athanatOs03.04.11. issue 2/Αθάνατος/ n. [From Greek ‘immortal’]

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This is a short story about a middle-aged woman from a certain European country. She’s not starving, but her salary as a shop attendant barely covers the rent and on top of that she has two mouths to feed. One morning, before her weekly trip to the market to buy some aubergines, she stopped at her usual cashpoint to withdraw a few euros. She didn’t like to stay outside while making the transaction, but a quick glance at the homeless man snoring inside the bank changed her mind that morn-ing. So she slipped in her card, keyed in her pin number and waited. Now, can you possibly imagine this poor woman’s surprise when, instead of the twenties she had asked for, her fingers were greeted by a plump wad of 50-euro bills? They rattled into her fingers one by one and after a few frozen moments she examined the pile in disbelief. It wasn’t a huge amount, but still it was quite obvi-ous that she had never seen this much money in one place, let alone held it in her hands. Suddenly she came to her senses, took a hurried look around and pushed the money into her hand-bag, walking quickly home before the streets reclaimed her bounty as illicitly as she had acquired it.

Two weeks later, our heroine is as penniless as when we met her. Even more so, in fact, because she now owes the bank a large sum of money which she has already spent and can-not possibly repay. After morosely telling this story to her co-worker in the shoe shop, he replied with “there are 20 cents in the toilet bowl if you don’t mind getting your hand wet”.

I’m not putting my handin thatwater

Prometheus & Aesop LLUIS STAMOS

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By 400 B.C man had excelled in shoemaking. In fact, shoemak-ers were attributed a high degree of sophistication. People’s obsession with footwear accelerated to a point where social “rules” regarding what shoes you wore came into play. The Ancient Greeks are famous for many things. Greek life was that of mod-eration and simplicity; Greeks strived to be free in both mind and body.

It only occurred to me when I was walking down town that Greek culture and influence is still eve-rywhere. Famous as they were hundreds of years ago, sandals are back in fashion. We have reached a period in time when we tend to look back to the past in order to resurrect nostalgic memories like historical clothing; albeit in a more contemporary way. However, today’s Greek sandals no longer symbolise a life of moderation and simplicity.

Recalling on the battle of Marathon, Feidipidis was the first man to run barefoot all the way from Marathon to Athens to deliver the victori-ous news of beating the Persian army. Today, we hear no good news

delivered by barefoot messengers. It’s upsetting how world peace is being challenged daily, with revo-lutions raging in Northern Africa.

We watch broadcasts from countries such as Egypt and Libya which are facing political unrest. People run-ning barefoot, desperate to save their lives, in the storm of destruction caused by natural disasters and revo-lutions. We see barefooted people on the news running, looking for shel-ter after tsunamis, earthquakes and floods, or in the moment when catas-trophe strikes. For them, a pair of shoes is the last thing on their minds.

And even worse, we are aware of the fact that there are children in devel-oping countries that have to walk for miles every day for food, water and to seek medical help. Yet, in some cases children in third-world countries are not even allowed to attend school barefoot. We are also aware of the fact that cuts and sores in feet cause serious infections.

So it’s not all about the shoes you wear. I suppose it’s all about the

“shoes” you don’t. The “shoes” of social awareness, the ‘shoes’ of philanthropy and humanitarianism. The “shoes” of gratitude for what you have and how lucky you are to have it. Put on your shoes! Acknowledge how blessed you are for wearing that pair of shoes, even if it is not a mainstream brand.

A story ofbare feet

”“Put on your “shoes’”, be-

cause even the mighty Achilles died when he was shot in his bare heel. Had he worn his “shoes” who knows how that sto-ry would have ended up...

Mikaela “Ερμιόνη–Hermione” Kantor believes in a different kind of footwear

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The cons of driving on the rightGen “Κυρήνη – Cyrene” Shorthouse argues why the left side of the road is the right to drive on

Shaking, sweating, twitching uncon-trollably… These are the nightmares that take over my body the moment I hear I have to make a trip to Europe. Why, you may ask? Because every time I make this treacherous journey across the Channel, I genuinely fear for my life. All because you adrena-line junkies on the Continent decided, for some unintelligible reason, to drive on the right hand side of the road. Now not only is this completely illogical and against all common sense, but it is adding years to my previously youthful complexion.

