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O U R S T U D E N T - F O C U S E D M A G A Z I N E
M a y 2 0 2 0







SPRING & POLLEN


ARE IN THE AIR




















































QUARANTINED CREATIVITY





JUST BECAUSE WE ARE INSIDE, DOES NOT MEAN
CREATIVITY KNOWS BOUNDS

Volume 1 Issue 1

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S







3. Painting 22. TikTok Winners

4. Photography 23 Poetry


5. Poetry 24. Kickboxing

6. Photography 25. Video Submission


7. WeACT 26. Club Information

8. Book and Writing Club 27. Student Shoutout


9. Writing Submission 28. Hope

10. Writing Submission 29. Student Spotlight


11. Haiku 30. Honorable Mentions

12. Digital Media Club 31. Self-care Plan

13. Dance Club 32. Mental Health Month


14-19. Nayia K. Painting Collection 33. Painting Submission


20. ACT Webinars 34. #TBT

21. Dukakis Center 35. Regards






Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director: Leemu Kutu Hall

Executive Producer: Natalia Alexiou

Senior Editor: Heather Funk

Supported by: The International Programs & Student Services Offices




Thank you to everyone who submitted their works
To submit your work for the next issue of ACTivities Magazine


email: ipofellow@act.edu








This publication was prepared with content submitted by the members of the ACT community named in the edition. The views and
opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views and opinions of the
American College of Thessaloniki. All content is protected according to intellectual property law.

EVENING WALKS








May 2020




MARIA ELEONORA THEODORIDI HEATHER FUNK THEODORIDI
IPO & Student Services Director














































































FINGER PAINT ON BUTCHER PAPER

Georgia Papoutsloglou




"SHACKLES AND


A BREATH OF


FREEDOM"




She uses photography to express

her emotions, thoughts and fears
during times both good and

challenging (like a quarantine). She
finds inspiration in simple things
that exude life and love, like a

smile, a gesture, a child's toy or a
plant.






"...FINDS




INSPIRATION


IN


SIMPLE THINGS"





JOURNEY





Georgia Papoutsloglou
is a social worker and

administrator
at one of our service
learning partner sites,
Soma Filon AMEA.

STUDENT POEMS FELLOW



TATIANA PLESS








O R I G I N A L W O R K S









B O X E D U P H I N D E R E D


Self imposed or forced  When one points a finger, someone will be at
Either way, it will run it’s course the other end.
 Plant a seed and watch it grow Who’s to blame for my lack of progress? 
Months from now, look at what you
chose.  My lack of friends? 

My lack of stability? 
Did it stretch and extend  My lack of tranquility?
Or wither away to its end? 
Do not fret, even through regret  All the things I’d have if I acted willfully. 
 Because you always have a choice  Although it’s easy to point the finger and have
To start over, and forget. someone at the other end, this time I’m to
blame for my lack of amends.
 Now plant the seed again. Looking into a mirror the finger is pointed at
Water it, set it out in the sun. me.
This time, focus on yourself and your
growth. I’m to blame. 
Months from now, look at what you I’m the one who’s responsible for this atrocity.
chose.
 Did you reap the benefits of what you’ve
sewn?

Photo credits: Strata Chatzivasileiou

Every women deserves her own


















































































Revolution

WORDS







HAVE






POWER













So join the conversation

Why I Don't Want



to Be a Mother








E I R I N I H A D J I K A K O U , 2 N D Y E A R P S Y C H





      “ A s t h e t i t l e o f t h i s a r t i c l e s t a t e s , I w i l l d i s c u s s w h y m e
p e r s o n a l l y h a v e d e c i d e d t h a t I m o s t l i k e l y w o n ’ t b e c o m e
a m o t h e r . T o b e g i n w i t h , I a m n o t a g a i n s t m o t h e r h o o d .
M a n y w o m e n ( a n d m e n ) a r e p r o h i b i t e d t o b e c o m e
p a r e n t s b y s o c i e t y a n d e v e n t h e s t a t e . F o r e x a m p l e , i n t h e
p a s t p e o p l e o f c o l o r i n A m e r i c a h a d t o e n d u r e m a s s
s t e r i l i z a t i o n t o p r o h i b i t t h e i r r e p r o d u c t i o n ( D a v i s , 1 9 8 1 ) .

