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 Andrew Maglio | Apr 30, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
Let’s be frank: your first conference will not be pretty. Parliamentary Procedure is one thing on paper, or in a casual club simulation, but it is an entirely different experience in a high-intensity, competitive environment. You will show up with research, but there...
by Joel Shapiro | Apr 29, 2020 | Editorial, MUN Articles
When I entered the committee room for the first session at NAIMUN LVII, I took a seat along with nineteen other delegates: many of whom I immediately recognized as being Head Delegates from several top Model UN teams from the NOVA area. Each one of them walked up to...
by Alyssa Nguyen | Apr 4, 2020 | Community, MUN Articles
Given the ongoing circumstances regarding COVID-19, the Model UN community finds itself amidst rampant conference cancellations, the inability to host regular club meetings, and a general low morale level given the inactivity of Model UN in these trying times. With an...
by Khadija Sow | Mar 30, 2020 | Community, MUN Articles
Model UN being an activity that brings together students from different parts of the globe makes it something inevitably contradictory to a global pandemic. Model UN delegates all across the world are feeling down right now due to the cancellation of dozens of...
