Tuntreet 3. Issue 2018 (English Version)

Tuntreet

Organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ås

NR. 3 \ March 22nd 2018

Tuntreet Year 73

INVESTIGATION

Digital Exams SiÅs Janitor

INTERVIEW

Julie Trommald Sløtface

REVUE

Laget Feminin & Fornem Issue 03 Year 73

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LEADER

EDITORIAL

Editor in Chief Margit Fausko Journalist Coordinator Gunnar Størseth Haarr Journalists Veslemøy Waage Julie Westergaard Karlsen Kaja Mie Botnen Mathilde Moe Strand Jardar Lindaas Bringedal Astrid Fuglseth Rasmussen Yngvild Darbo Rhia Aden Erik Tylleskär Ørjan Olsen Furunes Layout Coordinator Ingvill Eidesen Layout Malin Sandven Runa Gjerland Anne Tove Græsdal Våge

Margit Fausko Editor in Chief tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no

Photography Coordinator Sara Bagheri Photographers Merete Guldhav Øyvind Nyheim Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Inga Elen Årvoll Eidsvik Sigrid Knag Correction Coordinator Karoline M. Birkeland Correction Olivia Rypdal Kjersti Rustad Kvisberg Karina Eileen Finn Magnus Dybdahl Translation Coordinator Hanna Sahlström Translation Alicia Earnest Maren Oftebro Rebekka Bedringås Potato Kristian Haraldsen Net Distribution Halvor Ekeland Distribution Tonje Eilerås Ina Kristine Rykkelid Tuntreet, Organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ås Tuntreet, Post box 1211 1432 Ås E-mail: tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no www.tuntreet.org Print: 1000 Press: BK Grafisk, Sandefjord Front Page: Lina Westermann Center Spread: Bendik Hassel Back Page of Center Spread: Petter Meeg Back Page: Annette Primstad

Remaining Impartial How many hats do you have in your closet? And how many hats do you wear at once?

This one is for you who sits in a position of power. One or many, big or small. First of all... congratulations! Your position is proof that a group of people trust that you will make crafty decisions on their behalf. And thank you! The world would not work if it wasn’t for people like you. Ås definitely would not be as great of a place to study, without precisely you.

Maybe you are laughing with joy, maybe with fear and dread because someone “had to” run, and you decided to take on the charge. Just to clarify, it is completely acceptable to make half bad and even bad decisions. Leaders make bad decisions all the time, and sometimes they cannot be avoided. Still, good leaders rarely make the same mistake twice, and continuously self reflect over their choices and if they are rightly representing those who put them in that position of power.

My point is that many of those who hold positions have a lot on their plate, more than just being able to weild some authority. Ås is a small place with a bustling student life, where it is normal to be involved in many different crowds.

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

You have an advantage if you have many hats.

These can give you experiences and insights that will help you do a better job. What you should watch out for is wearing more than one hat at once.

It can be easier said than done. Friends, teams, fraternities or you yourself may wish to do things a certain way, after their own desires disrearding whether this benefits everyone, and you have the ability to fix things, if you just pull a few forbidden strings in your web of influence. In these situations you must not forget about the people you represent, and what will benefit them. Could you unproblematically support your deceision, and argue that it was the right thing to do? - Listen up! If it would be uncomfortable for you to have someone else look over your decisions, alarm bells should be ringing. Are you unsure? – Ask. It is never wrong to ask. If nothing else, it is good to get confirmation. Personally I ask about your opinion in the Tuntreet evaluations, though perhaps not often enough.

If I were to come with some kind of witty close to this it would have to be that you should celebrate your hats – both big and small, from yellow to grey. However, wearing a pirate hat and bridal veil at the same time will imaginably lead to someone being let down on their wedding night.

CONTENT p. 6

Rockebodega at Adamstuen

p. 12

Interview with Sløtface

p. 14

A Day as the Janitor

p. 32

Two Beers: Julie Trommald

p. 36

Revue: Feminin & Fornem

p. 42

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Ditching the Grades

Rootsprout

See Us, Teach Us! Kaja Mie Botnen Journalist

There are scholarly minds in a meeting room who’s heads are hanging low with despair. They have worked hard planning out lectures and reading lists but the students come to class unprepared and leave with a poor understanding of the subject at hand. Are they lazy? Unmotivated? There will probably be more obligatory quizes next year on Canvas, so that should fix things right up.

Throughout your entire student life, up to the end of high school, you are a pupil and you have a teacher. There is always someone there to make sure that you are attending classes and doing your duty as a pupil. You are a part of a class, and you get to know your teachers. Then some of us start to work for a living, and we have entered a new environment, but there is still someone there who makes sure that you are fulfilling your duty. In this scenario, you become a part of a professional community. Others become students. Students are not pupils, for here there are no teachers.

There is no one who will make sure that you attend class and do your duty in your studies. You need to find friends on your own.

Many have moved away from their homes for the first time in their lives. A home where there had always been a rigid system in place that they are now free of. Free to go gallivanting out into the universe without anyone noticing, and vanish.

Tuntreet performed a survey that came back revealing a fourth of the respondents felt lonely during lectures, though more students felt alone when they actually were alone. This is concerning when the reason we have become students is to study (at least some of

Hey there professors, be a teacher!

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us). Nevertheless, there is no structure in a student’s everyday life, just a strict tightrope to walk across and no safety net if you fall. The student alone is responsible for their own studies and motivation. Although, they are not responsible for their own fate, as the university wants us to pass. So when the students fail, the university’s response is to set more requirements to motivate the students to follow along. Quizzes, weekly assignments and obligatory projects accumulate to form an unfathomable mountain of commitment and guilt. This amount of work could bury a poor soul who is already trailing behind. This response provokes me. I am not against work underway, on the contrary, I rejoice over it, if it is given with the right conditions. In my opinion, exercises are fine to give out if they are not obligatory.

Students do not need more requirements to fullfill, we need structure, something we can cling onto and makes us feel like we are taking part and being seen. We need a teacher.

Hey there professors, be a teacher! Be more engaged in lectures, send follow-ups in Facebook groups or on Canvas, show a little love to your class outside of actual class time. Continuous assessment is great, but do not forget that there are people who depend on you. If you are seen, you are involved. See your students, show that you care. This is your duty, know that we need you. You may be able to change the future for everyone in your course if you just write a greeting and post it on Canvas today. Let us instead take responsibility for our own fate, if you will take responsibility for teaching and motivation.

Tuntreet

History of the Stentor Ørjan Furnes Journalist

Merete Guldhav Photographer

The Stentor is a small book that contains a couple hundred songs that through several revisions, summarises parts of Ås history. Lars Raaen guides us through what he calls an “interactive meeting” together with singer and previous Ivarinne, Kaja Mathilde Heltorp. After a grand start with the Ås students national song “Jeg og’n Thorvald og Johannes” played on the gramophone we were given an in-depth description of the history of how the Stentor came to be.

However, Raaen wished to emphasise that most details and years should be taken with a pinch of salt, as some of the information may have have become untrustworthy over time.

The Name’s Origin Where the name Stentor actually comes from is a detail that most people would probably overlook. Here we were told the story of Stentor, a herald from greek mythology who had a special

talent. When he yelled, he alone would yell as loud as 50 men. This is where the parallel comes in, as students trying to take tone at full volume a late night at Bodega gave inspiration for the book’s name. We also learned how the round table in the Bodega has it’s origin in Stentor song, as a singer would stand in the middle of the table with a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other - believe it or not, you were allowed to smoke indoors at one point in time.

Has Documented the Evolution of Samfunnet The latest edition of the book came out in 2014 during the 150 year anniversary of Samfunnet in Ås. This was the seventh edition. Lars Raaen owns a rare copy of the first edition that was sent around the meeting so everyone could take a look, with the presumption it would be returned to it’s rightful owner. The first edition came out in the Spring of 1937 and was noticably slimmer than the form we know today. The whole thing started all because of horticulture candidate Jens Roll-Hansen and an unnamed committee made up of Knut Authen, Lars Mogstad and Jac. Also involved was the architect Jo Lunde who stood for most of the illustrations. There are not many copies of this first edition left, as the Germans seized Samfunnet during World War II and

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

seemingly destroyed many of the copies. Also remember that in the student population was small, and most students who lived in Ås in 37 “... are now about 7 feet underground.”

Further on we hear how the new editions have been expanded to fullfill new requirements in content. The second edition, together with Tuntreet came out in 1946 became paramount cultural platforms in the post war years in Ås.

For many this was a time of starting over, and these publications provided the sense of some much sought companionship for students.

All-Song Minus the Units There can obviously not be an event about Stentor without someone taking tone, and this Sunday was no exception. We want to mention that the volume of a sober gathering in Cafè Klubben cannot really be compared to that of the Bodega on a Wednesday night, or that of Bohemen any day of the week, but we sang anyway! After each song we were given context and history behind the different melodies, which ranged from oldies most everybody knew to a number of songs that at least, I had never sung at Bodega before.

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The Veterinary School’s Wildest Party Julie Westergaard Karlsen Journalist

Gunnar Størseth Haarr Photographer

Translated By: Alicia Earnest

Even though we had Rockbodega just a couple days before here in Ås, a delegation from UKA headed to Adamstuen for another Rockbodega – when you get to join the “veterinary school’s wildest party” and vors with the bodega committee, it’s hard to say no.

Half of the UKEdelegation was caught up in the chaos from Kollen and were late, but fortunately the Bodega committee was too. Everyone eventually made it, and surprisingly, looked and smelled just fine. Especially the vets. There was glitter, leather, straps and tits. Not full-on tits, but

at least 90% tits.

Bodega was also dressed up – and even had a Pentagon sign. It’s a good thing that the veterinary students know where to go if they want bodega more than once a month.

I hope someone takes on the responsibility of stealing it back, or at least taking a veterinary sign.

The more important thing about Rockbodega, is of course, the alcohol.

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The second most important is the music.

Adamstuen delivered on both parts.

There was “cheap alcohol” and good vibes during the concert. The band consisted of both veterinary and Ås students, and the crowd sang along. They played everything from Toto’s “Africa” to Karpe’s “Toyota’n til Magdi.” UKA took up the first row, of course, with the help of the cheap alcohol.

The night was ended with burgers, and was a huge success. Can’t wait for miniUKA!

Revue

Satan’s Vegan

Doomsday in Festsalen From the moment Lisa Børuds «Kjempefest» (Giant party) completely filled Festsalen, I knew this would be quite the revue.

Julie Westergaard Karlsen Journalist Translated By: Maren Oftebro

Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Photographer

An evangelist appeared on stage. He promulgated a fantastic opportunity: “Free healing at half price, only three thousand kroner!” Somewhat confusing, but «God moves in mysterious ways», as they say. Or maybe not. Jesus beat the evangelist in a very un-mysterious way. He was as handsome as they say in religion class. After a holy prayer, «Å du som metter liten fugl» (Oh, you who feed the small bird), the handsome guy started feeding the people.

Until he met an ungrateful vegan: «Refrain from me, Satan!» An old joke, with a new, religious take on it.

Jesus and Thorvald and Johannes Then the red thread of the revue is presented for us. We meet farmer Thorvald and his boy Johannes, who is even more snobby than Unity. Luckily they get to know the Christian Laget, and get the opportunity to wander through the pearly gates. Laget is open for everyone - except for Jews, feminists and the like, obviously. Ironically, Johannes also throws the Gospel of Luke in the trash.

