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English Student Paper.

Kassel University.
January 2OIO.

What do you know about ...


Domestic Violence. pg04

Diary of a Jester
... and other creative writing.

www.blankpaper.de
table of

contents.

culture. pg12 Upcoming Events

pg22 Our English Drama Group,

the “Red Brick Company” presents

“The Real Inspector Hound”

pg13 Adelaide, Australia

pg16 Face-Reading

pg18 Tagging the other way round

opinion. pg04 Domestic Violence

pg11 Bicycle repair shop

creative. pg05 Sex and the Village

pg06 Diary of a Jester

pg08 A Poem

pg09 Daydreams

pg19 Hamthrax Warning

pg20 New Media

pg21 Disorder

review. pg10 Milena Mosers

“Flowers in your Hair”

pg14 Who? (Album Reviews)

2 table of contents.
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editorial. 3
What do you know about ...

Domestic Violence
injuries can be hidden easily. If their partner still
Domestic Violence Facts wants to see a doctor they have power to prevent
this. In one of my various cases the respondent
- 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men will be a victim of domestic told the lady that no one is ever going to believe
violence her because he was in such a position that no one
- in the UK every minute there is one 999 domestic violence would dare to listen to her. He locked her up in
call, 24 hours a day the house and threatened her on a daily basis un-
- domestic violence is one of the biggest killers of women in til she promised not to seek any medical advice.
the age of 19- 45. More people die because of Domestic vio- Often there are children living in those house-
lence than of cancer or accidents. holds who have to see their parent abused on a
regular basis. They see scenes, which are so cruel,
Having volunteered as a caseworker in one of the that if it were a film, they would not be allowed
biggest help organisations in the UK, I started to watch it.
realizing that domestic violence includes so much Sometimes they want to protect their parent and
more than “just” the beating of the partner. then become victims themselves.
Children, who live in such an abusive environ-
Domestic Violence includes: ment, are often unable to show their full poten-
name calling, putdowns, keeping a partner from tial at school, behave either really disturbingly or
contacting friends and their family, withholding they are hardly noticeable. It is most likely that
of money, actual or threatened physical harm, they become either victims or abusers in their fu-
sexual assault, stalking ture relationships as well, if there is no one to
support them.
To explain those points in more detail, one has to Abusers often claim that their partner and/ or
understand that in most cases, though not always, children deserved to be beaten or abused. But
there is a slow beginning to domestic violence. the truth is, NOBODY deserves to be abused,
The abuser might start with some putdowns or the only person responsible for the abuse is the
name-calling. Then a situation occurs where the abuser!
abuser threatens physical harm, becoming more When a victim realises that life cannot go on as it
and more controlling. does at the moment, he/ she is able to contact the
Out of this behaviour the victim starts to see the police and one of the various help organisations.
friends and family members less and less until The most important thing is that he/ she is not
they break off all contact. ashamed of what happened. There is nothing
That circle goes on and on until there is no chance that a caseworker has not either heard or seen in
for the victim to break free of the relationship files, for example verbal abuse, putdowns, broken
without professional help. bones, burnt body parts etc.
One may ask, who might be the typical victim? They are used to listening to people and they
There is no typical victim as there is no typical take every single incident seriously! Even if the
abuser! Domestic violence can happen in all kinds victim thinks it is not as horrible as what other
of families and relationships, regardless of sex, people may have suffered, every abuse is horrible
race or religion. and has to be reported.
One is not able to spot an abuser in public. It
could be the friendly man/ woman who helped Once having talked to professional people, hav-
you to find the right platform on which your train ing planned a new future, life can start again in
departs. Often they abuse their partners behind its full extent without any abuse.
closed doors, and mostly in such a way that those Larissa Knögel

