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VOL. VI, No. 18;  Tuesday, November 28, 2006   

Dear Arthur,


Today's newsletter includes (Note: You can now click on the blue hyperlinks below to go directly to the story!):

  

  for high school model U.N. & global conference!

  1. Report on last Saturday's High School Model U.N.
  2. Oldsters & Roadsters -- This week's blog
  3. HIV / AIDS Town Meeting at Washington U.

DATE

TIME

PLACE

ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

Sat.,
12/16/06

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Crossroads

Discussion Group #6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

2007

2007

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan-March

 

Schools

Class Visits to Middle School Classrooms

 

 

 

 

Sat.,

01/06/07

9:00 AM -11:00 AM

Crossroads

Discussion Group #7

 

 

 

 

Sat.,
1/13/2006

9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

T.B.A.

Possible Second H.S.M.U.N. Session

(sign-up and vote)

 

 

 

 

Sat.,
01/20/07

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM or

9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

Crossroads

or

T.B.A.

Conference Prep. Session #1 or

Possible Second H.S.M.U.N. Session

(sign-up and vote)

 

 

 

 

Sat.,

01/27/07

9:00 PM - 12:00 PM

Crossroads

Conference Prep. Session #2

 

 

 

 

Sat.,

02/03/07

9:00 AM -

12:00 PM or

9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

Crossroads

or

T.B.A.

Conference Prep. Session #3 or

Possible Second H.S.M.U.N. Session

(sign-up and vote)

 

 

 

 

Fri., 02/16  -
Sat., 2/17/07

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Comfort Inn -- Maryland Heights

Civitas Conference

 

 

 

 

Mon., 02/26/07

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

C.C.G.C.

Middle School Teacher Meeting #3

 

 

Civitas Home Page
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 FOLLOW-UP ON HIGH SCHOOL MODEL U.N.!


Congratulations again to all the students who participated in the November 18 Fall High School Model U.N.  We operated with two committees; one focusing on Economic, Social, and Human Rights issues; the other operating as the Security Council with the addition of several Political & Security issues from the General Assembly.

As we mentioned in last week's newsletter, students voted at the end of the day to reconvene in four to six weeks to resume discussion and voting.  The dates that are available for our next session are January 13, January 20, and February 3.  We ask that all interested students click here to access the form to indicate which of these dates are workable for them.


If you missed information on the conference that we previously provided on our web site, you can just click on the button below.  Included in the information is the PowerPoint presentation that we previously showed.  For those of you who previously tried to play the presentation and had trouble, we think that we have worked out the kinks.




To sign up for either another model U.N. session in January or February, and/or for our February Global Issues Conference, please click here to access our sign-up form.  We will announce no later than Tuesday, December 5 the date of the next high school model U.N. session.  We will also have additional information on the February Global Issues Conference.  Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or (314) 367-6480.

Click here to more photos!



 
da Blog (continued):


OLDSTERS & ROADSTERS

Our blog topic today is in response to the events described in the article below as reported by the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- An 89-year-old man whose car hurtled through a farmers market, killing 10 people, was let off on probation Monday by a judge who said he believed the defendant deserved to go prison but was too ill.

George Russell Weller was convicted Oct. 20 of 10 counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in a case that renewed debate over whether elderly people should lose their driver's licenses.

Weller, confined to a sickbed, was not in court for his sentencing.

Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson said he agreed completely with the jury and called Weller's actions callous and showing "an enormous indifference to human life."

Weller was 86 when his 1992 Buick Le Sabre plowed at freeway speed into the crowded farmers market on July 16, 2003. In addition to the 10 killed, more than 70 people were injured.

Weller could have received 18 years in prison, but the judge said Weller's health problems, including severe heart disease, would make him a burden on prison authorities and taxpayers, and that imprisonment would most likely kill Weller.

Do you think that citizens 65-years-of-age and older should be required to pass a drivers' exam every several years in order to retain their driving privileges?
 

LINK TO CIVITAS BLOG:

 

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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY & PP-STL
SPONSOR TOWN MEETING ON AIDS THIS WEDNESDAY

    

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;            & nbsp;  CONTACT:

November 7, 2006            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;           Val Joyner, Planned Parenthood

            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;            & nbsp;             ;                        ;     314.531.7526 ext. 336

            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;            & nbsp;             ;            &nb sp;               [email protected]

 

EVENT Announcement

 

25 years of AIDS: End the Silence to End the Epidemic.

 

Planned Parenthood and Sigma Iota Rho unite to host
a town hall meeting in the fight against the HIV/ AIDS epidemic

 

 

WHO:               Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Sigma Iota Rho, International Studies Honorary of Washington University in St. Louis

 

Speakers

Catherine Williamson, Family Nurse Practitioner, Southampton Healthcare

Dale Wrigley, HIV Program Manager, St. Louis City Health Department

Dr. Ezekiel Kalipeni, Associate Professor of Geography, Univ. of Illinois

Dr. Shanti Parikh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Washington Univ.       

                

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WHAT:              World AIDS Day Town Hall Meeting

 

WHEN:             Wednesday, November 29, 2006

            & nbsp;           6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

 

WHERE:           McDonnell Hall, Room 162

            & nbsp;           Washington University in St. Louis

            & nbsp;           (corner of Forest Park and Forsyth)

 

 

About Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region:
Planned Parenthood is St. Louis' oldest and largest provider of reproductive health care services.  On the first Thursday of each month, Planned Parenthood offer free and confidential HIV tests.

 

 

About Sigma Iota Rho:

Washington University's chapter of Sigma Iota is committed to promoting international awareness on Washington University's campus as well as in the St. Louis community.  Their programming includes monthly current events dinners, town hall meetings on pertinent international issues, outreach -programs to international organizations in the community and global AIDS awareness.

 
 

Additional Links

Streaming Video [Real Media]
  
Civitas Blog
 Resolutions (High School U.N.) for 2004-2005
   
Checklist for Writing a Model U.N. Resolution
 

Reinventing U.N.Conference Home Page 
    


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