{"id":102134,"date":"2019-08-23T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T09:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=102134"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:25","slug":"very-busy-on-the-terrace-and-with-enrolments-at-rsc-rvsv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/08\/23\/very-busy-on-the-terrace-and-with-enrolments-at-rsc-rvsv\/","title":{"rendered":"Very busy on the terrace (and with enrolments) at RSC\/RVSV"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a distance, the RSC\/RVSV building is almost unrecognisable. Due to the large scaffolding that acts as an annex, with a footbridge to a neighbouring field, the building seems to have doubled in size. The temperature is rising, as is the volume of the music, and students are rapidly filling up the terrace. There\u2019s a queue at the entrance, and it\u2019s only 4.00 p.m., midway through day three of Eureka week.<\/p>\n

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Students are lying on the grass in the sun, having a beer or eating chips. Enjoying some relaxation before the party continues. Now that the links with the university have been restored following a suspension (due to\u00a0abuses during the hazing<\/a>), the association can be part of Eureka week again this year. The temporary absence of the association did not diminish its popularity, however. This year, there have already been more than five hundred enrolments, despite there only being place for four hundred members.<\/p>\n

Toasties<\/h2>
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Wearing her sunglasses, Zonne (18) is also sitting with a group of girls at a picnic table. With a drink in her hand, she explains that she has enrolled and hopes to become a member: \u201cThis week I\u2019ve been staying in an RSC\/RVSV house, and it\u2019s been amazing. Perhaps the best part of this Eureka week is coming home at night and making toasties together.\u201d It\u2019s not certain whether Zonne will become a member; because of the huge number of enrolments, lots will have to be drawn.<\/p>\n

Guido van Winden, president of RSC\/RVSV, explains that they\u2019ve hired a lawyer to do this: \u201cThe lottery is random, but the male-female ratio is fifty-fifty. We felt that was the best and fairest way.\u201d The members will be announced as usual on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Exhausting<\/h2>

For Robin (21), a student association isn\u2019t so important. \u201cI prefer to focus on my Econometrics studies.\u201d So far, she\u2019s really enjoyed Eureka week, with the cantus being the highlight. \u201cThat\u2019s really been the best thing so far, even though it took a while to get in.\u201d She\u2019s sitting on the ground playing cards with her group. None of them knew each other previously.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to have had more say about allocating the groups, because it\u2019s much more fun with your own friends, but I understand why it\u2019s been organised this way,\u201d Robin continues. \u201cIt does mean that you can meet new people, and they can\u2019t take everyone into account.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being out all day and meeting new people is quite tiring, says Zonne: \u201cThe atmosphere everywhere is very good, but it is exhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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However, the fatigue of day three hasn\u2019t dampened the atmosphere or put people off. New people are constantly arriving on the terrace via the high stairs. Now it\u2019s so full that people have to shuffle past each other. People are sitting on the steps and on the walls around the terrace.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, a student fell from a balcony in the Delftsch Studenten Corps, but fortunately, his injuries weren\u2019t too bad. Van Winden: \u201cWe very much regret what happened. We have our scaffolding checked every day by the police and fire service, so it\u2019s completely safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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