Great Salt Lake District Qualifier

for the 2025 National Tournament

DEBATE INFO

Debate Tournament Info

Friday & Saturday, Feb 28-Mar 1 @ Rowland Hall

SCHEDULE:

Rowland Hall is located at 843 S. Lincoln Street. This is the Upper School buildings and is commonly referred to as the "Lincoln Street Campus." Do not go to the other campus on Guardsman way. School will be getting out on Friday so parking might be impossible. The student and visitor lot is fair game if there are spots, you can park on Lincoln St., 800 S., 900 S., or 1000 E. School busses might want to park at the Smith's on 800 S. and 900 E. Saturday should be wide open. When you arrive, enter through the main entrance (off of Lincoln St.). Teams will be directed to the Cafeteria, in the basement, via north end stairwell.

Friday, February 28th(CX, LD, and PF)

3:15pm - Check-in & Judge Training

4:00pm - Round 1 (All Events)

5:15pm - Round 2 (LD)

Dinner Break

6:30pm - Round 2 (PF & CX)

6:45pm - Round 3 (LD)

7:45pm - Round (LD & PF Only)

Saturday, March 1st(CX, LD, PF, and BQ)

8:00am - Check-In

8:30am - Round

10:30am - Round

Lunch Break

1:00pm - Semifinals

3:00pm - Finals

TOPICS:

CX: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

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

LD (March/April): Resolved: The development of Artificial General Intelligence is immoral.

BQ: Resolved: Creativity is a more powerful force than intelligence.