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Issue 02— May 2017
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May 11th LAS-Cafe
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May 11th MUSt Dancing Clean
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Have you ever packed everything in your luggage, checked it and rechecked it a thousand times before realizing you forgot something? Seems that everyone who joined the Extra Muros study trip left something there: their heart. It might have been left on the artistic streets of Budapest, in Zagreb’s high city, Ljubljana’s castle. As well, our heart might still be with the 15 people group. We write this under the effect of post-study trip depression, a sentimental state of mind in which you miss seeing your trip-companions, waking up and falling asleep with them: for this, sorry if we get too emotional. Hard to summarize our journey black on white, but this is what we experienced between April 7th and April 16th. DAY 1- How to start? We met at the central sta)on of the Tilburg at 6 a.m. (yes, waking up at that )me is possible also for LAS students!) Tired enough from not sleeping or late luggage packing, the 15 of us gathered and took the first train to the Eindhoven airport. Of course, we passed the gate without having any bombs discovered by the security check. Plane takes off and the first sleepyheads get caught on camera. Our plane lands in Budapest and it already feels like late aBernoon: in reality, it was not even lunch )me. Carried by two busses to the hostel, the LAS adventurers start enjoying their first view of the Hungarian capital. Check-in at the hostel to get rid of the luggage and find some lunch in the city, but first: change the money! For the first )me in our life, we were rich: it doesn’t happen every day to have thousands of forints in your wallet. Thousands! Actually, not more than a couple of euros… Our first walk crossed the central streets of the capital, admiring the soviet-influenced buildings, historical monuments and a park. The sightseeing was followed by a relax session in the thermal baths: that’s the LAS life! Our hostel guide Chris was kind enough to show us by-night-Budapest: unfortunately, he didn’t make it un)l the end of the night.
DAY 2- The sleep depriva)on started to kick in the house of terror: this place used to be a five-floor bureau of the Soviet Union with torture rooms inside the basement. Fortunately, aBer a walk to the Parliament, we fixed the missing sleep with a power-nap in a park. Here, L.J. enriched the vocabulary with the word “sploop”. We splooped in the park. Anyway, we closed the day with some drinks and chats in the hostel to know each other be<er and discover some funfacts. DAY 3- “A lot of beau ful ar facts and s ll my eyes are only on you”- this quote was inspired by the handsome guide showed us the Hungarian Na)onal Museum: here we had a very beau)ful overview of how Hungary’s history and art changed within the changes of a geopoli)cal context. Part of the group was brave enough to walk around the city for the rest of the day, despite )redness and hung-overs. The rest took a recharge-nap and had a walk to the Fisherman Bas)on, a fort with a beau)ful panoramic view over the city. ABer dinner, Mr. President proposed to go to the “escape room”: it was great! To close in the nicest way our last night in Budapest, we all went to the center as one group and entered a six-room club. First part of the study trip was over already. ４
DAY 4- Our early morning departure with the bus leB Chris the hostel guide in tears: some hurried to pack the bags they didn’t do the night before, others sipped Chris’ coffee. On our way to Croa)a, the border controls held us one by one. Surprisingly, no one has been hand-chained: this meant we could proceed to Vukovar. This stop was a bit sadder: we visited a hospital that has been bombarded by the Serbian army in the Yugoslavian war. Marko, our gigan)c guide cheered the mood up by showing us tanks and planes: we even entered some tanks and climbed on a boat, although to some people a dead mole in the field seemed to be more interes)ng. Then, gree)ngs to Marko, group photo and on our way to Zagreb. We stopped in a cute restaurant where they served us like royals: the food was infinite and tasty. Our exploding bellies, decided to get an ice cream to digest and others to roll up our trousers and walk in the Donau, admiring the Serbian riverside on the other bank. Back on the bus, in some hours we reached the Chillout hostel in the center of Zagreb, where we chilled out (sorry for this one…).
