Students Speak about the Fall of the Berlin Wall

First Place: Robert Cannon, Chapman University

Second Place: LauraJean Berger, Chapman University

Third Place: Jorge De Leon, California State University Long Beach

Tied for Fourth Place: Elaine Kelley, Georgetown University

Tied for Fourth Place : Curtis Maughan, California State University Long Beach

Fifth Place: Ryan Wong, Brown University

(© Chapman University/Robert Cannon)

Freedom Without Walls Speaking Contest: First Place - Robert Cannon (December 2009)

Robert Cannon, a double major in film and photography, hails from Knoxville, Tennessee. He has been competing in speech and debate competitions for four years, and has won 1st place at the National Forensics Association in Informative Speaking. He currently enjoys writing and directing small films while teaching speech and debate to middle school students in Los Angeles, California.