Why MUN?

First, a look at our calendar

• Four meetings in May

• Summer research • Ten meetings in the fall

• West Lake MUN, November 14/15

• BEIMUN in March, 2009 and

another middle school event in March

Possibly a conference in May of 2009.

You are a nerd.

MUN is the “track and field” of academic extracurricular activities.

public speakingdebateresearchreading and writing skillscurrent eventsleadership

You want to lead a country.

To simulate means to pretend, and you are pretending to be a decision maker.

discover new countriesunderstand the issues in today’s

worldlearn new vocabulary and conceptsattempt to solve the world’s problemsfind out that this is hard

Everyone else is doing it.

Living in an international setting, you already understand that many of the challenges facing humans respect no national boundaries.

We need informed businessman, doctors, lawyers, scientists, teachers, IT professionals, artists, financiers, politicians, professors, and parents.

My mom said I have to.

MUN is one of the most widely-recognized extra curricular activities.

many 1000s of participants

looks great on a college resume

Much Uproar over Nothing

I want to travel and meet people

Conferences can involve students from all over the world!

Work hard, play hard.Many professional relationships begin

at conferences.Conference leadership can be very

exciting!

The speech snake

• Introduction– Hook statement– Definition of the problem / thesis– Statement of the arguments

• Body– Argument 1

• Statement• Explanation

• Conclusion– Restatement of thesis– Restatement of arguments– Final image

The speech snake

• Body– Argument 2

• Statement• Explanation

– Argument 3• Statement• Explanation

• Conclusion– Restatement of thesis– Restatement of arguments– Final image