Vegetathalas
01-08-07, 02:18 PM
I'm trying to put together statistical data on resolutions so I can answer that oft-asked question "so what do you debate about" in a truthful manner. Here is the list of incomplete resolutions I could find on NetBen. Please add.
2006-07 RESOLUTIONS
Wash U
Topic 1: In this case, transparancy is not the answer.
Round 2: The USFG should pass the DC Fair and Equal Rights Voting House Act
Round 3: THBT Japan should take the initative
Round 4 Topic: This House would value equity of economic growth over magnitude of economic growth.
Topic 5: TH would give legal exceptions for terrorism suspects
Resolution: This house would bite the bullet
Semifinal topic: The USFG should increase regulation of the media
Linfield
1- Saddam's sentence is good for Iraq.
2. Rumsfeld's resignation is good for Iraq.
3 - TH would support the Oaxaca protesters.
4- TH should punish Iran for its missile test.
5. Ride the congressional blue wave.
Final topic: TH would condemn Israel for the bombings in Gaza.
Washburn
Round 1
The United States Federal Government should substantially change its foreign policy with China.
Round 2
The United States Federal Government should reverse the spread of nuclear weapons.
Round 3
Conservatism is dead.
Round 4
Bipartisanship will fail.
Round 5
The United States Federal Government should ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Round 6
The United States Federal Government should approve the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement.
Octa’s
The United States Federal Government should significantly increase its efforts to halt the current Iranian nuclear program.
Quarters
The United States Supreme Court should overrule U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000).
[DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!]
Semi’s
This House believes it is inappropriate “To Catch a Predator.”
Finals
Remember Paradise (PA).
UoP RR
Round One: This house would overturn the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Berkeley
Round 1: USFG should sig rollback regulations on Corporate Governance
Resolution: Federal minimum wage should be tied to the CPI
Resolution: The US should abandon six party talks in favor of bilateral negotiations
Resolution: This house should check China's economic expansion
Topic: Saddamize (no, that's not a typo) Kim Jong Il.
Round 1 (make-up round): Prohibit pharmacists from refusing to fill legal prescriptions on the basis of moral objection.
Round 5: USFG should pursue a policy of free market environmentalism.
Round 6: The EU should eliminate the growth and stability pact.
Round 7: The Union of Islamic Courts should be removed from Somalia.
Partial Double Octofinals: The USFG should approve the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Partial Doubles (flight #2- one round): THW significantly increase enforcement of the NPT.
Octofinals: President Abbas should dissolve the Hamas led government.
Quarters: The NPDA should implement a system of Mutually Preferred Judging at the National Tournament.
Semis: USFG should amend Taft-Hartley to prohibit employers from operating under "union shop rules."
UPS
Rd 1 Topic: The USFG should require insurance parity for all forms of treatments and disorders.
The US Congress should pass legislation eliminating the force and/or effect of Presidential Signing Statements.
The USFG should eliminate the use of electronic voting machines in federal elections.
rd 4 topic: The USFG should negotiate a new bilateral free trade agreement with one or more South American countries.
One of more UN Security Council member nations should impose sanctions on the US for violation of the UN Convention Against Torture.
Round 6: The UN should assist one or more non-nuclear countries in the acquisition of civilian nuclear technologies.
The USFG should establish a policy to significantly increase diplomatic relations with Venezuala.
The UN should rescind article X section 1 of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
The US Congress should override executive limitations to the Freedom of Information Act.
Cougar Classic
Resolution (something like): Brazil should immediately pursue a nuclear program
AU should redirect its focus away from the Darfurian region
China should fight capitalism internally
EU should increase relations with one or more former soviet countries
resolution: This hous believes that in this instance privacy is overrated
Creighton
1 - The USFG should reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
2 - The US military needs a collective demotion.
3 - THB community is more important than the individual.
4 - THBT environmental preservation should be valued over economic gain.
5 - The Outer Space Treaty should be obeyed
6 -The USFG should respect the natural rights of suspected terrorists.
Resolution: For Once, France is Right.
