De brandweer en Duwo zijn weer begonnen met hun jaarlijkse brandveiligheidscontroles in studentenhuizen. Op de Oudraadtweg, een complex met veel leden van Virgiel en het Delftsch Studenten Corps, blijkt dat geen overbodige luxe. “Een brandende plastic zak in je nek is niet prettig.”

Anne Viruly (23) wordt lijsttrekker van de fractie van Stip (Studenten Techniek in de Politiek) bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen in maart 2014. Stip heeft nu drie zetels en een wethouder.

Commonly known as DISS, the Delft International Student Society is “from students, to students and for students.” DISS aims to represent the needs of international students at TU Delft. They support students when it comes to housing, career and education.

Nothing is more telling of a society than its visual representation. Sometimes, the complex web of society, economics and politics is best understood with creative insight.

Imagine moving to a new country where you don’t know anyone and your partner is at work all day. This is reality for the families of many international students and employees at the TU Delft. Sometimes all you need is a little help and the International Neighbour Group is the answer.

One of the many small labs in the Applied Physics building, you will find the unassuming lab of bio- nanoscience where students are using their interdisciplinary skills to assemble an elementary cell.

Eighteen-year-old Fiona Delsing left her home in Switzerland only two and a half months ago to study Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft. Though she speaks the Dutch language fluently, as she has a Dutch father, she’s never lived in the Netherlands.

Untappd
Former TU Delft post doc Dan Farley confesses that Untappd is one of the most used apps on his phone. “It’s like Foursquare for beers,” he says.

Do you enjoy trivia? Does your geographical expertise or memorization of football line ups impress your friends? Put that knowledge to good use at a local pub quiz and you might even be rewarded with prizes.