It may still be far away for most of you, but last November, something happened to me. After years of studying, I had earned my diploma and was ready to become a “burger” (working person). I had already been looking for jobs when my thesis was nearing its end, but I couldn’t quite figure out what I wanted to do, which meant I had a gap between graduating and starting my first job. During this time of unemployment, I had lots of time to pick up old and new hobbies, which I put in a tier list for you guys. I’ve ranked these hobbies on several categories: level of enjoyment, usefulness, repeatability and cost (lower the better, obviously). Each hobby will get a small description of my experience with it, but for the lazy reader, I’ve also made an actual tier list.

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.