Fanfiction is often referred to in popular culture, while also shrouded in myth. I asked our fellow students who happen to be fanfiction readers about…
Linda PaterovaNovember 25, 2024
There is no love like the first. We experience feelings we never knew existed before and understand what it means to love and sometimes be…
Vadim MartschenkoFebruary 5, 2024
The mysterious optional course profile- an option we all have in our degrees, but may be curious or reluctant about taking. For this issue of…
Anushka SabhanamNovember 27, 2023
For a good proportion of this magazine’s editors, the Bachelor years at UvA will come to an end next summer. Amidst all the (optional) nostalgia…
Anika Korobkov and Vadim MartschenkoOctober 18, 2023
It’s finally getting warmer and we are all excited to sit on the terraces of our favourite restaurants and bars again - either with an…
Laura SpringerMay 18, 2023
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the term pride describes a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction someone feels when they, or people connected with them, have…
Laura SpringerJanuary 25, 2023
Solace tends to be intangible. It can be difficult to capture; a sensation, a smell, a taste? For us, it is intrinsically linked with memory…
Laura Springer and Isabelle Nic CraithNovember 17, 2022
If the #MeToo movement has highlighted one thing, it’s that sexual violence takes place in every sphere of our lives - even on campus at…
Laura SpringerSeptember 16, 2022
The Corridor is a column that usually introduces two students including their name and picture. However, the current column will be different as we will…
Laura SpringerJune 10, 2022
Many of the students that will obtain their bachelor’s degree this spring have followed the majority of their program online. As I approach the end…
Ella TeuscherApril 22, 2022
Home is often linked to a place you feel comfortable, the house and city you grew up in, your family, friends and country of origin.…
Laura SpringerDecember 8, 2021
For this issue of the Spiegeloog, instead of asking two psychology students about what makes them happy, I thought it would be nice to ask…
Laura SpringerMay 24, 2021
When confronted with the word ‘rainbow’, my associate network immediately brings the LGBTQ+ community to mind. And because I know some wonderful people whose story…
Laura SpringerMarch 31, 2021
With the closing of the UvA in March, students had to decide whether they would stay in Amsterdam or temporarily move back home. Those who…
Laura SpringerFebruary 15, 2021