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NO 12
THIS ISSUE
School event
KYAMK DESIGNMARKET 2014
21st century Finland
MARRIAGE RIGHTSTO SAME
SEX COUPLES
Hobbies
BOFFERING
STUDENT MAGAZINE
KYMENLAAKSO UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES | 05.12.14 | Vol. 17
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EDITORIAL
There is only one week before the
exams, and cold winter evenings
do not help our students to tune
into educational mood. Insider team
was not discouraged, and we pre-
pared for you a lot of interesting
events that will turn you into the
right mood!
Firstly, be sure to visit hockey, which
will be held December 6th. Hockey
- is the real source of the northern
Finnish culture, which you can learn
so easy in the winter season.
We also want to draw your attention
to our great exchange students. Many of them
have already visited Rovaniemi, and made a
wish under the shine of the Northern lights. If
you have not decided where to travel on your
vacation, then Rovaniemi, indeed, one of the
must-have places this season!We hope you
will have many interesting stories on vacation,
which you can tell to the Insider as well as with
the entire university.
We wish you success in your exams, nothing
worth comes easy! Do not forget to leave time
for yourself, a little rest and interesting events
helps to work more efficiently and make unfor-
gettable moments of our lives!
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Alexandra
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EXCHANGE VIEW
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My friends in Carlow are mainly
exchange students. Unfortunately I
don’t spend my days with that many
Irish people, so at the moment my
strength isn’t the knowledge about
Irish Christmas. However I have
learnt something about the Christ-
mas in France, the Christmas in the
Netherlands and the Christmas in
Tampere. Last week I learned about
not only the American Christmas,
but also about the Thanksgiving.
We have one exchange student
from America and she treated us
with proper Thanksgiving meal with
turkey and cranberry sauce. It’s
great that it takes only one girl from
Texas to hold an American tradition
with international friends in Ireland.
If she introduced the thanksgiving to us, what
have other nationalities shared here? The
German people here have introduced their
mentality about studying. I’m seriously afraid
of them, as they are all really good students
with high expectations to success. However,
they are good motivation for others too which
is absolutely great.
As I live with my lovely French roommates I
have had a great chance to get to know their
food culture. They have cooked for us so many
times that we are all familiar with their apple
pies and cheeses by now.
The Dutch boys don’t probably even realise
themselves, but they have introduced their good
manners. They never let anyone walk alone, they
always open the doors and are every time ready
to help. It might be that the boys have been
taught well when they were younger,
but I believe it’s also a Dutch thing.
So what are we going to share about
Finland? We are preparing to have
Finnish Independence Day get-to-
gether next week with all the nati-
onalities. We are not probably going
to stream the president’s gala and
watch that, but so far we have ga-
thered some Finnish music to share
with everyone. We are going to make
Robin internationally successful.
Of course this isn’t as deep as good
manners or high motivation to suc-
cess, but maybe that’s our thing.
Gathering people together and en-
joying each other’s company.
Text & Photos: Karoliina NIemi
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FINLAND TO 21ST CENTURY
On last Friday Finland was anxiously
waiting parliament to vote for equal
marriage rights. The voting started
at 13.00 and one hour later our capital
Helsinki was filled not only with Christ-
mas markets but with happy people
wearing rainbow colours. The Finnish
Parliament voted 105-92 in favour of
a citizens’ initiative to extend marria-
ge rights to same-sex couples.
The difference wasn’t big between NO
and YES –votes but Finland has come a
long way from year 1906 when it gave
foremost to other European countries
rights for women to vote.
Even though most of citizens showed
their support spreading YES I DO! –
photos In Facebook, some were real-
ly against the change of the law. The
strongest arguments were based on
religion and rights of children but after
all, in my opinion, for children it is best
to have two parents no matter what
gender they are and what it comes
to religion – We all have our different
beliefs so the law must therefore be
equal to all.
When some of the members of the
Parliament who were against the law
gave the last minute interviews peo-
ple saw them doubting and losing
the poker face so they noticed that
Finland was closer than ever to be
the 12th of European countries gi-
ving the same marriage rights to sa-
me-sex couples. Some said that the
voting had already come to the point
that if it doesn’t go through now it is
going to be reading for that long that
it goes through.
