- 57 Asians
- 21 Europeans
- 14 North and South Americans (only 6 from the US)
- 8 Africans
- 52 females/48 males
- 70 non-white, 30 white
- 6 people in possession of 59% of the world’s wealth
- 1 owner of a computer
- 1 person with a college education
- Posted 03/30/2001
Contact: Andrew Svec, 218-281-8435
150 UMC Students Take Part in World Game
Approximately
150 UMC students participated in
the World Game, an interactive global simulation, on Thursday evening,
March 29, in Lysaker Gym.
The event involved an extremely large floor map of the world and a limited number of props representing various world resources such as food, technology, natural resources, and money. With participants randomly assigned to different areas of the map, they are given the resources based on current world data. It is then up to them to solve world problems by interacting and trading with those assigned to other regions. Other participants play roles representing such global organizations as the World Bank, the media, environmental groups, and the World Health Organization.
Participants interacted in a way that helped them easily conceptualize global issues. For example, if the Earth’s population consisted of only 100 people (with all existing human ratios unchanged), it would lbe comprised of:
The World Game Institute is a 27-year-old non-profit research and education organization whose mission is to supply the perspective and information needed to solve the critical problems facing global society of the twenty-first century.
Several faculty members had included attendance as part of their course syllabi. The event was sponsored by UMC Concerts and Lectures. For more information about the World Game, visit www.worldgame.org/workshops/index.shtml.