Tournament: Blake | Round: 1 | Opponent: Homewood Flossmore TS | Judge: Jim Broomfield

The university has transitioned into nothing but a skeleton of power. Deprived of knowledge, the university is a rotting carcass of education upon which democratic meaning is constantly reinjected to make up for the total lack of meaningful discourse. The only other option is to turn this rotting into a violent implosion, onto which we can inflict real harm.

Baudrillard, 81(“Simulacra and Simulation” P.149-152—Jean Baudrillard was professor of sociology at the University of Paris, widely regarded as one of the most significant contemporary thinkers and cultural theorists, has written and published multiple philosophy books)ED
The university is in ruins: nonfunctional in the social arenas of the market and employment,
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rules the social order, behind which grows the absent, illegible, terror of control, the terror of a definitive code, of which we are the minuscule terminals.

My opponent’s liberal quest for speech on public campuses actively reproduces the university as an empty institution of democratic violence. Because the university valorizes all forms of speech and critical thinking, change through this rhetoric is impossible and actively contributes to its structure of power.

Baudrillard, 81(“Simulacra and Simulation” P.155-157—Jean Baudrillard was professor of sociology at the University of Paris, widely regarded as one of the most significant contemporary thinkers and cultural theorists, has written and published multiple philosophy books)ED
A strike has exactly the opposite effect. It regenerates the ideal of a possible university: the
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teacher, equivocal complicity on the part of the student - it is based on this phantom scenario of pedagogy that things continue and this time can last indefinitely. 

The university is the cemetery of social expression: the mass grave of Western culture. The university’s exclusion of death from the social and its valorization of all things it perceives as socially alive is ironically the thing that engenders the death of all sociality.

Anonymous UC Berkeley Student, 10(“The University, Social Death, and the Inside Joke,” http://anarchistnews.org/content/university-social-death-and-inside-joke)
Universities may serve as progressive sites of inquiry in some cases, yet this does not detract
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and every connotation, no longer denoting anyone or anything.56

The alternative is an affirmation of objecthood to cause the symbolic collapse of the university. The university’s current logic is to maximize speech and critical thinking in order to simulate the existence of a democracy of knowledge; thus, the only possible resistance is the rejection of speech.

 
Baudrillard, 81(“Simulacra and Simulation” P.84-86—Jean Baudrillard was professor of sociology at the University of Paris, widely regarded as one of the most significant contemporary thinkers and cultural theorists, has written and published multiple philosophy books)ED
With one caution. We are face to face with this system in a double situation and insoluble double bind –
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is precisely the overproduction and regeneration of meaning and of speech.

Tournament: Sandburg | Round: 2 | Opponent: The boy | Judge: The man

I negate that public colleges and universities in the United States ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech.

I value education.

Education is the most important value for this round because the all social progress stems from learning and development

Mimar, 12 (Prof. Dr. Mimar Türkkahraman of Akdeniz University, http://www.wjeis.org/FileUpload/ds217232/File/04.turkkahraman.pdf)
Human beings are to educate and to be educated. The primary aim of education is to sustain individual and societal improvement. This process contains both tangible and moral dimensions. Educational programs and policies plays a pivotal role in these social and individual progress. Social
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maintains this renewal is education. Thus, the comprehension and explanation of the role of education in this social development is of paramount importance so as to understand the previously stated progress and change. 

Moreover, colleges are institutions that specialize learning and allow students to pursue their individual academic interests, and it is therefore a prerequisite for one to find their niche in society

Mcguire, 11(“Importance of College Education”—Jeff Mcguire, Writer for college view, www.collegeview.com/articles/article/importance-of-college-education)
One important answer to this question is more opportunity. As opposed to generations of the past, high school graduates today are unable to obtain the number of high-paying jobs that were once available. The U.S. has been transformed from a manufacturing-based economy to an economy based on knowledge, and the
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beneficial from many different viewpoints, and while the importance of a college education is quite evident for many high school students, what is often not as clear is how they will pay for that education.

Thus, my value criterion is fostering safe learning spaces.

This is necessary to succeed in any educational space because when one is experiencing emotional trauma, they don’t feel safe, which makes it significantly more difficult to learn

Wellman, 14(Dr, Cara Wellman, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Indiana University, http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/06/15/320725558/how-trauma-affects-the-brain-of-a-learner)
Studies show chronic stress can change the chemical and physical structures of the brain. 'You see deficits in your ability to regulate emotions in adaptive ways as a result of stress,'said Dr. Cara Wellman, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Indiana University. Dendrites, which look
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solve problems, which is crucial to learning. Other researchers link chronic stress to a host of cognitive effects, including trouble with attention, concentration, memory and creativity.

Therefore, in order to deliver a truly rewarding education to students, colleges must ensure that each student feels safe and able to take full advantage of their academic opportunities

My only contention is that restrictions on speech in the form of trigger warnings and safe spaces are necessary to uphold emotional safety.

Hate speech is a way through which people actively exclude others. Additionally, if people feel oppressed in the environment they are in, it will often discourage them to speak up for themselves for fear of further persecution. This eliminates the possibility of them reaping any benefits of speech policies.

McConnell, 15(“Why Harvard’s Hate Speech Policies are Necessary”—Reed McConnell, writer and editor for The Crimson, http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/4/18/hate-speech-libertarians/)
A couple of weeks ago, a large banner appeared in front of the Science Center. “Free Speech,” it proclaimed in large block letters. I moved a bit closer, confused, and saw that at the bottom it said, “Sponsored by the Harvard Libertarian Forum.” I was still confused—it seemed as if this group were making a statement, but I wasn’t sure why they felt
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cannot create a respectful learning environment at our university if students from marginalized groups feel that their administration condones acts of violence against them. University regulations against hate speech are entirely necessary for maintaining respect and dignity among the student body, and Harvard’s policies to this end are well thought-out and fair—and certainly not worthy of protest.

Aspects of current universities such as safe spaces and trigger warnings effectively lessen the risk of a student experiencing trauma, so we must negate.

Pickett, 16(RaeAnn Pickett, a senior director of communications and public Affairs at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health  Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces are Necessary, Time, August 31,2016, Date Accessed 12/6/16 http://time.com/4471806/trigger-warnings-safe-spaces/)
After the birth of my first son, I had postpartum depression. I was a mess emotionally, and I was in desperate need of feeling safe. I had no idea what “trigger warnings” or “safe spaces” were, but I had been using them internally for days—avoiding the mommy movies and choosing not to go to the breastfeeding support group where I felt like a failure. Being able to know beforehand
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to enter and not enter is critical in helping them stay well and take control over the information they decide to receive and how to receive it. A critical phase of healing involves reclaiming power and control in positive ways. Our universities should be at the vanguard of modeling the way forward—not backward.

In closing, the impact of fostering safe spaces and providing trigger warnings is a better education. Thus, I negate.