2024 Nueva Invitational LIVE DOC

Tabroom: 340

Judge Room: 346

Student Space WRC

YES Internet Prep

YES Team Prep (current competitors)

NO Coach (adult) Prep

NO Finding new evidence during round

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Varsity Finals

Come to wrc (you do not get 3 min this time)

Topic 7:19

PMC 7:39

1. The People’s Republic of China should substantially increase its funding for the Funan Techo Canal project.

Slate was:

1. The EU should remove the EastMed Pipeline from its Projects of Common Interest list.

2. Iran should pull out of the construction of the Astara–Rasht–Qazvin railway.
3. The People’s Republic of China should substantially increase its funding for the Funan Techo Canal project.

Congratulations to novice champions Washington Fernandes & Vijay, who picked up on a 3-2 decision over finalists Irvington Elaprolu & Dhuria!

Varsity Top Speakers

1. Mountain View Taylor Luna
2. Los Altos Ethan Park
3. Campolindo Marcus Han
4. Campolindo Michael Lan
5. Campolindo Cyril Russell

JV Top Speakers

1. Washington Tiana Roy
2. Irvington Tanvi Sardana
3. Irvington Kanak Gupta
4. Irvington Rahul Manicka Rajkumar
5. Irvington Pranav Elaprolu

Varsity Semis

Washington mm will negate

Topic will be: The UK government should increase the council tax increase limit to 15%.

Prep started at 5:30

Round starts at 5:50

Topic slate was:

1. The residential area of Washington, DC should be retroceded to Maryland
2. The UK government should increase the council tax increase limit to 15%.
3. The United States federal government should end Executive Order 13224, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism.

JV Finals

Fernandez and vijay will affirm

The United States federal government should abolish prisons.

Announced at 5:26

Round starts at 5:46

Round 5 Topic

• JV SEMIS: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives should implement its proposed rule to close the gun show loophole.  

Elaprolu and Dhuria negate. Raja and Prakash negate.

Announced at 3:48

Round start time: 4:08

• Varsity: The United States federal government should significantly increase the number of justices that comprise the SCOTUS.

Expected Announce Time: 3:43 PM

Round Start Time: 4:03 PM

Round 4 Topic

• JV: Los Angeles should implement congestion pricing.
• Varsity: The hub-and-spoke model is preferable to the point-to-point model in public transportation.

Expected Announce Time: 2:05 PM

Round Start Time: 2:26 PM

Round 3 Topic

• JV: California should significantly raise its income taxes.
• Varsity: Argentina should immediately dollarize instead of enacting its proposed orthodox stabilization plan.

Expected Announce Time: 12:30 PM

Round Start Time: 12:50 PM

Round 2 Topic

• JV:  The United States federal government should reimpose the National Maximum Speed Limit.
• Varsity: The USPS should stop delivering packages for Amazon.

Expected Announce Time: 9:45 AM

Round Start Time: 10:05 AM

Round 1 Topic

• JV: The use of standardized tests in US college admissions does more harm than good.
• Varsity: US colleges and universities ought to adhere to the principles laid out in the University of Chicago’s Kalven Report.

Expected Announce Time: 8:15 AM

Round Start Time: 8:35 AM