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Page 2 Tuesday, October 18,2005
News
nfdaily.com
NORTH TEXAS DAILY
North Hills High
School junior
Brian Quillen
asked the panel
for more time
to revise a
resolution during
the Model United
Nations on
Saturday.
Liliana Castillo/NT Daily
Model UN practices on campus
Courtney Barrera
Daily Reporter
Mock representatives of 35 countries were in
the University Union this Saturday
They were 174 students from 11 Texas high
schools, who spent the day participating in the
fifth annual North Texas Invitational Model
United Nations.
The event kicked off with the keynote speaker,
Tina Patterson, president of the Dallas chapter
of the United Nations Association.
"We have one voice, one mission, and we need
to stand up for our rights," Patterson said.
Patterson gave some background information
on the association, specifically over the Dallas
chapter. The Dallas chapter's focus is supporting
millennium development goals as part of a "local
realities, global possibilities" theme.
Patterson spoke on issues on the United
Nations' global agenda such as HIV/AIDS,
ethnic conflict, literacy, human trafficking,
poverty reduction and elimination, nuclear
proliferation and disarmament and disaster
relief assistance.
She also spoke on the danger that land mines
present.
"Land mine removal and clearance is of
primary concern," Patterson said.
The Adopt-a-Mine program is targeted at six
major countries where minefields are scattered
through farmland and desert area. The primary
victims of these land minds are children.
"Unexploded ordinances are very attractive
to children," Patterson said. "Children often
think they are toys. By the time I finish this
talk, one person will have been maimed or
killed by a land mine."
Patterson closed by encouraging students
to get involved in organizations that support
their interests.
"If you don't stand for somethin', you will fall
for anythin'. Everybody's got a voice, now's the
time to make some noise," she said, quoting
rock 'n' roll singer Alice Cooper.
The purpose of model United Nations is for
NT's Model International Organization to allow
high school students to participate in a simula-
tion of the United Nations.
"We just want to make it as close to a confer-
ence as possible, so the students will go into
different committees that would be represented
in the actual United Nations," said Veronica
Acosta, Flower Mound graduate student, secre-
tary-general of the Model United Nations and
former Daily intern.
Each year, after the invitations are sent out,
each school bids on countries they want to
represent.
"They pretty much come as their assigned
country and they are the delegate from that
country," Acosta said. If the students are assigned
France, they will fight with the countries France
would fight with and allied with the countries
France allied with.
Sometimes, however, the countries are a bit
out of character.
"[One time], at the end of the General
Assembly we had North Korea and South Korea
slow-dancing, and we had China and the United
States getting along," Acosta said.
On the other hand, sometimes the high school
students get really involved with the process.
"I was the chair of the security council one
year, when the delegate representing Russia
actually took off her shoe and banged it on the
table like Khrushchev did at one of the U.N.
meetings during the Cold War," Acosta said.
"That was amazing to see, how these kids can
really get into it."
Acosta said being a part of the organization
is really fun and rewarding.
"I still don't know everything about the
world, because you can't, but this is the best
way to really immerse yourself in knowledge,"
Acosta said.
Groups: love your body
Natalie Thompson
Daily Reporter
The Denton chapter of the
National Organization for
Women is organizing a weeklong
campaign to combat the media's
portrayal of howa woman's body
should look.
"Love Your Body Week is
designed to help women and
men get a better perspective on
getting in touch with themselves
and being comfortable in their
own skin," said Kimi King of the
political science faculty.
"Distorted body image is at
the heart of the problem. Nobody
looks like Barbie and 99 percent
of us don't look like the Hooters
girls, either. It reinforces poor
self-esteem and rotten health
habits."
Leslie Chaggaris, Arlington
senior and president of Denton's
National Organization for
Women chapter, agrees the
media perpetuates negative
body image.
"Our organization feels
compelled to stop the trend
of women who are developing
eating disorders due to the
unrealistic expectations that
are placed on them everyday,"
Chaggaris said.
This week, the Denton
chapter, in conjunction with NT's
Feminist Majority Leadership
Alliance, hosts a series of events
to help promote healthy body
images on campus.
Members of the two orga-
nizations will be teaming up
on various campus free speech
areas to emphasize living
a healthy lifestyle Tuesday
through Thursday.
In the University Union, the
organization will be hosting a
"healthy" potluck, showcasing
food that is good for your body,
around lunchtime on Tuesday.
An interactive "Wall of
Shame" will provide students
an outlet for criticisms of the
media's portrayal of body image
on Wednesday, the official "Love
Your Body" day.
"Loveyour body week is some-
thing that I am very proud to be
a part of because there are so
many b eautiful men and women
out there that need to know it
is great to embrace your indi-
viduality, instead of constantly
N student gets real
Continued from page 1
By the time Armstrong got to
the point of competing in the
Miss Texas pageant, she had girls
shaking in their high heels, Ed
Armstrong said.
She was "more highly thought
of," he said. "The game was on if
Savannah was in the pageant."
She missed her second chance
to be named Miss Texas, but
knew going to NewYorkfor "Miss
Seventeen" was what she meant
to do, Armstrong said.
"I fell in love with New York the
second I stepped off the plane -
all the people, the atmosphere
- it was awesome," she said.
She lived in a Manhattan loft
with the other girls during the
filming of the television show.
Living in N ew York last summer
gave Armstrong independence
she never knew before.
"I've always had my mom and
dad to fall back on," she said.
"Being in New York this
summer really planted the seed
in me that I'm a grown up now. I
can really do this."
All contact with her family was
cut off when Armstrong moved to
New York, her father said.
"The fact that she couldn't
call us was hard," Ed Armstrong
said.
"It pretty much drove my wife
nuts."
Armstrong fell in love with
the bright lights and hustle and
bustle of the Big Apple. And she
is ready to go back.
"I know she'll love to get back
up to New York," Ed Armstrong
said.
After she graduates in
December, Armstrong hopes
to break into the television
reporting business. She will start
sending out tapes next month.
"In pure Savannah style, she'll
want to start at the top," her
father said.
trying to live up to what you see
in a magazine," Sarah Preston,
Kingwood junior, said.
"Love Your Body" week
includes a fashion show
featuring women of all body
types. The show is 8 p.m. Friday
at St. Andrew Presbyterian
Church at 300 W. Oak St.
The show will feature clothes
from Denton's own Circa 77,
La Di Da and Elements by
Design.
Tickets are being sold for $8
at any of the participating stores
or in Wooten Hall, room 142.
Tickets may also be purchased
at the door for $10.
The proceeds will go to
further expand Denton's chapter
of NOW as well as to the National
Eating Disorder Association.
"[The National Eating
Disorder Association! is dedi-
cated to expanding the public's
understanding of eating disor-
ders and promoting access to
quality treatment for those
affected," Chaggaris said.
"It also provides support for
families through education,
advocacy and research."
ROTC
Continued from page 1
She said the group of future
Air Force members does not just
clean the garden. They perform
other duties around the complex
aswell.
"When they come, I usually
have them cleaning the flow-
erbeds and raking leaves out
of the yards of our residents,"
Evans said.
Sarah Hamlin, Fort Worth
senior and Air Force ROTC
member, said giving back to the
community gives her a sense of
pride. "It makes me feel good,"
she said.
"While in college, you can get
so busy that you forget, or don't
have the time, to help out in the
community... I think it is espe-
cially important to give back in
the Air Force."
Brent Rich, a Sherman
freshman who attends North
Central Texas College, agreed.
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