2009-2010 Resolutions

Please note: Abbreviations are as follows:

• TH = This House
• USFG = United States Federal Government

William Jewell (Part 1)

Submitted by Kevin Calderwood, Southern Illinois University

• Round 1: Resolved: the US should cease military operations in Afghanistan.
• Round 2: Resolved: the US should cease military operations in Afghanistan.
• Round 3: Resolved: the US should substantially reduce criminal penalties for immigration law violations.
• Round 4: Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a federal shield law for journalists.
• Round 5: Resolved: The United States should engage in bilateral negotiations with North Korea to end North Korean proliferation.
• Octas: Resolved: The United States federal government should eliminate the Defense of Marriage Act.
• Quarters: Resolved: The United States should significantly increase its efforts to deter sea piracy.
• Semis: Resolved: The United States federal should substantially increase regulations on the credit rating industry.
• Finals: Resolved: the United States should pass the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

William Jewell (Part 2)

Submitted by Kevin Calderwood, Southern Illinois University

• Round 1: Resolved: The United States should adopt a policy of single payer health insurance.
• Round 2: Resolved: The United States should significantly improve its economic relations with China.
• Round 3: Resolved: The United States federal government should adopt a policy to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the United States.
• Round 4: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease its reliance on manned space travel.
• Round 5: Resolved: The United States should substantially increase restrictions on its use of extraordinary rendition.
• Partial Octas: In the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the United States Supreme Court should side with Citizens United.
• Octas: resolved: the united states federal government should establish a federal consumer financial protection agency.
• Quarters:
• Semis:
• Finals:

San Francisco State University

• Round 1: Breast feeding mothers should have federal protection in the workplace
• Round 2: Healthcare reform in the US should contain a federally funded public option.
• Round 3: Financial institution executive pay should be internationally regulated
• Round 4: Israel should be tried for war crimes
• Round 5: The FCC should formally adopt net neutrality
• Round 6: Professional sports collective bargaining agreements should take precedence over state laws.
• Octos: Family planning agencies should receive environmental aid
• Quarters: Somalia Should be Rearmed
• Semis: Academics should be immune to export laws
• Finals: Climate Change Accords should be viewed as global problem solving and not global negotiation.

Pacific Lutheran University

Topics submitted by Dr. Jim Hanson, Whitman College

• Round 1: The United States federal government should substantially increase funding to the FDA and USDA to monitor food production.
• Round 2: The United States federal government should substantially increase funding to promote the production of solar power.
• Round 3: The United States should mine in space beyond earth’s mesosphere.
• Round 4: The United States should cooperate with Russia to address security threats in Central Eurasia.
• Round 5: The United States federal government should dealert its nuclear weapons.
• Round 6: The United States should accelerate negotiations with Russia to establish a new START treaty.
• 1st elim: The United States federal government should require electric utilities to produce at least 25% of their electricity from renewable resources by 2025.
• 2nd elim: The United States should substantially increase programs with satellites currently in space beyond earth’s mesosphere.
• 3rd elim: The United States should cooperate with Russia to develop missile defense technology.
• 4th elim: The United States federal government should move toward a minimum nuclear deterrence posture.
• 5th elim: The FDA should require new labeling on food concerning that food’s healthiness.

Debates on a Plain

Topics submitted by Ken Troyer, Sterling College

• Round 1: The USFG should adopt a policy to significantly increase the use of renewable energy.
• Round 2: The USFG should alter current regulations regarding performance enhancing drugs.
• Round 3: TH believes the best offense is a good defense.
• Round 4: The USFG should reinstitute the “Cash for Clunkers” program.
• Round 5: The United States Federal Government should allow financial compensation for organ donation.
• Quarters: The USFG should pass the DREAM Act.
• Semis: The USFG should renew its commitment to NASA.
• Finals: US colleges and universities should phase out tenure for all faculty members.

Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #1

Topics submitted by Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College

• Round 1:  This House believes that colleges/universities should quarantine students with H1N1 until their symptoms have passed.
• Round 2:  This House prefers distance learning over classroom instruction.
• Round 3 – Case Study
• Bronze: This House believes that the missile shield is too important to give up.
• Gold: This House would help students pay back their loans.

Top of the Rockies

Topics submitted by Matt Stannard, University of Wyoming and Joe Gantt, Texas Tech University

• Round 1:The US Federal Government should increase its oversight of all private prisons in the United States
• Round 2: The Supreme Court of the United States should rule that depictions of animal cruelty that lack serious religious, political, scientific, educational, journalistic, historical, or artistic value are not protected by the First Amendment.
• Round 3: The United States should increase anticorruption assistance to Mexico
• Round 4: This house supports one or more current Native American health amendments to America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
• Round 5: An expanded guest worker program would be desirable.
• Round 6: President Obama should grant General McChrystal’s request for increased troops in Afghanistan.
• Octos: Congress should repeal the Adam Walsh act.
• Quarters: All artificial pesticides should be banned.
• Finals: Concerning the Honduran coup, TH supports Zelaya over Michelleti.

Steve Hunt (Lewis and Clark) Invitational

Topics submitted by Dr. Derek Buescher, University of Puget Sound

• Round 1: The USFG should adopt a single payer health care system.
• Round 2: The USFG should increase its efforts in support of an independent Palestinian state.
• Round 3: The USFG should pass the US Senate’s version of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
• Round 4: The US should follow the McChrystal recommendations for military policy in Afghanistan
• Round 5: The USFG should significantly reduce and remove nuclear waste from Native American Lands
• Round 6: The USFG should repeal the DADT policy
• Elim Round 1: The USFG should include a public option in health insurance reform
• Elim Round 2: The USFG should increase anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan
• Elim Round 3: The USFG should favor environmental conservation over Native American fishing rights
• Elim Round 4: The Federal Reserve should raise one or more interest rates
• Finals: The UN HRC should condemn Israeli actions in Gaza

Jackrabbit Jousts (South Dakota State)

Topics submitted by Dan Olson, South Dakota State

• Round 1: THB in one more.
• Round 2: THB in magic.
• Round 3: TH needs to start over.
• Round 4: TH will not forget the past.
• Semis: THB “go big, or go home.”

Parliamentary League of the Upper Midwest #2

Topics submitted by Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College

• Round 1: Resolved: The government should provide flu vaccination for all high risk groups.
• Round 2: This House prefers board games to computer games.
• Round 3: (case) Jacob is a successful business person and is a member of a very conservative religious group. Jacob does not adhere to all of the teachings of the group, but values the structure and discipline the group encourages. Jacob feels his success is due to the strict teachings of the group, even if Jacob “strays” from a few of those teachings. One item the group forbids that Jacob routinely takes part in is gambling. The group feels gambling is relying on luck and not God. There are many “traps” that go along with gambling, such as addiction, alcohol, and fornication. They feel it is testing God and not trusting God. Jacob goes to a casino on a weekly basis as a way to release some stress and have some fun. While he does have a drink or two, he never indulges and never spends more money than his set limit. One time at the casino, Jacob hits a jackpot worth over $500,000. Considering this a blessing from God, he wants to donate most of the money to the group. He is only keeping a portion of the money to pay for his only daughter’s college education. In this case, the Government team must uphold the statement: It is morally acceptable for the group to take the money.
• Bronze Round: This House would support Pakistan.
• Gold Round: This House would hold Falcon Heene’s (Balloon Boy) parents criminally responsible for his actions.

