2005-2006 Sampling of Regular Season Resolutions
These are topics that have been submitted by various people. They have no NPDA endorsement, official or otherwise.
Please note: Abbreviations are as follows:
TH = This House
THW = This House would
USFG = United States Federal Government
Top of the Rockies (University of Wyoming)
Topics submitted by Prof. Matt Stannard, Univ. of Wyoming
- Round 1: The USFG should de-link FEMA from the Department of Homeland Security.
- Round 2: The U.S. House of Representatives should hold hearings to consider the impeachment of the President and/or Vice President.
- Round 3: TH should value idealism over pragmatism.
- Round 4: In this instance, TH is thankful for the American empire.
- Round 5: The United States should expand its development and/or use of nuclear power.
- Round 6: The USFG should substantially increase the power of labor unions in the United States.
- Round 7: TH believes that John Roberts should be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Double Octafinals: Government has a moral obligation to end poverty.
- Octafinals: The USFG should increase its regulation of the airlines.
- Quarters: TH agrees with Friedrich Nietzsche.
- Semis: The Supreme Court should reverse itself in Gonzales v Raich.
- Finals: The USFG should significantly curtail its agricultural subsidies.
Petticrew (Purdue University)
- Round 1: The Disaster of Hurricane Katrina was man made
- Round 2: Native Americans should not be mascots
- Round 3: America should encourage China's rise to a superpower
- Round 4: The U.N. should take a greater role in the Iraqi war.
- Round 5: The price of oil represents the greatest threat to the American economy
- Round 6: Four years after 9/11, America is less safe
- Octafinals: No more no bid contracts.
- Quarters: Confirm Roberts.
- Semis: The Good Friday Agreement should be revised.
- Finals: Kanye was right.
Northwest Free Tournament (Willamette University)
Topics submitted by Eric Atcheson, Lewis & Clark College
- Round 1: THBT in matters of gathering military intelligence, the ends justify the means.
- Round 2: Netanyahu would be a better prime minister for Israel than Sharon.
- Round 3: THBT dogma threatens liberty.
- Round 4: THBT education brings national security.
- Round 5: The US and the UN should cooperate on a policy to reduce the proliferation of WMD.
- Quarters: TH would not be a slave to morality.
- Semis: Enact environmental caps.
Parli League of the Upper Midwest #1
Topics submitted by Prof. Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College
- Round 1: TH would limit credit card access.
- Round 2: TH would value e-mail quality over e-mail efficiency.
- Round 3: (Case Study)
Nancy is a reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper. She recently came across a story involving a member of the city's school board. Tom Harper has been an outstanding member of the school board, spearheading changes that have improved the local schools and made Tom very popular. Nancy has heard reports that Tom has been receiving kickbacks from a local testing company that the school district uses. In the past three years, Tom has collected $150,000 in what have been termed "consulting fees". Nance knows she has a story, but just found out that Tom's wife has suffered a major heart attack and her prognosis is questionable. Tom's wife and Nancy were college roommates for 2 years and Nancy knows the news would be devastating. In her condition, this news could kill the wife. Nancy is unsure what to do.
In this case, the Government team must support the statement: Nancy should submit the story for publication. - Bronze: THBT Supreme Court justices should be elected by popular vote.
- Gold: TH believes video games are a waste of time.
Claremont Colleges Round Robin
Topics submitted by Prof. John Meany, Claremont-McKenna College
- Round 1: In this case, the United States should not comply with an international human rights agreement.
- Round 2: In this case, the United States should increase trade protectionism.
- Round 3: TH supports diversity quotas for legislative assemblies.
- Round 4: TH would substantially increase access to the justice system.
- Round 5: The United States should substantially restrict one or more press freedoms.
- Final: The United States should adopt an equal rights agreement.
Claremont Colleges National Open
Topics submitted by Konrad Hack, Azusa Pacific University
- Round 1: In this case, TH supports for profit medical care
- Round 2: TH should move beyond Kyoto
- Round 3: In this case, the United States should significantly increase arms sales
- Round 4: In this case, stop democracy promotion
- Round 5: Pakistan is more of an enemy than an ally to the United States
- Round 6: TH prefers to contain Russia
- Octafinals: In this case, TH would do a covert action.
