The college's speech team is one of the strongest community college forensics programs in the nation.
Cathedral's competitive speech team is considered a strong program, routinely placing students in the annual state competition.
The speech team is similarly successful, although they travel less often.
On February 20, 2010, the speech team claimed first place over-all at the state tournament.
But the speech team still had work to do.
In 2010 the speech team had a historic year with a record five national qualifiers.
Five other Newark high schools have speech teams operating at various levels.
East Tipp's speech team has dominated the local county competition for the past thirteen years.
The debate team meets during lunch much like the speech team.
Its speech team has won sixteen state championships, more than any other school.