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Model Arab League team gets lesson in diplomacy
Jessica Caramenico
Issue date: 3/25/09 Section: Campus News
Eight Gardner-Webb students probably know more Mauritania than any Americans outside of the United Nations, because of their participation in the Model Arab League competition March 13-15.
The students on Team Mauritania met for an hour and a half on Sunday night beginning Oct. 1, 2008, to prepare for the event at Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C.
The team, sponsored by Dr. Michael Kuchinsky, comprised Collin Warner; Lanny Newton; Kara Krueger; Mario Brown; Sam Presson; Spencer Blevins; Andrew Barker; and Ashley Carter.
Each had a specific area of responsibility.
Warner was the head delegate and participated in the special session on Justice Ministries.
Newton served on the Council on Defense.
Krueger worked with the Council on Environmental Concerns, while Brown was on the Arab Court of Justice.
Presson was involved with the Council on Political Affairs. Blevins worked on the Council on Economic Affairs. Barker who worked on the Council on Social Affairs; and Carter represented GWU on the Council on Palestinian Affairs.
Apart from the preparation involved for the meetings, the students also had to prepare proposals for their specific council, as well as learning about the Middle Eastern countries participating in the competition. Mauritania is located on the west coast of Africa.
Other schools involved in the Model Arab League included Clemson University, which represented Yemen; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Comoros; and Georgia State University, Saudi Arabia.
Kuchinsky said, "Gardner-Webb was participating with some of the best of the best."
The students determined the issues on their agenda and how strongly they should hold to their views, based on the views of the country represented. Kuchinsky said that the depth of discussion is so intense that no more than two issues ever get completed during a session.
The students are not judged for a monetary or scholarship award, but do receive recognition for their presentations and speaking abilities. The judges come from schools across the country.
Everyone in the team gained something from the competition.
"It was a great experience to debate and to try to solve the problems in a different way than [we] as Americans would look at the situation, but to see the problem from the viewpoint of the other country," said Carter.
Kuchinsky also took something away from his experience with the Model Arab League: "A great deal of pride in the students and what they are accomplishing."
The students on Team Mauritania met for an hour and a half on Sunday night beginning Oct. 1, 2008, to prepare for the event at Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C.
The team, sponsored by Dr. Michael Kuchinsky, comprised Collin Warner; Lanny Newton; Kara Krueger; Mario Brown; Sam Presson; Spencer Blevins; Andrew Barker; and Ashley Carter.
Each had a specific area of responsibility.
Warner was the head delegate and participated in the special session on Justice Ministries.
Newton served on the Council on Defense.
Krueger worked with the Council on Environmental Concerns, while Brown was on the Arab Court of Justice.
Presson was involved with the Council on Political Affairs. Blevins worked on the Council on Economic Affairs. Barker who worked on the Council on Social Affairs; and Carter represented GWU on the Council on Palestinian Affairs.
Apart from the preparation involved for the meetings, the students also had to prepare proposals for their specific council, as well as learning about the Middle Eastern countries participating in the competition. Mauritania is located on the west coast of Africa.
Other schools involved in the Model Arab League included Clemson University, which represented Yemen; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Comoros; and Georgia State University, Saudi Arabia.
Kuchinsky said, "Gardner-Webb was participating with some of the best of the best."
The students determined the issues on their agenda and how strongly they should hold to their views, based on the views of the country represented. Kuchinsky said that the depth of discussion is so intense that no more than two issues ever get completed during a session.
The students are not judged for a monetary or scholarship award, but do receive recognition for their presentations and speaking abilities. The judges come from schools across the country.
Everyone in the team gained something from the competition.
"It was a great experience to debate and to try to solve the problems in a different way than [we] as Americans would look at the situation, but to see the problem from the viewpoint of the other country," said Carter.
Kuchinsky also took something away from his experience with the Model Arab League: "A great deal of pride in the students and what they are accomplishing."
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