D i s a b l e d w o m e n a n d m e n a r e ( n o t o n l y )
s o c i a l l y   d i s c o u r a g e d t o h a v e k i d s . L G B T Q p e o p l e h a v e t h e
r i g h t t o a d o p t c h i l d r e n o n l y i n t h e 1 3 o u t o f t h e 2 8
m e m b e r s t a t e s o f t h e E u r o p e a n U n i o n a n d t h e r i g h t o f
o n e L G B T Q p a r t n e r t o a d o p t t h e i r p a r t n e r ’ s c h i l d i s
r e c o g n i z e d o n l y i n 1 6 m e m b e r s t a t e s o f t h e E U ( R a i n b o w
E u r o p e ) .

F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e G r e e k s t a t e g i v e s m o n e y t o G r e e k
w o m e n t o b e c o m e m o t h e r s a t a y o u n g a g e b u t t h e y d o
n o t h e l p f i n a n c i a l l y m i g r a n t w o m e n ( A g g e l i ,
D a s k a l o p o u l o u , T z i a n t z i , 2 0 1 9 ) , w h i l e m i g r a n t w o m e n ,

m e n , c h i l d r e n l i v e i n r e f u g e e c a m p s u n d e r i n h u m a n
c o n d i t i o n s . G r e e k s o c i e t y i s v e r y s t r i c t w h e n i t c o m e s t o
w o m e n h a v i n g c h i l d r e n , m a n y G r e e k p e o p l e s u p p o r t t h a t
a w o m a n ’ s r o l e i n n a t u r e i s t o b r i n g c h i l d r e n i n t o t h e
w o r l d . H o w e v e r , w h e n i t c o m e s t o p r e g n a n t m i g r a n t
w o m e n a n d t h e i r c h i l d r e n , t h e y d o n o t s e e m t o c a r e t h a t
m u c h . F o r e x a m p l e , r e c e n t l y a b o a t f u l l o f m i g r a n t s
a r r i v e d a t t h e s h o r e o f L e s v o s a n d l o c a l G r e e k p e o p l e
w e r e i n s u l t i n g a p r e g n a n t w o m a n i n s i d e t h i s b o a t w i t h
h i d e o u s l a n g u a g e ( H u f f P o s t G r e e c e , 2 0 2 0 ) .   M o t h e r h o o d

s h o u l d n o t b e l o o k e d a t w i t h a o n e - d i m e n s i o n a l
a p p r o a c h .

D i s c r i m i n a t i o n , r a c i s m a n d . . .
C O N T I N U E T O N E X T P A G E


References

Why I don't Want



to Be a Mother








E I R I N I H A D J I K A K O U , 2 N D Y E A R P S Y C H



. . . . h o m o p h o b i a r e m o v e t h e r i g h t t o p a r e n t h o o d f r o m m a n y
p e o p l e . T h i s i s r o o t e d t o t h e i d e a o f " n o r m a t i v i t y ” , a c c o r d i n g t o
w h i c h , s o m e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a r e c o n s i d e r e d " n o r m a l " ( e g
h e t e r o s e x u a l i t y a n d w h i t e n e s s a r e c o n s i d e r e d n o r m a l ) a n d
s o m e o t h e r s n o t , r e s u l t i n g t o m a n y p e o p l e b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d
a s t h e " o t h e r " ( Z e v a l l o s , 2 0 1 1 ) . T h e s e p e o p l e a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m
t h e s o c i e t y a n d t h e y d o n ' t e n j o y t h e s a m e p r i v i l e g e s a s t h e
o t h e r s . L e t ’ s g o b a c k t o t h e s u b j e c t . W h y I w o n ’ t b e a m o t h e r .


T h e r e a r e m o r e t h a n o n e r e a s o n s . . . T h e G r e e k s t a t e g i v e s
f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t t o f a m i l i e s w i t h a t l e a s t o n e p a r e n t b e i n g a
G r e e k c i t i z e n . H o w e v e r , i n t h e r e s t o f E u r o p e a n c o u n t r i e s , t h e
s t a n d a r d s t h a t n e e d t o b e m e t f o r a f a m i l y t o q u a l i f y f o r
f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t i s “ t h e e c o n o m i c s i t u a t i o n , t h e p l a c e o f
r e s i d e n c e o r t h e s o c i a l i n s u r a n c e ” . T h e c i t i z e n s h i p o f t h e
p a r e n t s d o e s n o t m a t t e r i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s ( A g g e l i ,
D a s k a l o p o u l o u , T z i a n t z i , 2 0 1 9 ) .

