Student researchers are looking into the brain.

Verliebt, ambitious, sensitive - Neuroscientists show at the brain scan, what students think and feel. An expedition into the realm between the cerebral cortex and temporal lobes - the boundary between body and soul.

 

Sarah Gumpert, 24, lies motionless on his back, over aschblonde hair has a white helmet gestülpt, plugs in his ears, in each hand she holds a small box with three buttons. A quiet hum, slowly driving the sun high, then stops in front of about 60 centimeters wide opening of a large aircraft turbine apparatus. There go into it.

With your head forward and finally Gumpert is to tiptoe into the tube disappeared. To her skull, it will be around shortly after that terrible clank, whir, rumble - a roar, when preparing the apparatus for at least a time before.

Observe how people reckon, love, grieve

The student only needs to play a game. From speakers schallt a voice from the control room in the tube: "Can you hear me? Well, then it is now happening with the first measurement." During the next hour must Gumpert of six buttons each press the right: On a screen gets color and must be displayed by pressing a button on the order of response. 432-times in a row.

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Sarah does not usually longer than a second to sign up for a button to decide, and makes hardly any mistakes. "As a child I learned a lot playing with the computer," she says and laughs afterwards. "I think that trains the reaction."

Medical student is a Gumpert of 50 subjects for a study at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf her body as a precious object trying to provide: their brain. With the so-called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) watch Michael Rose, 42, and his colleagues from the Institute for Systemic Neurosciences at the brain thinking. The question for researchers: Are in fact, as previously assumed, independent cognitive systems for each of conscious and unconscious learning responsibility? "We believe that, for example in the regions for both perception and motor function both at the same place is possible," explained Rose. Hence the keystrokes: "Thanks to the pictures afterwards, we will know exactly what brain areas are involved."

Welcome to the wonderful world of brain research. Still, the people Denkorgan of psychologists, medical doctors and biologists puzzling. While the science now knows almost exactly how the nerve cells communicate, including voice or Sehzentren, the motor, they have long been located. But how and where exactly the man learns? How and where he decides, he feels anger, sadness, empathy?

Direct look into the soul

Especially in the last five to ten years, opened the brain imaging researchers the opportunity to present their theories on Human everything at the source to be examined: the brain, which they now are watching how it calculates, remembers, creates compassion.

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A working group at the Swiss neurobiologist Andreas Bartels has in the interplay of neurons even the seat of love discovered, especially in the regions of the brain, which also pounce on cocaine, cheered wildly as the neurons. And last year, California researchers, regelrecht in the minds of their subjects to read. They recognized in the visual cortex of the brain, which pictures the subjects had previously seen.

Very often students are of such psychological, medical or neurobiological investigations. Eight to ten euros per hour, the volunteers, many of the fascinating high-tech research and come again. Perhaps out of curiosity?

While solving the colorful images from the scanners, the little body-soul problem. The question of how to raise awareness for the sheer physical behavior, a brainstorm about the biochemistry of neurons are firing, it is by no means settled.

However, a closer look into the soul to get a maximum of a brilliant psychiatrist.

Unfortunately, the individual results of such studies rarely the subjects to be made available - even if he is still so much to lust after to know if his head is actually the love-lit areas when he scanners sees pictures of his girlfriend.

After getting the subjects sometimes cut their own images of the brain on a CD issued. And who has the chance to glimpse into this world in allergeheimste own body?

Extraneous acts and strangely lifeless, even on the computer images, probably because the brain is the feeling so far away. Never knocks, never jerks or krampft it, it feels neither warm nor cold.

Prospect of making money on stupid tasks ambitious

"My own brain coils look - that was cool," says Benedikt Vogt, 22 "I could like a slide show through my brain zap." Vogt has joined in an attempt by the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics at the University of Bonn. There is this question of so-called neuro-economics, and the reactions of human brains on matters of money to fathom.

Vogt gauge should be a series of two almost identical pictures to compare. "Almost all were works of art, sometimes classical, sometimes abstract," explains the Bonn economics student. The question was: how many differences you find? "A bit like a puzzle on a cornflakes pack." Only that he is in the tubes are humming, a binocular-like special glasses and with the help of four keys had to indicate whether one, two, three or four differences were discovered.

