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Plenty of sun, lots of music and a host of impressions. At the information market, dozens of organisations vie for the attention of first years, some with more success than others.<\/p>\n

This year, the information market is taking place on Campus Day for the first time. Instead of its usual location on the Oude Esch, the Erasmus Plaza and Van de Mandeleplein (in front of the aula) are now the setting.<\/p>\n

One association, two stalls<\/h3>
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On the Plaza, there are various job agencies as well as cultural foundations and associations, like Studium Generale, the Rotterdam Student Orchestra and Erasmus Dance Society. This year, EDS is well represented with two stalls. And the club is proving popular: \u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of interest from women,\u201d laughs Corinca Zwijsen. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any enrolments yet. We only do that after the introductory classes, then we know if someone is really going to enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The association is keen for all the women to have a (dance) partner too. That means there\u2019s sometimes a waitlist for women. \u201cLast year, we couldn\u2019t accept twenty women of the 407. But we try to keep as many people happy as possible.\u201d EDS gives all kinds of freebies away at its stall: sunglasses, fridge magnets, business cards.<\/p>\n

Opposite the EDS stall, Sanquin is looking for blood donors. The stall is looking rather quiet, but the ladies have had a good day. \u201cWe\u2019ve collected around fifty names,\u201d says Sandra Tondeur. \u201cThat\u2019s not bad at all.\u201d In order to attract donors, Sanquin gives away pens resembling blood collection needles. \u201cAnd the weather helps,\u201d according to Tondeur. \u201cOtherwise, we\u2019d have been indoors, and this is much more fun. We\u2019ll definitely be back next year!\u201d<\/p>\n

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On Van de Mandeleplein (in front of the aula), the first years can find student associations, sports clubs and the occasional start-up. The rapidly growing Chinese student association CSA-EUR was there too. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a fair number of visitors, so there\u2019s a lot of interest,\u201d says Boning Gong who is \u2018drumming up\u2019 interest for the association. Around 100 passers-by have already enrolled today. However, the club is not totally happy with their place on the square. \u201cTo be honest, this side of the campus is quieter. It\u2019s a bit far away from everything. On the Plaza, you have more music and it\u2019s much livelier,\u201d concludes Ka Jang Man.<\/p>\n

Tucked away in a far corner of the square near C hall are the equestrian girls from Marcroix. It seems rather quiet in this corner, but Bente Bakker and Liselotte Klerk are not letting it get them down. \u201cPeople who want to do horse riding already know about it, they don\u2019t need this market.\u201d Bakker: \u201cIt was very quiet all morning, you could have heard a pin drop.\u201d Klerk: \u201cThe big student associations tend to monopolise people.\u201d And they\u2019re rather difficult to find. \u201cTwo girls from the club wanted to come along and they couldn\u2019t even find us,\u201d sighs Klerk. But all their efforts have not been in vain: the girls have managed to enrol fifteen people.<\/p>\n

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more about the information market<\/h2>