By Zoë Goldsborough After spending most of the afternoon in the pouring rain during the Beach Walk, I for one was looking forward to the pubcrawl. A nice warm bar, free snacks with every round and just a general dry atmosphere. The kids still had to face the elements every twenty minutes or so when it…
HAC – Campus Dinner
By Jillis Jansen Traditionally the HAC Campus Dinner is the one IntRoWeek event that shows all new students the UCR campus locations: the people who just moved into Bagijnhof get a chance to see what Koestraat is like, or show the students from Bachtensteene how to find Roggeveen and give new students the opportunity to…
Opening Sports Center Nassaulaan
By Eva Versteeg The 27th of August 2015 was a happy day for the entire UCR community. With a spectacular ceremony the Sports Center Nassaulaan was opened as the new sports complex for RASA. The gym hall, which was doomed for destruction, was rescued by UCR at the last minute. Now, the UCR community has…
Hunt of Mythical Creatures
By Mr. Fox Introweek is the opportunity for new students to explore what it is like to be a member of the social community of RASA. There are the societies portraying themselves in their events, the teams and fraternity/sororities during the beach walk, and generally there is the great interaction with fellow students. However, this…
42 introduction GA’s next semester
By Kirsten Kapteijns Wednesday morning all the students gathered for their hangover tutor breakfast. After a few hours, with a full stomach, having met their tutor, and received their brand new schedules, all of them walked together to the Hofpleinkerk for their very first General Assembly. Slowly the flock of yellow shirts moved inside, to…
Dodgeball – a testimony to IntRoweek’s power
By Eva Versteeg On Friday afternoon, buckets full of water and sponges were awaiting the by then exhausted IntRoweek children on the Market Square. The weather had finally taken a turn for the better and the sun was shining happily over the kids’ faces. And it could not have come at a better time, because…
Battle of the Boards: Clash of the Titans meets Hunger Games
By Becci Fobbe The annual battle of the boards for this semester’s Introweek can only be described as the following: Clash of the Titans meets Hunger Games. Not being able to pull of a Professor McGonagoll this time, but easily being able to star as Effie Trinket in her sparkly evening dress and her witty,…
Trial of the Gods
By Kirsten Kapteijns The last day of a great, but also exhausting IntRoweek had come. Families had gathered in Toorenvliedt Park to commence the final battle for medals. The gods decided to make the last day count and the sun was shining bright. Ontbijtkoek was hanging from rope, ready to be eaten, helmets were laying…