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Dirty money?If you thought dirty money was only found in offshore bank accounts, check your wallet instead. But you may want to wash your hands afterward. Al-most 60% of Europeans believe cash is the dirtiest item they come into contact with, ahead of escalator handrails, buttons on payment terminals and library books, according to a survey of 1,000 people released on March 25 by Mastercard. “Europeans’ perceptions of dirty cash are not without rea-son,” Ian Thompson, the pro-fessor from Oxford University who tested the cash, said in a news release. “The bank notes we tested harbored an average of 26,000 bacteria, which, for a number of pathogenic organ-isms, is sufficient for passing on infection.”

Airline “fat tax”Dr. Bharat P. Bhatta, associ-ate professor of economics at Sogn og Fjordane University College, Norway, is proposing three models that he says, “may provide significant benefits to airlines, passengers and society at large.” In his paper, Dr. Bhatta noted

“a reduction of 1 kilo weight of a plane will result in fuel savings worth US$3,000 a year and a reduction of CO2 emissions by the same token.” He goes on to say that weight could be ascertained through passenger self-declaration, with one in five passengers randomly selected and weighed to dis-suade cheats (with penalties for cheaters) or by weighing all pas-sengers at check in. Russian photographer apolo-gizes for pyramid photosAn Internet sensation was touched off this week by Rus-sian photographer Vadim Mak-horov and a group of his friends -- the group ignored regulations prohibiting the public from climbing on the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt, and came away with spectacular photos. The images from Makhorov and another photographer, Vi-taliy Raskalov, were taken on top of the Pyramids from posi-tions that avoided detection by guards. The photos have incited reactions ranging from envy and awe to indignation and concern for the preservation of the an-cient wonders.

Pope on Good Friday: ‘Chris-tians must respond to evil with good’Pope Francis marked his first Good Friday as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, asking the faithful to follow Jesus’ lead. “Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did,” Francis said at a nighttime cer-emony marking the Stations of the Cross, also known as Way of the Cross or Via Crucis, at Rome’s Colosseum. Pope Francis, was elected pontiff just over two weeks ago, succeeding Benedict XVI. A former Argentine cardinal, he became the first non-European pope of the modern era, the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis. Since taking on the role, he has focused on a message of helping the poor and needy and demonstrated a simple, humble personal style. Francis already has repeatedly veered from tra-dition -- from the white papal robes he wore on the Vatican balcony the night of his elec-tion, to his choosing to ask for the crowd to pray for him first before he offered a blessing of his own.

Ever since the beginning of the Iraq War, the news coverage in war regions has been a contro-versial issue: The Iraq War had been the first war that was re-ported via mass media, like the Internet. The new methods of news cov-erage really posed a progress in comparison to past wars, for ex-ample the Crimean War (1853-1856). The invention and usage of telegraphy faciliated the cov-erage, but still the transmission of information sometimes lasted weeks and in Russia for exam-ple, there existed only one news-paper, which of course could not be objective at all. During the Iraq War in con-trast, so-called „embedded jour-

nalists“ accompanied the Amer-ican soldiers to the battle field. It was said that those embeds, as civilists, should have a clear perspective about the events as being locally present. Unfortu-nately this concept hasn‘t been thought through very well, be-cause eventually, being protect-ed by the American soldiers and witnessing their losses, the jour-nalists would lose their objectiv-ity. Furthermore, framing and agenda-setting are other factors that distort the objective per-spective. „The journalist‘s view is the one through the observa-tion slit of the tank. And that is not very wide.“ By framing, the journalists se-lect the things we can see and which we can‘t and therefore is a powerful method to influence the civilists‘ opinion. To make the Iraq War more popular, the

framing aimed towards the glo-rification of the American sol-diers, the presentation of war he-roes. Naturally, besides the fake photographies, there existed au-thentic ones, partially taken for the purpose of art. It has been a controversial ethical issue, even for the war photographers them-selves, to earn money with other people‘s pain and to sell it as art, which always suggests there is something beautiful about it. Immanuel Kant distinguished two higher feelings, the feeling of the beautiful and the feeling of the sublime. The feeling of the beautiful gives a pleasant sensation „but one that is joy-ous and smiling“, whereas the feelings of the sublime „arouse joy but with horror“. I think war photography belongs to the sec-ond category: It makes you feel awe towards it and the photo-

