UNO Forensics challenges national contenders

The UNO Forensics students have shown championship skills at tournaments in January. In Lincoln January 23-24, UNO won Saturday and the overall sweepstakes results in the swing co-hosted by Nebraska-Lincoln and Kansas State.

Iven Mendoza and Cortney Griffith earned a first place, and Mendoza also had a solo first. Jacki Miller and Brian Robinson also won their events.... continue

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Competitor in the spotlight, By Cameron Logsdon

Blaine Miller is a sophomore on the UNO Forensics team majoring in Secondary Education with emphases in History and English. He graduated in 2008 from Bellevue East High School, where he served as a captain for the forensics team.

During UNO's 2009-10 season, Blaine has competed in five events. This year his persuasive speech analyzes the foreign and domestic implications of the ever-growing Evangelical influence in the United States military. As of January, Blaine had four of his five events qualified for the American Forensics Association-National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) to be held in April at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

When he is not competing or memorizing dates and dialogue, Blaine spends his time relaxing at home with his roommates, two of which are also competitors on the UNO speech team. He also has a part-time job as a DJ at Skate City in Bellevue.

Blaine has a particular interest in video and computer games and can rarely be found during downtime without his laptop nearby.