The Coconut Crab Crisis

09/01/2018

Continuing with my animal metaphors, I find that there is something strangely enticing and familiar about the life cycle of the coconut crab though.

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Stupid Stamps

When I was roughly 10 years old, my grandmother somehow convinced me to collect stamps. Yes, I admit they have some value, can be exhibited proudly and may even fetch a small fortune if sold to the right collector. The reason, I now suspect, she wanted me to develop such a passion and hobby was so that I would clean and empty out her attic in search of these imprinted goodies. Their presumed value serving as a façade to my grandmother’s true aspirations: the chase did have an objective, just not my own.

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The Hermit Crab Dance

The upcoming period is one of great change in the university, but also one of renewal. What doesn’t seem to change, is my appetite for David Attenborough videos and the constant source of inspiration that they seem to be for me and for my columns.

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Dealing with the Cuckoo Birds

Have you ever had an annoying group member who just didn’t do the work and expected all the credit? Or just more generally, have you come cross people that just take from you without ever giving back? Then congratulations, you have met yourself a Cuckoo bird.

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The Great TU/e Bakeoff

Some of you probably clicked this link in hope of finding a cooking competition on campus, which I agree would be awesome (if someone wants to start it I have a couple of ideas) but this is not the topic of this column: instead I’m going to talk about baking your very own diploma!

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The octopus syndrome

Before you google yet another one of my invented diseases and subsequently begin to question the title of this story, let me tell you this. With a new academic year having begun and a shiny new batch of freshmen accompanying it, the university is full of people suffering from the so-called octopus syndrome.

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18/04/2017

I am Two

When I first moved to America, I initially refused to speak English for the first 3 months because “Les Français parlent Français” or in other words, French people speak French. I was 3 years old. I soon realized that I had to ask for permission to go to the bathroom. Thus prioritizing dry pants over my French pride, my life as a bilingual began. Little did I know at that time that this new skill I was developing would split my personality in two.

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Living in a Box

When I moved to the Netherlands, I was really looking forward to freedom from my parents, a new culture and bad weather. What I didn’t expect, was to be put in a box.

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