Get to know Hunkatten society

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TUNTREET Get to Know Hunkatten Society

Caroline Lensjø-Alvin Journalist

The Structure Hunkattene have a board consisting of FFD (president), Skriver (secretary) and $paregris (Treasury). FFD is recognizable by a red Hunkatt sack and black cap. The new members, pusekattene, are recognizable by a red band in their hair. As soon as the sack is on, everyone in the society plays a specific part, and the spirit of society is high. All Hunkatter have different responsibilities

Tord Kristian F. Andersen Photographer

Kaja Mie Botnen Translator

and tasks, but these too are confidential. Pusekatter have no tasks, and are instead in apprenticeship to become Hunkatter. Good behavior is expected from all within the society, so the society will be viewed as good and funny girls.

Traditions Old societies means old traditions. Every year, the society holds “Akekonk” (a kind of sledding race) – a soapbox car race down Ringeskleiva at Pentagon. They also celebrate St. Lucia Day every year, giving out home made Saffron buns (“Lussekatter”) and singing. They also invite themselves to lunch with the principal. This year, seen as there is a new principal, they asked nicely, but he greeted them warmly. They also have a revue at Samfunnet every other year.

The Hunkatten society was established in 1960 by 10 student women at NLH. They were tired of the maledominated community and their society would become a counterweight to that.

The Beginning They lived at Circus for four years before moving house to Pentagon, where “Qlturens Høiborg”(The Hunkatt Loft) has been a fact since 1964. The loft houses six Hunkatter, and they enjoy each others company.

Hunkattene sport a black skirt, black top that cover the shoulders and the Hunkatt sack. The sack was conceived the same night Hunkattene was established, and they are made of burlap sacks. Partly because it was the only thing available at the moment, and partly because it is economic. Over time, many an item has come to adorn the sack, though what they all mean is confidential. An older Hunkatt that met Hunkattene this fall, pointed out that: “In my time, we didn’t have all this stuff”.

Feminists Hunkattene have a board consisting of FFD (president), Skriver (secretary) and $paregris (Treasury). FFD is recognizable by a red Hunkatt sack and black cap. The new members, pusekattene, are recognizable by a red band in their hair. As soon as the sack is on, everyone in the society plays a specific part, and the spirit of society is high. All Hunkatter have different responsibilities Hunkattene have their own life brew, Ringnes. They have a good relationship with Tore “Ringnes” Hage, the Chief of Development at Ringnes Breweries, and they visit the brewery to execute a biennial Life Brew Inspection.

The Trinity Hunkattene, PB and Hankattene together make up the Qltural Trinity. They view themselves as the very core of society at Ås, and have always had a strong bond. It is natural that they help each other out and do fun stuff together. They also visit Regi (Sound and lights) at Studentersamfundet in Trondheim during UKA in Trondheim.

Hunkattene describe themselves as a band of friends that take care of each other as they spread their shimmer and joy (“Glans og Glæde”). They are 60 years old this fall – congratulations and skål for anniversary.

This is Felix the Cat 2.0, Felix 1.0 was stolen and missing. Felix was stolen by the band Purified in Blood during UKA in Ås 2010, renamed Hellcat and brought to Trondheim. He toured with the band for a while after this, but in the end he was smashed. Today it is said that his head is placed on a robot body somewhere at Studentersamfundet in Trondheim.

- Is graphic design the passion of our student societies?

Truth be told, design is not always easy. We have seen this again and again on the student society posters. As self proclaimed design experts, and with an expert skillset with rolling dice, Tuntreet has judged and critiqued the info preparty/afterparty posters.

Collegium Alfa Art deco was founded in the 1920s, and has risen again in 2020. There are countless shades of gold, something which is on brand for Collegium Alfa. Ås is not a large place, and this shows; when Eika is fully booked, the clock building comes as a strong second place for the background design.

Score: 3/6 Feminin & Fornem It might be possible that F&F and Collegium Alfa collaborated when making their posters. The difference is that Eika var still available when F&F took their group photo. Was this planned for?