The irony that it is called the “right” hand side of the road is not lost on this traumatised traveller. Even within a few hours of arriving in Athens my life was almost cut tragically short by a local with clear F1 ambitions driving what can only be described as a small tank, whilst I was innocently scoping out any potential dangers to my left. What a loss not only to EYP, but to humanity, that could have been! Nor am I alone in my fear and frustration. Tina Christou (CY) is in clear agree-ment, ‘I was so confused, it nearly killed me’ and Emma Livingston (GB)

states ‘clearly Europe needs to get its act together.’ Therefore it is appar-ent for all to see that we need to fix this problem before a catastrophic loss devastates us all. In the words of Beyoncé, ‘to the left, to the left….’

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Why the right really is right

In her piece my esteemed collegue Miss Genevieve Shorthouse put her case to you for driving on the left hand side of the road. Journalistic integrity – not to mention my sense of propriety – force me to respond to her wild claim that driving on the left is correct.It would be beneath me to suggest to the reader that Shorthouse has been blinded by the insular and xenopho-bic mindset of some of her fellow Brits. Much less to point out that the only other country in Europe where people drive on the left is Cyprus, which - some might say – is

still suffering from the oppression of its former colonial masters. Flailing accusations of “adrenaline junk-ies“ and “illogical and completely against common sense“ are – pardon the pun – more than a little gauche.The linguistic connection between right (left and right) is correct. This issue goes beyond the mere ques-tion of road side or neo-colonialism and rather into the depths of human nature. The right is bright, pure, noble and just. The left dark, twisted and literally sinister (from the latin sinister for left).

Sophie “ Μήδεια- Medea” Debrunner Hall takes on the British challenge and puts things right

Before the days of modern mol-lycoddling and politically correct wishy-washy educational methods, left-handed children were forced to write with the right – pardon, correct – hand. Like caning, workhouses and all of the other character-building educational traditions surpressed by an increasing socialist (leftist is no misnomer!) onslaught, the worth-while battle for the right side has died at the hands of a sinister opponent. That’s right.. . ’

Going Nationalist? Alex “Αχιλλέας – Achilles” Proctor and

Sini “Ελένη της Τροίας – Helen of Troy” Ventelä wonder how united in diversity Europeans truly are

Witnessing happy multicultural faces from all around Europe work-ing together more than successfully makes it easy to think that the European Union’s integrating pro-cess is the correct answer to the problems of the future. The recently ratified Lisbon Treaty shifts power away from Member States and towards the EU, and often in EYP this is not seen as very threaten-ing. Yet the opinion of EU citizens reveals another side to the situation. The popularity of nationalistic par-ties has varied throughout history. Lately it is noticed that national-istic parties’ popularity in many European countries has risen. Some d e l - egates were able t o shed light on the issue. In France, a national-

istic party called “Front National” has recently

been gaining ground. Theophile du Portal from the French del-

egation sees their rise to popularity as a counter-reaction to

the increasing mul-ticulturalism in the

country. According to Theophile, the increasing

amount of immigrants changes the land’s atmosphere which makes citizens feel like they are losing the homelike feel of their country since the new cultures take space from the traditional ones; thus changing the familiar way of life. Colin Hablützel, a delegate from Switzerland, finds the situation in his home country similar. Swiss citi-zens “don’t feel like Switzerland is Swiss” anymore. This has caused the nationalistic party “Schweizerische Volkspartei – Swiss People’s Party (SVP)” to become one of the most popular parties in Switzerland. According to Hannes Heller they are still gaining voters. He thinks that one of the reasons for the rise in the SVP’s attractiveness is the populist ideas they support.The Finnish delegates acknowledge populism as a means for nationalistic parties to attract voters. In Finland,

“Perussuomalaiset - the True Finns” are riding on the wave in spite of the fact that their agenda includes issues such as banning modern art and driving Finland out the EU. People who are aware of politics may find this rather unrealistic. Why are more and more people joining in their team then? “They address issues that

affect all of us”, Mathias Fontell, a delegate from Finland explains. He also notes that people frustrated by the complexity of modern-day poli-tics are easily attracted by the True Finns’ simple way of putting things.Several arguments can be found to back up the increasing popularity of nationalistic parties. The frustra-tion caused by the EU’s actions and the ongoing economic crisis can be mentioned as such. Different views on the enlargement of the EU and immigration policies divide sides. On one hand the opinion is to limit the growth in popularity of national-istic parties by setting restrictions. On the hand this is considered to be undemocratic and there- f o r e unacceptable. As Colin Hablützer reminds us,

“The solution is to find the middle way”. Would raing awareness and making the EU more approachable be a solution to the situa-tion or should we rely upon the democratic process and trust the peoples’ opinion.

