Topics, Breaks and Other Stuff

TOPICS:

LD –

Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, plea bargaining is just.

PF –

Resolved: The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union.

CX (Policy) –

Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.

Congress Docket
(docket order determined by spinning a wheel)

Prelims (Mustang): 28, 30, 27, 29, 26
[If necessary] Semis (Mustang): 8,7,10, 9, 6
Finals (Mustang): 3, 1, 2, 5, 4

Prelims (Tiger): 4, 2, 5, 1, 3
[If necessary] Semis (Tiger): 7,9, 6, 10, 8
Finals (Tiger): 26, 29, 30, 27, 28

Worlds School Motions –

Round 1: This House regrets the decline of labor unions.

Round 2: IMPROMPTU

Round 3: This House, as a democratic government, would ban political advertising on social media platforms.

Round 4: IMPROMPTU

Elim 1 (Quarters/Semis): IMPROMPTU

Elim 2 (Semis/Finals): This House, as a government, would prioritize financing space exploration over financing deep-sea exploration.

Elim 3 (If necessary): This House regrets the rise of surge pricing. Info Slide: Surge pricing (also known as dynamic pricing) is a pricing strategy where the cost of goods or services fluctuates based on real-time demand and supply. It is commonly used by ride-sharing companies (e.g., Uber, Lyft), airlines, event ticketing, and hospitality industries.

As of 8/29- Tentative Breaks: [These were the breaks LAST YEAR. I will update this when we get more entries]

LD/PF – We anticipate that we will break to Octofinals in LD with 51 Entries. PF will break to Quarters with 29 entries.

CX/WSD – We anticipate that we will break to Quarters in CX with 19 entries and we will break to Semis in WSD with 15 entries.

Congress –
For the Memorial (Mustang – Friday) side:
We will not exceed 60 entries, so we will have 4 prelim chambers, top 4 will break to finals (16 in finals).

For the Spring Woods (Tiger – Saturday) side:
We will hover just below 60 entries, but we will break to semis anyways. There will be 4 prelim chambers, top 6 in each will break to 2 semis chambers (12 in semis), and top 6 will break to finals (12 in finals).

Speech/IE –
Tentatively Events with Prelims, Semis and Finals:
Mustang DX (Friday)
Tiger DX (Saturday)
Mustang Info (Friday)
Tiger Info (Saturday)
Mustang Oratory (Friday)
Tiger Oratory (Saturday)
Tiger POI (Saturday)

Possibly breaking to Semis (entry numbers are borderline):
Tiger DI (Saturday)
Mustang FX (Friday)
Mustang POI (Friday)

Every other event will have 2 Prelims and then Finals.