ISA Newsletter December 1st, 2014

Editor’s Note: Due to writing complications and a schedule change, there

will be no newsletter on January 1st. Instead, we will extend it to the

February 1st publication, which will be a double feature. Our platform is

likely to change from PDF/Issuu to an online format, and we will keep you

posted every step of the way.

That being said, we are announcing ISA recruiting in the end of January!

From our monthly thematic Quiz Nights (the next, Dec. 3rd) to organizing

internal trips, helping international students integrate and so much more,

there is no shortage of activities you can be a part of! If you want to be part

of the International Student Ambassadors, we invite you to find out more

by staying updated on our Facebook page in the coming month

(Copenhagen Business School International Students), as well as

dropping by our office at Dalgas Have or by contacting us directly -

information is located on the official CBS website.

Your correspondent,

Karl-Henrik Smith

For myriad reasons, whether

hatred of cooking or desire to

eat quickly, people dine out.

If you identify with this, this is a

guide to your next meal.

Index

This month’s CBS Life article

delves into why gender

quotas don’t hurt women

and why the revolution for

equality needs to be

achieved ‘from above’.

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3 Denmark’s pastries are known

worldwide for their charm

and scrumptiousness - but the

credit should be placed with

the method of their

distribution: bakeries.

5-6

The dystopian Hunger Games

franchise is beloved by many;

but how does the newest

adaptation compare?

7 Calendar of upcoming ISA

events and Contact info,

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“As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, so skip the narrative and find your next dinner option on Instagram!”

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The Instagram guide to

your next meal

As Virginia Woolf so aptly put it,

“One cannot think well, love well,

sleep well, if one has not dined

well.” It may be expensive to eat

out in Copenhagen but everyone

deserves a little treat sometimes!

Home to the world’s best

restaurant, NOMA, Copenhagen

definitely does not lack on good

places to eat. The small city is

saturated with dining options; so it

is understandably hard to find a

decent place to eat. Without a

good understanding of Danish, the

local hideouts can be are also

hard to find. Nevertheless don’t let

that hold you back!

As the saying goes, a picture is

worth a thousand words, so skip

the narrative and find your next

dinner option on Instagram!

To get you started, here’s a list of

10 Instagram accounts to provide

inspiration for your next meal.

1. @guidetocopenhagen

Get ready to be enticed by a

colorful feed of well-plated dishes

from Copenhagen’s most fun

dining places.

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2. @yelpcopenhagen

Not only does it give you a stream

of dining options, you can also

check the reviews of the places

before you make your decision!

3. @copenhagenfood

With a following of 21,000 users,

this food and travel magazine

covers more than just dining places

in Copenhagen. You might even

find your restaurant from home

featured here.

4. @aokdk

The dynamic lifestyle guide to all

that's happening around

Copenhagen with a great focus on

the most happening food places in

the city. There are also many

guides to the city’s districts on their

web.

5. @verygoodfood

“Foodie, epicure and excellent eats

enthusiast”, Trine showcases the

fine cuisine places in this small city,

a great source for fancy treat ideas.

6. @logonfood

Just as the name suggests, this

stream is a major log on food!

There are plenty of pictures of what

could and should possibly your next

meal.

Words of Wisdom (W.o.W) is ongoing

and consists of a monthly sharing of

some of Copenhagen’s best quotes

pertaining to individual perspectives

on internationalization in Denmark.

Question: How do you celebrate the

holidays (Christmas and New Year)?

“Watching Suits on repeat, drinking

hot chocolate and close to the

fireplace.” – Elaine Yong, 21, China

“Buying, wrapping, and giving gifts -

although it’s just as nice to be on the

receiving end.” – Al-Warith bin Yazid,

23, Oman

“My religion consists of re-watching

the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy and

the two Hobbit films to bring it to an

epic conclusion on December 17th.” –

Bryce Musonge, 20, Cameroon

W.o.W

All the articles in the ISA newsletter are written for students of various backgrounds, representing different nationalities, organizations, and likes/dislikes. If you want to have a voice and write an article for the Intl.

Student Ambassador office, contact us at isa@cbs.dk or drop by the ISA office at Dalgas Have.

