thessaurus Publication of the 26th National Session of EYP Greece

ISSUE #2

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EDITORIAL NOTE.

What do you do when you think you have nothing to say?You set automatic writing mode on. Eventually, something will come out.

So: we need some young blood.Let’s start a big fire. Let’s start to open brighter.

We know that the road’s long. It lingers on. And Lord knows it’s uphill…

But, hey! Don’t lose your spirit.Even if it seems like you’re not getting anywhere.Don’t give up. You’re almost there.

We’re almost there.

Poetically yours,Alex and Kristi.

Inside the issue.10. The social pressure to look beautiful.

11. Anti-piracy laws do not work.

18. The end of the world.

20. Organisers’ Profiles.

22. Internet access: A human right.

23. When in greece, do as the greeks do.

ALEXIOS NOMPILAKIS | KRISTI VANGJELI | DIONYSIUS THEODOROPOULOS | IPEK KAHRAMAN

ANJA KADIU | CHRISTOS PAPADOGEORGOPOULOS | RAFAELLA KOUMPARI | IJON MUCA

DENNIS PATRIARCHEAS | ELENI GIANNOULI | FRANCESCA PURICELLI | GIORGINA GIANI

BAS VAN LEEUWEN | DESPINA DIMITRAKOPOULOU

AUTHORS.

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Art & Nature or

Natural ART ?

Members of ENVI I seems to not only interested in nature and animals. Suddenly, they turned out to be real artists! Beside their dedication and pas-sion for the environment, in fact, they manifested during team building their best skills in dancing, acting and singing.

Instead of a passionate group of potential scien-tists, they made up a show that could have grati-fied the widest public. Hereby, we are sharing some of the shots that prove how creative they are; unfortunately you cannot hear them, but you can always ask for the video!

Ballet directly from “La Scala”, Milan.

Orchestra composed not by voices, by only by noises.

Kiss-scene from a new romantic coming out very soon.

WORDS AND PHOTOS BY FRANCESCA PURICELLI

ENVI I

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JURI: Ready to rock

the session!

JURI

WORDS AND PHOTOS BY ELENI GIANNOULI

Simply enough: fourteen foreigners at 15.00, a complete team after 5 hours of teambuilding! Our lovely delegates started getting to know each other a little after midday, as mentioned before, by playing different types of EYP Games. I have to admit that it is most hard to act normally when you are with some fifteen people - including the chairs - you have probably never met before but, on the other hand, this is always the beginning! As time went by, it was obvious by their face expressions and body language that everyone started to feel more comfortable.

There was honestly a pretty nice flow concerning the teambuilding as JURI did not face problems of coordination. But that changed when it came to a certain game, the spider web. After discussing what went wrong, they all agreed that they need to cooperate more efficiently, bearing also in mind that the game might have been a mirror which showed what may go wrong during the Committee Work. At the end of the day, everyone was more than satisfied with the results.

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Team spirit since day 1?Despina Dimitrakopoulou reveals the best moments from DEVE.

Ticklish, pampaming and laughing our hearts out: that’s how it’s done in DEVE.Blind-folded, knotted together, mute or shouting, this committee is ready to pass from big, black carnivore spiders, move around barking dogs and sheathing cats and many, many more. This committee is even capable of making it snow when it’s sunny, and do it in a stylish way! So buckle up, put on your seatbelts, aaand get ready! There are more than “human knots” keeping them close ,and these are the different personalities and ways of thinking, that, although they should be the ones keeping them apart, they magically create an even and ever working puzzle. Starting from getting to know basic information about

each other, DEVE was able to built up an integral foundation for the days to come, giving their all and working as a compound unit. Reaching the focal point and getting to accurate conclusions was pretty easy for every participant of development, giving an amazing performance after every activity. With all the excitement and productivity of this committee, we are utterly convinced that they will always keep surprising us with their brilliant ideas and dazzling spirit! So, don’t worry about the future. DEVE is here, confident and sticking together, perfectly armored with all the assets needed to create a strong and powerful team, ready to have a good performance!Stay tuned for more: the best is yet to come!

DEVE

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H U M A N A F T E R A L LDROI’s journalist Ijon shares his first impressions from the first day of Team Building.

