The success I enjoyed as a debater made people from other universities more aware of the University and the state. As we travelled around the country people knew who we were and that we would be good at what we did because they already encountered successful teams and smart students from the University. Other universities regularly sought to recruit University of Oregon debate and forensic students to their graduate programs. The University of Oregon forensics had a great brand–smart and creative students who people wanted to recruit for their universities/colleges.

On campus my experience with forensics led me to be a regular moderator for campus debates and discussions. I worked with the student association to help put on their debates for student government and was, at least during the debates, the public face of the association.

Locally my connections with debate led KVAL to offer me (and my colleague Tina Roe) to evaluate the 1988 mayor debate (my dates may be off).