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New year, new you? Don’t sink, but sync your 2026 resolutions.

  • by Charlotte Schnitger
  • Posted on 10 February 2026
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Oddly Specific Gift Recommendations

  • by Federica Nuccetelli
  • Posted on 17 December 2025
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AUC perspectives on the Dutch Elections

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 7 November 2025
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Grief, Nausea, and Fear Plague American Students After Trump Election Win

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 22 November 2024
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Student Arrestees Address the AUC Picket Line of 25 to 28 March: “We Fear That the Conversation is Shifting Away from Palestine, and That the Larger Context of Settler-Colonial Occupation is Missing From These Discussions”

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 12 April 202411 April 2024
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Lecturer Younes Saramifar on the Death of Critical Thinking at AUC: “I Am a Pessimist and Remain Hopeless About Any Change and Betterment”

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 15 January 202415 January 2024
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Lecturer Hilla Dayan Reflects on the Israel/Palestine Propaganda Wars in Dutch Academia: “Clearly, There is an Upping of the Ante and Levels of Hysteria”

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 2 June 20235 June 2023
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Lecturer Maurits de Klepper on the Attendance Policy: “A Lot of Cut-Off Criteria at AUC Are Based on Convention”

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 28 February 202327 February 2023
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Growing up with the Zwarte Piet: “When Sinterklaas Left the Country, I Was Relieved”

  • by hazalkaraagac
  • Posted on 11 December 202211 December 2022
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The Real Issue With Data and The Need to Redefine Progress

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 10 June 202110 June 2021
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Capitalism Was Always about Exploitation

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 29 April 202129 April 2021
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Capitalism Must Not Fall

  • by Koh Okuno
  • Posted on 8 March 20211 April 2021
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  • Culture

Celebrating Eccentricity: A Photo Series about Amsterdam’s Transgender Scene

  • by The Herring
  • Posted on 5 January 20215 January 2021
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Cynical Theories: Is AUC Engaging in “Anti-Science”?

  • by Koko Christiaanse
  • Posted on 13 November 202022 November 2020
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