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The Reason of acTion

Human Ethics

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The detachement of man from the antural wordl has become results in in serious social issues.

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SPLASH// Message FroM HQ

Edit So here we are, the final day of the forum and the final edition of your session newspaper, Splash. It’s great to see you’ve all survived the past week and we hope we’ve kept you good company along the way. In this final paper we’ll be addressing further the issue surrounding society and its dependence on the technological phenomenon. As with past artic-les questioning the necessity of technology in our lives, the Reason of Action condemns this reliance and seeks a change in how we perceive the world. Staying with the topic of society, we take a look at the inter-national Irish Pub tradition, with inspirati-on being drawn from the session favourite, Kelly’s Pub! On lighter notes, we offer you an interesting perception of the influence of colours on our per-sonalities, which links nicely to our coverage on the GA fashion! Along with these, we cover the swapping trend that’s sweeping the internet, share some random facts about you delegates and will possibly drive a few people a bit crazy with a look at the infamous Pointing Game. As always, we have your Daily Splash, which looks back over our past week here, from Belgi-an beer to shapes on the dance-floor, along with your views in Question of the Day. To finish off the paper, we have a special coverage on EuroConcert evening, as well as a sneak peek at the people who have been holding this session together from behind the scenes, the orgas! We hope you enjoy the last issue and have had an amazing and unforgettable week here in Ant-werp.

Your Editors,Max & Rita

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Noura Berrouba / Nicola Solomou Oona Kiiskinen / Gregor Rawert / Monica Mantovani / Fred Fischer / Sigrun Fagerfjäll / Simone Passeri / Waltter Suominen / Louise van

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The information and opinions con-tainned in SPLASH solely represent the thoughts and opinions of the

contributors and are not endorsed by, or reflect opinions of Europolis

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What’s up party people? Wri-ting the very last daily splash I can’t help feeling a little bit sentimental, as I’m sure you all will when this session comes to a close. But as we wipe a trickle of the very substance that we have been discussing all this week from our cheeks we can look back at the session with joy. And listening to the debates in the GA I realize that the world will be in safe hands. Where there is a problem there is a solution, and finding those solutions is what you guys do best.

In the last couple of days it has also been proven that EYPers can party. It doesn’t matter if it is drin-king a Belgian beer at Kelly’s or if it’s shaking what your mama gave you at the place next door - it is done with style. After the absolutely lovely committee dinners on Tuesday night everyone got to know each other even better over a beer and then several hotties were spotted making shapes on the dance floor. Good thing there was a free morning on Wednesday!

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When reading the headlines it feels good to know that we are do-ing something about the water prob-lems in the world, because it is clear that everything is not as it should be. Along the Lancashire coast shellfish beds have been closed because un-treated sewage has been pumped into the sea and poisoned the mus-sels. This is just an example of how our carelessness when it comes to water affects the world around us.

In the beginning of the session you were urged to dive into the ses-sion in this very column, now we are moving towards the surface again.

Enjoy the last drops!

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What has been your most epic eyp moment of the forum??

>> The moment I stepped onto the ground in Antwerpen and knew I was going to be participating in an amazing International Forum.Dora, France

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>> The moment we finished our resolution!Michelle, Czech Republic

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>> At 3am on night my roommate was snoring like a truck and my other roommate was lying on my legs in a very awkward fashion.Markos, Cyprus

>> Most EPIC Halloween themed boat party ever!Marias, Spain

>> Discussing and writing our resolution, it was ORGASMIC.Yaprak, Turkey

>> The show I put on for everyone at Euroconcert was my best moment.Christopher, Finland

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thereason of action>> With modern day advancements in technology acting as the sustaining the pillars of many so-cieties, one must question the ethics behind this current system of being. Due to this dependence on gadgets and machinery, man has become detached from the natural world, resulting in seri-ous social issues. The off-balance and hypocritical distribution of water is an excellent example of this. There is only one solution to this and it is that of a simple one – one must regain the strong relationship that existed between mankind and the natural world.

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Truth and reality are supposed to be the st-arting points to articulate our reasoning, to build our awareness and to accompany and lead us in our choices. The step aimed at being aware of the truth is the first one to be taken in order to reach the pure democracy.

