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Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Chicago A (Jon Haderlein & Alice Li)

As a recent college graduate, should one be a Stoic or an Epicurean? Opp chose Epicurean.

Chicago A (Jon Haderlein & Alice Li) def. Syracuse Denny Crane (David Kopel & Anthony Rini)

You are writing the script for the movie, Beowulf. Do you write the movie the way it was actually written, or in a way that maintains the story of the original book?

Syracuse Denny Crane (David Kopel & Anthony Rini) def. BU Sonic and Tails (Alison Kennedy & Maddie Powell)

Would the institution of marriage be improved if spouses could not lie to each other? Opp said, "Yes".

Yale CT (Robert Colonel & David Trinh) def. Yale KM (Michael Magdzik & Ben Kornfeld)

Abolish the NEA

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Stanford MC (Anish Mitra & Alex Campbell)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

MIT A (Adam Goldstein & Bill Magnuson) def. UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate) def. BU CT (Alex Taubes & Garron Chiu)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

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Harvard SZ (Josh Zoffer & Ben Sprung-Keyser) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

Given that an angel has come down to you individually, informing you of a swap of the requirements to go to heaven and hell, how should you live your life? Opp chose do evil.

Syracuse A (David Kopel & Samm Costello) def. Yale CK (Robert Colonel & Ben Kornfeld)

The United States should adopt a consumption tax to replace the income tax.

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Syracuse A (David Kopel & Samm Costello) def. Brown A (Jean McCabe & Alex Mechanick)

Opp choice: In a deterministic world, should criminal sentencing consider retribution? Opp said no.

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Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Hopkins GG (Jacob Grunberger & Cary Glynn)

As a young Marxist in Germany, should you try to join a revolutionary or moderate Marxist party in Germany?

NYU A (Shomik Ghosh & Dan Ehrlich) def. George Washington A (Jordan Dale & Dan Cobos)

Amnesty International should eliminate its blanket ban on defending or aiding prisoners who have been accused of violent crimes.

Hopkins CI (David Israel & Sam Chirtel) def. Middlebury A (Nate Rifkin & Frank Miller)

As a perfectly healthy individual without any mental health problems, should you take anti-depressants (with a few caveats)? Opp chose not to take them.

Yale LZ (Diana Li & Joanna Zheng) , Hopkins GG (Cary Glynn & Jacob Grunberger)

OC: Should insider trading be banned? Opp chose to ban it.

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Swarthmore Yahtzee (Griffin Olmstead & Jodie Goodman) def. Kant Sandwich A (David Kopel & Keith Barry)

Kantian deontology is a better moral philosophy than hedonistic act utilitarianism.

Kant Sandwich A (Keith Barry & David Kopel) def. GW / W&M Hybrid (Aaron Murphy & Dan Cobos)

You are Barack Obama who has been given the power of inception for a single use. We say, use it on Kim Jong-Un to make North Korea liberalize. Opp may defend incepting any other individual with any other idea, or may choose not to use the power.

Kant Sandwich A (David Kopel & Keith Barry) def. Hopkins CI (Sam Chirtel & David Israel)

You are an altruistic atheist of creating a major world religion, should you create a religion with metaphysical incentives like an afterlife, or one without such incentives but which still says that certain actions are inherently morally good or bad.

Brandeis BP (Keith Barry & Michael Perloff) def. Brandeis FW (Rich Weisbach & Brendan Fradkin)

The Indian government should hold a referendum regarding the independence of region of Kashmir, with a few caveats.

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Chicago A (Jon Haderlein & Alice Li)

As a recent college graduate, should one be a Stoic or an Epicurean? Opp chose Epicurean.

Chicago A (Jon Haderlein & Alice Li) def. Syracuse Denny Crane (David Kopel & Anthony Rini)

You are writing the script for the movie, Beowulf. Do you write the movie the way it was actually written, or in a way that maintains the story of the original book?

