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Music CornerThe role of music in EYP

Lviv | 26TH Oct 2010 | Issue 2

Orga insight

Séamus CareyA Cinderella Story

Education around Europe

Marshrutka DIY

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Keep calm and Carey on!Jonáš Jančařík & Martin Hoffmann on behalf of the media team

Whenever we use our memories to dive back into experiences longer time ago we again realise how remembrance is constructed. Whilst our logical synapses do try to rationalise memories it is mainly those hard to categorise parameters that do construct our memories: colours, smells, sounds. Especially music does help us to construct moments of remembrance, kicking our brains directly into time travel to the place we‘ve heard that sound beforehand.

Building up memories is what is hap-pening with you right now. Your presence here, your acquaintance with other people and the common  construction  of visions and resolutions are giving you concrete mental imprints. But also the parties at night might brand into your brain, by giv-ing you music you will further on associate with your experiences in Lviv. The sound-track of my EYP life… will exactly feature that aspect of EYP, and also how  Music Makes You Lose Control will be discussed in this issue. The driving question: what is THE EYP song that will make your stay more long lasting? We have started a poll online to see what the outside EYP world thinks about it.

A man surely full of memories is our president Seamus. In „A Cinderella Sto-ry“ he will share them with you and explain his reasoning of how to approach Lviv. Furthermore you experienced memorable events the last days, such as the egg-drop  that will be featured as well. How the organisers experience Lviv is more than special and unique as well...follow them for 24 hours in „Fighting Crime, One Phonecall at a Time“.

One of the claims of the session is cooperation, especially among the delegates. In this issue we will try to contribute by initiating the Topic Cross Check with AFETs and ENVIs. As well a topic will be discussed that does matter for all of you, the question of the influ-ence and importance your work does actually have. The question whether something like an EUtopia does exist is discussed with pros and contras.

As well you will find out more about your fellow delegates. Thanks to deep investigative research work we will answer the ques-tion „Available or not?“ - Check it out! Furthermore our Hitchhiker who started his journey around Europe in the last issue does con-tinue his trip down from the north through more Eastern realms and discovers many places worth visiting in future. However, which awk-

ward situations you can expect there will be discussed in „The weirdest custom in my country is…“

In the end we also won‘t leave you alone if you are in need for more practicality. 3+2 = European spaghetti? will try to explain you the European Education Scheme and the struggles that it faces - surely  relevant  for anybody who plans to study in future. The Napping Guide For Dummies will teach you one of the most essential skills to sur-vive the next days at the session, and if you get tired or need some change you will find a cutout for a Marshrutka. Have fun with that.

Last but not least we have a small ad-dition to the last issue. Due to late at night editing we forgot to mention the contribu-tion of Andreas Heyerick and Tom Palinic to the articles about the Drink of the Tsars and the DIY Vodka. Lilian contributed to the last Ukrainian Special with her article about

the Marshrutka and the lesson in Ukrainian. Furthermore we want to thank the whole team, especially Katarina and Jasmin, for putting so much effort in the iSpeak project that gives you the possibility to have your say here in ink. Unfortunately due to loss of a camera we can‘t provide you with a guide around your hotel - we hope to get that in the next time.

Enjoy your day!

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The soundtrack of my EYP life…Theresa Kleih, Ezgi Ince and Tom Palinic

Music plays an important role in most peoples’ lives. It has the ability to arouse emotions and to bring back memories.

Sometimes a song can beam you back to the time and the place that it reminds you of and you live through your feelings and memories one again. Especially in EYP, songs can mean a lot to you. If their EYP experience was a movie, this would be the soundtrack some of the members of the press team would hear in the background…

Tea Vulić, Journalist

Don’t look back in anger by Oasis

Shine on by The Kooks

Those songs remind me of my first IS in Dublin in 2007. I shared a house

with four English delegates and we used to talk a lot about music. But when I out on those two songs, they were very annoyed – they actually found them too cheesy!

Master plan by Oasis

This song reminds me of my IS in Liverpool in 2008 because my chair and I used to sing it all the time. This time at least it wasn’t me who started it!

Theresa Kleih, Journalist

Despair in the departure lounge by The Arctic Mon-keys

I am an airport cryer. Right after a session, com-pletely tired and exhausted, you usually don’t re-alise how much you will miss the session and the people. But at some point PED just breaks in, no matter how hard you try.

