C. Open IPDA Event Prompts

Round 1 11:30 Speak

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    Round 1 Pop Culture

    Music was better before autotune

    Cable TV has outlived its usefulness

    James Gunn can save the DC universe

    The Motion Picture Academy should revise its rating system

    The Academy Awards should retire gender specific award categories

Round 2 1:00pm Speak

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    Round 2 Sports

    The Big Ten killed the Pac 12

    The NCAA allowing name image likeness was a mistake

    Special admits for athletes in Division I schools should not be allowed

    The transfer portal in Division I athletics should be better regulated

    There is too much emphasis on sports in college

Round 3 2:15pm Speak

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    Round 3 Education

    There should be a Foreign Language requirement to graduate from college

    Co-curricular activities in college should have a higher budget the extra-curricular activities

    Grade inflation in college is out of control

    Public Colleges should offer free day care.

    College Instructors mental health is being overlooked

Round 4 3:30pm Speak

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    Round 4 Forensics

    Online tournaments in forensics should not be allowed

    Trigger warning in forensics do more harm than good

    Forensics would benefit by adding new events

    IPDA teaches more useful life skills than Duo Interpretation

    Paying hired judges more money would benefit college forensics.

Semi-Final 5:00pm Speak

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    Semi-Final Halloween

    The Scream movie franchise is better than the Halloween movie franchise.

    Freddy is more evil than Jason.

    Snickers is a better Snack than a Clif Bar.

    Halloween celebration should be banned in public schools

    Trick or Treating should be better regulated

Final 6:30pm Speak

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    Final

    Netflix is better than Amazon Prime

    Children’s sports should be gender neutral

    High school should raise the bar when it comes to education standards

    Halloween should be a national holiday

    Forgiving student loans is fair.