In a time of high diffusion of artificial systems, of technologies which we entrust many of our actions, the tendency to put even our own deci-sions in the hands of these technologies arises. Such an approach leaves a big void. Machines cannot express their own will nor do they have any conscience, any awareness which defines them differntly from mankind. When some re-sults are consequences of actions, completed in absence of will, they are often harmful. A

of the world, stopped for a while to take a look at it, to observe it. In such a way he discovered that water is one of the natural main elements. Sometimes technologies interpose between humans, between individuals and the external environment, restraining them from seeing. The man who does not see the man, he who does not listen to the environment, cannot have deep awareness of the action he carries out through technologies. He becomes a machine himself, losing his conscience and behaves non-hu-manly. In this instance, pressing a button can in a way kill someone’s sense of being.

The man who can see the man is the only one who can read the despair in those African women‘s eyes who cross kilometer upon kilo-

fundamental element is mis-sing: the reason of the action.

Exercising democracy is fruit of a collective intellectual effort, composed of decisions and expressions of human will which take into account all the personal needs, the common good and respect for the en-vironment. They should then be grounded upon ethics.

On the other side, privatization of water re-presents an example of an emptying of the prin-ciples of democracy, since it does not take into consideration the value of water for life. Some paradoxical conditions of unjustifiable suffer can then be detected and they can be explained only as consequence of the choice of a non-human relational model.

On our planet, water would be available for all only if we focus our commitment on the redis-tribution of resources instead of the economic benefits of a certain management model. We could not explain then the reason why 1.5 billion people don‘t have any access to water; Brazil is a country rich of water but one million Brazilians don‘t have its use. Thales, the ancient Greek philosopher, in order to explain the functioning

meter of land to find water, exhausting themselves for the their children‘s safety.

Computer systems support the organisation of our socie-ty, we can‘t do without them. However, this fact should not counter another: we need to go back to meeting in a tra-ditional sense, to discuss, to share real experiences, not

only the virtual ones. Every one of us should regain our own relation-ship with humans and the environment.

Aware individuals are obviously active citi-zens, those who the pillars of democracy are founded upon. Yet, distance between men makes the worst political choices acceptable. Politics often executes its functions as if it res-ponded to the needs of a different world from their own. If the detachment from reality is per-vasive we cannot bring politics back on tracks of the common good. Extended awareness, progression of ideas, and discussion exercises could all bring our feet back to the ground and renew approaches towards politics in relation to the environment and, more urgently, water.

Computer systems support the organi-sation of our society

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Assembeled fashion at the General As-sembly in Antwerpen.

1) Pink skirt combined with a black top and high-heels. A classy but still young and trendy look.

2) Beige blazer, dark grey dress and suede high-heels. Simple and elegant even without further accessories.

3) Shirts, matching ties and hip glasses. What more could a man need.

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Stripes, cool indie glasses, loads of pink, cute heidi-brades around the head, comfortable yet stylish heals, the partici-pants of Antwerp ’11 sure know how to dress up. The General Assembly is always a good chance to show your taste. This year shows our all-time favourites mixed with some innovative new touches.

With the dress code being formal, the common line follows the boys suited up and the girls in dresses or women in ladies’ suits. This basic standard, however, leaves loads of space for some personal amend-ments to express your own ideas. Guys have the best chances doing so in their shirts, ties, shoes and head-accessories. Girls have these in their dresses or skirts, jewellery, shoes and hair. In the use of co-lours, our attention has been drawn to the popular use of the colour pink. Skirts, ties, shirts, earrings, obviously pink is conside-red the best colour in cheering up one’s formal outfit.

Throughout the session there is a con-tinuous trend in the use of shirts: blue seems to be a much more popular choice than the traditional white:

Ga-fashionBy Oona Kiiskinen and Louise Van Benschop

Fashion Baby

Fashion

in the GA even the marine blue shirt was used to brighten up a coal grey suit. The experience with alternative colors and va-rying motives on shirts and ties adds a bit of edge and furthermore underlines the personality.

Since the weather in Antwerp is defi-ned by wind, rain and a lack of sun, it is not as one would consider pleasant wit-hout some extra protection. In the use of scarves and vests we have been able to spot quite some novelties that pleased us. Considering glasses, the upcoming style seems to be big, round glasses with dark frames. Back to the granny-style it seems, and we diggy diggy.