The next step will be presenting the
decision to the Grand Committee
of the Parliament for consideration,
then again to the Parliament for final
approval. If all the necessary chan-
ges are implemented before the end
of 2015 the first same-sex couple
could marry earliest on 1st of March
2017 in Finland.
The decision was the same as 65%
(based on March survey) of Finnish
citizens hoped for. The road to this
day was a long and rocky but the
selected direction looks good and
can give an example for other coun-
tries to do the same.
Text : Riia Järvinen,Photo:Solene Roussel
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Text & Photos: Hoang Anh Nguyen
Hi there, have you felt the festive
atmosphere around the corner?
Kyamk Design Market was brought
back as a tradition, spreading sea-
sonal atmosphere. The novel Christ-
mas Market experience was created
thanks to enthusiastic and hardwor-
king design team. It was on Saturday
29th of November that Kyamk’s
Paja was lightened up with festively
meticulous decoration. Pine cones,
Frosted Liberty Star, twinkle lights…
made up such a quirky theme!
What the unique market offered this
year? The Design market was open
for 7 hours of the day from 10 am
to 5 pm in Paja. About 15 talented
lovely vendors hosted their own small
stalls, selling various self-made stuffs.
You would fall in love with diverse
DIY colourful knitted hats, woollen
headbands, bandeaus, mittens and
scarves. Tote bags and wallets were
also offered in different hand-printed
styles. More notably, you would be
overwhelmed with a wide range of
eye-catching handmade jewellery:
rings, bracelets, necklaces, hairpins
and especially earrings were avai-
lable in different materials, colours
KYAMK DESIGN MARKET
and styles. Whilst some of them were made of
leather, plastics and wools, others were made
from piece of wood or metals with great dex-
terity.
Wasn’t it a good chance to choose some spe-
cial Christmas gifts for your beloved? Even if
you already got your prepared presents, you
would be likely to come up with many extraor-
dinary ideas for customising your own cards.
Many beautiful and creative cards were nicely
made in vibrant hand-drawing and painting for
your choice. From cute multi-coloured cards,
to vintage designed ones were very attracti-
ve. More interestingly, home décor accessories
were other appealing stuffs in the market. Some
of them were brought from the wood academy
with beautifully hand crafted pieces for your
Christmas home decoration.
Simultaneously, the market was filled with plea-
sing music by Jouni Kuivainen as the DJ. It’s
even more entertaining while live music was
performed consecutively almost every hour by
Uliana Kovaleva, Jouni Kuivainen, Hana Culková
& Tereza Vyhlídalová, Menno Snel, Ringo, Miska
Karvinen, Liya, and Miska & Mattea. Attendants
could also enjoy the great atmosphere of music
and shopping or grasping some sweet cakes,
candies or warming up with some hot drinks
and coffees selling by Loma Cafe. The café was
hosted around the little lounge, enabling atten-
dants to have the chance to sit down for a small
talk or just for enjoying the cookies
before going another round to the
market. People had a chance to join
as both sellers and shoppers. Besides
students from our university, there are
lots of local people who came around,
making the atmosphere feel more like
a local market.
At this time of the year, it’s very com-
mon that the weather is not favourable
for the events with a wet snowy day. It
was held on the weekend when many
folks prefer to stay at home for a warm
long sleep. Those were probably the
reasons why the market was not really
crowded as expected. It is guessed that
it would attract more people if the mar-
ket would last longer and take place
together with some more activities like
last year such as the Christmas wishing
trees or Kyamk’s Christmas Kirppis.
Above all, it was a good chance
for all people to come and admire
talented Kyamk-ers! Visiting the
Design market, many people might
get unique Christmas gifts for your
beloved and some might not. Even
if you couldn’t buy anything, it has
been such an inspiring experien-
ce to see how creative and skilful
Kyamk’s artists are!
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MENNO & RINGO
Text: Alena Kiianichenko, Photo: Uliana KovalevaHow it feels to be on exchange in cold and “boring” Fin-
land for two energetic, full of life and passion Duch guys?
