Posted on: March 1, 2019 Posted by: Kira Guehring Comments: 0

Photo Story: Amsterdam Celebrates the Chocolate Festival

March 1, 2019 By KIRA GUEHRING Amsterdam Celebrates the Chocolate Festival Cocoa beans, in all forms, were the main attraction at the Chocoa Chocolate Festival on Saturday and Sunday. Kira Guehring / The Amsterdammer 82 vendors from all over the world present their products at the Chocoa Chocolate Festival on Saturday. Kira Guehring / The Amsterdammer From Saturday, 23 February to Sunday, 24 February the Chocoa Chocolate Festival took place…

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Posted on: February 27, 2019 Posted by: Ioana Pintilie Comments: 0

Life, Death and Sound at Sonic Acts Festival

Life, Death and Sound at Sonic Acts Festival February 27, 2019 By IOANA PINTILIE This edition of Sonic Acts Festival surprised the public with a new, powerful theme: Hereafter. At its 25th edition, the four-day festival (February 21-24) was not a nostalgic union that stuck to the past; instead, it embraced important matters surrounding humanity’s current global crisis and the origins thereof. The annual festival is, as its name suggests, centered…

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Posted on: February 26, 2019 Posted by: Cara Raker Comments: 0

1 in 5 Amsterdammers Live on a Tight Budget – De Sociale Kruidenier is Here to Help

1 in 5 Amsterdammers Live on a Tight Budget – De Sociale Kruidenier is Here to Help February 26, 2019 By CARA RAKER “We’re a social supermarket,” explains Nicky Dankelman, project manager of De Sociale Kruidenier. De Sociale Kruidenier is a social project which helps Amsterdammers with a krappe beurs (low income). In Amsterdam, an estimated one in five people live below the national poverty line. De Sociale Kruidenier is one of…

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Posted on: February 26, 2019 Posted by: Aishwarya Kottapurath Comments: 0

Study Association Off-Screen Host Charity Gala for ‘Movies that Matter’

Study Association Off-Screen Host Charity Gala for ‘Movies that Matter’ February 26, 2019 By AISHWARYA KOTTAPURATH On February 20, Off-Screen, the study association of Media and Culture and Media and Information students, hosted a charity gala at the Vondelpark’s VondelCS. The gala was in aid of Movies that Matter, an organization in Amsterdam that aims to spark a dialogue about human rights through aiding and supporting movie projects in Third…

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Posted on: February 25, 2019 Posted by: Ivy Wade Comments: 7

Ivy Wade: “Instagram is ruining our holidays”

Instagram Is Ruining our Holidays February 25, 2019 By IVY WADE If you go on vacation and don’t post pictures online, did it even happen? The more we scroll down our feeds, the more it seems holidays are now sponsored by Instagram and Facebook. They record our beach days and hiking trips, festivals and gap years. They need us and we need them. Our fun and adventurous lifestyle does not…

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Posted on: February 25, 2019 Posted by: Sarah Iacobacci Comments: 0

What You Need to Know About the 2019 Student Council Elections

What You Need to Know About the 2019 Student Council Elections February 25, 2019 By JOSEPHINE SYLVESTER and SARAH IACOBACCI University Student Councils in the Netherlands possess powers which many other educational institutions do not reward their students with. For instance, the university needs their approval to instigate changes. The importance of students’ voting is highlighted by Svedha Krishnaraj, representative of the Law Faculty Student Council: “We don’t work without…

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