Heartbeat Issue Two

Second Issue of Heartbeat. - European Forum Budweis 2012

THE EDITORS

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CONTENT

Alex & Apples

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Who are you?

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Rap - a blessing?

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More than water

TheChallenge

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Nectar of Gods

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Who’s who?

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Elevator OperationManual

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Editorial. You have shown your funky chicken, you went on a bear hunt, you have discussed Abi-gail‘s story and gave your best keeping the water in your committee bucket. At this point the teambuilding is over. Some of you might be sad about it, some of you might be really pumped for the committee work. Now is the time to share your knowledge about a topic that you have chosen because you care about it. To take your mind off the serious topic during the coffee or the lunch break, we have a couple of special treats for you. Can you figure out „Who is who“? on the pictures on page six and seven? Will you manage to get the challenge done on page nineteen in order to be allowed to go home? We are very curi-ous for you to complete those tasks and hope you have fun reading the paper and watching the videos.

Yours,Oona and Timm

Oona Kiiskinen - Editress (FI)Timm Brünjes - Editor (DE)Sebastian Gerbeth - Video Editor (DE)Theodor Hall - Video Editor (CH)Berkok Yüksel - Journalist (TR)Ognjen Mirkovic - Journalist (RS)Katerina Zejdlova - Journalist (CZ)Gonzalo Rodriguez - Journalist (ES)Tua Malmberg - Journalist (SE)Dmitry Vyskrebentsev - Journalist (RU)Lāra Reinfelds - Journalist (CH)Kensa Traore - Journalist (FR)Jan Janouch - Journalist (CZ)

WHO’S WHO?

Chairs Team: Press Team:

session Chiller / sorT of orga: Chairs Team:

Chairs Team: Press Team:

By KaTe Žejdlová

WHO’S WHO?

Press Team: Press Team:

delegaTe: delegaTe:

delegaTe: Chairs Team:

By gonzalo sola rodríguez and BerKoK yüKsel

Who are you?

What do you think about the session theme?

a) It’s important blablabla…

b) I do not care

c) I do not know too much about it.

How much time did you spend working on the topic?a) I’ve been preparing for it since I was born.b) Topic? What topic?c) Is there a topic for teambuilding?

What does EYP mean to you?

a) My life.

b) No sleep.

c) A chance to broaden my horizon.

What is the President

to you?

a) A big brother.

b) I love Obama.

c) the God/Shop Owner.

Do you know the editors?

a) No.b) No.c) No.

Do you know the names of the organisers?a) Yes.b) Sure.c) Just the one who sent me the email.

What is your opinion on the session videos?

a) I don’t like them because I’m not in them.

b) I like.c) I laugh.

What do you eat during the day?

a) Coffee.b) Chocolate.

c) Whatever the orgas give to me.

Are you cool?

a) Always.b) Duh.c) Not during ‘pass the orange’.

What would you do if you meet the Turk Warrior and the blond Viking?

a) If you can’t escape, enjoy the grape.

b) Nice.

c) I die.

If you have mostly A’s: you are a chair! You are not boring at all and you are born to be smart casual. If you have mostly B’s: you are a journo! Congratulations you are fun-tastic. But try to get some sleep every now and then.If you have mostly C’s: you are a delegate! Just lay back and enjoy the rest of the show, because you are special.


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By ognjen mirKović

t is that time again. The best ath-letes of the world are assembling in London to participate in the

oldest competition the world knows - the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games were held for the first time in Olympia in 776 BC in honor of the Greek god Zeus. During the celebration of the games, an Olym-pic truce would be enacted so that the athletes could travel from their coun-tries to the games in safety.The evolution of the Olympic move-ment in the 20th and 21st century has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these ad-

justments include the creation of the Winter Olympics for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for ath-letes with a physical disability and The Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. Currently over 13.000 ath-letes are competing in 33 sports and over 400 events.However, the concept of the Olympics is much more complex. It is not only a mere sports tournament in which an athlete is a representative of his country. The Olympics games are all about the challenges. The challenge to be better, to improve, to go further than any other man has gone before.

It is about fighting, about not giving up when things are not looking so well and that is something we all face in our every day. Every day life presents us with challenges and it is up to us to decide how to response to those.So whether it is just getting out of bed and going to an early class or trying to overcome a heartbreaking scenario that just hit you, the challenge is there. The Olympics set an example for us and in-spire us to respond to those challenges the best way possible.

