Edition 4 - Saturday 22 August
BREAK-IN
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CORRECT VOCABULARY
KITCHEN GARDEN
BUCKETLIST
Read about Station Drienerlo, Checkpoint Charlie and more typical words that are used here instead of the real names!
Becoming more and more trendy: having your own kitchen garden! Read some tips on how to start one in this article.
There is so much to do during your student life in Enschede! See how much of this bucketlist you can check off.
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Editorial With still very hot weather it must have been nice to get out of your room and meet with the other kiddo’s of your do-group on campus! The heat didn’t stop you to go to different associations and try out different sports or do a workshop of a culture association. We hope you got a slight insight of all the different things you can enjoy on campus and of course also saw the buildings where you will have classes in about only a week!
And it is also time for the last party, the Kick-Out Festival with different stages with all kind of different music styles. Tomorrow is already the last day of the regular program
Participants Jeroen Louisa Julian Bo Iris Tobias Babet Justus Crew Carlijn Daan
In the evening there is an awesome music bingo with input from lots of associations, don’t forget to tune in!
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The editors of the Break-In
Birthdays!
When you didn’t have physical activities yesterday, there is still a chance to enjoy them today or tomorrow. You can also get to know the city via the City Tour so make sure you don’t miss it!
The Break-In is also accessible through social media! Do you want to let your fellow students know something amazing? Did you experience something funny, do you want to publish a ‘brasbrief’, complain about the weather or honor your do-group? You can find us via facebook.nl/kickin.UT, via the hashtags #Timetodiscover or #KickIn or @kick_in.ut on Instragram. You can also mail us at break-in@kick-in.nl! See you at the next Break-In!
so make the best out of it and stay safe!
Don’t forget that you can still donate for this years’ charity Skik in Twente! They provide holidays for families with growing children who cannot go on holiday, because at least one family member is in permanent need of care. Also, if you donate money to the gofundme page of the kick-in, there’s also the possibility to nominate someone to be slimed! For more information, go to https://www.gofundme. com/f/kickin-2020.
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Break-In is a daily magazine from the Kick-In introduction for prospective students at the University of Twente
EDITORIAL BOARD
Milou Gankema Esmarié Jonkergouw Michelle Meijer
PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO
Benedetta Cervone, Emiel Steegh, Esmarie Jonkergouw, Harald Eversmann, Jaap Eijsker, Jasper Ringoot, Jonathan Juursema, Jonne Schoneveld, Konrad Rempe, Laurens Westenberg, Maarten Assendorp, Marloes ten Hage, Michelle Meijer, Milou Gankema, Pascalle ten Bloemendal, Reinout Nonhebel, Thijs Berends, Xadya van Bruxvoort, Zahra van Egdom
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Redactie: Bastille,Room 207 E-mail: redactie2020@kick-in.nl Facebook: KickIn.UT Instagram: kick_in.ut Snapchat: kickin.ut Hashtag: #Timetodiscover #KickIn Website: kick-in.nl/media Mobiel: m.kick-in.nl
Sights of the Campus: ‘Het Sardineblikje” The University of Twente campus is filled with interesting sights. Next to the interesting architecture, the explorer will find people snorkeling in the waters of the Vrijhof, a gigantic can of sardines and even a flooded church. Each structure has its own story for which some of them will be looked upon during the Kick-In. During the openingsmarket you probably noticed a big can of fish laying on the ground. Sardineblik, as the ‘anti-art’ piece is named, came from the mind of artist Ger van Elk and was build in 1975. It is a stark contrast to the serious business of science which is commonplace on the University of Twente. The idea to build the can filled with sardines came several years earlier. In 1971 van Elk was close to the epicentre of an earthquake in San Francisco. It was here that a very old and clean package of Marlborough cigarettes unearthed out of a crack in the middle the road. He
compared the box of cigarettes with a can of sardine, because you don’t know how long the contents were being preserved in their respective container.
Four-Course Dinner: Main Course 2 You just started to live on your own, hopefully in a nice student house. Probably one of the first questions you got is ‘can you cook?’ and whether you can or still need to learn it, we will help you! Five editions of the Break-In means that you will get five recipes to create your multiple-course dinner! Of course we searched for recipes as easy and cheap as possible, with only five (main) ingredients.
is a variation on the traditional stamppot! Tastes best when the weather is cold, but will still taste delicious when it is hot outside!
