Organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ã…s
NR. 5 \ May 10th 2018
Tuntreet Year 73
STATEMENT Sexual Liberation
INTERVIEW Oskar Aalde Vidar Villa
miniUKA Revue Ole Ivars
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Deadline Publication 27.01 17.02 10.03 07.04 28.04
08.02 01.03 22.03 19.04 10.05
LEADER
EDITORIAL
Editor in Chief Margit Fausko Journalist Coordinator Gunnar Størseth Haarr Journalists Julie Westergaard Karlsen Kaja Mie Botnen Stine Lise Wannebo Jardar Lindaas Bringedal Ingvild Darbo Rhia Aden Erik Tylleskär Ørjan Olsen Furunes Photography Coordinator Sara Bagheri Photographers Merete Guldhav Øyvind Nyheim Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Inga Elen Årvoll Eidsvik Sigrid Knag Sandra Elena Orre Illustration Lina Westermann Correction Coordinator Karoline M. Birkeland Correction Olivia Rypdal Kjersti Rustad Kvisberg Karina Eileen Finn Magnus Dybdahl Layout Coordinator Ingvill Eidesen Layout Kristian Haraldsen Malin Sandven Runa Gjerland Anne Tove Græsdal Våge Translation Coordinator Hanna Sahlström Translation Alicia Earnest Maren Oftebro Rebekka Bedringås Magnus Horgen Rekkedal Ingrid Tangvik Distribution Tonje Eilerås Net Distribution Halvor Ekeland Tuntreet, Organ for Studentsamfunnet i Ås Tuntreet, Post box 1211 1432 Ås E-mail: tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no www.tuntreet.org Print: 1000 Press: BK Grafisk, Sandefjord Cover: Ingvill Eidesen Centerfold: Håkan Röjler Back Cover: Øyvind Nyheim
Margit Fausko Editor in Chief tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no
QUARRELEPHANT
Translated By: Hanna Sahlström
You are now holding in your hand, this semestre’s final issue of Tuntreet. An issue that turned out to be remarkably quarrelsome. It wasn’t planned out that way, but I think it is fine. Why should we on life and death try to maintain a good atmosphere? And does discussion really lead to a negative atmosphere?
to start up a discussion. And that is when people step out of their boxes, start up meaningful conversations and become all the wiser for it. Both external and internal conflicts have affected this issue of Tuntreet, and I hope that you can find at least three things you disagree with in this paper.
In my previous Leader, I wrote a text honoring the Ås culture and way of life. How the students, the student environment and the university here make it better than comparable communities. Personally, I am quite a cultural individual, but I see no necessary equal sign between culture and conservatism.
With that, the time has come for me to retire. I will no longer be the Editor in Chief at Tuntreet. Not without feeling wistful, let me tell you. The editorial crew I have had the honor of being the leader of is a delightful, diverse bunch. I am impressed over the creativity and joy these people find in this work, over how open they are to crazy new suggestions, and their acceptance of constructuve criticism on other crazy suggestions.
Quarreling is good. It means something is happening. You need to think about both what you mean and what you mean to say. You need to be ready to defend your opinion, and you need to reevaluate what you really intend and what you actually want to convey. If you have a good point, and a good argument, you can recieve both respect and be able to change people’s perspectives to support your cause. That doesn’t sound too bad, right? And if you were to come with a bad point, the worst, or the best, thing that could happen is that you end up changing your own point of view. I like what I see these days. I can’t really put my finger on whether it is a little peak or a continuously expanding trend, but I feel like the sparks are flying and there is a willingness
My shoes as Editor in Chief will now be filled by Gunnar after the summer - the brumbling bass from Jæren with a sarcastic and ringing voice that rivals that of ten megaphones. An assertive and stout lad with good leadership qualities. The position of Journalist Editor will be filled by his fellow west coaster, Jarder - a wandering and astonishingly sharp-witted ray of sunshine with a warm heart and an insufferable commitment to his surroundings. I am looking forward to seeing them carry on this work. They can start just as big of a brawl as I can, which bodes well, obviously.
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Summary of miniUKA
p. 16
Am I an “Object”?
p. 20
Test of Pens
p. 22
Study Hall Manners
p. 32
Two Beers: Oskar Aalde
p. 36
Test of Spritsløyfa
READERS COLUMN
Where is the medical emergency aid when the need is greatest? Studenter Uten Grenser Ås (Students without borders Ås) is a newly founded union with connections to Doctors Without Borders. We wish to raise awareness amongst students about field work and other humanitarian problems linked to the students of Ås’ interests.
Translated By: Ingrid Tangvik
Today there are many people in need of medical emergency aid. We read about the wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, violence in Afghanistan and Myanmar, and also conflict and disturbance in South-Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We see that the international community isn’t able to react when a long-lasting crisis escalates, or when an acute crisis occurs in an already difficult situation like an outbreak of disease in a refugee camp. We are critical to the response and emergency aid on the ground, and wonder if it is as good as claimed to be by relief agencies. We need an international crisis response which is effective and more independent from political, economic and other strategic purposes. To secure fast and good response when it counts, emergency aid needs to be independent from the political targets of peace, longterm development and democracy. Time to seperate emergency aid and aid
We are critical to the response and emergency aid on the ground, and wonder if it is as good as claimed to be by relief agencies. We need an international crisis response which is effective and more independent from political, economic and other strategic purposes. To secure
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fast and good response when it counts, emergency aid needs to be independent from the political targets of peace, long-term development and democracy. Humanitarian emergency aid and longterm aid should not be confused, and that’s why we want Norway’s strategy for humanitarian aid to focus on the main task – to save lives in emergencies. We wish for Norway to contribute to secure humanitarian action. It is important that Norway’s strategy for aid reflect the specifics of humanitarian efforts in conflicts Humanitarian principles
To get access in emergency situation there are three pricliples one are totally dependent on; independence, neutrality and partiality. These principles are essential because one has to be and be perceived as neutral and independent. To do so, the war engaging parties on the ground need to trust the organization. Such a credibility is difficult to achieve with political development work, migration politics or security interests. Unfortunately, we see a clear blend within much of international development and humanitarian politics, and also within global health and migration. Some examples is the late response to the Ebola-epidemic in west Africa and the migration agreement between Europe and Turkey where
European countries have denied basic humanitarian principles. Focus on life-saving aid
Basic needs such as water, food, shelter and medical help must come first. There’s no use going to school on an empty stomach. Dependency of the UNsystem makes it difficult to strengthen both the sytem and the response capacity. Insted it leads to reduced actions and flexibility and is a challenge for the independence. In conflict situastions it will be an advantage to invest in the response capacity outside of the UN-system. We in Studenter Uten Grenser whish that Norway’s humanitarian politics should focus on lifesaving emergency aid when it’s most needed. Humanitarian efforts should not be undermined nor interlaced with international goals like the UN’s sustainable development goals, or a national migration or security agenda. We need to make a distinction between medical emergency aid and long-term development aid. We will continue to engage in the humanitarian task – engage with us! Studenter Uten Grenser Ås can be found on Facebook and Instagram, and will hold several events in Ås next semester.
READERS COLUMN
Grow Up, Stupid – Go to Samfunnstjeneste! By: Lars Raaen, former studying, forever student.
The nice thing about writing a reader’s column is that you can vent about the things you think are bad in the world without having to care about ethical codes of practice and such. There are definitely a lot of things to write about in a shit hole country like Norway, with the most despicable sort of things like bad roads, and not to mention bad weather. But the worst thing that the work of creation has led to here in the north is people with congenital developed country-disorder. The egoists. If you’ve got the time to get drunk night after night, dance swing, reinlender (a Norwegian folk dance), disco or mazurka, sing in a choir, praise the lord or just “hang” at Samfunnet, well then you’ve got the time to meet up to Samfunnstjeneste.. We can look back to a year ago to find a very concrete example of preparation for hard times. At Samfunnets General Assembly, a proposal was aired that almost made me choke on my Marie-biscuit. To say that it’s not “natural” for the members of a certain sorority with connections to, and users of Studentsamfunnet, to partake in Samfunnstjeneste is one of the dumbest statements I’ve ever heard.
It isn’t just about the work that has to be done. Among the people at the General Assembly there are the old troupers, people who are there to vote for their friends and the first-year students in silent awe of the authority of the speakers. I remember looking up to them in my first years as a student and thinking “that day will never come”. But it did. Thanks to me early being made aware of the fact that you’ll reap nothing if you sow nothing. My critique is not aimed at the person who presented the proposal, nor the actual proposal. However I believe it is important to be a good example to others. Ideas like those are, whether intentional of not, adding fuel to the fire. The fire here being the consensus that it is ok that the leaders of Samfunnet constantly have to step in for people who don’t want to do their duty. Think of the message such proposals send to the first-year students. If it actually is the case that today’s students have their hands full with studying and marathon running, well then it is strange that the pilsner flows to excess out of the taps and that there are fewer free seats than ever before. That beer does not serve
Translated By: Magnus Rekkedal
itself. Also I seem to Wednesday-beers had Thursday than the ever did. It is funny things. .
remember that the a worse impact on Sammfunnstjeneste how time changes
Reportedly, people who have found the time to study and at the same time, actually be students are regarded highly when it comes to , hiring people. It is important to note that this network that everyone is forming also acts like a fine sieve, sieving out the slackers. So be a little humble – in 1934 the students stood digging out the lot where Samfunnet is today, by hand. Barely a hundred people, or in other words every student at the time. Today people are complaining about one small shift per semester. Be a proper student now. This might have been hard to swallow for many, but it really is that simple, that simply; you need to realise that the Samfunnstjeneste is essential to keep the ball rolling. In other words, a quote from my own mother when my father complained about being served haddock on Fridays, after the rest of the country had moved on to tacos. “Shame on you, shut up and eat your food, you fucking brat!”
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A Splendid miniUKE! Gunnar Størseth Haarr Journalist and Photographer
Ă˜yvind Nyheim Photographer
Sigrid Knag Photographer Translated By: Ingrid Tangvik
Finally, spring is here, and the fine weather arrived just in time for all the activities prepared for miniUKA. With relay, extreme sports, 3000m beer, concerts and last but not least revue, there was something for all to do during miniUKA.
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miniUKErelay miniUKA was kicked off with the miniUKErelay on Storebrand. Many teams showed up to claim the prize. 15 actually, and they had to go through exercises like sausage-eating in Denmark, harryhandel in Sweden, wall-climbing in Mexico and rowing or swimming from Norway to the USA before they crossed the finish line at Ă…s station and handed the tickets to the waiting ticket collector. It was a hard competition. The efforts were especially worth mentioning when people were swimming across Andedammen from Norway to USA, and for the audience this was probably the most spectacular view of the day. The winners of the relay in the end was Ozonlaget. See picture to the left.
Harryhandel: many Norwegians travel to Sweden or Denmark because food, alcohol and tobacco is cheaper there.
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The Modern Times and Hvitmalt Gjerde The first day during miniUKA, these artists were in charge of the entertainment. Festsalen wasn’t completely full when the former entered the stage, but with sweet modern rock, more arrived shortly. Nordlendingene (people from northern Norway) on stage delivered a solid show and were entertaining both to look at and to listen to. Especially the lead singer.
When bergernserene (people from Bergen) in Hvitmalt Gjerde overtook the baton they had no problem with maintaining the good vibes that had emerged in Festsalen that night. The audience danced and had fun to the engaging rock produced on stage. Hoping for more nights like this during UKA! Moreover can you read interviews with both bands at the UKEblog.
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Beer tasting with Nøisom Despite relay and concerts, many were fresh enough for the beer tasting with Nøisom on day 2, which sold out. Here one could taste a sortiment of beers, with everything from strong and dark types to light and weaker types. Notice that it’s easy to be spoiled on this front, so if you’re drinking Tuborg on Friday, beer tasting on Tuesday might not be such a good idea... There was also organized Get rid of the hangover with Aktivitetsjentene, but it sounded so exhausting that I left out covering that one. It is usually one hell of an event!
