Organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ã…s
ENGLISH ISSUE
No. 9 \ November 12th 2020
Tuntreet Year 75
TWO BEERS: EMILIE
MOVING POSTPONED
CLIMATEFRIENDLY COWS
Editorial
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EDITORIAL STAFF
SENIOR EDITOR IN CHIEF Herman Bjørnson Hagen JUNIOR EDITOR IN CHIEF Guro Størdal JOURNALISTS Vegard Høgi Olsen Petter Nielsen Ingvild Sperstad Nora Helgeland Sofie Bergset Janols Iris van Brunschot Stine Fjellkårstad Bjørnar Djupevik Hagen Emilie Netskar Jardar Lindaas Bringedal
Herman Bjørnson Hagen Senior Editor in Chief tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no
Vote, voice and democracy Democratic processes and elections have been in the foreground lately. The General Assembly, the Student Election, the Presidential Election and the Climate Lawsuit. This is an underlining of the importance democracy has for us, and how it is ingrained in society. But what is democracy? And last but not least, what does it mean for us? The encyclopedia defines democracy as “a form of government where the people, understood as the adult population, elects representatives who handle legislation and important decision-making.” It is not without reason that democracy is known as the people’s government. It is my impression that democracy is more than just this narrow definition. Etymologically, the word democracy derives from the greek words dêmos (people) and kratos (government, power). This is maybe not surprising when one counts the hellenic city-states as one of the first “modern” democratic societies? 2
Anyhow, the real meaning of the word leads to a broader understanding of democracy. It is the will of the people in matters connected to the governing of society which is of the essence – not just through elected representatives. It is marvelous that we live in a society where environmental protection organizations can sue a government and bring a case all the way to the Supreme Court. This not only places the environment on the agenda, but it is a manifestation of how important democracy is. Everyone has the right to their opinion and to influence society in any way. Freedom granted as a result of democracy is also important to us in the press, no one has the right to limit what we write about. I would like to request this of you: use your voice! Not only in connection to various elections. Alone, or together, if you wish to make an impact in society – you must take courage and raise your voice. We all have the right to be heard. Translated by: Benjamin Alexander Faulkner
HEAD OF PHOTOGRAPHY Nathalie Genevieve Bjørneby PHOTOGRAPHERS Tord Kristian Fjellheim Andersen Simen Walbækken Tangen Åsne Sørlie-Nordnes Ingrid Åsbø Sondov HEAD OF PROOF- READING Kristin Gilboe PROOF- READERS Hedda Mathilde Jørgensen Julie Andrea Glemminge Rebecca Biong Sunniva Steiro HEAD OF LAYOUT Andrea Øverland Skagsoset LAYOUT Emilie Waldal Martine Hana Løken Maria Langhelle Adrian Rangnes Ida Oppen GAME PAGE MASTER Tilde Skåtun HEAD OF TRANSLATION Kaja Mie Botnen TRANSLATORS Astrid Kisen Kristian Bones Enger Aleksander Mæland Munkejord Simon Bakkejord Vegard Sjaastad Hansen Benjamin Alexander Faulkner DISTRIBUTION Annlaug Pijfers Ingvild Munz ILLUSTRATION Oda Braar Wæge Pauline Hovland Anne Trætteberg Reitan Adrian Engebø
Tuntreet, An organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ås Tuntreet, Postbox 1211 1432 Ås E-mail: tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no www.tuntreet.org Printed: 50 Press: BK Grafisk, Sandefjord Front page: Tord Kristian Fjellheim Andersen Centerfold:Magnhild Hummel / Tilde Dalberg
CONTENT
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30 a masterpiece can not
30 BREEDING CLIMATE COWS
24 FOR THE CLIMATE
CARRYING A TORCH
34 FROM 30 TO 25 STUDY POINTS
beers: 12 two emilie gullberg jørgensen
28 chats with sjur
36 LOOKING AT GROUP ROOMS
help out 16 tuntreet with tinder
29 student election
ACCOUNTING 38 EMISSION AT SAMFUNNET
4 General assembly
19 be rushed
6 what is your collective like?
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AN EFFECTIVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Vegard Sjaastad Hansen Translator
Ingvild Sperstad Journalist
Simen Walbækken Tangen Photographer
The general assembly this fall was held Monday 2nd November. In Aud Max there was a limited amount of seats because of precautions against Corona, and there were mainly hosts, candidates, and the already elected members of the different boards that could be there in person. Some had to watch the General Assembly (GA) from home in their rooms or in the living room with their collective as they had done in spring, with homemade pea soup. Every member of Samfunnet, physically present or not, could use SmartVote to both vote and submit a post or reply. Usually, the microphone is sent around from person to person who submits posts, but since this is not corona friendly, this was not done at this time. Changes to statutes GA started at five o’clock, and after several formal approvals, it was time for changes to the statutes. The first one was whether GA could be held a little later in the spring and fall. The second proposition was for the possibility to buy a 6-year membership at Samfunnet, (in addition to one, three and
five years) since the veterinary students have a 6-year education. Both propositions were approved by vote. Some technical difficulties “Så synes ikke” (It does not seem like it [formal, yet common phrase during previous GA]) was according to a GAbingo player not said once by the chairman. However, some phrases that were common during this GA were “the internet is a bit slow” and “you have to unmute”, because there was some technical difficulty. Among other things, there wasn’t any sound coming from one of the first people who were going to speak via Zoom. There were also times of
delay before you could vote on SmartVote. Effective Despite some technical difficulty and waiting, the GA was very quick. “Ahead of schedule” was said a number of times as well. The elections started an hour and a half before schedule, and the assembly was done at record time around nine o’clock. Previously, debates could last all the way to until midnight. It was in other words an effective General Assembly, with little debate, drama, division, or minimal nominations. After the round-off and national anthem we could go to bed early this Monday night.
The newly elected, left to right: Marek Zimmermann, Tord Kristian F. Andersen, Michelle Seigerud, Jenny Skjermo Telstad Mid from left: Trude Skymoen Juvkam, Miranda Dørum, Synne Thorshaug Eide Bottom from the left: Andreas Thorshaug Røang, Kristiane Holter, Sigrid Jordet Bruheim and Andreas Kalle Kinnari Photo: Cornelia Aasuldsen
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The Board of Samfunnet Head of Bodega: Andreas Thorshaug Røang Head of Marketing: Marek Zimmermann Head of Administration: Trude Skymoen Juvkam Head of Concert: Sigrid Jordet Bruheim Head of Events: Miranda Dørum Tuntreet Editor: Tord Kristian Fjellheim Andersen
Photo: Cornelia Aasuldsen
The Business Committee Leader: Michelle Seigerud Head of Administration: Kristiane Holter Head of Marketing: Andreas Kalle Kinnari The Board of House and Finance External representative: Inger Johanne H. Sveen External representative: Espen Eikaas Syljuåsen External representative: Anne-Marte Kværner External representative: Hans Gunnar Gravningen Appointed external representative: Lars Raaen GF in the collectives
Election Committee Synne Thorshaug Eide Jenny Skjermo Telstad Test vote Tor Pedo (yet again)
People had to make the pea-soup themselves
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What is your collective like? Nora Helgeland Journalist
Åsne Sørlie-Nordnes Photographer
Vegard Sjaastad Hansen Translator
To get a further look into the Ås-collectives we were lucky enough that we got to visit two collectives for a quick chat.
Skogveien 18A 8 RESIDENTS
In the middle of the day an ordinary Tuesday, four inhabitants are seated around the kitchen table. Hedda, Jens Martin, Emil and Nora gladly talk about their life in the newly built abode at the forest-edge. What is the advantage with living in a collective? You learn a lot about being a person. At the same time you don’t get as many weird habits, and you are forced to be considerate of each other. In other words, you are forced to grow up. Is there anything you usually do together? The first one that gets up puts the coffee on and turns on yesterdays broadcast of the news. It is very nice to get up and just sit in front of the TV. Not everyone gets up at the same time though, but it is very comfy for those who get up early. Also, people spend
a lot of time in the common room, so we watch a lot of TV together. Have you met any challenges? If we are going to do find something to do it is difficult to find something everyone likes. At the same time, it is hard to find a time that fits everyone. What would make the group bond more? That everyone either was quarantined, or everyone got the virus at the same time. It would have been great bonding. Or it would have been nice to have a game night. What is the secret ingredient to a successful collective? The most important is talking, and not keep things to yourself for too long. You also have to learn to let some things go, so you must learn when to talk and when to shut up. A TV does not hurt either.
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When Even, one of four residents in Skogveien 11, opens the door for us, it feels just like an “at-home-with” report, because that is how cosy it is. With great enthusiasm we are led on a detailed tour. What is the advantage with living in a collective? You will always have someone to hang out with; grab a beer with. I probably wouldn’t have been as tidy as I am now, if I lived alone. Is there anything you usually do together? We try to have dinner together as often as we can. We drink beer in the living room from time to time, and host a collective party every so often.
Have you met any challenges? Everyone living here is very outgoing, so it is difficult to gather everyone. Therefore, we have a semester-program. We have to plan a long time ahead. For example: we have already planned a cabin-trip in January. What would make the group bond more? Have even more dinners together. What is the secret ingredient to a successful collective? You should always make compromises. If you are very tidy, you’ll have to accept that you can’t have everything spick-andspan all the time. If you don’t mind mess, you’ll still have to be considerate of others. Having dinners together is also essential.
WE ASKED ABOUT YOUR COLLECTIVES
HERE ARE THE ANSWERS Do you have any arrangements/ traditions/other things you would recommend to others?
Do you have any anecdotes from your collective? - There is a thief that steals food from us when the window is open (a magpie)! It has - Having dinner together - Spending the money from bottle deposit on learned where to find food, and it shits on the sofa when it’s here. We have to close shared alcohol the windows when we’re gone, which has - Investing in a Roomba reduced the air-quality… - Arts and crafts on Sundays - House cleaning schedule - Celebrating birthdays - Do things outside of the collective. Like go to Samfunnet, or a quiz - Movie night - Baking cakes - Christmas Party and other private parties - Christmas workshop - Tidying up the place lightens the mood - Sex
How are the rest of the collectives in Ås?
WHICH FACULTY ARE YOU PART OF? 96 ANSWERS
an aquarium. - Yes, a lot of good discussions. - The same person always makes coffee/ tea in the morning, but never drinks it… finding full (and cold) coffee cups everywhere.
- Sunday binge-drinking early on in the - Coming with “birthday breakfast” when corona-lockdown, with a new drink every someone has had a one-night stand. hour and a playthrough of every good - We had a rock consert in our yard that was drinking-game. Highly recommended! so loud the neighbour yelled at us. - New Year’s Eve-party, that was a nice one. - When we went for a walk early on in -We are going to have a birthday party with the lockdown, we saw a shooting star. a pirate theme, for everyone that had a Samfunnet should thank us if this pandemic birthday this fall. And we might be getting passes well ;)
Through a survey, we asked students about the living situation. One thing that is perhaps not so surprising is that most of those who have taken the survey say they rent from SIÅS, some rent privately, and a very few own themselves. In this throng of collectives that is Ås, what is the usual number of cohabitants? The survey shows that the most common size of the collective is between 4 and 6 people.