4 opinion
Sex and the Village
How to find a male!
Right now I live and work in a small village in Panama. It’s small enough to be the
main attraction of the town because I’m blonde, pale, skinny, and always wear belly-free
shirts. Everybody knows me, everybody honks their horn at me, and everybody greets
me. (With “everybody” I mean Panamanian guys.) I get all kinds of compliments; from
“preciosa” to “I like the way you walk your dogs.” (By the way, that one was so funny
that I spit out the beer I was drinking.) Every woman probably likes getting compli-
ments or feels good when guys find her pretty. BUT: If guys stare you down in a way
they do here, it starts to get uncomfortable.
That’s why I pretty much rule out Panamanians in my search for a guy. The other main
group of people living here are Americans. But most of them come here to retire; so
they are old and will also not do. There is a small percentage of Americans who are
not so old (with that I mean around 30 to 38). It’s still not quite my age, but in an
emergency
it will have to do.
However, I still have not quite figured out how to get through to those guys. They al-
ways give me their numbers and tell me to call them if I want to go for a beer. But when
I call, they have lame excuses like: “I have to repair my fridge.” or “I have to work early
tomorrow.” Don’t they have the same needs I’m having? Girls (not me though) always
complain about guys thinking about sex all the time. But girls: don’t you also wanna
spend a nice night…or two…or three…or four…or five? I think about sex a lot and the
amount of time I think about it increases with every day I’m not having it. Of course,
I’m not looking for a relationship because I’ll be leaving in 5 months. But a fuck buddy
would be nice. Maybe it would be easier if I told the guys that I don’t want any commit-
ment, but just some fun. I guess it’s in their genes that they are afraid of relationships.
But how do you tell them? “Hi there…what are you doing? Do you wanna go for a
friendly beer and then have some friendly non-commitment sex?” I think I’m too shy for
that. I know I know…nobody ever believes me when I say I’m shy. But I am…really!
And I can tell you: Having to work nights does not help in the search for a male because
you can never go out and look to see who’s around you.
But do you know that saying: “Nothing is free, especially when it comes from a guy.”
Well, the owner of one of the rafting companies just took me rafting for free. So, now
I’m waiting for him to ask for his payment!
Somebody told me it’s super easy to pick up a Panamanian guy. I don’t doubt that for a
second. But I’m picky. However, I think I will have to lower my standards because I’m
getting desperate. I already have three Panamanian guys lined up who’d love to relieve
me. (Two of them are friends of my boss. I asked myself if she wants to hook me up.)
But then I start to wonder: With how many guys can I sleep before I qualify as the slut
of the village? Since it’s so small, everybody knows who has slept with whom.
And today? Well, today I’m off (on a Saturday night) and would be able to go out, but
it’s raining so heavily that absolutely nobody would be at the bar or club. I hate rainy
season! So, I’m sitting here with a cat in my arm (better than nobody), a beer in my
hand, in a pretty black dress, and I’m listening to the sounds of the rain and the snor-
ing of the dogs.

To be continued (if anything interesting happens)…

creative. 5
Diary of a Jester

Day 1:
Well, ok, let’s start with the basics: My name is Calvin. I’m a jester and I’m
that sort of guy who entertains the court with jokes or artistic things, like
juggling. I think I have been doing a very good job so far. They laugh and
have fun watching my skills, especially the beautiful princess, who seems to
be very elated. And that’s why I can’t understand why they’ve given me a
new assignment: I’m supposed to fight a dragon! Do you know why I chose
the job of a jester? Because I’m a coward! I don’t want to be squeezed into
uncomfortable armor and ride on horse all day to get my butt all bruised. I’m
not cut out for those manly jobs. I seriously need to talk to the king again.
Maybe the princess can help me and convince him that I’m not in dragon-
fighting shape.

Day 2:
It was no use; I’ll have to go and fight the dragon. And the king made clear
that I shouldn’t come back until the dragon is dead. He also explained that
I’m the only one left that is young and strong enough to go on this quest. He
mentioned something about all of his soldiers being gone to fight some kind
of very important war, probably about some religious crap.

Day 3:
That was my first day on the road. Have I mentioned that I’ve never learned
how to ride a horse? I guess I’ll have to be a fast learner now because if I
continue walking, it’ll take a week to get to the cave where the dragon lives.
And I surely don’t want to be sitting in that saddle for a week; my privates
already feel squashed. I’m sure I won’t sleep at all tonight; the ground is hard
and damp. I can’t wait to get back to my comfortable, soft, warm bed in the
palace!

Day 7:
Yes, I managed to get the horse to gallop and advanced quite a lot in the
last few days. I am now in front of that alleged cave. I peaked in for a short
second, but couldn’t see any dragon. I even called it names and insulted him,
but it wouldn’t come out. How do you lure a dragon out of its cave? Does it
even understand English?