Rape me by Nirvana

In Istanbul, more than 20 the officials stayed in a house built for four people. It is quite obvious that sleep was not an easily accessible resource. This song put on as wake up call was the best way of providing us with the necessary energy for the day.

Disco Pogo by Die Atzen

I would never ever listen to this song in Germany. But here… Storozhenka, dingelingeling, dingelinge-ling, dvaciat odin – what more can I say?

Andreas Heyerick, Journalist

These are the days of our lives by Queen

This is just one of the most amazing songs I know and even more memorable since it is the last video Queen ever produced. It describes the way you look back at your positive memories in such a good way and even describes EYP in some way for me.

Everybody hurts by REM

This song means a lot to me. If you listen to it, it just makes you feel better, no matter how down you are. It re-minds you that there is no sense in being sad and alone all the time and that you just have to hold on…

Ne me quitte pas by Jacques Brel

Saying goodbye is a thing we have to do quite of-ten in life and even more often in EYP. Jacques Brel just has the ability to say the right things at the right time.

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Find more memories online and have your say on what THE EYP song is!

Music Makes You Lose ControlEzgi Ince

Music is an important part of our life. But what would be the perfect EYP song?

There are some things that we cannot live without. Music is one of them and most people need it in every step of their lives. Be it writing an article, taking a shower or having dinner, you always feel as if you have to have some music playing in the background. Much like your own soundtrack. Another thing about music is that it can change which mood you are in, put a smile on your face, make you shout your lungs out, cry, go crazy. We wanted to find out which songs make you feel different emotions and how we can com-pare them with the situations we face in EYP.

Whilst playing Coin Game, you could go for:Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (Niks, LV)The Outsider – Marina and the Diamonds (Lau-ran, IE)During Chicken Pilot:Mungo Jerry - In The Summer Time (Julia, SE)MC Hammer - Can’t Touch This (Jasmin, AT)When you are overwhelmed by the committee work:Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place (Julien, AT)Daniel Powter - Bad Day (Deniz, TR)When you finish writing your resolution:Walt Disney Songs (Martina, CH)Queen – We Are the Champions (Ezgi, TR)At the parties:Any David Guetta Song (Megan, UK & Martina, CR)Storozenka – Lviv Press Team (Lviv Press Team)

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Egg-drop record brokenPia Spiesmacher (98 %), Floris Lauwers (the rest)

Being armed with only two paper cups, two balloons, 20 straws, a length of string, five rub-ber bands, one used blackboard eraser, ten pieces of paper, a length of tape and five toothpicks the members of the 15 committees were challenged by the following task: construct flying objects that were meant to absorb the shocks of a, rather robust, Ukrainian egg falling out of the 3rd floor (what equals approximately 15m).

Following a long EYP-tradition the egg-drop was both: an exercise on ‘lifesaving of eggs’ and the challenge of breaking last session’s record. Af-ter a short presentation of the intention of all im-plemented items and strategies, the pilots of the

flight objects marched to the launch pad. While ‘Pocket Rocket’ and the ‘Columbia Space Shuttle’ “rocked” the place also other ‘Eggcellent Eggsam-ples’ and ‘Eggcellent Droppers’ cut the air of Lviv’s afterglow.

Taking into consideration that after playing Egg-drop in EYP for more than ten years now, the outstanding result of 14 surviving eggs out of 15 (that’s a success-rate of more than 93%) dropped eggs is a record, as anything comparable to this was never achieved.

All present EYPers were deeply impressed by this outcome that might also have been influ-enced by the huge cheer of the crowd while one

egg after the other was dropped out of the win-dow of the 3rd floor. They were not only amazed by the flight performance, but also of the design of the various artworks amongst which a few para-chutes and various bouncy objects.

A lot of consideration lay behind the 15 com-mittees consisting of young Europeans. During the preparation time of 60 minutes there was the pos-sibility to exchange thoughts with each other about the functionality and design of the devices. This gave all ‘egg-ineers’ the benefit to adapt suitable changes to their constructions.

Naps are usually considered to have a bad reputation for it is a sign of laziness or weakness. But you are in EYP, where naps are more impor-tant than normal sleep you (don't) have at nights.

Okay, everyone takes a nap, but the important thing is how to take a proper nap in order to sustain efficiency. First you have to decide on when to nap. Our bodies are programmed for two periods of in-tense sleepiness: in the early morning from about 2 to 4 a.m., and in the afternoon between 1 and 3 p.m. Again, as an EYPer, you don't decide- you just use every second you have.

