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  • This house prefers a world with the Death Cast.

    Infoslide

    In the book They Both Die at The End, the "Death Cast" calls everyone to notify them of their own impending deaths, but without disclosing the cause of death and only on the day when they will certainly and inevitably die.

    NTU DC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-22

  • This house supports the abolishment of tenure

    Infoslide

    Academic tenure refers to the permanent appointment of faculty members in institutions of higher education, such that they can only be dismissed from their positions for highly serious forms of misconduct or due to extraordinary circumstances like programme discontinuation. Generally, firing staff with tenure is rather difficult although not impossible, and often requires there to have been a criminal charge. Tenure is usually granted on the basis of research published, service length or the ability to gain significant external funding for the institution that they work in.

    NTU DC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-22

  • This house opposes the taste for frivolity

    Infoslide

    The "taste for frivolity" refers to a social norm that encourages people not to take anything "too seriously." This expectation manifests in a demand to be ironic and entertaining, a preference for nonchalance and effortless image curation, and a stigma against earnest and formal behavior.

    Drexel Debate Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-22

  • This house supports the rise of microfinance in developing countries

    Infoslide

    Microfinance refers to financial services—such as small loans, savings, insurance, and money transfers—provided to low-income individuals or small businesses that lack access to traditional banking. It aims to promote financial inclusion and economic development, especially in developing countries. eg. Grameen Banks, cooperatives etc

    Ashoka University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-21

  • This House Opposes Race Transitioning

    Infoslide

    Race transitioning refers to the process of a person opting into the racial identity and/or adopting the physical presentation of another racial group, often through either undergoing medical surgery or manipulating identity characteristics/taking advantage of ambiguous identity characteristics in order to 'pass' as a race different to what they have been assigned at birth. As of 2025, race dysphoria is not a recognized medical condition.

    Vitark 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-21

  • This house believes that Governments should nationalise all sectors whose access fall under basic human rights.

    Infoslide

    Basic human rights are fundamental rights awarded to citizens by the state which everyone should freely access regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion . These rights include the right to education and the right to access medical and health care.

    Summer Wars 3.0: The Battle of Supremacy · Novice Semifinals · 2025-03-20

  • This house prefers a world where the "Algorizzm" exist

    Infoslide

    The "Algorizzm" is an innovation that matches you to your soulmate with proven perfect accuracy. The technology tells you who your soulmate is, including their name and contact information. This is the person with whom you can live the most fulfilling life with. The "Algorizzm" is mandatory to use by everyone in the world, however it is up to individuals whether they will reach out to their soulmate.

    Junior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-19

  • This House believes that developed countries should adopt a generalist education system rather than a specialist education system

    Infoslide

    Generalist education systems emphasise a broad, interdisciplinary curriculum, encouraging exploration across diverse fields. In contrast, specialist education systems focus on in-depth expertise in specific areas, guiding students towards mastery within a narrower discipline.

    Senior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-19

  • This house regrets modern medicine's prioritization of curative care over pallative care for patients with severe illnesses (e.g. extending lifespan vs. quality of life)

    Infoslide

    Palliative care is medical treatement that helps people with serious illnesses be more comfortable. It focuses on relieving pain, stress, and other symptoms with the goal is to improve quality of life for the patient and their family. Curative care is medical tratement aimed at curing illnesses and diseases. Often curative care treatements cause pain, stress and discomfort in patients.

    Junior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-03-19

  • This house would implement a mandatory minimum sentence for recidivist crimes

    Infoslide

    Recidivism is when someone commits a crime again after already being punished for one. A mandatory minimum sentence is a minimum penalty gevin for a crime commited for any degree of severity

    Junior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-19