Up to this point yet touched the whole thing no financial interests. Anders saw it as his researcher for correct answers promised a reward. The idea of the experiment: The neuro-economists wanted to see if the brain works differently when an external stimulus such as money drives people. Or is an inner motivation, ambition, the same areas to activate?

Still, the study is not completed. Previous attempts have shown that relatively simple tests, such as memory tasks, the brain increases seen when the participants were promised money. For more complex puzzles, this was not the case.

Anti-Schwafel Award for clear positions.

For punched speeches, the time is not: When politicians Speed Dating in Freiburg 20 local politicians met on 40 mostly young voters. In just three minutes should be the candidate to convince the public that politicians can be more than about the bush.

 

Albrecht Vorster Flirt laughs his partner in speed dating in the face. A few rose petals on the table before him, scattered, a tealight provides dämmriges light. Vorster inclined his head slightly to the side, looks back on his little notes and his smile turns into a mischievous grin. He asks: "Freiburg is a petty, green hole - what do you say to that statement?"

This is not a normal dating - and the same question have to listen to some one after another. The answers vary: "even in some corners," "I see it differently" or "I like Freiburg, as they are, and will not touch them." Some are still two or three more records on it. Then it continues, next question.

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You do not have much time, only three minutes for a non-binding talks on the small black tables Peterhofkeller in the University of Freiburg. Albrecht Vorster is biology student and young voters. He and 39 other Freiburg meet here at 20 local politicians to the "politician-Speed-Dating", organized by the State Office for Political Education of Baden-Württemberg. The goal: Young voters and candidates should meet at eye level, voters will be able to experience that politicians not only about the bush.

Ten Dates Every voter, each with a deputy, after each individual fills out a card, and evaluate the politicians - for personal and political sympathy, credibility, if the candidate was able to answer without further ado and in what form a reunion of the electorate wants - 'in the pub, at the next council meeting "or" never again ".

Critical issues in the 30-second clock

Old walls, subtle lighting - from the atmosphere could be her in the cellar by a real speed-dating to establish amorous adventures take place. But now take the potential political couples, voters and elected, face to face. Who is the counterpart, the voters do not know - they know neither the name nor the party list of their conversation partner. After all, ten of the eleven electoral lists for the local elections on 7 June ending, each have two representatives on Dating skillfully.

Albrecht Vorster is prepared. The 23-year-old biology student and U-Asta-chairman from Freiburg has made a cheat sheet with keywords for often something provocative or critical questions.

Comparison of Albrecht Vorster sits a mid to long hair tied back - Timothy Simms of the Greens. The clock is not yet - so they start with a little small talk. In the basement of the University of questioner and politicians remain largely among themselves, there are few spectators - probably because both the UEFA Cup final takes place. It is primarily a campaign event for the 60 participants.

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Albert Vorster (r.) at Speed-Dating with John Gröger (Free Voters)

Then the gong sounds, the countdown starts, and sets off Albrecht. "Study and Freiburg - because what must be done?" - "The problems lie not at the local level, but mostly at the federal level," says Simms and will delve into: "I am a big critic of the Bologna process", then he is not. Albrecht Vorster, it is too general: "What about ways to get to meet? On Augustine Square for instance?" Students at this meeting, there is anger with the residents to rest. Simms: "I'm scheduled for a liberal who lives in the city who must endure a certain amount of noise."

Forty seconds in order. Beside them with cameras running, the supposedly intimate conversation will be broadcast live over the Internet. About every 30 seconds crackle further questions to the candidates: What should be at Demos in Freiburg change? What to do if the city has even less money? What project, he would prefer to implement immediately? The time is up. Simms will briefly for the Live Stream interviewed. Vorster moves two places further evaluated his first interview partner and waits for his next political flirtation.

Who has failed, the State Office fails

At the end of Simms is one of Albrecht Vorster favorite candidate. He rarely discussed, is using its scarce time, he asks positions, listen to arguments to - actually, they are critical and sometimes harsh Interviews: What would you do in the first 100 days, if you are Mayor? What speaks against Freiburg? Some others have only one issue has come without questions and with desire for a relaxed conversation.

