Embedded Files
New York Times - sam.garchik@ottumwaschools.com ; bulldogs
CQ Resarcher - same as SIRS
EBSCO @ Indian Hills - indhill ; warriors
Turnitin - 10920277 and password is bulldogs
2016 - 2017 Topics
Link to Gun Control Folder on Dropbox
2016 - 2017 Topics
December 2016, Plan Columbia
2016 January PF Topic Area: Russia
Resolved: On balance, economic sanctions are reducing the threat Russia poses to Western interests.
December, 2015 Testing
On balance, standardized testing is beneficial to K-12 education in the United States.
Standardized Testing Timeline - SIRS
Frontline on Standardized Testing
November, 2015 Refugees
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More Immigration Stats American Immigration Council
Google Doc for input on Refugees, 10/5
Article from Naval War College on National Interests
Lee Hamilton on "National Interest"
Uruguayan's Dont like Refugees because they are pouring gas on themselves
Short Term Crisis due to Winter
Graphic depicting total number of asylum seekers
Syrian War - Who is Fighting Who
Refugees, also from Eritrea, include children
Refugee's Tale of Escape - New Yorker
2014 - 2015 Topics
Nationals
Prepared Motions, World Schools
Nationals Consolation Events Manual (see bottom of page)
World Schools Debate Motions (listed in round order)
Prelims:
Round 1: This House would end all agriculture subsidies.
Round 2: Impromptu round
Round 3: This House would halt all hydraulic fracturing.
Round 4: Impromptu round
Round 5: This House would ban the extradition of individuals who could face the death penalty abroad.
Round 6: Impromptu round
Elims:
Double Octafinals: This House welcomes a Greek exit from the Euro.
Octafinals: Impromptu round
Quarterfinals: Impromptu round
Semifinals: Impromptu round
Finals: This House believes that the United States should substantially curtail its overseas military bases.
March 2015 Community College
Resolved: In the United States, students should be guaranteed two years of free tuition to a community or technical college.
Feb 2015 Globalization
World Bank Good
Helps developing countries with border customs
Oversees IDA, which helps give loans to developing countries
Important to functioning of global economy
LIS Survey Data - NEG Argument on how middle class has been worse in US off since G'zation
5 Articles about this in folder.
NAFTA is good. - Argueta (done - see above)
NAFTA bad - Voigt
Nafta worse than colonialism by Spain
Mexican economy made worse by NAFTA
Outsourcing is bad, leads to ptsd - Content Moderation
environmentally bad, which hurts economic gain - Ecuador Oil Field
How globalization solves poverty, $1 for $1 - Collin
Small businesses die when large corporations move in.
Causation vs. Correlation - Globalization leads to better economies
Helps governments improve.
Globalization solves environment
Kuznets - Wash Times
Globalization can help environment - Sci American
Cant study link anyways - WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS
Berkes - Tragedy of Commons not so
China globalization - Bettendorf
China invades Africa due to oil
China's middle class did it themselves
New Yorker Article on Corruption
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Agriculture Displacement - Riley (Google Doc)
MPesa solves
Marxist theory solves
Globalization creates better economies - Geidel
Globalization helps Environment - Collin
World Bank is Credible - Alex (work with Garchik)
IMF
World Bank
WTO
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Foxconn is global and good - Bohlmann
Globalization leads to Democracy - Bohlmann
North Korea - not globalized, not rich. - Kalina
Kim Jong Il hates globalizaton
""Kim Jong Il remained to the end an unrepentant communist, refusing to liberalize North Korea's economy even as his people became some of the world's poorest, with millions dying of starvation and tens of thousands imprisoned on charges of political crimes. While rival South Korea became one of the world's wealthiest nations, many in the North have earned less than a dollar a month.""
Globalization cuts down on drugs and human trafficking - Horvath
Black Market - Cartwright
Black Market occurs when globalization takes off
Globalization leads to black market gun sales
Kidney sales are bad - GET MORE DETAILS
WE NEED STUFF ABOUT GLOBALIZATION IS BAD FOR THE BLACK MARKET
Black Market occupies a tiny percentage of Global Economy (2.4%).
Globalization promotes cooperation and decreases conflict.
Foxconn - factory in Shenzen owned by Taiwainese
Evidence saying solving poverty is more important than inequality
(see Collin's evidence)
How human trafficking is related to poverty.
