By Esmée Zuiker About two years ago, the common rooms in the AUC dorms were closed to students. With DUWO’s communications department even harder to reach than the rooms are to break open, questions about the closings started to surge. From there, many theories as to why the common rooms are closed have been developed,…

By Maria van Wijnen and Milan Rooney After facing pressure from students to fix a range of ongoing issues within the student apartment complex at Carolina Macgillavrylaan, DUWO has responded by introducing a new policy that would guarantee stable shower temperature and working elevators… at a price. This new policy, to be implemented in January…

By Charlotte Schnitger and Tijmen Schik Dear AUC student,  Another year is at its end, and what a year it has been! Between January’s intensive and this last finals week before Christmas break, you have made countless memories – from shirtless dancing at Dormfest, to bringing home trophies from Paris (shoutout women/non-binary football!), to procrastinating…

By Esmée Zuiker The AUC Whatsapp group chats are deeply woven into the fabric of student life. Confused about an assignment? Send a desperate cry for help in the Academics chat. Need cigarettes at 2 a.m.? The AUCSA’s community Buy, Sell & Trade has your back. Want to rage bait, complain about people having sex,…

By Lou Boot Collage by Lou Boot As of May 2026, bus lines 322, 40, and 44 will be permanently discontinued as a tram line will be built in Science Park, announced Ernst Hendrikje, the head of the Science Park Board of Green Energy. As the UvA makes efforts to build new housing for PhD…

By Antoni Bańkowski DUWO leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming hot water shortages. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the cold showers started. The supply of hot water to the middle building has been repeatedly interrupted over the past months. In the morning, residents often flee their rooms in hopes…

By Ed Humphries and Stefania Zajdel As Christmas drew closer, panic started to spread across the AUC community. People who had ordered gifts for their friends never received them, leaving those expecting a present to take their loved ones at their word. It all began with a doorbell. Gavin (a pseudonym used to maintain anonymity)…

By Camille De Ripainsel Last year, AUC introduced a new attendance policy, hoping it would get more students to show up to class. But despite these new rules, students stayed absent, and early morning classes remained empty. Yet, something extraordinary happened, a miracle that was going to motivate every student: the coffee machine on the…

By Violet Domínguez Satire Collage by Thea Bladt Hansen — Freshly moved out of home, ready to finally take full responsibility for yourself and your space, and just when it feels like you get to be in charge, life is always ready to humble you. This is the lesson that Dutch artist Gal Aery aims…

By Thea Bladt Hansen Satire — In April of last year, AUC’s new dean Martin van Hees disclosed in an interview with The Herring that AUCNext is looking for a new slogan for AUC. Ever since, there have been ongoing speculations about what phrase is worthy of succeeding the iconic motto “Excellence and Diversity in…

By Thea Bladt Hansen Satire — The beloved intensive course “Global Identity Experience” (or GIE among friends) has long been a central part of first-year students’ experience at AUC. However, this week AUC Next announced its intention to make the course more relevant to the Science Park Community, and the intensive will thus rise from the…

By Tal Ben Yakir Satire With the 9 October Budget GA drawing nearer, AUC students have begun their preparations for the event. Those attending are amassing reserves of essential goods in their homes, stocking up on products required to make it through the affair. Anyone venturing into Action in Oostpoort will find its shelves empty…