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6 7 En la Ibero Evolución de ASIbero Por: Mariana Lomelín Lares Estudiante de Administración de empresas En la Ibero Fotos por: AS Ibero E s para mí una gran alegría po- der contarles a ustedes cómo fue que llegué al Voluntariado y cómo éste llegó a ser Acción Social Ibe- ro (ASIbero). Para empezar llegué por mi servi- cio becario, era mi primer día de clases y no sabía en qué área podía inscribir mi servicio, y resultó que en la ofici- na de becas me mandaron al área de Participación y Difusión Universitaria. Con algo de ayuda pude llegar a las ofi- cinas y conocí a Enrique Rosano Reyes, quien es el coordinador del voluntaria- do en la Ibero Puebla. No sabía a lo que iba, lo que tendría que hacer, con quién estaría, no tenía idea de que me estaba metiendo en algo increíble. Al principio lo tomaba solamente como servicio becario, ayudando en las campañas de colecta de víveres del Centro de Acopio Permanente Ibero (CAPI) y en el acomodo e inventario de los mismos que se requería de manera urgente. Después Enrique me fue introdu- ciendo poco a poco a lo que es ser un voluntario y de qué trata el voluntaria- do. Participando en la promoción de éste con la campaña ¿Tienes AYUDI- TIS? . Me acuerdo que fue la primera vez que conocí a los voluntarios que participaban en los diferentes proyec- tos, éramos 20 personas participando, riendo, gozando, divirtiéndonos, y co- nociéndonos como voluntarios. Después de esa experiencia empe- cé a tomarle amor no sólo a mi servicio becario, donde lo realizo muy contenta, sino también, y con más importancia, al CAPI y al ser parte del voluntariado. Para el tercer semestre ya ayudaba a gestionar las ferias del voluntariado, a conocer a las organizaciones que parti- cipaban con la Ibero, a repartir víveres del CAPI, a dar promoción al volunta- riado en los Vive la Ibero, y fue cuando se integraron algunos de mis compañe- ros como Alam, Pablo y Sebastián. Nos coordinábamos para el CAPI, sabíamos lo que teníamos qué hacer y cómo ha- cerlo, con sus fallas claro, no siempre era perfecto, pero queríamos mejorar nosotros y nuestra organización para mejorar al CAPI. Para el cuarto y quinto semestre de mi estancia en la Ibero, el grupo del vo- luntariado ya estaba más consolidado, con más proyectos, más gente interesa- da y participando, en estos semestres conocí a Linda, Mariana, Denisse, Yoli, Joshua, Kike, Brenda, Adriana, Sergio, y más compañeros, además de que se estaba planeando el nuevo nombre del grupo. Ya no queríamos ser sólo cono- cidos como los “voluntarios de la Ibe- ro”, sino de manera formal y atractiva para la comunidad, fue así que con las ideas y propuestas de todos surgió el nombre de ASIbero. Teníamos nuevo nombre, nuevo logo, nueva estructura, estábamos creando nuestra misión, vi- sión, reglamento, etcétera. Ahora ya somos un grupo más es- tructurado y con más reconocimiento dentro de la Ibero, lo cual, después de ver cómo empezó a ver cómo estamos ahorita, me da mucha alegría porque ha sido el resultado de un esfuerzo constante de todos. ASIbero es para mí un grupo muy especial, un grupo que valora, siente, participa, ríe, comparte, motiva, ayu- da desinteresadamente; podría seguir describiéndolo sin cansarme porque me ha dado y enseñado mucho. Espero que en mis próximos semestres pueda ver más compañeros de la comunidad universitaria unidos en ASIbero, ya que necesitamos de más y buenas ma- nos. Frei Staat Bayern Por: Ana Karla Albisua Bermúdez Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica I do remember the first time I saw du- ring my trip to Munich the Bavarian Flag, and wondered why Bavarians could be so proud of it, I don’t mean the Flag itself, but about the whole pride all the population seems to achieve just by having the chance to have been born here. The words “Frei Staat Bayern” (Free Bavarian State) were, and may still be, a huge question to myself about if Bavaria is just another rebellious region of Ger- many, like any other state in some other countries would be; one which seeks its autonomy and one that can’t stop com- plaining about how great they would be doing without the rest of the country. At the beginning I thought that Bavaria was just another Cataluña, sharing the same old philosophy which claims that “they never really wanted to be part of the nation” and full of a whole popula- tion believing their selves better than everyone else. I’ve been living in Deggendorf for three months now, one of the most, let’s say “Bavarian villages” of the region, due to the fact that many old people don’t even speak German, but only