From “faderloft” to Faderloft One of the highlights of the revue is the confession sketch, where Ås’ students confess their sins. The Ivarinne has slept with Svæveru’, the Rævne neither likes beer nor ladies, the Hankatt confesses, faderloft to Fatherloft, that he’s vegetarian and has spread gonorrhea. Mainly the first thing though. We also meet Superchristian™, the best character of the revue for the first time.

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A girl from Laget confesses all her prejudices about student association people. One person almost starts to do a bit of self reflection, as the editor of Tuntreet is revealed to be the confession Father - look forward to the next Tun & Tre!

Penis & Hareide Laget uses several different methods during the night to get people laughing. An enthusiastic missionary gives us a PowerPoint presentation about his experience, and I learned that everyone in Laget can joke about penis sizes - do the Ten Commandments allow that? Apparently. We are subsequently introduced to the widower Abraham and his son Isak on video. Isak was obviously a two-yearold kid, definitely not a student on his knees.

Fun sketches, but maybe somewhat long.

The evolution myth is then discarded - the

appendix is what pays a doctor’s salary and of course the little toe is needed for furniture. The flying/jumping angel is definitely a fun part, and we are taken on a spiritual, yoga-based journey through the Bible. Followed by a love ballad between Beate og Knut Arild Hareide) - brilliant imitation.

Doomsday & Hvit White Power Norwegian Christian Broadcasting enlightens us about the evils of the world: standing intercourse can lead to dancing, IS’s Captain Shariatann (Sharia tooth) spreads fear and horror, and Pokémon GO players are harassed, #mewtwo. I found out that speaking in tongues and nynorsk are counted as the same - is this then a holy review? (the untranslated version is in nynorsk) The doomsday warning was by far the worst - especially for Heathenmark.

The revue ends with the KKK creation myth

- Kråkstad Kristelege Kvinner (Kråkstad Christian Women), and their slogan “light conquers darkness”, also known as “WHITE POWER”. Look for a flaming cross if you ever feel the call to join one of their meetings.

Divine Ego? Instead of the traditional let’s-go-find-anafterparty-woohoo-song, Laget and Thorvald and Johannes invited everyone to sing the traditional anthem “Jeg og’n Thorvald og Johannes”. I wish I could report a good sing-along, but sadly, no. Students should be ashamed.

As the environmentally friendly students that we are, jokes are often recycled, but Laget delivered a lot of new, fun farces. I want to congratulate them on a heavenly revue, but maybe not pet their ego too much - after all, they thanked us for Tuntreet’s Revue Award in advance. Well, let’s see.

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The entrance hall of the Veterinary building. In the first draft of the campus plan which can be found on NMBU’s website, it says, “NMBU has as it’s ambition to better the study quality and inclusion among students by offering “course homes” in all faculties, and collective areas between them.”

Photo: Erik Tylleskär

SLØTFACE

Erik Tylleskär Journalist and Photographer

Recently, SLØTFACE filled Halvors hybel with their music. Their name might suggest that they’re a group of immature kids, but after just one short meeting, they prove to be down to earth, friendly people with a political message.

I meet the band just after sound check, and they look pretty tired, like they were taking a well-deserved break in the middle of a busy work day: lots accomplished, lots left to do. Haley Shea is sitting with her Macbook checking out what is happening on Facebook while she’s getting her ear-mic put in. Guitarist Tor-Arne is chilling with bassist Lasse on the backstage sofa when I begin my interview. It seems like their popularity has gone up and down, but when it comes to performances, they go all out every time.

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Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Photographer

“We try to follow the Dave Grohl model, to always kill it no matter what, because you never know who is in the audience, or how important it is for them or what kind of night it is. When you become pro you have to play just as well every night, regardless of external factors.” Trommisen Halvar enters the room after going through some songs after sound check Not Pop punk Since this is my first interview, I’ve printed out several A4 pages filled to the margins with different questions in text size 16, and armed with the biggest voice recorder I had.

No words were going to get by me. The band is from the same year as I am (93), and also from the Vest(Best)landet, albeit from a more oil-focused town (Stavanger) than a fishing fjord (Bergen). Everyone in the band have been students, and Tor-Arne has a bachelor in business administration.

I asked what they thought about the genre

Translated By: Alicia Earnest

“pop-punk,” which is the genre they belong to according to Wikipedia, as the genre carries a lot of baggage from Sum41/Blink 182: “We haven’t taken on that title ourselves. We call ourselves a rock band” says Haley. Lasse thinks they are a bit more indie rock “but we think that everyone in our generation has good associations with pop punk.” When I, the amateur I am, don’t have any follow-up questions, the band just carries on talking, and I can definitely tell they’re a close group, there is never only one person carrying the conversation.

The amps are turned all the way up Is it mandatory to play a Telecaster in a punk band? “Telecasters are much cooler than Stratocasters” Tor-Arne says. Everything goes, as long as it’s loud enough?

“The further down the guitar strap falls, the louder the sound comes from the amps, and the bigger the chance that I give up” continues Tor-Arne.

Tuntreet They try to play quietly, and have in-ear mics to have a lower stage volume, they say smiling towards the sound check guy.

“We don’t go for the testosterone-filled guitar-smashing, amp-blasting style” explains Haley, “we do what we feel is right for us, and don’t try to be anything we aren’t.”

For these guys, writing music is something they’ve been doing since they were about 10 years old, and they have always been in a band. Lars comments that he switched from guitar to bass to plan in a more fun band.

A lot of work is needed, and the songs don’t write themselves. “We’re often called nerds by other bands because we practice three times a week and wake up early on Sundays to practice.” It’s always a team effort when they write songs. The only things that are done solo are the lyrics written by Haley, with her American family, she’s perfected writing in English, and it also contributes to the political messages that their songs come loaded with.

SLUTFACE to SLØTFACE Slutface was a band name they had for a long time. “It started because we wanted to have something a bit punk, to not be too sweet and show that we don’t take ourselves too seriously.” Haley explains further: “we learned more about feminism and how to be ironic about thing by calling yourself it.

The idea that girls are always doing something wrong – that they’re either too slutty, or too uptight.

You will be judged for your sexuality no matter what, so we wanted to mock this in our name.” Did you do anything special for women’s day yesterday? “Every day is women’s day, we dedicate a song here and there to strong women all over, so we don’t do anything special just for women’s day.” Haley is definitely in charge when these topics are discussed. They have important messages to get across. “Many band interviews are about travelling, partying, celebrity life, etc., but we have something actually substantial to speak about. I wouldn’t want to play in a band if they didn’t stand for something important, or tried to change some-

thing, it’s not enough for me to just make hit songs, it needs to mean something.”

“We don’t know how it would be otherwise, probably twice as many wanting to hear about Kaley’s love life” says Lasse. “Probably,” she agrees, “but I think that would be super boring.”

Would have liked to study here Sometimes people have snuck backstage to party with the band, but they are often too tired for that. They choose maybe two days every month where they agree that they will party, but most days they just take it easy.

Are you guys excited to play here in Ås? “I am absolutely thrilled to play here in Ås” Haley says, “because I’ve always wanted to study here at NMBU. I started studying molecular biology, but couldn’t move so far away and still play in the band. NMBU has such a cool campus, and that cow with the hole in it’s stomach is cool! Are students a good audience? They think it’s most fun when people don’t take it so seriously, and they “hope people dare to break loose and dance tonight.”

Sløtface reccomends: 1. Music 2. Move 3: Other cool stuff

Haley [Vocals]

Tor-Arne [Guitar]

1. Sara Klang 1. Superorganism 2. Ladybird 2. Now it’s dark 3. Any other city than 3. Lilletinget London

Lasse [Bass]

Halvard [Drums]

1. Girl in red (from Horten) 1. Ravyn lenae 2. Call me by her name 2. Inside llvellyn davis 3. Melodyne 3. Tennis

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If there’s something strange in your student dorm, who you gonna call?

The Janitor!

Rhia Aden Journalist Øyvind Nyheim Photographer

Have you ever put in a request to Boligtorget and wondered how that request got fixed? Or have you been curious about the maintenance of SiÅs? Fear no more.

I have followed a couple of SiÅs’s janitors around for a few hours to see what a typical day is like for them.

9:10 a.m.: Fix the dishwasher in the canteen at Sørhellinga. The water is not draining fast enough, so Henning unplugs things, empties a bottle of drain cleaner and off to the next stop we go. We’ll be back later to check on the dishwasher.

9:25 a.m.: Fix the shower drain at a Løa collective. We check one shower and the drain seems to be working fine. Must be the other shower, and that’s being used, so we leave.

They start their day at 7:00 a.m. but I was not about to wake up that early. Also, they don’t enter housing to fix things before 9:00 a.m.

9:30 a.m.: Replace lights in Børsen. They seem to be working, although the student who put in the request says they weren’t the day before… An easy task, then.

9:00 a.m.: I enter the SiÅs maintenance office located in Pentagon. There I meet Henning, who introduces himself and later tells me he has worked for SiÅs for 9 years. The photographer and I hop into the front seat of the van and we begin making stops at a variety of places.

9:32 a.m.: Check the boiler room in the basement of ABC. The room is super warm and there’s a loud buzzing noise.

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check for leaks and confirm that the pressure is constant.

9:40 a.m.: Unclog another drain in a personal shower in Palisaden. We’re not allowed into the room, so we wait in the hall.

After Henning is done, I inquire about the drain issues. It seems to be a consistent problem in student housing. The solution requires lifting the drain panel and removing excess junk and hair. It’s a gross task that often goes to the SiÅs maintenance guys.

They do it, but the frequency could easily

Tuntreet be reduced if it was part of everyone’s cleaning routine.

9:45 a.m.: Check the bedroom heater in Kringla. Again, we wait outside.

9:50 a.m.: Spread gravel around Kringla as it’s especially icy that afternoon. Henning then calls someone to spread gravel around the rest of Pentagon with a tractor.

10:00 a.m.: We go back to Løa to fix the shower drain.

10:05 a.m.: We get a tour of the SiÅs maintenance building. There’s an electrical room, paint storage room, carpentry room and storage garage. There’s also an “important shelf ”. This shelf houses spare light bulbs, smoke alarms and batteries, as well as miscellaneous things that are often replaced. Later, I’m informed that sometimes students are buying their own light bulbs and batteries when they should put in a request and have them replaced for free.

10:15 a.m.: Empty and clean out the lint from the dryers in the laundry room of Pomona. It’s a task that’s also done weekly. In the back of the laundry room there’s a door leading to a storage room containing extra chairs, sofas and beds.

10:25 a.m.: We head off to Samfunnet to make copies of keys.

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Tuntreet 10:40 a.m.: We drive to Eika sports center and check the ventilation in their boiler rooms. We sign off on four different logs, checking the radiator and other parts. Then we head for the roof. Henning and Øyvind go up with ease. I spend a couple of minutes trying to get over my fear of heights and with their support I finally manage to join them. We walk through the snow in each other’s foot prints, then Henning starts shoveling near the downspout. He explains that the buildup of ice around it stops the water from draining.

11:00 a.m.: We drive to Skogveien to check the garbage containers. I ask why that’s needed, and Henning explains that sometimes when people move out of family apartments, they place their garbage outside rather than inside the containers. This was however not a problem this time.

