By Erin Mascoli

You walk on campus with a folder full of information and a position paper. A clear view of what you want for your country is set in your mind. You’ve been prepping for days and your head is full of ideas on a resolution for your country. You may not be the real delegate, but this is Model UN.

Katie Drewry fell in love with this atmosphere and feeling last year at Fairfield University when Mrs. Flaherty’s CWI class took a trip to the college’s annual Model UN conference. This gave Drewry the idea to give other kids a chance to get that same feeling by starting up a Model UN club at Woodland for her senior project.

“We’re planning on having meetings twice a month,” said Drewry. “At one of those meetings we’ll be learning model UN procedure and then at the second one we will practice debating in a formal setting.”

The chapter also plans to attend at least two Model United Nations conferences throughout the school year. Drewry stressed that students do not need any former experience or knowledge of foreign relations to join the club.

“All you need is a desire to learn something new,” she said.

MUN members boast a greater understanding of the world and what is going on around them. Drewry encourages anyone who is looking to broaden their horizons to come to their first meeting on Thursday September 18 in room 231.