Possible 2007 Topics

The list of 10 topics below will be used in the 2007 calendar year, so this means the Jan/Feb topic will come from this list:

In United States courts, victim impact statements ought to influence sentencing.

The precautionary principle ought to guide environmental regulations.

The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals.

On balance, violent revolution is a just response to political oppression.

The United States government ought to allocate humanitarian aid to foreign nations based on the need of recipients rather than its own interests.

A just society ought not use the death penalty as a form of punishment.

In the United States public university admissions, socioeconomic disadvantage ought to be a higher priority than race.

In the United States, the federal government ought not limit the autonomy of local school districts to determine their own curriculum.

The United Nations’s obligation to protect global human rights ought to be valued above its obligation to respect national sovereignty.

On balance, in its trade agreements the United States ought to value the welfare of workers in developing countries over its economic gains.

Remaining Topics for 2006

From the list below will come the Sept/Oct topic and the Nov/Dec topic...let the speculation begin!

The US should accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

A just government should provide health care to its citizens.

Gender categorization ought to be deemphasized in schools.

A victim’s deliberate use of deadly force is a just response to repeated abuse.

School administrators are justified in exercising editorial control over secondary school publications for reasons other than legal liability.

In matters of family planning, the autonomy of the adolescent should outweigh the competing interests of the parent/guardian.

Mandatory term limits for elected officials are antithetical to representative democracy.

Fwd: Fundraising Details!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lindsay Kubina
Date: Jun 22, 2006 3:23 PM
Subject: Fundraising Details!

Alright everyone!  So after all the ideas we got going at the meeting, I called in to Culvers and Kowalski's and got more information.  Here it is!

1.  Culvers - So here is our "marketing plan"... Ron (the manager that I talked to) said that online things work great.  We can get something up on the website and do the
"chain e-mail" that Abbie suggested.  E-mailing all your family and friends, etc.  We can make flyers and put them in mailboxes and hand them out at Pan o Prog.  We can also promote it at our other events, like our garage sale.  So here's what you need to know.  Our community night is : The second Monday of every month.  Our first one is July 10th, then August 14th, then September 11th, etc.  The first one is the day after Pan o Prog parade so we can get major promotion done there.  Start e-mailing people now and letting them now!  Ron also suggested that we go the day before to malls and hand out flyers, and hit up local businesses the day before as well.  And then once school starts we can get announcements telling everyone to go.  I am still waiting for a call from a management person named Lindsay (haha.. sweet name)  that is going to help us get a drawing set-up that we can use once school starts and even before.  So start promoting!  Culvers will have advertisements on their doors telling people to donate to Lakeville Debate, but we need to tell people too!

 Go to Culvers the second Monday of every month and tell them "I'm with Lakeville Debate!!"

2.  Kowalski's-  I talked to the assistant manager Chris and here's the deal.  They only do bagging on holidays.  So the date August 26th that seemed pretty popular won't work.  He did say however that we could do September 2nd.  (Its a Saturday)  I figured everyone will be back from camp by September 2nd, and hopefully you guys can all come!  We are working there from 12-6 and need to be there at 11:45.  Sorry young'ns... but you must be 16 years old to participate in this fundraiser.  He said that about 4 people per hour works fairly well.  I think we should do the same thing we did last year and have 2 shifts.  We can have 12 people from 12-3, and 12 people from 3-6.  Or if people want to just work all 6 hours depending on numbers that works fine.  We need to wear our debate shirts.  We need at least one parent supervisor per shift.   We aren't supposed to ask for tips, but if they give them, thats good!  So if you want to bag... even though we don't really bag... we bring stuff out to people's cars, e-mail me back with the time you can work.  Please try to make it 12-3 or 3-6 or both.  Of course I'll keep sending out reminder e-mails and what not, but try to clear your schedules for this now!

Other things... expanding on Tyler's email....

Pan o Prog - I left a message with the coordinator lady to ask if we could hand out flyers... she hasn't called me back yet, but I don't really see why it would be a problem.  I can keep trying to call her.  Alex- are you still making flyers?  You can put the Culvers and Garage Sale info. on them now.