All recipes are from www.chickslovefood.nl
Method: Peel and wash the potatoes and cut them into large pieces. Boil them in about 20 minutes. Cut the broccoli into florets and boil with the potatoes for the last 5 minutes.
Broccoli hotchpot (2 pers.) One of the most traditional dishes in the Netherlands is hotchpot (or ‘stamppot’ in Dutch). This recipe
Ingredients: -400 g crumbly potatoes -400 g broccoli -2 tbsp green pesto -100 g sun-dried tomatoes -30 g pine nuts -salt and pepper
Meanwhile, cut the sun-dried tomatoes into strips. Drain the potatoes and the broccoli, leave a little cooking liquid in the pan. Mash the potatoes and broccoli into a puree with a pestle. Mix the pesto and the sun-dried tomatoes through the stew and season to taste with salt and pepper. Fry the pine nuts in a dry frying pan until nicely browned. Divide the stew over two plates and serve with the pine nuts on top (optional)!
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Student Teams: Electric Superbike
At the University of Twente there are many different student teams. Each edition we will discuss another team. In this edition Anne of Electric Superbike Twente will give you a brief explanation of the team! “As Electric Superbike Twente, we show the world that electric mobility is not only sustainable, but also extremely fast and spectacular! By using the latest advances in technology and materials, we want to showcase the potential of electric superbikes and, of course, attempt to win prizes. The ultimate goal is to approach the MotoGP lap times! Electric Superbike Twente has been building an electric race motorcycle since 2017 with a multidisciplinary team of students. Every year, a new multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Twente and Saxion University of Applied Sciences builds an electric racing motorcycle to compete in multiple races. We race at Assen, in Finland and Bermuda!
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“We show the world that electric mobility is not only sustainable, but also extremely fast and spectacular!” The team consists of four subteams; Management, Marketing & Events, Chassis and Powertrain. The Management subteam takes care of the planning, finances, acquisition, races and more. The Marketing & Events subteam is responsible for organizing all the events and promotional activities. The Chassis engineers work on the structural parts of the superbike and the Powertrain engineers develop all the electrical components and software. This September we are moving from our current office to a new and very promising building at Kennispark, together with four other Twente Student Teams. With this new shared housing we hope to create even more collaboration, shared
resources and knowledge exchange between the teams, professors and companies. Do you want to contribute to the mobility of the future or broaden your skills? Every year a new group of students will start the adventure. Check out our website or social media to keep up to date about Electric Superbike Twente (www. electricsuperbiketwente.nl). Or come by and visit us in our new building at Capitool 25, Enschede. Hope to see you soon!”
Electricsuperbiketwente.nl Electric Superbike Twente @electricsuperbiketwente info@electricsuperbiketwente.nl
Where to work - SI Of course you can keep your job at your parents, doing dishes at a restaurant or delivering pizzas. But you will get soon get tired of needing to go home every weekend obligatory, and also the salary is probably not that high is it? We all know studying is expensive and a student job is much needed, therefore we will introduce you to some student employers at the University of Twente. Pays better, much more fun, you can learn a lot and it looks much better on your cv! In this interview we have spoken to three employers, namely the Study Information Centre, the Student Union and Pre-U. Read on to discover more about these organizations!
Do you have to be following a specific study? We want the SI to be represented by all 20 studies, therefore we are often looking for students from a specific study.
Tell us a little about the Study Information Centre: What is it and what is its goal? We are the Study Information Centre of the University of Twente. We are the first contact with potential students, both bachelor and master students. For all questions about their study, or what they want to study, they can contact us. We also represent University of Twente at high schools in the Netherlands and Germany.
Are there growth opportunities? Usually, students work for the SI for two to three years. Sometimes there are projects which have priority for the department, because of this they might get some extra responsibilities. After finishing their studies sometimes the department Marketing and Communication has interesting vacancies.
