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0 - Contact Info
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10/16/16
1 - Brackets
Tournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 6 | Opponent: Beckman KM | Judge: David Dosch Interpretation - If a debater inserts brackets in their evidence in order to change one or more words, they must right before or after reading the evidence, during the speech, indicate orally that the evidence is bracketed by saying “This evidence is bracketed” or something to that extent.
1/15/17
1 - Disclosure
Tournament: x | Round: 1 | Opponent: x | Judge: x Interpretation - Debaters must disclose all broken cases on the NDCA wiki under their own name. In this disclosure, they must post cites, tags, and first three and last three words of all cards read. Debaters may begin disclosing at any point during the season, but they must disclose all broken cases at least an hour before this round in order to meet my interp, regardless of whether the tournament requires disclosure.
10/16/16
1 - ROB Disclosure
Tournament: St Marks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Montgomery WP | Judge: Akhil Gandra The aff must specify a comprehensive role of the ballot text and clarify how the round will play out under that role of the ballot in the form of a text in the 1AC or on the wiki. To clarify, the aff must:
Clarify how we determine what a legitimate advocacy is and how offense links back to the role of the ballot, such as whether topicality constrains the aff advocacy or not. 2. Every plank of the ROB must be warranted, just like the standard text for a normative ethical theory, and what area of debate must be warranted i.e. which assumptions we should accept and which we shouldn’t. 3. Clarify how theory interacts with the aff 4. Describe how to weigh and compare between competing advocacies i.e. whether the role of the ballot is solely determined by the flow or another method of engagement. 5. Specify whether or not they defend implementation
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10/16/16
2 - Util NC
Tournament: Loyola | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EE | Judge: Arjun Tambe, David Dosch, Scott Wheeler Moral uncertainty means we should prevent extinction. Bostrom Bostrom 12 Nick Bostrom. Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School University of Oxford. “Existential Risk Prevention as Global Priority.” Global Policy (2012) These reflections on …any existential catastrophe. No act omission distinction for states since their implicit approvals of actions still entail moral responsibility. Sunstein Sunstein Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule. The University of Chicago Law School. “Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance of Life‐Life Tradeoffs.” JOHN M. OLIN LAW and ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER NO. 239. The Chicago Working Paper Series. March 2005 In our view, … fully discourage it.
10/16/16
3 - Capitalism K
Tournament: Voices RR | Round: 5 | Opponent: Rowland Hall St Marks KO | Judge: Travis Fife, Anne-Marie Hwang The state exists to perpetuate capitalist exploitation; the aff’s use of legal measures will always be skewed in favor of the rich. Organise 10 Organise! (an organization that spoke out against the 2010 Australian election). “Capitalist Democracy: The Illusion of Choice.” Libcom. August 15th, 2010. https://libcom.org/library/capitalist-democracy-illusion-choice Consider the following …of a class. Their reform within the current system reifies capitalism. Slavoj Zizek 2, professor of philosophy at the Institute for Sociology, Ljubljana, Revolution at the Gates, 2002, pg 167-172 Indded, since the “…happening, really changing. Recognizing that the epistemology of capitalism manipulates our understanding of policy is a pre-condition to evaluating the resolution. Marsh 95, Marsh 95- Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, PhD from Northwestern University (James, Critique Action and Liberation, p 331-2) Is it reasonable, … such a judgment. Class focus must come first – it is the root cause of all oppression and turns case because it creates poverty and exploitation in the first place. Kovel 07, Kovel, Prof. of Social Studies @ Bard, 2007 Joel, “The Enemy of Nature”, p. 140- If, however, we … the next section. Rejecting capitalism is the first step—a refusal to believe in the system can topple empires. Monbiot 04, Monbiot, 04 (George Monbiot, Professor of Philosophy at Bristol and Professor of Politics at Keele. Author, columnist, and political activist. “Manifesto for a New World Order.” p. 249) It costs nothing … of their power. Personal rejection is critical to moving away from capitalism—the system is only inevitable if we treat it as such. Holloway 05, Holloway, 05 (John, Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Edinburgh, “Can we change the World without taking power”, A debate between Holloway and Alex Callinicos, August 16th, http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/5616) I don't know … command of capital.