Bayrisch, which in English means “Bavarian”, their own native language; and up to the moment I can now understand in some way, why Bavarians are so proud of their origin. They have the smallest percenta- ge of unemployment, represented by the 3% of the handicapped population. That should give us an idea of how well these people are doing, because according to this, only the people that cannot really work aren’t working, so what are the rest doing? Giving their best on what they are better doing: working. Now this is an important detail to consider, sin- ce the majority of the biggest German enterprises and industries are located, or come from Bavaria. One of the most famous is of course the BMW, whose acronym stands for Bayerische Motoren Werken (Bavarian Motor Works) and which its logo also shows the Bavarian colors off, the blue and white represen- tative of the earth and heaven, “because Bavaria is nearest to heaven”. This cor- poration earned last year 76.380 mi- llions of euros and the high quality of their production surely stands for it. But what is it that makes German corporations be prestigious worldwi- de? Why have Germans always been looked up? After the SecondWorldWar, Germany’s Economy started functio- ning only three months after the end of the war was declared. People started to clean up all the mess, women star- ted their own mini shoes and clothing business to keep on going. I come from a country which cannot stop complai- ning from an issue that happened a hundred years ago and that of course was not bigger than this armed conflict, and still my country will never reach neither German’s standards of quality, neither Germany’s Economic situation. One of the main reasons I’ve come to find, why these people are so, it’s due to their Germanic and Celtic origins. They come from a culture in which there was no other way but to plan and develop a mentality of precaution, because the geographical location has never been on their side; their ancestors, as well as themselves, have always had to be mea- suring the time precisely to know when is the right time to cultivate and collect, otherwise they would have died of hun- ger. Germans had in general, a hard working personality, because being lo- cated in this kind of environment, if you don’t work nobody is going to do it for you, and you won’t be able to find food falling from the trees like you would do while walking in a Mexican beach. All of these examples, as well as other features that do really fascina- te me about the Bavarian lifestyle, like how well educated they are, their perfect punctuality, not finding garbage on the streets, the safe environment in which we live here in this small town and also in big cities like Munich, and not to say the least, the absence of a speed limit in the whole country, because Germans relay on the other Germans’ behavior; all of these examples are consequences of the proper mixture of the weather conditions under which they have been living for their whole life, and their Cel- tic mentality, which without notice, en- courages them to make everything un- der high quality standards and alles in Ordnung. Finally, if a Federal State which its population has a hard-working mentali- ty, therefore its economic situation will be doing fine, mostly by itself (not con- sidering World’s crisis or such): people have jobs, places to live, and no one has the real necessity to steal from others, then we are talking about a Federal Sta- te that owns a lifestyle of freedom. How many people call themselves “free” but they’re not really it? Being free means living the life you want, doing what you love, surrounded by whom you love and not having the need to be caring about if your currency is going to devalue once more, that your work is actually rewar- ded by what it is worth. So going back again to the main question: Why are Bavarians so proud of being Bavarians? The answer comes now clear: because Bavarians do really live and act accor- ding to their motto “Frei Staat Bayern”, and it allows them to become an inde- pendent land if some day they wish it so. So why would I consider living in Germany, and why specifically in Bava- ria? Sure that it has nothing to do with Bütterbrezels or Dirndls, but because I have found myself in this place, su- rrounded by people that actually enjoys working like I do, and because I know, that in this country the work I’ll do, will be completely rewarded with a high standard of life. Ensayo final presentado por la autora para la materia de "Cultura Bávara" durante su intercambio en la Technische Hochschule Deggendorf de Alemania.