Hi,
I'm a sophomore from UTPA (Texas-Pan American) in Edinburg, Texas. I used to play some quizbowl as a high school student in a Hidalgo County league. I found this forum a couple months ago, and me and some guys on our school's competitive eating team (yeah) are looking to start a club next year. We talked to admin about it, and they've given us a reasonable amount of funding for the new club. We want to go to tournaments, but location's an issue. My school is closer to Monterrey, Mexico than San Antonio or Houston, for example. Are there teams in Texas? San Antonio, Houston, and Austin are reasonable drives. Thx for any info.
Procopio Guzman
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Starting at UTPA
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Starting at UTPA
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Re: Starting at UTPA
You should get in touch with Eric Kwartler, who is at UT-Austin for law school. He can definitely tell you about stuff in the Texas area, and hopefully he will post here and do so. His email is [email protected].
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Re: Starting at UTPA
Welcome! There are active programs at both UT-Austin and Texas A&M. So you will have to do some driving, but it's always good to hear about the formation of a brand-new team.
Edit: what Jerry said, definitely get in touch with Eric.
Edit: what Jerry said, definitely get in touch with Eric.
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Re: Starting at UTPA
Hey dude,
There is a college circuit here in the Southwest region, and I'm excited to hear that you're interested in starting a team. There are certainly going to be some tournaments coming up at UT-Austin this year. My email is ekwartler at gmail dot com. Send me an email with your contact info and any questions you have and I'll be happy to answer them.
Eric Kwartler
There is a college circuit here in the Southwest region, and I'm excited to hear that you're interested in starting a team. There are certainly going to be some tournaments coming up at UT-Austin this year. My email is ekwartler at gmail dot com. Send me an email with your contact info and any questions you have and I'll be happy to answer them.
Eric Kwartler
Eric Kwartler
Alumnus, University of Texas School of Law
Alumnus, University of Texas School of Law
Re: Starting at UTPA
If the much-hyped latke-eating contest happens at Chicago Open '10, things just got a lot more interesting!utpaquizbowl wrote:\ some guys on our school's competitive eating team (yeah) are looking to start a club next year\
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2010 CULT Champion
Member of Mike Cheyne's Quizbowl All-Heel Team
Fundamental Theorem of Quizbowl (Revised): Almost no one is actually good at quizbowl.