Debate Theory
Often hailed as the “5th Stock Issue” this negative form of argumentation falls under significance.
What are Disadvantages?
This former Team Policy debater has won first place in apologetics, impromptu, LD, and LD speaks throughout the 3 qualifiers this year.
Who is Zack Dang?
A graph illustrating price and quantity, with an upward sloping line and a downward sloping line creating an x.
What is Supply and Demand?
These 4 speeches are designed for responding to arguments and concluding points. It is thought unethical to bring up new evidence in any of them.
What are Rebuttals?
After this 2001 event, the patriot act was passed and the War on terror began.
What is the 9/11 terrorists attacks?
This 1AC style, involves identifying the goal of the current system and providing a more beneficial policy to achieve that goal.
What is comparative advantage?
This over discussed Hawai’i related case was referred to as “basically cheating” by several region 1 competitors, and boasted a 12–1 region record last year.
What is the Jones Act?
A tax on an imported good or service.
What is a tariff?
These back to back speeches have a unique name and allow for one side to present 13 minutes of argumentation.
What is the negative block?
This famous politician proclaimed “Give me liberty or give me death!”
Who is Patrick Henry?
This type of argumentation, often used in rebuttals, illustrates a value as to why your point should be prioritized over the opponents.
What is Impact Calculus?
Arguably the best debate team to ever compete in Region 1, winning back to back regional championships and placing within the top 20 at nationals.
Who are White/White?
A complete ban is on the importation of a good based on potential danger of the good or the provider of the good.
What is an embargo?
“Bring the cows back to earth” was coined by Seva Swan in this speech, considered to be the hardest speech in the round.
What is the first affirmative rebuttal?
The nickname for the 18th amendment which passed a ban on the sale of drinks sung about in most country songs.
What is prohibition?
This type of argument, is an official tactful way to attack the way in which the opposing team is presenting argumentation rather than the argumentation itself.
What is a Kritik?
A qualifier this year was held at this church in which your coach has attended numerous family weddings, events and was a ring bearer down the same aisle competitors walked down to claim their awards.
What is Ko’olau Baptist Church?
A targeted policy to restrict funding, assistance and investment to a particular government, institution or individual.
What is a sanction?
This *beeping* device has caused many rule violations for not being properly handled in a round.
What is a timer?
Risky lending and mortgage rating practices lead to this market’s crash, causing the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
What is the housing market?
This subcategory of a stock issue emphasizes society’s beliefs, thoughts and moods as a problem blocking reform.
What is Attitudinal Inherency?
Appreciated as one of the most entertaining events, this speech category was only held once ever at a region 1 regional championship, and was won by a freshmen.
What is After Dinner Speaking?
The US’s largest trading partner based on volume of imports and exports.
What is Canada?
This technique is often thought of to be unethical because it involves fast speaking to prioritize the number of arguments presented in a speech over quality of argumentation.
What is speed and spread?
This political scandal involving a break-in into a DC hotel in 1972, lead to the investigation of the president and eventual resigning of several cabinet members and the president himself.
What is Watergate?