Activities Week connects students and societies
The Student Government organized its second Activities Week on April 8-10 at the Aghia Paraskevi Campus, gathering the interest of dozens of students who interacted with student leaders and participated in a number of events planned for their entertainment.
The Activities Week unites the student groups on campus every semester. It provides Clubs, Societies and Organizations with an opportunity to showcase their events and achievements and gives them a platform to increase their outreach to the student body and enlarge their membership base.
The groups participating in this edition included the Accounting and Finance, CIS, International Business and Marketing societies, the Debating and Ski clubs and the Student Emergency Response Force, who organized events as diverse as video games tournaments… Continue reading
“Bodies: The Exhibition” claims to be educational, but fits in with the fashion of presenting morbidity as art
As soon as I saw the ad announcing that the “Bodies Exhibition” would be in Athens from February 7 to May 10, I knew I’d be among those lining up outside Technopolis, in Gazi, to see if the works were “real.” And if they were, what it all might mean.
The event that has caused a stir around the globe on its world tour was presented by Premier Exhibition Companies, a major provider of museum-quality touring exhibitions. Established in Atlanta in 1993, it is known for “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” which has welcomed 18 million visitors worldwide. The company’s exhibitions contain real artifacts displayed in a compelling and story-based environment.
As I stood outside the museum door in Gazi, waiting… Continue reading
Deree reaches another debate final
Deree scored another debating success in the Belgrade Open. Defending champions Manos Moschopoulos and Matt Simunec reached the grand final of the competition, losing to the team from the University of Ljubljana in a 3-2 decision by the adjudication panel.
The Deree team was assigned the task of defending the criminalization of genocide denial, using examples from recent events and stressing the importance of shared cultural memories. The event was organized under the auspices of the OSCE and was one of the democratization activities the organization undertakes in former Yugoslavia.
The Debating Club was also represented in the World Universities Debating Championships, where the same team reached the top 16 of the English as a Second Language Category with Moschopoulos… Continue reading
Pigeons fall prey to poison
Life in the upper square of Aghia Paraskevi has habitually featured the sounds of cars rolling past, people talking and pigeons and flapping their wings.
But the atmosphere of the upper square was recently disrupted by the poisoning of the pigeons.
On a Saturday afternoon late in March, people walking past the square the witnessed a grim landscape: the pigeons that once added life to the square lay dead on the grass.
Some residents say that whoever is poisoning the birds may be doing so because they leave droppings on cars and carry diseases.
The pigeons have been eating seeds that have been dipped in poisons of various kinds and scattered on the grass.
Some residents of Aghia Paraskevi have… Continue reading
Stratos Kourakis, a veteran of Dachau
As I was wandering around the central square of Vrilissia, holding an ice cream and some napkins, I approached the church of the Analipsi. The crowd was perky, parents standing like proud peacocks in anticipation of their sons and daughters marching by in the annual October 28th parade commemorating Greece’s rejection of an Italian ultimatum to surrender at the outset of World War II.
The younger kids were running up and down the square, twirling around as the speakers played a squeaky military march. Everybody was waiting for the flag bearers to come out of the church and lead the parade.
Enjoying my ice cream, I noticed an old man turned completely the other way, away from the crowd,… Continue reading
Career forum puts students to work
I’ve been waking up to go to college for four years now, but this morning was different. I had hung out the clothes I would wear today at school. No, it wasn’t the jeans and tees I’ve been wearing ever since I can remember. It was a suit.
I left my house in a hurry and decided to get a cab. No way I was riding the metro in these clothes. The driver asked me what subject I teach at the college.
Things got a lot better when I finally made it outside the College gym. I joined a group of classmates and we started making fun of each others’ clothes. I felt like an animal rejoining its species in… Continue reading
Business Week Focuses on Sustainability
I’ve been waking up to go to college for four years now, but this morning was different. I had hung out the clothes I would wear today at school. No, it wasn’t the jeans and tees I’ve been wearing ever since I can remember. It was a suit.
The 2008 Business Week brought students and business professionals together to discuss how sustainability can ensure the survival of businesses in the near feature.
Academic and business professionals shared their knowledge with 1300 students that attended one or more lectures during the four-day event.
The topic of this year’s Business Week – “Sustainability Today is Business Tomorrow” – was chosen by the advisors of the College’s business academic societies and their governing… Continue reading
Massage your babies
Over the last few years, more and more Greek parents have been enrolling in classes on how to massage their infant babies in health centers and become familiar with benefits that they and their babies enjoy from it.
A research study on massage by Dr. Herminial L. Cifra and Dr. Melanie N. Sancho for the University of Philippines has revealed its positive effects on behavior, weight gain, arterial oxygen tension, pain reduction, stress hormones and immunoglobulin, asthma and labor.
“Massage improves circulation, respiration, digestion and enhances babies’ neurological development,” said Thalia Panagidou, a qualified infant massage teacher. “Moreover, it is recognized by doctors to be the only drug-free treatment for colic.”
Massage may also have emotional benefits, giving babies a… Continue reading
For Cypriots, going home stirs painful memories
It’s been 30 years now, but Eleni Theodorou, 65-years-old, can still hear the war siren which woke her up on July 20, 1974. At first she thought she was having a bad dream, but a few seconds later she felt her husband jumping out of bed and turning the radio on. She screamed as she listened to the news and ran to wake her kids up. An hour later, the Theodorou family got in the car and drove away from their house.
“I was looking back at my neighborhood, my well-locked house, which seemed mad at me for leaving it behind,” said Theodorou. “A scream inside kept saying ‘I’ll be back.’”
It was Easter of 2003 when Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots… Continue reading
Dead whale discovered in Cephalonia
A dead whale was found Friday afternoon floating in Sami Bay of the island of Cephalonia Friday afternoon. The mammal was spotted by a fisherman and scientists and the port authorities of the island were alerted. During a nocturnal operation, the dead whale was carried to the port, where it remains.
The specially trained and equipped team of Archipelago Institute experts, on the island to examine the carcass, took biopsies and collected other evidence that may reveal what killed the whale. But there are no signs of injury on the body of the cetacean, which measures 15.5 meters, so it will be difficult to determine the cause of death.
“It would seem to be a young whale,” said Theodoris… Continue reading