A Tale of Two Countries Part 2: Interviews with Australians By Tessa Pang | Magazine | April 19, 2022 Cover Illustration: Woman with mask looking out the window. Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels Magazine Reporter Tessa Pang talks to Australians who moved abroad during the pandemic to find out how attitudes toward COVID changed when moving from a country with extremely strict measures to a more relaxed one. In PART 1 I wrote…
A Tale of Two Countries: COVID Information in Australia & the Netherlands By Tessa Pang | Magazine | April 19, 2022 Cover Illustration: COVID-19 statistics. Markus Spiske / Pexels Magazine Reporter Tessa Pang recalls her experience and anxiety with the differences in the flow of COVID information when moving from Sydney, a city in total lockdown, to Amsterdam, a city with barely any COVID-restrictions. When I moved to Amsterdam in mid-July…
Protests for Peace. By Jang Kapgen | Magazine | April 19, 2022 Cover Illustration: Protest against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tamara Ka?uchová / The Amsterdammer Magazine reporter Jang Kapgen discusses the reactions of people across Europe to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. He highlights the nature of the protests themselves and the various demands the protestors have of their own governments. On February 24, 2022, the world stood…
Afghanistan in its Current State: A Humanitarian Crisis By Kurt Kazan | International | April 13, 2022 Cover Illustration: Young girl holding a child. ArmyAmber / Pixabay Metro International reporter Kurt Kazan explains the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. He describes the severe consequences this has posed for Afghan people on a daily basis, such as a hunger crisis and a collapsing healthcare system. It has been approximately six months since…
The University of Amsterdam Provides Support for Those Affected by the Russian Invasion of Ukraine By Ellie Hsu | Campus | March 15, 2022 Cover Illustration: Kyiv, Ukraine. Gleb Albovsky / Unsplash Campus reporter Ellie Hsu discusses the University of Amsterdam’s efforts to support Ukraine and Ukrainian students that have been affected by the Russian invasion. Such support includes financial and psychological help, along with collecting various supplies. With the ongoing…
Spiking in Dutch Nightclubs By Niya-Ivana Ilcheva | Metro City | March 9, 2022 Cover Illustration: Spiking needles. Diana Polekhina / Unsplash Amid the recent reopening of nightclubs in the Netherlands, Metro Reporter Niya-Ivana Ilcheva delves into the rising threat of drink/injection-spiking facing clubgoers by presenting the main facts on the situation and further providing safety recommendations. After the reopening of clubs in late September 2021 in the Netherlands, a large…