- Quarters: In this case, TH would reject the self-determination model
- Semis: In this case, TH would increase border patrol
- Finals: Stop volunteering.
College of Southern Idaho
Topics submitted by Chris Bragg, College of Southern Idaho
- Round 1: TH believes the federal government should rebuild areas destroyed by natural resources.
- Round 2: TH values alternative energy.
- Round 3: John Roberts is the right choice.
- Round 4: TH values US-UN cooperation.
- Round 5: TH believes that the first two years of a college education should be publically funded.
- Semifinals: TH would rethink US foreign policy.
- Finals: TH blames FEMA.
Reed College
Topics submitted by Dr. Jim Hanson, Whitman College
- Round 1: THBT FEMA should be made a cabinet level agency.
- Round 2: The Iraqi national congress should rewrite its constitution to create three autonomous regions within Iraq's current borders
- Round 3: In post-conflict areas, local trials better promote reconciliation than international tribunals.
- Round 4: In solidarity with Cindy Sheehan, THBT supporting the troops requires bringing them home.
- Round 5: The Senate should use ideology as a significant criterion when confirming judicial nominees.
- Round 6: THBT the USFG should have the authority to deploy federal troops in disaster areas without the request of local authorities.
- Octas: THBT implementation of the current Iraqi draft constitution will lead to greater stability in Iraq.
- Quarters: United States workers unions should align with U.S. peace activists
- Semis: John Roberts will be a better Supreme Court chief justice than William Rehnquist.
Vocal Viking (Bethany Lutheran College)
Topics submitted by Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College
- Round 1: Resolved: It's time to re-regulate the airline industry.
- Round 2: TH would promote American jobs.
- Round 3: TH would nudge the professor to the right.
- Round 4: TH prefers the classic to the contemporary.
- Semis: TH would rebuild New Orleans.
- Finals: TH would be forgiven for its future sins.
Show Me Swing (Truman State University)
Topics submitted by Dr. Kevin Minch, Truman State University
- Round 1: The United States should find nicer friends.
- Round 2: TH agrees with Sun Tzu that "All warfare is based on deception."
- Round 3: The United States should take concrete steps to improve its relationship with Canada and/or Mexico.
- Round 4: The United States should substantially change its foreign policy toward Venezuela.
- Round 5: TH agrees with Michel Foucault that "freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism."
- Round 6: Katrina has brought the "Second American Century" to an abrupt end.
- Octas: CAFTA was a mistake.
- Quarters: On balance, George Bush's approach to government is not conservative.
- Semis: Britain would be best be served by ending its special relationship with the United States.
- Finals: The question is academic.
2005 4-Team Division Parli Resolutions: Show Me Swing:
- Round 1: The United States should amend the Constitution to place limits on the terms of Supreme Court Justices.
- Round 2: The United States should substantially reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Round 3: The United Stated federal government should repeal No Child Left Behind.
- Round 4: Taiwan should be recognized as an independent state.
- Quarters: The United States federal government should increase its support for the development of mass transit systems.
- Semis: In the global war on poverty, multilateral solutions are superior to bilateral solutions.
- Finals: Britain would be best be served by ending its special relationship with the United States.
William Jewell Round Robin
Topics submitted by Kevin Garner, William Jewell College
- Round 1: The homeland is not secure.
- Round 2: The U.S. should increase its aid to the Palestinian people.
- Round 3: The U.S. should significantly increase its preparation for an outbreak of Avian influenza.
- Round 4: The USFG should impose a windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies.
- Round 5: The USFG should implement a federal shield law for journalists.
- Semis: The USFG should significantly increase property rights in the United States
- Finals: The United States should significantly improve its relations with Iran
William Jewell
Topics submitted by Dr. Gina Lane, William Jewell College
- Round 1: Improved relations with Venezuela would be desirable.
- Round 2: The United States should provide increased incentives to reduce nuclear proliferation.
- Round 3: Workers rights in the United States should be substantially strengthened.
- Round 4: The U.S. should adopt term limits for United States Supreme Court Justices.
- Round 5: The United States should take significant steps to reduce illegal immigration.
- Round 6: The United States has turned its back on the people of Afghanistan.
- Doubles: The United States is losing the War on Terror.
