“Speech is power; speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Templanza, a themed public speaking competition was organized by the Gavel Club of University of Colombo in collaboration with the Leo Club of University of Colombo, Faculty of Science with the motive of encouraging young voices of the nation to persuade, […]
“New beginnings are a sign of hope to reach new horizons filled with unlimited opportunities and challenges to prove oneself”. The 8th Gavel Insta樂威壯 llation of the Gavel Club of University of Colombo was held with this single goal in mind. As the previous executive committee bid farewell, the incoming executive committee took over the […]
“The best things in life are unexpected – because there were no expectations.” Eli Khamarov If a single quote can summarize how I happened to participate in SpeakOut 2.0, this would be it. As undergraduates, we are constantly bombarded with google forms to register for all sorts of activities. Hence, I was indifferent when filing […]
When something feels this special, you know you’ve got a big responsibility ahead of you and that is exactly what the co-chairs of Oration 2022 GV Chamishka and I felt on the day of the OC announcement. The OC was announced at the end of the Avurudhu meeting and as 21 of us stood in […]
The page was turned over into a fresh page with the tip of the pen filled with the ink of potential leaders to start scribing another tremendous chapter with the heading 7th Installation Ceremony in the Book of Gavel Club of University of Colombo on the 22nd of April 2022. With the beams of light […]
Every writer’s dream is to write from their heart. There should be an effortless medium to approach the reading community once they finished writing. Every writer expects recognition for their comprehensive writing. Approaching all these facts as a common goal, we, Gavel Club of University of Colombo presented “Penned ’22: 犀利士 The first-ever blogging competition […]
How many times have you accomplished a goal and thought, “I can’t believe I just did that”? Some tasks only seem impossible because we build them up that way. Others seem impossible because they’re particularly hard. Either way, the point of a challenge is to conquer it and grow. You’ll never know until you give […]
It was one fine evening when Andaré, the royal comedian, was at home having a peaceful nap. Suddenly, he heard a messenger shouting from the distance saying, “Are you good at humorous speech? It is time to show your talents then!” Andaré was surprised by the news and he was eager to know what is […]
That was another evening in December 2030 according to my diary. Holmes and I were sitting idle in the living room as we could not go outside due to the heavy rain. I was reading the comments of my latest blog that had been published and one of my top fans had raised a question […]
Are you sick of staying at home sitting in front of your computer with heaps of homework and assignments to do? Hope you all are desperate for some relaxation with a bit of fun! So, the wait is over… Enliven is back! Enliven 2021 is definitely the biggest speech contest that the whole audience was […]