Let’s find out!
Hi, what degree program you are at here?
Menno: I’m studying International Business.
Ringo: I am studying International Business. It’s more or
less the same that I’m studying in the Netherlands. In my
home country I am studying Small Business and Retail Ma-
nagement, so it’s actually mostly business, but more related
to own company.
Why have you chosen to study at this particular field?
Menno: This is because for me it’s an extension of my own
education in the Netherlands: I study Media Entertainment
Management and I believe that in this kind of field it’s im-
portant to have some business knowledge. We don’t have
a particular business education in my school which I could
follow, so I was looking for business exchange program and
Kyamk University in Finland was highly rated, that’s why
I’ve chosen it.
Ringo: My relationship with business started with my
family. My whole family: my mother, father, uncle, grandpa-
rents had and still have their own company. I grew up with
it. In addition, I think I have some skills which suit business
management. Therefore, my interests are completely focu-
sed on business.
What is the most significant difference between Kyamk
and your home country university?
Menno: We talked a lot about differences with other Dutch
students, for example with Ringo. We came up with the idea
that the biggest difference is the social bound between stu-
dents and teachers. In the Netherlands the teacher is a do-
minant person who explains what you have to do, but here
in Finland, which is positive in my eyes, you are more on the
same level with teachers, sometimes even close to friends.
When I talk with teachers here, I feel like I talk with my fri-
end, sometimes on the subjects you wouldn’t expect to talk
about with a teacher. It makes it fun, it makes it social. If you
have a teacher that is socially interested in you, you feel like
this person can help and teach you. That’s a valuable thing
that sometimes is missed in the Netherlands: the teacher
is not there to help you; you have to do more on your own.
Ringo: As Menno already said, the distance between tea-
chers and students is different. Furthermore, it’s the size of
the university: my university has 21000 students, so it’s qui-
te a lot. My university is way bigger that this one. Moreover,
studying process here is more laid-back but the content is
way more complicated. Another difference is that even if
my school is big, we have a lot of departments, which are
located close to each other.
The biggest challenge you experienced being a student
in a foreign country?
Menno: The biggest challenge for me was to bond with local
people because bonding with exchange students is rather
simple – we live together, we party together, and we are
basically on the same boat. There are also a lot of Russian full
degree students living in our buildings, so it was also pretty
easy to bond with them. Speaking about Finns, we have
some distance between us and them. You only meet them
when they go out and when they do go out, they are shy:
they don’t want to talk; they seem to be a little bit introvert,
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which we are not. So, creating a real bond
and friends in Finland with Finnish people
was the most challenging thing for me.
Ringo: For me, the first challenge is living
on my own. Second one is that you go
on exchange to a foreign country for 4
months, knowing no one, so everything
is completely new: studies, the people,
Finnish culture, Finnish circumstances like
weather, food. Actually, everything was
completely new for me, but it was still inte-
resting because I am always curious about
new things, challenges and experience
which make me energetic and passionate.
What is the most memorable thing you
will remember with your Finnish studies?
Menno: The most memorable thing is fun
that I had during classes. Being not serious is
interesting for me. If I was asked about Fin-
land, I would tell people that I was studying,
but I never felt I was studying. I was just
having fun, and even with teachers and they
accepted it – there was time for jokes, time
for relaxing. You are learning by having fun!
I was always told by my parents that it is al-
ways important to like things that you learn.
Ringo: I think that was a course on Interna-
tional Negotiations which was interesting
for me: we were learning how to make a
research for a company. For me it was fas-
cinating to discover new strategies, to learn
to think in another way and to take a look
inside a company which I was never doing
before. Besides courses, I play the piano a
little bit, so along with my friends we did
and going to do performances at Kyamk.
I love it, that’s my passion! Following your
passion is the best thing you can do.
Have you participated in any projects,?
