Benjamin Morris

Surprise!Benjamin ‘This House is in da House’ Morris debated for Mira Loma, mostly with his wonderful midget partner, Keizra Mecklai. He currently studies at UCLA, where he occasionally partakes in debate tournaments.

Benjamin Morris is always debating, whether it be what kind of shirt to wear to a tournament, what positions to take in the LOC, or whether or not he punches the gas to make a yellow light.

He has debated notoriously unfaithfully, both in terms of partnerships and types of debate. He has had, of the moment, a total of 15 partners in debate since he began in 8th grade, and has done Parliamentary (2 and 3 person) and Public Forum (ye gads!) and Lincoln-Douglas and Congress, NPDA, and British Parliamentary “Worlds” Debate.

Accomplishments:

Cleared to outrounds at (Parli unless noted):
UOP 2008 (Novice), UOP 2009 , SCU 2009, MLK 2010, Stanford 2010, Berkeley 2010 (Public Forum), NFL Nationals 2010 (PF), St. Francis 2010, MLK 2011, Stanford 2011, Berkeley 2011 (Congress and PF), and NFL Nationals 2011 (Congress).

1st at MLK in Parliamentary Debate. 5th Speaker, Stanford 2011. 5th Speaker, California Cup 2011, 2nd Speaker, St. Francis 2010.

13-1 in SVFL league Parli with Diana Li, (2009-2010)

Partners:
August Wissmath (MS 2-person Parli)
John Kewin (MS 3-person Parli)
Sean Moffitt (MS 3-person Parli)
Manisha Priyadarshini (Novice HS Parli)
Keizra Mecklai 8) (HS Parli & PF)
Arushi Saxena (HS Parli & PF)
Kedar Kulkarni (HS PF)
Diana Li (HS Parli & PF)
Aninda Chowdhury (HS Parli)
Susan Shen (HS PF)
Safeena Mecklai (HS Parli & PF)
Kunal Shah (HS Parli)
Max Morris (HS PF)
Iain Lampert (Worlds Parli)
Donald Virts (NPDA Parli)

His other passions include Victorian Era Interior Design and/or Bungee Jumping. He’s pretty cool 8) right?