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Berkeley IV 2024
Jun 1, 2024 · BP
Motions
Berkeley IV 2024 (2024)9 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Brian L., 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L., Ruth A., 🇺🇸 Eddy X., 🇺🇸 Rohan K.
- Round 1TH, as an elite university, would reinstate standarized testing as a mandatory requirement for college admissions
- Round 2THR the rise of financial information on social media (e.g. financial influencers, r/WallStreetBets)
- Round 3THW prohibit financial settlements in environmental lawsuits
- Round 4TH, as radical feminists in conservative countries, would organize within existing religious structures instead of denouncing mainstream religions
- Round 5THP sectoral bargaining to enterprise bargaining
- QuarterfinalsTHO the use of sanctions in reaction to countries' domestic policies
- SemifinalsTHS implementing the Supreme Court Lottery system over the status quo in the United States
- Novice FinalsTHS widescale forced resettlement as a method of poverty alleviation in the developing world
- Grand FinalTHP a world where “Jigsaw” philosophy is the dominant norm in romantic relationships
What gets set here
Economics33%
Law & Crime22%
Education11%
Social & Identity11%
International Relations11%
Comedy & Novelty11%
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25% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.0.
Last edition: 17 of 68 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break17 teams
- Novice break6 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Ambika G. | LO | TH, as radical feminists in conservative countries, would organize within existing religious structures instead of denouncing mainstream religions | 82 |
| 🇨🇦 Anais K. | DLO | THW prohibit financial settlements in environmental lawsuits | 82 |
| 🇨🇦 Nilabh A. | PM | THP sectoral bargaining to enterprise bargaining | 82 |
| Diggory W. | LO | THW prohibit financial settlements in environmental lawsuits | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Jenna H. | DLO | TH, as radical feminists in conservative countries, would organize within existing religious structures instead of denouncing mainstream religions | 82 |
| 🇨🇦 Nilabh A. | MG | TH, as radical feminists in conservative countries, would organize within existing religious structures instead of denouncing mainstream religions | 82 |
| 🇫🇷 Tarun R. | MG | THR the rise of financial information on social media (e.g. financial influencers, r/WallStreetBets) | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Marilyn B. | MO | TH, as radical feminists in conservative countries, would organize within existing religious structures instead of denouncing mainstream religions | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Benjamin S. | MO | TH, as radical feminists in conservative countries, would organize within existing religious structures instead of denouncing mainstream religions | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Alex P. | MO | THW prohibit financial settlements in environmental lawsuits | 81 |
| 🇵🇰 Daud K. | OW | THW prohibit financial settlements in environmental lawsuits | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Jenna H. | DPM | THR the rise of financial information on social media (e.g. financial influencers, r/WallStreetBets) | 81 |
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