Model United States Senate

MUSS is for students interested in controversial issues, current events, and debate. MUSS debates are scheduled once a week from October through April, rotating between seminar and after school. Students role play United States Senators, lobbyists, and members of the executive branch in a simulation of the Senate. Participants research a wide variety of contemporary issues and prepare bills for discussion and debate. Parliamentary procedures used in legislative debating are an essential part of the debate and are easy to learn. In short, MUSS provides a forum for students to use a wide range of communication skills as they seek to promote and pass legislative proposals in a dynamic and challenging simulation. Students interested in trying out for the travel team, which goes to a student senate for four days in April, must also have taken or be taking the second semester course Contemporary Issues. This class helps students prepare for the simulation. It is not required for participation in the after school / seminar debates. If you like to argue the issues, MUSS is for you!