- Octas: TH believes pharmacists' "conscience claims" are unjustified.
- Quarters: The Endangered Species Act should be substantially reformed.
- Semis: This House would stem the tide of international human trafficking.
- Finals: The United States should significantly reduce its reliance on imported oil.
Carol Gaede/Talk of the Tundra (Concordia/MSU-Moorhead)
Topics submitted by Dr. David Tschida, Minnesota State University-Moorhead
- Round 4: TH would throw the criminals out.
- Semifinals: TH would condemn the ideology.
- Finals: TH believes if the ride is more fly, then you must buy.
San Diego Splash Scrimmage (Pt. Loma Nazarene Univ.)
Topics submitted by Prof. Skip Rutledge, Pt. Loma Nazarene
- Round 1: Harriet Miers should be Borked.
- Round 2: The United States should leave Iraq to the United Nations
- Round 3: In this arena, media harms outweigh media benefits.
- Round 4: United States taxpayers should not pay to rebuild New Orleans
- Elimination Round One: Combating global poverty should take precedence over protecting the environment.
Twin Cities Forensics League #1
Topics submitted by Prof. Mike Wartman, Normandale Community College
- Round 1: TH would give racists a platform.
- Round 2: TH rejects distance learning in higher education.
- Round 3: TH supports open borders.
Pirates Invitational
Topics submitted by Prof. Konrad Hack, Azusa Pacific University
- Round 1: TH should assist those who wish to die.
- Round 2: TH should address the concerns of an aging population.
- Round 3: President Bush’s handling of the economy has done more good than harm.
- Round 4: Litmus tests are inappropriate for Supreme Court nominees.
- Bronze Round: Turkey should be admitted to the European Union
- Gold Round: Government should further remove itself from the lives of the people.
- Senior Semis: Privatization is the better answer.
- Senior Finals: Boycott China.
PKD Biprovince Invitational
Topics submitted by Prof. Tyler Thornton, Cameron University
- TH believes Iran is a worse security threat than North Korea.
- With regards to humanitarian intervention in Africa, an United Nations' approach is superior to a unilateral approach.
- TH should reform current malpractice laws.
- TH should create an equal playing field for Major League Baseball.
- An individual's right to property ought to be valued above the economic interest of the community.
- Quarters: TH should provide a new Supreme Court candidate
- Semis: TH regrets Walmart.
- Finals: The National Parliamentary Debate Association should reform its approach to academic debate.
Cougar Classic (Azusa Pacific Univ.)
Topics submitted by Joey Mavity, Azusa Pacific Univ.
- Round 1: In this case, radical change is superior to incremental change.
- Round 2: In this case, it is better to be feared than loved.
- Round 3: The USFG should further protect its citizens from one or more viral diseases.
- Round 4: Supreme Court terms should be limited in duration.
- Round 5: The WTO should grant one of the following nations full-member status: Sudan, Ukraine, Vietnam, Russia, or Iran.
- Round 6: The Nobel Prize in Peace should be awarded to the leader of one or more organizations labeled "terrorist" by the United States Federal Government.
- Octafinals: The DNC should reschedule one or more state primaries to precede the New Hampshire primary.
- Quarterfinals: Chechen fighters should put down their weapons.
- Semifinals: The USFG should make free trade more free.
- Finals: The USFG should significantly increase its dependence on foreign oil.
Colorado College
Topics submitted by Konrad Hack, Azusa Pacific Univ.
- Round 1: The withdrawal of Harriet Miers' nomination is designed to distract the media from the Fitzgerald investigation.
- Round 2: The United States should abolish the federal Columbus Day holiday.
- Round 3: Saddam Hussein deserves a trial at the Hague.
- Round 4: National Park Service policies should prioritize recreation over preservation.
- Round 5: The United Nations should defend the sovereignty of Lebanon.
Watson/Lancer Tournament
Topics submitted by Jim Wyman, Pasadena Community College.
- Round 1: The Federal Government should give more power to the States
- Round 2: The Federal Government should give more rights to its citizens
- Round 3: We have placed too much reliance on the jury system
- Round 4: The U.S. Supreme Court has too much power
- Round 5: Let them eat cake
- Round 6: Once more into the breach
- Quarterfinals/Semis: Sentencing procedures for criminal defendants should be changed
- Semis/Finals: What we have here is a failure to communicate
University of Puget Sound
Topics submitted by Elina Morozov, University of Puget Sound
- Round 1: In the case of national security, the United States Federal Government is justified in violating the privacy of its citizens.
