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Berkeley IV
Mar 8, 2025 · BP
Motions from this series
Berkeley IV (2025)9 motions
- Round 1This House regrets the glamorization of start-up culture
- Round 2In major American urban centers, This House would designate specific non-residential zones where all drugs are legal to use, buy, and sell
- Round 3This House believes that emerging regional organizations (e.g. ECOWAS, EAC, ASEAN) should prioritize political integration over economic integration
- Round 4This House regrets increased depictions of kinks in popular media (e.g. Fifty Shades of Grey, S&M by Rihanna, 365 Days)
- Round 5This House believes that votes within national legislatures should be secretly cast
- Open QuartersThis House prefers a world where people do not have the desire to leave behind a legacy
- Novice FinalsAssuming feasibility, This house, as Canada, would join the EU
- Open SemifinalsThis House believes that it is in the interest of the CCP to significantly reduce subsidies for strategic emerging industries.
- Open FinalsThis House, as House Republicans, would choose to openly oppose Trump's attempts to undermine the Congressional power of the purse
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
Social & Identity22%
Economics22%
Law & Crime17%
International Relations17%
Politics11%
Education6%
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27% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 77.7.
Last edition: 17 of 57 teams broke.
- 202410 pts · 78.0 speaks17/68
- 202510 pts · 77.3 speaks17/57
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break17 teams
- Novice break7 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Seamus A. | MG | This House regrets increased depictions of kinks in popular media (e.g. Fifty Shades of Grey, S&M by Rihanna, 365 Days) | 83 |
| Sonam W. | MG | This House believes that emerging regional organizations (e.g. ECOWAS, EAC, ASEAN) should prioritize political integration over economic integration | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Kate W. | PM | This House regrets increased depictions of kinks in popular media (e.g. Fifty Shades of Grey, S&M by Rihanna, 365 Days) | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Stella W. | GW | This House regrets increased depictions of kinks in popular media (e.g. Fifty Shades of Grey, S&M by Rihanna, 365 Days) | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Will R. | LO | This House regrets increased depictions of kinks in popular media (e.g. Fifty Shades of Grey, S&M by Rihanna, 365 Days) | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Davis T. | OW | This House regrets increased depictions of kinks in popular media (e.g. Fifty Shades of Grey, S&M by Rihanna, 365 Days) | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Amy C. | OW | This House believes that emerging regional organizations (e.g. ECOWAS, EAC, ASEAN) should prioritize political integration over economic integration | 82 |
| Abby P. | OW | This House believes that emerging regional organizations (e.g. ECOWAS, EAC, ASEAN) should prioritize political integration over economic integration | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Amy C. | DLO | This House regrets the glamorization of start-up culture | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Sajid F. | MO | This House regrets the glamorization of start-up culture | 81 |
| Na'ama S. | MO | This House believes that emerging regional organizations (e.g. ECOWAS, EAC, ASEAN) should prioritize political integration over economic integration | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Tanvi S. | OW | This House believes that emerging regional organizations (e.g. ECOWAS, EAC, ASEAN) should prioritize political integration over economic integration | 81 |
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