ECU'92 Yearbook 2012-2013 by Economie Combinatie Utrecht 1992

YEARBOOK

ECU’92 Yearbook 2012-2013

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Utereg Me Statsie

6 Wilhelmus

Lucky Thirteen

Meet the Yearbook Committee

Word from the Board

Word from the Mayor

Columns by USE teachers

Boards of other study associations

Meet the ECUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;92-committees & ECUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 Board members

Kissing Tree (of course not complete)

Life as an international

The end of the world

The ECU-activities

Drinking games for dummies

Meet your fellow freshmen

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Epilogue

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Colophon

Lucky Thirteen When I think of thirteen I naturally think of bad luck. We have learned that 13 Is an unlucky number and for that reason many buildings donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a 13th floor! But why is 13 the unlucky number? Why not 11 or 12? When I googled for 13 , one of the first hits was , naturally , Wikipedia. There I found some intressting things about 13. The first thing was that it is between 12 and 14, and that people make errors with 13 and 30 in speech. After that there where some cultural facts about 13, such as that 13 is the age that a Jewish kid becomes a full member of the Jewish community and that many religions have 1 prophet and 13 followers. Next where some examples why 13 is a unlucky number. Apparently the orgin of unlucky 13 comes from the Babylonian code of Hammurabi. Personally I only find the fact that a female have 13 menstrual cycles in a lunar year and that the 13th card of the tarot card deck is Death somewhat unlucky. And maybe the fact that on a Friday the 13th the king of France ordered a arrest for all Templar knights. But the rest has nothing to do with bad luck.

This becomes more clear when I saw all the lucky 13 facts. The list was more than 2 times that long. Most of them where sport and music related and I didn’t really read those. Next to that there was said that 13 is a lucky number in Italy and in Brazil some people believe that 13 is the god number that can save human kind. My conclusion is that 13 isn’t really ‘unlucky’ or ‘ lucky’. It is just a number, that is placed between 12 and 14 and is the square root of 169. But we as the yearbook committee wish you all a lucky 2013! So that’s why the theme of our yearbook is lucky thirtheen! Thomas Grosfeld Chairman yearbook committee 2012-2013

Meet the Yearbook-committee Thoams Grosfeld, Chairman

Dear freshmen of ECU’92, My name is Thomas Grosfeld and I’m 20 years old. I was born on May the 21st in Breda, which is in the lovely province of NoordBrabant. I have a room in Zeist, a village near Utrecht as you all may know. I’m a PADI open water instructor so I try to do that as much as possible! I spend my time relaxing with friends and diving. When I go out I like to go to Tivoli or just a place with good music. Next year I might be doing economics next to medicine in Amsterdam. I joined the yearbook committee and ECU’92 to get more contacts in Utrecht. I enjoyed the time I had with the committee and ECU’92 this year and I hope more may follow. Kind regards, Thomas Grosfeld

Joris Berkhof, Secretary

Dear fellow ECU’92-freshmen, My name is Joris Berkhof and I’m the secretary of the yearbook-committee 2012-2013. I’m living in Haarlem and I’m 18 years old (29-06-1994). I subscribed to join a committee and had a nice introductory talk with Tessa in September. After that Gidde called me with the question whether I would like to join the Yearbook-committee, to get more in touch with ECU before I might go to a ‘big’ committee. Of course I answered Gidde’s question with a resounding YES! Hopefully you’ll all enjoy browsing this yearbook! I wish you all good luck with the final straws of this year and hope to see you all in September for another great ECU-year! With a big smile, Joris 12

Michiel Willemsen, External Affairs

Hoi, I am Michiel and I am coordinator external affairs of this Committee. Over the year I had nice experiences with my fellow freshmen in out of the Yearbook Committee. So I hope that this yearbook will give the freshmen a smile on their faces while paging through it.

Eline Lammers, Promotion

Dear freshmen of ECU’92, My name is Eline Lammers and I am 18 years old. I was born the 17th of October 1994 in Oss, which is in the province Noord-Brabant. My parents live in a village close to Oss, and I live in Utrecht. I play hockey in Oss every Friday and Sunday. I also go the gym at Janskerkhof once in a while. Furthermore, I spend my time going out and shopping together with friends. Student café ‘Pakhuis’ is my favorite place to go out here. Studying economics was exactly my second choice, because I’ve always wanted to become a doctor. Last year I didn’t come through the lottery in Utrecht. However, this year I participated in the ‘decentrale selectie’ in Amsterdam. I joined the yearbook committee of ECU’92 mainly to obtain more social contacts. I had a really good time in this committee and with ECU’92 in general this year; I especially enjoyed the parties. I hope you did so too! Best wishes, Eline 13

Kristina Hutzler, Lay-out Hello to everyone, My name is Kristina Hutzler and I am obviously a member of the Yearbook committee. My main task was the Layout, however I am really thankful that all the committee members actually helped me to fulfill this task! Thank you a lot! I am pleased to get the opportunity to study in the Netherlands, especially at USE and as well to join a Committee! Because in my home country, Germany, Study associations in this sense do not exist, therefore it was for me a very special, interesting and fun experience!! I really enjoyed the time with you guys!

Kristine Trona, Treasurer My name is Kristine, I am 19 years old and I come from Latvia - known as Letland to most of the Dutch people. As far as I can remember, I have always wanted to study abroad and I am glad I chose Holland, especially a city as vibrant as Utrecht, for my studies. I live in Ede together with my boyfriend, and I also have a part time job in Utrecht. In my free time I go to gym, play a guitar or go out in Nijmegen. When I decided to join ECU92, Yearbook commitee was not the one that I applied for, however, it has been a lot of fun working together with my great commitee members. I am actually the only one among us, who does not speak Dutch and at first it created some difficulties, but after a while everybody got used to speaking English. This summer I plan to do my best with learning Dutch, as it comes quite helpful on daily basis. I hope the freshman year has been fun for all of you, and I wish you to keep having that fun also next year. Best of luck, Kristine

Julia Groesdonk, Treasurer Hi everyone,

My name is Julia and on the 6th of May I turned 21 years. Before I moved to Utrecht, I lived in Goes, a small town in Zeeland (Southwest of the netherlands). Utrecht is very different compared to Goes. In Zeeland you live nearby the sea and there are a lot of small villages. I like living in Utrecht, the city is much bigger and there is even a Zara! Though I like to travel back every week to spend time with my family and friends over there. They often say: being a student is one of the most incredible times of your life, and I already totally agree! The freshman year was sometimes hard, but I had many great moments and I met a lot of nice people at USE. I hope everyone enjoys their summer, here in

Utrecht or abroad. I wish you all the best for next year!

Gidde van der Ven, From the Board

Hi, I’m Gidde, Treasurer & Vice-chairman of the Board, but primarily coordinator of one of the most enthusiastic committees of ECU’92: The Yearbook Committee. As coordinator, I’ve seen this committee evolve from what was at first a group of shy freshmen into a solid and productive group of ECU friends. This year’s task was huge in comparison to previous years: with an extended budget and fresh ideas, the committee embarked on an ambitious plan. We soon learned that putting a 100+ page yearbook together shouldn’t be underestimated. However, I’m extremely pleased with the result and I’m proud of the students that created it.

Word from the ECU’92 Board Dear freshmen, Your first year of your Economics and Business Economics bachelor program at the Utrecht University School of Economics will soon be coming to its end. The ECU’92 Board therefore believes it is a good time to look back over the year and see how far all of you have come! Speaking on behalf of the ECU’92 Board, the freshmen have been extremely enthusiastic and active. This yearbook gives a good impression of what you have done, where you have been and how all of you have experienced your freshmen year at the University. The yearbook committee has put time and effort into capturing all the remarkable, amazing and shocking experiences that you have been through. We hope that you look back onto a successful and unforgettable year full of great memories. This yearbook will remind you of several events that have taken place, things that have been said (even though some should not have been said) and other valuable moments. Enjoy looking back while preparing for all the good still to come! Kind regards, ECU’92 Board 2012-2013 16

Word from the Mayor Competences At the moment I’m writing this, an international debate about the financial reorganization of Cypriot economy is sweeping our continent. Do the Cyprus savers have to contribute personally to the crisis the financial sector have plunged Europe into - or not? In our own country also, more and more serious dilemmas between monetary policy and democracy emerge. Quite apart from the increasing unemployment. Against this background, the theme the ECU ‘92 Yearbook Commission provided this Yearbook with (Lucky 13) and also the casino look the Commission has aimed for, certainly fascinated me. Sure enough, economists will have - somewhere in between Keynes and the Chicago Boys - to redefine their competences, as well as the definitions and scope of their trade. As a layman in economy, I feel ‘real’ economy, not casino capitalism, should determine our future. And it is our moral responsibility to base a well-balanced society on it, in which everyone has a share and which offers the requisite chances. May the atmosphere and facilities of our City of Knowledge and Culture inspire all of us during this important process of (self ) reflection! With the celebration of 300 years Peace of Utrecht as an inspiring background. Which - I’m sure - goes excellently with the long-established ECU ‘92 tradition of sociability.

A. Wolfsen mayor of Utrecht

Luuk Rietveld

Samsung’s rise: A lucky gamble or strategically planned?

