Students to take trip to model U.N.
Yuko Hirose
Issue date: 3/21/07 Section: News
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City College political science students will participate in the Western Collegiate Model United Nations (M.U.N) during spring break from April 4-6.
"Americans tend to think that they are the center of the universe, but we are not," Political Science Professor Peter Haslund said.
"We are a part of the universe. I want them [the students] to step into somebody else's shoes like Pakistan, Indonesia or United Kingdom. [During the conference], they even forget that they are American."
Model United Nations is a simulation of the U.N. General Assembly, Security Council, and other U.N. main committees.
Its mission is to give students a better understanding of the current international issues and how to deal with them peacefully.
The three-day conference will be held at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Montecito. Students must be enrolled in Political Science 122 "The United Nations in World Affairs" to participate in M.U.N. Student delegates in the conference will wear contemporary hats of U.N. ambassadors from various countries.
They will also debate ongoing international problems on the U.N.'s actual agenda.
Students must prepare draft resolutions and reenact the U.N.'s procedure, which could allow students to improve their diplomacy skills, research skills, critical thinking and public speaking.
"I am really excited," said global studies major Daniela Todorova, an international student from Bulgaria and a participant of M.U.N model. "Everybody is passionate, being a representative of their country."
Student Christopher Deetz, a security council for Ghana for M.U.N and film production major thinks the event will be fun.
"I am hoping to learn a lot," Deetz said.
"I would like to think we do [have a capacity of learning to resolve conflict peacefully]. War is destructive. I've never seen any wars that created something," said Haslund.
"I like peace. Peace is good."
"Americans tend to think that they are the center of the universe, but we are not," Political Science Professor Peter Haslund said.
"We are a part of the universe. I want them [the students] to step into somebody else's shoes like Pakistan, Indonesia or United Kingdom. [During the conference], they even forget that they are American."
Model United Nations is a simulation of the U.N. General Assembly, Security Council, and other U.N. main committees.
Its mission is to give students a better understanding of the current international issues and how to deal with them peacefully.
The three-day conference will be held at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Montecito. Students must be enrolled in Political Science 122 "The United Nations in World Affairs" to participate in M.U.N. Student delegates in the conference will wear contemporary hats of U.N. ambassadors from various countries.
They will also debate ongoing international problems on the U.N.'s actual agenda.
Students must prepare draft resolutions and reenact the U.N.'s procedure, which could allow students to improve their diplomacy skills, research skills, critical thinking and public speaking.
"I am really excited," said global studies major Daniela Todorova, an international student from Bulgaria and a participant of M.U.N model. "Everybody is passionate, being a representative of their country."
Student Christopher Deetz, a security council for Ghana for M.U.N and film production major thinks the event will be fun.
"I am hoping to learn a lot," Deetz said.
"I would like to think we do [have a capacity of learning to resolve conflict peacefully]. War is destructive. I've never seen any wars that created something," said Haslund.
"I like peace. Peace is good."
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