2012 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational

University of La Verne, April 18–21 

OVERALL STANDINGS [PDF]  

Championship Finals on April 21

Finals results 

1. New York University (115)
2. Macalester College (111.6)
3. University of California-Berkeley (110.8)
4. Stanford University (109.1)

Coaches awards 

• Spirit of the Slam Award: University of San Francisco
• Spirit of the Slam Award: Berklee College of Music
• Best Writing By a Team Award: Wesleyan University
• Pushing the Art Form Award: Emory University
• Best Performing By a Team Award: Montclair State University
• Best Poem: "Cathedral" by Isabella Borgeson, University of California–Berkley
• Best Persona Poem: "Alexander Gram Bell" by Karly Fesolowich, SUNY–New Paltz
• Best Funny Poem: "Couch" by Emily Weitzman, Wesleyan University
• Best Love Poem: "Zombie Love Poem" by Stanford University
• Best Individual Poet: Elizabeth Howard, Lewis & Clark College
• Best Individual Poet: Dylan Garity, Macalester College
• Best Individual Poet: Janani Balasurbramanian, Stanford University

 Best of the rest 

• Jocelyn Ng, University of San Francisco
• Sterling Higa, University of Hawaii–Manoa
• Hali Pantrelli, University of California–Santa Cruz
• Samantha Peterson, Lewis & Clark College

Semi-Finals on April 20

Bout 1 

1. Macalester College (109.7)
2. New York University (108.0)
3. Emory University (107.7)
4. Montclair State University (107.2)
5. California State University-Northridge (105.3)

Bout 2 

1. Stanford University (115.7)
2. University of California-Berkeley (112.2)
3. CUNY-Hostos Community College (110.7)
4. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (108.9), and
   Virginia Commonwealth University (108.9)

Group Piece Showcase 

• "Love letter from Virginia Woolf to Leonard Wolf," Berklee College of Music
• "I dreamed about you," Western Illinois University
• "Double consciousness," University of Washington
• "Not about him," Wesleyan University
• "How not to talk about Africa," Washington University

Preliminary bouts breakdown on April 18–19

OVERALL PRELIMS STANDINGS [PDF] 

Preliminary Bout 1A Results  

Room 212, Arts & Communication Building (ACB) New York University (108.9) University of San Francisco (103.9) Occidental College (100.1) Washington University (97.4)	Ann & Steve Morgan Auditorium, Founders Hall (FH) University of California–Berkeley (111.2) University of Wisconsin–Madison (110.1) Davidson College (103.5) Swarthmore College (99.8)
Ludwick Ballroom B-D, Abraham Campus Center (ACC) Emory University (105.0) San Francisco State University (102.7) Wheaton College (101.5)	La Fetra Hall University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (111.4) Rutgers University (110.7) Azusa Pacific University (110.3) Berklee College of Music (110.1)
Dailey Theatre Stanford University (117.1) Western Illinois University (114.1) Pomona College (107.8) University of Maryland–Baltimore County (107.1)	Presidents Dining Room (PDR) University of Washington (116.8) Eastern Michigan University (115.0) Brandeis University (111.9) SUNY–Geneseo (101.6)

Preliminary Bout 1B Results 

Room 212, Arts & Communication Building (ACB) California State University–Northridge (110.5) Wesleyan University (109.8) SUNY–Oneonta (109.6) Barnard College (106.9)	Ann & Steve Morgan Auditorium, Founders Hall (FH) Macalester College (115.8) University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (114.8) University of La Verne (111.9) Emerson College (110.4)
Ludwick Ballroom B-D, Abraham Campus Center (ACC) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (113.1) University of Hawaii–Manoa (111.3) The Ohio State University (108.3) Harvard University (108.1)	La Fetra Hall Montclair State University (116.0) University of Utah (109.6) SUNY–Purchase (109.2) Hamline University (107.3)
Dailey Theatre CUNY–Hostos Community College (114.9) Lewis and Clark College (114.8) Middlebury College (113.1) Dartmouth College (110.5)	Presidents Dining Room (PDR) Virginia Commonwealth University (118.6) University of California–Santa Cruz (118.5) Brown University (117.8) SUNY–New Paltz (116.3)

Preliminary Bout 2A Results 

Chapel California State University–Northridge (117.1) Brandeis University (116.4) Brown University (113.1)	Cabaret Theatre University of California–Berkeley (110.5) Middlebury College (108.8) Pomona College (107.5) University of Utah (106.4)
Ludwick Ballroom B-D, Abraham Campus Center (ACC) New York University (116.8) Barnard College (114.9) Hamline University (113.5) University of Maryland–Baltimore County (105.9)	La Fetra Hall Eastern Michigan University (118.2) Lewis and Clark College (117.2) University of California–Santa Cruz (116.6) Occidental College (111.0)
Dailey Theatre University of Wisconsin–Madison (109.6) Virginia Commonwealth University (109.3) SUNY–Oneonta (108.5) University of San Francisco (108.4)	Presidents Dining Room (PDR) Montclair State University (114.4) Wesleyan University (112.0) University of La Verne (108.0) The Ohio State University (105.7)

Preliminary Bout 2A Results 

Chapel CUNY–Hostos Community College (114.0) University North Carolina–Chapel Hill (114.0) University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (110.8) Berklee College of Music (110.5)	Cabaret Theatre Rutgers University (113.9) Swarthmore College (112.1) Wheaton College (108.1) SUNY–Purchase (107.2)
Ludwick Ballrom B-D, Abraham Campus Center (ACC) Stanford University (114.8) Western Illinois University (112.5) Washington University (112.4) Dartmouth College (109.2)	La Fetra Hall Macalester College (117.4) University of Hawaii–Manoa (115.4) SUNY–New Paltz (114.7) SUNY–Geneseo (110.2)
Dailey Theatre Emory University (113.4) San Francisco State University (111.2) Azusa Pacific University (109.5) University of Washington (109.1)	Presidents Dining Room (PDR) University of Minnesota–Twin Cities (114.6) Emerson College (111.8) Davidson College (110.5) Harvard University (108.6)