Most of those who responded to the survey are doing well both in the collective and elsewhere. Meetings in the collective do not seem to be as important as SiÅs posters suggest, and most have answered that they rarely have meetings. Corona may have forced many to spend more time at home. Most have answered that they spend a lot of time in the collective. On the other hand, many have answered that there has been no change after the corona.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE 96 REPLIES
HOW MANY DO YOU LIVE WITH 96 REPLIES
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NMBU is getting its very own environmental action plan!
Nora Helgeland Journalist Vegard Sjaastad Hansen Translator
Anne Trætteberg Reitan Illustrator
It is the students of today that are going to solve the problems of tomorrow, and everything is pointing towards the climate crisis being the biggest of the future problems. To prepare students for this challenge, the university’s job is to both inspire and ensure solid competence. With a goal of becoming Norway’s leading university in climate and environment, NMBU will now prepare an environmental action plan. 10
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TUNTREET Magnus Dybdahl is responsible for, among other things, the environment in the Student Board, and this autumn he has been involved in preparing the consultation input from the Student Parliament together with the Student Parliament’s sustainability committee. Earlier this year, the Student Parliament adopted an environmental policy document, and he believes that it is therefore appropriate with an environmental action plan now. “Students want action and not just talk,” says Dybdahl. Many of the Student Parliament’s input is that they want to concretize the goals and set clear deadlines. Magnus hopes that this will lead to many more measures and that demands actually can be made. In addition, they have come up with proposals for new measures, such as that NMBU should not only have a climate account, but also a climate budget. Above all, the goal is to make a concrete plan on how to reduce the emissions from the university.
As a university, NMBU has long been concerned with the environment and climate, and over the years has initiated several measures. Among other things, climate accounts have been kept and solar panels installed on parts of the campus and Ås farm. Nevertheless, these measures were done haphazardly, and there has been little planning related to future measures. For this reason, a climate analysis was carried out in 2019, and based on this, the faculties were sent questionnaires with local and central climate and environmental measures. The results were the basis for the drafting of the proposal for the action plan, which was sent for initial consideration in January 2020 but which was postponed until this autumn due to corona. The deadline for submitting input was last weekend in October, and the Student Board and other organizations and committees have submitted proposals. Input will be considered by the Environmental Council. The Environmental Council provides advice to NMBU on how they can develop their environmental profile and other work regarding climate and the environment. This council consists of five academic staff and a student representative, who is currently Magnus Dybdahl. The Environmental Council shall prepare a proposal for an action plan which will be sent to the management. During the semester, the principal will consider whether the environmental action plan should be approved or not. If it is approved, the work will begin after the New Year.
“Above all, the goal is to make a concrete plan on how to reduce the emissions from the university.”
The Student Parliament wants NMBU to aim for the university to become climate neutral by 2022. To achieve this, even more investment must be made in renewable energy, and continue the work of completely cutting out fossil fuels. Some things are difficult to remove, such as the emissions from animal husbandry on Ås. That is why renewable energy is becoming even more important to offset unavoidable emissions. Magnus also states that sustainability should be implemented at all levels of the university. “There is a lot of important research related to the environment and climate at NMBU and it should seem more concrete.” For example, if research is done on sustainable food, the food should come to SiÅs’ canteen. Furthermore, he believes that it should be easier to understand how different study programs can affect the environment, and individual subjects should focus more on linking the knowledge to how to solve the climate crisis. In this way, students are made aware of how they themselves can make a difference in the future.
This concerns all students, and even though the deadline for submitting input has expired, it is still possible to have your voice heard. The Student Board will be involved in the further layout of the plan, and encourages everyone who wants to provide input to contact studenttinget@nmbu.no. In this way, YOU can also help develop the future environmental profile of NMBU, and your own future! If you are interested in reading more about the environmental action plan, you should visit NMBU’s website.
What the Environmental Action Plan is about NMBU’s most important contribution to a better environment is through education, research and information. We will be at the forefront of research internationally and educate candidates who are well equipped in the fight for a sustainable future. NMBU shall be climate neutral and create positive environmental effects through active land management. We must have the least possible impact on the environment. Environmental considerations shall at all stages be integrated into the operation of the business. Source: NMBU goals for the environment
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WHAT COMES, COMES, AND MOST LIKELY, IT WILL BE FUN. ”
Aleksander Mæland Munkejord Translator
Ingrid Åsbø Sondov Photographer
Vegard Høgi Olsen Journalist
During her time here in Ås, Emilie Gullberg Jørgensen has made her mark in many parts of what Ås has to offer. She has been active in the Bar Committee, leader of the learned society Molekylet, Committee Chief for UKA and “Bestyrerinne” (leader) of the girls’ choir Pikekoret IVAR. It is safe to say that Emilie through her five years behind the scenes have shaped the Agrarmetropolen just as much as it has shaped her.
We meet Emilie in the headquarters of IVAR, IVARinn. The house has got character, with countless portraits of Ivar F. Andresen (Opera singer, known from the IFA-pastilles) and a kitchen painted pastel blue. It is clear that these walls have seen their fair share of good moments, just like Emilie has during her three years in IVARinn. Emilie offers us two bottles of beer, and peers skeptically over at the duo she will be spending the next hours with. She was wondering why she was getting a “Two Beers”, but it quickly became apparent to me. Emilie’s commitment and burning passion for the student life truly is the embodiment of the Ås-spirit. «Trust the Institution» Emilie was born in 1995 and lived four years in Bærum, before her family moved to Asker. It was here, in Asker, that she found her interest in both science, music, and everything that has to do with revues. The combination of these three interests would prove to be a perfect match for a student life at NMBU. Nevertheless, the choice of Ås was actually random. After finishing school, Emilie did not know what she wanted to do, and so took a year off. The year was spent working at TGR and investigating what opportunities she had for studies. As the deadline approached,
Emilie hastily applied for Food Science and Nutrition at NMBU, along with her best friend from Asker. “Sometimes you just have to take a chance and trust your gut”, Emilie says. It proved to be a perfect choice for her, both academically and socially. Her first meeting with Ås and NMBU was a culture shock, in a positive manner. “Everyone in Asker wanted Canada Goose and Uggs, which I personally consider ugly.” Emilie says. She always felt a bit like an outsider in Asker. Emilie and her friends felt that they were a bit weird, and did not quite fit in. These are the people that the Ås-spirit truly embraces. Here, nothing is weird. Some of the students Emilie moved in with and got to know through the buddy week are still good friends to this day. She admits that there was a bit more swimming in Andedammen than she expected, during this period. Pikekoret IVAR Emilie applied for Pikekoret Ivar for the first time in 2016, but unfortunately did not get in. On her third attempt, the year after, she was accepted by the choir – well assisted by some fortifying wine before her audition. Emilie tends to get nervous when speaking or singing for other people. This has been a challenge for her, which being bass in IVAR has helped her manage. Issue 09 Year 75
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TWO BEERS The girls’ choir has given a safe place for her to come out of her shell, get better at talking and getting to know other people. “Societies help with networking in and outside of school from different fields of studies and age groups”, Emilie says. The reason why Emilie applied for the choir was her passion for music. Ever since primary school she has played the piano and been a pianist at church. She has no favorite genre; she likes to play everything from ultra-classical to pop. Speaking of choirs though, her favorite song is “Rosa Jaguar”, because of its melody. As a bass in the choir, the songs can get a bit monotonous, but in this one they truly get to unfold themselves. Her joy in music was a bit absent during her teenage years. Emilie wanted to regain this
people from all over the country, and just have a lot of fun”. It has been so much fun that Emilie says she will always return for the G-weekend and IVAR-gatherings. UKA in Ås and Revue Emilie has been involved in UKA 2016, UKA 2018 and UKA 2020. Her focus has always been on the revues. Especially working with the stage and props has been a rewarding position. Ever since primary school, she has found cutting and pasting props and costumes to be best part of theatre. One of her professors was also involved in the revue many years ago and knew how much time it demands. Thus, she was given delayed deadlines on multiple assignments, because the professor knew how much time and effort that is put into the revue. For UKA 2018 she was chief for stage and props, and so got even more responsibility for the development of the revue. She thinks back to two days before the premiere in 2018, when they had just received new stage curtains. It was a trial against time for the
joy by singing in the choir, and that’s one of the reasons why she applied for IVAR. During her many years in IVAR, there has been plenty of good memories. She mentions the choir weekend in Krakow in 2017. In the late hours, after most of the choir had went to bed, Emilie applied to move into IVARinn. A couple of hours later the contract was signed. This led to three years in the society house. “It has always been a great collective, with good people and lots of activity” Emilie says about the three years. At times when she needed some time for herself, she retreated to her room with PlayStation and Disney movies. “I love Disney movies, it shows that there is still a child within me”, Emilie admits. The choir weekends during UKA in Ås and Trondheim have also given lots of good memories. The best memories are from the weekends here in Ås. “We gather 14
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revue chief Oscar Mork, chief of costumes and masks Juliane Tytlandsvik Nødland, and Emilie. They spent the nights before the revue sewing the curtains, and they were done just in time for the premiere. “I am truly impressed by the effort that is given, it warms my Ås-heart” Emilie says about the spirit of the community during UKA, and especially the revue block, the closest thing to her heart. Recycle! In her daily life Emilie is a flexitarian and concerned with recycling. Being a flexitarian is a bit easier socially, at parties or at dinners with family. The choice of
avoiding meat and fish is mainly due to her concern with animal welfare, but the environment is also important. When Emilie sees people who don’t recycle properly, she gives them a firm reminder, and sometimes also a lecture in what goes where. “The bottles are to be recycled, not thrown in the garbage!”, Emilie says in frustration. If she is outside and sees trash laying around, she brings it home and puts in the correct bin. “Especially trash out in the nature, the absolutely most unnecessary thing there is, costs you absolutely nothing to bring home and recycle properly”. This shows her ability to raise her voice and speak her mind when something is wrong.
The Road Ahead There is no surprise in Emilie continuing her career here in Ås and at NMBU. She is just finished her master’s degree in Food science and nutrition and works part time as a research technician at the university. Here, among other things, she does research on anti-nutrients in legumes. She’s also doing a one-year program in natural sciences, and she’s still involved with both IVAR and UKA. It shows that her adventures here in Ås are far from over. Emilie does not like to plan very far ahead, and she lives for one day at a time, but she hopes to spend more time in Ås. “What comes, comes, and will most likely be fun”, Emilie concludes with a smile.
