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Inter-
Nation
Simu
lation
by Jana Taylor
Role playing has long been
recognized as a valuable tool
and Inter-Nation Simulation,
INS, is a political learning ex
perience through role-playing.
This spring UNC-A will host
the annual Super Simulation
Competition between area high
schools.
INS is a concept developed in
the ’60s to inform students
about negotiations, interactions
and strategies between coun
tries. Participation creates a per
sonal awareness of the limita
tions, frustrations and conflicts
encountered in decision mak
ing.
Each team or country con
tains four to six members who
constitute the national council,
which consists of positions like
Head of State, Domestic Ad
visor, and Foreign Affairs Ad
visor. These councils are formed
to create a nationalistic feeling
among students. They become
the government and the country.
Each council member has a
specified duty to perform within
a particular time sequence. The
use of computers has aided in
the computation of military,
political and overall economic
budgeting systems. This, along
with official forms to be filled
out by the student, creates the
reality of costs, deadlines and
red tape.
Even though it is termed a
“Sim Game”, play is taken
seriously by the participants.
They learn to think critically and
form an awareness of the use of
social sciences and political
understanding, both internally
and internationally.
Not only can sim games be
used for political education, but
for any decision making pro
cess, such as business manage
ment. As John Roser said in his
book. Simulation and Society,
“Despite the extreme complexi
ty of human behavior and of
social structure, we have reason
to assume, then, that there are
identifiable patterns,
regularities and laws. It is upon
this assumption that social
science simulations are con
structed.”
Lee Rosen
SG
Candidate
As candidate for Student
Association President, I’d like to
introduce myself. I’m Lee
Rosen, a junior political science-
sociology major, you may
already know me as a
Sophomore Senator. Or maybe
you’ve read “Ruminations,” my
column for The Rag & Bone
Shop.
Let’s talk about what’s true
and what isn’t. True: Lee Rosen
has passed more bills than any
other senator. Some of these
bills include:
Student Association Constitu
tion, written by myseif and pass
ed unanimously.
Book Coop Act, a study of
alternatives to the buy-one-sell-
back-for-nothing deal currently
offered by the campus
bookstore.
Test File Act, to make copies
of old tests available to students
at low cost.
Elections Commision Act, to
bring together legislators in
terested in increasing voter turn
out.
Elections Procedures Act, to
establish more polling places
for elections.
Communications Act, to make
students aware of their govern
ment through use of The Rag &
Bone Shop, WUNF-FM and the
mails.
You have my record. Now, I’d
like to dispel the rumor that you,
the student, don’t make a dif
ference. YOU DO! For those of
you who live off campus, I can
assure you that I understand
your frustration about paying
student activity fees for events
planned by dorm students. I,
too, am a commuter student and
a member of the commuter
coalition.
My running mate, Carl Atkin
son, completes the ticket well,
since he is a dorm student who
understands the problems of liv
ing on campus at a time when
the dorm population will be in
creasing and adjusting to the
new dorms.
Vote for Lee Rosen and Carl
Atkinson on March 31 and April
1. By voting you don’t just “do
your part.” You ARE the part that
makes up the student govern
ment whole.
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