UCBMUNC '05

Mar. 6th, 2005 11:14 pm
aggienaut: (asucd)
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   Still catching up here -- this is the official post about UC Berkeley Model UN Conference 2005 (UCBMUNC '05), which took place last weekend.

most of the UCD MUN SPD team

>   I was the representative of the United States in SPD (Special Political and Decolonization, or as listed on the official UCBMUNC webpage, "Special ... and Deloconization"). UCBMUNC likes to call SPD "SpecPol," which has lead to some serious debates about the proper shortening. SPD integrates all the parts of the name though, and are you really going to go with the terminology of people that call it the Deloconization committe??
   SPD traditionally discusses territorial conflicts, which is why I like it. Unlike the humanitarian committees where everyone can get along, compromise is necessary when territorial claims are being disputed. And you know I hate it when everyone gets along! But no really, when one needs to negotiate and compromise it makes for a more interesting experience. Traditionally SPD talks about specific territorial conflicts, like Kashmir, the Spratley Islands, etc. Traditionally at UCBMUNC, however, they talk about thing like landmines (last year), or, our two present topics, Legal Aspects of Outer Space and International Food Aid. Because.. space is a territorial issue? The Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space wasn't doing a good enough job anyway? UCBMUNC staff used a ouji board to choose topics?

   I think my Chairperson was a hick who didn't like me because I have a mohawk. Seriously. I know everyone always feels like they're getting called on less than everyone else but I'm pretty sure I was called on significantly less than everyone else. Someone else described the chair as "someone who would be fun to have a drink with.. but useless for anything else." All in all I would have to say I think he was the worst chairperson I've ever had... and thats including the twenty or so conferences I went to while still in HS.
   Speaking of HS though, two people from my MUN team at MVHS were in my committee, Raoul Haek (now at UCSB) and Joey Hanzich (now at Berkeley). So that was good times. Raoul was hardly in committee, but Joey won an award.

   Best speech all weekend had to be Djibouti, on outer space: "Djibouti considers Djibouti to extend above and below Djibouti, and we are very concerned about anything being inserting into Djbibouti. We believe the resolution currently being discussed is an excuse to ease things into Djibouti ... we would like to see a resolution with more protection, so things can be safely inserted into Djibouti for mutual pleasure..."
   DPRK (North Korea) also authored a resolution suggesting an asteroid be diverted and intentionally crashed into the United States. I of course expressed my concern at this and urged them to at the very least crash it into Florida.

   Otherwise there were 37 of us from UC Davis. In years past we literally would have put all these people in two rooms, but we're apparently moving up in the world and had like five or six rooms. Nevertheless, a major activity was still attemptign to kill or conspire against eachother -- a game of "assassins" was ongoing where people attempted to kill their targets with stickers when no one was looking (Janet Rossi killed me incidently). Other people had other plans to exercise during the weekend however, as Shemek explains: "PrzemekP: well, it was part of my alienate Gena plan, part of Rosie's avoid Loren plan" ("amazonjedimaster: loren was hitting on roise? / PrzemekP: no, he's weird"). Still others spent their time trying to jock the "fly honeys" (or "fly man-honeys").
   At some point I think someone misheard me saying something and thought I said I was going to give Raoul blue-balls. When asked for an explanation I explained that "its not gay if you don't finish." O=

   The infamous Team Dinner occured at Chevys. While waiting for food there I took most of the pictures I took over the weekend.

   Of our 37 people, I was the only one to receive an award. Also of note, UCBMUNC awarded the "golden bear" award to Stanford, the symbolism of which does not bode well for Berkeley.


Related
   UCBMUNC '05:
PICTURES
   UCBMUNC '04: Official Entry
   UCBMUNC '03: Official Entry


Previously on Emosnail
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Date: 2005-03-07 08:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chubbiefingers.livejournal.com
YOU ARE THE GUY WITH THE GREEN MOHAWK?!??!?!?!Ok, I totally remember you. You should have said that from the beginning. I am the girl with the big curly hair. I was at the Thai restaurant this year at that Thai food place across from the hotel, I was leaving the second day when you guys were coming to eat. I liked your mohawk.

Thai food

Date: 2005-03-07 08:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emosnail.livejournal.com
The portions at that Thai restaurant were small )=

You have a pic?

Re: Thai food

Date: 2005-03-07 09:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chubbiefingers.livejournal.com
Yeah, I should have ordered two plates. I have lots of pics, lol, I just don't know how to post them.I'm a techie loser.

Re: Thai food

Date: 2005-03-07 09:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emosnail.livejournal.com
well now I'm curious to see if I recognize you. You could email them to krfricke @ ucdavis.edu... ?

what committee were you in?

Date: 2005-03-07 09:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashael.livejournal.com
I haven't seen any pics of you. I was interested to know what you've done with the mohawk lol (if it still exists)

the hawk

Date: 2005-03-07 09:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emosnail.livejournal.com
This is still the most recent decent picture of it. Currently it needs to be redyed.

Date: 2005-03-07 07:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chrisfrap.livejournal.com
we discussed space on SpecPolDec at the Brown University High School Model.
Towards the end, it was required that all delegates use the term space probe in every speech.

Date: 2005-03-07 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emosnail.livejournal.com
looking at official statements on the subject, the official US policy on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space really is to emphasize every fifth sentence or so that "there is no arms race in outer space."

I also urged everyone to think of our ABM system not as a "missile shield," but rather "strategic mesquito netting"

Date: 2005-03-07 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chrisfrap.livejournal.com
well there is no arms race in outer space.....you need to have an opponent going for the same goal for it to be a race :)

Date: 2005-03-07 09:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emosnail.livejournal.com
Indeed.

Anyway, we're just uh, protecting democracy in space.

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