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 Holden Lamberson | Apr 27, 2020 | Editorial, MUN Articles
So, a Model UN conference approaches, and you are given a topic or two and a position. It is time to develop your plan of attack to give you the definitive edge over the other delegates in the room. From the moment you begin your solution set, the most comfortable...
by Olivia Fratangelo | Mar 31, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
The trope of the notorious so-called “power delegate” is tainted with a decidedly negative connotation in the Model UN community: these delegates are widely disliked for being overly cutthroat and for prioritizing personal gain over the greater productivity of...
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...
by Andy Han | Mar 18, 2020 | MUN Articles, Strategy
A conference weekend of rigorous debate, academic strain, and late nights finally surpasses as closing ceremonies roll around; you sit in the audience, anxiously sitting on the edge of your seat. You know you did well this weekend: you led the room, you were...