graphs‘ aura. Although it applies as art, it is still a medium to tell something and therefore counts as news coverage as well. Nev-ertheless, it doesn‘t go without framing and agenda-setting ei-ther and, in consequence, not without subjecitvity. As you see it is very hard to keep the news coverage objec-tive concerning delicate circum-stances like war, where there are at least two absolutely opposing points of view. It is therefore a good thing, that there exists such a wide range of various media that, thanks to the Internet, aren‘t bound to a locality but mostly are available on the web. There-fore it is strongly recommended in cases like this, to catch up on war action via multiple media and to keep a critical distance to the given information.

BY DILGE IMER(TR)

BY THERESA LINDLAHR(DE)

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Opinion

Nonverbal communication is one of the most powerful forms of communication. It is a certain behavior which may replace written or spoken language. What is interesting, scientists proclaim, that this kind of body language and gestures is pre-sent not only in humans but in animals as well. Bearing in mind that ‘actions speak louder than words’, nonverbal communica-tion constitutes circa 80% of our daily communication. Moreover, several types of this communication can be distinguished: gestures, facial expression, body language and

posture. However, each of them depends on the person’s attitude and feelings. 1.Gestures contain a huge number of moves which vary from culture to culture. In one’s culture something may be offen-sive and in another normal. 2.Every facial expression is unique. You cannot find two identical facial expressions. It is because the meaning of each of them is different. Neverthless, there is a group of signals which are recognized as universal. Per-fect example is the smile. 3.Body language is character-ized by movements and changes which can express current feel-ings and emotions. Typical ex-ample in this case is the skin, which may turn red because of embarrasment or pale because

of fear. Another interesting fact is that blind children can smile when they are happy although they have never seen a smile. 4.Posture - one of the forms of nonverbal communication that highlight cultural differences.It is worth mentioning too, that there are three main uses of non-verbal communication that for sure sound familiar to you. They include: greetings, involuntary nonverbal communication and specific communication where talking is not possible. Using a body language or any other form of communication requires care. Some body lan-guage and gestures meanings do not always stay the same. As mentioned before, everything depends on the culture and the accepted customs.

Last but not least, we shouldn’t forget about paralanguage. This set of nonphonemic properities of speech such as tempo and intonation may affect its mean-ing. Paralanguage can also send different messages in different cultures: for example, in Japan, giggling indicates embarass-ment and in India, belching in-dicates satisfaction. As you probably noticed, non-verbal communication is ex-tremely complex and constitutes a big part of overall communica-tion. That is why it’s important to know how and when we can use it.

BY GOSIA OSYPIUK(TR)

BY DILGE IMER(TR)

Communicate without words

The European integration

The institutional development related to European integration has been going on for years. After the Cold War, it can be said that we came face to face with a new political Europe as we can understand from all the discussion about the develop-ment, depth, constitution, man-agement, identity and security of European integration. Some of these changes can be tied to the separation of the Soviet Union and lack of differences which Cold War had caused. However, the unity of European integration in spite of its differ-ent perspectives is really effec-tive in this change. In terms of international affairs, the agree-ment between the neo-realists and the neo-liberal institutional-ists which can be named ration-alist, has played an important role after the studies in 1980s. While these studies affect the ones in Europe, the argument between neo-functionalism and

intergovernmental institutional-ism has put a great affect on the researches on integration. How-ever, it is not possible to explain European integration in terms of rational theories. Today, international theories can be put together under three main topics: rational, reflectiv-ist and social constructivist. Rational thoughts have been threatened since the early 1990s by the other thoughts which put forward that the reality has been socially structured. In the near future, influenced by the international discipline, some social constructivist approaches have started to be appear in the study of European integration. However, there are views which evaluate this approach in spite of criticizing it. Thus it should be mentioned that there are various forms of social constructivist approach es instead of only one form. Some constructivists have a radical approach in criticizing traditional methods whereas the others do not refuse these meth-ods completely but they explain the integration using more social factors.

