BWDA 2015 RESOURCES
http://debate.uvm.edu/bwda/
INSTRUCTORS
FACULTY
Jonathan Borock USA/Japan
Mariel Golden USA
Aaqib Hossain Bangladesh
Rhydian Morgan UK
Sharmila Parmanand Philippines
Jernej Podgornik Slovenia
TJ Senamangern (16-21) Thailand
Alfred Snider USA
Russ Taylor UK
Suthen Thomas Malaysia
FELLOWS
Inkar Aitkuzhina Kazakhstan
Mashahed Simanta Bangladesh
Magzhan Sovetbekov Kazakhstan
Ryan Tartre USA
Katherine Tosi USA/China
VISITING JUDGES
John Harper, UK
T. I. Harris, USA
David Weeks
BWDA SUPPORT
Jia Mian
Maggie Gao
Ann Hunan
Steve Qiu
Palla Sun
Janet Cao
BWDA SCHEDULE 2015
Wednesday 15 July 2015
 8:15 AM Faculty Meet in hotel lobby, go to breakfast with packet.
 900 Head to opening ceremony
 9:30 am to 11:30 am, OPENING CEREMONY:
Venue: Teaching Building No, 5, first floor, conference hall
 9:30
Hosts announce the beginning of the Opening Ceremony and introduces the
guests.
 9:40
Prof. Zhu Guozhen, the executive director of Beihang Elite English Class
 9:50
Welcome speech and introduction of faculty by Prof. Alfred Snider, curriculum
director of BWDA
 Orientation to the program: Location, Lecture groups, exercise groups, electives, debates
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10:10 Assessment
1020 Explain format briefly – Morgan
10:30 Demo Debate
11:30 Taking group photo outside the venue
1200 Lunch
1300-1400 Lecture 1
o Advanced – Position Strategy - Parmanand
o Experienced – Experienced Format - Hossain
o Beginner – Format - Golden
1400-1500 Lecture 2
o Advanced – Advanced Style - Morgan
o Experienced – Experienced Style - Snider
o Beginner – Public Speaking - Taylor
1500-1630 Exercise 1
o Advanced – Speaking Style Drills
o Experienced – Speaking Style Drills
o Beginner – Speaking Style Drills
1630-1700 Announce motion for Thursday, Form Teams
1700 End & open question period
Thursday 16 July 2015
 830-930 Lecture 3
o Advanced – Thicker Arguments - Thomas
o Experienced – Experienced Argumentation - Morgan
o Beginner – Argumentation - Podgornik
 930-1130 Exercise 2
o Advanced – Building Thicker Arguments Drills
o Experienced – Argument Drills
o Beginner – Critique of Arguments
 1130-1200 Open session for questions, final teams formed
 1200-1300 Lunch
 1300-1430 Prep for Debate with help from faculty
 1430-1700 Debate 1 with speech redo
 1700 End & open question period
Friday 17 July 2015
 830-915 Lecture 4
o Advanced – Strategic Refutation - Parmanand
o Experienced – Argument Building - Podgornik
o Beginner – Motion Analysis - Snider
 915-1015 Exercises 3
o Advanced – Advanced Refutation Drills
o Experienced - Experienced Argument Building Drills
o Beginner – Motion Analysis Drills
 1015-1200 Debate 2
 1200-1300 Lunch
 1300-1400 Lecture 5
o Advanced – Advanced Points of Information - Snider
o Experienced – Experienced Motion Analysis - Thomas
o Beginner – Building Major Arguments - Morgan
 1415-1515 Exercises 4
o Advanced – Points of Information Drills
o Experienced – Motion Analysis Drills
o Beginner – Building Sample Arguments
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1515-1700 Debate 3
1700 End & open question period
Saturday 18 July 2015
 830-915 Lecture 6
o Advanced – Advanced Motion Analysis o Experienced – First Team Strategy o Beginner – Points of Information  915-1015 Exercises 5
o Advanced – Advanced Motion Drills
o Experienced – First Team Drills
o Beginner – Points of information Drills
 1015-1200 Debate 4
 1200-1300 Lunch
 1300-1400 Lecture 7
o Advanced – Debating Area X o Experienced – Second Team Strategy o Beginner – First Teams - Senamengern
 1415-1515 Exercises 6
o Advanced – Motions from Area X
o Experienced – Second Team Drills
o Beginner – First Team Drills
 1515-1715 Debate 5
 1515-1700 Teacher Session 1
 1700 End & open question period
Sunday 19 July 2015
 830-915 Lecture 8
o Advanced – Debating Area Y o Experienced – Experienced Refutation - Senamengern
o Beginner – Second Teams  915-1015 Exercises 7
o Advanced – Motions from Area Y
o Experienced – Refutation Drills
o Beginner – Second Team Drills
 1015-1200 Debate 6
 1200-1300 Lunch
 1300-1400 Elective 1
 1400-1500 Elective 2
 1515-1715 Debate 7
 1515-1700 Teacher Session 2
 1700 End & open question period
Monday 20 July 2015
 830-915 Lecture 9
o Advanced – To Be Determined
o Experienced – Points of Information
o Beginner – Refutation T. I. Harris
 915-1015 Exercises 8
o Advanced – To Be Determined
o Experienced – Points of Information Drills
o Beginner – Refutation Drills
 915-1015 Teacher Session 3
 1015-1130 Elective 3 T. I. Harris
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1015-1200 Teacher Session 4
1130 Finalize Teams for Tournament
1200-1300 Lunch
1300 Roll Call for Tournament
1315-1500 Round One
1500-1700 Round Two
1700 End & open question period
Tuesday 21 July 2015
 830 Roll Call of Teams
 8:45-1030 Round Three
 1030-1200 Round Four
 1200-1300 Lunch
 1300-1500 Round Five
 1500-1700 Round Six
 Break Night Party at ????