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Greetings for Emilie
You are unique! We met during buddy week, and already back then one could see what kind of firework you are! And luckily the choice was Food science and for five years I had the honor of being your co-student, lab partner, partner in crime, and no less, friend! One of the funniest memories was when the Bachelor’s degree was to be celebrated, and Emilie offered IVARinn as a venue; late at night we found a bucket of yellow paint, and it could only mean one thing… In the dark of night, with salsa rhythms flowing out of Vitenparken, we explored the microbiotic flora of Andedammen. Armed with paint, brush and roller, for now, Andehuset was to be painted in the name of Food Science! Anyone familiar with this fantastic woman, know her as the committed, funny, slightly crazy and the first one to man the barricades when help is needed! Leader of IVAR, involved in UKA, the learned society and Studentsamfunnet, everything done in style, and the master’s thesis delivered with a star in the margin, impressive! I’ve had the privilege of getting to know this side of you, but also Emilie the nerd, the fellow human, and one of the strongest persons I’ve met. You will accomplish whatever you undertake, this I have already seen, but don’t forget that you have a place on my couch, with mandatory dinner, wine and LEGO-games on the Playstation! I salute you! - Beate Bjørgan
Dear Emilaisen! From the first day in primary school you’ve been the guacamole to my taco, the coffee to my Baileys, the London to my bridge (Tower??) and my very best friend. I was overjoyed when you chose NMBU and our streak of attending the same school could continue. It didn’t take long before you leaped head first into the madness that is Ås, and committed yourself, both at Samfunnet and during UKA, as leader of Molekylet and Bestyrinne of IVAR (and a shitload of voluntary positions). No matter how much you have on your schedule, you always take the time to care for those around you, and I was not alone in the cheering when you announced that you would be staying for one more year after you finished your master’s. You spread joy wherever you are, especially when the bottle of red wine is at it’s end and your laughter fills the room. Or when you, at 4am, suddenly announce that “We’ve got to watch the sunrise!” and run off to find the nearest vantage point. You are among the best I know, and I feel so unbelievably lucky to have you in my life. Greetings from Lene/Lenis P
Dear Sarumana, Takknemlige er vi for den dagen for fire år siden Du tredde inn i IVARs rekker, og ville ikke kaste bort tiden Fjorten verv har du til sammen hatt i koret, Og selv etter fire år og ferdig master, finnes fortsatt verv der du sitter ved roret Det sier litt om din dedikasjon og ditt engasjement, Både for mennesker, foreningen, leopardmønster og sang Du er alltid til stede, med en latter som smitter. Du er varm og omtenksom – og du er sabla god på glitter Vi er så glade for å ha deg i IVAR, du flotte kvinne. Du er helt unik, en mer grepa dame skal godt gjøres å finne. Vi gleder oss til fremtiden, og til å se deg på din vei Stor klem fra ditt kjære pikekor – vi er så uendelig glade deg (not translated because poem) Issue 09 Year 75 15
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Tuntreet helps out:
A GUIDE TO A SLIIGHTLY BETTER TINDER PROFILE Faculty? Vet
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Sofie Bergset Janols Journalist
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Biovit LANDSAM KBM
MINA
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Are you currently on Tinder?
Iris van Brunschot Journalist
It does not matter if you are on Tinder to have fun, find love, or were forced to by your mom – you should invest some time in your profile. Our survey shows that the Tinder profiles in Ås are average, but the passionate students of Ås want to aim higher, right? So, we must step up our game! Tinder Through the Ages The need for some kind of dating medium has been prevalent since “ye olde days”. Before the age of apps, people had personal ads in the local paper or magazines such as Romantikk, Kontakt and Tuntreet. In other words, people have always wanted a place to find love, or just a platform for some casual fun. Since “ye olde days”, there has been significant changes in technology, and today Tinder is the way to go. But how to use it best? What makes us swipe right? And is it possible to find love on Tinder? What do the Students Say? Based on these questions, Tuntreet has made a survey designed to find out what the students think about Tinder in Ås, putting the need of “having fun” on the agenda. Analysis of this very factual survey
Kaja Mie Botnen Translator
uncovered results of real significance for Tindering in Ås. First and foremost, LANDSAM and REALTEK seem to make up about half of the users, followed by MINA, KBM and BIOVIT. So a shoutout to the first two, and a friendly encouragement to HH and the veterinarians to spend less time on money and cattle, and more on Tinder. Money is not everything, and we really do not think you and that cow have a future together. If you still have not downloaded Tinder, read the last issue of Tuntreet to see the error of your ways. We are now going to look at why students have Tinder. Worrying Finds Regardless of gender, most students say that they have Tinder just for fun (34.3%) Not far behind is a group of students that have no idea what they are doing (28.4%) A worrying 1.5% state that they have Tinder because their mother told them to. In addition, a third state that they would have preferred more matches...(almost) A THIRD!? We consider this a cry for help, and have contacted two of NMBUs Tinderers for a guide to a better profile.
Are you happy with your number of matches?
No
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Way too many
Have not got Tinder
Could be more
Do not care
Perfect amount
TUNTREET Herman,our charming editor,
Humor is important
Hikingpics may be a clishé, but might work if
We present: Kathinka,
with his perfect Tinder profile
to give it a personal touch
you dress up in UKEorange..
THE TINDER QUEEN!
How often do you chat on Tinder? 70 RESPONSES
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Once per week
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A few times per week Every day
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What do you think of the quality of the Tinder profiles in Ås? 72 RESPONSES
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WOW!!
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Alright
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Have you been on a Tinder date in Ås? 76 RESPONSES
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Kathinka presents,
“DO´S AND DON’TS”
We meet Tinder-queen Kathinka in a couch corner at ABC, Pentagon. She is hungover, but we bring gifts in the form of candy, candles and pizza to tempt her to speak freely about Tinder and love. We ask her why she got Tinder. “It must have been mostly just for fun, at least here in Ås” she smiles. But what meets you inside the app is not always fun – picture after picture of dudes flexing in the mirror at the gym. The ones with their arm around some girl are just as bad, leaving you wondering who she is. “I don’t want to swipe, what if she is the ex?” What about the Tinder–clichés: cute animals, military pics, mountain hikes? “I’ve got to admit I am a sucker for clichés, like a heartfelt smile or army pics, but that might be because they appeal to my interests” she says, wearing hiking pants and a fleece sweater. Still, the most important thing is that your profile reflects your personality, and that it preferably contains more than 4 pictures. If you only have 1, people might get catfish–vibes. And about height – “you shouldn’t feel that you have to include it!” but at the same time Kathinka thinks that if you are shorter than 1.75m, then maybe include
it. “Stating that you are above 1.90m just feels like bragging” and should not take the place of something funny or showing that you have a sense of humor about yourself. She points out that personally, she has a preference about height, but states that the concept should be buried. “You can’t really do anything about your height, so it shouldn’t be an indicator on whether or not someone swipes right or left. So, I say, be less critical and more including!” The last thing Kathinka wants to point out is that the first picture is important. First impressions do matter. And it should be just you in the picture, alone. A no-go is to start your profile with a group picture – this makes it a guessing game flipping through the profile. Who are you?? And it is easy to be disappointed. “Damn, it wasn’t him.”
Pics from the gym are common, but does it make people swipe right?
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Variation is key! Does everyone think what Kathinka thinks? We decide to contact a Tinder lad: Vebjørn, whom we find on Tinder. He has a slightly more forgiving view on things. According to Vebjørn, variation is the key to a good profile. Group pictures, animal pictures, selfies or anything else is good as long as it is varied. The only thing that Vebjørn is quite clear about is that “if you have a baby in your picture, mention that it’s not yours!” Editor’s note: Unless it actually is, then that should be made clear. Vebjørn stresses that Tinder in Ås is used slightly differently than in the rest of Norway. At least in his case: “Since this is a rather small community, matching with people you know is fun. People I have gone on a “date” with here in Ås were often people I knew before we matched.” He also wants to add that “The word “date” is so stigmatizing, I prefer the less formal “take a walk.” Are you picky? According to our interviews, there is a difference regarding gender and use of Tinder, a difference we feel may reflect the rest of the student body. We found that girls are rather picky when using Tinder, and have a high bar for swiping right. Boys, on the other hand, have different tactics. They often open Tinder to get it over with for the day, and swipe right until they have spent all their matches. These two strategies are somewhat optimal when combined, boys swiping with their eyes closed while the girls keep a critical eye.
Unsurprisingly, many boys make the first contact, even though they prefer to be on the receiving end. Maybe it is time to go back to the personal ads of lore, where it did not really matter much what gender wrote or replied? Do you believe in Tinder? Last, but not least: Do the students in Ås believe in Tinder? Neither Kathinka nor Vebjørn needed a moment’s thought before answering no. According to them, Tinder can be a pointer as to who is available, or a good way to get in touch, but nothing more. The student body agrees with our experts here – merely 11% say they have found love trough Tinder. “It is like asking whether I believe in the grocery store,” says Vebjørn, “Tinder may be a catalyst, but there’s nothing really to believe in.” If you, like Kathinka, Vebjørn, and the 89 percent, doubt the love-effect of Tinder, heed our advice: Place a personal ad in Tuntreet, and find love the old-fashioned way! Long live the personal ads!
P.S. To the 16.4% that use Tinder for , wear a rubber!
Do you have a good story from Tinder in Ås?
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The new veterinary building is catching up Bjørnar Djupevik Hagen Journalist
Nathalie Genvieve Bjørneby Photographer
Kristian Bones Enger Translator
The move to Ås was planned for a long time ago, and since I moved to Ås there has not been a single semester without someone saying “They are coming!”. The building has been delayed multiple times, but it wasn’t until this summer that the veterinary students were told at they would be able to meet up at Campus Ås. Multiple veterinary students moved to Ås, but professors and apprenticeships would not be accompanying the move. Done by 2019 Huge information boards on campus are constantly reminding us that we were supposed to be united in 2019, but we had already received a message in 2018 about this being postponed until 2020. We met up with Ingrid Ones, who started the veterinary course in 2018, and moved straight to Ås with plans of commuting for a year. Ingrid moved here with a husband and child. She is one of the rare species called an adult. The family planning stretches out for six years ahead of time, as she will then graduate and can go back home so that her daughter can start primary school in her hometown in the western part of Norway. Done by Who Knows When There was an intense clean up and relocation mood at Adamstuen in January. In February, Ingrid and the students starting in 2018 received the message about the postponing. They had to stay behind and finish their lab work at Adamstuen until October. The questions were piling up. No cafeteria, applying for student accommodations in October, GP (General practitioner), SiO/ SiÅs and digial teaching? The answers were
few and standardised, either “No” or “You will be fine”. After lockdown, the rest of the veterinarians received the same message, with everything being postponed, and move in may or may not happen in January. The entire building project was hit by uncertainty, and on a construction site with 800 workers, crisis meetings were bound to happen every morning. Asked, But Not Received There were sporadic updates from NMBU, and one was asked to send in cases to the class representatives. Ingrid, who lives in Ås, was now pregnant with her second child, and less flexible than your regular student. Kindergarten had reduced opening hours, the commute took three hours per day, her husband would support her in every way he could, but it was still not enough.
Obligatory attendance was difficult, and lectures were never streamed. She would often have to explain her situation, in regards to NMBU asking for feedback. Covid aided in easing many of her problems, as digital learning became a thing and she didn’t have to commute anymore. During a professional course, postponing or taking an exam over again might be so difficult that you would have to drop down a year. Exams are therefore a worry, since more people want to show up in person despite lighter symptoms. She is now hopeful that the last few promises of moving is intact, as she is mainly focused on being able to begin in Ås.