Day 8:
Well, the dragon is dead. It was much easier than expected. Ok, here’s the
whole story: This morning when I woke up, all my beer was gone. I had taken
about 3 litres with me and wanted to keep it as my victory drink. I was very
incensed that someone would steal beer from a poor jester on such a hard

6 creative.
mission. However, I couldn’t do anything about it. So, I went into the cave to
do my business: kill the big bad dragon. The cave was huge; probably about
25 m high and it had burn marks all over. When I was right before a curve,
I heard loud, heavy footsteps echoing in the cave. And then I saw a 20 m
high shadow while the dragon came at me. The shadow showed huge teeth
and huge puffs of fire came out of its mouth. And suddenly it stood in front
of me. I was…er…surprised: it was only 2 m tall, its color was more baby
pink than fire red, and it had big blue eyes. Seriously, it looked kind of cute.
And that was supposed to be the dangerous dragon that ate 20 villagers? But
something seemed to be wrong with the dragon: it couldn’t stand still and
when I walked backwards and lured it after me it was tumbling. Its eyes were
rolling and weren’t able to focus. And when it breathed its little puffs of fire,
I knew who had stolen my beer! So, I was to fight a little drunk dragon. Well,
I knew that this was going to be an easy fight. I drew my sword and ran to-
wards the exit of the cave because although it was a tiny dragon, I didn’t feel
like fighting in a closed space. When I exited the cave, I turned to my right
in order to not fall of the cliff. But the dragon was so drunk that it stumbled
over a fallen tree and fell off the cliff. I always thought that dragons could fly,
but this one couldn’t. Or maybe the drunkenness impaired its flying abilities.
However, it was lying in the canyon looking very dead. But to get proof that
I killed the dragon I climbed down and pulled one of its biggest teeth. And
then I went back to my horse and started on my way back to the castle.

Day 12:
I’m on my way back to the cave. “Why?” you might ask. Well, when I was
at the palace and proudly presented the dragon’s tooth, the king started to
laugh hysterically and asked me where I had gotten the tiny tooth. I told
him about the small dragon I encountered and how bravely I killed it. After
ten minutes of hilarious laughter the king was finally able to speak again
and explained that this must have been the baby of the dragon because the
dragon I was supposed to kill is 20 m tall and has reddish-black skin. So, I
guess I have to prove my braveness once more. And this time I took 3 litres
of strong liqueur: Let’s hope that mama dragon likes alcohol as much as her
baby! Wish me luck!

Sabine Krause

creative. 7
Like Children tearing open Christmas gifts,
unveiling truthful brothers to their guess,
from torn and tattered wrappings do I lift
you, clad in perspiration’s salty dress.

Acquainted with that endless sea of skin


are hands, are teeth, are lips and tongue and eye
and spider-woven hair, so very thin,
entangled in the wet boughs of the sky.

It all adds up to such exquisite sum,


when words, or rather sounds, jump from your lips
to merge the beating of the stifled drum
across the polished marble breast and hips.

And sometimes, with the windows rightly closed,


you seem at peace, as if collapsed and overdosed

by franz mutschler

8 creative.
Daydreams
Happy I am in my daydreams,
they make my going on,
so it seems.

Possible is everything,
living somewhere else,
and I’m not missing anything.

There are no clouds in the sky,


I’m laughing about your jokes,
and nobody I love will ever die.

Music always plays in the background,


everything has a theme song,
it makes my world go around.

When something happens,


we always work it out,
and unhappiness never threatens.

Sitting by the shore of a stream,


I realize that I’ve always asked myself,
why can’t I live my daydream?

Sabine Krause

creative. 9
Book Review
“Flowers in your Hair” by Milena Moser

When Milena Moser, a young woman from Switzerland, visited San Francisco for the first time, she
decided to live there for some time and so the story begins.
She has only four days to get the residence authorizations for herself and her family and to find an
apartment.
What she finds isn’t an apartment, it’s a construction zone, but she doesn’t lose her enthusiasm.
With wordplay and good humor Milena Moser shares her experiences of life in San Francisco, the city
that has the second highest cost of living in the entire U.S.A but at the same time terrible infrastruc-
ture.
It’s a city full of extremes: it is considered very fashionable if you spend the whole day in your pyjamas
but it’s prescribed not to wash your hair daily or have a perfect manicure.
The city is full of gays and promiscuity, on the playground you’re getting asked if you’re homosexual
or bisexual but at the same time you shouldn’t use the “F-word“.
Milena Moser reports about the differences between Americans and Europeans, for example she can’t
understand why there are “dating-rules“ which have to be strictly obeyed, why there are kindergartens
just for dogs and why having fun is the most important principle. But that’s why she loves “Frisco“,
because it’s “the other America and always different than you would expect it“.
At the end of every chapter the reader finds addresses of hotels, shops and sights. But “Flowers in your
hair“ is neither a city guide nor an autobiography; it’s the story of a European family living in one of
the most liberal metropolises for eight years.
By Laura

