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DECEMBER8, 2005- Page 8 COMMENTARY Model EU Highlights Power of Negotiation LINDSAYGRAHAM Union and its procedures, but your pe.rson's point of view. thln.gsdown is the basis of all frustrated me. STAFF WRITER I got to meet new people from You basically have to become business deals. But the frustration wore off different schools and got to that person and forget about There were some stressful after a while and it was easier Three days in Washington get to know my fellow class- yourself for three days. But times when it was hard to to get the amendments that D.C. sitting in on committee mates here better. that is what I think made it come to a compromise and would suit both parties. We meetings for the Model One thing about the simu- fun. when some parties that you never got to vote on the reso- European Union does not lation that makes it interesting What the Model EU really were trying to compromise lution that was on the table, sound like a lot of fun to most is that each student is given an taught me was learning how with, flip-flopped and went which was kind of disappoint- people, but it was fun. alter ego from their country to to negotiate with people that back on the deal. And it made ing that we worked for three Two weeks ago in late act like during the whole time have different views and be it harder for us, as a party, to days and did not pass it.But it November I went to the of the simulation. This year's able to work out a deal with get what we wanted. But that was overall a great experience Model European Union topic for Model EU was them. It is the biggest thing is what can happen in negotia- that I would recommend to Simulation in Washington human rights and you had to that you really need to be able nons and you have to realize anyone in political science or D.C It was interesting and think about issues such as asy- to do if you are going into pol- that. But it should not happen business to go to. fun. Not only did I get to fully lum or immigration or civil itics or any business. Being all the time like it did at the understand the European unions or hate crimes from able to compromise to get EU and that is what really Media Distorts News (Editor's Note: [1'1 all effort to keep n uxr far that there were weapons of mass Westminster Gas Prices awny closer to home, The McDanie! Free destruction here, but if you don't Press will rllll emnils sent by soldiers to want to believe that, just think of the friends and family members. Forwnrd e- 2000+ killed and untold injured since mails to TAX,TAGSAND((BIISE!ill OfAlERSETS FNA( fila.