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TUNTREET Hospital and Opera We met up with two happy fellas from Statsbygg, who were ecstatic from the enthusiasm for the building they sorely want to hand over to students and employees. Project director Kim Østensen (49) welcomed us with open arms, while introducing us to Per Roar Nordby (62) who is the project chief for tools and equipments. They work together effectively who are highly engaged with the building that they have made and turned our interview into a real pain for me, as I wanted to ask them critical questions. From previous experience, Kim pointed out that he had worked on Østlandet sykehus, and Per Roar had worked on the Oslo Opera. Hospital and opera is a good metaphor for the building. They both know everything about the building, one with responsibility for the building masses, and the other for ten thousands of articles, which range from door stoppers to lab equipment, which are all going in to this building. Before we can understand the postponing, we need to understand the building, as it is quite complex. Weird Patients The veterinary building is in many ways a hospital, with a big variation in patients. They normally weight between 20 grams and one tonne, some with lungs, none can speak Norwegian and they defecate at any point in time. The patients are so primitive that they don’t wear shoes, so the floors are layered with a special granulate to preserve animal feet. Train tracks in the ceiling with powerful elevators makes it easy to move larger patients, and Kim says that if need be, one could treat an elephant here.
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Fresh Air The ventilation received a special focus in such a building, as operating rooms demand pressure from above, so that microbes can’t enter and fester in open wounds. A laboratory, however, requires pressure from down below, so that nothing dangerous or contagious can escape. This is of course making it as simple as can be, as there are so many different rooms to accommodate for, so that everything can work in harmony. During our trip through the building, we passed by many pressure locks, and we were even allowed to see a room, which was one hundred meters long, with ventilation pipes in all shapes and sizes that protruded through the ground, came from the ceiling and twisted around each other in a almost sensual, metallic snake dance on their way to each respective HEPA-filter. “No, you can’t say that this building is Covid safe. But it has a better air quality than what you are used to in your classrooms”. Entire floors are Ingrid Ones with her little one. filled exclusively with ventilation pipes. For one lab, there is often two-three floors with ventilation, so a 100 m2 lab may take up as much as 400 m2 of floor space. Boiling Water Is Better Than Alcohol The water than runs out will also receive a special treatment, as nothing that is contagious can escape the building (not even animals). In the basement, all water pipes are laid out easily accessible by a plumber, and everything has to be high pressure boiled by 160-170°C before it can run out. The energy demand to warm up water and air is more or less going to be covered by Statkraft Varme, which was built together with the new veterinary building. The incineration plant is literally only a breath away.
TUNTREET The Delays A highly technological building such as this one is designed in constant contact with the ones using it, and during the 12 years since the agreement of co-locating this, the need and number of scientific employees has changed a lot. Per Roar, who has been around since the beginning of the project, says that this is a big part of the reason for why the building was not done in 2019. It has been more complicated and challenging than first expected. Covid is the reason for why the building is postponed further. The boiling plant in the basement was supposed to arrive from the US, many workers were to come from Poland and the Baltics, and other suppliers were from Germany, Austria and China to name a few. The hospital equipment they needed had a mellow atmosphere around it regarding delivery, as many wanted to prioritise their own markets or hospitals, instead of a veterinary institute. They are openly admitting that it would have been delayed despite the virus, but it has complicated the move even more. I am Arriving The interview happened before the last update, and project director Kim Østensen couldn’t share much about the move in, but he did say that “there will be veterinary students here before the summer”. The newest update which came post interview states that a gradual move in shall start during spring after the different grades deliver their exams. This works in regard to teaching as they have block teaching at Adamstuen. Even in December, the equine clinic is arriving, which has been unused for a year, but not renovated due to the move. Future difficulties aside, the student board leader for the veterinaries, Eidbjøg Søreide says that she is looking forward to moving!
Felt like we were looking out at a mountain plateau, and the lack of people strengthened the impression.
Building enthusiasts Per Roar and Kim are also skilled models.
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THE STUDENTS OF THE BARRACK BUILDING Emilie Netskar Journalist
Hidden behind a spruce hedge on the way to Ås church, you will find Akropolis, which is the rented barracks separated from campus. Unless you are undertaking a course in relation to LANDSAM, you might not understand where it is. Allow me to give you some insight regarding these hardworking students. Residence Permit? «18 hours!», is shouted out in the drawing room. “15 hours”, Idunn replies. “It’s not that long for me, maybe 10”, Pauline says gently. New people are arriving in the classrooms. The infection control list is filled with names and coffee is served. The question is asked again: “What is the longest you have stayed at Akropolis in one sitting?”. “17 hours, I believe”, one person replies. “That’s it?”, someone next in line comments. Stores are shared about groups that have no other choice but to spend nights at Akropolis in order to finish group assignments with a due date of 8:00 AM the day after. The majority has enough sense to go home, but as you might understand, many hours are spent in the barracks, which for many is considered a second home.
Ingrid Åsbø Sondov Photographer
Park Life in the Barracks It’s your typical Friday morning at Akropolis. Students are wandering around the hallways, many on their way to the drawing room in Ormen Lange (a building connected to Akropolis), where the learned society for landscape architecture- and landscape engineers, Terra Forma, has readied coffee from SiÅs, biscuits, Antibac and Norske Landskapsarkitekters society subject day: Park life shown on screen in the lecture room. Multiple students from grades 2, 3 and 4 are bolstering themselves in with project assignments while listening to the streamed lecture in the background. Pencils are swirling across the papers, and AutoCAD is clicking in attempts to form new areas. New Building Speaking of new areas. As many already knows, the veterinary institute is being moved from Adamstuen to Campus Ås. But many might not have heard about the journey the landscape students have gone through. They were once located in the Ur-building, to then be moved over to Sørhellinga. Then, ten years later, they were “temporarily” moved to Akropolis. This place might sound idyllic, with associations to Greece, but in reality, its not
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like this. The facilities do not satisfy space or necessary working places during classes. Luckily, there is light at the end of the tunnel, as the landscape architecture- and landscape engineering students are being moved to a new building at KA, where even the employees at the institute are located. KA is the building located next to the Earth science building, below forskningsparken (the science park). If all goes to plan, the new building will be finished in two years.
The Holy Kitchen The current state is not optimal, but Terra Forma are doing their best so that the students can enjoy themselves. One of the most important things at Akropolis/Ormen Lange is that the kitchen which normally offers coffee, a microwave and vending machine, has now become so holy that the students many no longer go there due to infection control. Hedda Trandem, leader of the Learned society, shares the happy news that Terra Forma is arranging a coffee extravaganza once a week for all members, where you can gather across all year levels, similar to the Park life-gathering, in order to eat lunch with free coffee ordered by SiÅs. “We eat a lot of cake and biscuits!”, she adds. With the kitchen closes, the social aspects is weakened, but a group of creative souls are still able to create new gatherings for the students.
The Biggest Fear The LA-students mention that Akropolis does not contain enough room for all the students. They say that some have received a place to work in other buildings. One can tell that there is some worry looming over the room, and everyone can agree that a worst case scenario, in regards to the pandemic, is a new lockdown and shutting down the university. The biggest reasoning behind this is that the atmosphere created is key to getting through assignments, support for computer software, and last but not least, some social input. That some groups aren’t allowed to sit with their fellow
students, and no possibility to grab lunch or breaks together, ruins the motivation to get through the study. “You are socially isolated”, Sigrid Jordet Briheim says, which was one of the original students placed at the school of plants. Multiple groups have found a loophole, and have seized the seats of those who would rather stay at home. Happy to be There The social aspect is a very important one, and is the reason for why so many of the landscape students spend so many hours at the university. It is without a doubt that everyone is looking forward to the new building falling in to place, and the hopes of the culture staying intact for the future. The ones spending the most time on camps during every semester, is definitely the most deserving of new facilities. Finally: fingers crossed that KA is not delayed like the new veterinary building.
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Carrying a Torch for the Climate
On Tuesday the 3rd of November, a candlelight marking was held in Ås for the climate lawsuit against drilling in the Arctic. Nature and Youth – Young Friends of the Earth Norway and Greenpeace is hoping to win I court so that the future generations are able to enjoy a habitable climate. It is an important case for a plethora of the organisations at NMBU, but also on a national scale for Norway. The marking was supported by around 70 attendees, which is relatively stronger than Oslo’s almost 200 attendees The marking started by burning torches outside of Aud. Max., and a short appeal from the leader of Spire. The attendees upheld an appropriate Covid-distance, and the enthusiasm was apparent and bonding, accompanied by loud chanting like “What do we want? Climate action!”, and the song “Equinor, slutt å bor” (which means Equinor, stop drilling), as they
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marched towards the town hall square in the center of Ås. Passerbys’ would stop and cars would slow down, while the attendees marched towards the town hall. In front of the town hall, the number of demonstrators increased with an influx of occasional passerbys’. The previous leader of Nature and Youth – Young Friends of the Earth Norway, and current member of Greenpeace, Gaute Eiterjord, was present for the marking, and held a short appeal at the town square. He highlighted that this is a historical lawsuit, which can largely influence future law cases. In a later interview, he urges everyone who wishes to support the climate case to speak on the climate lawsuit that was recently taken to court in order to create engagement and support. Gaute says that the lawsuit had not been possible if it hadn’t received as much support and donations as it did. Around 2 million
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kroner was collected, and Greta Thunberg herself contributed around 250 000 kroner. The general encouragement is clear: “Voting at the election is the best way to show your support for politics that is more environmentally conscious”. One active contributor to the climate battle and was present for the marking for the climate lawsuit, is Sunniva BuvarpSchmitz. She thinks it’s important to show up and show support for this case, and to show that Ås cares for our climate. Sunniva thinks it would have been cool if the demonstrators had gone down the road to stop traffic, but all in all she was happy with the candlelight marking. The attendees were enthusiastic, and happy to show their support for this historically important climate lawsuit. Who knows, perhaps Norway for the first time in history must withdraw allocations for oil drilling? Keep following and spread the word!
