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**YES**
College sports are a lucrative business and the athletes deserve a share of the money they bring their programs.

Pay for Play Veazey, Kyle. "Pay for Play." Commercial Appeal. 02 Sep 2012: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 06 Feb 2013.

Let the free market work Schwarz, Andy, and Dan Rascher. "Let the Free Market Work." USA TODAY. 13 Jan 2012: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 08 Feb 2013.

Why college athletes should be paid "Why College Athletes Should Be Paid | Elite Daily." //Elite Daily //. Elite Daily, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

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Branch, Taylor. "The Shame of College Sports." //The Atlantic //. The Atlantic Monthly Group, Oct. 2011. Web. 21 Feb. 2013.

Most student-athletes already receive a free education.
Hayes, Matt. "Despite NCAA Concessions, Pay for Play is Wrong Way." //The Sporting News // May 14 2001: 60-. //ProQuest Research Library. //Web. 6 Feb. 2013.

Reward college athletes--with a meaningful education "Reward College Athletes--With a Meaningful Education." USA TODAY. 13 Jan 2012: A.8. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 08 Feb 2013.

Scholarships are paychecks for athletes Gosselin, Rick. "Scholarships Are Paycheck for Athletes." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 16 Sep 2012: C.3. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 08 Feb 2013.

**YES**

 * Money can motivate a student to learn.**

Should kids get paid for making good grades? Kennedy, Mark. "Should Kids Be Paid for Making Good Grades?." Chattanooga Times & Free Press. 03 Jul 2011: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher.Web. 05 Feb 2013.

Show me the money? Should schools pay cash for good grades? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Show me the money? Should schools pay cash for good grades?" //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 10 Nov. 2008: 7+. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ohio school paying students to show up, behave in class <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Zhao, Emmeline. "Ohio High School Paying Students To Show Up, Behave In Class." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">The Huffington Post //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 15 Feb. 2012. Web. 05 Feb. 2013.

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//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">YouTube //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Perf. Shay Pausa. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Get Paid for Good Grades? //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"> YouTube, 13 Jan. 2009.

**NO**

 * Paying students sends the wrong message about learning.**

Cash for grades teaches children the wrong message Johnson, Geoff. "Cash for Grades Teaches Children the Wrong Lesson." Vancouver Sun. 27 Nov 2010: C.4. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 07 Feb 2013.

Don't pay kids for good grades <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Don't pay kids for good grades." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christian Science Monitor //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 7 Sept. 2007: 20. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Web. 7 Feb. 2013.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">What's wrong with this picture? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Monroe, Natosha. "American Counseling Association Weblog Â» Blog Archive Â» Tax Dollars Paying High School Kids to Go To School. What's Wrong With This Picture?" //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">American Counseling Association Weblog RSS //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. American Counseling Association, 27 Aug. 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

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**YES**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">School uniforms can help improve behavior and reduce peer pressure

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">School dress codes are necessary and constitutional <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Daniels, Stephen. "School Dress Codes Are Necessary and Constitutional." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">Students' Rights //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Ed. Jamuna Carroll. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Student Dress Policies: The Success of School Uniforms and Dress Codes." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">Findings //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (May 2001). //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Web. 8 Feb. 2013.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">School uniforms make a splash Verdon, Joan. "School Uniforms Make a Splash." The Record. 27 Jul 2012: L.8. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 08 Feb 2013.

School Uniforms: Awesome or Awful? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Tarshis, L. (2011, Nov 21). School uniforms: Awesome-or awful? //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica; font-size: 12px;"> Scholastic Scope, ////<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica; font-size: 12px;">60 //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica; font-size: 12px;">, 22-23. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/905836524?accountid=63828

**NO**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Uniforms take away students’ First Amendment right to freedom of expression.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">School uniforms: Turning our kids into soulless conformists Moore, Suzanne. "School Uniforms: Turning Our Kids Into Soulless Conformists." The Guardian. 30 Aug 2012: 5. SIRS Issues Researcher.Web. 08 Feb 2013.

School uniforms not uniformly seen as a good fit Melton, Kimberly. "School Uniforms Not Uniformly Seen As a Good Fit." Oregonian (Portland, OR). Jan. 13 2007: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher.Web. 08 Feb 2013.

School Uniform Disadvantages <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">King, Juanita. "School Uniform Disadvantages." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">EHow //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Demand Media, 25 Mar. 2010. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

**YES**
Playing violent video games can promote violent behavior.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|"Video Games and Shooting: Is the NRA Right] Guarino, Mark. "Video Games and Shooting: Is the NRA Right?." Christian Science Monitor. 23 Dec 2012: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web.11 Feb 2013.

<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|Violence Baked into Popular Culture] [Violence in video games and other media] Bauder, David. "Violence Baked into Popular Culture." Ithaca Journal. 21 Dec 2012: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 07 Feb 2013<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">.

Shooting in the dark <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Carey, Benedict. "Shooting in the Dark." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">New York Times //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 12 Feb. 2013: D1(L). //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

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//<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Violent Video Games Increase Aggressive Behavior //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Dir. Ohio State University. Perf. Dr. Brad Bushman. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Violent Video Games Increase Aggressive Behavior //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. YouTube, 09 May 2011. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.

**NO**
Video games are entertainment, there is no link between entertainment violence changing a persons behavior.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Firefight: should teens play violent video games?" //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Current Events, a Weekly Readerpublication //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> 5 Sept. 2011: 7. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Web. 15 Feb. 2013.
 * Firefight: Should teens play violent video games?**

Stop blaming video games for America's gun violence <span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Bezio, Kristin M.S. "Stop Blaming Video Games for America's Gun Violence." //<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Christian Science Monitor //<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. 12 Feb 2013: n.p. //<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">SIRS Issues Researcher. //<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Web. 19 Feb 2013.

Violent video games and mass violence <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Jaslow, Ryan. "Violent Video Games and Mass Violence: A Complex Link." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">CBSNews //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. CBS Interactive, 18 Feb. 2013. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.