A. Novice IPDA Event Prompts
Round 1 - 9:00 AM
Speaker 1
Round 1 Flight A
- Policy Topic: Schools should require students to wear uniforms.
- Policy Topic: The United States should ban single-use plastics.
- Value Topic: Honesty is the best policy.
- Value Topic: College education is worth the cost.
- Fact Topic: Global warming will increase crop yeilds in California
Speaker 2
Round 1 Flight B
- Policy Topic: All citizens should be required to perform national service.
- Policy Topic: Public transportation should be free in major cities.
- Value Topic: Online learning is as effective as traditional learning.
- Value Topic: Traveling is more educational than reading books.
- Fact Topic: Exercise improves mental health.
Round 2 - 12:00 PM
Speaker 1
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The USFG should decrease interest rates.
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The USFG should substantially decrease its agricultural subsidies for domestic agriculture.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Star Wars Episode VII should not have been created.
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This House believes that slow and steady wins the race.
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Finals - 3:15 PM
Speaker 1
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The USFG should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights.
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The USFG should significantly invest more in space development.
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Disney does more harm than good.
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In the US criminal justice system, truth-seeking ought to be valued above attorney-client privilege.
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A bird in hand is not worth two in the bush.
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