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Blue objects do not appear to be as close to us as red ones. It can be percei-ved as cold, unemotional and unfriendly.In the case of yellow, the stimulus is emotional. Therefore yellow is the stron-gest colour, but psychologically it’s the colour of confidence and optimism. Too much of it, or the wrong tone in relation to other tones, can cause self-esteem to plummet, giving rise to fear and anxiety.

Finally, green strikes the eye in such a way as to require no adjustment at all and is, therefore, restful. When the world around us contains plenty of green, this indicates the presence of water, so we are reassured by green, on a primitive level. Negatively, it can indicate stagnation and, incorrectly used, will be perceived as being too bland.

By Monica Mantovani

colouR youR life

Ideas

Would you define yourself as opti-mistic and smiling or classy and sober? Black or white?

One is forever contrasting. White is light and black is dark. We are by nature afraid of darkness. People have always linked black with evil and undefined. But black is also the colour of authority and power. It is popular in fashion because it makes people appear thinner. Black implies sub-mission too, in fact priests wear black to show their submission to God. Black out-fits can also be overpowering or make the wearer seem evil.

On the other hand, white symbolizes innocence and purity. It is considered a summer colour and it is associated with summer because it is bright and neutral. Furthermore, doctors and nurses always wear white to imply sterility.

But when it comes to our psychology we should say that, just like in our life, not everything is black or white. There are four psychological primary colours: red, blue, yellow and green. They relate respectively to body, mind, emotions and balance.

Red is a powerful colour. Even if it’s not clear to the eye, its effect is physi-cal: it stimulates us and raises the pul-se rate, giving the impression that time is passing faster than it is. Red is strong and very basic but it can also be per-ceived as demanding and aggressive.Blue is the colour of the mind as its effects lie in the mentality. It is the colour of clear communication.

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in it. It takes more than a person to play a Mind Breaker and as the game goes on and on, the shared agony becomes a unifying factor.

“When I find out the solution, I feel like I managed to do something good after a long time”. After ages of swearing, hopel-ess guessing and false sense of victory, it is natural to feel like that, since you’ve just wasted a huge amount of time pondering about it. “Oh my God, was it that simple”.

“When I get it and others don’t I feel so good”. It’s like when the pray beco-mes a predator, you can start spreading these puzzles and you can start ob-serving the other people going insane.

Even though they wont make you smart, you will feel a moment of supremacy and tranquillity. And for those who don’t get the solutions, unfortunately there’s no easy way. We’ll just keep wasting your time.

By Monica Mantovani and Wallter Suominen

‘This is the pointing game’. These words, which seem completely harmless, are the cause of sleepless nights, endless torment, rage and frustration. Still they spread from EYPer to EYPer like the black circles surrounding our eyes expand du-ring every session. We already analysed modern addictions but in this case we are already aware of the negative impact the games have on our lives. So why submit to these willingly?

We asked the general opinions from the ranks of the delegates.

“Everybody can improve his intelligence”. Although, a valid point, however, is to lis-ten very carefully: ‘This is a box, this is a box, this is a box, this is a box, is this a box?’ Doesn’t make much sense, right? You do improve your memory but you won’t become a rocket scientist by lear-ning strange lyrics by heart.

“It makes us closer”. This has a lot of truth

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The curtain is slowly drawn aside, ac-companied with a round of applause from all in the hall: but what do we get? Three gingers stepping up to the stage! These three are presenting our audience with an impressive programme for the Euro-concert: throughout the night we will be presented with such a variety of young ta-lented EYP- people, their choice of music varying from classical piano pieces to dub-step beat-boxing.

The opening performance, presented by one of the Belgian delegates, filled the theater with such emotion that it drew eve-ryone present totally quiet. Polish delega-tes continue on the classical path, piano piece and the beautiful 30s song “Dream a little dream of me”, kicking the show off straight after the break. Cyprus had a real parade of talents, from traditional bouzouki playing to a breathtaking beat boxing per-formance, perfected with a dub step ad-dition at the end. “Oh the things that guy can do with his mouth”. Finland bewilded and awed us with their peculiar language and the inclusion of Icelandic influences in their song choices. The guitar turned out to be one of the most popular instruments and no wonder why, our Italian charmers taking up the stage with all that emotion and a the Belgian female delegate with the latest record breakers.