10/9/16
JANFEB - CP - Courts
Tournament: Debate LA RR | Round: 1 | Opponent: Peninsula JL | Judge: Byron Arthur, Aaron Timmons Counterplan Text: The Supreme Court of the United States, in the next available test case, should rule that public colleges and universities ought not restrict any constitutionally protected speech. Lawsuits are piling up against free speech restrictions – the counterplan strengthens First Amendment protections and solves the entirety of the case Watanabe 14 Teresa Watanabe (covers education for the LA Times), "Students challenge free-speech rules on college campuses," LA Times, 7/1/2014 College students in…the complaint said. Courts are better checks on implementation – they decide the birghtline for whether speech is constitutionally protected. Arthur 11 (Joyce, Founder and Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, a national political pro-choice group, “The Limits of Free Speech,” Sep 21, 2011, https://rewire.news/article/2011/09/21/limits-free-speech-5/ A common objection … that critiques it. Court action spurs a national dialogue and social movements: Friedman 2004 Barry Friedman, NYU law professor, 2004, The Importance of Being Positive: The Nature and Function of Judicial Review From a descriptive …a constitutional amendment.
1/14/17
JANFEB - CP - Hate Speech
Tournament: Debate LA RR | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harker SP | Judge: Scott Wheeler, David Dosch CP Text—AFF actors should remove all restrictions on constitutionally protected free speech except hate speech. McElwee 13: Sean McElwee. “The Case for Censoring Hate Speech.” July 12, 2013. Alternet. http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/case-censoring-hate-speech. HW The negative impacts … and it can.
1/14/17
JANFEB - DA - Endowments
Tournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 2 | Opponent: Texas Academy MX | Judge: Karen Qi Endowments are high now but dropping rapidly - protests are alienating alumni donors, who are of older generations. Hartocollis 8/4 Hartocollis 8/4 – Anemona Hartocollis, writer for NYT: August 4, 2016(“College Students Protest, Alumni’s Fondness Fades and Checks Shrink” New York Times Available at http:www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/us/college-protests-alumni-donations.html?_r=0 HW Scott MacConnell cherishes ,to campus protests. Protest lead to reduced donations, enrollments, and financial support by the government. Keller 2/21 Keller 2/21 – Rudi Keller writer for the Columbia tribune: 2/21/16(“University of Missouri fundraising takes $6 million hit in December as donors hold back funds” Available at http:www.columbiatribune.com/news/education/turmoil_at_mu/university-of-missouri-fundraising-takes-million-hit-in-december-as/article_ed7cfd5b-3b3e-5b18-95d9 f2945ac51172.html HW New pledges and … viability and vitality. Innovation key to maintain US hegemonic status Taylor 4 – Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mark, “The Politics of Technological Change: International Relations versus Domestic Institutions,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4/1/2004, http:www.scribd.com/doc/46554792/Taylor)RGP HW Technological innovation is … the first place. US leadership prevents great power war and existential governance crises Brooks 13 Ikenberry, and Wohlforth ’13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College “Don’t Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment,” International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51) HW A core premise …. by potential rivals.