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Ås Green Students Greenpeace Norway Nature and Youth – Young Friends of the Earth Norway Friends of the Earth Norway
Naturvernstudentene Ås Spire Ås Rødt Ås studentlag Klimasøksmål Arktis
Climate lawsuit: This is the case Petter Nielsen Journalist
Kristian Bones Enger Translator
Pauline Hovland Illustrator
Greenpeace Nordic, together with Nature and Youth – Young Friends of the Earth Norway, has filed a lawsuit against the state because they have allowed for oil searching in the Barents Sea. The Nature Conservation Association and Besteforeldrenes klimaaksjon (BKA) is backing up the case, and agrees that this is a violation of constitution § 112, also known as the climate paragraph, and the European human rights, article 2 and 8. These concern the right to live, and the right for a private- and family life. The reason for this is that burning oils and gasses is destroying our climate. Earlier, the state has won in both the Oslo district court and the Borgarting court of appeal, but in the court of appeal the environmental organisation won in regards to a very important case. The court of appeal were already aware that Norway has a responsibility regarding the oil extracted from the ground, even though it is burned in a different country. This is important as burning of exposed oils and gasses release about ten times more than the emissions from Norway on a national scale. The environmental organisations have now appealed the case to the Supreme court. An obvious sign that the court means the case is important is the decision for a collective processing, meaning all competent judges in the Supreme court is to get involved. This is the first-time constitution § 112 is up for assessment in Supreme Court, and the judge will submit guidance for how the law should be used. The Supreme Courts’ processing will last until the 12th of November, and if the environmental organisations were to win, it could mean the end for all petroleum activities in the Barents Sea. Issue 09 Year 75 25
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Simen Walbækken Tangen Photographer
Astrid Kisen Translator
CHATTING WITH SJUR Tuntreet had a conversation with the Rector at NMBU, Sjur Baardsen. He has been a student at NMBU himself for many years. Despite some years abroad, according to the encyclopaedia and himself, it looks like he has spent most of his time here in Ås. If Sjur could choose his degree at NMBU again, he would have chosen forestry. Even though he doesn’t own a single chainsaw and usually gets many insect bites during a walk in the forest. – You know, education gives you a toolbox you can use in many different situations. For instance, you learn structure and decision making, and if you have these skills in one field, they usually apply to other fields aswell, he says. He reveals that the visit from PB and the forestry students may have had an influence on his answer. I naturally have to answer forestry, then. Glad He Dodged the Competition The rector is not worried that the jobs for the students at the university will disappear in the near future. His own research areas in addition to forestry economy and environmental tourism, came to him in a rather unusual way. Sjur is not unfamiliar with being thrown into unknown territories. He tells us about the years in Brussels for the EU: – After being urged by a colleague, I applied to a job as a forestry expert, but when I got to the interview, there were little talk of forestry, he says. It seemed like there had 28 Issue 09 Year 75
been a misunderstanding. – I explained that forestry was my expertise, but he replied: well, now you’re an expert in district development, Sjur explains. – Due to the confusion in the commission that made me a district expert, I also became responsible for environmental tourism when I returned home, he laughs. He concludes that the feeling of not knowing enough is not true; you know a lot! Sjur admits that his course choice played an important role. – I would probably never have been there today if I were to compete for the position. Had I studied law too, there would have
been a higher competition Cooperation is Important Sjur feels bad for the students, especially the first-year students. – They lost russetiden, and many of them have moved away from home for the first time too, he says. Some of them are alone, and I feel sorry for them. – There are many people that are struggling these days. We probably can’t get through something like this without giving up some freedoms and it is affecting our economy”, he adds and drags out the economist in him: – The pandemic forces us and the authorities to take many considerations. Even though we say that lives are priceless, we value lives indirectly, he says. He also points out the money spent on safety for a life in the North Sea is worth more than a life at meierikrysset. – Even though we can’t change the situation alone, we can collectively do a lot. Cooperation is just as important to beat the pandemic, as it is to secure a sustainable development” Sjur finishes
VOTE AT THE STUDENT ELECTION! Ingvild Sperstad Journalist
Astrid Kisen Translator
Late autumn has arrived and this semesters student election has already started. We now vote for the male representatives to the University Board and Faculty Board, and their deputies. The election lasts up until November 16th, so if you are quick to read this issue of Tuntreet, you still have time to vote! What positions are up for election? It can be challenging trying to understand all these assemblies, boards, parliaments committees etc, but here is a short explanation to which positions we are now voting representatives to: The University Board is the upper most organ of all of NMBU. They decide which direction the university takes, and work on strategic topics that affect all students. The board consists of 11 board members, where 2 are students, one female and one male. The Faculty Boards are the upper most organ at Faculty levels, and this also has a male and female representative. The female representatives are elected in the spring semester, and the male are elected in the autumn.
Why Should You Vote? We talked to the leader Tuva Todnem Lund and member Tilde Dalberg at the Student Board about the election. They state several reasons why YOU should vote:
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Firstly, you participate in deciding which students are to make executive decisions concerning your everyday life as an NMBU student.
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The legitimacy of the elected students is higher with a higher voter turnout.
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The Student Board rewards high voter turnout with fun activities, like doing fun challenges when they reach certain percentages in turnout (watch the Student Boards Facebook events). They have planned an awesome reward, and this goes to the Board with the highest turnout!
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NMBU beats the other large universities by a landslide when it comes to voting turnout, and they intend to keep it that way. At the election this spring, the turnout was 24,8%, and the goal this semester is over 30%.
Last, but not least: It’s super easy to vote! It takes less than 2 minutes.
Who Should You Vote For? Do you find it hard deciding who to vote for? Did you miss the debate last Tuesday? On the Student Democracy’s webpage, you can get to know the candidates better, and find out who you think is best fitted for the position. You are also allowed to vote blank.
Use Your Voice You cast your vote online this year. You can find out how you vote in the Facebook event mentioned earlier. All students have the right to vote for their own Faculty Board, in addition to the University Board. So, do you have an opinion on how your life as a student should be? Take an active part in the student democracy, and cast your vote! Happy election!
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Eco-friendly cows? Cattle. Cow, calf, heifer and oxen. Possibly the most controversial topic in the climate debate, it is often considered one of the food sources we must let go of in order to live more sustainably. But is it so black and white? Do we have to stop production of cattle to “save the world”? Doctoral fellow Kirsti Winnberg at the Faculty of Biosciences believes we should breed a more environmentally friendly cow instead.
Unfairly Stamped as Major Polluter? According to Winnberg, declaring cattle a major polluter is slightly unfair. She points to the advantages they have when it comes to resource usage and food security in a country like Norway. Only 3,5% of our area is agricultural land, and only half of this is suitable for cultivating anything other than grass. This is the thing about ruminants: they use grass as a food source. They are nourished by grass, and we are nourished by them.
producing both milk and meat instead of either-or. Good health and fertility is also sought after. By having healthier cattle, one reaches a higher level of milk production as sick cows do not produce sellable milk. This breed therefore contributes to more effective use of resources. Kirsti calls this “unconscious breeding of climate friendly cattle”. The follow-up question is what the potential could be, assuming we consciously attempt to breed a more environmentally friendly cow?
A Potential Kirsti points to the fact that pollution from agriculture has been reduced by 5% by 1990 and mentions using a specific breed of cattle – the NRF - as a cause of this. The Norwegian Red Cattle is now the standard cow in Norway. It is bred with the goal of
In 2019, agriculture contributed to 8,8% of Norwegian pollution overall, where most of this was emissions of methane gas from ruminants (The Norwegian Environmental Agency 2020). To do something about this source of pollution is the main task of Kirstis project. This is through “selection
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for reduced methane gas emissions in NRF” she explains. Before we ask how, we must ask why. “The Magic of the Ruminant” Let us begin with a basic introduction to how the cow digests. “The magic behind a ruminant”, as Kirsti calls it, before she starts drawing and explaining for me. Let’s start with the basics: the cow has four bellies. The rumen, the reticulum, the omasum and the abomasum. It is the rumen that separates the cow from the human. In the rumen and the reticulum, a microbial fermentation process happens. The magical part of the ruminant is that it is not the cow itself doing this. The bacteria in the ruminant lives in symbiosis with the cow. The bacteria feeds itself by breaking down the cellulose in the grass into fatty acid,
TUNTREET which is again used as energy by the cow. A biproduct of this is methane. What we can observe, says Kirsti, is an individual variation to how much methane is released. Can We Influence the Emission of Methane? Yes. One way is by looking at what we feed them – feed concentrate leads to less methane emissions than roughage. We can also add various ingredients to reduce the emission. However, we cannot use feed concentrate, as ruminants have evolved to eat grass and are therefore dependent on a high enough amount of roughage to maintain digestion and health. Secondly, when one looks at resource usage – we have a lot of grass in Norway. Another aspect are the cows genes. Some cows just genetically release less methane than others, even though they eat the same roughage, Kirsti explains. Her task is to investigate the heritability of this property and to find the answer to the relevant question. Is the heritability high or low? Is it possible to breed cattle that releases less methane? How do methane emissions relate to other processes? Does less methane emission in fact equate to less milk production, as some findings indicate? One challenge is that methane was not measured routinely before now. To answer these questions, Kirsti must do a lot of ground work.
Facts Basic “agricultural jargon” for beginners: Food concentrate: “food for livestock developed to fulfill the animals nutritional needs and contains all the nutrition they need: carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals.” Consists mostly of grain. (Landbruk 2017) Roughage: “consists mostly of grass, but may also include other vegetables like straw, potatoes or turnip”. (Landbruk 2019). Can be eaten directly (grazing), or can be eaten later through conservation, mostly in the form of ensilage or hay. Ensliage: “grass conserved by a anaerobic fermentation process”. Hayballs or siloes are ways to produce ensilage. (Landbruk 2019) Hay: Dried grass. ‘Nuff said.
Collection of Data Methane sensors, called GreenFeeders, are to be used on the 15 farms participating in the research project. As of now, they are used on 8 farms, amongst them, the Livestock Production Research Centre. The photographer and I was allowed a visit to the barn, and I was explained how measuring methane with the GreenFeeders works. The GreenFeeder is essentially a food-concentrate dispenser, and the cow is led there to eat. While it eats, it releases methane through breathing and burping. This is how emissions from every cow is measurable. Yes, it is actually a big “public misunderstanding that cows fart too much”, Kirsti points out. The methane emissions are “3% fart, and 97% burp”. «Kirsti shows her GreenFeed»
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TUNTREET “Breeding is Statistics” Kirsti processes the data with a programming language called “R” - maybe known to those studying “STIN” and “STAT”? I personally recognize it as fellow inhabitants in my collective regularly despair over it. As Kirsti opens the program on her computer to show me, and all the numbers glare up at me, I can understand why. This is what she uses the majority of her time on; analysing data. It is basically this breeding consists of - “breeding is statistics”, she adds. As of now she is working with programming and keeping the numbers in order. There are a lot of ways for things to get messy. A leak for example, stopped all measurements from a certain barn a whole day. Kirsti acknowledges that it can all be a little overwhelming. There is a lot on her mind until 2024, and since the beginning of the project four weeks ago she has been busy. And there is a lot of data. It is easy “Do you smell good?”
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to forget that this about living creatures in a barn, and that the significance of this project is a more sustainable agriculture and food production. Not just in Norway, but globally. Research From Tiny Norway in a Big World? In 2014 and 2015 the Norwegian Red Cattle was the worlds most sold breed (Geno 2018). International demand for a healthy and productive cow is high, which is in itself positive. Additionally, better animal welfare and effective resource usage. Kirsti enthusiastically talks about American research partners and interest in the project. The horizon for a positive result for the project is in other words great. Cool, cool.
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Geno (2018). Historie. Hentet 1/10-20 https://www.geno.no/Start/Geno-Avler-for-bedre-liv/om-nrf-kua/Historie/ Miljødirektoratet (2020). Klimagassutslipp fra jordbruk. Hentet 31/10-20. https://miljostatus.miljodirektoratet.no/tema/klima/norske-utslipp-av-klimagasser/klimagassutslipp-fra-jordbruk/ Landbruk (2017). Hva er egentlig kraftfôr? Hentet 1/10-20 h t t p s : / / w w w. l a n d b r u k . n o / b i o o k o n o m i / hva-er-egentlig-kraftfor/ Landbruk (2019). Hva er egentlig grovfôr? Hentet 1/10-20. https://www.landbruk.no/biookonomi/ hva-er-egentlig-grovfor/
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From 30 to 25 Hours of Work Per Credit The University Board at NMBU is in favor of lowering the number of working hours expected per credit, from 30 hours to 25 hours. The expected workload for approval of full-time studies at Norwegian university colleges and universities, is between 1500 and 1800 hours a year. When divided into credits, this amounts to somewhere between 25 and 30 hours per credit. The new study regulations with 25 hours of per credit will take effect on January 1st, 2021. Tuva Todnem Lund, head of the working committee (AU) of the Student Board at NMBU, is pleased with the change. How do You Think the Students will React to the Change? “We believe this will be a positive change for the students. For us to spend time and energy on any issue, it has to be anchored in the student masses, either through councils and committees, through representatives, student councils or the student parliament. The student masses need to be in agreement regarding an issue for the working committee to spend time on it”, Tuva says. Are Students Expected to Work Less Now than Before? “We do not believe that this change in the study regulations will make a big change in the everyday student life. Our experience (shown on surveys too!) is that 34 Issue 09 Year 75
students at NMBU work far more than the average student in Norway. This change in the regulations will instead lead to a more realistic clarification of expectations between the educators and the students. Previously, the estimated workload in the blocks were 10 hours per day. We know that the NMBU-student is particularly hard working, but we feel this is an expectation nobody should feel obligated to reach for, since it is nothing more than a pipe dream! With the standardization of 25 hours, the blocks are estimated to be 8.33-hour workdays, which is even well within the Working Environment Act that applies to other employees”, Tuva says. Why Is This Happening Now? “This was brought up now because the student regulations were up for revision. Several councils and committees among both students and employees have looked through documents concerning student rights, and what to expect from the everyday student life. We have strengthened several aspects in the revision of the student regulations, including the real ability for international students to follow classes, problems with honoring the “democracy hour” and time pressure in the block courses.