As Rosamond stated, the theo-retical development related to the study of European integra-tion is in good condition. Diez and Wiener say that European integration theories develop in three steps: explanatory, analyti-cal, constructive. First Step: The Explanation of IntegrationBetween 1950s and 60s, the ap-proaches related to European integration were federalism, functionalism and transactional-ism. These integration theories are related to the explanation of the unity process of nation coun-tries. Second Step: The Analysis of ManagementHaving a look at the approaches in the 1980s, it was stated that two rational theoretical ap-proaches direct the arguments: neo-functionalism and intergov-ernmental institutionalism. Third Step: The Construction of EUThe theories which take part in the third step have explained the construction of European inte-gration. Till 1980s, the social scientists gave importance to

positivism in international af-fairs. In 1997, European Union an-nounced its values within Am-sterdam Treaty and started a new process to give importance to their values for Common For-eign and Security Policy. These values were freedom, democ-racy, priority of justice, respect to human rights. In the EU, the identity has become functional by creating a secure zone. As mentioned above, there are dif-ferences between traditional the-ories and social contructivist ap-proaches. Rationalists suppose that there are some unchange-able rules in the international system but for social construc-tivists these rules can be so-cially constructed and changed. In addition, Europe has a social constructive transformation. Ac-cording to traditional theories, EU is both an economical giant and a political dwarf but it is a theoretical power which is de-veloping day by day in terms of social constructive approach.

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Opinion

There is this one quiet moment. None of the 1500 people in the hall dares even to breath. Then, the little old man on stage raises a thin white stick and a hundred of women and men fill the air with magic. Oh, this article is about clas-sical music, how boring, you might say, I’m not that old yet. Well, there are at least 140 young Europeans who think different. They annually come together in the European Un-ion Youth Orchestra (EUYO). Started in 1976 as a result of a

decision of the European Parlia-ment, the EUYO has become one of the world’s leading youth orchestras, being conducted by legends such as Claudio Ab-bado and Herbert von Karajan, touring year after year through various countries and playing on renowned festivals, not only in Europe but all over the world. To be part of this orchestra, you have to be between 14 and 24 years old, citizen of an EU mem-ber state and play an instrument that is needed. And...you have to be really, really good at it. Every year, there are thousands of tal-ented young musicians who try to get one of the few places and so it’s not astonishing that this orchestra is a pot of musical ex-

cellence. So what, you still may think.Are hou having second thoughts? In fact, this orchestra has a lot in common with us, better to say with the EYP. It was founded by the EU not only as an opportunity for young Eu-ropeans to tour around the world with their music, but to also find new friends and develop a sense of community throughout the member states. It’s seen as a peace-making project, which is promoting social understand-ing by bringing together mem-bers of all 27 countries. How do young musicians see this? Ital-ian percussionist Nicola Carrara explains: “The fact that we share the common language of music

gives me a sense of universal belonging.” And about his home country Italy with an education suffering from the crisis he re-flects that the EUYO is particu-larly important as an example that can lead to more enthusiasm and confidence “so that young people invest their time in their education and in the knowledge of different cultures.” Even if our main activities are very different – they give world-class performances of a Bee-thoven symphony, while we dis-cuss political issues – we share the same vision with them: The vision of a European community working together in peace. For more information, go to: www.euyo.org.uk.

BY DELIA BERNER(CH)

Young, European and passionate for Music

BY JANIRE SANZ SEVILLA(ES)

