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Fourteenth Annual Model
T h e 14th annua! Mode! United Nations was he!d March 13-14 with over 9 0 0 high schoo! students participating. T h e H o p e CoHege po!itica! science d e p a r t m e n t sponsors the Mode! UN which is designed to give high schoo! students the opportunity to take on the ro!es of professiona! diplomats with the goa! of achieving a particular country's rational objectives while fostering a desired international consensus. T h e Model UN is organized by students in a political science course aimed at understand-
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ing international politics. These H o p e students serve as leaders of sessions and perform other administrative tasks throughout the formation and execution of the event. T h e student director was Dirk Weeldreyer with Phil Tanis as assistant director of administration and high school coordinator. Ambassador Alan Woods, the current Deputy United S t a t e s T r a d e Representative in the Reagan Administration and Congressman Mark Siljander were both guest s p e a k e r s during the event.