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Transcript of Dahl's Horizon Issue #4 May-June 2011
The last les-
son
(Shakespeare
readings)
2-
3
The Forum
“Луганщина-
молодежь-
будущее-
2011”/
Luganshina-
Youth-Future
-2011
4
Emily Dickin-
son transla-
tions
5
Yellow Jour-
nalism
(do you want
to be cheat-
ed?)
6-
7
Styles of
fashion.
(what is
yours?)
8-
9
Mother's
Day Gifts
for Modern
Mother
10
-
11
In this issue:
Foreign Languages Department of Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University
The Second All-Ukrainian Students’ Conference
“Science Looks Ahead”
On 20 May the Chair of Foreign Languages
held its second All-Ukrainian Students’ Con-
ference “Science Looks Ahead”. This confer-
ence was really a great event in the life of our
University. About 100 students were among
the participants. Guests from Lisichansk, Sva-
tovo, Rubezhnoye took part in the conference.
Students from Dnipropetrovsk, Herson, Saint-
Petersburg had the opportunity to be part of it
too. All the participants used Multimedia
means which helped them to be as convincing
as possible.
The conference is always a good chance to
exchange ideas and experience, show good
language knowledge and share opinions on
various problems of science and technique.
At our conference students themselves nomi-
nate winners (though teachers also have the
right to vote). Among the winners are: Katya
Zubova, Dmitriy Surzhenko, Katya Su-
khopleschenko, Troshin Alexandr, Yakoven-
ko Alexandra and many others.
Page 2 DAHL’S HORIZON
Alma Mater Alma Mater
The last lesson
I’m sure all my group and
those who were present at our
last English lesson, will never
forget it. We decided to de-
vote the lesson to the world
famous writer William Shake-
speare after the lecture on
Shakespeare delivered by V.K.
Sukhantseva, our dean and
lecturer. The English teacher
Irina Olegovna Sychevskaya
supported this idea and prep-
arations began.
Polina Protsenko made a bright
presentation on Shakespeare’s
life and creative work with the
help of multimedia. Natasha
Gavrilchenko acted out a part
of Juliet from the tragic love
story “Romeo and Juliet” (it
was the balcony monologue, of
course). And she was a real
Juliet – so tender, fragile, ex-
citing, beautiful!
Page 3 DAHL’S HORIZON
Alma Mater
Sasha Kravchenko, as King
Lear was convincing and left
nobody indifferent to the trag-
edy of the old king abandoned
by his children and his people.
We listened to the sonnets
recited by Irina Chekunkova
and Olga Zynkeviich. Then we
tried to decode ancient
Shakespeare’s writing and
succeded in it, though it was
Nastya Yaluplina proved that
“all the world’s the stage” by
the lines from “As you like it”.
But the highlight of the party
was students’ performance that
was just amazing! Albert Moro-
zov wrote a scenario of the
original play “We are staging
Shakespeare”. This play shows
a sort of students’ rehearsals of
“Hamlet”.
. I think Morozov tried to com-
pete with Shakespeare himself
and it was a good try! All the
play is in verse inspired by
Shakespearian style. It is both
in Russian and in English com-
bining original English text and
original Morozov’s poetry. I
think the play turned out to be
splendid and all participants did
their best to make it even
breathtaking.
Tikhonova Natalia,
FL -391.
Page 4 DAHL’S HORIZON
Opinion
The Forum “Luhansk region-youth-future-2011”/Luganshina-Youth-Future-2011
Wise people say that we realize the vital im-
portance of events only in the course of time.
It is difficult to argue against it. In the mo-
ments when you are really happy all seems fog-
gy, and only time sorts things out. We can say
the same about the comprehension of the im-
portance of the Forum. It has come to me just
now.