Score: 3/6

Sangkoret Noe Ganske Annet A mixed choir, where they decided not to mix on the posters – do the girls and boys sing separately? They have decided to go with a classic, “basic” font, which is clearly the way to go. The only things missing now is that it is double spaced with font size 12.

Score: 4/6

Koneklubben Freidig This poster shows movement, through imagery. There are both smaller and larger photos which makes you pause. Unfortunately, they tied the tie at the wrong place, as it ended up in the middle of the most important information; where and when. Their logo is not the main focus here, but the members of the society are. Score: 3/6

Sangkoret Lærken: Lærken is back at it again. No poster is the same. That’s a plus in our book. Self-made is well made, and we couldn’t agree more. This is a poster where the soul of the student society shines through. They have saved both the environment and money on the creation – maybe that’s used for something else?

Score: 6/6

Pikekoret IVAR They spared no expense here, but is there ever too much of something? The poster lives up to IVAR’s image, with glitter and glamour. There is little symmetry, and a collection of different fonts – it seems everything is included here?

Score: 4/6 PB This poster is anonymous and mysterious, just like the fraternity itself. It is symmetrically pleasing, which pleases the eye. If the text is written in runes, or some fraternity language, we don’t know – like everything else in PB. Foreningen Hunkatten Hunkattene followed the AIDAS-model, with their interests align with the anonymity. The KEBB-model, however, seems to have been lost, as there is no sense of balance in their poster. Their colour palette is both tactical and practical – if one wants to lure in new cats.

Score: 5/6 Score: 4/6

All in all, the posters are nice with what the student societies represent in mind. IfTuntreet is banned or on probation is yet to be announced. But remember that we have judged the posters on their design only, and graphical design isn’t necessarilyeveryone’s cup of tea. Fortunately, that isn’t what makes the student societies famous.

Some facts about AIDAS and KEBB:

A – Attention: The point of this is to grab a potential readers attention.

I – Interest:The goal here is to snatch and keep the interest of the reader.

D – Desire: It is important to create a need or wish to join the student society.

A – Action: Is important to include text which tells you where, when and what, so that one can be there when it happens.   S – Satisfaction: Does the poster satisfy the reader? Hopefully.

Marit Andrisdotter Kvam Journalist and photographer

Anne Tove Græsdal Tornes Våge Journalist

Kristian Bones Enger Translator

K – Kontrast (Contrast): Contrast is important, so that looking at a poster doesn’t become boring.   E – Eining (On theme): Making sure that the poster makes sense and stays on theme, without including too many other elements. B – Bevegelse (movement): Together with contrast, movement is an important tool in order to prevent a poster from becoming boring. B – Balanse (Balance): Less is more in this case, as too much clutter makes you more inclined to look away

Samfunnet needs you!

Marit Andrisdotter Kvam Journalist

Astrid Kisen Translator

Every semester, Samfunnet holds their General Assembly, known as GF. Here one can run for the election. There are different positions open for election in the spring and autumn semester. In the spring semester, the following positions are open.

Samfunnet’s Board: President Treasurer Marketing

The Business Committee at NMBU (NU): Head of Sponsors Head of Events Head of the Career day

TT: Editor

Election Officials: Two representatives

Core members board: One representative

What do the positions entail?

President The president ofSamfunnet has the responsibility for the daily running ofSamfunnet’s Board. As the leader, you are Samfunnet’s public face, representative in Core members board, The student parliament’s Student Board in collaboration with SiÅs. As President, you need to have full control, and provide progress with the Student Board.

Treasurer The treasurer at the Board at Samfunnet has the responsibility for all financial activities. You have the last word when it comes to financial decisions. That makes you responsible for the semester programme, ticket prices, bar prices, etc. You are responsible for everydayexpenses like paying bills, budgets, and invoices. You also have a seat at the Board and are responsible for making sure the wheels are turning.

Head of Marketing Head of Marketing is responsible for marketing at Samfunnet. You coordinate the committees below you. You also have an executive role in ticket sales, social media, sponsors and layout.

