• Intro
  • 18/08/2026
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Intro blog | Tuesday: camping, Campus Market & hoodies

After a rainy night, day two of the Intro gets underway. Today, the students head further onto campus, put their creations to the test, and meet more student associations at the Campus Market. After dinner with their intro parents, it’s time to round off the day with a party at their study association or a more laid-back evening at Intro Unwind in Neuron.

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photo Leoni Andriessen

In this blog, we’re following the day as it unfolds. We’ll be updating the article throughout the day with the latest news, highlights, and photos.

Life at the campsite

The first—or, for some, second—night at the campsite is over. At the Aurora campsite, with one large group tent and around 25 individual tents, the rain has definitely taken its toll. The ground is muddy, some tents are leaking, and the picnic tables and benches are sitting out in the rain. Several students say they would have loved to have some kind of cover over the area.

Still, the students are making the best of it. On Tuesday morning, they are busy brushing their teeth, eating cheese sandwiches, and getting into their intro outfits. Almost ready for day two!

Warm-up

Rain or shine, the students are happy to join the joint start of the day on Koeveld. Even those who are not quite awake yet quickly get moving during the warm-up and morning exercises, led by members of the Student Sports Centre (SSC).

There is stretching, jumping and dancing. A movement game gets everyone enthusiastically involved. Before long, even the last sleepyhead is up and moving, and everyone is ready for another day of the Intro.

Campus Quest: Testing

In the first program component, Campus Quest: Testing, students test the prototypes they built earlier.

Using two PVC pipes, three wooden slats, “too-short” zip ties, “weak” rope, and plenty of duct tape, students from Biomedical Engineering have to build a stretcher and then test it with an intro parent on board. Everyone receives the same materials, but the number of coins earned during yesterday’s Campus Quest determines which handicap they have to deal with. One group, for example, is not allowed to communicate verbally, another is blindfolded, and students in yet another group are tied by the wrist to a fellow group member (see photo alongside).

Patient transport is, of course, a natural fit for a technical medical program, but the assignment actually stems from one of the intro committee members’ personal experience with stretchers. “I was cycling through a red light on the ring road while drunk. I was hit by a car. Luckily, I only ended up with a broken ankle.” And so, a good idea for an intro assignment was born.

This article was translated using AI-assisted tools and reviewed by an editor

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