Model UN circuit, with only one team—Mountain View High School—earning a spot on the 2018 Best Delegate Top 150 Best High School Teams rankings. Texas is a uniquely-active state for Model UN. Due to the state's size and the majority of teams hailing from public schools, Model UN is almost always conducted "in-state" due to cost concerns and familiarity of procedure. This is in contrast to teams in the East Coast/Mid-Atlantic region, where a larger number of private schools, universities, and conferences allow Model UN to operate on a more multi-state basis. Despite this, Texas enjoys significant Model UN activity, with major conferences regularly hitting 2,000+ attendees. Some of its largest conferences include: Central Texas Model United Nations (CTMUN) hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, Houston Area Model United Nations (HAMUN) hosted by the University of Houston and assisted by other Texas colleges, and Model United Nations San Antonio (MUNSA). Notable high school programs from Texas include: The Village School, William P. Clements High School, Westlake High School, the Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy, Lake Travis High School, Obra D. Tompkins High School, Southlake Carroll Senior High School, and The Colony High School (TCCMUN). Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, students are bilingual and speeches in the committee are therefore allowed to be made in either English or Spanish. After a speech, if a delegate wishes to ask a question of the speaker they must ask “Delegates, will you accept my question?” before being able to address the speaker. This is a practice isolated to Puerto Rico, and delegates may be penalized by their chairs if they fail to adhere to it. Chairs in Puerto Rico adopt a more activist approach, directing the flow of debate and banging their gavels often. This is in comparison to the facilitator style of chairing more common in the rest of the United States which allows delegates to direct more of the flow of debate. See also Boys State Model Congress Model United Nations Model United States Senate MSC Student Conference on National Affairs at Texas A&M University United Nations References External links DelegatePal - An MUN research tool Best Delegate UNA-USA Model UN resources Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry WiseMee delegate Guides & Resources United States educational programs Youth organizations based in the United States