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If there’s one thing Denmark has successfully been able to brand on a global

scale, it’s their famous pastries. Wienerbrød (directly translating to Vienna

Bread, but disregard that the chefs who origin ally designed them in 1840

were Austrian) is one such example. And yet, attention is usually not paid to bakeries,

with the sole focus usually centered on the end product. Here are a few suggestions

for your future craving.

Holm’s Bager: Enjoyable and quaint, Holm’s has many locations all across the city,

recently having opened another in the Frederiksberg Centret, which is almost done

being fully expanded and refurbished.

Lagkagehuset: The McDonalds or Coca-Cola of Danish bakeries, but uncorrupted by

success, this chain manages to present the largest diversity of options and maintain

great quality. For tourists and visitors, this is the place to go for a quick taste of

Denmark.

Meyers Bageri: Expensive by Danish standards and yet likely to be the best bakery chain in Copenhagen, Meyers was

founded by Claus Meyer (the genius behind Noma) in 2010; it provides “freshly baked ølandsvedbrød, mørkebrune rye

bread, tebirkes, Meyers legendary kanelsnurre, butter baked croissants and delights with Valrhona chocolate.”

7. @sandravonhayn

A self-proclaimed CPHfoodie; Sandra gives a personal introduction of the food around town (pictured below).

8. @stinemadglad

Stine uses her skills as a professional photographer to showcase her daily

life. Her feed is filled with gorgeous photos of food, people and places.

9. @nanna_nordicrebels

This is a lifestyle blogger with a strong love for organic food. If you want a

healthy dose for your next meal, get inspired on this feed.

10. @virtualwayfarer

Alex started out as an international student at KU and decided to share his

experience in the city online with his flock of fifty-three thousand followers.

His stream is filled with breathtaking pictures of his latest travels and also the

places around Copenhagen. He also authored “where to eat in Copenhagen for less than 100DKK”, so you know he is

writing for your budget too!

These are just for starters, there are plenty more ways to whet your appetite on Instagram, the home of #foodporn. There

are also many dining places with their personal Instagram accounts. Also check out the #Copenhagen and #København

hashtags for even more dining ideas around town. They will supply you with a steady stream of reminders to ditch your

kitchen and eat out.

© Susan Win

The Bakeries of PastryTown

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Rufus Gifford comes to CBS

Hunger Games: Are they mocking us? Katniss Everdeen – our immortally beloved protagonist, the savior of

mankind, the one and only woman that can

represent the revolt against the Capitol –

surprises us again with a remarkable

performance in the latest adaptation of the

Hunger Games. As a viewer, you were bound

to follow eagerly along her enchanting strides

through the rubbles of the burning

battleground, adroitly shooting down

airplanes with explosive arrows while elegantly evading the massive

explosions. Bravo.

Unfortunately, the movie was not directed by Michael Bay, so the explosion

scenes and gunfights, if any at all, were quite dull and unpalatable. The

only character that kept this movie running, or walking, was Katniss –

Peeta was helplessly held hostage by the Capitol and Haymitch was

nursing his withdrawal symptoms from the absence of alcohol, so none of

them were able to make a proper appearance and drive the plot forward.

Disgrace. The movie progressed too slowly and hardly contributed to the

overall plot of the series. The plot can effectively be summarized in the

following way: Katniss has been rescued from the Quarter Quell and is

convinced to represent the revolution. She hesitates at first, but is

afterwards swayed after having seen the atrocities that have been

committed by Capitol in District 8. The citizens start to rebel and target

strategic areas to maim the Capitol, but it retaliates, in return, by bombing

District 13 and effectively removing their surface from the surface of the

Earth. That's it. No progression takes place beyond this point, no one

significant is killed and Haymitch says nothing interesting.

Perhaps this movie merely exemplifies how class warfare is gruelingly slow

and commands great attention from all parties – between the Capitol and

the Districts, the viewers and the director. The viewer focuses as much as

she can to identify important plot twists or hidden hints that will contribute to

the continuation of the movie, but nothing really ever happens – and the

director gets away with it. A bloody disgrace altogether.

3/10. For effort.

© Alexander Chen

On Thursday November 20th American

ambassador to the great kingdom of

Denmark, Rufus Gifford, dropped by

CBS’ SPs01 to provide commentary

and thoughts regarding the recent

midterm elections in the United States,

the importance of voting in general,

and spoke a bit about his personal

experiences in adjusting to life in

Denmark.