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Extreme sports day I was told that there were free hot dogs at Storebrand, so I hurried over in fear of them running out, but luckily there was still much left when I arrived. By the time I got there I noticed that it wasn’t just hot dogs the UKE organization used as a lure, they also had Red Bull, completely free! Ingrid Aas Myhr won for the females and Jørgen Dahl for the males. I think the aerodynamic properties of Jørgen’s clothes played a big part, especially on the climbing wall.
miniUKErevue OK plus, see pages 30-31. 3000m beer What happened was predicted and usual. A lot of vomiting, but there could have been more. Marta Bakke won the competition and finished with an impressive time, about 17 minutes, and thereby got a case of beer as a prize. Yum-yum.
In order to read about the concerts by Ole Ivars and Kjartan Lauritzen, A bit constructive, but it is woth mentioning interview with The Modern Times that some of the stations took a while and it became boring to watch in the long run. and Hvitmalt Gjerde and more see the UKEblog available at ukaiaas.no/ukebloggen
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Spring Fever Rhia Aden Journalist
Lina Westermann Illustrator
The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, signs of spring are appearing, which signals the end of cuffing season. For those who don’t know what cuffing season is, let me break it down for you. According to the most popular definition on Urban Dictionary, cuffing season is when single people get tied down or ͞cuffed͟ during the cold winter months out of convenience. Basically, it is an option to keep yourself warm at night through the long cold winter. Now that it’s warm out; it is the time to ditch the friend with benefits, pause the Netflix and Chilling and enjoy the outdoors. Essentially, out with the old and familiar and in with the new and exciting, aka Spring Cleaning. Note that if you are in a serious committed relationship this does not apply to you. For the rest of us though, summer is approaching, fewer clothes are needed and vacation hookups are an arm’s length away. Spring fever is here, students of Ås. Here are few thoughts in response to horny levels rising in spring that I overheard:
“Women’s Bicycles.” Emil Nergård
“I get horny in the spring because of the smell. The smell of fresh forest being cut down.” Mikal Råhiem
“I am equally horny all year round.” Candice Power “Getting my cast off.” Ingvild Martini
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“The exquisitely sweet flavour of spring berries is reminiscent of my love juice, hence increasing my libido during this season.” Vicky Rivera
Translated By: Hanna Sahlström
COLUMN
DORMtalk
For You Who Hate Pubic Hair A not so small part of student life is living in a cramped dorm with thin walls. Paper thin walls. As a result of this, I got to partake in a true “guy talk” talk last week. Without the guys knowing about it, of course. The conversation was generally about pubic hair and body hair. Girls who do not shave are lazy, and kind of gross. I do not know whether those involved in the conversation had a full forest below the belt, or a smooth shaven hairless cock. Not that I want to know. I suspect though, that you prefer a “natural” look on yourselves, but expect a freshly trimmed lawn in return. At the same time, you have made it clear in earlier conversations that you prefer “naturally” pretty girls. Minus the body hair. This is not natural. Although;It is natural for some girls not to have any body hair. By that I mean girls that are under 12 years old, and should in no way be seen as an ideal for what we define as sexy - not when it comes to armpits, legs, the nether regions, or other body parts. Also, I want to focus on how not shaving is lazy. “Girls who don’t shave their armpits are lazy.” I feel this argument is just as relevant as saying nudists are lazy because they don’t bother to wear clothes. It isn’t like nudists are naked because they feel it is freeing, comfortable or natural. Instead, the conclusion is: They are lazy. In the same manner, girls who dare have hair on their body are also lazy. It isn’t like they have hair because it takes forever to shave, or that it is expensive, or that you can get a rash. It isn’t actually because they wish to avoid the stress that our society places on them, as guys do. No, the conclusion is rather: Girls who do not shave are lazy. I wonder why this reasoning did not lead to them saying “Just as lazy as guys are. Finally, I want to round off by clarifying that I think “guy talk” is very entertaining, and that I appreciate being able to take part in this conversation (through Tuntreet). I hope to continue taking part in their conversations from the other side of the wall. DormTalk will be a regular column from now on. Do you have similar stories or thoughts you want to share from your everyday student life, send it to tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no.
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The TF Crisis: Help them where they are Forest Sciences Student Julie Westergaard Karlsen Journalist
This moral tyranny has gone too far. Are we going to allow fortune seekers and simple laziness to ruin our treasured traditions and resources at Sørhellinga? Draining Our Resources
The exam period is approaching fast and I am dreading the coming weeks. Ever since the TF crisis earlier last year, a stream of students have emigrated from the TF building to Sørhellinga. This is draining the resources we have at our disposal: The cantina is sold out, the air quality is reduced, and the group rooms and study spaces are filled to the brim. Last year, I observed how Skogbrukersalen filled up, and I had to limit myself to a reserved Master space. I understand that we should help the engineering students, but we cannot forget to look after our own. Sørhellinga simply does not have the capacity to take in everybody who now is looking for a quiet place to study. No Grounds for Invasion
The solution is to help them where they are - that way we can also reach out to more students. Leave them where they belong, and we can rather send monetary aid. I see no reason why they can’t use their own classrooms and group rooms if they have access to P1 masks and ear protection. The issue concerning the computer rooms always comes up - let them go without, I
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say. Apparently though, you cannot imply something like this in todays PC culture. The Reason is Laziness
Many sympathise with the students, but should we really feel sorry for them? They are construction engineers, they study environmental engineering and environmental physics. Are they not capable of fixing their own problems? Why should the burden affecting their educational home base (and with no guarantee it will end) fall upon us? Simply put, it is the laziness of the students that is to blame. A Threat to Traditions
MINA is a faculty grounded in tradition, and we take pride in our Norwegian customs. The contrast to REALTEK is massive, and I do not believe we will be able to tackle the cultural differences that are guaranteed to flare up. Engineers work mainly with numbers, Arabian numbers. Not only is it very anti-Norwegian, it goes against our valued tradition of a high failing percentage in Mathematics. Exactly how large this percentage is, is unknown, as we have not been able to calculate it yet.
Hidden Fortune Seekers
There are some who would welcome this stream of refugee students with open arms, but they are ignorant of the fact that we are also opening our doors to a number of fortune seekers. There are not only students from REALTEK who are rushing in through our open doors, but even students from other faculties, who already have educational homes. Studentsamfunnet, No Longer a Welfare State
The students are supposed to return to their educational home after the summer. I have little faith that they will. A building project has never been completed in all of my time as a student at NMBU. Along with Sørhellinga, Studentsamfunnet has also been turned into a refugee center. Several fireplace lounges have been remade into study rooms. Studentsamfunnet is not a place for school, it is a place for partying, getting drunk and letting loose. Samfunnet is the grounding bedrock for the students’ welfare. Now REALTEK is threatening our community’s welfare, and I will not stand for it!
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The TF Crisis: We’ve lost our home Geomatics student Gunnar Størseth Haarr Journalist
Dear Julie Westergaard Karlsen, You have my deepest sympathy and I understand that you want to take care of your own. We want that too. You say that the flow of students from REALTEK leads to the cafeteria being sold out, reduced air quality, filled group rooms and study spaces. Do you really think that we don’t notice that as well? Are you surprised? Everyone knew that this were going to happen, we all saw the writings on the wall. There wasn’t enough space for everyone, and there has for a long time been a continuous emigration from TF. Apathy is what lead us here in the in the first place. Many of us have been at Sørhellinga for a long time, and it has never been a problem, until now. You say that we’re lazy – do you really think
that Sørhellinga is our first choice? Do you really think that we haven’t tried every other possible solution? We’ve tried the halls, work shops and meeting rooms! A Place to call home The base of your argumentation is off – You think that we want to stay at Sørhellinga. Many of us have been refugees for so long that we barely remember where we come from in the first place. We lost contact with our study buddies a long time ago and many are waiting desperately for a response from their loved ones on where they’re staying and how they’re doing. Our
situation is desperate, but we have one thing in common, those of us who have been pushed out are looking for a place to study. We want to go back. We long to go home, but we don’t have a home to return to. If you really want to get rid of us, the smartest thing you can do is to put pressure on the administration and make them find a peaceful and quick solution, and also make enough room for all the students. We’ll be out of you hair as soon a humanly possible. We promise.
AOS234 is Coming to an End
Translated By: Hanna Sahlström and Rebekka Bedringås
Margit Fausko Journalist
A comprehensive reconstruction of the different subjects at the Business School have put the course coordinator and the other professors under pressure for some time now. The result is shutting down the course that has gathered representatives from across different faculties, engagement and ÅRSKULL for several years.
AOS234 “Leadership - Course for Student Representatives” has been an exclusive offer for students with essential TILLITSVERV, that have been chosen by the executive committee. The course helps the students self-reflect and develop, in addition to giving them a theoretical introduction to the work required when you’re on a board, CEO positions, strategies and analyzing internal and external environments. It sucks for us students to not be able to take this course anymore, but also for our co-students who potentially could get leaders who aren’t as educated as they could be, if the course had continued. I must say that it is disappointing that NMBU won’t prioritize such important courses despite “difficult circumstances”.
Last cull: These are the last students who get to take the course AOS234. In the front row: leader of UKA, NU and elected leader of Samfunnet. Back row: Students with central positions at different committees at Samfunnet, councils and boards at NMBU, and more.
The Student Democracy is having a dialogue with both Studentsamfunnet and NMBU about creating an offer that can make up for the lost opportunities by ending the course. When this will be available, what the content will be, who will be able to attend and if it will be a subject, course or something else is still unknown. What they all have in common is that everyone wants to create an arena for students to learn about leadership and board assignments, someday in the future. I hope that on behalf of future leaders, there will be some kind of compensation for the lost course that has been available until now. Issue 05 Year 73 15
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Are we about to Meet a New Campus? Kaja Mie Botnen Journalist
Lately a lot has happened in Norway concerning feminism and things are at a boiling point. Politicians from all over have joined the debate and are having to defend their opinions and actions. NMBU is plastered with campaign posters from #AldriOK and people meet to sign support petitions for #metoo. While the fraternities are drinking at the Bodega an anonymous group cuts down Hannkatten’s wooden cock. Hannkatten retaliates by calling half of all the students Objects, with a capital O, and leans on tradition and hegemony. New posters pop up on campus with the title “Am I an “Object”?”, with a Facebook page and a petition. Over 150 people have already signed it.
