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