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October 23, 2011

Issue No3

CHEMUN 2011

Hello everyone,

Sadly, this is the lastedition of the CHEMUN

Chatter. I hope you guys

all enjoyed our expanded

newspaper, we do ourbest to bring you the

most interesting tidbits

from around theconference. Today I got

to walk around to each

committee, and I wasvery happy to say that I

was seeing some good

debate, and in particular,extensive amendment

discussions. It was really

nice to see this, mostly

because amendments are

Letter from the EditorBy Shweta Patwardhan

Contents:

Letter from the Editor! ---------- 1

Thank the Notepasser --------- 1

Social Night ---------------------- 2

Emergency Topic -------------- -3

Interview With Delegates ------ 3

Photo Page------------------------4

Highlights of the Day-----------5

GWTBS------------------------------6

Purpose of CHEMUN----------6

Quiz-----------------------------------7

Notes of the Day-----------------8

the symbol of

cooperation and

constructive criticism.

Although too many

amendments can get

tiring after a while, it isalways better to have too

many versus too little.

Getting to eachcommittee in particular,

SPC was particularly

impressive. Even thoughI was only in the

committee for about five

minutes, I was reallyimpressed by the clarity

of the speakers, the

quality of debate, and the

adherence to procedure.

Thank the NotepasserBy Isaiah Nutter

EditorShweta Patwardhan

Deputy EditorSamvitha Ram

JournalistsAlex Bennett, Arnav Malhotra,Pinar Dumlu, Sana Srinivasan,

Varun Venkatraman, YadMahen,, Nuri Na, Nina Vasu,Megan Griffiths, Ash Kumar,Mitali Chordia, Swetha

Rakhecha, Selin Harputlu.

Day 3. Mid-morning.

General Assembly. Delegates

are debating hacking and theworld of cyberspace. The

smell of hardcore partying

still lingers in the air.For the average note

passer, its just another day inthe 9 to 5 job they do. As I

run back and forth deliveringuninteresting notes on

whether imprisoned hackers

should be used by the

government, I can only

entertain myself with

hopes that someone willuse the example of how

in Catch Me If YouCan, the government

used Leonardo DiCaprioto find fake checks. But

this instance of feelingsomewhat involved ineverything going on with

all the importantpeople in suits was not

the highlight of my day.Nor was being a GA note

passer caught in the

crossfire of ECOSOC and

SC.Yes, the best part of the day

ironically came from a note.

The delegate of Syria tookthe time to write a note to

the note passers saying,

You guys rock! Without

you, CHEMUN 5 would notbe possible. This is what

Im talkin about. It is thiskind of recognition thatmakes me feel good about

putting my black shirt on in

the morning. Frankly, Im

But I think thehighlight of the day

will be discussion on

the emergency topic.Hopefully this will

really elevate the level

of passion and energy

with which you havebeen debating,

because this is a crisisthat could actuallyhappen tomorrow and

would be dealt with

by the United Nations.It has been great to get

to know all of you,

hope you have had a

great time here atCHEMUN!

wondering why I

havent received moreof these notes. I just

want all you delegatesto imagine an MUN

without note passers. It

is like India without riceor Justin Bieber without

his hair.

So Id ask all of you toset aside a few minutesfrom your world issues,

heated debates, and

failed pick-up lines tothank your note passers

on this final day of

MUN!


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Social NightBy Selin Harputlu

The social night was

definitely the highlight of

the MUN. The night was an

absolute success. It reallyhit everyones expectations.

There was great music with

one of the Chennais bestDJs. The food wasamazing and people were

lining up to get more and

more.

But lets not forget the

diversity. As soon, as the

people entered in the hotel a

magical wand touched

everyone on their shoulders

and made sure that

everyone just forgot about

the stress and the long

hours of debating and

started having fun. People

changed from formal

looking clothes like theirsuits and pencil skirts and

slipped into more casual but

chic clothes. Not only the

delegates and the chairs, but

even the teachers seemed to

enjoy it very much.

The social night started

with the hilarious x-files

and was followed by the

superlatives. Some people

were proud to be announces

as the best dressed whileothers were a little bit

ashamed to be chosen as the

most likely to use the

bathroom.

I can say that I had an

amazing time with my

friends and it was a great

time to get to know the newpeople better. It is really

funny how you can be

strangers one day but be

extremely close to them the

next. I think, for most of the

people that was the case.

They made friends that they

will never forget. So, that is

the actual purpose of MUN-

to have fun. It is all about

debating and making sure

that your resolution passes.

While you are doing that

you still socialize and meet

people

Everyone justforgot about

the long hoursof debatingand startedhaving fun

from all over the world.

You can get to know about

their cultures and the way

they live.

Even though, MUN is for

three days you leave with a

great pleasure and great

memories to remember.

