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SECOND ISSUE #DYF14

SECOND ISSUE #DYF14

OLCAY SOYALAN: DYF’S TURKISH CHAIR OF SEDE;

COFFEE:

a SESSION A ESSENTIAL; DREAM OR A

REALITY? BELGRADE uncovered Europe’s lost generation The allure of EYP journalism

TOPIC ARTICLES

Your dreams: revealed An unclear dilemma

CHAIRS’ darkest EYP A THE ECIsecrets GUIDE Astrological Under Scrutiny guidance DYF’s SURVIVAL KITTHE ELEVENTH YEAR

CONTRIBUTORS

Dear delegates, Issue two is finally here! One issue, four days, ninety-six hours, five thousand seven hundred and sixty minutes and a hell of a lot of coffee but we did it.

IVANA BIGA (RS) MATEU TOMI (ES) SEZEN TOKADAM (TR) KONSTANTINA ROMPESI (GR) ORIOL ROCHE (ES) MILICA NEKTARIJEVIC (RS)

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Our journos have been hard at work writing articles, taking pictures and inventing challenges for you all and truely this wonderful issue wouldn’t exist without them.

With the end so close at hand it’s important to take some time to appreciate the best parts of the session- the 7am wake up call, the walk to the committee work venue, the excitement of guessing what kind of burger you will have for lunch. We’ve had some high points and some low points but one thing is undeniable- DYF14 will remain in our memories as a truely WONDERFUL session.

As the session editors we wanted to leave you with a special something to remeber us by. Below is a special scratch-and-snif patch. If you scratch it and then hold the paper to your nose you can experience the scent of real flowers.

In case your wonderful GA neighbour forgot their deodorant just scratch the flower.

Cheers, Lia & Conall

4-5 DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON A 6 VERY DIFFERENT CITY EXPLORING EUROPEAN 7 CULTURE HOW MANY SIGNS ARE 8 NEEDED FOR A RESOLUTION? HOW TO SURVIVE THE 9 DANUBE YOUTH FORUM 2014 10 THE COFFEE CEREMONY JOURNALISM IS WHAT 11 JOURNALISTS DO 12 THE GEEK SQUAD 13 SPOT THE DIFFERENCE A HEATED DIAFLECT 14-15 ROYAL ROAD TO THE 16-17 UNCONSCIOUS MEET & GREET WITH OUR WONDERFUL CHAIRS

MEET & GREET WITH OUR WONDERFUL CHAIRS It’s almost impossible to go back home after a session and not have memories that make you smile whenever you think about them. Sezen Tokadam (TR) collected a bunch of funny EYP experiences from our lovely chairs.

Tim EMPL

Tim first met his EYP bestie and co-chair Marija when they were delegates together at a German session. They had such amazing chemistry that their committee beat the session’s record for colour blind and they’ve been best friends ever since.

Marija EMPL

Marija really likes playing the cup song and during the Zurich IS she was playing the cup song with her co-chair Tim who accidentally smashed the glass cup in his hand.

Olcay SEDE

Usually Olcay loses when playing Rock-Paper-Scissors and once she had to show the whole session how to play Evolution. She actually won but got so surprised and confused that she cheered for the person who lost and everybody got the wrong impression of the game.

Marcus SEDE

At his first session abroad as a delegate one of Marcus’ roommates snored so loud that his mobile phone fell off the bed.

Jana LIBE

During a session where Jana shared a hotel floor with other participants, she heard someone from a room at the end of the hall shouting, “Come on big man! Take your pants off!” late at night.

Fabian LIBE

One night Fabian’s Austrian EYP friend called him and invited him to a session the following week so he immediately bought a ticket and went to the session even though he had planned his own birthday party and had a lot of important university stuff to do.

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Viktor CULT

When Viktor was at the International Session in Amsterdam he shared a room with a guy who snored with his eyes open.

Myrna CULT

When Myrna was an organiser she had to deal with a delegation that arrived to the Netherlands drunk and continued to drink too much at the welcome party. These delegates, whom she was responsible for, almost got the whole session kicked out of the venue.

Sonja AFCO

She once shared a room with a delegate from her committee who sleeps with her eyes open. She didn’t realise that she was asleep so she kept talking to her even though she wasn’t reacting.

Tobias AFCO

Once when Tobias was in Belgrade he slept in a park for no apparent reason after some intense pre-session partying.

Dasha AFET

At last year’s DYF Dasha and her friends went to the house of EYP Serbia’s president, kidnaped him and brought him to the session’s farewell party where he partied in his pyjamas.