T h i s f a c t s h o w s t h a t t h e “ g l o r i f i c a t i o n o f m o t h e r h o o d ” d o e s

n o t a p p l y t o w h o l e m o t h e r h o o d . I t o n l y a p p l i e s t o
m o t h e r h o o d b y w o m e n w h o w i l l m o t h e r G r e e k c h i l d r e n . T h e
r e s t o f t h e m o t h e r s a n d c h i l d r e n a r e e x c l u d e d f r o m t h e
“ r e s p e c t ” a n d “ g l o r y ” t h e G r e e k s o c i e t y g i v e s t o m o t h e r s a n d t o
r a i s i n g c h i l d r e n a n d m i g r a n t w o m e n a n d t h e i r k i d s a r e
i n s u l t e d a s w a s t h e c a s e i n L e s v o s a n d a r e d e n i e d t h e i r r i g h t s
i n G r e e c e . A m i g r a n t w o m a n r e p o r t s h e r e x p e r i e n c e : “ S h e
r e m e m b e r s t h a t d u r i n g h e r p r e g n a n c y s h e w a s i n a s t a t e o f
m e l a n c h o l y a n d d e p r e s s i o n , o v e r w h e l m e d b y a n x i e t y a n d
d e s p a i r , d u e t o h e r i n a b i l i t y t o c o m m u n i c a t e ( s h e d i d n ’ t k n o w
t h e G r e e k l a n g u a g e ) . I n t h e e a r l y s t a g e s o f p r e g n a n c y , s h e
v i s i t e d t h e D o c t o r s o f t h e W o r l d n e a r O m o n i a … .






R E A D T H E N E X T I S S U E F O R P A R T 2


References

" A H A I K U
F R O M M E T O Y O U "



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I F I T E N D S H E R E





I K N O W I T ' S B E E N O N E W I L D R I D E




T O A S T T O T H E M E M ’ R I E S


























































B Y : K U T U H A L L






M Y H E A R T W I L L A L W A Y S B E I N T H E S S A L O N I K I

"Nobody has ever





taken a photograph of




something they want




to forget."








R E B E C C A M C N U T T












J O I N T H E D I G I T A L M E D I A C L U B




A l l f o r m s o f m e d i a a r e w e l c o m e

START NOW












PARTY













HARDER













LATER




























ACT Dance Club

LIFE IN THE TIME OF


LOCKDOWN








N A Y I A K A P L A N I D O U


The lockdown was an unprecedented experience.

We were all shocked at being forced to self-isolate
at home due to this dangerous and terrible enemy of
mankind. We were unprepared to lose abruptly all
those things that form our identities, such as our

work, our families, our friends. Fortunately for us
artists, our identity lies in our art.  During the endless
hours I spent in solitude at home, my old friends
kept me company almost every day: my pencils and
my colour pencils.


 I love the humble pencils more than any other
complex art techniques.  Although colour pencils
leave a harder mark on paper than a brush, they suit
me better because I believe that painting does not
need to be soft and velvety to be sensitive and
expressive.  The exact opposite is likely the case

because a combination of hardness in the medium
and sensitivity in expression is very interesting.

 In addition, colour pencils are easy to carry with you
anywhere.


 These are a few of the sketches I made during the
quarantine.  My inspiration was well-known works of
art of different periods.  It was a time that I spent
waiting to see my students again and to share with
them my love and knowledge around painting.

H A R L E Q U I N W I T H A
M I R R O R
Harlequin was inspired by a


Pablo Picasso painting from

1923. Among the colorful world


of circus people, Picasso would


find the pretext for his future

depictions of human situations.

















I N S P I R A T I O N






C O M E T O L I F E















Inspiried by Henri de Toulouse

Lautrec 1889 we come upon a


young girl with red hair in a


garden. It is one of the many

portraits painted by Lautrec on


the subject of Parisian women.


The painter rendered his


sensitive works using few and
G I R L W I T H R E D H A I R
clear colors.

inspired from S.Botticelli painting.


APHRODITE

Portrait of Caravaggio
Inspiried by drawing of
painter Ottavio Leoni.
His intense, revolutionary and
bold character is evident on
his face. A man who, despite
living an irreconcilable,
prodigal and bohemian life,
and dying just 47 years old,
was one of the greatest
artists of all time who
brought a great revolution in
art.















