Foreigners desiring an authentic taste of western European Christmas should head to Delft’s Old Church on December 15th and feast their eyes and ears on a Christmas concert with a very special TU flavor.

Exam scamThe aspirations of tens of thousands of prospective M.B.A. students in India were thrown into confusion when the government cancelled the university-entrance examination that they were in the middle of taking, after it was learned that the questions and answers had been leaked and were being sold.

I grew to love Santa from my heart and my soulThe most famous old fellow in all of North PoleDetermined to serve, he gets on his sleighWith Rudolph and Blitzen leading the wayYou hang up your socks after you wash out the smellAnd dream of the goodies, Oh! snel, snel, snel!He comes down the chimney with a mighty big thump!Hoping the noise won’t give you a jumpHis mission accomplished, back to his PoleWith his reindeer and all, fulfilling his roleThe king of the hearts, the hero of the dayThe dear old creature who’s forgotten in May!Then one day you wake up so far and awayIn ‘Deleft’ as they call it, so cloudy and grayOnly to learn that there is someone newThis Sinterklaas guy who comes to TUNow he comes from Spain with a ship and his crewAnd a cargo of gifts: hey, even Delft blue!The presents he puts in your clog or your shoeBut wise guy, don’t bargain by putting out two!!When giving out gifts, Sinterklaas takes his timeWhile more than a night for Santa’s a crimeOld Claus sweats alone, while Sint is a kingZwarte Piets are the ones who really do the thing!They give ‘pepernoten’, they juggle, they actThey’re more fun than Sint as a matter of factBut to all the little brats: you should watch out for PietIf you’re lucky you’ll end up just getting a beatBut if you’ve been worse than a certain degreeHe’ll take you to Spain in a bag on the seaSo now I am faced with a question so rottenMuch similar to that of ‘Bush or Bin Laden?’Since now it’s the fashion to pick a side,,You’re either with us”, or out you must hide!Yes, now it’s a question of the sleigh or the shipOf who is the best man for this trip?I grew to love Santa, but ‘Nik’ has more classSo who gets the gold medal, who gets the brass?My job’s to find answers, as a doctor-to-beMy method? As usual: Oh God please help me!!I got it! I got it! The answer is clear!The bigger his gift-bag, the more he is dear!So this year old Santa and SinterklaasI wont ask for the usual blah, blah, blahsYes this time my request will take you aback:To bring me a balance for weighing your sack!The author, a foreign student, asked to remain anonymous due to the potentially compromising nature of the poem’s content.

Urban design architect Carolina Galeano, 24, from Bogotá, Colombia, is a 2003 MSc graduate of TU Delft.%%Before coming to Delft I%d always wanted to travel abroad and see the world.

Ireland, Turkey, Korea, Italy, Argentina and now the Netherlands, Eamonn McDonagh has taught English across Europe and Asia and now brings his expertise to the TU’s IT&C English group, which offers all students and staffers a range of courses to improve their English-language writing skills.

Science QuizThe 5th edition of the Delft Science Quiz will take place on December 4, Promood has announced. This yearly event, in which four PhD students compete against four TU professors, uses questions from the well known Dutch national science quiz.

Controversy on campus as some foreign students object to living in new space-box or container housing. And among these disgruntled students turned housing activists, there’s even talk of a protest march down the Mekelweg.

Dutch Finance Minister Gertt Zalm continued to criticise EU giants France and Germany over the EU’s Stability Pact, which requires all EU countries to keep their budget deficits below 3% of GNP.

Sitting in an air-conditioned room, with a window open and the heater on high, is all in a day%s work for TU PhD Bing Yu. He designed a fault detection and diagnosis system to prevent buildings from consuming so much energy.

,,Look, I like you, and I respect you, and I’m interested in what you have to say. No, this isn’t the entrance to some grand rejection that’s been brewing in the back of my mind.