This Wednesday, Citron hosted its February Speech Tournament, featuring events such as Impromptu, Radio, Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, and many more. Our guys spent serious time preparing for these competitions, specifically for Radio, where they prepared for two rounds of a five-minute breakdown of local, national, and international news, along with the weather and a commercial. In Extemporaneous Speaking, the students were given a choice out of three prompts within the scope of the U. S. (1st round) and international scopes (2nd round). The students then had 30 minutes to prepare and 7 minutes to recite their well-researched and convincing speech from memory. Prompts for the competition included things such as, “Can a resurgence in local newspapers still happen?” or “What factors are behind the LDP’s success in Japan’s recent snap elections?” Although limited to two events, a few of our guys participated in multiple competitions at once, joining Impromptu with Radio or Extemp. For those who did Impromptu, they had two rounds in which they were given a word (ex. “Ghost-Town”), phrase (ex. “The early bird gets the worm”), or question/ idea (ex. “Too much TV is bad for your eyes”), and had to pick one to prepare and deliver in under 7 minutes. Our competitors really pushed their critical thinking skills in these quick-thinking competitions and managed to emerge victorious! Congratulations to Yosef Harris for winning 1st in Impromptu and 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking, and to Avichai Yosipov for winning 3rd in Radio!