ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The poetry slam team from the SUNY College at Oneonta finished fourth nationally in the 2008 Association of College Unions Poetry Slam tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week at the four-day competition involving 26 teams and hosted by the University of New Mexico.
The SUNY-Oneonta team has reached the final stage of the competition three times in the past seven years, finishing second in 2005 and fourth in 2003. This year's competition was won by the University of New Mexico. Second place went to the University of Pennsylvania and third to the University of Wisconsin--Madison.
Robb Thibault, Director of the Hunt College Union at SUNY-Oneonta, is one
of the founders and the former coordinator of the Poetry Slam Program of the
Association of College Unions International. More information about the
SUNY-Oneonta team is available from Thibault at (607) 436-3013.
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For more information about the College, please call the Community Relations Office at (607) 436-2748 or send e-mail to Carol Blazina, Vice President for Community Relations.SUNY College at Oneonta - Ravine Parkway - Oneonta, NY 13820 - 607.436.3500
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