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Mikaela “Ερμιόνη–Hermione” Kantor and Alex “Αχιλλέας – Achilles” Proctor couldn’t find words to describe the country performances, so decided to make a chart instead.

Gen “Κυρήνη – Cyrene” Shorthouse and Panayiotis “Άδωνης – Adonis” Ataou get to the core of the question:“What’s the first word that pops into your mind when you hear “EYP”?”

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Dancing

Singing

Clapping

National Anthem

The 'Cucu' song

Made no sense

Not present

Banging Feet

Actually quite memorable

number of delegations

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by Katarina “Αταλάντη-Atalanta” Warg &

Mikaela “Ερμιόνη- Hermione” Kantor

The Delegates were captured by all the Organisers, the Gods of the under-ground, and spread out on trains, airplanes and buses all over Europe. The Goddess of EYP spirit and agri-culture, Demetra, also known as the Press Team, was desperate to gather all her delegates. The Delegates are the heart and soul of a session; when Delegates are gone, winter dawns and everything comes to a standstill.

In the epicenter of EYP, a sports camp outside Athens, the devas-tated Press Team turned to Zeus, also known as President Mobasser. They desperately searched a way to rescue their Delegates from the brutal destiny of not being able to participate in the approaching ses-sion. With the Press Team occupied with the liberation of Delegates; the EYP spirit started dying. Zeus inter-vened, as he is the guardian of order and peace he sent thunderbolts at the Organisers and commanded them to let all the delegates free. The way from Hades to Athens wore down the delegates and reconstructing the EYP spirit was more challenging than expected. Luckily, the incred-ible Press Team saved the day by feeding them the Ambrosia of EYP sessions – the food at the Eurovillage. The Delegates recovered and the EYP spirit flourished, the weather was warm and sunny, Zeus was pleased – everything was as it ought to be. Summer had finally reached EYP.

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Troubled times in sight

Boaz “Οδυσσέας-Odysseus” Manger investigates the influence of the economic crisis on your views on Greece

As you have probably realised by now, we are all in Greece, the country that was one of the main victims of the credit crisis. The coun-try’s huge budget deficit caused instability in the Euro’s course and forced other European coun-tries to intervene by loaning Greece a huge amount of money.It is safe to say that the credit cri-sis had a great impact on Greece, but has it changed the way peo-ple view the country of Greece? We tried to find out by asking you about your views on Greece and the influence the credit crisis had on it.

When asked to briefly describe Greece most of you talked about the weather and how great Greece is for vaca-tion. Kersten Bergentz from Sweden

commented: “Call me shallow, but I see Greece as a place filled with cute guys”.All in all you seemed to have a pretty positive view of Greece, however when the financial cri-sis was brought into the question your opinions changed radically.

Maria Kristi ina from Estonia s t a r t e d w i t h a n i n t e r e s t -ing quote f rom her f r i ends :

“ Y o u s h o u l d g o t o G r e e c e , your money is already there.”And, according to other delegates, the money would stay there. Most of you thought that Greece would never be able to repay the debt they took on to avoid going bankrupt. The main reason for that, according to you, is the corruption that has infiltrated the various layers of government.

But among the negative views on Greece there were a few delegates who saw opportunities. Panagiotis Kalaidhopoulos from Greece saw the crisis as a way for Greece to re-evalu-ate a malfunctioning system, to bring change and push the country forward.

I believe that there’s a truth behind every one of your statements. The rest of Europe invested a lot of money in Greece, and while we may not get it back soon, it is an invest-ment in the future of Greece, an investment in the future of a strong ally with huge potential in Europe.

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Eurovillage“United in Diversity”. That’s how the motto of the European Union goes . On Saturday night we clearly had a concrete vision of how this motto should be applied.

From Russian caviar to Portuguese salpicão, you clearly impressed all the participants with the excep-tional amount of food, drinks and costumes you brought to the camp’s gym. Out of all, we believe that it is not only a dinner, nor a simple gath-ering of young Europeans willing to share the local food and bever-ages, but rather the spirit of the EYP that is shown during this event.During Eurovillage, you provided us all with mouth-watering food from your countries and all of it was delicious and worthy of bringing all the way to Greece. Nevertheless, each event has its favorites and we therefore made a short sur-vey during Eurovil lage about different aspects of countries’ tables.

