Posted on 20 November 2015.
By Joyce Tap tap tap. With earplugs in their ears, reporters begin typing away in silence. Sounds of chips being crunched and soft whispers fill the air. Looking around, people stare into their screens, working hard to meet the article deadline: 12:00 sharp. I quickly get to it as well, researching and working hard on […]
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Posted on 20 November 2015.
By Janet The spread of untruths online isn’t a new phenomenon by any means. Ryan Lanza was misidentified as the shooter in the Sandy Hook massacre when it was in fact his brother; Reddit users named the wrong people as suspects in the Boston marathon bombing; NBC News highlighted several false reports on social media […]
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Posted on 20 November 2015.
By Jan Imagine a world in which YouTube takes forever to buffer, yet you have to scramble to mute loud advertisement videos that pop up before the video starts to load. Ever wondered why it doesn’t take much time for the ads to load up? If you’re lucky enough to receive Netflix service, or just […]
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Posted on 21 November 2014.
Police Officer fires on Mexico City Students By: Ambikaa Jaggi A group of students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) had been holding demonstrations and planning a strike for 20 November. Unfortunately, they were met with unjust force from the police. This strike was to memorialize forty-three students who due to their […]
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Posted on 22 November 2013.
by Farah Jabir, Garden International school If you think MUNers don’t know how to party, think again. Last night, hours of entertainment were produced from delegates of THIMUN. Not only was our secretary general prancing on the dance floor, but also delegates and Hwa Chong students. Awkward table cries started the night, and the […]
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Posted on 22 November 2013.
by Radhika Joshi, Chatsworth International School Today, we sat down with Jeffery Chang, the Deputy President of ECOSOC. Jeffery comes from Taipei American School and is currently in his 5th year of Model United Nations. He has been to THIMUN once before, last year, where he represented the World Bank in ECOSOC. Jeffery expected a […]
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Posted on 22 November 2013.
By Farah Jabir, Garden International School Fifteen judges, four advocates, two presidents and one registrar. This court represents “main forms of civilization and of the principal legal systems of the world”, one of the many fundamental branches of the United Nations. In considering the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the […]
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Posted on 22 November 2013.
By Nick Wong, Mont’ Kiara International School Truly unique, the Advisory Panel stands out in comparison to many other committees in the 9th Annual THIMUN Singapore conference. An expert of the APQ typically addresses his Chair and delegates “Honorable President, Distinguished experts.”Likewise, the APQ has both experts and organizations that are allowed to vote on […]
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Posted on 22 November 2013.
By Alyssa Hsu, Pacific American School Non-proliferation in North Korea has long since been one of the most contentious issues of the modern age. With this year’s THIMUN conference, it became clear that it was within most countries’ best interest to prevent North Korea from further obtaining nuclear weaponry. “It is a threat to the […]
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