DAY 5- We took the shortest funicular (cable-railway) of the world to the higher city and visited the Croa)an parliament. An energe)c lunch prepared us to visit the exposi)on on the Yugoslavian )me in Dubrovink, in the Croa)an History Museum. ABer the noon visit to the high-city, in the Museum of Illusions our phones exploded with funny photos: dizzy (M.G. knows it) and funny memories. The evening was coming and the dinner prepared the squad’s stomach for the pub-crawl. A guide divided us in two teams. The purple team beat the yellow one at the last try on a beer pong. This was only the start. Just for the info, you don’t need to be a drinker to be good at that: A.C. is a very dangerous player, you be<er don’t see her on the other side of the beer-pong table. The pub -crawl-guide gave us a list of tasks to complete to gain points and win: human pyramids and hurricaneKatrinas ensured the purple team’s victory. Then, all back home: some people stayed for a tea with newmet people, S.B. splooped and crashed, others slept like a princesses despite the level of alcohol in the body. ５
The Extra DAY 6- While most people tried to reconstruct the evening through videos and pics, we prepared to visit the University of Zagreb. Two teachers welcomed us with lectures about the socio-poli)cal transi)on of the country from Yugoslavia to the EU. Later, we told the interested students what it means to study LAS. Then, we headed back to the hostel. This last night, we enjoyed the night-panorama of this beau)ful city from the 16th floor of the observa)on deck. ABerwards, it was a hard to choose between a li<le detour or some sleep.
“HUMAN PYRAMIDS AND HURRICANE-KATRINAS ENSURED THE PURPLE TEAM’S VICTORY” DAY 7- The hot sun made our mood great: we went to Plitvice, a natural park which we’d all call a delicious slice of heaven. Before our entertaining guide showed us the crystalclearest waters of Europe, he showed us Rastoke, another prove that heaven is a place on earth: it’s a small old village made of wooden houses on the waterfalls where old women threaten to call the police if you take selfies on their never-grown flowers. Our sunburned necks stopped at Nikola Tesla’s house (a guy who jumped from the first floor of his house… oh yeah, he also invented electricity). The bus-trip to Zadar, gave us )me to enjoy the sunset on the Dalma)an coast: of course if you weren’t sleeping or ge ng dizzy for the racing style of the drivers. The dinner filled us enough to roll further to Zadar’s seaside and see all the colorful lights. L.J. threw a crab on a s)ngray before we all fell asleep, but that was just a quick R.E.M. phase.
DAY 8- We goodbye-d Zadar in the morning: a pity we didn’t have )me to take a swim in the Adria)c Sea. M.G. got lucky enough to get a stamp on his passport from the border patroller, and so did the rest of the group. Crossing Slovenia’s border lead us back in the Eurozone: with the change of Forints and Kunas, all the millions we had in our wallets faded into a couple of euros. S)ll, we were very happy to see Ljubljana. We leB our luggage in Villa Veselova, an oldfashioned hostel between the embassies. Our tour led us to the Castle: here, we had an overview on Slovenia’s changes from the prehistorical period to its integra)on in the EU. ABer the exposi)on inside the fort, it was selfie )me on the highest tower. The beau)ful landscape of Ljubljana’s city and mountains leB us all amazed. We spend the evening with vending-machine beer (never judge a book by its cover, it was amazing!), playing poker and with some music. All in good company, we fell asleep.
DAY 9- The Postojna Cave Tour waited for us at lunch)me. This cave hides four and half-million year old minerals: the cave train directed us to a deep 5 km walk tour. Between the stalagmites of Postojna, lay the most beau)ful minerals and the whitest stones. In the cave, our mascot Todd the turtle made a new friend: his friend can live up to 106 years by just ea)ng once every 5/10 years, doesn’t have eyes and is a proteus (look up this animal!) As we arrived home, the half of the squad with balls (we are not talking about men…) went for a small tour through Ljubljana again, while the rest started to feel the effects of missing hours of sleep. We had dinner in a disabledfriendly restaurant: the food was amazing and one drink was on Extra Muros- thank you! All back in the hostel, the funniest games started on the rhythm of Marinus Marini’s DJ-ing. The loudness of the LAS jungle probably kept the other guests awake: reason to leave and go clubbing the center.
