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March 19, 2014, Year 4, Issue 46 the CEU Weekly An independent newspaper by CEU students and alumni Hungarian Expression Original: Akármilyen kedves vendég, három napig untig elég. Translation: Fish and guests smell at three days old. Look inside for: Croatia’s golden opportunity PAGE 2 “Green” at a Danish University PAGE 3 “Leninfall” in Ukraine PAGE 4 Creative Recycling at CEU PAGE 5 CEU Open Mike Night & Cakefest PAGE 6 Cartoon by Erikson PAGE 7 Puzzle & Upcoming Events PAGE 8 What’s art got to do with it? Public talk in English by Laura Raicovich, Director of the New York based Global Initiatives at Creative Time, about the role of artists in society. As the head of the non- profit organization engaged in public art, Laura will speak about her experiences on how to expand critical art in public spaces, and how to find broader audiences for socially engaged contemporary art. Date: 26 March, 6pm Location: Jurányi Art Incubator House, 1027 Budapest, Jurányi utca 1-3. More information: https:// www.facebook.com/ events/292774967539787/?fref=tck Festivals It’s spring when the main festival season starts! Check out the various events lasting for one day to two weeks: 21 March is the international day for the elimination of racial discrimination, com- memorating the victims of a demonstration against the apartheid in South Africa in 1960. On this day, ZARE Music Against Racism offers concerts, film screenings, lec- tures, open discussions of the topic in vari- ous places in Budapest. On the “zero day”, 20 March, the human rights movie day is taking place in Toldi cinema. More infor- mation: https://www.facebook.com/ events/1427063267538684/? previousaction=join&source=1 https://www.facebook.com/ events/605105069573240/? previousac- tion=join&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regul ar&source=1 Do not miss the 34 th Budapest Spring Festi- val, held between 21 March and 6 April, presenting music, theatre, dance, fine arts, photography, film, contemporary circus, and architecture in different places in the entire city by world-famous performers. More information: http://www.btf.hu/ btf2014/ If you want to experience something really posh and delicious, let’s have a look at the Macaron Day on 20 March in the new ex- hibition space of Budapest called Bálna (Whale). You can buy tickets for the event close to CEU at à table. More information: https://www.facebook.com/macaronnap.hu Continue p.8 Upcoming Events Bust of Marx and Engels in the underwater museum in Sevastopol, Ukraine. Read more about the falling statues in Ukraine on p. 4. Source: tour.rk-ukraina.com

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March 19, 2014, Year 4, Issue 46

the CEU Weekly

An independent newspaper by CEU students and alumni

Hungarian Expression Original: Akármilyen kedves vendég, három napig untig elég.

Translation: Fish and guests smell at three days old.

Look inside for:

Croatia’s golden opportunity PAGE 2

“Green” at a Danish University PAGE 3

“Leninfall” in Ukraine PAGE 4

Creative Recycling at CEU PAGE 5

CEU Open Mike Night & Cakefest

PAGE 6

Cartoon by Erikson PAGE 7

Puzzle & Upcoming Events PAGE 8

What’s art got to do with it?

Public talk in English by Laura Raicovich,

Director of the New York based Global

Initiatives at Creative Time, about the role

of artists in society. As the head of the non-

profit organization engaged in public art,

Laura will speak about her experiences on

how to expand critical art in public spaces,

and how to find broader audiences for

socially engaged contemporary art.

Date: 26 March, 6pm

Location: Jurányi Art Incubator House,

1027 Budapest, Jurányi utca 1-3.

More information: https://

www.facebook.com/

events/292774967539787/?fref=tck

Festivals

It’s spring when the main festival season

starts! Check out the various events lasting

for one day to two weeks:

21 March is the international day for the

elimination of racial discrimination, com-

memorating the victims of a demonstration

against the apartheid in South Africa in

1960. On this day, ZARE – Music Against

Racism offers concerts, film screenings, lec-

tures, open discussions of the topic in vari-

ous places in Budapest. On the “zero day”,

20 March, the human rights movie day is

taking place in Toldi cinema. More infor-

mation:

https://www.facebook.com/

events/1427063267538684/?

previousaction=join&source=1

https://www.facebook.com/

events/605105069573240/?

previousac-

tion=join&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regul

ar&source=1

Do not miss the 34th Budapest Spring Festi-

val, held between 21 March and 6 April,

presenting music, theatre, dance, fine arts,

photography, film, contemporary circus,

and architecture in different places in the

entire city by world-famous performers.