The weather was cold but the sun shined bright.With smiles on their face along the typical EYP shyness, the Committee on Human Rights (DROI) started their team building. Fresh looking young-sters, full of potential, ready to deal and to come up with innovative solutions to some really impor-tant problems nowadays. As the time passed by, they became even closer to each other, due to some great constructing games organized by their chairs, Aspa and Katerina. The joy was obvious in their faces and the atmosphere was electric. One could easily imagine that after the very first ice break-ing games, everything went swimmingly good. At DROI, it looked so natural and as matter of fact this is a very promising EYP debut for them.

DROI

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{erasmus} changing lives and

broadening minds for 25 years!Giorgina Giani and Despina Dimitrakopoulou describe the pros of Erasmus.

The Erasmus programme. The most successful student exchange programme in the world! Each year, more than 230.000 students study abroad thanks to the Erasmus programme which has become a cultural phenomenon and is very popular among European students. However, before elaborating on the reasons why this programme is part of the future plans of every single European student, let’s see first what the Erasmus Programme is.

The Erasmus Programme (EuRopean community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) is a European Union (EU) student exchange programme, established in 1987. It forms a major part of the EU Lifelong Learning Program 2007–2013 and is the operational framework for the European Commission’s initiatives in higher education.

So, getting back to why this programme is a European success story. Its benefits are countless!

It enhances and strengthens a student’s character, tolerance, responsibility and employability as it can reinforce his CV and acquaint him or her with new economic markets and business styles, experience and languages. It increases intercultural skills, self-reliance and self-awareness. But most of all, it promotes European integration. Erasmus is the best tool of the European Union to create a truly European Identity which, in the face of rising nationalism, is more needed than ever. Cooperation in multinational terms and exposure to different cultures can create a united future generation of Europe. The experiences give students a better sense of what it means to be a European citizen.

However, the Erasmus Programme will be faced with zero funding after the cuts made to the 2012 budget by austerity-driven Member States. The European

Commission confirms the lack of money to fund the Erasmus Program anymore. The French MEP, who chairs the committee of the Community budget, Alain Lamassoure, is adamant: “The European Social Fund is bankrupt.” And the student exchange programme is not the only one at risk. Nonetheless, chances are still good. In fact, only adequate funding can develop the programme into a real “Erasmus for All”, which is actually the name of the Commission’s proposal for the years 2014-2020.

Last but definitely not least, if we want Europe united not only by economic bonds but also by cultural and social ones, the Erasmus programme is very important since it is one of the main reasons to unite people all around Europe. and it must be improved and continued at the same time.

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DROI

europe : a hostage to its past

When Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg signed the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951, it was nothing more than a contract for cooperation between sovereign states in this particular economic sector. None of the founders could have expected that their creation was able to transform the political, economic and cultural settings within the continent. The character of the European Union has evolved from an international organisation to what is best described as a supra-national organisation which now has 27 members, all of which are sovereign states. As a consequence of this, all Member States had to surrender parts of their sovereignty to the institutions of the Union. Since December 2009, they even have a common constitution.

Europe is currently experiencing a renationalisation of political life, with countries

clawing back the sovereignty they once willingly sacrificed in pursuit of a collective ideal. It seems that for the European citizens that greater good matters no more since they wonder what the European Union is delivering for them. This common trend could risk one of the most significant European accomplishments, the European Union itself.

Xenophobia is a serious problem in all parts of Europe today too. Racism and discrimination cases have significantly been on the rise in the European countries for the past several years. Extreme right-wing parties promoting hatred against migrants and minorities are represented in several national parliaments. Traditional neo-Nazi rallies, more frequent attacks against migrants and increased number and growing activity of racist and radical rightist organisations are the testament. The graphic below shows the strength of

nationalist parties across Europe.Is Europe rejecting the

values it propagates around the world? To all appearances, most European societies have come to ignore once cherished values, especially tolerance, meaning religious and ethnic forbearance. While European Union and its structures are preaching about tolerance and humanism in countries that had never seen serious race and religion based conflicts, those values are trampled within the EU itself. However, economic woes along with increasing migration should not be underestimated. Tens of thousands were left unemployed and millions had seen their salaries sharply curtailed in the outcome of the economic crisis, which in turn spurred poverty and other social problems. Young generation faces considerable challenges with regards to employment in the EU, especially in the common currency zone.

Ijon Muca dives into the european past to see what kind of challenges the continent will have to face in the future.

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{do.i.need.to.go.on.a.diet?}the social pressure to look beautifulAnja Kadiu & Eleni Giannouli examine the case of beauty from a sociological perspective.

