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2017 ISSUE #60 OCTOBER Two Years Of Arje Journal Travelling, A Learning Experience What Is A Learning Environment? Oscar Wilde INSIDE COVER PAGE Our coverpage this month shows an 2 EDITORIAL image from one of the most famous UTN NEWS stories of all times, The Canterbury 3 UTN Integrated Water Resource Ghost by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde Management Program is considered a bridge between 19th 3 UTN Present At Hardwarethon and 20th century literature, and a 3 Cinema-Forum At UTN pioneers of the Aesthetic school of thought. If you have an awesome 4 UTN Received Luis Alberto Monge’s picture you think could be the cover Personal Library of one of The ILE Post editions, 4 Two Years Of Arje Journal send it to [email protected]. So far WORLD NEWS several readers have sent amazing 5 2017 Nobel Peace Prize: What Is ICAN? pictures that we will be sharing 5 US Cuts Cuba Diplomatic Staff Over with you soon. If you want to know Mysterious Attacks what is happening in ILE, follow us in FACEBOOK. Photo credit: https://pixabay.com/en/haunted-castle-ghost-castle- 6 Thousands Urge Spanish And Catalan weird-1004600/ Leaders To Negotiate All materials used and produced by The ILE Post are for educational purposes. They can be used and reproduced for educational purposes as long as you THE ILE ETHOS credit you for the original creation. 7 Hungary, Finally! 9 Travelling, A Learning Experience ACADEMICS AND MORE 10 What Is A Learning Environment? 11 VOX POPULI CONTRIBUTORS THE ATTIC Arabella Alice Article Writer 12 The Arrival Movie Analysis Jenaro Díaz English For You POP WORLD Clare Goodman Academic Editor 14 What Is The Mediterranean Diet? Article Writer VISITING LANDMARKS Xinia Nagygeller 15 New Orleans Marisol Rojas Movie Analysis Writer DISCOVERING TECHNOLOGY Jose Soto Editorial 16 Kahoot New Features LANGUAGE CORNER 17 Oscar Wilde 18 English For You LOUDER THAN WORDS 19 Oktoberfest https://www.facebook.com/TheILEPost?fref=ts 1 The ChallengesEDITORIAL of Student Involvement in UTN College Life by Jose Soto (ILE Director) Our memories of college life back in committed students. Also, the cultural events and oth- the day on the campuses of our Alma er academic activities have a low attendance usually Matter are still living in our hearts and because they are organized around class times and minds. The classes, events, activities, breaks, and the interest of students is in staying in class long study hours, project work and only. The effects of the lack of student involvement can conversations with our peers, experi- be harmful to the integrality of the education that UTN ences, and all the different elements seeks to provide. of college life were important steps in At ILE, a weak student involvement in activities can our academic and personal growth. We also certainly lead to a poor acquisition of a foreign language, and made a lot of friends, met a lot of new people, made the challenge is even more difficult. Basic elements our first professional contacts, but most importantly we in the acquisition of a language is determined by the knew we were college students. We all had an identity learner’s personal motivation, time devoted to prac- that was very strong in terms of belonging and commit- tice, use of strategies and most importantly, space for ment. In the end, this was very importatnt to our pro- exercising interaction and communication. Language fessional growth. Has all of all this been lost with college students will see their learning and acquisition of lan- students at UTN today? guage benefited when they are involved in a commu- UTN has not quite accomplished its full potentiality of nity of learning. That can be achieved by promoting college life for students, at least not quite yet. By mak- college interaction through different activities on cam- ing a quick search regarging other foreign universities pus. This can happen by organizin student trips, hosting we found that student affair offices promote the involve- visitors, building arrangements, writing in THE ILE POST, ment of students with their campus and enhance their offering tutoring, becoming assistants, making frater- overall college experience through programs, services nities, volunteering, etc. All of these activities must be and leadership opportunities that support their mission promoted within ILE. Finally, the challenges to achieve and values of their universities. This is literally the case it are more difficult due to the student involvement at and mission statement of Houston Baptist University UTN. (www.hbu.edu). How far is UTN from approaching stu- Despite this unfavorable scenario, I would like to con- dents to promote college involvement in a similar way? gratulate those collaborators, professors and directors There are several elements that can explain this phe- at UTN who are passionate in considering students’ nomenon. This is not solely due to weak institutional involvement by organizing activities around the chro- policies, or