More information: http://www.btf.hu/

btf2014/

If you want to experience something really

posh and delicious, let’s have a look at the

Macaron Day on 20 March in the new ex-

hibition space of Budapest called Bálna

(Whale). You can buy tickets for the event

close to CEU at à table. More information:

https://www.facebook.com/macaronnap.hu

Continue p.8

Upcoming Events

Bust of Marx and Engels in the underwater museum in Sevastopol, Ukraine. Read more about the falling statues in Ukraine on p. 4.

Source: tour.rk-ukraina.com

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CURRENT AFFAIRS March 19, 2014, Year 4, Issue 46

On EU’s dependence on Russian oil and gas - How a small member state could save the day: Croatia’s golden opportunity

Every cloud has a silver lining In everyday life, a well known proverb suggests: Every cloud has a silver lining. The same proverb applies to international relations, where some nested interests profit from conflicts, where-as others lose. It might sound morbid to think in a similar fashion about the latest happenings in world politics regarding the Russian intervention in the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, after opponents of the ancient regime overturned Victor Yanukovich’s regime and a pro-Western government seized power in Ukraine, to the disgust of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Some saw Samuel Hunting-ton’s Clash of Civilizations reemerge, while the West desperately tries to position itself in regard to the latest happenings. The Euro-pean Union (EU) announced sanctions on Russia, but consideration of its energy dependence on Russian gas and oil shed some light on reality. In some EU member states, the imposition of economic sanctions on Moscow has been welcomed rather bashfully, primari-ly due to potentially detrimental effects of Russia's economic isola-tion on the energy sustainability of EU countries on one side, and economic trade on the other. In fact, the EU has no time to waste. It needs to rethink its energy policy and come up with alternative oil and gas routes, independent from Russian influence. Croatia, a small Mediterranean country and the latest EU member could just be the right solution to the energy crisis. Recent technological achievements in Croatia, access to the Mediterranean Sea and a pivotal geopolitical position between Western and Eastern Europe promise big things. The window of opportunity is open. However, political incentive still needs to appear in order to seize the op-portunity. Energy dependence unfolded After the Russian military intervention on the island of Cri-mea, there are troublesome times for the EU, as well as the whole world in sight. Moscow's aggression was received with bitterness in the EU, and sanctions ranging from visa restrictions and travel bans to investment withdrawals and G-8 meeting cancellation were proposed. Nevertheless, influential EU member states like Germany and the United Kingdom condemned Russia's actions, but slightly hesitantly, rendering concern about possible countermeas-ures that the Russian Federation might impose on the EU in regard to oil and gas supplies and other economic trade items. At the mo-ment, every action has its obverse and reverse. Every move is planned carefully, and EU Member States are weighing their col-lective options, fearing Russian reprisal. Any sanction can be con-trasted with a counter-sanction. Any external interference in the Ukrainian-Russian dispute that would shake up Russian interests in Crimea could destabilize the state of international relations. The EU desperately wants to send a strong message of disapproval regarding the allegedly unconstitutional and illegal intervention in Ukrainian internal affairs, but finds itself trapped in a fatal em-brace with Russia, leaving Putin with ample room for maneuvers. Preventing backlashes, yet imposing sanctions on Russia at the same time, will be a difficult and risky task that calls for creativity in the EU leadership. No one wants to cut ties with their third big-gest trade partner. Unfortunately, what we are witnessing is a realist, interest-driven response to a largely humanitarian problem in its nature. Politics cares about Ukrainian and Russian people only to the extent that it does not jeopardize EU member states’ economic considerations. One of EU’s biggest concerns has been the energy de-pendence on Russian oil and gas. Just recently, Russia put its arms

