The Bay College Model United Nations Club represented the Russian Federation delegation at the Arrowhead Model UN Conference (AMUNC) held at Lake Superior State University in April 2011.

1. Bay College Model United Nations:
2011 Russian Federation Delegation
ARROWHEAD MODEL UN CONFERENCE (AMUNC)
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI
April 7 - April 10, 2011
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2. BAY COLLEGE DELEGATION REPRESENTING RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SECURITY COUNCIL
Honorable Delegate Cas Gilbert
Honorable Delegate Cory Cronkright
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Honorable Delegate Arie Beaudoin
POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
Honorable Delegate Sarah Unger
Honorable Delegate Nicole Johnson
SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE
Honorable Delegate Heather Deneau
Honorable Delegate Madeline Laviolette
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
Honorable Delegate Eric Chaillier
Honorable Delegate Sarah Hughes
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE
Honorable Delegate Olivia Evans
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3. 2011 Russian Federation
delegation
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4. Preparing for conference
Security Council
Cory Cronkright and Cas Gilbert
Economic & Financial Committee
Eric Chaillier and Sarah Hughes
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5. Arie, what are you drinking? And where
did you get the cup and saucer?
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6. Club secretary Sarah Unger
always hard at work!
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7. Honorary club member,
or club mascot? Deb Hopp! ☺
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8. Olivia with the Honors Program
mascot, “Honor”
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9. Packing the vans!
Arie already took 1,000 photos before we even left the parking lot!
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10. Is everyone ready yet?
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11. Smile for Arie and his camera!
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12. Are you guys seriously bringing
all that stuff?
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13. Donut stop, and photo op!
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14. Mrs. C: I gotta have a clean car!
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15. Arriving at LSSU,
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
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16. A view to Canada
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17. Opening Ceremonies
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18. Dr. Gary Johnson, LSSU,
commences Opening Ceremonies
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19. Heather is getting ready to deliver
our Opening Policy Statement!
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20. Heather rocks her speech!
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21. Greeting Dr. Conteh and Dr. Battah
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22. Uh, nice group photo, except for
the major podium obstacle! ☺
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23. Russian divas!
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24. Russian Czar, “Cory the Conqueror”
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25. Our Finance Minister, Mr. Chaillier
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26. “I shall save the world today…”
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27. Heading into committee session
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28. Political and Security Committee:
Sarah Unger and Nicole Johnson
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29. Very dedicated effort to fix
the placard—
it said RUSSIA FEDERATION instead
of RUSSIAN FEDERATION!
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30. Who is that other guy? ☺
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31. Environmental Committee:
Olivia Evans
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32. Olivia in caucus meetings
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33. Human Rights Council:
Arie Beaudoin
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34. That’s Russian for “you betcha”
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35. Social, Cultural and Humanitarian
Committee: Heather Deneau and
Maddie Laviolette
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36. Maddie at work in caucus
and meeting new friends!
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37. Social, Cultural, Humanitarian
Committee at work
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38. So you want to do WHAT?
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39. Economic & Finance Committee:
Eric Chaillier
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40. Russians are very serious.
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41. Security Council:
Cas Gilbert and Cory Cronkright
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42. Diplomacy in action!
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43. “Don’t even bother, because we
will just veto it.”
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44. The Security Council
had a cool view
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45. More committee sessions
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46. Dr. Curt Reithel, UW-La Crosse
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47. Strike a pose!
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48. Honors Scholars
and Model United Nations delegates!
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49. Uh, is that Santa?
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50. Lunchtime!
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51. Closing Ceremonies
and Awards Banquet
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52. Waiting for program to start….
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53. After waiting a long time…
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54. This is how I really feel…
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55. Who let Arie have my camera?
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56. Smile!
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57. Sault tribe of Chippewa Indians
Aabizii Drum
group and
Bahweting
Singers
performed at
the Awards
Banquet
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58. Keynote Speaker:
President Mary Robinson
First female President
of Ireland
Former
UN High
Commissioner
for Human Rights
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59. President Mary Robinson
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60. And third place for Best Opening
Policy Statement is….Russia!