As a Dutch saying goes: “Zonder geluk vaart niemand wel”, this is true for every individual, but also for companies. Literally translated it means “without luck, none will fare well”. In March 2013, the Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics (hereafter Samsung) presented the ‘Galaxy S4’ in the home nation of its biggest rival Apple, on Times Square, central New York, to the gathered world gadget press. A moment that might enter the history books as the first moment Samsung took the role of the innovator from Apple. In his 2008 book ‘Sony vs. Samsung’, Chang calls the Samsung of the early 1990s “an obscure Asian company that was known mainly for exporting cheap generic Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) products” (p.19). What happened in this 20 year period with Samsung? Was this growth a lucky gamble or a well-planned strategic move? The key to this success can be found in what was dubbed the “Digital Sashimi Theory” by Samsung Electronics boss Jong-yong Yun. Samsung lagged behind its competitors Sony and Philips by light-years looking at technical know-how, innovation capacity and patents in the analog technical world. But the advent of the digital age marked a turnaround in Samsung’s thinking. It saw that, just as with perishable goods such as sashimi, speed is the key and unless you can come up with a product quicker than your competitor, you are doomed. Samsung practiced this idea in the late 70s when it started its DRAM industry (Digital Random Access Memory) by buying up bust American and Japanese producers at the moment the market was bad, learning from their technology, hiring the best technicians from Japan by paying 4-5 times more than they earned previously, and continuing to produce in a market abandoned by all its big rivals such as Intel. Their strategy of aggressively investing into new product and process innovation, helped by a recession in the DRAM (prices decreasing by 90% within months) and the US government for restricting import from Japanese firms, paid off and in the early 90s Samsung had the biggest market share and was leading innovator in the DRAM industry. From then on Samsung began to copy this strategy of efficient aggressive high speed investments from the semiconductor B2B 20

marketing to the B2C markets such as white good appliances, computers, home appliances and mobile phones. Samsung engineers in its mobile phone business for instance, designed a new product within three to six months compared to rivals such as Nokia with a design cycle time of 12 to 18 months. How come? Samsung is vertically integrated and thus has all knowledge ‘under one roof’. Because of this, procurement costs are lower, there are lower lead times, and cooperation (shared culture) improves, all this leading to cost advantages, quicker production and more synergy. The fruits of which we, consumers, have reaped the benefits. New Samsung products hit the market at lightning speed, at reasonable prices and are above all very durable (the best phone I have ever owned was an unbreakable Samsung E900). Was Samsung perceived as a cheap generic (quickly breaking down) product producer thriving on economies of scale early 1990s, Samsung turned this around by a new marketing strategy focusing on the value consumers get from their products. Improving (new) product quality, charging higher prices while sacrificing sales, revising distribution channels and sales forces, and establishing a brand through extensive promotional activities for (mostly) their mobile phone business, creating a market oriented firm. So, Lucky gamble or well-planned strategic move? Samsung’s strategy of focusing on speed and cost seems to have paid off, if not for some favorable market conditions at that time, as well as a lot of (financial) support from its brothers and sisters in the Samsung Chaebol; hence doing justice to the Dutch saying mentioned above. There is however, another side to this success. An often heard critique is that Samsung is not very competitive in products for which creativity and software matter. Right now Samsung is at a turning point, having been a market follower in consumer products all its life the firm now has to find new paths never walked on before. Will it be up for the challenge? Only time will tell. If we have to believe investors of innovating firms however, the tone can change within 6 months… For further reading, please read the source I used to write this article: Chang, S-J. (2008). Sony vs. Samsung. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia).

Harro Maas

Vertrouwen en de neutraliteit van de econoom (Dutch Only) Vertrouwen komt te voet en gaat te paard, zegt een oud gezegde. De afgelopen jaren hebben we daar prachtige voorbeelden van gezien. Toen Dick Scheringa’s DSB bank, nog maar net niet meer geleid door Gerrit Zalm, slecht in het nieuws kwam door z’n woekerpraktijken en dubieuze boekhandel presteerde toenmalig minister van financiën Wouter Bos het om in de Tweede Kamer flink uit te halen naar de handel en wandel van DSB bank. De volgende dag was er geen houden meer aan de vlucht van rekeninghouders uit de bank en kon de Nederlandsche Bank weinig anders meer doen dan de stekker eruit trekken. Dijsselbloem herhaalde de misstap van Bos laatst door in de open val te stappen die lepe redacteuren van de Financial Times voor hem hadden uitgezet en aan te kondigen – zo leek het – dat spaarders er voortaan van uit konden gaan dat in tijden van crisis hun spaargeld bij de bank niet meer veilig was. Economen, vooral de columnschrijvers onder hen, haakten hier vervolgens enthousiast op in door de vraag te stellen welk land na Cyprus aan de beurt zou zijn: Slovenië, Portugal, Spanje? Economen kijken graag naar de zogenaamde ‘volatiliteit’ op markten als een indicatie van (gebrek aan) vertrouwen. Maar dit soort berichten, ook van henzelf, beïnvloedt natuurlijk zelf ook deze volatiliteit. Daarom moet de vraag worden gesteld of economen slechts, zoals ze zelf graag beweren, een objectief oordeel geven over een stand van zaken. Want wie een stand van zaken met zijn of haar uitspraken beïnvloedt, zou zich er rekenschap van moeten geven dat deze uitspraken daarmee per definitie niet meer neutraal zijn. Neutraliteit kun je denken, maar juist in tijden van volatiliteit niet altijd zeggen. Economen die denken dat hun verantwoordelijkheid ophoudt bij een wetenschappelijk verantwoorde interpretatie van de ‘data’, gedragen zich eigenlijk behoorlijk onverantwoord. Want ze maken zelf een casino van hun data. Daarom eindig ik met een (rhetorische?) vraag: is het een goed idee of een slecht idee dat de nieuwe directeur van het CPB iemand is die uit de gelederen van EZ komt, en niet uit de gelederen van de ‘chattering class’? Harro Maas

Jan Renaud

Is there a bubble of economists on the labour market? Whether you are still immersed in your Economics study or already reached the exit of your academic career looking for your first - or next job - on the labor market, you will join a large army of economists on the labor market who all want to make a living from their formal education. The Study Portal for Masters filtering for Master in Economics & Business in the Netherlands lists 378 search results. The supply of (under)graduates of economists floods the labor market and tough competition will drive the allocation of scarcely available jobs – although job perspectives are not bad -. Although the scope of jobs for economists is broad, ranging from macro-economic policymakers, financial managers, accountants in the SME and many more, if society is not overwhelmed with economists and their economic wisdom overvalued? If I want to be up to date about the latest developments in Economics I can choose from an inexhaustible list of books, journals and magazines, enough to fill reading time from womb to tomb. But after having read the number of trumpeted opinions is proportional to the number of authors; the best opinion is to form your own adding it to the growing opinion pool. Don’t become disappointed, if you experience that being economist is being part of a widely diversified network resembling an occupational game, where a question raised by one economist creates new work for other economists to find a solution. A ironic poem about economists expresses it as follows: If you do some acrobatics with a little mathematics it will take you far along. If your idea’s not defensible don’t make it comprehensible or folks will find you out, and your work will draw attention if you only fail to mention what the whole thing is about.

Economic opinions abound. But in other labor fields a shortage of skilled professionals create unmet wants and needs: if I for example contact a computer helpdesk about a software problem, I have to join a long queue and, once contacted, the proposed solution either does not work, or I could find it myself searching on specialized Internet sites. In this dynamic labor market, keeping up to date and social y engaged means widening your human skills. My advice: already before and certainly after entering the labor market, keep broadening your intellectual scope and human skills by learning new things unrelated to economics. Whether it is learning Russian, becoming a deep sea diver, knowing all the details about the Last Judgment painting of Michelangelo, or becoming a one-year volunteer in East Africa, you will encounter more people sharing your same interests; you will amplify your circle of friends and acquaintances and diversify your social network than by exclusively sticking to Economics.

Jan Renaud Assistant Professor at Utrecht University School of Economics.

Boards of other Study Associations

Dear members of ECU’92, First of all, I would like to mention that I noticed a contradiction in Lucky 13. Where lucky stands for prosperity, fortunate, happiness combined with serendipity, 13 is considered an unlucky number. A surprising combination people will not come up with easily. Though, when one creative person comes up with such a surprising idea, it has a great chance of becoming a success. Ideas often, on the other hand, turn out different than they are supposed to. This is called serendipity, which plays a great role in innovation. As a matter of fact, some of the biggest innovations were never meant that way they eventually turn out. In 1968 dr. Silver was trying to develop ultra-strong glue, but the substance developed had opposite qualifications. The glue didn’t glue well, but stayed sticky for a long time. This qualification made the substance suitable to use more than once. The idea came up to put this on a piece of paper and the post-it was born, which is a huge success. Luck. The discovery of the sweetener aspartame? Also a coincidence. Dr. Schlatter did research about new substances to cure ulcers. During this research he asked his assistant to test the substance, but the assistant thought he was asked to taste the new substance. A very sweet flavour was discovered. Luck. How about Viagra, LSD and penicillin? All examples of luck. Luck that becomes a success. Luck that changes the society and economy. And luck that will give us more prosperity in the year ’13. Sincerely, Zita Koks h.t. chairman of NWSV Helix