For almost 2 hours, we saw 320 people from all over Europe walking from table to table and sampling coun-tries’ traditional food. Among these people (including cafeteria ladies), sneaky journalists interviewed some of you and here come the results!.

Conor Conor “Ηρακλής Hercules” Hamill, Alexandre Alexandre “Περσέας – Perseus” Narayianin and

Irina Irina “Ανδρομέδα – Andromeda” Gadaeva

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Food:1. Italy

2. Greece3. France

Drinks:1. Germany

2. Switzerland / Greece3. Ireland

We carried out an informal survey to discover what tickled your taste buds or quenched your thirst. Which costumes were an eyesore and which ones lit up the room. We also wanted to find out which country had the best table overall, based on atmosphere and presence at the event. So, after hearing all your opinions, we can finally reveal the results of your votes:

Costume:1. Greece

2. Portugal3. Romania / Ukraine

Table:1. Ireland2. England3. Greece

Ah! Belle France, you promised land,Come, we’ll walk now, hand in hand

With oyster, snail and bread and butter And vintages to make you stutter;

Creamy cheese that eats so well(Or others with atrocious smell);Hams and salmon, sunset pink,

Fiery Armagnac to drink …You fill my glass, you pile my plate,‘Tis you who’ve got me in this state.

Belle France, I love you, there’s no doubt,But one thing I must just point out –

That here and now I do attestYOU caused my cardiac arrest!

~ Gerald Durrell

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The attractive board, through the eyes of Conor “Ηρακλής – Hercules” Hamill

Tim Keegstra Λερναία Ύδρα –

the Lernaean Hydra

Conor Hamill Ηρακλής – Hercules

Zeynep Yavuz Πηνελόπη – Penelope

by

U N B E L I E V E A B L E

F A C T S !It usually does not rain in Greece during April. Yesterday it did.

‘Greece’ starts with the letter G. Not V, as is commonly thought.

The currency of Greece is the Euro…. Not olive oil, or stray dogs.

Greece’s neighbouring countries are not Iraq, Iran, Narnia or Hogwarts.

In Greece, the official language is Greek. No additional information needed.

Greek mythology is actually a myth.

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The attractive board, through the eyes of Conor “Ηρακλής – Hercules” Hamill

Tim Keegstra Λερναία Ύδρα –

the Lernaean Hydra

Impressions from the

Welcome eveningGathered by Katarina “Αταλάντη – Atalanta” Warg

“I was too tired after travelling”

“It was apparently very common

to dream about being a bird”

“I found out that Karim (LIBE

II) wants to be a dictator”

“There were some freaky nightmares;

one girl had one about being pregnant”

“I met quite a few officials who hadn’t

grasped the con-cept; they just constantly lied”

“One of the girls wanted to be a stripper; taking her clothes off is her hobby”

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The first ladies of OlympusPanayiotis “Άδωνης – Adonis” Ataou and Zeynep “Πηνελόπη – Penelope” Yavuz

interview the legendary Head Organisers

Upon entering the cabin of the Head Organisers we were greeted by their loyal subjects, otherwise known as the organ-isers. One organiser gingerly approached the door to the Head Organisers’ room, but he was ordered to inform us to return later and so we were banished until the critical Head Organisers meeting even-tually came to an end. Despite delay, a few hours closer to our newspaper deadline we were permitted entrance into their Palace Headquarters and were able to discover who is actually behind the mira-cle which is Athens 2011, the 66th International Session of the EYP. Sofia Zafeiriou,20, and Marietta Anastasopoulou, 23, have successfully man-aged to overcome this colossal challenge, boldly dodging all obstacles in their path, which range from a last-minute loss of organisers’ driving licences to the unbelievably slow response time of the Greek bureaucratic system.

For how long have you known each other?M- We met in 2007.

What was your great-est motivation?M- We love EYP and it is the biggest project you can do [organ-ising an international]; I trusted Sofia with my eyes closed.S- The last International Session

that was held in Athens was 11 years ago and I felt that we were overdue for one! And I also saw it as a personal challenge for me.

Any opinions on e-democ-racy? Benefits and drawbacks, for or against?S- It can’t be described as a new type of democracy because nothing has been re-invented. It is simply a new approch or a new perspective, a new way to use existing technolo-gies. What makes it interesing is the interaction between users.

