G. Open EXTEMP (SAT) Event Prompts

Round 1 - 2:00 PM

Speaker 1

Speaker One

  1. US President: Will Kamala Harris win?

  2. Yay or nay: California Proposition 3 for a constitutional right to marriage.

  3. Is Arizona really purple?

Speaker 2

Speaker Two 

  1. US Senate: Will Kari Lake win?

  2. Yay or nay: California Proposition 6 for involuntary servitude. 

  3. Is the presidential election a “game of inches”?

Speaker 3

Speaker Three

  1. US Senate: Will Jon Tester win?

  2. Yay or nay: California Proposition 4 for resource management.

  3. Is the “weird” campaign working?

Speaker 4

Speaker Four 

  1. US Senate: Will Jim Justice win?

  2. Yay or nay: California Proposition 32 to raise the minimum wage.

  3. Is election meddling a credible threat?

Speaker 5

Speaker Five 

  1. US Senate: Will Sherrod Brown win?

  2. Yay or nay: California Proposition 35 to permanent fund Medi-Cal.

  3. Is early voting going to make the difference?

Speaker 6

Speaker Six 

  1. US Senate: Will Jacky Rosen win?

  2. Yay or nay: California Proposition 33 to enact rental control.

  3. Are “childless cat ladies” key to this presidential election?

Round 2 - 3:15 PM

Speaker 1

Speaker One

  1. Can the UN do more to prevent environmental catastrophe?

  2. Is climate change denial dead?

  3. Are solar farms worth it?

Speaker 2

Speaker Two 

  1. Will “free power” be a problem?

  2. Is it too late to save the icebergs?

  3. Is degrowth the answer?

Speaker 3

Speaker Three

  1. Is the EPA helping enough?

  2. Is climate litigation the answer?

  3. Will monitoring air quality make a difference?

Speaker 4

Speaker Four 

  1. Can mining be ethical?

  2. Is carbon capture worth it?

  3. Are electric cars going to make a big enough difference?

Speaker 5

Speaker Five 

  1. Should “last-chance tourism” be regulated?

  2. Are heat waves the new normal?

  3. Is “climate-smart” beef worth it?

Speaker 6

Speaker Six

  1. Is the electrical grid a fire hazard?

  2. Will “polluters must pay” laws make a difference?

  3. Is geo-engineering worth it?

Final Round - 6:00 PM

Speaker 1

Speaker One

  1. Love it or leave it: Chappel Roan

  2. Love it or leave it: Streaming television

  3. Love it or leave it: Spotify

Speaker 2

Speaker Two 

  1. Love it or leave it: Janet Jackson

  2. Love it or leave it: 24 hour news pundits

  3. Love it or leave it: Reddit

Speaker 3

Speaker Three

  1. Love it or leave it: Taylor Swift

  2. Love it or leave it: getting a new iPhone

  3. Love it or leave it: Snapchat

Speaker 4

Speaker Four 

  1. Love it or leave it: Katy Perry

  2. Love it or leave it: Movie theaters

  3. Love it or leave it: ‘X’

Speaker 5

Speaker Five 

  1. Love it or leave it: Anna Sorokin

  2. Love it or leave it: This economy

  3. Love it or leave it: Telegram

Speaker 6

Speaker Six

  1. Love it or leave it: Kendrik Lamar

  2. Love it or leave it: Joy as a political strategy 

  3. Love it or leave it: Instagram

Speaker 7

Speaker Seven

  1. Love it or leave it: Ellen DeGeneres

  2. Love it or leave it: Paying for water

  3. Love it or leave it: Truth Social