Next weekend, student delegates from Blair will travel to Columbia University in New York City as part of the Ivy League Model UN. Blair representatives join other students from across the country to act as delegates from various nations and create resolutions designed to solve a number of international issues. Over the past month the Blair participants have researched the history and policies of their countries in an effort to tackle committee topics. They also prepared position papers which they will use as the basis for resolutions which will be subject to committee voting procedures. This year, our students sit on the Human Rights Committee, the Joint Crisis Committee, and the African Union. They also plan to discuss the ongoing catastrophe in Rwanda, human rights in China, and peace in the Middle East.

As of mid-January, colleges from around the country mailed early decisions on a number of Blair seniors. Members of the senior class gained entrance into many schools including the following: Boston College, Brown, Cornell, George Washington, Hobart, Middlebury, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, Saint Andrew's (UK), Syracuse, the United States Naval Academy, and West Point. As a testament to the strength of the senior class, two Blair seniors were honored by reaching the final rounds of both the Morehead Scholarship (University of North Carolina) and the Jefferson Scholarship (University of Virginia).  Those students who did not apply early decision or early action remain patient and optimistic as decision letters trickle in during the next couple of months. Judging by the success of Blair students thus far in the college process, the news that awaits our remaining seniors is promising.