around Europe, first by finishing constructions on the Nord Stream, an offshore gas pipeline connecting Russian gas with Germany, and subsequently by sealing the deal about the upcoming South Stream pipeline, which will transport Russian gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria and Italy. In the wake of the revival of the Cold War block politics that some scholars have been evoking, the Russian monopoly in supply-ing Europe with gas and oil would further deepen this depend-ence. The EU has to react quickly in diversifying its energy transit routes to avoid serious energy shortages in the future. If political and economic relations between the West and Russia freeze, the latter could easily cause an adverse supply shock, just like OPEC did in the 1970s. Prices of oil and gas would skyrocket, triggering high inflation and higher unemployment. This is something that the European Union certainly wants to avoid, especially now that it has laid down all its cards on economic recovery and unemploy-ment termination after the severe economic crisis. At the onset of a new Cold War scenario, the EU needs alternative and safe ener-gy routes, and Croatia might be an important asset to the EU in that regard. Croatia‘s golden opportunity After struggling to overpass the critical point of becoming a respected member of the international community after the War of Independence (1991-1995), Croatia signed the North Atlantic Treaty (2009) and joined the European Union just recently (2013), but still experiences difficulty in corroborating itself as an important figure on the international chessboard. Up to this time, Croatia has exercised bandwagoning as its primary modus vivendi in today's world order, going with the flow of the rest of its Western allies in most cases, without any true leverage in international disputes. However, things could change rapidly if the Croatian political establishment realizes the opportunity lying before them amid a possible energy crisis. Croatia missed its opportunity to be part of the deal a couple of times. The South Stream has bypassed the country, causing discontent in scholarly circles because of perceived governmental sloppiness. From today’s standpoint, this might be seen as an unintentionally positive thing. Croatia’s geopolitical seating in Southeast Europe guarantees access to Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, access to the Mediterranean Sea via the Adriatic Sea opens the possibility to transport oil from the Maghreb region and the Middle East to Europe. Reasons why such an outcome could be desirable for Croatia’s endeavor to place some leverage on EU energy policy is as follows. First of all, Croatia’s position in Southeast Europe offers comparative advantages vis-à-vis other potential transit routes and projects that are in sight. Both the Nabucco Pipeline and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, which are expected to transport natural gas from the Caspian Sea, have to pass areas of instability in the Caucasus area. The European Union cannot afford another uncertainty of energy supply. In addition, since the EU is the second biggest consumer of oil in the World, the capacity to substitute oil with gas from the Caucasus region would not suffice. The EU needs to transport oil through secure routes, which Croatia as a strong ally, is. Croatia’s location to distribute oil from the Maghreb region and the Middle East to Europe might diversify the supply chain. The ports of Pula and Rijeka, encompassed the function of trade hubs in the past, and continuity in that regard is not hard to imagine. Second, Croatia could finally prosper economically and Continue p.3

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employ its well known, but underused capacities. The country has missed the chance to participate in energy policy a number of times, so this opportunity should not be missed. It would certainly help with the unemployment rate, which is currently one of the worst in the EU. This leads to the third point, which is the more political and electoral opportunist notion about the benefit such a project could bring to Croatian people. If the government realizes this opportunity, it could demonstrate the willingness to set the Croatian economy in motion and enhance the importance of Croatia internationally. To gain social acceptance, the whole project has to be framed properly. The biggest concerns are ecological considerations and oil spill scenarios a la Exxon Valdez. Croatia is mainly a tourist destination, and any uncertainty in that regard would mean immediate abolishment of any plan. This brings us to the fourth and last point, which is the Croatian research and development (R&D) potential. Just recently, a team of scientists from the Rudjer Boskovic Institute in Zagreb synthesized a revolutionary gelator that prevents oil from penetrating into water or ground, and does not change the chemical features of oil at the same time. Diverse industries have shown interest for this technology that could end ecological catastrophes for good. No more fear and uncertainty, at last. Further cooperation between the Croatian state and the R&D