Jakob AFET

Last year when Jakob was traveling to Serbia for the DYF’13 he arrived early in Novi Sad and the organisers told him to wait for them at the train station. The train station was closed though, so he had to sleep on a bench in a park.

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DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON A VERY DIFFERENT CITY Mateu Tomi collects first impressions of Belgrade and compiles them to give a detailed account of what makes the city special.

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he city of Belgrade has given way to many opinions, some of which oppose each other. There are some who would call it a very active city, surrounded by lots of green areas, something that many are not accustomed to. Some delegates have really fallen in love with Belgrade, as it transmits an atmosphere of hospitality and warmth. Having the Danube majestically flowing by, one can’t deny Belgrade has a certain allure.

The Danube, however, also sets very clear boundaries between both old Belgrade and New Belgrade.

This newer part of the city, in case you haven’t visited it yet, is a more residential area and as such it doesn’t have all the charm that can be seen in the centre. It mostly contains 20-story high buildings, which were designed to house as many people as possible, not to be aesthetically pleasing. Some people have gone so far as to say the city is decaying. Decaying as it may be, almost every participant found a very clear contrast. Contrast however, often gives a sense of beauty that can seldom be achieved in any other way.

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The city seems to centre around one main attraction, and we’re obviously talking about the Danube River. I think it’s safe to say the Danube is one of the most influential rivers in the world, so it inevitably also shapes Belgrade and how it operates. Belgrade’s nightlife, for example, consists mainly of bars in the centre and nightclubs that can be found along the river. Most of them in fact are found floating on the river itself, creating a mix of both the history that the Danube carries and the excitement and enjoyment a night out can bring.

In the end, it doesn’t even matter whether you like Belgrade as a whole city or just certain parts of it. Think what you may, like any other European capital, Belgrade has an essence of its own. This can emit either a feeling of hospitality when chatting to its locals or chaos through their erratic ways of driving. After all, this is the third time Belgrade has hosted a Forum, so there’s a reason we keep coming back.

EXPLORING EUROPEAN CULTURE Konstantina Rompesi (GR) takes a journey through European culture.

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epresentatives from each country gathered in the room where the Eurovillage would be. Some were dressed in traditional clothes, some were wearing clothes with the colors of their national flag, but all of them had brought some good food from their country.

Undoubtedly, Germany is a country with a long and colorful history. For instance, the Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate, rebuilt in the late 18th century and now one of the most well known landmarks of Germany.

Nevertheless, it suffered considerable damage during World War II. With reference to France one of the most Whilst the Turkish table was full of amazing sweets, notable landmarks is the Palace of the Popes. The palace Turkish cuisine has a wide variety of flavorful plates is located in Avignon, and is one of the largest and most such as Döner. Döner Kebap is a Turkish dish made important medieval Catholic buildings in Europe. It is from meat grilled on a vertical rotisserie. It’s normally also one of the best examples of an international catholic lamb but also features a mix of beef, or sometimes even architecture style. chicken. This dish is also widely known by its Arabic name Shawerma or the Greek name Gyros.

Similarly, another historical church is St. Stephen’s cathedral in Vienna. Specifically, it is the seat of the As we already know, Greeks love to eat, so it wasn’t Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn. surprising that they had the most plates at their table. In addition to being the most important religious In addition, one of the most famous Greek plate is building in Vienna, St. Stephen’s cathedral has borne Pastitsio, which is a Mediterranean baked pasta dish witness to many important events in Habsburg and including minced meat and béchamel sauce.

Austrian history. With its multi-colored the roof it has become one of the city’s most recognizable symbols. The The Spanish table was full of yummy goods as well. One funeral of the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi was of the tastiest Spanish dishes, which unfortunately wasn’t held in this cathedral in 1741. at Eurovillage, is fideuà made with fideus (Catalan for “noodle”), which is plate typical of the Catalan speaking With regard to central Europe, the Netherlands community. also feature a number of impressive and noteworthy buildings. In particular, Amsterdam’s main station is It would be unfair not to be mention my favorite the real heart of the city. It’s earned its name not only Serbian cuisine- the Karadjordje’ s steak, which is a through its position, but also for being the biggest Serbian breaded cutlet dish named after the Serbian public transport spot in the city. The central station is prince Karadjordje. It comes with rolled veal or pork an impressive Neo-Renaissance building. Hopefully, the steak stuffed with kajmak that is then breaded and fried. construction of the new metro line will be completed While I’m sure that all this food talk has stirred up quite in 2015. an appetite in you, there is more these countries have to offer than their cuisine. While we are exploring different To conclude, Europe features many varying and unique European cultures we shouldn’t talk only of their food cultures. I hope you all enjoyed this short journey to but of their sights and monuments.

