When Hell Hath Frozen Over: Nome City Council, 1908

The town is dying. Folks have long been saying the gold would dry up eventually in Nome, but now that it is happening, no one is quite sure what to do. With the slow withdrawal of hope, any sane soul has long since left for greener pastures, leaving those behind in squalor. For Nome to survive, it must adapt to these new times! At the same time, odd things have been occurring around town. The Fire of 1905, the flood in 1907… now people say the town’s been cursed. The disappearances and murders have occurred far too frequently to be marked as coincidence. Some folks say it’s the work of Russian or Japanese spies, other say it is the mark of Satan’s influence. But we both know that’s ridiculous. Nome is just another dying mining town, left in the dust after its glory years. Right?

Chair | Danial Butt

Danial Butt is an employee for the Weldon Cooper Center for survey research here at UVA. Originally from Prince William County, Virginia, Danial moved down to Charlottesville to facilitate studies on how the city's history and urban planning can be inspected as a microcosm of our country at large. He has been following along in Model UN for years and this conference will be his first time serving as committee chair. He will be a firsthand witness whether Nome will rise above as a superpower or be sent back into the Stone Age, betting on the latter of course.

Crisis Director | Jonathan Cooper

Jonathan Cooper is a third year from Tallahassee, Florida. He is pursuing a major in Computer Science and considering a minor in History. Jonathan has a significant amount of experience serving as crisis director for different  committee settings and experience levels. Outside of IRO, you can find him attempting to draw, rock climbing, playing board games, and otherwise programming small projects. Jonathan looks forward to another committee that will inevitably descend into chaos.