The Business Committee at NMBU (NU) Head of Sponsors As head of sponsors, you lead the sponsor team at Samfunnet. You supervise the businesses and create sponsor deals. In addition, you support sponsor work at NU and the other parts ofSamfunnet.

Head of Events The head of events in NU has the responsibility to organise the Career Day in the spring semester, get in touch with businesses and host a different event than careers day in the autumn semester. Head of The Career Day The head of the Career Day has the responsibility to host the Career Day in the autumn semester. The Career Day is supposed to contain a wide variety of businesses, where a meeting between students and businesses is created. One is also responsible for hosting the dinner and entertainment for the Career Day.

Tuntreet - Editor As editor inTuntreet, you first work half a year as journalist editor, before you take on the full responsibility for the student newspaper. You lead the editorial and have the responsibility for finances, and coordinate both internal and external work for the student newspaper.

The Election Committee - Two representatives The election committee is responsible for finding candidates for the positions at GF, as well as spreading the word about the open positions at GF. The election committee consists of four people that receive tips, suggestions and work with candidates to make them run for positions at GF.

Representative for Kjernestyret (Core Board) Kjernestyret (The core board) consists of the president ofSamfunnet, the head ofUKA, leader of the business committee, editor ofTuntreet and three external representatives. These external representatives are elected at GF. Kjernestyret (the core board) has the highest authority for core cases between Samfunnet and GF. They are also responsible for the management ofSamfunnet, the finances and property.

More info: http://www.samfunnetiaas.no/ vervbeskrivelser-til-gf http://www.samfunnetiaas.no/vedtekter

Oscar Mork- President ofSamfunnet Being the president ofSamfunnet is a job that never stops giving! As president, you meet a lot of different people, both within Samfunnet, but also from other parts ofNMBU – like the heads of the university, the Student Parliament and SiÅs. As president, you have the responsibility to hold and lead board meetings at Samfunnet once a week. You also have the responsibility to make sure the development ofSamfunnet keeps a steady course. You learn a lot about yourself and about teamwork. It must be said that you’re never alone in the challenges, and through a close cooperation with the rest of the board and the office wing you get friends for life.

Synnøve Vonen Kvaal – head of career day in the Business Committee The work towards the career days consists of finding potential employers for the students at NMBU, contacting the respective businesses and offer them a stand at the career day. As head of career day, you get an insight into the vast diversity of businesses and knowledge of specific businesses. You work closely with the other members of the business committee, the members of the student board, and the other parts ofSamfunnet as well as the career center at NMBU. The work is both fun and you learn a lot.

Thea Sanner – head of sponsors in the business committee. The position is incredibly important because the sponsor deals are an important income for Samfunnet. The most important work you do in this position is to get to know the already existing deals and get an overview ofSamfunnet’s duties in these deals. It is important that they are cared for in the best way possible. As head of sponsors in NU, your role is also to create a good cooperation across the different parts ofSamfunnet (Samfunnet, UKA, NU andTuntreet), because we must come across as one unit for other businesses. This is a position that has a lot of potential and it is an advantage if you are creative and have ambitions on behalf ofSamfunnet. It takes a bit of time to get the full picture of the situation, but it is better to ask one time too much, rather than one too few.

Ingrid Staveland Reppe – Head of events at NU The position has been to plan and carry through the events related to the semester programme at the Business Committee and participate in the continuation of NU. As responsible for all the «smaller» career events, together with the Event Assistant, had a great opportunity to decide what should be included in our semester programme. This has included everything from traditional business presentations to different courses and inspirational presentations. The position entails a lot of contact with different businesses, and you quickly learn to present yourself as professional in different settings. The job has been challenging, but at the same time incredibly educational and fun! As head of events, you are also a board member at NU, which involves learning a lot about cooperation. I have through this position gotten to know a lot of great people. Both within the NU, but also the rest of the office wing. I wish everybody the opportunity to take on this position, because it is something you will never regret.

