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
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
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
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 21
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...