1997-1998 Resolutions

This is a list of topics that have been submitted by tournament directors that were used in various regular season and other national tournaments. The NPDA does not necessarily endorse these particular resolutions.

Topics used at the Point Loma Nazarene Novice

Topics submitted by Skip Rutledge, Point Loma Nazarene University

  • Round 1: THBT justice is blind.
  • Round 2: TH opposes the United States playing Globo Cop
  • Round 3: TH believes in waiting its turn.
  • Round 4: TH would take drastic steps to restore confidence in our leadership.
  • Finals: TH believes what the media tells it to believe.

Topics used at the California Parliamentary Caucus

Topics submitted by Jason Sandford

  • Round 1: TH would reform the present system of checks and balances.
  • Round 2: TH supports the power of labor unions.
  • Round 3: THBT freedom has been taken to far in the western world.
  • Round 4: TH would rather be East than West.
  • Round 5: TH would hold the military to a stricter standard on sexual harassment.
  • Semifinal Round: TH would steal from the rich and give to the poor.

Topics used at the University of Wyoming

Topics submitted by Shawn Batt

  • Round 1: THBT Forensics Programs Should Emphasize Community Service Over Tournament Competition.
  • Round 2: THBT The Right to Privacy is More Important than the Freedom of the Press.
  • Round 3: THBT The Local is Preferable to the Global.
  • Round 4: THBT Schools Should Not Prepare Students for Work.
  • Round 5: THBT The Public Sphere is a Phantom.
  • Round 6: TH Supports Radical Feminism.
  • Quarterfinals: THBT The Good Life Is Best Measured By Aesthetics.
  • Semifinals: TH Would Rock the Boat.
  • Finals: THBT The News Should Be Interesting Rather than Important

Topics used at the Mt. San Antonio Tournament

  • Round 1: THBT:Smoking regulations are needed to reduce tobacco consumption in the United States
  • Round 2: THBT:The right to strike should be given to all employees.
  • Round 3: THBT:The IRS needs to be abolished.
  • Round 4: THBT:American automobiles are a better bargain than European automobiles
  • Round 5: THBT :P rofessional athletes are over paid
  • Round 6: THBT:A convicted rapist is no better than a murderer and should be sent to prison for life
  • Elim 1: THBT: Motion pistures are a reflection of society norms
  • Elim 2: THBT :D ogs are better pets for humankind than cats
  • Elim 3: THBT civil litigation should have the same requirements as criminal litigation.

Topics used at Lewis and Clark College

submitted by Chiasha Dickens

  • TH would take from the rich to give to the poor
  • TH would hold the media responsible
  • THBT labor unions have outlived their usefullness
  • THBT political correctness does more harm than good
  • THBT the government has forgotten its role
  • TH supports campaign finance reform
  • Octafinals: TH regrets the decline of conventional morality
  • Quarterfinals: TH would use taxation to regulate behavior
  • Semifinals: THBT the exploitation of animals is immoral
  • Finals: TH would kill all the lawyers

Topics used at the Bethel College (KS) Tournament

submitted by Tammy Unruh

  • Round 1: TH should change its locks.
  • Round 2: TH should balance its diet.
  • Round 3: TH should enact campaign finance reform.
  • Round 4: TH should increase regulation of firearms.
  • Round 5: TH should recycle.
  • Round 6: TH should pull the plug.
  • Octafinals: TH should teach an old dog a new trick.
  • Quarterfinals: TH should consider carefully that which seems initially successful.
  • Semifinals: TH should announce that the King is naked.
  • Finals: TH should check its messages.

Topics used at Novice Nationals

submitted by Michael Dreher, Bethel College (MN)

  • Round 1: THBT we should investigate the investigators.
  • Round 2: TH thinks that internet "junk mail" should be illegal.
  • Round 3: TH believes winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.
  • Round 4: TH thinks the US is the Titanic.
  • Round 5: THBT technology is killing our work ethic.
  • Quarters: THBT the UN is dysfunctional.
  • Semis: TH would make it up as we go along.
  • Finals: TH would free the prisoners.