The looks and figures of those in magazines and on TV are what people strive for. Our world has this focused, yet truly unbelievable, idea of what “beauty” is. In our society, the “thin is beautiful and beautiful is good” belief prevails. Society presses women in every way to look beautiful. Every culture’s society and media, also the standards they set, are influential on its citizens.

Each culture’s media sets the standards for what is beautiful and what is not. We, as a group, are aware of these pressures and individuals’ interest in physical attractiveness. From cosmetic surgery to diets, our society will do just about anything to be physically beautiful. This is especially true for young women who often fail to see inner beauty in themselves, let alone external beauty. The perfect abs, chest and thighs of models and celebrities are what young girls actually look for, anything less is undesirable and ugly. Anything else needs to be fixed. From schoolyards to college campuses and corporate offices, society’s idea of beauty creates a situation in which women are judged based on appearance. It’s even well known that more beautiful people are treated differently and given more social opportunities. This is making females feel that they are always in need of

adjustments and that their body is an object to be perfected.

Real women’s bodies have been lost in the eyes of the media and replaced by painfully thin advertisements. The problem is that women internalise these stereotypes and judge themselves based on these unrealistic standards. Consequently, women often use weight as a yardstick with which to measure self worthiness. It is common for women to enter a room and immediately determine their status by assessing which women are slimmer and which are bigger than they are. As a result, being female often means feeling fat and inadequate. What we believe is that our society has been subjected to images of the ideal body image for women, deemed appropriately by the fashion industry.

What we are actually worried about is that the image the fashion industry is portraying has gone too far, providing a dangerous image. This image is especially dangerous to young girls who think that body image is what they need to emulate. Eliminating beauty and body standards is unrealistic. The primary method the fashion industry takes to market its target audience is through the use of magazine ads and pictures. In these ads, we are provided with pictures of models with flawless skin and hair. This

causes women to believe that this is the ideal image they should try to achieve. This sort of way encourages anorexia or bulimia. The heavy dieting young women undertake in order to meet their weight loss goals often bring on symptoms of anorexia or bulimia and the diet eventually turns into a disorder. Even if the disorder never becomes serious enough to diagnose as anorexia or bulimia, disorders in eating can still cause serious health and/or mental problems for the individual.

Regarding the question: “Do I need to go on a diet”? Definitely not. What is way more important, rather than thinking how much do you weigh, is to be a productive and happy member of our society and find the energy to channel other pursuits.

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anti-piracy laws do not workChristos Papadogeorgopoulos & Bas van Leeuwen take up to explain why this happens.

With a new anti-piracy rule coming into effect in March 2014, as expressed by Ofcom, illegal downloaders may start worrying that this could mean the end of piracy. Essentially, every time a person downloads illegally, a warning letter will appear on his computer. After three warnings in a year, they can be used to get a court order to reveal the identity of the person, who be legally prosecuted.

Do however anti-piracy rules work in practice or are the illegal downloaders a step ahead?

Truth is that people who illegally download materials like music, movies, e-books, software and so on, insist that anti-piracy regulations do not work. “No one can compete

with free” or, as Nick Bilton puts it in an article in the New York Times “STOPPING online piracy is like playing the world’s largest game of Whac-A-Mole.”

There are many cases but for the sake of the argument, something that most people have probably heard of will be examined. This is nothing else but the Pirate Bay which is perhaps the most recognisable torrent piracy site in the web. Authorities in a number of countries achieved to legally block people from entering the site. However, it did not take long for Pirate Bay to wrap up the code that runs its site and offer it freely to users, so they can install it at their servers which resulted in the illegal download to continue.

The list of unsuccessful rules

can go for pages, that’s for sure, but that is not really the point. As expressed in the very same article by Nick Bilton, a Pirate Bay collaborator announced that he wants drones to be built, “floating” in the air that will allow people to download through wireless radio transmitters. “A real act of war”, as he described. It is what internet pirates are capable of doing, I would add.

New creative ways may be found to fight internet piracy but it is also claimed that even more creative responses will be presented by the internet pirates, a thing which of course continues to worry the industry.