Syracuse Denny Crane (David Kopel & Anthony Rini) def. BU Sonic and Tails (Alison Kennedy & Maddie Powell)

Would the institution of marriage be improved if spouses could not lie to each other? Opp said, "Yes".

Brandeis Fighting Dumbos (Rich Weisbach & Alex Self) def. Harvard SZ (Ben Sprung-Keyser & Josh Zoffer)

Opposition parties should not boycott elections in developing or transitional countries.

Brandeis Fighting Dumbos (Rich Weisbach & Alex Self) def. Brandeis AW (David Altman & Russell Leibowitz)

Opp choice, is a bipolar or multipolar world more stable?

Syracuse A (David Kopel & Seth Elder) def. Brandeis MS (Sarah Margulies & Veronica Saltzman)

Caveating that determinism is true, should we pursue retribution? Opp said yes.

Yale BS (Mike Barton & Becca Steinberg) def. Hopkins CI (David Israel & Sam Chirtel)

OC: Was it ethical for an HIV positive doctor treating children with AIDS to use an experimental treatment with unknown risks?

AU/Swat Hybrid (Kurt Girard & Jenny Koch) def. Yale Anti-Patriarchy (Zach Bakal & Anirudh Sivaram)

THBT the Olympics should be abolished.

Swarthmore Yahtzee (Griffin Olmstead & Jodie Goodman) def. Kant Sandwich A (David Kopel & Keith Barry)

Kantian deontology is a better moral philosophy than hedonistic act utilitarianism.

Kant Sandwich A (Keith Barry & David Kopel) def. GW / W&M Hybrid (Aaron Murphy & Dan Cobos)

You are Barack Obama who has been given the power of inception for a single use. We say, use it on Kim Jong-Un to make North Korea liberalize. Opp may defend incepting any other individual with any other idea, or may choose not to use the power.

Kant Sandwich A (David Kopel & Keith Barry) def. Hopkins CI (Sam Chirtel & David Israel)

You are an altruistic atheist of creating a major world religion, should you create a religion with metaphysical incentives like an afterlife, or one without such incentives but which still says that certain actions are inherently morally good or bad.

Brandeis/BU Hybrid (Keith Barry & Maddie Powell) def. Hydrophobic Octangles A (Reid Bagwell & Eric Brooks)

Given that you are planning on having a child, you should adopt.

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

THW disregard civilian casualties and institutions when targeting combatants who have intentionally placed themselves in densely populated areas.

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Chicago HM (Jon Haderlein & Tinley Melvin)

Given a machine which perfectly diagnoses mental illness, THW require all citizens to be tested with it.

Chicago HL (Jon Haderlein & Alice Li) def. Brandeis Chipwich (Rich Weisbach & Shira Almeleh)

Should an archbishop of a moderately sized diocese force his dioceses' Sunday school teachers to take an oath on the bible saying that they wholly believe in all of Catholic doctrine? Opp Chose "No".

Yale HM (Aaron Hakim & Michael Magdzik) def. Yale BZ (Joanna Zheng & Zach Bakal)

OC: Should a group of spelunkers who forced one of their own to participate in a lottery where the loser would be eaten to avoid the group's starvation be punished?

Yale BZ (Zach Bakal & Joanna Zheng) def. Swarthmore A (Andrew Waks & David Mok-Lamme)

The average American college student should be a vegetarian.

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

The average college graduate should donate 25% of his income to charity each year

Brown/Yale Hybrid (Mike Barton & Sam Sanders) , Brandeis A (Keith Barry & Andrew Husick)

Punish spelunkers who kill one of their own to survive? Opp said no.

NU/Columbia Hybrid (Reid Bagwell & Ashley Woods) , W&M A (Matthew Herdman & Alena Stern)

You live in two lives, waking in one when falling asleep in the other. Given a one-time chance, Opp Choice: Wake up? Opp said yes.

GW Banned in DC (Jordan Dale & Dan Cobos) def. AU Texas Annexation (Alex McHugh & Tula Biederman)

You are the estate of Tupac. The estate of Biggie approaches you to do a hologram concert. Opp choice, do you do it? Opp chose not to do the concert ..