The ChallengeEmbracing the Olympic Games

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he sunshine strikes through the curtains and meets your eyes. You wake up slightly numb. You hear voices in the

kitchen, look at the clock: time for the first day of/at school. You get up, brush your teeth, take a shower and get dressed. Everything goes smoothly. Suddenly, while opening the fridge to get some milk for your daily bowl of cereal, you hear your family singing a familiar song. “…here we go with the big fat pony, early in the morning”. Shocked, you quietly finish your cereal and leave, after refusing to join your sister “front to front my baby!”. Mean-while you think that because of the impact of EYP on new generations, it is not odd that your family knows the song.Finally you are in the school bus. Sud-denly people start tapping their laps. There it is- the whole bus is on a bear hunt now! And while you are meta-phorically climbing down the moun-tain to escape the bear, you arrive at school. As a last resort to find some sanity you run into the school and see all your fellow deleg- I mean fel-low classmates, forming a circle. The

school principle starts introducing each teacher and then everyone jumps around. A ‘Zulu Dance’ indeed.A few minutes later, sitting in the classroom just waiting for a long lec-ture of mathematics to start. The maths teacher walks in looking casual and simply asks: “Does anyone have a coin?”. Seconds later the whole class is

rolling on the floor, piling on the top of one another. Your teacher smiles con-tently. When everyone has a smile as big as the one of the teacher on their faces, the game is finished and the les-son about to start. Instead of a sim-ple Q&A technique the teacher tries something different. Everyone writes down the possible solutions on a post-

it and sticks it on the board. Finally, after everyone has completed the task, the right solution is found and it is explained to every student in order to prevent a possible confusion.At last the bell rings and it is time for a break. You get out of the classroom and you see a table full of delicious small patisserie, coffee and tea. Oh yes, you heard me right: it is a coffee break time, a dream come true. You have a sip of your coffee and get something to eat. However, that is not all: a group of people surrounds you, takes positions and yells something which sounds like Japanese swear words. You do what an-yone surrounded by ninjas would do: you become one yourself.Imagine living in a world where EYP is your life, not just a small section of it: a world where your usual day was like one above, filled with energisers, team-building games, CW instead of regular lessons and even Eurovillage. And of course the evening event, a party per-haps.You may say I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one. I suppose you are smiling right now. You should be. Be-cause that is what EYP is all about.

Imagine all the people living ‘EYP’

Do you think that all the facts always have to be boring? Not necessarily! Let me show you the spirit of Budweis from a slightly different perspective…

By BerKoK yüKsel

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Elevator Operation ManualBy jan janouCh

“Dveře se otvírají” - [Dvɛdrɛ se otvee-rayee]

The elevator lady kindly informs you, that you are not particularly good looking.

“Dveře se zavírají” - [Dvɛdrɛ se zævee-rayee]


“Kabina jede nahoru” - [Kæbina yɛdɛ nahorʊ]


“Kabina jede dolů” - [Kæbina yɛdɛ dolʊ]


0Ground floor: you can exit the dorm from this floor. Please do not try to help the automatic door to open.

1There is no point on pressing this button. No one lives on that floor, also only really lazy people take an elevator only one floor.

2The CJO floor containing the Editors’ cave and the orga hide-out. Enter with caution: there is a swamp in the kitchen!

3The place of peace, quiet hallways for sleep.

4You want your breakfast croissant? This is the right floor. After 10PM expect a lot of noisy partying. 5

Only the journos go there. Reason? Unknown.

6-10Don’t be silly.

< l >Not really a useful button: it is there only to prevent you from closing the door with your leg, head and/or foot.

> l <In a hurry? Pressing this button will give you the feeling that you are saving some time. You are not.

10This is not a button.

If you want some trouble with the Head-organiser, do not hesitate to press this button.

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owadays there is much talk about regional cooperation. Specifically this topic takes enormous significance in the

face of the current economic crisis that the world is experiencing right now, with one of the epicentres in Europe.It is evident that regional cooperation is one of the essential elements of the socio-economic evolution. If we take a closer look we will see that region-al cooperation is some kind of fusion of globalization and regionalization, which allows us to efficiently cooperate in political, economic, cultural spheres, maintain stability and provide sustain-able development bearing in mind to-day’s challenges and threats. The EU serves as a perfect example about this phenomenon. It is a highly developed and unique integration, which is rela-tively successful in adapting to today’s frequently-changing conditions. The

level of regional cooperation here is the highest in the world. It is embod-ied in various institutions at different levels. Active inter-regional coopera-tion within the united Europe influ-ences the development of Europe’s structure as well as its foreign affairs.