Intajuice/Football Games -  Courtney's mom has connections with school cookies and such, and we are going to see if we could sell them at the football games that start a little later in the summer.

Carquest - Saw Bailee's email.. not gonna work.

Otherwise Tyler sent out the details we have as of now.  Plan for the garage sale on July 28 and 29th, start getting stuff together!  Tyler is doing the card things.  Start promoting our stuff!

Post-Meeting Fundrasing

From: Tyler Traub
Date: Jun 21, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: Post-Meeting Fundrasing

Heres what we have after the meeting.

1.  Doing something with Pan o Prog - We are planing to handing out
flyers for our other fundrasers.

2. Doing a community night with Culvers- We know this was mentioned
beforehand, so we called and were told that it would definitely work
out - so we're following up with the general manager later this week.
It would totally be a great way to get money as long as we let people
know about it.(Flyers at Pan o Prog)  Lindsey has this.

3. Selling inta and cookies at football games. Courtney has this one

5. Kowalski's bagging again.  We raised some money from this, but you
DO need to be 16.  Aug 26 is what were planing for.

6. Applebee's Breakfast - We dont think the breakfast is a good idea
because not very many people want to go to Applebees for breakfast.
However, there is a possiblity of doing the same thing as Cluvers but
you have to use a flyer to have some of the profit go to the team.
Alejandra is taking care of this.

8.  One big Sale is what were thinking. It will probably at Alejandras
and on the dates July 28-29

10.  We are planing on selling coupon cards door to door. They are not
the most fun but they make A TON of money. Upwards of about $300. More
details to come. I have this one.

Tyler

Reading Group #4

From: FeRnAnDeZ
Date: Jun 18, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: [Lakeville Debate] Reading Group

So just to REMIND everyone...this Thursday the reading group is at mi casa!

p. 12-13 "Utilitarian Perspective"
p 154-164 Mill, "On the Connection Between Justice and Utility"

See you guys there at 4! I should have some things to snack on...and a white dress is not necessary attire! ;-)

--
~Alexandra Fernandez -de- Castro Manzur~

Reading Group 3 was hosted by Courtney.

We had a nice discussion about Rawls! Prize winners this week were Courtney, Alex, Jackie, and Bailee.

Special props to Bryant, Jackie, Christian, Karen, and Kelsey for repping the 2nd year debaters.

Looking forward to seeing you all next week.

Tennis

From: Mikayla Mehle
Date: Jun 14, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: [Lakeville Debate] Tennis

Hey Debaters,

 

Well, now that the debate season is starting up again and the reading group is back into session it seems like it would be nice to all get together outside of debate...  and what better way than a tennis game??? So,  we're playing at the Century tennis courts at 2:00 on Friday. Feel free to bring friends from outside of debate and don't feel like you actually have to be good at tennis to come...  just bring a raquet and any spare balls you might have lying around. Please email me back if you plan on coming!

 

Hope to see you on friday,

Mikayla

Picturing Reading Group Session 2

Thanks to Emily and Joe for hosting the reading group this week.

Reading Group #2 Discussion

Reading group meets this week at Emily's house at 6:30PM. 

Here is the reading selection:

p. 7-8 "Socialist Justice"
p. 88-89 Nielson, "Radical Egalitarianism"
p. 99-101 Nozick, "How Liberty Upsets Patterns"

Here is your assignment: 

You are to pretend that you are the professor who assigned these articles to your class.  You will view the rest of the group as your students.  Come to the discussion group with one question that asks your students to demonstrate knowledge of one of the arguments made in any of the readings.  Everybody will have a turn being the professor.  Now, to make this even more fun, I will get some prizes to Peter.  He will give a prize to the best question and to a few people who make the best contribution in their role as student.

Reading Group #1 Photos

Thanks to Julie and family for hosting, Peter for leading the group, Hannah for the photos, and to everybody who took the time to study and up and participate...Thanks!

See you all next week