1/14/17
JANFEB - DA - Hate Speech
Tournament: Debate LA RR | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harker SP | Judge: Scott Wheeler, David Dosch Current protections against hate speech are working – on campus harrassment is decreasing nationally now. Sutton 16 Sutton 16 Halley Sutton, Report shows crime on campus down across the country, Campus Security Report 13.4 (2016), 9/9/16,http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/casr.30185/full A recent report … offenses and murder. Removing restrictions on free speech allows hate speech – hate speech IS free speech Volokh 15 Eugene Volokh,No, There’s No “hate Speech” Exception to the First Amendment, The Washington Post, 5/7/15, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/07/no-theres-no-hate-speech-exception-to-the-first-amendment/?utm_term=.05cfdd01dea4 I keep hearing … I know of.) Hate speech normalizes physical and psychological violence and renders educational spaces null and void—it should be banned: the right to free speech is contingent, not absolute Makes physical violence more likely—empirically proven Causes psychological harms Makes educational spaces null and void Normalizes oppressive practices Easy to reject from a position of privilege Heinze 14: Eric Heinze, professor of law and humanities at Queen Mary university of London. March 31, 2014. Nineteen arguments for hate speech bans—and against them. Free Speech Debate. Free speech scholar Eric Heinze identifies the main arguments for laws restricting hate speech and says none are valid for mature Western democracies. http://freespeechdebate.com/en/discuss/nineteen-arguments-for-hate-speech-bans-and-against-them/. HW On all sides of the debate, we can agree that speech is necessary for democracy. Governments ought not to abridge speech willy-nilly. They must show how the speech in question poses a genuine danger. In the case of hate speech, has any such menace been shown? In my book Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship, I reject the … historically vilified groups.’ Hate speech causes less discursive participation and dissent against securitization Horne 16: Solveigh Horne, Minister of children and equality in Norway. “hate speech—a threat to freedom of speech.” March 8, 2016. Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/solveig-horne/hate-speech~-~-a-threat-to_b_9406596.html. HW Hate speech in … a fundamental right. Hate speech leads to a genocidal increase in crimes against marginalized groups. Greenblatt 15 Jonathan Greenblatt, When Hateful Speech Leads to Hate Crimes: Taking Bigotry Out of the Immigration Debate, Huffington Post, 8/21/15, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-greenblatt/when-hateful-speech-leads_b_8022966.html When police arrived …the ball rolling.
1/14/17
JANFEB - DA - Soft Power
Tournament: CPS | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harker SL | Judge: Cameron Cohen International law banned hate speech Matsuda 89 Mari J. Matsuda (Associate Professor of Law, University of Hawaii, the William S. Richardson School of Law), "Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story," Michigan Law Review, 1989 NS The international community … of eliminating discrimination. US adherence to international law concerning hate speech is key to credibility in international human rights Cohen 15 Tanya Cohen, "It’s Time To Bring The Hammer Down On Hate Speech In The U.S." Thought Catalog, 5/1/2015 NS Recent scandals involving … the world is. International credibility solves multiple scenarios for extinction. Nye and Armitage 07 Joseph Nye (University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University, and previous dean of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government) and Richard Armitage (13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005), “CSIS Reports – A Smarter, More Secure America”, 11/6, 2007http:www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4156/type,1/ NS Soft power is … will to fight.
12/18/16
JANFEB - DA - Title IX
Tournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 6 | Opponent: Beckman KM | Judge: David Dosch Federal funding is on the rise- it’s critical for student financial assistance PEW 15 PEW Charitable Trusts, research and analysis, , 6-11-2015, "Federal and State Funding of Higher Education: A Changing Landscape," No Publication, http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2015/06/federal-and-state-funding-of-higher-education NB States and the … of public institutions. Title IX forces colleges to either mandate speech codes that can be seen as harassment and violate the constitution or risk lose federal funding Richardson 16 Bradford Richardson (reporter) Washington Times Http, 5-1-2016, "Title IX ‘harassment’ order seen as free speech threat," Washington Times, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/1/title-ix-harassment-order-seen-as-free-speech-thre/ NB Several free speech … this federal overreach.” Education department forces compensation which hurts school funds if they don’t regulate speech Leef 15 George Leef, 9-14-2015, "Free Speech Can't Be Trumped By Title IX," Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2015/09/14/free-speech-cant-be-trumped-by-title-ix-but-college-officials-use-it-that-way/3/#7a995a734ceb NB In short, in … such compensatory damages.” Financial assistance benefits disadvantage students the most- they increase funds AAU 9 Association of American Universities, "MYTHS ABOUT COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENTS," January 2009 NB MYTH: Universities are … waiving application fees.
