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| Harvard Westlake | 2 | Penins AD | Mork, Alexandra |
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| Harvard Westlake | 3 | Penins AL | Dosch, Danielle |
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| SFA Austin | 1 | Westlake Beskok | Patel, Vandan |
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| SFA Austin | 3 | L C Anderson Millard | Nunley, Hannah |
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| Harvard Westlake | 2 | Opponent: Penins AD | Judge: Mork, Alexandra 1AC - Africa and Debris |
| Harvard Westlake | 3 | Opponent: Penins AL | Judge: Dosch, Danielle 1AC - Africa and Debris |
| SFA Austin | 1 | Opponent: Westlake Beskok | Judge: Patel, Vandan 1AC - FW Extinction comes first and anti-oppression Adv Insulin Adv Vaccines |
| SFA Austin | 3 | Opponent: L C Anderson Millard | Judge: Nunley, Hannah 1AC - FW Maximizing well being and extinction first Covid Advocacy |
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JF -- NC -- CP Prevent Space DustTournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Penins AD | Judge: Mork, Alexandra CP Text: Companies should use basic precaution measures to prevent harm from space dust.The author concludes that techniques such as bagging are key to prevent dust from escaping.He also says that this is essential to preserve uncluttered space and it solves sufficient.1AC Scoles '15 ~Sarah Scoles, 5-27-2015, "Dust from asteroid mining spells danger for satellites," New Scientist, https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630235-100-dust-from-asteroid-mining-spells-danger-for-satellites/~~// recut akhileshp | 1/16/22 |
JF -- NC -- T AppropriationTournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Penins AD | Judge: Mork, Alexandra Interpretation: "Appropriation of outer space" by private entities refers to the exercise of exclusive control or use of space.TIMOTHY JUSTIN TRAPP, JD Candidate @ UIUC Law, '13, TAKING UP SPACE BY ANY OTHER MEANS: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE NONAPPROPRIATION ARTICLE OF THE OUTER SPACE TREATY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW ~Vol. 2013 No. 4~ Private appropriation of extracted space resources is distinct from appropriation "of" outer space. Despite longstanding permission of appropriation of extracted resources, sovereign claims are still universally prohibited.Abigail D. Pershing, J.D. Candidate @ Yale, B.A. UChicago,'19, "Interpreting the Outer Space Treaty's Non-Appropriation Principle: Customary International Law from 1967 to Today," Yale Journal of International Law 44, no. 1 Violation: They defendStandards:~1~ Limits – their interpretation means that affs about any outer space activity would be topical: tourism, mining, photography, rovers, ice cores, satellites, debris, can't sell rocks on EBAY, etc. This explodes neg prep burdens since outer space activity is so vague– large caselists results in shallow debates and pushes argumentation to the fringes to find broad theses that disagree with everything. That prevents rigorous argument testing – anyone can skim a Wikipedia article, but the process of clash is unique to debate. At best the aff's extra T which links to limits since the aff gets extra-T planks to solve negative DAs.~2~ Precision – the counter-interp justifies them arbitrarily doing away with random words in the resolution which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. Independent voter for jurisdiction – the judge doesn't have the jurisdiction to vote aff if there wasn't a legitimate aff.TVA – resource extraction and colonization affs have senses of permanenceVoters:~1~ Fairness – constitutive to the judge to decide the better debater, only fairness is in your jurisdiction because it skews decision making~2~ Education – the only portable education from debate that we care aboutDrop the debater – 1~ deter future abuse and 2~ set better norms for debate.Competing Interps:~1~ reasonability on t is incoherent: you're either topical or you're not – it's impossible to be 77 topical, links to all limits offense~2~ functionally the same as reasonability – we debate over a specified briteline which is a counter interp~3~ judge intervention – judge has to intervene on what's reasonable, creates a race to the bottom where debaters exploit judge tolerance for questionable argumentation.No RVIs~1~ illogical for you to get offense just for being fair – it's the 1ac's burden~2~ baiting - rvi's incentivize debaters to read abusive positions to win off theory~3~ discourages checking abuse since debaters will be afraid to lose on theory | 1/16/22 |