You leave with experiences

that will help you in the

future and you will

definitely want to comeback next year to add onto

those memories


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Emergency TopicBy Shweta Patwardhan

It was really fun to walkaround to each

committee and announce

our emergency topic.The crisis was that the

US had found solid

evidence tying thePakistani ISI to theTaliban, and in response,

had deployed para-

troopers to neutralize

Pakistans nuclearfacilities. Various

countries announced

their support of one sideor another, and we

anticipated that this

would generate muchdebate among

delegations from all over

the world, but

Interview with New DelegatesBy Megan and Nina

particularly in Eurasia.As we announced the

crisis, we got a mixed

reception from thevarious committees.

Security Council asked a

lot of irrelevantquestions (as it alwaysdoes), SPC was initially

a little confused but

figured out their anglesoon enough, EC did not

seem particularly

enthusiastic, ECOSOC

had a mixed reaction,and GA was very

interested in the

complexities of thesituation. But we loved

DISEC most of all, who

cheered at the

announcement of a crisis.As we write this, the

chaos of the emergency

topic unfolds around us;we can see the various

thought processes of each

delegate exploding inimaginary speech bubblesabove their heads. We are

look forward to vigorous

debate in all committees,regardless of the angle

each forum takes. But

most of all, we hope you

relished discussing acrisis that could actually

happen at any moment.

DISEC cheeredat the

announcementof a crisis

Its the last day of CHEMUN 5,

and so we caught about some ofthe delegates to talk about their

CHEMUN experience.Niina delegate of the Bahamas,(ECOSOC) said that she really

enjoyed CHEMUN and the best

part was messing with theNotepassers with countries that

do not exist (LOL nice one!),

and of course meeting new

people. She though Social Nighthad lots of good food and

dancing, and wishes she could

come next year, but sadly shecant as she is graduating! Thepart about CHEMUN that she

didnt like was the fact that there

was too little debate, but she

enjoyed reading the CHEMUNChatter! Then we talked to

Shivangi delegate of Russia(EC). She has had fun at

CHEMUN she says, and the

best part was the Social becauseit was nothing like she expected,

and it was loads of fun. She says

that she would definitely comeback next year (even though thesessions were a little boring) and

she really liked the CHEMUN

newspaper!Next we talked to Desiree,

delegate of Philippines (SP) and

she says she has definitelyenjoyed CHEMUN this

weekend. The best part was the

Social, and she would probably

do CHEMUN again next yearbut the debates were too long.

On the bright side, she said she

said she enjoyed the CHEMUN

Chatter! Afterwards, we talkedto Jerry, delegate of Slovakia

(DISEC), and he says he has

definitely been enjoying thisweekend. The best part was

Social Night because it was fun

meeting new people, and he

wishes that he could come nextyear but he is graduating. There

was nothing really bad aboutCHEMUN, except maybe thelong sessions, but he liked the

newspaper!

Then we talked to Rohit,delegate of Zimbabwe (GA) and

he thought the best part was the

Social Night, because it was funwith all the dancing. There was

nothing bad about CHEMUN,

and he would like to come again

next year!Venkat, delegate of Russia (SC)

said that hes been enjoying theweekend, and the best part was

the Social, especially the food.

Hed like to come next year, but

next time hed like to get more

Chicken nuggets for lunch!


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Photo Page: CHEMUN Moments


5/85

he chair got so bo

Would you like me to sing you a lullaby?? Trust me I am so good at singing that people

cry when I sing because it is so good.

However, the Delegates of However, the Delegates of

Today, SPC was discussing

honor killing. There wasanother change of seating

which made the Delegate ofVietnam slightly confused asshed been pushed to the lastrow. The Delegate of Syria,

also seated at the back, had

to answer her phone while anamendment was being

discussed. Many delegates

walked in late. The chairs

claimed to have danced with

many, super hot delegates

from their committee andothers. Besides this, we feltthat the chairs did a

marvelous job of letting

those delegates who barelyspoke yesterday, voice their

views today.

Next, we visited EC, whereinstead of debating about

fisheries like yesterday,

(ohthankgod!!) they seemedto be debating a resolution

about how armed conflicts

degrade the environment.

Many delegates seemed to bereluctant to participate and

we felt, a Point of

Entertainment was muchneeded. However, this was

later abated by a really

motivating speech made by

the Delegates of Cuba andEcuador, and this seemed to

revive the debate.

We noticed that the delegates

in DISEC were dressed a

little bit more casual thanyesterday, but this did not

seem to affect the quality of

debate. In fact, they wereusing so many technical

terms, that we could barelyunderstand anything. Therewas so much MUN jargon

involved. On a completely

different note, the delegate of

Russia wore really coolglasses.

In GA, the lady chair looked

really pretty in her green sari.

They were discussingcyberspace crime and we

wonder if the Delegate ofArgentina had anything tocontribute (besides his

declaration that, Argentina

has internet). We stayed to

listen to Mexicos veryentertaining story about his

hacker friendand admire

Haitis flippy hair. We alsocaught the delegate of France

texting and Belgium playing

Fruit Ninja (AGAIN?!).

UK, China and India were

most interested in taking overECOSOC- UK even asked for

confetti cannons! Afterhearing all this talk, we gotworried and decided to run to

ECOSOC before it stopped

existing!