What types of jobs do you have? Working at the office: answering questions via mail, telephone or they can come by the desk. We even have WhatsApp and chat possibilities. Furthermore, we have student employees that give information session and presentations about studies and the University at schools in the Netherlands and Germany. Before you start your work at the SI, you will be trained by professional trainers of the SI. So, you start your work well prepared. Is it suitable for first year students? After half a year you have enough experience to start working at the Student Information Centre. First take half a year to find your place within the UT and your study, after that you are free to apply!
Are you open to internationals? What language do you speak? We want to make the SI more international, but because the employees must be able to give information about the Dutch studies as well, this is sometimes difficult. We try to implement it where possible, international students can, for example, be representatives at international schools. Other than that, we have German students, who represent the German market.
How flexible is working at the Study Information Centre? Working at the SI is very flexible. Generally, you will work 4 hours www.utwente.nl/en/lisa/library in the week at the office. At the beginning of the module you give an indication of when you will be able to work, but if there is a sudden change in your schedule it is very easy to swap shifts with your colleagues. What do you get in return? Throughout the year we organize several team building activities and we always conclude the year with the end of the year barbecue. There are definitely fun and diverse activities planned outside the serious work. We work with the UT Flex system, which means you will earn around 10 euros an hour. Sometimes, if you have more responsibilities for example, this amount is a little higher.
Why would a student want to work at your organization? Because it’s important to share your experience! And of course; we are a fun organization! We work with 24 incredibly enthusiastic students who enjoy studying at the University of Twente and telling new potential students about their experiences here!
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Student Clothing Etiquette One thing you will see during your student life, is the extensive range of outfits students wear at campus or at parties. From day to day it ranges from casual to business attire, while at parties there are endless dress codes to choose from. To help you stand out while fitting in, we explain the most common dress codes in Enschede student life. Casual The first, and most worn dress code on the campus is Casual. This one can hardly be seen as a dress code, as almost anything goes, as long as it is comfortable. Casual includes your everyday clothing you wear at home, or on campus. This dress code allows you to show your own style depending on the location or occasion. On campus, this dresscode is usually worn by bachelor students without any important meetings or presentations. With the casual look, you are guaranteed a comfortable day sitting in your lecture halls.
Business Once things get more serious, in a master for example, students start dressing more serious as well. Here you will start seeing more and more business attire. This dresscode is a lot more formal, compared to casual and sadly comfort isn’t the top priority. It is important to look more professional and representative. The amount of formality depends on the occasion, so make sure to check how formal the event is in advance. When choosing your business attire, make sure the colours match and try to avoid busy prints and too many bright colours. Not sure how to tie a tie, we’ve got a tutorial for you in the next Break-In edition! Ladies • Clothing items: skirt, decent dress, pantsuit or trousers. • Colours: blue, white, gray, black, salmon, beige or pastels. • Shoes: pumps, flats or other formal loafers. • Accessories: subtle accessories Gentleman • Clothing items: a suit or proper trousers with a dress shirt • Colours: blue, white, gray, black, taupe beige or brown • Shoes: dress shoes • Accessories: subtle accessories
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Tenue de Ville The first party attire is Tenue de Ville, which literally means: clothing you wear to the city. It stems from the times when people used to dress formally when leaving the house. It is a formal dress code, but definitely not too fancy. It is often worn at daytime parties and during some summer nights. It is mostly associated with lighter colours, which definitely gives it a more subtle look. Ladies • Clothing items: cocktail dresses or knee length skirts • Colours: summer pastels • Shoes: pumps or flats • Accessories: subtle accessories that match with the outfit Gentleman • Clothing items: a (tailored) suit with light shirt • A tie during formal occasions • Colours: summer pastels • Shoes: dress shoes • Accessories: subtle accessories • Details: manchet, pocket, broche
White tie Some of the most extravagant parties in your student years are proms. No wonder such an extravagant occasion calls for the most formal dress code. White Tie or ‘crevate blanche’ is all about elegance. This dress code is often associated with wealth, but for students it is associated with epic parties. Everyone takes their time to get ready, but mostly the ladies are allowed to stand out. White tie does not allow for a watch, as you should not be concerned with the time at a party. Ladies • Long classic dress • Notable and flashy accessories are common • No watch • Classic, notable make-up is allowed Gentleman • A tailored dress suit, known to some as a penguinsuit • A white bow tie • Patent shoes • No watch • Hair done properly and beard trimmed
Gadgets You might go to a formal prom with a date, fellow students or some friends. It is customary to show your relationship with a gadget. A gadget is a small item you can hang on your dress or suit jacket. Usually the gadget represents a part of your friend group, or might just be something funny that unites you. So before you head out to your first prom, get together your arts and crafts supply and make yourself and your friends an awesome gadget!
