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Cornell Novice Nationals 2022
2022-06-01 · United States · BP
Motions from this series
Cornell Novice Nationals 2022 (2022)11 motions
- Round 0THBT the American government should increase the gas tax and direct the revenue towards modernising and expanding public transport
- Round 0THBT the American government should increase the gas tax and direct the revenue towards modernising and expanding public transport
- Round 1THBT the feminist movement should disavow body positivity in favour of advocating for body neutrality.
- Round 2THW compel priests to report felonies which they learn of during confession.
- Round 3THW prioritize providing students in rural areas with digital access and remote degrees from good schools over developing schools in rural areas.
- Round 4THP a world in which people do not search for a purpose in life (e.g. working towards vocational goals, building your life around family)
- Round 5THBT the left should advocate for increased police force to be used against Ottawa's "freedom convoy."
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the American government should increase the gas tax and direct the revenue towards modernizing and expanding public transport.
- SemifinalsTHS the increasing globalisation of the Yuan.
- ESL FinalsTHBT western social justice groups (e.g. feminist advocacy groups, LGBT advocacy groups) should have a global agenda, as opposed to a local one.
- Grand FinalTHR the use of bold and graphic imagery in feminist art (genitalia, grotesque figures, blood, etc.).
Cornell Novice Nationals 2021 (2021)9 motions
- Round 1THBT popular media should portray climate change optimistically, emphasizing progress which has been made over alarming predictions.
- Round 2TH, as a fiction writer during the COVID 19 pandemic, would predominantly write stories about the present crisis, rather than stories about the past, future, or alternate timelines.
- Round 3THBT the United States should criminalize the propagation of conspiracy theories whose adherents have actively threatened or caused harm to public figures (e.g., QAnon, 9/11 trutherism)
- Round 4TH, as a major tech company, would make all of their software open source.
- Round 5THR the narrative that forgiveness is a virtue.
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world in which religions do not emphasize self-deprivation (e.g. ritual fasting, asceticism, voluntary poverty)
- SemifinalsTH, as an industrializing developing country, would impose capital controls and trade tariffs on its economy.
- Grand FinalTHBT the Biden administration should declare and actively pursue a “feminist foreign policy”.
- ESL FinalsIn highly multiethnic states, THP the use of devolved governments as opposed to centralized governments.
What gets set here
Social & Identity20%
Economics15%
Law & Crime10%
Politics10%
Education5%
Arts & Culture5%
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23% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 76.9.
Last edition: 16 of 60 teams broke.
- 202111 pts · 77.3 speaks16/82
- 202210 pts · 76.5 speaks16/60
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- ESL break6 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiarui C. | DLO | THP a world in which people do not search for a purpose in life (e.g. working towards vocational goals, building your life around family) | 83 |
| Lesly S. | MG | THP a world in which people do not search for a purpose in life (e.g. working towards vocational goals, building your life around family) | 83 |
| Emma B. | GW | THP a world in which people do not search for a purpose in life (e.g. working towards vocational goals, building your life around family) | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | DLO | THW compel priests to report felonies which they learn of during confession. | 82 |
| Austin Y. | LO | THP a world in which people do not search for a purpose in life (e.g. working towards vocational goals, building your life around family) | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L. | LO | THW compel priests to report felonies which they learn of during confession. | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | GW | THW prioritize providing students in rural areas with digital access and remote degrees from good schools over developing schools in rural areas. | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | OW | THP a world in which people do not search for a purpose in life (e.g. working towards vocational goals, building your life around family) | 81 |
| 🇺🇸 Jacquelynn L. | MO | THP a world in which people do not search for a purpose in life (e.g. working towards vocational goals, building your life around family) | 80 |
| 🇺🇸 Ram O. | MO | THBT the left should advocate for increased police force to be used against Ottawa's "freedom convoy." | 80 |
| 🇺🇸 Isaac C. | DLO | THW prioritize providing students in rural areas with digital access and remote degrees from good schools over developing schools in rural areas. | 80 |
| 🇺🇸 Amber C. | LO | THW compel priests to report felonies which they learn of during confession. | 80 |
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