This article is in DUTCH only! Waarde lezer, Het is mij een eer en waar genoegen namens de Juridische Studenten Vereniging te Utrecht een bijdrage te mogen leveren voor de almanak van ECU’92. Al jaren zijn ECU’92 en de JSVU nauw met elkaar verbonden. Zo organiseren we dit jaar wederom de REBO-Bedrijvendag en heeft er al een REBOlezing plaatsgevonden. We vinden het dus erg fijn dat we een bijdrage mogen leveren aan dit jaarboek! Al sinds 1968 behartigt de JSVU de belangen van de Utrechtse Rechtenstudent. Dit gebeurt zowel op inhoudelijk als sociaal vlak. Zo voorzien wij de studenten van boeken door middel van onze boekenservice en verkopen wij uittreksels en arresten in onze Studiewinkel. De vele commissies die de JSVU rijk is zetten grootse activiteiten neer. Zo wordt ieder jaar de Utrechtse Bedrijvendag georganiseerd waarbij studenten de mogelijkheid krijgen om in contact te treden met vooraanstaande kantoren. In november dit jaar zal het Juridisch Studenten Congres plaatsvinden. Deze dag zal in het teken staan van het thema ‘Crisis & Recht’. Ook is er voor de student gelegenheid om zich op internationaal niveau te ontwikkelen. Zo worden door de Legal Experience een inhoudelijke reis en door de Buitenlandse Betrekkingen Commissie een uitwisseling georganiseerd. Op sociaal gebied zijn er ook genoeg mogelijkheden om je te ontplooien bij de JSVU. De JSVU organiseert rechtenfeesten, een introductiekamp en het JSVUhockeytoernooi. De JSVU bestaat dit jaar 45 jaar! Tijdens dit lustrumjaar is er tevens groots uitgepakt met een lustrumweek waarin onder andere een gala, lustrumsymposium, lustrumpraktijkdag en lustrumevenement hebben plaatsgevonden. Tot slot wil ik jullie feliciteren met jullie jaarboek en jullie verder een succesvol jaar toewensen! Wij komen uiteraard langs bij jullie activiteiten. Met vriendelijke groet, namens het 45e bestuur der Juridische Studenten Vereniging te Utrecht, Merel Raab h.t. ab Actis

Dear reader When I was sitting behind my computer, trying to come up with some educated writing material about lucky 13, I couldn’t think about something else than a curious case consisting potatoes. Which is rather odd since potatoes have nothing to do with the subject of your yearbook. I could tell a lovely story about potatoes (again), but since only your board knows and will know the story behind potatoes, it really would be useless to write it down here. So, what to do then? Since this yearbook is merely for freshman-students, who probably don’t know the Vereniging van Utrechtse Geografie Studenten (V.U.G.S.)I am of course forced to educate you more about our study association, but I won’t do that. But what is our relationship with lucky 13, or the number 13? Well, a long long time ago, when moderate winds from the south-east voyaged across Utrecht in the year 1922, it was on the 13th of October the Utrechtse Club voor Aardrijkskunde was founded, the study association for geography students in Utrecht. I wouldn’t say the 13th of October was a lucky day, since it wasn’t luck, but it sure was an important day. After 9 years the name of the association changed to Vereniging van Utrechtse Geographische Studenten, to make a much more clear indication that the association is a study association. Since the foundation of the V.U.G.S., the association started to grow in members and became the largest geographical study assocation of the world, organizing lots of extracurricular activities for her members. So remember the 13th of October, the day our association gets older and older, every year! With geographical greetings, On behalf of the 18th lustrum board of the Vereniging van Utrechtse Geografie Studenten Jurjen Veldhuijzen, Chairman

Meet the ECU’92 Committees & The ECU’92 Board members

The Activities Committee Unlucky ‘ 13? I don’t think so, more like lucky ‘13!The Activities Committee this year has had an unstable start but after coming down to the final member set up, we rightfully won the battle of the committees getting the crown as the best committee of ECU’92. The AC consists of diverse and international members that makes our meetings lots of fun and usually with some pie. Our newer members are Fabienne, Jannis and Peter who are Secretary, Coordinator Buitex 1 and Coordinator Buitex 2 respectively. These freshmen consist the core of the AC along with Maria, our Treasurer and Nik our Chairman. Of course all the work is being done under the watchful eye of our Coordinator from the board, Anne. As a committee we always try to make the best our of it and organize top of the notch activities for the ECU’92 members, which I’d say we have more than achieved so far. Our first activity was the beer cantus, in which we made 40 ECU’92 members really happy and really drunk partying like its the end of the world, since beer combined with singing and games can only lead to a hilarious night. After organizing the first event, we went heads on organizing the legendary and somewhat notorious Buitex and the destination this year was Berlin. Selling out the tickets in 16 minutes could only result in an epic weekend. And oh boy it was! Ask around and there will be plenty of stories about Berlin and I expect people to talk about it for a while so going 3 days with only 5 hours of sleep in total was totally worth it!But of course we aren’t stopping here, we have our 3rd activity, a soccer tournament and a BBQ in June, which looking at the group this year can only be but amazing. I would like to close this by thanking my fellow committee members and the board of ECU’92 for making this an unforgivable experience so far. On behalf of the AC 2012-2013 Nik Dimisianos

The Investment Committee (BVVK) What is gambling? It’s customarily defined as playing games with a chance of a monetary reward. Well, according to many the stock market and naturally the ones that make up the market itself are doing just that. And to some extent the Investment Committee is no exception. However, what many don’t realize for any reason or another is that “games” doesn’t mean that luck is the only governing factor in the realization of eventually reaching our pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It is one of dedication, persistence and enthusiasm for all the reasons one joins our circles. Nothing less than the best is expected, from one meeting to another, from one proposition to the next. And this is what really sets the Investment Committee aside from the rest: the reality of stakes involved. The responsibility that lies on the shoulder of every single member, a mutual trust between members to make the right calls that will in turn benefit all and every member and thus earning the stripes not just within the committee itself but also for a later point in one’s life at times of close calls and difficult dilemmas. All in all, a close-knit and entrusting nature of the Investment Committee between its wholehearted members is the ultimate departure from the commonly perceived notion of just a game, just luck and just another gamble. In the words of American writer Robert Heinlein, “There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope” -- a quotation that could ultimately serve as best description of our Investment Committee, the BVVK.

Conference Committee

At February 21st of 2013, the ECU’92 took place, with the theme: ‘Economic Confidence’. Almost a year before the deadline we were formed as a committee and we first started to brainstorm about a theme. After one or two meetings we decided that the topic ‘Confidence’ was very interesting. It was, and still is, a hot topic, but in our study books, lectures and tutorials the concept is used much less. I don’t know if you can call it luck, it was lots of hard work as well, but we managed to compose a program with real interesting speakers. Ronald Gerritse (chairman of the board of AFM), Arnold Heertje and Frank Quix spoke and inspired us that day. The workshops were a big success, as well as the free beer and wine at the end of the day. Besides the hard work we delivered in order to make this day as great as it was, we had lots of fun together as well! Daphne Bijkerk - Chairman, Merel van den Berg - Secretary/Treasurer, Marloes Wigger - Coordinator Speakers, Anne van Breen - Coordinator Speakers/Coordinator from the Board, Christiaan Defauw - Coordinator Sponsoring/Promotion Susan Verdouw - Coordinator Scenariobook

The Freshmen Committee I think if in our committee, we could choose a number that subscribed our committee the best, number 13 would be the lucky number! As easy as it may seems to join the Freshmencommittee, as challenging it is. You can say number 13 stands for difficulties, and we had a lot of those for sure. Our first 13 is finding a time when everybody is able to come to our weekly meeting. Our second 13 is to also actually show up to the meeting. But also filling in the doodle and showing up on time turned out to be very challenging tasks for us as Freshmen. On the other side some of our 13s also have a positive side. For example, thanks to the rule, who shows up late has to bring a cake, we can eat a lot of cake. All in all I think we have a great time together. So despite of all our 13’s, we are a lucky committee.

Study Trip Committee Dear yearbook committee, 2013 seemed to be an unlucky year, with a lot of bad news and accidents. A year you want to go through it rapidly, so you can start next year fresh and new. However, 2013 is not that badly at all when you went on study trip in April with us. Then you will always remember this year as the year you went to Dubai! Could that be better? We don’t think so! The study trip committee consists seven members. Birte Staden is the secretary of the committee, Michiel van der Werf the treasurer, Isabelle van den Bergh coordinator location, Luuk Wagenaar coordinator activities, Sachi Shimizu coordinator promotion, Lisanne Hoekstra the chairman and last but not least, Gidde van der Ven as coordinator from the board. We couldn’t make this study trip without any member of the committee. The first half year of 2013, we worked hard to try to make this study trip the best study trip ECU’92 ever had. We arranged nice activities and interesting meetings with people working and studying in Dubai. After all, we don’t think 2013 is a bad year at all. It is a year with a lot of parties, fun activities, making new friends and of course some studying! Kind regards, The Study trip committee 2012-2013

Promotion Committee (PromoCie)

The promotion committee is a pleasure to work with and a delight to look upon. As the newest of the ECU’92 committees – meaning it has only been added to the study organization this year – and also the least experienced team since (most probably) the foundation of the ECU’92 itself (not a single member had ever been part of a committee before), I think, I may conclude that we have been able to prove the right of our existence. Initially, the PC was meant to have several functions, but since the ECU’92 board did not let go of the camera, we ended up focusing on the design of the posters and flyers for most of the activities of the study organization – which adds up to a good share of work. What started as a group of five persons that barely knew about their function within the ECU’92 quickly grew into a wellfunctioning team and properly integrated part of the study association. As the committee has been founded in 2012 it is hard to say that this could be related to the lucky number 13 of this year’s theme. But after looking back on the last months and the good work the committee has done, despite not being much of a gambler I would most confidently bet my money on a good year for our committee. Lucky (20)13 indeed.