Caravaggio

inspired from a Caravaggios
self - portrait

















Samuel Becket
inspired by a photo.








Gertrude Stein

Inspired by a 1906
Pablo Picasso painting
Stein was an American writer, poet
and art collector. In 1903 she moved
to Paris with her brother, LeoDuring
that time, many great people of the
arts would visti her. She stayed in
Paris for the rest of her life.This
portrait with its sharp lines and hard
volumes and with obvious
influences from Iberian sculpture,
foretells the style of cubism that is
soon to become the expressive
technique of Picasso's art.

A flamenco dancer A Bar at the Follie

inspired by a photo.
Inspired from a 1881
Eduard Manet painting.














A sketch inspired by a 1851 painting by French
painter Jean Dominique Ingres
Inspired by a 1916 Gustav Klimt painting.
Madame Moitessier

































Portrait of a lady.

LE E L DA A D inspired by a Leonardo Da Vinci drawing.








































PAINTER,



sculptor, architect,
engineer and writer.
Scientist and
researcher of nature.
He studied botany,
medicine, geography,
anatomy,
mathematics.




A




Representative of the
Homo Universalis
ideal man.







HIS



painting went
beyond the imitation
of nature. He studied
every painting he
made.

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w o r l d a s t h e c o r o n a - v i r u s h a s
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Politis: The Voice S T R E A M S
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O F


I N S P I R A T I O N

1st

Nicole Mattos
































TikTok Winners











2nd Noah Eschmann














































3rd Sara Martin

During this quarentine, all I
can think about is health,
habits, and a never coming
future. I dedicate this to
those that are burdened by
L O S E the extra weight they carry.


A POEM BY KUTU HALL











Daily she steps up
Hoping to plummet down
 The cool crisp glass pressing into her
frayed feet 
Melding with her veins, pumping
blood to a dying heart
Exhale, inhale, Exhale, Exhale 
Let it all come out
Let the molecules dance in the air and
form a new tune
Continue to go, go go and again...
She steps up
But she is still there 
Never falling down, just stuck in the
same damn place
So she moves, moves,moves
Pushing to burn it all down
Change is a movement of life 
Not an catalyst

Here she is
Ducking and moving and jiving 
‘Til once again she steps up 
And the cool crisp glass turns to
charring coals 
Once again she steps up and seems
to inch down 
But can never seem to fall off the fucking
cliff 
Mounds of Yellow and Red surround her 
Melting into her core
Tracing once sentient beings
Again she steps up
and again she hopes to tumble down

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SHOUTOUT

"HOPE IS SOMETHING YOU GIVE




YOURSELF. THAT IS THE MEANING OF



INNER STRENGTH."









































Uncle Iroh

Student






























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recognition?




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Spotlight

Honorable








Mentions











Ben Nassif































































Angela Quiterio

Self-care tips









Always remember to feed your soul








Physical Emotional/ Spiritual



Get enough sleep; not too much or too Find different ways to manage

little stress: journal, read, breathe or
talk with a counselor.

Stretch and refresh Nature is not quarantined. If

Bonus: add in some yoga and you can, walk by water or take a
meditation
hike. Nature is our blessing.



Consume healthy foods and practice Keep time for
mindful eating yourself and

stay connected,
as much as you
Move that body! Go for a walk, jog, can, with those
workout from home. Maybe a solo you care for.

dance party at home






Work
Take care of your
Time-management mental and physical

Keep work boundaries
Make sure you create a well-being
positive workspace

Breaks are essential You can still contact our ACT MD,
depending on how you spend Dr. Kounti (kounxat@act.edu)
them
You can also contact our ACT
Counselor, psychologist Ms.
Florentin (nefloren@act.edu)

It is mental health month in the States and we are

bringing it to ACT. Look out for upcoming events.

A study on this "whole coronavirus situation"






























































































Natalia Alexiou

Student Services Coordinator

#TBT















































































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O U R S T U D E N T F O C U S E D M A G A Z I N E
M A y 2 0 2 0





SPRING & POLLEN


ARE IN THE AIR




















































QUARANTINED CREATIVITY
EMBRACE CHANGE



JUST BECAUSE WE ARE INSIDE , DOES NOT MEAN
CREATIVITY KNOWS BOUNDS