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White Oaks debate teams continue to dominate by Nathan Howes Special to the Beaver 25 | Thursday, June 18, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Oakville's White Oaks Secondary School (WOSS) students continue to debate their way to the top. At the Senior National Debate Championships in Toronto in late April, the pairing of Dasha Metropolitansky and Taha Ahmed -- who placed in the top eight and lost in the quarter-final -- received the John Baty Shield award as the tournament's best province (Ontario). In the individual standings, Metropolitansky was the top Ontario debater, placing second overall; Ahmed came third. Heidi Mittal and Anubhav Mathur finished second in the bilingual portion of the debate contest. White Oaks had four teams competing, more than any other school in Canada. WOSS teacher and debate coach Hamish Guthrie attributes the students' success to the hard work they put in at practice every week. But the biggest reason for their White Oaks Secondary School's debating team, from left, Kiara Hassan, Heidi Mittal, Dasha Metropolitanski, Ethan Strathdee and Kashaf Salaheen. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) achievements is the school's "very good" senior students who influence the younger teams every year, he said. "The teams that are graduating are some of the best ones we've ever had. "The year before was marvelous and the year before that...but it's a matter of each generation wanting to live up to the good reputation that the earlier generation has given them," said Guthrie. While it's fun to be victorious, the WOSS debate coach said the activity should be about more than just winning -- "it's the development of a student's mind and awakening them to more stimulating things in the world around them; politics, education, art, philosophy, history. "The competitiveness managed judicially can be a real stimulation. It's not just about winning and being better than the others. "There is some really friendly, good-spirited competition between us and a number of the other schools that we particularly admire," said Guthrie. see Debate on p.26 10%off All you can EAt Buffet (Lunch or Dinner Tues - Fri) staurant Sweets & Re at E n a C u o Y l l A rian 100% Vegeta fEt f u B a Weekday s o Sam SpeCiaL LUNCH $1099 3 Wash, Cut and Style 3 FREE gifts Cannot be combined with any FATHER'S DAY DEAL Hair Studio 1 $ Expires December 31, 2015 other offer. Above deal cannot 55 2/ 1 $ DiNNeR 11 $ From 11am-3pm be shared. 99 From 5pm-9pm 2368 Lakeshore Rd. W, Oakville (back entrance) To book an appointment please call 2345 Trafalgar Road · 905-257-0808 JUNIOR (3YR - 11YR) $8.99 Kids (2YR & Under) $ Free 905-469-0344 www.hairstudio1.ca HEARING AID SPECIAL *Some Conditions Apply (Clients portion) Up to 3 Year Service Warranty HOME VISITS AVAILABLE $295 Latest Technology In Hopedale Mall, next to the CIBC 1515 Rebecca Street, Unit 38, Oakville GOLD FAMILY, COSMETIC & IMPLANT DENTISTRY New Patients & Emergencies Welcome 60 DAY GUARANTEE: FREE Hearing test · Age 55+ www.hearingclinicgroup.com · Cleaning & & Check-ups Check-ups · White Fillings · White Fillings · Crown, Bridge, · Root Canals Root Canals · Crown & Bridge · Digital X-Rays · Implants · Braces/Invisalign · Braces/Invisalign · Dentures, Implants · Dentures Gum Treatment · Gum Wisdom Teeth Removal Treatment · Laughing Gas/Sedation · Wisdom Teeth Removal · Intra Oral Camera · Laughing Gas/Sedation (you see what we see) Trafalgar Rd. "Letourfamilytakecareofyours" Mon-Wed 10-7 Thursday 10-5 Mon, Wed & Thurs 10-7 Friday 10-3 Tues, Fri 10-4; Sat 9-3 Saturday 9-3 Hopedale Hearing Clinic 905-827-7333 330 Dundas St. East, Oakville Open Evenings & Saturdays Dundas St. E. Longo's 905-257-3182 www.klerdental.ca