11:03 a.m.: Back to Sørhellinga to check on the dishwasher. The problem seems to be more complex than expected. As Henning

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begins to fix it, the canteen lady offers us banana bread. We notice he has some tattoos on his forearm, which we learn are of Mina, his daughter. Very sweet, I thought.

11:25 a.m.: Back to the SiÅs building, where we have Waffle Wednesday Lunch.

They have waffles every Wednesday, which are prepared by Valerie, the head of cleaning for SiÅs. We stay for lunch. The room is full of energy, and there’s lots of laughter and smiles as everyone eats waffles.

I ask whether people ever get fined for damages or broken things. Henning explains that it’s rare, as it depends on evidence and intention. If things get broken out of pure recklessness it might be the case, after a review.

There’s a mention of the Halloween party that took place last fall in Palisaden, that resulted in 386 showers needing to be replaced. The showers in the building didn’t have a button that automatically turns off

Tuntreet the water after a couple of minutes. From the sound of it, it seems like shower parties and running water caused excessive damage when people were intoxicated. The new shower knobs should prevent further damage of this nature.

Ole-Andreas and Håkon, who are part-time student janitors, were also shadowed for an hour on a different day as they spent part of their shift scrubbing mold from the shower ceiling. They sing songs they make up on the spot as they scrub the ceilings profusely. They tell me that often when they enter student collectives and rooms, they knock twice hard and say hello and no one answers. They’re often responding to each other’s hellos and greetings.

Lunch break is over and the employees get back to work. I notice they’re in a pretty good mood considering the mundane jobs they spend hours doing. They say they try to entertain themselves and so when they’re in contact with others they spread good vibes as they work.

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Tipp topp at Thorvald and Tora Ingvild Darbo Journalist

Translated By: Alicia Earnest

On Sunday, March 4th, Samfunnet put on the Thorvald and Tora cup 2018.

Only 4 teams showed up for the traditional volleyball-cup, but everyone had a great time in GG-hallen.

A team consisting of NMBUI members, How I smashed your mother, met up with bright pink t-shirts. Team Sunnfjord came all the way from Førde to play volleyball in Ås. Tora and the cats + morny showed up in colorful 80s inspired uniforms, while Team tripp trapp entered the scene with tons of energy.

In traditional cup style, all teams played against each other, and the team with the most points after the 10 minute time limit ran out was the winner. In the end, team How I smashed your mother and Team Sunnfjord had the most points, and went on to the finale.

After two intense sets, the cup title went to How I smashed your mother, and the prize was dinner and drinks for the whole team at Café Klubben.

Even though the players were the only ones who showed up for the cup this Sunday, there was a really good atmosphere in GG-hall. It was a bit disappointing that the cup ended up being very small, and even the players almost didn’t hear about it. But the answer was still a unanimous YES when asked if they had fun. Hopefully there will be more of a crowd next year!

Matches

Winner and Points

Kamp 1: How I smashed your mother vs. Team Sunnfjord

How I smashed your mother (17-13)

Kamp 2: Team Tripp Trapp vs. Team Tripp trapp (11-22) Tora and the cats + morty Kamp 3: Team Sunnfjord vs.

Tora and the cats + morty

Team Sunnfjord (21-13)

Kamp 4: How I smashed your mother vs. Team tripp trapp

How I smashed your mother (20-11)

Kamp 5: Team Sunnfjord vs.

Team tripp trapp

Team Sunnfjord (17-11)

Kamp 6: How I smashed your mother vs. Tora and the cats + morty

How I smashed your mother (22-14)

Finale: Set 1: 17-25 til How I smashed your mother Set 2: 20-25 til How I smashed your mother

Alf for Good Vibes with Collegium Alf Jardar Lindås Bringedal Journalist

Who is Collegium Alf? Who is Big Alf? What can Big Alf give to us? Is it poosible to make Alf for good vibes

Translated By: Alicia Earnest

The opportunity has finally come to learn more about the mysterious forening Collegium Alf! Personally, it took be several months to realize that Collegium Alf wasn’t a party of Collegium Alfa at all. The first time I realized this was when they both had separate entries in the “foreningsprat” section of Tun og Tre. But when I realized this, I just became more confused. Who is Collegium Alf? Alf for good vibes with Collegium Alf finally gave me my answer.

They had actually only practiced for 5 hours before the show. Alfso, they had a vors beforehand. How much of a show can you actually make in 5 hours, including drinking, with a goal of making Alf for good vibes? The show itself wasn’t that good, but there were definitely good vibes.

It was full of too much Kahoot, chugging, and dry, flat jokes. But it went by quickly

and everyone was having fun.

The only thing that could seem like a common thread was the solid accordion playing by Lars Raaen, Snow white as a model and companion for the seven Alfs and horrible jokes. The great mocking of foreninger in Ås also delivered. Some of the jokes went a bit over the top, but others were funny. They also tried out some #METOO humor. Some skits received mixed reactions from the audience, but they ended off on a pedophilic priest joke, which was quite funny. The last Kahoot was a music quiz, where we had to guess songs from Alfs’ repertoire. The last tong was “Jeg og’n Thorvald og Johannes”, a smart move.

Everyone loves a good sing-along song.

show was a good balance between very little effort, and no effort at all. You just have to lower your expectations a bit when sitting in the audience of teamAlfste. Even though I still left the show a bit confused and disappointed, they definitely spread good vibes.

Alf in Alf, I was entertained. It was actually pretty impressive of Collegium Alf. The

Either way, creds to Collegium Alf for coming up with something like this, that was cool.

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Concert with the honorable and serious choir Lærken at Samfunnet, Monday March 12th Text: Øyvind Wistrøm, teacher at HSN, freelance journalist, and father of Torbjørn Haugland Wistrøm The Choir Lærken took the opportunity to share their honorable songs with fellow classmates and others present this Monday.

They showed up to a fully packed room at Samfunnet to share their joyful, creative songs, including dance moves and costumes (read: uniforms), that would have made both a serious choir and a theater group jealous. They received a standing ovation and chants for an encore song (which it was unclear whether or not they had prepared for.)

The first thing that stood out to the audience was the somewhat serious, yet also confusing uniforms. Or more specifically: the hats. What at first seemed like a shining, serious choir with matching dresses and jackets, then put on these headpieces that don’t exactly seem like what a student of Bach would wear: straw hats, helmets, costume hats, goggles, pink bunny ears, etc. Even though their attire was adorned with medallions and distinctive badges (I suspect that some of them were dad’s old sports medals), their headgear indicated loudly and clearly: we are here to have fun.

And that’s what they did.

From the first note – after the choir had organized themselves – from a somewhat failed attempt to get the different tone groups to harmonize with each other, it

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was clear that it wasn’t only the audience’s need for good music that was to be satisfied, but also the choir’s desire to express their creativity and move. I have hardly ever seen such an “alive” choir, with unrestrained dancing and lyrics (which you pretty much need to see written out in order to understand what is being sung), gestures and movements with arms and legs waving around to emphasize the meanings of the songs. Which – as much as I could understand the messages – were relatively non-pretentious and very creative.

The choir went through the songs in their repertoire such as Bananahatar (bananas will never be the same after that), and Naturen (meaning nature, which will also never be the same for me), as well as other strange songs with quite surprising lyrics and meanings.

The conductor – who was quite entertaining himself – waved his arms and legs in an attempt to conduct the choir, which he managed to do for the most part. All in all it seemed that the choir had a lot of respect for his authority and tried hard to follow his directions. After the concert when I asked for the name of the director, I found out that he went by his choir name “AktivisykkelreperatørbrA(r)ntesen. I have no idea what “sykler” has to do with it, but what

Inga Elen Årvoll Eidsvik Photographer

a name.

Musically, the concert was really good.

There were some bumps along the way, but the effort put into the show made up for it, and it just highlighted the “amateur-quality.” Both the choir and the audience sat with uninhibited musical joy. The harmony was very impressive for an amateur choir, with everything from the soprano singers to the bass group (which, by the way, had some interesting lines throughout the performance.)

A monologue in the middle of it all – which was recited quickly and with a joyful reaction from the audience – was also a creative addition. I must admit that I only understood a fraction of what the speaker performed. She used a book about the universe as a background for her monologue, which was no coincidence, because both the text and the show was absolutely “heavenly.”

Also, her name was BrukerikkehjelmogfallerofteavmoPedersen.

Of course, what else would it be?

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Digital exams, It’s going to happen to you too.

Erik Tylleskär Journalist and Illustrator

I headed to Cirkus with a pen in my hand like a sword. I was ready to interview three people who are directly involved with the planning digital exams. Amongst these three was one person from IT, and two from the study department. And something magical happened: I was converted, I got hope, and the future seemed brighter. They are working on improving solutions, and making sure that the things that happened to me never happen again.

Digital exams began as a trial project in fall 2016, where 50 students participated voluntarily, and this past Christmas, 1500 out of 12000 exam responses were digital. This coming May that number will be 2500. So it will happen to you too, if it hasn’t already. You can’t escape now. TF, Aud. Max., and clockbuilding are already prepped for digital exams, and soon Tårn will be the next to go. There are a lot more logistic concerns that go into holding digital exams than exams with paper. This is one of the reasons to take the process slowly. Other evaluation types are being considered than just a final exam as well.

Course responsible were very impressed and recommended it to their colleagues. It’s simply a “much easier solution” logistically speaking. You don’t need to organize the answers and pages to be sent around at once, which gives course responsible and external evaluators more time to correct exams, and increases the timeliness of grade feedback. The fact that the reader can actually read the responses without having to decipher bad handwriting/ hieroglyphics makes the job a lot easier too. Teachers say that this is something that has gotten worse over the past few years (because students handwriting is uglieir). Other aspects that professors liked were that they could work on grading tests wherever, without having to carry 1000 pages with them. But they also

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agree that the option to draw must be better. They would also like for other tests and complaints to be handled digitally. Amongst students there was a 85% approval rate for digital exams, because most were used to computers, and it was easy to answer with less pain to the hands.

IT is gearing up, they are buying more rentable computers. I get the impression that our system is more practical than the one at Blindern. There, they have to set up huge computer rooms which is only used during exams. Here we can use our own computers, and the webpage works in a way that can detect cheating. They are also working on making it possible to use programs like Excel or Python on exams when necessary. This way it will be easier to evaluate students’ knowledge.

The short term goal is to make all subjects have digital exams wherever possible. Math and Physics subjects will be able to keep having paper exams. Long term goals including introducing new digital forms of evaluation, which will open the possibility for new subjects. When I left this meeting I was outright hopeful.

Maybe if people learn that this will be a better solution for all, and I now understand why we are doing this. I have been saved, in the name of the student, the evaluator, and the holy WISEflow.

AMEN.

Earlier, it was possible to apply to take digital exams instead of paper exams if you had a medical need, and now that rule has been reversed so that you can only write on paper if you can prove a medical need.