Azusa Pacific University

Topics submitted by Joey Mavity, Azusa Pacific University

• Round 1: The United States Federal Government should financially encourage the domestic production of renewable energy.
• Round 2: The United States Federal Government should adopt the California Air Resources Board emissions standards at the national level.
• Round 3: The World Trade Organization should substantially expand exceptions to copyright restrictions.
• Round 4: The European Union should substantially decrease agricultural subsidies.
• Round 5: The United States should increase the number of troops deployed in Afghanistan
• Octos: The United States Federal Government should limit the pay of bank executives.
• Quarters: The USFG should limit the influence of corporations in federal politics.
• Semis: The United States should establish a constitutional right to privacy.
• Finals: The United States should limit the use of flu vaccinations.

Santa Rosa Junior College

• The USFG should significantly increase troop levels in Afghanistan
• Congressional term limits should be established
• In this instance, gender discrimination is justified
• Judicial activism should be more condemned than approved
• A bigger hammer is needed
• THB Poker is preferable to chess
• Quarters: TH would institute the “public option”
• Semis: CA should abolish car pool lanes

Vocal Viking

Topics submitted by Jon Loging and Jonas Nissen, Bethany Lutheran College

• Round 1: TH would limit lobbyists.
• Round 2: TH prefers trick or treating to Easter egg hunts.
• Round 3: TH would take its cue from Canada.
• Round 4: TH would promote transparency.
• Quarters: TH would stick up for the small guy.
• Semis: THBT Brett Favre is better off with the Vikings than the Packers.
• Finals: TH would end teacher tenure.

Golden Gate Invitational

• Round 1: The United States Government should substantially decrease punishment and/or registration requirements for convicted sex offenders.
• Round 2: The US should pass legislation to significantly increase the rate of tissue and organ donation
• Round 3: The United States should offer a security guarantee to Taiwan
• Round 4: Pakistan should permit United States troops to conduct military operations in the Northwest Frontier Province
• Round 5: The US Govt should establish a nationwide public option for health care
• Round 6: The US Govt should establish a cap and trade program for carbon emissions with 100% of permits sold at auction
• Double Octas: The Economic Community of West African States should drop its sanctions against Niger
• Octas: President Obama should grant General McChrystal’s troop increase request for Afghanistan
• Quarterfinals: The USFG should allow federal funding for Medicaid patients to have abortions
• Semis: The UN Security Council should refer Israel and Hamas’s actions in the Gaza War of December 2008 – January 2009 to the ICC for investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution.
• Final: President Obama should nominate Kathleen Sullivan to a vacant seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Watson-Lancer Tournament

• Rounds 1&2: The United States Federal Government should do more to protect American citizens from epidemics
• Round 3: This House would reverse its course
• Round 4: This house would pull up stakes
• Round 5: We are moving too slowly to clean up the environment
• Round 6: We are moving too slowly to improve education
• Elim 1: The United States should substantially change its trade policies with Europe
• Elim 2: We have placed too much reliance on the judicial system

Richard Hunsacker Invitational (McKendree College)

Topics submitted by Joe Blasdel, McKendree College

• Round 1: The United States Federal Government should establish a consumer finance agency.
• Round 2: The United States Federal Government should extend the homebuyer tax credit.
• Round 3: The United States Federal Government should grant McChrystal’s request for additional troops in Afghanistan.
• Round 4: The United States Federal Government should ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.
• Round 5: The United States Federal Government should increase its support for cellulosic ethanol.
• Elim 1: The United States Federal Government should adopt a policy to promote school choice.
• Elim 2: The United States Federal Government should adopt a policy of constructive engagement towards Iran.
• Elim 3: The United States Federal Government should take action to support the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya as president of Honduras.
• Elim 4: The United States Federal Government should crackdown on illegal immigration.
• Elim 5: The People’s Republic of China should repeal the one-child policy.