The first event I wrote about in Tuntreet var Melodi Grand Prix in November 2016. Hannkattene masterfully performed a song about how pleased they were about the new female students and how they would get them drunk and have sex with them. You would be hard pressed to find any positivity among my notes from that night, but that is exactly what I did. I did not want to step on anyone’s toes, as a new student you have to show some respect for tradition, get to know the environment before judging it – furthermore I did not want to make my debut with a hateful article. It was fine. After all I did not know any of them personally. Today I believe I have gotten a good feel for the environment and I got to say that the Hannkatts I know seem like capable, trustworthy people with a strong sense of community spirit and guts. I still however think the profile and role they take upon themselves among the fraternities is condemnable, disrespectful
and insulting to both themselves and the women they are talking about. You do not tug the tiger’s tail though, it is not worth the fuss. For the students who do not involve themselves in the student environment, this might all have passed them by without them noticing. They might not be aware of what Hannkattene are and what they do. At least that was my hope, until I saw who had signed the petition. Many of them are students who are not involved in the student society. I wonder what other people, who do not know any of the Hannkatts to be real stand up guys like I do, think of them. When all you see from the Hannkatts is nauseating objectification and gigantic wooden cocks their actions looks quite unforgivable. The recent reactions show that there is at least 150 people who are willing to sign a petition saying enough is enough. Is it time for a change? Could Hannkattene as
we know it change? It would seem like we can no longer blow off the statements of the Hannkatts like bad comedy. Their values, in a big way, affects what happens at Hannkattloftet and at campus in general. When you greet new students with a song about sleeping with excessively drunk women you contribute to normalising a pernicious culture. Likely unintentional, they encourage the violation of the section concerning rape in the Norwegian penal code. It is easy to say that normal people would never violate it, but it happens all the time. Hannkattene cannot deassign themselves of the from the influence they have on others. The envelope is pushed every time people joke about it. The Hannkatts do not know anything about the consequences this has for the girls waking up the day after, unable to remember anything. To joke around is fine of course, and friendly teasing can
Statement from Simen Rød Sandve: “I think it was a tough campaign. There is not a lot of people who have dared to stand up against NMBU’s “proudest” traditions. I want there to be room for rough humour, however I do not think it is OK when the trademark of a fraternity is behaviour oppressive to women. When Hannkattene gets a response from over 100 people saying their behaviour is hurtful and disrespectful – it is time to leave the traditions behind.” Simen Rød Sandve, Førsteamanuensis ved BIOVIT 16 Issue 05 Year 73
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Those working at NMBU also get involved even help form relations. Joking about people you cannot relate with however is dangerous. No one can know what it is like to be something you are not. You have to ask your way forward until you know where the line goes and you have to accept and respect it even though you might not agree. If someone in the room is offended, then maybe the joke wasn’t that good. The students who sign the petition do not want women to be seen as mindless bodies with the potential of sex. They want to attend a university were the majority are not being discriminated against. It might be tempting to blow off this petition as overly touchy feminism, however it can also be natural turning this into a battle of the sexes. This is about reducing people to things with enough value to be used whenever deemed convenient or desirable. When a group of men single
out all women reducing them to objects, the anger they are met with is not about women’s rights, it is about human rights. It is about respect. It is worrying that half the people who have signed a petition demanding to be treated with respect, have chosen to do so anonymously. I did the same thing, before I regretted it and wrote this. Is this subject really such taboo? Is the fear of being perceived as nagging and complaining really that big, that we do not dare to stand up for our humanity. I want to confront this. First and foremost, one definitely has the right to demand discrimination to end. According to section 13 of the law for gender equality and prohibition of discrimination, actions that have the intent of result in being insulative, frightening, hostile, degrading or humiliating, are forbidden. The same goes for every form of unwanted sexual
attention with the same intent. There is even a exclusive form of punishment for people who collectively violates these rules. So, in addition to having the right of being treated as a human, we also have the right of being treated according to Norwegian law. Reporting on such cases should not be considered dramatic or exaggerated. If any change is to happen in the future, righteousness is the one thing I hope will fall into place. You should not feel like you need to sign a petition anonymously to avoid hate or being a bother. In an ideal world I wish everyone could see what is wrong with objectification, what it means and what it leads to. I wrote that you should not tug the tiger’s tail, however when it is sharpening it’s claws on your humanity you have the right to object. We should not be ashamed about asking for respect.
Reasons for the petition: “I believe it is a disrespectful way to treat women. Do not hide behind the argument of “paying homage to women” and “tradition”. Traditions also get outdated and thus is a useless argument. This is not about women being touchy. The world is trying to move on, and it is people like you who hold it back.” “I am signing because all girls are free people with integrity, and demand respect.”
“There are lot of good guys in Hannkatten, why can’t you be frontmen for this cause?”
“Because women are not objects”
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Vors with Vidar Villa Rhia Aden Journalist
Amidst a full-blown vorspiel at the Koneklubb house, Vidar Villa and band join me outside a few feet away from the party noise for an interview. Three men stand before me with warm smiles and alcoholic beverages in their hands, introducing themselves. Vidar, who is the main vocalist and plays guitar, is most recognized as the face of the band. Then there is Jonas, who co-writes with Vidar and plays guitar, and Henrik the DJ and bass player.
“The answer is almost always PARTIES!” - Vidar Villa
Vidar Villa are known for their upbeat party music. The songs are notably fun and simple to sing along to (even for those who don’t know much Norwegian) which makes for a great party song. When it comes to their chart-topping hits they describe their music as “happy-go-lucky” with a bit of “soul pop”. Vidar explains how their success was not something they planned per se:
“We started this project just for fun actually, and we are focused on making songs where people can laugh at the lyrics, and we are going to continue doing that”.
One thing that sticks out immediately is how the lyrics behind a majority of Vidar Villa’s songs are somewhat controversial or racy riddled with humour. For instance, “Moren din”, their latest single, is about a man lusting over a mother. They begin to tell me the story behind the song as Vidar says: “The funny thing about that song is that we wrote that song in his mom’s basement (pointing at Jonas) so I’m actually singing about his mom. We had the melody for the song way before, and we were struggling with what we were going to write about. So, we went to his parent’s place.” Jonas adds that they go there sometimes to write since its quiet and there are no distractions. As soon as he said “distractions” they all erupt into laughter because there was a distraction… Jonas’ mom. Vidar continues: “So I came up with the idea; what about if we write about me being in love with your mom,” referring to Jonas. “I loved that idea,” Jonas responds while serving major side eye to Vidar. It is clear the guys have a wicked sense of humour and are quite fluent in sarcasm. I wanted to know more about their other hits and what inspired their songs to in which they responded: “The answer is almost always PARTIES.”
“Basically all our ideas come to us at a party,” and “One Night Stand” was
no exception. The idea for that song also came to them at a party. As they translate the main chorus for me, they explain what is meant. “Ikke to eller tre,” they share their advice on one-night stands. Basically, keep it a one-night stand, don’t sleep with someone a second or third time if you aren’t 18 Issue 05 Year 73
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that sounds so much better in English, so we’re thinking about whether we are going to give this song to someone else or say fuck it. We can do one song in English. If we do a song in English we do a song in English, and then people just have to deal with it.”
They won’t let language politics interfere with their musical decisions. Currently, they are working on their next single which happens to be a highly anticipated cover song of a 90s Norwegian hit. However, because it has not been officially released I per request can’t mention specific details, although you can expect to hear it soon. Vidar Villa explain they took a creative risk to sample the song due to its immense popularity. “The band are big heroes of ours and we love the song. We just want to modify it so that it fits 2018. The song deserves to be modernized to fit future generations.” The concert attendees were in for a special treat as the band tried out a simple cover of the song of their upcoming single. As their last words about Ås, they unanimously said it is a fantastic place so far. Normally they would hangout backstage after their sound check but today they were at a big pre-party which they really enjoyed. I asked if they would also be interested in an after-party and they agreed yes definitely, and look forward to checking out “spritsløyfa”.
about that this morning... up until now we have said ‘No - we are Norwegian artists and it’s a part of our “thing” to sing in Norwegian so we are not going to do that.” After a short pause, he continues: “But at Not only were they forthcoming and open the moment we have a song idea with their thoughts, the interview was great
as it was two-way conversation where they also asked me questions about vors/nach life where I was from in comparison to Norway. I explained to them we have pre-parties but it’s not to the same extent and we call them pre-game. As for after-parties, it’s pretty uncommon. Henrik began explaining that there was difference between nachspiel and after-party. He described an after-party where it’s a party atmosphere and nach is the ‘tired after-party’. Vidar Villa made it clear they were looking forward to an afterparty. After my interview, I observed as they were hanging out having a good time at the party. About an hour later they headed off to Samfunnet to get ready for their show. At quarter past midnight, Vidar Villa was on stage playing their hits along with covers for a huge crowd in Halvors Hybel. The atmosphere was energetic as people were singing at the top of their voices. There was very little room to dance, let alone even breathe, due to how packed it was in there. All in all, it was a terrific show. After the concert, Vidar Villa continued the party vibes at the after-party in Pentagon. The other musicians (Modern Times and Hvitmalt Gjerde) who played earlier that night at miniUKA kickoff were also present at the after-party. Lille Lørdag was indeed in high spirits with shots being fired from catapults, and inhibitions being lost as people danced on poles and tables, which perhaps one can speculate can lead to one-night stands… That’s all I will reveal for now... As the saying goes, what happens at loftet stays in loftet *insert wink emoji* Issue 05 Year 73 19
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Life is too short to use bad writing tools Erik Tylleskär Journalist og Photographer
Illustrasjon: Lina Westermann
I remember being a kid that pens were very exclusive. Pencils were given to us at school and it was mandatory to use them because you couldn’t erase anything written with a pen, which was fucking important to the teachers. Combined with the worst erasers on the planet, it didn’t take long before I got a distaste for pencils. I wanted to start using the hard stuff. After several years looking for the perfect pen, I am finally able to guide the newcomers into the jungle of pens. Are you also sick and tired of pencils? Do you wonder where to start? Ballpoint pen The typical ballpoint pen is like a tiny rollon deodorant, where the deodorant is ink. There is an ink reservoir at the top of the pen and the ink is pulled down by gravity. The backside of the ball is covered with ink and as it gets rolled around, ink appears on the paper. Ballpoint pens require some amount of force to work (which is great for the manifold paper used at the exams), but this can cause cramps if you use it for to long (and many people think this also gives uglier handwriting). The bright side is that the pens don’t dry out if you forget to put the cap back on. This makes it possible for constructions like this clicky pens where the tip just get pulled into the pen and a cap is not necessary, which is not possible with other pens that has regular ink. Rollerball The alternative to a ballpoint pen is the rollerball pens. There are several small differences between these two, even though they seem the same for all the uncultivated souls out there. Ballpoint pens has a thick oil-based ink (similar to the ink used in newspapers), which dries momentarily on paper. Rollerball uses liquid ink and gives you three times as much ink as the ballpoint pen. This makes the pen roll easier across the paper and gives you a more pleasant writing experience. The downside is that they bleed a lot more (both through the paper and on the side of your writing), and it needs a cap so it doesn’t dry out. You’re able to make much finer lines with a rollerball than with a ballpoint pen. The ink also uses more time to dry than the 20 Issue 05 Year 73
oil based ink in the ballpoint pen, which makes it a bad choice for those who are lefthanded. Most of the rollerballs don’t live up to the ISO 14145-2:1993 standard and is therefore not approved for documentation work. This applies to almost all kinds of pens except for the ballpoint. Fineliner The fineliner is something entirely different. The regular types of coloring markers are fineliners. Fineliners has a felt-, fiber- or a plastic tip, which the ink runs through, and barely requires any force. The ink dries quickly, but the pens dries out if you forget to put on the cap. Fineliners are sort of the cheap disposable isograph-/radiograph pens*. The main problem with the fineliners is that the disposable tip is fragile and will most likely break before you get to use up all the ink (if you press as hard as you would with a ballpoint pen, you will break the tip in a matter of seconds). If you’re careful, this won’t be a problem and because the ink dries quickly it’s a favorite among many lefthanded people. *Isograph-pens are higher quality pens used for technical drawings; it has a tip that can survive almost anything and you can refill it with all different kinds of ink. Isograph pens uses gravity to get the ink out, while radiograph pens use capillary motion. A 0,1 isograph pen from Rotring costs about 400 NOK. Fountain pen The fountain pen was the first modern writing tool. Before this people used feathers. The problem with feathers is that it didn’t contain any ink reservoir, so you had to constantly dip it in ink to keep writing. Another problem was that the feathers were easily worn, and there weren’t that many good writing feathers. The fanciest writers
at court only used the 4 outer most feathers of the bird’s left wing (it bent just the right way for the right-handed), and they only lasted for about a week. The fountain pen was first made in the mid 1800s. It had a metal tip that lasted forever. It could be refilled when it was empty, and this made it the most preferred writing tool until the writing machines became common. It is mainly enthusiasts nowadays that use fountain pens because they either want the broad selection of the ink colors that are available, and don’t like throwing away pens when they are empty, or they want to polish their writing (a common point is that the fountain pen is more pleasant to write with because you don’t have to use any force to make the ink come out. Crossword Pen/FriXion Erasable Ink The crossword pen is not actually a type of pen, but a type of ink, and because of this I didn’t really intend to write about it, but I know that if I don’t, I’ll get a large number of follow-up questions from all the pen enthusiasts here in Ås. Several types of pens are made with this kind of ink, and the whole point is that the ink can be Dzeraseddz by using friction. To explain this in an easy way; the ink consists of a dyed molecule that turns transparent when it is exposed to heat. It creates the illusion that the ink disappears. The text can also disappear by accident; for example, the notes in your notebooks could disappear if the pages are rubbed against each other, or if the book is left in a hot car. If you have a piece of paper with text written on both sides, it is possible to erase the text on the other side than what you intended. Erased text can also reappear, if you for instance expose the paper for -15 degrees.
