Model U.N. successful at Chicago conference
Jim Ramey
Issue date: 1/11/07 Section: News
The Model U.N. team returned from the Chicago American Model U.N. Conference with an award in hand. Joyce Kasee, UC Political Science Student Association president and head delegate won an award for Best Party to the Dispute.
The conference was a historical Security Council simulation from 1990. UC's team represented the state of Israel and Kasee was given the award for giving the best performance out of the 15 member states of the Security Council.
The Chicago conference is the largest Model U.N. conference held outside of New York City.
The delegates representing Security Council members were called up for an emergency session from 2:30 to 7:30 a.m. where they simulated a crisis situation in the Middle East.
Kasee, a fourth-year political science student, has been active with Model U.N. for a while. "I went to my first Chicago conference three years ago and really enjoyed it," she said.
Howard Tolley, the Model U.N. and PSSA faculty advisor, has been active in the group for a number of years. He also was the winner of a 2005 George B. Barbour Award for Good Faculty-Student Relations. "The [PSSA] leadership this year has been first rate," he said.
Tolley also said that Kasee and Alan Grove, vice president of PSSA, were very engaged in expanding involvement in both groups this past year. "We've increased our membership and delegates we are sending to the Dayton conference," Kasee said.
Kasee said they are trying to expand on Tolley's International Law course by getting students more experienced and engaged through Model U.N.
Kasee pointed out the difficulty in representing Israel, a state many other countries don't acknowledge has the legal authority to exist. "It's really hard representing a country that others don't think should exist," she said.
Kasee attributed her reception of the award to the performance of the rest of the UC delegation. "As a delegation we were really strong," she said. "Peer recognition and support is superior to winning an award."
Elisabeth Morgan, a third-year international relations student, returned from the International Youth Leadership Conference held in Prague, Czech Republic from Jan. 2 to Jan. 7. The IYLC is broader than the Model U.N. because it includes an International Criminal Court and model parliament proceedings aside from a Security Council crisis meeting.
The 2007 IYLC attracted participants from 85 countries. The cost to attend the conference is $970.27 and is covered by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center's Enrichment Award program. "There had to have been over 1,000 people apply from all over the world," Morgan said.
The Political Science Student Association has upcoming trips to the Dayton Model U.N. Feb. 8 to Feb. 10 and Anaheim, Calif. for the American Model Pacific United Nations Conference Apr. 12 - 15. The theme for the this conference is "Repairing the Relationship between Islam and the West."
The conference was a historical Security Council simulation from 1990. UC's team represented the state of Israel and Kasee was given the award for giving the best performance out of the 15 member states of the Security Council.
The Chicago conference is the largest Model U.N. conference held outside of New York City.
The delegates representing Security Council members were called up for an emergency session from 2:30 to 7:30 a.m. where they simulated a crisis situation in the Middle East.
Kasee, a fourth-year political science student, has been active with Model U.N. for a while. "I went to my first Chicago conference three years ago and really enjoyed it," she said.
Howard Tolley, the Model U.N. and PSSA faculty advisor, has been active in the group for a number of years. He also was the winner of a 2005 George B. Barbour Award for Good Faculty-Student Relations. "The [PSSA] leadership this year has been first rate," he said.
Tolley also said that Kasee and Alan Grove, vice president of PSSA, were very engaged in expanding involvement in both groups this past year. "We've increased our membership and delegates we are sending to the Dayton conference," Kasee said.
Kasee said they are trying to expand on Tolley's International Law course by getting students more experienced and engaged through Model U.N.
Kasee pointed out the difficulty in representing Israel, a state many other countries don't acknowledge has the legal authority to exist. "It's really hard representing a country that others don't think should exist," she said.
Kasee attributed her reception of the award to the performance of the rest of the UC delegation. "As a delegation we were really strong," she said. "Peer recognition and support is superior to winning an award."
Elisabeth Morgan, a third-year international relations student, returned from the International Youth Leadership Conference held in Prague, Czech Republic from Jan. 2 to Jan. 7. The IYLC is broader than the Model U.N. because it includes an International Criminal Court and model parliament proceedings aside from a Security Council crisis meeting.
The 2007 IYLC attracted participants from 85 countries. The cost to attend the conference is $970.27 and is covered by the Charles Phelps Taft Research Center's Enrichment Award program. "There had to have been over 1,000 people apply from all over the world," Morgan said.
The Political Science Student Association has upcoming trips to the Dayton Model U.N. Feb. 8 to Feb. 10 and Anaheim, Calif. for the American Model Pacific United Nations Conference Apr. 12 - 15. The theme for the this conference is "Repairing the Relationship between Islam and the West."
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