by Holden Lamberson | Aug 11, 2020 | Editorial
If I could only give one piece of advice to a new delegate, it would be to never write out your opening speech. Better yet, never write out any of your speeches. This tip probably contradicts what many delegates have been told, but abandoning the use of prepared... 
by Frank Pobutkiewicz | Dec 5, 2014 | Editorial, MUN Articles
After much delay, here is our list of the ten best high school Model UN conferences in the United States. While “best” is subjective at best, we’ve defined it as the ten conferences we would recommend schools definitely try to attend. 10. Columbia... 
by Frank Pobutkiewicz | Sep 9, 2014 | Editorial, MUN Articles
Like it or not, Model UN conferences are competitions. By awarding individuals who perform the best, outstandingly, and honorably, conferences make themselves, by definition, competitive. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Secretary General Clayton Southerly... 
by Frank Pobutkiewicz | Jul 24, 2014 | Editorial, MUN Articles
The last time we met, I discussed How Model UN Dead. I stand by my argument and now I’d like to expand on one of the points in that post, namely how conferences try their hardest to stay away from UN simulations. In particular, by running fantasy committees.... 
by Frank Pobutkiewicz | Jul 24, 2014 | Editorial, MUN Articles
I’ll go ahead and say what everyone has thought at some point in their Model United Nations careers. The one thing that seems to terrify people into admitting, or if they do, has them terrified to answer the question ‘What’s next?’ or scarier, ‘How to we fix it?’...