Relaxcie

Partying is serious fun. That’s one thing for sure: we love to get intoxicated together. If it were not for the parties, we would not study. Our social life is made up of all our parties big and small put together. ECU’92 parties are also part of that and therefore it is an honour and a pleasure to introduce to you, the 2012-2013 Relaxcie Committee. This year the Relaxcie is completely renewed and consists of six new highly motivated members plus our member of the board, Tessa. We are organizing five parties this year including some cooperation parties with other study associations. Every committee member has a great expertise in the field of partying, and with our creative minds and other fine-tuned valuable qualities we bring ECU’92 parties to a whole new dimension. Nice themes, good DJs, and amazing booze offers, that’s how we roll. We already had some successful parties as you may remember or maybe you can only vaguely remember it because of your drunkenness, but we can guarantee you it was awesome. For example the GoGeek! party where everybody showed their geeky and dorky side, and the party that followed, where we left our stuffy self behind and moved into Russian atmospheres while taking vodka shots. And the best thing is: there are even better parties coming up! On behalf of the Relaxcie 2012 – 2013, Ellen Dirkx - Chairman

The Editorial Committee

Dear reader, Economics and Business Economics with its various options of choice is a bachelor programme teaching you aspects about your own species where biology is stumped; teaching you how the different organs of social sciences interact, whereby focusing on the trader in man. You learn to deal with data, how to handle Stata. If, however, you believe that in the flowerpot of your body, there might be a yet unevolved sprout of creativity, be warned that unless you get yourself a watering can of a hobby, there exists the danger of drying up. We, eleven students from the Editorial Committee and one sprig from the board, therefore cultivate our creativity to harvest The Ecunomist three times a year and nourish your hunger for fresh, mouthwatering journalism. The quality of our soil is at the same time ensured by our biodiversity. Inputs to the whole crop growing process answer to the names Sander, Julia and Cyriel from the Netherlands, Javid from Azerbaijan, Dea from Albania, U.S. citizen Leila with Costa Rican life experience and some Dutch and German roots, Thomas, the Dutch part-time South African, Mithra from India, Sofia from Spain, with family in Thailand, Natalia, a Russian girl who after living in Ireland now visits her parents in Finland, as well as Marco and Kai from Germany. If you count the different cultural impacts (and you happen to be a skilled counter), you’ll end up with the lucky number. It’s hardly surprising then that for the first time, our fruit could grow to A4 under these conditions this year. Remain curious, keep on reading, and visit us on Facebook— you’re always invited to interact. Yours, The Editorial Committee

We are Masters!

Master Alumni Committee (MAC)

Usually this means that working with bachelors is not our priority. However together with one bachelor student (Matthijs) we organize master minded events for all master students at USE and of course the Alumni. Our year has been very busy so far but this is not keeping us back from putting in all our potential into events for the common good. With a very international diverse committee (NL, DE, USA and BG) we create great inputs and events. Because of all the input our meetings are extremely diverse and colorful. Different sayings in Bulgarian, German, English and Dutch are constantly explained to each other and as they say in Bulgaria: wings are used to fly. Next to English our most spoken language is probably German, bitte bitte, schreien Sie nicht! Throughout the year this committee gives us valuable experience and connections. Most importantly, at the end of the year we developed great friendships that will last forever. Hopefully 2013 will be a lucky 13 to all of us because that would mean we all graduate! Best, Hana, Zlatina, Sarah, Matthijs (Bachelor) and Luuk Master Alumni Committee 2012-2013

Speeddating with alumni (a MAC-activity)

Discussion and Lecture Committee (DLC)

Probably as a freshman you haven’t heard from this committee yet, which is due to an unfortunate doses of bad luck… So let me take this chance to introduce the Discussion & Lecture Committee! This year we have a series of lectures planned with as an overarching theme: ‘Captains of the Industry’. However the theme of this yearbook did not seem to apply to us and we had the bad luck that the first ‘captain’ who was to speak fell ill. However the wheel of fortune is always bound to turn around and we managed to reschedule the lecture and have the next lecture coming up on the 25th of March! If you are interested in hearing from professionals in the field who run a company our lectures will definitely interest you! Furthermore it is a nice way to fill the gap between practice and the theory you learn in university. However I can honestly say as chairman that I am very lucky with my fellow DLCmembers. This committee exists of a variety of nationalities, sexes but most of all talents. Each member possesses unique capabilities that attribute to making this committee a success. The lectures upcoming months are therefore bound to become very interesting and inspiring and of course we will end each evening appropriately at the Nieuwe Dikke Dries! So meet my awesome committee at our upcoming lecture!

Student Interest Body (StIB)

Of course, as we all know, studying Economics at Utrecht University is most certainly the best choice you’ve ever made. But still, even awesome things can get better! Therefore ECU ’92 introduces to you the best committee ever: the Student Interest Body (StIB). Why is the StIB the best committee ever? Because we care. Yes, we do. The system of the university contains multiple kinds of student representation, but to make it easy for you we have combined all student representation into one committee. So, do you have any problems with your study? Any ideas to make education better at USE? Any complaints about your teachers? Lectures? Assignments? Exams? Study locations? Bring it on and mail it to us: stib@ecu92.nl.

The Yearbook Committee Our committee is actually put together with a lot of people with different personalities and appearances. However, it turned out that we can have a really good time together. After the committee dinner at Otje, we went pooling with our committee and had some drinks. We also organized a night for our committee at Elineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place, where Michiel cooked us a lovely Vietnamese meal. After that we went out in the city center. We have two internationals among us, Kristina and Kristine. Kristina does actually speak Dutch, but Kristine doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. In the beginning it was hard for us to speak English the whole time, because you sometimes automatically switch to Dutch and to find times to meet when everyone was available. In the beginning we spent a lot of time brainstorming. I think it took a few meetings before we had a theme which everyone liked. Lucky 13 was the best option, because it can be interpreted in a lot of ways. In March some panic broke out, because the deadline for finishing the yearbook became closer and closer. The actual putting together and the layout of the yearbook is also the most time-consuming. To stay within our theme, we might say that it was a big gamble to outsource the making of such a big project to a freshmen committee. After all, we have put a lot of effort and love in making this yearbook for you. We hope you guys enjoy reading and above all looking at it! Thomas Grosfeld (Chairman), Joris Berkhof (Secretary), Michiel Willemsen (External Affairs), Kristina Hutzler (Lay-out), Julia Groesdonk (Treasurer), Kristine Trona (Treasurer), Eline Lammers (Promotion), Gidde van der Ven (Coordinator)

Anne van Breen, Chairman of the ECU’92-board 2012-2013 To stay in the theme of the yearbook, here are 13 burning questions for each member of the board! Since the theme is lucky 13, what is your lucky number? My lucky number is 4 because everything is always four. I mean, count the numbers of every word you have ever written and you will always end up with 4. For example, take the word, yearbook, this word has eight letter, the word eight has five letters, and the word five has 4 letters!!! Here we are, everything is 4 Do you gamble, or do you have other addictions? Luckily I do not gamble, because I am sure I would soon be addicted. I do have another addition: Chocolate… Shame on me! If you would win an incredible prize with your lucky number, what would you do with the money? Travel the world! I love travelling, but this is obviously not a cheap hobby. However, I don’t think I could spent it all on myself so I would probably try to do some volunteer work on my way. Since this Yearbook is for all freshmen students, describe your first year! As a freshmen student, I first took everything very serious. I studied like crazy and visited the library in many of my free hours. I also expected University to be very tough, but I soon realized the many free hours a student has. So besides all the nerdy hours I spent studying, I loved filling up these free hours by going for drinks with friends, cooking or playing sports. Why is ECU’92 the best study association? ECU’92 is the best simply because it is super ‘gezellig’! Everywhere you come or go with the study association, there is always a fun group of students to hang out with. Whether it is a lecture or a party, the nights out never disappoint! What is up to now your best ECU experience? My best ECU’92 experience was the moment that I heard that I was going to be the chairman of the study association. I was shit-scared, but at the same time so excited to manage and coordinate ECU’92 for an entire year.

What was your most ‘lucky moment’ (blooper) as a board member? First of all, don’t judge me, I do not share this fact proudly… A couple of days before the Christmas holidays, we had the faculty new year’s reception. It was a busy day so I jumped into my suit in the afternoon and rushed to the reception. When we got there, various other study associations and professors had already arrived. The ECU’92 Board also went to get a drink, when suddenly a USE secretary came up to me (I will keep her anonymous). She told me that my skirt was not closed at the back… and indeed the zipper was right open! I still hope till this very day that she was one of the few who have noticed that I dared to expose my butt on this new year’s reception. Woeps… As a board member you have a lot of parties and drinks, what was your most crazy night? My craziest night was the prom ‘Midnight in Paris’. I will spare you all the details, but let’s just say that at some point I attempted to climb the amazing Eiffel tower. I can tell you, this was not a pretty picture. Who of the board members has the most hangovers? Gidde. It is always possible to hear it from his voice and the number of sighs are much higher on a hangover day. Sometimes, the ECU’92 sweatpants are his best friend on these days. What is the best thing about being a board member? As a board member you get to write the policy plan for the study association. Most of the decision making is done by the board members so the board gets to decide the course of direction for an entire year! What will you do after the board year? I will first finish my Bachelor programme and maybe do an internship. I would also love to learn Spanish, so if I can motivate myself, I would also follow a Spanish course in Spain. Next, I want to do a Master programme, but this is too far away to plan ahead ;) For what could someone wake you up in the middle of the night? Food. If you wouldn’t be in your current Board position, whose function would you like to apply for? I would apply for the Coordinator of Education Affairs. It is something entirely different from what I do now and I like the excitement of stepping out of my comfort zone. Does not mean I would be good at it though…