On May, 22-24nd, 2011 Luhansk regional
youth forum ("Luganshchina-molodezh-
budushchee-2011") was held in the rest house
"Miner" (Perevalsky region). 130 leaders of
youth public organizations and organs of stu-
dent's self-management of higher educational
establishments of the I-IV accreditation levels
of Luhansk area took part in the Forum. Aren’t
figures impressive?. I personally didn't expect
to see such a great army of active young peo-
ple.
The Lugansk regional youth forum of
"Luganshchina-molodezh-budushchee-2011" is
the regional project aimed to support youth initi-
atives and to exchange their experience in the
newest technologies.
All participants were divided into 4 groups and
trained in the following directions: «Design man-
agement», «Information support of the project»
and «Financial management of the project».
I have nearly forgotten to mention: the motto of
the Forum was «I live in a new way!», which
supports a healthy way of life in all Luhansk re-
gion. We had lots of fun even without beer!
The organizers of the Forum traditionally include
Luhansk regional state administration and Lu-
gansk regional center on support of youth initia-
tives and social research. Many thanks to organ-
izers for the well organized occasion!
P. S. Today many participants of the Forum find
each other in social networks, exchange calls.
Can we do something else? The Forum - is the
big fair of useful and pleasant acquaintances. We
are happy to be together. The future belongs to
youth!
By Denis Bobr
journalism, MASS COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT
Issue №4, June 2011 Page 5
Talent Dewdrops
Emily Dickinson
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us – don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
Анна Лужина
Печально признавать, что ты – никто,
Особенно, когда карман твой пуст
И дождь стучит в окно.
И грустно, что лицо твое и имя
Не знает мир,
А сам ты не Сенека, не Шекспир.
Но в славе лишь иллюзия значенья,
А в жизни есть любовь, добро и вдохновенье.
И если у тебя все это есть,
Зачем тебе известность, слава, лесть?
Александра Пилипенко
Я признаюсь тебе, что я никто,
А смог бы ты таким же честным быть?
Ты отвечаешь: «да»,
Но хочешь, чтоб никто,
Не смог твое признанье это разгласить.
Но я не побоялась всем сказать,
Что лучше, чем барахтаться в болоте,
И что-то из себя изображать,
Я буду слыть ничем, а грезить о полете.
Оксана Шулика
А хто ти є?
Може пустота?
Таємна, загадкова тьма?
Але чому так одиноко
У цьому світі? Ти і я,
І він, і навіть ми,
Але і це нас не рятує.
Ти сам, самотній, знаєш ти,
Хоча навколо тебе люди.
Issue №4, June 2011 Page 6
The World’s Newsfax Science-Gate
Yellow journalism or the
yellow press is a type of jour-
nalism that presents little or no
legitimate well-researched
news and instead uses eye-
catching headlines to sell more
newspapers. Techniques may
include exaggerations of news
events, scandal-mongering, or
sensationalism. By extension
"Yellow Journalism" is used
today as a pejorative to decry
any journalism that treats
news in an unprofessional or
unethical fashion.
Campbell (2001) defines
Yellow Press newspapers as
having daily multi-column front
-page headlines covering a va-
riety of topics, such as sports
and scandal, using bold layouts
(with large illustrations and
perhaps color), heavy reliance
on unnamed sources, and una-
bashed self-promotion. The
term was extensively used to
describe certain major New
York City newspapers about
1900 as they battled for circu-
lation. In his book “Yellow
Journalism: Puncturing the
Myths, Defining the Legacies”
he defines the main features of
yellow press:
the frequent use of multi-
column headlines that some-
times stretched across the
front page.
a variety of topics reported
on the front page, including
news of politics,
war,international diplomacy,
sports, and society.
the generous and imagina-
tive use of illustrations, includ-
ing photographs and other
graphic representations such
as locator maps.
bold and experimental lay-
outs, including those in which
one report and illustration
would dominate the front
page. Such lay-
outs sometimes
were enhanced
by the use of col-
or.
a tendency to
rely on anony-
mous sources,
particularly in
dispatches of
leading corre-
spondents.
a penchant for
self-promotion, to
call attention ea-
gerly to the pa-
per’s accomplish-
ments.This ten-
dency was nota-
bly evident in
Page 7
Science-Gate
crusades against monopolies
and municipal corruption.