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Strangers at the beginning, thirteen delegates at SEDE had to get to know each other, with Maria and Dimitris coordinating them. What really happens in the committee? How do the delegates find the experience so far? Splitting the committee into two groups for the purpose of this article explores these questions. Truth is that problems existed. What was highlighted were communication problems, mainly due to the fact that people did not know each others’ personality. This could be a reason why the first few attempts of the

human knot failed (notice the phrase ‘the first few’). However, that is the reason why the teambuilding games exist. Members from both groups under interview said that the so called ice started to break pretty quickly. At the end of the day they felt closer to each other indeed. Needless to say, the two groups expressed their opinions -and at the same time desire- that the next two days debates are going to be fruitful and they generally seem to be optimistic. ‘Things are going great, we do feel the spirit of a real team now’ as a delegate mentioned.

sede-creating ambitions.

SEDE

Christos introduces us with SEDE’s first efforts to make up a real team spirit before Committee Work day.

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Feeling “AGRI” today?A short insight from Rafaella Koumpari after an intense day at AGRI.

Twelve delegates, twelve unique personalities, one common goal; the perfect cooperation so as to suc-cessfully survive the first day where awkwardness ends and the EYP spirit begins. You have guessed right. This is an insight of what takes place when no one is looking at the not so AGRI people of this Session. Delegates’ faces – especially first timers - makes it an easy task to assume what they are feeling. As they try not to freeze to death, they all look awk-ward and perhaps out of place. That is exactly how

Libby Papaioannou first felt. Most of the members of the committee were “not at ease at first, since they didn’t know what to expect.” However, things changed for the best in a rather short period of time. Both Thomas Apostolos and Erato Feddatid-ou smilingly said that they were “amazed by EYP so far”, so one can assume that the plethora of the teambuilding games played a crucial role in mak-ing them feel that they truly belong together.

AGRI

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LIBE

More than changing the worldDennis Patriarcheas reflects on the committee’s first day.

Today, fourteen delegates gathered in the City Hall of Thessaloniki to participate in a unique experience. Chaired by Chris and Evanthia, LIBE’s members got to meet each other really fast and learned some weird stuff about each other. For instance, Thanasis likes to speak in public, Nicole likes extreme sports, Konstantinos mimes voices, Simos and Eleni make others laugh, Maria likes dancing, Eythymia decorates, Maria likes studying History, Catie wants to become a radio producer, Maria likes helping others, Sofia wants to become an actor, Fenia draws, Konstantina works voluntarily and Eleftheria likes singing!

Apart from name games and fun activities, they

eventually had to solve some tasks, like passing the bottle across the lava river. When asked by their chairs how they managed to succeed, they unanimously said that it was a result of pure cooperation, team work and strong will. However, there are always failures. Delegates decided that despite being respectful towards each other, communication might sometimes be lost. Therefore, learning from their mistakes, they ended up saying that we should always listen to what others have to say and understand their points without interrupting.

The smile on their faces proves that “Day One” was tiring and challenging, yet rewarding and fun. So, get ready for some LIBE-action!

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The sky was blue, the birds were singing… The surface of the earth was cold – “sun with teeth” as Greeks say - and everyone was feeling very anxious around here… until the delegates from across the northern regions of the country gathered in Thessaloniki for the 26th National Selection Conference. How excited we got upon their arrival is something definitely worth mentioning though! I decided to follow the ITRE committee so as to witness the whole procedure with my own eyes. Teambuilding was amazing indeed and apparently every member enjoyed it. Starting from the introductory games, moving on with the trust building ones and up to the first rounds

of brainstorming, the committee showed a great commitment and team spirit. The way they combined and they linked together in so many different issues indicates that they have the potential of being a strong team which can be connected with an even stronger bond. What is astonishing about ITRE is the ease they present when cooperating in various games - the human knot in particular. However, it doesn’t just end here. What truly differentiates this committee from everyone else is their utterly great personalities. GO ITRE!

WHAT HAPPENS AT ITREAnja Kadiu reports on ITRE’s first activities.

ITRE

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Energetic. Noble. Vital. Indigenous Too.ENVI II and their impact with Teambuilding in the eyes of Bas Van Leeuwen.

ENVI II

It was a bright cold day in November, and the clocks were striking fourteen. The delegates of ENVI II arrived at the city hall of Thessaloniki, none of them aware of the utter madness about to be unleashed over them. Brought together by fate, connected by common interests. Through human knots untangled at world record speed, the delegates of ENVI II learned to trust and cooperate with each other. At first, most of them were shy but the energising games, shouting as

loud as possible and letting the beast in them out got them closer to becoming true EYPers already. The Committee on Environment is taking care of our future public health by making sure falsified medicines will never affect the EU markets and citizens again. I would definitely put my trust in them - let ENVI II solve our problems!

