Days 24 & 25 - South Carolina continued

After another Brunch in the Furman dining room overlooking the lake and beautiful campus, we headed out with Lee (the debate society president) to a local shopping mall for a bit of shopping. This is always welcome, particularly for Lewis who likes to buy new clothes and throw away his old belongings as we go.

As those of you who know Lewis will probably know, he is a big fan of Inception (verging on obsessive). In part so I can participate in some of the many conversations Lewis strikes up at every stop about the film, and in part because Lewis's company has convinced me it must be amazing, we had been keen to see it for a while. Watching it in South Carolina required some research; we eventually located a cinema about an hour away that was showing it, and headed over there and watchted it with Brandon. We all came out kind of confused (even Lewis who was watching it for the 4th time..), but definitely enjoyed it. After a car journey home discussing whether or not it was a dream and other such perplexing and important questions, we went back to Campus for a debate meeting with the team. We discussed and agreed the format, and it was great to meet some more of the Furman students.

Monday started early, with breakfast with some of the debate team at a local restaurant. We then headed to some classes with Lindsay (one of the students we'd be against in the debate), which as always was an interesting comparison with UK University education. Then came the debate; the motion was 'THW allow extremists to speak on University campuses', and we were opposing. It was another great debate, with a nice combination of formats - incorporating Points of Information, as well as a cross-examination time, and second speeches for each speaker. The audience vote saw a shift in our favour, and the judge panel (of a student and professor) was split. We're going to say this pretty much means we remain undefeated...After a great final meal with Brandon in the University cafeteria, we headed back to the house to pack up and go.

The rest of the day was just more flying, with us making our third visit to Charlotte Airport (definitely know the best places to eat there now..), and completing our 11th flight of the trip. We arrived late into Indiannapolis, for our next stop - Wabash College. More on this later...

(Photo: Furman campus)