A. Open Extemp Event Prompts

Round 1A 8:30am (Extemp Draw 8:00am)

  1. Speaker 1


    1.      How can Biden implement the Build Back Better Bill into smaller parts?

    2.      Should Democrats change their leadership after the upcoming Midterms?

    3.      What more can the FBI do in the face of an increased rate in hate crimes? 

  2. Speaker 2


    1.      After one year in office, is Biden succeeding as President?

    2.      Can Republicans win back the senate in the 2022 midterms?

    3.      How will the continued and increasing resistance against curriculums that include subjects such as critical race theory and evolution impact the future of US education?

  3. Speaker 3


    1.      One year later, was the government's response to the January 6th Insurrection enough?

    2.      Do the Workers Strikes in El Milagro, John Dear, Kellog, and others set a new working precedent?

    3.      How can the Presidential administration regain confidence in the American people as the President’s approval rating continues to drop? 

  4. Speaker 4


    1.      How should the Democratic Party move forward in the face of increasing divisiveness? 

    2.      Will President Biden’s doubt over the legitimacy of the upcoming midterm elections impact the results?

    3.      What measures can be taken by the Federal Government to ease the transition from pandemic to endemic? 

  5. Speaker 5


    1.      What should Chicago’s next big expenditure be?

    2.      Will the insistent prosecution of those involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol prevent another from happening in 2024?

    3.      Can the Democrats successfully pass either voting rights bill before the next presidential election? 

  6. Speaker 6


    1.      Should the United States implement stricter voting laws?

    2.      What is the impact of Rudy Giulani’s attempt at seating illegitmate electors long-term?

    3.      How likely is the end of Roe vs. Wade via Supreme Court decision? 

Round 2A 10:15am (Extemp Draw 9:45am)

  1. Speaker 1


     

    1.      Should the Austrian government be implementing vaccine mandates? 

    2.      Can NATO do enough to effectively intervene in Ukraine?

    3.      Is Ingrid Betancourt exactly what Colombia needs to get the peace process back on track?

  2. Speaker 2


     

    1.      Despite Germany's stringent COVID protocols what can their recent outbreak teach the global community?

    2.      Does enough of ISIS still exist in Syria to pose an international threat?

    3.      How can the United Kingdom fix its shortage issues?

  3. Speaker 3


     

    1.      What impact will no general admission tickets sales mean for the Beijing Olympics?

    2.      Can Boris Johnson manage to retain his role as Prime Minister?

    3.      Is China’s zero tolerance on COVID a sustainable one?

  4. Speaker 4


     

    1.      Will China ever embrace cryptocurrency technologies?

    2.      How should the world respond to the destruction in Tonga?

    3.      Is the US doing enough or too little in the investigation into the Haitian Presidents assassination?

  5. Speaker 5


     

    1.      How can Sudan pull back from the brink of government collapse in the wake of its military coup?

    2.      What role will the recent evictions of Palestinians from their home have on the Isreali-Palestinian Authority peace negotiations?

    3.      How should the US interfere with the Russian-Ukraine crisis without increasing tensions? 

  6. Speaker 6


    Why should Facebook release a hate speech report of India? 

    2.      How will the protests in Kazakhstan impact Russia’s sphere of influence?

    3.      What can China do in response to its shrinking population growth?

Round 3A 2:45pm (Ext Draw 2:30: Speak 3:00)

  1. Speaker 1


     

    Should the Fed create the Central Bank of Digital Currency?

    How would the company, Energy Transfer LP, affect Texas by cutting off its natural gas?

    Will the recruitment of younger truck drivers ease the stress on the supply chain?

  2. Speaker 2


     

    Will “decentralized” technologies such as bitcoin and NFTs take over a majority of digital transactions as the world moves further online?

    How promising is it that the world economy is predicted to surpass $100 trillion in 2022, two years earlier than expected?

    What does the increase in Hollywood production during 2021 mean for the future of entertainment? 

  3. Speaker 3


     

    Will the Federal Reserve’s increased interest rates actually help combat inflation while Covid-19 rages on?

    How can meme stocks be regulated to reduce market fluctuation?

    Should Elon Musk remove his Tesla expansion in Xinjiang? 

  4. Speaker 4


     

    Should Congress interfere with bitcoin mining? 

    Is it possible to mitigate the damage of increasingly extreme weather and climate change without major damage to the economy?

    What will the potential shift of Covid-19 from a pandemic to an endemic mean for the American workforce?

  5. Speaker 5


     

    How will inflation look in 2022?

    How will the end Puerto Rico's bankruptcy change the territory?

    Which countries will most benefit economically from the use of “virtual reality living” such as the Metaverse? 

  6. Speaker 6


     

    When is the stock market likely to get its over-valued bubble burst? 

    Can the Federal Reserve impact the rising inflation rates with its limited tools?

    Will play-to-earn games, like Axie Infinity, revitalize economies devastated by Covid-19?

  7. Speaker 7


     

    Can the Metaverse successfully create a virtual, world-spanning economy?

    What industry will have the most long term impacts from the worker shortage?

    Currently, what is the best economic indicator to assess the US economy’s overall health?