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Editor: Francisco Guerra

Design: Francisca Henríquez

Reporters: Yanareth Cerda Pabla Marmolejo

Karla Retamales Vanessa Rodríguez

Javiera Urrea Rosa Valencia

Editorial Staff

Sausa News

Issue No. 3

December 2015

EDITORIAL

Bells ringing, carols being played everywhere, happy and

joyful children playing around, secret Santa’s, decorated

trees... Christmas has come!

After a hard year —which for some students unfortu-

nately will last more than expected— full of tests, contents,

theses, workshops and a long etcetera; it’s finally time for

getting together with our families, with our dear closest

friends, even with ourselves or with our loved pets… There are

as many ways of celebrating Christmas as people in the world,

and we, as SausaNews, are not the exception.

It doesn’t matter what culture you belong to. May your

Christmas be enlightened with peace, love, quietness, and joy

with your beloved ones; and full of pride at every single dream,

goal, or life project you have accomplished after having

worked hard on them along the year. And, of course, may your

2016 be as great as or better than the almost-gone 2015.

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Sausa News Issue No. 3 December 2015

Monthly Interview

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Francisco

Francisca

Karla Javiera

Vanessa

Pabla Miss Troncoso

Yamareth

GREETINGS FROM OUR EDITORIAL STAFF!

We wish you a merry christmas and a

happy new year!

Rosa

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In this month's issue, I'm interviewing a very

gentle person who works in the cafeteria

located at the front of the campus, you may

know him as Tío Pan, but if you want to know

him better you definitively have to keep reading.

Can you believe that Raphael got married

almost 50 years ago? He has two daughters.

Actually, he has been working with both of them

in the café for three years. Indeed, this is really

important for him according to what he told me,

“I feel really useful working here because at

this age it's almost impossible to find a job” and

he adds that time is really valuable for him, so

it is great to spend time with his family at work.

This kind man grew up in Viña del Mar and he

still lives there, specifically in Chorrillos. At

home, he has two dogs named Casimiro and

Lalo and a beautiful garden that is taken care

by him. Regarding the eco-friendly lifestyle, Tío Pan said that “I consider very important the

good treatment of animals and nature in

general”. In fact he tries to feed some cats that

pass by the café and, as you might think, some

of them stay, Aren't they cute?

Additionally, he thinks that the area lacks not

only of recycling bins especially for plastic and

cardboard but also a speed bump is needed in

front of the campus due to the fact that drivers

pass by too fast and some students have been

involved in accidents – interesting right? He

really is a good observer; what´s more, in his

free time he loves lying under a plum tree and

observing the birds in his backyard.

To conclude the section I have to say that

Raphael is one example of the many memorable

people that surround us in Sausalito campus

and support us even with a smile which means

a lot in this stressful end of the term. Thank you

all!

Getting to know you better

By Javiera Urrea


Full name: Raphael Mutis Marital status: married Nickname: Tío Pan Favorite band: R.E.M

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Christmas has arrived

and brought Christmas

jobs with it By Rosa Valencia

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: everybody is giving dinners, buying presents and organizing

charity events; in other words, people are terribly busy, especially those working in retail. Therefore, seasonal student jobs are the

answer to keep up with the demands of Christmas craze and to draw up our summer savings

plan. More than two thousand part-time jobs are created in this festive

period according to the website

Trabajando.com. The more demanded job positions are seller ($330000 salary), stock clerk

($250000 salary) sales promoter ($255000 salary) and cashier ($200000 salary). Being one of

Santa’s little helpers is an exhaust-ing task but it's worth it. You can earn up to $400000. Besides retail companies, bars and

restaurants are in urgent need of kitchen helpers and waiters.

Before you start sending massive

emails containing your CV, it is

highly recommended to make sure

you apply to trustworthy com-

panies that uphold employment

laws.

Image taken from: http://www.totaljobs.com/careers-advice/christmas-jobs/~/media/tj/Christmasjobsboost.ashx

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Self-confidence: Start believing in

yourself By Karla Retamales

Are you one of those people who lack self-

confidence? If the answer is affirmative, you should start discovering your unlimited

potential step by step. It’s a fact that self-confident people have more possibilities of

achieving success in their life than people whose confidence is too low. Raising and

developing self-confidence is essential as it can positively influence reaching our aca-

demic goals. For that reason, it is im-

portant for us to become conscious of our abilities and virtues, even our own value as

human beings. Self-confidence can be seen as a personal

power which increases by the presence of self- esteem and self-efficacy. The first term

is mainly related to the positive sense of being able to do what we want successfully.