The line between the EU’s foreign and domestic policy is slowly vanishing. The architects of the united Europe are elaborating a single development strat-egy of the intra-European area in close cooperation with the countries and re-gions that surround it. Thus, regional cooperation is one of the main pillars

of the EU’s evolution in a globalizing world.In order to evaluate the current situ-ation, one has to take a look on both sides: on hand Russia has a lot to learn from the EU regarding its ability to cooperate and act as a truly single en-tity; on the other hand Russia is locat-ed in Europe. The so-called European course has traditionally been one of priority areas in foreign policy, where the EU-Russia relations are of the ut-most importance. The EU has always been considered as one of key econom-ic and political partners on the global stage. Russia and EU were the ones to stand up to the challenges of the XXI century. They are united by the idea of building a prosperous Europe with no border lines, a Europe that would be capable of solving any problem. But first they will have to start from today’s crisis.

EU, Russia and regional cooperation By dmiTry vysKreBenTsev

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Tea: The nectar of GodsRegional cooperation paves the way to prosperity for Russia and the EU.


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Tea: The nectar of Gods

warm cup of tea in the morn-ing gives you a good start. Sci-entists have even found out that the main chemical in the

tea called ‘theine’, being similar to ‘caf-feine’ is also stronger than it. Thus, it would be appropriate to say that you should rather consume tea instead of coffee when it comes to galvanising yourself in an early EYP morning. Obviously tea has a significant role in our lives; however every culture has its own comprehension of the concept of ‘tea’. While the British prefer to drink their tea in a porcelain cup, perhaps mixed with milk and served with bis-cuits, the Turkish reckon it is more en-joyable to drink it in a small glass cup shaped as the torso of woman. While the British have certain ‘tea-times’, it is apparent that in Turkey every hour

of the day hosts at least one cup of tea. Not only the time and manner of serv-

ing, but the purpose of drinking var-ies as well. While the average French

drinks tea in the morning, his or her scope is to get the average warmth of the beverage mentioned. So, the French makes the tea wait to avoid the boiling temperature of 100 Celsius. Meanwhile in a tea shop in Istanbul, the shop owner serves his customer the tea, and the customer doesn’t hesitate to take a sip of it the moment it arrives on the table. I personally have prac-ticed the art of tea-drinking for many years, and am almost able to drink it without any difficulties.Despite all the differences among the cultures, one thing is certain: tea makes you happy. And as the defini-tion of ‘happiness’ changes from per-son to person, the definition of ‘tea’ changes from culture to culture, still the fact that it makes one happy does not change at all.

By BerKoK yüKselWe have all tasted it. We all think we know it. But do we actually know it?

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CZECH THIS OUT!Now, honestly. What did you know about the Czech Republic before you came to spend 9 days at this wonderful session? That the capital was Prague and they brewed good beer here? Here are some of the typical things about the Czechs you might like to know when at-tending a session.

Czechs are not quite keen on being precise or punctual, therefore the meeting time 8 o’clock sharp means approximately 8:15, at least...

Not being on time

Though Czechs love food a lot, you might notice that for example the crois-sants for breakfast are not quite croissants in the French meaning. Also, the Czech ‘specialty’ are the school dinners. Almost every school has its own one and to be honest, army food is a five-star restaurant quality in comparison with some of those... Luckily, the one we eat in is not that case.

Food

The old rail cars and obsolete infrastructure is one of the very few things that can still give you the feeling of being back in the socialist period. And on top of that, the national rail carrier owns the majority of the transport and therefore is setting prices inadequate to the services provided.

Trains

Since Czech EYPers also care about your health and want you to get some exer-cise on a fresh air, the venues are usually located quite far away from each other. As one delegate said, “That is when committee work becomes committee walk.”

Long Distances

Every nation has its rough edges as well as its bright sides and therefore every national EYP has its charac-teristic ‘stereotypes’ too. But you’d better bet that arriving to the heart of Europe and meeting all the amazing Czech people is something you are not going to regret - since during this week the heart of EYP is beating here in Budweis.

By KaTe Žejdlová


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ome claim that rap can not be considered as real music. On the contrary, many are those who assert themselves as

members of the hip-hop community, not only through a particular taste in music but also through a very distinct behaviour.

Why would people then be so attracted to this culture if it represented nothing but a bad music and déjà-vu? As you might have understood, it is actually a lot more to it than seems to.