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Pilot Rollerball V-Ball Grip 1.0 (ukjent) 1.0mm is the biggest diameter there is on the rollerballs that I regularly use. The general rule is that the bigger the diameter, the smoother the roll. This pen gives you big, thick lines, so the best use for it is short notes and memos. It is for instance perfect for my idea notebook, because each piece is only one page long. The sad thing is that the ink bleeds a lot on thin pieces of paper, which is commonly found in the regular A4notebooks.
Uni Pin Fineliner 0.1 (1995) Out of all the fineliner producers, my opinion is that Uni Pen is the best, both when it comes to flow, consistency and durability. I’ve experienced leaks with other fineliners so my fingers get covered with ink - but not with this one. I highly recommend this pen. It’s great with technical drawings and for writing tiny text. When it comes to writing tiny text, this is absolutely the best one. I’ve also heard rumors that you can write 2000 meters with this pen before you run out of ink (IF you manage to not break the tip).
Pilot V5 HI-Tecpoint 0.5 (1983) Tecpoint sounds like, and probably feels like a totally different pen, but it is technically a needle point rollerball (rollerball placed at the end of a metal tube). Even though it has a 0,5 mm tip, it will give you a bit finer lines, a width around 0,4mm. It has a constant flow, pretty ink colors and dries almost momentarily. It gets minus points because the pen clips is made of metal, which bends and breaks easily. The pen gives you a smooth and steady writing on almost anything, and has those fine lines, but like the rollerball, it appears best on quality paper.
BIC Cristal (1950) When you hear the word Cristal (crystal), the first thing that pops into your head isprobably luxury, fancy cars and parents that are way too rich to settle for the IKEA lamp they bought when they were newly weds back in 1985, and want to try harder stuff. When you hear BIC Cristal you probably don’t think of anything special, but you should. It is in fact the name of the blue ballpoint pen you’ve used several times in your life. It’s the most produced pen in the whole world; number 100 billion was sold back in 2006. It’s the most classic pen you could ever own, and I would pick this any day.
Uni-ball Eye Fine Neat Rollerball UB-157 (Over 20 years ago) The most typical rollerball pen I can think of. I always have one of those at home or in my pencil case. The advantages are smooth writing, nice ink colors and it has a window that makes it easy for you to see when it will be out of ink. The disadvantage is that a lot of ink comes out of it, so it you rest the tip on your textbook it will makes stains that might be visible through the paper. The ink dries a bit slow so if you don’t wait for it to dry it could easily be smudged out on the paper.
Pilot Dr. Grip (2007) This is also a ballpoint pen, but it has a thinner tip than the BIC cristal. It gives you finer lines and it rolls across the paper a lot easier. The ergonomic design gives you a more comfortable grip over time, and it has a nice balance point. It is quite expensive and the price is over 100 NOK most places, so it’s not the pen for those who easily misplace them. The constant flow of ink is also one of the benefits and you don’t have to stab the paper to actually get some ink out of it.
Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås
Élysée fyllepenn (1987) This pen is for those who enjoy writing. No other pen makes you want to write nothing else than pretty letters. It makes you want to write even though you have nothing to write about; an absolute thrill. Other pens are tools; this pen is all fun and games. It might not be as practical as other pens, but it will last you a lifetime and you can buy ink in all the colors you can imagine. To compare, a ballpoint pen is like using a digital camera: no emotion, no charm, no joy. The fountain pen on the other hand is more like a analog camera; it makes you happy, even though it not as practical.
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Eating in the Study Hall Kaja Mie Botnen Journalist
Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Photographer
Droplets of sweat are forming on my forehead, my hands are clammy and my heart is beating hard inside my chest. I’m in the study hall with a lunch box in my hands, staring at the sign on the door. It specifically tells me to be quiet. I have no intention of being quiet. The study hall is busy at this time of the year. People are hard at work, and peace and quiet is important. However, eating is also important, something that often happens in the study hall, and it’s not always a quiet affair. With me today I have an assortment of foods that I will eat while I’m here. The foods are handpicked by a board of slurp- and crunch-experts, and the plan is to gradually escalate the slurp and crunch factor until I get thrown out. I start with the carrots. While chewing with my mouth closed, I look around me, which it turns out is not that easy due to the partitions. I count five other people, all of them wearing headphones. The nearest one looks up, but that’s probably because I’m now halfway standing while stretching my neck like a turtle. A faint smile runs across my face, and I sit down again. With the chair fully extended I can just about see the others. The carrot is gone, however no reactions from anyone. Next up is crisp bread. Crunch, chew, chew... No one looks up. Seriously? Students are patient. I open my mouth demonstratively and chew some more. The girl beside me gives me a quick look. Content I continue chewing that way. She won’t look at me again. Fuck. Do I have to bring out the big guns? I pull out a ball lying in a bread bag. The ball is made of sandwich paper and inside it is a sliced apple. Oh yes! I’m not playing around. I immediately regret pulling it apart. Oh my god it’s so noisy. No one
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looks up though. I mean... I fumble with the paper for a little longer, a little too long, like the guy sitting behind you at the cinema who can never get the damn chip out of the bag. Two people look up, even a guy with headphones! Yay! He must have the volume set to low. I pick up the apple and take a bite, once again eating with my mouth wide open. I’ve got them now, so there’s no turning back. The girl beside me starts shaking her leg and clears her throat in annoyance. I smile to her when she looks at me. She smiles back. What is happening with the world? Everyone has become too polite. As I don’t want to ruin too much of their day I decide to skip the chips and go straight to the finale. After rattling with the sandwich paper for what seems like an eternity, to a bit of throat clearing coming from the corner, I pull out the plum. The holy grail of slurpiness. I polish it for a while to let the silence settle before I dig in and rip of a big chunk like a hungry dog presented with a steak. The sound is like a combination of teenagers making out and unclogging a toilet using a suction cup. I smack my lips, and I have to restrain myself to keep my poker face or else wussying out. Suddenly a head jumps up from the other side of the partition, a test subject I haven’t seen so far. She’s wearing earbuds and has now pulled one of them out. Without no harshness whatsoever she politely asks me if could eat the plum outside. I put on my surprised face and excuse myself, while looking around to see if any people will
Translated By: Magnus Rekkedal
cheer her on. The girl next to me is still wearing her headphones and is seemingly in deep concentration. Two people in the corner exchanges a quick look. I realize that this is the best reaction I’ll get and technically I did get thrown out, so I pack my things and leave with a real feeling of shame. What can you do to be the perfect study mate? The rule of thumb is to not make a sound. If you have to eat and you’ve brought something hard, wet or rustling, go outside. If you’re one of those who finds it hard to know what is noisy and what is not, also go outside. It’s better to leave one time too many than the opposite and remember; Practice makes perfect What to do if someone is eating too loudly in the study hall? All theories suggest that the best action is to ask the person to go outside or stop. However, in practice this isn’t always doable, as students are conflict-aversive. This opens for multiple plans of action, which can be divided into three groups: Passive-aggression Stare at the person for as long and as often as you dare. If you’re really cowardly you can ask the people around you to also stare at the muncher. This works well if the muncher has a somewhat good grasp on social interaction, the grasp may not always
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be that good though. Clearing your throat, coughing, tapping your fingers and other such audible signals can also work. Active-aggression If the muncher is really thick headed the only thing that works may be to tell him. I f you’re conflict aversive you can let the time pass before you react and hide your insecurity behind anger. This presents you with several options. One option, a classic, is to pack your stuff in an angry fashion before rushing out. This works well for you as you avoid the awkward atmosphere afterwards, but it doesn’t teach the muncher anything. Alternatively, you can get up and loudly ask, rhetorically how it’s possible to eat so fucking loud. This usually does the trick, but works best if you have someone you know next to you who can give you a supporting high five afterwards. Ignoring A personal favourite. It’ll pass. Just breath and suffer in silence until the muncher
decides to stop. In the meantime, entertain yourself by imagining the muncher choking on the food or, if you’re in a good mood, try to empathise with the person and wonder about what sort of childhood trauma the person must have suffered to have such a poor grasp on study hall social convention as an adult. I tried noisecanceling headphones and they do a good job of silencing eating and talking, however they’re not foolproof and have a hard time cancelling out sandwich paper and chip bag rustling.
If you want to bother people as long as possible bring smelly food. It’s harder for people to point out to you that your food stinks, it borders on rudeness. They would rather suffer in silence while you enjoy your crisp bread with warm hummus or two-day old mackerel in tomato. If you can warm your food in the microwave oven, do it. Always. Take a looong time unpacking and ingesting it, but if the food is smelly don’t put it away once you’re done. If your food is packed in sandwich paper move it around on the desk from time to time.
What to do if you want to annoy everyone else The key to food based annoyance lies in creativity. Don’t be afraid to use the full spectrum of different foods and don’t limit yourself to one thing. Sounds like crunching and rustling are annoying, but slurping is the clear winner. The slurping can be combined with moaning and heavy nose breathing. Slurping is however so obviously unnecessary, making it easier to be caught.
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READERS COLUMN
No Joke!!!! with Synneva Gjelland
Lina Westermann Illustrator
We were sitting in the sun outside of Aud. Max. The day was Thursday the 19th of April. There was a sad show put on before our eyes, dramatic and also melancholic. To the sound of Kristine Guldbrandsen’s mystic and enchanting voice, we looked upon an OCEAN of punctured, orange balloons. Day 2 of miniUKA was, after a outstanding kick-off the day before, shaping up to be a great success. The sun was scorching hot, one could sit outside with bare legs and arms and squint with an ice cream in hand and summer hits in their ears. Yet, the atmosphere was tense. What WAS this?? Who had come up with this STUNT?! In addition, here in ÅS?! Don’t they know that the M in NMBU stands for ENVIRONMENT?!!!?? Haven’t they read any of the news the past 20 YEARS?!!? Don’t they know what rubber IS?!?!???!!! Are they INSANE?!? Yes, yes, balloons are nice and all – for about half an hour. Then they die, hanging like floppy tortillas down along the trees. You learn this at birthday parties in elementary school –balloons look welcoming when you arrive and repulsive when you leave. Was this a suitable message to send after day 2 of miniUKA? The party’s over. Neither cake nor balloons left. It is offensive, nearly perverse. Yes, and where to find comfort? I had to come up with something before I lost my mind. In inflammatory panic I contacted my friend and hobby psychiatrist Ruben. ͞Isn’t this crossing the line, Rubbe?” I exclaimed sobbing. “Hmm,” he answered snapping his fingers and pulling his hair. “I think you might be bit harsh now, Sunva. You don’t have to be such a whiner, just go and take them down.” He concluded with a self-confident nod. “Fine,” I said, heavy at heart. After days 3, 4 and 5, the desperation and depression slowly but surely faded. Maybe the balloon incident hadn’t ruined the entire miniUKA, but it was probably because I didn’t have time to think enough about how fucking sad it is with small balloon pieces from hell floating around campus while being distracted by the otherwise indefectible and perfect UKA in Ås.