The majority of the 40 completely unrepresentative voters see the Greens Simms is not quite the front. But the other candidate wins the Open, Anna Schmid, the sympathy prize. And the voters, they would also like to meet in a pub. A young politician from the left list, the 24-year-old Joschka Buttkus, gets the most support for his political goals.

True, it is surprising when anti-Schwafel Award: The career politician among local candidates, the CDU candidate Daniel Sander Bundestag, has at best without further ado, the questions will be answered. His party colleague, the policeman Siegfried Lorek is most certifies authenticity and credibility. The council again to the voters most Irene Vogel of the Independent Women Freiburg. Whom the voters will never again want to see the country's Central betrays not.

Biology student Albrecht Vorster is satisfied with his dates on this evening. "It is interesting, with people talking without knowing to which list they belong," he says. "After the evening today, I would make more people give my vote than I thought. But in the end but I will look into the programs."

I sit, so I Kritzler.

Where students could express itself authentically, where they could be liberated texts on the Uni-WC? Certainly you can on the wall spells easily recognize the faculty. The hypothesis is a need to review - a walk through the cabins of the FU Berlin.

 

Lawyers are stiff, lazy historians, business students and computer scientists superficially socially shy - every university faculty creeps after a suitable bias. Whether it's true, actually have a hitherto neglected form of student expression to prove or disprove the toilet prose.

Klotür on, and then, clack, the latch is turned around: the way is a hostile external Uniwelt. And where is the honest student of anonymity than in a toilet cabin? Here they can be away from the conventions of their own academic guild, spontaneously and without time pressure of humanity, confirming him in the innermost employed.

Time for a journey of discovery through the toilets of the Free University of Berlin University. In the main cafeteria to students of all subjects. The biggest men's toilets of the university is located below the entrance foyer and opened with ten toilet doors inviting plenty of space for the whole phrases, or stories. And what did the students of today to say? Nothing. Each door two square meters large white silence.

What it is - Andrea Spieker by the building administration knows the answer: If a new spell in the main building discovered, comes within one week of the painter. Every major Schmierereien be photographed and displayed, says Spieker. Here, every award in the bureaucratic language of "graffiti". And it is not only wisdom and jokes, there are also repulsive, racist and sexist slogans.

Andrea Spieker confirmed that it is now less "dauber" there than in the past: "The clientele has changed." About The Painting of sayings come from the students, because it is "studying is simply better when it is clean." On the walls of the individual faculties, however, is not quite as clean.

Welcome to the University stage.

Things are good units, but rarely show academic talent. And that is one of the Science Slam: The speakers will be a research topic of smart and entertaining explanation. Hamburger University to test it - running a show with big ideas and a reverie lawyers.

 

"You consume me," shouts the bearded lawyer Robert embittered, as he does not give a cigarette. "Me and my science does not get it for free, their sheep," he shouts over the microphone to the audience. Some stuck their fingers in their ears, others have been hearing.

Robert, the last speaker of the "Science Slam", stands on stage, with a gray jacket and cap. He stares at the startled audience, without actually wanted to prepare its claim for the legalization of cannabis and told of his promotion "Cannabis as Medicine."

Sounds at least in the scientific approach, and that it should. The Science Slam "is inspired by the concept of the Poetry Slam: a microphone, an actor, a limited amount of time to think about anything to talk about what you would like to get rid of. Whether singing, rhyming or gekläfft, is unimportant.

Only today is it scientific approach. It is Friday night in the back room of the Pony Bar, the first "Science Slam" in the same neighborhood at the University of Hamburg.

By Dino on backpacking in the mountains to Frühtau

Robert Schimpftirrade after waiting in vain for questions from the audience - "should I sing or start with Dada?" He sings: "In the mountains we Frühtau to draw fallera." On his backpack shake the dinosaur purse frantically back and forth. When Robert activity, is relieved to hear whispers.

Whoever wins, a jury will decide from the audience, as in the "Poetry Slam". The five jurors have blocks on your lap and give points on a scale of zero to ten. The Slam has only four participants, but the chance is confused Robert. He gets meager four points - from 50 possible ones.