Frank Luther Mott (1941)
defines yellow journalism in
terms of five characteristics:
scare headlines in huge
print, often of minor news
lavish use of pictures, or
imaginary drawings
use of faked interviews,
misleading headlines, pseudo-
science, and a parade of false
learning from so-called experts
emphasis on full-color Sun-
day supplements, usually with
comic strips (which is now nor-
mal in the U.S.)
dramatic sympathy with
the "underdog" against the
sys-
tem.
The term originated during
the American Gilded Age of the
late nineteenth century with
the circulation battles between
Joseph Pulitzer's New York
World and William Randolph
Hearst's New York Journal. The
battle peaked from 1895 to
about 1898, and historical us-
age often refers specifically to
this period. Both papers were
accused by critics of sensation-
alizing the news in order to
drive up circulation, although
the newspapers did serious
reporting as well. The New
York Press coined the term
"yellow kid journalism" in early
1897 after a then-popular
comic strip to describe the
down market papers of Pulitzer
and Hearst, which both pub-
lished versions of it during a
circulation war. Ervin Ward-
man, publisher of the sedate
New York Herald coined the
term.
Today yellow press
brings large benefits to pub-
lishers but unfortunately it’s
because of the lies presented
on the yellow pages. Is it good
or not? A really hard question.
A very contradictory question.
The truth lays somewhere in
the middle. People always
want to know something hot,
exciting, embarrassing and
frightening, so the demand
produces the supply.
By Kate Sukhopleschenko,
journalism, MASS COMMUNI-
CATION DEPARTMENT
Issue №4, June 2011
Page 8 DAHL’S HORIZON
Society
Being charmed with fash-
ion styles, I came to Alchevsk
Theatre of Fashion of Milleni-
um. It gave me much
knowledge of fashion and
much practice of being charm-
ing. I felt self-confident and
beautiful. Our trainers and
stylists make rather profes-
sional fashion show. Our re-
cent victory in the National
Competition of theatres of
fashion in Sevastopol proves it.
I was happy and I felt a real
bird!
Fashion is a great force!
Fashion is defined as a
rapid and unexplainable aspir-
ing to change all the forms of
culture exposition, but when
saying “fashion” people mostly
mean clothes. It can’t be a
mistake because after people
had recognized prag-
matic function of
clothes, they soon
realized its social
function: beauty ideal
-forming, social status
demonstration, na-
tional identifying and
so on. Latin word mo-
dus is translated as
measure. This meas-
ure gives a person the
accepted ideal that
promotes self-identifying, dis-
tancing or showing together-
ness with a definite social
group. In addition, fashion
gives an impetus to economi-
cal development overtaking
physical amortization of a
thing, enabling a person to buy
new stylish things. Style is a
unit of typical features of
clothes to dominate at definite
time and makes possible to call
a thing stylish or fashionable.
Koko Chanel said that fash-
ion comes and goes but the
style stays.
Fashion causes transfor-
mation of exterior
forms of clothes,
aspiring to their
mass using. Para-
dox is in that,
when unification is
achieved, new
transformation is
needed. The
rhythm of fashion
styles transfor-
mation increases
constantly. At the
end of the 20th
century a style dominated for
7-10 years, but now it changes
every 2-3 years. Another fea-
ture of modern fashion is the
addressee of it. Since old times
fashion has been mostly ad-
dressed to aged ladies, having
money, but now it appeals to
the youth. It is popular now to
stay young as long
as it’s possible.
Modern cosmetic
surgery and beauty
saloons make it
achievable.
