It has been a while since my last presidential note. In the meantime winter has turned to spring, and I am already nearing the end of my board year. I was told before starting my board year that time will fly and that when I blink twice I will already be looking for the next board. I thought they were exaggerating just a little. But then I blinked twice and now here we are, at the end of April, and I am indeed looking for a candidate board. Time flies when you are having fun I guess.

Another few modules are behind us, and in that time I should have done enough studying to review a few new studying locations. And I actually have, scouring around campus to find attempt to find the best spots around, so you know where to go.

Stichting Borrelbeheer Zilverling has just announced their new indicative price list for 2026. While most prices are staying relatively the same, some best sellers are seeing a big change in their prices.

As most of you might know, the winter Olympics happened last February. There are a lot of sports there, but as a fan of ice skating I obviously had to watch all the short track and speedskating matches. About the latter I will write a bit more, since I was able to visit Thialf Heerenveen for 2-4 days during the final international tournament of this season: the world championship sprint and all-round. ...

Spooky scary women and shivers down your spine! The annual Halloween drink organised by Stellae Scintillae was yet again a success. Did you get scared off early or miss out entirely? Don’t worry, here is a full report on the evening.

Since its founding in 1854, ETH Zurich has had an excellent reputation. For more than a century and a half countless world-famous scientists, who have made major contributions to science, studied here. Think of Wilhelm Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays; Fritz Haber, known for the Haber–Bosch process that enabled a massive increase in global food production; John von Neumann, the founder of the von Neumann computer architecture; and of course, Albert Einstein. Although the history of this Swiss top institution is fascinating and worthy of a book in and off itself, this article focuses on the experiences of the average Dutch Electrical Engineering student during their studies and stay in Zurich.