Tessa Dobbe, Secretary & Coordinator Internal Affairs To stay in the theme of the yearbook, here are 13 burning questions for each member of the board! Since the theme is lucky 13, what is your lucky number? My lucky number is 4, since my birthday is on the 4th day of the 4th month. Do you gamble, or do you have other addictions? No I don’t gamble, I don’t have the guts to do that and I am too keen on my money ;) Of course I have addictions! I check the news at least 50 times a day and I am addicted to ‘eierkoeken’ If you would win an incredible prize with your lucky number, what would you do with the money? Hmm that is a good question.. It depends on how much I would win. I think I would spend the money on a nice journey. I really want to see the world, I only left Europe just once. Since this Yearbook is for all freshmen students, describe your first year! Haha my first year. I loved being a freshman, everything is so new and so much better than your high school. I joined the Relaxcie in my first year, great committee to start with. Next to that I started rowing, experiencing the typical student life ;) Why is ECU’92 the best study association? Oh that is not a difficult question of course! ECU’92 has the nicest members, everyone is chill to hang out with it. Besides its members, ECU’92 organises a lot. It is the perfect way to make new friends and to do fun stuff. What is up to now your best ECU experience? Well I actually experienced a moment during my Board year when everything fell into its place. It was during the Russian Roulette party. Before the party I was pretty nervous about how many people would show up. We sold vodka shots for €1 at the party, which attracted a lot of people. I was running around until, I believe, 2:30 and then I could finally party! I was standing on the little stage in the back of Club Lux, I looked at the crowd and realized how much people there were and how much fun they had. AWESOME night! What was your most ‘lucky moment’ (blooper) as a board member? You mean by lucky actually an unlucky moment? I think my speciality is having unlucky moments. I crashed a black light at the prom, ordered posters with the wrong text on it, forgot about a meeting with Club Lux, dropped a full cup of tea on the just cleaned carpet in the Board room, and so on.

As a board member you have a lot of parties and drinks, what was your most crazy night? As a board member I didn’t have a lot of crazy nights because I mostly needed to stay sober. During the transfer weekend we as the candidate board had to drink a lot. I only remember half of it and had the worst hangover ever the next day. Who of the board members has the most hangovers? Definitely Gidde. He is the one who represents ECU’92 at every party and has the craziest stories. What is the best thing about being a board member? Meeting a lot of people and gaining knowledge and life experience. And not to forget, free drinks at every reception! What will you do after the board year? Become rich and famous :p Haha no.. What about studying? For what could someone wake you up in the middle of the night? I don’t like to be woken up in the middle of the night. I thought about it but there is actually nothing you could wake me up for.. If you wouldn’t be in your current Board position, whose function would you like to apply for? I think I would go for Coordinator of Educational Affairs. But I really love being the Secretary/Coordinator internal affairs.

Gidde van der Ven, Treasurer & Vice-Chairman To stay in the theme of the yearbook, here are 13 burning questions for each member of the board! Since the theme is lucky 13, what is your lucky number? Nine, for no readily available reason. It’s basically some idea I came up with when I was younger and it kind of stuck. Do you gamble, or do you have other addictions? I have no addiction to gambling (yet). However, I do seem to have developed a taste for good spirits (read: whiskey) and beer during this Board year. Especially when the first few drinks are down, I will not hesitate to play along with any kind of drinking game. I’m fighting a terrible hangover at the time of writing that resulted from a night of ‘extreme liver conditioning’ with my basketball team. Other addictions would definitely include music. If you would win an incredible prize with your lucky number, what would you do with the money? Throw a party. Then I would reconsider my expenditures and probably be wise enough to put the money into a savings account. If I were to spend the money right away, I would definitely extend my studies as long as possible by adding another bachelor to my courses, which would be either biology or law. Since this Yearbook is for all freshmen students, describe your first year! My first year wasn’t that interesting, to be honest. Sadly, I wasn’t involved into ECU in any way, partly because I kept in touch with most of my friends from high school which provided enough fun throughout the week. Next to that, I was working for two bands as a bass guitarist and spent loads of time into the studio. Why is ECU’92 the best study association? I personally think this point doesn’t need any thorough explanation, however my first thought would be the fact that ECU provides pretty much anything a student might request from his/her study association. What is up to now your best ECU experience? Every single one! I constantly rediscover how much fun ECU can be during the activities. Best of all up until now was probably the Buitex to Berlin, however we will leave to Dubai in a week which will add another unforgettable experience! What was your most ‘lucky moment’ (blooper) as a board member? During ‘overdrachtsweekend’, I mistakenly pronounced the word “pedel” in a very funny way. This resulted in so much laughter from the previous Board I will never make this mistake again.

As a board member you have a lot of parties and drinks, what was your most crazy night? Without doubt the Russian Roulette party. We managed to entertain more than 400 people the whole night, which was thrill given we organized the party ourselves. Who of the board members has the most hangovers? I will leave this question to my fellow Board members. What is the best thing about being a board member? Living a student’s life without the studying! What will you do after the board year? I’ll be in Vienna from September to January, after which I will hopefully be able to obtain my bachelor degree. For what could someone wake you up in the middle of the night? This actually happened once. Friends of mine were way too drunk to be able to enter any party in downtown Utrecht, at which point they decided to bring the party to my place. It was 1:00 am, I was firmly asleep and suddenly all hell broke loose in my house. Loads of fun. If you wouldn’t be in your current Board position, whose function would you like to apply for? Probably External Affairs or Secretary, because I feel I can learn a lot performing these functions.

Cyriel Nysten, Coordinator External Affairs To stay in the theme of the yearbook, here are 13 burning questions for each member of the board! Since the theme is lucky 13, what is your lucky number? In number theory, lucky numbers are the prime numbers since they are lucky enough to ‘survive’ after elimination rather than giving a specific person great luck and fortune. I don’t have a particular lucky number, in case I had to pick one it would be the number 21. First and foremost it’s a prime number and therefore a lucky number. Secondly because it’s ECU’92 21st birthday this year and lastly because the age of 21 is most of the times considered as one of the turning points in your life. Do you gamble, or do you have other addictions? Actually I never gambled and I don’t have any addictions as far as I know of…but it could also be that I’m still in denial. If you would win an incredible prize with your lucky number, what would you do with the money? Buy nothing, I’d probably just wake up. Since this Yearbook is for all freshmen students, describe your first year! It would be long and tiresome to describe it fully…I think I struggled through my first year not really going to classes and mostly partying with friends. It was my first year on my own, in the end I managed, I’m lucky I can attain knowledge pretty quickly. Why is ECU’92 the best study association? For associations in general I think the positive added value comes from bringing different people together and enabling everybody to meet new people quickly. What makes ECU’92 the best association? ECU’92 distinguishes itself by having clear ideas on how to improve the association in the future and we are all slowly improving. What is up to now your best ECU experience? My best ECU experience were the sequential introduction weeks and weekends. In my first year I took part it as a freshmen, in my second year I was a coach in my third year I was part of the introduction committee and last year I took part of it as the new board. It’s always nice to spend time with your ECU buddies and at the same time meet new people. What was your most ‘lucky moment’ (blooper) as a board member? I think the weather during the introduction weekend last year was a lucky moment for me, it can really make or break a weekend.

As a board member you have a lot of parties and drinks, what was your most crazy night? As a board member you don’t only have your own drinks, but you also represent ECU’92 and economics at other drinks and gatherings. I think my most crazy night was when Matthijs and I went to three different drinks throughout Utrecht within two hours and afterwards having our own Russian Roulette party in club Lux. We had to change clothes inbetween because we couldn’t go partying in our suits. Who of the board members has the most hangovers? Gidde! What is the best thing about being a board member? Having power and bossing people around….just kidding. I think it is more about learning a lot about yourself, which you can put to good use in later life. It is always good to keep challenging yourself and learn to think in solutions, that is also partly what you learn doing committee work. What will you do after the board year? Last year I finished my bachelor at Utrecht University, so after my board year I am going to continue with my Master. For what could someone wake you up in the middle of the night? Only if the house would be on fire…for the rest everybody should leave me alone if they value their lives. If you wouldn’t be in your current Board position, whose function would you like to apply for? I think I applied for as well as extern as intern during my application. So it would be the function of intern. An often mentioned reason for this is that the extern acquires the money and the intern spends the money.

Matthijs Begeer, Coordinator Educational Affairs To stay in the theme of the yearbook, here are 13 burning questions for each member of the board! Since the theme is lucky 13, what is your lucky number? Is it possible to not have a lucky number? Do you gamble, or do you have other addictions? I don’t really like to gamble, but appear to be quite good at it haha.. During the last summer break I have won enough money in one weekend to live through a full Board year so maybe it is better for the gambling industry if I leave it with that one time. If you would win an incredible prize with your lucky number, what would you do with the money? This obviously depends on the amount of money of the price, but I would definitely spend a lot of money on my graduate education. The remaining part would probably end up on my savings account. (wow such conservative spending) Since this Yearbook is for all freshmen students, describe your first year! I was probably one of those students who was unknown to 99 percent of all the freshmen. I lived with my parents for the whole year, studied really hard in order to be accepted for the honours programme and wasn’t involved in any activity of ECU’92 whatsoever. Why is ECU’92 the best study association? I think ECU’92 is one of the most professional study associations I have seen throughout this year as a member of the Board, in terms of the variety of activities we organize as well as the organization behind it, despite its relatively young age. We accomplish to improve ourselves each year and have become so much bigger over the years. Why we are the best? I guess I’m not really subjective on that matter. What is up to now your best ECU experience? By far our study trip to Dubai! I love to travel, to experience new cultures and be able to see where I could end up after my studies and it was great to see this all come together in this one activity. Furthermore the location was perfect for the combination of formal and informal activities, e.g. starting the day in a centre for cultural understanding and a mosque and ending it with a wild ride in jeeps and enjoying a shisha in the middle of the desert.

