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Paula Cepeda Gallo
Apr 13, 2021
The Backbone of the United Students of Maastricht: In Dialogue with the Party’s Founder.
As Maastricht University boasts a reputation as the most international university in the Netherlands, it is interesting to note that...
Jan Haverman
Mar 28, 2021
DOPE: Large, Pragmatic and Dutch
Maastricht's biggest student party demands the best possible education, even in Covid times. When Rozemarijn Kahle (second year student...
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Feb 28, 2021
The Delicacy of Quoting The N-Word
The n-word is the kind of language that you would never imagine that you can hear in a liberal bubble like University College Maastricht...
Valentina Couceiro
Feb 17, 2021
NovUM: New and Unprecedented?
New, fresh, novel, unusual, and unprecedented; that is what Novum means in Latin. Would the party NovUM at UM represent the same values?...
Teresa Costa
Jan 30, 2021
MD gets to know the KAN Party
The Maastricht Diplomat recently interviewed Friederike Leppert, on behalf of KAN (Klimaat Actie Netwerk or Climate Action Network)...
Charelle Abdallah
Dec 5, 2020
Homesickness in Times of Corona
Moving to the Netherlands has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, but it surely has had its difficulties. A lot of...
Peter Pelzer
Nov 11, 2020
Student Politics 101
Right now, as you are sipping your cup of tea, someone is out there in the bureaucratic wilderness representing you..
Head Editor
May 20, 2020
A New Voice in the Times of Rona
A New Voice in the Times of Rona Ezekiel Stevens – KAN Michael Keith – Upon meeting Ezekiel Stevens, a second-year physics student from...
Head Editor
Dec 17, 2019
What is happening to the value of my degree?
As exams are nearly on our doorstep, the flow of students in the library has dramatically increased which is not a surprise to anyone who...
Head Editor
Feb 25, 2019
When Stress Takes Over
Mia Rose Penn Mental Health is a Bigger Issue in Maastricht Than You Might Think In the last few years, mental health problems have been...
Head Editor
Feb 24, 2019
Student Initative Challenges UM’s Finance Teaching in Open Letter
What makes a good university? Is it the amount of informational knowledge it manages to shove into its paying clients’ minds? Is it not...
Head Editor
Feb 21, 2019
J. Dijsselbloem on the Eurogroup
On Tuesday 12th Feburary, the Franz Palmer lecture hall was teeming with people, from students to Maastricht citizens, wearing classic or...
Head Editor
Jan 13, 2019
What’s to come in 2019? A Note from our Editor
Happy new year! The Maastricht Diplomat is back from its winter break and we’re looking forward to 2019. It will be an exciting year. Two...
Head Editor
Oct 16, 2018
Lecture Summary: Taking Democracy Seriously.
On October 9th, an auditorium packed to the rafters welcomed Mr. Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent,...
Head Editor
May 23, 2018
The Student-Conference about Capitalism and Global Inequality
Are you interested in or concerned about today’s economic situation? Up for discussions and controversy? Keen to meet like-minded and...
Head Editor
May 10, 2018
2018 Schuman Lecture: Michael Ignatieff’s vision for Hungary, Europe and Open Societies
If you missed the Schumann Lecture at 7th May, worry not! Here is a summary of and commentary on Michael Ignatieff’s lecture on Open...
Head Editor
Apr 16, 2018
Why Europe Must Become a Republic- Ulrike Guérot’s Lecture Review
How happy are you with the EU? Do you think you are democratically represented through the institutional set-up consisting of the...
Head Editor
Apr 14, 2018
The Endless Quest for Palestinian-Israeli Peace: A Lecture’s Analysis
The longest, bloodiest and most complex War that has ever been fought in the world’s history. A War in which a myriad of factors...
Head Editor
Mar 18, 2018
MaasX Student Debate: An Analysis (Part One)
Introduction- The Debate’s Structure The Franz Palm Lecture Hall is packed. 400 students, or even more, have come to the Student Debate...
Head Editor
Jan 27, 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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