Menno:Yes, together with some of my fri-
ends I participated in Innovate or Die last
week. For those who don’t know what it
is, Innovate or Die is a project in which six
companies are given the actual problem
and they asked to solve this problem with
presenting it with innovative and creative
idea within the time of 24 hours. Our compa-
ny was Taffel chips, which is a market leader
in selling snacks in Finland. Together with
our group which consisted of Anke, Anna,
Azzurra and Ringo we worked 24 hours fin-
ding a solution for increasing sales of this
company. We worked in a cottage somewhere
near Jyväskylä. After working for 24 hours, we
presented our ideas to the head of innovation
and marketing director of Taffel Company. We
received great feedback, had great results. We
did not win, but it doesn’t matter because we
had experience, which is the most important
thing. That was the most interesting project
I participated in. For the rest, as the greatest
passion of mine is music, I did some projects as
a musician at Kyamk. I performed with Ringo
and Finnish friends on several occasions. It was
extremely nice to keep with my musical passion
and contribute to these events and to make peo-
ple happy with what makes me happy.
Ringo: I participated in Innovate or Die. For
me, it was fascinating to brainstorm, which is
very important in problem solving and decision
making. The brainstorming sessions were good
with a couple of ideas which were quite com-
plicated. The biggest problem we faced during
our collaboration was that we didn’t know
which idea to choose, so the decision making
part of the Innovate or Die was the hardest part
and most interesting at the same time.
Do you think Finland is a good place to live?
Menno:Yes, it is a good place to live, but it has
to fit your personal character. There’s nothing
wrong with Finland: the society is good, the
economy is stable, and the people are nice. So,
it’s a nice environment to live in. However, for
me, I am from the Netherlands, you see that
the life is totally different – our life is busy,
unpredictable, you never know what you get.
The culture of my home country is very ener-
getic. Here in Finland it is more laid-back. So,
Finland is a good place for living, but the
question is, do you really want to live in
this kind of environment.
Ringo: Yes and no. Yes because the Fin-
nish way of life is very relaxed, the eco-
nomy is stable; the health care is quite
good. Saunas everywhere! I’ve learned
that there are 2 million saunas in Fin-
land, which is quite a lot. No, because
there are big distances between cities.
Moreover, Finnish people are strange to
me: Dutch people are more extroverts
and Finnish people are so introverted.
It feels like home here mostly because
of exchange students, I think. If there
were no exchange students, building
relationships with Finns would be com-
plicated for me.
If you had a chance to stay here for a
longer time, would you stay?
Menno: Yes, but it would be possible if
I had the opportunity to do an interns-
hip at a bigger company. It wouldn’t
be school related since I am a 4th year
student and I am graduating next year.
This means that I’m finishing my studies
with internship. The only reason I would
stay in Finland is the internship. After
exchange I’ll go back to Netherlands to
do the internship or in another country.
In the future I’ll definitely come back to
Finland to my friends, but most likely not
for a living. I have the feeling that bigger
cities in the Netherlands or somewhere
else would suit my personality more.
Ringo: To have fun – yes, to learn so-
mething – no. I would like to live here,
if I stayed with the same exchange stu-
dents: we had a lot of parties; we are
enjoying our time every day, so I don’t
want to go home in three weeks, but, on
the other hand, I look forward to going
back home and go on internship. Living
here is not challenging enough for me.
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BOFFERING
Have you ever had that day dream
of just getting your hands on old
timey weapons and just have it
out with with that one annoying
person you dislike so much?
Now, what is Boffering?
The term comes from the word “bof-
fer” which is generally a weapon
made from lightweight materials
such as wood and then covered in
padding material like foam in or-
der to prevent injury when fighting
with them. These weapons can be
swords, daggers, bow and arrow,
axes, throwing weapons, shields and
anything else you can think of.
If you are wondering why anybody
would go through all the trouble of
building themselves weapons and
then cover them up? Well, obvious-
ly if you want to actually use your
weapons but also have a strong
aversion towards going to prison
for accidentally maiming/killing a
fellow human being, this just might
be a clever idea.
Boffering is often used as part of bigger LARP whenever there are battles part
of a particular stage within that LARP.
But why though?
