{"id":1905,"date":"2016-11-03T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T14:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/11\/03\/studentenvereniging-maastricht-krijgt-voorwaardelijke-straf\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:07","slug":"studentenvereniging-maastricht-krijgt-voorwaardelijke-straf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/11\/03\/studentenvereniging-maastricht-krijgt-voorwaardelijke-straf\/","title":{"rendered":"Maastricht-based student association receives suspended sanction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Een foto van de ontgroening in de almanak van het Groningse Vindicat.<\/span><\/p>

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During the student association Tragos\u2019 hazing activities prospective members were forced to drink a hot beverage, resulting in burns to the tongue. The association has received a suspended sanction from Maastricht University.<\/p>\n

According to the university, Tragos violated a number of rules. \u201cStudents were forced drink some kind of concoction that was served much too hot for consumption.\u201d In another case a girl bruised her ankle following \u201creckless behaviour\u201d by a senior student, and prospective members were deprived of sleep for a far too long period of time, reports Observant<\/em>, the university paper.<\/p>\n

Rector threatens to withdraw student representative grants<\/h3>

Tragos committee members have admitted to the incidents. It had already been revealed that first-years were prohibited from saying anything about hazing practices, in violation of university regulations.<\/p>\n

Rector Rianne Letschert, who is also responsible for the student affairs portfolio, decided to hand down a conditional sanction. If the association commits one more offence this year, then one-third of their student representative grant (eight-thousand euro) will be withdrawn.<\/p>\n

Self-reflection<\/h3>

The student association must now write an introspective self-reflection piece on \u201cthe purpose of the introductory period and appropriate behaviour and activities during this time\u201d. This will be followed by a \u201ccandid meeting\u201d with the Executive Board.<\/p>\n

Over the past few weeks there has been a great deal of commotion regarding hazing practices. At hazing activities organised by the Amsterdam student society Amsterdamse Studentencorps, <\/em>three prospective members ended up in the hospital. In another hazing-related case a first-year student pressed assault charges against the Groningen-based student association Vindicat.<\/p>\n

What is it like in Rotterdam?<\/h2>