1/15/17
JANFEB - K - Mouths Shut
Tournament: CPS | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sunset AB | Judge: Salim Damerdji Reject the aff’s call for free speech and protest. These calls of disruptions cannot be done out loud in the open inside of public spaces like colleges. A corrupted society will only use that information to co-opt and destroy radical political movements. There is no freedom over the intercom. Tuck and Yang ’14 (Tuck, E. and Yang, K.W. (2014). R-words: Refusing research. In D. Paris and M. T. Winn (Eds.) Humanizing research: Decolonizing qualitative inquiry with youth and communities (pp. 223-248). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.) VV Paula Gunn Allen …we know them. The role of the ballot is for who best performatively and methodologically disrupts the secrecy of freedom. The alternative is to maintain the movement is to keep mouths shut. When we keep the radical politics within the community we prevent white society from destroying our political movement. Vote negative to maintain the secrecy of the movement. Tuck and Yang ’14 (Tuck, E. and Yang, K.W. (2014). R-words: Refusing research. In D. Paris and M. T. Winn (Eds.) Humanizing research: Decolonizing qualitative inquiry with youth and communities (pp. 223-248). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. 77 VV 261There are three … a good thing. Opacity is a necessary strategy to resolve the aff by interrupting the economy of knowledge that justifies violence against the colonized – the aff just reproduces violence and makes the infiltration they decry more likely Walker in 11 - Ph.D., The College of William and Mary, former Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University Corey. “How Does It Feel to be a Problem?': (Local) Knowledge, Human Interests, and The Ethics of Opacity” Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, 1(2) VV The ethics of …ethics of opacity?
That means their discursive challenge within academic forums like debate is only absorbed and masked by power, turning higher education into a graveyard filled with the bodies of countless victims. Occupied UC Berkeley. “The Necrosocial: Civic Life, Social Death, and the UC.” Anti-Capital Projects. 11-18-2009. http://anticapitalprojects.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/the-necrosocial/ VV Totally managed death… is a graveyard.
Our alternative is necessary to recognize the inherent lack of safety when working within academic spaces as well as its inherent colonial foundation that must be abolished instead of survived in Rodriguez in 12 – chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California Dylan. Racial/Colonial Genocide and the "Neoliberal Academy": In Excess of a Problematic", American Quarterly. Volume 64. Number 4. December 2012 VV These local examples …within intellectual courage.
12/17/16
JANFEB - K - Neolib
Tournament: CPS | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harker SL | Judge: Cameron Cohen The claim that free speech leads to democratic debate and social progress is a neoliberal myth – the AFF’s faith in the free exchange of ideas displaces a focus on direct action and re-entrenches multiple forms of oppression Tillett-Saks 13 Andrew Tillett-Saks (Labor organizer and critical activist author for Truth-Out and Counterpunch), Neoliberal Myths, Counterpunch, 11/7/13, http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/11/07/neoliberal-myths/ NS Yet there are … quo or progress. The AFF’s notion of the marketplace of ideas is neoliberal rhetoric designed to strengthen corporate power. Whatley 13Stuart Whatley, Speak for Yourself: A Meditation on the Marketplace of Ideas, Los Angeles Review of Books, 10/4/13, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/speak-for-yourself-a-meditation-on-the-marketplace-of-ideas/#! NS The very notion … the system itself.” We have reached a tipping point – neoliberalism is no longer able to control its spiral into disaster. Massive structural violence and extinction are inevitable without a fundamental rethinking of the current system. Farbod 15 ( Faramarz Farbod , PhD Candidate @ Rutgers, Prof @ Moravian College, Monthly Review, http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2015/farbod020615.html, 6-2) NS Global capitalism is … of no return. The alternative is to reject the aff in favor of embracing pedagogical Marxist socialism. It is the role of educators to expand our understandings of alternatives to capitalism. D’Annibale ‘06 Valerie Scatamburlo-D’Annibale, award-winning author and educator, is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ University of Windsor “Imagining the Impossible: Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy Against the 21st Century American Imperium” International Journal of Progressive Education Vol: 2 Issue: 3 NS The Boy Emperor …hope dies last. Recognizing that the epistemology of capitalism manipulates our understanding of policy is a pre-condition to evaluating the resolution and the aff. Marsh 95, Marsh 95- Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, PhD from Northwestern University (James, Critique Action and Liberation, p 331-2) NS Is it reasonable, … such a judgment.