The elongated side room of the bar is filled with old, wooden folding chairs and beer benches. As in a seminar room, the Slammer on a canvas to present their research work. The "Science Slam" idea comes from Brunswick. Offe Julia, 36, has inspired and then the evening in Hamburg organized. "I hope it established a new scientific pop culture," she says. The PhD microbiologist explores how insects with the help of enzymes defy deadly toxins - actually a fine template for a toxic Science Slam history. But "to participate as an organizer, I found not so good," she says.

Shortly before the start are in close, hot back room almost as many listeners, as on the folding chairs have seats. They occur from one leg to another, sipping on beer, grab for air. It is a contest in the talks, no one makes the most interesting research work. Every ten minutes, the four speakers talk about their research, with the means of their choice - and like a good science department, the poet made no texts, but to speak freely.

Lengthy vergrätzt the audience

Friederike Moldenhauer is editor and translator, moderated or even take a Poetry Slam - and is visibly nervous. The first speaks Slammer Martin Kaluza, doctoral philosopher FU Berlin, about justice, more specifically on the patent of pharmaceutical companies: "This reflects the principle of social welfare is no longer, but what the patent legislation was justified."

He explains why there are sick people in the Third World can not afford medications. "Then they die or fall out of the economic cycle," says the philosopher completely factual. Finally he explains the pixels on the projection screen as an extreme close-up. One of the things could either be too close and they will no longer recognize - or too far away, Martin shows on screen a small point. The jury is impressed: 33 points. The audience asks Martin even minutes for details.

The next sciences Slammer is not easy. Economist Sebastian Buschmann, 25, tells the story of sustainable fishing in New Zealand, with the fictional history of the ocean fisherman Steinfort: "Fish is in vain, thinks Steinfort, buys a bigger boat with all equipment and a flag of Zanzibar, although he did not so much fishing are allowed, as he wants. " Steinfort fishes now under the flag of a country's international fisheries agreement has not signed. The fish jump using the echo sounder is almost entirely self into the boat.

Follow? Overfishing. Even now, many fish are threatened with extinction. The audience is interested. Many wrinkle the forehead, but when Sebastian minutes a cost-benefit chart on the overhead projector to record a classic among the Unit mistakes, he had his audience and has the credit by Lengthy playful. The jury is quickly agree: 24 points.

Science should not be a slam-day stay

The Sociology Tobias Krone follows with a popular theory: "Bachelor's stupid and makes the accelerates student life unnecessarily." But Robert interrupted the presentation by Tobias wants to know if he is already on it, begs for a cigarette, it is difficult to frighten off the stage. And returns with a burning cigarette in a back room, which only needed an infusion to the sauna to be.

Tobias strives to be fair to illustrate why the Bachelor stupid does. And the slam ends in a stalemate: The audience can not decide whether or Martin Tobias win. Offe Julia is happy, the first Science Slam Hamburg is done. Also Robert is now on stage, welcoming drink a wheat and scribbles in an A4 block. Some doubted whether he might really be a lawyer - to prove Robert leaves behind a handwritten copy of his resume with all of its products.

The evidence, to be a philosopher, Martin Kaluza not need to bring. And some things you can not invent. Martin had initially told that he get e-mails with questions like: "Dear Doctor Kaluza how long you have to sand from a sand pile, so you do not more of a sand pile can speak?"

Science as a stage play, which is in Hamburg not remain mayfly. It should again give a science Slam, says Julia Offe - best with "space for subsequent rounds of talks," but without the sauna-like conditions. A new edition is scheduled for 5 November.

"Elephant" will defend the title.

Without Rempeln to the temple, with a trunk build and skill with their robot "elephant" Dresdener students want only to be German champions and then to the World Cup. In night work signed, soldered, programmed the young workers - and to locate a certain intelligence. "

 

Concentrated look, the three students on the wrinkled machine in the middle of the table. In "Elephant" are the lights out, he's just stopped. Hectic breaks but not enough. "A few minor bugs has' elephant 'yet, but we get out," says Markus Kühnel, 23

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Robots "Elephant": A German World Cup hopes

The mechatronics student has about 40 times 40 centimeters large robot, together with 14 fellow students from the Technical University (TU) Dresden develops. With the "elephant" to the team on Saturday in Dresden his defending champion Germans. Klappt do not want to TU students on at least one of the first three places come to participate in the Robot World Cup in France, 21 to 24 May entitle.