The event was coordinated by CBS

Students as part of their #VoteOr

election week campaign to attract

students into voting for the respective

study boards (in collaboration with IBP

Union, the CBS Debating Society and

CBS’ International Debate).

The Ambassador namely emphasized

the importance of encouraging those

who have never voted otherwise to

express themselves, for then they feel

much more compelled to do so on a

more regular basis.

“Perhaps this movie merely exemplifies how class warfare

is gruelingly slow and commands great attention

from all parties - between the Capitol and the Districts, the

viewers and the director.”

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Laura (Werup) is right when she says that “complete, healthy and just

equalization is not something that happens over night”, but I disagree that

this policy will merely be a “quick fix” or “plaster on the symptom” without

undermining the deep-rooted cause of it. In order to change the corporate

culture as something fair to people of all genders, there needs to be a

revolution, and the revolution has been already ongoing for decades.

There are two types of revolutions. One is revolution from below, and the

other is revolution from above. The ongoing feminist change in our

society had always been a revolution from below, proudly. However, the

feminist revolution from below is also painfully slow. The feminist

revolution has taken place for decades until now, and it’s going to take a

few more decades or even centuries. It is indeed positive that the change

has been going on, but it’s highly problematic that it is slow. Why? It’s

because generations of intelligent and talented women’s lives are being

sacrificed. And it’s not just problematic for these women’s individual

women’s self-actualization, but also for the national economy.

Why is gender inequality at workplace so

detrimental to the national economy? Think

about it. In developed countries, there are

so many female graduates from tertiary

education that the percentage of female

graduates is exceeding the percentage of

male graduates. According to the Economist, females account for 58% of

graduates within OECD member states. And bear in mind that higher

education is a social cost, until this educated population becomes a labor

force and turn the cost into an investment that creates further value in the

society. So in many European countries, the state partially or fully

subsidize the cost of university education, because it is an investment

type of welfare that is expected to create a bigger social gain in the

future, more than the money that they initially invested. However, in the

status quo, many educated women are unemployed, underemployed or

give up employment at all, because of the patriarchal corporate culture

and their rightful frustration towards it. Not having this highly qualified

female labor force yield as much output as they were expected to yield is

a unnecessary national cost. Why? Women are half of the population,

and hence women are half of the potential labor force—and when half of

the labor force is lagging due to the unfair

corporate structure; a significant portion of

national GDP is also threatened!

Now that we looked at how gender gap can

be detrimental to national economy, we can

look at how having more equal gender

representation can benefit businesses.

Firstly, we need to accept that there is a

clear benefit on having diversity on your

board. Deloitte identified the potential for a

12% increase in productivity should the

gender gap be eliminated in their 2011

report. Adding enough women to the board

means allowing a board to better

understand a significant portion of its

market and many of its employees, and

therefore be a better board. (This argument

also stands for race and socio-economic

diversity on boards.) If we accept that

principle, the obvious conclusion is that

companies would have more women on

boards, right? Unfortunately, when looking

at representation of women on American

boards, the Fortune 500 had 15% of their

boards made up by women, compared to

the American average of 12%.

“(…) The Fortune 500 had 15% of their boards made up by women, compared

to the American average of 12%.”

Source: The Economist

The following is an extract from CBS Life’s article by Jeen Chun on Why Gender Quotas Don’t Hurt Women. For the full article, and the

original inspiration by Laura Werup, visit cbslife.dk.

"With a conversational, yet straightforward tone, we guarantee that after reading our blend of insightful commentary and reporting, you’ll be pretty damn prepared to make the most of your time at CBS. We are always open to feedback from our loyal readers!” – CBS Life mission statement

CBS Life defines itself as “CBS’ student blog, written for students, by students.” Their aim is to report news both on and off campus, and they explore a wide variety of topics. From student politics to the best bakery in Copenhagen, there is something to accommodate all tastes. Not to mention that you can find one of our articles on their blog at least once a month!

Then what about Europe? Isn’t it a much nicer and equal place? Well if we

look at the report Laura flagged up in her article, we see that the EU isn’t such

a nice and equal place. However, at least it’s MEP’s see that’s a problem. On

the vote to suggest to the Commission to adopt a 40% quota into EU law, 459

voted for, 148 against and 81 abstentions and 63 didn’t show up, which well

reflects what’s happening in each member state.

