Mock trial was the highlight of my time in Eugene. In addition to making lifelong friends and increasing my interest in the law & going to law school, participating in mock trial helped me realize I wanted to be a transactional lawyer, which is what I do for a living. More broadly, mock trial and forensics taught me to debate using the facts I am given in a respectful but adversarial manner (the opposite of what I learned from my other activity in Eugene, the ASUO). Cutting funding to forensics is the wrong decision.