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Correct Vocabulary Year after year new students join the University of Twente. All new personalities with their own experiences, secrets and ways of living. And though we applaud the enrichment of our dear University, there will always be some things we would rather leave untouched and uninfluenced by the cruel hands of time. There will always be some people who try to hold on to traditions. Usually, these are the so-called Campus Fossils. Some of the traditions include: Charlie Some might refer to the entrance of the university as “over there by the letters”. Though recognizable, this reference is 100% wrong. The entrance of the campus must always be addressed to as ‘Charlie’. Between the two lanes was once the home of the campus security, nicknamed ‘Checkpoint Charlie’, because of the similarity between this checkpoint and the original one in Berlin. So next time someone proposes the entrance of the university, shout CHARLIE really loud. A lot of older students will praise you for this.
“The entrance of the campus must always be addressed to as ‘Charlie’ Snekkies Some will invite you to a cafeteria called ‘Ji-nos’, which you can find directly next to the Pakkerij. Although the name Ji-Nos is also finding its place in the student vocabulary, older students will still refer to this place as ‘Snekkies’. Open Air Theatre Also called the Amphitheatre, but because there’s a theatre room called the Amphitheater IN the Vrijhof the name OUT (Open air University Twente) is more appreciated, especially by theatre associations (you’re welcome NEST).
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“Carillon, some might call it a bell tower, but it is actually an instrument situated in the Bastille.” Carillon Some might call it a bell tower, but it is actually an instrument situated in the park between the Spiegel and the Bastille. The field around it is called the Carillonfield for that reason. Station Drienerlo Now called Station Enschede Kennispark, this used to be called Enschede Drienerlo, named after the region in Enschede. The University lays on the estate called Drienerlo and you will find multiple (sports) associations with ‘Drienerlo’ in their name. The hockeyclub even uses it double, it is called ‘Drienerlose Hockey Club Drienerlo’ officially! So let’s keep the name of Drienerlo alive and use Station Drienerlo instead of Kennispark. Nederlands This language was used at the University. It sounds a little like German. Not to be confused with Twents, which sounds even more like German. Some students still speak it, but if you make clear that you don’t understand it they will of course switch to English! Teletubbieland Teletubbieland is the field next to the horst which is really called ‘Pinetum de Horstlanden’. This field gets its name due to the fact that it looks like the landscape where the Teletubbies earth house, called ‘Tubbytronic Superdome’, is located. Please do not call this location by its real name, nobody will know what you mean.
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Kitchen Garden You just started a new life in Enschede in your new student room. With this new life comes new hobbies. Why not create your own kitchen garden outside? Let us help you get started with 8 tips! •
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Be selective in what you want in your garden. Gardening takes up quite some time, so better start small and expand later on. We recommend focusing on five to ten types of plants as a starting point. Choose plants that suit your garden. Do you have a very sunny garden? Lucky you! Most fruits and vegetables love the sun. Choose beans, cherry tomatoes or raspberries. Have a less sunny garden? There are still vegetables you can grow. Choose for example spinach, rucola, beet or carrots. Do you already want to prepare for an extra fancy Christmas dinner, plant your own herbs like rosemary, thyme or mint or even
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edible flowers like Nasturtiums. In general, herbs are rather easy to take care of. Check when your plants need to be planted. Strawberries, for example, must be planted around February. Whereas beans must be planted around April/May. There are kitchen gardening calendars available for this online. Make sure your plants receive enough sunlight. Especially when you are nursing plants, they will often have to be indoors for a while. Make sure you open the curtains somewhere during your day or place them in one of the shared rooms if your roommates do not mind. Do not overwater your plants. A common mistake is to give plants too much water. If you are inexperienced, start with giving them tiny amounts of water and feeling whether the soil is still wet once a day. If your plants are outside, do not water
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them on the hottest moment of the sunny days, but rather in the evening. Do not let your plants freeze to death. Not all plants can handle night frost as well. Make sure to check whether your plants can. Usually, the latest night frost is around mid April in the Netherlands, but sometimes it can be as late as mid May. Check which neighbouring plants are beneficial for your plants if you really want to level up your garden! For example, marigolds are excellent to plant next to strawberries, because they deter ants and other plagues. If you have become really enthusiastic about (kitchen) gardening, note there is the opportunity to have your own small garden at Organic Gardening Drienerlo (BTD), the garden association!