Bearcat Classic (McKendree College)

Topics submitted by Joe Blasdel, McKendree College

• Round 1: The United States Federal Government should ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
• Round 2: The United States Federal Government should ban the production and use of ammunition containing depleted uranium.
• Round 3: The United States Federal Government should enact the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act of 2009.
• Round 4: The United States Federal Government should enact the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009.
• Round 5: The United States Federal Government should adopt a policy of constructive engagement towards Zimbabwe.
• Elim 1: The United States Federal Government should significantly expand the federal Pell grant program.
• Elim 2: The United States Federal Government should decrease its foreign assistance to Pakistan
• Elim 3: The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates.
• Elim 4: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization should be dissolved.
• Elim 5: The United States Federal Government should repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Richard M. Weaver (Hillsdale)

Topics submitted by Jeremy Christensen, Hillsdale College

• Round I: The United States Federal Government should ban the use of trans fats in public school lunches.
• Round II: THBT the decline of the American downtown has had a negative effect on American culture.
• Round III: The United States Federal Government should ban circuses in the United States.
• Round IV: THBT the reign of global US economic power is over.
• Round V: The United States Federal Government should establish a policy to substantially improve its response to US economic turmoil.
• Round VI: When in conflict, regional diversity is more important than national unity.
• Quarterfinals: The United States Federal Government should eliminate support for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
• Semis: When in conflict, myths are more important than facts.
• Finals: The United States Federal Government should eliminate daylight savings time.

H.A.L.F. (Houston Area League of Forensics) Parli Marathon Tournament

• Round 1: THW bust the windows out your car.
• Round 2: THW run this town.
• Round 3: THBT freedom of expression should be valued over security.
• Round 4: THBT social justice is a moral obligation.
• Round 5: THW significantly decrease the Iranian nuclear threat.
• Round 6: THW intervene in Sudan.
• Semifinals: THW value policy.

Pat Kennedy Round Robin

• Round 1: The Supreme Court should overrule Marbury v. Madison.
• Round 2: Congress should exercise more control over one or more United States military operations.
• Elim 1: The President should have the authority to remove the Commissioners of the S.E.C.
• Elim 2: States should fill vacancies for the Senate by special election rather than appointment.
• Elim 3: The United States should adopt a constitutional amendment providing for a line-item veto.
• Elim 4: The United States should expand jury nullification.
• Semis: The Supreme Court should rule against the detainees in Kiyemba v. Obama.
• Finals: Congress should enact one or more limits on the state secrets privilege.

Paul Winters Invitational

Topics submitted by Artem Raskin, UC-Davis

• Round 1: In this instance, one big tent is better than two smaller tents.
• Round 2: In this instance, a handout is better than a helping hand.
• Round 3: Mexico City Policy should be reinstated.
• Round 4: Net neutrality should be absolute.
• Round 5: Marriage equality rights should be constitutionally protected.
• Round 6: USFG should significantly reduce restrictions on immigration.
• Double-Octos: Vaccine Production facilities should be nationalized.
• Octo-Finals: Non-Capital Juvenile Offenders should be protected from life sentences.
• Quarter-Finals: The USFG should eliminate the strategic petroleum reserve.
• Semi-Finals: The SEC should have significantly increased enforcement powers.
• Finals: Restrictions on Sports Entertainment should be significantly reduced.

Coyote Classic – Halloween Havoc Tournament (College of Idaho)

• Topics: The USFG should enforce Federal law regarding medical marijuana.
• The USFG should guarantee complete health care coverage for all Americans.
• The United States should destroy the Taliban.
• The USFG should lower the legal drinking age to 19.
• The USFG should be dissolved.
• The news media is more damaging than helpful.

Tennessee Porch Swing Tournament

• Round 1: This house should take decisive action to improve food security.
• Round 2: The USFG should act to strengthen ties in South America.
• Round 3: This house values fiscal responsibility over space exploration.
• Round 4: Sebelius’s statement against mammograms will end Obama’s chance in passing his health care bill.
• Quarters: The USFG should relocate its base away from Okanawa.
• Semis: This house prefers environmental security over economic development
• Finals: This house should give thanks.