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F r e s h a i r i n t h e e c o n om i c f i e l d !ECON is here. More than ready to impress. And Giorgina was there. Observing and reporting.

Yesterday, we came across a group of young people full of energy and excitement. From the beginning of teambuilding and the first games they showed that they are willing to get to know each other and cooperate. As a very promising team, ECON en-joyed this part of the session, laughed and united. Although still school students with a lot of dreams, they look capable of fulfilling their duties and deal-ing with their very demanding topic. Bearing in mind

that having to find solutions about the economic problems that Europe’s facing nowadays is a very dif-ficult task, we’re expecting loads of innovative ideas from these youngsters. They are the future genera-tion of Europe after all. Asking themselves what kind of Europe we need from an economic aspect is more than necessary. We’re expecting a lot from them but we’re more than sure that they’re going to fascinate us!

ECON

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THE END OF THE WORLD?21st of December 2012. A short practical guide in case of a general emergency by Despina and Rafaella.

The Mayas said it many years ago.You know it,we know it.But the question is: Is it coming?With the 21st of December growing closer and closer, we have to ask our selves...Are we ready for the end of the world? With zombies knocking our front doors,meteorites about to fall on our gardens,floods,volcanic erruptions and environmental disasters, it is no wonder why everyone is succumbing to the common hysteria.However,don’t be scared.Even if you are currently at a loss for what to do next,the dazzlimg EYP Press Team is here with 5 easy breezy steps in order to be ready for the crestfalling of our reality:

Step 1. First thing you have to be aware of, is how to identify the enemy. Zombies, the big, transparent looking, blood-sucking creatures, have a tendency to make really weird sounds (like a combination of Nicki Minaj and Rebecca Black singing trash music).

Step 2. After you have identified the zombie, fight back! Use the

super magic stick as a weapon to strike a zombie!It is a perfect tool and it is easy to handle.

Step 3. Never ever be alone. Make sure to team up with your fellow delegates, and implement all the usefull stuff you have gained from the teambuilding such as the human knots to capture the evil beasts or the incredible monsters to scare them away. And never forget the most powerful weapon you possess against them: the melody of our own, Big Fat Pony! It creeps them out like detergent does to stains.

Step 4. Always remember to take with with you all the things necessary when going on a bearhunt, and we are never scare.

Step 5. Coffee is your greatest friend in a Session and it shall also be your greatest companion in the end of the world days. In the long hours you will spend awake waiting for the world to cease to exist, make sure that you have stocks of the much needed quantity of coffee. If you follow the aforementioned

instructions,we can gurantee that you have a great chance of surviving the disastrous events that are about to happen.Well, that is of course if the wise (and long gone) Mayans have been correct. However, we are convinced that, despite their perfect calendar, there is something more hiding behind the end-of-the-world story.Apart from the human-eating zombies and the aliens bombing our nations,we see a more serious prediction for the future. We are sure that this world will end if we keep being astranged and indiferent from one another and if we keep ignoring our environment. If the current situation continues, our world will surely change and not for the better. Sadly, the real zombies are here: alienation, conflict, war and polution. And they cannot be eliminated using a magic stick.

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Francesca Puricelli and Giorgina Giani interviewed the people behind the scenes, the masters of puppets.To be more precise, they asked them to describe themselves in three words and mention someone they admire.

Marianna Georgiadi, 19Lively, smiley, quick temperedGrace Kelly

Despina Papadopoulou, 19Optimistic, giving, happyMarylin Monroe

Ilias Marios Oikonomou, 19Enthusiastic, loud, optimistic People always smiling

Elisavet Adamoudi, 18Moody, intolerant, logicalSylvie Guillem (ballet dancer)

Myrto Apostolidou, 17Ever-working, laughing-loud, mad-ballerina Marie Curie

Eirini Daliani, 17Crazy, always smiling, outgoingGandhi

Natalia Vagena, 19Energetic, stubborn, tirelessMargaret Thatcher

Nikos Koukovinos, 18Giving, sensitive, sweetRobin Hood

Dimos Papadimitriou, 18Daydreamy, excited, activeSuperman

Organisers’ Profiles

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Dimitra Tsenesizi, 18Always smiling, team-worker, helpfulLes Sufragettes

