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A new year of lectures has started which means busy streets, busy lectures halls. Busy everything. Moreover, the new academic year announces the change of most boards of the study associations. Scintilla is no exception in this. As I’m sure you have all read earlier in this edition of the Vonk, a new board has been constituted. Accompanying this constitution is a drink: the constitution drink. This is not your ordinary drink in the Abscint on the Thursday afternoon. ...

On the 22nd of July 2018, 22 members of Scintilla arrived in Beijing, China. The study tour ‘Kē jì zhī lǚ’ (‘Technology Road’) visited China for three weeks. In those three weeks, Beijing, Xi’an, Wuxi, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong were visited. China was chosen to see the great advancements in innovative technological development in the big growing economy. During the study tour several companies and universities were visited to get an understanding of the newest technology. ...

On the 18th of May, Scintilla went on an excursion to Innovatie Cluster Drachten or ICD for short. ICD is a collaboration project between various technical companies in the north of the Netherlands. On 8:30 we departed from the Spiegel by bus to Drenthe to go to Astron. In the bus it was clearly noticeable that some people had a little too much to drink the last day, so fortunately for them they had some time to sleep in the bus. ...