St. Petersburg High School 1991 Yearbook (St. Petersburg, FL) - Full Access

MUN Members Focus Attention On What's your view of the Mid– dle East con– flict? •••••••••• "The U.S. has never paid atten– tion to the U.N. in the past, but now when its oil is in danger, America sends troops to the Middle East." - Ben Sutcliffe Changing Individual Perspectives The Model United events and topics. Nadav Shelef. aware of how the world Nations Club at SPHS Dr. Witham was the Preparation for the politics really work and was open to all new sponsor for the conferences that MUN why the UN has had students at SPHS. United Nations Club. attended involved many problems enforcing its MUN had the active "I hope to take the hours of long rigorous resolutions," added Ben role of teaching its MUN members to the research of countries and Sutcliffe. members to become competition and bring their histories. MUN also helped its aware of current them back winners," "Each group members strengthen their "I believe that events, and how the commented Dr. Witham. represents a specific verbal skills. other options real United Nations When going to country that is a member "Since I joined MUN, Organization works. competition, the members of the United Nations, my ability to debate has should have been MUN went about not only competed; but and acts on their behalf improved," shared Jeff found, but Bush was this by attending learned and met new during the simulation," Gebhart. not truly wrong conference at FSU, people. stated Roy Ball. MUN may be a with his decision." and USF. The "We simulate the Competing was not the stomping ground for members had many United Nations In order to only aspect of MUN as young minds that In the - Jeff Gebhart debates at each understand the problems Ben Sutcliffe found out. future may be the leaders meeting in which they faced by the world and The club also taught its of our Nation. were able to voice how to go about solving members. -Rich Woody their views on current the problems," stated "MUN has made me Model United Nations/Organizations • 217