- Round 2: The United Nations should enforce Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to ensure disarmament of member nations.
- Round 3: The United States should increase its preparations for an outbreak of avian influenza.
- Round 4: The United States Federal Government should increase border patrol resources to reduce drug and human smuggling across the United States-Mexico border.
- Round 5: TH would demand stricter scrutiny of political appointees.
- Round 6: The United States Federal Government should decrease its fossil fuel emissions through a cap and trade system.
- Octafinals: The United States Federal Government should increase economic aid to the government of Mexico to reduce poverty in Mexico.
- Quarterfinals: TH would amend the constitution for explicit inclusion of a right to privacy.
- Semifinals: The United Nations should sanction Iran for its nuclear program.
South Dakota State Jackrabbit Jousts
Topics submitted by Dr. Michael Dreher and Terilyn Johnston Huntington, Bethel University
- Round 1: TH would change its mind.
- Round 2: TH would take a walk on the wild side.
- Round 3: Resolved: Social Security is a victim of identity theft.
- Round 4: The U.S. should reform its immigration policy.
- Quarters: THBT the world is flat.
- Semis: The United States needs more friends.
- Finals: Everything old is new again.
Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #3
Topics submitted by Prof. Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College
- Round 1: Proven steroid use by a professional athlete should result in forfeited games.
- Round 2: TH would prefer to be a big loser instead of a small winner.
- Round 3: Case study
- Bronze: TH would retain the option to torture.
- Gold: TH would repair the church/state wall.
Central States Tournament (Longview Community College)
Topics submitted by Prof. Bill Cue, Longview Community College
Novice Division:
- Round 1: TH would separate FEMA from the Department of Homeland Security
- Round 2: TH agrees that Harriett Miers made the right decision
- Round 3: Resolved: The U.S. should withdraw its troops from Iraq
- Round 4: Resolved: That the NCAA should change its policy
- Round 5: THBT a life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent making no mistakes at all
- Round 6: THBT all paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind
- Quarters: Resolved: The USFG should more fully support the arts
- Semis: TH stands resolved to make its policies more consistent with its principles
- Finals: TH believes the midterm elections will be more trick than treat for the Democrats
Open Division:
- Round 1: TH stands resolved that the role of government is, in the first place to control the governed and in the next place to control itself.
- Round 2: TH would convince the crowd that the emperor has no clothes
- Round 3: Resolved: The U.S. should aggressively prosecute companies who paid illegal kickbacks and surcharges to Saddam Hussein in the U.N.'s oil-for-food program
- Round 4: Resolved: That the Department of the interior should pursue corporate spnsorship to fund national parks
- Round 5: TH would prove that the individual participant in the bourgeoisie can come to a full awareness of one's part in the current disintegration of human existence by the structure of his or her method
- Round 6: TH argues that with its empahsis on marketability, the culture industry dispenses entirely with the "purposelessness" that was central to arts autonomy.
- Octafinals: TH asserts that Saudi Arabia's admittance into the WTO will have detrimental effects on the stability of the Middle East
- Quarters: We believe that, on balance, professional sports are on the upswing
- Semis: THBT the midterm elections will be more trick than treat for the Democrats
- Finals: TH would turn back the clock on the Monroe Doctrine
Pioneer Invitational
Topics submitted by Elina Morozov, University of Puget Sound
- Round 1: The US should provide strong incentives for the construction of new nuclear power plants.
- Round 2: The US should embrace the UN Millennium Development goals.
- Round 3: The Senate should confirm Harriet Miers.
- Round 4: The NASA mission to Mars is a poor priority.
- Round 5: The US should increase its commitment to resolving the Israel/Palestine conflict.
- Round 6: The US Congress should adopt Bush's comprehensive immigration reform.
- Double Octafinals: The Supreme Court should rule in favor of Oregon in Gonzales v. Oregon.
- Octafinals: Congress should substantially increase US CAFE standards.
- Quarterfinals: The US should park its space shuttles.