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By Oona Kiiskinen and Waltter Suominen

Sing, Sing,Sing

However, possibly one of the most tou-ching performances was the song perfor-med by our Irish beauty dedicated to her dear friend Maria Pashi.

The secret of the night came at the very end of the show, when the audience was greeted with a surprise act: the curtains opened again and the audience was faced with one of the earlier performers, Chis-topher Proctor, this time dressed in tights and high heels and his outfit completed with carmine lipstick. From the opening words of “Dear Mr. President” to the final dramatic pose of his performance, the au-dience was taken into the rollercoaster ride of the talent land. His performance outs-hined his outfit clothes which was a hard feat to beat!

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A glAss hAlf full or hAlf empty of IrelAnd

Close Up

By Freddy Fischer and Gregor Rawert

GoldFind your pot of

gold at the end of every rainbow

Kelly‘sThe favourtie pub of the participants at the International Forum Antwerpen

Irish HarpNot only the name of

many Irish pubs all over the world, but also a tra-

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Potatoes. That’s one of the things that an Irish Pub should have, according to Lucy Brad-field. The 19-year-old chair from Ireland can’t understand the fascination surrounding Irish Pub culture on Europe’s mainland. This is one of the reasons why she - among other officials - was confused at how much time we spent at Kelly‘s, the Irish pub. So we decided to take a closer look at this well-frequented session ve-nue.

Hans, half of the Head-Orga Team, is not too fond of Irish pubs himself, however, Kelly’s greatest quality is its size: It is the biggest pub in town and thus easily host to a group of wild, young Europeans. But size is not the only good quality of Kelly’s. Also, the pub is relatively close to the ETAP hotel, which makes it easy to find the way back. That even applies for those of us, who are not skilled in navigation.

But generally speaking, the thousands of Irish pubs everywhere on the mainland must have something fascinating for Europeans. It appeals to peoples’ sense of wanting to have a quality leisure time. Irish pubs are said to have that cer-tain atmosphere of comfort and free time in a ty-pically male associated surrounding. Sports are being watched and live music is being played. The other half of the Head-Orga Team, Lucas, has not yet been to the island of Ireland, but tends to “enjoy a good beer at times”. Along with Belgian pubs, Kelly’s is one of the places that seems to sate those very needs.

Nevertheless, there are different opinions whether or not Irish pubs in Europe actually do represent Irish culture appropriately. “They don’t have Irish workers, no Irish music, Bulmers or Murphy’s,” says Lucy. However, there are also other opinions being mentioned. Brad is from Ireland and has been working as a bartender

at Kelly’s for two years now. “Of course it could always be more Irish,” he admits, but being in Belgium he already finds it “quite a typical Irish place.”

Irish pubs on the mainland not being 100% genuinely Irish is neither a rare phenomenon nor does it only apply to Irish taverns. Bars serving foreign food and drinks often adjust local cuisine to fit in with local conventions thus appealing to local customers who might not be super fond of everything that is being served.

All in all, Kelly’s not being a typical ‘Irish’ Irish pub did not stop us from having fun nights out at this venue. And who knows: Maybe some of us will pay yet another visit to good old Kelly´s and other Irish pubs all over Europe. Or simply, go to Ireland.

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1 Marijke’s sister once stabbed her with a pen in the temple2 Yannick watches 30-50 hours of TV a normal school week. Although, he does have a life3 Lorenzo likes planes4 Floris likes trains5 Hellen likes boats6 Ola is the only foreign organiser at this session and the best journo orga ever. 7 Jonas guides canyoning tours every summer. 8 Marianne has staples in her skull9 Alexander washes his hands at least 10 times every day. He also carries around a hand sanitizer at all time10 Jonathan enjoys brushing his teeth11 Mathieu repaired the bike he broke last week using the spare parts from other bikes he have crashed12 Céline has a flat spot on her head due to an accident in a swimming pool when she was 7 years old.13 Eva laminated for an entire month once. She also speaks very slowly and sneezes like a babymouse14 Arno squints when tired. This often makes him look drunk15 Bram bought his current glasses because he laughed every time he saw himself in the mirror16 Philippe enjoys calling the police to tow away cars17 Stefan used the same random fact as always so we’re not printing it18 Hendrik has a twin brother that is 3 minutes younger than him

