Springboard December Capstone Tournament

2025 — NSDA Campus, IA/US

Topics

World Schools: 

Round 1 (Prepared) -  This House regrets the dispatching of the press to active combat zones for news delivery.

Round 2 (Prepared) - This House regrets the dispatching of the press to active combat zones for news delivery.

Round 3 - Impromptu

Public Forum (all divisions will use the Nov/Dec topic): Resolved: The United States federal government should require technology companies to provide lawful access to encrypted communications.

Lincoln-Douglas (all divisions will use Nov/Dec topic): Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land.

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

Big Questions: Resolved: Moral systems rooted in theism are preferable to non-theistic moral systems.

Congressional Debate: Congress legislation will be posted here two weeks prior to the Capstone!

Extemp Topic Areas:

R1: U.S. and Europe/Russia

R2: U.S. and Asia

R3: U.S. and South America

R4: U.S. and Middle East

For more information, please visit the NSDA Topics webpage.