industry could benefit both sides and the welfare of the Croatian society. What next? The next logical step is to construct a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly framework for oil distribution. In addition, cooperation mechanisms with the R&D industry have to be established. Finally, political vision and political will are crucial if any of this is to happen. Nothing else can open the political window. Alternatively, Croatia could also benefit from trans-national and inter-regional cooperation in the Adriatic Ionian Euroregion, where common stances and strategies could be envisaged. Hopefully, the conflict situation in Ukraine will be resolved peacefully without further casualties. It is the people of Ukraine our hearts should go out to right now. Unfortunately, EU-Russian interdependence prohibits harsher condemnation, with energy dependence as one of the main drivers. Even a positive outcome in the EU-Russian dispute cannot be a guarantee of future stability. This is why the EU needs several back-up plans to both diversify its energy suppliers and rely on safer oil transportation routes. Croatia should definitely take part in this game.

Mario Munta, Public Policy, Croatia

CURRENT AFFAIRS March 19, 2014, Year 4, Issue 46

What does it mean to be “Green” at a Danish University Universities around the world have jumped on the sustaina-bility bandwagon and are now working to promote initiatives which aim to reduce resource consumption and waste production, renovate campus infrastructure in the name of improved environmental perfor-mance, incorporate sustainability principles into curricula, and pro-mote the important role higher education institutes play in becoming models for sustainable development. Since the 2009 United Nations International Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Danish Universities have made wide commitments to engage in academic research focusing on environmental solutions, and to put knowledge to practice by managing buildings better, investing in green building technology, and implementing strict “green housekeeping” practices to reduce their respective environmental footprints. For four days in March I had the opportunity to shadow the sustainability teams at the Danish Technical University and the Univer-sity of Copenhagen. I set out on this trip with the main goal to gain new inspiration for sustainability strategies that could be put to use at our campus in Budapest. The fact that I was able to arrange visits with entire “teams” of individuals working on sustainable building management issues at each respective University is telling of each institutions’ commitment to progress, along with the amount of finan-cial resources they have set aside for such pursuits. Without going into exhaustive detail a brief summary of some of the most interesting aspects of what I was able to observe includes: Campus Building Monitoring and Data Collection: Both Universities worked hard to know their precise carbon footprint, and exactly how many resources were being used to heat, cool, and maintain comfort-able environments. The key to managing buildings better is knowing how systems are working at all times, which can aid in identifying cases of energy mismanagement, such as people leaving on resource consuming devices when not necessary. To do this each University has made significant investments in installing monitors, sensors, and mobile adjustment devices to gain better control over building systems. Selective Waste Management and Waste Reduction: The Universities face the same battles in ensuring that community members attempt to reduce waste, and dispose of trash in compliance with collection sys-tems. As always, no amount of signage, bin placement, or communica-tion seemed to eliminate periodic ignorance of selective waste con-tainers.

Green Building Infrastructure: While Danish Universities tend to ig-nore popular international green building certification programs like LEED and BREEAM, they construct new buildings to a set of their own high standards, putting strong influence on efficient heating, cooling and air circulation systems in buildings with plenty of natural light and high robust insulation. Student Research with a purpose: Students are challenged in cours-es to find solutions for sustainability issues on campus, and have found success innovative cross disciplinary research projects for engineering, design, and communications students which have a direct impact on campus decision making processes. Imagining the campus as a natural environment: DTU and UCPH are both large campuses which house more than 30,000 community members daily. Pilot projects to convert open spaces to community gardens, and to allow previously manicured lawns to revert back to wild, meadow like spaces are being tested on both campuses. While I was able to observe many positives during this short visit I was met with the harsh reality that even the most environmental-ly conscious Universities, with staggering financial resources available for sustainability improvements, still face the same common issues as institutions just beginning to step on the pathway to green transition. The battle between effective communication and human ignorance is often won by people going about their business an unknowingly throwing a plastic bottle in the communal waste bin, or leaving the air circulation switch on in a laboratory hood. The smartest designed building can never outwit a nonchalant community member. Lastly, the effectiveness of a sustainability movement which does not include an active social engagement and local community outreach element is severely limited, as knowledge and creativity kept hidden within the hallowed walls of higher education institutes does not do its justice in improving larger communities. In the end, campus sustainability doesn’t come boil down to technological quick fixes, but rather per-sonal commitments from community members to be aware, do more, and understand the roles they can play in changing their communities from the ground, or classroom floor upwards.

