In this issue... News on Africa Conference, Oct. 18-19 Delegate Sign-up for High School Model U.N. 8th Grade Country Draft Goes Well! New (and lengthy) poll in poll on young people and our political system!

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News on Africa Conference, Oct. 18-19

This is the weekend for our conference on the U.N. & Africa. Registration and check-in will begin at 4:00 PM on Friday, October 18 and the conference will conclude at 5:30 PM on Saturday, October 19. We have provided a wealth of on-line resources for students and will have considerable written material for delegates upon their arrival at the hotel. The agendas for the three concurrent committees are all open; the task of delegates will be to examine primary issues facing countries and people in Africa, prioritize the problems, and work toward developing solutions.

The evening kicks off with a concert by Africa Voice, a group of drummer from Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The concert begins at 5:30 PM. We encourage delegates to arrive before 5:00 PM, even as early as 3:30 PM, so that you will have time to check in to your rooms and be ready for the concert.
We want to remind you that our keynote speaker for our "U.N. & Africa" Conference on October 18-19 will be Mr. Henry Iwenofu. Mr. Iwenofu was born and raised in Nigeria and he has traveled extensively in Africa. He has lived in St. Louis for a number of years and currently is Leadership Development Coordinator for Operation Excel: YouthBuild.
He is very familiar with Africa, American, and United Nations politics and history. He will be speaking from 7:00 PM - 7:20 PM on Friday, Oct. 18 on the topic of "Current Issues Facing Africa." A ten-minute question and answer period will follow his presentation.

Below is our final list of participating students in the conference as well as the countries they will be representing.

Student.......................Country......................... School

Aldrich, Samantha...........Liberia.....................Maplewood- RH
Anderson, Errin...............Egypt.........................St. L. Charter Acad.
Bardenheir, Richard..........Liberia.................Maplewood-RH
Brown, Theresa...............Ethiopia...........Maplewood- RH
Buechler, Gretl................Gambia................Parkway South
Bule, Tihana..................USA...........................Gateway H.S.
Burgoyne, Jenn.............South Africa................Rosati- Kain
Casey, Laura..................Nigeria......................Rosati- Kain
Clemons, Bobbi................Rwanda......................Home School
Clerk, Syrita.................Zimbabwe..................Riverview Gardens
Crandall, Corrina...........Cape Verde.............Parkway South
Curry, Seretha..............U.S.A.........................Rosati- Kain
de Laperouse, Kiloran.........Chad.........................Villa Duchesne
Dressler, Carly.................France.......................St. Joseph's Acad.
Edwards, Antonio.............Uganda.....................St. L. Charter Acad.
Flood, Amelia.................United Kingdom................Notre Dame
Franken, Olivia...............Somalia.....................Rosati- Kain
Garrett, Anecia.................Swaziland................Riverview Gardens
Grady, Nora...................Red Cross*..................Rosati-Kain
Green, Erica..................Ethiopia.....................Riverview
Griffard, Stephen.............Nigeria.....................Maplewood- RH
Halliburton, Mark.............Uganda.......................Riverview Gardens
Hamilton, Maria...............Liberia......................Riverview Gardens
Holmes, Krishawn..............China.........................St. L. Charter Acad.
Hunter, Thomasa............Somalia................Riverview Gardens
Hurst, Jeremy................Mali....................Riverview Gardens
Jackson, Adriana............Namibia..................Riverview Gardens
Jeff, Regina....................Mali..........................Riverview Gardens
Joerger, Taylor...............Human Rights Watch*..........Rosati-Kain
Jones, Denise..................Morocco.....................Riverview Gardens
Karnowski, Bart.................Cameroon......................Maplewood- RH
Kennedy, Megan..........South Africa..........Hazelwood Central
Kratky, Mary Beth.......Chad...........................Villa Duchesne
Kunce, Rachel.................Human Rights Watch*..........Maplewood-RH
Larson, Hannah................Zimbabwe.....................Crossroads
Lechner, Andrew..............Cote d'Ivoire...............Parkway South
Leopold, Janay................France.........................St. L. Charter Acad.
Lewis, Ramon.................Ghana.................St. L. Charter Acad.
Manary, Megan.................Malawi.......................Rosati- Kain
McDonnell, Maura............Egypt..........................Rosati-Kain
McMahon, Andrew..............Dem. Republic of the Congo.....Hazelwood Cent.
Meyer, Annette.............Somalia.......................Rosati- Kain
Miller, Ariana.................France............................Rosati- Kain
Minor, Stephanie............Kenya..........................Rosati- Kain
Mower, Sara..................Tanzania.................Villa Duchesne
Parrone, Caroline................Zimbabwe.....................Crossroads
Perlow, Caitlin...............Tanzania.......................Rosati- Kain
Ranney, Stephen............Ethiopia.....................Maplewood- RH
Reinberg, Elizabeth............Egypt..............St. Joseph's Academy
Riley, Michelle.............South Africa................Hazelwood Cent.
Riley, Steve..................Cameroon...................Hazelwood Cent.
Rodriquez, Maria..............Sudan.....................Rosati- Kain
Rodriquez, Raquel............Libya........................Cor Jesu
Ryan, Mimi.....................Madagascar....................Rosati- Kain
Souers, Tiffany...............Tanzania......................Villa Duchesne
Tiggs, Nichole................USA..............................Maplewood -RH
Truong, Natasha.........Angola.....................St. John's the Baptist
Washington, Whitney......Nigeria..................St. Joseph's Academy
Werner, Anna..............Lesotho......................Nerinx Hall
Williams, Aaron...............Burkina- Faso....................St. L. Charter Acad.
Williams, Crystal.............Amnesty International*........Maplewood-RH
Worshim, Georgia..................China.................Riverview Gardens
Zapf-Meadows, Margaret......Morocco......................Rosati- Kain