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Thinking of Samfunnet

Contribution from Samfunnsstyret by Espen & Kolltveit Translated By: Maren Oftebro

We love that Samfunnet is being used; think about all the fun that happens. The smell of festivity sticks to the walls and when in an important Samfunnet-meeting with Kondomeriet, you may recall the events that occured in that one corner that night. Not only smells, but memories and stories are in these walls. Have you heard about when Jørgen got into a fight with the floor in Halvors or when Stina was denied access because she forgot her picture ID! Another good story is the one about Samfunnet’s community service hours. Especially about those who show up and do their duty as members of Studentsamfunnet in Ås. You don’t need to show up too early, you are assigned an important task (even if it doesn’t always feel that way!) and even the food has been complimented lately! Free food, come on - nothing is better than when your grant is getting low after last party night.

We all remember the last party night when the person ahead of you in the line was caught with alcohol in their pants. How stupid! If they were let in, everything else in their pants might not be in trouble, but Samfunnet could be in SERIOUS troube. Alcohol licensing is nice to keep at a place like Samfunnet; it makes it pos-

sible for you to buy a cool blue drink in Johannes or a tasty beer in the Bodega. Lemon soda and sparkling water just wouldn’t be the same after a long week at school when you were just getting ready to party. Make that party happen, and do not bring alcohol into Samfunnet, we want to continue the festivities.

At Studentsamfunnet in Ås you can find activities every day!

“Wow,” you think? Lucky, we think! Have you heard about the international student who wanted karaoke? By the work of enthusiastic people, Samfunnet continues to thrive. This is what committees make sure of, and that international student; karaoke is now on the semester program for spring 2018. Have you heard about the committee members who work hard for you to enjoy the best night possible with your fellow students?

Finally, we want to share one last, good story; have you heard about the guy who filled up his cashless without sneaking in alcohol and had the best party of all times at Studentsamfunnet in Ås?

Welcome to Samfunnet, every day!!!

PS: Your mother does not work at Samfunnet’s office, wash your own coffee mug!

Congratulations, Samfunnsstyret

– GF crashes with the Student parliament for the second time in two years.

Text: Margit Fausko and Gunnar Størseth Haarr Editor’s Judgement: Not impressed The Student Parliament happens three times each semester.

General Assembly (GF) happens one time each semester. The Student Parliament is, for those who do not know, the highest student-led event at NMBU - just like GF is for Samfunnet. It is and should be of interest that these two events do not crash and people are able to attend both. Not impressed to see that they do collide again this spring, after it already happened in the

Translated By: Maren Oftebro

fall of 2016. The dates for the Student Parliaments in 2018 were set on the 3rd Student Parliament in 2017 which was held the 25th of April - in other words, long before Samfunnet’s semester program. Samfunnsstyret and the working committee of the Student Parliament both say they are working together to make sure this does not happen again. They probably said that one and a half years ago as well. Let’s hope they mean it this time.

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The Minister Who Did Not Come Energiseminaret 2018 was to be the first ever to include a government minister in the program. ”Too bad it was a molester”, says seminar-volunteer Ingrid Maria Mørch.

Translated By: Maren Oftebro

Margit Fausko Journalist

”From carbon to electron” was the title of this year’s Energiseminar, which was held on the 16-17th of March. The seminar is an annual tradition, arranged by NMBU students with people from all over the country. The program this year offered everything from Greenstat to Avinor, and Terje Søviknes was supposed to kick off the whole event - the first government minister visit to this six-year-old seminar.

Important Standpoint for NMBU Ingrid Maria Mørch is one of the people reacting to bringing in Terje Søviknes. She was in the program committee for Energiseminaret in 2017, and insisted then that he should not be invited. “It is a highly relevant question of values, how comfortable we are with keeping sexual assaulters in central positions of power,” she says.

- Letting him become a minister, and inviting him as a lecturer pretty much implies that his acts are legitimized.

Now-Platforming by Opinion Opponents? ”Energy is what we are interested in, and energy is what will be discussed”, is the attitude dominating Energiseminaret. Ingrid agrees that it is completely irrelevant what a lecturer thinks about other issues besides energy, and says she is strongly against so-called now-platforming by opinion opponents. She refers to how such exclusion has been an unfortunate trend at certain universities in other countries.

“But sexual abuse is not an expression of opinion”, she points out, “It’s exactly that - abuse.”

Planned Demonstration Outside Aud.Max. When she discovered Søviknes was on the poster for 2018, she originally wanted to pull out of the seminar, where she was going to help tidy up this year when it was over. She instead decided to cooperate with Ås Feministiske Studenter, which she at the same time became a member of. Together they announced that on the 6th of March they would hold a protest if the invitation was not revoked.

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Energiseminaret, Oskar Aalde, contacted Ås Feministiske Studenter. He expressed that this protest was wrongly placed, that it would be unfortunate for the initiative, volunteer work and motivation of many students. They replied that it is everyone’s responsibility to make a clear standpoint against the fact that someone can be in his position of power when the victim he is accused of raping has “lived through hell the last 20 years”, and that this is more important than having a government minister visit.

The demonstration did not happen after all, because the day after, Søviknes rejected the invitation.

It happened in early March, at the same time as the girl in the Søviknes case gave an interview to Aftenposten and Bergens Tidene about mental problems and self-harming after what happened. She has recently applied to the government for victim’s compensation.

- It made the timing for Søviknes’ lecture even more embarrassing, says Ingrid, but makes it clear that the argumentation is the same this year as last year.

Why he rejected the invitation, people can speculate for themselves, says Ingrid. She herself thinks the important part is not whether or not he came, but that a protest almost happened. “With a protest we are sending an important signal to the community and to ourselves.” She hopes the case nevertheless has lead to a rise in consciousness, possibly influencing the choice of lecturers in the future.

Søviknes has not been sentenced, and if the case had lead to one in 2001 he would have been free at this time. Is it even right to take the law into your own hands, and when should such a prosecution end?

- It is correct that he never went to prison, Ingrid replies to this, “but neither was he ever

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Terje Søviknes (FrP) was in 2001 accused of raping a 16 year old girl, who at the time was a member of FpU.

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He himself says the sex was consensual.

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The case was closed rather quickly.

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Søviknes left the FrP-elite for many

let off the charges”, she continues, and points out that the case was merely laid off by state lawyer.

- Which could be connected to the Norwegian definition of rape, a definition which says the victim needs to have shown enough resistance to win a case. The women’s committee in UN have critized Norway for this for years.

According to international standards, Søviknes is a criminal.

Ingrid thinks that if Søviknes wants an opportunity to come clean, he should also support an update of the paragraph concerning rape.

- Lets say that he did serve a sentence. An important principal of jurisdiction is then that criminals should be allowed to return to society. It does not say he should have a spot in the elite of politicians. “Power is not a human right”, she underlines.

She also underlines that nobody has gone to the extent of prosecuting him in private life.

She points to the fact that Søviknes himself has chosen to continue as a public figure in a central position of power.

- The planned demonstration was a protest against NMBU inviting him here, because it is controversial that he has this position. We are not taking the law into our own hands,

this is democracy in practice. It is important to make your views towards the law public in order to to change it.

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Does not Refrain from the Seminar Ingrid still chose to be a volunteer at Energiseminaret. “I can oppose Søviknes’ invitation without opposing the seminar”.

She praises the enthusiastic people, which she says are a “large group of students with great environmental engagement.”

ZERO came instead Program responisble of Energiseminaret Martin Dahle Skjæveland has no comment about Søviknes’ rejection, but is content with the final program. Einar Wilhelmson from ZERO showed up instead, and had according to Martin a “convincing lecture.”

Kyrre Kirkbakk Fjær and Erik Bjørnerem, guests from Energy and Environment at NTNU, were also happy. They came with earlybird-tickets and were eager to talk about the diverse seminar with consistent, good lectures, “and a couch discussion where people were agreeing almost too much,” adds Kyrre.

The case about Søviknes’ invitation seems to have passed over most people’s heads without too much concern. It could seem that the seminar was burdened by the aforementioned discussions, but in the end the guests where left with what they usually expect to get out of this seminar – deeper insight into challenges and possibilities in the energy sector.

”Power is not a human right”, says Ingrid Maria Mørch. She took the initiative to the planned demonstration against inviting Terje Søviknes to Energiseminaret on the 16-17th of March.

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Tuntreet Monday the 5th of March will go down as a great event in the history of NMBU, Ås, Norway, and yes, even humanity! Dovre fell this day, Midgards serpent arose from Drøbak and turned it’s head toward Ås, and rain fell over the Sahara. Because on this day, a gathering of curious souls witnessed Over Rævne’s intimate concert in CaféKlubben.

In these times of false news and subjective truth, we humble reviewers with only scarce words as our means, will attempt to paint an objective, rightful and truthful picture of the event as it really happened.

Like the start of a vivid dream, the titans of Over Rævne kicked off the show with ‘Sit On My Face’. The overwhelming visual impression of these fierce guys made several in the audience let out longingful cries, spasms and hysterical laughter, in a half-hearted attempt to try to control their feelings. Luckily NORPAKT, ‘Norsk Over Rævne-related Psychological and Audiovisual Crisis-team’, was present in the room. Leader Rullestad introduced the man’s choir’s honorable intentioned, asked the audience not to be afraid, then tore off his shirt, grabbed a hammer and nail and inscribed into stone what is of importance to Over Rævne: mountains, beer, and ladies. In that order. The choir, which is an incarnation of this slogan, wished everyone welcome with “Velkommen”, invited us to the mountains with ‘Fjeldet kalder‘ and

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‘Norges Fjelde’, and told of the fantasy of massaging daydreaming women and young girls ready to marry with ‘Brudeferden i Hardanger’. Even first basses won the attention of everyone present, in their attempts to harmonize with the rest of the choir. National romance without fascist undertones, uncorrect and jokeful politics and reactionary views on women without offense and subsequent hashtags. These things are hard to convey successfully, but Rævne... Over Rævne did it.

It is hard to know when exactly the concert went from being, objectively, the best musical experience I have encountered to being the most meaningful and defining singular event of my life. It could have been when the choir formed a human pyramid in the shape of Nidarosdomen under ’Nordmannsang’. It could have been when vikings came rappeling down from the roof clad in gold and neon and fighting to their death under the crown jewel ‘Olav Tryggvason’, or when the powerful song provoked contractions in a pregnant woman in the first row and Sundsbø welcomed a beautiful son with one arm while conducting ‘Bakom Brystkassa’ with the other. It could also have been when exleader Syverud gave us everything he had on the last song, bent the laws of nature to his will and blew the snow off of Snøhetta, up until his voice broke so spectacularly

that the Man fell and Dovre followed right after.

In the midst of an emotional mixture of gratefulness, awe and existensial anxiety, everyone who had seen and heard the concert understood that they had been part of something special, as the clouds on the sky ripped and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s face shone upon the horizon with an acknowledging smile. Fiery tongues came out of ears, noses and mouths and lowered upon each of the head of the Rævnekar as they exited the room to ‘Klingom Bröder’.

The thundering sounds from this flood of a concert still hits along the shore of a thousand homes, and everybody loves to dream back to this saga-filled night. All the birds of the world now sing with a little more humbleness and respect than before.

From the ruins of Dovre, a new, resistant and massive mountain has risen, and the world has become a better place.

Reviewed by, Metaphorical Imaginator Johannes H. Spiling, and Conductor of text Snorre Sundsbø, Mannskoret Over Rævne Translated By: Maren Oftebro

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Samfunnet’s Committee Leaders Spring 2018

Tuntreet Have I found my new calling in life? That was the question I asked myself after spending a Monday night below ground. I may or may not have been high on some chemicals.

