15th Annual Alief Hastings Speech and Debate Tournament

2025 — Houston, TX/US

Topics!

LD/PF - we will use the Jan/Feb topic. Novices will debate the varsity topic. We will not use the novice topic.

Congress *Updated 1/15/2025 with docket order* - we will use the Region 4 Scaffold applicable to our weekend.
Prelims: 16, 20, 19, 17, 18;
Finals: 2, 5, 4, 1, 3;
Semis (if necessary): 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

WSD:

Round 1 AND 2 (students will debate both sides): As the United State government, this House would remove the ban on using affirmative action policies in higher education admissions.

Round 3: Impromptu

Semis: Impromptu

Finals: This House believes that social media activism has done more harm than good to the feminist movement.

Extemp:

DX

Politics

Business/Economy

US Social Issues

FX

Europe

Asia

Latin America