Wednesday 22 July 2015
 9:30 Roll Call of teams
 1000-1200 Quarterfinal Round
 1200-1300 Lunch
 1300-1430 Semifinal Round
 1430-1600 Final Round
 1600-1700 Closing Ceremony
Thursday 23 July 2015
 Departures
BWDA 2015 MOTION LIST
MOTIONS:
MAY BE USED IN PRACTICE ROUNDS & TOURNAMENT
1. THBT we should tell our friends if they have been cheated on in a relationship
2. THBT Internet search engines should inform authorities about suicidal searches.
3. THBT we should not watch ISIS execution videos.
4. THBT governments should tax products on the basis of their ecological footprint
5. THBT parents should push their kids to achieve, even if that comes at the expense of
their child’s happiness.
6. THW approve of the installation of non-medical information technology (such as
enhanced memory, enhanced perception and distance communication) within the human
body
7. THW impose a high tax on unhealthy foods.
8. THW give people the right to erase personal information about themselves on the
Internet.
9. THW ban the practice of contracting freelance journalists and photographers in conflictaffected areas
10. This house would prohibit the media from reporting on the private lives of any person
without their explicit permission
11. THBT couples should be able to enter relationship contracts which make any future
infidelity a state-enforced crime
12. THBT we should grant overweight people the same protections from discrimination and
hate speech as other vulnerable groups
13. THW prefer to prosecute the clients rather than the prostitutes.
14. THW choose not to consume art created by people who have committed deeply immoral
acts
15. THW not allow individuals to opt into a one-way mission to Mars with the Mars One
Project
16. THBT parents should monitor the electronic communications of their children, for
example by installing spyware, requiring their children to give them their passwords, or
reading browser histories.
17. Planet Earth should not seek to contact with extraterrestrial intelligence in the near future.
18. THW make failure to render reasonable assistance to a person in distress a criminal
offence
19. THW allow companies to pay higher wages to employees who agree not to have children
during their term of employment.
20. THW make the salary of politicians equal to the per capita income of the country
21. THBT Hong Kong should not extend citizenship to children born in Hong Kong whose
parents are not Hong Kong citizens
22. THBT the state should place baby hatches in accessible areas, where people can leave
babies anonymously
23. THBT there is no such thing as animal cruelty
24. THW make those who keep the private information of others in databases liable for
damages caused by security breaches.
25. TH welcomes the entrance of large numbers of robots into the workforce.
26. Finals THBT economic sanctions on Russia relating to the situation in Ukraine are
counter-productive.
27. THW implement mandatory voting in all elections.
28. This house believes both parents should be required to attend parenting classes before
and after having a child.
29. THW approve of the installation of non-medical information technology (such as
enhanced memory, enhanced perception and distance communication) within the human
body.
30. This house supports civil disobedience as a legitimate response to injustice.
31. THBT the struggle against ISIS should be conducted solely by Middle East nations.
OTHER COMMON MOTIONS FOR EXERCISES
1. THBT PROSTITUTION SHOULD BE LEGALIZED
2. STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SHOULD WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORMS
3. THBT PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD NOT BE USED TO FINANCE ART
4. STRONG DICTATORSHIP IS BETTER THAN WEAK DEMOCRACY
5. DISTANCE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION SHOULD BE REJECTED
6. PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE SEPARATED IN
SCHOOLS
7. EUTHANASIA IS EVERY CITIZEN’S RIGHT
8. CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC NUDITY
9. WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS XX
10. ALL POLITICIANS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MAXIMUM 15 YEARS IN PUBLIC
OFFICES
11. NATIONALISM IS A VIRTUE
12. PENALTIES FOR ATTEMPTED AND ACTUAL MURDER SHOULD BE THE SAME
13. CONVICTED RAPISTS SHOULD BE CHEMICALLY CASTRATED.
14. TESTING PRODUCTS FOR HUMANS ON ANIMALS IS IMMORAL
15. AFTER COHABITATING FOR SIX MONTHS, COUPLES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
AS MARRIED
16. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO WEAR COSMETICS
TO SCHOOL.
17. PARENTS SHOULD LOSE CUSTODY OF MORBIDLY OBESE CHILDREN.
18. CHILD ABUSERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN
19. ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTORS AND THEIR
STUDENTS SHOULD BE PUNISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY
20. ALLOW COMPANIES TO REFUSE TO HIRE SMOKERS XX
21. PEOPLE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
CHOOSE THE DEATH PENALTY INSTEAD
22. BAN COSMETIC SURGERY
23. CRIMINALISE THE PAYMENT OF RANSOM
24. POLITICIANS HAVE A RIGHT TO A PRIVATE LIFE
25. STATES SHOULD ADOPT E-ELECTIONS
26. THW BAN BOXING
27. THBT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD FILL COMBAT ROLES IN THE MILITARY.
28. ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL SHOULD BE VOLUNTARY
29. ALL CITIZENS OUGHT TO PERFORM A PERIOD OF NATIONAL SERVICE
30. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' RIGHT TO CONFIDENTIALITY IS OF GREATER VALUE
THAN THEIR PARENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW.
31. THW HAVE HARSHER SENTENCES FOR CELEBRITY CRIMINALS.
32. MARRIAGE IS AN OUTDATED CONCEPT
33. UNDERAGE VOTERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IF THEY PASS A TEST ON
CIVICS.