Logan Strenchock, Environmental Science Alumnus, USA

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A long goodbye to Lenin: “Leninfall” in Ukraine

Quite surprisingly, the protests in Ukraine which began

after Yanukovich (the now ex-Ukrainian President) refused to sign

a trade agreement with the European Union in favor of a trade

deal with Russia, reached its peak when a statue of Lenin was

smashed down in Kiev on December 8, 2013.

Until this crucial moment, monuments of Lenin had survived

all political turbulences in the country, in Kiev and particularly in

Southern and Eastern Ukraine. Often abandoned and ignored,

they fell into pieces in small cities thanks to total indifference and

neglect. In big industrial cities, monuments are often used as a

place to take wedding pictures.

The destruction of a monument of Lenin in Kiev, the

Ukrainian capital, triggered the symbolic Leninfall” around the

country.The statue’s destruction was widely filmed, captured and

commented on online. Pieces of the statue were even set aside for

sale online: Lenin’s palm was estimated at 1000 hryvnia (100

euro), a part of his hand: 750 hryvnia, while the breast and legs

are sold by weight: 50 hryvnia per kilo. The vacant place was

used for protestors’ creativity and became a site of political

artwork: from the golden toilet as a symbol of state corruption, to

the recent art project "golden youth of the country" in the

reference to the students, who initiated the protests.

During the mass protests, the monuments of Lenin around

Ukraine have been either toppled or damaged over the course of

a few months which reached its peak after the bloody riots in

February 2014 when no less than 90 monuments were smashed

down in the whole country. There have already been several

attempts to dismantle the monuments during the years of 2009-

2013 guided by the Presidential Decree of Ukraine №

432/2009. However despite the fact that this decree authorized

local authorities to dismantle Soviet monuments, there were still

plenty of Ukrainian Lenins left. Small, big, painted gold, often

abandoned, Ukraine still counted hundreds of them.

If Central and Eastern parts of Ukraine only started to get

rid of their Lenins during the protests, Western Ukraine went a

step further by removing other Soviet monuments, such as

monuments to Unknown Soldiers or other Soviet figures, such as

Kirov, Karl Marx or Dzerzhinsky.

Why have we waited 25 years to remove the Lenins?

Everything was triggered by the ex-Ukrainian president

Yanukovych, when he refused to sign an agreement with the EU

and suddenly turned towards a union with Russia. For many, Putin's

Russia is the revival of the Soviet Union with the rehabilitation of

Stalin as "a good manager", a threat which still exists next door.

All over the world attacking statues is a symbolic political

gesture. Smashing Lenin has a strong symbolic gesture; it is to

break with a corrupted government and with the Soviet past.

Toppling Lenin is not about the Bolshevik leader at all. He is so

symbolic of the Soviet Union, still and passive, standing in all of

the smallest cities, he is just everywhere. Lenin, as the founder of

the Soviet Union, stands as a symbol of authoritarianism, the old

Soviet one and the new Russian one. It is also true that the angry

crowds wanted to take revenge on their corrupted government

and very often Lenin’s monument was the only monument to smash.