Europe’s tastes and monuments.

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HOW MANY SIGNS ARE NEEDED FOR A RESOLUTION? Milica Nektarijevic (RS) tries her hand at reading the stars and predicting the future of the session

ARIES Just one you may be think-

ing, but in truth you will need more than one (because Aries are incapable and they spill drinks and rip everything that comes to their hands)

TAURUS None, Taurus doesn’t

approve of change (they only know how to overeat and sleep)

GEMINI Two, of course

(it will probably take them a week, but in the end the resolution will translate itself to the native language of every participant, write an attack speech on itself and present itself as GA with the most ‘’in favor’’ votes, and it will probably glow in the dark as well)

CANCER Only one, but Cancer will probably need three years of intensive emotional therapy to get over other peoples resolutions not passing, and five if it happens to theirs.

LEO ’’What? What happened? The

king doesn’t write his resolutions, people do that for him.’’ (He will probably use the faults from someone else’s operative clauses and write an attack speech to get himself on stage so that he can post a pic to instagram #awesome #2cool #DYF14

VIRGO Let’s see. One to come up

with it, one to write the date and time of when they started it, and one to carefully phrase it and then ten more to rearrange the GA venue so that the aura of the room doesn’t influence it.

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LIBRA ’’Well, I don’t actually know,

I mean it is all a question of the superiority and inferiority of words and the current measures in place, and one must not forget about the framework. Maybe one, maybe two, or maybe we need a media campaign. (Damn it Libra! Make up your mind)

SCORPIO ‘’Who is asking?

Why do they want to know? Is it Angela Merkel? What are you accusing me of?’’

(This way they will have a clear conscience)

SAGITTARIUS ‘’The sun is

shining, life is one big riddle, and we still don’t know what came first: the chicken or the egg, and you are worried about some silly resolution??’’

CAPRICORN None, Cap-

ricorn will not write a resolution unless they stand to make a nice profit (they will probably spend the whole day counting money in the corner)

AQUARIUS Thousands of

Aquariuses will step forward having heard their call and will compete to see which of them will be the first to solve the problem at hand (btw- the problem will probably already be solved by then)

PISCES ’’Whaaaaaat?... We were

supposed to write something? I’ll just go back to thinking aboutthe meaning of life

HOW TO SURVIVE THE DANUBE YOUTH FORUM 2014 Konstantina Rompesi (GR) provides some helpful tips on what to do (and not to do) at a session.

Respect the others

Don’t complain about the food

It is really important to develop a good team spirit. Let your fellow delegates express their beliefs and never interrupt them. Otherwise they will feel uncomfortable. EYP is not the best place to eat food. You already know that it is a non-governmental organization striving in You are not the only one who wants to talk. the midst of a European financial crisis. So don’t expect five star cuisine or even two star for that matter.

Be active

Don’t sit back and daydream. Try to participate in the energetic games and in the conversation. What I want to say is that you may not have many chances in your I know very well that the thing you will miss the most life to participate in something like EYP. So, do your at an EYP session is sleep. Although drinking a cup of coffee in the morning is a great idea, because it will keep best and don’t waste it. you energetic for the rest of the day, don’t overdo it.

Otherwise, you can expect an aching stomach and an even worse headache.

EYP is the best place to meet people. Most participants at a session do not know even a single person before the teambuilding. Even if you don’t feel comfortable or you aren’t an outgoing kind of person, try to make as many friends as you can. You may be surprised to arrive home While you have to be aware about your topic and to find almost 100 new friend requests on Facebook. ensure you have studied your preparation kit don’t EYP sessions are the best way to meet new cultures and overload yourself. I am sure you are already ready for countries. You can have the whole of Europe at your the committee work and free time is limited so make doorstep. sure to relax and enjoy your Belgrade experience.

Don’t drink too much coffee

Make friends

Don’t spend your free time studying your topic

Stay safe from the sun

Since it’s summer and we are in Belgrade you should try to find a way to be protected from the sun. Sun cream, sunglasses and a fancy hat are my recommendations for the session!

Have fun!

Of course you are here to express your opinions on political issues, but don’t spend your days without having fun. There are people out there who are dying to be in your shoes.

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THE COFFEE CEREMONY Oriol Roche (ES) presents the complicated EYP ritual that is coffee drinking.

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STAGE 3: Hunting

STAGE 1: Craving

STAGE 4: Flirting

n EYP session is like a bag of crisps. Even though you know that it’s bad for your health, you can’t help but devour the whole thing. We EYPers work (and party) hard, and sometimes this effort can cause our brains to stop working.

At this moment, coffee becomes essential. Session after session I have observed five stages of coffee consumption, which I have analysed for you.