The aim of the robots autonomously small wooden cylinders and cuboids record and alternately successive layers, so that an entity in the form of an arch created. The higher the "Temple", the more points there. Here are two robots on a two by three meter board against each other. A game lasts approximately 90 seconds.

Robot Rempler prohibited

Many evenings and nights, the TU-Dresden-Robotics Working Group (TURAG) in the last six months in a basement room and spent the TU drawn, soldered and programmed. "Then you get with the times already Koller," says Kühnel, since the founding of the Group 2003 and is at three World Championships participated. The biggest success so far was second place at the Championships 2007.

The challenge this year, Kühnel particularly tricky. There are stringent rules. There will be punished if the opponent's own robot anfährt or he does not evade. "To avoid this, we have an adversary detection system that works with ultrasound," says the student. Complicated the handling of the blocks of wood, mainly because of the different forms.

The cost of production amounting to 10,000 euros more over the university, the majority of components are sponsored by companies. "Elephant", which takes its name because of the proboscis bears, with which he absorbs the pads is the most sophisticated robot in the group developed. "It consists of several modules, which replace the defective parts easier," says one of the peculiarities Kühnel. With a maximum speed of two meters per second, he is also faster than on its predecessor.

Programmed to detect enemy

"Elephant" go perfectly with a certain intelligence "before, Kühnel says:" If, for example, he noted that the time will expire soon, he listens to with collection - even if he was not all his subjects with vollgeladen blocks - and tries instead quickly build up a tower. " In addition, the robot, so it provides its programming to identify an enemy structure. All this is in about 20,000 lines of code set.

Dresdner take the German advance Scheid seriously, even though the competitors in their own country are not particularly numerous. Only eleven teams have reported to the German preliminary.

In previous competitions, it still points to the fact that the robot ever losfährt says Kühnel. "There has served virtually the driving off to one of the first places to show." In international competition, the higher level of experience. Above all, the French were again noted: "There will only advance when cutting more than 200 teams."

When word call.

Just want the scientist's research application rausschicken finally, since the phone is ringing. It reports: a journalist. Now would be a Sprechomat help the researcher - Patrick Honecker from the University of Cologne FGQ knows who "frequently given answers."

 

There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers, says the vernacular. This is wrong! There are questions that are normally not be expected, not even journalists. Who on a permanent basis as to remain cool, only has a chance. He needs a range of answers that everyone - scientists and science managers - always use them.

If you are still not long thereafter, it means nothing. Sometime words begin their toxic effect. The only question is when you have to be the case.

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At the beginning it does not hurt yet, repeating the same innocent questions can be heard. Only with prolonged occupation is growing recognition that the Asker will be exchanged - the questions are not unfortunately.

The - venerable dignity - Scharnstein profiled the scientific and academic journalists is a small heap. The bulk of those newspapers, radio and television, with stories from the College must fill out, seems only to be seconded. During probation: climb into the exciting topics possible.

In order for an encounter with journalists to be armed, which the workers of the tertiary education system as a collection of commonly boring pedant view (which of course can also sometimes true), I have a catalog loveless answers zusammengestellt.

Why should you use it? Automated responses protect your intellectual capacity for the things that really are important, for example, the own peer group to impress.

The spring, pure porn.

As one unsuspecting declaims a verse of the venerable poet Eduard Mörike - and then should not the Biedermeier, but rather a nasty messy? Shocking evidence is Thomas aka © TOM grains. As a result 45 of "Good Times, Uni-times": Does the spring panties?

 

Good times, Uni-times: Spring Awakening

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The multi-million-dollar mystery.