What are you study-ing at University?M- International European Economics and I have finished.S- Technical Engineering and I’m in my third year.

Favourite Journo?S- I haven’t really had a chance to meet them all but I like Boaz (if only because he takes great photos).M- Tim, because he eats slowly as I do.

What makes Sofia/Marietta a perfect head organiser?M- Sofia is strict and accurate, good with computers and online stuff including databases.S- Marietta can come up with the craziest ideas in the crazi-est amount of time and still implement them successfully.

What was your first International Session?M- Berlin 2004.S- Paris 2006.

What are your hobbies?M- Playing the piano, watch-ing movies/TV series, walking.S- Web applications, sociazing online, reading, train travelling.

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One thing about you that would surprise us?S- I am a “modest genius” and I have been through all pos-sible kinds of train accidents. M- I’m a patient person

(Note from the journalists: in addi-tion to this we later discovered that Marietta modelled for the Athens Fashion Week last year)

Sofia, why do you hate people? (Suggested by an fellow EYPer)S- That’s not true and I don’t hate people; I only hate Ezgi Ince (Our video editor). (Laughs)

On a scale of 1 to 10, how attractive do you think Sofia/Marietta is?M- Well if it is the first time you see her, she is a very cute attrac-tive lady and would be a 9.5 or a 9. But after you start talking to her and see the mad Sofia, well... She is still pretty hot. I’ll give her a 9.S- She is definitely a 9.

What is the most impor-tant characteristic you look for in the opposite sex?M- Smart guyS- “Modest geniality”

Wouldn’t it be hard to find these intelligent people since they are modest?M- She can recognize her kind.

What is your favour-ite committee topic?M & S- Definitely INTA.

What makes you really pissed off?M- Sofia. (Giggles)S- When people don’t know how to use emails. That includes people who do not have gmail, who do not check their e-mails on a daily

basis, who don’t know how to use the space bar and finally the ones who don’t know how to use CC.

Do you have any regrets?M- No, because I always think and make sure before mak-ing a decision. But about the session, I wish that we had more.S- No.

How has the session effected your friendship?M- We weren’t friends before the session.

Will you be friends after the session? M- Yes we will be friends.S- Sure, if she buys me drinks (laughing).

What is next for you after the session?S- Study like crazy, have a univer-sity life and proper summer holiday.M- Write down my personl statement for my master’s application, study piano, rest a lot and, oh, find a job.S- What she is trying to say is: GO GET A LIFE!

How has organising this event affected your lives?M- I dont have a life.S- It got a bit more exciting.

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E-democracy goes offline

by Boaz “Οδυσσέας – Odysseus” Manger

From the moment you arrived in Athens we have heard these ques-tions and each and every time we had to answer with a cold “No”.

With every negative answer we gave, the irony of the situation struck us. We are at a session which sports the theme ‘e-democracy’ or Internet democracy and there is no Internet available at this session.Because of the Internet deprava-tion, my interest for the topic of the committee on Industry, Research and Energy grew. Given that ITRE’s topic is the lack of internet within some areas of the EU, perhaps the

present lack of connection may inspire some sympathy for those who face this problem – which we are so quick to dismiss on a daily basis.

I believe that not only can ITRE ben-efit from the lack of Internet, but with no Internet available we have to rely more on our own creativ-ity. The infinite flow of information from the Internet has stopped and for once we can fully concentrate on what is happening around us.

W h a t s e e m s t o b e a h i n -d r a n c e m a y b e t h e k e y t o unlocking a wealth of creative power.

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In the eye of the beholder

Justus “Χίμαιρα – Chimera” G o e t t e m a n n & S o p h i e “Μήδεια-Medea” Debrunner Hall attempt to define beauty

