Student columnist Bas Rooijakkers bids TU Delft and his readers farewell. In his last column, he lists what has changed at TU Delft (student activism) and what has stayed the same (the Executive Board).
For the exchange of arguments in public, reasoned debate, you’re in the wrong place at TU Delft, writes columnist Bob van Vliet. This is starting to make him cynical.
X (formerly called the Sports and Culture Centre) and the sports and cultural associations cannot do without each other. So why do the student associations have to struggle to get the support they need? This should not be the case, writes columnist Otto Kaaij.
Columnist Jan van Neerven champions press freedom in his first column for Delta. His inspiration comes from his father, who passionately defended this cause as Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Limburgs Dagblad’.
The dream of innovation is simply not enough to take us where we need to be in fighting climate change. Innovation can even hinder progress, writes columnist Alex Nedelcu.
Columnist Birgit van Driel is surprised about the lack of self-reflection in society. She believes that politicians and administrators should look – publicly – in the mirror more often.
Student columnist Mirte Brouwer is concerned that new student housing building plans consist mostly of studios. She thinks student welfare should outweigh financial profit in new construction projects.
In the brief period that Joan Muysken was Rector of the then TH Delft (TU Delft’s predecessor) during the war, he defied his superiors, an action that cost him his life. On 3 May, TU Delft’s historian Abel Streefland remembered his courage and his humanity in the lecture below.
During one of the meetings on social safety, columnist Dap Hartmann heard that the Executive Board stood at -20. ‘I agreed that the Executive Board was indeed way behind. But I do not have the impression that it is aware of this.’