10 review.
Bicycle repair shop
A friend of mine, Heike Jablonski, recently called to my attention that our university’s very
own bicycle repair shop is in danger. For those of you that do not know, the shop is located
between Café Desasta and the parking lot near the Mensa.

Starting in February 2010, construction of the new campus center is set to begin. While we
are all thrilled about finally receiving a new building along with lecture and seminar rooms,
this also spells an uncertain future for the bicycle shop. The staff of the shop has as of yet
not been informed whether construction is going affect the shop; they fear that, in a worst-
case scenario, it may be torn down. Efforts by the staff to make contact with the building
planners have been unsuccessful so far. As for simply moving the shop to another location, it
is a container that was built by students and is by no means a construction that can simply be
dis- and reassembled.

The bicycle shop has been on university campus for over ten years. Anyone is able to receive
help there – free of charge. The shop is open all year, Monday through Thursday. The small
building is highly frequented, even during the semester break, when, first and foremost, inter-
national students as well as children and teenagers with an emigrational background come to
fix their bikes. As such, the build-
ing does not merely serve a prac-
tical function, but also constitutes
a place of cultural encounter.

This call to attention is not in-


tended to motivate anyone to
protest the building of the new
campus center, far from it. How-
ever, its builders should be alerted
of the importance of the bicycle
shop, and for that, we need your
support.

On the afternoon of the tenth of


December, there is going to be a
public announcement around the
square between Cafe Desasta and
the bicycle repair shop.

If you have any questions, feel


free to contact Heike Jablonski at
jablonski@student.uni-kassel.de.

Murat Sezi

opinion. 11
Upcoming ...
blankfest.I.5
Once again blank will bring some culture
to the University of Kassel. This will be a
smaller version of our extremely successful
<blankfest> and a prelude to an even bigger
and better blank.fest2 coming in June 2010.

blank fest 1.5 will take place on Tuesday February


2nd at Gießhaus. The art show will open at 16:00
and the other festivities (poetry slam and live mu-
sic) will start at 18:00. We look forward to seeing
you there!

If you are interested in participating in the art


show or poetry slam please contact: dlowman@
uni-kassel.de

English-speaking
Discussion Clubs
I had the idea to found an English-speaking Dis-
cussion Club for our FB02 students and all the in-
ternational students around the university.
It is a free student club that meets once a week. It
is obviously not necessary to attend every week
and beside the discussions we will have time to eat
and drink something together!
The webpage is like a forum where students are
able to find interesting articles or videos, which
are worth talking about! For interested partici-
pants it is also possible to post their own articles
and videos on the page. The club is totally interac-
tive and without any hierarchy!
Furthermore, we will have readings and guest ap-
pearances from native speakers!

So the concept is simple:


Just attend and talk in English about anything you
want! Have a great time with people that like to
practice the English language!
And the Website is available under www.the-dcc.
de.ms

