Impromptu Topics

Here are the prompts for this quarter listed in alphabetical order. I put them here simply so that you can look to see if there are any words that might confuse you.

  • The City of Seattle increase funding to help the homeless.
  • The City of Seattle should abolish all zoned street parking and allow for free parking on all city streets.
  • The City of Seattle should abolish red-light cameras.
  • The City of Seattle should ban texting while driving.
  • The City of Seattle should charge a plastic bag fee at retail grocery stores.
  • The City of Seattle should increase funding for fixing city streets.
  • The City of Seattle should provide a tax break for people who regularly use public transit.
  • The City of Seattle should require all restaurants to compost their food waste.
  • The State of Washington should cut the budgets for state higher education further.
  • The State of Washington should establish a foreign language requirement in elementary schools.
  • The State of Washington should not extend marriage rights to same sex couples.
  • The US federal government should implement a universal health care system.
  • The US federal government should impose stricter fuel efficiency standards on all new cars.
  • The US federal government should not bail out financial institutions.
  • The US federal government should provide comprehensive health care for all U.S. citizens.
  • The US federal government should reduce the budget of the military.
  • The US federal government should require two years of national military service for all its citizens.
  • The US federal government should use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
  • The US federal government should withdraw all combat forces in Afghanistan by 2011.
  • The UW libraries should ban the use of computer games on public computers.
  • The UW should allow for a pub in the Hub.
  • The UW should allow students unlimited Hall Health visits for free.
  • The UW should ban all alcohol on campus grounds.
  • The UW should ban cell phones from all classrooms.
  • The UW should ban the use of laptops in class.
  • The UW should block social networking sites on all public access computers.
  • The UW should build more residence halls on campus.
  • The UW should charge additional fees for usage of the IMA.
  • The UW should charge the same amount for in-state and out of state tuition.
  • The UW should cut athletic funding in order to provide greater support for the arts and sciences.
  • The UW should encourage professors to grade students' attendance.
  • The UW should extend finals week.
  • The UW should extend its wireless access coverage beyond 45 th Avenue .
  • The UW should get rid of all competitive majors so that students do not need to apply for admittance to their chosen major.
  • The UW should have 15 minute breaks between classes.
  • The UW should include student parking passes in the costs of tuition.
  • The UW should increase funding to hire more TAs.
  • The UW should increase the number of police on the Ave.
  • The UW should lower on campus food prices for students.
  • The UW should make community service hours a graduation requirement.
  • The UW should make the seasonal flu vaccine mandatory for all students and faculty.
  • The UW should not allow final exams to be worth more than a 1/3 of the final grade.
  • The UW should not have classes before 9:30 a.m.
  • The UW should provide free parking for enrolled students.
  • The UW should put a hold on all building construction until the current budget crisis ends.
  • The UW should require all professors to provide video podcasts of class lectures.
  • The UW should require all students to complete an internship.
  • The UW should require all students to study a foreign language.
  • The UW should require all students to study abroad for at least one quarter.
  • UW students living in the dorms should not have to buy a meal plan.