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University of Southern California Intervarsity 2025
Feb 15, 2025 · BP
Motions
University of Southern California IV 2025 (2025)9 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Xiao-ke L., 🇺🇸 Belle H., 🇺🇸 Amitai P., 🇺🇸 Dennis S., Tanay P.
- Round 1THBT companies should be forced to pay taxes commensurate to the amount of annually accrued technical debt
- Round 2THBT the NCAA should aggressively limit use of the transfer portal (e.g. limiting the proportion of the roster that can be new transfers, limiting the number of transfers a player can initiate over their career, etc.)
- Round 3THP a confrontational over compromising approach in relationships
- Round 4THR the rise of psychometrics.
- Round 5THBT tightening restrictions on AI-related technological exports from the US to China is in the interest of the US
- QuarterfinalsTH, as the DRC, W contract the Wagner group to combat M23
- SemifinalsTHBT the feminist movement's condemnation of traditional masculinity is in the interests of men
- Grand FinalTHS religions adopting the Decline of the Generations
- Novice FinalsThis House Believes That U.S. state governments should redistribute wealth from multi-billion-dollar private universities to fund public state universities
What gets set here
Social & Identity33%
Economics11%
Sport11%
Technology11%
International Relations11%
Religion11%
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29% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.6.
Last edition: 16 of 56 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break7 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | MO | THR the rise of psychometrics. | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | MO | THBT tightening restrictions on AI-related technological exports from the US to China is in the interest of the US | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Ethan J. | MG | THBT the NCAA should aggressively limit use of the transfer portal (e.g. limiting the proportion of the roster that can be new transfers, limiting the number of transfers a player can initiate over their career, etc.) | 84 |
| Kennedy K. | GW | THBT tightening restrictions on AI-related technological exports from the US to China is in the interest of the US | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Thej M. | DLO | THBT tightening restrictions on AI-related technological exports from the US to China is in the interest of the US | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Aaron Z. | MG | THBT tightening restrictions on AI-related technological exports from the US to China is in the interest of the US | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Imaad M. | DLO | THR the rise of psychometrics. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Zacarias N. | LO | THR the rise of psychometrics. | 83 |
| Jessie Z. | DPM | THBT tightening restrictions on AI-related technological exports from the US to China is in the interest of the US | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Seamus A. | MG | THR the rise of psychometrics. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan H. | MG | THBT the NCAA should aggressively limit use of the transfer portal (e.g. limiting the proportion of the roster that can be new transfers, limiting the number of transfers a player can initiate over their career, etc.) | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Clement T. | LO | THBT companies should be forced to pay taxes commensurate to the amount of annually accrued technical debt | 82 |
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