Jobs were moved overseas
NAFTA
Gore / Perot Debate
Dec 2014 Private Prisons
Blackstone is not good (censor letter) - Letter text
Join National Forensics League
Private Prisons are bad - kickbacks.
Article with links to LA prisons and immigration (stats also).
How private prisons are structured as companies
Use this opening about private prisons
ACLU on Immigrants in priv. prison
ACLU 2011 Priv. Prison synopsis
Arizona Private Prison Escape kills retired folks!
Private prison billed for escapees
Wikipedia article on private prison escape and private prison problems
Company offers states money for prisons as bailouts.
Nov 2014 GMOs
Resolved: On balance, the benefits of genetically modified foods outweigh the harms.
Isis - GMO experiments in China
People fired after Golden Rice trials in China
Golden Rice trial as bad as Nazis
Golden Rice trial in China could cause cancer
Mother Jones GMO Stack Cuts Yield
Starvation creates child soldiers - LA Times
NYT (Nov 2013)
Brazil Nut Allergencity (Wikipedia)
New weed killer approved for use against Superweeds - ok with endangered species
Mayo Clinic - Omega 3s fight Heart Disease
Omega 3's in plants - from Telegram
Labelling
Forbes Article - Post '14 election Round-Up
ABC News - 93% favor labelling (2013) and NYT
Total cost for each initiative was as much as Braley vs Ernst in IA
OR (as much as Braley vs Ernst)
CO
Why would something 93% of Americans favor be so hard fought and expensive?
Health Ideas
Rats and People (same diet, same habitat, same social patterns, good for generational studies)
BUT, rats and mice eat way more of their own weight
Rats ARE NOT people - they are sedentary
Foundation for Biomedical Research - search rats
Pig study finds some change in stomach problems (orig study)
Pig study article - from Reuters
Agribusiness incomes - Look up Share price on Yahoo Finance for all 4
Roundup - Patent expired in 2000!
Sep Oct 2014
TOPIC AREA: Sports in the United States
Resolved: On balance, public subsidies for professional athletic organizations in the United States benefit their local communities.
For 9/15/14
Milwaukee Case (with links to OK City Analysis).
Arlington Says Texas Stadium made money back
Sports and Public Policy Excerpt
Teams and Questions
1. Use news.google.com
2, Find 5 articles about your team AND public finance.
3. Questions
A. WHere do they play today, when was it built, and how much did it cost? Also, how was it paid for?
B. What were the circumstances surrounding how their current stadium was built?
C. How much does each game generate for the community?
D. How much merchandise do they sell each year?
Hannan - Oakland As
Argueta - Oakland Raiders
Halvorsen - Jays.
Saunders - White Sox
Keppner - Colts
Albertson - Green Bay Packers
Voigt - LA's Missing Football Team
Horvath - Brooklyn Nets
Bohlman - Browns / Jacob's Field
Reeves - Minnesota Vikings
Eskew - OK Thunder
Geidel - Coyotes
2013 - 2014 Topics
Resources
Iowa AEA Online - AccuWeather, AP Images, Atomic Learning, EBSCO, iCLIPART, Learn360, SIRS, & Britannica (Elementary and High School).
ProQuest E-library (A bit more - 1 month more - recent than SIRS, both are owned by ProQuest and look to be similar).
Google News (Searchable by Date and Location).
Time - sam.garchik@ottumwaschools.com ; bulldogs1
New York Times - sam.garchik@ottumwaschools.com ; bulldogs
Wall Street Journal - sam.garchik@ottumwaschools.com ; bulldogs
CQ Resarcher - same as SIRS
EBSCO @ Indian Hills - indhill ; warriors
September / October 2013 Topic - Nuclear Proliferation
Resolved: Unilateral military force by the United States is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation.
Wikipedia Article on Global War on Terror
Sirs topic search - Nuclear Proliferation
September 2012 Topic
Resolved: Congress should renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.
October 2012 Topic
Resolved: Developed countries have a moral obligation to mitigate the effects of climate change.
CQ Researcher Article - Most Recent is 2011
December 2012 Topic
Resolved: The United States should prioritize tax increases over spending cuts.
Federal Budget is 3.45 Trillion
February 2013 Topic
Comparable China / US GDP Growth
Misc:
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