Daniel Aschenbrenner

12 culture.
Adelaide,

Australia
blank.Notes
from Abroad

Good Day! I am currently enjoying temperatures Next misconception: Australians are laid-back.
of about 10 degrees and see lots of rain in the al- Unfortunately, this trait of the stereotypical Aus-
legedly sunny country of Australia. It is friggin tralian seems to be wishful thinking. When my col-
cold! Have you ever seen a picture of the rainy league picks me up in the morning, she always ar-
streets of Sydney? Kangaroos cowering under rives right on time. Everything is well organized.
trees in order to stay dry? Probably not. Let me I was told: „If you are punctual, you are already
acquaint you with the real Australia. too late. Try to come at least five minutes early
Luckily, I was introduced to the natural perils that when you have an appointment.“ And I was pretty
lurk everywhere Down Under. Cars. It is true that surprised when the deputy principal of the high
several lethal species live here. And I was shocked school I work at wanted me to come to his office
by the advice: „Beware of the Redback spider, it‘s immediately. Is something wrong? Did I say some-
deadly. Oh, come with me, I think there‘s still one thing inappropriate? No. He just wanted to check
on the wall next door.“ But the truth is that neither whether I was really wearing a suit and tie. "Looks
evil insects nor crazy koalas have attacked me. The good, mate. Uniform check is done." Likewise, I
thing that nearly killed me was a car driving on the have to give students a signature when they want
wrong side of the road. The learning process was to go to the toilet. It is amazing how different the
amazing. Since I have always looked right before real Australia can be in comparison to the count-
crossing the street. I wonder if teachers could use less documentaries and ads you see on TV.
similar strategies in their lessons. Might be fun. Nevertheless, Australia‘s beautiful countryside and
Situated in Adelaide, I live close to the biggest hospitable people will make your visit extremely
kangaroo slaughterhouse in the world. These crea- enjoyable. Go to the city, grab a coffee and it won't
tures are delicious, but I‘m afraid no one seems to take long until you find somebody to talk with.
eat them over here. Beef is the preferred meat. By On the whole, the mutual politeness and respect
the way, I was told they don‘t eat koalas when I among people seems to be highly valued over here.
asked if we could have one for dinner. You might not always find what you expect, but
Let‘s talk about beer. Which beer brand is the the country definitely lives up to its good reputa-
most popular in Australia? Foster‘s you think? Far tion. A guy in a bar put it as follows: „Everyone
from the truth. The bars offer all kinds of beer, thinks Australia is a big desert with snakes, spiders
but I have not seen the famous Foster‘s anywhere. and some small cities. That‘s nonsense, but I think
When I visited a friend, a good old Löwenbräu was it‘s great! Scares people off, you know. And we can
served. Anyway, I‘d rather drink an Australian spi- have this great country for us.“ How true that is.
der (coke with vanilla ice cream). Marc Motyka

culture. 13
Who?
Welcome to my first column on music that you have never heard of. Over the next couple of
blank.issues, I’ll try to acquaint you with a couple of my personal favorites, ranging from alternative
to ambient to indie-hip hop and anything in between. So without much further ado, new artists shall take
the stage:
by Franz Mutschler

Across the Delta “Well, this is the next scene“ – A band from Austria took my
heart in a storm, with an EP much more versatile and ambitious
than most of their colleagues from overseas. Who are their col-
leagues anyway? It’s hard to tell, really, these guys are unique
in sound and style, although I believe that if you like Dredg and
Incubus, this band might be for you. It’s pretty much melody,
mixed with atmosphere, mixed with in your face, lets-do-this
parts - unusual but still rock. The EP improves with every lis-
ten, but at only 30 minutes, I’m totally stoked that a new album
is on its way. Enjoy!

Standout Track: The Loop


http://www.myspace.com/acrossthedelta

Lydia It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in his right


mind is in want of a woman that has such a beautiful voice like
Mindy White does. Lydia, a band I rediscovered recently, is sof-
ter than ATD and mostly acoustic. Melancholy, for the most
part - a perfect band for a rained and ruined afternoon in fall...
and check out that artwork!
I, personally, like the first album („This December...“) better, just
because Mindy White gets more of the spotlight as a singer, and
even though the other guy is great and totally fits the sound, ha-
ving a duet between the two just can’t be beaten. They, too, are
currently working on a follow up to 2008’s „Illuminate“.

Standout Track: This is Twice Now


http://www.myspace.com/lydia

14 review.
Closure in Now, for this issue’s over-the-top band, let me introduce you to
Closure In Moscow, an Australia-based Postcore combo that is
Moscow so fast paced and full of details, it is hard to keep track during
even a single song. But if you can keep track, you will definitely
be rewarded, because these guys can play! And these guys can
write songs. It has a kind of punky and proggy attitude, in a
technical way, but not as lame as Dream Theater, or even Dra-
gonforce (please don’t ask me to review those) but in a fashion
that actually contributes to their style – it’s hard to image what
they would sound like without way too many guitar licks and
drum fills... Think a very technical second album-era My Che-
mical Romance, but with less eyeliner and more balls.

