By Stan Faver Vendaged and Ine Roos Mast-Bjall The Internet: It is Everywhere Over 3 billion people in the world have access to the Internet. To put this in perspective, at the start of the 1960s, there were only about 3 billion people alive. In general it is great to have such a vast…
Teaching about a whole new world: the Internet
by King Peter The Just & Little Miss Sunshine How do you teach 11 year olds about the web? Do they know what cookies are? Are they on Facebook? Is online gaming still the hype? And how do you go about a project with a group of people who cannot be part of the UCR…
Saving Ryan’s Privates
By Zelda Have you ever sent someone a nude picture of yourself? Perhaps to your significant other, a stranger online, or maybe a so-called ‘friend with benefits’? With the arrival of applications like Snapchat, where one can send and receive photos that can only be viewed for some seconds before being deleted, the practice of…
The Media Smokescreen in Baltimore
By Mr. Abuelito The United States has been on fire recently. After several police incidents throughout the country, from Miami to Ferguson, Baltimore is America’s latest inferno. The city is portrayed in the media as a place riddled by riots and excessive police enforcement, as African Americans are protesting against the racial segregation that still…
All must be known
By William Peterson “Okay. Now everything you had on your other phone and on your hard drive is accessible here on the tablet and on your new phone, but it’s also backed up in the cloud and on our servers. Your music, your photos, your messages, your data. It can never be lost. You lose…
You can evict a building, but you cannot evict the movement: A report from the ground
By Anna Ziya Geerling Pictures are by Anna Ziya Geerling © In the weekend of 11 and 12 April, the New University movement (in Dutch ‘De Nieuwe Universiteit’/DNU) of Amsterdam had planned a ‘Festival of Science and Humanities.’ Many lectures by interesting speakers such as Ewald Engelen as well as workshops and discussion sessions made…
Ajax In Iraq: The Brave Choice of THEATRA’s Spring Play
By Eden van der Moere After 12 weeks of rehearsing, practicing, working and studying lines, THEATRA is ready to present its newest masterpiece. In this long-awaited Spring Play, two worlds collide. Based on a piece by Ellen McLaughlin, the play is a mixture of Sophocles classic tragedy Ajax and the modern-day war in Iraq. Set…
Media Literacy Alphabet – Part I
by Salem Saberhagen and Hamster A – Anonymous Can anyone on the Internet be anonymous? We can try, by making our accounts private and shielding our accounts – but how anonymous are you really? And how effective is this shield really? Google your own name, for instance, and find out how anonymous you actually are….
The UCSRN Tournament: A Day of Unity and Rivalry
By Marijn Thijs A regular Saturday morning, 7 AM, in Middelburg. It may have seemed like a regular Saturday morning to the untrained eye, but in reality, it was one of the most exciting Saturday mornings of the year. Around 80 RASA Vikings boarded a bus in the early hours to defend UCR’s honor in…
Tribes, Totems And Bubbles
By Zoë Goldsborough As someone who moved from one middle of nowhere to the next, I am used to hearing the question of what one could possibly do where I live. When I still lived in Friesland, I simply answered with “nothing but cows.” Now, here at UCR, I usually try to justify my answer…
How safe it is to be a hero: Recent attacks on ICRC workers
By Becci Fobbe It all started in 1859 when a Swiss businessman decided to travel to Solferino, Italy to present a concept to Napoleon III who was fighting a battle in Northern Italy at that very moment. What he experienced on his way was more important to him and to the rest of the world:…
The Annual UCR Student Film Festival: A Night to Remember
By Merlijn Veltman The opportunities for film-enthusiasts to explore the film scene in Middelburg are usually limited to the Middelburg Cinema, where one can enjoy art-house and commercial movies for a low price. However, during the last week of April, the Annual Film Festival held by CameRA gently reminds the film-enthusiasts that there are aspiring…
The “Adam Zkt. Eva” Phenomenon
by Hilde van den Berg If you are Dutch, you may have heard of a show on the channel RTL5 called Adam Zkt. Eva [Adam seeks Eve]. It is similar to a show in the US, called Naked and Afraid, where participants (one male, one female) are sent to a rough natural area and have…
The Different Kind of Restaurant
By Laura van der Laan Middelburg’s Grand Café Willem is “the different kind of restaurant.” An initiative by Stichting Philadelphia Zorg Zuidwest, Grand Café Willem helps individuals with mild disabilities and handicaps enjoy working in a restaurant and serving others. For some, working at Grand Café is one step closer to paid work and a…
An Evening with the Roosettes
By Maddy Slot The Roosettes: a group of talented young ladies singing vintage jazz swing-style songs in 50s fashion. Their original look and unique sound are just two reasons why their annual concert is not to be missed out on. On the 24th of April, the Roosettes will be holding their annual concert. For the…
“It’s On Us”: Opening Up the Conversation
By Florentina Mion Is it true men cannot get raped? Does it count as rape when you only use hands? Is there a way to get STD’s from gay sex? Can you really get pregnant from a toilet seat? These might just be some of the questions that float around in the average student’s mind…
Youran Kock for Koestraat Campus Elder
By Hilde van den Berg Can you first introduce yourself? My name is Youran Kock, I am 19 years old. I study science, and I am a 4th semester student right now. What is the position you’re running for? I am running for Koestraat Campus Elder. Why this position? I was talking with my girlfriend…
Ivi Apostolatos for Elliott Facility Manager
By Anton Moggré While walking into the sixth floor long hallway of the Roggeveen building, the first thing that struck me was the delicious smell of cupcakes and other heavenly good-looking pastries originating from Ivi Apostolatos’ room, a second year student with Greek and Dutch roots. Besides being a board member of Fides, Ivi has…
Ishany Balder for Elliott Human Resources Manager
By Becci Fobbe Ishany Balder is an energetic, enthusiastic and experienced third-semester student who is majoring in psychology and economics, with a minor in statistics. This semester, Ishany wants to run for the position of Human Resources Manager in Elliott. But why Elliott? Ishany tells us she has been very involved in working in and…
Andra Dols for Elliott Facility Manager
By Becci Fobbe Andra Dols: she is tall, blond & Dutch. Is she an Artschool-type of student? Definitely! But surely, Andra is more than that – most importantly for now: she is a candidate for the Elliott Facility Manager position. And here she is, sitting on my red chair, ready to tell why our readers…