A. Junior IPDA Event Prompts
Round 1 (10:00am)
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Patriotism does more harm than good.
Intervening in genocide is worth whatever negative outcome it may have.
The Police system in the US is beyond reform.
Prescription drug companies should not be allowed to advertise directly to consumers.
The American Dream is dead.
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Round 2 (11:15am)
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1. Colleges should be denied accreditation if more than 20% of their faculty hold non-tenure-track positions.2. Colleges should rescind the admissions of students who have posted racist material on their social media accounts.3. Making Speech a General Education requirement discriminates against shy and introverted students.4. Online learning should remain a staple of American public high school and college education even after the pandemic.5. Higher education is not worth the investment.Speaker 2
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Round 3 (1:00pm)
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1. Noncitizens should be allowed to vote in all municipal elections in the United States.
2. Joe Biden should pardon Donald Trump.
3. The Supreme Court should be expanded to more than nine justices.
4. Internet access should be a public utility.
5. The United States should abolish prisons.
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Round 4 (2:15pm)
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1. Belief without evidence does more harm than good.
2. Intellectual property does more harm than good.
3. The world would be better off if nuclear weapons had never been invented.
4. Marriage is a bad idea.
5. African Americans should receive reparations for slavery.
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Bronze Round (3:45pm)
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1. Museums should have to return artifacts which are significant to the cultures of other natures.
2. All public college classes should be pass/no pass.
3. English professors should promote marginalized over teaching the canon.
4. Alternative Medicine does more harm than good.
5. The current focus on STEM harms students.
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Gold/Silver Round (5:00pm)
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1. 2021 will be worse than 2020.
2. A free market economy is a threat to human life.
3. Biology is a stronger determiner for human behavior than Environment.
4. Automation will make a labor based economy obsolete.
5. Happiness is a luxury.
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