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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
A worried email
With some trepidation, I asked if I could review the text for factual inaccuracies
Editorial
The benefit of the doubt
It wasn’t a moment of “functional anger”; no, I genuinely lost my temper
Editorial
How a discussion went off the rails
The DDoS attack that hit our website around 12 January had only one goal: to silence Observant
Editorial
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
Editorial
And then our website went down
Who was behind the attack? We have no idea
Editorial
See you next year
I signed out of my email, put my phone on silent
Editorial
“Feel the fear, and go for it anyway!”
They prefer to remain anonymous. They’re afraid of being called racist, sexist, transphobic and whatnot
Editorial
Change the article, or else…
We clearly disagree, which is fine. But using aggressive language and threats to make your point is unacceptable
Editorial
No, you can’t publish that article
“I want to know you’re OK"
Editorial
Not as rational as we like to think
I don’t want that at all, purely from an emotional point of view
Editorial
A piece of cake – or so I thought
It’s probably the flu, he said. It’s COVID, everyone on the team thought
Editorial
Oh no – a positive COVID test!
Let’s hope that social distancing and fresh air did the job
Editorial
An ordinary Monday
She has a bad cold, probably caught at a faculty council meeting where coughing and sniffling people were equally welcome
Editorial
I confess: it is guesswork
We don’t want to share the pie, we want a bigger pie
Editorial
Farewell
Goodbye, Martin. We wish you all the best.
Editiorial
A lovely student house
A friend had called her: 'say, would you be willing to temporarily house two students?'
Editorial
Misconduct, rudeness and tutors’ accents
There is a certain group of students who complain about everything.
Editorial
Every disadvantage has its advantage
It’s a cliché, but it’s true
Editorial
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
Editorial
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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