Somewhere within the archives of The Current, you can find articles covering the great success of the two previous Potomac School Model United Nations Conferences, also known as PSMUNC. PSMUNC III, a (soon to be) beloved conference and cherished dream planned for February 6th and 7th, 2026, passed away after a brief but brutal wreck caused by a mysterious force. Aiden Yuan, Hugh Antonik, Sydney Tregoning, and Gillian Young, leaders of the Potomac’s MUN team, were beyond excited to nurture the third PSMUNC into a thriving, resilient, and pride-worthy conference. While decorating the conference with a chic website design and creating fantastic committees, the leaders never saw the disaster slowly striking down their creation. And only when it was too late did they realize that the ghost and its mysterious forces blinded the leaders from fatal flaws that caused PSMUNC III to be indefinitely postponed. As it turns out, a good conference has delegates, and the force (which many are calling a ghost) did everything in its power to stop registrations. 

The ghost’s first act of sabotage was preventing the leaders from publishing the website early enough. By the time invitations went out, a rival conference had already claimed February 6th and 7th at Rock Ridge High School, poaching the delegates PSMUNC III had hoped to attract. National Speech and Debate Association Qualifiers were also that weekend, dealing another blow to the pool of available Potomac participants. The ghost, it seemed, had an accomplice. 

But PSMUNC III’s deepest scars, and ultimately its fatal wounds, were inherited from PSMUNC II—most notably, the Jimmy John’s Incident of 2025. Conference organizers ordered lunch from the deli-chain Jimmy John’s without accounting for the significant population of delegates who needed sandwich options besides ham and salami. Perhaps the ghost had blinded previous leaders, too, as many oversights likely drove delegates away and kept them from returning. As a result, PSMUNC III was dead before it was even announced, eternally haunted by its past.

So really, the mysterious forces bear absolute, complete, 100% responsibility for the tragedy. That, and Hugh Antonik. Perhaps Gillian Young, too. Definitely not Aiden Yuan or Sydney Tregoning.

PSMUNC III would have been a lively conference, brimming with committees that captivate and inspire. Delegates would have wrestled with existential crises in the Among Us Crisis committee, debated environmental policy in The Lorax Specialized Committee, and, most ambitiously, navigated the geopolitical complexities of the Island of Berk and dragon domestication in the How To Train Your Dragon Crisis Committee. Wars would have been waged. Gavels would have sounded. Resolutions would have been passed. History would have been made. Hopeful delegates would have come in with hopes of winning the “Best Delegate” award, only for them to leave empty-handed, asking themselves, “Why did I even do this?” as either Aiden Yuan or Sydney Tregoning celebrated nearby.

But alas, none of it came to pass. 

PSMUNC III leaves behind its heartbroken leaders, an unused website domain (please check out psmunc.com!), and a whopping 13 delegates that actually registered. PSMUNC III is left to the imagination for what it could have been. 

Thank you, PSMUNC III. You will be missed. To those reading: in lieu of flowers, please consider supporting the next PSMUNC, should the ghost allow it.