12/18/16
SEPTOCT - CP - Africa Ban Uranium Mining
Tournament: Loyola | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EE | Judge: Arjun Tambe, David Dosch, Scott Wheeler All African will prohibit uranium mining on their lands. All Africa 15 (Tanzania: Activists Call on Africa to Ban Uranium Mining, 30 JUNE 2015, http://allafrica.com/stories/201506300154.html) NS Moshi — PEACE and …the great cause.
10/16/16
SEPTOCT - CP - Consult Natives
Tournament: Loyola | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Del Mar FK | Judge: John Overing, Olivia Panchal, Ellen Ivens-Duran Pluralism exists – only acknowledging diverse circumstances between states can solve the case – turns case since not recognizing particulars justifies violence to certain groups Young 94 - Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Crawford Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy: An Overview occasional paper no. 8 world summit for social development 11/1/94 UNRISD http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/E543236D2B275A5B80256B6400502008/$file/OPWSSD8.pdf Acc 9/10/16) NS Some fundamental postulates …by coercive fiat.
Some indigenous groups see waste facilities as good. To clarify, my argument is not that all groups should do this, but they need the option- the aff denies that. Grover et al 92 Gover et al, Kevin, and Jana L. Walker (Native American Attorneys at Gover, Stetson and Williams). "Escaping Environmental Paternalism: One Tribe's Approach to Developing a Commercial Waste Disposal Project in Indian Country." University of Colorado Law Review 63 (1992): 933. NS The second and … for its development.
Political self-determination solves root cause – key to indigenous status, culture, and resistance to colonialism. Moore 02 (Margaret The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Collective Self-Determination 3/22-27/2002 ECPR Joint Sessions Universita di Torino, Turin https://ecpr.eu/Events/PaperDetails.aspx?PaperID=14599andEventID=47 Acc 9/11/16) NS By ignoring the … inequality and deprivation.
Tournament: Loyola | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EE | Judge: Arjun Tambe, David Dosch, Scott Wheeler Countries ought not involve themselves in the production of nuclear power. To clarify they will neither prohibit the private production of nuclear power nor directly fund, subsidize, or in any other way use nuclear power themselves. Investors look for short-term gains, but nuke power is a long-term capital-intensive investment, so the free market would avoid it Pedraza 12 Jorge Morales Pedraza, consultant on international affairs, ambassador to the IAEA for 26 yrs, degree in math and economy sciences, former professor, Energy Science, Engineering and Technology : Nuclear Power: Current and Future Role in the World Electricity Generation : Current and Future Role in the World Electricity Generation, New York. NS Many countries had …of any country. Nuclear power isn’t competitive-subsidizing and supporting it just wastes money. Gottfried 6 Kurt; "Climate Change and Nuclear Power." Social Research: An International Quarterly 73.3 (2006): 1011-1024. Project MUSE. Web. 8 Aug. 2016. https://muse.jhu.edu/. NS In the United …an attractive investment
10/16/16
SEPTOCT - CP - Regulations
Tournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: Oakwood MW | Judge: Michael OKrent Counterplan Text: The United States Federal Government ought to increase regulations in nuclear power plants. Increased US nuclear power plant regulations in response to Fukushima have been shown to increase safety. NEI 16 Krajnc, Božidar, Lang-Chen Wang, and Michael Powell. "A Global Response."Nuclear Engineering International Magazine. Nuclear Engineering International, 22 May 2016. Web. 2 Sept. 2016. http://www.neimagazine.com/features/featurea-global-response-4899802/. As with any …to prevent core damage.
