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Letter from the editor
Editor-in-chief Riki Janssen gives a weekly look behind the scenes at the editorial office.
Editorial
Cycling jersey, size XXL
A memento of the day when we climbed the Alpe d’Huez
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Talk Dutch to us
It wouldn’t be very productive to talk about Dutch-language articles in English
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First-year nerves
"I can’t remember if I slept well the night before my first Logic exam. Probably not"
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It’s all about curiosity
University Council meeting was cancelled because the Council “wanted to reflect on internal affairs”
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He closes his laptop at 8.20 PM
There’s never a good time to be ill at Observant
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Shorter meetings, please
Our Monday morning meetings seemed to be taking longer and longer lately
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Rape culture? Taught at UM?
"To avoid any misunderstandings, I will begin this column with a statement"
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Ten minutes of your time
"Take part in a survey? Eh no. I usually ignore such a request"
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“I don’t want to be named in the article”
People seem reluctant to speak out about even fairly innocuous topics, like how much money they spend on groceries
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Our eyes and ears
One dreams of becoming a writer, another is thinking of going into journalism
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We need each other
Our always tight-knit team became a little less tight-knit during the pandemic
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Urine and vomit
What kind of person even enjoyed humiliating others?
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The gorilla and the poorly parked bikes
Back were the young people running to make it to their tutorial meetings in time
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Observant finally has a student columnist again
But first, summer. I hope you’ll have a wonderful time
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No referral bonus
Even though the job market for journalists has been poor for years, moving to South Limburg has turned out to be a deal-breaker for many
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A last farewell
The floating coffin that had made me laugh out loud four years earlier now seemed like a macabre foreshadowing.
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Always that deadline
Now, this has little to do with inspiration. It has more to do with perfectionism
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A worried email
With some trepidation, I asked if I could review the text for factual inaccuracies
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The benefit of the doubt
It wasn’t a moment of “functional anger”; no, I genuinely lost my temper
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How a discussion went off the rails
The DDoS attack that hit our website around 12 January had only one goal: to silence Observant
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All other news pales in comparison to the war
One Ukranian student understandably let us know a week later that he wasn’t up for an interview
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And then our website went down
Who was behind the attack? We have no idea
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See you next year
I signed out of my email, put my phone on silent
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“Feel the fear, and go for it anyway!”
They prefer to remain anonymous. They’re afraid of being called racist, sexist, transphobic and whatnot
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Change the article, or else…
We clearly disagree, which is fine. But using aggressive language and threats to make your point is unacceptable
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No, you can’t publish that article
“I want to know you’re OK"
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Not as rational as we like to think
I don’t want that at all, purely from an emotional point of view
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A piece of cake – or so I thought
It’s probably the flu, he said. It’s COVID, everyone on the team thought
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Oh no – a positive COVID test!
Let’s hope that social distancing and fresh air did the job
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An ordinary Monday
She has a bad cold, probably caught at a faculty council meeting where coughing and sniffling people were equally welcome
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I confess: it is guesswork
We don’t want to share the pie, we want a bigger pie
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Farewell
Goodbye, Martin. We wish you all the best.
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A lovely student house
A friend had called her: 'say, would you be willing to temporarily house two students?'
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Misconduct, rudeness and tutors’ accents
There is a certain group of students who complain about everything.
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Every disadvantage has its advantage
It’s a cliché, but it’s true
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We’re back!
They were soaked to the skin, and they only just managed to save the laptop, the printer and the stack of Observant copies from the rain
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The first girl in the family to go to university
The fact that she hadn’t been allowed to become a teacher, she found painful even when she was ninety
Editorial column
New website: Together we know more than on our own
Editorial column
“Observant, don’t give the stage to that man”
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