- Semifinals: The U.N. Should expand and reform the security council.
- Finals: The US President should have the authority to deploy active federal troops to disaster areas.
University of the Pacific Invitational
Topics submitted by Dr. Marlin Bates, University of the Pacific
- Round 1: The "Tree of Liberty" should be watered.
- Round 2: The "Pen" should be sheathed.
- Round 3: The United States Supreme Court should be weakened.
- Round 4: United States federal employees should have the right to strike.
- Round 5: The United States Federal Government should permanently close one or more of the following military bases: Rhein-Main, Germany, Guantanamo, South Korea.
- Round 6: The United Nations should significantly increase its attention to one or more of the following areas: Liberia, Syria, or Tibet.
- Double Octas: Taiwan should be recognized.
- Octas: THBT recycling is a wasteful activity.
- Quarters: In the instance of Iran: Security trumps sovereignty.
- Semis: TH would lick the bowl.
- Finals: THBT it is all about the "Benjamins."
1st Greater Portland Tournament
Topics submitted by Michael Dugaw, Lower Columbia College
- Round 1: TH don't need no education.
- Round 2: THBT old enemies can become new friends.
- Round 3: THBT change is not progress.
2nd Greater Portland Tournament
Topics submitted by Michael Dugaw, Lower Columbia College
- Round 1: Resolved: The United States should not have dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
- Round 2: Resolved: TH believes that the United States is an empire in denial.
- Round 3: Resolved: The United States should establish a uniform news reporter shield law.
- Final: Resolved: The United States Congress should establish a specific timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
Smelt Classic (Lower Columbia College)
Topics submitted by Michael Dugaw, Lower Columbia College
- Round 1: Resolved: that the United States should remove the depictions of slaveowners from its currency.
- Round 2: Resolved: that the United States should remove the depictions of slaveowners from its currency.
- Round 3: Resolved: Higher education is a necessity.
- Round 4: Resolved: That felons who have paid their debt to society should be allowed to vote.
- Round 5: Resolved: As a whole, higher gasoline prices are good for the United States
- Semis: TH believes the truly great ones are unappreciated.
- Finals: Resolved: Chicken Little was right
Capital City Quickie
Topics submitted by Kevin O'Leary, Washburn University
- Round 1: TH would stop watching the pot.
- Round 2: TH would be the early bird.
- Round 3: Oil shock!
- Round 4: Overpopulation!
- Round 5: TH would encourage judicial activism.
- Double Octafinals: TH would rescind a civil liberty.
- Octafinals: TH would use the nuclear option.
- Quarters: O Canada!
- Semis: 2000 = too much
- Finals: TH would endorse intelligent design as science.
Betsy Karl (Pacific Lutheran)
Topics submitted by Jon Howland, University of Puget Sound
- Round 1: TH would not play the blame game about Katrina
- Round 2: TH would significantly change our relations with the un
- Round 3: THBT right to privacy is more important than freedom of the press
- Round 4: TH would bring them home now
- Round 5: The United States Federal Government should allow drug re-importation from Canada
- Round 6: TH would fight Wal-Mart.
- Quarters: It's time for a third party
PSCFA
Topics submitted by Danny Cantrell, Cerritos College
- Round 1 & 2: Resolved: the USFG should repeal the NCLB act
- Round 3: TH should clean house
- Round 4: Go green
- Round 5: Globalization does more harm than good
- Round 6: Freedom of the press does more harm than good
- Octafinals: The rebuilding of New Orleans should be a top priority for the United States Federal government
- Quarters: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease foreign aid
- Semis: California should recall Governor Schwarzenegger
- Finals: Setting a timetable for US troops to withdraw from Iraq is desireable
- Novice finals: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should use stronger tactics to combat illegal immigration.
THBT
Topics submitted by Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College
- Round 1: TH prefers reindeer power to horse power.
- Round 2: TH supports the right of educational institutions to ban military recruitment on their campuses.
- Round 3: (Case study)
- Round 4: (Case study)
- Round 5: TH would ban toys that talk.
- Round 6: TH would introduce the siesta into U.S. culture.
- Quarters: TH would reduce the public shame of sex offenders.
- Semis: THBT the elementary school year should be extended.
- Finals: TH would tell their children there is a Santa Claus.
