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Pretty much the only word of Dutch on which everyone agrees on that it cannot be translated into English, is the beautiful ‘borrel’. It is a mysterious term with which almost every (Dutch) student has a positive association. For fresh first-year students or our international students that want to learn the Dutch culture, there is a lot of unclarities and questions: How the %&$! do I pronounce it? ‘Borrel’ can be described as in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bˈɒɹə͡l], although I doubt that will be of much help to you. ...

It was Wednesday the 17th of June 2020 when it all started. We just had a STORES meeting and decided it was time to check in with the staff of EE and CreaTe about the famous “Create kits” we sell at the Store. At the time I was the Administrator of Scintilla so that action point of course came down on me. So, at that Wednesday I thought, let’s get this show on the road, and I sent my first E-mail to the educational directors of both studies. ...

The yearly tour for the real student. Beer everywhere, tropical temperatures, huge amount of fun and ofcourse a medal. Hundreds of students go from pub to pub at the campus in the so called Elfbierentocht. Together with travel companions Sjoerd, Lisanne and Lonneke we go on this adventure, rate all the pubs and give advice to the reader. First of all, I will explain how the Elfbierentocht works. On your personal ticket there are 11 boxes, which will be ripped for beer. ...

The datasheet has had multiple editions already and therefore, we thought it became time to get to know ourselves. Like, what kind of recipe are we actually? Are we more of a muffin, or more like a pasta oven dish. During this quiz you will find out what your true inner spirit is. After you have finished, you can enjoy making your personal food thanks to recipes. Enjoy! Question 1: How do you start your day? ...

Since this year, we have a new caterer on the UT: Appèl! Since we from the Vonk were curious about their food, we tried some for you. We have tried a spring roll, a panini, a bagel salmon and a cup of soup. A review for all of this can be found here, but of course you could also try it out yourselves. First, we would like to start on the appearance of the Waaier (or any other canteen). ...