Catalonia in a hurry: feels the independence soon

We all might have a bit of knowledge about the north east-ern part of the Iberian peninsula: Catalonia. With its almost 6 million speakers distributed in different areas extending from the Catalonia’s heart of the re-gion to the territories which surround this community. Even in countries such as Andorra, Catalan is spoken, though there are other Catalan regions which have their own dialects such as Valencia, the nearest shore city in front of the Balearic Islands. The loss of a language leads to a destruction of the human community’s identity element, a decrease in its cultural creativ-ity and an irreparable damage to individual or collective human rights. As we already know Cata-lan is a typical language from Catalonia historically originated in this territory as an identity sign. However, this minority language has been and is still being discriminated by its own territory. First of all, in Spain the official language is Spanish although there are some regions where you can find their own di-

alects such as Basque referring to Basque Country, Galician for Galicia, Valencian for Valencia or Catalan when talking about Catalonia. Particularly, in the Catalan community bilingual-ism is present everyday but di-glossia is what truly affects Cat-alan people. This phenomenon occurs when we are in a situa-tion of two languages in contact and speakers do use one for formal purposes and leave the other one downgrading its im-portance and relegating it to the informal uses. Castilian or Span-ish, call it the way you prefer it, it is the same language and the difference is Castilian is from Castile, the centric territory of Spain and the most influential throughout Spain. Castilian is an ‘installed language’ and is one of the most prestigious languag-es in this country as well as the most pressing one. When I say ‘installed’ I mean its presence is relevant and the usual one in all fields. Catalan people have shown such a linguistic loyalty since its language’s origins (around the 9th century) that there’s no need to look for more reasons they want to achieve Catalonia’s independence. In September 2005 the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Num-bers whose headquarters are in California, EEUU, approved

the creation of a domain for the Internet’s addresses in order to identify a Catalan linguistic and cultural community: ‘.cat’. A few months later this was adapted by thousands of Cata-lan websites. Actually, ‘.cat’ has been the first awarded domain in the world with the purpose to identify a linguistic and cultural community. This domain is op-erating at the same level that the territorial ones which identify a state. For instance, we have got ‘.uk’ for the United Kingdom or ‘.es’ for Spain. This interna-tional recognition of the Cata-lan’s linguistic community in the Internet is a landmark in its language history whose origins round by 2000 years ago. The desire of achieving the independence roots since the 15th century, when Catalonia used to have its maximum apo-gee. Aside from Catalan being banned several times, there was a strong imbalance within the Catalan linguistic community. This region has always been ahead of its time, either in eco-nomic, social or cultural terms and it still is differentiated amongst the Iberian Peninsula’s diverse territories. During the reign of Habsburgs and Bourbons, Catalan was banned and Castilian was de-clared the official language all over Spain, also suffering a pro-

gressive subordination to Cas-tile. Despite the continuity of this unified community, the ab-solutist and centralist tendency of monarchy showed care only about the relegation of Hispanic territories to Spanish culture and language. But the last straw that broke the camel’s back was the systematically omission of the language again during Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). The importance of Catalan is that it is the best proof of dis-tinction and divergence from the rest of Spain and is the maxi-mum tool to unify its speakers since they share common inter-ests such as the culture.In fact lots of economists believe that an Independent Catalonia would be one of the strongest economies in the world since it’s one of the biggest plunders around the world (GDP 3000 euro per person). People from Catalonia share values which are different from the Spanish ones: there’s a clear country feeling. Economic reasons are the only link which keeps unified Spain and Catalonia. Unfortunately, there are no sentimental reasons to connect them. Should we search our feelings, we would see that it’s not about Catalonia, but the Catalans. Aren’t there enough reasons to believe in this strong desire in-dependence? I think yes.

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Opinion

BY ASLI KORKMAZ(TR)

BY GOSIA OSYPIUK(PL)

Of the nature of essence

How to innovate my life

Picture this; if man was to re-linquish his cognition – the pro-cess of collecting and applying various snippets of informa-tion, leaving only his facilities of perception, would he there-fore ascribe particular origins to particular things? Surely he would rely on sensory data and reference only objects famil-iar to him. Of course, claiming that continents float on a tract of water or that the soul is com-posed of fire sounds absolutely preposterous! However, these are the denouements of primary observation. Hence I invite you to suspend your disbelief and re-gard these concepts with healthy curiosity. I ask this of you be-cause I know many of you are somehow involved with philos-ophy either as a part of personal interest or as a school subject; when dealing with Pre-Socratic philosophy it is too easy to slip into a niche 21st Century at-titude of ‘intellectual superior-ity’, without realising the merits of the pioneers of metaphysics, mathematics, sciences and the like. To the ancients, traditionally, essence was seen to be the pri-mordial foundation of exist-ence – not atoms (Unless your name is Democritus, but that is a whole other line of inquiry). In a manner similar to many

