TOMUN DAILY DAY THREE

TOMUN DAY THREE

PRESS TEAM

Zuzanna Daniszewska

Dominika Woszczyna

Hanna Sziling

Magdalena Sacha

Mikołaj Jeżewski

Ola Lutowska

Oliwia Folborska

Omar Sid Ahmed

Patryk Ernest Rzeszotek

DYING FEET

Hanna Sziling i Mia Schiffer

Everyone had a lot of fun at the Toruń tour yesterday, but not everyone’s feet did. This is the fault of the dresscode, which forbids the delegates from wearing sneakers or any other comfortable shoes. To prove how uncomfortable the shoes really are, we asked some delegates how they feel about the dresscode.

We first asked the delegats about what kind of shoes they wear in general. All of them said they usually wear snickers, since they are the most comfortable and universal: they go together with almost every outfit.

Then we asked what kind of shoes they think they should wear at TOMUN. The opinions weren’t all the same, but most of the delegates said that each person should be able to choose what they wear. They are convinced that whether what they’re wearing on their feet is formal or informal, the person’s comfort is the most important.

The next question was: „Are you comfortable with the shoes that you’re supposed to wear?”. All of the people asked answered that they’re not. They would rather be able to change their shoes if they want to and not walk around in heels or other kind of formal ones.

The final question we asked was: „Do your feet hurt after the Toruń tour?” Everyone’s answer was the same: yes. After one and a half hour of walking their feet were in a pretty bad condition. After the tour they still had to walk around in these shoes for the rest of the day, which was really dreadful. None of the delegates agree with the dresscode and think it should definitely be changed.

This is a sign to change the dresscode son that people are allowed to wear comfortable shoes. Feet lives matter!

FUN PUNISHMENTS

Hanna Sziling i Mia Schiffer

Even though TOMUN is a fun event, there are still some rules that the delegates have to obey. If they disobey them, they will get punished. We’ll now tell you what the rules are and what happens if you don’t follow them and also what the punished people think about the punishments.

The delegates get punished for suchthings as being late, using personal pronouns or speaking in their native language. The penalties are for example singing, dancing or acting in front of the others. This year the most popular dance was to the song „Rasputin” and the most popular song to sing was „My heart will go on”.

A lot of people actually seem to have a lot of fun while doing the punishments, but there were also some who didn’t like it that much. Some delegates said that they were pretty embarrassed to get recorded while doing the punishment. It’s fun to watch the punishments and sometimes the other delegates even sing along to make it more comfortable for the punished people.

Even though punishments are not supposed to be a good thing, they can still be enjoyable if the delegates support each other and have fun together.

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT WITH A PARTY KNIGHT

Zuzanna Daniszewska i Dominika Woszczyna

ach year, all participants get together

also karaoke, so everyone could show off their singing skills. The song that stole the show was Last Christamas which almost everybody sang together.

It was probably the best Tomun party I’ve been to. I loved dancing pogo and bumping into each other. Funny thing is that, even though the music was so loud, I saw someone asleep in the hall. I guess working on resolutions and partying was too tiring. - told us one of the delegates. Thing that students from abroad appreciated the most was international music that was playing all the time. Everyone could sing along to songs from their home countries. My personal favorite was Hips don’t lie by Shakira. - said participant from Spain.

Biggest thanks to the party team for creating such an amazing night that for sure will be remembered by all of us.

TOMUN WORD SEARCH

Zuzanna Daniszewska, Dominika Woszczyna

NEVER ENDING STORY

Omar Sid Ahmed

ToMUN was first started in 2015 by professor Łukasz Sawicki. He got the idea by going to LeMUN, the conference held in Leiden in the Netherlands. There he and his students took part and observed the preparations of the conference, which inspired him to bring the idea home to the high school no.1 in Toruń. It took around 6 years to prepare everything for the first ToMUN. After a few years, when professor Sawicki quit, Daniel Szczygieł took over as the main coordinator of the event. He loves the idea of the event and feels a deep satisfaction from working with the students and seeing them learn how to manage the event almost on their own, in his words: “It brings a satisfaction to see that most of the work is done by the students”. ToMUN has evolved a lot over the years, growing in size and being better organised thanks to the students learning and passing on that knowledge to the first-timers who want to help make the event as best as it can be. Unfortunately ToMUN took a pretty big hit with the 2020 pandemic and is still recovering, though the amount of participants is getting back to the state from before Covid. Now that ToMUN has gone intercontinental, a lot of culture and knowledge can be exchanged between international students in professor Szczygieł’s words: ”We’re receiving so many people from abroad. We have opportunities to mix cultures, to learn about different habits”. There’s definitely a bright future waiting for ToMUN with the bosses planning big things for the years to come, especially for the 10th anniversary in 2025. Hopefully the debates can continue to grow and evolve in the years to come.

THANKYOUTHAKYOUTHANKYOU

Magdalena Sacha

As ToMUN has officially ended, we wanted to thank y’all for the last three days. It has been a pleasure having you at our school. We hope it won’t be the last time you have paid us a visit.

This year, the main topic was „common steps towards sustainable development”. During these three days, you have discussed many global issues, such as domestic violence, drug addiction and tracking terrorists. You’ve made new friends, got to know a new country and gained skills that will come in handy in the future.

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all of you, delegats and staff members, for your attendance and bravery. Thank you, delegats and chairs, for all the terrific concepts as well as you, team members, for your engagement in organization. You were the vivid heart of this whole event. And while you were the heart, the head was the steering team. Girls, you did an amazing job.

We are also unbelievably thankful to all of our sponsors: Geppart, Swimer, Neus, Hope, UMK, Erasmus+, the city of Toruń, Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship, High School nr 4 and High School nr 1. We wouldn’t have done it without your help.

Also a big chapeau bas for all of the teachers who either came here with their students or helped us organize here, at Jedynka. We’d especially like to thank Mr Szczygieł, the brain of the whole operation. He was irreplaceable and we couldn’t be more grateful.

There are obviously many many more people who deserve words of thanks but there is not enough room in this paper to enumerate them all. We are just so indebted and touched by such a great involvement.

Once again, THANK YOU. Thank you all. We wouldn’t have done it without you.