* Non-governmental organization

Again, if you have any questions about your country assignment, please do not hesitate to call us at (314) 367-6480 or E-Mail us at [email protected]

You can access full information on the conference by including directions to the Clayton Radisson Hotel by clicking on the link below.

Information on U.N. & Africa Conference

	Delegate Sign-up for High School Model U.N.
The first high school Model U.N. of 2002-2003 will be on Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at Forest Park Community College. As we are preparing for the U.N. & Africa Conference, we are also making arrangements for our regular sessions. Listed below are our member schools and the countries that they will be representing in our regular model U.N. sessions (please do not confuse these country assignments with those for the Africa conference). If a school wishes to add other countries to their rosters, they may still do so. Please either call us at (314) 367- 6480 or E-Mail us at [email protected]. Collinsville High School Afghanistan Guinea Indonesia Pakistan United States Cor Jesu Academy Iraq Israel Crossroads School Greece Japan Mexico Nigeria DeSmet Jesuit High School Brazil North Korea Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Hazelwood Central Cameroon Spain Syria Maplewood-Richmond Heights Germany Jordan Norway Saudi Arabia Nerinx Hall Singapore Sri Lanka Switzerland Zimbabwe Notre Dame Australia Ireland Kenya Parkway North Hungary India Parkway South Belgium Canada Riverview Gardens Jamaica Morocco Rosati-Kain China S.L.U.H. Argentina Bulgaria Colombia Denmark Italy Sweden St. Louis Charter Academy Iran Russian Federation Villa Duchesne Luxembourg Mauritius We have sent letters out to representatives of each school detailing the registration procedure for delegates. Listed below are our participating schools, their faculty advisors, and a key student representative. The faculty advisors and student representatives should receive their letters on Tuesday or Wednesday. We look forward to quick responses. Collinsville High School; Ms. Barbara Lindauer, Ashley Payne Cor Jesu Academy; Sister Sheila O'Neill, Katie Messmer Crossroads School; Mr. Tom Walsh, Hannah Larson DeSmet Jesuit High School; Mr. Sean Cavanagh, Adam Bush Gateway High School; Mr. Kenneth Riddle, Tihana Bule Hazelwood Central High School; Ms. Pat Minute, Michelle Riley Hazelwood East High School; Ms. Beth Neighbors, Veronica Raynor Kirkwood High School; Ms. Tami Bopp, Maggie Lillmars Lindbergh High School; Mr. Chuck Triplett, Alexander Adams Maplewood-Richmond Heights; Ms. Carolyn Jackson, Rachel Kunce Marquette High School; Mr. Matt Del Pizzo, Tiffany Elking Metro High School; Dr. Pamela Randall, Whitnee Woods Nerinx Hall High School; Ms. Judith Kemner, Jessica Burnett Notre Dame High School; Ms. Christine Duda, Amelia Flood Parkway North High School; Dr. John Barrett, Dan Sun Parkway South High School; Ms. Liz Morrison, Andrew Lechner Riverview Gardens High School; Ms. Terri Pruitt, Erica Green Rosati-Kain High School; Sister Judith Schulte, Seretha Curry S.L.U.H.; Mr. Tom Finan, Travis Burgeon Soldan Internat'l Studies H.S.; Mr. Tom Keay, Lisa Thomas St. John's the Baptist School; Dr. John Grote, Natasha Truong St. Joseph's Academy; Ms. Jane Garvin, Angie Bingaman St. Louis Charter Academy; Mr. Mark Kasen, Aaron Williams Villa Duchesne High School; Ms. Anna Ahrens, Tiffany Souers Webster Groves High School; Mr. Terry Verstraete, Molly Mew Students who wish to electonically enroll as delegates may do so with ease. Just go to our intranet web site at www.civitasassociates.intranets.com. If you are already a member, then log-in. If you are not, click on "Enter as a Guest." Then click on the bar on the left side titled Model U.N. Sign-up and then complete the form. You can access the web site easily by clicking on the link below. Link to Sign-up for Model U.N. Sessions �

