Big Cat Swing at Cy Fair High School
2023 — Cypress, TX/US
Topics - Debate & Extemp
CX will use the NSDA 2023-2024 topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase fiscal redistribution in the United States by adopting a federal jobs guarantee, expanding Social Security, and/or providing a basic income.
LD (Novice and Varsity) will use the NSDA Nov/Dec 2023 topic: Resolved: The United States ought to prohibit the extraction of fossil fuels from federal public lands and waters.
PF (Novice and Varsity) will use the NSDA Nov/Dec 2023 topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should forgive all federal student loan debt.
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Congress will follow the TFA Scaffold for Fall 2023 and use the following items of legislation:
Fair Congress (online): Prelims - 16-20 (18, 17, 16, 19, 20), Finals - 21-25 (22, 23, 24, 21, 25)
Creek Congress (in person): Prelims - 21-25 (24, 25, 21, 23, 22), Finals - 26-30 (28, 30, 26, 27)
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Fair WSD (online) will follow the below schedule of topics --
R1: This House regrets the commodification of art
R2: This House regrets the commodification of art
R3: impromptu
Quarters: This House supports the increased use of nuclear power to combat climate change
Semifinals: This House supports the rise in unionization.
Finals: Impromptu
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Creek WSD (in person) will follow the below schedule of topics --
R1: This House regrets the rise of citizen journalism.
R2: This House regrets the rise of citizen journalism.
R3: Impromptu
Semifinals: This House opposes the use of public funds for school vouchers.
Finals: Impromptu
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Extemp topic areas:
Creek DX:
Prelims: Politics
Semifinals: U.S. Economy/Business
Finals: Foreign Policy
Creek FX:
Prelims: Europe
Semifinals: Latin America
Finals: Asia
Fair DX:
Prelims: 2024 Elections
Semifinals: Social Issues
Finals: Education, Environment, Energy
Fair FX:
Prelims: Africa
Semifinals: Middle East
Finals: Global Conflict
Novice Extemp will use a mix of both topics. Questions will be different for each side of the swing, but will fall under the same topic areas.