By Morgan Thaler
Staff Writer
Both novice and advanced students in Mira Costa’s Model United Nations program traveled to Santa Margarita Catholic High School on Sept. 29 to compete with other local schools at the annual South Orange County Model UN Conference.
A majority of the participants in SOCOMUN were freshmen and beginning Model UN students. SOCOMUN is categorized as a “learning conference” on its website. It is a one day debate that serves to introduce students interested in Model UN to the logistics and format of debates.
“SOCOMUN was a great practice for our delegates and Costa performed very well,” Secretary General senior Taylor Lewis said. “We looked forward to another season of excellence.”
Though SOCOMUN is primarily for freshmen, it is not solely limited to them. Sophomores, juniors and seniors all attended the debate to compete in advanced and intermediate committees.
“At first I was nervous, but the students from Mira Costa were very well prepared, so I ended up doing pretty well,” Costa freshman Nash Hale said. “SOCOMUN prepared me for several things, but it especially helped me learn how to interact with students from different schools.”
Both Hale and freshman Reid Bryan received Best Delegate awards in each of their novice committees. Bryan debated Capital Punishment and Hale discussed the Palestine-Israel conflict.
“Mr. Timberlake and all of the teachers’ assistants did a great job preparing us, and all of the students running SOCOMUN did a good job guiding us,” Bryan said.
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