Triantafyllos Kouloufakos, 18Impatient, fair, strong-willedEdgar Allan Poe

Eleni Methymaki, 21Optimistic, logical, vividGeorge Washington

Panagiotis Orfanakos, 19Dreamer, ambitious, persistentLeonardo Da Vinci

Athina Pachta, 19Optimistic, enthusiastic, awkward Linus Pauling

Efstathios Matsaridis, 20Liberalist, tall, dynamicIronman

Iro Skopa, 18Sleepy, stupid, tallImaginary friend

Marilena Saraidari, 18Spontaneous, realistic, capuccino-loverSoti Triantafyllou

Panagiotis Siozos-Drosos, 18Frank, excited, calmJohn F. Kennedy

Meropi Karakioulaki, 18Friendly, calm, funnyYiannis Liapis

Evangelia Gouda, 17Pink, energetic, messyGrandfather

Eleftheria-Irida Karasmanoglou, 20Always smiling, energetic, optimisticMother

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Internet access:

a human right.

{internet.communication}

Christos Papadogeorgopoulos and Dionysius Theodoropoulos provide us with an alternative way to improve the human’s life on a global scale.

At first thought, one might get the impression that internet ac-cess is a luxury and it is not a ne-cessity for one’s well being. How-ever, this is not quite accurate. It is in fact claimed that internet accessibility is a human right. But why is this the case? Quoting Kostas Grammatis, founder of the non-profit organization “A Hu-man Right”, “People need to have the power to solve their own prob-lems…the internet is a tool that helps people help themselves”.Benjamin Disraeli once said that “As a general rule, the most suc-cessful man in life is the man who has the best information” and it is commonly argued that internet is nowadays one of the best sources of information. Apart from that, there are more advantageous effects of the in-ternet usage, which makes it a basic human right. Let us high-light the economic opportuni-ties, active citizenship, further healthcare and involvement in

the educational process and last, but certainly not least, easier and more effective humanitarian aid. The worldwide web is an au-tonomous market where people can trade and mutually ben-efit, economic-wise. Even in the third world countries, as long as one has internet ac-cess, one can easily reach new markets for one’s products. Democratic regimes are based on the active participation of their citizens in the decision-making process, and the exchange of their opinions. It is well-known that the internet is a platform where free-dom of speech is barely restricted, in contrast with the mass media. Provision of humanitarian aid and healthcare are made easier by the internet, since it enables vol-unteers from all over the globe to surpass distances. Moreover com-munication is essential for such attempts because “without it, ef-forts are duplicated, resources are wasted, and health and safety are

jeopardized. At best, you lose ef-ficiency; at worst, you lose lives”. “Imagine a world in which ev-ery single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.”, as Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia has said. Indeed, with the inter-net, one is granted access to the vast pool of all experience of the human kind. Other than that, it facilitates intercultural exchange; something which is not com-monly and easily achievable. Not too long ago, literacy and electricity were considered as luxuries. Nowadays, they are necessities; 83% of the world population is literate and 78% has access to electricity. How-ever, only 32% of humans use the internet. It certainly is high time for all of us to understand that access to the worldwide web is as important for everyone.

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“I’m hungry, really hungry!” “Oh you should try some local stuff, souvlaki seems to be pretty good.” And in fact, it really is. At first, you look at this pita with randomly squashed meat, chips, sauces and tomatoes with disgust, but your love for this local ‘delicacy’ comes right after the first bite. We were eating our souvlakis on our way to the pub, when we passed by the Greek Central Bank, a huge white building with some lovely architecture, with our minds wondering if there is a single euro left in there. In the meantime, we arrived at the café for tonight’s meeting; a café where they had self-service beer taps. And for a Dutch guy this was heaven on earth. Even in the ever-innovative Holland we haven’t

come up with such a great idea. Thank you Greece! We were just enjoying our beer when suddenly we were literally drummed to death by a band of crazy ‘musicians’ playing gypsy music. This was fun for a few minutes, but after a while, it annoying.The next day we were waiting for a part of the officials team at the Starbucks (they were only an hour late, apparently not much for Greek principles) when some lover-dogs showed up and started harassing every old man passing by…They seemed to be allergic to white hair. After all this adventure we got and got a souvlaki again. And again.And again. Thank you Greece!

When in Greece, do as

the Greeks do!Ijon and Bas confess their Greek experience so far.

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