Mankind loves definitions. From prehistoric tribesmen to today’s Wikipedia junkies, casting extensive findings into an unshakeable iron framework has always aroused us. At the same time, definitions provide us with the certainty needed to advance the dimensions of human knowledge. Pursuing this passion for structure and ordered progression, man has constantly sought to establish struc-ture in areas unchartered. A prime example is our concept of beauty. As in so many other fields, the ancient Greeks were amongst the first to attempt a definition of beauty, though even greats the likes of Plato were of the opinion that beauty cannot be defined. Their ideas were numer-ous and diverse. Socrates regarded beauty as the physical expression of purity, while Plotinus preached that there was no single object that beauty could be defined as. Philosophy aside, it was inevitable that any discussion on aesthetics would eventually turn to the simple question of the female form. Within this context, the rules of attractiveness shape female ideas about themselves as much as they are a product of male bias. Might it be sexist to immediately jump from beauty to female attractiveness? No. We speak of inanimate objects, land-scapes, art as beautiful, regardless of context. But humans? Suddenly we categorise; women are beautiful, men handsome. Why the distinc-tion? Perhaps a deeper concept of pure beauty as only applicable to the unspoiled woman, perhaps merely a linguistic oddity. But a woman is only handsome in a Jane Austen novel. She ought to be beautiful.

Beauty. An absolute noun for an absolute value. How can we possibly

attempt to define such a concept objectively when our own percep-tions, attractions and uses of the corresponding adjective ‘beautiful’ are so varied? A single word for such a myriad of meanings and contexts implies one unique ideal: the beautiful.

Plato was perhaps amongst the first, but was certainly far from the last to point out the beauty is more than simply relative; it does not exist in absolute terms. A few cen-turies, though an age in our concept of history but a blink in the greater scheme of things, have seen ideals pass from slim (meaning youthful in a bride), to podgy (wealthy enough to feed well) to athletically lithe (able to afford a personal trainer). Likewise, our conception of ugli-ness. A tan, once the brand of a lifetime of work in the fields, has become a status symbol; the time and wealth to meander in warmer climes.

We may, in a moment of analytical lucidity, be capable of explaining away ‘beauty’ in our time. But mini-mal variation in personal sexual preference aside, we cannot help our attractions. We are, for all intents and purposes, caught in the aesthetic standards of our time. Inescapably so. So, if we are thus barred by the constraints of our own horizon, what merit is their in analysis of it? If we cannot possibly escape out bounda-ries, why even bother analysing them? The answer is simple, if a little banal; curiosity. The very trait which drives us to analyse, structure, define the world around us – even without hope of improvement or change. Is not curiosity the greatest and most fun-damental trait of mankind? And isn’t that, in itself, just a little exciting?

”““Biologically speaking, if something bites you it’s more likely to be female”Desmond Morris, Zoologist

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Alexandre “Περσέας – Perseus” Narayianin and Irina “Ανδρομέδα – Andromeda” Gadaeva find out

Rónán Ó Connor (IE )I got up at 04:00 am to get my flight from Dublin. Then we waited for 5 hours in London for our connecting flight to Athens. As we arrived late, we missed the train to Loutraki and therefore also the buses, so we took a taxi. In the end, we had the pleasure to notice that we were the last del-egation that arrived.

Moise Cristian Marius (RO) Actually it was the longest trip to the EYP session in my life. It was about 40 hours in our way to Loutraki. We had to change a lot of means of trans-port what was really exhausting. But after we arrived the shower was so awesome!

Anna Piiroinen (FI )On the plane from Helsinki to Budapest everything went well and the whole delegation sat together. However on the one from Budapest to Athens I sat in between to guys, one of whom kept on humming. I tried to start a conversation, but he wasn’t to be disturbed from his humming.

Hendrik Wittock (BE) My Mum kept telling me not to for-get my suit in the train and I said: «Mum, how could I ever be that stupid ». Guess what I forgot in the train while travelling to Athens! And there is a big story about my efforts to retrieve it because the train had left when I realised. So now here I am, while my suit is waiting for me in Brussels. «How could I ever be that stupid?». Well…

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The Shoe

Tie your laces and write down your ideas with Liva “Κίρκη – Circe” Kreislere

Something on your mind? Facebook status not passionate enough about your thoughts on the committee or the juicy info from the previ-ous night? The solution to all your problems is the shoe. The shoe can be filled with any possible random-ness that comes into your mind, in front of your camera, or in the path of your pencil. A word or two, a poem, a novel, a painting, a sketch or a

sculpture: anything goes. If it’s good enough, you might even see your work immortalised in the next issue of Athanatos. Perhaps you have an idea for a video - YouTube or self-made - that you think is worthy of being shared with fellow colleagues? We’ll turn your Blackberry screen into a 9 square-metre projection in front of everyone you would pos-sibly want to receive a “like” from.

