Pi Sigma Alpha shines at conference
By: Ramiro Montoya
Issue date: 12/11/09 Section: Campus News
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By Ramiro Montoya
The Texas A&M International University's Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honors Society) and the Political Science Association attended in November the Model Organization of American States conference in San Antonio, Texas, at Saint Mary's University.
Representing TAMIU at the conference were Carlos Cantu, Jose Lopez, Jacqueline Verastigui, Miguel Trevino, Gerardo Perez, Alfredo Jimenez, Juan Mendive, Anibal Jimenez and Andrea Beattie. Each school's delegates attending were given the task of representing a country in the Organization of American States, an organization built to procure diplomacy and solve hemispheric problems. The TAMIU's group assumed the role of the United Mexican States.
The delegates spent countless hours researching pressing political issues pertaining to Mexico, as well as spending many hours researching and practicing Parliamentary Procedure. The TAMIU delegates were divided into 5 committees, the General Committee comprised of Head Delegates (Cantu), the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs (Lopez, Verastigui), the Committee on Hemispheric Security (Trevino, Perez), the Department on Trade and Tourism (Alfredo Jimenez, Mendive), and the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (Anibal Jimenez, Beattie).
The delegates were given the task of defending Mexican ideals while assuring diplomacy. Each committee proposed a resolution that needed to be passed by the assembly. All the resolutions proposed by the TAMIU delegation were put to a vote and passed.
Though there were more than 20 different delegations present, the TAMIU delegates from the Committee on Hemispheric Security, which included Trevino and Perez, won the Outstanding Delegate Award. The TAMIU committee competed against schools such as St. Mary's University, Saint. Mary's Law School, Baylor, and other prestigious universities that attended. More than 21 delegations and 14 universities, including Saint Mary's Law School, Saint Mary's University, Baylor, UT El Paso, attended the event.
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