DAY 10- For the last morning, we struggled to wake up aBer a sleepless night: it was )me to clean the bed sheets. Some people felt like breathing some fresh air in a flowery park and do some gymnas)cs, the others stomped the luggage to close it and head to the airport. Our Extra Muros president M.W. had the cutest idea: she prepared an envelope for everyone and we all were free to leave a message in them to share thoughts or feelings. At Schiphol, we all wrote the best wishes to each other (or insults, depends…) and prepared ourselves psychologically to realize that the study trip was over. We had one last hour on the plane to shoot the last sleeping photos. The depression started to kick in when H.S. and M.G. got picked up at the Schiphol airport and the group had to break up with the first members. We put a last effort in carrying backpacks and luggage on the train to Tilburg’s central sta)on. S)ll gets a tear in my eyes if you think of hugging everyone and that the trip was over. So far, we are s)ll sharing photos on the Whatsapp group chat and complaining about the post-study-trip depression. It was great having everyone on this trip: mee)ng new people, ge ng closer with others and sharing the new cultures with them.
We thank the study trip commi<ee for organizing this unforge<able trip, especially Mr. President D.I. for the perfect organiza)on. We thank M.W. for prin)ng our memories in the most beau)ful photos. We thank everyone for all the smiles and the 180 kilometers walked and the 40 hours of sleep depriva)on we shared. Love you all, Ana, Hannah, Ekata, Heleen, Mihaela, Alessia, Maaike, Marinus, Melanie, Petya, Stella, Dom, Lucas, Davy, Freek… and Todd the turtle!
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The Extra Sploop: Verb. Typically, when a dog slips on a slippery surface and ends up on its belly with the legs spread out. It can be applied to any form of animal life (yes, included humans). Hurricane Katrina: Noun. When one gets a glass of water thrown at them in the face and subsequently slapped. Happens all the )me. It might include harmful consequences, do not a<empt this stunt without the supervision a hostel-guide. Groff: Verb. Does not mean anything whatsoever. It can be used as a subs)tute for any verb. E.g.: “Groff off”, “Groff you all”. Shoulder kiss: Verb. Act of recognizing someone as a pleasant company. This is a gender-unlimited ac)on, described as an ins)nctual trait of human nature when showing affec)on. Slav squat: Refers to the squa ng posi)on oBen done by Russians and other slavic people while loitering/wai)ng outside. Pivo: beer in every single Slavic language: enough to move around all Eastern Europe. Wafflestomping: Verb. The act of pooping in the shower and proceeding with pushing the final product down the drain by stomping it in with the food. Relatable on a global level.
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Life near Saturn? Every now and then some enthusiasts for extra-terrestrial life go nuts over news of poten al water on a distant world. Last month not only did they find water on a moon, they also found a poten al food source which made scien sts go nuts!
Last month NASA held a live event to inform the public about their new findings regarding Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus. Apparently there are similar chemical reac)ons within the subsurface ocean of Enceladus as we have here on earth that sustain life near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The ocean on Enceladus is covered under a 30 to 40 kilometers thick layer of ice. In comparison, the moon’s ocean itself is only about 10 kilometers deep.
The surface of Enceladus is extremely cold because of the fact that the ice-cover reflects almost 100% of the sunlight. It is es)mated to be about –200 degrees Celsius on the surface. The moon is Saturn’s sixth largest moon with li<le over 500 kilometers width.
Through the gravita)onal pull twists by Saturn the moon generates internal heat. This is what keeps the ocean liquid.
Even though the moon may only be as wide as Arizona and is completely covered in ice, it displays at least 5 different types of terrain. Some area’s have craters up to 35 kilometers in diameter, other areas are loaded with geysers spewing water and other molecules into space. The water vapor is mainly coming from deep crevasses called the “)ger stripes”. The moon was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel, but never could he have known how viable life on that world was. Now, almost 230 years later, we know that this small moon is special and may be the key to finding life sources in space.
