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the Boomerang U C S A Mz | D 2010

Sunday aernoon. A-ter taking a riend to theUtrecht train station, I

walk to town through the Hoog-Catharijne mall. Somethingisnt quite right.

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A (Slighthly Graphic) Christmas StoryFolke Eikmeier

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A jolly fat man dressed in red and saying Ho-Ho-Ho doesnt really spell normality tous. Tis year, the Boomerang shows you the dark side of Santa.

Laura Verstappen

Who ounded thisplace again?An Interview with Hans

Adriaansens.

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Dutch dont cry?Next time you want tohate on the Dutch you bet-

ter shut the @$#*% up!!!

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Still no clue whatpresents to buy?Check out the Booms ex-clusive Christmas recom-

mendations

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Does UCU ask toomuch rom its stu-dents?Psychological health on

campus

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the Boomerang | December 2010 A University College Student Association Magazine

CU Founder Hans Adriaansens talks to Leonie Francien Sellies

UC0302COLLEGEADMINISRAIONhe GA You (Probably) Didnt Attend

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he discovery o a lost campuslibrary, budgets o the Yearbookand the Prom, and articles o the

CSRN. Te December 2nd Generalsembly discussed ew topics, and wasended by only a minority o students.

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UCU lost Lieke Schreel, one oits key architects, to LeidenUniversity two years ago. She

became the educational director o Lei-den University College (LUC). A reporton her experiences setting up the latestaddition to Liberal Arts and Science(LAS) education in the Netherlands.

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The Horsemens TableSophie van Gool

Good-looking, sociable andpopular. Or showy, vulgar andrude? Tey claim to be riends

orever, but many see them as a groupo pretentious Dutch males who give aprestigious name to weekly beer drink-ing, and dominate Dining Hall with

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Why did LUC decide against a Dining Hall?

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Some names have been changed on requestof those concerned.


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PHOOESSAY 0504UC

Children Aroundthe World

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ve just been turned o. But UCUesnt seem to rest: many units are still

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UCU: Bubble or Pressure Cooker?ophie Petri

Ornella Bijlmakers

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GLOBALDYNAMICS 0706COVERSORYEast and West Collide Over IranBryan van Hulst

Wikileaks is leading newsheadlines worldwide asclassifed inormation is

revealed, stirring serious concernamongst aected state representatives.Whilst most call the leaks politicalembarrassment, the published cablesmay have severe repercussions orthe Middle East.

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On November 11th, Dutchcinemas released the frst everhorror movie about every

tch childs hero: Sinterklaas. Knowna saint who tore o part o his cloakd gave it to a beggar, Sinterklaastomizes charity and warmth. Tis

nter, however, we get to see a newe o him. In Dick Maas movie Sint,

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Because we at the Boomerang dont want you to feel comfortable letting a creepybearded dude down your chimney.

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Te grown-ups are certainlyaltogether extraordinary, he saidsimply, talking to himself as hecontinued on his journey.

Sadly, Exuprys little prince didnthappen to visit the planet o thecollege student. It certainly would

have been a memorable experience, orit is a small planet, whose only inhabit-ant is ull o insecurities, but surpris-ingly vain and arrogant. He talks a

lot without saying much, just like thegrown-ups, but although he doesntadmit it, he never lets go o a question,like the little prince does.

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In the past, the Netherlands hasbeen one o the most ardent sup-porters o the US, ollowing almost

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Dutch oreign policy should be ocused on the United States.

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Films:The Eternal Sunshine o

the Spotless MindAlmost Famous

Taxi DriverThe Reader

Harry Potter and the Deadly HollowsMan on a Wire

The 10th KingdomCasablanca

ShrekMiracle on 34th Street

The Nightmare Beore Christ-mas

Books:Lie o Pi (Yann Martel)

A Fraction o the Whole (SteveToltz)

Heart o Darkness (Joseph Conrad)The Pact (Jodi Picoult)

In the Time o the Butterfies (Julia Alvarez)The Millennium Trilogy (Stieg Larsson)Breakast at Tianys (Truman Capote)House o Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)Freeedom (Jonathan Franzen)

White Teeth (Zadie Smith)The Five People You Meet in

Heaven (Mitch Albom)

Music:Hiphop concert Topnotch Extrava-

ganza 29th and 30th o December inDe Melkweg in Amsterdam

Regina SpektorNoah and the Whale

Elliott SmithAngus and Julia Stone

Sujan StevensYeah Yeah YeahsThe Album Lea

Blackmores NightPink MartiniDire Straits

LenkaDuke Ellington

The Decemberists

SPECIAL FEAURE 0908SPECIAL FEAURE

FoodLasagneAj de gallinaFrench Onion Soup

Blackbean-Mango-cilantro saladSalmon & RiceMoms comortood, whatever thatmay be

Roasted chestnutsGingerbread cookiesA generous portiono roast with mashedpotatoesMulled wine withtons o cinnamon

Ho-ho-ho, dear students, Santas here and boy, doeshe have a bag full ogoodies for you! But becausehes so busy, he asked the Boomerang to spread themaround, so here they are!Over winter break, take some time and relax: eatsome good food, watch some cool movies, listento awesome music and read some great books. Butwhich ones? Well, Santas recommendations, ofcourse. We put them in this beautiful Christmas tree,which is our gift for you at the end of this semester.Thank you for reading us and for being the incredible

people that you are, Santa really thinks youre great!Have a very special break, and happy holidays!

Lovingly yours,

The Boomerang

Tapas, cervezas, sangria,paellaand torosmight come to mind when thinking oSpains capital Madrid-but whats it like to live in a city where people make fes-tas and take siestas? Get an insight into Spanish student lie, the poor academ-

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Exchange Story: Madrid

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COLOSSEUM 1110COLOSSEUM

Arich exhibition by artist andtree surgeon David Nashembellishes the grounds o

orkshire Sculpture Park this winter.More than 200 works pay tribute to the

0-year career o one o the most crea-ve artists o our time in his largestroject to date.

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Change in Plain Sightndrea de Ruiter

The SandwichDaniel Camps

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o Dutch culture, language and habits,expressed by the oreign students. Inthe quieter corners o campus, count-less Dutch people weep silently aboutsome hurtul unny remark. Dis-gusting, weird, ugly: all these thingshave been said about Hollands cul-ture.

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the Boomerang | December 2010

QUAD QUERIES

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Else Rowel, 3rd year

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Tom van Drimmelen, 2nd year

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Leif-Erik Stabell, 3rd year

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Aviv Levy, 1st year

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Anna Stepanova, 2nd year

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Jasmin Werker, 1st year

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Folke Eikmeier 2nd year

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Peter Sokol, 2nd year

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Bert Bouwmeister, 1st year

The Boomerang Team 2010|2011:

Editor-in-ChieRafaela PeteanuManaging Director Aleksandar Feodorov

Campus Editor & Secretary Leonie Francien SelliesCampus Editor & Treasurer Folke Eikmeier

Managing Editor Rosalyn Saab

Art and Layout Director Marnix WarrenLay-Out Designers Stella Groenewoud, Emiel Stegeman

CAO Cathy Granneman

Who would you like to stand next to under the mistletoe this Christmas?

EditorsRosalyn Saab

Rafaela PeteanuLeonie Francien Sellies

Maarten BroekhofEva Sonneveld

Maria van LoosdrechtAnne SpermonSinad Clarke

Folke EikmeierShira Wolfe

Roeland van BeekMatthijs Maas

Aleksandar Feodorov

Special Tanks to for photography

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