The EM news quiz 2018

January: Hazing incidents

Question 1 of 12
The student corps RSC/RVSV was punished in January for abuses during the hazing ritual, after television program Rambam infiltrated an 'undercover freshman'. How did the former rector magnificus Huib Pols feel after he was confronted with the revelations by Rambam?*
- Disappointed
- Angry
- Sad
- Betrayed

February: Nominal is normal

Question 2 of 12
In February students started a lawsuit against Nominal = normal, the principle that you have to get all your credits in your first year to be allowed to continue. According to the students, N = N was in violation of the law. How did this lawsuit work out?*
- The judge decided that N = N should be abolished, but the EUR has not yet done so.
- The judge decided that N = N should be abolished, and the EUR has done so now.
- The judge decided that N = N was not in violation of the law, so the discussion was closed.
- The judge decided that N = N is not in violation of the law, but the minister still called for N = N to be abolished.

February: Toppled crane

Question 3 of 12
At a society building of one the student associations, things went completely off the rails in February. While construction work was done near the building, a crane toppled over and crashed its way through the roof of the building. At which association did this small disaster occur?*
- RSC / RVSV
- SSR-Rotterdam
- ESN-Rotterdam
- Laurentius

March: Association sorrow

Question 4 of 12
More association sorrow in March: this time with the people from EUCSA (the students of the Erasmus University College) as victim in a leading role. What went wrong?*
- The windows of the association were thrown in
- The entire administration was lost in a computer crash
- Their Playstation was stolen
- A large sum of money was stolen

May: Women on top

Question 5 of 12
The Erasmus University regularly makes the news when it comes to the number of female professors we have here, which is very low. What statement did RSM dean Steef van de Velde have in May about the low percentage of female professors in his faculty?*
- 'Women often choose to stay with their children instead of their careers'
- 'Women set their salary requirements too high'
- 'We are all chasing the same women'
- 'In the end men are often better at work'

May: Confrontation

Question 6 of 12
In May, the Erasmus School of Economics and the Erasmus School of Law got into a small confrontation with the Executive Board. What was going on?*
- The faculties had parked an oil tanker truck at the Erasmus Plaza without permission
- The faculties had painted their building in their respective house colors without consultation
- The faculties had illegally hung a banner on the Sanders building
- A member of the Executive Board had secretly taken a picture of the interior of the Sanders building

August: Housing scams

Question 7 of 12
In August, EM started the hunt for room scammers. Undercover we approached all kinds of landlords, including those of an apartment on the Dordtselaan 245b. But what went wrong when we actually tried renting the apartment?*
- The apartment did not seem to exist
- The landlord did not show up at the viewing
- The landlord gave us false identity papers
- All answers are correct

September: Busy room

Question 8 of 12
On September 1, 522 students started the study International Business Administration, a bachelor of the Rotterdam School of Management. How many students had initially registered for the study?*
- 1478
- 1878
- 1078
- 678

October: Misogynist

Question 8 of 12
In October Hanneke Takkenberg said goodbye after three years as the first Chief Diversity Officer of Erasmus University. With EM she looked back at that period. What example of a woman-unfriendly event at Erasmus University did Takkenberg talk about during the interview?*
- Men were playing darts on a photograph of a female colleague.
- A visiting professor continued to stalk a PhD student, even after she rejected him.
- A professor always received his female PhD students while he was sitting naked at his desk.
- A dean did not think women in general were suitable as professors.

October: Prolific publishers

Question 10 of 12
In October, the famous scientific journal Nature published a 'world rankings' with extremely prolific scientists: scientists who publish articles at a remarkably fast pace. The threshold to be on the list was at least one article every five days, for at least one entire calendar year. Which faculty was present on the list with not fewer than nine scientists, more than any other institution in the world?*
- Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Erasmus MC
- Rotterdam School of Management
- Erasmus School of Economics

November: Keta, coke or MDMA

Question 11 of 12
A large survey of EM in November showed that many EUR students sometimes use drugs: a whopping 57 percent! Which faculty is most addicted?*
- Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- Rotterdam School of Management
- Erasmus School of Economics
- Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

December: Study places

Question 12 of 12
In December, a long-cherished dream of many EUR students was fulfilled: the university plans to reserve study places exclusively for its own students (and therefore not for hbo students and students). Students have been experiencing a shortage of places for years. How many (official) study places are there on Woudestein campus?*
- 1200
- 800
- 2000
- 2600
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