Picture the United States in the seven-ties, where the Vietnam War and Cul-tural Revolution are raging and ethnic minorities and the working classes start to claim their rights. Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, New York: these are the names of infamous American cities, whose reputation sadly happens to be far away from the reality. The truth is that behind all their prosper-ity, industrialisation and development, there are tremendous inequalities hid-ing: an unbridgeable gap separates the middle and upper classes from the lower ones where life is a permanent

fight for survival. Can you imagine how it feels like not to be safe in your own neighbourhood? The everyday life is hard and alcoholism, education, money and criminality issues do not make it any easier. The society rejects you. As Grand Master Flash says, ‘it’s like a jungle sometimes’.

Now how is it possible for people face so many difficulties without breaking down? Well, that is what original rap was all about: using music to make things easier. Using music as a peaceful means of expression, thanks to which people are actually heard. Using music to keep on fighting.

Considering the issues above it would be somehow difficult to blame rappers. Holding a grudge against some people for speaking up their mind is rather unfair indeed.On the other hand, it is true that things no longer are what they used to be. Nowadays, the rap cul-ture is more of a business affair than an artistic act. For instance, wearing expensive shoes and diamond watches was not so popular for the Masters of Ceremony of the eighties, while there

hardly is not one rapper of the 21st century performing without his ‘bling-blings’.

This music has become a symbol for over two generations. It reflects some kind of a perverted ‘American Dream’ and Self Made Man- myth, where money is everywhere to be found and whose kings come from the most un-expected social backgrounds. Not only is the essential spirit of rap left aside, but it has become is even literally op-posed to the very first principles. Aver-age commercial hip hop tunes of the past years have not been particularly creative and musically speaking well achieved. In addition to this, apart from being occasionally entertain-ing they often repeat the same topics: mostly about letting the world know how rich and popular one is.

However, it is the same for everything: we tend to think that things are not as good nowadays as they used to be. However, despite its rough sides one could claim rap music to be tremen-dously rich and fulfilling if one looks for the right artists.

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By Kensa TraoréRap: Curse or blessing?



Some of us actually do not like it By Tua malmBerg

n Olympic times as these, life gets better and brighter for so many: different sports, hun-dreds of them, everywhere. For

many of us it is heaven on earth. But, for a few, it is a living hell.I suffer from a major social handicap. I detest sports. It is not just that I do not like them; I hate them. Even thinking about sports, any kind of sport, makes me shiver. My muscles tense, my heart starts beating faster and I feel nau-seous. I was the ‘big girl’ in gym class. I was heavier, taller and slower than eve-ryone else, and I still am.The other children found my uncoor-dinated stomping around very funny.

Whenever I would try to catch a ball, run very fast or throw longest my pa-thetic attempts were applauded by my peers. They thought I was being bad on purpose. Looking back I realise they were not being mean on purpose. But back then, ten years ago, their well-meant tries at encouragement made me cringe, crawl into a shell and stop trying completely. I started to avoid balls thrown towards me, started to run slower and throw shorter. The thought of PE (physical educa-tion) class still makes me cringe. PE scarred me so deep it still prevents me from enjoying almost any kind of physical activity, except some certain

ones of course. Even just watching is impossible. This is very inconvenient, a major so-cial handicap. Most people are able to bond with others over some kind of physical activity. Almost everyone has something to say about sports. When you do not, you inevitably get left out of groups and conversations. This is why physical education should not be compulsory for everyone to study at school, especially not for those who re-ally hate it. This would give hundreds of people ability to enjoy the Olympics in the future as much as you probably do.

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The Czech Republic,more than water

ot 10 or 20 liters, but 132 liters per capita is the con-sumption of beer in the Czech Republic each year.

As you can assume, this is the highest consumption of beer per capita in the world. That can be extremely surprising when we keep in mind that for many other countries famous for their beer, like Belgium or England, the consumption per capita is only 78 liters and 70 liters. We cannot understand Czech history, its people or its culture if we do not ana-lyze the importance of beer of this country. Thus, it would not be of any imprudence if we call the Czech Republic the land of beer or, even bet-ter, the land of beers because each region of this European country has its own beer style. Since the 12th century some Czech regions received the right to brew beer, and the two cities most associated with Czech beer, Pilsen and Budweis, already had breweries a century later. There are many types of beers in the Czech Re-

public as stated above, and depending on the region the methods vary greatly. Hence it is important to know that Czech beer is not the same in Pilsen, Prague, Brno or Budweis. Regardless, there are also two beers that can be enhanced over the rest. We are talking about Pilsen and Budweis’ styles. Furthermore, these methods of

beer brewing have become a role mod-el for many other countries producing beer. Pilsner and Budweiser, nowadays, are universal beer styles. For this rea-son, we can affirm that a lot of famous beer brands from other countries, like the Dutch Heineken or the Belgian

