By Becci Fobbe Welcome to Freedom Week! An entire week dedicated to projects evolving around the Four Freedom Award ceremony and its side events. Honestly, in the beginning I thought this article might be superfluous due to the overwhelming amount of UCR projects relating to the notion of freedom. The Arts & Design course is…
Deadpool: Violent, Slightly Offensive and a Must-See
By Zoë Goldsborough It was a dark, gloomy and depressing night when 25 UCR students braved the cold to cycle all the way to Vlissingen. Their incentive? To go to the premiere of the newest Marvel film: Deadpool. The trip was organized by Film Society, and yours truly was there as their representative. I personally…
The Campus Life Fee
The Story Behind a Structural Reorganization By Marijn Thijs In the evening of the 9th of March, a General Assembly was held to discuss a major organizational breakthrough that would change UCR on many levels. After earlier developments with regards to the opening and maintaining of our Common House Elliott, and the purchase of a…
Don’t Use This Fight For Your Agenda!
More reasons for why the aftermath of Cologne matters to German women By Becci Fobbe While the majority of people all over the world celebrated the beginning of the New Year, Cologne experienced an unsettling turn of the year on the 1st of January. Hundreds of women were sexually harassed, a few raped – most…
Catwalk exposition at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
By Eden van der Moere It is a strange thought: dresses, coats and skirts from different centuries stored neatly in archives. No one has seen these items for decades and no one has worn them for perhaps even centuries. For the exposition “Catwalk”, the Rijksmuseum brushed off an impressive collection of fashion items, which can now…
Surfing the Gravitational Waves
By Steven van de Graaf On February 11 2016, after weeks of rumors and speculation, physicists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the discovery of gravitational waves. This announcement prompted a lot of excitement from the scientific community, as the discovery was the result of a century of speculation, and also 50 years…
The Sexiest Survey of the Year
By Hilde van den Berg & Marijn Thijs Foreplay Sex is and remains a hot topic. This year too, students were eager to fill in the Sex Survey. With a response rate of 356 out of 581 (the number of students according to the UCR Educational Report in 2014), a whopping 61% of students filled…
Panama Papers for Dummies
And why you should care By Renske Wienen “The biggest whistleblower leak in history”, the Panama Papers scandal was called, and not just in the figurative sense. Instead of Cablegate, a 1.73 GB collection published by WikiLeaks that blew up every timeline and newsfeed six years ago, this leak’s size was never seen before: 2.6…
Hans Zimmer on Tour
A Night of Epic Proportions By Steven van de Graaf Last Thursday, after a lengthy journey to Brussels and a Belgian waffle for dinner, the moment I had been waiting for had come; Hans Zimmer on Tour. The critically acclaimed composer behind the scores of The Lion King, Gladiator, Inception, and Interstellar, just to name…
Bram Medelli for HAC Treasurer
By Heleen Heijungs Bram Medelli is a 2nd semester student running for HAC treasurer. When he moved to UCR, Bram got assigned a room in Hof van Sint Pieter. Halfway through the semester he was told that we would have to move out, which left him confused and unsure what to do. He contacted HAC,…
Fan v Critic: Tease of Justice
A review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) By Bram Medelli At long last, DC’s epic Trinity has shared the big screen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman stand together to face a threat big enough to unite them as director Zack Snyder lays the groundwork…
Ima Sammani for Elliott Downstairs Bar Chair
By Hilde van den Berg Ima Sammani is a 2nd semester Dutch student with Persian roots, majoring in Psychology and Economics. After being head-bartender in Elliott and spending a lot of her free time there already, she is now running for Downstairs Bar Chair to become even more involved in Elliott. She stands for realistic…
Tariq Lalmahomed for RASA Secretary
By Remo Kortbeek Tariq Lalmahomed is a 19-year-old second semester pre-med student from The Hague. He is running for the position of RASA secretary. Why are you running? Before I came to UCR I wanted to know everything about it. There was one thing I could not understand. How can a community of only 600…
Călin Marginean for RASA Chair
By Anne van Tatenhove Could you briefly introduce yourself? I am Călin George Marginean, a 21-year-old from Bucharest, Romania. I study political science and sociology, with a minor in history. Why are you running for the position of RASA Chair? As mentioned in my manifesto, I was initially really enthusiastic about RASA and its community….
Calvin Curry for Elliott Bar Chair
By Maryna Parfenchuk Calvin Curry is a 4th semester student from India majoring in History and Literature. He is currently running for Elliott Bar Chair position and is very ambitious about it. Practicality, adaptability and approachability of our beloved and dear Common House are the features of main focus for Calvin. He strongly believes that…
Amée Zoutberg for AAC Chair
By Bram Medelli Amée (Amy) Zoutberg is a 19-year old second semester from Amsterdam. She is running for the position Chair in the AAC board. Why are you running? I have informed myself about different positions in one of the daily boards. I believe being part of a big board will add to my UCR…
Esmee Camille Attema for HAC Koestraat Campus Elder
By Heleen Heijungs Esmee Camille Attema is a 4th semester student from Brabant, majoring in literature, history, and art history. She is currently the chair of LitCo and is running for the position of Campus Elder of Koestraat. Esmee was Floor Elder of the 1st floor in Koestraat last year and enjoyed that a lot….
Steven van de Graaf for Nothing
By Eden van der Moere “My name is Steven and I am not running for anything.” That’s how Steven van de Graaf, 19 years old, started his campaign to run for nothing. Originally from Barendrecht, Steven shocked the community with his bold post in the midst of election season. The reactions to Steven’s statement were…
Tessa Elfrink for RASA CAO
By Gerjanne Hoek Tessa Elfrink is a 20-year old second semester student from Brugge, and she is running for a position as one of RASA’s Committee Affairs Officers. Why are you running, Tessa? I am very passionate about the RASA community, and I want to be more than just an active member, I want to organize…
Aimah Moiz for RASA Chair
By Anne van Tatenhove Could you briefly introduce yourself? I am Aimah Moiz, a 21-year-old from Karachi, Pakistan. I am a hardcore science major (physics, mathematics, and computer science), but also a journalist and interested in the humanities. Why are you running for the position of RASA Chair? At UCR, I really have been forced…