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Model UN conference held Sponsored by the University of Chicago, the Model United Nations Conference was held on January 27-30. The sixteen Maine South students who attended this conference were Katie Beaumont, Allison Burnett, Meade Crampton, Matt Ishu, Stephanie Poulos, Rebecca Ryan, Erin Shields, Joe Steinfels, Dorothy Waniak, Paul Zurawski, Dan Maigler, Christopher Kiepura, Wesley Crampton, Beth Schutt, Alex Eliashevsky, and Brian Shields. The students engaged in a three-day simulation of the United Nations with students from other high schools including Deerfield, Harrington, University of Chicago High School, New Trier, and Illinios Math and Science Academy. Several high schools outside of Illinios also sent delegations. Approximately eighteen hundred schools participated. Each school was given the job of representing the country they were assigned. Maine South was assigned the Netherlands. Students were then given topics to be discussed. These topics were the instability of the Balkans, state
II) attended the conference left to right from top: ISrian Shields, Becky Ryan, Chri.s Maigler, Meade Crampton, Joe Steinfels, .\Iatt Ishu, Alex Eliashevsky, Paul Zurawski, Dorothy Waniak, Stephanie Poiilos, Beth Scutt, Katie Beaumont, Wes Crampton, Alison Burnett, Erin Shields, and Mrs. Jo Ann Bondi. Photo by Eyrie.
involvement in terrorism, biological weapons, Mozambique, AIDS in Africa, the deprivation for the rights of women refugees, nuclear reactors in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and loans for oil research in southeast Asia. Students researched and wrote position papers which reflected th(jir
assigned country's position on the various topics debated. Then they defended and debated resolutions on their topics in various committee sessions, which were chaired by students from the University of Chicago. Imran Siddiqui, a former Maine South stuSee Conference on page 6
Women's rights: a long lasting fight by Elizabeth Wilk Throughout the last 150 years, women have fought for the right to be considered equal to members of the male sex. From feminists such as Jane Adams to Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Anita Hill, American women have struggled for conu^ol of their lives. February 27 marks the seventy-second anniversary ofone of the most historic and significant movements for women's rights: the Woman Suffrage Amendment. The Woman Suffrage movement was formally established in 1848 at a convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. This assembly launched the first major feminist protest, marking the beginning of the women's rights movement. Following the gathering in Seneca Falls, many groups consisting solely of women, including the Women's National Loyal League, the National Women's Suffrage Association, the Women's Christian Temperance Movement, and the National Women's Party, emerged. Through these organizations, women were able to voice their "radi-
cal" opinions and receive the needed moti\ation to keep contending for equality. The associations were important since women needed all of the assistance and suppoTt they could get for their cause. Many people, the majority being men, vehemently opposed equal rights. The idea of a maJedominated society continued to appeal to the masses. Futhermore, men feared how a woman would vote in terms of the temperance movement. However, the Congressior al passing of Prohibition in 1917, without the voice of women, demonstrated to the American people that Prohibition could not be held on account of the WCTU or women in general. Although first proposed to Congress in 1878, the 19lh Amendment, Women's Suffrage, wasn't declared constitutional until February 27, 1922. The amendment assures United States citizens that the right to vcite "shall not be denied or abridged by the Unit3d States or by any state on account of sex." The achievement in the Women's S uffra ge campaign was best described by Ms. Canie
Chapman Catt, a leader of the crusade: "To get the word male, in effect, out of the constitution cost the women of the country 52 years of pauseless campaign...; 56 campaigns of referenda to male voters; 480 campaigns to urge the Legislatures to submit suffrage amendments to voters; 47 campaigns to induce state constitutional conventions to write women suffrage into the State constitutions; 277 state party convention campaigns; 30 campaigns to urge the presidential party conventions to adopt women suffrage planks in party platforms; and 19 campaigns with 19 successive Congresses..." Of course, this was only the beginning of the struggle for women's rights. As years went by, women began to express their opinions more, leading to developments such as women in the workplace, the Equal Rights Amendment, and sexual harassment hearings. Women, through organizations such as the WCTU and the National Organization for Women, havehelped to continue the struggle of equality between the sexes. The 19ih Amendment began that struggle.