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North American Universities Debating Championship 2023
Apr 7, 2023 · United States · BP
Part of the North American Universities Debating Championship (NAUDC) series →
Motions from this series
NAUDC 2023 (2023)11 motions
- Round 1THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging.
- Round 2THBT the continued adoption of the guerrilla policy style is not in the long term interests of the CCP
- Round 3THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm.
- Round 4THP a world with the dominant belief that people can transition to different religious identities throughout their lifetime
- Round 5 (Closed)THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries
- Round 6THB the US and Canada should ban Mandatory Binding Arbitration.
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world where art is submitted to and displayed in museums and galleries anonymously forever
- SemifinalsTHBT the IMF should lend significant amounts of money to countries heavily indebted to China with the requirement that these countries default on all Chinese loans.
- Grand FinalTHO New Optimism
- Novice SemifinalsTHS a government madated halt of giant AI experiments
- Novice FinalsTHP a world with community based, democratically run social media instead of company run social media
McGill NAUDC 2021 (2022)10 motionsCA: Yarn S., 🇺🇸 Gwen S., 🇺🇸 Sam H., 🇺🇸 Aditya D., 🇨🇦 Ruth S.
- Round 1THBT the ubiquity of dating apps has done more harm than good.
- Round 2THBT the South Korean government should break up chaebols.
- Round 3THP a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.
- Round 4TH, as the Catholic Church, would actively fund liberation theology in Latin America
- Round 5THBT using loan conditions and defaults to achieve political goals is bad for the long term interest of China.
- Round 6 (Closed)This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the Canadian government should stop prosecuting Indigenous peoples and allow the use of Indigenous law instead in all cases.
- SemifinalsThis House would prefer a world where the response to the 2008 Financial Crisis focused on assigning responsibility and punishing individual instances of wrongdoing, instead of passing policies to reduce overall risk in the system moving forward (eg regulatory capital requirements, bans on proprietary trading, statutory underwriting standards for residential mortgages)
- Grand FinalsTHP a world where all writing is pseudonymous
- Novice FinalsTHP that billionaire-run charitable foundations engage in 'hits-based' giving rather than traditional charity work
NAUDC 2019 (2019)11 motions
- Round 1THW punitively tax personal homeownership.
- Round 2TH, given limited resources, W prioritize funding for early childhood care to the exclusion of funding of post-secondary education.
- Round 3THR the narrative that ideal political debate should be objective to the exclusion of emotions and subjective experiences.
- Round 4THBT ASEAN should adopt a common currency
- Round 5THBT federal governments should suspend all funding to sub-national governments (states in the USA and Mexico, provinces in Canada) that violate religious liberties.
- Round 6THBT parents should teach their children that they are inherently special (e.g., in what they deserve, and/or what they are capable of achieving).
- Open QuarterfinalTH, as Russia, would announce that any further Israeli strikes in Syria will be met by a Russian attack on Israel.
- Novice SemifinalTHS the use of truth and reconciliation commissions over courts in post-conflict nations.
- Open SemifinalTHW allocate resources towards adapting to climate change, rather than mitigating/preventing climate change.
- Novice Grand FinalTH prefers a polytheistic society to a monotheistic one.
- Open Grand FinalTHBT it is morally legitimate to avoid taxes in undemocratic regimes.
What gets set here
Social & Identity19%
Economics19%
Politics16%
Law & Crime13%
Religion9%
Technology6%
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19% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 12 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.5.
Last edition: 16 of 83 teams broke.
- 201913 pts17/112
- 202112 pts · 79.1 speaks17/80
- 202312 pts · 79.9 speaks16/83
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break10 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas A. | DLO | THP a world with the dominant belief that people can transition to different religious identities throughout their lifetime | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 David Z. | MO | THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Jack Z. | OW | THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Madeleine W. | OW | THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Millie C. | MG | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Ryan L. | MO | THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Dhruv B. | GW | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Meg K. | OW | THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Nir A. | DPM | THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Max W. | MG | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Sajid F. | DPM | THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Madeleine W. | DLO | THBT the continued adoption of the guerrilla policy style is not in the long term interests of the CCP | 83 |
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