Site News: Extemp Central Content Schedule for the 2021-2022 Season

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On August 2, 2021

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The last two speech seasons have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the cancellation of the 2020 NCFL Grand National Tournament and made last year an online-only year for teams across the country.  Hopefully this season begins the transition back to in-person competitions, but regardless of the format of this competition year Extemp Central hopes to provide resources for those doing extemporaneous speaking across the country.

In keeping with that mission, we do plan to revive the Extemp Central National Points Race as well as provide more recaps of national circuit and local competitions.  As always, we appreciate our readers providing results so we can post them.  Aside from following results, other past bits of Extemp Central’s content will be making a comeback as well, namely news quizzes and R&Ds.  Here is the content schedule that can be expected for this season.

Mondays:  HotTopics International and United States Extemp questions
Tuesdays:  Recaps of local results and/or results from national circuit competitions.  This may also be a time for the posting of specialty columns on upcoming tournaments and/or interview pieces.
Wednesdays:  News quiz posting in short answer format (spoiler tags will hide the answers)
Thursdays:  Recap of any local results and/or national news not posted on Tuesdays.  This may also be a time for the posting of specialty columns on upcoming tournaments and/or interview pieces.  The revived National Points Race will also feature columns on this day.
Fridays:  Weekly R&D about a pertinent, newsworthy topic

Extemp Central will soon be doing interviews with NSDA national winners Pranav Pattatathunaduvil and Laurel Holley, which we will hope to have posted in the coming weeks.  We will also be assembling the tournament calendar for 2021-2022 in time for the beginning of the national circuit season in September.

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of August 2-8, 2021

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On August 2, 2021

In U.S. Extemp, Weekly Questions

1. Is the U.S. headed for another COVID-19 lockdown?
2. Should state governors issue mask mandates for schools or leave the decision to local officials?
3. If Sarah Palin decides to run for the Senate, how big of a threat is she to Lisa Murkowski’s re-election hopes?
4. How much power should social media services have to remove content they believe to be “disinformation”?
5. Does a delta COVID surge constitute a major threat to President Biden’s domestic agenda?
6. Should Congress have extended the federal eviction moratorium?
7. Are Texas Democrats winning their battle against the state’s proposed voting law?
8. What is the best way to reform policing in the United States?
9. Will vaccination mandates have to come from employers instead of the federal government?
10. How can the U.S. prevent a shortage of critical semiconductors in the future?

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of August 2-8, 2021

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On August 2, 2021

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1. What impact could the Querdenker movement have on the 2021 German elections?
2. Could Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi put Libya back together?
3. Is a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan inevitable?
4. Do economic problems in North Korea provide an opening for a “grand bargain” over its nuclear program?
5. How should ASEAN react to Myanmar’s military extending the nation’s state of emergency?
6. What should Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh do to better economic conditions in the Gaza Strip?
7. Was Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s term a disaster for his country?
8. Will rising political turmoil in Tunisia undermine the gains of the Arab Spring?
9. Is Russia’s military becoming overextended in proxy conflicts?
10. What steps does the ANC need to take to fix South Africa’s economic woes?

2021 NSDA National Tournament: Pattatathunaduvil Extends Plano West Domination in IX; Holley Brings South Carolina Its First National Championship in USX in Thrilling Finish; Dharmapurikar Creates IX Split

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On June 22, 2021

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The 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament wrapped up on Saturday, concluding five days of intensive competition and crowning two new national champions. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NSDA was forced to host the national championships online for the second consecutive year.

Pranav Pattatathunaduvil of Plano West Senior High School (TX) won the International Extemp National Championship, defeating Extemp TOC winner Mukta Dharmapurikar of Durham Academy (NC) by six ranks. Dharmapurikar won the final round by eight ranks over third place finisher, MBA Champion Katherine Rollins of the Potomac School (VA). After the two high and low judges were removed from composite rankings, she was able to cut six ranks from Pattatathunaduvil’s lead but it was not enough to claim the title. The split between the overall national champion and final round national champion is the first in International Extemp since 2017.

Pattatathunaduvil’s win marks an amazing streak of wins for Plano West in International Extemp, which has had three of its competitors win the category over the last four years. It is also the fourth straight year that the winner of International Extemp comes from Texas, a streak that is two years longer than any other state.