You might have thought too much during committee work. You might have slept too little during the night. Or you might have simply danced a lot at a party. Whatever the reason might be, you feel it: the lazy tiredness creeping from your toes up to your hair, forcing your eyelids to close. You are exhausted and need to do something about it.

STAGE 2: Deciding

“What should I do?” you ask yourself. There are many possible answers: go to sleep earlier, take a power nap, or ask someone to pinch your cheeks. But these options aren’t always appealing or even possible. As a good EYPer you know the perfect solution to your problem: a hot, creamy, flavourful cup of coffee.

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Now it’s time to find some of this sweat and heavenly nectar. Is there a coffee shop around the corner?

Even Starbucks is acceptable if the need is unbearable and you are willing to sacrifice half of your committee dinner budget. Is there a vending machine nearby? Or as a last resort: is there a kind, loving organiser who is willing to make you some liquid brown gold?

Once you finally have access to coffee the next step of the process is my favourite: the moment where you get to meet your cup. You hold it in your hands, measure the heat of the liquid inside and sniff the marvellous scent with a dreamy smile. Some people forget to savour this step because they are “in a hurry”. My personal advice for those people: count to five before drinking and you’ll never skip this step again.

STAGE 5: Climaxing

There is not much to say about this stage. Just drink and let the warmness invade you.

JOURNALISM IS WHAT JOURNALISTS DO Ivana Biga (RS) dives into a philosophical investigation of what makes journalism at EYP great.

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here’s a craving in the air for a definitive statement on what journalism is. After decades where the statement “journalism is what journalists do” was good enough, there is a sudden bloom of definitions. While the dictionary defines journalism as “the activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information”, it is also the product of these activities, a collection of change.

But I want to do the opposite. I want to dissect journalism, to break it down into its atomic parts. I’m beginning to suspect that taking it apart is the only way we can put it all back together again. In order to do so, I had a little help from the media team of Danube Youth Forum 2014. You may have seen them running around, following every step you take, silently taking numerous shots in order to make your memories last forever.

offer information, show various opinions and aspects of the session, and give the reader a deeper understanding of the topic. They are the reflection of one’s thoughts and research. Have you ever asked yourself how a story comes together? In order to create something, you need inspiration. The great thing is that each of us finds it in different places, objects and people. At the same time, writing an article represents a challenge. For some, it is the art of playing with words in order to put an idea on blank paperusing metaphors and grammar to create a beautiful and appealing picture.

Good articles are the ones that leave the reader thinking and challenge their thoughts.

Our main goal is to include all the participants as much as possible, because you are the reason we are here. Working on projects that challenge your skills whilst strengthening the bonds you build with your team. Capturing all the Here in EYP we have a specific type of journalism. The highlights and unforgettable moments of the session, so editors of the session define it as “the fine juggling act in in a couple of years you can revisit the photographs we which the performing journalists must balance several took today and let the emotions flow back. We don’t tasks at once”. It requires a mix of creativity, originality want to let you forget the sweet things that made you and good time management skills. smile. As everything changes, we the journalists will try to keep the picture you created alive for just a little One of the main products of the team are the issues. They longer.

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THE GEEK SQUAD The land of EYPeria- once the residence of lawyers and politicians, has been invaded by the geeks. You have in your hands an expose on how it happened, written by Milica Nektarijevic (RS).

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lcay (TR) told me that her love of biology began when she was in high school, and the more time she spent exploring it the more it captivated her. In this diverse field she found molecular biology to be the most fascinating. The secrets of universe are hidden in the smallest parts of us. It is a frightening concept that if only one of the mechanisms created to define us fails and a smallest change to our genetic code occurs we could have turned out completely different.

For a person who impresses her she picked Rosalind Franklin a female scientist and one of the first people to discover DNA.

it be interested in EYP as well? This afternoon I had the pleasure of having a chat with the session’s Video Editor David (AT) who is starting his second year of computer science. He told me that when he was a kid he loved playing with Lego bricks and the idea of making something from scratch. In his words: ‘’I turned a childhood hobby into an actual job’’. Which, by the way, has proved more than helpful during the session- especially when your laptop dies in the middle of writing an article, and I bet I’m not alone in thinking this.

So EYP offers more than one way of expressing creativity. For one to be great at anything the knowledge of many disciplines can be helpful.

But where does EYP fit into all of this?