U.S. Unis rejoice an anonymous donor. About 80 million U.S. dollars he had in the last months rain - or it? Pssst, which remains secret. It's about a dozen colleges, all by women. There is wild speculation about Oprah Winfrey and educational conscious woman circles.

 

This phenomenon allows professors and students pondering: Who is the mysterious benefactor, universities across the U.S. with an anonymous donation given? Totals between one million and ten million U.S. dollars it rained in the past two months, a total of at least 81.5 million so far.

Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Michigan State University: Ten million dollars as an anonymous donation

The university is the very right, especially since the financial crisis at the college
severe grinding marks left behind. Universities that donors happy with considerable sums, in the U.S. is not uncommon. Sometimes there are also anonymous donations. But the same series - this is new.

Is it a publicityscheuer Croesus? A Celebrity? Or about a circle of successful business women?

That does not even know the recipients themselves, it is only one track: All presentee colleges are headed by women. A coincidence? Unlikely: Around a quarter of college presidents in the U.S. are female. There is the chance that a dozen randomly selected schools, all led by women, with one in 50 million.

To suspect donations and educational experts, that a woman behind the unexpected money is a blessing. Or a group of women. According to Melissa Berman, president of the Rockefeller Philantrophy Advisers, could it be a woman "who grew up at a time when the chance to go college for women was not self-evident, and believes that women in leadership positions in other can confirm their potential. "

"That does not fit with most crooks"

Brian O'Rourke from Clemson University in South Carolina - the blessing of the money nothing abbekam - suggested by "a group of influential women who want to ensure that Presidents have greater educational success."

Only last week we got the Michigan State University ten million and the University of Alaska Anchorage in seven million U.S. dollars, in Kalamazoo College in Michigan and in New York's Hunter College, it rained money.

The donations are always associated with secrecy: The universities are by law firms or other means to contact people and have - sometimes in writing - promise that they will not try to figure out the identity of the donor.

On Web sites, in which blithely speculated. Is it Oprah Winfrey, the cornucopia ausschüttet? The Talkmasterin is very rich and South Africa already has one
Luxury gifts Internat. But Winfreys spokeswoman spokeswoman denied. Is it someone from the vicinity of the alleged fraudster Bernie Madoff billion?

That perhaps someone with a dubious reputation of the recipient universities do not wish to cause embarrassment, holds the New York Law Professor Harvey Dale already possible. It fit but not to most crooks.

"Maybe its just the fun"

The most plausible solution to the puzzle seems to be a donor to his circle, whose members may put their money together. "I can imagine a circle of women imagine, who think that it is time for something better to do education," says Lauren Katzowitz Shenfield Philanthrophy of Advisors. "But with the anonymity I do not understand."

Experts had to have explanations: The anonymous donor is not available from other distressed that also want money. He avoids family quarrels about who should get something. And he does not run a risk of blackmail to be kidnapped. The recipient in turn, remain major events Thanks also saves as conflicts of interest.

Perhaps, it is only a matter of humor. "It is possible that its just fun," laughs O'Rourke. "The fun is how the entire education herumrätselt who the donor could be."

With shrew-Kung-Fu to the finals.

In Hollywood, young German filmmakers have a race. When Oscar meets students now Tomer Eshed from Babelsberg against four rivals - with its award-winning animation about the love lives of derbe Spitz mice. Here you can see the animation. Worth it!

 

Reto Caffi For it was in June last year a very great day. Red Carpet, shrimp cocktails, shoulder taps - in the awarding of the student Oscars went to the graduate of the Cologne art school close to the Hollywood elite. Apart from the trophy homes Caffi much praise and good advice A.

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If everything runs smoothly, it could Tomer Eshed on 13 June, a similar perfect day in Los Angeles experience. The film student has been in the race for the coveted Oscars students into finals done. Eshed studied at the School for Film and Television (HFF) Potsdam-Babelsberg. With his contribution, "Our Wonderful Nature", he performs against the four other finalists from Sweden, Russia, Britain and Israel, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced.

57 participants from 39 countries had submitted their films, including five German filmmaker. It was a record number. In his diploma film "Our Wonderful Nature" Eshed is the love life of water shrew under the microscope. The animation has already won several awards, including 2008, the trophy for Best Animated Film at the 51st German International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film in Leipzig.

