For the first time in its long history, the Model United Nations team sent representatives to a conference in Europe. Eight MUN members, along with their sponsor Ms. Tammy Chincheck, attended the GEMUN Conference in Genoa, Italy, two weeks ago. The students, Eric Brooks, Michael Costelloe, Sofia Misenheimer, Isabelle Hazaan, Ruhee Jaffer, Sarah Sullivan, Miriam Alshagra, and Katie Mitchell, were the only representatives from North America. Three of the members, Brooks, Alshagra, and Mitchell, earned special recognition for their work in various committees. About 375 students from Russia, Turkey, India, Poland, Lebanon, Germany, Britain, and the Netherlands attended. The Masonites also found time for a tour of Pisa and Florence. Here the MUN representatives pose in front of a fountain at the Palazza Ducale, an old Doge Palace from the days when Genoa was a city state. (Photo by Tammy Chincheck) 3/14/06