Todd Lewis
Resolution: In this case, diplomacy is best
Resolution: This house should rearm
Resolution: Obama for President in 2008
Resolution: For speaker of the house, pelosi is preferable to Hastert
Resolution: to the us, russia greater threat than china
Norene Hawkett
Resolution: Concerning North Korea, confrontation is the better option
Resolution: Parliamentary Debate should be changed
LC
1. The USFG should rase the minimum wage to at least $7.50 an hour.
2. The USFG should open the US-Mexican border.
3. Guantanamo detainees should receive normal US criminal due process rights.
4. In this case, science should determine US stem cell research policy.
5. The USFG should promote the civilian use of nuclear energy in the US.
Round 6: The British Government should significantly decrease its troop levels in Iraq.
The USFG should adopt a policy to decrease illegal immigration.
The US should adopt a comprehensive policy to significantly reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
The US Supreme Court should affirm the lower court decision concerning NSA wiretapping.
Claremont
Resolution: The US should boycott the Beijing Olympics
Resolution: THS the military coup in Thailand
Resolution: Tax religious institutions
Resolution: THW signficantly curtail citizen-sponsored referendum
Resolution: Ban International Adoption
Resolution: something like … interrogators should be held criminally and civil liable
Resolution: In this case, the US should increase trade protectionism
Topic: US should guarantee insurance (or something along those lines...)
Topic: In this case, reject science
Resolution: In this case, this house opposes self-determination
In this case, the US should provide universal health care
Berkeley RR(?)
1: TH would change our policy toward Iraq
2: TH should protect those in harms way
3: TH would fight the powers that be
4: TH should regulate one or more developing technologies
5: TH believes speech outways security
Reed
round 1 topic: the united states should increase economic aid to Columbia
round 2 topic: the united states should agree to reduce farm subsidies to move forward with the wto doha agenda.
round 3 was: the usfg should increase education efforts in prison.
round 4 topic was the us should set a timetable to withdraw from iraq.
round 5 topic was the usfg should enforce higher standards of energy efficiency on major industry.
the round 6 topic was this house values economic aid over military aid to south america.
octafinals topic was the us should work to assure indigenous culture's practices and products are given intellectual property rights under the wto.
Topic- The USFG should adopt a policy to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
Rez: The UN should take over peacekeeping operations in Iraq.
finals topic is the usfg should adopt a market based approach to fight global warming.
Cardinal Classic RR
Round One: The United States should substantially increase its bilateral relations with North Korea.
Round Two: The Geneva Convention is no longer relevant to today's current geopoligical climate.
Round Three: The United States should hold auto makers accountable for global warming.
The USFG should sub inprove worker safety regulations
Motion: Close Gitmo
Claremont RR
Debate Motions
1. Saddham Hussein should be tried by an international court outside of Iraq.
2. An Hamas-led government is preferable to an Hamas-Fatah coalition.
3. In this case, violence is the answer.
4. In this case, name names.
5. This House supports US exceptionalism in one or more international agreements.
Final. War memorials do more harm than good.
Top of the Rockies
1. The USFG should increase the minimum wage
2. This house regrets Ned Lamont
3. The United States Supreme Court should reverse its decision in Hamdan v Rumsfeld
4. The USFG should establish a policy to significantly reduce election fraud in the United States
5. The USFG should implement a single-payer, universal health care system in the United States
6. Concerning withdrawal from Iraq, this house prefers it happen sooner rather than later
7. (Flip for resolution and sides)
--Coalition forces should adopt a new strategy to push back the Taliban in Afghanistan
--The protections of Roe v Wade should be significantly limited
Doubles: This house would loosen copyright restrictions
Octos: Standardized tests do more harm than good
Quarters: This house would take a leap of faith
Semis: NASA should be privatized
Finals: This house would implement and enforce the Darfur Peace Agreement
Purdue
Round 1: The United Nations should do more to aid Africa.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 2: The United States Congress should pass a voting rights act for current and former felons.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 3: The U.S. response to 9/11 has harmed the United States more than the initial attacks.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 4: Latin America's move left will do more harm than good.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 5: Prosecute or release Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Gov: 16 ballots // Opp: 14 ballots
Round 6: Sanction Iran
Gov: 14 ballots // Opp: 16 ballots
Octofinals: Israel should have no confidence in Olmert
Gov: 4 Wins // Opp: 5 Wins (1 Partial in Novice)
Quarterfinals: Marriage for some should be replaced with civil unions for all.
