PANDEMIC, POLITICS AND EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE WORLD
This week, the third successive week of sun rays becoming a part of our daily lives again, serves as an indicator that the pandemic is at...
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Suzon Mazataud
Mar 7, 2021
Is it time to leave WhatsApp?
As university students, connecting with our friends and classmates through WhatsApp is something most of us do without second thoughts....
Head Editor
Mar 3, 2021
A little pep in your step.
Spring is in the air. Is it fair to say this already? I think so. What with a cold and isolated winter behind us and with some vaccinated...
Ethan Bergman
Mar 2, 2021
Cannibal Holocaust: If It Matters, It Produces Controversy.
Derived from this title’s logic, it can be stated that Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust certainly mattered. In fact, it is widely regarded as...
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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...
Peter Pelzer
Feb 28, 2021
Vaccine Fever.
The 1st March tomorrow will remind many in Europe that the one-year anniversary of the COVID lockdown is approaching fast. In the midst...
Dan Edwards
Feb 21, 2021
To Mars and back
Texas Frozen Texas is experiencing the worst snowstorm on record that has resulted in the deaths of 21 people and has left millions...
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?...
Céline Zahno
Feb 16, 2021
Do Humans Need Work to Have a Purpose?
It started with self-checkout counters at your local supermarkets and could soon transform virtually every aspect of your life; the rise...
Head Editor
Feb 14, 2021
Happy Valentines!
It’s Valentines day again. In the Netherlands, we are nearing our one year anniversary with a very toxic partner - Covid19 - which was...
Max Welford
Feb 11, 2021
Blatant unawareness doesn’t make you clever. How OutKast opened Hip-Hop to eccentricity
The commercial success and critical acclaim of OutKast is one of the most significant stories in modern-day (popular) music. Whether it...
Ethan Bergman
Feb 10, 2021
Political Poisoning – The Downfall of the Ultimate Silencer
“When poison becomes a habit, it ceases to injure” Assassinations are as old as all human societies. Whether you wish to replace a...
Paula Cepeda Gallo
Feb 4, 2021
Meditate 2020’s Hangover Away: Towards a Year of Solid Habits
Poor sleep, dwindling study habits, lack of concentration? Looking to fortify habits? The answer might be as simple as a meditation app....
Head Editor
Feb 2, 2021
A little bit goes a long way.
Welcome to the first ever monthly editor's letter at the Maastricht Diplomat. Yes, it's four months after this brand spanking new site...
Head Editor
Jan 31, 2021
Trouble and strife and one small victory for the little guy.
As the world continues to grapple with the pandemic, the news that several vaccines had finally made their way through testing and over...
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)...
Carmen Critelli
Jan 25, 2021
There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.
Although 2021 was poorly inaugurated in the United States by the distasteful attempt to lay siege to Capitol Hill, on January 20, Joe...
Céline Zahno
Jan 22, 2021
A writer lost to the 20th century.
"After the calm comes the storm; it starts out slowly, reaches its peak, then it's over and other periods of calm, some longer, some...
Roxane Kroon
Jan 22, 2021
Sexual Feminism; The Nuances of Policing Feminism, But Not Policing Women
The term feminism is as fluid as its goals have been through the years. Right now, post-voting rights, we are in a period called the...
Ethan Bergman
Jan 17, 2021
Guns, Oil & Heat for the North Pole; The Actual Cold War
Sometimes the perception of power is more important than physical might. It seems Santa Claus will no longer have a monopoly on business...
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