Finding Light in the Darkroom

Stine Lise Wannebo Journalist and Photographer

With low expectations from myself and high expectations from my advisors, I strolled out on a little expedition with a borrowed analogue camera around my neck. I was going to learn how to be a photographer.

It is not always easy for a somewhat whimsical, but creative journalist on the hunt for a good picture to find something to shoot. Especially not when this writer hardly knows how to focus because of frozen fingers and the denial to take more than one picture of each object (I wanted to save film!). But an hour later we were able to finish the mission, with photos of Urbygningen, Tuntreet, a bench, a tree stump, a greenhouse, an icicle, a window, a sign and an especially cute puppy hidden safely inside the cold camera.

Fotoklubben’s darkroom is located within the green basement of Hunkattblokka, and this is where I went to get my film developed. Right beside the photo lab is the laundry room which is sectioned off

by what resembles more of a sheet than a concrete wall. In the darkroom I was met

by Kristian Haraldsen, Tuntreet’s handyman and Fotoklubben’s darkroom manager.

Kristian was about to get his patience tested - and I was getting a darkroom tutorial.

On my eigthy-fifth try I managed to get the film into a small, red (actually quite big) case. In complete darkness. I was proud. Little did I know that the film has to be developed before you can get the image on to paper. With yellow dishwasher gloves and panic in my eyes I poured one chemical after the other over the film and back into the bottle. I can luckily announce to the environmentally conscious that Fotoklubben takes responsibility for their strange chemicals and do not pour them out in the sink. They are offered to the photo gods.

After my self-developed film had dried, it was time to get the images on to paper. I felt like a 1940’s black-and-white movie

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character! The only thing missing from my dreams, except a historically correct hairdo, was a bath tub. Or am I the only one that imagines all darkrooms have a bath tub?

And here comes the part where I found light in the darkroom. It is a magical thing to stand there with a black-and-white photograph in each hand, both showing a grey, indistinguishable mass that is actually a puppy, and knowing that I made these myself. I have exposed the paper, dipped it in chemicals and soap under the creepy red lamps, and now they have become art.

Who doesn’t need that satisfying feeling of accomplishment on a regular Monday night? I certainly did.

As I said, it could have been the chemicals talking, but I loved the darkroom. Still, chemicals or not, it is too late to think about it now. I have already gotten a membership in the darkroom club.

Interested in getting a darkroom tutorial?

Contact NMBU Fotoklubb on Facebook.

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You Wanna Bet Your HearØrjan Furnes Journalist and Photographer

Have you noticed that the sound volume in Festsalen is way too loud?

Have you ever had problems holding a conversation at the Bodega? Is this enough to ruin your hearing for life? Erik Tylleskär gave us an insight in the last issue of Tuntreet on what «destructive decibel» is, and a introduction on how vulnerable our hearing is. We talked to Adrian Skistad, who during recent time has taken measurements of the decibel levels at Samfunnet, and told us how things really are.

What is actually Damaging?

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people have a hard time understanding. We usually do standard measurements which is the whole specter from 20 to 20 000 hertz, because this is what we can hear.

People Need to get Better at Using Earplugs - There are rules, but there’s really not, at least not at concerts. EU has a requirement of 85 decibels for hearing protectors at construction sites. These are based on exposure over time. There’s no problem exposing yourself for 110 decibels for two seconds, but it can be harmful to expose yourself to 90 decibels, which is one hundredth of that for two hours. My point is that people need to understand that the loudness isn’t the problem, but how loud it is, and for how long. That’s why people need to get better at using earplugs. To compare –it’s worse spending time in the bodega for four hours than the short explosions that sometimes can be heard from the monitors.

- Every third decibel counts as twice as loud, not necessarily what we experience as louder, but figuring sound intensity. If the music starts to hurt your ears, that should be taken seriously, because then you’re

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fucked. At that point you’re at 199 decibels, and that’s what we’re at in the bodega now, we even have measurements louder than this.

Our best tip is to use earplugs. Samfunnet orders thousands of earplugs, but people don’t like using them because they block certain frequencies, mainly the most dangerous, and therefore ruin some of the concert experience. Adrian would therefore recommend people to invest in some of the higher quality earplugs, that can be used several times, instead of those onetime foam ones. It doesn’t have to cost more than 150kr and it gives a much better soundscape than the foam-ones.

Constant Harmful Levels Adrian carries out 20 second long measurements about four times per evening to make sure that the measurements taken are reliable. From then on the data gets plotted into advanced calculation tools like Excel and Google chrome to calculate what the average is. The measurements are taken with the trusty tool in the picture, but there is also another tool used to double check. In other words, the measurements are pretty reliable.

Tuntreet sign that you probably should have worn earplugs or that your hearing has already taken a beating.

- I’ve done my share of measurements; Kickoff, Klovner I kamp, revues, regular bodegas and discos in Halvors Hybel, Adrian informs us. The Bodega has an average at 101 decibels, which is pretty loud. The volume at the concerts in Aud Max on the same day was at 106. The highest measurement in Aud Max was at 114, which was due to the noise from the audience, and at the same time it was at 121 in the bodega, which is over the pain threshold.

- It hurt for those who were in there without earplugs, the levels lasted for a short time because it was during a song, but still...

Adrian adds that the sound level is usually at 102 in festsalen and 98 in Johannes.

- All of these measurements are higher than what EU defines as commotion, and they recommend hearing protection if you’re staying there for a longer period of time.

With a decibel level of 101, which is the average in the bodega, you can stay there for less than 15 minutes before it harms your hearing. This is a considerably shorter than the time the average bodega student spends there. At the same time, you can spend between half an hour and an hour in Johannes before it hurts your hearing.

The injuries can either have short-term effects like tinnitus, or have long-term effects like reduced hearing at the age of 40.

Should Samfunnet take action?

Adrian thinks that Samfunnet does what they can to safeguard our auditory health by supplying us with water and earplugs at concerts.

- Samfunnet has the supply, we just have to start using it. The security that stands right by the stage has a requirement to use hearing protection, but the problem is the rest of us. Adrian suggests that they put up stands around the concert area so that it is easier for people to get just grab a pair while passing by, but at the same time there are other factors making it hard for Samfunnet to do something about it.

- It’s a lot harder controlling the sound level when external artists play at Samfunnet.

This is because a lot of artists have wishes or demands to play at a level of 110-115 decibels, and Adrian points out that the sound technicians sometimes have a hard time telling what’s too loud and what’s not, which is usually a consequence that comes with the job.

- During UKA, there were some technicians that brought measuring tools, not to measure how loud the artists were playing, but to make sure that the volume wasn’t too low, and that’s a part of the problem.

A part of the job is to play louder than the sound from the audience, but that’s not always easy, especially with the 114dB in Aud Max. At the same time, Safunnet has made several attempts to set up a sound measuring system. This has recently been approved, and will soon be arranged. A fixed system is one of the goals that Samfunnet has set

for itself. This is especially relevant now due to that Musikkutstyrsordningen wants to introduce a law that will forbid associations from playing louder than 102 decibels.

There would be set requirements to send in regular measuremnts.

Tinnitus as a Tuning Fork If the damage is already done and you’re stuck with that constant squeaky sound in your ear, you should know that it’s not only a bad thing! Markus Pilskog in the choir NGA figured out that his tinnitus is at an A tone, and works as a human tuning fork. Adrian Skistad has on the other hand taken such good care of his hearing, despite working as a sound technician, and therefore can’t use this amazing ability at concerts with Sangkoret Lærken. So if you end up getting tinnitus you should first of all get proper earplugs to prevent further loss of hearing, and then join a choir.

Your Hearing can be Damaged without you Noticing As mentioned, it’s the exposure over time that is harmful, and you’ll most likely not notice it at once.

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Inga Elen Ă…rvoll Eidsvik Photographer

Tuntreet Age: 26 år Line of Study: Industrial Economy with a focus on water and environmental technology

Roles: • Marketing Officer for • In the Hunkatts Samfunnet • Bar volunteer UKA 2012 • Skjenkeansvarlig • Treasurer of Molekylet • Ringfestcommittee 2018 • Kommittee leader UKAgrill’n 2014

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Family ties to Ås Julie is from a farm in Gulsvik, in the Flå commune in Buskerud. For Julie to end up being a student at NMBU might seem a bit random, but perhaps not many know that Julie’s family has a tradition of studying in Ås. Her grandfather and both of her parents studied here, and Julie’s little brother is also following in the family’s footsteps.

Her grandparents actually had their wedding reception in Bodega, which, according to Julie’s grandmother, looks exactly the same now as it did then.

In all, three generations of the family have been a part of the Ås community.

get enough. With so many things on her plate she feels an alfa omega effect.

Julie admits that she sometimes has a tendency to be ineffective, but sometimes this is okay, as long as it doesn’t compromise what needs to be done.

She believes that you should follow through with the things you take on and she never gives up, but might take a shortcut here and there.

requires a lot of effort. Currently Julie lives with three other Hunkatts on campus and loves it. Before this she lived in the Hunkattloft. Julie explains that living in collectives for six years has made her afraid of living alone. If Julie knows she’s going to be alone for an afternoon, she invites friends over for dinner, or invites herself over to visit friends.

Afraid of not fitting in

“A really long russ party”

Today, Julie appears to be a social and

The laid back atmosphere at NMBU has made Julie feel right at home, and she’s now a pretty well known face on campus. She has spent four of her years here as an active member of the Hunkatts, and feels that sometimes there was quite a lot of partying and a bit too little focus on school. Nonetheless, she has managed to secure herself a job. Julie speaks fondly of her time at NMBU, especially her time as marketing officer on the Samfunnet board in 2014/15. She says that in this position she got to use her creativity, and made lots of new friends. At the same time she was also active in the Hunkatts, and describes the period as one huge russ (graduation) party.

Even though Julie says she will miss Ås, she is ready for the next step. Although, she’s not completely prepared for “adult life,” since she still wants to live in a collective. “Living alone will be so lonely!” she concludes.

The end of a long chapter It has been six years since Julie first stepped foot onto campus Ås, and soon her path will lead her into the working world. More specifically, Stavanger. Julie is just months away from completing a Master’s in Industrial Economy with a focus on water and environmental technology. Her list of accomplishment in Ås is long: from bar volunteer for UKA 2012 to vice president for the Ringfestcommittee 2018. Julie suspects that her overwhelming engagement comes from being restless, and having a need to be a part of everything. She also explains that she had decided beforehand to be involved in things in Ås, and once she got a taste, she couldn’t

outgoing person, but she explains that this wasn’t always the case, and that she was often afraid of not fitting in. This passed quickly though, because in Ås, it doesn’t really matter how you look.

She also talked about the special situation NMBU has where it’s like living in a small bubble, where students, the university, and social life all exists in a small radius, idyllically located in the safe surroundings of Ås. One thing that Julie concludes about this is that the path to the store seems so long, and that going to parties off campus

Describing Julie is no easy task, but the first thing that comes to mind is that she always puts others before herself. Look up the word altruistic in the dictionary and you will surely find a picture of Julie serving food to guests at a party she is hosting. Julie is genuinely generous and thoughtful, and this is definitely a good quality to have, but it can go a bit too far. You have to remember to put yourself first sometimes! Julie is cheerful and loves having friends over, and visits others on a more or less daily basis for a cup of tea and some cake. Now however, she’s busy with the Master’s thesis life until May 15. After this she will have an open calender which means open season, so watch out boys. She is, after all, very single!