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Review of the Audience Jon Sivert Valle, writer and UKEactor
Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås
It was a huge question left unanswered. Months of excitement had built up inside my body. A thrill you would only get by electroshock at a Russian mental institution. I needed answers and answers I would get because the night was finally here. The big night where the audience was to show off everything they had. Of course, the audience needed to know where to look. This was made clear by filling Aud. Max with chairs. The chairs were attentively directed towards the stage. To my great pride and joy the audience understood that the chairs were meant for sitting. Therefore, everyone had their eyes on stage and the show could start. The show went along as it was supposed to. The audience got to show what they were made of. They applauded, sat silently and laughed when they were supposed to. Beer was consumed and refills were done accordingly and some not so accordingly. Trips to the toilet were coordinated with the refilling of beer, though with a 10-minute delay. They even lurked in something that you don’t see a lot, that’s right – booing. I thought it was amazing, because we all know what can come from the constant positive feedback. (if not, ask someone that suffers from tinnitus) Last but not least. The audience showed a great specter of unorganized coordinating. I was sad to see the lack of lighting directed at the audience. It was hard to see them due to the amount of light I had directed at my own face. The sound was okay. 5/6 stars.
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Ås kommune’s enemies
Carl-Henrik Lensjø Alvin Journalist
Gunnar S. Haarr Journalist and Photographer
Sandra Elena Orre Photographer
During miniUKA we got a taste of what we can expect this fall one the revy front. The expectations were high after a well-executed marketing campaign, and after having seen the miniUKE-revy the expectations are even higher. Translated By:
Ingrid Tangvik
With a very successful social media campaign in advance of miniUKA, many probably had high expectations for the show being presented to us that Friday in April. A bit of a scary situation to be in for the people who’d been working on the revy, but God how they delivered! After an opening speech from UKEsjef Ingrid Espnes the curtains were drawn aside to reveal what everyone had come to see; the commercial video for the main sponsor of UKA in Ås in 2018. It was a happy re-encounter with the commercial video from 2016 when Muliconsult exceled with the same video. Many were 30 Issue 05 Year 73
probably satisfied for the evening already, but surprisingly many stayed to see the amateur show following (likely waiting for the liquor loop to open). Theme
The opening number presented the revy’s recurrent theme; the conception of and drama in the Facebook-group Ås kommunes venner. The theme becomes especially relevant considering the recent discussion in group about Samfunnet, cashless and bouncers. The thread contains questions, drama, jealousy, unity, fear and happiness, and does something very difficult for a revy – makes it good.
In all directions
It also lays out the carpet for a rash revy kicking in all directions. There are jokes about #metoo, liberal-fanatics and murder, etc. Erna Solberg sings that she
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would do anything for you, if you only harass me, Bjørnar Moxnes is struggling with deciding what board game is fair enough to participate in, and a Danish SKAM-fan takes Norwegian blondes on a submarine-ride. There’s also singing about that everyone is welcome to Ås and that everyone’s included, unless they’re right winged (voting FRP).
In addition to great song achievements, the revy has something for everyone. Angry TV-hosts yelling at children for private economy, a jealous Tuntre gets together with the gardener Geir and kills Eika, and sketckes about how one can’t be proud of what their nation as long as Listhaug has need for more truisms, and also word separation opponents on their high horses. The bar is set very high for the UKErevy, but with the talent behind the miniUKErevy it looks like the expectations will be met yet again. We are looking forward to it!
Impressive Work
The most impressive about the revy might be the songs. Not only are they exceptionally well written and performed, but all the music except for the closing song and the transitions is composed by Snorre Sundsbø, and done wonderfully. All in all is this revy an impressive piece of work, and bears witness to many Issue 05 Year 73 31
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Translated By: Alicia Earnest Ole-Andreas Stigsrud Journalist
Merete Guldhav Photographer
TWO BEERS with OSKAR AALDE
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As many of you know, Oskar Aalde has been the leader of the Samfunnet Board this past year.He has also been involved in Energiseminariet and in The X-Clusive Stiftelse PB. Furthermore, Oskar is from Ås and has a girlfriend. This was pretty much all I knew about Oskar beforehand, despite having met him several times before, especially through foreningsliv. I’ve always gotten the impression that he was a nice and genuine guy, and always looked up to him without quite knowing why. He just seems so put together and has great conversation skills. Today I got to know Oskar better, and now I know that my admiration was not misplaced!
Song from childhood friends Oskar – No ordinary guy (Melody: Oskars humor) Mr. International Guy, Dr. Kill, DJ HAM, Mr. Cool Guy, this one is for you: This, this one, this, this is the guy stirring up Ås Where is it? With his creativity he spices up everyone’s day
First, Oskar tells me about Speider’n (a scout program). He’s been a part of Speider’n for 10 years, and Oskar tells me that it has been an important platform for him to grow as a person, figure out who he is, and gain skills like leadership skills. He describes Speider’n as a safe environment where you can try, fail, and try again. That’s how you learn after all. He tells that there is a focus on good moral, and that one should take care of nature and enjoy the outdoors. They also participated in several international events, where they met people from many different cultures and cooperated in international work. Oskar has had his share of leadership roles, and good leadership is created, nobody is born a good leader. Oskar says that Speider’n taught him a lot about responsibility, leadership, and how people work in groups. When he came back to Ås after being out in the world, he was a troop leader for about 40 “speideres.”He was a troop leader until fall 2016, when he decided to spend his time on the student environment instead. I asked Oskar if it was Speider’n that made him into the man he is today, and he answered that he was the one to make himself into the man he is today, but that Speider’n was more of a a stepping stone, a place where he could really challenge himself and grow.
It’s nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice! After a couple years in secondary school, Oskar went to the United World College in Costa Rica. It was kind of an alternative to secondary school. Oskar explains that it was a peace school where about 150 different youth from 90 nations learned about different cultures and about understanding people who are different from yourself, in addition to normal school subjects. There, you also live in a house with 20 others like a collective, and every house had a “house dad” that took care of them. The teachers and the “house dads” were the only adults there. You had to learn to stand on your own two feet. They were concerned with diversity, celebrating differences and different backgrounds, and they had “culture weeks” where each week focused on a specific culture.
Where is it again? He happily shares his ideas so that they create fellowship Not Dr. Shy Bastard. His philosophical and reflective opinions challenge everyone. BTW! Is Jesus real? turns every stone and analyzes every thought to find its flaws Oskar. He’s no ordinary guy, but he´ll be alright. After you’ve talked to Oskar, you’re no longer an ordinary guy either. Oh my man, she knows!!!! /: Billions and billions and billions :/ from Anna and Tiril
When he came back to Norway, Oskar started military training. It was a pretty big jump for him to go from a peace school to a war school, and Oskar talked about how weird it was to shoot at cutouts that resembled people. Oskar was so upset that he called home to his dad afterwords. His dad says that it is important to have reflective people in the army. Not people who are trigger happy, but people who want peace, and can defend what we stand for. Oskar still works for the military in emergency response. He is there training about 20 days a year. After the military, Oskar worked as a boss at Klokkergården Kystturisme, a company that operates restaurants, hotels, and marinas in Nordland. It is a pretty big accomplishment to be a boss at a big company with ten employees at 19 years old, if you ask me.
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One late night in March 2017, Oskar came into our lives. Little did we know that this would change our days dramatically. The Board Meetings “cactus” quickly turned into our weekly “quote,” and since then he has inspired us with enriching and meaningful quotes. Again and again. Throughout his time in the board, we got to know Oskar in many different ways. He showed us how talented, nice, fair and tough (or cowboy) he is. He is a bit like the sheriff that has the leading role in an old western film, that always makes the right choice. Or perhaps a sheriff version of Robin Hood, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. With the big sheriff’s star on his chest that comes with being in the Samfunnet board, there is no doubt of this. He is, and will always be sheriff. To summarize; here are some completely normal quotes from us (completely normal people) about Oskar: «Oskar is more than just a normal Ås-guy.» «Someone who doesn’t like Oskar just hasn’t met him yet.» «Oskar Aalde isn’t always an easy guy to read, but if there’s one thing he knows best, it’s people.» «He’s an incredibly fun and chill guy who is easy to like.» «Oskar is one of the most talented and orderly people I know. But he’s also the type to join in on spontaneous plans with no purpose or goal. He is the perfect combination of friend and leader.» Best regards Your friends and soon 100% C-Samfunnsstyret Andy, Yoda, Fredrico Gonzales, Ola Gustav Holten, Housedale, Cess and Nikitita
Oskar quit Klokkergården when the tourist season was over, and he moved back to mom and dad in Ås, and began taking single subject courses at NMBU before starting a degree in renewable energy after summer. With the help of the classes he took beforehand he was able to finish his bachelor degree in two years. He is now taking a masters degree in renewable energy and will soon deliver his masters thesis. He has not decided what he will do after that. It was a bit random, and yet at the same time not random at all, that Oskar ended up at NMBU. Since his whole family lived here and enjoyed it, it was pretty logical that he would too. And he did, big time. Oskar says that he always thought PB was so mysterious and cool, and that both his father and grandfather were in PB. His mom was a Hunkatt, and his great grandfather was a professor in forestry at NLH. Oskar believes you’ve got to make your own fun; things are just as fun as you make them be. Furthermore he is a fan of the absurd, so PB was a great fit. Oskar is quite into philosophy and the big questions of life. What is the meaning of life? Does it even have a meaning? If not, why should we not just play and have fun? These are things that Oskar often ponders on. Oskar believes that people should do what is right, while still having fun. And it is difficult to figure out what is right and wrong. He explains that balance is very important. Many see the world as black and white, but it is a sea of grey, and this can often be confusing when deciding right and wrong. He reads a lot about philosophy and is trying to make his way through all the classics, to have a complete view. He also says that it is important for philosophy to not take over completely, one has to find a balance. If you sit too long in your own thoughts it can be easy to dig yourself into a hole. Therefore it is also important to do other things, so be social with others, play, and have fun. Oskar describes himself as a very outgoing person, and says he gets a lot of energy and happiness from being with others. There is an important balance between sitting in your own thoughts and debating important things, and having absurd, playful fun. A balance between serious and not serious. Oskar says he has to have some sort of distraction, something happening to give his attention to so that he can relax, like TV, music, etc. If he doesn’t have that he will just escape into his own thoughts and not be able to relax. It is important for Oskar to contribute to making the world a better place. His goal
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is to increase the total happiness in the world. By taking on leadership roles he has had responsibility for others and worked to ensure they were well off. At the same time, Oskar wonders how far he should go; how much he should contribute. Oskar has many opinions and tried to build up knowledge that he can base these opinions on, but debates a lot how much he should be concerned with these opinions, and how far he should go to promote them. Should he write a post on Facebook about them, or be a representative in Parliament? These are extremes, of course, and he believes that the answer lies somewhere in the middle. He thinks it is important to not be too concerned with your own beliefs, to make sure that they are based on fact, and to not just dismiss contradictory beliefs. It can be easy to be passive when it comes to big issues. It is also important to not have a big ego and think you know everything. You learn as long as you live. After discussing philosophy with Oskar for a while, I was really glad I was put on this assignment. These are things that I am also concerned with. We had a very nice discussion, and gave each other some input on philosophy and leadership. Oskar has many interesting thoughts. He believes that everything is a compromise and that you can always find the right balance, that golden middle way. When we were done with our conversation Oskar wanted to show me something in his room. He had a little PB hat on his shelf alongside his big hat. Oskar was actually already a PB-man as a child. When Oskar was tiny, he sat with a tiny PB hat on his head and watched the big boys play Hup Cup. I am left with a good feeling after my interview with Oskar. I am really glad to be able to have this conversation with him, especially the part about philosophy, which took up about 2/3 of our time. Oskar is a reflective person, that I now look up to even more. He doesn’t exactly know what he wants to do with his life, but he knows he wants to do something that helps others. He has thought about having a job in a department of Parliament, in EU, or maybe the UN, but he is not sure. His big goal in life is to put in effort on behalf of others, and I find that very noble.