Stella Artois, have their roots in the ancient manners of Czech brewers.On the other hand, Czech beer al-ways had an essential position in the economy of this country. In terms of employment, the production of beer throughout the Czech Republic brings 12,300 direct jobs and 32,000 indirect ones. Besides, the Czech Republic, of

course, is in the top ten countries exporting beer.As we could imagine, the Czech Republic is not only visited for Kafka’s stories or unforgettable EYP sessions. The best time to visit this country is in May, taking advan-tage of the Czech Beer Festival. This beer fair transforms Prague into a popular party where

Czech beers are the main actors every year during seventeen days in May.Finally, to conclude here is a popular Czech song/verse about beer for you.

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Where is the brewer, there is brewer’s helper,

There is also a small brewery,

Where beer is brewed people are well and happy,

Let’s drink it until the small hours.

And the morning will be coming,

With the garlic for the breakfast,

Then dry toast added into the soup,

Let us drink it, drink it, but not mention it.



Alex and apples

f Alex were a tree, he would be an apple tree. This is not because he is particularly fond of apple trees but

rather because he is very much into apples and likes apples in pretty much any way they come.

In March 2009 Alex took part in his first EYP session, a French National Session. Having been brought up speaking French and German at home, while attending an International school where he learnt English, he had no problems with language in EYP. Lucky Alex was selected to participate at an International Session.

Three sessions as a delegate were enough for Alex. After attending his second IS he decided that was it and never went back to being a delegate. According to him this has something to do with the fact that he might not have been the best of delegates, being very shy and always rather unprepared for his topics. But he feels like he has learnt a big deal from EYP. And not just on an academic level, he has also

learnt a lot about himself and other people and these experiences have shaped his life. Many people in EYP have helped do this but there is one EYPer he par-ticularly admires, Chris Hall, a British EYPer. They met for the first time at a Dutch National Session where Alex was a journalist and he considers him a great president and a fine guy. While he likes to try a new approach, he cer-tainly takes inspiration from Chris and admires the way he acts in EYP.Alex, while French, now studies Poli-tics and European Law in Passau and consequently lives in Germany and is also on the Board of EYP Germany. Since partaking in the Forum in Lake Constance last year, he has had a soft spot for summer sessions and it was clear to him that if he was to preside, he would like for it to be a summer ses-sion. And this particular session pro-vides all the people involved with an amazing opportunity; taking part in a session that is longer than the summer IS. This gives everyone of us the chance

to challenge ourselves in many ways, get to know the people at this session properly, which is something you will not have the opportunity to very often and to learn a lot about many things. Of course you can’t always have great session experiences and though he is adamant about not regretting a single session he’s been to, he does admit that his experience as an organiser at the IS last summer in France was not ideal and very stressful. Nevertheless, it is a valuable experience and not one he would have wanted to miss out on.

When asked whether he would prefer to be a pink shark with polka dots or a crocodile with butterfly wings, he chose the butterfly winged crocodile. Now what do you make of that…

Alex hopes everybody at the session will have an open ear for everyone and that none of you will stop smiling. En-joy yourselves and make the best out of this chance you are presented with.

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By lāra niamh eCKerT reinfelds

You will never be allowed to go back home if you do not complete this.

By lāra niamh eCKerT reinfelds and Tua malmBerg

Dear delegates,

To make this session a little bit more interesting for you we have compiled a list of tasks we want you all to complete before the end of the session. Each committee has to complete every one of the following tasks. To prove that a task has been completed a photo is to be taken by a member of the committee or the Media Team and said evidence is to be shown to a journo. Depending on how well the task has been completed you will receive points from 1 – 10. If you do not complete all the tasks you will not be allowed to go home. Enjoy.

Find someone from each committee to sing a song and get someone to film it

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Take a picture with Dima the chair’s glasses

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Pat Kryzstof (VP) on the head

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Kiss an orga’s hand

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Give Alex an apple

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Gather everyone in your committee for a group hug

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Take a picture with a Journo

7 Tickle a chair

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Give a Journo something sweet

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Make fun of Jonathan for being a ginger

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