Debate team wins big event

The Monmouth College debate team includes, in front, Brianna Flynn and Brittany A. Miller. In back are, from left, Pamela Steskal, Nicole Lynch, Alex Roling, Benjamin Sauer, DeMarkco Butler, Sarah Sauer and Olivia Leonard.

Led by a gold medal performance by Benjamin Sauer and Alex Roling, the college’s ScotSpeak! debate team won the 18-team Harper College Lincoln Parliamentary League competition on Feb. 8, defeating such schools as the University of Illinois, Northern Illinois University, Harper College and College of Du Page.