Posted on: June 7, 2018 Posted by: Isabel Bonnet Comments: 1

Low Participation Rates on this Year’s Student Council Elections

The director announced the results of this year’s Student Council elections on May 24 at Maagdenhuis. Every Spring, students from the University of Amsterdam are invited to vote for the new Faculty Student Council and the Central Student Council members. The newly elected council members will commence their positions on September 1st, 2018. While FSR members speak on behalf of the students from their faculty about the issues and policies…

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Posted on: June 5, 2018 Posted by: Valeria Mongelli Comments: 1

TEDxAmsterdam Set for Spring

“Here, you can be anything you want,” explains van Dusseldorp, one of the founding team members of TEDxAmsterdam. Dozens gathered on Thursday to hear the inspirational ideas of 4 speakers.

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Posted on: May 30, 2018 Posted by: Christa Koeyvoets Comments: 7

“Vincent on Friday:” Partying at the Van Gogh Museum

Every last Friday of the month, the Van Gogh Museum museum hosts “Vincent on Friday” in the evening, a relaxed party with cross-cultural programs. In collaboration with young creative artists, last Friday the museum received about 1200 people to discover the Japanese culture through paintings, workshops, and music.

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Posted on: May 29, 2018 Posted by: Mariana Castañeda Comments: 9

Housing Scams: Amsterdam’s Most Successful Business

Have you ever been offered a modern apartment inside of a colorful, crooked house located in Amsterdam’s city centre, for only 450 euros? Then you have probably been presented a fake offer, or as it is commonly called in Facebook: a housing scam. Yunfu Duan / Staff These sketchy offers can be found in several online housing platforms and in certain Facebook groups, where users promote their own housing offers. It can…

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