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton)

Should ethics rely on human nature to prescribe actions?

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Harvard Affables (Andrew Laing & Allen Ewalt)

Don't deport the Roma.

Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Rewrite the constitution every 30 years.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)

The US shouldn't use PMCs.

Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton) def. Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy)

You're God. Should you reveal yourself to humans and give them guidance on actions, or should you remain invisible?

George Washington A (Mike Buckwald & Sean Robinson) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Abolish Voluntary Manslaughter.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Cormac Early) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Use caning as a punishment for minor crimes.

Brown/Yale Hybrid (Mike Barton & Sam Sanders) , Brandeis A (Keith Barry & Andrew Husick)

Punish spelunkers who kill one of their own to survive? Opp said no.

NU/Columbia Hybrid (Reid Bagwell & Ashley Woods) , W&M A (Matthew Herdman & Alena Stern)

You live in two lives, waking in one when falling asleep in the other. Given a one-time chance, Opp Choice: Wake up? Opp said yes.

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Northeastern/Bates (Grace Rosinski & Cat Djang)

THW stop the policy of outing anti-gay politicians

Yale CC (Nick Cugini & Stacey Chen) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

Grant collective bargaining rights to public sector unions

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Yale BB (Mike Barton & Eric Brooks)

Abolish executive pardons

Brandeis/Hopkins Hybrid (Joel Todoroff & Mike Childers) , Maryland/Stanford Hybrid (Mike Baer & Liam O'Reilly)

The U.S. government should withdraw support from the Kuwaiti military until it solves the insurrection in its ranks resulting from a backlash against women soldiers.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Kyle Bean) , Yale/Northeastern Hybrid (Will Crocker & Grant May)

Clockwork Orange. Let criminals opt-in?

I Am The Judge (Robert Glunt & David Kimel) def. Northeastern/Tufts Hybrid (Will Crocker & Pat Andriola)

Should TFA place teachers into charter schools? Opp chose No.

Northeastern/Tufts Hybrid (Pat Andriola & Will Crocker) def. Mean Girls (Liam O'Reilly & Reid Bagwell)

The US should not retrofit ICBMs with conventional warheads

I Am The Judge (Robert Glunt & David Kimel) def. House Bluth A (Matthew Herdman & Ali Boyle)

Should the spirit of Karl Marx condemn the new Russian government under Lenin in 1917? Opp chose No.

Bates ES (Colin Etnire & Ben Smith) def. BU/NU Josh's Left Kidney (Alison Kennedy & Ashley Woods)

Allow people to proxy their votes to other individuals

Yale CD (Max Dovala & Andrew Connery) def. GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker)

THBT the EU would be better off as a single, federal country

GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker) def. Swarthmore A (Andrew Waks & Linnet Davis-Stermitz)

This house would require increased labor and environmental standards as a condition of trade agreements with poor countries

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Columbia BM (Alex McHale & Reid Bagwell) def. Columbia EJ (Joseph Eddy & Rohan Jotwani)

D.C. v Heller was wrongly decided

Harvard LK (Coulter King & Alex Loomis) def. Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel)

Bomb Iran if it would delay nukes? Opp said no

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Dartmouth AJ (Mark Andriola & Ashneil Jain)

Obama should release al-awlaki assassination memo

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Brandeis FK (Mia Katan & Brendan Fradkin)

Repeal sophisticated investor laws. TIGHT/SPEC CALL

AU A (James Schmitt & Stephen Hayes) def. Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel)

Prosecutors should be required to serve terms as public defenders.

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Zach Bakal) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

You are the Senate majority leader in 2008. The minority Republicans threaten to filibuster. They want to use a procedural filibuster. You have the power to force them to use a vocal filibuster. Do that.

