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Yale Intervarsity 2022
Oct 28, 2022 · BP
Motions from this series
Yale IV 2022 (2022)11 motions
- Round 1THBT the Effective Altruist community should prioritize alleviating short-term suffering over longtermism
- Round 2THBT the majority of rental housing should be communal housing
- Round 3THS the Chinese government's crackdown on private education
- Round 4THP a world in which platonic life partnerships are the primary relationship structure, rather than romantic life partnerships
- Round 5THBT the US should legalize the payment of extraterritorial bribes
- QuarterfinalsTHS women writing emotionally descriptive literature over emotionally prescriptive literature
- SemifinalsTHW allow US cities to petition courts to write down their pension obligations
- Grand FinalTHBT the US should try to increase the size of its population though immigration to approximately 1 billion people by 2050
- Novice SemifinalsTHR the increased focus on posting less curated “authentic” content in social media (BeReal, finstas, close friends instagram stories)
- Novice FinalsTHS a world where universities exclusively focused on professional training. In such a world, the purpose of an undergraduate degree at a research university would be to prepare students for a career in academic research, while a 'technical' university would prepare students for careers in specific technical fields
- ESL FinalsTHBT the environmental movement should advocate for adaptation to the effects of climate change over mitigation of the effects of climate change
Yale IV Fall 2021 (2021)11 motionsCA: Lior S., 🇦🇺 Jessica M., 🇮🇱 Hadar G., 🇺🇸 Aditya D.
- Round 1THW create medical bodies with the power to prevent individuals in professional sports from continuing their sporting careers (i.e. due to serious injuries)
- Round 2THP a world where international trade is regulated by practices and norms developed by merchants rather than agreements developed by governments
- Round 3THP a world where the dominant norm is one of open relationships* *Open relationships refer to relationships in which both partners have liberty to have sex with people outside of the relationship.
- Round 4THBT Supreme Courts should refrain from practicing judicial review in the early years of emerging constitutional democracies
- Round 5THBT the US should establish diplomatic relationships with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan
- Partial Double QuarterfinalsTHBT India should remove subsidies and protections on farms (i.e. free electricity, employment guarantees, minimum support prices) in favor of massively expanding the manufacturing sector
- QuarterfinalsTHP a moral system that perceives morality to stem from duties as opposed to rights
- SemifinalsTHBT limiting the negative effects of U.S. monetary policy on foreign economies should become an explicit part of the Federal Reserve’s mandate.
- Grand FinalTHP a world in which religions follow a Gadol rather than an official supreme leader
- ESL FinalsIn parliamentary systems, THBT governments should be formed through a union of parties from conflicting sides of the political spectrum
- Novice FinalsTHP undergrad programs (BA) that follow the holistic education model to ones that follow the specialisation model
Yale IV 2019 (2019)10 motions
- Round 1THBT it is immoral for the typical Yale undergraduate to work at a hedge fund after college
- Round 2THW expel Turkey from NATO.
- Round 3THBT the environmental movement should oppose any green policy initiatives and candidate platforms that do not also make racial and economic justice a central priority.
- Round 4In pluralistic societies, TH prefers official recognition of major religions as "public law corporations" to laïcité.
- Round 5This house believes that emerging markets should de-dollarize their economies
- Round 6This House Supports the creation of a Supreme Court of Facebook
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the left should apply its advocacy for reduced penalization and incarceration to all crimes, including those for which the left presently demands a more forceful policy response (e.g. gun violence, sexual assault, hate crimes)
- SemifinalsTHR the focus of venture capital on expanding market share over achieving profitability.
- Grand FinalTHBT 21st century western liberal democracy will fail to defeat the challenge of right-wing populism.
- Nov FinalTHBT it is preferable to pursue civil rights protections via the legislative process rather than the legal system.
Yale IV Parliamentary Debate 2019 (2019)10 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Danny D., 🇺🇸 Eva-Marie Q., 🇬🇧 Sophie L., 🇺🇸 William A.
- Round 1THBT it is immoral for the typical Yale undergraduate to work at a hedge fund after college
- Round 2THW expel Turkey from NATO.
- Round 3THBT the environmental movement should oppose any green policy initiatives and candidate platforms that do not also make racial and economic justice a central priority.
- Round 4In pluralistic societies, TH prefers official recognition of major religions as "public law corporations" to laïcité.
- Round 5This house believes that emerging markets should de-dollarize their economies
- Round 6This House Supports the creation of a Supreme Court of Facebook
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the left should apply its advocacy for reduced penalization and incarceration to all crimes, including those for which the left presently demands a more forceful policy response (e.g. gun violence, sexual assault, hate crimes)
- SemifinalsTHR the focus of venture capital on expanding market share over achieving profitability.
- Grand FinalTHBT 21st century western liberal democracy will fail to defeat the challenge of right-wing populism.
- Nov FinalTHBT it is preferable to pursue civil rights protections via the legislative process rather than the legal system.
What gets set here
Economics21%
Social & Identity14%
Law & Crime14%
Politics10%
Education7%
Environment7%
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14% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.2.
Last edition: 17 of 121 teams broke.
- 2019cut unknown20/178
- 2019cut unknown20/178
- 202111 pts · 79.0 speaks24/134
- 202211 pts · 79.4 speaks17/121
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break17 teams
- ESL break7 teams
- Novice break10 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Benny N. | PM | THS the Chinese government's crackdown on private education | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L. | MO | THBT the Effective Altruist community should prioritize alleviating short-term suffering over longtermism | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Matt A. | OW | THBT the US should legalize the payment of extraterritorial bribes | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Vivian Z. | MO | THS the Chinese government's crackdown on private education | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Rohan K. | DPM | THS the Chinese government's crackdown on private education | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Matti T. | PM | THBT the majority of rental housing should be communal housing | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Uma M. | OW | THBT the Effective Altruist community should prioritize alleviating short-term suffering over longtermism | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Ye H. | DPM | THBT the majority of rental housing should be communal housing | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Maxwell D. | GW | THS the Chinese government's crackdown on private education | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Muzammil G. | GW | THS the Chinese government's crackdown on private education | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Rohan B. | LO | THBT the majority of rental housing should be communal housing | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Hasit N. | MG | THS the Chinese government's crackdown on private education | 83 |
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