Intro 2019 | City Tour - but then on campus

Associations are flourishing at TU/e, and those freshmen better know it. After the Green Strip Market, the sports and culture associations got another opportunity to present themselves during the City Tour.

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photo Rien Boonstoppel

The contrast between the smooth movements of the ladies dancing in tight black outfits and the overall awkwardness of the majority of male intro kids was rather touching today in the dance hall of Footloose (probably by far the hottest spot on campus). But maybe salsa just wasn't their favorite type of dance. In that case Footloose still has plenty to offer: classical ballet, modern jazz, hip hop, ballroom, zouk and kizomba.

Outside the Luna building, the Tuna Ciudad de Luz (m) and La Tuniña (f) had a special challenge prepared for the students. The Spanish music groups had brought a bag of money (which was actually sand) to be thrown over a beam. A literal translation of a Dutch proverb, which could be loosely translated as throwing money down the drain. They could try this only after they their balance was disturbed by the use of an old guitar. The idea behind this ritual: all the money that is earned by performing must be spent immediately.

Perhaps the most eccentric student association in Eindhoven is Kinjin, for the lovers of Japanese culture. In Luna, Kinjin presented itself with Karaoke - but with songs by Dutch singer Guus Meeuwis. And with the Pokémon tune of course. The diversity of the club is illustrated by twenty-three commissions, each of which responsible for a different activity - from fans of anime and card games to Dance Dance Revolution and language classes.

In full daylight

You would expect them in a dark basement, and that is exactly why the members of e-sports club Zephyr thought it was nice - now that the weather allowed it - to sit outside with their controllers, monitors and laptops in front of the Student Sports Centre. For this occasion with Mario Kart – a game normally not played by the Zephyr die-hards, who mainly go for the slightly more competitive games. "We play a lot of League of Legends for example," says member Nout Prins. "About ten teams of six people meet once or twice a week to train."

A little further down the Da Vinci archers strike a playful pose. Two archers were allowed to aim at target signs, which were crosswise connected with trays of water above their heads. So the best shooter was the last to get wet – but that was finally everyone’s fate really. Although the arches looked dangerous, the risk for the bystanders was minor, thanks to the so-called LARP (Live Action Role Playing) arrows with a foam head.

 

Tennis club Fellenoord is unlucky – during these days that is - to be located rather remote on the sports field. Members Jeroen Vos and Esmée van Let drove back and forth to the entrance with the association’s delivery tricycle – quite a special model - to make the intro kids enthusiastic to join the tennis club, which had a nice attraction in the form of a speedometer. Your reporter made it to an honorable shared second place this afternoon – in the ladies’ scores, that is.

Our photographer Rien Boonstoppel was on site again today and made these nice action pictures:

 

 

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