Great Salt Lake
Topics submitted by Keith Schnak, Truman State University
- Round 1: Mercy is a superior value to justice.
- Round 2: Philosophically, rights are dead wrong.
- Round 3: Enough surveillance.
- Round 4: Enough torture.
- Round 5: TH would revoke the charter of corporate criminals.
- Round 6: The SEC should increase oversight of emergent investment strategies.
- Octafinals: Self interest should not guide US food aid policy.
- Quarters: Let Cuba play.
- Semis: Consumption without reflection is immoral.
- Finals: Power is more discursive than material.
Sleet Invitational (Concordia University)
Topics submitted by Konrad Hack, Azusa Pacific University
- Round 1 & 2: The USFG should enact additional economic incentives promoting conservation.
- Round 3: Oust the Elephant.
- Round 4: Emulate Bono.
- Round 5: TH believes dogma threatens liberty.
- Round 6: TH honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Octafinals: Seek the way of the prophet.
- Quarterfinals: The United Nations should act on infraction.
- Semifinals: Restore Yin and Yang.
- Finals: TH would restrict artistic freedom.
Sun Invitational (Azusa Pacific University)
Topics submitted by Konrad Hack, Azusa Pacific University
- Round 1 & 2: TH should prepare for the aging of America.
- Round 3: Reinvision Africa.
- Round 4: Invest in Europe.
- Octafinals: TH values humanities over technologies.
- Quarterfinals: Support eco-terrorism.
Capital City Classic (Washburn University)
Topics submitted by Dr. Kevin O'Leary, Washburn University
- Round 1: TH would circle the wagons.
- Round 2: TH would tackle the Muslim Culture Clash.
- Round 3: TH believes the environment is more important than progress.
- Round 4: Engage China.
- Quarterfinals: In this instance, democracy has failed.
- Semifinals: TH should create and implement laws that regulate the internet.
- Finals: Remember Friedan.
Sunset Cliffs (Pt. Loma Nazarene University)
Topics submitted by Konrad Hack, Azusa Pacific University
- Round 1: With domestic surveillance, security trumps privacy.
- Round 2: Pop culture values politics too highly above aesthetics.
- Round 3: In this instance, we should bridge the gap between church and state.
- Round 4: Hey Washington D.C., tax this.
- Round 5: America's addiction to foreign oil needs an intervention.
- Round 6: The extreme gap between the rich and poor in America is obscene.
- Double-Octafinals: The outsourcing of American jobs helps more than hinders the US Economy.
- Octafinals: America should better embrace her undocumented workers.
- Quarters: The United Nations Security Council should be significantly reformed.
- Semifinals: America is winning the war in Iraq.
- Finals: Reality TV's disrespect of living things for the purpose of entertainment is immoral.
ASU Forensic Fiesta (Arizona State University)
Topics submitted by Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko, Arizona State University
- Round 1: Resolved: The USFG should publicly finance presidential campaigns.
- Round 2: Resolved: The USFG should recognize Taiwan.
- Round 3: Resolved: THBT the United States should release all female Iraqi prisoners in exchange for journalist Jill Carroll.
- Round 4: Resolved: The USFG should renew diplomatic ties with Cuba.
- Round 5: Resolved: TH would indict Dick Cheney.
- Round 6: Resolved: THBT Native American symbols should not be used as sports mascots.
- Quarters: Resolved: TH would find the Administration's domestic surveillance constitutional.
- Semis: Resolved: The USFG should engage North Korea.
- Finals: Resolved: TH would uphold the Geneva Conventions.
Mid-Winter Parliamentary Debate (Hillsdale College)
Topics submitted by Dan Henning, Hillsdale College
- Round 1: TH would select Ehud Olmert.
- Round 2: TH would buy from China.
- Round 3: TH believes Cuba should play.
- Round 4: TH believes you deserve what you get.
- Round 5: TH prefers NDP to PRI.
- Round 6: TH believes early withdrawal will bring substantial penalties.
- Quarters: TH will not rebuild.
- Semis: TH would sell its influence.
- Finals: TH would dream.
Western Michigan Swing
Topics submitted by Dan Henning, Hillsdale College
- TH prefers Avon over Mary Kay.
- TH would give before we take.