The communist party and some local activists still raise

money to pay for other monuments or put to put old ones back, as

in Mikolaiv. Sometimes, they station a round-the-clock vigil to

protect a statue. However most probably the day will come when

no one will care for them anymore and they will finish in some

thematic park, as in Budapest. In Crimea, the underwater museum

at Cape Tarkhankut was created and housands of busts of former

Communist leaders found their shelter, including Lenin, Stalin and

Marx.

The toppling of the Lenin statue in Kiev released a lot of

creative ideas as to how to replace the monument, as well as the

popular cartoons about Lenin’s “adventures” in Kiev. The internet

was overflowing with comical pictures where Lenin escapes the

people’s revenge, seeking another place to stand. Other cartoons

display Lenin and Stalin monuments complaining about their stay

in Ukraine and asking for international asylum. Internet users

exchanged ideas about a possible monument to replace the Lenin

in Kiev. These propositions included lipstick, the Void, Yoda from

Star Wars, etc.

So, 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it

seems that Ukrainians are finally ready to break with the Soviet

past and Lenin, not as in 1991, where Ukraine became

independent by default as the result of the collapse of the Soviet

Union. Smashing Lenin was a strong symbolic gesture to say

goodbye to the past, the long painful goodbye. “I was afraid”,

said one of protesters, “that it will never happen. There’s nothing

left of Lenin” he said “and thank God.”

Nataliya Borys, History, Ukraine

Left: Lenin hiding in the backyard - “Hey, comrade, have the Ukrainians left?” Source: Best Caricatures. Middle: The broken monument in Vinnitsia. Source : www.vinnitsaok.com.ua. Right: Map of Lenin's statues toppled or removed, dated 23.02.2014

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Taking recycling to the next level – Sustainable CEU team teaches creative recycling

While the title C.R.E.E.P. at first sight surprises for a pro-ject title, it becomes clearer in full as C.R.E.E.P. stands for “Creative Recycling – an Eco Education Program”. The Visegrad fund supported project brings together four organizations dealing with sustainability and community outreach from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. Sustainable CEU is a partner in the project and will conduct at least nine workshops in the upcom-ing weeks in elementary, middle and high schools as well as at CEU. The workshops that are developed by Sustainable CEU and the other three orgnaizations will promote conscious living and environmental education by using creative recycling as a fun way to pass on knowledge to young people. Ultimately, the project aims at creating a collection of 36 lesson plans that will be com-piled in a book and online brochure (available in English, Hungari-an, Czech, Slovakian, Polish) that will be distributed both to teach-ers, educators and volunteers to inspire the use of creative recy-cling as an interesting way to discuss environmental and sustaina-bility topics with children, youth and adults and to encourage young people to be creative and more environmentally conscious. In order to make the most of the inter-cultural potential of the pro-ject all teams will meet in July to evaluate the project and share experiences.

In Budapest, the first workshop took place on February 1st at the CEU Residence Center. CEU students learned how to create stylish notebooks from re-used materials. So far, five workshops have been organized in Budapest in a variety of settings and with different age groups. For example, students at the Hild József Middle School (the school that hosts the CEU’s gym) learned about energy conservation and constructed mini "energy vampires" which they could install on light switches and plugs in their homes as a reminder to save energy. A kindergarten group learned about local and seasonal food and created their own seasonal vegeta-ble calendars. For the future Logan Strenchock, CEU’s Campus En-vironmental and Sustainability Officer, hopes that the University and Sustainable CEU can maintain the established contacts with the middle and high schools in the area for future projects and a further integration of CEU with its surrounding community. If you want to learn more about C.R.E.E.P. and the other teams check out www.creepvisegrad.wordpress.com or www.facebook.com/sustainableceu. In case you are interested in conducting your own workshop or assist with the ones already planned, please contact Logan Strenchock via email at [email protected].

Julia Michalsky, History, Germany

Above: CEU students creating their own notebooks from re-used materials. Left: Students at Hild József Middle School with their “energy vampires.” Right: Elementary school children playing a vegetable memory game . All photos: Sustainable CEU.

