liberty - 2025 ACF Fall

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The “ancient” form of this concept subjected the individual to the community according to a lecture by Benjamin Constant. The “positive” form of this (10[1])concept (10[2]-5[1])consists of “self-mastery,” (10[1])while (10[1])its “negative” (10[1])form (10[3])consists (10[1]-5[1])of non-interference (10[2]-5[2])from (10[1])others. (10[10]-5[3])An 1859 (10[2]-5[1])essay (10[4])titled (10[1])for this concept (10[2]-5[2])describes a (-5[1])precursor (10[2]-5[1])to the (-5[1])marketplace of ideas (10[1])and argues that (-5[1])coercion is only justified (10[2])if an action (10[1])causes harm to others. (10[1]-5[2])Isaiah Berlin distinguished “Two Concepts (-5[1])of” (10[1])this concept, (10[2]-5[2])which titles a J. S. Mill essay that opposes (10[4]-5[2])“tyranny of the majority” (10[2]-5[1])and government (10[1])censorship. (10[2]-5[4])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])what right (10[3]-5[2])did (10[1])Thomas Jefferson (10[1])list (-5[1])with life (10[3]-5[1])and (-5[1])the (10[1])pursuit (10[3])of happiness? (10[15])■END■ (10[41]0[2])

ANSWER: liberty [accept freedom; accept The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns or De la liberté des anciens comparée a celle des modernes; accept “Two Concepts of Liberty”; accept On Liberty]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh C	23	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Iowa A	24	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Coho	24	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	Clemson C	24	-5
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Columbia B	27	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Virginia Tech A	28	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Rutgers D	30	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth A	31	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Montevallo	31	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Alabama A	31	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	CWRU C	32	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Chicago B	32	-5
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	Toronto I	34	-5
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Chinook	34	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	34	-5
Daniel Huang	Georgia Tech D	South Carolina A	34	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Atlantic	35	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UCLA F	36	-5
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Carleton B	36	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	CWRU B	36	-5
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Michigan State C	36	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	36	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	NYU B	36	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue C	36	-5
Quinn Doyle	Macalester	Wisconsin B	36	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Brown B	36	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn C	36	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	36	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham D	36	10
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Imperial B	36	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	William Woods University A	38	10
Alex Smits	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	38	-5
Harrison Greenlee	Washington State	Washington Sockeye	38	10
James Wan	Penn	Rutgers B	39	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Williams A	39	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Dartmouth C	39	10
Rafa Travis	Durham C	Edinburgh B	39	10
Jamie Pach	Ottawa D	McGill E	40	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	USC B	43	-5
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	McGill C	43	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Vermont A	43	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Harvard	43	-5
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Chipola College	45	-5
Chris Chang	USC A	UCSD B	46	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	WVU B	46	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Pink	46	-5
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Imperial D	48	-5
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	51	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Purdue B	54	-5
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	58	10
Harry Crane	Warwick	Cardiff	58	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont B	61	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto G	65	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Brown A	65	-5
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Oxford	65	-5
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	William & Mary B	70	-5
David Ropp	Duke A	JMU B	71	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford A	73	-5
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Dartmouth B	73	-5
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Boise State	73	10
Tom Blythe	Cambridge D	Imperial C	73	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Brock A	82	-5
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Queen's A	82	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Waterloo B	82	-5
Walter Carson	NCSU B	JMU A	82	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Rutgers C	82	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	NYU C	82	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Iowa B	86	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Urbana	86	10
Maggie Sun	MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	86	-5
Kevin Liu	Maryland A	Stony Brook	88	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto F	89	-5
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech B	89	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	UCF A	89	-5
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	CWRU A	89	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Rowan	89	-5
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	89	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UC Irvine	92	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State A	92	-5
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Princeton	92	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Louisville C	94	-5
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Liberty B	94	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State B	94	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Tennessee Tech	94	-5
Shlok Dev	LSE	Bristol	94	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	Liberty A	95	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	VCU A	97	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Michigan D	98	-5
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Louisville B	100	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Iowa State	100	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Sheffield A	100	-5
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell B	100	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Lehigh B	101	-5
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA C	102	10
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	103	10
Salil Jain	Williams B	MIT B	103	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge E	103	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	105	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA A	105	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Guelph A	105	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto A	105	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Toronto E	105	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	Toronto H	105	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Michigan State D	105	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Lehigh A	105	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	Indiana B	105	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	105	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Boston University B	105	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Auburn B	105	10
Fia Gale	Edinburgh D	Sheffield B	105	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Binghamton A	105	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell A	105	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	106	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Mighty Miner	106	10
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	Claremont C	106	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UC Santa Barbara	106	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa C	106	10
Noah Scattergood	Brock A	McMaster A	106	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Waterloo A	106	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Waterloo C	106	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	Florida A	106	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	106	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida State A	106	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Ohio State D	106	10
Alex Randall	Kentucky	WVU A	106	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Louisville D	106	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan C	106	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	CWRU D	106	10
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	Pittsburgh	106	10
Vedang Singhal	UNC C	Tusculum A	106	10
Sophia Jagels	William & Mary B	Virginia A	106	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Maryland B	106	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	Johns Hopkins	106	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Rutgers A	106	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Illinois Orange	106	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	WashU Grolars	106	0
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin A	106	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Brandeis Bach	106	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	MIT A	106	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Tufts C	106	10
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Tufts B	106	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Williams C	106	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	British Columbia C	106	10
Daniel Lu	Washington Pink	Alberta B	106	10
Andy Truette	Clemson C	Clemson A	106	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech B	106	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Georgia Tech C	106	10
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Sewanne	106	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt B	106	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield A	Durham A	106	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge C	106	10
Taisia Kudimova-Campeanu	Imperial D	Southampton	106	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	RIT B	106	0
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	Binghamton B	106	10
Jordan Parker-Martin	Rochester	ESF	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	61.80
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	29%	82.29
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	105.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	88.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	56.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	44%	98.33
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	101.75
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	45%	86.82
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	79.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	17%	74.92
Midwest	US	9	89%	33%	75.13
North	US	4	100%	25%	82.75
Northeast	US	12	100%	33%	77.17
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	63.75
Southeast	US	12	100%	33%	71.75
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	104.40