Standout Track: Sweet#hart


http://www.myspace.com/closureinmoscow

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culture. 15
FACE-READING
An interview with the Frankfurt-based hair-styl- our language those four are known as Raffiné, To-
ist Oliver Metzler (O.M.), together with the make- nique, Naturelle and Sophistiqué. Those words are
up artist Andrea Leicher, he’s holding seminars in French, because the French and Italian painters,
(http://wiewirkeichwirklich.de) on “face-reading” during the High Renaissance, were the first ones
for big companies and others who are interested in to reflect and create studies on that matter. That’s
the whole concept. Today he talks with <blank> why a person who shows many Raffiné aspects on
to give us a short insight into what face reading is the outside, appears to be rather introverted and
and how it works. won’t be a very colorful speaker. While people
with a Sophistiqué aspect tend to use exaggera-
blank. First of all, thank you for your time. It’s tions and extreme examples in their speech. How-
great to get a chance to hold this interview with ever, there’s no person who only consists of one
you. Let’s start with the one question most of our aspect, but of at least two of these.
readers might ask themselves when reading the
headline: what is “face-reading”? I’ll now give you a short overview of those four
O.M.: Basically, face-reading is about the general types I’ve mentioned before.
approach of people. That and the first impression
of their appearance. I assume that our appear- R + N = granite
ance is the expression of our inside. That means
outside as inside. Of course it is possible to turn
it around as well, inside as outside. For example,
that’s how you can easily identify who is more in- Raffiné Naturelle
clined to be choleric. It’s something you can tell
by someone’s eyebrows, the way they walk, their
parting or asymmetry in their face. R + T = glamour N + S = passion

blank. That’s really interesting, maybe tell us


what made you interested in the concept of face-
reading in the first place?
O.M.: That would be the day when I found out
Tonique Sophistiqué
that I wasn’t satisfied anymore with people tell-
ing me “Aah! I want strands!” “I want a fringe!” I Raffiné type T + S = rebel
wanted to know why all those people want to have season: summer
a fringe, or why they want to have their hair out element: water
of their face, which means standing up to others. colour: grey, pastel
In Munich I took classes in “Chromo-Morpho- pattern: pinstriped
Typology”, lead by Inge Geisberg. For five years hair: straight hair, limp; dark blonde (asch6/11)
I learnt from her and now I know in which situa- example: Diane Keaton
tions people prefer to have a fringe, or their hair
out of their face. It really has to do with wanting Tonique type
to stand up to others, as well as a fringe symbol- season: spring
izes wanting to step back a bit to rather try look- element: air
ing for contact through the eyes. colour: pink
pattern: dots, flowers, glitter, and sequins
blank. And how does it work? hair: curls; blonde
O.M.: There are four general types of appearance, example: Cindy Lauper
which are also assigned to the four seasons, ele-
ments and the classic antique temperaments. In Naturelle type

16 culture.
season: autumn rebels. The typical obstructionist. “YES, BUT…”
element: earth That’s how I’m able to analyse and identify people,
colour: brown even without them speaking to me. That way I
pattern: chequered, corduroy, tweed know how they work, what they do and what I can
hair: thick hair, wavy hair expect from them.
example: Dirk Bach
blank. What’s the best thing to do when identi-
Sophistiqué type fying a Sophistiqué type?
season: winter O.M.: RUN! (laugh) No, just kidding. Never stand
element: fire right in front of those people, but diagonal to
colour: black or white them. Let the energy float away on their heart side
pattern: no patterns or on their rational side. That’s because in 100% of
hair: black or white (peroxide-blonde) cases, confronting these people ends up in a cho-
example: Marylin Manson, Dita Von Teese leric reaction. Choleric people are always black or
white. The black side is loud while the white side
blank. How can we make use of this? prefers to step back and punish with non-verbal
O.M.: Let’s say that there are two components. communication.
The first one is a) the very personal appearance.
How do I appear on the outside? How do I pres- blank. In your opinion and according to all of
ent myself ? And how do I want to be reflected by this, what do you think, which kind of students
the people around me? The other side would be have it rather easy compared to others? As in:
b) how do I look at my surroundings? How do I which will reach their aims the quickest?
acknowledge and look at the people I’m facing? O.M.: The farther the distance between a person’s
Which leads to leaving the level of judging them tip of the nose and their upper lip is, the easier it is
and instead I’ll just see what they look like and can for those people to follow their aims. The shorter
accept them the way they are. Or in the worst case the distance, the easier people lean towards being
manipulate them. easily distracted. Put away the mirrors! Finish
reading first! ;D
blank. Could you give us an example?
O.M.: Of course, here’s a daily life example for blank. You mentioned that one can make use
you. Do you know these people who wear polo of face reading in a kind of wider spread/global
necks all the time? Polo necks are often preferred way?
by Sophistiqués. They are black-and-white think- O.M.: Exactly. For example, one of the things
ers. For them it’s either good or bad, take it or we’re doing is training companies such as Condor,
leave it, all or nothing. That’s the way they judge L’Oreal Paris as well as other companies dealing
their surroundings and the people they work with. with cosmetics, in things such as packaging. That’s
It’s their way of going through life. Sophistiqués because the profile of a person’s forehead makes it
are the enlightened among us. You can easily iden- possible to tell about their buyer behaviour.
tify them by asymmetries in their face, very pointy
eyebrows and a diamond-shaped face. Their direct blank. That’s cool. Again, thank you for your
complement is the Tonique type. These people time. All of this was really interesting.
love to wear pink, glitter, sequins, a variety of pat- O.M.: You’re welcome. You all, have fun with your
terns, striking hairstyles and make-up, you name mirror!!! Check out your roommate(s)! ;D
it. Men who come off as “hetero-like” (without by Kim-Vivien Lichtlein
wearing pink) you easily recognize thanks to their
slightly bouncy kind of walking. You’ll do good
to pay them a lot of attention and have an open
ear for them. Those who combine both aspects are