Well, first of all, to be a molecular biologist you must be creative and open minded- two skills also needed for EYP. Fabian (DE) chair of LIBE, when asked why he chose chemistry, told me it was actually an accident. His Her co-chair Marcus (HU) on the other hand is a teacher forced him to go to a lecture that was held chemist. The first thing he told me when I asked why in his high school, after which he knew for sure he chose chemistry was: ‘’If you get in a bus and look that- ‘’Yes, this is what I want to do.’’ His love affair around you, you will see people acting like electrons, with chemistry flourished as he continued reading sitting as far away from each other as possible. So, magazines and doing his own research. And EYP? chemistry is everywhere you just need the proper Well, before he decided upon chemistry as a career ‘’glasses’’ to see it. ‘’ The other reason he gave was he was actually planning on studying a social science. that the thought of being the first person to discover He pointed out that when you study natural sciences something new, or even better understand something you develop a more analytical approach as you look we’ve used for years later, motives everything he does. at problems from different standpoints. In addition, We both started laughing when we realized how many with regards to topics such as GMOs, drugs and for times we found a napkin, maybe 6 months later, with example pollution, you have a better understanding a crazy idea written on it, because in one moment a since you actually know the process of how it all great thought just popped into our heads. works. In the end, he concluded by saying ’’I think I’ll take more from EYP to Uni, then from Uni to EYP.’’ Computer science is the study of information processing and it requires not only a logical mind but As for me, I decided upon my course because: ‘’Pick a creative flair as well. So why, when it is so beautiful chemistry they said, it will be fun they said. ‘’ And yes, and exciting, is it not common to every school the answer is 42. curriculum? And why would someone who studies

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE There are 6 differences between these two pictures. Can you find them all?

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A HEATED DIAFLICT IN CASE Oriol Roche (ES) and Mateu Tomi (ES) imagine a dialogue between a Ukrainian (UA) and a Russian (RU) EYPer, who discuss the recent events that have taken place between the two countries.

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(DIALOGUE+CONFLICT) YOU DIDN’T KNOW

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ROYAL ROAD TO THE UNCONSCIOUS Ivana Biga (RS) explores the elusive relm of lucid dreams

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hen we close our eyes and drift off to sleep, something in our mind shows us imaginary tales such as failing midterms in classes we’ve never taken. Common as they are there’s not a lot of concrete knowledge on how we dream. Are dreams the work of our imagination or the work of some reflex in the brain?

In the late 19th century psychotherapist Sigmund Freud developed a theory that the content of dreams is driven by unconscious wish fulfilment. He theorised that dreams reflect the unconscious mind of the dreamer. He argued that powerful unconscious desires often relate to early childhood memories and experiences.

It is tempting to think that the real world and the world of dreams are not connected to each other at all. Recent interest has been sparked in a technique known as lucid dreaming that allows a dreamer to gain awareness of their dream state. In this state people exhibit control over their dreams allowing them to influence events.

The term lucid dreaming was first coined by the Dutch psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden in 1913, but its definition differs a lot from that of clear or vivid dreaming.

It is common to wake up from an ordinary dream and wonder “How on earth could I have been fooled into thinking that I was really doing push-ups on a white beach?”. A little more awareness is shown when we realise this in the dream. If you ask yourself “Could this be a dream?” and answer “No” (or don’t answer at all), this is called a pre-lucid dream. If you answer “Yes” then you become fully lucid.

Surveys have shown that about 50 per cent of people have had at least one lucid dream in their lives. However,

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one must consider the validity of such surveys given that many people may not fully understand the question. Particularly, if you have never had a lucid dream before it is easy to misunderstand what is meant by the term. For many people, having lucid dreams is fun and they want to learn how to induce them at will. Many methods have been developed but one of the best known is LaBerge’s MILD (Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreaming). This is done by waking from your dream in the early morning. You should wake up fully, engage in some activity like reading or walking around and afterwards lie down and go back to sleep. You then must imagine yourself asleep and dreaming, rehearse the dream from which you woke up, and remind yourself, “Next time I dream this I want to remember I’m dreaming.”

Only a few people can have lucid dreams at will, which has paved the way for using lucid dreams to answer some of the most interesting questions about sleeping and dreaming. Is there a link between the dreams and reality? In the last century, Alfred Maury had a long and complicated dream that led to him being beheaded by a guillotine. He woke up terrified, and realised that the headboard of his bed had fallen on his neck.

From this, the story goes, he concluded that the whole dream had been created in the moment of awakening. This kind of interference is amusing, but there are dreams of confusion that are not. The most common and distinct ones are called false awakenings where you are dreaming of waking up but in fact you are still asleep.

The oddest thing about lucid dreams— and to many people who have them the most compelling—is how it feels when you wake up. After waking up from a normal dream, you usually think, “Oh, that was just a dream.” Waking up from a lucid dream is more continuous. It feels more real; it feels as though you were conscious in the dream.

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