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Ferrahian Victorious at UCSD Model United Nations
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Ferrahian students at UCSD Model UN
BY ALEXA KOVACS
On the weekend of April 27 and 28, twelve high school students
participated in the last Model United Nations conference of the year.
It took place at the University of California, San Diego. Students
prepared months in advanced for their last opportunity to win the Best
Delegate award and take home the gavel.
This is Ferrahian's first time participating in the UCSD MUN
conference. It is now added to the line-up of conferences at UCLA,
UCSB and UC Berkeley that students will attend. Like UCSB, this
conference is single delegation and follows the collegiate rules of
procedure. Most students are used to working with a partner when it
comes to going to Model UN conferences. However, this was not a
challenge for the delegates. They worked harder and they were aware
that the harder the work the closer they will be to winning the gavel,
which is the first place trophy of each committee.
This conference was the most impressive in terms of how well the
delegates preformed. Their months of hard work and research paid off.
Shushan Ginosyan, a senior who will be attending UCLA in the fall, was
able to woo the chairs of her committee and win the Best Delegate
award and the gavel. She participated in the Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW) committee representing Italy, where she spent two days
with senior Garni Dadaian, who represented Belgium, debating the topic
of Violence Against Woman. She was overwhelmed and couldn't have been
happier, especially with it being her last conference of the year.
Shushan has participated in the MUN program since 8th grade, and has
won multiple awards since then including research awards and
Accommodation awards, which is third place. Shawnt Karakozian was the
other delegate who brought home an award. Shawnt participated in the
Crisis Committee. A crisis committee is a difficult room to be in,
seeing as at any second a crisis could break out and delegates have to
think quickly on their toes as to how to find a solution for a problem
that they had never heard of and had never given a second thought
about. This year's Crisis Committee topic was Pandemic! Shawnt, also a
veteran Ferrahian Model UN delegate, took home a research award, which
is given to the delegate with the best position paper, and also took
home the Outstanding Delegate award, which is second place.
Every single delegate of the Ferrahian group preformed to their best
ability. They debated topics ranging from North African Migration into
Europe to Waste Management. They were able to research and step into
the shoes of UN delegates from around the world and give plausible
solutions to problems that are relevant world-wide today.
From: Baghdasarian
http://asbarez.com/110145/ferrahian-victorious-at-ucsd-model-united-nations/
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Ferrahian students at UCSD Model UN
BY ALEXA KOVACS
On the weekend of April 27 and 28, twelve high school students
participated in the last Model United Nations conference of the year.
It took place at the University of California, San Diego. Students
prepared months in advanced for their last opportunity to win the Best
Delegate award and take home the gavel.
This is Ferrahian's first time participating in the UCSD MUN
conference. It is now added to the line-up of conferences at UCLA,
UCSB and UC Berkeley that students will attend. Like UCSB, this
conference is single delegation and follows the collegiate rules of
procedure. Most students are used to working with a partner when it
comes to going to Model UN conferences. However, this was not a
challenge for the delegates. They worked harder and they were aware
that the harder the work the closer they will be to winning the gavel,
which is the first place trophy of each committee.
This conference was the most impressive in terms of how well the
delegates preformed. Their months of hard work and research paid off.
Shushan Ginosyan, a senior who will be attending UCLA in the fall, was
able to woo the chairs of her committee and win the Best Delegate
award and the gavel. She participated in the Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW) committee representing Italy, where she spent two days
with senior Garni Dadaian, who represented Belgium, debating the topic
of Violence Against Woman. She was overwhelmed and couldn't have been
happier, especially with it being her last conference of the year.
Shushan has participated in the MUN program since 8th grade, and has
won multiple awards since then including research awards and
Accommodation awards, which is third place. Shawnt Karakozian was the
other delegate who brought home an award. Shawnt participated in the
Crisis Committee. A crisis committee is a difficult room to be in,
seeing as at any second a crisis could break out and delegates have to
think quickly on their toes as to how to find a solution for a problem
that they had never heard of and had never given a second thought
about. This year's Crisis Committee topic was Pandemic! Shawnt, also a
veteran Ferrahian Model UN delegate, took home a research award, which
is given to the delegate with the best position paper, and also took
home the Outstanding Delegate award, which is second place.
Every single delegate of the Ferrahian group preformed to their best
ability. They debated topics ranging from North African Migration into
Europe to Waste Management. They were able to research and step into
the shoes of UN delegates from around the world and give plausible
solutions to problems that are relevant world-wide today.
From: Baghdasarian