You + shoe = Athanatos

You – shoes = April 5

(International Day Without Shoes)

During the great depression in 1930s America, hungry people

resorted to baking armadillos. They were nicknamed “Hoover Hogs” as a

dig at President Herbert Hoover.

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Committee UpdatesThe committee on Human Rights greeted each other in very stereotypical ways at the beginning of Teambuilding – British, Austrian, Japanese, etc.

Eleven guys and two girls from INTA have been stripped of their loud-mouthed juvenile personalities and have been transformed into a marching-fanatic, voice-straining, ninja-playing military based committee under the not so strict tyranny of President Mobasser and first lady Bota Moisin.

ECON delegates participated in a truly mara-thon game of human knot, lasting about an hour.

AFCO 2 figured out the zoom game with-out taking any hints from their chair, although most of the necessary pictures were missing.

Karim Ben Hamda (NL) from LIBE II , communicat ion spec ia l i s t , i s looking for a job to translate designs into products .

Lovely Greek dogs seem to be really interested in DROI.

In animal farm with CULT almost all the ani-mals found each other rather easily - the dolphins, the dogs and the sheep. But the elephants walked around with their voices low, struggling to find each other. They searched for a long time, occasion-ally approached each other only to find themselves apart again for incomprehensible reasons. Were they deaf? Were they mute? Still no one knows the reasons for their struggle, just that they eventu-ally found each other and lived happily ever after.

A Calvin Klein model is expected to join ECON on Tuesday. Kiki Ho (NL) seems really excited!

When everyone realised they would not be able to update their Facebook statuses at the session every 2 hours, they fretted and thought that 10 days with-out Facebook is simply impossible. ENVI however used all resources they had and produced their own special “Facebook wall” so they can write on each other’s wall, update their status and have events they plan to attend every day. ENVI, I like your activity!

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Committee UpdatesThe committee on Constitutional Affairs 2 was shocked to learn that Stefano from Italy has been to almost all the cities in Italy but not Rome.

“It’s me, it’s me, you can touch me anywhere”-Lucas (CZ) ” A r e y o u s u r e ? ” - A d i n a ( S E ) .(un)EMPL(oyed) discovering new ways to acti-vate their jobless life with slight hesitation.

Building bridges across the deadly gym river with their wooden planks, stepping stones and a bit of rule bending! It’s only the first day of teambuild-ing and fast-track SEDE have already begun to iron out the few creases that have appeared!

Epic balloon battle went down in LIBE II. Current status: Andrei Mayeuski (BY) is up for revenge!

Even if human knots are not AFCO I’s strength, this reflecting committee uses its actual knowledge and grows to a mature and organised group of young people.

Portugal is located on the left side of France, right? For Winning Victoria, Mumbling Magda, Hesitating Henrik, Cutting Catherine, Singing Astrid, Money-counting Marcus, Staring Sash, Estimating Emma, Smoking Sammy, Manipulating Mihail, Impressing Ieva, Angry Alexander and Running Ronan - IMCO - everything is possible!

Ent i re committee ev i c ted f rom houses ! L I B E I I l o o k i n g f o r n e w c a b i n s …

AFCO 2 had its best moments playing pass the orange and ninja. Their journo was not there. Damn!

The vintage sapphires of Sotheby’s do not shine as great next to the highly desir-able package of LIBE I delegates. Be aware, flexibility in various ways and pure talent of pres-entation sets a high price for such bright folks.

ECON were rife with enthusiasm through-out the day and their dedication and sheer determination bode very well for Committee Work...

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Ed

itors: Llu

is Solervicens (E

S), Stamos T

ahas (G

R), A

driana D

íaz Martín

-Zamoran

o (ES), E

zgi Ince (T

R).

Articles: P

anayiotis A

taou (C

Y), Irin

a Gadaeva (R

U), Ju

stus G

oetteman

n (D

E), Soph

ie Debru

nn

er Hall (C

H),

Con

or Ham

ill (IE), M

ikaela K

antor (C

Y), T

im K

eegstra (NL

), Liva K

reislere (LV), B

oaz Man

ger (NL

), Alexan

dre Narayan

in (F

R),

Alex P

roctor (FI), G

enevieve Sh

orthou

se (UK

), Sini V

entelä (F

I), Katarin

a Warg (SE

), Zeynep Y

avuz (T

R).

Illustra

tions: L

iva Kreislere, Stam

os Tah

as, Con

or Ham

ill