Naps are dived into different stages. Stage 1 is Falling Asleep and Stage 2 is Light Sleep. The 20

minute nap which is consid-ered to be the normal nap is somewhere in between these two stages. The key to this is drinking a cup of coffee just

before you nap. Caffeine requires 20 to 30 min-utes to take effect, so it will kick in just as you're waking. It is crucial especially to have coffee in coffee breaks so that you don't fall asleep in Com-mittee Work.

You need to limit your nap to 45 minutes or less, otherwise you drift into a slow-wave sleep. Stages 3 and 4 are called Deep, Slow-wave Sleep. Waking from this stage results in serious sleep inertia. That feeling of grogginess and disorienta-tion that can last for half hour or more. To sum up: more than 45 minutes of nap is a no-no.

A nap that takes 90 minutes is the nap you take when you pass out at 5:30 and have to wake up at 7. Sleep deprived brain toggles between normal activity and complete lapses, or failures, a dangerous state of slowed responses and foggy inattention. Yes, you. I am describing you.

REM Stage is the stage we never reach in EYP. So let's just skip that.

Once you decide on the length of the nap, there are just 3 steps that you need to fulfil:

1. Find a quiet place.2. Have a blanket or something to cover

yourself up with since we are in Ukraine.3. Do not forget to set an alarm.

No matter how long the nap is, please make sure that you take naps during the day

(or more preferably, at nights). It is fun to stay awake all night, but it is so much easier to get sick if you don't sleep enough (e.g. myself). Your body needs it. And dehydration, of course.

Napping Guide For DummiesEzgi Ince

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“Life is tough”, these were the first words that were uttered by Séamus Carey, the President of the 65th International Session in Lviv, when we meet him for a short interview during lunch. On the first day of the session, Séamus told us that his dream for Lviv2010 is to talk with every single participant, which we notice is indeed a busy task.

In his speech during the Opening Ceremony, Séamus mentioned that in Lviv2010 we will create our story. So we asked what his story is all about. Séamus started EYP when he was a shy 16 year old. It was a turning point when he realised that older students actually listened to him and valued his opinion. “EYP was the first place where I felt I belonged, where I could be completely me.” EYP has taught him a lot and clearly shaped his life, therefore he now wants to inspire every single participant in the same way he has been inspired.

Séamus is indeed very passionate about EYP, but he is also passionate about musical activities. Whenever he did not perform at Euroconcerts, he sang in a gospel choir and also did musical thea-tre. In fact it is not surprising that he has played the role of Prince Charming in Cinderella. Being a charming prince himself, he wants to make it as magical as possible before we turn into pumpkins and go back home. Not only does he want us to break ice and get closer, he also attempts to break a world record. An application has already been made to Guinness World Records. What record is to be broken is still unknown but it will most

probably require the help of you, the people of Lviv2010.

After eleven years in EYP, Séamus has attend-ed many sessions. Naturally we are curious how he will make Lviv2010 different from other confer-ences. “I want to be a president of the delegates, not just the officials. I wish to be an approachable president.” Not only does he want to connect

with the delegates, he also wants them to con-nect with each other. We can easily see that this was achieved during the eggdrop two days ago. In other sessions where this game was played, many of the eggs were broken. In Lviv, only one did not survive. Séamus believes that this is thanks to the team spirit within and between the committees, which made the delegates want every committee to succeed. “It’s because they share their secrets

with each other”, he adds in a metaphorical way. EYP is a much appreciated concept, however Séa-mus still believes that some things can change and maybe need to change. This is why the com-mittees in Lviv will cooperate more, feedback and support each other through different methods, such as conciliation sessions.

Yes, Prince Charming wants to connect with each and every one of us yet he also wants this session to be about depth. “Often in EYP you par-ty and have fun, but it is mostly on the surface”, he admits. He hopes that this time, we will have con-nected on a deeper level as well before we leave the Cinderella ball.

A Cinderella StoryEzgi Ince & Lilian Liu

Being a charming prince himself, he wants to make it as magical as possible before we turn into pumpkins and go back home.