	8th Grade Country Draft Goes Well!
We want to thank all of the teachers who came to the U.N.A. office yesterday (Monday) afternoon for our annual country draft. We appreciate the fine turnout and also the courtesy of several teachers who could not attend for sending in their country choices. Those in attendance included Roland Gray (Fanning Middle), Nancy Moore (Hixson Middle), Jon Bang and Patti Sutherlin (John Burroughs), Carolyn Jackson (Maplewood-RH Middle), Monica Assareh (Northwest Valley Middle [House Springs]), Debra Waxman (Notre Dame Elementary), Mary McLoughlin (Our Lady of Fatima), David Estes (Parkway South Middle), Mary Jo Barrett (Queen of All Saints), Carolyn Jonas (Ridgewood Middle [Arnold]), Sal Mantia (St. Dominic Savio), and Joan Patton (St. Mary Magdalen). Thanks also to Janet Baldwin (Wydown Middle) and Debbie Green (Holman Middle) for sending in their country choices. We will shortly send out (and also post on the web) the results of the country draft. In addition, we'll have updated information on the November 7 workshop for students and teachers. We thank those teachers who have already set up times for classroom visits with us. We look forward to scheduling additional ones. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call us at (314) 367-6480 or E-Mail us at [email protected].

	New (and lengthy) poll in poll on young people and our political system!
The November, 2002 elections are rapidly approaching. Among the phenomena at work prior to the election are two that directly affect young voters: (a) the age group with the lowest voter turnout in recent election has been those 18-24, and (b) recently there has been a great deal of confusion, mismanagement, and possibly corruption at polling places. Most of the workers at the election venues are senior citizens who are sometimes uncomfortable in large crowds and often unfamiliar with modern technology. The reason why so many of the election judges are senior citizens is because they make up the largest percentage of voting citizens who are available to work on election day because they are not in school and do not work. In light of these twin phenomena of the lack of participation in our democracy by young voters and the notion that young people could also be helpful in improving the integrity and efficiency of the workings at polling places, we ask the following question: " With which of the following statements regarding voting do you agree?" (you may check as many as you wish): 1. It would be helpful to our democracy if more young voters participated in the electoral process. 2. It would be helpful to have more young people working at polling places as election judges. 3. Elections in the United States should either be on weekends or election day should be a national holiday. 4. Under the current system, it would be ethical for 18- year old students to skip school on election day to work as election judges at polling places. 5. Under the current system, it would be ethical for teachers to "call in sick" on election day to work as election judges at polling places. 6. More people would vote if they were allowed to vote through the internet. 7. The election process would be improved if internet voting was allowed. 8. Internet voting would be no more susceptible to corruption and inaccuracies than the current system. One of the best sites for information on elections is sponsored by the League of Women Voters. You can access it by clicking on the link below. Link to Intranet Web Site to Vote on this Poll �

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