2022 Gorlok Gala

Webster University - Jan 28-30 | Status: Completed | 6:05 PM Central

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  C. Junior IPDA Event Prompts

Rd 1 - 10:00am (LD-NPDA-PF-IPDA)

Speaker 1

Round 1: 

  1. US sports leagues should implement a system of relegation and promotion

  2. This house believes voting should be mandatory for all state and federal elections

  3. STEM is overrated 

  4. On balance, zoos do more good than harm 

  5. The USFG should increase its support for the development of mass transit systems

Rd 2 - 11:30am (NPDA-PF-IPDA) / 11:45am (LD)

Speaker 1

Round 2: 

  1. Juries are preferable to judges

  2. On balance, government agencies should have the primary responsibility to stop the spread of disinformation on social media platforms rather than the platform itself

  3. The USFG should adopt a flat tax system for federal income taxes 

  4. Greed is good 

  5. The IOC should ban professional athletes from Olympic competition

Rd 3 - 2:00pm (NPDA-PF-IPDA) / 2:30pm (LD)

Speaker 1

Round 3:

  1. The USFG should more fully support the arts

  2. The MLB season is too long 

  3. On balance, abolishing the filibuster would do more harm than good

  4. Audiobooks are better than hard copies.

  5. The USFG should significantly alter regulations on financing political campaigns

Rd 4 - 3:45pm (NPDA-PF-IPDA) / 4:15pm (LD)

Speaker 1

Round 4: 

  1. The UN is dysfunctional

  2. The Department of Interior should pursue corporate sponsorship to fund National Parks 

  3. Affirmative action for college admissions should be preserved

  4. Cryptocurrency is the future  

  5. This house believes climate change is the most import issue facing the international community right now 

Rd 5 - 5:30pm (NPDA) / Elim1 (PF-IPDA)

Speaker 1

Quarter Finals / Elim 1

  1. This house believes the midterm elections will be more trick than treat for Democrats

  2. The USFG should take one or more actions increasing the power of labor unions 

  3. Taiwan should be recognized as an independent state 

  4. President Biden has succeeded in “restoring the soul of America” 

  5. Sports are overvalued on college campuses

Elim2 5:45pm (PF) / 6:15pm (IPDA)

Speaker 1

Semifinals / Elim 2

  1. The USFG should more fully support the arts

  2. The IOC should reverse its policy on athlete protest

  3. Forgive the debt 

  4. On balance, political experience is preferable to party affiliation

  5. This house supports diversity quotas for legislative assemblies

Elim 1:45pm

Speaker 1

Finals / Elim 3

  1. The IRS should reverse its policy to enforce tax collection on transactions through payment apps

  2. On balance, cyberwarfare is preferable to military combat 

  3. The ACT and SAT are obsolete

  4. The US should amend the Constitution to place limits on the terms of Supreme Court justices 

  5. Four more years!