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On March 23rd the CEU Alumni Office invited the CEU Community for the Open Mic Night & Cakefest in order to celebrate the start of the newest Alumni campaign ceu|next.

Performers included CEU alumni, students and staff. Check out the campaign‘s new promotional video "ceu|next: the movie" on Youtube.

Photos: CEU Alumni Office

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Cartoon - by Erikson

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PUZZLE & UPCOMING EVENTS March 19, 2014, Year 4, Issue 46

This is a student-alumni initiative that seeks to provide CEU with a regularly issued newspaper. We publish our articles and additional materials on our blog as well: www.ceuweekly.blogspot.hu

Editor in Chief: Agnes Kelemen Managing Editor: Julia Michalsky Editorial Board: Imogen Bayley, Karl Haljasmets, Eszter Kajtar, Alexandra Kocsis, Erik Kotlarik, Philippe-Edner Marius, Alexandra Medzibrodszky, Graham Patterson, Ruth Pinto, Andras Szirko Proofreading and language editing: Imogen Bayley, Philippe-Edner Marius, Graham Patterson, Ruth Pinto

Social Media Management: Alexandra Medzibrodszky Distribution: Reception of Nádor 9, Nádor 11, Nádor 15; Library, Cloakroom, Dzsem Bakery, CEU Dorm, CEU Bookshop. Follow us on Facebook as well!

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Bienvenue au CEU WEEKLY Puzzle!

Upcoming events

I’m happy to announce a new challenge today! It’s called Diltoids. Never heard of it? It is a type of a word puzzle in which a phrase, a quotation, a date, or a fact must be deduced from the numbers and abbreviated letters in the clue. So I give you a few short statements and phrases with numbers and the first letter

of each word. See how many of these diltoids you can solve!

365 d in a y . 11 p on a f t .

007 J B . 60 s in a m . 10 f on my h . 52 w in a y .

168 h in a w . S W and the 7 d .

5 o on the E . A t has 4 l.

If you’ll manage to decipher all of them – send the answers to [email protected]. You can either rewrite the solutions or take a picture of

them. The first person will get a FREE LUNCH voucher at the Dzsem Café!!! Olya Pushchak, History Alumna, Ukraine

Carnations and tulips

The events of the Estonian Week are start-

ing with a photo and video exhibition on

the situation of Estonian women who live in

the transitional era between communist and

capitalist society. The works by four women

artists, Marge Monko, Eléonore de

Montesquiou, Liina Siib, and Tatjana

Muravszkaja, analyze the patterns of the

culturally determined female identity, and

question how women personally coped with

the big social and cultural changes.

Date: 17 March – 6 April Location: FUGA – Budapest Center of Ar-chitecture, 1052 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor Street 5.

More information: http://

www.esztorszag.hu/esemeny/eszt-het-

szegfuk-es-tulipanok-

Budapest from Bartók to Banksy –

Photos by György Czabán Photos from

a subjective Budapest-guide – the exhibi-

tion is a must-see for those who are inter-

ested in absurd or unexpected details of

our well-known city. György Czabán dis-

covered the hidden sign system and hidden

meanings of Budapest from unusual points

of view to create an alternative, poetic

image of the city where people are living

together peacefully and sending various

messages to each other in public space.

Date: 14 March – 13 April

Location: Mai Manó Ház, House of Hungar-ian Photographers, 1065 Budapest, Nagymező Street 20.

More information: http://

www.maimano.hugeorgeeastmanterem/20

140314_czaban/index.html

Bleu – Photos by Enikő Hodosy In the frame of the program Overview 2.0, the Studio of Young Photographers organ-izes exhibitions for young and talented photographers and curators starting their careers. Enikő Hodosy presents her works from the last half year: movie-like photos taken at night with flash where hidden nar-ratives can be revealed under the surface of darkness by a closer insight. Date: 20 March – 12 April Location: Várfok Project Room, 1012 Bu-dapest, Várfok Street 14.

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Alexandra Kocsis,

Medieval Studies, Hungary