{"id":101927,"date":"2019-08-21T15:53:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=101927"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:25","slug":"popcorn-instead-of-beer-at-fast-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/08\/21\/popcorn-instead-of-beer-at-fast-furious\/","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn instead of beer at Fast & Furious<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, the Eurekaweek committee wants to make the programme more inclusive, so also for students who don\u2019t enjoy alcohol or loud singing. For them, a film was planned for Monday and Tuesday evening. On Tuesday evening, students could watch the film Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw<\/em> instead of going to the cantus.<\/p>\n

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Of the twenty students present, there were only a handful wearing an armband for minors \u2013 who weren\u2019t allowed to drink anyway. The rest just said that they didn\u2019t feel like drinking. For some people, the cantus is just not the right place. \u201cI just don\u2019t like being among lots of people, all singing loudly and drinking beer,\u201d explained a timid-looking student of Management of International Social Challenges as she waited for a friend. \u201cIf the alternative is going to watch a film for free, I\u2019d much rather do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not socially incapable<\/h2>

Although the students here appreciated the alternative programme, there was still the feeling that Eurekaweek largely revolves around drinking. One of a group of Law students explained: \u201cI understand that they\u2019re trying to broaden Eurekaweek, but it\u2019s still mainly about drinking. For example, we had lunch at a student society today. If you don\u2019t drink, you really feel as if you don\u2019t belong.\u201d<\/p>\n

A group of five students on row 7 agreed that fellow students look at them strangely when they don\u2019t drink. Some of them normally do drink, just not beer. \u201cWhy does everything always have to revolve around alcohol?\u201d, one of them asks. \u201cUnlike what many people think, we definitely aren\u2019t socially incapable. We just prefer a different type of enjoyment, where alcohol isn\u2019t necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barrier<\/h2>

Although an alternative programme has been offered for some time and also attracts twenty people, it\u2019s still not totally inclusive. \u201cThere\u2019s still a kind of barrier to going to an alternative programme. When you take part in Eurekaweek, it\u2019s sometimes considered weak if you don\u2019t go out with everyone else,\u201d said an introverted, red-haired Psychology student. \u201cAnd I also have the feeling that lots of people who don\u2019t drink just don\u2019t come to Eurekaweek.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because although the current Eurekaweek committee embraces the mantra of inclusiveness, only a few students know about the alternative programme. But the people who attended the Movie Night are very pleased with the alternative programme. As Fast & Furious <\/em>fans, three cheerful girls who arrived an hour too early were also delighted. \u201cI mean, we got to see the film for free. What\u2019s not to like?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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