{"id":7092,"date":"2015-08-18T14:49:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T12:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/?p=37463&lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:23","slug":"here-comes-the-rain-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2015\/08\/18\/here-comes-the-rain-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Here comes the rain again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A sold-out Eurekaweek, a spectacular opening with live performances and inspiring speeches in De Doelen, but then\u2026 rain. This blasted rain. Sunday morning, it still seemed as if the weather wouldn\u2019t turn out too bad, and the Eurekaweek Committee decided not to make any changes to the programme. \u201cWe thought things would clear up,\u201d explains Nadia Dijkstra, \u201cbut by the evening, it was obvious we would have to fall back on our rain programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people who make that call had already gone home, so we got up early in the morning to phone and email them.\u201d Fortunately, a rain plan had already been prepared for this contingency, and everyone on campus proved very cooperative. Still, the Committee waited until around 11 a.m. before it sent out the official announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur policy is to wait with sending push messages until they become relevant, and 11 a.m. is more or less when people started going to campus.\u201d The University Support Centre (RES) already received the email stating the change of plans at 6:37. \u201cThey also phoned us, after which everything went quite smoothly,\u201d says Daisy Zevenbergen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hall had already been cleared for the beer cantus tomorrow evening, so they could get busy straight away.\u201d Fortunately, most stands and associations received the message on time. For example, Cedo Nulli hadn\u2019t started setting up their jousting arena yet. \u201cIt was still in transport, so we didn\u2019t have to move anything. Still\u2026 it\u2019s a pity about the rain. You get a different mood and vibe when the sun\u2019s out and everyone\u2019s sitting on the lawn with a cold beer,\u201d says Lucia van der Stam.<\/p>\n\n\t

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