The history of fash-
ion begins in the
early Middle Ages
with the growth of
international con-
tacts. Venetian and
Greek styles were being copied
by foreign royal families and
by the court. Then France be-
came the leader of fashion
having introduced the world
Pandora – the doll made spe-
cially to demonstrate dominat-
ing style of clothes. Big Pando-
ra (as tall as a real woman)
demonstrated ballroom dress-
es, while Small Pandora
showed home dresses. There is
a historic note in the chronicle:
in 1704, during the war be-
tween France and Britain the
safe corridor on the battle field
was made to
promote
French Pan-
doras deliv-
ery to the
British
Queen.
In 1778
fashion mag-
azine began
its circulat-
ing. It was
filled with
hand-made
pictures of
STYLES OF FASHION
Issue №4, June 2011 Page 9
Society ladies in clothes of the latest
design. The price of the maga-
zine was so high that only 123
fashion-followers could afford
to subscribe for it. Invention of
photo has made magazine-
making much easier and
cheaper. Since then nothing
and nobody could stop fashion
marching over the planet.
In fact there are 2 styles
of clothes in fashion: Haute
couture and Prêt-a-porter.
Haute couture was born
in 1858 in France due to the
British immigrant Charles
Wart. He was the one who be-
gan demonstration of clothes
on the girls at catpad instead
of using dolls. He’s made it a
professional show for aristoc-
racy, imposing a fashionable
style on them. Due to Mr. Wart
a profession of designer or
stylist has appeared. The
dresses were mostly exclusive,
with one sample for defile and
another one for the client. That
was the way Haute couture
style has appeared.
Paul Puaret, Koko Shanel,
Juber de Chiwanshee and oth-
ers supported and continued
the luxurious style, in spite of
too limited number of clients
(from 2 thousand of occasional
clients to 2 hundred of custom-
ers in the world).
Prêt-a-porter style
was born in 1950th in France.
It suggests ready-made
clothes of standard size of defi-
nite author’s style. Profession
of stylist becomes popular, as
he or she had to think how to
make a fashionable thing
cheap, but nice. Due to Prêt-a
-porter style many artificial
fabrics were created to make
clothes cheaper: nylon, perlon,
polyamid and so on. Prêt-a-
porter style gives opportunity
to author’s styles development
even more successfully than in
The author’s styles are
various and numerous. In our
research we have identified 23
of them, but they are just the
ones, recognized in the world.
These are some author’s
styles from our collection:
Boho style (Bohemian – the
French translation “Gypsy”) is
extremely popular now. It
looks like a mixture of con-
trasts: expensive fur waist-
coats and simple short dresses
or tight jeans, bohemian
blouses with colourful skirts of
the Gypsies, long tunics and
leggings or shorts and so on.
Vintage style presup-
poses things that are not
younger than 20 years old. The
writer and historian A.N. Wil-
son characterized vintage
style like wearing history. A
costume is to reflect clearly the
time of its creation: 1950th,
1970th and so on. Second hand
garments are often used for
fun and fashionable view, but
newly-made clothes are faith-
ful copies of older garments.
Gothic
style.
Though
the
Gothic
style be-
longed
to the
Gothic
subculture it has managed to
survive and place itself in the
mainstream fashion world. It
looks like mixture of sport and
gothic elegance. Dramatically
arched hemline, short skirts,
corset dresses, tight sleeves,
short tops and leather gloves
of black and pink colour… You
are perfectly charming and
mysterious!
Preppy style
(abbreviation for preparation)
is a widespread North Ameri-
can youth subculture. Well-
educated, with good manners,
traditionally popular young
people dressed like in school
uniform. This style shows kids
in the most positive light: no
exposing of pants from under
the short skirt, no busthalter’s
fragments or so, just reserving
and elegance – that is a prep-
py.
Kislitsyna Darina
Lugansk Regional Small Academy of Science of School Youth
Alchevsk Gymnasium, 10th Form
Issue №4, June 2011 Page 10
Celebrations
Mother's Day Gifts for Modern Mother
Mother's Day is here again. It is one of the most pop-
ular of all such days that honour relationships. Of the
many people who add value to our lives, a mother is
undoubtedly the most special. Whether it is your own
mom or someone you look up to, the basic thought
behind Mother's Day is expressing yourself to that
someone who has been with you throughout your life.