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our study regulations with our reality. The board has processed the regulations, and suggestions from students and several faculties are accounted for”, Sjur says.
Sjur Baardsen, Principal at NMBU (Photo: NMBU)
We highlighted this now due to input during one of our “Sit down with AU”-lunches. We ALWAYS greatly appreciate feedback and suggestions from all our students and representatives, and we do what we can to raise their cases against NMBU, SiÅs and the municipality”, Tuva says. Sjur Baardsen, Principal of NMBU, responds the following to why this is happening now: “The University Board had this case viewed during its last meeting and conducted a thorough process of different changes and adjustments to the regulations. The board wants to focus on strategies and more overall questions, and less on how the university performs its tasks. Therefore, the board decided unanimously that more decisions are delegated to the rector. In the study regulations, this amounts to removing details about administering laws and regulations regarding studies, and rather to give the principal the ability to draft new provisions. In this process the adjustment in question came naturally”. Why Did NMBU Decide to Lower the Number of Hours Per Credit? “It is simply because 25 hours per credit is more in line with the reality at NMBU. 30 hours per credit was decided by NLH following the Bologna-process in 1999, where the partner countries set the international standards to ease the process of approving education across borders. We now see a greater need to harmonize
Why Is There No Fixed National Guideline For the Number of Hours Per Credit? “The Bologna-process was followed up in 2005 by the European Standards and Guidelines (ESP) for quality assurance of education in Europe. Norway has implemented these standards, which underlie the work of NOKUT (Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education). In the common standard the workload is 1500-1800 hours per year. Then we have the framework of workload from the University and University Colleges Act: the academic year is normally 10 months, and a full academic year is standardized to 60 credits”, Sjur says. Will This Lead to Any Real Changes? “The faculties are responsible for structuring and approving the courses, so it is not my task to answer that. But there will be a formal change, seeing as when the faculties plan and approve courses, and thus describe the learning outcomes, learning activities and assessment forms, they also base the nominal workload on 25 hours per credit, and not 30 hours like they used to. This does not necessarily cause any large practical consequences, but that is up to each faculty to decide on a course-to-course basis. All courses will be evaluated through course evaluations where students are able to provide feedback regarding, for example, workload”, says Sjur. The Student Representative at the University Board, Nina Vold Johansen, does not think the new regulations will lead to any real changes: “I believe the most important aspect of this change is that students will be able to acknowledge the workload that the university requires from them on paper. Since we have structured our semester into blocks and parallels, the 30 hours per credit expectation would have required 10 hours of work per day if the weekends were to be excluded. I feel this is an unrealistic requirement. Obviously, every student knows that different courses require different efforts, but it is important
that the institution recognizes that the weekday is also filled with recreational activity, family, friends etc.”, says Nina. Could this Lead to a Change in Credits for Some Courses? “I think this change will make it easier for students to let the course coordinator or faculty know if the workload of a course is too great. There are several 5-credit courses that should be considered for an upgrade to a 10-credit course, and this change in the study regulations builds up under this. My hope is that more students take responsibility and let their voice be heard if the workload in a course is too great! Either through their representatives, the student parliament, the board or themselves. The different education committees in the faculties go through the study portfolios once every semester, and this is an excellent arena for raising the issue. The course coordinators will most likely be the ones to use this number the most, in their preparation of the syllabus. For the average student it will probably just be another number on some paper. How much time you spend studying depends on many different factors, and everyone is different”, says Nina. Only time will tell how large these changes will be. However, 300 hours of workload per academic year are lifted from the shoulders of the students. At least on paper.
Nina Vold Johansen, Student Representative at the University Board (Photo: Helge Mathisen)
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2020: A (study) Space Odyssey Tired of sitting in your bedroom all day, pretending like you’re productive? Us too. Believe it or not, but NMBU have rooms at their disposal within walking distance of your home. Want to study in a dungeon or palace? Tuntreet leads you to the campus group rooms. Our research includes how the working environment was, how easy booking was, and if infection control considerations are maintained. We have also noted if there is an available blackboard or screen in the room, and how many it accommodates, both now during the epidemic and in general.
Husdyrfagbygningen, HU112 – stable reading room We spent a good half an hour trying to find a group room here, after consulting several skeletons in the basement. The room is a bit narrow, but otherwise spacious. For a basement, it is bright and light, cozy and calm. We also found a blackboard. Given its hidden location, both on campus and in the building, there won’t be much traffic here. We found no way of booking the room.
Simon Bakkejord Translator Tord Kristian F. Andersen Journalist photographer
Simen Walbækken Tangen Photojournalist
Tårnbygningen, T316 – tower toughness The group room we found here was very large, and therefore had great acoustics. It has big windows, with a view of Urplenen, which is especially appreciated in these darker autumn days. Extra points for the projector in the room. This is perfect for digital lectures, as well as Lord of the Rings in the background while cracking those physics assignments. There were not many group rooms in the building, but those here are of great quality. The Tower building is also exempt of booking through TimeEdit.
Jordfagbygningen, JU108 – Labyrinth locale We ventured down to Soil science and were well and truly lost until we stumbled upon the group rooms in the basement. Availability for newcomers is somewhat lacking. The group room itself was nice, if a bit small. The room was fairly soundproof, in spite of the glass wall outwards. We still recommend not chatting too loudly, as excessive noise can still carry through. The glass wall and door provide ample natural lighting. It has a whiteboard, and soil art on the walls. This room eludes the booking system as well. A small and cozy place.
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TF, TF253 – nice, new and somewhat noisy This room is part of the newly renovated TF, and it shows. The windows offer a great view of Skogsdammen and all the busy people walking by. For some strange reason you’re told not to leave the blinds half-way down. A screen adorns the wall, and you can stream music to speakers in the room via Bluetooth. The sound insulation is surprisingly bad between the rooms. If you were to sit in 254, you can hear conversations from the cafeteria loud and clear. Poor sound insulation aside, these rooms are (nearly) always occupied due to their central location. Clearly the best group room in TF.
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Urbygningen, U226A/B – A room divided against itself cannot stand These group rooms have a quirky and somewhat strange floor plan. The room is separated into different parts with partitions, and each part can be separately booked through TimeEdit. There is great potential for friction between study groups with different working methods and courses (hint: those who watch Lord of the Rings while studying, and those unwilling). There is a TV screen here, and the room has large windows facing the lawn. The blinds were simple enough to control, making the room great for any time of day.
Sørhellinga, S110 – the cubed chamber If you’re seeking the goldfish experience, the glass cages at Sørhellinga is the place for you. These rooms are located inside the reading room. After sneaking our way through angry glares, we are greeted by an unbelievably comfortable sofa. The room is well insulated, even with the sliding door, but loud discussion is still discouraged. These rooms are incredibly popular and can be booked. A bit tight, but mostly due to reduced capacity thanks to corona. There is a whiteboard here, but markers are rare. A nice and central meeting place
Biotek, 3.A.18 – Meeting room sensations
TF-kjelleren – the prison cell Do you crave constant bad air? The sun in your eyes a beautiful winter day? Maybe accompanied with the sound of traffic and a hard-working ventilation system? If yes, then TF-basement is the place for you! It has a blackboard, can be booked, and is the perfect last-minute exam cramming alternative.
This room has a well-developed meeting room impression. Live out your dreams of being head of state while watching the latest statistics lecture. It is mostly quiet here, and the air is nice. A whiteboard and TV screen offer multiple platforms for your creativity to unfold while studying. The window offers a disappointing view of the hallway, but the room is nicely lit. Even though rooms at Biotek are bookable, this was not one of them. Curious.
Akropolis, A201/A202 – Fun for the creative We infiltrated Akropolis, but the unknown booking system, or lack thereof, made it difficult to locate available rooms. A201 had a bunch of stuff. A202 had a bunch of people. The rooms were charming, and there was a jovial touch over the whole experience.
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Emission Accounting at Samfunnet Kaja Botnen Translator
Petter Nielsen Journalist
Pauline Hovland Illustrator
Emission accounting has become increasingly more common for businesses across the world, and at the General Assembly this autumn it was decided that the time was ripe for Samfunnet and their associates to join in. An emission accounting committee was created to calculate the carbon footprint based on use of energy, consumption and activities.
Paving the Way Emission accounting has never been done at Samfunnet. The committee practices on 2019, but is is hard work, and lots of it: “A lot of our time now is used to find methods that work through trial and error.” Says Karin, and Johannes adds that “We are also writing a protocol for all processes, to make it easier next year.”
What Is Emission Accounting? Emission accounting is a blanket term for analyses that calculate the carbon footprint of businesses or products. The accounting is in three parts; the first two are mandatory and consist of direct and indirect emissions. The third is voluntary and is concerned with emissions from consumption, transport and activities that do not fall within the first two categories. Emission accounting at Samfunnet in Ås includes all three parts.
Goals The goal of emission accounting is to account for the climate emissions of Samfunnet: “Hopefully we will figure out what works and what need to be improved.” Says Karin. “It could also help to make people more aware of the organizations role in climate issues.”
Samfunnets Emission Accounting The emission accounting committee consists of Karin Schiøtz, Sander Nørsterud, Anne-Sofie Wegner Lønning and Johannes Fjeldså. A program called CEMAsys is used to do the accounting. Inputting information about relevant consumption gives an output of equivalent Co2. One major challenge for the committee is where to draw the line regarding the input, and defining all the small pieces that together make out one activity, or one product: “For instance, a sweater containing 70% cotton will be counted as 1 whole sweater” Johannes explains. The whole energy cycle of the products is included in the calculations, meaning that emissions from every step is accounted for. The committee aims at knowing the life cycle of everything used at Samfunnet.
Final Results The final results of the emission accounting for 2020 will be presented at the General Assembly spring of 2021: “We as a committee can’t do much on our own, but by doing these calculations, we can make suggestions and pave the way for changes.” Sander says. It will also make people more aware of the carbon footprint of different products. The long-term goal is to work out some suggestions to make Samfunnet more climate friendly.