Harvard LK (Coulter King & Alex Loomis) def. Yale CF (Kate Falkenstien & Nick Cugini)

Replace the exclusionary rule with a tort system

Yale CF (Nick Cugini & Kate Falkenstien) def. Yale BK (Ben Kornfeld & Nate Blevins)

Should liberal democracies ban a pill that prevents children from being born gay? Opp said yes

Brown A (Jean McCabe & Lydia Halpern) def. Columbia DY (Rohan Jotwani & Joseph Eddy)

The CIA should not have paid a medical NGO in Pakistan to secretly collect DNA samples from patients in efforts to find family members of Osama bin Laden.

Yale CF (Kate Falkenstien & Nick Cugini) def. Swarthmore DW (Andrew Waks & Linnet Davis-Stermitz)

Do not evict drug criminals from public housing projects

Northeastern A (Ashley Woods & Harrison Seitz) def. Brandeis AP (Michael Perloff & Shira Almeleh)

You are a serf in the middle ages. Kill a dragon for love

Yale BB (Mike Barton & Eric Brooks) def. Syracuse/Smith (David Kopel & Catherine Dowie)

Given a different interpretation of the temptations, Jesus should have accepted the devil's offer

Yale CD (Max Dovala & Andrew Connery) def. GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker)

THBT the EU would be better off as a single, federal country

GW/BU (Alex Taubes & Adam Drucker) def. Swarthmore A (Andrew Waks & Linnet Davis-Stermitz)

This house would require increased labor and environmental standards as a condition of trade agreements with poor countries

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Columbia BM (Alex McHale & Reid Bagwell) def. Columbia EJ (Joseph Eddy & Rohan Jotwani)

D.C. v Heller was wrongly decided

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Brown/BU (Maddie Powell & Lydia Halpern)

Ban Presidential Pardons

AU SB (James Schmitt & Tula Biederman) def. Rutgers Well, This Is Awkward (Ashley Novak & Chris Bergman)

Would a world where everyone mildly liked each other be preferable to love and hate? Opp chose yes

Yale/Bates (Nick Cugini & Colin Etnire) def. Columbia BM (Reid Bagwell & Alex McHale)

Following the end of the Civil War, the Union shouldn't have executed a man who was responsible for a POW camp where many Union soldiers died.

Rutgers Old Man and the Sea (Stephen Yellin & Kyle Bomeisl) def. Brandeis Fighting Dumbos (Rich Weisbach & Alex Self)

Get rid of reservations and give every resident 1 million dollars

Harvard/Columbia (Reid Bagwell & Wes Hopkin) def. Brandeis/Columbia (Rich Weisbach & Ilana Rice)

Remove "and unusual" from the 8th Amendment

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Dartmouth AJ (Mark Andriola & Ashneil Jain)

Obama should release al-awlaki assassination memo

Yale GT (David Trinh & Paavan Gami) def. Brandeis FK (Mia Katan & Brendan Fradkin)

Repeal sophisticated investor laws. TIGHT/SPEC CALL

Demo A (Storey Clayton & Michelle Groce) , Demo B (Alex Taubes & Andrew Husick)

You're Kruschev during the Taiwanese Straights Crisis. Do you threaten to nuke the US?

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. Hopkins QC (Omar Qureshi & Sam Chirtel)

You are a member of the 1%. Join the Occupy movement.

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. PC/Smith (Catherine Dowie & Diana Castillo)

You have an obligations not to turn in a forensic scientist who is hunting down and killing serial killers. (Dexter)

Hopkins QC (Omar Qureshi & Sam Chirtel) def. Northeastern QR (Grace Rosinski & Haden Quinlan)

You are the leader of an autocratic, communist nation. Should you accept conditional aid from the UN? Opp said yes.

Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz) def. UCanada A (Tamara Brown & Patrick Noland)

The Power Rangers should have a male character wear the pink costume.

Time Desk (Dan Blynn & Rocky Lotito) def. Red Dawn A (David Reiss & Storey Clayton)

The government should use a lottery to harvest organs from the healthy to give to those in need.