Gov: 3 Wins // Opp: 3 Wins (1 close-out in each division)
final topic was: Congress should pass statutory authorization for President
Bush's warrantless wiretapping program.
2006-07 RESOLUTIONS
Wash U
Topic 1: In this case, transparancy is not the answer.
Round 2: The USFG should pass the DC Fair and Equal Rights Voting House Act
Round 3: THBT Japan should take the initative
Round 4 Topic: This House would value equity of economic growth over magnitude of economic growth.
Topic 5: TH would give legal exceptions for terrorism suspects
Resolution: This house would bite the bullet
Semifinal topic: The USFG should increase regulation of the media
Linfield
1- Saddam's sentence is good for Iraq.
2. Rumsfeld's resignation is good for Iraq.
3 - TH would support the Oaxaca protesters.
4- TH should punish Iran for its missile test.
5. Ride the congressional blue wave.
Final topic: TH would condemn Israel for the bombings in Gaza.
Washburn
Round 1
The United States Federal Government should substantially change its foreign policy with China.
Round 2
The United States Federal Government should reverse the spread of nuclear weapons.
Round 3
Conservatism is dead.
Round 4
Bipartisanship will fail.
Round 5
The United States Federal Government should ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Round 6
The United States Federal Government should approve the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement.
Octa’s
The United States Federal Government should significantly increase its efforts to halt the current Iranian nuclear program.
Quarters
The United States Supreme Court should overrule U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000).
[DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!]
Semi’s
This House believes it is inappropriate “To Catch a Predator.”
Finals
Remember Paradise (PA).
UoP RR
Round One: This house would overturn the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Berkeley
Round 1: USFG should sig rollback regulations on Corporate Governance
Resolution: Federal minimum wage should be tied to the CPI
Resolution: The US should abandon six party talks in favor of bilateral negotiations
Resolution: This house should check China's economic expansion
Topic: Saddamize (no, that's not a typo) Kim Jong Il.
Round 1 (make-up round): Prohibit pharmacists from refusing to fill legal prescriptions on the basis of moral objection.
Round 5: USFG should pursue a policy of free market environmentalism.
Round 6: The EU should eliminate the growth and stability pact.
Round 7: The Union of Islamic Courts should be removed from Somalia.
Partial Double Octofinals: The USFG should approve the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Partial Doubles (flight #2- one round): THW significantly increase enforcement of the NPT.
Octofinals: President Abbas should dissolve the Hamas led government.
Quarters: The NPDA should implement a system of Mutually Preferred Judging at the National Tournament.
Semis: USFG should amend Taft-Hartley to prohibit employers from operating under "union shop rules."
UPS
Rd 1 Topic: The USFG should require insurance parity for all forms of treatments and disorders.
The US Congress should pass legislation eliminating the force and/or effect of Presidential Signing Statements.
The USFG should eliminate the use of electronic voting machines in federal elections.
rd 4 topic: The USFG should negotiate a new bilateral free trade agreement with one or more South American countries.
One of more UN Security Council member nations should impose sanctions on the US for violation of the UN Convention Against Torture.
Round 6: The UN should assist one or more non-nuclear countries in the acquisition of civilian nuclear technologies.
The USFG should establish a policy to significantly increase diplomatic relations with Venezuala.
The UN should rescind article X section 1 of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
The US Congress should override executive limitations to the Freedom of Information Act.
Cougar Classic
Resolution (something like): Brazil should immediately pursue a nuclear program
AU should redirect its focus away from the Darfurian region
China should fight capitalism internally
EU should increase relations with one or more former soviet countries
resolution: This hous believes that in this instance privacy is overrated
Creighton
1 - The USFG should reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
2 - The US military needs a collective demotion.
3 - THB community is more important than the individual.
4 - THBT environmental preservation should be valued over economic gain.
5 - The Outer Space Treaty should be obeyed
6 -The USFG should respect the natural rights of suspected terrorists.
Resolution: For Once, France is Right.
Todd Lewis
Resolution: In this case, diplomacy is best
Resolution: This house should rearm
Resolution: Obama for President in 2008
Resolution: For speaker of the house, pelosi is preferable to Hastert
Resolution: to the us, russia greater threat than china
Norene Hawkett
Resolution: Concerning North Korea, confrontation is the better option
Resolution: Parliamentary Debate should be changed
LC
1. The USFG should rase the minimum wage to at least $7.50 an hour.
2. The USFG should open the US-Mexican border.
3. Guantanamo detainees should receive normal US criminal due process rights.
4. In this case, science should determine US stem cell research policy.
5. The USFG should promote the civilian use of nuclear energy in the US.
Round 6: The British Government should significantly decrease its troop levels in Iraq.
