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 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 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 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.