Columbia Sith Lords (Robert Glunt & Reid Bagwell) def. BU Dinos (Nick Mindicino & Jonathan Marcus)

In a world where superheroes exist, require them to register their identities and powers with the US government.

Red Dawn A (Storey Clayton & David Reiss) def. Columbia Diddy and J-Mo (David Yin & Josh Morrison)

Opp choice: Would you get rid of religion?

Columbia Sith Lords (Robert Glunt & Reid Bagwell) def. Red Dawn A (David Reiss & Storey Clayton)

Opp choice: As a sentient spider with full human knowledge and capability, should you cut your life short by breeding and being devoured alive by your non-sentient babies.

Columbia/Penn Hybrid (Alexa Semonche & Connie Hua) def. Columbia Diddy and J-Mo (David Yin & Josh Morrison)

Abolish laws against price gouging

Red Dawn A (Storey Clayton & David Reiss) def. Swanson (Greg Padin & Ryne Duchmann)

The government should not accredit for-profit universities

Red Dawn A (David Reiss & Storey Clayton) def. Brown/Penn Sanders Take APDA (Sam Sanders & Beryl Sanders)

If the US is attacked by the USSR, ought it retaliate in kind with full knowledge that the US will be wiped out regardless?

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Alison Kennedy) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

King Henry VIII divorce? Opp said no

BU KT (Alex Taubes & Alison Kennedy) def. Hopkins GQ (Omar Qureshi & Cary Glynn)

Opp choice: Join MLK or Malcolm X? Opp picked MLK

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer) def. Yale CD (Max Dovala & Andrew Connery)

Legalize all drugs

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer) def. Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel)

Roe v Wade was wrongly decided

Yale CD (Andrew Connery & Max Dovala) def. Brandeis FH (Brendan Fradkin & Andrew Husick)

Allow graduate students to unionize

BU MT (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer) def. Stanford A (Andrew Suciu & Benjamin DeStein)

The US should suspend aid to Israel until progress is made in withdrawing illegal settlements from the West Bank.

Yale AC (Nick Cugini & Sabrina Ali) def. Rutgers A (David Reiss & Kyle Bomeisl)

Presidential Term Limit: One term, 6 years

LMU CK (James Kilcup & Bobby Cashen) def. Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey)

Brutus: Kill Caesar? Opp said no.

Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey) def. NU RIP Mac Dre (Ashley Woods & Harrison Seitz)

India should not have made ladies only subway cars.

Stanford frid-A (Benjamin DeStein & Andrew Suciu) def. Brandeis Navajo Blanket (Keith Barry & Russell Leibowitz)

Do you grant King Henry VIII his divorce? Opp said yes.

MIT/BU (Alex Taubes & Peter McKee) def. LMU CK (James Kilcup & Bobby Cashen), Carleton A (Simon Cameron & Redacted ???) and LMU RR (Emily Ravenscroft & JJ Rodriguez)

This House supports fiscal austerity measures.

LMU CK (James Kilcup & Bobby Cashen) def. Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey)

Brutus: Kill Caesar? Opp said no.

Fordham I Cured It With My Brain (Caitlin McElroy & Peter Morrissey) def. NU RIP Mac Dre (Ashley Woods & Harrison Seitz)

India should not have made ladies only subway cars.

Yale CT (David Trinh & Robert Colonel) def. McGill (Megan Van den Hof & Wudi Wu)

THW pay parents for taking care of their children

Hopkins The Wrong Side of Paradise (Omar Qureshi & Kithmina Hewage) def. Maryland Alpacas on a Train (Mary Yanik & Matt Katz)

Write in the style of Faulkner or Tolstoy? Opp chose Faulkner

Yale CT (Robert Colonel & David Trinh) def. Yale KM (Michael Magdzik & Ben Kornfeld)

Abolish the NEA

"Yale AC" (Colin Etnire & Cat Djang) def. Brown SR (Sam Sanders & Joe Rosner)

Free Prometheus? Opp said no.

