The High School South Model UN team received the best large delegation award at the Princeton University Model United Nations Conference in mid-December. SouthMUN competed at the conference against schools from countries as far as Venezuela and Germany.##M:[more]##
Attendees included Neha Gavai, Jay Kapoor, Shaina Watrous, Harsh Sinha, Lokesh Shah, Varsha Venugopal, Bharat Mohan, Dan Kim, Abhishek Saksena, Brooke Hardy, Nonie Sethi, Amita Maram, Amir Munir, Mayank Saksena, Aakash Bhatia, Ayman Attar, Jason So, Priya Saksena, Jinesh Ramani, Aditya Girish, Matt Hasling, Rimon Abhaskaron, Sahm Cho, Roshan Prakash, Vijay Chandar, Manu Venkateswaran, Eitan Paul, and Anne Watanabe. The team advisor is Brad Borsuk.
Individual best delegate awards went to Abhishek Saksena (World Health Organization), Brooke Hardy (Empire of Nippon), Chen Feder (Palestinian Cabinet), and Bharat Mohan (Commission on the Status of Women)
Outstanding delegate awards were received by Rimon Abhaskaron and Matt Hasling (Special Political and Decolonization), Manu Venkateswaran and Harsh Sinha (Disarmament and Security), Shaina Watrous (UN Human Rights Council), and Nonie Sethi (Empire of Nippon). Jay Kapoor received honorable mention for his role on the U.S. National Security Council, and Neha Gavai for Global Summit on the Legalization and Regulation of Controlled Substances. Ayman Attar received verbal commendation on the Global Summit on the Legalization and Regulation of Controlled Substances.
SouthMUN’s success at PMUNC ‘06 follows a best medium delegation award at Rutgers University Model United Nations and a best small delegation award at the Cornell MUN Conference the previous spring. The South team looks forward to the George Washington University and North American Invitational Conferences in the spring.
Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
Linda Maa, a freshman at High School North, received honorable mention in the essay contest for students in grades 9 and 10 in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. essay and poster contest. The celebration and awards presentation will be held on Monday, January 15, at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium, beginning at 1 p.m. The event is open to the public. For information call 609-258-6429.
Students in grades 7 to 12 were asked to write a letter to President-elect George W. Bush, advising him on what he should say or do to improve relations between the races in this country and to help the country achieve the goals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essays were submitted by 419 students from 20 schools.
The featured speaker at the celebration will be the university’s new vice president for campus life, Janet Smith Dickerson. The program features music by the New York Daily News Carribeat CASYM (Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement) Steel Orchestra, a group of 50 students, ages 6 to 18, who performed at the university’s 1999 MLK program.
“This is the university’s official observance of Martin Luther King Day, and all members of the Princeton community are encouraged to attend,” said Robert Durkee, vice president for public affairs. “Dr. King has left a living legacy that challenges us all to strive for a better world. Attending the tribute is a fitting way to honor this legacy.”
