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Line-Marie Eichhorst
Line-Marie Eichhorst is a student at the University College Maastricht.
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Wilders winds of change
Suddenly, international students had to question if they were truly welcome in this country
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Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors
"Logging into the DUO website and clicking on the button labeled 'My debts' is a surreal experience"
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Staged Failure
“Pretend you're a penguin news anchor reporting on climate change"
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Spreek je Nederlands?
"Thinking about my own less-than-successful attempts at learning Dutch"
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Musical confessions
" Sharing monthly playlists with my friends has become our way of staying connected"
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The five stages of exams
"What idiot came up with exams every six weeks? It's not fair!"
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Lights, Camera, Strike!
This strike isn't just about paychecks and scripts
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What is allowed in saving the planet?
Soup-throwing or even gluing yourself to the street will likely not change the minds of climate sceptic
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Just another rainy Tuesday
"I sit in my kitchen window and watch the cars swim by"
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More activities than fingers
Check! Theatre? Check! Column writing, internship, and sports? Check, check, check
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A Tale of Two Wallets
Your financial background can make a world of difference in your university experience
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One of the boys
"So there I was, in a traditional 'man's job', feeling an unspoken pressure to match or exceed the physical output of my colleagues"
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Defending the last free Cultural Space in Maastricht
Shutting down LBB is yet another example of placing commercial profit before the well-being of the city
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Scrolling Towards Doomsday
Why are we so drawn to the Trump news cycle? Is it fear? A sense of morbid curiosity?
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The real climate terrorists
The coal must and can stay in the ground
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We need affordable Food Services on campus
"Especially during exam week, I spend most of my budget on mediocre food that sustains me for about an hour"
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Safe Space Campus
Trigger warnings don’t have the purpose of censoring content
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Over the Rainbow(-washing)
No one will ever love and support you as much as corporations will during Pride Month
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How to survive Exam Week
It is the perfect time to start searching for top paying jobs for college dropouts
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Is UM supporting neurodiverse students during the pandemic?
"I especially struggled with online learning"
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Starving for Future
I don’t think a hunger strike is our last option or even an effective one
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Quarantine turned me into a grandma
"Has Covid made me that friend that shows up at parties with homemade cookies and is leaving before 11 pm?"
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Text me when you’re home
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Is that hope?
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A day in the life of a Zoom student