 90 students show up for this event on the first day, but only 30 get through to the semifinals. Only eight get onto the stage for the finals in front of their peers and their families and, of course, the judges. But it starts with two days of packed debate. All the debaters will be expected to maintain very high-level arguments about complicated issues. I've mentioned some, but some others include Trump's January 6th case and U.S. foreign policy towards Taiwan.