It is undeniably a great means of exercise. You can vent your anger at life the universe
and everything at people instead of eating all the feels and at the same time meet new
people and learn to work in a group and become a team player. If you are interested
in history and reenacting historic events you can do that without the dangers of real
weapons. And even if history is not your thing than maybe the battle of the five armies
is something you can enjoy. You can do all of that while safely learning martial arts.
Boffering in Finland
The biggest Boffering event in Finland with about 600 participants is Sotahuuto
which takes place every year. There is an extra training camp for it called NOXBO.
Another annual event is Ropecon. Other events are Vainovalkeat, a two day around
the clock survivalevent in the summer as well as Orivesi training camp next wee-
kend on the 29th of November. This camp is more of an athletic competition where
people compete in small groups or on a personal level.Especially in winter though,
events are rare with all the cold weather and such.
Curious yet?
I would not be writing this if there was not a big reveal at the end that you can
actually become active in this sport here in Kouvola. In spring last year a Boffering
group was founded by a student of Kyamk: Noora Saarinen. As of yet, there is no
official team but you can join the group by going to their meetings. If you want to
find out about those check out their Facebook group “Boffaus Kouvola” (https://
www.facebook.com/groups/337364723071599/).
Text:Sarah Rosenthal, Photos:Juho Jurvanen
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MOVIE REVIEW CINEMA
05.12.2014.-11.12.2014.
STUDIO 123
Kymenlaaksonkatu 1
45700 Kuusankoski
05 3792082
www.studio123.fi
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Sun-Tue 17:15|1h43min
MIELENSÄPAHOITTAJA|(S)|10€
Fri,Sat,Wed,Thu 17:15|1h43min
NIGHTMARE 2-PAINAJAINEN
JAKTUU|(16)|10€
Fri,Sat 17:00|2h15min
INTERSTELLAR|(12)|10€
Fri-Tue 19:15|2h49min
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This family drama, somewhat a thriller, is about a very successful lawyer, estranged from his
family, coming back home to help defend his father, a famous judge accused of murder, and
the process of bringing him closer to his family.
The cast alone, is worth seeing this film. Robert Downey Jr. once again does a fantastic role
playing a strong, heard headed and brilliant man. With some love interests and marriage issu-
es, everything is complicated in his world. If you added millions, knowledge and a fancy iron
suit, you could easily have Mr.Stark. If you want to watch Robert do his „thing“ ,you should
definitely go see this one.
The story of who did what, when and how keeps you interested and guessing of the truth. The
dramatic family feuds give the film the depth of emotion it needs on top of the base story. As the
movie goes, you keep on guessing, watching a man crumble, a man succeed, and the story evolve.
Somewhat silly of me, but I like the colours in this movie; the leather and the wood, the suits
and ties and the leaves in the trees. It gives you the feeling of depth and texture and makes
this movie so much more interesting. The title of the movie, the feeling of it all makes you think
of gentleman’s clubs, which, I believe, was the point. Well done, this movie has it all; life, death,
disease, sex, hate and love. Definitely worth watching!
THE JUDGE(2014) / Director: David Dobkin / Genre: Drama / Starring: Robert Downey
Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga / Rating:
Mattea
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KOUVOLA
06.12 Irina @ House of Rock
Starting 23.00
House of Rock / Kouvolankatu 28
06.12 Ice hockey: KooKoo - Leki
Starting 16.00
Kouvolan jäähalli / Topinkuja 1
Tickets: starting from 9€
11.12 Students’ Board Game Night
Starting 18.00
Ravintola Aula / Sokos hotel vaakuna
HELSINKI
05.12 Church Festival
Temppeliaukio
Tickets: 10€
10.12 Enrique Iglesias
Starting 18.30
Hartwall Arena / Helsinki
KOTKA
06.12 Hiphop X-mas
Starting 14.00
Ruonalan palloiluhalli
Tickets: starting 23,50€
LAHTI
10.12 LAMKO’s Pre-Christmas Party
Starting 22.00
Tivoli / Lahti
Tickets: 2€ student card / 4€
13.12 Skate with Pelicans
Starting 9.00
Isku Areena / Lahti
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