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UHSMUN represents on both coasts

January 24, 2014

UHSMUN members show off their accomplishments outside of a Columbia hall. Photo courtesy of UHSMUN

Last week, University High School Model United Nations (UHSMUN) board traveled to New York City to compete in the Columbia MUN Conference, their largest conference of the year. Five advanced delegates placed at this highly competitive conference:
COMMENDATIONS
Thomas Chen (Jr.) – Petronius (Liberator) – The Ides of March
Mehar Nangia (So.) – Joaquín Díaz Caneja – Cortes de Cadiz: Spain, 1812
OUTSTANDINGS
Spencer Ma (Jr.) – Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez – Extra-Official Cabinet of Mexico 2013
BEST DELEGATES
Charlie Xu (Jr.) – Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov – Soviet Politburo, 1941
Jessica Shin (Sr.) – John Tipton – Jackson’s Congress
During the same week, twenty-seven novice and advanced delegates competed at Mission Viejo High School’s 31^stAnnual MUN Conference. Sahil Lamba (Sr.), a member of the UHSMUN board, organized and advised the UHSMUN delegation.
Below are the results.
NOVICE:
COMMENDATIONS
Jein Park (So.), Lina Yagan (Fr.), Shraddha Mididaddi (Fr.), Amy Zhou (Fr.), Laxmi Kannan (Fr.), Rithika Nair (Fr.)
OUTSTANDINGS
Akanksha Sah (Fr.)
BEST DELEGATES
Peter Thomas (Fr.), Tanmayi Vashist (Fr.)
ADVANCED:
COMMENDATIONS
Cynthia Tang (Jr.), Megha Torpunuri (So.), Dania Ashary (Sr.), Yiling Kao (So.)
OUTSTANDINGS
Jerin Tomy (Jr.)
BEST DELEGATE
Kaveh Agahi (Jr.)
Written by BIYONKA LIANG
Staff Writer

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