Capitol Campus to host
By Neil Myers
The world is coming to Capitol
Campus. On February 23, over
250 high school students
"representing" the world's na
tions will arrive here for three
days of intensive debate, as
Capitol sponsors its twelfth an
nual Model United Nations
Conference.
"This year's conference will
probably be the largest we've ever
had," said Clem Gilpin, instruc
tor in Afro-American studies and
advisor to the International Af
fairs Association (1.A.A.), which
sponsors the events.
The delegates are high school
students from Pennsylvania,
Gilpin said. Many of them will
stay in the dorms and Meade
Heights during the conference. In
addition, the students will be us
ing the Heindel Library and
meeting in various locations on
campus.
Leonid Murog, assistant pro
fessor of History and Political
Science at York College, will ad
dress the delegates and their
teachers at the opening
ceremonies, which will be held at
6:00 p.m., Thursday, February 23
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auditorium. Gilpin said all of the
weekend's events will be open to
observation by anyone interested.
The conference will be divided
into a General Assembly and a
Security Council, just as is the
United Nations, Gilpin explained.
Delegates will debate human
rights, world hunger, technology
and other real-world problems, he
added. The students must have a
detailed understanding of the
issues and be able to argue
effectively.
"We don't place a high
premium on judging," said-
Gilpin, adding, "We attempted to
de-emphasize competition;
however, there's no way of con
trolling it." He said awards will
be given for the best
presentations.
Gilpin sees the conference as
important to both the delegates
and the campus.
"Some are members of foreign
affairs clubs; others are learning
as a class and their teachers have
made it a class assignment. Some
have been in contact with 'their
country's' embassy."
"They're going to leave here
being the Nigerian, the Argentine,
the Soviet. . .and that's how they
relate to each other."
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The campus, in turn, benefits
from the presence of potential ad
missions applicants, Gilpin added.
He also emphasized the oppor
tunity for Capitol students to see
and hear how the United Nations
operates.
"Some will walk by (a con
ference), come in, and sit down.
Others will walk by, see that the
Gallery Lounge where they usual
ly sleep is full, and walk on."
Although the delegates will be
busy, they will take time out to
eat in the dining hall and attend a
party Friday night in the Student
Center. The party is closed to
Capitol students, Gilpin noted.
The conference will conclude
on Saturday, the 25th.
Planning for the event began
months ago.
"Schools were knocking on my
door back in September," Gilpin
chuckled, "We get inquiries from
all over Pennsylvania."
He said the I.A.A. has been
busy confirming applications,
assigning roles to the schools and
planning the logistics of the
conference.
"These people are really on call
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 at night
(during the conference)," he said.
This year's events will include
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groups from as far away as
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and as
close as Middletown. There will
be 18 school districts from five
counties, with Dauphin,
Cumberland and Lancaster Coun
ties the best represented, Gilpin
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He recalled a conference two
years ago that was almost cancell
ed by a blizzard.
"I think we had a thousand
calls that morning," said Kathy
Ritter, a secretary in the
Behavioral Science Division.
Gilpin sees no problems this year,
however. He reported on Wednes
day that preparations were on
track.