10/7/16
SEPTOCT - CP - SMRs
Tournament: Voices | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Marlborough GK | Judge: Jaymee Go, Travis Fife, Karen Qi CP Text: The EU Member States should acquire small modular reactors for electricity generation. SMRs solve nuclear downsides Ringle 10 John, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University, "Reintroduction of reactors in US a major win", November 13, robertmayer.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/reintroduction-of-reactors-in-us-a-major-win/ Small nuclear reactors ...accident could occur. SMRs are a significant safety upgrade-~--no need for outside electricity, deals with earthquakes and better waste storage Rosner and Goldberg 11 Robert, William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physics, and the College; Senior Fellow, Computation Institute; Director, Energy Policy Institute; Enrico Fermi Institute; Harris School of Public Policy and Stephen, Special Assistant to the Director, Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, "Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S.", November, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdf While the focus … of this paper. SMRs prevent meltdowns-~--passive cooling. Worthington 11 Worthington 11 David, contributing editor for SmartPlanet, December 18, "Small nuclear reactors: America’s energy future?", www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/small-nuclear-reactors-americas-energy-future/11412 The SMR addresses … intervention,” Rus said. SMRs key to smart grid Loudermilk 11—Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University (Micah, Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs, www.ensec.org/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=314:small-nuclear-reactors-and-us-energy-security-concepts-capabilities-and-costsandcatid=116:content0411andItemid=375) Other indirect cost-saving …. become a reality
10/16/16
SEPTOCT - CP - SSD
Tournament: Loyola | Round: Doubles | Opponent: Del Mar FK | Judge: John Overing, Olivia Panchal, Ellen Ivens-Duran The Nuclear Regulatory Commission should designate sub-seabed disposal as the sole candidate for its permanent nuclear waste repository. Wilson 14 Wilson, founder of BuildingGreen, Inc. and executive editor of Environmental Building News, founded the Resilient Design Institute Alex, "Safe Storage of Nuclear Waste", Green Building Advisor, NS There is also … far less expensive.
Solves the aff - ssd is able to isolate any radioactive nuclear waste from humans. Bala 2014 Amal Bala, Sub-Seabed Burial of Nuclear Waste: If the Disposal Method Could Succeed Technically, Could It Also Succeed Legally?, 41 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 455 (2014),NS In general, two … a global commons
10/16/16
SEPTOCT - DA - Desalination
Tournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: Oakwood MW | Judge: Michael OKrent Nuclear power is key to future desalinization tech is the only solution to water shortages. IAEA 15 -- widely known as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization within the United Nations family. Set up in 1957 as the world's centre for cooperation in the nuclear field, the Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies, “New Technologies for Seawater Desalination Using Nuclear Energy,” IEAE TecDoc Series, 2015 It is anticipated … the Mediterranean region Water crises cause escalating global conflict. Rasmussen 11 (Erik, CEO, Monday Morning; Founder, Green Growth Leaders) “Prepare for the Next Conflict: Water Wars” HuffPo 4/12 For years experts …wars will accelerate. That goes nuclear - extinction Zahoor 12 (Musharaf, Researcher at Department of Nuclear Politics – National Defense University, Water Crisis can Trigger Nuclear War in South Asia, http://www.siasat.pk) Water is an … through political will.
