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After weeks of putting their speaking and debating skills to the test, student finalists will compete in the 7th Annual Expressions Speech and Debate Tournament Championship at 7 p.m. March 9 in Page Hall Multipurpose Room on the upper ���ϲ����� campus. The event is free and open to the public.

More than $10,000 in prize money will be awarded to winners throughout the speech and debate tournaments, with a $500 prize going to the overall debate champion and $200 awards going to the class champions in speechmaking.

TechKnowledge Point Corp., founded by David Newton, ���ϲ����� professor of entrepreneurial finance, will hold the Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) business plan competition and awards luncheon Feb. 20-21 at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort.

The final competitions, which are free and open to the public, will be 8:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 21 in the resort conference center.

In a new body of work by ���ϲ����� Art Professor Susan Savage, a simple silver bowl provides an interesting yet poignant point of focus. Humble yet elegant, the bowl tells a story that becomes expressively spiritual in its revelations of mystery and truth.

“Bearing Witness: Recent Paintings by Susan Savage” will be on exhibit Feb. 2 through March 5 in Reynolds Gallery. An opening reception and lecture will be 4-7 p.m. Feb. 5. Savage, an arts educator for more than 30 years, serves as associate professor and art department chair.

Representing the best mathematical minds of their schools, approximately 100 students will compete Feb. 7 at ���ϲ�����’s 18th annual High School Mathematics Contest.

The keynote speaker for the awards banquet is Paul Zorn, a professor at St. Olaf College and the author of a popular textbook on calculus.

David Batstone, professor of social ethics at the University of San Francisco and a writer on popular culture, and film producer Steven Crisman will speak on “Pop Culture with Values: If You Don't Like the News, Go Out
and Create Your Own” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Founders Room in the Kerr Student Center.

The event is free and open to the public.

“Vocation, Vocationalism, and the Liberal Arts” is the theme of the fourth annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, Feb. 6-7, hosted by the Institute for the Liberal Arts at ���ϲ�����.

While the conference is by invitation only, the public is invited to an evening forum and desert reception 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the El Cabrillo Room of the Santa Barbara Radisson Hotel.