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Wanted: better communication from Siås Stine Fjellkårstad Journalist
Benjamin Alexander Faukner Translator
Åsne Sørlie-Nordnes Photografer
Joel Gianni lives at Verket, in a collective of 16 people. A poster with Covid-19 guidelines hangs outside the front door. It has done so for quite a while. -SiÅs Housing has a potential for improvement when it comes to communication, Joel says. He claims the statements regarding Covid from SiÅS are outdated and inadequate. -Looking at old posters makes you unsure of how long these will apply. I feel a time frame is missing, he says, frightened that rules without time frames will make students impatient and in risk of breaking them. -It would be appropriate with more dialogue between SiÅs and the students, he stresses. Lack of communication A student on his final year of his master’s degree in Waterand Environmental Technology. He received his bachelor’s degree at the OsloMet, where he was also engaged in student politics through its student parliament as well as through various committees. -In student politics we usually have a marketing manager and communications manager, Joel explains. The emails from SiÅs may at times be seen as too strict, and too unspecific of whether or not something is a guideline or a rule. SiÅs needs a communications manager or information manager who has the task of making him/ herself understood by the students, he adds. He wonders if Siås is content with their way of communication, and if they believe their message is received by the students sufficiently. “Strictness is good, but Siås must weigh the consequences.” Joel feels the rules are rigid, but appropriate. Nonetheless, it lacks a focus on wellbeing. -In a collective there may be those who have friends in common, and with the rule of max one visitor per person, that means some can invite all their buddies. However, some may not be able to, so it applies irregularly, he points out. He is especially concerned for the new students and the consequences the rules may have for them.
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Posters from SiÅs -I am afraid the new students will fall into a downward spiral and become lonely, so I believe it is important to raise the question of what rules are necessary. SiÅs bears responsibility for consequences and students mental health, he argues. -What other alternative solutions does SiÅs have in its toolbox? SiÅs replies Tuntreet has spoken with Siås concerning communication with its students. -When it comes to people living in SiÅs housing, we are in contact with multiple tenants every day. They contact us via telephone, email and physically. They also meet SiÅs personell in relation to student housing. We do not experience that people are unable to find us, SiÅs replies. SiÅs says there are different rules applying for the different housing units, depending on the size of its common area. In the 16-man housing units in Krona and Verket there is
“I am afraid the new students will fall into a downward spiral and become lonely, so I believe it is important to raise the question of what rules are necessary.”
the one-guest rule. SiÅs claims this is to limit contagion, and stop non-residents from entering. -It specifically tries to limit nachspiels where, in our experience, rules are hardly followed. When asked about wellbeing, SiÅs replies –This is not the responsibility of SiÅs. The buddy week has been long and sufficient, and there is a long list of social organizations and fraternities available for those who seek social interaction
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READER’S COLOUMN Holding out a sterile hand The autumn darkness has descended over the Agrarmetropolen, and UKA is over for now. Exams are approaching far too quickly, and frustrations are creeping up. The pandemic creates unpredictability in society, an uncertainty on top of all the other concerns we already have. Did I really choose the right course of study? Maybe I should have thought it through earlier? Am I in the right place and will I be able to do this? Dear student. We get you! This is an outstretched, disinfected hand for you, which you can grab if needed. Keep reading for some wellmeaning advice and hopefully some reassuring words. We know very well that life comes with ups and downs. No two days are alike, and your mood varies. We know that the exam period will be demanding, and that being a student is really stressful. Therefore, we figured we would share some experiences we have gained “the hard way”. First of all, you need to know that it is perfectly normal to feel down and you are not alone! Everyone struggle at times, and that’s just the way it is. Shutdown, pandemic and exams are fortunately only temporary. This too will pass, and together we will get through it. Take a deep breath and see how you really feel. It is easy to rush through everyday life, but sometimes the body and head need a break. It’s not worth sacrificing your mental health just to get that B. Sometimes tasks and chores pile up, and that’s when you need that break the most. Go for an evening walk or watch a movie, prioritize time for yourself. Second advice: dare to be honest with those around you. Everyone feels down at times, and it is not necessary to carry everything alone. When you are open with your friends, it becomes easier for them to be open with you. By having these conversations, the friendship grows. In addition, your worries become smaller when they are shared, and it helps put things into perspective. Win-win! No. 3 – don’t set unrealistic goals. If you haven’t started studying yet, you probably won’t be able to learn everything. That’s just how it is. Place your goals where they can be reached - you and your motivation benefit from it! It is also better to learn something properly, than to Dear students! During an exam taken at home, all examination aids are available, but cooperation or help from other students is not allowed. All students are obligated to follow these rules. NMBU has clear regulations: • Cheating is an illegal way to get a result, and NMBU has a strict view on cheating and plagiarism. • Cheating may give consequences, like annulment of the exam or being expelled from the university. This applies both to the person who cheats by receiving help, AND the person who gets involved by offering help. • Read more here: https://www.nmbu.no/student/eksamen/ eksamen-v2020 • And here: https://www.nmbu.no/student/eksamen/under/unnga-fuskog-plagiering We encourage self-justice to ensure cheating doesn’t affect everyone: Cheating gives unfairly good results. Examiner and Course Responsible gets an impression that the exam was too easy, and we must be stricter with the grading. And the ones who don’t know what they know on paper, create more problems for fellow students and lecturers when they later on are going to use what they don’t know.
rush through and not be left with anything. If you have not started yet, a tip is to do assignments, rather than watch all the lectures (#guilty). Also remember the first piece of advice in the middle cramming for your exams. Further advice: you should take advantage of the opportunities you have. Yes, the pandemic brought many limitations, but we still have the opportunity to socialize. Call friends you haven’t talked to in a long time, invite to a zoom lunch with your study group, or go for a walk. Pick up the mail together, or call grandma on the way to the store. Have dinner over zoom, watch movies over Netflix party or have a glass of wine digitally! Make small meaningful moments in everyday life, and enjoy them! Pro-tip, which we every year regret not following: try to follow a set routine. When all lectures are digital and can be seen whenever, it’s easy to spend the day in bed. Don’t let it get completely out of hand. Don’t underestimate the effect of daylight and fresh air! Get up a little earlier in the morning and spend some time making a proper breakfast. Eat well and take enough breaks. This is not the time to stop snacking! Our last piece of advice is that you can always get help. We’re only human, and none of us are meant to manage everything alone. The health station is open for drop-in every weekday, the study counselors are available for all questions, and it’s also possible to contact the student priest, visit the student lounge (at the post office) or contact the students’ information square at Urbygningen. Talk to someone you trust! Dare to be a little sad. A favorite quote from Winnie-the-pooh is “Crying is not a sign of weakness, but a sign that you have been strong for too long”. Sometimes it overflows, that’s just the way it is, and that’s all right! So dear fellow student. We know that you will survive both the autumn, the exams and the rest of your studies. We’re cheering for you, all the way! Good luck! Big hug from Tuva og Maylinn, Two seasoned overachievers that have almost learned to chill out. Providing good education, helping you learn as much as possible and creating a fair exam is very challenging, and we take this very seriously. The corona-pandemic makes this even more challenging. We know the situation is challenging for you students too. Don’t take the tempting and easy way out. To provide and receive good education in this situation requires extraordinary efforts, both from us lecturers and from the students, AND it requires mutual trust: We trust in that we cooperate well, both in giving feedback on what works and what can be improved, acknowledge each other’s efforts, give clear tasks, and when it comes to raise concern about students who are struggling. Make sure the moral compass is set straight, so the exams can be fair to everyone. Thank you. Kathrine Frey Frøslie, course responsible in STAT100, Geir Mathiesen, course responsible in BIO130, Dzung B. Diep, course responsible in BIO210, Yngve H. Stenstrøm, course responsible in KJM110, KJM210 & KJM211, Åsmund Røhr Kjendseth, course responsible in KJB100, Jon Olav Vik, course responsible in STIN100, Morten Sørlie, course responsible in KJM100 and student leader at KBM, Ågot Aakra, Dean at KBM.
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“Fine, Rattling Indie-energi” Review of The Slow Painters debutalbum In august, the Oslo- band The Slow Painters released their self- titled debut album, 16 years after their creation. They play a noisy, melodious, guitar- driven indie- rock with clear inspirations from the shoegazer, new wave and post-punk sound. The album starts off strong with “Egon”. This track is full of fine, rattling indie energy and might be the strongest track on the record. I get carried away when they yell “Egon, you’ve gotta love someone!” This was also the firs single to be released prior to the album. The album plays on to “What I Miss The Most” and «Andy & The Androids». The first one features a lot of melodious guitar, punctured by dirtier and louder parts. The other one is a it more pop, but keeps
it interesting (By the way, I appreciate the Junipher Greene- referance in the refrain). Further on the band slows it down a bit with “Parklights”. The track gradually builds up intensity before calming all the way down again. I think my favorite part of this song is the second part, which is almost completely void of vocals. «The Happy Murdered» is a long and emotional song. The acoustic riff that keeps on in the background for most of the composition adds a good texture together with the rougher guitars up front. It is a strong track, and a good ending to the A side of the LP. The B side starts off loud and coarse with “About the Holidays”. The dissonant and dirty guitars in the intro transition into to new wave- arpeggioes present in the rest
of the song. Great track! After this, the fuzz filled “No Teens”, and then the long “Gloria”. The album ends with “C#” and «Drum & Snare». The latter works as a calm finish to the about 40 minutes long album. All in all, The Slow Painters delivered a strong debut album. Nostalgic, melodious indiepoprock that also fit those that prefer a bit more gravel in their speakers. Here’s hoping there is mess than a 16 year wait until the next album! The Slow Painters are: Andreas W. H. Lindvåg – vocals, guitar Simen Breen – guitar, vocals Paal Brevik Wangsness – bass Øyvind Bersvendsen – drums, percussion, vocals
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Sports column badminton
Petter Nielsen Journalist
NMBUI Badminton has been around for many years, and houses members from different cultures and positions. Here, you’ll find professors, students and employees who all gather around their shared interest: Badminton. Suitable For Beginners Badminton is a simple sport, that most of us have attempted during gym class at school or at the beach on a hot summer day. The rules are easy to learn, which makes badminton a very forgiving sport to start doing. The badminton group also has some badminton racquets that you can borrow if you want to try playing. “It’s always nice to get new players”, says Estela, team leader for NMBUI Badminton. “We usually divide into groups so that everyone can play against someone on their own level, so you can always join in regardless of your previous experience.”
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When the journalists show up to try playing some badminton, we are met by a very pleasant group of players. “Badminton carries members from all parts of NMBU”, Estela explains. “We have people from many parts of the world as well, both students and employees. It’s a friendly group.” The Workout After a light warmup in the gymnastics hall, the group moves to the GG-hall, and we get to play against some of the regulars. Many of the members have played a lot, and play on a higher level than what we’re used to from gym class back in school. Mathieu, a badminton player and friend of the journalists, makes sure we learn the rules and provides some advice on how we can improve. Some strokes are hit, and we’re instantly struck by the competitive spirit and the joy of sports.
Kristian Bones Enger Translator
Join Us! No previous experience is needed. If you don’t know the difference between single and double, the leader and players of NMBUI Badminton are more than happy to teach you. It’s easy to join, just bring your gym shoes and show up for training. Up until Christmas, trainings will be held on Tuesdays from 16:00 to 18:00, and on Thursdays at varying times.
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The autumn is beautiful. The leaves changing colour. From green to yellow to red, the low lying Sun. The mature ambience.
