A. Open Extemp Event Prompts
IE Round 1 9:00 AM
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
1. Thus far, has Biden kept his campaign promises?
2. Should Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz be expelled from the Senate?
3. Should the schools be reopened?
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
1. When a vacancy becomes available, who should Biden select for the Supreme Court?
2. Should Andrew Cuomo face criminal charges for New York’s handling of the pandemic?
3. Did Gina Carano deserve to be fired from the Mandalorian?
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
1. Should Twitter give Donald Trump access to his account again?
2. 9 months after the death of George Floyd, have things gotten better?
3. Are new strains of Covid going to cause new lockdowns?
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
1. Besides Covid, what should be the number one legislative priority of the Biden Administration?
2. Should Biden attempt to “pack the court?”
3. Should the U.S. reevaluate how it determines eligibility for the Covid vaccine?
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
1. Which Republican is best positioned to run for president in 2024?
2. Are Biden’s immigration policies a break from the Trump Administration or just more of the same?
3. What has been the impact of the New York Times 1619 on discussions of race in the United States?
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
1. What should Texas do to secure its power grid from future weather disasters?
2. Should the filibuster be eliminated?
3. What can the U.S. do to combat the rise in anti-Asian racism
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
1. What can be done to combat the spread of conspiracy theories online?
2. Should Louis DeJoy be removed from the position of Postmaster General?
3. Is the GOP going to regain the house in 2022?
IE Round 2 1:00PM
Speaker 1
1. Should the international community be concerned about a resurgence of Ebola in West Africa?
2. What will be the result of the military coup in Myanmar?
3. Should the international community be optimistic about the new deal between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency?
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
1. Will vaccine passports lead to safer international traveling?
2. What can India do to preserve its groundwater reserve?
3. Is the U.K. feeling Brexit regret?
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
1.Should there be sanctions placed against Malaysia for continuing to deport people to Myanmar?
2. Is there an end in sight for the Israeli/Palestininia conflict?
3. What can be learned from Sweden’s attempts to achieve herd immunity from Covid?
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
1. What can the international community do to alleviate the conflict in Yemen?
2. Will Biden’s “Buy America” executive orders lead to increasing tension with Canada?
3. Should the International Olympic Committee consider issues of human rights when selecting host countries?
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
1. Should the treatment of the Uighurs in China be considered a genocide?
2. Will Hong Kong’s new loyalty oath to China lead to more protests?
3. What will be the long term impacts of the Trump Administration’s foreign policy in the middle East?
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
1. What will be the impacts of Germany convicting a Syrian regime officer for crimes against humanity?
2. What can the international community do to stop the protests in Myanmar?
3. Will China be carbon neutral by 2060?
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
1.What can the international community do to help the Uighurs in China?
2. What can the Sudanese government do to stop the decrease in its currency?
3. What can the international community do to combat Vladmir Putin’s violence against dissenters?
IE Finals 4:30 PM
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
1. Besides Covid relief, what should be the Biden Administration’s number one economic priority?
2. Will Amazon workers finally be able to unionize?
3. Is the stock market still a reliable indicator for evaluating an economy’s strength?
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
1. Should the Federal Reserve raise interest rates?
2.Should States forgive Unemployment Overpayments?
3. What lessons can be learned from the Gamestop stock surge?
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
1. Will stimulus spending in the US lead to economic inflation?
2. Should the US break up big tech companies?
3. Is the Democrats proposed Covid relief bill large enough to have a positive economic impact?
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
1. Will Janet Yellen be a strong advocate for the Middle Class at the Federal Reserve?
2. Will the UK be able to recover from their COVID Recession?
3. What economic policies from the Trump Administration should Biden continue.
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
1. What will be the lasting effect of Trump’s trade war with China?
2. What should the U.S. do to help restaurants and bars recover from the pandemic?
3. Are cryptocurrencies a safe bet for investors?
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
1.Is the COVID recession close to over?
2. What will be the economic legacy of Steve Mnuchin’s Treasury Department?
3. Should the FEC do more to prevent financial apps like Robin hood from restricting customers ability to buy and sell stocks?
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
1.Will Biden’s COVID stimulus plan be enough to stimulate the economy?
2. If successful, what will be the effects of Amazon workers unionizing?
3. Is the proposed 15 dollars minimum wage too much or not enough?