Through hydrothermal vents, water vapor, ice par)cles and carbon are spewed to the surface and extent into space. This creates an OH cloud around Saturn. This OH cloud is a dissocia)on of H2O molecules. A total mass loading rate of about 100 kilograms per second (3 x 1027 H2O molecules per second) is inferred from pickup ion observa)ons.
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The Extra Dancing Clean Hi, I am Tamara, and I am doing the las law major since this year. Being a liberalartsie means to me that I am terrible with decision making, interested in basically everything, open-minded and that I care about the world around me. As a result of the last feature, I started to care about climate change and pollu on, since this is the biggest threat to our way of living in my view. Climate change will create floods as well as droughts, and the current stream of refugees might only be a preview (I learned stuff in wicked problems (a). To give a<en)on to these problems I have set up a community project, together with Heleen (neuroscience major). We called ourselves MUSt, 8 others from all different studies joined (interdisciplinary, yeaay) and are working on quite a few projects now. Our 4 pillars are: Raising awareness, we do this by organizing masterclasses with Awake (4 upcoming :D). Coopera)on: together with other student organiza)ons and professors, we are working on establishing a green office at uni, were all ideas can come together. Change lifestyles: it is really good if you know that there is a problem out there, but only knowing is not going to make any differences. Since ea)ng meat is a big contributor to pollu)on, but not ea)ng it a rela)vely easy way to save a bit of earth, we inspire people by pos)ng recipes on every (meatless) Monday. For more info please check our Facebook page! Un)l a student took a dive into the ocean, saw more plas)c than fish, and figured out that he could actually do something about it. It takes quite a bit of courage to start building prototypes financed by crowdfunding. It would be amazing if we could clean up the mess people made in the oceans, and we would gladly support this project.
The 4th pillar brings me to the next subject. It is fundraising. In this case the fundraising is for the Ocean clean up. This project is working on an installa)on to clean the plas)c soup out of the ocean. The amazing thing is that this is a really big problem, that no one had a real answer to.
What ac vity is a lot of fun to do? Dancing. On the 11th of May, we will have 4 workshops with a ‘pay how much you think it is worth’ structure. A2er this, we have an a2er party to prac ce all your new moves. You are welcome to join every me you like, we hope to see you there :D Sincerely, Tamara
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The Extra MY TILBURG EXPERIENCE I am Neža from Slovenia and this is my first year at the University College Tilburg. Coming here, to Tilburg and to the Netherlands, is the best decisions I ever made, despite how cheesy this sounds.
It was very clear to me, I have wanted to study abroad since I was 13 years old. But when the actual decision had to be made, I began to doubt my 13year-old promises. Living alone, in a new country, far away from everything and everyone I know? And, more importantly, what do I want to study? I wanted to become a midwife during high school, but my non-enviable math skills, sensi veness and being too emo onal did not help. What should I study then? Law? Interna onal rela ons? Many programs seemed like pre:y stable op ons, but they didn’t fill me with excitement. And then I came over a program called Liberal Arts and Sciences and I knew nothing about it. It seemed like a broad and very interna)onally-oriented program, something I was looking for. Anyways, what should I expect? Is this really it? It was a mixture of fear and excitement. The 16th of August has come and I had to leave, as my decision was made to study in Tilburg. I was expec)ng the goodbye to be easy, no hard feelings, see you soon...But it was nothing like that. My dad began to cry (I have never seen him cry before) and in no )me I began to cry as well. I hated TalentSquare, my new home. It seemed like everybody knew someone except me. On the top of everything, my four roommates were nowhere to be seen. I was not very excited and I began regre ng my bravery and enthusiasm for studying abroad.
