2023 Golden Gate Opener Swing # 2

San Francisco State University - Sep 30 | Status: Completed | 2:34 AM Pacific

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  A. Open Extemporaneous Event Prompts

Round 1 - 9:15am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Should Clarence Thomas resign?

    2. Retain or Release: Elon Musk

    3. Was the Hollywood strike worth it?

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Should Nancy Pelosi resign?

    2. Retain or Release: Pete Buttigieg  

    3. Will the UAW strike be successful?

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Should Kevin McCarthy resign?

    2. Retain or Release: Fran Drescher

    3. Is “hot union summer” over? 

  4. Speaker 4


    1. Should Mitch McConnel resign?

    2. Retain or Release: Ibram X Kendi

    3. Should baristas unionize?

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Should Bob Mendez resign?

    2. Retain or Release: Oprah Winfrey

    3. Should graduate students unionize?

  6. Speaker 6


    1. Should Loren Bolbert resign?

    2. Retain or Release: Mark Zuckerberg

    3. Is the Las Vegas hotel worker strike worth it?

  7. Speaker 7


    1. Should Ken Paxton resign?

    2. Retain or Release: Jeff Bezos

    3. Should the California Faculty Association strike?

Round 2 - 1:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Should NATO do more to support Ukraine?

    2. Does Putin have an  endgame in Ukraine? 

    3. Should the EU develop its own military force?

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Should the UN do more to support Ukraine?

    2. Is Putin bluffing about nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

    3. Should the Ukraine step up attacks inside Russia?

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Should China do more to support Ukraine?

    2. Does the US have an exit strategy in Ukraine? 

    3. Are Ukraine's grain shipments fair targets?

  4. Speaker 4


    1. Should Turkey do more to support Ukraine?

    2. Is Zelinsky doing enough to win the war? 

    3. Can the US do more to support opposition movements inside Russia?

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Should the EU do more to support Ukraine?

    2. Was Putin right about NATO expansion? 

    3. Are sanctions against Russia working?

  6. Speaker 6


    1. Should Eastern European Countries do more to support Ukraine?

    2. Are the Republicans right on Ukraine? 

    3. Will more weapons make a difference in Ukraine?

  7. Speaker 7


    1. Should Germany do more to support Ukraine?

    2. Is Turkey a reliable ally?  

    3. Should the US do more to engage Russia?

Final Round - 3:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Here for it or over it?: Parents rights

    2. Here for it or over it?: Internal Revenue Service 

    3. Here for it or over it?: Influencers

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Here for it or over it?: Dodd v. Jackson’s Women’s Health

    2. Here for it or over it?: Free speech

    3. Here for it or over it?: National Rifle Association

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Here for it or over it?: Debt relief

    2. Here for it or over it?: the Department of Defense

    3. Here for it or over it?: Travel bans

  4. Speaker 4


    1. Here for it or over it?: the Environmental Protection Agency

    2. Here for it or over it?: Woke advertising

    3. Here for it or over it?: Dress codes

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Here for it or over it?: the Department of Education

    2. Here for it or over it?: Anti-drag laws

    3. Here for it or over it?: the 2020 election

  6. Speaker 6


    1. Here for it or over it?: Book bans

    2. Here for it or over it?: Homeland Security

    3. Here for it or over it?: Campaign finance reform

  7. Speaker 7


    1. Here for it or over it?: the Central Intelligence Agency

    2. Here for it or over it?: Bostock v. Clayton County

    3. Here for it or over it?: cable news