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Getting Away with Murder: Entitlement and Accountability in Turkish Femicide
The decade has seen a massive rise in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide in Turkey.Between 2008 and 2019, at least 3,185 women...
Ela Jade Unal
Apr 9, 2021


Better Days Ahead.
Trigger warning: Eating disorders, anxiety, depression. Sometimes it is difficult to express what it is like to feel like the world is...
Natasha Simpson
Apr 7, 2021


Masturbation Magic.
Studies show that having frequent consensual sex and or orgasms reduces stress levels, lowers blood pressure, and may even get us more...
Natasha Simpson
Apr 7, 2021


Coups, corona, and tax hikes.
Starting with some fresh news: Jordan's former crown prince, Hamza Bin Hussein, has been placed under house arrest over an alleged coup....
Suzon Mazataud
Apr 4, 2021
A spring clean.
There is a glimmer of sunshine. The worst of winter is behind us and the promise of a vaccinated summer lies ahead. Although covid...
Head Editor
Apr 4, 2021


DOPE: Large, Pragmatic and Dutch
Maastricht's biggest student party demands the best possible education, even in Covid times. When Rozemarijn Kahle (second year student...
Jan Haverman
Mar 28, 2021


Why Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is one of the greatest films of all time.
Star Wars has been, and will continue to be, one of the most important film franchises in cinema. The majority of children, teenagers and...
Dan Edwards
Mar 25, 2021


India’s Farmers rise up and the world is not watching
In the closing months of 2020, over a quarter billion people have taken to the streets of India to protest the new farming bills that...
Céline Zahno
Mar 25, 2021


Record-breaking happiness and sunny days ahead
Local News This week has been very important for Dutch politics. General national elections were held from 15 to 17 of March. Mark...
Teresa Costa
Mar 21, 2021


Arabia’s Temple of Dreams and the World’s Horrifying Nightmares.
“Hey, you, the unfair tyrants… You the lovers of the darkness… You the enemies of life… You’ve made fun of innocent people’s wounds, and...
Guest Writer
Mar 13, 2021


What a Day - a review.
After 6 years of beautiful but dark and bluesy songs, Ben Howard has released a track which makes us nostalgic about days yet to come....
Jan Haverman
Mar 12, 2021


PANDEMIC, POLITICS AND EVERYTHING WRONG WITH THE WORLD
This week, the third successive week of sun rays becoming a part of our daily lives again, serves as an indicator that the pandemic is at...
Parthabi Kanungo
Mar 7, 2021


Is it time to leave WhatsApp?
As university students, connecting with our friends and classmates through WhatsApp is something most of us do without second thoughts....
Suzon Mazataud
Mar 7, 2021
A little pep in your step.
Spring is in the air. Is it fair to say this already? I think so. What with a cold and isolated winter behind us and with some vaccinated...
Head Editor
Mar 3, 2021


Cannibal Holocaust: If It Matters, It Produces Controversy.
Derived from this title’s logic, it can be stated that Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust certainly mattered. In fact, it is widely regarded as...
Ethan Bergman
Mar 2, 2021


The Delicacy of Quoting The N-Word
The n-word is the kind of language that you would never imagine that you can hear in a liberal bubble like University College Maastricht...
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Feb 28, 2021


Vaccine Fever.
The 1st March tomorrow will remind many in Europe that the one-year anniversary of the COVID lockdown is approaching fast. In the midst...
Peter Pelzer
Feb 28, 2021


To Mars and back
Texas Frozen Texas is experiencing the worst snowstorm on record that has resulted in the deaths of 21 people and has left millions...
Dan Edwards
Feb 21, 2021


NovUM: New and Unprecedented?
New, fresh, novel, unusual, and unprecedented; that is what Novum means in Latin. Would the party NovUM at UM represent the same values?...
Valentina Couceiro
Feb 17, 2021


Do Humans Need Work to Have a Purpose?
It started with self-checkout counters at your local supermarkets and could soon transform virtually every aspect of your life; the rise...
Céline Zahno
Feb 16, 2021
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