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p. 6 ? - naire Fred Widlak p.8 Why To Visit Kazakhstan p.11 Who Killed the Electric Car? p.12 Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum p.18 Couch Surfing 2 & hello Picture by Arek Uroda issue #21 issue credited where necessary. necessarily represent that of the Ampersandarticle Magazine,not be edited, the publicationthe editorial sponsors,committee or will WSB-NLU.forpublicationdecide whether Allbecome imagesto include the propertyused it infor of the Ampersand publication magazinemagazine. comeorwithout not. from We Where reserveprior royalty-free opinion knowledgethe right is to editexpressed, sources ofsuch thearticles Editor. andit areforis that publication. of YouInthe order authors mayto Inthe preserve onlycaseand wheredoes copythe not an author integrity materialsrequests of forthe that material youran ownpublished privatein non-commercialAmpersand, the articles purposesin this as wellmagazine as educationalare subject to purposes.copyright Articlesand may not submittedbe altered or reproduced Poland 33-300 Nowy Sącz ul. Zielona 27 Ampersand Magazine Address: The Best English-Language Student Magazine in Poland [email protected] or write to us at: http://ampersand.wsb-nlu.edu.pl Visit our web site: guage and helps them discover its beautypersand and seeksimportance tomakestrong a connection in today’sbetween students world.andtheEnglish lantongues, through a language that is perhaps native toexplore to none, different but common worlds.to all. It Am also hopes to bringAmpersand together peopleaims speakingto bridge different the gap between cultures to give students the opportunity details. (phone: 0 512 359 405) Anna Porowska at Ampersand for more Ampersand magazine, kindly contact To learn how you can advertise in Advertising Department: Inna Zaripova (Editor-In-Chief) Szymon Korzeniowski Aleksandra Kawecka Jarosław Grzegorzek Ampersand Team: Freelance Writers: Elizabeth Kociołek Marcelina Korzeń Artem Dorokhov Zarina Kalymova Kornelia Stefanik Anna Porowska Maria Novosad Elena Akopyan Yulia Rybalova Lena Dzięgiel Filip Zieliński Kamil Ściana Iryna Isaieva John Simon Marcin Fijak may 2009 may - - &
hello & hello Editor’s 4 The Camera’s Eye: &-ers & school 6 ? - naire: Fred Widlak Garden 7 Wyższa Szkoła Biznes-snu 14 The Camera’s Eye: Another Day at WSB-NLU First of all I would like to thank Aleksandra Kawecka, Elizabeth Kociołek, Szy- mon Korzeniowski and Filip Zieliński, who were an incredible support this se- mester and are graduating this year. The Ampersand Team will miss you! & asian corner Usually the end of May, beginning of June is time for (finally) hard studying, copying all notes from your mate for the whole semester, and analyzing what 8 Why To Visit Kazakhstan important you have been doing this semester that there wasn’t time for study- 10 ChinaTrip2009 ing at all. I’m sure it sounds familiar to most of you. Tough time for students has come. The weather brings positive emotions every day and it feels like even nature is for having fun/partying/grilling, but not studying for sure. Plus, a big event is coming – Juwenalia, probably the most expected event of the year, and after that comes the exam session which automatically associates with & focus on majors stress and problems. 11 Who Killed the Electric Car? Nevertheless, one more year is heading to its end. It was one more year full of 12 Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum different emotions – from happiness to disappointment. I hope that you have 13 What Do You Really Know leant a lot this year, not only concerning school subjects, but also about your- About...? self. 16 Don’t STO(M)P the Music! Have you already started thinking about plans for the vacations? Will you go 17 Free Your Mind home to spend time with friends and family? Or find a job/practice abroad? And what about travelling? So many options and so little time. I suggest read- ing ChinaTrip2009 or Why to visit Kazakhstan articles – maybe these options will be attractive to you. Don’t forget to read Horoscopes – it might give you some helpful hints. You’ll also find Movie and Album Reviews, Who Killed the Electric & travel Car, and many more. 18 Couch Surfing The Ampersand team wishes You to successfully pass all exams, and have lots of fun this summer!
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