It’s Great to be Free Parli Tournament

• Round 1: The United States Federal Government should implement the mechanisms to require all individuals who can afford it to purchase basic health insurance.
• Round 2: The United States Federal Government should mandate that health insurance companies be allowed to compete throughout all of the states.
• Round 3: Openness is more important than privacy in the initiative process.
• Round 4: Babbs is the most unethical person in the parable (Article given at the tournament).
• Elim 1: The health care reforms of the USFG should apply to those who are here illegally.
• Elim 2: It is appropriate to debate Pascal’s wager as a motion in intercollegiate debate tournaments.

Boilermaker Tournament (Purdue University)

• Round 1: TH should give Burmese Democracy another chance.
• Round 2: The USFG should significantly improve the infrastructure for clean drinking water.
• Round 3: The only option is a public option.
• Round 4: In this instance, Muammar al-Gaddafi is right.
• Round 5: The USFG should radically reform the prison system.
• Round 6: TH should save the whalers.
• Quarters: The USFG should increase its pressure on China.
• Semis: The USFG should use its nuclear umbrella as a bargaining chip.
• Finals: THS stop debating.

Rambler Tournament (Loyola University)

• Round 1: The USFG should increase restrictions on violent material from the entertainment industry.
• Round 2: The USFG should enact a policy to guarantee net neutrality.
• Round 3: The USFG should take action to allow for the increase of domestic oil production.
• Round 4: The USFG should make childhood immunization mandatory.
• Round 5: The USFG should take action on climate change.
• Round 6: The USFG should substantially reform the Federal Reserve.
• Elim 1: The USFG should substantially strengthen anti-trust laws.
• Elim 2: The USFG should substantially change the patent system.

Parliamentary Debate League of the Upper Midwest #3

Topics submitted by Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College

• Round 1: This House prefers art to science.
• Round 2: This House would pardon the turkey.
• Round 3: Case Study
• Gold Round: This House would classify Major Nidal Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood shooter, as a terrorist.

Study Break Debate Tournament (Webster University)

• Round 1: Resolved: The United States Federal Government should make it easier to attend college in the United States.
• Round 2: This House should as as the agenda setter at the upcoming Copenhagen summit.
• Round 3: We believe President Obama\’s proposed military strategy for Afghanistan is ill-advised.
• Round 4: On balance, media conglomeration is more detrimental than beneficial to the enlightenment of American citizens.
• Finals: The United States Federal Government should mandate oral communication competencies for its high school students.

The Chicken or the Egg Tournament (Valdosta State College)

• Round 1: THB that economic sanctions ought not be used to achieve foreign policy objectives.
• Round 2: TH is tired of talking about health care.
• Round 3: TH would legalize marijuana.
• Round 4: THB 2010 is going to be red.
• Quarterfinals: THB that the NCAA would immediately change to a college playoff system.
• Semifinals: THB that the chicken came before the egg.
• Finals: TH should go big or go home.

Sleet Tournament (Concordia University, Nebraska)

Topics submitted by Dustin Haider, Concordia University

• Round 1: THBT the fourth estate does more harm than good.
• Round 2: Resolved: test nuclear weapons.
• Round 3: TH should keep the Net neutral.
• Round 4: THBT we need a better response to natural disasters.
• Round 5: Resolved: reform the prison system.

Sun Tournament (Bethel University)

Topics submitted by Dustin Haider, Concordia University

• Round 1: THBT there are no more heroes.
• Round 2: TH prefers chaos to order.
• Round 3: The USFG should pressure Iran.
• Round 4: The USFG should pressure Israel.
• Round 5: THBT Obama is the next Lyndon B. Johnson
• Finals: The USFG should create a program for student loan modifications.

