A. Open IPDA Event Prompts

Round 1 - CA 11:30 am / IPDA topic at noon

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: The United States Federal Government should impose sanctions on India to reinstate the agricultural Minimum Support Price.

    2. Policy: The United States Federal Government should remove qualified immunity from all law enforcement officers.

    3. Value: Social media censorship of misinformation is in conflict with freedom of speech.

    4. Value: Schools should prioritize practical skills over academic skills.

    5. Metaphor: The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.

Round 2 - CA 2:45 pm / IPDA Topic at 3:00

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: The United States Federal Government should ban state secession from the nation’s power grid.

    2. Policy: The United States should ban factory farming.

    3. Value: Standardized testing does more harm than good.

    4. Value: Civil disobedience in a democracy is morally justified.

    5. Metaphor: This house should punish those who cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war.

Round 3 - CA 9:45 am / IPDA topic at 10:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: The United States should legalize all drugs.

    2. Policy: The United States Federal Government should mandate COVID-19 vaccination except in medically exempt circumstances.

    3. Value: The United States Government is not doing enough to address Covid-19.

    4. Value: Online education does more harm than good.

    5. Metaphor: This house would watch the watchmen.

Round 4 - Poetry 2:15 pm / IPDA Topic 2:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: The United States Federal Government should take significant action against China for the mass detention and genocide of Uyghurs.

    2. Policy: Voting should be mandatory in the U.S.

    3. Value: University and college equity programs are in conflict with The Equal Protection Clause.

    4. Value: The greatest film of all time is...

    5. Metaphor: This house would turn the other cheek.

Round 5 - Poetry 9:30 am / IPDA Topic 10:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: The United States Federal Government should do nothing.

    2. Policy: The United States should substantially increase support to Palestine.

    3. Value: Ghosts are real.

    4. Value: Parliamentary systems are the most effective type of government.

    5. Metaphor: Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock.

Round 6 - Poetry 1:00 pm / IPDA Topic 1:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: The State of California should abolish the death penalty.

    2. Policy: The State of California should reinstate Affirmative Action protocols and programs.

    3. Value: Felons ought to retain the right to vote.

    4. Value: Occupation should be valued over age in COVID-19 vaccinations.

    5. Metaphor: This house would act like a supervillain.

Finals Elim 1 - CA 6:00 pm / IPDA Topic 6:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: California should enact legislation to help the homeless.

    2. Policy: The United States Federal Government should provide free internet for all people in the United States.

    3. Value: No one needs a million dollars.

    4. Value: Paying student athletes would cause more harm than good.

    5. Metaphor: This house would render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's.

Finals Poetry 11:00 am / Elim 2 IPDA Topic 11:30

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Policy: The United States should end its involvement in the Yemen Civil War.

    2. Policy: The State of California should allow Rough-and-tumble play in elementary schools.

    3. Value: Constitutional Monarchies do more harm than good.

    4. Value: The most influential women of the 21st century is …

    5. Metaphor: All is fair in love and war.