One of the ways of letting her know that she is in-
deed valued by you is by gifting her on Mother's Day
(sending Mother's Day gifts, giving gifts on this occa-
sion). The most basic essential to be understood be-
fore going gift shopping on Mothers Day is the person-
ality type of your mom.
Is your mother working or a homemaker, outgoing or
a homebody, loves to travel or do gardening or maybe
loves fashion or shopping every few days. If you have
analysed or observed closely her nature and prefer-
ences, then choosing the perfect gift for her becomes
easy. Here we present some gift ideas for a mother
who has a modern outlook and lifestyle.
Apparels for the Well Dressed Lady
Your mother is someone who loves dressing up on
occasions and even without them. She is probably the
person whom you consult whenever you have to take
decisions regarding the latest in fashion and the
trends in clothes. Maybe she is just particularly well
turned out and concerned about making the right im-
pression.
Simply said, the choice of a Mother's Day present
for her is what make sher look beautiful and pleas-
ingly attractive. Gift her apparels which might range
from a new dress to work out clothes, from formals
to informals and from traditional ethnic wear to
western wear.
Latest Gadgets for the Techno Savvy Mom
Have you noticed that she, your mom, loves moving
with the times and always feels that time is short for
anything and everything that she might want to do.
Or maybe, she wants to or needs to accomplish the
maximum possible in a short period. Then, this
Mother's Day show her how much you care, gift her
something that assists her in her daily and long term
challenges.
Gadgets which make the work around the house
easier or make it easier for her in balancing her
home and work life. Be it kitchen ware or an elec-
tronic personal care product or planners and commu-
nicators, all come under this category of gifts.
Art Work or Collectibles for Your Mom
For someone who is accomplished in her own right,
who has her own identity for the world to recognise
and appreciate, a hobby of art or music is a natural
outcome which brings him/her full circle to a whole-
some life.
Even if her busy schedule and forward thinking and
quick acting approach make it difficult for your mom
to appreciate the small pleasures in life like collect-
ing art or music or decorating and designing, still a
gift of art or other valuable collectibles can be and
should on your list of Mother's Day gift ideas.
Page 11 DAHL’S HORIZON
Celebrations
A Holiday as a Mother's Day Gift
After a period of hard work and keeping up to the
demands of a busy life, the least our mothers de-
serve is a long sought after holiday. Why do you not
be the one to give her this. It would be the most
beautiful surprise and one much appreciated by her
for a long time to come.
She is sure to love you for making this occasion ex-
tra special and memorable for her. It would also
mean a rare time off without the daily work and
chores and duties to bother her and a time spent
with loved ones. From a weekend getaway to a day
trip to a much longer holiday, every option has its
pros and cons, go for one which suits your mothers
and her family which includes you.
Mother's Day Story
The story of Mothers
Day is a long one. It is
neither a recent phe-
nomenon as many peo-
ple believe it to be. Nor
it is the creation of card
and gift marketers syndi-
cate as assumed by cyn-
ics of Mothers Day festi-
val. To the surprise of lot
many people Mothers
Day celebrations are first
said to have taken place
in the time of ancient Greeks and Romans hundreds
of years ago. Even Mothers Day celebrations in UK
began much before the tradition saw the light of the
day in US. In US the efforts of Ms Julia Ward Howe
and Ms Anna Jarvis are greatly recognised for start-
ing the tradition of Mothers Day but several other
women too made remarkable contribution to further
the cause of Mothers Day holiday.
Today Mothers Day is celebrated in more than 46
countries around the world though at different times
in the month of May and in some countries it is cele-
brated in entirely different times of the year. In the
present time Mothers Day has come to be interna-
tionally recognized as the day to honor all mothers
and thank them for the services they impart for the
benefit of their individual child and consequently to
the development of mankind. Please read on and
click on the links to know more about the related
Mothers Day stories.