Copeland Invitational (Santa Clara University)

• Round 1: Federal Judges should be elected
• Round 3: The USFG should intervene in the CA budget crisis
• Round 5: The USFG should alter one or more provisions of NAFTA
• Round 6: The USFG should prioritize free speech in foreign relations with China
• Octas: Social networking sites should be federally regulated
• Quarters: The USFG should pass comprehensive immigration reform
• Semis: California should build the delta canal

Pacific

Topics submitted by Luke Floyd, College of Idaho

• Round 1: The UN should do more to protect international fish stocks
• Round 2: The USFG should significantly increase pressure of the People’s Republic of China to revalue the Yuan.
• Round 3: The USFG should extend a concession to Iran
• Round 4: The USFG should ratify the ottawa convention to ban land mines.
• Round 5: The USFG healthcare reform should apply to undocumented immigrants in the US.
• Round 6: The US should submit itself to the jurisdiction of the ICC.

Northern Arizona University

Topics submitted by Luke Floyd, College of Idaho

• Round 1: 1-TH would prosecute blackwater
• Round 2: TH would back Romney for 2012
• Round 3: The USFG should raise the age individuals qualify for Social Security.
• Round 4: The USFG should immediately begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan.
• Octos: The US should bring back the gold standard
• Quarters: the US should reject the siege mentality
• Semis: Family courts should take a broader view of child endangerment and neglect.

Great Salt Lake (University of Utah)

Topics submitted by Luke Floyd, College of Idaho

• Round 1: TH should implement tradable emissions permits
• Round 2: Afghanistan should significantly reform its election process
• Round 3: In the cases of Indian child welfare, tribal laws should preempt federal laws.
• Round 4: TH would increase development to one or more African nations.
• Round 5: TH would reform its marriage laws.
• Round 6: The USFG should implement a war tax.
• Octos- TH should engage Sudan.
• Quarters- Increased taxes are preferable to increased deficits.

Missouri Mule (University of Central Missouri)

• Round 1: Rio is not ready for the Olympics
• Round 2: The privatization of government services weakens the US
• Round 3: The UN is the right actor for dealing with North Korea
• Round 4: Action is required to reduce the US’s trade deficit.
• Round 5: Chinese expansion into South America is a threat to the US
• Round 6: The USFG should reduce the emphasis it places on nuclear non-proliferation.
• Octas: Diplomatic engagement is the right choice for Iran.
• Quarters: US military aid to Colombia hurts democracy in the Region.
• Semis: The US should change its policy on agricultural subsidies.
• Finals: Sarah Palin is a liability to the Republican Party

Icebox Classic (St. Cloud State)

Topics submitted by Dr. Scott Wells, St. Cloud State University

• Round 1: THBT health care is a right, not a privilege.
• Round 2: TH would expand nuclear power.
• Round 3: TH values fiscal responsibility over space exploration.
• Round 4: TH should save the ice.
• Quarters: TH should not forget the past.
• Semis: THBT nice guys finish last.
• Finals: TH needs madness.

Tennessee State Tournament

• Round 1: This house should take steps to protect itself from its professors.
• Round 2: The TSA should implement the use of full-body scanners.
• Round 3: THBT the media’s decision to release Tiger Woods’ infidelities was ethically sound.
• Round 4: This house believes it’s time to let go.
• Quarters: World-class sports have become too dangerous.
• Semis: The current state of inter-country adoption is doing more harm than good.
• Finals: This house should act to improve the European economy.

Minnesota State Tournament

Topics submitted by Dr. Michael Dreher, Bethel University; Dr. Scott Wells, St. Cloud State University; Brian Klosa, South Central College

• Round 1: Minnesota should require more of its energy to come from renewable sources.
• Round 2; Resolved: The United States should take over efforts to rebuild Haiti’s infrastructure.
• Round 3: The USFG should change its approach toward Mexico.
• Round 4: The American Dream is on life support.
• Quarterfinals: TH encourages public humiliation.
• Semifinals: Resolved: The United States needs a better response to natural disasters.
• Finals: TH would choose its own adventure.