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Mission Briefing:

# 300 session participants from all over Europe arrived and are present in Lviv

# EYP cafE scheduled to start at 8 pm

# Venue cancelled

Primary Mission Objectives:

# Find new venue for EYP cafE within the next three hours

# Make one hell of a memorable party

A ticking time bomb. “Who will be able to successfully complete such an impossible mission?!”, we hear you ask, your shocked facial expression looking at the paper while your grip on the freshly printed pages tightens.The answer: an elite interdisciplinary team of organisers able to tackle even the most hard-boiled messes of sessions. Need an extra marker or flip chart? Want to order a taxi to drive you back to the hotel? Has the session president been kidnapped? All you need to do is call the Lviv orga-team.They may not be looking at the barrel-ends of loaded guns or dodging bullets in the literal sense like ‘24’-star Jack Bauer does, but that doesn’t make them any less badass. Organising an international session isn’t an easy task, so just to give you a taste of what happens behind the scenes we’re going to give you the overview of 24 consecutive hours in the life of a Lviv orga.

Mostly they are the overlooked ones. Buzzing bees, moving like phantoms. The Session in Lviv with its 300 people is a challenge itself already. A

cancellation for the night’s venue doesn’t make it easier. 24 hours in the life of an orga that even would have pushed Jack Bauer to his limits.

Fighting Crime, One Phonecall at a Time

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The weirdest custom in my country is…They say every country has its own, and boy oh boy, they couldn’t be more right this time. I’ve talked to delegates and officials to find out under what kinds of unconventional customs they turned out to be so wonderfully different. The results are fascinating.Norway (Mikkel): Itchy business. When gradu-ating, you are supposed to wear your graduation pants for 17 consecutive days without washing them.Ukraine (Anastasia): A salty welcome. Our won-derful hosts welcome foreigners with bread and salt in order to honour their arrival. A piece of bread should be torn, dipped in salt and eaten.Cyprus (Andreas): Fun activity, gloomy name. At Kataklysmos, a holiday around 50 days after Eastern, people gather around and start throwing water balloons at each other. Eventually everyone gets wet.Ireland (Patrick): On Arthur's Day, which cel-ebrates Arthur Guinness, founder of the Guinness brewery business, pubs give up free pints of beer from 17:59 to 18:00, which ends up with people smashing bottles on the ground running around as fast as they can.Serbia (Tajana & Stefan): Windy times. ‘Promaja’ occurs when the wind creates a strong airflow throughout the house, passing through open win-dows and doors. Older people, especially women, go out of their minds when they feel even the slightest breeze, fearing they’ll catch a cold.World-renowned ‘rakija’, a strong spirit with more than 50% of alcohol, cures every existing disease,

according to Serbs. And there is a strong belief greasy food is actually very healthy as well.

Ukraine (Slava): Going somewhere? When trav-elling somewhere far, you should sit on your lug-gage for three seconds before you leave.The Netherlands (Stefan, Isabelle): Sausage Fest. On the 1st of January thousands (most of them men) meet up on the beautiful seaside on the North sea, take their clothes off, put silly orange hats (sponsored by some sausage company, re-ally), do the countdown and at the zero mark run to the sea. Hypothermia – unavoidable.Czech Republic (Aňa, George, Martin): Oh yeah, that’s the spot! On Easter Monday men use wood-en whips to whip women. They go from house to house and ask for candy and easter eggs (younger ones) and alcohol shots (more experienced ones). After 12 o' clock women are allowed to throw wa-ter on men.

Estonians enjoy whipping themselves while sit-ting in the sauna, just like their neighbours in Fin-land (Erik).

Georgia (Giorgi, Irakli): MC Tomada. A 'toast master' called Tomada is regarded as the king of the table or ceremony and everyone is obliged to listen to him and do exactly what he says. Num-ber of toasts per night orchestrated by the master: 30+Latvia: How about some smokin’ toes? A celebra-tion of the shortest day of the year, where people jump over fire to scare off mosquitoes.Greece (Giorgina): Encouraging growth of plate industry. Greek people just love smashing plates. Accompanied by music, they have managed to turn Greek plate industry into the largest one on the world.

The Media Team of Lviv IS is eager to know how many single and occupied people there are at the session. The reason of the survey is pretty simple – to get to know you better. Therefore, we appreciate your participation and are really looking forward to your involvement further as well.