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61. Award winners!
Arie Heather
Beaudoin: Deneau:
Nominated Nominated
for for
Best Delegate Best Opening
in the Policy
Human Statement
Rights speech
Council
(HRC)
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62. Congratulations!
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63. FAMOUS PHRASES 1
When in doubt, "Blame the Chechen Rebels!”
“Somebody write that down!”
“Olivia’s resolution is number 14.......Are you kidding me?“
"These guys don't deserve my doughnuts.“
"Donate--save the whales!““
“I burn cookies all the time,” said Sarah Hughes. “Well,
every oven is different,” replied Eric.
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64. Boris and Natasha
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65. FAMOUS PHRASES 2
“Facebook is evil. Computers are basically Satan. Satan is on
my desk!”
“He’s not just bald, he’s “expletive” bald.”
“The Russian Federation votes no.”
“The Russian Federation abstains.”
“RUSSIA. VODKA.”
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66. Bobby and JFK
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67. FAMOUS PHRASES 3
“The Russian Federation would like to make a motion that
delegates who do not know what UNAIDS stands for should
not be allowed to serve on a Model UN team.”
How do you spell, “blahuggyhuhhhwwuuhhhssfff”?
Heather’s new political ideology: “motherism”
“Will the delegate from the Russian Federation yield to a
question?” “No.”
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68. Awww…sleepy time...
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69. Remember when:
Arie was talking in his really bad Russian accent
Honduras taught Maddie and Nicole how to salsa dance
Eric kept recruiting other countries to the KGB
When Arie said at dinner, “Hey there’s those guys who had
I had the really weird hot tub experience with,” and Mrs. C
responded, “These are things you should never say out
loud.”
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70. I must practice my Russian accent
in my head…..
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71. Remember when:
Sarah Unger randomly yelled, “Boats!”
On your left you will see a marvelous grouping of bird-killing
clean energy windmills, and on your right you can see a steel mill
burning off its toxic waste…. Ahhhh, progress.
Every other school thought Cory was from Canada and they kept
making him talk.
When Heather hid Arie’s ipad under Sarah’s skirt.
We all walked super slowly so we could follow Mary Robinson.
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72. No way! Mrs. C gets an awesome
Jacuzzi in her room!
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73. FAMOUS PHRASES 4
“Glenn Beck is a good speaker… yeah, so was Hitler!“
That's because he cuts my nuts off every time I open my
mouth."-Heather
"You don't have nuts to cut off."-Arie
“I really want to veto something.”
“Sarah Unger’s club meeting notes are very interesting.”
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74. This is the only photo the American CIA
has been able to capture of these two
secret agents in 10 years…
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75. Remember:
Arie’s pinky toe blister
How Eric’s mobster suit was classic and so Russia
When Sarah Unger flung her fork full of food at Mrs. C
during the important banquet dinner
When Heather forgot to tell Sarah H. that Sarah U.
decided to come and she called to talk to Sarah while
she was in committee
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76. Puppet and puppet master?
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77. Remember when:
Olivia was sooooo loud? Me either.
DPRK and ROK co-sponsored a resolution; obviously it
was a pretend UN
USA got applause for not being there
Mrs. C and Sarah U. chased some poor kid who looked like
Bruno Mars
Arie could not deal with frozen milk
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78. OMG! It’s Bruno Mars!
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79. Remember:
How inspirational Mary Robinson’s speech was
How tired everyone was
When Heather asked Cas if she had a “ bat in the cave”
Olivia helping Arie extinguish his lighter with her notebooks
Pizza with pepperoni and bacon
Arie rocked in his committee and Heather rocked her speech
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80. The Russians are very tired and
they wanna go home now.
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81. The Kremlin at night
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82. 2011 Conference photos from LSSU
A great set of photos taken over the entire event is
available at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61719702@N05/collec
tions/72157626416184715/
All images in this presentation were obtained from personal photos or
Google images for educational purposes only
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