The Lumberjack

Issue date: 4/25/07 Section: Opinion

Fidel Castro is dead and Venezuela is taking over Cuba? This is just one of the situations that delegates had to face while attending the 57th annual session of the Model United Nation Far West in San Francisco last weekend. The Model UN is a simulation program for college students to advance their understanding of the principles and means by which international relations may be maintained. The program helps students develop a greater understanding of the nations of the world, the relations between them, their policies, and the nature of their work in the United Nations.

Belgium, Costa Rica, South Africa and Thailand were the four countries chosen to be represented by Humboldt State for the five-day conference. Once at the conference, delegates were split into different conferences focusing on different issues of debate. These include, but are not limited to, human rights, protection of the environment, economic development, disarmament, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the complexities surrounding war and peace.
Joining over 40 schools and 450 delegates, this was Humboldt State's first year at the conference. Proudly, the Humboldt State Department of Government and Politics' Model United Nations program garnered three Meritorious Delegation awards. The awards reflect the delegates' hard work not only at the conference, but also in preparation for the conference. Earning three of these awards put Humboldt State in the top three performers at the conference.
Students participating in the Model UN program were: Michael Echeveste, Sebastian Ligeti, Michael Mariscal, Patrick Sullivan and Patricia Whelan (representing Belgium), Carol Hurley, Erika Madison, Nick Raisch, Jason Robo and Desiree Woods (representing Costa Rica), Lladira Baez, Skye Frison, Morrissa Hudson, Dominic Lether, Greg Paoli and Tobin Steiskal
(representing South Africa), Kristine Crow, Jed D'Abravnel, Elaine Hogan, Margot Hottmann, Paul Moss and Red Rochte (representing Thailand).

Participation in the conference was organized through Professor Noah Zerbe's Model United Nations course, which will be offered again in spring 2008.

Carol Hurley participated in the Model UN

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