YESTERDAY...

Showtime in Iecava

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© Māris Rutkis

After a day of captivat-ing Teambuilding, KZRS-ers rejoiced in what was one of the most memorable committee presentations EYP Latvia’s regional scene has ever witnessed.

From sexy pokemons, prin-cess saviors and vi-cious teletubbie-belit-tling dictators to Darth Lukashenko, potato people and a Harry Potter fiasco, the performances offered

a great variety of hilari-ous characters and muddled situations with the audi-ence howling in laughter.

The consensus among the officals seems to be clear – the delegates of KZRS have found and embraced the EYP spirit at a re-cord time. Expectations certainly are high as we prepare for Committee Work and the General Assembly.

THE CLASH / For

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© Laura Vizule

Sleep is an essential part or our lives. We spend one third of our lifetime sleeping. But there is nothing to wor-ry or be upset about. By sleeping we help our body to recover after a long and stressful day. In our dreams we usually deal with all the problems and information that were gathered over the day. It mostly works like that because of the visual and often illogical aspects of dreams. Some of these dreams we would like to

keep, but most of them we need to discard. If we do not clear out our minds regularly, we risk over-loading our brain with too much useless data.

In order to fully pro-cess this information, we need to „shut our brain down” and disconnect it entirely from the out-side world. To accomplish that, we must fall asleep.

To be honest, not sleep-ing for a longer time can cause some really serious and even dangerous side effects. One can start having hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech, memory and concentration lapses. Sometimes one can actually not remember doing things.

You should be pretty convinced now, every per-son has to give their or-ganism everything it de-serves, especially sleep, because otherwise everyone would literally go crazy.

Asleep or Awake

Against / THE CLASH

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© Anna Trine Raudsepp

Imagine we could have 48 hours in a day. We could manage tons of hard work and yet be cheerful and full of energy. That would be Heaven on Earth, but there is no such place and there never will be. For this matter, maybe we should rethink how we use the 24 hours we have.

It is believed that we all need an 8-hour-sleep to have a healthy and fulfilled life. I wonder whether it is possible to sleep only few hours during longer periods. Normally, the majority of youth have one and a half hour stretches of deep sleep. That means we snooze in cycles. If we could get that rhythm set, then there is no need of 8-hour-sleep. You would wake up feel-ing fresh and energetic.

Think of EYPers. During a session we sleep less than usual yet we have en-ergy to discuss, debate, have fun and party hard.

When sleeping only three hours a day, we could have twenty one hours for living. Isn’t that magical? We could do all the important assign-ments, have time for our-selves, for our friends and for new activities.

Asleep or Awake

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Challenge

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© Alex Coates

Deliver a mock marriage proposal to at least 4 Journos and make sure that

there is a picture!

Quote“I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man. So let me handle my business! Damn!”

- Jay-Z (from the song Diamonds from Sierra Leone by Kanye West)

KZRS’12 IN PICTURESDay One

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© Māris Rutkis & Reinis Tutāns & Ieva Pastare

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Too much hard work can have some nasty side effects. Orgas, beware!

EYP dissolving borders between people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

AGONY ANNIKA

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© Annika Ader

“Dear Agony Annika, I have a problem with committee work: the com-mittee keeps mentioning the word ‘EU’ and I am just confused, what is it? Is this some kind of Lat-vian slang? How can I find out what it is with-out asking my chair and making a fool out of my-self? Also, the Internet is too slow here to look it up.”

Embarrassed Eathan

“Dear Embarrassed Eathan,

It is totally fine to be scared but it is not fine to not ask questions. My life philosophy is: there are no dumb ques-tions. Your committee members, your chair and your journo are there to share all kinds of knowledge with you. The EU (European Un-ion) is one of the wildest of creatures.

It is the guardian and the fighter for you.”

“Dear Agony Annika,

I have a problem with my feet - they keep walking towards for-bidden places like the chairs room or they keep stalking Edgars´s feet. “

Attractive Andrea

“Dear Attractive Andrea,

It is a common phenom-enon in the EYP. Your feet recognize the en-ergy of others and they want to pair up to make more energy (e.g. en-ergy babies). There is no way to avoid it, so just embrace it. “

This is your attack speech

THIS IS YOUR BLANK PLACARD FOR THE GA

THIS IS YOUR BLANK PLACARD FOR THE GA

This is your address book

Collect the contact information of Your new EYP friends

GOSSIP CORNER

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© Ieva Pastare

„Edgars Spudiņš is hot. & Edgars Spudiņš is creepy.” We’ll the opinions are controversial, but nobody is indif-ferent about him. You may love him, you may hate him, but it doesn’t change the fact that you still talk about him.

„Daniel’s boots look like little tanks! Do something!” I had to do some research on this topic and I found out that yes, indeed those boots do look like little tanks. Unfortunately only thing I can do is warn everyone to be careful and not get crushed by those war machines.

„Jury members act as they are dis-cussing things while actually fool-ing around speaking in non-existing language.„ Yes, indeed, they speak in non-existing language. Actually, for every single session Jurors make up a new language, just to be more seceret and misterious so the dele-gates wouldn’t get what they say.

„I heard that „EYP” is „Eat Your Plate”” This one is a secret though, but yes, the rumors say it is true. Originally, when the French man from the land of baguettes founded EYP, those letters did stand for Eat Your Plate. Later on with time passing by they switched it to something more serious.