Oscar was in no way planned, but was nonetheless conceived and born in a SiÅs apartment. A work-related accident, if we are to believe his mother. Growing up near an academic environment has clearly damaged him. With glasses on his nose and his knowledgeable being, he likes to teach us peasants about the high culture and other upper class bullshit. Perhaps this is also the effect of being a third generation PB man, and he has received this art through the milk of his father and grandfather. It is a quality that he has benefitted from throughout his year of challenges as the leader of Samfunnet, and in life in general. Those of us closest to him believe he might be a bit bipolar. He calls himself a pacifist, but he is in the military and is a self-appointed Sherrif of Ås. Furthermore, he calls himself a sailor, but throws up the second he steps foot on a boat. This boy does not lack ambition. Some call him overambitious, while others just think he’s incapable of being introspective. An example of this is his next big goal: All Around Hornindal. He keeps in shape with a couple of running trips a week, but 75 km at an elevation of 5600 meters in one go might be a bit overkill. We wish this guy good luck anyway, both with many running trips and hammock trips with your better half. It has been a huge joy to spend many hours around the dinner table with you! MXH Ærwerdige Forman 485 Tangeraas, 483 Rudi og 484 Dalseide
Girlfriend’s Observations • You are the leader of the Samfunnet Committee. I didn’t know that that’s why you were dressed in gala that night we met in Bodega. I thought you looked so nice in your suit with your beard, and that’s why I (according to you) firmly grabbed your hand and dragged you home with me. • You are romantic, but “within reason.” You pick flowers, but you give them to other people because you see that they will wilt before you are able to give them to me. It’s the thought that counts! • You eat a lot. Probably because you never sit still. • You are concerned with details. You don’t go to a photo exhibit at Samfunnet without a blazer and sixpence, or having drunk absinthe first. “Expression. Impression. Art.” Your words. • You can take breaks from writing your masters to drink champagne, in a hammock, in the middle of NMBU parking, in the middle of the day, to celebrate a girl’s (completely normal) birthday. • You think so much! At breakfast I can get wrapped into a conversation on the meaning of life and if fate is fixed or if it depends on free will. You really value the things that make you happy, and you show it. • Do not be a single entity on this earth. Care about your flock. It’s good to be two ;)
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A Taste of Spritsløyfa Jardar Lindaas Bringedal Journalist
Gunnar Størseth Haarr Photographer
Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås Jardar Lindaas Bringedal Margit Fausko
Since I came to Ås last fall I’ve heard a lot about UKA and spritsløyfa. It was finally time to get a taste of spritsløyfa for UKA 2018. The same night as miniUKA opened, I asked if I could join Tuntreet’s review of spritsløyfa, and I was hoping there would be samples. There was no doubt about the large amount of work put into the decorating of the eight different bars. There were elements of fairytales, construction areas, Japanese karaoke bars and old log buildings. Each room had it’s own atmosphere and music. What do you get if you buy the drink “In the dark”? I asked some random people at Samfunnet what they thought the drink was made of; “Something with Kahlua”, “Something luminescent”, “some invisible and secret stuff”. I also asked what they thought they would get in the drink “Knallgode nordmenn”; “Vikingfjord and milk”, “Ice cubes, akevitt and blackcurrant sirup”, “Gin, Farris and a Birchwood stick rolled in Norwegian brown cheese as a twirling-stick”. I can unveil for you that both “In the dark” and “Knallgode nordmenn” is gin and tonic. There were some thrilling drinks and shots that had been given names like “Pentagon”, “No way back” and “brødsmuler”, but these were also ordinary drinks and shots like Hot’n Sweet, Tequila and vodka, Kahlua and milk.
Unity Concept: Construction Site.
Dale Gudbrand Concept: Birkebeiner-Haakon
Implementation: Was I allowed to walk past the road blocks to dance? Took me some time before I figured it out that the consept was construction site. The road blocks were a cheap solution. The bar meny wasn’t really impressive either. I expected a good story with the shot “Pentagon”, but it had none, and the conten was only Hot n’ Sweet. The only connection between the bar menu and the concept was the shot “2 tommer 4”, which is a Fernet Branca. Come on. The drinks were OK. Pluss points for the slush.
Implementation: Nicely carried out, solid built wooden bar, nice painting. Mayybe the bartenders should have had traditional outfit? Felt most things were like it was supposed to be. “Flud drink with round balls” was genious. The “Blowjob”-shot combined Kahlua, Baileys and cream topping in a lovely mix, and you were ecouraged to consume it with your hands on your back. Fun. “Stength drink” was’nt top notch though, but in total, Dale Gudbrand gave us the best bar menu at miniUKA.
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Trønderforeininga Concept: TrønderConcept, of course
NGA Concept: Japanese Karaoke Bar
Implementation: Alrightly done. The wooden bar was okay, with trønder effects and pictures on the walls. Trønder mood. The bar menu is as expected, it gives us what we want, but isn’t revolutionary either.
Implementation: Okay carried out. Nice LP discs on the wall, cool japaneese writings on the walls, and a big, nice screen. Last, but not least - why was the very cool pacman on the bar disk splitted in two? The atmosphere was always lively, a queue at the karaoke, but the music was a bit low. They did actually play Singstar and not Karaoke. The green and blue drinks were good, sweet and classical. “The Classic”, “Fresh breath” and “Coughing syrup” were all simply made, a bit boring names.
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Gents og Koneklubben Freidig Concept: Rave
Nordisk Landskamp Concept: Olympic Games
Implementation: Okay carried out. Kick ass dance floor which was quite popular. There were two very cool luminous sculls and other nice effects. Dissapointingly, the bar meny was horrible. All the names were self made, and way too fancy., even though none of the drinks were self componed. Despite all this. they couldn’t even give us one single story for any of the drinks. Then there is no help that the drinks taste all right.
Implementation: Always a great atmosphere, russ songs played really loud. (Russ is the name of the graduating high school students). The first drink, “The Olympic Flame”, was a fine-fine cobination of sweet and sour. It fitted the name. After that, the level of the drinks on the bar menu sinks. A randomly placed TV inside the fire place showed pictures
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Jordskifterlaget Concept: Candy.
BB Cowboys og Budeieforeininga Concept: Hansel and Gretel
Implementation: Decently carried out, nice decorations with a lot of sweet details. From the theme you should belive that the drinks in the menu would be sweet. But they did not live up to their consept. “The Boundty”slush was nice, and “Happy Cola” was also god. “Schrewdriver” (orange juice and vodka) suddenly became “Sunny Heaven”, and Jägermeister shot became “Dark Te m p t a t i o n ” , WTF?!?! Anyways a big pluss for actully calling gin and tonic for gin and tonic.
Implementation: The bar was shaped as a candy house, cool. Very many nice details in the decorations around on the walls and tables. Fitting that there were outside tables outside the bar. They served drinks with names like “Hansel” and “Gretel”. “Temptations of the withch” with raspberry vodka and fanta worked nicely. Apart from that, the creativity in the drink componing was lacking, despite well componed names. Disappointingly the drink ”Crums” was nothing but White Russian. Why were no bartenders a witch?
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There were many intriguing bars with pleasant drinks, which look very promising for UKA, but I miss more of the self composed drinks and shots, preferably with their own stories. When you first of all are going to sell drinks from your own bar, with their own concepts, it would be a lot more fun if you really put your heart and soul into it. Come up with something full of life. You can buy most of the drinks that were sold during MiniUKA almost anywhere. Let’s create a loop that will be remembered. Good luck! And by the way - do you plan on serving gin & tonic? Then Save us the hassle of cryptic names on the bar menu. Call it a gin & tonic!
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from the last “Nordisk Landskamp”. Fun to run, and the winners’ podium was cool. Didn’t get what the meaning behind the sign “Wall of shame”.
A wild conspiracy Okay, spritsløyfa - it was insanly clammy. Rumour has it that Unity sold slush for 20k on Saturday night. The people responsible for Sløyfa said the windows had to stay closed due to neighbour complaints, but could it be, COULD IT BE, that they only wanted to sell more slush? Food for thought.
Dance floors 0 Toilets 8 Bars 10 fraternities and unions 9 Shots 1 homemade shot 0 Open windows
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UKA i Ås 2018- a Change of Colours Tribute by dance band-enthusiast Lars Raaen
I dare say that I have joined in for most of what has happened here in Ås. I feel like I’ve milked the Studentsamfunnet dry. I thought I had experienced everything. That I stood at the final “Å” in the alphabet of what Ås had to offer. I thought that we were past the sad point where meeting at Samfunnet would end. I was sure that my biggest meeting with Thorvald and Tora’s pearly gates was long gone. I was wrong. So completely wrong. I am not usually so easily moved. It usually happens only when the small are made big. And when people are so great that they dare to do things nobody has done before. I will admit that I was touched when, after seven years of sincere hope, it was proclaimed in a crowded Aud.Max that «Ole Ivars» would be miniUKA’s headliner. In 2018, when the world is in a hurry to go to war with Donald Trump as president and FrP in government. In a year of music where p3 is the thing most people would agree on to listen to on the radio – that is when the rebel goes against the mainstream and arranges a dance gala at Samfunnet in Ås. I was taken by surprise. The UKEleader deserved a hug. I counted down the days. And one day the UKEcomittee asked me if I wanted to be the announcer during the concert. 38 Issue 05 Year 73
I’ve been on the stages of Samfunnet quite a bit and thought “is there no limits?”. With a tear in my eye, I played the song “ fem gule enker og korken i taket “ on my way home from work. These are good people, those who are arranging the festival this year. I am writing this on Saturday, the 21st of August. Behind me is the best revy I’ve seen in Ås, done the night before. I’m going backstage. Because hosting was not just saying hello and welcoming people - no, I get to experience both the pre and post show with the band. Seven guys in shimmering palette vests greet me. Ole Ødegaard, who is one of the band’s original members from 1964, politely asks where I am from. “Krødsherad, right ... then you might know Putten, he’s a good mechanic!”. Sure enough I did know him, I went out a bit with his daughter when we were younger. I have never experienced anything like it. Here I sit with Norway’s most popular dance band, talking about everything from grain production to old Tempo motorcycles, and famous people from my hometown - just under an hour before the concert start. They can say what they want, the so-called cultural elite, but these are artists. They have taken a whole nation by storm
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for well over twice as many years as the average Ås student has lived but are just as down to earth. That’s called talent. Ole Ivars’s songwriter, William Kristoffersen, tells the story of the band’s history. I ask what they really like to play for student audiences, and the answer is like the most beautiful song in my ears - it was a big, and very pleasant surprise to be requested. We are talking about the hundreds of songs that have been played for decades, across different countries. William tells us that he never manages to estimate what is going to be a hit before the people have decided. I ask if he has any clear idea of why Ole Ivars is so successful, and he responded “There is a steady stream of new songs and a lot of luck.” One thing is for sure, they are not interested in the media, and Kristoffersen thinks it’s hard to change the minds of people who already have decided what bad music is. We agree that it is unfortunate that it is up to chance whether music genres like dance bands and old-fashioned artists are actually being promoted. It is indeed a paradox that despite the fact that nobody likes their music, tens of thousands of caravans travel to the Ransäter accordion festival and so many dance in the Viking ship, while in the same weekend they struggle to fill the seats in the Opera house. (It should be noted that Ole Ivars has played in
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the Opera house, but it was sold out, of course.) And as soon as we finish, the UKEleader comes in and says that the concert is sold out. Every last scrap of a ticket is gone. The time has come. I’m heading to the stage with Norway’s biggest dance band. With 45 albums, over a million copies sold, enough gold and platinum trophies to clad all of the walls in a medium-sized house,... “Kalle med fela” rings out in the room as they shine a disco light all over. Tore Halvorsen waves me in. For the first time since I wrecked my moped, I’m at a loss for words. Hundreds, no over a thousand students cheer the stage. I almost can’t believe it. There is dance ball gala in Aud.Max. And the Ås students dance into the night. They sing. They laugh. They cry. And the band members just shine more and more. The young people are singing along to old hits so loudly that the concrete vibrates. Everything is played, from the liveliest songs to calmer songs like “jäg trodde änglarna fanns”. It is the party of a lifetime. The concert is a roaring success. More or less as expected, if you multiply my expectations by hundred.
