Europe swings right, what are you gonna do about it?
Italian Hanze-student Marco Siciliano is worried about the current rightward trend in European politics, but he won’t have a chance …
Opinion
Teachers, please remember our names
Sometimes something miraculous happens. For instance when you meet a teacher from long ago who remembers your name. Unforgettable, says …
Show me your eierballen: testing the best egg balls of Groningen
Yes indeed. After three long years, the eagerly anticipated resurrection of the Great Groningen Eierballen Test is finally upon us! …
Student Real Talk: BLM activist Mallika Sille talks about racism
Hanze-students Aila and Naomi present Student Real Talk, a podcast about issues at Hanze that deserve more attention. What struggles …
Working from the heart
‘No offence but… Do you consider that work?’ After a full day of teaching, I happily sentence myself to the …
The 13th Floor Elevators
I lie in bed listening to music, trying to sleep. Roky Erickson sings: it’s a cold night for alligators, but …
Dealing with the dealers
Martini tower says it’s six o’clock in the morning. We walk down Oosterstraat and sit down on a flight of …
Staying up with the big boys
A quarter to seven in the morning and the sun is ascending behind the Martini Tower. The blue and orange …
Good advice and dirty jokes
Got some calls this week. One of my old roommates just became a father. Two days later: my niece is …
Let’s get this mother home!
We were somewhere on the highway, near Karlsruhe, when Thim lost his shit. We were stuck in an endless traffic …
No good story ever started…
The other day I was eating a salad in a diner café. How’s that for an introduction? I stranded there …
Why business competitions are great
There are two things which are most important if you want to start a business. First, you see a problem …