scintilla

About once every two years a group of students from Electrical Engineering at the UT go on a study trip. They travel to different regions in the world and visit companies as well as universities there, getting a better understanding of the culture of the region and the work that is done by the visited organisations. In this article the current SPOCK committee will give an update on the ongoing study trip.

Around the start of every new study year a new group of people take over being the board of E.T.S.V. Scintilla. This year the five of us were officially charged as the 94th board on the 5th of September. In this article we will all tell you about what we do, what we’ve done, and some fun facts and hobbies so you can get to know us a bit better.

During the summer break the Scintilla Operator Team executed one of its biggest operations in years, which involved upgrading Scintilla’s two most important servers. Johan Verzijden, Chairman of the SOT, will tell you all about it and what let up to it.

Despite the rewards that those attending the General Meetings (GM) receive: exclusive insider-information about how the association is being run and how the money is being spent, the chance to decide on important policies through participating in votes - we understand that you might not have the time or enthusiasm to attend these often overextending (and in all honesty mostly boring) meetings. The last GM on the 8th of March presented the proposed changes to the By-laws and the official Articles of the Association; this article will expand on what these are and why they needed changing, so keep reading! ...

If you have been to a cantus of Scintilla somewhere in the past five years, the chances are big that you own a Codex Scintillae. This is a nice bundle with all the rules of the Cantus Scintillae, a bit of history and (most importantly) a selection of songs that can be sung during the cantus. However, if you own one of these codices, you’re probably in dire need of a new one, as the pages are letting go of the booklet. ...

Dear Vonk reader, It’s 2023 already! I would like to wish you the best for the coming year. I hope you enjoyed the holidays and kept all your fingers and brain cells. During last New Year’s Eve, I looked back on 2022 with my fellow board members. A lot has happened in the past year. I know that some memories will stay with me for a lifetime. In January, the social world opened up. ...