But then the TOPWEEK came. I finally met my roommates and they turned out to be the best version of my second family. And, truth be told, Liberal Arts and Sciences is awesome. Now I know that I will never be studying philosophy and that business and management is much closer to me than I thought. The size of our class is perfect and Tilburg is such a cozy and lovely town.
I learned something very important from my experience. First impressions can trick us very easily. Even though something seems regre<able at first, it might turn out to be very good at last. Secondly, one must try things himself to judge them. So many people told me that LAS is a too broad program, which gives you no real founda)ons...If I listened to those people, who never studied LAS, I wouldn’t had come to Tilly and experience our program, the nicest roommates and Dutch culture, which I fell in love with.
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Did you know…. Octopuses
Did you know…. Rice
Did you know…. Hamsters
Did you know… The octopus can learn by observa)on? If they see another octopus doing a task they can learn how to do by watching it.
Did you know… China and India account for 50% of the rice grown and consumed? This is about 240 metric tons of milled rice.
Did you know… There is a computer game you can play with your pet hamster called Metazoa Ludens?
Did you know… The octopus is arguably the smartest invertebrate?
Did you know… The UN declared 2004 the Interna)onal Year of Rice? The idea was to tackle hunger and poverty.
Did you know… The hamster wasn’t sold in stores in the USA un)l the 1940s? By the early 1960s, about 6 million hamsters were sold as pets each year!
Did you know… Only 4% of the world’s rice produc)on enters the interna)onal market?
Did you know… Hamsters on average will live about 2 tot 2.5 years?
Did you know… The octopus’ nervous system is divided into three parts? The two largest parts are actually outside the central brain capsule! Did you know… The octopus brain superficially resembles the vertebrate more than the invertebrate brain? It does however s)ll have typical invertebrate features.
Did you know… The major factor that affects cooking and ea)ng quali)es of rice is apparent amylose content? This creates the difference between noodles or breakfast cereal.
Did you know… Cannibalism is common in hamsters?
Did you know… Golden hamsters are nocturnal in cap)vity but are diurnal in nature? In the wild, a hamster is most ac)ve during the day between 06:00 AM and 08:00 AM, and between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
Did you know… That there are many more facts that I did not include in this text? If you want to know what octopus strategies actually weirdly resemble human-like strategies, when rice loses most of it’s minerals and many more interes ng facts, feel free to send an email to Magazine@ExtraMuros.nl or approach me, Casper Arends, in person in the common room.
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Joya’s top three novels of the month! 4.1 on goodreads.
Brodeck’s Report Author: Philippe Claudel
4.1 on goodreads.
Demian Author: Herman Hesse
4.7 on goodreads.
Children of Blood and Bone Author: Tomi Adeyemi
Brodeck returns from a concentra)on camp to his village at the end of a war and takes up his old job of wri)ng reports for a governmental bureau. One day a stranger comes to live in the village. His speech is formal, he takes long, solitary walks, and although he is unfailingly friendly and polite, he reveals nothing about himself. This raises suspicion among the villagers and they murder him. ABerwards Brodeck is told to write a false report about it.
This book is about Émil Sinclair; a young boy raised in a middle class home, amidst a Scheinwelt (world of light/ world of illusion). His whole life is a struggle between the world of illusion and the real world. During the novel he detaches from and revolts against the superficial ideals of the world of appearances and eventually awakens into a realiza)on of self, with help of his classmate Max Demian. Ten years aBer the raid that killed her mother and took magic away forever, Zélie Adebola a chance to bring magic back. She must stand against a society built on the dark underbelly of slavery and corrup)on. But danger lurks in the west-African inspired world. The biggest one being the crown prince who wants to erase magic for good. (The book will be released in 2018)
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Those that contributed this )me Casper Arends Second year Liberal Arts student - Social Sciences major
Stella Bezemer Second year Liberal Arts student - Social Sciences major
Joya Drenth First year Liberal Arts student
Tamara Houweling Second year Liberal Arts student - MUSt
Neža Kustec First year Liberal Arts student
Frederik Zwaan Second year Liberal Arts student - Social Sciences major
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