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Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open
2022-12-16 · BP
Motions
Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open (2022)12 motionsCA: Njuguna M., 🇬🇧 Lucie S., 🇦🇹 Katharina J., 🇬🇧 Andrew C.
- Round 1THS the normalisation of prenuptial agreements.
- Round 2THBT social movements should adopt the approach of ‘joyful militancy’.
- Round 3THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology.
- Round 4THBT for students over the age of 14, art and literature curricula should actively include works with violent or sexual themes, as opposed to minimising their role in the curriculum.
- Round 5THP energy policy and resources across EU Member States to be entirely controlled by an EU-run energy agency.
- Partial OctofinalsTHBT it is in the interests of highly developed countries to have immigration policy that favours immigrants that are projected to be high-paid instead of low-paid.
- QuarterfinalsTHO the focus on coming out in LGBTQ media and popular culture.
- SemifinalsTHBT advocacy for indigenous people should prioritise influencing general government policy over obtaining legal recognition of their status and historical grievances.
- Grand FinalTHO established states actively curating and promoting a patriotic sense of national identity
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT Biden should lift all sanctions on Venezuela.
- ESL FinalsTHP a world where everyone is equipped with a rePlayer.
- Novice FinalsTHP university admission standards to be based solely on a single ‘high-stake’ standardised exam, as opposed to solely on the average of the pupil’s performance over the course of their studies.
What gets set here
Politics33%
Social & Identity25%
Education17%
Environment8%
International Relations8%
Fiction8%
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21% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 80.3.
Last edition: 26 of 122 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break26 teams
- ESL break15 teams
- Novice break6 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Enting L. | GW | THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology. | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Madeleine W. | DPM | THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology. | 85 |
| 🇧🇩 Sadid M. | MG | THP energy policy and resources across EU Member States to be entirely controlled by an EU-run energy agency. | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Matti T. | MG | THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology. | 85 |
| 🇵🇭 Tobi L. | DPM | THBT for students over the age of 14, art and literature curricula should actively include works with violent or sexual themes, as opposed to minimising their role in the curriculum. | 85 |
| 🇵🇭 David A. | PM | THBT for students over the age of 14, art and literature curricula should actively include works with violent or sexual themes, as opposed to minimising their role in the curriculum. | 85 |
| 🇵🇭 David A. | MG | THS the normalisation of prenuptial agreements. | 84 |
| 🇮🇱 Yishai B. | PM | THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology. | 84 |
| 🇧🇬 Rumen M. | LO | THBT for students over the age of 14, art and literature curricula should actively include works with violent or sexual themes, as opposed to minimising their role in the curriculum. | 84 |
| Dung N. | PM | THP energy policy and resources across EU Member States to be entirely controlled by an EU-run energy agency. | 84 |
| Gerge A. | PM | THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology. | 84 |
| 🇬🇷 Panagiotis G. | DPM | THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology. | 84 |
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