Debate Topics & Speech Topic Areas

LD & PF Topics are announced by NSDA for September/October.

PF: Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

LD Varsity: Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative.

LD Novice: Resolved: In the United States, national service ought to be mandatory.

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

1. American Social Issues
2. Europe
3. US Economics
4. Issues in Developing Nations
5. Global Business, Economics & Technology*
6. American Political Forecasting*

IMPROMPTU

1. Film quotes
2. Halloween theme
3. Literary Figures
4. Sports & Society
5. Character Traits*
6. Take a stance*

*** number of rounds based on entry numbers