10/7/16
SEPTOCT - DA - Electricity
Tournament: Loyola | Round: 2 | Opponent: Oakwood MW | Judge: Michael OKrent Electricity prices are declining in the US Burtraw 8/21 (one of the nation’s foremost experts on environmental regulation in the electricity sector “Falling Emissions and Falling Prices: Expectations for the Domestic Natural Gas Boom” http://common–resources.org/2012/falling–emissions–and–falling–prices–expectations–for–the–domestic–natural–gas–boom/) Moreover, the boom … fossil energy sources. Utilizing nuclear power is the only way to save the electric market, lower prices, and to prevent another US energy recession Candris 8/11 Aris Candris, 11-8-2009, "Why the U.S. Needs Nuclear Power," WSJ, http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704224004574489702243465472 AP Beyond that, the … needs to grow. K2 US Econ Perry 12 (Mark, Prof of Economics @ Univ. of Michigan, "America's Energy Jackpot: Industrial Natural Gas Prices Fall to the Lowest Level in Recent History," http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2012/07/americas–energy–jackpot–industrial.html) Building petrochemical plants … situation to me. Econ collapse and energy price volatility leads to escalating instability and nuke war. Harris and Burrows 09 Harris and Burrows, 9 – *counselor in the National Intelligence Council, the principal drafter of Global Trends 2025, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis”, Washington Quarterly, http://www.twq.com/09april/docs/09apr_burrows.pdf) Increased Potential for ….more dog-eat-dog world.
Confidence in the … low previous level. Nuclear Power Provides global electricity and many industrialized countries depend on it for up to 75 of their power WNA 15 World Nuclear Association, February 2015, Nuclear Power in the World Today, http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Nuclear-Power-in-the-World-Today/ DOA: 8-11-15 In the 1950s … sources has grown. Closing nuclear power plants causes electricity prices to rise. Mark Perry 4/11 (full professor of economics at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in economics and finance since 1996. Starting in the fall of 2009, Perry has also held a joint appointment as a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University and an MBA degree in finance from the University of Minnesota). “What happens when a nuclear power plant is shut down” The Detroit News. April 11, 2016. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2016/04/11/nuclear-power-plant-closed/82923486/. A recent study …nearly 3,000 people.
High energy prices create energy poverty for already poor households. Lomborg 14 Bjorn Lomborg. “How Green Policies hurt the poor”. The Spectator. April 5, 2014. http://www.spectator.co.uk/2014/04/let-them-eat-carbon-credits/ Britain’s environmentalists proudly … rising fuel bills.
10/7/16
SEPTOCT - DA - Japan PTX
Tournament: Loyola | Round: 5 | Opponent: Peninsula JL | Judge: Charles Wanless Shinzo Abe pushing for constitutional revision of Article 9 – just shy of PC required Walters 7/26 (Riley Electoral Win for Japanese Prime Minister Draws International Concern Providence Mag 7/26/16 https://providencemag.com/2016/07/electoral-win-japanese-prime-minister-draws-international-concern/ Acc 9/1/16) NS As the longest … public’s top concern. Nuclear phase-out extremely popular Kingston 13 (Jeff Will the real Shinzo Abe emerge after Diet success? CNN 23 July 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/23/opinion/japan-real-abe-kingston/index.html Acc 9/1/16) NS Abe also faces … sample of 500 Constitution revision causes explosive East Asian arms race Siegel 07 (Michael T. Questioning the Rationale for Changing Japan’s Peace Constitution Asia-Pacific Geopolitics: Hegemony Vs. Human Security ed. Joseph A. Camilleri pp. 75-92 1/1/07 Google Books Acc 9/1/16) NS For almost sixty … that that entails. East Asian arms race triggers global annihilation. Ogura and Oh 97 Toshimaru Ogura and Ingyu Oh are professors of economics, April, “Nuclear clouds over the Korean peninsula and Japan,” 1997Accessed July 10, 2008 via Lexis-Nexis (Monthly Review) NS North Korea, South … a global conflagration.
Tournament: Voices | Round: 1 | Opponent: Loyola GC | Judge: Alex Martel Strong US-Japan relations key to solve North Korean aggression – interoperability and key assets Schoff ‘15 James L. Schoff is a senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former senior advisor for East Asia policy at the Department of Defense, 8/14/15, “Dark Clouds over Asia,” http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/08/14/us-japan-alliance-can-help-confront-north-korea, Jake-B In the 70 …. forces in Japan. North Korean aggression causes extinction – creates a nuclear winter and regional instability escalates globally Hayes and Hamel-Green ‘9 Peter Hayes and Micheal Hamel-Green, ”The Path Not Taken, The Way Still Open: Denuclearizing The Korean Peninsula And Northeast Asia”, http://apjjf.org/-Peter-Hayes/3267/article.html, Arvind The international community…and eventually overcome.
