THIS IS A FREE COPY KEEP CALM AND READ The English Students’ Newspaper March 2013, Issue XII EDITORIAL Ema Karo CURRENT AFFAIRS ........................... 2 This year a new ENgLIST editorial board was created. This has made a lot of people extremely happy and has been DISCUSSIONS .................................... 3 widely regarded as a good move. EVENTS ............................................. 4 We have brought forth an interesting selection of articles in an effort to make your procrastination much more FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ........... 6 intellectually stimulating. Among this carefully selected array of articles you will find some (more or less current) INTERVIEWS ..................................... 7 film and book reviews, tap into the wonderful world MUSIC ............................................... 9 of literary creations, dive into the world of music and fascinating new gadgets, feel sorry for the linguists, CINEMA ........................................... 10 endure the agony of Black Friday, pay tribute to the Loch Ness monster and learn what it means to be a linguistic BOOKS ............................................ 13 prostitute. LITERARY CORNER ......................... 15 If you’re reading this, that means that you’re already a proud owner of your very own issue of ENgLIST, so what LINGUISTICS ................................... 18 are you waiting for? You’re in for an exciting read, but keep in mind: ENgLIST is best read with one hand on the SPORT ............................................. 21 “Bible”, swearing off all other false gods. Grab a beverage of GEEKY CORNER .............................. 22 your choice and the entertainment is on us. ONE FOR THE ROAD ....................... 23 CURRENT AFFAIRS Current Affairs Section Editor: Aleš Oblak “Sarcasm is the spice of life.” The US Presidential through the virtue of being the candidates of the two Chrysler car company, which was then going to be sold large political parties that exist in the U.S. There were off to Italians and start manufacturing Jeeps in China. Election 2012 actually 14 other parties, each with their own candidate, Romney’s campaign even made a TV advertisement as well as several independent candidates. Together about it. Even after the media, as well as Chrysler’s by Miha Špiler they accumulated a total 2% of the votes. That’s how own CEO Sergio Marchionne, called Romney out big the Democratic Party and the Republican Party on his statement, his campaign made no response and are. Only a candidate representing one of these two continued running the ad. While it’s probably not as exciting for Europeans parties stands any chance of successfully running for In the end, Obama won by 4% or by five million as it was for people in the US, I found myself quite president. So it comes down to these two parties with voters in a country of three hundred and fifteen million interested in the US presidential elections of 2012. these two candidates. Both had raised around a billion people. It feels almost unreal for so many things By now, of course, everyone will have heard of Barack dollars (not an exaggeration) to persuade the indecisive to happen in the scope of just one election. I never Obama’s victory over the Republican candidate Mitt minority. identified myself as a political person but I would Romney. I guess that’s the end of the story but how did So what tipped the delicate scale? Looking at some be lying if I said I didn’t care about any of the issues it happen? Has Obama just been such a good president statistics from exit polls, we see that Obama won the that these political parties are discussing or any of the for the last four years? Not everyone seems to think so. majority of voters up to forty years of age. Forty and up actions that the candidates did during the elections Was it Mitt Romney? Maybe he wasn’t the best person were won by Romney. Romney also won the majority as well as before and after. And now that it’s over, I’m to run this campaign. Did he do something to make of white voters while Obama won African-Americans, looking forward to seeing the effect its results will have himself less popular? Is it even about these two? Both of Latinos and Asians. These are the numbers you would for the next four years. I’m sure you’ll be hearing about them represent a large political party. Isn’t it more about usually see in elections and American minorities are them as well. The Democratic Party and The Republican Party and growing in population so that’s obviously a factor what they stand for? But then again, both candidates in Obama’s victory. Obama also won 67% of single got a lot of attention. In fact, they probably received a women voters. How did that happen? That’s a pretty The Age of Change bit more attention than either of them would care for, large victory in a pretty large group. Romney did suffer especially the runner-up. a very poor choice of words in the second presidential by Aleš Oblak The election night may have been a short event debate, where he used the phrase “binders full of but the campaign lasted for months full of interesting women” when answering a question about pay equity My generation found an ingenious excuse in popular developments. Even that wasn’t the true beginning and women employment. The incident didn’t make culture to feel sorry for itself. One of the most influential though. A lot of people, myself included, had already Romney look good, but his comment seems hardly films of our time is arguably David Fincher’sFight Club, started paying attention during the Republican relevant when looking at the comments of his fellow where it is stated that we are the middle children of primaries where the question on who will represent the Republicans, senate candidate Richard Mourdock: history, without a great war, great depression or in fact Republican Party in the 2012 election was still an open “Even when life begins in that horrible situation of any reason to live. Indeed, this has been true and for one. Without going into too much detail, in February rape, that is something that God intended to happen,” most of our lives we were fed with the notion that we 2012, primaries boiled down to four candidates. One and senate candidate Todd Akin: “First of all, from are the spoiled generation and that we know nothing of course being Mitt Romney, and his three opposing what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If about the trials of life. candidates were Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to Now they are here. We can no longer say that we Ron Paul. Any of these three candidates could easily be shut that whole thing down.” Both of these comments are the generation without its purpose, without a cause lengthily analyzed on their own. Ron Paul was probably caused a huge scandal and while they weren’t something to fight for, because we now do have a reason to raise the least typical candidate for the Republican Party. In Romney said personally, it was certainly a stain on the our voices. And if I may be forgiven for use of some particular, his anti-war message brought him support Republican Party, and not the only one concerning propaganda clichés; this may be our finest hour and we that was enthusiastic but in the minority. Santorum and women. We also mentioned racial minorities who may be asked one day by our grandchildren: “Where Gingrich fared better running on a conservative basis, a mostly voted for Obama, since the Democratic policies were you, when it all went down?” basis that Romney seemingly lacked. He was perceived on immigration are much more in their favor. The same We live in a changing world. In this fast age of as a more moderate candidate from his Governor days. goes for the LGBT group, especially now that Obama computers and internet, technology is becoming ever Nevertheless he managed to strengthen his conservative has advanced from having conflicting issues on the more important, the way we receive information has position and win the primaries. matter to fully supporting same-sex marriage. From a changed and even our social interactions have taken Now he would face the current president and demographic standpoint it feels like the Republican a whole new form in these past few years. The world Democratic candidate Barack Obama. Obama ran an Party has become the party of one major interest group has found itself on the precipice and it has to leave the incredibly enthusiastic campaign in 2007 and he’s had while the Democrats try to support as many different present and embrace the future. This also applies to four years to prove his abilities as president. A tough groups as possible. Now it seems the smaller groups are Slovenia. We are the first generation that hasn’t actively candidate to beat, for sure, but not everything in Obama’s tipping the scale. experienced socialism; we’ve grown up in this fine four years of presidency had been favorable to him. Clearly, Romney’s party wasn’t in very good standing country of ours and have never known anything else The honeymoon was over and many of his supporters to help him win, but he didn’t do himself any favors and now it seems to be falling apart. realized that not all of his promises were being realized. either. What was possibly the most interesting thing to For the second time in recent history, the Faculty By the end of his first term his healthcare reform had me in the entire campaign was Romney’s persistence to of Arts stepped into the fray and protested against been passed but it was not everything the people had say anything that will make him look good, including the establishment in an academic manner.