Bas Rooijakkers gets very annoyed by the gambling advertisements on TV and at the campus bus stops. Given the growing number of young adult gambling addicts, this is not good.
Bas Rooijakkers very much agrees with apologising for slavery in the past. But he has a different idea about reparations.
During a trip to Sweden, student Bas Rooijakkers discovers that almost everything in the Netherlands is actually more expensive. Except alcohol.
Student Bas Rooijakkers has written columns for Delta for a year now and is sometimes recognised on the street.
Reducing ‘board months’ is an odd sanction for incidents at associations, says Bas Rooijakkers. In order to achieve cultural change, it is better to punish the perpetrators.
There should never be a strict bachelor-before-master demand again, says columnist Bas Rooijakkers. This would only bring more problems to the ‘bad luck generation’.
Should TU Delft scrap the cum laude ruling as the Free University of Amsterdam will do next year? Bas Rooijakkers does not believe it will reduce achievement-related stress.
Student Bas Rooijakkers is surprised that many students prefer online lectures. He advocates physical classes, which is better for focus.
Student Bas Rooijakkers feels powerless watching Europe change before his very eyes. He feels for the Ukrainians.