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To sit inside, listening to the rain hammering against the window pane. To light a candle. To light the fire. Feel the warmth of the open flames. Many of us love the autumn and all its impressions. The enveloping darkness which conceals and protects. Some of us meet the autumn colours with other thoughts. Yellow and red reminds us of fire and death. The bare trees reveal exposed vulnerability. The darkness is not enveloping, but ill-boding. The rain and mist preeches not life, but death. Winter stands at our door bearing frost and cold. Life, sun and warmth falls into slumber. The times we are experiencing this autumn are difficult. Covid 19 is stretching towards Covid 21. The vaccine has not yet arrived. The restrictions are tightening. Our mobility is limited. We can no longer unfold as we wish. We are forbidden to do what we usually do and need to do. No Christmas concert with full house at the church. The world also seems more unpredictable and turbulent than before. It is easy to feel anxious. Harder to find a fixed point. Fewer social settings that console. Fewer places to feel calm. Dear readers! This is life! The world has often looked like this! Look around you! There is good around us. If you smile to your fellow man, you will surely get one in return. People need people. I am not alone. The rain has stopped for now. Perhaps there will be plenty of snow this winter? The spring rolls in as it always does. The sun and the warmth will not betray us. The trees will be green again. Illness comes and illness goes. Perhaps we can one day embrace each other and travel to Europe. It is not hopeless, there is always hope. Amor fati is an old word of wisdom. Embrace your fate. It means we are here and can not do otherwise. We will do the best with what we have. All will be good, some say. Is it true? Yes and no. That which will be good enough. Good enough to live with. Good enough to prosper, good enough that life once again will provide me with the challenges and pleasures I need. I am a human being. That is not a lesser thing to be. Man is a strange figure. I believe our needs stem from our mystical origin. The new roman catholic bishop in Nidaros says this: If we are but dust, we can never find rest in being dust alone. For we have felt the tender touch of God. I walk this earth as yearning incarnate. I am home, but a stranger, longing for a fatherland I can only recall. But one which I have never seen. Sigurd Andreas Bakke Student priest NMBU
Sigurd A. Bakke is the student priest at NMBU. His office is in the cellar to the left of Urbygningen. The student priest is available if you need someone to talk to, discuss something with or seek advice from. He is available on Wednesdays at 11.00-15.00, but other dates are also possible. Arrangements can be made through sigurd.bakke@as.kommune.no
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Board at Samfunnet Firstly, I want to bring up a correction. In the previous column, I wrote that the Høstsjau would be on November 8th. This is a typo, and the correct date is November 15th at 10:15am. In other news, we are very pleased with how well the organising of UKA went. The guests have seemed pleased, and we are left with great memories and experiences, and Gunhild and crisp bread has gotten a whole new meaning. The work has been fun, but we do also enjoy the fact that there are two years until next time. Sunday, November 1st, the house was cleaned by committee chiefs and leaders of UKA and Samfunnet. It was highly necessary, and it was nice to do a little raid of the building. The world’s most important election of the autumn has been held: The General Assembly of Samfunnet. The Board of Samfunnet has elected new representatives, the same applies to the Business Committee,
House and Finance, the election committee, in addition to Tuntreet getting its new editor. We congratulate the new elects and have great faith in this becoming a great year! The GA this autumn was held as a combination of digital and physical attendance. If you have any feedback on this solution, please send an e-mail to administrasjon@samfunnetiaas. no. We keep our fingers crossed for the general assembly spring 2021 being held like usually, but we have to be prepared for other solutions. Two changes of statutes were also approved. The first being that it is now possible to host GAs in April or November, if we want to. The other change is the possibility of buying a sixyear membership at Samfunnet. This is ideal for veterinary students, or for people like me who never quite seem to be done here at Ås. The rest of autumns program has been released, but as we speak there has already been changes. There’s a steady flow of new restrictions that we need to follow, and the
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November we were looking forward to, will not be like we had imagined. It feels bad that we have to cancel all the parties and the stand-up, but we have to find comfort in the fact that this is done with the hope of a normal Christmas celebration. I encourage you to pay attention to the different sources of information to keep up to date on the guidelines and the events. Practice diligence in keeping distance and keep your amounts of physical contact low. Ditch the Christmas dinners and parties with other people, stick with your collectives. It’s unbelievably sad, but the Christmas celebration depends on it. Try to be social where you can, it’s amazing how much fun you can have digitally. We may not be able to meet each other in person, but we can still be friends and talk to each other! Take good care of each other in these trying times we are facing!
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The semester is soon over, and we can leave an exciting and challenging semester behind us. The Municipal Chief Physician has come out with a few statements about us students. We feel she goes too far in her statements about students as a group. It has been important to us to correct these statements, and speak up when we think she goes too far. We are proud of the collective work the students have put in, and we are happy that the students alone, voluntarily, have managed to organise UKA 2020. We see a rising infection rate in society around us. We feel that almost everyone around us is pretty damn good at infection control, and takes the situation seriously. It’s important to keep it that way. Mental health is constantly a priority to us, especially now. Regarding the Health center in Ås, the situation looks brighter than it did a few weeks ago. We have been contacted by a lot of local politicians who support us in keeping the health service. A task group will soon sit
down and review the deal as is, and which requirements needs to be met in the future. We will be represented here, and we will work towards making the new deal as good as possible for us students. The student election is open from November 9th to 16th, and we hope everyone remembers to vote! This is important for us in order to get a strong voice towards the administration. We also want more people backing us when we speak the student’s cases. You can read more about the election in this issue of Tuntreet. Otherwise, we hope everyone has a good semester, and we thank everyone who has worked hard. These days have been more challenging than usual, and expectations higher. It is admirable how we manage through this, as well as taking care of each other. We hope everyone spends their holidays charging their batteries, and we will see you again in January for a new and exciting year.
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ONSDAG 25. NOVEMBER 17.15 Gledelig jul (A) 19.30 Billie (12) SØNDAG 29. NOVEMBER 13.00 Brillebjørn feirer jul (A) 14.50 Dragevokterens jul (6) 17.10 Greta (A) 19.40 Aksel (A)
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QUIZ TT09 1. 6 mill 2. 1300 3. Teknobyen 4. Red 5. 31 days, before he died from pnemonia 6. They waved a white hankerchief 7. 1888 8. Jostedalsbreen 9. 3kg 10. Border collie
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Skaal FFD! Skaal Skriver! Skaal $paregris! Skaal Hunkatter! Skaal Qlturelle samt Xklusive! Skaal Pusekatter! Skaal Tora samt Thorvald! Samfunnet stenger naa ned paa ny. Vi kan faa nye Hobbyer der for Eksempel at sy. Intimitet er kanskje noget mindre, dog giver det Tid til at tenke paa det Indre. Et Glass Vin eller to gjør dig mindre sur. Funker det ei, saa ta dig en Tur. Skaal for at have godt Humør paa Lur! Naa naar November haver sneket sig frem, koser Katter sig i varme Hjem. Kollektivets uvaner bliver samlet i en Pall dette giver Mulighed til meget Rall. Selv om Pokeraften naa staar i Brand kan en Katt fortsatt rundlure enhver Mand Skaal for at samle i Bøtter samt Spand! QH Læge Maren, PR Celina, Matrise Agnes, Pusekatt Helene samt Pusekatt Nina
Hilsen til alle studenter <3 Hvordan går det med deg? Er du sliten og lei? Husk at du ikke er den eneste og at det gjelder de aller fleste
Fra UKA til Generalforsamling til presidentvalg til nye covid-19-tiltak, er det mye å følge med på om dagen! UKA gikk over all forventning, og vi var så heldige å få andreplass for årets bar med Koneklubben! På årets GF stile en alfa til valg, som vi er veldig stolt over. Vi gleder oss til å se alle de nyvalgte tiltre rollene sine. Dessverre øker smitten rundt oss, og vi er tilbake til fulldigital foreningshverdag. Heldigvis har vi fått påfyll med gode opplevelser vi kan mimre tilbake til. Når vi skal låse oss til bøkene mot eksamen er det kanskje greit at det ikke skjer så mye? Ta vare på hverandre i denne tiden og ring alltid et par ganger for mye. Vi sees på skjermen!
Ikke la tunge tanker gå for langt, og synet på livet for trangt Det vil komme bedre tider og flere positive sider I mellomtiden, snakk med venner, om følelser du kjenner Ta vare på deg selv og andre Så kan vi (kanskje) snart klemme hverandre Forfatterfrøken <3<3
ÅsFem står i solidaritet med kvinner i Polen! Regjeringspartiet utnytter situasjonen til å stramme inn abortmuligheter og forby seksualundervisning. Protester og demonstrasjoner er vanskelige å gjennomføre på grunn av strenge restriksjoner, og lovendringene kan skje i det stille. Samtidig som denne teksten skrives pågår opptellingen av stemmer etter valget i USA. Vi vil benytte anledningen til å minne om at Trump har et ganske hårreisende kvinnesyn. Han har til og med en egen wikipedia-side: «Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations». Hele 26 (!) kvinner har anklaget Trump for alt fra uønsket seksuell oppmerksomhet til voldtekt. Det bør kanskje nevnes at Biden heller ikke nødvendigvis har helt rent mel i posen. Han har nemlig også blitt anklaget for seksuell trakassering. Vis solidaritet og vis respekt overfor medmennesker! Issue 09 Year 75
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Did you hear that... Mentomerfan #1 Mentometermannen is alive!
Not logged in Is this just a circlejerk chat for tuntreet?
Tord&Kristiane Maybe he was let off this spring and went back to studying? Maybe he’s taking BUS133?
Tuntreet Yes Please, send content everyone else <3
Håpefull kandidat Have you heard that it’s super easy to vote in the student election? Samlaren I like that Tuntreet had coupons for the hairdresser in the march issue. I like even more that there’s a boxfull of Tuntreet outside my door. I’ve got about 40 coupons now! sulten jærbu where is odelskatalogen? Gal forsker Not even Tuntreet knew that KKF had a bar with Collegium Alfa Redakteur What is KKF? Rødskjegg Sorrrrrryyyyy........... :’( stolt Takk Tuva!! Mastersal It fascinates me that the most consistant thing in my 5 years here at Ås is that the sun screens at Sør never work like they should! Dide Why is number of sex partners go to in all drinking games.... ? Til info: 12... hahaha lol What is the deal with NMBU Fortnite?? ??? Who is SnabelStian?
Ok «Har du sett at» lthe local paper posted a completely unremarkable case Filterfanden How are you? I am completely vandalized Gissel Dear Rævne guy that lost your sixpence - you’ll get it back when I get mine back. Meanwhile I’ll hold it hostage :)) BEgeistret Kasse! Syns synd på de jeg UKE board gets a lot of shit these days, but imagine being them right now, it can’t be easy.
Uberettiget kritikk The board has done nothing wrong. The ones that came from Oslo had been i quarantine for 2 weeks, so nothing could be safer. It’s just plum bad luck. How many have been invited from Oslo, Trondheim or from home through the UKA? The likelihood of one of them being infected is way higher. dårlig gjort The infected one didn’t stick with his quarantine though, he went to school with someone that was infected to do a group task. :) Ryktespreder He was done with his quarantine, everyone was. He tested negative twice. So no need to spread rumours.
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