distinguished Pre-Socratic phi-losophers, Thales contended that ‘essence’ was the origin of all matter. Whereas Anaximenes of Miletus considered this ‘es-sence’ to be air and Heraclitus postulated it to be fire, Thales believed it was water. Although Empedocles would later con-clude that all four ‘Classical Essences’ of air, earth, fire and water (the ‘quintessence’ being a medieval addition) held some cosmogenic credibility. Aristotle defined essence as “that from which is everything that exists and from which it first becomes and into which it is rendered at last, its substance remaining under it, but trans-forming in qualities, that they say is the element and principle of things that are” in his mag-num opus, Metaphysics. Writing in the 1st Century AD, Heracli-tus Homericus (not to be con-fused with the aforementioned), stated that Thales “declared that water, of the four elements, was the most active, as it were, as a cause” for a multitude of rea-sons. Chiefly, Thales duly noted that “for moist natural sub-stance, since it is easily formed into each different thing, is ac-customed to undergo very vari-ous changes.” For example, he observed that “part of [the sub-stance] which is exhaled is made into air, and the finest part is kin-dled from air into æther, while when water is compacted and changes into slime it becomes earth.” By extension, Thales

also concluded that the Earth must have solidified from the surrounding oceans and indubi-tably, the water he suspected it to have floated upon. Moreover, since wood, a natural product of ‘earth’ has the ability to float on water but not in thin air, Thales argued that this eliminated the possibility of air being a ‘first principle.’ Most famously, Thales re-jected illogical mythological conjectures for being the source or origin of things. For instance, his ‘Theory of Earthquakes’ marries rationally with the axi-om of ‘Water as a First Princi-ple.’ Aetius and Seneca attribut-ed to Thales that the explanation for earthquake laid upon the un-stable nature of land floating on water, rather than as a result of Poseidon’s terrestrial wrath. In fact, if we consider this in ear-nest, we will find that this is not a wholly erroneous proposition. The Irish chemist and founder of modern chemistry, Robert Boyle, discovered hydrogen gas in 1671 and since then it has been widely regarded within the scientific community as the most abundant element in the universe. Furthermore, it is com-mon knowledge nowadays that hydrogen is a supreme prereq-uisite for life – hydrogen being one of the key components of hydrocarbons in organic chem-istry. Studies have also indicated that the earliest life-forms were initially found in prehistoric oceans, seas, lakes and rivers of

the world. Ergo, perhaps Thales’ philosophy has more modern relevance, with regards to de-duction and empiricism, than the contemporary philosophical community accredits to him. Reading about him, I personally see a spiritual search rather than a scientific one. The reason is that the mentioned quest for es-sence is also an indicator of the search of the transcendant. So how did it come about that they were able to formulate such cogent theories? The answer lies simply in observation; studious and fastidious. In conclusion, I would be in-clined to say pre-socratic phi-losophers’ appreciation for the natural world and its wonders with due epistemological con-sideration and insatiable amaze-ment creates a unique balance between science and mind. This notwithstanding, there is some-thing much more valuable pre-sent in their work. They teach us that philosophical thought is not the preserve of a rich man nor a powerful man nor an educated one; but of a man with an almost spiritual connection to earth. The world is what we perceive it to be – whether we think it is fashioned from water,fire, earth or jellybeans is irrelevant, it is the thought process we utilise to believe such a thing that matters. After all, the unquestioned life is not worth living, is it?

