2025 Phi Rho Pi Region IV Tournament (2025)

Prairie State College - Mar 21-22 | Status: Completed | 3:56 PM Central

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  D. Open IPDA Event Prompts

IPDA Round 1 - 3:45 p.m.

  1. Speaker 1


    -Ambition is a more significant driver of success than talent

    -The USFG should lower the voting age to 16

    -When developing leadership skills, hands-on experience is preferable to formal education.

    -Public universities should be required to adopt open-source textbooks instead of paid textbooks

    -When forced to choose, work is preferable to play

IPDA Round 2 - 7:00 p.m.

  1. Speaker 1


    -Minimalism is preferable to consumerism

    -Social skills are more important than technical skills in the workplace

    -The USFG should mandate free transportation in major cities.

    -The USFG should substantially increase regulations on the airline industry

    -A day at the library is preferable to a day at the movies

IPDA Round 3 - 10:30 a.m.

  1. Speaker 1


    -When forced to choose, working in a team is preferable to working alone

    -Working a low-paying job you love is preferable to working a high-paying job you tolerate

    -”Hustle Culture” is more harmful than beneficial

    -The USFG should place a strict age limit on social media.

    -Higher education institutions should prioritize virtual learning modalities

IPDA Round 4 - 12:45 p.m.

  1. Speaker 1


    -The traditional movie-going experience is unsalvageable 

    -As a way to spend a weekend, a road trip is preferable to a staycation.

    -The USFG should ban the use of ketamine

    -The USFG should substantially reform the presidential primary process

    -When forced to choose, positive reinforcement is preferable to negative reinforcement

IPDA Bronze Round

  1. Speaker 1


    -When forced to choose one over the other, preservation is preferable to grace.

    -Self-care is overrated

    -The USFG should substantially increase regulations on sports gambling

    -In the case of international relations, hard power is preferable to soft power

    -Higher education institutions should require all students to take a basic culinary course

IPDA Gold Round

  1. Speaker 1


    -The winner of the 2028 presidential election is more likely to be a Democrat than a Republican.

    -The USFG should abolish private prisons

    -Higher education speech and debate organizations should take substantial steps to increase student access

    -As a tool for social betterment, a microphone is preferable to a pen

    -The 1970’s were preferable to the 1980’s