Withycombe Classic 1 and 2

NUKES
• ____ Topic: The Obama administration should increase nuclear energy through federal loan guarantees.
• ____ Topic: The United States Federal Government should increase funding for the research and development of nuclear fusion energy.
• ____ Topic: The United States Federal Government should require on-site dry casket storage of nuclear waste as a way to increase nuclear energy.

AFGHANISTAN

• ____ Topic: The United States should end all or most drone attacks in Afghanistan and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area.
• ____ Topic: The United States should end the surge in Afghanistan.
• ____ Topic: The United States should make military concessions to Karzai as part of an effort to seek peace talks with Taliban leaders.

IMMIGRATION

• ____ Topic: The United States should increase the number of legal immigrants permitted from other countries.
• ____ Topic: The United States should provide a path for undocumented immigrants in the US to become US legal citizens.
• ____ Topic: The USFG should significantly reduce border patrol programs on the US-Mexican border.

ISRAEL

• ____ Topic: The United States should pressure Israel to provide more rights for Palestinians living within Israel’s borders.
• ____ Topic: The United States should push Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians including a freeze on new Israeli settlements.
• ____ Topic: The United States should take a clear stand against an Israeli attack against Iran.
• ____ Topic: The United States should tell Israel it will withhold aid to Israel unless it agrees to the 1967 borders.

INDIAN COURT DECISION

• ____ Topic: The United States Supreme Court should overturn Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley to give tribes authority to tax non-Indian businesses within their reservations.
• ____ Topic: The United States Supreme Court should overturn its decision in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida by giving tribes authority over states for gaming activities.
• ____ Topic: The United States Supreme Court should overturn its decision in Rice v. Cayetano.
• ____ Topic: The US Supreme Court shall rule, in accord with US v Mazurie, that Indian tribes may ban the sale of alcohol on their reservations.

PLUM #4

Topics submitted by Jon Loging, Bethany Lutheran College

• Round 1: This House believes that the Olympics are not worth the attention.
• Round 2: Resolved: Iran needs to be stopped.
• Bronze Round: This house believes that Sarah Palin does more harm than good.
• Gold Round: This house would fix partisan politics.

Bunny Bop (South Dakota State)

• Round 1: This House Would turn up the heat.
• Round 2: Under all circumstances, This House Would negotiate.
• Round 3: This House Would pull up stakes.
• Round 4: This House Believes That, in this instance, a handout is better than a hand up.
• Semifinals: This House Would pick up the pace.

2010: A Forensic Odyssey (Bowling Green State University)

• Round 1: TH believes NASA is a blackhole.
• Round 2: The USFG should call all hands to battle stations.
• Round 3: The USFG believes Afghanistan is the final frontier in the War on Terror.
• Round 4: BIRT North Korea should jettison its warp core.
• Semifinals: When it comes to industrial outsourcing, TH should set phasers for stun.

Georgia Parliamentary Debate State Championship

• Round 1: THB that the US should decreast its troop commitment to Iraq and/or Afghanistan.
• Round 2: THB that the USFG should reduce its immigration restrictions
• Round 3: TH would drop it like it’s hot.
• Round 4: TH plans to fix x (x=anything).
• Quarterfinals: THB that the USFG should help Haiti over Chile.
• Semifinals: THB that Congress should establish a policy substantially increasing health care coverage in the United States.
• Finals: TH would level the playing field.

Jackson Purchase Swing Tournament

• Round 1: The time for talk has ended
• Round 2: TH would legalize it
• Round 3: USFG would reduce military and/or police pressence in Turkey
• Round 4: TH would put an “X” in the center square
• Semifinals: TH Believes Yemen is and should be next
• Finals: The World would use one currency

Missouri Association of Forensic Activities

• Round 1: The digital divide is now the digital chasm.
• Round 2: On balance, Olympic gold belongs to the Nation State with the most gold.
• Round 3: The US Foreign Policy with regard to the Middle East has gone too far.
• Round 4: The ordinary person has no future.
• Round 5: Increased sanctions against Iran will increase global instability.