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Students to participate in Model United Nations
by Melissa Lessig news editor
Expanding their experience in the field of international relations, a group of students is making a trek to New York to partake in the National Mo • d Nations.
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Hollace Bluitt, rofessor of history and political science, w e group of approximately 22 students in their trip to New York on March 30.
Bluitt is teaching the "International Relations" course and believes in gaining hands-on experience, such as that which the Model United Nations will provide.
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I believe you can do more good outside. It's a good exercise to be able to interact with other people," Bluitt said.
"The primary goal of a Model United Nations is to provide a realistic simulation for those students interested in exploring the difficulties and complexities of international negotiation," Bluitt said.
The students, or delegates, will represent Canada at the Model United Nations. Canada "is a major player in the UN and it's an honor" to be chosen, Bluitt said.
Topics will be given to the delegates that will be similar to topics seen in a true United Nations session. The students will have to devise plans of solution to the topics.
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These topics have been chosen based on exposing the students to the demands, nuances, and frustrations of international diplomacy, according to Bluitt.
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"The ultimate goal of a Model United Nations is to demonstrate to delegates why consensus is such an integral component of international diplomacy and also why it is so difficult to achieve it in the real world," Bluitt said.
The students that have been selected to attend the Model United Nations recognize the value that this experience will give them.
First-year student Dolly Jilozian is one of the students in Bluitt's course who will be making the trip. "It seems like a great experience and a wonderful opportunity," Jilozian said
Andre Garabedian, a first-year student, was chosen to be head delegate and acknowledges the benefits in participating in the Model United Nations.
"I think the advantage is the overall experience of knowing diplomacy and how things work and helping us understand the process of getting things done on the inside," he said.
