Joi, "Halle," Ashley, Kayla, Jennifer

Chicago has been absolutely amazing! Even with all of the classroom preparation and research we've had since the beginning of the semester, we had no idea how much fun the AMUN Conference would be.

Prior to the beginning of the conference, we were concerned because everyone kind of fell into their confort zones and hung out with people they were more familiar with. We were afraid that the experience wouldn't reach its full potential if we never unified. However, once the conference began, we all found our common passion and we can't stop talking, laughing, and discussing everything from Model UN to our high school years and good times at Columbia College.

Everyone is so excited about their sessions. We've heard funny stories about representatives who draw cartoons to get their point across and representatives from Cuba who pretend to smoke cigars the whole time. We've heard disturbing stories about countries who don't use effective dialogue like we were taught at CC. Representing Somalia has helped us to see the world and world relations in a whole new light!

In September, we were just a classroom of students anxious about a trip to Chicago, now we've formed friendships, even sisterhoods!