West Texas District Qualifier

for the 2025 National Tournament

*Please note: NSDA rules dictate that we have 4 prelim rounds of debate and 3 prelim rounds of Individual events. Depending on entry numbers, some events may go to semi-finals after prelims and others may go to finals.

Debate Topics: We will be using the MARCH topics for PF and LD. They are:

LD - Resolved: The development of Artificial General Intelligence is immoral.

PF - Resolved: In the United States, the benefits of the use of generative artificial intelligence in education outweigh the harms.

PF and CX will use the round robin method. Each team will debate every other team (including ones from their own school) once. PF will run all five rounds on Friday back to back to back starting at 4:30pm. CX will run three rounds on Friday and two rounds on Saturday. There will not be any out rounds, the event is complete after the initial rounds. The qualifiers will be determined based on the results of those rounds. Any changes in entry numbers may cause this schedule to change. LD will have four prelim rounds followed by a single elimination bracket. All debaters who lose 0 or 1 round will advance.

Friday, 2/28

9:30am- 12pm House Prelims, Senate Session 1
1:00pm-3:30pm House Finals, Senate Session 2

4:30pm Round 1 LD, PF, CX, DUO, POI
5:30pm Round 2 LD, PF, DUO, POI
6pm Round 2 CX
6:30pm Round 3 LD, PF, DUO, POI
7:30pm Round 3 CX, Round 4 LD/PF, Finals POI/DUO

8:30pm: Round 5 PF (PF rounds will be accelerated as possible)

Saturday, 3/1

8am Draw for USX and IX
8:30am Round 1 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
10am Draw
10:30 Round 2 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
12pm Draw
12:30pm Round 3 USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI

1:00pm: Round 4 CX

2pm Draw, Semis LD
2:30pm Finals USX, IX, OO, INFO, HI, DI
3:30pm Draw/LD Finals
4pm CX Semis, Finals for any remaining speech events

5:30: CX Finals

Schedule is subject/additional rounds may be added to change based on entry numbers

Extemp Topic Areas:

• International Extemp
• Americas & Caribbean
• Global Conflicts & International Organizations
• Energy, Environment, & Global Health
• Europe
• East Asia, Central Asia, & Oceania
• Africa & Southwest Asia
• United States Extemp
• Politics & Democracy
• Healthcare, Immigration, & Social Issues
• The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, & Legal Controversies
• Energy, Environment, & Natural Disasters
• Business, Economics, & Industry
• Foreign Policy & National Security