{"id":129331,"date":"2021-08-17T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T13:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=129331"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:47","slug":"rsm-wins-tough-battle-of-the-faculties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/08\/17\/rsm-wins-tough-battle-of-the-faculties\/","title":{"rendered":"RSM wins tough Battle of the Faculties"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Day 1 of Eurekaweek, first-year students representing different faculties took on each other in a spectacular Battle of the Faculties. At the end of the evening, the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) was crowned the victor.<\/p>\n

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The Ahoy Convention Centre slowly filled up for the first evening event of the 49th Eurekaweek. First-year students were guided inside by their group guides, group by group, in accordance with the coronavirus restrictions. At the same time the boards of the various study societies, recognisable by their colourful shirts, entered the centre to mingle with the new students and meet their future members.<\/p>\n

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Hosts Max and Wies welcomed the nervous crowd and introduced Erasmus University\u2019s eight faculties, to rapturous applause. Then the Battle of the Faculties began. For two hours, the hosts subjected the freshers to complicated questions about many different subjects. They asked a lot of questions about Rotterdam, and what with the students cheering loudly to drown out each other\u2019s answers, the rivalry between the various faculties was tangible. The only time the attendees were united as one was during the musical intermezzo that was the ever-present Rotterdam song, which was sung loudly and proudly by everyone.<\/p>\n

After a highly varied quiz, the most knowledgeable students of each faculty were put to the test in the final battle. The Erasmus School of Economics managed to get into the top-4, only to fall short in the dance battle. The Faculty of Law also just missed out on a spot in the final because they underperformed in the pick-up lines segment, which featured some truly dodgy English: \u201cDo you work at the centre of dolphins? Because you are a spetter<\/em>.\u201d (Clearly, Dutch chat-up lines don\u2019t always work in other languages.)<\/p>\n

In the end, the RSM emerged victorious because its team members showed great DIY proficiency in constructing a chair made of cardboard. Erasmus University College (EUC) came second.<\/p>\n\n\t

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