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: Harvard | Round: 1 | Opponent: Cooper City JA | Judge: Cate Brainard

The AC is a nostalgia for a past that never occurred. Their politics of hope is an act of utopian futurity which necessarily advances a broken institution built on the suffering of black bodies.

Warren 15 Calvin K., Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University, “Black Nihilism and the Politics of Hope,” CR: The New Centennial Review, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2015 ED
Perverse juxtapositions structure our relation to the Political. This becomes even more apparent and problematic when we consider the position of blacks within this structuring.1 On the one hand, our Declaration of Independence proclaims, “All men are created equal,” and yet black captives were fractioned in this
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need of treatment, this essay considers black nihilism a necessary philosophical posture capable of unraveling the Political and its devastating logic of political hope. Black nihilism resists emancipatory rhetoric that assumes it is possible to purge the Political of anti-black violence and advances political apostasy as the only “ethical” response to black suffering.

An affirmation of speech validates the idea that reform is feasible in the status quo. It teaches people to desire the perfection of the university, which is a politics of hope that encourages an adherence to a system that hasn’t ever substantially impacted the issue of antiblackness.

Warren 15 Calvin K., Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University, “Black Nihilism and the Politics of Hope,” CR: The New Centennial Review, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2015ED
To speak of the “Politics of Hope” is to denaturalize or demystify a certain usage of hope. Here I want to make a distinction between “hope” (the spiritual concept) and “the politics of hope”(political hope). The relationship between the spiritual concept of hope and its use as a political
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painful (and shame-full) history of exclusion and disenfranchisement. Political participation becomes an act of historical commemoration and obligation; one votes because someone bled and died for the opportunity to participate, and “duty” and “indebtedness” motivate this partial political subject.

The role of the ballot is to resist antiblackness. Prefer my method because their politics relies on a trick of time; a cruel optimism that says “not yet” and “maybe soon”. The politics of hope must constantly regenerate problems as a way through which it can manufacture solutions and maintain the façade of its slow crawl towards a utopian future.

Warren 15 Calvin K., Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University, “Black Nihilism and the Politics of Hope,” CR: The New Centennial Review, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2015 ED
The politics of hope, then, constitutes what Lauren Berlant would call “cruel optimism” for blacks (Berlant 2011). It bundles certain promises about redress, equality, freedom, justice, and progress into a political object that always lies beyond reach. The
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life, possibility, time, ethics, and morality (a “zero-state” as Julia Kristeva 1982 might call it). Black nihilism rejects this “trick of time” and the lure of emancipatory solutions. To refuse to “do politics” and to reject the fantastical object of politics is the only “hope” for blackness in an anti-black world.

Extinction is the status quo. The university’s structural antagonisms reproduce an everyday holocaust. Valuing the AC’s physical impacts over mine actively disregards the ongoing slaughter black bodies on the metaphysical plane and is just a further extension of the institutions that engender this death.

Omolade 89 1989, Barbara Omolade is a historian of black women for the past twenty years and an organizer in both the women’s and civil rights/black power movements, “We Speak for the Planet” in “Rocking the ship of state : toward a feminist peace politics”, pp. 172-176
Recent efforts by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan to limit nuclear testing, stockpiling, and weaponry, while still protecting their own arsenals and selling arms to countries and factions around the world, vividly demonstrate how "peace" can become an abstract concept within a culture of war. Many peace activists are similarly blind to the
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institutionalization of war, the violence and holocaust that people of color face daily. Unfortunately, the holocaust does not only refer to the mass murder of Jews, Christians, and atheists during the Nazi regime; it also refers to the permanent institutionalization of war that is part of every fascist and racist regime. The holocaust lives. It is a threat to world peace as pervasive and thorough as nuclear war.

The alternative is to hope for the end of political hope. That is, a complete withdrawal from the metaphysical structures that sustain black suffering. Instead of playing the game and embarking on an impossible quest to perfect the university, we must reject the systems of communication and political hope that sustain its existence and instead allow for its collapse.

Warren 15 Calvin K., Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University, “Black Nihilism and the Politics of Hope,” CR: The New Centennial Review, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring 2015ED
Throughout this essay, I have argued that the Politics of hope preserve metaphysical structures that sustain black suffering. This preservation amounts to an exploitation of hope—when the Political colonizes the spiritual principle of hope and puts it in the service of extending the “will to power” of an anti-black organization of existence. The Politics of hope, then, is bound up with
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said giving me a wink. “Yes they do,” I said. “But I am a free woman,” she emphasized “and I won’t go back.” Shocked, I smiled at her, and she winked at me; at that moment I realized that her wisdom and courage penetrated my mind and demanded answers. I’ve thought about this conversation for some time, and it is for this reason I had to write this essay. To the brave woman at the train station, I must say you are not crazy at all but thinking outside of metaphysical time, space, and violence. Ultimately, we must hope for the end of political hope.

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.