- TH believes existentially.
Minnesota Intercollegiate Forensic Association Tournament
Topics submitted by Michael Dreher, Bethel University, Kris Kracht, Gustavus Adolphus and Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College
- Round 1: TH would gamble for Minnesota's future.
- Round 2: TH should clean house.
- Round 3: TH should change its policy toward the United Nations.
- Round 4: The US should re-regulate the airline industry.
- Quarters: TH would go for the gold.
- Semis: TH would reform current malpractice laws.
- Finals: TH would rexamine its team culture.
Whitman Classic
Topics submitted by Jim Hanson, Whitman College
- Round 1: TH would prohibit the president from detaining American citizens without charge
- Round 2: Race should be a major factor guiding the reconstruction of New Orleans
- Round 3: The United States should demand regime change in Iran
- Round 4: In this case, the US Federal Government should reverse its policy toward Latin America
- Round 5: THBT the "war on terror" is a harmful description of the current conflict
- Round 6: The US Federal Government should significantly limit investigatory powers allowed by the Patriot Act
- Octas: The US Federal Government should rebuild New Orleans
- Quarters (semis for novice): The UN should institute diplomatic sanctions against Iran
- Semis (finals for novice): The US Federal Government should adopt a policy to significantly decrease poverty in Latin America
- Finals (which did not happen) would have been: In the war in Iraq, THBT the news media failed its obligation to check governmental power.
PSCFA
Topics submitted by Carrie Robin, Northern Arizona and Danny Cantrell, Cerritos College
- Round 1 & 2: Israel should recognize Hamas.
- Round 3: Incentives are better than mandates.
- Round 4: Internal influences are more important than external influences.
- Round 5: The USFG should enact a policy to substantially decrease global warming.
- Round 6: The USFG should substantially increase gun control.
- Octas: The United Arab Emigrates is a inappropriate manager for United States ports.
- Quarters: United States citizens should be required to carry national ID cards.
- Semis: Resolved: Deny Iran Nuclear Technology.
- Finals: Resolved: Reform FEMA
Hatfield Debates (Williamette University)
Topics submitted by Rob Layne, Willamette University
- Round 1: Physician, heal thyself.
- Round 2: TH believes there are too many chiefs, and not enough Indians.
- Round 3: The time for hydrogen is now.
- Round 4: English immersion still has a place in public education.
- Round 5: Give everyone the bomb.
Tournament of the Century (Century College)
Topics submitted by Patty Steck, Century College and Jason Steck, University of Minnesota
- Round 1: The United States should aid Hamas.
- Round 2: Iraq should prefer truth commissions over trials.
- Round 3: The USFG should significantly expand the authority of government for search and/or seizure.
- Round 4: The USFG should significantly modify its policies for women in combat roles.
- Round 5: The USFG should significantly restrict the war powers of the President.
- Round 6: The US should prefer workers' rights over free trade.
- Quarters: The US should significantly increase restrictions on the President's power on judicial appointments.
- Semis: The USFG should eliminate the use of grand juries.
- Finals: Go North.
Parli LD:
- Round 1: TH would emulate the French.
- Round 2: Size matters.
- Round 3: TH would get right with God.
- Round 4: THBT hell is other people.
- Quarters: TH would take it off, take it all off.
- Semis: Resolved: It's been the worst day since yesterday.
Novice Nationals
Topics submitted by Terilyn Johnston Huntington, Bethel University
- Round 1: TH would redraw the boundary lines.
- Round 2: TH would alter the social order.
- Round 3: Resolved: the United States should change its intelligence policy.
- Round 4: Resolved: the United States should change its military policy.
- Round 5: Resolved: truth should be valued over knowledge.
- Round 6: Resolved: tenacity should be valued over achievement.
- Quarterfinals: Stay the course!
- Semifinals: THBT the Supreme Court has gained too much power.
- Finals: TH should outsource!
National Christian College Forensics Invitational
- Round 1: The USFG should stop going south of the border.
- Round 2: The USFG should significantly alter its foreign policy toward Venezuela.
- Round 6: Escape the Christian bubble.
- Quarterfinals: Resolved: United States education should implement new options.
- Semifinals: Resolved: The United Nations should intervene.
- Finals: A simple life is desireable.