The university describes the film as "an amusing pastiche of shrew-Kung-Fu in slow and rigorous as an unexpected end" - and in the "didactic style antiquated BBC nature documentaries." The fight scenes between the small, but nasty water shrew males have a lot to offer.

Who is the Student Oscar prevails, qualifies for the competition for the "real" Oscars. They are awarded in the spring of 2010. For many award winners is the "Student Academy Award" a springboard for really big breakthrough. The Swiss Reto Caffi won in 2008 with the movie "On the track" students the coveted Oscar.

And the year before gave the young German director Toke Constantin Hebbeln of the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg the prize with his film "Nimmermeer" ab - a German success in 2007 was also quite likely, since four of the five finalists came from Germany.

The list of student-Oscar winner is growing constantly:

2008:
Reto Caffi for "Auf der Strecke"
2007:
Toke Constantin Hebbeln (Berlin) for "Nimmermeer"
2005: Ulrike Grote (Hamburg) for "The Outlier"
2003:
Florian Baxmeyer (Hamburg) for "The Red Jacket"
2000: Florian Gallenberger (Munich) for "Quiero ser"
1999: Marc-Andreas Bochert (Potsdam) for "small"
1998: Thorsten Schmidt (Baden-Württemberg Film Academy) for "castling"
1997: Raymond Boy (Cologne) for "A simple job"
1994: Katja von Garnier (Munich) for "Abgeschminkt"
1988: Wolfgang Becker (Berlin) for "Butterflies"

Versailles Peace.

The French band Phoenix sometimes occurs with court music to Baroque. And also the fourth album of tunes unobtrusive lightness. Meanwhile, the brilliant singer Cologne Fleur Earth with a German street soul - a sound check from the Uniblogs editors.

 

PHOENIX / Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix "

Attention, concept! A little fear is who is the new album by the French band Phoenix for hands.

Phoenix

By Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix "has a title, the worst is feared. The fact that the band for months by the world gondelte to make it yourself, is also not exactly reassuring. Some parts were built in New York, where you are in a hotel on the Bowery einmietete, others in Paris, where the neighborhood in the studio of a painter of the 19th Century has been opened.

This kind of buying classically inspired ambient bands in search of creative crisis. A state of the Phoenix three albums long spared. Also: abnormal long. All evidence that a Phoenix-album's not exceptionally good.

And then? All fears nothing. "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 'is another perfect album of the quartet from Versailles: Laurent Brancowitz, Thomas Mars, Christian Mazzalai and Deck D'Arcy. "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" is the music of young men who, if they want to impress a woman, even to the piano can set.

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Know yourself
Students can examine their brains

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Who else would come up with the idea of a piece like "1901" to write the Paris ebenjenes year reminds us, a city in the world still nachglüht exhibition, the "futuristic moment" of the French capital, as Thomas says Mars? Or "Lisztomania," a song about the composer, pianist and father-Wagner-Franz Liszt?

The band has not lost its lightness, from art to have a springy groove melodies, which are never intrusive, but then cut into the brain and refuse partout, then disappear again. In the film "Marie Antoinette" by Sofia Coppola - she is the girlfriend of Thomas Mars - the four of Phoenix appearing as Baroque court music.

The band makes music that this spirit of joy and wasted breathes. And without that there is still a need aristocracy.

FLEUR EARTH EXPERIMNET / "Soul of the Cabot"

CD-Cover "Soul of the Cabot"

Unnoticed by a wider audience in Cologne werkelt years since a group of Soul fans to their music around. This includes the singer
Fleur Earth. She is 29, grew up first in the GDR, then for several years in Congo, as a teenager she returned to Germany.

Fleur Earth with her band has now submitted an amazing album: "Soul of the Cabot." Their music is rooted in rap, which you notice the nature of how the lyrics go, how their lines again and again next to the clock running to catch it then, that she always lyrical with Stop & Go flirts.

That sounds pretty cool - and very unique. R & B is so often confused with the beautiful surface. Fleur Earth knows that it comes to depth. An unconditionally original draft of the German Soul Street.