culture. 17
Tagging the other way round
You probably all wrote “wash me” on the dirty
window of a car once, didn’t you? This habit
probably set the beginning of reverse graffiti,
which is also called clean tagging. The name
“reverse graffiti” already describes how this
form of art is produced: Instead of adding col-
or to a wall, you reverse the method and take
“color” away from the wall – namely the grey
of dirt and dust. As its elder brother, reverse
graffiti also belongs to the category of urban
art. Of course, cleaning walls with fingers is
out of fashion. Nowadays, you can either use a
brush or, the modern version, a high pressure
cleaner. In order to get a clear picture on the
wall and because it is difficult to draw with a
high-pressure cleaner, you’ll need a stencil of your image. Finally, you’ll have to
find a dirty place such as a tunnel, the ground or a wall near a busy street and you
can start cleaning up.
The greatest reverse graffiti in Germany is, by the way, about to be created here
in Kassel by Oliver Bienkowski, a local light artist. You might have heard about
his company Lichtkunst24, which also projected the artificial flames on our uni-
versity in the context of our student strikes. He plans to bring luck to the people
of Kassel in the shape of 1001 shamrocks spread throughout the city. So far, you
can find about 700 of them at Weinberg, Herkules, Hauptbahnhof and other
places. You’ll find more pictures and a short video about this project on his web
page www.lichtkunst24.de/weinberg .
Other companies also discovered re-
verse graffiti for publicity, a marketing
strategy that is namely called street
branding. Microsoft, Nike, Smirnoff and
other brands used this method to catch
peoples’ attention and to demonstrate
some kind of ecological awareness. The
city of Kassel doesn’t seem to have a
problem with the shamrocks but other
cities might. Of course, cleaning walls is nothing bad but it might show that the
city is dirty… If reverse graffiti becomes more popular in Germany, the discus-
sion about graffiti as a form of art or simply vandalism might arise once again.
Moreover, the fact that you can only create a white image and nothing colorful
might ruin your enthusiasm for this method. A further disadvantage: You cannot
get a great image without a stencil, which forces you to prepare ahead of time
and avoids spontaneous creativity. And you need to get a high-pressure cleaner!
Nevertheless, there are really cool reverse graffiti showing skulls and trees, but
in Germany clean tagging is still something “new”.
Best thing about reverse graffiti: Even the ugliest graffiti will slowly fade away
after some time.