After the show I went backstage again and a happy Ole Ivars says that they have never seen such an audience. The saxophonist, “Fosser’n”, wondered after the concert how 19 year olds know “fem mann I et danseband” released long before their grandparents were even conceived. This is just how it is in Ås. I brought along my good music friends, Nils Amund Krog and Oscar Berlin. We humbly thank them for their performance and head to the door, but immediately Tore Halvorsen’s raises his voice and says “hey, no leaving just yet! Play one of your songs!” So there we stand,, three modest guys, and playing and singing Vidar Sandbeck’s hit “Ola Torader” together with the most successful band of the fatherland. We also get a beer. We eventually had to admit that the highlight was over and the band had to go. We thank them, say goodbye and drive safely, before we sit down and let the all the evening’s impressions sink in. Oscar looks at us and whispers “to think, I’m sitting and eating the same place of fries that Ole Ivars ate from.” Nils Amund flashes his widest smile and follows up “yes, that’s one thing, but not a lot of people get to say they have played for Ole Ivars either.” After tonight, I want to declare April 21st as a
public holiday for the three of us. miniUKA 2018 became the greatest experience in my life. The UKA 2018has been the best so far as far as we’re concerned, no matter what happens in October. Seriously. When I was eight, I asked my teacher at school; “Is it okay that I like Ole Ivars?” You fulfilled a boy’s dreams. Us old, irrelevant folk got a real slap in the face, as we were proven that actually, not everything was better before. To arrange a dance gala for the students during such a prestigious festival as UKA, proves that the organization has strength and security like no other. And if you knew me beforehand, this was obviously perfect for me. The concert with Ole Ivars will forever in my memory as proof of a committee that delivered. That knew that winning money and prestige is first and foremost about character. UKA2018 elegantly went down in history like few others. And remember this, Ingrid, Lars Erik, Celine, Agnes, Oscar, Maylinn, Tale and Hanne, and all the diligent volunteers did it without His Majesty being present. And yes, there are not many other than you who could pull this off. Good luck! Issue 05 Year 73 39
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Liberation of the Female
Dear Hannkatt
The master thesis is to be delivered in under a week. And then there’s a long summer break, followed by fifty years in an office in Bjørvika. It is time to say thank you and goodbye to Ås. But there is one thing that growing so big, that even master thesis needs to stand aside. There is something I need to do before I elave Ås. Or rather, there is something I need to say. And that is to you, Dear Hannkatt: It is spring! It is finally spring and there is a special scent in the air when it’s spring. It is the vivid sexual awakening. Frisky students fills the air with a scent that soon will be mixed with the smell of cow shit here in Ås. It is spring and it tingles a little extra. There is pollination and propagation. It is the time of love and mating rituals. But can you smell it? There is something else there as well, isn’t it? Something that stinks. It is not fertilizer. No, it’s something rotten. It is Hankattenes sexual drive that has awakened and mixed with the frisky students urges. A gang of Hankatter has had their wooden dick cut off. There once was a pine-penis outside of Loftet and shown the way to the brothel. There isn’t anymore. There’s been put a lid on the celebration. The random object
What has gone wrong when wooden dicks is chopped off and the most longestablished fraternity in Ås still talk about women as random cultural objects? How is sexual liberation possible when women are cultivated as objects? Some men insist in doing what men have always done, the picture women as objects, so they can be sexual consumer themselves. The continuous struggle for more conquests. With the wooden shoes on, the pyjamas around the knees, the beer in one hand and the pecker in the other the world shall be conquered. How did we end up here? My diagnose is a narrow and deformed Translated By: Ingrid Tangvik
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picture of gender roles in the minds of most young men. Hankattene are not alone in being affected by popular culture’s narrow sight on sexuality. For popular culture, and porn in particular, presents a oneeyes perspective on the man and woman’s role in terms of sexuality. The man is the dominating party, the woman an object to be conquered. But Hankattene (and exHankattene!) is largely alone in standing behind this narrow-minded view in Ås and viewing the woman as an object. It’s a shame. For the way some men talk about and treat girls leads to the opposite of sexual liberation: it enhances the picture of female sexuality where both boys and girl think the girls are objects and men are subjects in a sexual perspective. Call it jargon, tradition and humour if you like. Or turn it around and call I suppression, male chauvinism and sexism. When women have been given an identity as a sexual obect rather than a subject we end up with both women and men being inflicted limitation hindering us from achieving full expression of both humanity and sexuality. The object is linked with shame. For the objects has been given a part, and it is shame associated with being objectified, to not being able to define oneself. But shame has no place in love between two people. To be an object, a defines role, is to be denied being intimate with one’s own body. One is stripped of the dignity required for both giving and receiving pleasure. When one is placed within the limits of shame, one needs to accept that one’s desires for satisfaction is undermined the man’s. And then women are hindered from ever being able to truly achieve sexual satisfaction. Women have been taught to hate their bodies and everything associated with them. They are taught to be disconnected
from their own sexual pleasure, and that satisfaction and desire is something with greater value for the man. They are taught to receive, to be something that shall be shaped for the pleasure of the man. If the man isn’t satisfied, the act isn’t successful, the object (the woman) hasn’t done their job. The man on his side, as the subject, is often so taken with his own pleasure that he doesn’t realise that his own perception also becomes tragically reduced by the women’s distancing of her body and sexual potential. Men are trying to respect women’s sexuality such as it is presented culture and the role expectations of the subject, ends up with inflicting women their own narrative of domination. The result is misunderstood and supressed desires. We no longer know what we want or who we are, we’re trying to fill a role. Sex can only be vital and dynamic when both parties stands freely. If one seriously mean that there isn’t a problem to objectify women, then one has to live with the implication that one is making another person’s sexuality something unfree and forced. One is taking a person’s humanity and dignity by own life away from them. Right? Do you understand, dear Hannkatt? Construction of sexual narratives
We create each other, identity and meaning trough stories of who we are and where we come from. Construction of reality is a continuous battle between stories and contradictory stories. The strongest story wins. Which narrative is the winning narrative of female sexuality on campus? Is it the Hannkattenes narrative of the female as an object that should be resigned? Is it the feminist’s narrative of the woman as an oppressed being that has to fight their way
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through life against a male demon? Or is it a more balanced tale where the women herself is the hero and the protagonist, and struggles to find her sexuality? Power has those who define reality. But who has the right to define sexuality? As always it is extremists and other -ists that yells the loudest. The extremists and hedonists on Loftet and extremists and the feminists in Ås feministiske studenter. Cyclops against the sirens. But neither Hankatter nor feminists has the right to decide what female’s sexual role is, what is liberation of the female sexuality nor what is the prevailing male sexual narrative. Dear Hankatt, don’t mess with the women
Dear Hankatt, do you think that the wooden pecker is about liberation? Sorry, boys, you are mistaken. Sexual liberation is neither about girls becoming an object not that girls should fuck around like men have done throughout history. It is about both men and women forcing out of the deadlocked and wrongful roles they have been given trough their sexual awakening and development. The goal is to not be an object, but to achieve sexual subjectivity. Every human being must be able to define their sexual narrative and find their erotic identity. How long are we going to sit and let the red stripes cyclopes objectify independent women? How long will we sit still and watch the sexual potential getting lost at Loftet? I think all boys with something between their eyes should take distance from jargon and behaviour that help build this view. Welcome to 2018. Sexual liberation is about more that women’s possibility to attend nachspiel on Loftet with dickguarantee. Welcome to 2018. Pyjamasdressed youngsters is no longer allowed to
carry the main sexual narrative here at Ås. Welcome to 2018. Girls do no longer think that the highest sexual status one can achieve is to sleep with a dead drunk and super horny syphilis spreader. A tribute to the female sexuality
Objectification is passivation. So rather turn your eye on the human’s possibilities. As a sexual being, humans are created to break out of frames and limitations. There is no final station for human’s possibilities for pleasure. And – it is your duty as a human to fulfil this potential. Life shall not be lived as a random object. Life, lust and awakening shall be attacked. Don’t sit on Loftet and wait for your turn. All women should acknowledge that they are special. They should celebrate life, love, their bodies and pleasure and chase after life’s greatness. Girls, don’t limit yourselves to horny Hankatter. Reach further. Win mastery over yourselves. Liberation is about defining own needs and desires and giving and taking in the exchange of sexual pleasure with a partner. Women need to take ownership of their own sexuality and pleasure and commit to loving and honour both passion and desire. Total openness and acknowledgement of each other demands a trust and acceptance that many women and men isn’t capable of giving neither their partner nor themselves. A toast to the spiritual love, Hannkatter. Good luck. Answer to Mattis’ letter on the next page
READERS COLUMN Response to the column on the previous page
About Targeting Individuals Sent in by Maren Oftebro
Translated By: Ingrid Tangvik
To the author of the piece about female sexuality. I very much agree with you in much of what you write, but I also STRONGLY disagree with you on about as much. I would actually like to start by quoting Peyton from One Tree Hill here: “first of all, you don’t know me, and second of all, you don’t know me.” Even though this is taken from a cliché of an young adult TV-series, the saying has very, very important point that each and every one of us should think about when our fingers are thundering across the keyboard in the middle of a heated argument like female objectification.
conquered. As you say, sexual liberation is about breaking free deadlocked and incorrect roles, and then it’s only an immature and defiant person who doesn’t believe that Hankattene also have a right to break out of these roles.
I understand well enough that Hankattforeningen provoke strong opinions and accusations, and one can be easily tempted to empty out all the frustration (especially when in the middle of finishing the master-thesis). But when one are writing a piece directed towards someone, one should be utterly careful with the target of the attack. You write “dear Hankatt” and address the individuals instead of the fraternity, while at the same time utter strong accusations against both Hankattene and the Feministene I Ås. But do you know every single person in these unions? Do you have enough background information to blame all Hankatter for rotten sexual drive, to be extremist and syphilis spreaders, and the feminists for looking at men like demons and women as suppressed beings? I am a feminist, but after reading this I will defend both Hankatter and feminists equally.
In the same way it is immature to say that the feminists of Ås look at women as suppressed and men as demons. Yet again, you don’t have the knowledge of what every single feminist believes, and there is no background for you to say that the feminists here in Ås have decided what women’s sexual roles are. What’s on the agenda for them is the agreement that women are NOT objects. When the people on each side of the issue sit with a wish of meeting and speaking, to break up that wish by screaming about biases on each side – it does no good to have more frustration-screaming that does little other than undermining EXACTLY THE ROLES that you say we should break out from.
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To claim that every man dressed in red stripes is an eager women oppressor is both hurtful, wrong and extremely unfortunate – it is accusations like this that sustain the biased means in this case. It makes it even harder to meet in the middle as a human, no matter if one’s a Hankatt or a feminist, to work together for safe and healthy attitudes towards sex.