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• Jaakko lives in a farm. Nothing happens there.• Charley likes to wear pink tut skirts. • Michelle collects chewing gum packs, 125 so far• Carlos loves naps more than anything in the world• Toby‘s dad is a diamond dealer• Katherine is called a chipmunk by her friends due to her high-pitch voice• Simon can wave with his eyebrows• Aksel once washed his hair in a Starbuck‘s sink• Filip laughs at his own jokes• Rory once signed an autograph as if he was Harry Potter• Dora has a sexy French accent• A Russian policewoman once tried to arrest Nicolans • Sofia is afraid of midgets and swans• Yannick wrote an attack speech based on facebook questions. • Kevin‘s nose starts sweating whenever he eats spicy food

did you know ThaT ... By Simone Passeri

It‘s already Friday and the session is about to come to an end. However, it still can happen that you don‘t know some of your fellow delegates hanging around. Here, you have some random facts you were so kind to share with us; all of the following can also be some excuses to approach your mates and to start a weird yet funny conversation with.

• Angelos likes turning his pillow over and over in order to have it cold.• Gürkem is a hooligan• Anir is a poet• Sofie gets drunk after one beer • Maria cannot lie• Tunja only learned to ride a bike 3 months ago. • When David was born, he didn‘t crying• Mark once woke up in a chair in his garden. • Theodor wanted to become a monkey when he was a little child.• Alex is a quarter American• Pieris loves rock climbing• Pauline shares: “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?”• Charlie, Chris and Mack are willing to share the ingredients of the UK dirty pint• Matteo is not allowed to talk with his chair anymore• Tiggie hates raw tomatoes but loves cooked ones• Isabella doesn‘t like crowded elevators• Niklas was a child star at a local theatre in Finland• Elsa once fell asleep during a plane‘s emergency landing

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Questions over questions ...

Here you find all the answers and information you need about your

new friends

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In a perfect society, swapping would have no disadvantages. Since this is not the case, there exists clear down-sides tointernet bartering, the primary of which being the issue of trust. Customers can never be completely sure that they will receive what they have bargained or paid for. Furthermore, there is no gua-rantee in both partner’s satisfaction in a transaction as well as the risk of fraud.What could counteract the argument of the disadvantages of internet bartering, however, are the continuous creation, exis-tence and growth of such services. The risk of fraud and other misleading trade on swapping sites is less significant than that in consumer-to-consumer purchase tran-sactions. This is mainly due to the lack of incentive to mislead as neither party is paid.

Unhappy with your wife? Change her. Unhappy with your living situation? Switch with someone else. Unhappy with your life in general? Swap it. Internet barte-ring could be the answer to all these de-mands. Both unfortunately and fortunate-ly, it contains certain difficulties. However, what Internet swapping does contribu-te to positively is a new way of lowering consumption and materialistic actions.

By Noura Berrouba

The swaPPinG Phenomenon

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Before advanced monetary systems existed, trade and barter was used to ac-quire necessary things. What existed pre-viously was a direct exchange of goods and services. In 1995, the consumer-to-consumer trade was reinstalled with the creation of EBay. Today, 15 years on, the consumer-to-consumer trade and the barter market are flourishing on the World Wide Web. Internet bartering is a way for participants in online communities to trade items of comparable value, a new method which comes with not only great possibilities but also significant difficulties.

Wife swapping shows, home and clo-thes trading webpages and other swap-ping services are penetrating our eyes every day. With a more materialistic mind-set and consumerism prevailing in our societies, swapping is a fresh feature. Instead of buying something you need, you can attain that item by trading away something you no longer use. There are two types of swapping – temporary and complete swap. House swapping is an example of a temporary swap where you can inhabit someone else’s house with the condition that they inhabit yours at the same time. Bear this in mind, however, Swapping is both decreasing our con-sumption while also lowering our costs.

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