Solveig Borkenhagen – head of marketing The position as head of marketing at Samfunnet is very educational, fun and varied. You get to work together with a group that does marketing in all areas, from photo to social media. It has been very fun to see how much that already has been done and learn a lot of new stuff from the committee chiefs, as well as coming up with new things. In addition to all the interesting things happening within NU, it has been fun to work with the rest of the board at Samfunnet and the other committees. It is very fun to see how many talented people that involve themselves, and the number of hours they put down, all voluntarily.

Jazz Has Entered Ås

Jazz is a music genre with roots that stretch to the afro-american community in USA. It came to be in the early1900s, and has stayed an important musical genre with a big community of dedicated artists and listeners. It took Ås over 100 years after the genre arose, to get its own jazz festival. Ås Jazz was arranged for the first time in 2020, and was visited by the likes ofJazzetaten, Arild Andersen and Jan ErikVold. Lunch Time Acoustics with Ella Fitzgerald Classics At 11:30AM the festival opened with a lyttelunsj (listeners lunch). The artist Harriet Müller-Tyl performed songs by the jazz legend herself, Ella Fitzgerald. She was joined by Lorenzo Nardocci, who also plays for Jazzetaten, on piano. The concert began with the classic “The Lady is a Tramp”, and the duo continued on with songs such as “One Note Samba” and “Cry Me a River”. Müller-Tyl pointed out between some of the songs that Fitzgerald didn’t only just sing Jazz, but covered a variety of genres. This came through as she performed the songs in her chosen portfolio. Typical jazz characteristics like scatting and improvising were also showcased here. Lyttelunsj is a concept which mainly targets the older demographic of a municipality where one would normally play classical music. The majority ofthe audience for this concert were above the retirement age, with a dash of students who brought their lunches to Kulturhuset. If one didn’t have any classes at the time, then this was a nice place to eat lunch on a Friday afternoon. Communal Jazz We headed down to Kulturhuset again that same evening for another concert. It was time for Jazzetaten to take over the stage. This Ås-band consists ofSvein Erik Martinsen Ånestad on guitar, Daniel Lind on bass, Lorenzo Nardocci on piano andTerje Evensen on the drums. They play songs inspired bythe municipal administration and have a recurring theme which includes their logos on cups, jokes, pens and their own stamp. The concert began with the Ås related song “Can’t judge a book”. The lyrics go as follows “I may look like a farmer, but I’m a lover”, something we are sure that manyÅs inhabitants may resonate with. This was followed by the song “Red Baron”, which was dedicated to the previous Mayor for AP (Arbeiderpartiet), Johan Alnes. Later, the guitarist brings out a banjo and says they were asked to perform a song with a banjo byÅs Bygdeungdomslag (Rural Youth, Ås). After the banjo performance of Willie Nelsons song “I Gotta Get Drunk”, the band takes a break, and the audience, which lacks students at this point, gets up to get in line at the bar to buy some beers. After the break, the band continued with their concert, and a new round of communal jazz songs. However, they were joined on stage by guests this time. The band proclaims they want to target the younger generations, which is proven as Mathea Nicolaisen joins the stage as their guest. The songs with this young artist is one of the highlights of the night. Towards the end of the night, the bands frontliner begins to talk about how they had applied for “free marijuana” During the shift between January and February, the Ås Kulturhus scene was filled to the brim with different jazz musicians. On Friday the 31st of January, Tuntreet visited the first edition of the Ås Jazz festival.

during their concert, but was denied by their case handler. They will definitely tryagain next year, though. With the song “Let’s Go Get Stoned”, the concert approaches their final song, and the band finished off the night with a bonus performance of “Here Comes the Sun” byThe Beatles.

“The most important thing for me is to give the audience something extra” Between the concerts, we had a chat withTerje Evensen, the drummer ofJazzetaten, and the one who took initiative for the festival. We started by asking him where this initiative came from. “We wanted to create a jazz festival in Ås, and to give the audience a better opportunity”, Evensen answers. It becomes clear that he is quite enthusiastic about Jazz and the cultural offer for the local community. “We wish for the festival to be a thing every year”, he replies to our question ofwhether or not the Ås Jazz festival will be a reoccurring event in the municipalities cultural program. He adds that he would like to see a jazz club in the future.

