Can yoga lower recidivism rates in the American prison system?
More than two million people are currently locked up in prison, making the United States the country with the highest incarceration rate...
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Pauline Keller
- Mar 16
Pearls in the current of time
Elizabeth I when a Princess
Leilani Radaideh
- Mar 8
She is You: A nod to Female Lawyers
“When I'm sometimes asked when will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court] and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked....
Ninetin Lu
- Mar 2
Taiwan: An Island in Shadow
While the world’s press see the Chinese military drills around Taiwan as signalling the commencement to WW3, it’s business as usual for...
Ana Navarro Bullo
- Feb 17
You got a baton, I got some words: spotlighting police violence as our birthday cake
Disclaimer: white privilege in front of law enforcement bodies does exist in Europe, and the level of structural racism and extreme...
Hadrian Di Ianni
- Feb 12
The humanitatian crisis of the Turkish-Syrian earthquake
4:17 am. A cold Monday morning near the town of Gaziantep, on the border between Turkey and Syria. A tremor of a record-breaking 7.8...
Chloé Leplatre
- Feb 9
Becoming a woman (title in progress)
I am becoming a woman, that’s what everyone says. I don’t even really know what that means, I never looked in the dictionary to find a...
Jonathan Wijayaratne
- Feb 5
Is there really anything to celebrate?
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka celebrated 75 years of independence from British rule yesterday, 4 February 2023. For this...
Alodia Heijmans
- Feb 2
Estonia, a state fractured in several worlds
When I started telling people I was going on an exchange to Estonia, I faced mixed reactions. Overall, people were surprised and puzzled...
Leilani Radaideh
- Jan 31
Bacon’s 1973 Triptych: Death on a Toilet Seat
Blurb: In this piece, Leilani walks you through Francis Bacon’s 1973 Triptych. Here we dive deep into the grotesque, ugly, and cold.
Anthi Likitsakos
- Jan 29
Another week where a lot went wrong...
Ah, the January project period. A time in Maastricht when the streets are a little emptier than usual with some students not yet returned...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
- Jan 26
Going with the flow? - Becoming aware of my period privilege
Disclaimer: Before you go on reading this article, I would like to say that the article is limited to period poverty and will not...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Jan 22
Snowball Fights
Nothing has been a more central topic of conversation to the people of Maastricht than the snow we have seen the last few days. You open...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- Jan 15
Luetzerath bleibt - Germany vs Fossil Fuel
For over a decade, Germany has been rolling out their strategy for the “Energiewende”, the transition to producing all energy required...
Emre Kupcuk
- Dec 11, 2022
Britney Griner is released from Russian arms – Are we entering an era of encouraged hostage taking?
Britney Griner, the American professional basketball player who had been detained in Russia for 294 days, is now back home in Texas. This...
Ana Navarro Bullo
- Dec 9, 2022
One victory sour for Argentina, please
There was no sun getting through the holes of the tangled curtain of our room’s window. Humid, densely hot and cloudy began a day in...
Leen Mahayni
- Nov 27, 2022
Rebellions... (for the planet, for human rights and for the right to govern over your own body)
Let’s recap this week. In this Sunday Summary, we will mainly focus on protests. We will talk about the recent protests in Utrecht and...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- Nov 13, 2022
Paradoxical climate summits, grounded private jets and liberation in Ukraine -this week in the world
Another Sunday, another crazy week. In this week's Sunday Summary, we will touch upon the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference...
Jonathan Wijayaratne
- Nov 6, 2022
Defining racism: a(nother) French debate
France has gotten lost in semantics. New words, hardly definable, are brought up by the center-right to discredit progressive ideas —...
Chiara Wehlte
- Oct 30, 2022
100 years from Fascism in Italy - Where does Italy stand?
On the 28th of October 1922, the march on Rome marked the beginning of the fascist regime in Italy. 100 years later, the most far-right...
Ziggy Stardust
- Sep 23, 2022
Am I greedy or is it “just a phase”? - The Bisexual Experience
There is nothing quite like swiping through Tinder and every girl in a straight-passing relationship greets you with a selfie of her and...
Valentina Giolli
- May 29, 2022
Fighting climate change with CO2
“America is killing itself, as the Republican Party looks the other way.”. The heading of “Le Monde” on Wednesday 25th explains well the...
Jane Hilgert
- May 25, 2022
Turns out: I am a racist, too – In Remembrance of George Floyd
The killing of George Floyd, 46, of St. Louis Park — who repeatedly told a Minneapolis police officer he couldn’t breathe as the officer...
Jonathan Wijayaratne
- May 22, 2022
Shuffle
This week has brought us a handful of new governments around the world, each receiving very different reactions. The Australian left is...
Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
- May 20, 2022
“Maybe next year, try to do something about it”
Esther Versluis, the Chair of the Election Board opened up the election results ceremony by asking for a round of applause and...
Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
- May 15, 2022
FPN Faculty Council elections 2022
The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience has one of the smaller Faculty Councils at Maastricht University with just five student...
Katherina Petersen
- May 15, 2022
How do you imagine 2050?
Today, I want to try and turn some of all the gloomy futures that surround us these days in terms of war and climate change into...
Valentina Giolli
- May 14, 2022
SBE Faculty Council Elections 2022
The upcoming elections between the 16th to 19th of May will decide next year’s SBE Faculty Council members. The Faculty Council is the...
Brendan Hogan
- May 14, 2022
FHML Faculty Council Elections 2022
It’s that time of year again, from the 16th until the 19th of May you will be able to cast your votes in the online student elections....
Anthi Likitsakos
- May 13, 2022
University Council elections 2022
From the 16th to the 19th of May, Maastricht University holds online elections for the University’s Council. These elections are open to...
Leilani Radaideh
- May 13, 2022
Law Faculty Council elections 2022
The elections this year for the Faculty Council are taking place from 16 to 19 May. The Law Faculty attracts students from all over the...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- May 13, 2022
FASoS Faculty Council Elections 2022
Another year, another round of FASoS student elections. But what exactly are these elections about? Well, I’m here to give you an...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- May 13, 2022
FSE Faculty Council Elections 2022
Faculty Council Students The Faculty of Science and Engineering, which consists of the Maastricht Science Program, the Department of Data...
Guest Writer
- May 11, 2022
Dear Diary, I want to be elected to the University Council…
Why did I decide to participate in the elections at the University of Maastricht? I was born in a country of Eastern Europe, lived there...
Paula Nörr
- May 8, 2022
Who writes history? A detour beyond the official narrative of history
Whether at school or in university, most of us learned about the Paris Peace Conference as a crucial event in European history. Are you...
Leilani Radaideh
- May 8, 2022
The Contumacious Opioid Epidemic: The Five Pillars
Chinese water tortue is a process by which cold water slowly drips onto the scalp or forehead of a victim who is strapped face up on an...
Ana Navarro Bullo
- May 8, 2022
The GIG economic times for the EU: on our way to a more socially proactive Union
Thirty years have gone by since the city where we find ourselves, Maastricht, witnessed the birth of the European Union (EU), bringing...
Anahita Lotfollahzadeh
- May 7, 2022
Facebook: The only crucial book of the digital age
Facebook and co. might be the big tech equivalent to the infamous toxic ex-partner most of us have at least encountered in the movies....
Simon Wirtz
- May 7, 2022
Space as an extension of earth?!
Some thoughts about the next decades in space More than 50 years ago, NASA and humanity reached a milestone in space exploration when...
Rhiannon Read
- May 6, 2022
Who is ensuring the Rights of Refugees? The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis
Mustafa Mohammed Murshed Al-Raimi, a 37-year-old Yemeni migrant, was buried in Bohoniki, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. He was one of the...
Brendan Hogan and Valentina Giolli
- May 6, 2022
The Cultural Fallout of the Cold War
27 October 1962. Far below the surface of the Atlantic, a stone's throw from Cuba in international waters, lies a submarine. Inside,...
Sarbani Bag and Jonathan Wijayaratne
- May 6, 2022
Snakes and Ladders: Sudan’s Long Way to Democracy
Sudan’s movement towards democracy has been a long and arduous journey that has yet to find light at the end of the tunnel. The fight for...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- May 6, 2022
A license to hack: Russia in Ukraine
In cybersecurity it is no longer asked if your system gets breached, it is asked when. No system is safe in the 21st century. Since...
Lucrezia Nicosia
- May 1, 2022
If I can, then I will
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains one of the hottest topics of 2022, for obvious reasons I would say. In this Sunday summary, I don’t...
Ekaterina Zemskova
- Apr 25, 2022
Marriage in China
Marriage pressure can be felt when relatives make comments such as ‘your clock is ticking’ and ‘it's time to start a family’, or about...
Ekaterina Zemskova
- Apr 24, 2022
War, Elections and a little bit of coronavirus
I would love to start this Sunday Summary with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry coming to The Hague for the Invictus Games and not being...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Apr 20, 2022
What it means to be a climate activist during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lockdown. People can only leave their homes for emergencies. Large events are prohibited. The immense momentum of the 2019 Fridays for...
Paula Nörr
- Apr 17, 2022
About Spring Fever, Festive Mood, War Atmosphere and Other Emotional Turmoil
Happy Easter, Ramadan Mubarak, and Chag Pesach sameach to everyone who is currently celebrating religious festivals. Most of us enjoy the...
Léane Del Duca
- Apr 10, 2022
At the Turning Points of History
A new week ended in Maastricht today, a synonym for the end of resits for some students, and the beginning of new courses for others....
Sharada Kerkar
- Mar 27, 2022
Of Mundane, Ordinary Lives
I asked six friends from around the world to describe their last week in one word. I chose the six people living in six different...
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