2018 FALL
BAYLOR MOAS TEAM DOMINATES REGIONAL COMPETITION
Baylor University MOAS team with Ambassador Paula Maria Bertol at Texas State University
This past weekend, November 91-3, 2018, the Baylor Model Organization of American States (MOAS) travelled to Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas to debate policies concerning the Western Hemisphere along with other universities from Texas, Louisiana and Mexico. This model marked the twenty-second anniversary of the establishment of the model and included an academic conference, a mock trial competition, as well as a simulation of the Summit of the Americas. The keynote speaker was Her Excellency, Ambassador Maria Paula Bertol, Argentine Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS). Ambassador Bertol spoke on the importance of public service as an avocation fueled by enthusiasm. She also spoke about the challenges of being a female in a male field. In the summit, Baylor students represented the countries of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. They presented and defended resolutions that covered issues such as reducing the impact of climate change, improving food security, protecting the rights of migrant populations, improving freedom of the press, and creating mechanisms to encourage free and fair trade in the hemisphere Students also worked on resolving a hypothetical crisis involving a natural disaster in Taiwan coupled with a Chinese invasion.
Lawson Sadler (junior, University Scholars, San Antonio, TX) served as President of the Summit and chaired the General Committee along with her rapporteur, Liana Dorsbach (senior, Anthropology, Boerne, TX). Rafael Silva (senior, International Studies, Querétaro, Mexico) and Trevor Allred (junior, International Studies, Houston, TX) served as chair and rapporteur for the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security). Camryn Lutes (freshman, History and Political Science, The Woodlands, TX) was selected to serve on the 2018 Student Steering Committee. Makayla Gorden (junior, Anthropology and Political Science, Midland, TX) won the election for President of the 2019 Model, Jenny de la Fuente (sophomore, Latin American Studies, San Antonio, AZ) and a faculty panel choose Michaela Scott (junior, University Scholar, Cape Griardeau, MO) to serve as the 2019 Parliamentarian and David Bryant (junior, History, Waco, TX).
Other honors won by Baylor Teams included:
Selected by a panel of external judges:
Outstanding Delegation: Team Jamaica under the leadership of Head Delegate Victoria Harrison (senior, International Studies, Wellington, FL)
Distinguished Ambassador: Victoria Harrison
Distinguished Position Paper: Team Jamaica
Outstanding Resolution for the Secretariat for Multi-dimensional Security: Jorden Jorgensen, Team Dominican Republic (senior, International Studies and Spanish, Tacoma, WA)
Outstanding Resolution for the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development: Michaela Scott Team Dominican Republic
Other MOAS Team Participants:
Team Dominican Republic: Head Delegate: Makayla Gorden, and Erin Franklin (sophomore, International Studies, Llano, TX)
Team Haiti: Head Delegate: Parker Wooden (senior, History, Spring, Tx), Dade Pritchett (sophomore, Journalism, Glen Rose, TX)
Team Jamaica: Head Delegate: Victoria Harrison, Meilin Li (senior, Political Science, Yantai, China), Will Badger (sophomore, Business Fellows, Phoenix, AZ)
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) Moot Court:
Distinguished Team: Ry Hutchinson, (junior, Political Science, Alvarado, TX) and Alex Rorick, (junior, International Studies, Spring, TX) –This was the first year Baylor fielded a Moot Court team. They were coached by Tyler Talbert, a Baylor graduate and local attorney.
Awards Selected by committee members:
Secretariat for Multi-dimensional Security:
Outstanding Delegate: Jorden Jorgensen
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development: Michaela Gorden
Conference Participants:
Lawson Sadler, who presented a paper on the panel “Pacific Bridges: Linking Asia and the Americas,”
Joan Supplee, who presented a paper on the panel “In the Open: the Power of Architecture, the Arts, and Public Space” entitled “Tale of Two Plazas: The Public Space as an Reflection of the History of the Argentina”
Joshua Hyles a Baylor History M.A. (2010) served as Executive Director for the model. Former MOASers Diane Frazier, Rob Bradfield, and Kelsey Shelton served as Summit judges while Manuel Muñoz, Seth Reed, Ally Gutiérrez, and Tyler Talbert judged Moot Court sessions. Dr. Joan E. Supplee, Lynn Professor of History coached the Baylor teams and participated in a roundtable discussion on “The Future of the OAS and U.S-Latin American Relations” at the academic conference.
For more information, please see: esmoas.org/academic-conf.html
or contact:
Lawson Sadler, President 2018
Makayla Gorden, President 2019
Camryn Lutes, Student Steering Committee
Joan Supplee, Faculty Advisor at: Joan_Supplee@baylor.edu Faculty Advisor ext. 6294