When you talk to the MARMOTs you get the answers you seek – and fast – but you’ll come away wondering how you got them. The group answers casual questions the same way they would answer a support desk ticket – eagerly and in unison. You get the feeling they’re the quirky, tech-inclined cells of …
Harvard Model U.N. Conference
Between the 25th and 29th of January, 12 delegates from Bay’s Model United Nations club flew to Boston for a Harvard-sponsored conference. This was our third conference this year, and Bay School’s first ever out-of- state conference. Over 3,000 people attended the conference from 37 countries worldwide—coming together to simulate United Nations committee sessions. For …
Reflections on the Stanford Model United Nations Conference
On November 4-6 Bay's Model U.N. Club attended Stanford's Model United Nations Conference. Here are some of their reflections on that weekend. Julia Nierenberg – Junior At Stanford, I represented Mexico within the committee of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The two topics we discussed were 1) Secondary Education in Developing Countries …
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Inside Job
In the last few weeks, the United Nations Club watched the movie, Inside Job, which is a 2010 production on the implosion of the international financial system, as well as corruption within the larger financial corporations. After we finished the movie, we inevitably set out to process, discuss, and debate the topic at hand. We …
Model U.N. debates Riots vs. Protests
During the past Friday’s Model United Nations meeting, we discussed and debated an article from The New York Times describing the status and effectiveness of global protests led primarily by young adults. The club members debated the difference between riots and protests by analyzing the root of protest: the need for political change. We discussed how protests …
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