2012 Speeches

 

Christine Hurd - "Memoirs of a Gaysha"

(advised by Diana Eck)

video

 

Eli Martin - "Going Back Home?"

(advised by Ari Hoffman)

video

 

Juliet Macchi - "Just Jump"

(advised by Brett Flehinger)

text

 

Natali Alcala - "To My Mother"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

text

 

Barbara DePena - "Remebering and Forgetting"

(advised by R.J. Jenkins)

text

 

Araba Appiagyei-Dankah - "Love: It's Not That Complicated"

(advised by R.J. Jenkins)

text

 

Eric Newcomer - "An Observer's Worldview"

(advised by Diana Eck)

text

 

Ethan Pierce - "Sunday at the Park with Jon"

(advised by Susanna Mierau)

text

 

Brian Feldman - "The Benefits of Poor Decisions"

(advised by David Albert)

video

 

Avinaash Subramaniam - "Mr. Body Beautiful"

(advised by Regine Joseph)

video

 

Amrita Dani - "On Listening"

(advised by Ari Hoffman)

text

 

Gillian Farrell - "Bicontinental"

(advised by Peter Wright)

text

 

Eric Glyman - "China and Brazil: What You Need to Know"

(advised by Bill Crout)

text

 

Ryan Christ - "Remembering the Future"

(advised by Diana Eck)

text

 

Maggie Geoga - "The Shipwrecked Sailor"

(advised by Sandy Alexander)

text

 

Marina Connelly - "... And Words Are All I Have"

(advised by Kevin McGrath)

 

Eric Hendey - "Dissecting a Memory"

(advised by Andrew Klaber)

video

 

Michael Altman - "It's Not How Hard You Work"

(advised by Michael Puett)

text

 

Ken Liu - "It's Going the Extra Mile that Counts"

(advised by Jonathan Bruno)

text

 

Arturo Elizondo - "What If"

(advised by David Ager)

text

 

Gorick Ng - "Breaking the Bubble"

(advised by David Ager)

text

 

Yoan Dipita N'Kmoba - "What We Ought to Do"

(advised by Oludamini Ogunnaike)

 

text

 

CJ Curtis - "Play the Game Right"

(advised by David Ager)

text

 

Chloe Veron - "The Definition of Normal"

(advised by Jonathan Walton, Sandy Wolitzky)

text

 

Peggy Walenda Mativo - "Out of Africa (A True Story)"

(advised by Marta Sobur)

 

video / text

 

Nicandro Iannacci - "In Defense of the Midwest"

(advised by Brett Flehinger)

text

 

Michaela Tracy - "To Teach is to Learn"

(advised by Marta Sobur)

text

 

Courteney Smith - "Growing Up in Red Sox Nation"

(advised by Marta Sobur)

text

 

Carolina Ragolta - "To Infinity, an Beyond!"

(advised by Peter Wright)

text

 

Briana Jackucewicz - "Breaking the Tape"

(advised by Beth Terry)

text

 

Bryan Chuan - "Why You Should Give a Speech"

(advised by Andy Leifer)

text

 

Danielle Rabinowitz - "Eva's Story"

(advised by R.J. Jenkins)

video

 

Katie Zavadski - "Lena's Story"

(advised by Florence Ladd)

text

 

Frank Maldonado - "Where Does the World End?"

(advised by Katie Hwang)

text

 

Debra Chang - "The Value of "Non Busy" Time"

(advised by David Ager)

text

 

Carla Ferreira - "You Don't Earn Love"

(advised by R.J. Jenkins)

text

 

Kathleen Tang - "How I Made the Perfect Friends"

(advised by Kate Walro)

 

video