Past Resolutions


Fall 2012

Resolved: Collegiate online instruction enhances college education.


Spring 2012

Resolved: The United States prison system should significantly increase programs to rehabilitate inmates.


Fall 2011

Resolved: Political parties are bad for effective government in the United States.

 

Spring 2010

Resolved: The US should significantly reform The Welfare System.

 

Fall 2009

Resolved: The United States is over-reliant on China.

 

Spring 2009

Resolved: The U.S. federal government should significantly limit the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.

 

Fall 2008

Resolved: Americans overvalue athletic competition.

 

Spring 2008

Resolved: The U.S. federal government should make adequate and affordable medical care available to all U.S. citizens.

 

Fall 2007

Resolved: Corporations exert undue influence over public policy.

 

Spring 2007

Resolved: The U.S. Government should significantly increase the acceptance of immigrants.

 

Fall 2006

Resolved: U.S. foreign policy inappropriately emphasizes military action over diplomacy.

 

Spring 2006

Resolved: Non-violent crimes should not carry prison sentences.

 

Fall 2005

Resolved: Wal-Mart’s business practices are detrimental to the United States.

 

Spring 2005

Resolved: The United States should substantially reform public secondary school education.

 

Fall 2004

Resolved: Separation of church and state is being inappropriately eroded.

 

Spring 2004

Resolved: The United States should significantly reduce its foreign military commitments.

 

Fall 2003

Resolved: United States corporations are insufficiently loyal to American workers.

 

Spring 2003

Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its citizens’ access to affordable health care.

 

Fall 2002

Resolved: Civil liberties are being inappropriately eroded.

 

Spring 2002

Resolved: The United States should substantially expand its efforts to prevent terrorism.

 

Fall 2001

Resolved: A national missile defense system would be beneficial to the security of this nation.

 

Spring 2001

Resolved: The United States should significantly decrease its dependence on foreign oil.

 

Spring 2000

Resolved: The federal government should significantly increase the use of privately operated prisons.

 

Fall 1998

Resolved: Corporate emphasis on profit is excessive.

 

Spring 1998

Resolved: The United States should abolish the use of peer jurors.

 

Spring 1997

Resolved: The Central Intelligence Agency should be eliminated.