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p. 2: Topic of the day Breaking news #You can´t Stump the Trump 2016!
p. 3: Foro Italico Area RIMUN Channel p. 4: Sharkando survey Horoscope
Monday 11 April 2016 N.3
According to ISTAT (Italian Institute for Statistics) data in Italy there are
more than 5.000.000 immigrants, 1.000.000 of them are from Africa and
about 2.000 from Kenya; most of them live in Northern Italy. Refugees are
a particular kind of immigrants: they're allowed to stay in another country
because of persecutions based on religion and political orientation.
On Saturday we met Anthony, 29, from Kenya, who had to come to Italy
because of the political situation in his country. He has been living in Italy
for more than 2 years, but - as he said - even if Italians are good and
friendly, he will never feel fully Italian. He described us how he had to
cross the desert and the sea, and how an organisation called Centro Astalli
helped him, once he arrived here. - One of the worst thing is that almost
everywhere immigrants are not welcome and their dream of a better life is
killed. That's why the young people
have to make the change happen.
We have to look at immigrants as
brothers and sisters” - said Anthony.
At the end of his speech, he was
asked questions from the audience:
- What made your journey possi-
ble? The thing that helped me the
most during the journey was the
faith in God, which helped me to
overcome the psychological trauma
I had when I left my country.
- What's the worst thing you had
to deal with? That you have to start over! You have to leave your life
behind and start a whole new life, which probably won't be the life you' ve
dreamed of.
- How is your situation now? Now I'm studying Human development in
Roma Tre. However, it wasn't easy to restart my studies because I was
about to get a master in International studies. And it's very hard to integra-
te in a new country, too.
Anthony concluded his speech saying that his most important mission it to
spread this message of love and brotherhood.
- Who are they?
We don’t know exactly who
they are. The only thing we
know is that they are people just
like us but they undergo very
long journey to escape from war,
persecution or poverty.
- Why are we speaking about
them?
Nowadays, migrants are seen as
a problem, not as people with
the same rights as us. It’s not a
personal choice to leave their
country, families
and friends: they
are forced to do
that. What’s even
worst is that when
they arrive in a
foreign country,
often they are not
helped as human
beings deserve.
- Why are we mi-
grants?
If we go deep in
our origins, we
can see that we all are migrants.
According to the myth, the
founder of Rome, Aeneas, was a
war migrant from Turkey. In this
globalized world we have to go
over the difference of our ori-
gins and cultures and take the
best of them to build a better
world together.
We are… migrants The Promised Land
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Love Has No Label Implementing LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights: a
thought that could change people’s lives for the better and empower
the youth of tomorrow. As this issue is on the RIMUN agenda we
decided to question the many foreign exchange students about their
personal and their country’s opinions on it. Let us begin with where
we are:
Italy - “Everyone is free and should be allowed to express his/her
sexuality but, at the same time, expect and respect limits put forward.
However, Italy is characterized by its religion so LGBTS are not well
accepted because of the Church.”
Denmark “People should be al-
lowed to do whatever they want.
The country in general has the
same views: Denmark is a very
liberal country.”
USA - “My country is very pro-
gressive so most people support
LGBT rights. USA‟s policy is lib-
eral and they are given very simi-
lar rights to common people. Some
countries are conservative due to
their religious views.”
Iraq - “LGBT deserve to be given
their rights but in Iraq they do not
receive it because of the religious
beliefs. Most of the citizens support and accept LGBTs even though
the laws don‟t allow it.”
Germany - “Being LGBT is natural; in fact, i have a few gay
friends. The people in Germany are tolerant but there are a few laws
against their rights. For example: gay couples cannot adopt children.
Many a times, „gay‟ is used as an insult (if a boy wears a scarf). They
are probably not accepted because they are different and the govern-
ment is scared to accept new ideas.”
India - “LGBT rights have been banned in section 377 of the Consti-
tution. People probably think it‟s wrong because a man and a woman
can produce a child, whereas the idea of two people of the same sexu-
ality having a child is different. They should look up to US and try to
be more liberal like them.”
Love has no labels. Go where your heart leads you.
Few months ago Stepchild adoption exists
in Italy since 1983 and it allows the adop-
tion of the partner's son or daughter, al-
though this is limited to heterosexual cou-
ples only. Since February and through
April, the courts for minors in Milan, Flo-
rence and then Rome, extended the right to
adopt to unmarried heterosexual couples. In
the meantime, authorities also took steps
towards same-sex marriage and
relative adoption rights. Due to
this, the Italian prime minister
Renzi's coalition split up following
religious lines. Interior Minister
Angelino Alfano, in addition, sta-
ted that his party has already voted
the bill to legalize civil rights, but
their position regarding adoption
is firm, as they fear it will enhance
surrogate parenting, which is ille-
gal in Italy.
