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WDCA Releases 2009-2010 Novice Limited Topics

The Executive Council of the Wisconsin Debate Coaches’ Association has established the novice limited topic areas for the 2009-2010 season. These topics must now be approved by the general membership.

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States by:

1. increasing antipoverty block grants to state and local governments.
2. increasing early childhood education and/or child care assistance through Head Start.
3. providing individuals with access to Medicaid regardless of their citizenship or immigration status.

The novice evidence packet will be released on September 1st. In addition to the affirmative and negative files covering the three limited topic areas, the packet will include a Military Recruitment DA, a Fiscal Discipline DA, and an Immigration Bad DA as well as general case arguments and a topicality file.

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WDCA In Process Of Releasing Novice Evidence Packet

For the first time, the Wisconsin Debate Coaches’ Association is adopting an evidence packet for the novice division of policy debate. Until the first week in November, novice debaters are limited to those arguments contained in the packet. More details about the rules will be provided soon including lists of acceptable arguments, guidelines for what constitutes a “new” argument, and a helpful “cheat sheet” to familiarize judges with the packet.

The following files are included in the WDCA novice evidence packet:

• Wind PTC Affirmative & Negative (Word | PDF)
• RPS Affirmative & Negative (Word | PDF) [Note: this file will be updated/added to soon]
• Flex Fuel Vehicles Affirmative & Negative
• Oil Disadvantage & Answers
• Natural Gas Disadvantage & Answers (Word | PDF)
• Green Bubble Disadvantage & Answers (Word | PDF)
• Generic Solvency Arguments & Answers (Word | PDF)
• Global Warming Arguments & Answers

The research for these files has been completed and they are in the process of being reformatted and reviewed prior to release. Links will be provided to both Word and PDF versions as the files are approved and posted. When all files are posted, a zip file containing the complete packet will also be made available.

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