What was your most ‘lucky moment’ (blooper) as a board member? I assume that nobody besides the Board members knows this, but I overslept for our own presentation to the freshmen on the second day of the introduction week. As a result only four Board members were presented that morning.. OUCH. As a board member you have a lot of parties and drinks, what was your most crazy night? It doesn’t get much crazier than the night that I went to three different receptions organized throughout Utrecht by the freshly installed boards of some study associations together with Cyriel before we had our own Russian Roulette party (what was I eating by that time?!). We had to steal each present for the board organizing the next drink (bringing and stealing gifts are part of tradition) at the preceding one and after that had our own party where we arrived still wearing our suits. After having redressed we had one of the best ECU parties ever. Who of the board members has the most hangovers? Gidde ‘brakke harrie’ van der Ven. Every time that he wears his sunglasses (even during the summer) you can just assume that he is hung over. What is the best thing about being a board member? That the world opens up for you. That you have the opportunity to meet with professors and the staff of the department, have dinner with recruiters of the biggest companies, actually visit these companies and, also, the fact that you can turn your ideas into reality but also make as many mistakes as it takes to improve yourself with the help of a huge budget. You won’t get a chance like that anywhere else at this age/during your time as a student. What will you do after the board year? End the third year of my Bachelor and hopefully fulfil the function of student member within the Board of the economics department. For what could someone wake you up in the middle of the night? It has to be good but if it’s good than basically anything. I won’t kill you if it’s bad though, only if it’s really bad. Like Tessa who likes to keep talking for the whole night, things like that can turn me into a murderer. If you wouldn’t be in your current Board position, whose function would you like to apply for? I think the biggest challenge for me would be to be the Chairman of the Association, definitely would like to try that function if I had to switch.

Life as an international student One of the many great things that Utrecht University offers is the International environment. Being an international student gives you a great experience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not only improving your English skills (if English is not your native language) or getting to know the Dutch culture, but also exploring yourself and after all having a lot of fun. However, I must say it is also quite a challange â&#x20AC;&#x201C; overcoming the language differences, adapting to Dutch weather and over all finding new friends can come rather hard at first. The committees of ECUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 probably made it a lot easier for many of the International students by organizing variety of great parties throughout the entire year. Everybody has their own special experience with living in Holland, some might have even learned Dutch, and others might have found long lasting relationships. Whichever is your case, the yearbook commitee wishes you to feel at home and take the best out of this great experience. Kristine Trona

The world didn’t end in 2012, LUCKY 13! Yet another predicted doomsday, that didn’t happen. Nothing earth shattering happened on December 21, 2012. That December 21 marked the end of an age in a 5,125 year-old Maya calendar, the event was variously interpreted. Some believed the date to be the end of days, so other it marked the start of a new era and for many just a good excuse for a party. As the dawn breaks on Friday, according to the Maya Long Count calendar, it marks the end of the 13th bak’tun - an epoch lasting some 400 years - and the beginning of the 14th. This fact would probably have languished in academic obscurity had not a young Maya expert named Michael Coe written in the 1960s that to the ancient Mesoamerican culture the date could herald an ‘Armageddon’ to cleanse humanity. Since then, the cult of 2012 has snowballed. The mix of religion, ancient inscriptions and media-driven speculation about the doom triggered worldwide interest. As the appointed time came and went in several parts of the world, there was no sign of the apocalypse. Indeed, the social network Imgur (image sharer) posted photos of clocks turning midnight in the Asia-Pacific region with messages such as: “The world has not ended.”

The ECU Activities...

...an overview of a great year

Famous Duos introduce you to ECU’92! A long holiday behind us and armed with fresh energy there were around 500 students ready to get introduced into ECU’92 and the Utrecht School of Economics. Four days of getting in touch with student-life, mathematics and the other freshmen. MONDAY: Sports day The first day of the introduction was devoted to a first acquaintance with the introgroup-mates and having a sports day at Olympos. After a short introduction by the IC, the students were devided in groups, every group with a famous duo as their tutor. Every group recognizable by accessories of the famous duo (like a sticker booklet of Mickey Mouse or (???)). To get completely prepared for the sports day, we first had a lunch and did some ‘name-games’. At Olympos we did many battles against all introduction-groups. With football, hockey, a club-fight and building a human pyramid, I just mentioned a few of the many games! The games were played with fanaticism, but particularly lots of fun, as you can see in the pictures. After the games, of course, the time had come for the first beer of the introduction week (and certainly not the last one). With a nice dinner in our stomach, we went to the bowling alley to have some drinks and of course to bowl. To get some more drinks, we went to ‘Nieuwe Dikke Dries’, to have drinks with all the first-year-students and all the intromums and introdaddies!

TUESDAY: Introduction to Math and MDE, ECU-committees and a PubCrawl

The Tuesday of the introduction week was a more serious day, with an introduction to our subjects of the first period and a math-test. In the afternoon there was a committee-market of ECUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;92, to get information about all the committees of ECUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;92 and to make a decision whether you want to join a committee or not. Drinks in the afternoon and a dinner were the introduction to the last part of the day: pub crawl in Utrecht City.

WEDNESDAY: Rowing and Tutor-meeting Brackish and tired of the pub crawl, our first meeting with our tutor was there. Before or after the tutor-meeting, we went rowing at the Kromme Rijn. Yelling and singing, or just relaxing and rowing, we made a tour along Galgenwaard, the bush and finally turned around near Ledig Erf. Fortunately, the beer was cold after this activities! In the night there was a nice intro-party at Havana, which was highly attended by the freshmen! Also the IC and the board announced the winner of the introduction week championship which was the group of Mickey and Minnie. It was a nice end of the introduction (which officially ended on Thursday, with picking up books, XS-cards and becoming an ECUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;92-member).

First Relaxcie-Party: Go Geek! For the freshmen the first Relaxcie-party ever, but certainly not the last one! What a great start of our ECU-party-career. All people with glasses and braces, skirts or too short trousers, all geek-characteristics were represented! While all the geeks were dancing on the tunes of the nice DJs, the beer and other drinks flowed until four oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock in the morning. A successful first party for the freshmen, a great teaser for the other Relaxcie-parties coming up during the year!

The most fanatic battle of the year:

The Battle of the Committees On this evening the 17 committees of ECU’92 competed against each other, on several areas. The committees were largely represented. The battle started off with a singing contest, which meant that a member from each committee had to sing the next lines of a song when the music stopped. Some turned out to be quite good singers, but some did’t even sing a word… The battle continued with some difficult questions about the members of the board of ECU’92. This really helped everyone to get to know them better. For example, did you know how many siblings Tessa has or who is the heaviest male board member? The battle finished with some funny games, like blowing up a balloon and sitting on it afterwards to make it explode as fast as possible and putting on lipstick on another committee member’s mouth while being blindfold. The winner of the battle was the Activities Committee, which may now be called the smartest committee of ECU’92, Congratulations!

Russian Roulette broke all the records! Russian Roulette was a memorable party which took place in Club Lux after the battle of committees. The theme, which also fits well with Lucky 13, was well interpreted by some guests, which wore a Russian hat, or a blue body costume. The big attraction of the night were the vodka shots which were sold for only 1 euro between 00.00 and 01.00. This party broke the records, because at a certain moment more than 400 people where partying inside. This had never happened before on an ECU-only party. Praise the Relaxcie! The dancing continued into the late hours. The vodka shots did their job, and drunk and even embarrassing pictures were made. Made us have a very good time going through the pictures! We’ve selected some of the best ones for you.

Beer Cantus On the 22nd of November, the A.C Committee presented its first traditional activity of the year, the Beer Cantus. For those who don’t know, a cantus involves singing songs and drinking beer. It’s governed by strict traditional rules, when they aren’t respected there will be a punishment which is mostly in form of performing and drinking more beer before the crowd. This year’s Cantus was a success, hosted by Nik, chairman of the A.C and Jorit, old board member who you saw at the intro week and week-end, Anne and Tessa our current board members, second year student Maria and our own 4 first years: Birget, Fabienne, Jannis and Peter. Although I and most of the participants have forgotten what happened that night, we still have many photos and we all admit that we started sober and finished…

REBO-party: Gymnasty The REBO Gymnasty Party was the first party for us Freshman’s, which was organized by the Study Associations of our Faculty: Law, Economics and Governance. As the theme already says everybody was dressed up sporty and Poema was changed into a “gym”. Every party is seen different by everyone, so we hope with those pictures you will memorize your own experiences of this amazing party.

Freshmen Committee presents: Freshmen Dinner On the 17th of December, 40 freshmen went to Nieuwe Dikke Dries for the freshmen dinner, organized by our Freshmen Committee. A nice event to meet other freshmen, you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see before, but also to meet your friends! The starter was a tomato soup with some bread. The main course was a chicken sateh, with fries and vegetables. And last but not least the desert, made by our own cooks of the freshmen committee. After the freshmen dinner we had the Christmas bomb, which was highly attended.

New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dinner After the Christmas holiday, and to celebrate the start of 2013, a freshmen dinner was organized by the freshmen committee to catch up with the other members of ECUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;92! Monday the 7th of January we had a lovely dinner at Le Connaisseur. The three course meal and drinks were for free, and after the dinner we had some drinks together at Heerenplein.

Prom 2013: “Midnight in Paris” The most spectacular party of the year was located at number four at the football stadium of FC Utrecht; stadium Galgenwaard. This was organized by the prom committee of Ecu’92, Perikles and SV Contact. The location was beautiful, and so were the people. The ladies wore their most beautiful dress and most high heels and the gentlemen rocked their uniform. To make the atmosphere complete in ‘prom style’ there was a live saxophonist. There was also a professional photographer to capture everyone in their beautiful outfits. The drinks were unlimited, so after a lot of the ladies exchanged their high heels for flat shoes. A bonus for the smokers among us, the smoking area had a beautiful view over the stadium. The next part is in Dutch only, provided by SV Contact.

