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North American Novices 2021
2021-06-01 · BP
Motions
North American Novices 2021 (2021)8 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Zi H., 🇨🇦 Ruth S.
- Round 1THBT the Democratic Party leadership should publicly commit to using 'procedurally activist' congressional tactics to pursue their policy objectives.
- Round 2THP a world where polygamy was the norm
- Round 3THW significantly increase the corporate income tax in major business centers of the world (e.g. Macau, Jakarta, New York, Sydney, London).
- Round 4THR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS)
- Round 5TH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group
- QuarterfinalsTHBT, feminists in post-colonial states should devote a significant majority of their resources to impact litigation.
- SemifinalsTHW hold periodic referenda on whether to break up large companies instead of all other anti-monopoly regulations.
- Grand FinalFrom behind the veil of ignorance, THW choose to be born in Nozick-World.
What gets set here
Economics38%
Social & Identity25%
Politics13%
Education13%
Philosophy13%
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29% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 76.9.
Last edition: 17 of 58 teams broke.
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Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Dhruv B. | DPM | THR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS) | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Isaac C. | MO | TH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L. | MG | THW significantly increase the corporate income tax in major business centers of the world (e.g. Macau, Jakarta, New York, Sydney, London). | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L. | MO | TH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group | 83 |
| Owusu A. | OW | TH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Afzal H. | GW | THW significantly increase the corporate income tax in major business centers of the world (e.g. Macau, Jakarta, New York, Sydney, London). | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Dhruv B. | DLO | TH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L. | MO | THR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS) | 83 |
| Anqi Q. | GW | TH, as the CCP, would bail out Evergrande Group | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Millie C. | PM | THR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS) | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L. | PM | THP a world where polygamy was the norm | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Afzal H. | OW | THR the establishment of Western university campuses in illiberal non-Western states (e.g. NYU Shanghai, Monash Malaysia, Yale-NUS) | 82 |
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