What does this mean for your (future) company? Well, to narrow it down to

three things, first, it makes the market equal. This means companies in your

own country won’t be trading at any disadvantage due to gender quotas, as

this is the entire principle of the European market, which means any company

you join or start up (and then go public) won’t be negatively affected. Second,

it doesn’t unfairly hinder any company, part of the proposal still allows for

promoting men over women even over the quota if there are no similar

qualifications or merit. Finally, it will hopefully be gone by the time you’re on a

board, because the proposal is set such that if a directive comes out of this, it

will expire in 2028. To quote Vice-President Viviane Reding, “This measure is

there to swiftly bring about gender equality in Europe’s corporate boardrooms.

It will no longer be needed once progress in this area has been achieved.”

These are the reasons why our society cannot simply afford waiting another

few more decades for the revolution from below to succeed. Not to mention

that the careers of generations of intelligent women would be wasted while

waiting for the change from below to succeed, the national economy is

constantly being damaged in the meanwhile, because the return of the

investment in education is disappointing at best in this situation, and

companies are underperforming due to sexism.

So, imposing the gender quota by legislation is a quicker solution to the

problem—because it’s a revolution from above. Why is it a quicker solution?

Because now that there is a pressure from the state, there is an immediate

monetary incentive for corporations to change their patriarchal corporate

structure, and thus, the qualified women who would previously have hit the

glass ceiling, would finally get what she deserved in the first place. The

reason why the revolution from below in the status quo had been so slow was

because they lacked enough monetary incentive to actively change the

currently existing patriarchal corporate culture. (…) It would be unrealistic to

expect them [men] to be suddenly motivated to change the patriarchal

corporate culture that they’ve been used to for decades, without any

immediate pressure from the government and monetary incentive. This quotm

is merely a wakeup call for what should have already happened long ago.

“It would be unrealistic to expect them [men] to be

suddenly motivated to change the patriarchal corporate culture that

they’ve been used to for decades, without any

immediate pressure from the government and monetary

incentive. This quota is merely a wakeup call for what

should have already happened long ago.”

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About: ISA is made up of two teams, each with separate sub teams. Internationalizing Student Life (ISL): Tasks include arranging Quiz Nights at Café Nexus; arranging the International Lounge - where the Ambassadors answer hands on questions from international students, while at the same time promoting upcoming events and activities; arranging the International Career mobility - seminars ex. "How to get a job in Denmark as an international student" etc.; preparing lectures about culture awareness and company visits.

Danish Cultural Awareness/Immersion (DCAI): Tasks include Peer Advising - help potential and admitted students with questions via Skype, Mail and during Office hours; arrange the Welcome event for the new international students; administration of a couch surfing platform for students to help the newly admitted before they find a place to live; plan trips that provide insight into Danish culture.

Acknowledgments: The ISA newsletter is not a one-person effort. Gratitude and thanks go to the following people on behalf of ISA: Alina Bocaleana, Alexander Chen, and Susan Win. Also, thanks to Jeen Chun, who wrote the CBS Life article, and Laura Werup for the initial inspiration.

Editor in Chief: Karl-Henrik Smith.

Calendar 1/12: Parkway Drive at Amager Bio

2/12: George Ezra at Club Vega

3/12: ISA Christmas Quiz Night.

4/12: Lecture at CBS: New field of

Computational Social Science

5/12: Luisi & Brahms’ 4 concert at

DR Koncerthuset

6/12: Full Moon

7/12: Yuletide of Yonder Year

9/12: Events at The Black Diamond

10/12: Lecture at CBS: Talk by guest

speaker Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen

11/12: Scottish Music Parade at

Falkoner Concert Hall

12/12: National Cocoa Day

14/12: Lecture at CBS: How should

management function in practice?

15/12: Gender Incorporated work-

shop at Roskilde University

16/12: Hanukah Begins

18/12: Boyz II Men perform at Vega

19/12: The Christmas Oratorio at the Copenhagen Philharmonic

21/12: First Day of Winter

22/12: The Nyhavn Canal Christmas Market Closes

24/12: Hanukkah Ends; Christmas Eve

25/12: Christmas Day

31/12/2014: New Year’s Eve

© Alina Bocaleana