Donderdag 7 februari 2013.

Een memorabele dag voor de studieverenigingen ECU’92, sv Perikles en SV Contact. De dag dat deze drie verenigingen een spetterend gala neerzetten voor meer dan 360 bezoekers! Het begon allemaal op een willekeurige dag in juni 2012 toen Gidde van ECU’92, Anne van sv Perikles en ondergetekende, toen nog kandidaatsvoorzitter van SV Contact, voor de eerste keer bij elkaar kwamen. Achteraf bleek dit voor ons allen de eerste vergadering in functie als aankomend bestuurslid, maar dat was er toen uiteraard niet van af te zien. Zeer professioneel besloten wij toen dat het gala die zevende dag van februari zou plaatsvinden in de Number Four. In september stelden wij een commissie samen. Met z’n tienen hebben we ons vervolgens volledig gestort op het organiseren van een gala dat geschiedenis moest gaan schrijven. Na enig zoeken kwamen we uit bij een prachtig thema: Midnight in Paris! We regelden een stel fantastische DJ’s, waaronder een act met een live saxofonist. Een levensgrote Eiffeltoren en een tien meter lang doek met daarop de skyline van Parijs werden ingezet om een romantische, chique sfeer te creëren. Toen het dan eindelijk zo ver was, stonden we als commissie met een gezonde portie zenuwen te trappelen tot het feest zou losbarsten. En of het dat deed. Het barpersoneel werkte zich een slag in de rondte om iedereen van de benodigde biertjes, straaljagers en paardenkutten te voorzien terwijl de DJ’s iedereen de dansvloer op kregen. Om deze avond niet snel te vergeten – wat voor sommigen misschien niet helemaal gelukt is – stond een professionele fotograaf klaar om iedereen op zijn of haar mooist vast te leggen. Zo terugkijkend is 7 februari 2013 nu al één van de hoogtepunten van dit jaar. De samenwerking tussen ECU’92, sv Perikles en SV Contact was erg goed en daar wil ik jullie dan ook ontzettend voor bedanken! Ik hoop dat de aanwezige leden van ECU’92 hetzelfde als ik terugkijken op ons gala. Laten we de foto’s er maar weer eens bij pakken en nu al uitkijken naar een volgende samenwerking Doris Huitink Voorzitter der SV Contact ’12-‘13

The BuitEx to Berlin Around half past one (Friday night) the first people arrived at Jaarbeursplein, waiting for the bus which would bring us to Berlin. With a group picture before depart in the pocket, we went to Berlin, with two stops in the middle of nowhere (but with toilets and shop). Our bus driver was like a beast and drove us about one hour faster than the expected journey-time to our destination. A nice present, because we were able to refresh a bit then. With a fresh mind, fresh teeth and a fresh body we went to a shopping centre (it was a bit like ‘ De Bijenkorf’ ) to eat some breakfast. The staff was a bit stressed about the fact we were joining their breakfast buffet with at least 45 people. We had to wait for 20 minutes, after we all could enjoy our breakfast. Breakfast finished we walked through east-Berlin to a Jewish courtyard, where some souvenir shops and galleries were situated. After we got a lunch around Friedrichstrasse, we walked to the Brandenburger Tor (where we met a very nice monkey!). Back in hostel some people took a ‘powernap’, to get fresh for the evening. We went to a club in the neighborhood of our hostel, a very nice first eve/ night in Berlin. The second day started with a walk along the Berlin wall. One of the most impressive things we’ve seen there! Second ‘stop’ was at Checkpoint Charlie, where some people visited the museum and others were drinking a cup of coffee to wake up. After some free time to get lunch and to go through the Dali-museum, we went to the holocaust memorial, another really impressive monument in the city of Berlin. A short stop near the Bundestag was the last ‘cultural’ activity of this day. We took the S-bahn and went back to our hostel. In the evening we had a very nice dinner with all the buitex people at a Viatnamese restaurant, which was the warmup for the AC-party! Drinks, beerpong, playing cards and music were the ingredients for a great party in our hostel. With great plans to go to a big club in Berlin, eleven ECU-people (and two non-ECUpeople) went into the elevator of the hostel. After half a meter the elevator stopped working and there were thirteen people stuck in the elevator. One hour later the mechanic arrived and freed our companions. They took a shower, while the other people went to Club Matrix. After some stressful moments, we had a great night! Brackish and completely tired we checked out around ten o’ clock to go back to Utrecht. And… a nice student trip includes a dinner at McDonald’s!

BuitEx: “The Unlucky 13” Not many Buitex-participants will easily forget our 3-day weekend to Berlin organized by the ECU’92 Activities Committee. Well, maybe except for those who had a drink too much, as heavy drinking steadily continued all weekend long. Mere minutes after departure from Utrecht, the first cans of beer and bottles of liquor appeared. Judging from the pictures and the stories that arose in the direct aftermath a week later, this Buitex goes down in history being quite an exceptional trip. There’s one story in particular I would like to highlight, concerning 13 unsuspecting victims of alcohol and a rather small human confinement that wasn’t exactly ECUproof. That’s right, The Unlucky 13 of the Buitex, that were crammed up in the hostel elevator stuck somewhere between the basement floor and ground level. To make matters worse, there were 3 non-ECU people involved that probably suffered the most, as they suddenly got stuck with ten jolly drunk students. It all started with the AC-party organized in the basement of our east-Berlin Hostel. Permission was granted to bring our own drinks, as long as we at least spent a considerable amount on drinks from the bar upstairs, which we certainly did. The basement party quickly evolved from being an uneventful, plain evening of massive tabletop soccer and table tennis (see pictures), to a night of heavy drinking assisted by series of drinking games (see embarrassing pictures). ‘Extreme liver conditioning’ continued until midnight, at which point everyone was ready to hit the Berlin party scene. There was one problem though, as restroom facilities apparently weren’t available in the hostel basement. We hadn’t quite taken this into account, which basically meant mother nature was rapidly making her oppressing entrance. At one point, while most people were making their way back up to the lobby, the elevator appeared. This of course seemed a welcoming invitation to the tipsy students that badly needed to visit the toilets upstairs. A tiny rush emerged as 10 ECU-members enthusiastically pressed their way into the elevator and took three unsuspecting hostel guests with them in the process. The door shut, the elevator tried its very best and eventually broke down about one meter up from the basement floor.

At first, there was the usual, semi-nervous laughter of a group of students that knew their drinking had got them into problems. Then small-scale chaos emerged as everyone realized the elevator was actually stuck and out of power, the only connection to the outer world being the emergency response button, which was activated by accident multiple times and annoyed the response employees on the other end of the line to no extent. We explained our situation, and were told to calm down and wait. We were promised to be freed from our metal container in about 10 minutes, which proved to be tonight’s worst lie. The situation quickly deteriorated. Though some people were trying hard to keep their calm and elevate the tension a bit by playing games like 3 in a row (drawn in the greasy moist that appeared on the elevator panels), the alcohol-induced need for a toilet visit in combination with the ever increasing temperature and equally decreasing availability of oxygen soon spawned stress. In addition, the repulsive mixture of body odors certainly didn’t help calm everyone down. I won’t move into further details here, as this ordeal lasted just a bit too long to be considered funny (about 50 min) and some people actually were shaken pretty bad. By the time the mechanic finally arrived and got us out, everyone badly needed a shower to freshen up and prepare for yet another night of Berlin-style parties. Even this elevator ordeal couldn’t oppress the inevitable need to party. The Unlucky 13 survived and lived to party yet another night. Looking back at this exhilarating experience, I mostly think of the undoubtedly bad impression ECU must have left on the three poor souls that were stuck with us. We must have looked like ten drunk monkeys trying to comprehend the fact we seriously f*cked up and needed to try to stay calm, failing badly all along. Berlin sure was unforgettable.

Conference: “Economic Confidence” On February 21st 2013 we had the annual conference. The subject of the conference was economic confidence. The conference began with a free lunch at the academic building of the UU. Afterwards we received very interesting lectures from inspiring people. The speakers this year were dr. Ronald Gerritse of the AFM (authority of the financial markets), prof. dr. Arnold Heertje and Drs Frank Quix. Unfortunately prof. dr. S.J.G. Duke van Wijnbergen wasn’t able to come. All of these speakers gave a lecture about their vision on confidence. After that Arnold Heertje and Frank Quix went into a debate about the subject. During the congress there were also some workshops. The people were able to subscribe to one the workshops they wished to attend. The workshops were: confidence in entrepreneurial employees, financial markets and economic experts. After the official events we all were given the opportunity to get some drinks with the rest of the attendees. Conclusively it was a very interesting and fun day!

Dies reception A dies reception, what the hell is that? That is what many freshmen may have thought beforehand. They knew it had something to with the 21st birthday (dies natalis = birthday in Latin) of ECU’92. However, for the ones who were present, it will now be something they won’t forget for a long time. The board had to stand in line the whole evening, while Rutgher Konietzka announced when each committee or board from other study associations could come to congratulate and entertain them! They would talk about a lot of bullshit for as long as possible, which is called ‘lullepot’ in Dutch. After some (useless) presents and kisses, they would drink a shot of wodka orange juice, which were provided by the ‘drink girls’. These girls did their best to make the board as drunk as possible with very strong shots. Beer and wine were for free, so they were probably not the only ones. On this night we really needed our strong security guys to protect the presents and the guestbook. Unfortunately, some managed to steal a present and the guestbook was filled with very beautiful drawings by the chairwoman of SV Contact. At the end, a sort of funny fight broke loose, where everybody started push and pull each other. After some cleaning up, the party continued in Heerenplein!