weak student involvement either. There is nograms in their courses. Teaching classes is not only a combination of variables that comprise a lack of stu- what professors must do. There is a lot more to do to pro- dent identification with institutional values. Among the vide students with not only knowledge and abilities, but various reasons that come to mind are the demograph- also a sense of belonging to the institution as a learning ical characteristics of the students, personal goals and community. This will ultimately offer a good part of the priorities, age, working conditions, and others. You meaningful could name more, but the outcome is clear—there is learning we not enough student involvement. incessant- One clear resulo of this is the elusive participation in ly talk about councils and official organizations. For example, the in our ped- conformation of the councils of majors are difficult to agogical achieve since not all students take part in the elections. model. Another example is the student federation—which for- tunately has been recently arranged thanks to some 2 UTN NEWS UTN Integrated Water Resource Management Program On 22nd, 23rd, and 29th, UTN Integrat- for water resources can encourage ed Water Resource Management a personal, lifelong commitment of program lead a workshop on Train- responsibility and positive commu- ing Facilitators for the Water Educa- nity participation. tion Program of Teachers from the There was participation from com- Americas and Caribbean region. munity water managers from dif- Water resources management and ferent Associations of Rural Water education are crucial for providing and Sanitation Systems (ASADAS), tomorrow’s children with social and members from the Ministry of Envi- economic stability in a healthy and ronment and Energy (MINAE) and sustainable environment. One of the Costa Rican Water and Sanita- the main objectives of this activity tion Institute (AyA) from Upala, Los was to promote awareness of water Chiles, and Guatuso regions with the workshop were planned by the and empower community action to help from the United Nations Devel- International Hydrological Program solve complex water issues. Devel- opment Program (PNUD) and AyA. of UNESCO and the Water Educa- oping this awareness and respect The activities and strategies during tion for Teachers (WET) program. UTN Present At Hardwarethon ta Rican engineers who wanted to companies, and some universities empower people to create start- who provide space and offer hard- ups utilizing all the maker trends and ware, software, tools and food, and help promote social and economic also offer coaching and guidance development in their countries, it needed to complete each project. is a collaborative inventor’s space At the end of the contest, all the for developing new technological participants have the opportunity ideas, projects and prototypes able to present their projects to a pan- to generate innovation. el of experts and the best ideas are The participants of this ‘Unique awarded. All teams interested in Hardware Hackathon’ are design- the further implementation of their ers, engineers, entrepreneurs, hard- projects can eventually receive op- ware and software enthusiasts and portunities to be followed by profes- students. Individually or in a team, sionals and start a new business. UTN San Carlos Student from the they have 48 straight hours to de- UTN was represented at this activ- Software Engineering Major partic- velop their projects and transform ity by Roxana Rodríguez Madrigal, ipated ideas into real and valuable prod- Sugeyri Rojas Jiménez, Keylin Ávi- Hardwarethon is more than just a ucts and/or services. Organized by la Arce, Kembely Espinoza Bonilla, contest. Initiated in 2014 by six Cos- Imagine Sulá Batsu, several private and Stephanie Hurtado Díaz. Cinema-Forum At UTN The Image Technology Major with the support of Centro Cultural Español is holding a cinema-forum cycle about identity and decolonization. Eight movies carefully chosen to give input to understand and discuss how this topic has been presented and affects native cultures, ethnic mix, and the processes of decolonization. Although direct colonialism has largely ended, the ideology of colonialism has lingered in the identity of people within the general cultural sphere as well as the institutions of political, economic, and social practices. Cinema-forum activities are a technique to engage the audience into action, and teach and open discussion. DATE MOVIE PRESENTER September 25th Diamantes Negros José Campos October 31st También la lluvia Esteban Aguilar November 24th El barco prometido Luciano Capelli December 6th Bienvenido Mr. Marshall José P. Porras 3 UTN NEWS UTN Received Luis Alberto Monge’s Personal Library university to keep them. Among the most important objects, there are several distinctions and awards he received throughout his life. President Monge was born on December 29th, 1925, in Palmares and died on November 29th, 2016 from a cardiorespiratory ar- rest at his home in Santa Ana.