JF -- NC -- Water Wars DATournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Penins AD | Judge: Mork, Alexandra Asteroid mining solves water access – only NEOs are sufficiently proximate and hydrated – the plan independently harms this – turns caseTillman 19 ~(Nola Taylor, has been published in Astronomy, Sky and Telescope, Scientific American, New Scientist, Science News (AAS), Space.com, and Astrobiology magazine, BA in Astrophysics) "Tons of Water in Asteroids Could Fuel Satellites, Space Exploration," Space, 9/29/2019~ JL Asteroid mining solves climate change through solar-powered satellites – provides infrastructure for existing techFaure 11 (Jamie Faure, 7-15-2011, "Can space-based solar power save the climate? – Young Scientists Journal," No Publication, https://ysjournal.com/can-space-based-solar-power-save-the-climate/) VS Climate change exacerbates existing water shortagesWMO 10/5 (World Meteorological Organization, 5-10-2021, "Wake up to the looming water crisis, report warns," World Meteorological Organization, https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wake-looming-water-crisis-report-warns) VS Climate change makes water shortages inevitable – that causes hydro-political conflict escalation which goes nuclearHarvey 8/17 ~(Fiona, the Guardian's environment correspondent, won the Foreign Press Association award for Environment Story of the Year and the British Environment and Media Awards journalist of the year) "Global water crisis will intensify with climate breakdown, says report," The Guardian, 8/17/2021~ JL | 1/16/22 |
SO -- 1NC -- BiotechTournament: SFA Austin | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westlake Beskok | Judge: Patel, Vandan Disad - BiotechBiopharma RandD is surging, but it's shaky because of productivity levels – now is not a time to let upAdams 5/19 ~Ben Adams, Ben Adams is a business, science and healthcare journalist, 5-19-2021, "Biopharma RandD 'surged' in 2020, but trial productivity levels a mixed bag: report," FierceBiotech, https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/biopharma-r-d-surged-2020-but-trial-productivity-levels-a-mixed-bag-report~~ WW LD Patents foster pharma innovationGrabowski et al 15 ~Henry G. Grabowski, Joseph A. DiMasi, and Genia Long, February 2015, "The Roles Of Patents And Research And Development Incentives In Biopharmaceutical Innovation," https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1047~~ WW DL Biotech relies on innovation from pharmaCooper 6 ~Garth JS Cooper, independent medical scientist at the University of Auckland, "Fates Intertwined," March 2006, https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/file/cogem/cogem_t4505194e_001.pdf~~ recut WW LD Biotech is key to solving food insecurityDoyle 08 ~Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent, 6-3-2008, "Biotechnology seen as a key to solving food crisis," U.S., https://www.reuters.com/article/us-food-summit-biotech/biotechnology-seen-as-a-key-to-solving-food-crisis-idUSL0356693120080603~~ WW LD Food wars go nuclear—multiple studiesFDI 12 (Future Directions International - a Research institute providing strategic analysis of Australia's global interests; citing Lindsay Falvery - PhD in Agricultural Science and former Professor at the University of Melbourne's Institute of Land and Environment, "Food and Water Insecurity: International Conflict Triggers and Potential Conflict Points," 5/25/12, http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/international-conflict-triggers-and-potential-conflict-points-resulting-from-food-and-water-insecurity/) recut WW DL Food insecurity cause extinctionCribb '10 ~Julian, principal of JCA, fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, "The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It", pg 10~ recut WW LD/WWVL | 10/25/21 |
SO -- NC -- HegemonyTournament: SFA Austin | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westlake Beskok | Judge: Patel, Vandan America's maintaining hegemony and countering China's rise through "counter-punching" strategies, but sustained innovation and private sector investment are key – reject "US declining now" args – the US has historically punched over its weight whenever it's challengedHarr 8/3 ~Scott, Army Special Forces Officer and Ph.D. Candidate at the Helms School of Government, Liberty University. He holds an undergraduate degree in Arabic Language Studies from West Point and a Master's degree in Middle Eastern Affairs from Liberty University. A trained Arabic and Farsi speaker with over four years of cumulative deployment time in the Middle East, his work has been featured in The Diplomat, RealClearDefense, The Strategy Bridge, Modern War Institute, Military Review, The National Interest, and Joint Force Quarterly among other national security-focused venues, "By Avoiding Arms Races, America Can Counter China's Rise", 08-03-2021, https://nationalinterest.org/feature/avoiding-arms-races-america-can-counter-chinaE28099s-rise-191094~~//pranav The 1AC's reduction of IPP for ~medicine~ is America "handing over its crown jewels" to competing nations by disincentivizing record setting innovation that causes spillover to other fields and destroys American hegemony.Iancu 8/11 ~Andrei, American-Romanian engineer and intellectual property attorney, who served as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office from 2017 to 2021, "Biden is trying to undermine America's world-leading IP protections", https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/11/biden-is-trying-to-undermine-americas-world-leadin/~~//pranav Only U.S. hegemony prevents global instability—-alternatives can't maintain peaceHaass, 17 - President of the Council on Foreign Relations (Richard, "Who Will Fill America's Shoes?," Project Syndicate, 6-24-2017, https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-leadership-successor-to-america-by-richard-n—haass-2017-06) Goes nuclear—-extinctionThomas H. Henricksen 17, emeritus senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, 3/23/17, "Post-American World Order," http://www.hoover.org/research/post-american-world-order | 10/25/21 |
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