Ga je komend jaar in Groningen studeren en ben je benieuwd naar wat GDS Kalliope precies inhoudt? Kom ons dan ontmoeten tijdens de KEI-week! We zijn aanwezig op de volgende evenementen: Maandag 13 augustus 10-17 h: Informatiemarkt @Vismarkt 14:30-17 h: Welkomstevenement voor internationals @Academiegebouw Woensdag 15 augustus vanaf 20 h: Spelletjes- en ontmoetingsavond @Café Wolthoorn
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Last week, the yearly pinnacle of European university debating, the European University Debating Championship (EUDC), took place in the Serbian city of Novi Sad. Having had two days to regain my normal state of consciousness after going through days of the weird activity that is debating, I feel I am capable to write this short
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Heb je interesse in debatteren en/of landelijke en lokale politiek, en lijkt het je leuk om op toegankelijke wijze hierover in debat te treden met andere studenten en overige jongeren in Groningen? Dan hebben we goed nieuws! Na een jaar van afwezigheid is GDS Kalliope trots wederom de Groninger Debatwedstrijd te organiseren, in samenwerking met
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Nu de introductieperiode alweer enkele weken gevorderd is, is het tijd om de oude en nieuwe leden in een wat andere setting met elkaar kennis te laten maken. Woensdag 4 oktober vanaf 19:00 h zullen we samenkomen in Café de Wolthoorn (Turftorenstraat 6) om te genieten van elkaars gezelschap, kookkunsten en gespreksstof. Iedereen die betrokken
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As I sit down to write this report of Tallinn EUDC 2017, the only thing I can think about is how incredibly fast everything went. I am already back in the Netherlands for 1.5 weeks, but it feels like it was yesterday that I was debating in a university in Estonia. It is hard to
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Time is flying and I will be flying soon as well. I am writing this post somewhere in the night from 12 – 13 August. It really is time to go to bed, but nerves and excitement about what is gonna come in the upcoming week are keeping me awake. In the past couple of
Lees verder...GDS Kalliope is de komende week zoals altijd aanwezig in de KEI-week! Dus ben je een aankomende student in Groningen en ben je benieuwd naar dé studentendebatvereniging van Groningen? Bezoek ons dan op een van onze evenementen: Maandag 14 augustus 10:00-17:00: Informatiemarkt @Vismarkt Dinsdag 15 augustus 13:30-14:20: KEI to your future: Talk like TED workshop
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Three weeks ago, it was announced that the thirteenth incarnation (or, to use the official term, ‘regeneration’) of the Doctor – the protagonist of the legendary BBC science fiction show Doctor Who – will be portrayed by Jodie Whittaker. As much as one would have hoped this casting news to engender no special media attention
Lees verder...While most of you are enjoying the holiday and volatile weather some people are still very busy with debating. In exactly one month from today (14-7) the European University Debating Championships (EUDC) in Tallinn will start. GDS Kalliope will be represented by one team this year. Groningen A will consist of Jon Barry and myself,
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I hate to start out yet another Spraakwater article by mentioning Donald Trump, but the slightly dystopian state of the world makes me feel obliged to postpone merrier topics for another occasion. As we are in the midst of a precarious special investigation to the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia, we are once again
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