Greetings from Henrik, Peter, Håkon and Siri

10 thing you didn’t know about Julie: 1. She was next in line to inherit family property, but she gave this inheritance to her little brother Gunder 2. She is the mother of the Sprell committee 3. She spent 3.5 years of her time here living in the Hunkattloft for 3.5 years 4. She has sung on Samfunnet stages countless times, despite not being able to sing 5. She can speak quite a bit of Lithuanian after hanging out with Lithuanians all last summer 6. She drank 555 home brews during her third year 7. She gets the “man flu” when she get’s sick 8. She prefers to sleep on the sofa 9. She is experimental when it comes to porridge, right now she mixes Prim into it 10. She is extremely generous, and shares everything from her toothbrush to her dinner with more people than you would expect - Greetings from Oda Halseth

A limerick for Julie Fritt fra X-Hunkattsangen også kjent som Alf Prøysens; (“Du skal få en dag i mårå”) Det var ei lita jente som kom fra Hallingdal til Ås Ho skulle bli en biolog, men det blei for mye fjås Ho blei så glad i øl, skolenble’kke prioritert Et sus gikk gjennom tuntreetog Julie ble engasjert Du kom inn i samfunnsstyret, med humorog friskt mot Vi vet jo godt at du vil bli nostort Vi hadde våre feider, og bommet litt iblant, Men det går bra, vi masse kunnskap vant Og om vi ikke ses hver dag, og savnet blir for høyt Bare si ifra, så tar vi nok enfernet-støyt Du er fyllesjuk i mårrå, menlike glad for det Vi er så glad i deg skal dunok se At du er singel er for oss et stort mysterium Du har jo både supersjarmog et Flå-imperium Den prinsen din han dukker opp, så ikke stress med det Du kan jo bare roe ned med techno-beats i fred Du kom inn i samfunnsstyret, med humorog friskt mot Vi vet jo godt at du vil bli nostort Vi hadde våre feider, og bommet litt iblant, Men det går bra, vi masse kunnskap vant Og om vi ikke ses hver dag, og savnet blir for høyt Bare si ifra, så tar vi nok en fernet-støyt Du er fyllesjuk i mårrå, men like glad for det Vi er så glad i deg skal du nok se Greetings from Alf Halvar Næsje, Torjus Nyrnes, Hans Gunnar Gravningen, Ola Bogenøy Jonassen, Elin Brandsnes Vårtun and Marte

Revue Translated By: Rebekka BedringĂĽs

Ole-Andreas Stigsrud Journalist

Kristian Haraldsen Photographer

Lots of Skin and Not Enough Humor

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REVue Even before the revue started there was a lot of eye candy. A multitude of former frøkner (ladies), placed right in front of me in the auditorium. The revue started with a solid and funny introfilm where we among other things got to see the frøkner grabbing all the chlamydia tests that they could get their hands on at the post office. The funniest part was the one where two of the frøkner woke up in the same bed at Hankattloftet, a bit dazed and confused and decided to sneak out.

The decibel measuring device broke because of the laughter when the Hankatt that lived there sat up with a smug smile on his face.

This was the absolute highlight of the revue, at least considering humor. There was a lot of skin showing on stage and the whole thing reminded of something out of a Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

Sadly, the revue didn’t really hold up to the same standard after this. A lot of the sketches finished too fast or just were not funny. The act with the American that talked about the differences between Norway and the US was more or less a copy of the show Julien Bourelle had during buddy week this fall, just not as good. They had some stuff on drug abuse that has already been done one too many times.

Shaking your ass in a overalls was not the biggest success either. The singing was quite good, but there was a bit too much of it. They did a better job than Collegium Alfa at using the projector for getting the song lyrics up, but still a lot of trouble with the technology. It got better some time into the show. The mocking of IVAR was pretty good and when FFD (the leader of Foreningen Hunkatten, for all of you who didn’t know that) came in and was a party pooper, I had to smile a bit. There was skin and a lot more skin during the show. It seemed like the former frøkner stood up intentionally every time there was skin showing on stage.

There was in particular two acts that were really good. The act on Ås kommunes venner (Friends of Ås county) was hysterical, and no one can forget Titsnytt (Titsnews). There were so many silly word games with the word tits that it became hysterical, and many were pleased with the tit-line. I think it was about six pairs, but I can’t say for sure. After the revue I asked some random people what they thought about the show. A lot of them were satisfied but some thought it was boring. No one said they thought it was particularly funny, and I didn’t think so either. I couldn’t have said it better than this one gentleman I met at the entrance to the liqour bar: It was lots of tits and not enough humor. This summed up the revue pretty well. The after-party in the FF-house was surprisingly good. The new basement was a big upgrade and the serving of iced tea punch helped the mood.

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”We have it all, but not always” The secondhand shop in Ås is doing really well these days. During the winter a lot of skis have found new owners, during fall it was the umbrellas that were the big thing. NLM gjenbruk (second hand) that is owned by Norwegian Lutheran Mission has a lot to offer, and those who seek shall find.

Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås Jardar Lindås Bringedal Journalist

Sigrid Knag Photographer

The photographer, the model and I show up a Wednesday afternoon in the secondhand shop. We’re welcomed by the volunteers of the day. Guro Tulluan takes the responsibility for guiding us around the shop, while she happily tells us about all the stuff they have to offer. She recently signed up as a volunteer and works every Wednesday together with other retirees in the area.

There are a lot of different groups of retirees in the area that works every day in the shop. The different groups are assigned their regular days, and they show up every time. “It’s a nice social place for both us who volunteer here and for the guests”, Guro says. Free coffee and waffles makes things a lot more social. All who work there are volunteers and get no pay.

The second hand shop has art, lamps, kitchen aid, decor, clothes, toys, furniture, books, movies, music, sports equipment, games and so on. You never know what you’re going to find, which is part of the charm. DzSome times you might think that this is something that will never sell, but then a buyer could show up straight afterwards and buy itdz, Guro tells. She’s surprised with all the nice things they sometimes get. But it’s also some stuff that’s broken. “We don’t sell garbage, so we make sure that the stuff we receive and sell is of quality.” If the quality isn’t good enough it gets tossed out.

I’ve been to the second hand shop several times myself, but it’s not until now that I’m here on mission for Tuntreet that I really get a real overlook of the whole store. The book department is hidden behind the clothes, so this is the first time I’ve seen it. You can buy bound books for 20kr, pockets for 10kr, and you can get 10 books for 50kr. There’s also a lot of exciting kitchen aid and cutlery.

You can find a lot of movies right by the books. “It’s almost too good to be true, the DVD’s are just 5kr a piece.” Guro says during the tour. She also mentions that they don’t accept bargaining. They don’t just give stuff away. Last year their net profit was

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1,5 million kroners. All the money they make here is given to charity all over the world. For instance clean water, health offers, education and farming. They advertise that the secondhand shop is good for the environment, meaningful and just.

That’s a good way to sum up the secondhand shop that is regularly used by both the young and the old. When NLM considered starting up secondhand shops around the country, a lot of people were skeptic, but some had a lot of faith in the project. With the help of Sveinung Lianes, they managed to open up some shops. After that thing has topped all expectations. ”NLM rents all of their premises, so if one of the shops is not doing good, it’s quick and easy to shut it down and get rid of the expenses”, Guro says. In Ås there is a signed lease until 2020. This is promising for us and we’re grateful for having this exciting shop so close nearby.

As usual I don’t manage to leave the shop without buying something, and this time I end up with a book. I’m quite happy with that.

Opened in Ås on the 14th of May 2009 All of the extra profits go to the Norwegian Lutheran Mission aid and diaconal work all over the world.

Opening Hours: Tuesday – Friday 11.00 – 17.00 Saturday: 11.00 – 15.00 Monday and Sunday: Closed

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miniUKEprogram Onsdag 18. april Kl. 16:00 - miniUKEstafetten «Ticket to Ride» Kl. 21:00 - Samfunnet åpner Kl. 21:30 - Konsert: Hvitmalt Gjerde og The Modern Times Kl. 00:00 - Konsert: Vidar Villa

Torsdag 19. april Kl. 12:00 - Bli kvitt fyllesyken med Aktivitetsjentene Kl. 18:30 - miniUKEquiz Kl. 21:00 - Ølsmaking med Nøisom

Fredag 20. april Kl. 16:00 - Ekstremsportdag Kl. 20:00 - Samfunnet åpner Kl. 21:00 - miniUKErevyen Kl. 23:00 - Silent disco

Lørdag 21. april

Kl. 11:00 - Swingkurs med Swingklubben Snurrebass Kl. 14:00 - 3000m øl med Mannskoret Over Rævne Kl. 15:30 - Bilbingo med Trøndernes Fagforening Kl. 21:00 - Samfunnet åpner Kl. 22:00 - Konsert: Ole Ivars Kl. 23:59 - Silent disco Kl. 00:00 - Konsert: Kjartan Lauritzen

Søndag 22. april

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Kl. 12:00 - Panteinnsamling med UKEhjelpa Kl. 14:00 - Spilldag og turnering med Spillforeningen Både Kort og Bredt Kl. 15:00 - Familiekino Kl. 17:00 - Internasjonal matfestival Kl. 20:00 - Utekino Kl. 23:00 - Natt-utekino

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18. - 22. april

UKA

Backstage with the Booking Crew

By Julie Westergaard Karlsen, Managing Editor for UKA in Ås 2018

Despite the temperature, spring is right around the corner, and the tension, the excitement and some of the stress is spiraling in line with miniUKA closing in. There is a lot to look forward to; the miniUKE revue, spritsløyfe (liquor bow) and the extreme sports day are just a few of the highlights, but it’s the concerts that attract most people. We have the booking team to thank for that.

A happy reunion I meet up with Frida, Emma and Petter backstage at Samfunnet - This is where Vidar Villa, Modern Times, Kjartan Lauritzen and last but not least Ole Ivars soon will be preparing for their concerts. Hvitmalt Gjerdehas has actually already been here – They’re one of the many artists that have put their mark on the walls. We eventually figure out that Ole Ivars apperantly have been here before: “They have to have been here, they’ve done concerts for the last 50 years.”

Neither Frida or Emma have any former experience with booking, but Petter tells us that he has some experience from his time as a russ (senior in high school). Still, they’ve done a remarkable job, and tell us that hundreds of e-mails have been sent to different artists and booking agencies. There is a lot to take into account, like the price, the time and the technical equipment. It’s booking the

Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås

smaller artists that is the hardest. “It’s hard to figure out which artists that will be popular and which stage to put them on.”

Extremities The artists that will be here during miniUKA are quite different from each other, and this is intentionally. We want to book the extremities, and try to put them on stage the same evening, to grasp as many people as possible.

This is how we ended up with both Kjartan Lauritzen and Ole Ivars preforming the same Saturday night.

Ole Ivars and Unge Nidaros I’m told that «We knew from early on that we wanted Kjartan Lauritzen.Ole Ivars on the other hand, was more just for fun. Or, not just for fun.” they correct themselves. “They’re someone everyone has heard of. Everyone has an opinion on Ole Ivars.” It was a big surprise that Ole Ivars didn’t have their own bookin agent, but that they do it themselves. Petter describes Ole Ivars as «Incredibly easy to deal with. I’m sure they would be happy with just being served pizza.” We really liked that.