First of all, have you ever won-dered what exactly innovation is? To be honest there is not one proper definition of this term. What can be said for sure is that it is a certain process of translat-ing an idea into a service which meets new customers’ require-ments. What is more, it is con-nected with development of val-ues and creativity. Moreover, it involves imagination and initia-tive. With that stated, innovation

is lastly one of the reasons of maintaining products and con-viences in the 21st century. But the biggest secret of innovation is that anyone can do it. Being an innovative person does not actually mean being a creative genius. It is all about introduc-ing something new which would lead people to live in the innova-tive world thus improving their standards of living. Innovators are questioners. They are looking for sophisti-cated and unique things. They observe, experiment, connect and are open-minded for new ideas. It must be added as well

that innovation is not sucessful everywhere but definitely ex-pands the human horizon. While most don’t think differ-ently, there are some people who can find a simple connection be-tween what we call ‘new’ and the past. They don’t embrace new ways of startup but revive the antecedents. This is kind of tricky but I ensure you that it works. Another option of being innovative and change your life is to find in yourself a childish inquisitiveness. Learn the world from the very begining and try to name the things in a different manner. Out-of-box thinking is

a perfect step to start this pro-cess. The power of innovation is huge and need to be discover. It just takes time and practice but in contrast to other beings, you are born with abstract thinking that allows you to come up with original ideas. Finally, innovation starts with you. Your skills can be refined and improved. You can make an innovator from yourself with-out any help because you are unique. Just stay curious, be in-spired, add a bit of passion and try things yourself.

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BY THERESA LINDLAHR(DE)

Germany - struggling with its past forever?

When it comes to its past, Ger-many has never been able to shake off its numbness: I am german, born in 1994, and nev-ertheless feel paralyzed when I‘m supposed to say something about Germany‘s past and guilt, because it really is a tightrope walk. I had the same experience over and over again: whenever I am in another country and peo-ple hear about my origin, the first thing they come up with is a Nazi joke that honestly throws me off balance every time. When I told some girls in my press team how I feel about those jokes, they said: „Why does it affect you this much? You belong to a completely new generation who has nothing to do with things of the past, when you think about it.“ I know this to be true and

I don‘t think I can explain it very well, but I feel guilty even though rationally I know I was born decades after Germany‘s crime against humanity and I have as much to do with it like every other person my age. I think the reason for this feeling is the thought, that after all, you are descended from this gen-eration and that‘s why you can‘t just say: „Oh, if it had been me, I would have stepped up and done something about it.“ and then block it out of your mind. I know I would have, but the fact that you are actually related makes you doubt that you can know for sure. On the one hand Germany not being able to accept its past is a good thing, as the nation has grown very sensitive about never repeating past mistakes. But on the other hand, they are so sensitive about it, that they feel paralyzed when it comes to patriotism, war action and political statements. Germany has come a long road, yet they are still uncomfortable and shy

about involving in war action, even about explicitly using the expression „war“. Exactly a year ago, Germany‘s Secretary of State Guido Westerwelle ac-tually abstained from voting for or against a no-fly zone above Libya, being purchased by the chancellor Merkel not to vote with „no“ as originally intend-ed. This abstention from voting caused a lot of excitement and almost cost Germany its good relationships and reputation as a reliable ally. Today, Germany has managed to be in another precarious situ-ation: On the 17th of April, the law suit on Beate Zschäpse and her four presumed accomplices of the right wing terror cell starts in Munich‘s regional appeal court. They are accused for the murder of 8 Turks, 1 Greek and 1 german policewoman. It has already been a precarious situ-ation dealing with right-wing extremists in Germany because of the international interest in this case and setting an example. Due to an inflexible allocation

practice resembling the motto „first come, first serve“ there are no press seats allocated to turkish or greek journalists al-though 9 out of 10 victims were of turkish or greek origin. Of course, a lot of german poli-tics are outraged about this and some german journalists even offered their own seats to the turkish, but the judge wouldn‘t allow it: They can‘t risk an inva-lid court decision due to a pro-cedural error, it wouldn‘t be fair to the victims‘ families. On the other hand, it really shouldn‘t be about a formality but about the guarantee of media coverage in the concerned countries. I hope you perceived an accurate image of Germany still finding it difficult to handle anything that touches its past even remotely. And I really hope it‘s going to change someday soon: I‘m not saying I want people to forgive the germans or, even less, forget about it, but I hope the future generation will be able to draw a line and leave the past in the past.

