A. Novice IPDA Event Prompts

Round 1 - 9:00 AM

  1. Speaker 1


    Round 1 Flight A

    1. Policy Topic: Schools should require students to wear uniforms.
    2. Policy Topic: The United States should ban single-use plastics.
    3. Value Topic: Honesty is the best policy.
    4. Value Topic: College education is worth the cost.
    5. Fact Topic: Global warming will increase crop yeilds in California
  2. Speaker 2


    Round 1 Flight B

    1. Policy Topic: All citizens should be required to perform national service.
    2. Policy Topic: Public transportation should be free in major cities.
    3. Value Topic: Online learning is as effective as traditional learning.
    4. Value Topic: Traveling is more educational than reading books.
    5. Fact Topic: Exercise improves mental health.

Round 2 - 12:00 PM

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The USFG should decrease interest rates.

    2. The USFG should substantially decrease its agricultural subsidies for domestic agriculture.

    3. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    4. Star Wars Episode VII should not have been created.

    5. This House believes that slow and steady wins the race.

Finals - 3:15 PM

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The USFG should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights.

    2. The USFG should significantly invest more in space development.

    3. Disney does more harm than good. 

    4. In the US criminal justice system, truth-seeking ought to be valued above attorney-client privilege.

    5. A bird in hand is not worth two in the bush.