Event Outline
ToTAL’s Debate Club is a student-led event initiated in 2023 by a ToTAL student, Marcello Gecchele. It is operated by ToTAL’s teaching assistants. Please also check here about the club.
There are available slots for debaters, both in the proposition team and the opposition team. We can have up to 3 people for each side. Please let us know in the registration form if you want to take the debater’s role. As an audience, you can participate in listening to the debate and discussing with the debate teams in the Q&A session.
| Date | Wednesday, December 20, 18:00 – 20:00 |
| Venue | S4-202, Ookayama campus |
| Eligibility | All Tokyo Tech students |
| Language | English |
| Registration | https://forms.gle/HzWSjCZbokWp3xRz6 |
| Inquiry | Prof. Yuri Matsuzaki (matsuzaki.y.ad [at] m.titech.ac.jp) |
Debate topic
" The state should pay the salary of pregnant women, not the company."
Agenda
- Introduction
- A debate (about 30 min.)
- Proposition speech (5 min.)
- Opposition speech (5 min.)
- Proposition speech (5 min.)
- Opposition rebuttal (5 min.)
- Opposition rebuttal (3 min.)
- Proposition rebuttal (3 min.)
- Q&A with the audience (40 min.)
- Reflection and voting
- Explanation of how to debate for future student debates
Past debate topics
- The death penalty should be banned.
- AI should replace human decision-making in law and international politics.
- Japanese Universities should be tuition-free for all students (including international students).
- Countries should use more nuclear energy.
- New technologies are making us dumber.
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