Let me start out this article by stating that I am not the first and (hopefully) not the last person that writes an article about joining a student team. In my opinion student teams are a way for students to improve their knowledge and skills far more than their study can ever give. For the ones that don’t know me, I’d like to mention that I joined the Green Team Twente as a part-time Electrical Engineer. ...

9 minutes left. The deadline came closer and closer. Even though I already finished my motivation letter, a little part of me was still doubting. Am I making the right choice? Will the coming year really add to my development and above all: will it be fun? My parents were a bit hesitant too. I mean the word “delay” commonly isn’t inherently positive. Frankly, they changed their minds very quickly once they saw the first solar boat build by Solar Boat Twente. ...

Dear Scintilla Member, What goes the time fast, the first half year of this study year has already past. You might wonder where the time went and what you have achieved in the first half or regret all the decisions you made this far. At this point the board takes a step back to look at the things they tried to do and the things they actually did. As you might know, we are quite fond of the bananas on the swiped list of Scintilla as well as of our new fridge. ...

Scintilla went on a trip to the constitution drink of e.t.s.v. Thor. This year, not only Scintilla’s board went, but they took along everyone brave enough to wager the two-and-a-half-hour trip to Eindhoven. This came down to 40 Scintillianen in a touring car on their way to Eindhoven; the Thoringcar trip. It is common for the board of Scintilla to attend the constitution drinks of both brother and sister associations. Which is the same for the boards of all the other association. ...

“In the third year of every UT bachelor student’s program it is time for the minor. This is a period of half a year where you can basically choose what you want to do. Staying at the UT and studying some High Tech Human Touch courses is an option, or going abroad and basically have holiday for half a year.” Well, obviously I chose to go for that last option. I chose to go abroad to Scandinavia, namely Sweden. ...

Since this year, we have a new caterer on the UT: Appèl! Since we from the Vonk were curious about their food, we tried some for you. We have tried a spring roll, a panini, a bagel salmon and a cup of soup. A review for all of this can be found here, but of course you could also try it out yourselves. First, we would like to start on the appearance of the Waaier (or any other canteen). ...