This is a preliminary debate (round 4) at the 2018 West Des Moines Valley Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament. The topic for this debate was resolved: In a democracy, the public’s right to know ought to be valued above the right to privacy of candidates for public office. Westlake's Ethan Elasky affirms against Strake Jesuit's Josh Herrera in Round 4 of the Valley Invitational. Decision is for the negative by Evan McKinney. ——————— Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/debatedrills Join our newsletter: http://www.debatedrills.com
![]() R6Grapevine · PF Videos Redeem your promo code after creating an account at debateit.tech, full 1-month "All" access to updated card searching, collaborative flowing, and more! Nueva DY debates 1st on the Affirmative, while Plano West HL debates 2nd on the Negative. Before opening the description and viewing the results, we recommend flowing the round yourself and coming up with your own decision. Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction. 0:00 - Pre-Round 0:34 - Aff Constructive 5:12 - Neg Constructive 9:40 - 1st Cross 14:28 - Aff Rebuttal 19:45 - Neg Rebuttal 24:33 - 2nd Cross 30:26 - Aff Summary 36:33 - Neg Summary 40:43 - Grand Cross 43:55 - Aff Final 46:26 - Neg Final Nueva (PRO) picks up (Herrig) If you have any recordings you'd like to have uploaded, please email us at pfvideosyt@gmail.com. All proceeds are donated to the Urban Debate League (UDL). | Sep 22, 2026 | 1.1k | ||
![]() SemifinalsNSD26 · PF Videos Lincoln Sudbury debates 1st on the Affirmative, while Palm Harbor ML debates 2nd on the Negative. Before opening the description and viewing the results, we recommend flowing the round yourself and coming up with your own decision. Palm Harbor (NEG) Wins on a 6-1 (Albert, Alonso, Binyaminov*, Chong, Holguin, Samara-Reuter, Xu) If you have any recordings you'd like to have uploaded, please email us at pfvideosyt@gmail.com. All proceeds are donated to the Urban Debate League (UDL). Shoutout to Keerat for the recording! | Jul 27, 2026 | 4.9k |