Answers Quiz Question 1 Answer C: The UT was founded in 1961 but officially opened in 1964. Only 3 female students started studying at the UT that year! Questoin 2 Answer C: The name changed in 1986 to ‘Universiteit Twente’. Of course nowadays we use the English version, University of Twente. Question 3: Answer B: only 1 guilder Question 4 Answer B: the Bastille was built only a few years after the opening of the University Question 5 Answer D: In the original design of
the Bastille there were 13 different levels. If you look around closely you can still see some of the old design, for example in The Stek you can see stairs on different places (also leading to nowhere). Question 6 Answer A: An assistant system administrator set fire to a trash can, causing half the building to burn down. You can find a reminder of this in de names of the wings in the current Cubicus, only wings B and C are there. The wings A and D are lost in the fire and in that place you can now find the parking places. Question 7 Only answer B is not a name of an official association at the UT.
Question 8 Answer C: It was officially registered as a water reserve for the fire department. Question 9 Answer B: As can be seen by the Grolsch logo on every can/bottle, the year they started brewing is 1615 Question 10 Answer A: Rutbeek, the perfect place to be during hot summers! Roombeek is a neighbourhood in Enschede, Hulsbeek is a recreational lake in Oldenzaal and the Stadsbeek is a small stream in the city to reduce nuisance from high water.
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Enschede Bucketlist
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Participate in the Kick-In
Join a pubquiz with your roommates
Join an association
See a movie at Concordia Filmhuis
Hang out at ‘Het Rutbeek’
Go to a gala
Attend a Constitution drink (CoBo)
Go to Freshtival
Go iceskating at IJsbaan Twente
Have an icecream at ‘Van der Poel’
Eat (cheap) breakfast at HEMA
Run the Enschede marathon
Get your propedeuse
Go to a cabaret show in ‘het Wilminktheater’
Join a Grosch Brewery Tour
Do a committee/board
Get some snacks at ‘De Muur’
Eat a ‘Friettafel’
Attend a Cantus
Join a karaoke night at ‘de Wigwam’
Go ‘Daghappen’ at de Oude Markt
Get a coffee at your study association
Go to a ‘Na-tentamen’ party
Go for ‘all you can eat Sushi’ as your dinner
Hear the ‘Piano Man’ in ’t Gat in de markt 10 times
Go to a FC Twente soccer game
Programme 10:00-14:00
Campus Tours
Campus
10:00-14:00
City Tours
Stationsplein
12:00-16:00
Workshops
Campus
14:00-16:00
World Workshops
Online
14:00-16:00
Performing Arts Workshops
Online
16:00-17:00
World Infomarket
Online
16:00-17:00
Performing Arts Informarket
Online
17:00-17:30
Kick-In TV: Episode 5
Online
18:00-20:00
Domino’s Pizza Dinner
Campus
18:00-20:00
Foodtruck Drive Through Diner
Twentsche Foodhal
20:00-22:00
Music Bingo Quiz
Online
22:00-01:00
Kick-Out Festival
Online
Jokes & Riddles If a child refuses to sleep during nap time, are they guilty of resisting a rest? Why don’t calculus majors throw house parties? Because you should never drink and derive Why do we tell actors to ‘break a leg?’ Because every play has a cast. Why did the yogurt go the art exhibition? Because it was cultured.
What time did the man go to the dentist? Tooth hurt-y!
What’s the best thing about Switzerland? I don’t know but the flag is a big plus
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