„Officials like cucumbers. Someone from the organisers is stealing water and cookies!” Well, yes, because if you can steal the most amazing candies in the world, you still choose to steal water. Let’s not get too greedy and let this one stay on their conscience.

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Ieva, your photos are so good it hurts!

Water jugs. Who knew they could be so much fun?

Qs & As

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© Reinis TutānsHOW MANY PAIRS OF UNDER-WEAR HAVE YOU TAKEN VA-LONG TO THE SESSION?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE CARROTS?

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SESSION PRESIDENT?Signe (LIBE II): 3 pairs

Elza (AFET): 2 pairsElīna (DROI): 4 pairsAnnija (DROI): 3 pairsRihards (LIBE II): 3 pairsToms (LIBE I): 2 pairsKarīna (AFET): 4 pairs

Signe (LIBE II): KatiElza (AFET): KatieElīna (DROI): AndrejsAnnija (DROI): ŽanisRihards (LIBE II): KateToms (LIBE I): EstiKarīna (AFET): Linda

Signe (LIBE II): FridayElza (AFET): MondayElīna (DROI): YesterdayAnnija (DROI): MondayRihards (LIBE II): A year agoToms (LIBE I): YesterdayKarīna (AFET): 4 months ago

DO YOU LIKE YOUR COMMITTEE?Signe (LIBE II): YesElza (AFET): YesElīna (DROI): Yes, a lotAnnija (DROI): YesRihards (LIBE II): Yeah, they’re awesomeToms (LIBE I): YesKarīna (AFET): So so, because they’re not active

CAN YOU NAME ANY MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA TEAM?

Signe (LIBE II): Laura, Reinis, Juris, Trina Elza (AFET): Laura, Juris, Rein-is, TrinaElīna (DROI): Alyona, Juris, ReinisAnnija (DROI): Alyona, Laura, Reinis, JurisRihards (LIBE II): LauraToms (LIBE I): Māris, ReinisKarīna (AFET): No, I can’t

WHAT ARE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW?

Signe (LIBE II): Sleeping clothesElza (AFET): Also sleeping clothesElīna (DROI): WatchAnnija (DROI): Phone, lipstick, rubber bandsRihards (LIBE II): EmptyToms (LIBE I): PhoneKarīna (AFET): Phone, keys

HOW MANY KILOMETERS IS IECAVA FROM RIGA?

Signe (LIBE II): 40 kmElza (AFET): 40 kmElīna (DROI): 60 km

Annija (DROI): 100 kmRihards (LIBE II): 65 kmToms (LIBE I): 50 kmKarīna (AFET): 20 km

HOROSCOPE

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© Alyona Vyshnevskav

ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 19Stars strongly encourage Aries to wear a funky hat to-day. It will bring you luck and eternal happiness if 10

other people will touch it with their toes.

TAURUS APRIL 20 - MAY 20Follow your deepest desires and you will discover your hidden mysterious alter ego. You decide whether it is a French guy who adores baguettes, blonde girls’ object of sexual appeal or maybe Latvian weather lover. Let

your heart guide you.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20Today Geminis have to eat a burger. While doing that, a brilliant idea will come to your mind and flip your life upside down. Don’t hesitate, go and eat a delicious

burger.

CANCER JUNE 21 - JULY 22Your nose will save your life as you smell cucumbers boiling in your committee room. Don’t let the smell take

over your mind.

LEO JULY 23 - AUGUST 22During coffee break a magical moment will occur, but only if you share food with the journos. Remember, the more delicious the food – the more magic is involved.

VIRGO AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 22Stars foresee that there is a big chance of an alien in-vasion tonight. If you have blue eyes, there is no chance of escape. Just relax and dance Macarena with them.

HOROSCOPE

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LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 22Today is the perfect time for going on a bear hunt. Take a potato and present it to your beloved one. They will

definitely appreciate it.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 21Scorpios will experience troubles with walking straight today. The best solution is to climb on your friend and

feed him/her with carrots.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 21Take a deep breath and walk outside naked. There is nothing more peaceful and inspiring than this particular

activity.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 19Find a bee and tell it how much you adore it. Make a special dinner for it, light up some candles and prepare

a nice German meal.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20 - FEBRUARY 18There is a very high chance of getting sunburnt today. Don’t forget to put sunscreen on as well as some glam-

orous sunglasses on your belly button.

PISCES FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20Today you will gain an unforgettable experience of rid-ing a donkey, but only if you put all of your socks on

top of your friend’s head and sing “I am a little tiny pony”.

TOMORROW...

The Feared One

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© Anna Trine Raudsepp

I am sure that some of you are wondering what the General Assembly is. It is not that terrify-ing and demanding as you might assume. The GA is led by the board and con-

sists of seven resolu-tions, defense and attack speeches, questions, an-swers, votes and passed resolutions. To survive this, I will give you some inside information.

• First of all, the key element is to stay calm and not overthink. That will give you the desired confidence.• Secondly, you can never answer to all of the questions. • Thirdly, voting is essential. So, please, do not abstain. • Furthermore, none of us have perfect English, except Alex. • Finally, all these people are your friends and they do not have anything personal against you.