{"id":118525,"date":"2020-10-12T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=118525"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:07","slug":"als-je-eindelijk-weer-eens-op-de-campus-bent-wil-je-met-je-medestudenten-praten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/10\/12\/als-je-eindelijk-weer-eens-op-de-campus-bent-wil-je-met-je-medestudenten-praten\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018When you\u2019re finally allowed to be on campus again, you want to talk to your fellow students\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Students are quite aware of the importance of keeping 1.5 metres distance”, but in practice it sometimes turns out to be difficult.<\/p>\n

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Most students walk around without face masks in the Theil building.<\/span><\/p>

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Inside Erasmus University\u2019s buildings, students are given a lot of instructions by means of enforced walking routes and stickers. Hand sanitiser dispensers are available in all corridors. But are physical distancing rules observed outside the buildings? \u201cWhen you\u2019re finally allowed to be on campus, you want to get to know your fellow students and talk to them. So you\u2019re less likely to comply with the restrictions,\u201d admits 18-year-old Anna Numan, a first-year educational sciences student. \u201cBut of course you are always aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that the infection rate is rising fast in Rotterdam, students, in particular, are subject to very strict monitoring. House parties are prohibited and large-scale society gatherings have been cancelled. \u201cThe rules are enforced more strictly in the city than in the villages surrounding Rotterdam,\u201d reports Nando Piree, a 19-year-old first-year business administration student. He has overheard his fellow freshers discuss illegal parties. \u201cApparently, there are clubs that close their front doors at 12 o\u2019clock and turn off all the lights, only for wild parties to ensue indoors. That is how they circumvent the coronavirus restrictions.\u201d He himself does not visit such clubs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome places don\u2019t really enforce the distancing rules,\u201d says Anna. \u201cDuring Eurekaweek, we would sometimes spend some time at caf\u00e9s\u2019 outdoor seating areas. Some caf\u00e9s in the city centre allowed up to ten people to sit at the same table. So yeah, we availed ourselves of that opportunity. But other caf\u00e9s will tell groups to keep their distance, and the police may even swing by to check if the rules are being followed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that many students are getting infected, many students do in fact respect the rules, says Jonah van Lotringen, 20, a third-year history student. \u201cI\u2019m getting the impression that students are aware of the importance of keeping 1.5 metres\u2019 distance. I myself am always mindful of it, but I\u2019m also experiencing a certain pressure to do things right, both in the city and on campus. I only attend meetings where I can keep my distance and where the organisers actually enforce physical distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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