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Dear Arthur,
This week we have highlighted information on the World
Federalists Conference on "Dangers of Unilateralism."
This should be a most engaging conference. High
school juniors and seniors can apply for an all-expenses-
paid trip to the conference in Washington, DC by
writing an essay.
On the high school front, we can report that we had an
outstanding prep session last Saturday for students
going to MUNUC. On the eighth grade front,
we report the postponement of a meeting scheduled for
later in January. All this, and more, in our second
newsletter of the year!
In addition to reading our newsletters, you may also
want to visit our
web site by clicking here. We have a good deal of
current information, and through the year we will be
working on building up our archives from previous
years.
World Federalists Sponsor Conference on "Dangers of Unilateralism"
We have been informed by UNA-STL activist Ron
Glossop that World Federalist Association is sponsoring
a conference on the "Dangers of Unilateralism." It
seems that it could not be a more timely moment for
such a gathering.
The conference will be Thursday, March 27 - Sunday,
March 30, 2003 in Washington, DC. The World
Federalist Association of Greater St. Louis will provide
transportation, registration, meals, & lodging at the
Capitol Hill Suites Hotel for a college student or a high-
school junior/senior to attend this national WFA
convention.
If you want to be a contestant for this subsidized trip,
write a 3-5 page typed essay (double-spaced)
consisting of two parts. In the first part tell us about
your background and why you would be a good person
for us to send to this meeting. In the second part
share with us your thinking about the problems our
world community faces and how we might deal with
them more effectively.
In exchange for this subsidy the St. Louis WFA expects
you to give us a brief written report about the
conference & what you learned from it. (This helps us
raise money for next time.)
You can access more information on the conference by
clicking on the link below.
• Information on WFA Conference on "Dangers on Unilateralism"
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MUNUC Prep Session #2 Goes Very Well |
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Thanks to all the students who were in attendance at
last Saturday's preparation session for
MUNUC. We covered a considerable amount of
ground and Andrew McMahon's idea of the Ethipian and
Seychellian caucuses seemed to work out quite well.
We hope that you are continuing to research your
countries and the issues before your committee.
The third and final preparation session for
MUNUC (Model U.N. of the University of
Chicago) will be on Saturday, January 25 at Crossroads
School (map below). The prep session will be from
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. The first hour will be a simulation
for MUNUC; the second hour will be the
viewing of a "Twilight Zone" related to global issues,
and the third hour will be a free and open discussion on
topics of the students' choices. Outstanding
refreshments will once again be available.
We thank everyone who submitted their position paper
on time last Saturday. If you have not done so yet
and you can fit it into your priorities, please bring your
position paper to our meeting on January 25. As stated
previously, we are less concerned about the quality or
authenticity of your position paper than we are about
your efforts towards learning about your country and
the issues before your committee. We know this is
something we cannot really measure, but we hope that
you share the goal of learning rather than just cranking
out words. The issues before the committees of
b>MUNUC this year are very thoughtful ones.
Those of you representing Ethiopia will have definite
interests to defend or advance. Those representing
the Seychelles will be more flexible to play the roles
of "peacemakers." We hope that you are in the
process of reading and thinking creatively about your
countries and the issues before the committees.
Links to more information about writing position papers
available at the bottom of this article.
For those students paying full fare for the trip, please
remember to bring your final $140.00 payment of the
trip on January 25. If you have any questions about
that, please do not hesitate to contact us.
• Directions to Crossroads School
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• Detailed MUNUC Update
• Sample MUNUC Position Paper
• Guide to Writing a MUNUC Position Paper Here
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8th Grade Teacher Meeting Postponed from Jan. 27 to Feb. 24. |
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8th grade teachers: we have a previously scheduled
meeting for Monday, January 27, 2003. When we
scheduled this meeting, we were hoping to have most
of our classroom visits for the year completed so that
students would be able to submit resolutions for the
spring conferences. We were also hoping that there
could be preliminary debate of these resolutions on-line.
Unfortunately, we have not moved at a fast enough
pace to accomplish this goal. No problem. We are
postponing the meeting from January 27 to Monday,
February 24, 2003 at the UNA headquarters from 4:00
PM - 5:00 PM. By that time we will have visited
virtually all schools and we will all be in a position to
select the resolutions for each of the six sessions. We
will still have a full month for on-line debate if that is
the will of the teachers and students.
If this change presents any problem for you, please let
us know. Thanks for your (presumed) understanding.
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New Poll |
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An overwhelming 76% of respondents to last week's
poll expressed a lack of confidence in President Bush's
ability to lead an economic recovery that includes the
poor and middle income people as well as the wealthy.
The question for this week's poll is:
What do you think is the biggest threat to the United
States?
a) Threats from within the country.
b) Threats from outside the country.
c) The two threats are essentially equal.
• Link to Poll
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