Mother's Day Story: Celebrations in the time of
Greeks and Romans
The tradition of Mothers Day started with the an-
cient Greeks who celebrated their annual spring
festival in honor of Rhea, the mother of many Gods
and Goddesses in the Greek mythology. Ancient
Romans too celebrated a spring festival by the
name of Hilaria in honor of Cybele, a mother god-
dess, some 250 years before Christ was born.
Mother's Day Story: Celebrations in UK
In UK, Mothers Day celebrations started by the
name of Mothering Sunday, several years before
the tradition found its roots in UK. Mothering Sun-
day came to be celebrated following the practice in
UK of 17th century wherein children of poor families
were send to work as apprentice and domestic
servants with the rich. These children were allowed
to visit their 'Mother Church'
or the Cathedral of their home
town annually in the middle of
the fasting month of Lent.
Children met their mothers
after visiting the church and
presented them with flowers
and special 'Mothering Cakes'.
The custom received a set
back with the advent of In-
dustrial Revolution when the
lifestyles changes. American
soldiers contributed in the
revival of the tradition after
the World War II.
Mother's Day Story: Struggle of Anna Jarvis
A loving daughter from West Virginia, Anna Jarvis
is recognised as a 'Founder of Mothers Day' and
'Mother of Mothers Day'. Anna kept the word of her
activist mother, Mrs Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis who
once expressed a wish that someone should strive
to provide mothers their due recognition. After her
mothers death in 1905, Anna's determination be-
came strong and she along with several supporters
started lobbying for the official holiday on Mothers
Day by writing letters to the people in power. To
celebrate Mothers Day, Anna began to send her
mothers favorite flowers, carnations in her local
church requesting people to wear them in honor of
their mothers. The idea gained immense popularity
over the years and in 1910, West Virginia became
the first state to recognize Mothers Day holiday. On
May 8, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a
Joint Resolution designating the second Sunday in
May as Mother's Day.
Mother's Day 2012 is the second Sunday in May
(9th May).
Volodymyr Dahl East Ukraine
National University
Molodiozhniy Block, 20-a
Lugansk
Телефон:
(0642)41-94-57
Эл. почта:
THE EDITORS:
Editing Collegium:
Kolesnichenko Ann
Redina Daria
The Guides:
Senior Teacher:
Bekresheva L.A.
Senior Teacher:
Sychevskaya I.O.
Rabbit's Ph.D. Thesis:
A Parable for Graduate Students Scene: It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for a walk. Fox: "What are you working on?"
Rabbit: "My thesis." Fox: "Hmmm. What's it about?" Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes." (incredulous pause) Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes." Rabbit: "Sure they do, and I can prove it. Come with me." They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes, the rab-bit returns, alone, to his typewriter and resumes typing.
Soon, a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit. Wolf: "What's that you're writing?" Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves." (loud guffaws) Wolf: "You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?" Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see why?" The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit returns by
himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing.
Scene: Inside the rabbit's burrow. In one corner, there is a pile of fox bones. In another corner, a pile of wolf bones. On the other side of the room, a huge lion is belching and picking his teeth. (The End) Moral: It doesn't matter what you choose for a thesis subject. It doesn't
matter what you use for data. What does matter is who you have for a the-sis advisor.
Katysheva Elena Kate Sukhopleschenko
The price decides everything
On the first day of college, the Dean addressed the students, pointing out
some of the rules: "The female dormitory will be out-of-bounds for all male students, and the male dormitory to the female students. Anybody caught breaking this rule will be fined $20 the first time." He continued,
"Anybody caught breaking this rule the second time will be fined $60. Being caught a third time will cost you a fine of $180. Are there any questions?" At this point, a male student in the crowd inquired: "How
much for a season pass?"
Chief editors: