Topics

TOC & OPEN – All debaters in TOC and Open will debate the NSDA January/February topic, Resolved: States ought to ban lethal autonomous weapons. We have chosen this topic to give a head start to debaters who will be attending the Stanford and Cal tournaments. We expect that this early start will be especially valuable to debaters from leagues that do not offer competition on the NFL January/February topic.

NOVICE – All debaters in Novice will debate the NSDA November/December topic. Resolved: The United States ought to provide a federal jobs guarantee.

We chose this topic for novices in order to ease their preparation for the tournament.