There’s a reason why the mood is so pleasant. - Petter has shared a stage with the band, og was a part of the choir “Nidaros Guttekor”, together with the son of one of the band members. I know excatly which artist I want for UKA: “Unge Nidaros”, in Aud Max, this will without a doubt bring a great atmosphere.

Big contrasts The pop artist Vidar Villa and the rock bands Modern Times and Hvitmalt Gjerde, which is a rather new band will be preforming on Wednesday at Samfunnet. Modern Times is also a rather new band, but have become quite popular these days. “They recently performed at Øyafestivalen”, Frida tells us. As a difference to Hvitmalt Gjerde, who are on a finishing tour, and their show here is one of their last ones - so you don’t want to miss this.

Justin Bieber to UKA? The booking crew has already a folder with artist preferences for UKA, but they would like even more. They’re doing their best to contact all the artists on their wishlist, but have already met some difficulties: getting Justing Bieber or Rihanna to UKA might be a bit unrealistic. “Then we have to deposit a lot more bottles.” Some optimistic students with big faith in the UKEmagic even wanted some deceased artists - this might be “a bit of a problem.”

Students in focus When I ask them what they’re looking foward to mostly in miniUKA, it’s not the artists that the booking crew focus on, but the students.

“That everything works out,” “Happy people” and “postive reactions” are the answers I get. They talk about the positive feedback they get, and that this is the best part. Let’s just hope for more feedback like this in the future!

Foto: Mats Langeid

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Tuntreet

Is there more between an A and an F than what we see?

Kaja Mie Botnen Journalist and Illustrator

Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås

The Conrector at NMBU, Solve Sæbø, wrote in Aftenposten that the universities need to ditch the grades. The featured story has created a big debate, and Gaute Einevoll is one of many who disagrees with Sæbø. Organised by Tuntreet, they meet up to discuss the challanges considering grades and teaching in the present day and in the future.

Screw the curriculum, you won’t get anywhere if you don’t!

Wants a debate “This article is a bit pinpointed” Solve Sæbø says smiling as we sit down. It was written to create a debate on the fact that we grade the exams and the teaching method we have, and Sæbo reinsures us that NMBU are in no way going to ditch the grades in the coming fall. What he wants is to take the focus away from grades and over to learning. Sæbø thinks that learning outcome is driven more by inner than outer motivation: “A grading system, is what I think of as an outer motivation factor, while interest – the want to dig into something just out of curiosity and pleasure – that is what I think of as inner motivation.”

The core of this case for him is to know if it is possible to create studies that spark inner motivation to learn, and stop putting grades as the only goal. Students depend on good grades, but is chasing good grades the right goal for a student? “Everyone wants to graduate with the best grades possible. What I want is for the students to graduate with as much knowledge as possible, and those two don’t always go hand in hand.” Sæbø says, a bit sad.

What motivates apart from grades?

Both Solve and Gaute talk about human nature. We’re laid-back, and we don’t do more than we have to. Sæbø points out that being motivated only by outer factors only makes us put in the absolute minimal effort that is needed. Gaute thinks that if our efforts aren’t highlighted or rewarded, we won’t put in much effort at all: “Grades are a clear feedback on the effort that you have put into the work.”

Einevoll says. He thinks that because of this, grades have a lot to say about our motivation.

He remembers from his time as a student that it was the intense periods before an exam that helped things fall into place. The learning outcome would be reduced a lot without the

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Good grades are a mechanism we use for social mobility in our society, and the alternative is connections, favoritism and nepotism. exam periods, and without them he wouldn’t be bothered to study too much during those sweet days in May, he states cheerful. Sæbø responds with by engaging extensive tests, he would have the proper motivation, even in May. Both agree that students need specific feedback, but if it needs to be a grading system or not, is harder to agree on.

Wants to unmask the creative Sæbø thinks that the focus needs to be taken away from the grades to get all the different personalities on board. He wants to get more of the creative personalities into science, where their way of thinking is an excellent resource.

Sitting in a traditional auditorium isn’t for everyone, Sæbø thinks. The creative souls are often bored as soon as they understand something; they don’t like repetition and the form lectures take don’t encourage them.

Einevoll states that with the entire existing curriculum, he can’t think of another way to teach it, except through lectures. Sæbø feels that this is just something that we have to figure out, because consistent and harsh learning makes student lose motivation.

He agrees with Einevoll that practice makes perfect, but they need solid motivation if they’re going to be up for it: “Creative people necessarily don’t do as they’re told, they need motivation and I honestly don’t think that grades are enough motivation for them. They need a genuine interest for it.” Having a grading system as a finale judgement can be

Tuntreet Solve Sæbø The Conrector for education at NMBU Studies and teaches statistics. Interested in learning the different personality types, and to have more creative minds in research, such as new solutions like flipped classrooms.

Gaute Einevoll Professor in physics at NMBU, studies and teaches physics. Interested in popular science, physics dissemination and that people should have their feet firmly planted on the ground. Participaed in the Human Brain Project to mathematically model the brain and nervous system. scary, and fear blocks learning.

Tricking the System Where Sæbø feels that the grade itself is a goal, Einevoll feels that doing good on a well-made exam shows that you’ve learned something. As a statistician, Solve works on adjusting models to make good predictions, and he sees that the students are good at this as well. In his experience, students figure out the wording in exams and how things are evaluated and adjust accordingly. This makes him worried that the student adjusts to the grading system, as he wrote in his chronicle. In his subjects, many students pass perfectly without knowing what a T-test really is. They’ve just learned that the data is supposed to look like this and that they’re supposed to use this and that equation, while they at the same time have no idea why things are they way they are. Einevoll can’t say he recognizes this type of situation, and says that those who do well on their exams are the ones who have understood the most important elements of the subject. We have to change the exams if this is incorrect. There will always be some things that don’t latch on, Einevoll says but doing good on your exams is still a measurement of professional progress, a step in the right direction.

Entering the working life There has been a lot of talk about teaching methods before, and how these could change to improve learning and the student’s wellbeing. They both agree that these are important subjects, but Sæbø’s dream of grades being non-existent is Einevoll’s nightmare. He feels that if we don’t have a way of conveying to the future employers who has learned the most, it could potentially lead to unfortunate consequences. “Good grades are a mechanism we use for social mobility in our society, and the alternative is connections,

favoritism and nepotism.” Grades are just, given anonymously and it’s the same scale for everyone, Einevoll expresses: “People will no matter what always be reviewed and evaluated when they’re applying for a job or a scholarship but the question is based on what.

It makes it a lot harder to sort them out based on knowledge, without grades.

Sæbø responds that future employers care less each day about grades. They use them to roughly sort out those who apply to figure out what they’ve done and what they know.

He suggests that an alternative to grades is to let the employers test their possibly future employees. Then it could be possible to see which subjects they’ve taken and give them a test. By doing this we move the testing responsibility from the academics over to the employers, this has already been done in several places.

Is this possible with Science Courses?

Ditching grades or not, changing our teaching method over to a more continuous evaluation is something both of them want – but is it possible in the science courses? Einevoll shows us that universities in Denmark are having problems with making project based teaching possible in the basic science courses. He agrees with Sæbø that it is useful, but it would work better in the higher levels, and that they should instead try to motivate students in the basic subjects in future use of the knowledge.

Sæbø has an example about the course in astrophysics at UIO where the students are supposed to learn how to send a rocket ship from one planet to another and land it there safely. At the end of the course they would press the button and see if it worked. If the rocket ship landed, they clearly had learned what they were supposed to, Sæbø thinks. He disagrees that this is only possible in the more advanced courses and thinks that it’s definitely

possible to achieve this with the basic science courses as well, as long as they find a way to do it at the proper level.

A Scientific Approach Einevoll realizes that they have experiences with research from this and that, but when it comes to teaching, there is no tradition on leaning on empirical studies. This is something that is instead based on subjective perceptions.

If we use a bit more of a systematic approach we might find the best solutions and build it up, brick by brick, instead of changing it just to change it every fifth year, Einevoll dreams.

This is at least good news. The teaching center at NMBU announces funds for five to six projects every year that they want to do research on regarding teaching, Sæbø says, and this year they’re doing research on assessment methods and how they function.

There is also being introduced a merit system for outstanding teachers at NMBU and other colleges/universities within 2019, and this is based on scientific principles. There’s also a proposal that those who are being hired in the associate and professor positions need a higher educational competence. It seems like research and commitment is being highlighted more and more in the design of teaching methods. This could result in that students getting a more nuanced offer with continuous evaluation and this can be a step in the right direction towards Sæbø’s dream.

“If we manage to create project assignments or continuous assignments that wakens an interest and a lust to persue the subject, well then I think we might not need grades, if we just manage to arouse some interest.”

So let’s just hope that is this happens, there are alternatives to Einevolls prediction on favoritism in the working world.

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Tuntreet

Find Out What’s Going On

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 19 20 21 Tuesday Refill: Spire Ås

Men and women are affected differently by climate change. Spire is writing a campaign about how women are affected most by, but also fight hard against global warming and for change. Together with Ås Feministiske Studenter, Spire Ås invites you to a discussion about this issue.

Revue: Sangkoret Lærken

BEdoga

At this bedogaen Mannskoret Over Rævne will host a mini show in Halvors with Rævneband, mini sketches and choir song!

Saturday Lounge with Kareoke

The Café klubben will be open and you can come and hang, chill, read, jump, dance or whatever your heart may desire!

You can play billiard, a round or two of Ludo, a little Trivial Pursuit, Ticket to RIde or a peaceful battle of Monopoly. The possibilities are endless.

International Quiz

The International Quiz is arranged every third Thursday. This is done by hosting the Thursday Quiz in English!

Sunday Open: Chess Tournament

Beer and Politics Bodega

Intimate Concert: Pikekoret IVAR

Tuesday Refill with Ås Senterstud

Quiz

Revue: Noe Ganske Annet

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Is economical growth in line with sustainable development? Ås politiske nettverk invites to debate!

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April - May

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Members Party: Western

Saturday Lounge with UBUNTU

Experience African culture in CafĂŠ Klubben with UBUNTU

Tuesday Refill with Studenttingets Arbeidsutvalg

Samfunnet Closes

Studentting 3

Theme Quiz

X-traordinary Culture X-plosion

Spring Cleaning

Studentsamfunnet will be spruced up for spring. All members are encouraged to meet up for this clean-up effort.

Lost and Found Bodega

Finale Quiz

Planning on hosting an event?

Send mail to tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no

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Erik Tylleskär

Results from the Photography Contest in TT02, Theme: Light 1st Place: Annette Primstad (on the back cover of Tuntreet) 2nd Place: Erik Tylleskär 3rd Place: Emma Andrea Sørensen

Tuntreets Photo Competition TT03, Theme: Life Send in your entry to tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no before the 10th of April, 23.59.

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Emma Andrea Sørensen

Tuntreet

Have You Heard...

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

#tuntreet

AOS234 : Best \”vors\” reading ever.

ClosetedLærke : Lærken is decidedly the best choir in Ås Workout-junkie-nr1 : They only play radioresepsjonen podcasts from 2012 at GG, thought they would have done some update since then... guest_3090 : Sløtface’s concert in Halvors won’t soon be forgotten.