“Ås has many musicians, artists and other creative individuals”, Evensen answers after I ask ifÅs has a good community for Jazz. He really believes in Jazz at Ås. We continue on by talking about whether or not the festival can improve on reaching out to students. Evensen says he likes the students, and he acknowledges that the students are a target audience that should be reached. This year, the festival clashed with the Semester kickoffevent at Samfunnet, and we came to an agreement that the student program and agenda should be taken into account for future editions of the concert.

Regardless of us not being able to make it to the main concert on Saturday, Ås Jazz was an amazing experience, and I believe it can become a powerful, yet small jazzfestival. I do wish they

get better at including the students in the years to come, and don’t set the day for the headliner on the same day as a bigger event at Samfunnet.

Herman Bjørnson Hagen Journalist

Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Photographer

Kristian Bones Enger Translator

Organizers: Myfanwy K. Moore og Terje Evensen

Dag Sørås: Sex robots and suicide

Petter Nielsen Journalist

Tord Kristian F. Andersen Photographer

Nora Helgaland Translator

I pressed the button that makes the toilet use 3 liters less water when flushing. It wasn’t clean, but I expect those 3 liters to go directly to Somalia as drinking water or something. „ “

Dag Sørås started working with humour during his studies. As he finished his studies, he had the choice of becoming a comedian or an academic. He is now regarded one of the best comedians in Norway. We had the chance to meet him before he went on stage at Samfunnet.

Test show We meet Dag backstage of “Festsalen” and start talking about tonight’s show. He is not touring with a show at the moment, and has brought with him a lot of material he wants to test out. This will be a test show to figure out what material is good, and what needs to be replaced and worked on further. “So that’s what people have to suffer through tonight”, says Dag. “Even with years of experience it can be hard to figure out what’s funny, and the only way to find out is to test it out with an audience”.

Dag himself finds this phase of the show the most fun, but it takes a lot of work to make a good comedy show. He tells us that there are special clubs in Oslo where people can try out their material, and he is excited to see if he is able to find mutual references with the students in Ås. “From experience, the student jobs are very pleasant”, Dag says. “The students are often interested in current events out in the world, so they understand most of the jokes”.

Podcast In addition to his shows, Dag tells us that he is currently releasing two podcasts: “Debrief med Dag” and “Dialogisk”. “Dialogisk is a podcast that I am making together with a buddy named Gunnar Tjomlid, a former blogger and such a big nerd that he’s sometimes on the border of autism”, Dag explains. “We can talk about everything from animal sex to space travel”. Debrief med Dag depicts the events of Dag’s life from the past week.

The show in Festsalen Festsalen was packed, and Dag was met by loud applause as he entered the stage. He started off by talking about how the backstage smelled like sewage and had writings on the walls. “This is how one can tell that this is a building with history”. He carried on telling about the first time he drank, death and Petter Stordalen’s climate politics at his hotels. Many topics were raised, and when he ventured into the subject of suicide, the audience tensed up noticeably.

Difficult subject There are many topics that are difficult to make fun of, and this is a subject that many students in Ås have seen up close. Dag Søras has experience with talking about this kind of things on his shows, and made sure to emphasize the gravity of suicide, while still delivering funny moments in-between the seriousness. It seems he noticed the tense

mood and tried to deliver it in a way that would upset the least amount of people.

Greta Thunberg Greta Thunberg came to be a continuous topic, well received by the audience. Laughter set out while Dag made jokes about Greta and the climate situation. “If Greta Thunberg posted a duck face on Instagram, the two degree goal would have been reached ages ago”, and “If the thought of Greta as a dominatrix doesn’t turn you on in the slightest, you’re already dead on the inside” are funny quotes from this topic.

To wrap it all up, Dag Sørås brings up sex robots and artificial intelligence. Something he thinks could potentially create scary and funny situations. Anyways, he concluded, sex robots ought to be seen as a step up from the vacuum cleaner.

Photo: Marianne Mjelde

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