Some Life Advice!
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Issue 03— Summer 2017
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Summer Break! Enjoy your summer. Go bake in the hot sun or prepare for your minor abroad. Do some work or just relax. Whatever you do, wherever you go, have fun!
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Some Life Advice P. 4 LAS-Cafe
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Things to do this summer P. 14 Drawings by Casper
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Let’s be honest: I was kind of scared to start at university. I was going to spend my days with entirely new people, studying entirely new subjects, instead of listing to my history teacher about the Second World War for the hundred time. I was going to live by myself, without my mom cooking dinner for me or my dad fixing a broken lightbulb, although they were only one Whatsapp message away to tell me if I could eat potatoes with weird, green stems sticking out. I was going to spend my going out evenings in an entirely new city, where I would probably would get lost a thousand times, considering that I sometimes do not even know the way in the city where I live for almost my whole life. And I was going to have to make new friends, and see my other friends at home a lot less. However, I was also excited to start university for, weirdly enough, the exact same reasons. Although my first year at Liberal Arts and Sciences was probably not that different from the year my fellow students experienced, I am going to tell you something about some of my experiences. Let’s start at the beginning: TOP Week. There was no doubt for me that I was going to join TOP Week. I was scared that everybody would have made friends during this week and that if I did not join, I would never be able to make any friends after that and that I had to spend the rest of my university life as a loner (I know I sound like a drama queen here but this scenario was haunting me in my worst nightmares). To summarize my TOP Week (I am not going to write down everything, that would bore the crap out of you): it was a great experience. I have some amazing memories of those five days and although I now also hang out with some people who were not in my TOP group, it was the best opportunity to get to know some of the people in the program already and to get some first glances of Tilburg. During the rest of the year, I got to know a lot more people, even some second and third years. So my worries about not making friends were, clearly, a waste of time.
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“THE BEST ADVICE I CAN GIVE YOU TO SURVIVE YOUR FIRST YEAR IN LAS IS TO NOT WORRY TOO MUCH”
I think that the best advice I can give you to survive your first year in LAS is to not worry too much. You can have nightmares about not getting any friends or having worries about people not liking you, but just as I tried to show you with some of my first-hand experience, those worries are a waste of time. The people in LAS are really open and there will always be someone who wants to be your friend. Just go with the flow, enjoy your time and meet as many new people as you possibly can (but don’t forget to study, that is also one of the reasons why you’re here. I know, I sound like your mom, but it is important). You could maybe even take this as life advice. As Leo F. Buscaglia once said: “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”
Author: Heleen Sillekens
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Forest: Stay Focussed It’s a time managing app. You plant a tree, and it dies if you leave the app.
Fabulous This is a habit app. It helps you create habits and stick to them
Quizlet Learn With Flashcards A flashcard app with some games.
Memrise: Lean Languages It’s a learning kind of app. It’s mostly focused on languages but has all kinds of things. You can learn sign language, or the Pokédex.
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Plant Nanny - Water Reminder It’s an app to help you drink enough water. You need to drink water to keep your plant alive. It’s similar to Forest but with water.
Author: Joya Drenth
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LAS–Café 2017 On the 11th of May the Cultural Committee held its annual LAS Cafe at Tilburys on Campus. The LAS Cafe strives to obtain a better and more informal understanding between students and teachers. Under the watchful eyes of their students, four members of the Liberal Arts and Sciences staff and teachers, took to the stage to brave the questions that were thrown at them.
This year's featured guests were Diahann Brown, a delightful force of nature had everyone rolling on the floor in laughter with her deep debate on who would win in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
She was then followed by Geno Spoormans, everybody´s favourite student advisor who was happy to disclose that he owned five meters of poetry, whilst at the same time answering deep questions about life.
After Geno the stage was given to the Mind of Mind & Brain Hans Dooremalen, who explained to the students why it was important unravel "Bullshit" or as it is more commonly known as people who act as if they do but don't have any actual idea of what they are talking about and just want your money. He also illuminated the beginnings of his decade long friendship with Herman de Regt.
The last (but definitely not least) professor to be interviewed was Herman Beck. Not only did he disclose his life journey and how he ended up in Tilburg University, but he also revealed the scariest moments of his life when he was working as a taxi driver during his studies.
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Dante Building This is my impressionist painting of Dante building. Hope you like it. For those wondering where in D-building this would be; it is taken from the perspective right outside of Dz01 looking towards the entrance of the building.
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Things to do this Summer! Go to the theatre for a play or even a musical
Read some classic books or an entire series
Volunteer
Make an exercise routine and stick to it (for a month, at least)
Try to cure a small fear
Make a time capsule with your friends
Have a movie marathon Pick up a new hobby
Bake a birthday cake for someone
Attempt to create a business
Set a budget and see how far you can get on public transport with it
Learn a language Reorganize/decorate your room Clean out your wardrobe a donate the clothes you don’t use
Read a collection of children’s books
Plan and execute a 3 course meal for yourself or your family
Watch all the films of one actor Start a blog
Start a diary
Bake a new creation
Write your bucket list
Make actual lemonade
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Joya’s top three novels of the month! 4.4 on goodreads.
Wonder Author: R.J. Palacio
4.1 on goodreads.
Peter Pan Author: J.M. Barrie
4.5 on goodreads.
Everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too Author: Jomny Sun
August (Auggie) Pullman is about to start 5th grade. He has never gone to a mainstream school. He was born with a facial deformity that makes kids turn away which is why his parents home schooled him so far. Auggie tries to convince his new classmates that he’s just like them. This book is also being made into a movie (it’s released in December).
This book is based on the play by Barrie. It’s about Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn’t grow up; Tinkerbell, a fairy; the pirate Captain Hook; and the Wendy, John, and Michael, the kids. They all fly to Neverland, a fantasy kind of world. You might also know the many movies about Peter Pan, that were based on the book/play.
This is the illustrated story of a lonely alien, is sent to observe earth and learns that earthlings can feel lonely too. Jomny meets all sorts of creatures with different perspectives on life and through this learns to feel better about being an alien. It is based on a popular Twitter account, @jonnysun.
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Dear beach-visitors,
Please remember to not throw your garbage in the sea.
With kind regards, all sea creatures.
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Everyone can contribute to the Extra! We would like to thank all of the individuals that have contributed to this edition of the Extra. Realistically speaking, the Extra could not exist without your contributions.
Those that contributed this time Casper Arends Second year Liberal Arts student - Social Sciences major
Joya Drenth First year Liberal Arts student
Heleen Sillekens First year Liberal arts student
Charlotte Steffen Second year Liberal Arts student - Humanities major
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