Bianca Kuchenbrod

18 culture.
HAMTHRAX WARNING

Dear fellow citizens -STOP-


Please listen to this governmental broadcast warning you of the dangers of
what is regarded as the most terrible disease since the Black Death - Stop-
Please remain in your homes, wash before, after and during meals -Stop- Only
talk to other people via phone or facebook and twitter your health status ev-
ery 5 to 7 hours -Stop- Do not Panic -Stop- There might be hundreds or even
thousands of reported infections daily and of course those lead inevitably to
almost certain death but nobody would benefit from a stampede -Stop- The
pharmaceutical industry is preparing an only slightly overpriced medication
just in case you should wish to ignore our guidelines -Stop- The government
has no information regarding reports on HAMTHRAX infected people turn-
ing into brain-eating undead and be assured that the doubling of military
activities in your area has nothing to do with it -Stop- In fact, the reasons for
this increased security standard [d]are rumors[/d] is intelligence informa-
tion on terroristic activities in connection with the outbreak of the epidemic
-Stop- The government is in complete control of the situation, but if your
neighbours, wife/husband, your relatives or your friends behave differently
or show some or all of the following symptoms; coughing, tremor, fever,
runny-nose, pale skin, bloodshot eyes or sweating, please inform your local
police-officer or the commanding military officer in your area -Stop- The
government will not join the chorus of the Prophets of the Apocalypse but
we all know that after this crisis is over - and the government promises its
people it will be over soon - the world will never be the same again -Stop-
End of message , Dennis Wienert

creative. 19
New Media

I have plenty of friends all over the world,


I meet them a lot in a place you might have heard.

This place called Facebook, MSN and Skype,


you should go there some time, it is quite alright.

There is Chris from the States, I know him so well,


just met him once, though I always know when he’s playing Farmville.

Lucy from China, I met her on travel,


has just missed her breakfast due to no working kettle.

And Joseph from Germany, we have so much in common,


has got 500 friends - and guess what - I am one of ’em.

My social life couldn’t be any better,


I meet so many people, for instance, on twitter.

It is Saturday night at 9p.m,


other people are probably out drinking or dancing.

Not me though, I’m busy – talking to my friends far and near.


What else can I do, don’t know anyone here.

Andreas Weitzel

New Media
20 creative.
Disorder
Chaos is real, Anarchy is present

throwing us down into a deep descent

Hierarchy becomes all so much blurred

true brilliance surrounded by fake dirt

Social disorder in conclusion

distorted pictures, a truest delusion

nothing is predestined nor manifested

just illusions we already detested

Clear paths are yet to be settled

no bloodshed although one has battled

to be free in spirit and soul

yet it's an illusion, just a parole

freedom is not to be seen nor felt

it is all the more the pain we dealt

setting us, ourselves, above others' borders

creating misery and mental disorders

Distortion is to be extorted

Society close to being cohorted

by the dark and pitiful gloom

of modern, dreadful legions of doom

Lovis Schmidt

creative. 21
Our English Drama Group
Red Brick Company presents...

I. Return of
the Living Bricks
30/11/2009 – 08/12/2009

Do not fear. Tonight I am here to tell you the truth! But before I do so... let
me introduce myself. I’m a member of the order of the Living Bricks and
I’m here to tell you about the tours over the campus many of you came to
see not too long ago. For those who couldn’t come, do not worry, there’ll be
a third part following next winter semester. Yet, let me tell you briefly about
what you missed. Imagine the campus in the dead of night. Nights on which
then newly created university department 08 actually planned to introduce its
students to their first session of supernatural studies. Planned to, right. Why
so? Because during the night of nights, when the gate to a different world is
open holding a lecture is a difficult matter. Crawlers and zombies are only an
example of the creatures the students had to face. No human soul was safe on
campus. Of course that’s not all when there’s an everlasting quarrel going on
between us, the Living Bricks, and those who imprisoned us in the university’s
walls, namely, the order of the Red Bricks. Soon they

II. The Real took over the tour and told the humans all kind of lies
about us, and our story, dirty lies we couldn’t accept.
Lies we had to correct by taking the tour out of their

Inspector Hound hands – those cowards. However, Nemesis got in our


way, so eventually, we had to join forces and fight side
18+19/01/2010 and 25+26/01/2010 by side to survive. The good thing is: we won and
The Mad Scientist is seeking our souls but I cannot guarantee your safety killed the evil. Yet the bad thing is: its creator, the
either. However, you might have a chance to survive if you come to the Mad Scientist, is still seeking the lives of all of us
Red Brick Company’s upcoming play “The Real Inspector Hound” by Tom next year. So beware!
Stoppard. Follow the two theater critics, Moon and Birdboot, and the play
within the play, which is set in Lady Muldoon’s country residence one
morning in early spring. We invite you to come and find out about the
murder and the crucial question, who did it? Oh, you’re interested? Great!
We then welcome you to the play in January, stay tuned through the Red
Brick Company’s homepage. [www.redbrickcompany.de]
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