D. Open IPDA Event Prompts
Round 1: 9:00am
Speaker 1
- California’s economy is in trouble.
- Machu Picchu should be closed to tourists.
- The United States should offer substantial aid to Turkey for holding its June elections.
- The current higher education system does not do enough to reduce poverty in the U.S.
- The Academy Award for Best Picture should go to _____________.
Round 2: 10:30am
Speaker 1
- Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising should be banned.
- The United States should enact a policy to increase housing affordability.
- ChatGPT will end higher education as we know it.
- Professional football is too dangerous for players.
- The worst member of the United States Congress is _____________.
Round 3: 12:15pm
Speaker 1
- California should enact a policy to reduce catalytic converter theft.
- The retirement age for Social Security and Medicare should be increased to age 70.
- Land acknowledgments do more harm than good.
- Induction stoves are preferable to gas stoves.
- The best class every college student should take is _____________.
Round 4: 1:45pm
Speaker 1
- The United States federal government should pass a junk fee prevention act.
- Artificial intelligence does more harm than good.
- Cancel cruise ships.
- Medical schools should eliminate the MCAT admissions test requirement.
- The best U.S. airline is _____________.
Bronze: 3:30pm
Speaker 1
- The United States should increase funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
- Homework grades should be eliminated.
- Professional sports franchises are financially overvalued.
- The United States should nationalize all U.S. railroads.
- The best decade of the 20th century was ____________.
Gold: 5:00pm
Speaker 1
- The International Criminal Court should prosecute Russian war criminals.
- Boycott Hogwarts Legacy.
- Kaiser Permanente is the best model for the U.S. healthcare system.
- Digital detoxes are not desirable.
- The best forensics event is ____________.