Unemployment. It’s the same old topic, yet still one of the most important. Not just in Eu-rope but also across the globe. However, public figures and statistics for the US and Tur-key show that unemployment is decreasing, and we’re liable to believe them. So what’s behind the seemingly sudden drop in the unemployment rate in these countries? Let us first examine Turkey. The vice president of Repub-lican People’s Party Umut Oran claims that Turkey’s unemploy-ment rate, which is currently at 8.8%, but would be almost 28% if the percentage of the women participating in the surveys were equal to that of other European countries such as Spain and Greece. Moreover, he actually states

that the government utilises de-creased female participation to ensure that the employment rate appears to be higher, in order to boost morale. This warped reality results from the Justice and Development Party(AKP in Turkish) disguising the num-bers, and using the false statis-tics as a form of propaganda. He also urges people to beware; looking at this issue as a matter of democratisation, freedom and education is going to define fu-ture of the Republic of Turkey. But in the United States:When the job growth was aver-aged about 100,000 per month over the last few months which

indicates a slow growth, Bu-reau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate fell to from 8.1% in September to 7.8% in August. In this hyper-political sea-son, because of this disturbing coincidence some people are suggesting that the Obama Ad-ministration is also disguising numbers. The federal government initi-ates two job surveys. The pay-roll survey queries employers and it seems to be more reliable because it is a fairly large sam-ple. The second survey queries households and is much smaller, but provides a different look at

the employment picture. You see, the household survey also generates the unemployment rate. The surveys themselves are very complex, but it can be clearly observed that these two surveys conflict with each other month to month, but over longer periods of time they always get back on track. What we should do is simply wait for a more reliable report next month, which is predicted to be different from Septembers result. If this happens we will see the great weaknesses in the US economy but if it doesn’t, then we will know that there is something serious going behind

BY ARDA BURAK ALTUNTAS(TR)

Are we getting fooled by numbers?

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Opinion

BY ASLI KORKMAZ(TR)

On Globalisation

We are running out of borders. With so many means of com-munication, globalization is happening on a whole new level and is thus changing our precon-ceived conceptions of culture. By many, it is chiefly regarded as an economic phenomenon necessitating additional integra-tion, or interaction, of nationally based economic entities. This is mainly through the develop-ment of international trade, in-vestment and monetary flows. As a result of this both informa-tion and money are now flowing more rapidly than ever. The phe-

nomenon of globalization began with the break-up of the Soviet-Union and has been perpetuated across the globe. However the process of globalization is more than just economic development and political process. It is vis-ible in international companies such as McDonalds and Adidas or popular media moguls like Facebook; it has even effected popular television shows. This cultural element of globaliza-tion continues to be, perhaps, the driving force of the globali-zation trend.This in itself leads to speciali-zation, and as the theory of comparative advantage shows, when the practice of specializa-

tion is applied, both economies involved in the trading rela-tionship benefit more than they would through self-sufficiency. To illustrate, many African countries are specializing in the export of raw goods, which are then manufactured in the more developed economies, such as China or the US. These rela-tionships are essential to the well being of both economies; since China doesn’t really have the land resource to be able to produce sufficient raw goods in order to feed its industrial side. Many African countries, on the other hand, do not have the technological advances to be able to manufacture machin-

ery and technology on the scale it is demanded for. Meanwhile, if we look at some of the isola-tionist economies, such as North Korea, where little to no trade takes place, their economic situ-ation is doing very poorly, with no better outlook for the future either.On a European-level, it is now said that Europe is turning into one big country. There are no limits, no borders. The limitless interaction is leading to an even-tual loss of uniqueness. And the question of the century is : How can we globalise while preserv-ing our traditions and differ-ences ?

BY BARIS CAN KASTAS(TR)

Money can’t buy me love... or should it?

