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USM Model UN Members to Attend Conference in Egypt

March 19, 2004

Eight University of Southern Maine students will be leaving Portland on Saturday, March 20, to attend this yearÍs Harvard World Model United Nations Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, which begins on March 28. At the conference, sponsored by the Harvard University Model UN student organization, students from 85 schools worldwide will participate in a five-day UN international conference simulation.

Each school will be representing a different country, for which they will prepare and negotiate draft resolutions before the attending international community. USM has a history of choosing third world countries and will this year represent Liberia. Model UN member Elizabeth Mann says, "We like third world countries because it letÍs us step outside a westernized frame of mind."

USM's students raised money for the trip through bake sales, car washes, bottle drives, and a combination of support from local businesses and USM student organizations on campus.

The students travelling to Egypt are Elizabeth Mann of Kittery; Emily Ainsworth of Portland; Vanesa Saric and Julia Edwards of South Portland; David Stearns and Jensine Fraser of Westbrook; Timothy Griffin of Rhode Island; and Amer Kamal, a Palestinian exchange student from Israel.

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