Michigan University students showed some serious skills.
tightrope while standing at a podium,” says C. Robert Dobronski, the local at orney and EMU adjunct lecturer who helped prepare the students. “It is a structured legal debate where you argue legal theory
EMU students win regional Moot Court championship
in front of several judges. To succeed, you need a strong and fast mind, a good work ethic and good forensic skills.” Dobronski (BA05) competed in mock trials while at EMU, and won a national championship in Moot Court while at ending the Michigan State University College of Law. “T ese students had the requisite skills
to do well in Moot Court,” Dobronski says. “And their success will benefi t them in get ing into law school and becoming employed aſt er graduation.” Monea, who will at end Harvard Law
dreamed of helping young people from low-income families learn to play music—an opportunity he was aff orded back in his hometown of Perrysburg, Ohio. His idea led to Strings for Students, a partnership between the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and Eastern’s Bright Futures program, providing instruments free of charge to middle school students.
Strings for Students E
MU music education major Roy Binder
School in the fall, credits his success to his long-time participation in forensics. He also participates in Model United Nations, EMU’s mock trial program and the Fed Challenge—all of which involve public speaking. Aſt er winning at the Great Lakes
Regional, Monea and Cole advanced to the national championship in January, where Monea fi nished 53rd 112th
and Cole fi nished overall in the individual orator competition.3 —Melissa Jasperse
Music major helps provide free instruments to middle school students T e team launched
an online
Indiegogo.com fundraising campaign, successfully raising over $1,200 within a month. T is, along with a donation of eight violin outfi ts from Livonia- based Instrumental Distribution, got the program started. One of the owners of Instrumental Distribution, Rick
Dapprich (MA04), even volunteered to help maintain the violins. Bright Futures, an EMU organization
that off ers aſt erschool programs for economically challenged students, secured a venue, as well as funds for 16 more violin outfi ts. T e program launched in Winter 2013
with six students from Ypsilanti Middle School. Binder and fellow EMU music education major Candace Chappell taught the class twice a week, covering everything from posture to proper bow grip. Bright Future’s Ypsilanti Middle School
site coordinator, Will Spot s, says he was pleased by the turnout for the class. Binder says that Strings for Students hopes to include more instruments, including the cello, in coming years. 3
—Melissa Jasperse
10 Eastern | SPRING 2014
Photograph by Marissa McClain
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