Perfectly minimalistic and incredibly complex by Eden van der Moere September and October were some very fruitful months for my music collection. Almost every week, a new album that I had been waiting for was released, such as Ryan Adams’ 1989, CHVRCHES’ Every Open Eye and Lana Del Rey’s Honeymoon. But this album, is an…
Ode To Bikes in New York City
by Tsjalline Boorsma I LOVE bikes. They help humanity to transport itself. What would we do without bikes? Take a car and get stuck in traffic jams? Take a train and be forced to get out halfway through? (I am sure enough students know the agony). Walking is great, but in a big city it…
Unite For Children!
The UNICEF Student Team by Sam Halkes & Mary Weaver FROM the Fall Semester of 2015 onwards, Middelburg has its own UNICEF Student Team. Split into three branches – fundraising, educa-tion, and promotion – UNICEF will be becoming a strong presence around UCR, with promotional events and volunteer opportunities in the coming years. The fundamental…
The Waters of Mars
by Sanne Tol LAST year NASA celebrated its 10-year anniversary of Mars explora-tions by Mars rovers Spirit and Oppor-tunity, that were sent to Mars to search its surfaces for evidence of past water. This month NASA could report that there is not only evidence for past wa-ter, but also for present water. Humans haven been…
Getting Trashed At Festivals
The aftermath on the ‘Island of Freedom’ by Becci Fobbe IT is 8am, I am dragging my-self, my hiking backpack and my low motivation down a narrow path amongst hundreds of other young peo-ple who look as demotivated as me. For about two kilometers (that feel like a whole marathon) we walk past plastic cups,…
The Elliott Food Team
How fridges and Chilling Chickens became part of daily life by Tessa van Hoorn “CHILLING Chicken”, “Healthy Hummus”, “Mag-nificent Mozzarella” and more; these are not ways to teach children some-thing about either food or linguistics (alliteration awesomeness), but are some of the heroes of the Elliott Food Team. They have become part of my daily…
“Going Glocal” in Middelburg’s ASC
by Alina Achenbach and Hannah Nonnenberg ON a Monday evening some-where in the West of Middel-burg, after an hour behind closed doors a dozen women and girls step out of the room where they usually learn Dutch. Laughing and chatting, three friends from Eritrea slip back into their flip-flops; a woman from Albania carries her…
The Rekindling of American Cuban Diplomatic Relations
by Eva Versteeg After a freeze of diplomatic relations that spanned for more than fifty years, the Cuban and American governments have finally reckindled. Last August, government officials from both countries gathered in Havana, Cuba for a ceremonial raising of the flag. The ceremony marked the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Cuba, which had…
Should You Pop That Cherry?
Or maybe wait for the one… by Amir Pliev Do you know that feeling? That weird sensation in your gut? It turns up around 2 a.m. You know, around that time that you’re waiting to be let outside by the guy standing on the stairs in Elliott blocking the way and only letting 15 people…