Speech and Communication Studies Department

LCC Forensics was established in 1987. In its first year students began what has now become a winning tradition. Since its beginnings LCC students, some with no prior speaking experience, have won sweepstakes trophies at prestigious tournaments, personal trophies in both individual events and debate, and participated in national competitions, including the National Individual Events Tournament, the National Parliamentary Debate Tournament, and Phi Rho Pi (the national community college forensic honorary society). Lane has participated in forensics competition from the shores of the Pacific to the Atlantic coast, from our nearby University of Oregon campus to the grounds of Harvard University.

LCC Forensics provides intellectually motivated students with a unique opportunity for developing leadership, critical thinking, and organizational skills as well as the obvious benefit of confident and effective speech. As one of Lane's students aptly remarked, the forensics experience at Lane expanded "not only my horizons but my dreams as well."