In total there were 81 participants asked. The graph clearly shows what the current situation is in your private life! We have approximately 30% youngsters who are in a serious and beautiful relationship. Single (avail-able) ones are a bit more than 60%. Be wise - don’t miss any EYP Cafes and other evening activities. The One may be just around the corner or even in your committee. We also got some very honest answers. Approxi-

mately 3% of the polled ones are in a complicated relationship. The rest are either in an open relationship or actually don’t know whether they are in a relationship at all or not. One of the most amusing answers was from Dutch delegate (I heard his name is Jeroen, but you did not hear it from us). Pretty simple – he is involved in several relationships. If you don’t mind that, go look for him! Stay tuned for up-coming surveys too!

Available or not?Katrina Šuvajeva

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The sausage fest in the Netherlands. A life-changing experience.

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Feeling the wind and smelling the nature and the sweat of the person in front of me, my travel to Riga has began. I just became friends with a Latvian motorcycle gang in Ekenäs and they decided to take me there.

When we entered the city, a great archi-tecture welcomed us. Most of the buildings were from 13th - 14th century. The churches and the ‘three brothers building’ were amaz-ing, even though I only saw them through the pane of a motorcycle helmet. The city itself really reflected the Art Nouveau style. After some wandering around, the hunger took us to Cili Pica to grab something to eat. After a while I felt like I had enough of metal music and talks about motors. So I decided to go for a walk and asked to meet with them again at 8 p.m. I walked in the city and vis-ited the Presidential Palace and the St. Peter’s Cathedral. I took an afternoon coffee and sat down for a while near the river Daugava to enjoy the calm atmosphere. I met with the

gang again and they took me to an ice hock-ey match of Dinamo, the famous Latvian hockey team. Since they of course loved me-dieval atmospheres, we went to a restaurant named Rozengrals. It’s incredible, everything

looks like it did in the middle ages – they don’t even have electricity! When we said goodbye, I promised them to meet again at the Song and Dance Festival next summer. Hopefully we can also go fly in an Aerodium. I always wanted to do that and Latvia is the number one country to try it. Or we could go to the famous ‘No Problem’ open bar. All kinds of bands play there and it is the favour-ite spot of many young people in summer.

I hitchhiked on the roads of Riga but no-body took me so I started to walk. After a while I bought a cheap bicycle and contin-ue my way. I rode my bicycle for days and stayed at random hotels until a guy who wanted to tour Europe with his car took me and my journey to Minsk began.  When we arrived in Minsk, he met with his Belarusian friends and they decided to take us to a res-taurant called Friday’s. They have told us that the colours of the restaurant walls were white-red-white and the government got angry with it saying that it is an opposition and the restaurant should paint their walls in a day. After a decent lunch, they took us to the Upper Town to feel a bit of history, it was totally touristic but really cool at the same time.  When we were back in the main city again, we went to the October Square to have a cup of coffee. All of the Belarus youth was there, seriously. Overall the thing that fascinated me the most was the Minsk Sea, because Belarus has no connection with a ‚real‘ sea but they had a small one in the middle of their city. At night they took us to their house because apparently Belarusian people prefer partying at home rather than going to clubs.

It took me a while to find someone to bring me to Croatia, but in the end I spent some quality time in a tiny car with a really

nice Estonian extended family. When I fi-nally got to Zagreb, I continued my search for the secret favourite spots of locals. Since those Estonians were not the fastest drivers, I was really hungry. So I went to the Nocturno Restaurant at the Tkalčićeva street in the very heart of the city. It is full of bars and cafés and maybe it wasn’t my best idea of the day to try every single Croatian liquor… The day after that, I only had enough energy to slowly walk through the city and enjoy the atmosphere. I took a walk through the lovely old streets of Gornji grad (the Upper Town) and took a cable car to go up for a cup of hot chocolate. That really relaxed me. To get some culture, I went to the St. Mark’s church and was totally fascinated by the colourfully decorated roof with the historical coats of arms of Zagreb and Triune Kingdom of Croa-tia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. To take another action against headaches I went to the Golf Caffe in Cvjetni trg. They really deserve to be famous for their coffee; it totally helped me. At the Lotršcak fort, the Croatians shocked me a little bit. Every day at noon, a canon is being fired off. That was just too much for me and my head, so I decided to leave the city and continue my ride to...