Few weeks ago Italian authorities
are torn by their opposing views
on the subject. In February the
amendment didn't receive enough
votes in the Senate. However, in March,
strangely enough, the first case of adoption
in a homosexual couple was legalized. A
lesbian couple wanted to obtain acknowled-
gement for their biological daughters and
won their case. This case was classified as
”special”, as both women had a daughter of
their own. The two girls, therefore, will
have both a biological and an adopted mo-
ther. In the same month, moreover, the
court for minors in Rome acknowledged the
adoption of a child in a gay couple.
Today Italy is experiencing a historical
moment. Although the bill wasn’t
approved by the Senate, judges
in various courts around Italy are
turning against the authorities.
Breaking news
In June’15, the businessman Donald J. Trump, announced
candidacy for President of the US. He made his position very clear since the
first days of his campaign: no illegal immigration, more intensive military inter-
vention in Middle East and free trade. Following the terrorists attacks in the western
world, he consolidated his far right wing and conservative position. There have been
aggressions and physical violence among supporters and protesters during his cam-
paign events; Trump is said to be fomenting violence. Therefore, journalists are que-
stioning if such a candidate is healthy for America. Now, Trump is the
favored Republican candidate. However, on April 5, rival candidate, Ted Cruz, won the Wisonsin pri-
mary and its 36 delegates, reducing the margin with his opponent. In this moment, no one has a firm
grasp on the primaries yet and the Republican candidacy for the general election is still open to suitors.
DO YOU SUPPORT
STEPCHILD ADO-
TION? VOTE NOW! #You can’t Stump the Trump 2016
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How many of you have seen the sport’s infrastructures near Ponte Milvio?
They are Stadio Olimpico, Foro Italico and Stadio Flaminio. Built in differ-
ent periods in the XX century, they are the throbbing centre of a lot of
sports in Rome. In a month, international BNL of Italy (International Ten-
nis competition) will take place in Foro Italico.. Some of the best tennis
players, such as Djokovic, Federer, Nadal and Murray, will take part in it.
May the best win!
The swimming pool, Stadio delle Rose, has been used for diving and swimming competitions and water polo
matches for more than 80 years. The mosaics on the three walls around the swimming pool were planned by
Gino Severini and Giulio Rosso, two of the most important mosaic-artists in the XX century.
If you walk around this area tonight, probably you might see a lot of supporters of A.S. Roma: in fact, at 20:45
there will be an important football match, Roma vs Bologna at Stadio Olimpico. This stadium was built for the
Olimpic Games in 1960 and then renovated for the World Cup in 1990. It is also used for Rugby’s International
Team, the Six Nations.
But most of times, there
are football matches of
the two main football
teams of our city: A.S.
Roma and S.S. Lazio.
Foro Italico Area
Rimun Channel RIMUN never lacks creativity! This year the Press staff created RIMUN CHANNEL: a school
Television News to make delegates aware of what’s happening during simulation. It allows parti-
cipants to express their opinions, in fact, teachers, delega-
tes, chairs and staff are interviewed. It is daily broad cast
in every committee and commission during the morning
and it is even shown on YouTube and on RIMUN' s offi-
cial page on Facebook. RIMUN CHANNEL is very im-
portant to spread the different points of view because RI-
MUN is based on sharing ideas and let cultures meet in a
funny-instructive mixture. The work of TV Staff is very
important and efficient, they prepare the questions to be
asked and they choose who is interested to be interviewed.
They enjoy their occupation because they can
come into a close contact with everybody.
Follow us on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR6J_n2xc2c
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The Sharknado Incident
A tendency has spread out among delegates. A
tendency called: Sharknado. We did a survey
among delegates with a shocking result. Howe-
ver, the result was not as we thought it would be!
Lets return to the results later. When people
where asked the question riots came to be. Peo-
ple started to
discuss it very
fiercely. People
even tried to summon the feared Sharknado. Wars might be started on
this topic as our brave journalists dared to ask the question that must
not be asked: Have you seen the movie Sharknado?
A Typical Day of Delegate & ICJ
Horoscope Aries: don’t eat pasta because you will feel bad and you’ll have stomach-ache.
Taurus: if you are a delegate who rapresents an Asian country, you’ll have to come to press room to greet us.
Gemini: if you are a boy, tomorrow wear a red necktie.
Cancer: today is a fantastic day for you! You’ll have a good sur-
prise when you come back home.
Leo: if you are a single girl, tomorrow you’ll find your soul mate.
Virgo: don’t eat meat at lunch. Trust us.
Libra: today is a very bad day for you. Good luck.
Scorpio: tomorrow you’ll have to buy our magazine: there will be
beautiful games and interesting news.
Sagittarius: if you are a delegate, take active part in your commit-
tee or your favorite team will lose the next football match.
Capricorn: you have to embrace a person who is a Taurus
Aquarius: if you are a member of kitchen or administrative staff,
come to press room and take a selfie with us!
Pisces: don’t eat fish for two days. It’s cannibalism.
Frame 1 ICJ at work? frame 2 lunch is ready! Frame 3 GA focused