{"id":129527,"date":"2021-08-19T11:15:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T09:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=129527"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:48","slug":"day-two-for-group-72-entertained-with-neverending-quizzes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/08\/19\/day-two-for-group-72-entertained-with-neverending-quizzes\/","title":{"rendered":"Day two for group 72: entertained with neverending quizzes"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the first day of Eurekaweek and the personal introductions behind us, day two is all about getting to know student organisations. Most participants get to do this on a boggy field next to the university, but the participants of group 72 are lucky enough to have an all-day indoor programme at Erasmus MC. Not sure \u2018lucky\u2019 is the right word though: some felt that the programme tended to drag on a bit. \u201cAll those talks; they gave me a bit of a headache.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To keep the information sessions entertaining, each student organisation had prepared a game or quiz.<\/span><\/p>

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Fortunately the hangover from the party at Skadi wasn\u2019t too bad. On Monday night, the group all went out for a night on the tiles at the rowing club, but Tom the guide tells us that some were slightly disappointed: \u201cThe music was a bit too monotonous for my liking and the partygoers there were a bit superficial.\u201d One participant added that luckily they had had a drink at Tom\u2019s beforehand, which was cool. \u201cIt\u2019s a good thing that everything closes at twelve. If I had partied hard, then I would have felt it for the rest of the week.\u201d A tactical move, given that the cantus (i.e. the student sing-along) is still to come.<\/p>\n

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Guide Anouk receives the punishment after a wrong answer from the audience.<\/span><\/p>

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Water pistol<\/h2>

That said, there are a lot of presentations and funny movies to get through in the Erasmus MC lecture rooms before that. Many of the students were familiar with the Medical Faculty Association Rotterdam Student Association (MFVR), but STOLA, IFMSA and Avicenna, not so much. After a while, some heads are starting to spin. To keep them focused, the organisations have come up with medical quizzes and games. The Faculty Introduction Committee, for instance, tested their medical knowledge. If you don\u2019t know how many bones there are in the human body or how much saliva you produce in a day, you get squirted with a water pistol. Spoiler alert: whether on purpose or not, there were few correct answers.<\/p>\n

Despite the best efforts of the student organisations, attention slowly waned. \u201cAll those talks: they gave me a bit of a headache,\u201d sighed one of the participants. \u201cThey\u2019re mainly sales pitches, of which I\u2019m not such a fan.\u201d Having said that, the programme does have its advantages: \u201cIt was great that we were in the hospital and could see where we\u2019ll be studying,\u201d reckons Arezo, one of the participants. Salma adds matter-of-factly: \u201cThere\u2019re a lot of clubs you can join, and given that enrolment is free, they can count me in. If it\u2019s not my thing, I can always cancel my membership.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On the terrace of MFVR, there is plenty to do in between the rain showers.<\/span><\/p>

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Booking stress<\/h2>

Enrolment starts at three o\u2019clock in front of the Societas Studiosorum Reformatorum (S.S.R.) student association\u2019s terrace. On the dot of three, the whole group tried to get their hands on a ticket. \u201cShit,\u201d is the general response: turns out that the tickets were all sold out within seconds, and not everyone managed to get one.<\/p>\n

Getting a seat at a restaurant also proved stressful. Other groups have told them that trying to book a table is a waste of time. Something to fret about later, given that there are a hundred free tokens for the MFVR terrace. A great way to get ready for the cantus that everyone is looking forward to. \u201cWe\u2019re going to try to get a table at Happy Italy, because it\u2019s going to take a while before we have to check-in at Ahoy. And that queue won\u2019t be for the faint-hearted either, ha ha.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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