The latter can be perceived when the sense of capability and hard work leads us

to achieve purposes. These two charac-teristics are essential for our self-

confidence to be developed. Therefore, we should follow some recommendations if we

have negative perceptions of ourselves. I believe that the website named “Mind

Tools” gives us a more detailed view of self-confidence and some advice for increasing it

by following a series of steps. Building self-

confidence cannot be achieved just in one hour or even in a week. For that reason, we

need to be persistent on trying to succeed if we want this change.

Taken from: https://www.mindtools.com/

selfconf.html

Image taken from: http://www.madhyamaka.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/shutterstock_144352681.jpg

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Christmas, New Year’s

Eve and the end of the

semester By Yanareth Cerda

One of the hardest things of having

a compact semester is that when

carols are being sung, bells are

jingling, and ginger men are

invading bakeries… you are still in

classes, struggling with the weath-

er hotter and hotter, and topping

that: dealing with all the finals.

All the stress and worry consume

your entire world while the normal

person is obsessed by

consumerism and all this Christmas

frenzy. The question is how on Earth

do you concentrate on your duties?

Truth is: you don’t.

The whirl and the weariness

accumulated through the year just

explodes as you see the celebration

around the corner, and let us not

blame ourselves for doing so, just

go with the flow and get rid of all

guilt, at least before the exams

start.

Did I finally go crazy? Maybe. But

another truth is that when you try

to fight something, especially when

you are more interested in that

than in your academic duties, you

lose the battle. That’s why, and as it

was mentioned in an article

published in issue 2, it is much

better to relax for a while and enjoy

yourself than to spend hours of

mental brutal torture in front of a

computer doing what you are not

willing to do. The important thing is

not to lose focus and to bear in

mind that, even though you don’t

want to face tests, exams and

assignments, you still have to do

them. After all, you chose the

program you are studying and you

will be working on it the rest of your

life. So, love and enjoy it or hate it

and suffer.

May you all have a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year. For all those

who have to take exams, “may the

odds be ever in your favour!”

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Consumerism and the

holidays By Francisca Henríquez

The holiday season is coming up and we tend to associate this time of the year with giving and receiving presents. But is this what these times is really about? Most of us know that the true

meaning of the holidays is spending quality time with your friends and family; however we tend to overlook this fact by paying more attention to gifts. So, how can we recover the hol-iday spirit in times where con-

sumerism casts a shadow on

one of the few opportunities that we have to share with our loved ones?

A few tips for regaining the holiday spirit would be that if

you feel the need to give presents, you could make them yourself or buy them from a local craft shop so they will be more meaningful. Also, if you

need a cake, you could bake it yourself with the help of some

of your relatives. Put thought into everything you do. Share time rather than expensive gifts and you will feel better about yourself and your joy will be

contagious.

Image taken from: https://www.finefoodstore.co.uk/application/media/images/img_xmaxGifts.jpg

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Christmas Cookie Recipe: By Pabla Marmolejo

Nothing is more Christmassy than some ginger cookies. They are a must in any

Christmas party, and so, we’re sharing with you this special, easy to make, and

most importantly, delicious recipe.

Ingredients:

-200gr softened butter

-3 cups all-purpose flour

-1 tbsp. baking soda

-1 large egg

-1 cup brown sugar

-2 tsp ground cinnamon

-2 tsp ground ginger

-1/4 tsp nutmeg

-1/2 tbsp. vanilla extract

Pre-heat the oven. Place the butter into a large bowl and with a hand-held mixer

beat it until it’s soft and creamy. Then add the egg and the vanilla extract, and keep

beating. In another bowl, add spices, sugar, baking soda and 3 cups of flour. Mix all

together until everything is combined. Keep mixing until you start forming the

dough. Once the dough is formed, and it doesn’t stick to your hands, roll it up until

it’s thin. Using a cookie cutter, cut the cookies in the desired shape.

In a buttered baking sheet, place the cookies and put them into the oven. Wait until

they look golden brown. Take them out, and decorate them as pleased.

Enjoy!

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