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The 2018 Winter Olympics: Shots Fired
Historically, the Olympic Games have mirrored political ambience. It is no surprise that the 2018 Winter Olympic Games have shown...
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Mar 2, 2018
The 2018 Oscars: Movies’ Suggestions and Reviews
Are this year’s Oscars movies worth the hype? As the night of the Oscars quickly draws closer, everyone seems to have become a movie...
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Feb 27, 2018


Vietnam Experience: Part II
I still remember the adventures of my first day of work. Coming back to school from lunch break, I was a bit sleepy and completely lost...
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Feb 17, 2018


Vietnam Experience: Part I
My volunteering experience with the Centre for Development Sustainable Studies (CSDS) in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, has undoubtedly...
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Feb 15, 2018


Salam Neighbor: Documentary’s Review
How is it like to build a new life from scratch, after you lost everything you worked for? How does it feel to be trapped in a perennial...
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Feb 9, 2018
Waithood: The Periphery and Marginality of the Youth in Today’s World
The lecture is named after the Polish writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski. Its 100th edition was held by Professor Alcinda Honwana,...
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Jan 30, 2018


Maastricht: A Divided and Transient City for Students?
On Monday 22nd January, MaasX organised an open evening named “Maastricht- What’s up Democracy?” for members of the Maastricht community...
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Jan 27, 2018


Walking for Action
On Saturday, October 14th 2017, over 140 people dressed up in dark clothes and walked silently around the city of Maastricht drawing...
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Oct 16, 2017
No Place for the Middle Ground
It’s not often that I can say that Donald Trump has elicited any form of debate within me, my usual response being both intellectual and...
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Sep 11, 2017
There is no “Us”, There is no “Them”.
On the 16th of June 2016, MP Jo Cox was murdered while campaigning in her constituency as part of the Remain campaign in the Brexit...
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Jun 18, 2017
Don’t blame 13 Reasons Why
Eszter Sailer | I am sure a lot of you are familiar with the hit series, 13 Reasons Why, or at least have heard about it (a.k.a. seen the...
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May 18, 2017
Resist To Exist
“Whoever differs from us, be it a foreign or a political opponent, is seen inevitably as evil. History has to help us to be cured from...
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Apr 25, 2017
Review: What T2: Trainspotting Means To Me
By Fiona O’Hara | The buzz surrounding the release of the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Trainspotting’ was something that I...
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Mar 13, 2017
The Environmental Debate on Oldschool versus Modern
It almost seems like a century old debate: which one is better, paper or digital media? The first debate you will probably think of is...
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Feb 10, 2017
A Different Approach to Sports
Many students nowadays are able to count themselves as the lucky people in the world; to be able to travel the planet and live and study...
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Feb 6, 2017
How Australia Day is Dividing Australians
It is that time of the year again when there are special ads about lamb on Australian television and the annual debate of refusing to...
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Jan 26, 2017
How to be Dutch: Sinterklaas
Dear non-Dutchies, This is to all international students who are desperately trying to find their place in the Netherlands. It might come...
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Dec 6, 2016
Lumiere in Maastricht – the special kind of cinema
Earlier this October, the Lumière cinema, that some only knew from the inconspicuous sign pointing into a street close to the FaSoS...
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Nov 19, 2016


From the inside: Fraternities and Student Life
With an outstanding 49% of international students across the faculties from over 100 nationalities, Maastricht University is considered...
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Nov 6, 2016


An attempt at an utterly unbiased FAQ about the Brexit result
By James Mackle Just about the only thing I have learned from the works of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza, once dubbed by the French as...
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Jun 24, 2016
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