In United States Extemp, Laurel Holley of Riverside High School (SC) gave the state of South Carolina its first-ever extemporaneous speaking national championship. Holley mounted a comeback in the final round, winning it by an adjusted nine ranks and vaulting from fourth place in the pre-finals rankings to first. Holley’s final round showing was enough to win a tiebreaker over Gabriel Frank-McPheter of Gabrielino High School (CA) as both competitors ended the tournament with identical composite scores of 102.

William Chien of the Harker School (CA) led the competiton going into the final round, but fell back to fourth after finals ranks were added in.

CFL National Champion Ananth Veluvali of Edina High School (MN) was denied a chance to win CFL and NSDA national championships in the same season, a feat that has not been done since 2011. He finished fourth but took second in the final round.

Eight of the twelve finalists were non-seniors, earning qualification to next year’s national tournament in their respective category. They are indicated in the results listing in blue.

Here are the results of the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament (Click here for tab sheet):

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2021 NSDA National Tournament: IX & USX Semi-Finalist Placings

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On June 19, 2021

In Nationals Results

Although we await the final placings in International and United States Extemp later this evening, NSDA has already named the exact placings of the semi-finalists in International and United States Extemp.

Included below are the rankings for the semi-finalists in International and United States Extemp at this year’s national tournament. Competitors that are highlighted in blue are non-seniors who have the option of automatically returning to next year’s national tournament in that same extemp category.

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2021 NSDA Nationals: Final Round Analysis for International Extemp

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On June 19, 2021

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The 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) International Extemp final round is done. Here is Extemp Central’s brief summary and analysis of this year’s final round. Awards are scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. CST this evening and they will be streamed at this link.

Analysis of this round is provided by Logan Scisco and Jacqueline Wei. Analysis from Tanner Jones will come later when he is able to view the final round as he had a technical problem for the first half of it.

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2021 NSDA Nationals: Final Round Analysis for U.S. Extemp

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On June 19, 2021

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The 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) United States Extemp final round is in the books. Here is Extemp Central’s brief summary and analysis of this year’s final round. Awards are scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. CST this evening and they will be streamed at this link.

Analysis of this round is provided by Jacqueline Wei, Tanner Jones, and Logan Scisco.

Jacqueline competed for Plano West Senior High School in Plano, Texas, and graduated in 2019. She is the 2018 & 2019 NSDA USX national champion & President’s Bowl winner, the 2019 MBA champion, the 2018 Texas and 2019 UIL State champion, and the 2019 Northwestern Extemporaneous TOC champion. She currently attends Harvard University.

Tanner competed on the national extemp circuit for Edina High School for two years. He was the only extemper to reach both NCFL and NSDA national finals while he was in high school. He has privately coached UKTOC finalists, NCFL finalists, and MBA invites. He now coaches extemp for his alma mater, Edina HS. He is the camp director for Extemp Institute — sign up today! https://www.extempinstitute.com.

Reader’s Note:  Since Tanner coaches Ananth Veluvali, his ranks only include five competitors so he does not rank his own student.  However, his comments about his own competitor are listed for readers.

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2021 NSDA National Tournament: Order of Extemp Topic Areas Released!

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On June 13, 2021

In National Circuit News, NSDA News

The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) recently released the order of its extemp topic areas for this year’s national tournament, which kicks off tomorrow and will take place online for the second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Extemp competitors will start this year’s tournament with a round zero at 10 a.m. CST on Tuesday.  The tournament will break to the top 102 competitors in international and United States extemp on Wednesday afternoon following five preliminary rounds.  Extemp Central hopes to provide some live coverage of the tournament based on the information that the NSDA releases about outround participants.  We are planning to do some live coverage of the final rounds on Saturday as well.

The order of this year’s extemp categories can be found below.  Extempers are encouraged to use the R&Ds that were posted over the last two weeks to bolster their files and reading for the competition.  These can be more easily accessed by clicking on the R&D, International Extemp, and/or U.S. Extemp categories on the right.

Extemp Central wishes the best of luck to all of the extempers competing in this year’s nationals and congratulates them for qualifying.

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R&D from Prepd: North America & the Caribbean

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On June 13, 2021

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Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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R&D from Prepd: U.S. Foreign Policy

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On June 13, 2021

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Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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R&D from Prepd: U.S. Economy & Business

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On June 13, 2021

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Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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R&D from Prepd: Militaries & Armed Conflicts

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On June 13, 2021

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Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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R&D from Prepd: Transportation & Infrastructure

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On June 12, 2021

In R&D, U.S. Extemp

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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R&D from Prepd: The Middle East

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On June 12, 2021

In International Extemp, R&D

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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R&D from Prepd: Science & Technology

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On June 12, 2021

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Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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