2023 Talk Hawk Invitational, 15th Annual - Livermore, CA

Las Positas College - Feb 3-5 | Status: Completed | 2:15 PM Pacific

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  D. Open IPDA Event Prompts

Round 1 (IPDA) 12:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Round 1

    1. The United States should send F-35s to Ukraine.

    2. TikTok should be banned from all devices inside the United States.

    3. Chat GPT3 is the end of take-home essays. 

    4. Public health should be valued over economic stability.

    5. Space exploration is better left to corporations than NASA.

Round 2 (IPDA) 1:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Round 2

    1. Democrats and Republicans should reduce spending to fight the debt.

    2. Biden should personally visit Ukraine.

    3. Starlink is a threat to global security.

    4. When in conflict, truth should be valued over freedom of speech. 

    5. Crypto is a dying fad.

Round 3 (IPDA) 3:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Round 3

    1. The United States should pass Mitt Romney’s Child Tax Credit Plan.

    2. The United States should send more ships to the South China Sea.

    3. On balance, Marvel has ruined artistic cinema in favor of “passable” movies.

    4. Media should prioritize objectivity over advocacy. 

    5. The diamond industry is a scam.

Round 4 (IPDA) 4:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Round 4

    1. Social-Security should be privatized.

    2. Senate Democrats should support Ruben Gallego over Kyrsten Sinema.

    3. A moon base would do more for human advancement than a Mars colony.

    4. Dating apps devalue human connection.

    5. Big Tech is oppressing right-wing voices.

Bronze Round (IPDA) 5:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Bronze Round

    1. The United States Federal Government should pass a Fair Tax plan to replace income tax with a 23% sales tax

    2. Congress should open an investigation into U.F.O's.

    3. Technological augmentation of humanity in the absence of medical necessity is moral.

    4. On balance, corporations have ruined Democracy. 

    5. DeSantis is a flash in the pan.

Gold Round (IPDA) 7:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Gold Round

    1. Congress should legalize political gambling.

    2. Congress should reopen an investigation into the assassination of JFK.

    3. Gene-editing babies for nonmedical reasons does more good than harm.

    4. If it’s for revenge, stealing is moral. 

    5. Elon Musk is in over his head at Twitter.