"Yale AC" (Colin Etnire & Cat Djang) def. Columbia/Smith "Kamikaze Mission A" (Reid Bagwell & Emilia Bates)

Require financial institutions to provide service regardless of content

Yale AC (Nick Cugini & Sabrina Ali) def. BU OG (Alex Taubes & Greg Meyer)

Refugee Quota

Brandeis/Hopkins Hybrid (Joel Todoroff & Mike Childers) , Maryland/Stanford Hybrid (Mike Baer & Liam O'Reilly)

The U.S. government should withdraw support from the Kuwaiti military until it solves the insurrection in its ranks resulting from a backlash against women soldiers.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Kyle Bean) , Yale/Northeastern Hybrid (Will Crocker & Grant May)

Clockwork Orange. Let criminals opt-in?

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton)

Should ethics rely on human nature to prescribe actions?

BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito) def. Harvard Affables (Andrew Laing & Allen Ewalt)

Don't deport the Roma.

Antarctica A (Storey Clayton & Jake Campbell) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Rewrite the constitution every 30 years.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy) def. George Washington A (Sean Robinson & Mike Buckwald)

The US shouldn't use PMCs.

Antarctica A (Jake Campbell & Storey Clayton) def. Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Cormac Early & Lily Lamboy)

You're God. Should you reveal yourself to humans and give them guidance on actions, or should you remain invisible?

George Washington A (Mike Buckwald & Sean Robinson) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Abolish Voluntary Manslaughter.

Harvard/Amherst Hybrid (Lily Lamboy & Cormac Early) def. Brandeis A (Joel Todoroff & Adam Zimmerman)

Use caning as a punishment for minor crimes.

Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall) def. Amherst LZ (Lily Lamboy & Nic Zhou)

In 2005, Egypt should not have imposed a ban on all religious parties taking part in elections.

Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall) def. Brandeis GS (Evan Green-Lowe & Jackie Saffir)

China should provide each individual with a tradable baby permit. The birth of a child requires two permits.

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Stanford MC (Anish Mitra & Alex Campbell)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

MIT A (Adam Goldstein & Bill Magnuson) def. UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate)

This house would support corporate donations to political campaigns.

UBC CS (Joshua Sealy-Harrington & Evan Choate) def. BU CT (Alex Taubes & Garron Chiu)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

McGill SS (Saro Setrakian & Sean Stefanik) def. Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall)

This house would put entire urban areas under video surveillance.

Stanford A (Mike Baer & Mike Baer) , Stanford A (Mike Baer & Mike Baer)

Michael Baer Novice Workshop

Brandeis A (Storey Clayton & Storey Clayton) , Brandeis A (Storey Clayton & Storey Clayton)

Storey Clayton Novice Workshop

Princeton/Yale (Lauren Cusick & Joe Ross) def. Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton)

At the end of apartheid, when the TRC was being implemented, South Africa should have emptied its prisons.

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Minnesota BC (Zach Coelius & Ryan Black)

Should Peter Pan save Captain Hook from the crocodile? Opp said no.

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Chicago HR (Andrea Haney & Tom Ross)

Should an average straight female college student take a pill to become a lesbian? Opp said no.

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton) def. Chicago HR (Andrea Haney & Tom Ross)

All Native Americans born on a reservation should receive $1,000,000 in reparations from the US government.

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton) def. Yale CL (Matt Longo & Jay Cox)

Who should be Time Man of the Century? Opp chose Stalin, Gov chose Lenin.

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Emily Garin & Storey Clayton) def. Denver LM (Karen Mah & Matt Lira)

Should you give back a wallet full of cash dropped by a corrupt Enron executive? Opp chose not to give it back, then counter-cased with turning it in to the police.

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Pacific MB (Andrea Borcea & Alfredo Mendez)

Should a breakaway republic use chemical weapons taken from a superpower in their war for freedom against that power? Opp said yes.

