Mid-Week Mail, week 15

• ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN
• TURKU STUDENT NEWSPAPER DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION SUPPLEMENT AVAILABLE ONLINE
• GIVE A HELPING HAND: BLOOD DONATION 14 APRIL
• FSHS EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID COURSE 21 APRIL
• COME HANG OUT WITH NYYTI
• STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR FOOTBALL OSM CHAMPIONSHIPS
• INTERNATIONAL SECTOR UPDATE
• UPCOMING TYY COMMITTEE MEETINGS
• UPCOMING EVENTS

ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN

Voting for the TYY-TuKY Student Union Council election ended on Tuesday, 7 April at 18.00 and the results are in.

Voting activity increased to 33%. 17.8% of eligible voters cast their votes on the advance voting days (31 March -- 1 April). The faculty voting percentages are: Faculty of Law 47.8%, Faculty of Education
28.7%, Faculty of Social Sciences 34.3%, Faculty of Humanities 24.8%, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences 29.8%, Turku School of Economics 37.9% and Faculty of Medicine 48.5%.

The number of seats for the new Student Union Council has changed from the last term. There are two new parties: TuKY (from Turku School of Economics) with six seats and Humanistilista (from the Faculty of
Humanities) with three seats. Center Party students also were able to get one seat. The Green List, TYY Terveeksi, Torchbearers, Hybridiaani, Lex, Social Democratic Students and Coalition Students each lost seats. Eduxi and the Green Left both have the same seats as last term.

Out the candidates, there were international degree students supported by ISTU with a poster with the slogan "Yes. We Can." Salman Mian got the only seat for the Social Democratic Students, and Leonard Pearl, came in 4th for the Green Left and is a deputy Student Union Council member. Tarik Zeraoui came in 17th and Elisa Bertieri came in 23rd for the Green List and Eduardo Hasbun came in 7th for the Centre Students.

Seats for the new Student Union Council:
Social Democratic Students -- TOSY 1
Eduxi (Faculty of Education) 3
Humanistilista (Faculty of Humanities) 3
Hybridiaani (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) 5
Centre Students 1
Coalition Students 2
Lex (Faculty of Law) 4
Torchbearers (Faculty of Social Sciences) 2
TuKY (Turku School of Economics) 6
TYY terveeksi (Faculty of Medicine) 6
Green List 6
Green Left 2

The election results, number of votes for candidates and the comparative indexes, are available online at
www.tyy.fi/sites/tyy.fi/files/TYY-files/FCKeditor-files/19/file/vaalitulos2009.pdf

TURKU STUDENT NEWSPAPER DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION SUPPLEMENT AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Turku Student Newspaper development cooperation supplement is available online at
http://tyy.fi/sites/tyy.fi/files/TYY-files/FCKeditor-files/46/file/kehy2...
(in Finnish only)

The theme of the supplements is minority culture and young people and contains interesting facts about e.g. Sámi culture, TYY's own projects and the Turku Red Cross Reception Centre.

The development cooperation supplement is a publication of the TYY Committee on Development Cooperation. Support had been provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

GIVE A HELPING HAND: BLOOD DONATION 14 APRIL

There are over 1,000 patients in need of blood donations every day. Preparations and medicines made of blood are needed in, e.g., surgery, anaemia and cancer treatment and also for those ailing from haemorrhagic disease. Lives can be saved with the help of these substances. As long as you are healthy, weigh at least 50 kilos and are between 18 and 65 yeas old, you can donate blood.

A blood donation point is being arranged for the 20th time at the University of Turku on 14 April, form 10.30 to 14.30 in the Educarium sports hall, Assistentinkatu 5.

Bring an official form of identification with you. You can call toll-free for information on donating blood at 0800 0 5801.

For further information:
www.veripalvelu.fi/www/home_page
www.sovinkoluovuttajaksi.fi

FSHS EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID COURSE 21 APRIL

FSHS will organise an emergency and first aid course on Tuesday, 21 April from 16.00 to 19.00 in the Wettenhovisali room (1st floor) on Kirkkotie.

What do when someone is unconsciousness, first aid in heart disease and CPR with a test dummy are examples of course themes. The course is free of charge.

Sign up by phone 046 710 1052, at the patient service desk on the 3rd
floor or by e-mail eliisa.lintunen@yths.f COME HANG OUT WITH NYYTI TuKY, TYY and ÅAS will be having a Nyyti get together at Parkki (Parkinkatu 6) on Wednesday, 15 April form 17.00 to 20.00. The event is free and open to everyone.

Come hang out, chat and play games! There will be juice, coffee and tea and of course great company. It will be an open theme, so welcome!

Nyyti ry is a student support centre. You can visit the website at
www.nyyti.fi.

STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR FOOTBALL OSM CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Finnish championships for student football will be held in Jyväskylä from 23 to 24 April 2009. Registration has been extended to 8 April.

More information about the tournament can be found at www.jyy.fi/osm.

INTERNATIONAL SECTOR UPDATE

The language strategy will come to discussion in the next meeting of the Student Union Council. Decision on the approval of the document will be made in the Council meeting in May.

The language strategy group has been working on the strategy the whole spring. Also ISTU has its representative in the group.

UPCOMING TYY COMMITTEE MEETINGS

9 April 2009 at16.00, TYY Committee on International Affairs, TYY Library

Agendas are available on the TYY events calendar online

UPCOMING EVENTS

From now on the sub-organisations of TYY can advertise their events briefly in Mid-Week Mail.

Glad Tidings Bible Studies on Monday 20.4. at 6.30PM in Ylioppilastalo B
215, Rehtorinpellonkatu 4. The study group is for both Christians and
non-Christians. Welcome to read the Bible, discuss it and meet other
students! More info: www.opko.fi/turku/english

FINNISH FOR FUN

Word variations, such as shortening and so-called slag derivations are common in almost a ll languages. These words are not always considered "official" as e.g. in a dictionary. Slang words however are used in
everyday life:

Tylkkäri (<- Turun ylioppilaslehti) = Turku Student Newspaper
Edari (<- edustajisto) = Student Union Council
Stokka (<- Stockmann)
Hesari (<- Helsingin Sanomat)
Hese (<- Hesburger)
Hesa (<- Helsinki)

However, businesses can use any word they like in their own official
registration. Take these Unica student cafeterias for example:

Assarin ullakko (assari <- assistentti) = the assistant's attic
Proffan kellari (proffa <- professori) = the professor's cellar/basement
Parkkis (<- parkkialue) = car park