{"id":115879,"date":"2020-08-05T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=115879"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:00","slug":"rsc-rvsv-cancels-eurekaweek-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/08\/05\/rsc-rvsv-cancels-eurekaweek-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"RSC\/RVSV cancels its Eurekaweek activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether Eurekaweek will be granted a permit will become clear this week. Student association RSC\/RVSV is not waiting for the announcement. The association is pulling the plug on its planned Eurekaweek activities at its building and in the association\u2019s housing.<\/p>\n

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The Eurekaweek party at RSC\/RVSV in 2019.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cWe think it is irresponsible to go ahead with this,\u201d stated Chairman Guido van Winden, who emphasised that the situation is not the same for all associations. \u201cThe association housing plays a really important role for us. We are expecting 750 sleepovers during Eurekaweek and that\u2019s no longer possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rotterdam introduction week participants are still welcome to register for the city\u2019s oldest student association at their building. The association still has all kinds of online activities in store for the new cohort of students.<\/p>\n

Van Winden confirmed that the initiation period with the association itself will continue. He did not want to clarify the extent to which the initiation period will differ this year to previous years, although he gave assurance that all activities will be \u2018corona proof\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Until now, RSC\/RVSV is the only large student association to cancel activities during Eurekaweek. According to Chair Merel van Lunen, from the Rotterdamse Kamer van Verenigingen (RKvV) (umbrella body of the five student associations), the other associations are in \u2018continuous discussion\u2019 about the current situation.<\/p>\n

Some 32 Rotterdam students have recently been infected with the coronavirus. On Tuesday, some fifty students joined the launch of the campaign \u2018Students against corona\u2019. The student community aims to use the campaign to show Rotterdam, and Mayor Aboutaleb in particular, that they are taking the coronavirus epidemic seriously and are adhering to the rules. The number of infections during the coming days will play a key role in Aboutaleb\u2019s decision to award a permit to Eurekaweek.<\/p>\n\n\t

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