Princeton/Brandeis ("Fresno/Albuquerque") (Storey Clayton & Emily Garin) def. Hopkins ST (Chris Tallent & Dave Silverstone)

In the movie "Dr. Strangelove", the President should attack the Soviet Union with a full nuclear strike once the bombers get past their failsafe points.

NEU/Maryland (Will Crocker & Liam O'Reilly) def. W&M A (Lauren Bateman & Ben Strahs)

This House believes Asia is the problem

Cambridge A (KenDoug Cochran & Giles Robertson) def. BU LT (Alex Taubes & Rocky Lotito)

This House believes Asia is the problem

Hopkins SW (Vivek Suri & Sean Withall) def. Harvard BB (Ben Belser & Lewis Bollard)

Lift the Uranium Mining Moratorium in Virginia.

W&M BS (Ben Strahs & Lauren Bateman) def. BU LT (Rocky Lotito & Alex Taubes)

Police shouldn't be able to lie during interrogations.

W&M BS (Lauren Bateman & Ben Strahs) def. BU CC (Jake Campbell & Ryan Cross)

"Sexting" should be legal.

BU Champagne Pong (Alex Taubes & Ryan Menezes) def. UChicago Undefeatable Novices (Adam Anderson & Ben Field)

The President should lift the Executive Order prohibiting assassinations of foreign leaders.

Stanford A (Mike Baer & Anish Mitra) def. Princeton A (Jason Sheltzer & Dave Kwasniewski)

Should an evolutionary biologist debate an advocate of intelligent design? Opp said yes.

Princeton A (Dave Kwasniewski & Jason Sheltzer) def. Chicago A (Bridget Fahey & Steph Bell)

Don't exclude immigrants on the basis of homophobia.

Harvard BB (Ben Belser & Lewis Bollard) def. Stanford B (Rich Boltizar & Andrew Suciu)

Is hate crime legislation consistent with the spirit of the US? Opp said yes.

Fordham A (Matt Spotts & Frank Marsico) def. Brandeis Blyvitz (Rebecca Sivitz & Dan Blynn)

Rebel even though you know you'll die and your rebellion will fail?

Bates JM (Brendan Jarboe & Matt Marienthal) def. Dartmouth WH (Andrew Wansley & Joe Huston)

Court-appointed non-adversarial experts

Bates JM (Brendan Jarboe & Matt Marienthal) def. Stanford B (Andrew Suciu & Rich Boltizar)

Repeal the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act

Stanford A (Mike Baer & Anish Mitra) def. Vassar A (Jenny Wasson & Meg Dallett)

Youngstown v. Sawyer was wrongly decided.

W&M A (Andy Hill & Ben Strahs) def. Fordham CM (Frank Marsico & Faye Cassell)

You're a governor who opposes the death penalty. Should you commute a sentence even though your constituents support execution? Opp chose to commute the sentence.

Brandeis / Wesleyan TH (Abigail Hinchcliff & Joel Todoroff) def. W&M A (Andy Hill & Ben Strahs)

Should Grendel destroy humanity? Opp said no.

Stanford A (Mike Baer & Anish Mitra) def. W&M A (Andy Hill & Ben Strahs)

Should a small liberal arts college include a provision in its honor code that punishes people who don't report honor code violations that they witness

Stanford A (Anish Mitra & Mike Baer) def. Yale HK (Lauren Hallet & Dave Kasten)

Immediately after the invasion of Iraq, should Paul Bremer have disbanded the Iraqi army?

Yale GW (Matthew Wansley & Dylan Gadek) def. UBC A (Teddy Harrison & Ashish Sinha)

THBT child soldiers who defect from rebel armies should be allowed to serve in government armies

Yale GW (Matthew Wansley & Dylan Gadek) def. Yale CP (Adam Chilton & Rosa Po)

The media has a right to televise court proceedings.

Yale GW (Matthew Wansley & Dylan Gadek) def. Stanford MS (Faris Mohiuddin & Ray Seilie)

Fathers who request an abortion should not have to pay child support.