Stolen Kiss in Merkato
By Marina D’AGO, EEB4 S6 ITA The yellowed palm leaves and eggshells strewn on the floor crunched under her feet. Somehow, an old man had dozed off on a sun-baked plastic chair. He had … Read More
Category: People’s Voice
What Is Q-Anon? And why should you care?
By Vincentas Linas Palubinskas , EEB4, S5 ENA What started as a fringe community on the websites of 4chan and 8chan is gaining mass popularity on many major social media networks. … Read More
Embracing the Climate Crisis
By Elžbieta Janušauskaitė, Graduate of Climate Academy, EEB2. We are the middle children of a lost generation, with no great war and no great depression. — This, however, is not … Read More
MONTHLY SURVEY: Online Schooling?
BY Mariella O’CURNEEN. EEB4. S6ENB. Edited by Filip KALAPISH. EEB4. S7DEA. The latest survey question on the 13stars Instagram account was very simple. Just two words with a yes or … Read More
Report of the CoSup to the Students of the European Schools 2019-2020
As this unusual year nears its end, the CoSup, the student union of the European Schools, has decided to publish a report to the wider student constituency about its actions taken this scholastic year of 2019-2020: its duties of representation, its projects and its initiatives for the student body.
The surprising value of a broken mind
By Jules Pye, Graduate of Climate Academy, EEB2. We all have two biological parents, without which, nothing would have got started at all. During our childhood they most often become … Read More
Is the European Union doomed to repeat its past humanitarian mistakes when dealing with migration?
By László Molnárfi (Adapted from an essay for Geography), EEB1, S7HUA. With careless ease, the Greek and Turkish authorities have treated stranded migrants as pawns of a chessboard on the stage of international world politics, resulting in atrocities along the border. On the verge of this new crisis, it is up to those in charge, such as leaders of the European Union, to act humanely. In the past, this has not always happened to the fullest possible extent. By studying past mistakes, such as the 2015 European migrant crisis, perhaps humanity can do better in the future. So, what is the way forward for European leaders on dealing with this crisis, and what were these past mistakes?
Boskanter – Disconnecting and Reconnecting
Living an eco-friendly lifestyle in a home called Boskanter: A very small, humble and modest house; a bit rudimentary looking to the outsider, who has just left his modern apartment in downtown Brussels. Inside we meet some of the other inhabitants and are immediately sucked into their feeling of community – wrapped by an authentic feeling of homeliness, belonging and safety.
Euroschool students, let’s have a debate! – A call to promote debating in the European Schools
By Lucas Bonhomme Vazquez, EEB1, S7ENA. Whether it be representing Bolivia at school-organised MUNs, watching Peterson vs Zizek on YouTube, a pleasant classroom discussion initiated by your teacher or sitting on your favourite couch while spooning gluten-free vanilla ice-cream while the latest … Read More
Can the courts save us?
For young people desperately looking to world leaders to properly deal with the climate crisis, there was a lot of optimism and media coverage around the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, it fell short of being a decisive step that would have enabled courts to take legal action to mitigate climate change.