RandomConsonants : Idea for Lærken: You should offer cigarettes and beer for 45 kr, because there are so many people that party smoke at Bohemen nasjes.

Idea 5 : What about not having dumb and pointless revues at all. Switch them out for something that actually requires a bit of talent!

Rockebodega : That one vocalist seemed to need about 30 seconds break between each verse...

Rockebodega : SICK light show!

Idea 4 : At the very least let people host revues at the Bodega? It is too bad that only associations (read choir and music associations) are allowed to host each year.

Idea 3 : What about \”Make Samfunnet great again\”?

Idea 2 : At the very least let associations that are actually involved in entertainment (read choir and music associations) host yearly revues and the rest of the associations can host every other year?

Idea : How about switching out all the rubbish bodegas with revues and allow everyone to host once a year? Revues attract more people than beer and politics anyway! mett : F&F did not imply anything sexual at all.

Insider : The costume loft is a nice place to take a catnap?

GF-enthusiast : As usual, it is fun to run for SS, NU or TT. Totally Sick : That someone was given head in Kiel!!!

Think TT forgot : That they are an organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ås.

Unity : Good work FF, but you need to find a different place to continue playing, because this just doesn’t work. guest_420_blaze_it : A homophobe stole the Gay Pride flag from the second floor of Barken.

Tuntreet : Organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ås? It doesn’t look like it.

Think TT forgot that : GF is fast approaching What happened to factchecking : The Café Klubbens boss is a man who’s name is Lars Raaen.

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Foreningsprat

Foreningsprat DERES REF: Valg VÅR REF: Jævlig viktig FADERLOFTET, DEN 15. mars I DET 115. K.Å.

Våren har begynt sin anmarsj med alt dette innebærer. Påske, vårpuss og etter hvert eksamener er i gjerde. Våren innebærer også en forsamling hvor det tas et særs viktig valg. Dette valget ble, som sikkert mange har fått med seg, tatt denne uken. Valget vil gi varige følger for alle som er aktive på Samfunnet. Det vil ha en innvirkning på alt som foregår i året som kommer. Dette valget vil forme og diktere studentlivet i Ås i året som kommer. Det ble heldigvis et heldig utfall av dette valget.

Skål for et utmerket valg, X-Administrerende Direktør!

Det er sikkert mange av dere som trodde den tidligere nevnte forsamlingen var Samfunnets Generalforsamling, og at det nevnte valget var et som ble tatt der.

Det var ikke tilfelle. Dette burde være en selvfølge for enhver med en viss Kulturell innsikt. Det var jo innlysende at det var snakk om Direktørens middag, og at det var valget av Hankattforeningen st.1902s neste Administrerende Direktør det var snakk om. Den som har det minste fnugg av innsikt i hvordan studentlivet i Ås henger sammen burde skjønne at dette utvilsomt er det valget som virkelig har ringvirkninger for den gemene Åsstudent.

Daværende Administrerende Direktør, i sin ubestridte visdom, gjorde selvsagt et utmerket valg, og Agrarmetropolens tyngste hatt ble videreført til Undertegnede.

Hankattforeningen st.1902 med Administrerende Direktør i spissen går det nye Kulturelle året i møte med nye fremtidsplaner og nytt mot. Velkommen til Loftet på fest i året som kommer!

Skål for 115 nye Kulturelle år, X-Administrerende Direktør!

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Foreningen Hunkatten haver Ordet Skaal FFD! Skaal Skriver!

Skaal $paregris!

Skaal Hunkatter!

Skaal Qlturelle samt Xklusive!

Skaal Tora samt Thorvald!

Kaffen haver god Kok samt Samtalen glir lett; Været, Snøen, snømelting, Is, Skiføre, Snø, mer Snø, samt Paaske. Den gule gemene Paaskeferien staar snart for Tur samt selv om de Qlturelle Fargene ei er representert, bliver det Ferie likevel. Pelsen er klar for Peiskos samt Kattene spisser Klørne til Appelsinskrelling i Solveggen.

Det meldes om livlig prat rundt bordene etter dagens møte. Bare tre kanner kaffe ble konsumert.

-Du har hørt det er sagt; Sannelig, sannelig jeg sier dere, ta alltid opp brød av fryseren før leggetid! Igjen vil jeg si dere, ta opp brød før leggetid!

- I den natt da Han ble forrådt, tok Han et brød… «Thomas! Dette brødet er jo steinkaldt!»

Dagens tekst til inspirasjon i studentlivet.

Men ikke alt er bare positivt i Laget. Flere opplever drikkepress! «Hva!? Drikker du ikke kaffe til kakene!?»

Det kan også nevnes at møtet inneholdt innslag av befruktning. Godt med friske kreasjoner på bordene. Både eple, druer, pærer, og appelsiner…

Skaal for godt Føre i vente!

Godt Føre venter ogsaa efter Paaske da Kilden endelig skal inspiseres samt beskues igjen. Mon tro om det kan skje Udprøvning? Det gaar Rykter om at Tore Ringnes «bjudar paa» som vanlig, og samtlige Katter glæder sig stort.

Skaal for Tore Ringnes, samt Skaal for at by paa sig selv!

En god gemen Paaskeferie ønskes samtlige!

Qlturell Hilsen Læge Margrethe, PR Alexandra, Rimsmed Agnes, Pusekatt Trude samt Pusekatt Synnøve

Hallo godtfolk! Nå nærmer det seg vår, og vi i Koneklubben Freidig heier på at snøen smelter fort. Så vi kan ta frem vårsko, sykkel og ta den første utepilsen! Februar og mars har vært to fine mnd for koneklubben, hvor fire nye håpefulle har blitt med i gjengen. Ellers har vi storkost oss på revy, og vil takke Hannkattene, Collegium Alfa og Feminin og Fornem for god underholdning. 8. mars feiret vi kvinnedagen, med middag og banansplitt. For på NMBU er det mange flotte dager, som virkelig trengs å hylles. Vi gleder oss til enda flere flotte dager og mye spennende å bryne oss på.

Nå setter vi ut på eventyr for enda flere nye overraskelser. Vi sees!! Endelig er våren nær, Vi møter opp i flotte klær, Som de koneemnene vi er, Vil vi alltid være der!

Foreningsprat

Med kvinnedagen fortsatt i tankan vil je avslutte med å presisere at budeieforeninga e åpen for alle kjønn, vi vil ha med både budeier og budører som er opptatt tå å nytte og nyte ressurser!

Med hilsen fra Tuntrebudeia Mari Jensen Aas

Lurk: Der nyvinning møter primalverktøy.

God Alften til dere Alfe sammen.

Den siste dagen i februar, efter god øving og preparasjon, fylte Collegium Alf Halvors med Alf for god stemning. En sentral del i denne affæren var lurken.

Et instrument som er like vanskelig å mestre som en vond gamp, og som krever takhøyde på litt over to meter. Da flere kanskje ikke kjenner til bruk, oppbygning og historie til dette instrumentet ønsker KandidAlf å utdype.

Lurk (uttales Lursk, norrønt Lurkr) er et Norsk populærinstrument oppfunnet av Vømmøl Spellemanslag ved Hans Rotmo anno 1970-1980. Bak dette instrumentet ligger det en eldgammel historie. Lurken er nemlig sammenfattet av et moderne hverdagsobjekt og et primalinstrument!

Bevis for dette kan finnes i oppskriften på hvordan én lager en lurk: (Følgende er hentet fra infosiden til Vømmølfestivalen) LAG DIN EGEN LURK Dette trenger du: – 1 stk. seljestokk, ca. to meter – 1 stk. beksømsko

En hvit verden blir gradvis grønn, og fuglene synger en sang så skjønn.

Solen skinner, vi får varmere vær og til våren vi roper: Kom her, kom her!

Her ser vi selve urinstrumentet. En stokk!

Når man tar dette i betraktning er det ikke rart at lyden av lurk vekker følelser som har blitt undertrykket av et sivilisert samfunn.

En liten blåveis (og to alfakandidater) kjempet seg opp, trosset snø og kulde den (og vi) ga aldri opp.

Den blomstrer så vakkert, og vi med den.

Ingenting er så nydelig som den første blåveisen, og at vi nå er med i foreningen.

Her har vært en kort utredning om historie og oppbygning. For å utforske bruk, ensemble eller solo, er det best med sjølstudium. Derfor oppfordrer KandidAlfen at samtlige lesere kreerer sin egen lurk og prøver å komme i kontakt med sine mest grunnleggende instinkter.

Det er overraskende lett, bare slå støvelen i gulvet.

Vi ønsker våren velkommen, og gleder oss så - til latter, fest og minner, som vi kommer til å få.

Hilsen Trude og Katrine

Alfelig hilsen KandidAlf

De siste ukene har vært fullstappet av feministiske seire og oppturer for oss i Ås Feministiske Studenter. #AldriOKkampanjen har rullet ut over campus med et hardtslående budskap mot seksuell trakassering, den internasjonale kvinnedagen 8. mars ble feiret gjennom sterke, modige og inspirerende damer i Ås sentrum, og vi markerte tydelig vår misnøye ved at Terje Søviknes ble invitert til Ås. Det nytter å si ifra!

Søviknes-saken viser selve kjernen i #Metoo-kampanjen; folk som sitter i maktposisjoner skal ikke kunne utnytte sin posisjon uten at det skal få konsekvenser.

Terje Søviknes er anklaget for voldtekt og sitter fortsatt i sin høye posisjon som statsråd, og livet til jenta han skal ha forgrepet seg på har vært et rent helvete de siste 20 årene. Nå gjelder det å stå rakrygget bak budskapet i #Metoo og #AldriOK, og legge handling bak ordene.

Vi er glad for all støtte vi har fått de siste ukene, og har nådd ut til flere enn aldri før. Til og med Sløtface viste sin støtte fra scenen i Halvors Hybel da de høylytt proklamerte og fikk hele publikum til å rope i kor: #SØVIKNESMÅGÅ!

Vi har fortsatt kamper å kjempe når det kommer til helt grunnleggende rettigheter for vår trygghet og for vår frihet. Bli med i kampen, for sammen er vi sterke, og ingen er fri før alle er fri!

Quiz fasit: • Hypertext Transfer Protocol • Finnmark, Troms, Nordaland, Trøndelag, Hedmark, Akershus og Østfold • Otto Jespersen • Porto • Larvik og Hirtshals • En romersk soldat • Leder av Norges Handelsorganisasjon (NHO) • Drone • 1200 kilometer • Leeds på Elland Road, Everton på Goodison Park, Tottenham på Wembley og Newcastle på St’ James Park.

Før jul tok vi tak for å kjempe for den utrydningstrua fattigmannkaka, men no må vi brette opp arman for vi budeier, vi står òg på rødlista. Setrer legges ned og budeian forsvinn. I Hallingdølen skrev dom at budeia og den norske seterkulturn bør settes på verdensarvlista. Det e viktig å ta vare på den kunnskapen som budeian har om kess en kan utnytte ressursan i utmarka te å lage tradisjonsmat og handverk.

Det e en levende kulturarv som e avhengig tå at det drives aktiv seterdrift og at det e budeier som lære opp kvarandre. E det på verdensarvlista vi må for at landbrukspolitikken ska sjå verdien tå budeian og seterkulturn?

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Winner of the Photography Contest TT02: Annette Primstad