Drinking a beer out of your shoe turned out to be quite normal at the ‘sports cantus’

While the official Eurekaweek cantus was less than a day ago, on Wednesday night, at football club Antibarbari and hockey club Never Less, another song and drink fest started. This cantus was a little different than some students were used to: with a beer from a shoe and a ‘punishment wheel’ for the students who did not sing loud enough or who could show some extra enthusiasm.

Both associations organise many activities during Eurekaweek. The aim? To recruit members. Fleur Westdijk is part of the Eurekaweek committee of Never Less: “Last year we also collaborated with Antibarbari to organise the same cantus, which was such a success that we wanted to organise it again this year.” And that this cantus was again a success was clear: even before 7 pm all the chairs and tables were occupied.

Wheel of punishment

It wasn’t a cantus like the one of the Eurekaweek itself. Here, you were ‘punished’ if you did not do your best or were not enthusiastic enough. A number of members of the organising associations kept a close eye on the students and every two songs they would select a number of people to spin the ‘wheel of punishment’. Before they knew it, they had to take a ‘Jesus-adt’ (pour a beer in your mouth from a distance) or even ‘take a shoe’ (drink a beer out of your own shoe). Some punishments were a little less severe, such as having an entire table having to down a beer at once.

Classics

Fortunately, mostly classics were played, so it wasn’t difficult for many people to sing along. The music ranged from the Wilhelmus to a polonaise on Jan Klaassen de Trompetter to sing-alongs by ABBA and André Hazes.