10/9/16
SEPTOCT - DA - Warming
Tournament: Loyola | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Harvard-Westlake EE | Judge: Arjun Tambe, David Dosch, Scott Wheeler Only nuclear power can stop catastrophic warming Waldman 15 - Susanne, PhD in Risk Communication at Carleton University (“Why we Need Nuclear Power to Save the Environment” http://energyforhumanity.org/climate-energy/need-nuclear-power-save-environment/) NS The idea we … fuel price volatility. Renewables need NP to be effective. Plumer 8/2 Plumer 8/2 Brad; enior editor at Vox.com, previously a reporter at the Washington Post; Vox; “Nuclear power and renewables don’t have to be enemies. New York just showed how.”; 8/2/16; http://www.vox.com/2016/8/2/12345572/new-york-nuclear-wind-solar; NS Consider, if you …in upstate regions. Global warming definitively causes extinction Sharp and Kennedy 14 – (Associate Professor Robert (Bob) A. Sharp is the UAE National Defense College Associate Dean for Academic Programs and College Quality Assurance Advisor. He previously served as Assistant Professor of Strategic Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA) in the U.S. National Defense University (NDU), Washington D.C. and then as Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, collocated with NDU. Most recently at NESA, he focused on security sector reform in Yemen and Lebanon, and also supported regional security engagement events into Afghanistan, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine and Qatar; Edward Kennedy is a renewable energy and climate change specialist who has worked for the World Bank and the Spanish Electric Utility ENDESA on carbon policy and markets; 8/22/14, “Climate Change and Implications for National Security,” International Policy Digest, http://intpolicydigest.org/2014/08/22/climate-change-implications-national-security/, Accessed 7/11/16, HWilson) NS Our planet is … hard to fix!
10/16/16
SEPTOCT - K - Capitalism
Tournament: St Marks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Montgomery WP | Judge: Akhil Gandra Nuclear power is not intrinsically harmful or dangerous. The ruling class’s control over the technology makes those harms possible. They choose to build the plants near minority populations or to cut corners during their construction. Freeing technology from the limitations of capitalism solves the aff. SLP ‘81 SLP 81 “Socialism and Nuclear Power” A Socialist Labor Party Statement 1981 http://www.slp.org/res_state_htm/soc_nuc_power.html Socialists can bring … emancipated working class. Their analytical prioritization of production and consumption as constituent facets of the economy confounds how exuberant, anti-productive expenditure sustains the equillibrium of the capitalist order. Their productivist ethos makes explosive warfare inevitable. Yang 2000 (Mayfair Mei‐hui Yang – Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, “Putting Global Capitalism in Its Place: Economic Hybridity, Bataille, and Ritual Expenditure”, Current Anthropology, Vol. 41, No. 4 (August/October 2000), pp. 477-509 , http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/Faculty/yangm_files/GlobalCapit.pdf - ERW) Baudrillard’s emphasis on …or social order. Class focus must come first – it is the root cause of all oppression and turns case because it creates poverty and exploitation in the nuclear industry. Fourth, the alternative is the rise of an environmental working class that breaks down hegemonic structures and capitalism. Foster ‘13 Foster 13 – John Bellamy Foster, Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon, Editor of the Monthly Review, holds a Ph.D. from York University, 2013 (“The Epochal Crisis,” Monthly Review, Volume 65, Issue 05 (October), Accessed on 7/18/2014 from http://monthlyreview.org/2013/10/01/epochal-crisis) It is an … of humanity itself. Personal rejection is critical to moving away from capitalism—the system is only inevitable if we treat it as such. Holloway 05, Holloway, 05 (John, Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Edinburgh, “Can we change the World without taking power”, A debate between Holloway and Alex Callinicos, August 16th, http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/5616) I don't know … command of capital.