Dies party: Forever 21!

The dies party was held in restaurant Dock 154 at the Oudegracht. This was a location with a really different atmosphere than Club Lux, where ECU parties are usually held. Some may have liked it, others didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. The space seemed really small and light when you came in, but when you went round the corner there was a big dark dancing floor with a DJ booth. A free fust was given away, which caused a big crowd at the bar. Most people had an amazing time at the sounds of techno the last two hours of the party. Pictures speak for themselves!

Freshmen Committee presents: The Family Day The second activity of the Freshmen Committee was just a week ago, from the moment I’m typing this, and it was ‘The Family day’. A day organized to show parents the university and the beautiful city of Utrecht. We started out with a lecture for the parents and after that we all had lunch together. Then we headed to centre of Utrecht to start climbing the Dom tower. We all made it up the 465 steps and were greeted by a spectacular view. The day ended in ‘De Nieuwe Dikke Dries’, a bar well known by all ECU’92 members. So we’ve already had two activities, which means we have one left to go. I’m looking forward to it and I think the rest of the group is too! Edgar Ekkel

Drinking games for dummies 4chan drinking game. This drinking game is only for the ones that want to get really drunk. The game is designed by regular visitors of the image board 4chan, and in particular the /b/ board. If you want to do this game you need to download the app, and then just follow the rules! Rules: All players must roll dice to initiate play. First player to roll doubles begins. This player draws one card. If this card is an action card, and does not have to be used immediately, the player may add the card to their card bank. If the card is immediate or affects all players, the card must be used immediately. Rotation will begin clockwise, each player drawing cards accordingly, until the deck is completely dealt. If any players are still holding cards at the end of the deck, the deck will be re-shuffled, but the players will be allowed to hold their bank cards for later rounds. Last player to pass out wins.

http://lolcathost.org/4cdg/?rules

Mexico It takes a bit to catch onto, but once understood, it’s quite a competitive game. It requires only people, beer and dice. Mid buzz factor. Someone arbitrarily goes first by rolling the dice. The score for the dice is as follows: 2 & 1 = Mexican, the highest possible roll. If you throw one of these, the eventual loser has to drink double the standard drinking quantity being used for the game. Each subsequent mexican in that round will double the required drink for loser. More easily understood later. 3 & 1 = scumbag the thrower immediately has to consume one drink. This throw does not count as one of the thrower’s goes. Any double 100 times the double i.e., double 1 scores 100, double 2 scores 200 etc. Any other throw The highest number multiplied by 10 + the smallest number i.e., 5 & 4 scores 54, 6 & 1 scores 61 etc. The starter has the choice of one, two or three rolls to obtain the best score they can. The starter’s score is the score of their last throw i.e., if you throw a 61 then 63 with your first two throws and elect to take a third throw, you must count the third throw even if it’s lower. Every other player in the game has the choice of throwing up to as many times as the starter i.e., if the starter takes one throw, all other players have one throw. Holding a dice - if a player has more than one throw available, they may hold a 1 or a 2 (if thrown) for subsequent throws i.e., if you have 2 or 3 throws and you throw a 4:1 on your first go, you may, if you wish, only pick up the 4 and throw it as your next go. This tactic will increase your chance of a mexican, while also increasing your chance of a low score or scumbag. If you throw a scumbag you may not hold the 1. The loser is the person who throws the lowest score. In the event of a tie, all players with the lowest score must roll one dice and the lowest number loses. Play as many rounds as desired. http://www.webtender.com/handbook/guide/sec-09.ghtml

Bullshit Another mentally challenging card game that involves beer. High level buzz factor. Supplies: beer, people (not more than 6 for a good game), and a deck of cards. Sit in a circle, deal out the entire deck of cards evenly, or thereabouts, to each player. The object of the game is to get rid of all your cards. Starting with aces, the first player lays down the number of aces s/he has, stating the number of cards. EVEN if the player doesn’t have any of the card, LIE. If someone thinks that you are lying, they say “Bullshit!” If that person is right, you drink an amount proportional to the number of cards in the stack; lots of cards already played = lots of drinks. However, if you were honest in your play and someone says “Bullshit!” that person ends up drinking the prescribed amount. Play starts with aces, then goes on accordingly, through kings, then repeats back to aces. Oh, by the way, if have to drink because of either being caught bullshitting or falsely accusing, in addition to drinking, you must also pick up all of the cards already played and add them to your hand. Play continues until someone runs out of cards. If you so choose, play could continue down to the last two players.

Viking

Another very simple game, with a low boot factor. No limit on number of players, but more than ten or so is not recommended. The players sit in a circle, one person goes first. The player makes “wiggly viking horns,” simply thumbs in, or near, ears and wiggles the remaining fingers for a second or two, then claps both palms together, and points them at any other player. This player then does the “viking horns,” but the player on each side of the “viking” must “steer the boat.” This entails rowing to whatever side of the Viking the player is sitting on; right of the Viking rows right, left rows the boat left. The Viking then claps both palms together and designates another Viking. This continues until either the designated Viking misses his/her cue, or either rower fails to row the boat in the appropriate direction; whomever fails drinks, and then that person resumes play with “the horns.”

I Never This is a great game for a group of close friends or people who really like to share hints of their dark pasts. Only supplies are people with enquiring minds, and beer. You probably won’t get drunk playing this, but it’s a great ice-breaker for a party. Everyone sits around around a table, or on the floor if you so desire. One person goes first by making a TRUE statement that begins with “I never....” For example, “I’ve never been to Disneyland.” Then, if any other player HAS DONE what the person said, they simply drink. As the game progresses, the statements tend to get more personal and explicit. But the game only works when people are honest. However, if somebody drinks on an “I never..,” no explanation is necessary. For example, if someone says, “I’ve never had sex with an inflatable doll,” and someone ends up drinking to it, no explanation is needed, just a drink of affirmation.

High - Low This is another very easy game with a pretty decent buzz factor. Materials needed: people, beer, cards. Player one is dealt a card. S/he then guesses whether the next card will be higher or lower than the next card. If wrong, s/he drinks once (because one card was showing). If correct, s/he guesses again. After taking at least three cards, the player may choose to continue or pass, BUT ONLY after having taken at least three cards. If the player pass, the next player starts where the previous left off. When a player guesses incorrectly, s/he drinks for each card showing. SO, the strategy is to build up a lot of cards and then pass it to the next player. Before play starts, determine by vote if equal cards are a loss or correct guess.

Kings • Place a cup in the center of the table and spread an entire deck of cards (no jokers) face-down around it. • One at a time, players draw a card and follow the rule until the last King is drawn — the game ends and that player DRINKS the center cup! Little Green Man – Every time you take a drink, you must use your hand to remove the imaginary green man off the top of your beer, drink, then place him back on top. On My Cock, In My Box – Guys must finish every sentence with “on my cock.” Girls must finish every sentence with “in my box.” This one gets hilarious!! Drink, Drank, Drunk (The 3 D’s) – Anytime someone says one of the 3 D’s, they drink. No Swearing – Anytime someone swears, they drink. No Pointing, Fisting’s Allowed – Anytime someone points, they drink. *Note* pointing a fist is allowed! Drink With the Opposite Hand (South Paw) – Every time you drink, you have to use the hand you’re less comfortable with. No Touching _________ Body Part – Pick a body part you can’t touch, (face, hair, ears, lips, etc.). Anytime someone touches that part, they drink. Grab 3 or more friends, a deck of cards, a cup, and let the drinking game begin! Choose a card to pull from around the cup and follow the hilarious rules! You may call this drinking game King’s cup, Circle of death, or Ring of fire, but only one thing matters, it’ll leave you drunk and wanting more! OBJECT: Don’t draw the last king!

Dear ECU’92-members, We hope you’ve all enjoyed reading the yearbook of 2012-2013. We, as the yearbook committee of 2012-2013, felt very honored to make this overview of the year for you! You can say we are lucky people. However we weren’t able to publish our yearbook without some great people we would like to thank. At first of course we want to thank the ECU’92-board, especially our coordinator Gidde. They helped us with the process to make this yearbook a success. Also they gave us the right workshops and work-space to bring our yearbook to a top-level. Next we would like to thank the mayor of Utrecht, Aleid Wolfsen, for writing an article for our yearbook. Further big thanks to the teachers of the Utrecht School of Economics, who have made time to write a piece for our yearbook; Luuk Rietveld, Harro Maas and Jan Renaud. And last but not least thanks to all the committees and external boards for their contribution to our yearbook. Finally we hope to see you all next year (and of course in the last part of this year) for another nice ECU’92-year and remember: EVERYTHING STARTS AT ECU’92! On behalf of the yearbook-committee 2012-2013, With kind regards, Joris Berkhof Secretary of the Yearbook-Committee

Colophon Year of publication: 2013 Illustrator: ECU’92, Yearbook-committee 2012-2013 Paper type: Font: Myriad Pro Printing Run: 200 Yearbook-committee 2012-2013: Chairman: Thomas Grosfeld Secretary: Joris Berkhof Treasurer: Julia Groesdonk Treasurer: Kristine Trona External Affairs: Michiel Willemsen Promotion: Eline Lammers Lay-out coordinator: Kristina Hutzler Printer: Flyeralarm BV Kruisdonk 64 6222 PH Maastricht T. 0900 222 444 5 F. 0900 222 444 7 Publisher: Study Association ECU’92 Kriekenpitplein 18, Room 1.21 3584 EC Utrecht T. 030-2539680