We reached ECOSOC in thenick of time. They were

discussing primary healthcare

measures, but ironically,

many delegates felt sick (lastnights effect, eh?) For some

reason, France seemed quitehyper today. The SC thendropped by to scare them

before their 5 minute break.

There was heated argumentbetween the two committees

as to which was better and

which should be scrapped.

But, at the end, everyonemade up and things went back

to normal. After all, isnt the

UN all about setting asidedifferences and learning to

accept each other?

So, to sum it up, last nights

social gave all the delegates amuch needed boost of energy

and everyone loved it. A few

delegates even told us that thedesserts last night reminded

them of an episode from

Masterchef. Kudos to the

Organizing Committee, forsetting up such an awesome

Model UN. It was the right

mix between fun and debate!

Though the Security Council

had no cookies for us to snag,

they had the element of fun! Alldelegates had their laptops open

and were talking about

dissolving DISEC or ECOSOC(with gleeful smirks).While one

delegate was unenthusiastic; the

rest did seem interested in

finishing debate on the topic.However, the Delegates of

Highlights of the DayBy Mitali Chordia and Swetha Rakhecha

We caughtthe delegateof Belgium

playingFruit Ninja


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Girl with the Blue ScarfTo what extent will you suffer from post-CHEMUN depression?By Harshini Krishnan

Dear GWTBS,

I just want to start out by saying, Im a big fan. So now, Im hoping that you will be able tosolve a problem that no one else has/can. For the past two days, this other delegate and I have

been talking a lot. He doesnt live in the same country as I do, but Ive liked having him

around. Last night, during the social, we spent a lot of time together, and I feel like were

closer friends than any of the other people I regularly go to school with. I know it all soundsgood so far, but the problem is that todays the last day. After this, there is very little chance

that we will ever meet again. I cant help but feel super depressed. What should I do?

Sincerely, Lost in Love

Dear Lost in Love,

Aw, thanks for saying youre a fan, but then again, why wouldnt you be? Im awesome.

Getting back to your actual problem, dont worry, you are definitely not alone. Im sureseveral other delegates, both male and female, have been feeling the same way. First,

dont be depressed. You had 3 amazing days of building a new friendship. Thats not a

situation that comes around very often. Second, I dont know if youve been living undera rock, but we now have this amazing tool called Skype (and Facebook). You guys will

probably end up talking all the time, and if you dont, then it wasnt meant to be.Sometimes, its okay just to have one magnificent weekend. Just make sure it ends

perfectly. ;)Loads of Love, GWTBS


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1. The conference has just ended, your reaction is:a. Relieved, you cant wait to get home and do something fun.b. Indifferent, it was an experience that provides you 100 new facebook friends!c. Upset, you cry miserably, as you know that there are some relationships that you

will sincerely miss.2. You have just gotten home and have found your CHEMUN identity card, your reaction

is:

a. Whatever, you put the card in the trash along with past resolutions and theguidebook, and then head out.

b. Once again, indifferent, you place the card with the other ones from the otherconferences youve been to.

c. Sad, you tear up and refuse to stop crying till your mother lures you out with aSnickers bar.

3. Your school has exams planned during CHEMUN time next year, your reaction is:a. Priceless, youd rather take two weeks of exams than heading to another Model

United Nations Conference.

b. Doesnt matter. Youre just annoyed that now you have exams to study for.c. Heartbreaking, you wouldnt miss CHEMUN for the world!

4. This is your last year at CHEMUN, your reaction is:a. Fine, in fact slightly happy. You are tired of Model United Nations Conferences,

they are incredibly time consuming, and not your game!

b. You dont have one. Better things come along, like a new MUN conference soon!c. Really unhappy, CHEMUN is one of the most awesome events of the year.

Results:If you picked mostly As

Youre not the Model United Nations type! CHEMUN was an awesome and newexperience, but MUN is not for you. Youd rather do something that falls into your

hobbies. Therefore, youre not going to suffer from PCD at all! Lets go party!

If you picked mostly Bs

Youre the average MUNer. Youve been to quite a few MUN conferences, andeach seem the same to you. You like MUN, but are not emotionally affiliated to any

one conference in particular. Youre level of PCD? Around 3-4 on a scale of 1-10.

If you picked mostly Cs.Youre a CHEMUN geek. You love everything about the conference, the people, the

food, and even the school. Youre excited when it starts and hate when it ends. Yourlevel of PCD? Around 8-9 on the same scale.

Ifyou had a mixture of As, Bs, and Cs

Youre confused, it was great and youll miss it, but you know you can move on.

After all, its just an MUN conference? Your level of PCD, between 5-7.


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Every year we pick up the funniest, most irrelevant notes and only a select few make it to

this exclusive list.

Notes of the DayBy Arnav Malhotra and Ash Kumar

Happy BDay Chair!

Why so serious?

SPONGEBOBSQUAREPANTS!

Leonardo DaVinci much?

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