IT’S BEEN A GOOD OR BAD MONTH FOR:
Olivier Minaire
DAVIS CUP TEAM
The Kurt Salmon Luxembourg Davis Cup Team with Gilles Muller (photo) beat Ireland 3-2 in Dublin to retain its Europe/Africa Group II status. The next round is against Great Britain in Glasgow over the weekend of July 8. Full preview and interviews in the June edition of Delano. THE COALITION Both the CSV and the LSAP spent much of their national congress meetings this month criticising the other. The discontent seems to be more than political grandstanding ahead of this October’s local elections, there is a genuine divergence of opinion in several crucial policy areas. CINÉPHILES Having completed their course in the History of Cinema in ten lessons, students and film buffs learned from Cinémathèque director Claude Bertemes that another course, this time focusing on different themes rather than decades, will be launched in October. www.cinematheque.lu
CAR-E APPLICANTS Some 9,000 car owners who have applied for the government’s generous CAR-e subsidy after buying a vehicle that conforms with low emission criteria have been waiting almost a year for their money. The service handling the applications is understaffed, though new recruits are imminent.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
YVES WEBER (left) AND MAURICE HERKRATH: looking forward to their American experience
Education
AMERICA BOUND A pair of University of Luxembourg students won full scholarships to study in the US.
Two second year University of Luxembourg students recently received scholarships to study in the US this coming fall. Economics student Maurice Herkrath will attend the State University of New York at Buffalo, and law student Yves Weber will attend Miami University in Ohio. Since 2008 the US embassy in Luxembourg, the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg branches of 13 American firms have granted scholarships to “exceptional bachelor students,” according to a university spokeswoman. She explains the two scholars were selected by the university’s faculty: “Only the best students can get this.” The bursary covers travel, living expenses and tuition fees--which at US universities are not subsidized for foreign students. Weber plans to take US business and constitutional courses, as he says “American law is very, very different than European law.” Herkrath will study environmental, international and labour economics. While all University of Luxembourg students are required to do at least one
semester abroad, both Herkrath and Weber were particularly keen to study in the US. “It’s very different from the European system, much more intensive,” says Weber. He is looking forward to the more intimate academic climate, in contrast to the mass lectures he experienced during a previous semester abroad in Paris. Herkreth agrees: “It’s more personal. You speak with your teacher. You debate things with your classmates.” He also reckons the experience will help him develop skills that will be attractive to future employers. “In the US there is quite a lot of group work. Later on, when you have a job, it’s important to [know how to] work together with other people.” Weber praises the University of Luxembourg’s supportive approach to international studies. “In Paris, to do one single semester abroad, it was a catastrophe for the students,” to organise the exchange with their professors. For his part, Herkreth is eager to discover America first hand. “You see things on TV, but it’s different to experience it yourAG self.”
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