The Beatles definitely didn’t plan to undertake a deep, philo-sophical inquiry about the com-plex notion of money in their song Can’t Buy Me Love, but none can deny the facts it points at(that’s what makes The Beat-les a band that never gets old, but that’s another story): money can buy much more than you’d think it does. Not only is money a symbol for the reserved power you posess, just having it gives you a different look, and people treat you differently. That does not mean that The Beatles were a naïve band and that money trumps all; I for one, think that there should be things that mon-ey cannot buy. Buying people, for instance, is completely twisted. Paying peo-

ple for the effort they make is understandable, but completely disregarding what they want, and basically forcing them to do stuff just because you’ve got money is disgracing hu-man dignity. Whether it be the corporate executive’s ignorant insistance in making changes in plans, using people’s monetary desperation or outright human slavery, the song remains the same: we degrade the person, and in turn, the whole humani-ty. People should not be forced to do things or adopt ideas they don’t want due to financial en-forcements. That brings us to something really simple, but regularly overlooked in day-to-day life: money should not be able to buy someone’s capability to live. In other words, our basic needs to live should not come with a price tag. If we can make some-one work ten hours a day just

so he or she can buy food nec-essary to live, we are practically forcing him or her with financial power, which is buying people. I’m not saying that basic items should be given free, but people should be able to receive these basic standards of living even if they can’t pay for them, which is basically the aim of a welfare state. Our financial system is compatible with this very essen-tial ideal, but we simply shrug our shoulders at the absurdity. Speaking of financial systems, there’s one more thing money can buy: MONEY. It seems ab-surd because it is absurd. Eco-nomics has become so compli-cated that financial crises can appear out of ridiculous reasons, sweep the money many people had, then just end unexpected-ly. What’s worse, you can sim-ply use the money you already have to get more money. Spread rumours on the stock exchange

and get rich. Monopolise a mar-ket and make endless money. The possibilities are endless, and unlike the premise we had in the beginning that explained money as reserved power, the money earned in this case has nothing to do with an effort you made or your reserved power. Of course, I’m not saying that we should return to the days of exchanging goods, but we might to look back and find the point where everything got so compli-cated. In the end, these are nothing more than idealistic opinions that have little to no feasibility(-except the welfare state, that’s pretty feasible). But if believing that being a human gives you some decency and superiority over what Douglas Adams has called “small green pieces of paper” is a crime, sue me.

MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013 7 NEWSPAPER OF THE 13TH NSC, EYP TR

Sports news

BY FURKAN KALENDER(TR)

And then there were eight

September 18, 2012 the UEFA Champions League group matches begun! A total of 32 teams worked extremely hard to get there (Well most of them at least). This was a dream come true for several players and for others another chance to win the cup and bring it home proud. As great as the reward may be, the obstacles presented are of which only a true warrior, a true cham-pion can face and persevere. There are 32 teams, 8 groups, 4 teams per group. Each team plays 6 games with only just

two advancing from every group. Some coaches and many fans were glad they weren’t matched up with powerhouses like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United. Then there were others that had to actually face these teams (Poor them) a huge task that wasn’t completed easily. Weeks pass on and the W’s and L’s were piled up. Every now and then we see the oc-casional 6-1, 5-2, and 4-0 with many heartbroken fans. Then again there were surprising up-sets taken place shocking not only European fans but fans worldwide. Some games were extremely crucial, especially

final matchups that decided on who advanced and who went home. This just added more ex-citement then there already was to this great tournament! With hard work, dedication and unimaginable commit-ment the number of teams were halved. The final 16 were ready for the next step. Once again there was the fear of getting paired up with a powerhouse. Manchester United – Real Ma-drid matchup was a huge one with many eyes on it and Milan gave Barcelona fans a huge sur-prise with its 2-0 victory. In the end though when push came to shove the best of the best came out strong and once again the

number of teams were halved. Now remain the top eight teams in all of Europe with one common goal: To eliminate anybody in their path to the fin-ish line. On the 15th of March the lottery was finalized and the matchups were prepared. This will not just be a great vic-tory for the team but will be a great honor for the country as well. Everything now lies in the hands of each respective team to show the entire soccer world what they’ve got!

It was great reporting for you!Contributors: Arda Burak Altuntas, Asli Korkmaz, Baris Can Kastas, Delia Berner, Dilge Imer, Furkan Kalender, Gosia Osypiuk, Janire Sanz Sevilla, Maelle Lafond, Theresa Lindlahr, Fotis Papadogeorgopoulos, Dionysius Theodoropoulos, Can Ali Sehirlioglu

Special thanks: Richard Royal, Samuel Muhsin

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