Powered by:Latvia: Anna Plaudina and Katrina SuvajevaBelarus: Valeria HlukhavaCroatia: Tea Vulic

Flying in Riga, walking around the Minsk Sea and being shot in ZagrebPınar Akkor & Theresa Kleih

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Let’s admit it. Education is not the sexiest topic. However, when you meet young people from abroad one of the most common questions is: what do you study? In fact, how much do you actually know about each other’s educational systems? Is there a common system in Europe? Since many of you will be university students soon, we figured that a little information on this could be interesting.

We all know everything about the Bologna Process, right? It is probably more common to as-sociate this with a pasta dish than with education. In fact, the Bologna Process is a legal framework that outlines academic standards for higher edu-cation throughout Europe with the aim of creating

a European Higher Education Area (EHEA). So, what does it mean? For us this means that it will be easier to study and work abroad. The Bologna Process creates common academic degree stand-ards through the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), a system based on credit points which defines how many years you must take to receive a certain degree. The reform models the educa-tion in a three-cycle structure: Bachelor, Master and Doctorate. It is a 3+2 system which means that you normally need three years to get a Bach-elor degree and two additional years to receive a Master degree. This makes it easier to compare different study programmes and the qualifications they give.

The Bologna declaration has been signed by both EU and non-EU member states, however, there are still many differences in how the settled standards are being implemented at universities. Even though the Bologna Process is implemented in most European countries, the amount of years you have to study to get a certain degree still var-ies. We asked our dearest delegates to comment on the situation in their home countries.

Kārlis Caune (Latvia, REGI)

"In Latvia we have the 3+2 system. I think the Bologna Process is a good idea, but it’s not work-ing as well as it could. The quality of the education is weak so the universities in Latvia don’t always correspond to the standards in other European countries. In my opinion it is impossible to get the full understanding you should have gotten of a

specific degree in those three years. That makes it quite hard for many students to believe that they actually deserve a particular degree."

Taryn Cornell (United Kingdom)

"If you want to study on university level in the UK, you have to apply through the UCAS-system no matter if you are British or foreign. It usually takes three years to get a Bachelor degree. The master you can get in either four or five years. There is right now a heated debate going on since the government has said that they are going to raise the university fees. Last week there were massive student protests. People are afraid that they are not going to afford the higher education any more. "

Alexandros Politis (Greece, organiser)

"In Greece you can receive a Bachelor de-gree in four years and a Master degree in either five or six years. The Bologna Process is not very well implemented, parts of it still conflict with the Greek constitution. The framework allows private universities which are prohibited in Greece. A few years ago some political parties wanted to imple-ment the Process which led to student protests

and a silent implementation at some engineering schools. Actually because of this, many universi-ties are closed in Greece today. I think it proves that the Process does not justify itself."

Claire Moreau (France, DEVE)

"After having taken the “baccalauréatle”, the secondary degree, you can apply to any univer-sity. However, the system in France is a bit special since you can do one or two preparation years, and then apply for a Grand Ecole. These are in fact not part of the main university framework, they are very hard to get in to and considered as quite elitist. When it comes to degrees it corre-sponds to the Bologna Process’3+2 system. You need three years to get a licence (equals Bachelor

degree) and five years for a Master."

Darija Popelnulch (Ukraine, EMPL)

"The framework is signed by Ukraine but it does not correspond completely to the 3+2 sys-tem since a Bachelor degree takes four and a Master degree five years. The system has been through a lot of changes, I think that there is no stability in the higher education. In believe four years of Bachelor is enough and three year pro-grammes are definitely not useful. My impression of the framework so far is rather negative."

3+2 = European spaghetti?Katrīna Šuvajeva & Lilian Liu

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Feel disconnected from the outside world? Feel the need to express yourself? Feel like commenting a picture? Feel like ‘liking’?

The media team offers you the opportunity to stay connected during the session. How? Look up for the iSpeak box! It’s a perfect opportunity to give your opinion about Leopolis, send letters to editors or to journalists, write comments on articles and pictures, become more active and stay tuned throughout the session.

You could, for example, write what you like the best about your chair, send a message to someone who you don’t dare to talk to yet, share your knowledge on particular topics and gossips. Be wise – use this opportunity while you are here, while we are here. Anyway, help the Media Team to create the delegate’s page in the next issues!

If you still have any questions, ask your journo how to log on iSpeak while staying offline.

We would also like to remind you of the Media Team e-mail – is.lviv.pressteam@gmail.com and the session blog – http://lviv2010.com.ua/blog.

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Topic Cross Check with AFETs and ENVIs

AFET I+II

Bearing in mind the current situation in Somalia and Sudan, how should Europe approach the issue of failed and failing states? AFET II committee has to deal whith this problem and for this reason was the perfect group of people to ask for a brief summary:

„Basically our topic deals with states that have no government or where the government has lost control of the country. Somalia, for example, does not have a government since 1991. The biggest threat is, that such failed states are a hotspot for organised crime and piracy. What we as AFET II committee want to do, is to prevent coutries from failing and help countries that have no government. The only question is how?“

AFET I's advice :„The topic is quite complex, because not only the failed state, but also neigh-

bouring countries have to cope with the situation. Emigration, for example, is one of the biggest problems they have to handle. Furthermore the population of failed states usually cannot fulfill their basic needs, such as food and healthcare. Human rights are not respected either and diseases spread easily. But our biggest concern is, how far can the EU interfere in other countries issues? What is more important: security or sovereignity?“

ENVI I + II

ENVI II has to deal with another very controversial topic: Powering Eu-rope with affordable, secure and sustainable energy: Should Europe seek and increase in renewable energy or a renewal of nuclear power from its energy mix?

„It is common sense that our worlds' crude oil resources are not endless. There-fore Europe has to find other sources than carbon for energy production. The only question is which one? Both renewable and nuclear energy have their positive and negative aspects. It is now up to us to find out, which resources should be used to what extent.“

ENVI I's advice:

„The topic is pretty interesting because it contains a very controversial issue: the use of nuclear power. Our ideas about the topic are that investing money in renewable energy is always better than a nuclear catastrophe. However it also has to be considered, that even windmillls can cause damage to the environment. Especially birds are affected by them...

Another important point is the production and consumption ratio. Obviously the production of energy has to be adapted to the consumption of energy. For ex-ample it would not make any sense, to build a nuclear power station for a tiny village or to construct a million windmills to supply a metropolis with energy.

The third condition that has to be considererd is the capacity to change. Change needs time and is very cost as well as labour intense. Therefore solutions not only have to be found for the long run, but also for the closer future.“

When Comittees reflect on each others topic

Jasmin Wachter & Floris Lauwers

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Digging into new mediaMartin Hoffmann

If you are following recent discourses on media theory one of the claims in modern times is ‘crossmedia’. The concept implies the overcoming of traditional boundaries and opening several possibilities to work with content, to consume it, to re-produce it and to participate in the production itself. Catchy words like ‘web 2.0’ and ‘user-generated content’ are part of that concept.

For the media concept here in Lviv the press team is trying the same. Here and there you might have encountered different connection we are of-fering you to enjoy the Lviv media experience both offline and online.

1) The blog itself

Most of you already had a glance at this mag-nificent piece of coding that you can reach at http://lviv2010.com.ua/blog/

Besides the mini-sites that each committee was able to use before the session to share knowl-edge and to get to know each other, you will now also find every single article that is printed here. So if you find a journalistic masterpiece inked here you can directly share it with your friends online using the embedded facebook function or tweed it.

2) Additional online content

Whilst most of the articles are ‘mirrored’ on the blog, we will also provide you with additional material. Online you can already find around 700 photos taken throughout the last days. As well

videos do await you to add some extra spice. How do you get there?

Most probably you have already seen these fine squares around that looked a bit misplaced and techy. These are QR-Codes. They are ad-vanced barcodes as you know them from your super markt shopping when the cashier scans your food. And simple as that you can use them as well. If you own a mobile phone of the newer generation that has a camera you are most prob-ably able to scan these QR-Codes and it will direct you to the content linked online, internet access preconditioned.

Additionally you can use the link that comes with the code. It is a shorten one you can simply type into your browser and it gets you directly to the additional footage.

The advantage of all this cross medial con-nection might not appear for you right now in Lviv. However, when you get online in the hotel, you can directly watch the additional material, com-ment on the articles (we all love feedback!) and you can share the links among each other or with you friends back home. The EYP world out there is already posting intensively, have your say too.

As soon as you will come home that will give you the possibility to directly dive into memories. Everything is already there, you don’t need to wait for anything to make your Post EYP Depression (PED) kick in.

We hope this will help you to make Lviv even more enjoyable for you. If you want to contact us, feel free to facebook us or to send us an eMail to is.lviv.pressteam@gmail.com - or talk to one of the journos at hand, oldschool baby!

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