The USFG should adopt a policy to decrease illegal immigration.
The US should adopt a comprehensive policy to significantly reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
The US Supreme Court should affirm the lower court decision concerning NSA wiretapping.
Claremont
Resolution: The US should boycott the Beijing Olympics
Resolution: THS the military coup in Thailand
Resolution: Tax religious institutions
Resolution: THW signficantly curtail citizen-sponsored referendum
Resolution: Ban International Adoption
Resolution: something like … interrogators should be held criminally and civil liable
Resolution: In this case, the US should increase trade protectionism
Topic: US should guarantee insurance (or something along those lines...)
Topic: In this case, reject science
Resolution: In this case, this house opposes self-determination
In this case, the US should provide universal health care
Berkeley RR(?)
1: TH would change our policy toward Iraq
2: TH should protect those in harms way
3: TH would fight the powers that be
4: TH should regulate one or more developing technologies
5: TH believes speech outways security
Reed
round 1 topic: the united states should increase economic aid to Columbia
round 2 topic: the united states should agree to reduce farm subsidies to move forward with the wto doha agenda.
round 3 was: the usfg should increase education efforts in prison.
round 4 topic was the us should set a timetable to withdraw from iraq.
round 5 topic was the usfg should enforce higher standards of energy efficiency on major industry.
the round 6 topic was this house values economic aid over military aid to south america.
octafinals topic was the us should work to assure indigenous culture's practices and products are given intellectual property rights under the wto.
Topic- The USFG should adopt a policy to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
Rez: The UN should take over peacekeeping operations in Iraq.
finals topic is the usfg should adopt a market based approach to fight global warming.
Cardinal Classic RR
Round One: The United States should substantially increase its bilateral relations with North Korea.
Round Two: The Geneva Convention is no longer relevant to today's current geopoligical climate.
Round Three: The United States should hold auto makers accountable for global warming.
The USFG should sub inprove worker safety regulations
Motion: Close Gitmo
Claremont RR
Debate Motions
1. Saddham Hussein should be tried by an international court outside of Iraq.
2. An Hamas-led government is preferable to an Hamas-Fatah coalition.
3. In this case, violence is the answer.
4. In this case, name names.
5. This House supports US exceptionalism in one or more international agreements.
Final. War memorials do more harm than good.
Top of the Rockies
1. The USFG should increase the minimum wage
2. This house regrets Ned Lamont
3. The United States Supreme Court should reverse its decision in Hamdan v Rumsfeld
4. The USFG should establish a policy to significantly reduce election fraud in the United States
5. The USFG should implement a single-payer, universal health care system in the United States
6. Concerning withdrawal from Iraq, this house prefers it happen sooner rather than later
7. (Flip for resolution and sides)
--Coalition forces should adopt a new strategy to push back the Taliban in Afghanistan
--The protections of Roe v Wade should be significantly limited
Doubles: This house would loosen copyright restrictions
Octos: Standardized tests do more harm than good
Quarters: This house would take a leap of faith
Semis: NASA should be privatized
Finals: This house would implement and enforce the Darfur Peace Agreement
Purdue
Round 1: The United Nations should do more to aid Africa.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 2: The United States Congress should pass a voting rights act for current and former felons.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 3: The U.S. response to 9/11 has harmed the United States more than the initial attacks.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 4: Latin America's move left will do more harm than good.
Gov: 15 ballots Opp: 15 ballots
Round 5: Prosecute or release Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Gov: 16 ballots // Opp: 14 ballots
Round 6: Sanction Iran
Gov: 14 ballots // Opp: 16 ballots
Octofinals: Israel should have no confidence in Olmert
Gov: 4 Wins // Opp: 5 Wins (1 Partial in Novice)
Quarterfinals: Marriage for some should be replaced with civil unions for all.
Gov: 3 Wins // Opp: 3 Wins (1 close-out in each division)
final topic was: Congress should pass statutory authorization for President
Bush's warrantless wiretapping program.