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.

On June 1st 2023, one of the largest student traditions of the University of Twente has come upon us once more, this time with its largest edition yet: the Elfbierentocht (Eleven Beer Tour). Every year hundreds of students accept the challenge of crawling through the well-known pubs of the campus, working their way through the crowds, acquiring an established number of consumptions, all this to obtain a medal worthy of celebrating their feat. ...

This year, the University Foundation celebrates its 75th anniversary. Older than the University of Twente and with a lot of history! With support from local and national industry the former ‘Stichting Technisch Hoger Onderwijs voor Noord- en Oost-Nederland’ was founded on 17 December 1948. The goal of this foundation was to promote technical higher education in the north and east of the Netherlands and to continue providing support once schools were founded. ...

The Netherlands is full of (steel) structures in wet environments, for which dealing with the negative effects of water, such as corrosion, is a constant struggle. In water with high salinity levels the speed at which corrosion occurs is especially high shortening the lifespan of structures. To increase the lifespan of structures in wet environments the corrosion process should be minimized. This can be done by means of cathodic protection. ...

The culinary world knows no bounds, wherever you go in the world there are local cuisines to be experienced and unique meals to be had. However, if you look too far into the deepest corners of the world you might find more than you have bargained for… And this is what the adventurers of SKItilla might just be responsible for. Whenever they settle down somewhere in the high peaks of Europe they put together a peculiar meal in order to piss off the nearby Italians: risotto with smoked sausage. ...

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! ...