Posted on: April 25, 2018 Posted by: The Amsterdammer Comments: 8

Editorial: The Amsterdammer to Join the #SaveStudentNewsrooms Initiative

Today, April 25, alongside 120 student newsrooms, The Amsterdammer will proudly join the international student movement #SaveStudentNewsroom on the –unofficial– Support Student Journalism Day. This movement is an initiative created by the editorial board of the Independent Florida Alligator, a student newspaper that serves the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The Amsterdammer is a recently-created student newspaper, an ode to our belief that student-run news organisations are crucial tools for…

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Posted on: April 25, 2018 Posted by: Nevena Vra?ar Comments: 1

How Sociology can show you the other perspective

  One of the best teachers I’ve had at university once told us that people who become the best social scientists are usually the ones who have been part of two contrasting groups in society at some point in their life: People who’ve belonged to and had access to both, but never fully felt part of either. The first example that springs to mind is that of my friend. She…

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Posted on: April 24, 2018 Posted by: Aanavi Sinha Comments: 2

Aanavi Sinha: “Becoming older doesn’t mean becoming better”

Over the past few years, I’ve seen an increase in the amount of awareness being spread on the importance of mental health. My high-school Student Council organised a Mental Health Week for all its students, aimed at educating them on mental illnesses. A similar campaign is currently being held at the UvA, with the aim of spreading awareness about the student psychologists available to seek for help. Even on social…

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Posted on: April 23, 2018 Posted by: Mariana Castañeda Comments: 1

Campaigning for Change: True Fashion Talks

Around 100 fashion professionals, communication professionals and fashion fans attended Thursday’s edition of the talk show known as “True Fashion Talks,” where 3 speakers discussed how to campaign for change in the fashion industry. Between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm, attendees gathered at Fashion for Good‘s office in Spui. “How to campaign for change” was the topic of the talkshow’s first edition this year. Founded in 2017 by True Fashion Collective,…

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