{"id":2787,"date":"2016-08-23T11:03:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T09:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/08\/23\/eurekaweek-2016-elk-hoogtepunt-heb-zn-dieptepunt\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:10","slug":"eurekaweek-2016-elk-hoogtepunt-heb-zn-dieptepunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/08\/23\/eurekaweek-2016-elk-hoogtepunt-heb-zn-dieptepunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Eureka Week 2016: \u2018Every high point has its low point…\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s day four of Eureka Week and at around 2.00 p.m. the fence around the PAC grounds is by now almost crammed full of bicycles. The sun is shining, the scent of sun cream is lingering in the air and music is thundering in everyone\u2019s ears.<\/p>\n

Some students are lying around on cushions, or snoring away their hangovers in the shade. Others are harassing each other with water pistols and a flexible lady is hanging upside down twisting around a pole in the middle of the PAC grounds, while admirers view the scene from a distance. There are student associations, young political parties and food trucks with queues of hungry \u2013 and probably broke \u2013 students craving a bite to eat. And if you\u2019re feeling too hot you can cool off at the Skihut stage, where Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want For Christmas<\/em> can be heard through the speakers while snow machines create snowflakes that float gently to the ground. All of this is only possible on the VERY LAST day of Eureka Week 2016,so it\u2019s high time to ask the first-years: what did you think of it? What was the high point and \u2026 what was the low point?<\/p>\n

Mahima Kathuria (18), International Business Administration<\/h3>
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Mahima comes from New Delhi and at first doubted whether to visit Eureka Week. \u201cI didn\u2019t know whether there would be enough international students there to hang around with, but luckily there were.\u201d Her absolute high point \u2013 apart from the weather \u2013 was on the fourth day when she went sailing on the Kralingse Plas with her group. \u201cBut the pub crawl yesterday evening was great too,\u201d said Mahima. \u201cIf I had to mention a low point, then for me it was the food. The Dutch like eating bread and jam and potatoes! I\u2019ve only had potatoes and hardly any other vegetables!\u201d<\/p>\n

Julian Smulders (18), Business Economics<\/h3>
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\u201cI thought Eureka Week was great and I\u2019ve met loads of new people,\u201d said Julian. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way to find out what you like and to discover associations. Of all the associations, NSR appealed to me most, but I\u2019ve not registered yet. I first want to find out how much work is involved in my study and whether I can combine that with all of the association\u2019s social activities.\u201d Julian\u2019s high point was the cantus on Tuesday evening. \u201cThat was great because you could see the group becoming closer.\u201d He\u2019s not sure how many beers he\u2019s had, \u201cbut certainly more than ten, in any case enough to start talking to all my co-passengers on the train home,\u201d he concluded, smiling.<\/p>\n

Kyara Scheuer (18), Medicine<\/h3>
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Kyara has been dreading going to study. \u201cMy parents offered to pay for Eureka Week in the hope that I\u2019d become more enthusiastic.\u201d She prefers not to say whether it worked, but all in all she thought the week was \u2018fine\u2019. \u201cI did register at RSG because I\u2019d heard that they organise galas; I make my own clothing and dresses, so when I heard that I couldn\u2019t refuse.\u201d Kyara\u2019s high point was also her low point: \u201cOver the past four nights I\u2019ve had a total of around six\u00a0hours sleep. On the one hand that\u2019s my low point, but I think the fact that I\u2019m still alive on so little sleep is also a high point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kars-Jan Giesen (18), University College<\/h3>
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\u201cThis week was fucking great! All the parties, all the associations; it was all great,\u201d said Kars-Jan. He had no doubts about buying a ticket: \u201cyou\u2019re only a first-year once\u201d. His absolute high point was the \u2018international party\u2019 on Wednesday evening, where he met fantastic people. The low point was the following night: \u201cMy phone broke yesterday and I couldn\u2019t find anyone in my group. After the international party I went along to Laurentius, RSG and RSC, but couldn\u2019t find anyone. At a certain point I got lost and because I didn\u2019t know what to do I decided to sleep in a bus shelter at around 4.00 a.m. until the first bus. A lovely Rotterdam lady eventually took me to the metro and showed me where to go. My phone\u2019s still broken, but I now have three phone numbers written on my arm in case the same thing happens this evening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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