Both women and men want to be free and have the choice of living their sexual life independently – that meaning it is built on approval, openness and healthy passion, yes, but that also mean that is the individual, and nobody else, that decides what happens to one’s body. You say that no one has the right to decide the woman’s sexual role – then it is wrong to say that women can’t limit themselves to horny Hankatter. Women (or actually,
anyone) should absolutely have the right to visit Loftet and have a one-night stand if they want to! Or other places for that matter. It is unfair and regressive to give all Hankatter a low and unworthy status, and at the same time demanding that women alone liberate themselves from society and the pornography-culture’s sexual image of women. It is the grey area culture and the actions that several (and definetley not just Hankatter) adopts in the drunksetting during Loftet-nach that is low and unworthy. It makes everything from women and feminists to forening-people, Hankatter, visitors from near and far, and people that don’t care about this debate at all, victims for not being able to have dominion over themselves. Stop saying that women should acknowledge that they are special. Us women are so fucking tired of men telling us what we need to do. We know and have always known that we are special. Actually, stop defining what’s appropriate for women to do and then telling us what we should do. Stop putting words in the mouths of Hankatter who hasn’t had the chance of speaking for themselves. As long as you can’t say with your hand on your heart that you’re speaking for everyone that calls themselves a member of these groups, you can stay quiet and listen first. This goes for everyone that sits with irrelevant attacks on the individual, something that is often a result of personal frustration in the moment rather that relevant and well-reflected opinions. It is good to be angry sometimes, but anger as passion often makes one blind. I think we should rather make a toast for the belief of leaving wrong-pictures gender roles behind. Then you will see love blooming without being shot at all the time.
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About Time for Johanne’s Bar to Get a New Name? Stine Lise Wannebo Journalist
Most of you know that Halvors Hybel (Halvors Dorm) is named after the fiery soul Halvor Holtestaul, but what you might not know, is the origin of the name “Johanne’s Bar”. Who was Johanne? The truth is quite surprising. Johanne never existed. That the dorm is named after a man and the bar after a woman is fair and square. It’s probably true that there has been several more male students running in and out Samfunnet throughout the years, but that doesn’t reflect how things are today. According to Database for Statistikk og Høgere utdanning, NSD (Database for statistics and higher education) there was 2666 women among the 4739 students at Campus Ås in 2017. It is natural to think that Samfunnets member list has about the same statistics. Artistic freedom None of the dorms, rooms, halls or closets at Samfunnet is named after a woman. Not the bar either. Johanne’s bar is named after the third person that is mentioned in the Ås student’s national song. The first line in the verse of “Jeg og n’Thorvald” that was first performed at the UKErevue in 1924 is: “Jeg og n’Thorvald og Johannes”. Not Johanne, but Johannes. Lars Raaen is the operating manager at Samfunnet and is deeply interested in the history of Samfunnet. He confirms that the bar was originally called Bar Johannes and that the extra apostrophe was added after the renovation in 2016. “There might have been some sort of artistic freedom involved,” he laughs. Raaen states that this has probably been done to please the female members of Samfunnet.
Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås
The first female foreman at Samfunnet As different parts of Samfunnet is named after men, like Anton Hjeltnes vei, (Ole) Uggen spranget and Halvors Hybel, isn’t it about time that a real woman name gets to decorate the walls of Samfunnet? The operating manager Raaen tells about Astri Frisak, the first female foreman at Studentsamfunnet in Ås. This is a suggestion that Ås Feministiske Studenter concurs with. 5 years after she graduated from Norges Landbrukshøyskole (NLH, the former name of the university), Frisak was elected to be the top leader of Samfunnet in 1922. It took 52 years before another woman got this position. This woman was Eli Moen in 1974. Women in history “The female students, Toraene, deserves more space and attention,” says a spokesperson from Ås Feministiske Studenter when Tuntreet asks for a comment. The sorority suggests several female role models that deserve the attention of having a room named after them in the 84-year-old building. Sophie Frølich, married name Johansen, was in 1902 the first female horticulture candidate at NLH. She would also make a good candidate. Ranghild Sundby is a name that also is well known at the University in Ås. She was elected to be the first female professor at NLH in 1969, after attending there for several years. “Sofie’s Bar has a nice ring to it,” Nora Bakke says, FFD in Foreningen Hunkattene. She has the understanding that male student has historically dominated the university in Ås, but she agrees that it’s about time that Samfunnet names something after a woman. “Maybe someone from Hestehoven?” Bakke suggests. Should Johanne’s get renamed? Do you have any suggestions on historic women that should be acknowledged and decorate the walls of Samfunnet? Please share your opinions with #Tuntreet on Facebook or Instagram.
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1. Hvordan lyder den åttende fjellvettregelen? 2. Hvilket år ble Nytt på Nytt først sendt, 1998, 1999 eller 2000? 3. Hvem regnes som oppfinneren av den første bensindrevne bilen? 4. Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet (NMBU) ble til i 2014, men hvilket år fikk Norges Landbrukshøyskole (NLH) universitetsstatus og navnet Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap (UMB)? 5. Hvor mange studieprogrammer finnes det ved NMBU, 44, 54 eller 64? 6. Gulerøtter er en grønnsak mange nordmenn regner som en norsk tradisjon, men hvor stammer egentlig gulerøttene fra? 7. TV-serien SKAM har blitt en sterk eksportvare og har nylig kommet i en amerikansk Issue, hvilken by filmes denne i? 8. Hvilket årstall er det forskerne forventer at det vil være mer plast enn fisk i havet? 9. Hva het den norske kunstneren som døde 24. april i år? 10. Hvilke to fotballag er det som skal møtes i årets Champions League finale?
EKKOLODD Fiskeren Odd-Roger har funnet en stor seistim, men ekkoloddet hans har blitt ødelagt og viser ikke lengre fisken som svømmer under. Ekkoloddet plotter imidlertid tall for hvor mange fisk det er i hver søkefelt, slik en ser på venstre side og under. Noen felt er fylt ut alt, blå felt markerer at det ikke er fisk i det feltet. En halefinne i et felt markerer starten på en fisk som er 2 ruter eller lengre. Spørsmålstegnet markerer at det er en fiskedel i ruten, men man vet ikke om det er en enrutesfisk eller en del av en større fisk, eller i hvilken retning den svømmer. Fiskene kan svømme både loddrett og vannrett, men de er ikke i kontakt med hverandre, verken på sidene eller i hjørnene av rutene. Klarer du å hjelpe Odd-Roger med å finne ut hvor fisken er?
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Photographer Ă˜yvind S. Nyheim has aired hsi camera and captured a few fleeting moments in the process.
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Sandra Elena Orre Photographer
There are surprisingly few trash bins along the road from Petnagon to Ås centrum. I can’t say whether the rubbish situation along the road would be better or not with more bins, but it couldn’t possibly hurt.
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Have You Heard... To Pentagon dwellers: Jeg I can taste the bitterness all the way to the Kaja road. habibi : Still anxious about what I did during russetida 2014. Unbelievable: How long has that ice box been standing on the lawn? #5seconds: Hankattene can keep on bragging for a few more seconds, but it is actually 113 years of culture. Culture that makes being a student in Ås something that is totally unique! Pentagon dweller: Living in Eplehagen isn’t actually a status symbol Bodegaen: It is more than 3 months ‘til the next party... Kultur-X-plosjon: Lærken should have actually won the revue prize, but it would have been too obvious because all of the editors in chief have been Lærken lately. Sylfest Lomheim: I want to strongly recommend that you enlighten yourself in correct spelling before you express yourself in a public forum. The dictionary is good place to start for those who are unenlightened. Ref. Tropico Signature Campaign: Having Tropico soda that sells at 0,45 l does not belong in this modern day society. Sign so that Rema 1000 will take appropriate action so that degraded bottles won’t be accepted. Facepalm soul: let us form the henkatts (no gender) and joke about how stupid and a oss lage henkattene da og vitse om hvor teite og inferior homosexuals are but we are only kidding xD xD ... Facepalm: Hankattenes objectification of women aren’t based om factual and real opinions from the Hankatts. The Sound Committee: There are only mentally handicapped people at work these days. Shape up. UKEleader: doesn’t have a car... Ukesjefen: Will get a car after miniUKA Lørdag: Became Friday. A good atmosphere at Kjartan! Fakenews: None of the (mini)actors are full of themselves miniUKErevue: Puts previous UKErevues to shame. Anonymous: HEARD THAT IT WAS åsa britt. miniUKErevue: Åsa-Britt became an Ås celebrity over night.
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Foreningsprat DERES REF: Begredelig VÅR REF: Lei FADERLOFTET, DEN 24.04 I DET 116. K.Å. Efta gærninger! Hankattforeningen st.1902 har de siste årene bistått SiÅs med å indoktrinere utvekslingsstudenter (i positiv forstand). Her skulle studentene få en kort innføring i hvordan hyblene skulle benyttes, hvilke tilbud som er etc. Også helt banalt enkle ting skulle gjennomgås, det være seg: Hvordan et toalett fungerer, hvordan en dusj fungerer og hvordan man tar sengetrekk på senga. Om du er av den oppfatning av at det er rart å skulle måtte forklare dette til voksne folk, så kommer det en liten oppklaring på dette i neste avsnitt. Skål for elektrisitet, Adm.Dirk! Det eksisterer ingen som helst tvil om det har skjedd, og foregår mye rart på hyblene til SiÅs. Vaktmesterene som jobber for samskipnaden er også mer enn villige til å fortelle om sine rareste oppdagelser. For noen år siden var det en utvekslingsstudent som ikke hadde blitt fortalt hvordan en vaskemaskin fungerte, så han hadde gjort det enkelt og benyttet toalettskålen på enkeltrommet sitt til å vaske klær, de som bodde med vedkommende hadde også reagert på stram lukt fra rommet hans. Det å vaske klær i toalettskåla skal da i og for seg ikke resultere i stram lukt, men det som møtte de overraskede vaktmesterne da de gikk inn på badet hans var intet mindre enn en stor illeluktende haug med avføring som lå i et hjørne i dusjen hans. Skål for å gjøre et ærlig forsøk, Adm.Dirk! Hovedpoenget i teksten over er at vi har det helt ubeskrivelig godt i dette landet! Faktisk så godt at vi har tid til å irritere oss over en grein. Tenk litt på det når du vurderer å ikke møte opp på samfunnstjeneste, det er kanskje noe 50 Issue 05 Year 73
av det mest stakkarslige du kan gjøre. Skjerp deg! Finn et interessant verv på samfunnet, bidra som funksjonær til UKA i Ås, still opp for felleskapet! Det er så uendelig viktig at studentmassen har et fristed, en plattform der man kan være sosial bortenfor lesesalen. Er det slik at majoriteten av «generasjon prestasjon» er så begredelige at de ikke å ta til seg den sosiale lærdommen og oppleve hvor gøy og givende det faktisk er å ha en funksjonærstilling under UKA i Ås? Hele grunnen som Studentsamfunnet står på er gravd ut for hånd med rå muskelkraft av tidligere studenter, det er derfor trist og direkte flaut å høre at nåtidens studenter ikke gidder å jobbe noen timer for å være med på å lage UKA i Ås 2018! Det er vanvittig givende å være en del av det felleskapet som man finner på Samfunnet i Ås, og du får erfaringer og kunnskap du bare kan drømme om å tilnærme deg i et klasserom.
Skaal for Revolusjonerende Katter! Deilig Duft fra Jordene haver konstatert at det er Vaar, den kan oppsummeres med saa mangt. Puppcakes er blivet solgt og FFD samt Løpekatt stakk af med Seieren paa Aarets AkeKonk! Fremover skal Pentagons Plener ryddes, X-Hunkatter ringes ud samt 100 Is spises paa 17. Mai. En slik travel Plan haver bare de aller raskeste Tid til. Visste du at en Katt kan løpe fortere end Usain Bolt? Skaal for raske Katter! Qlturell Hilsen Matrise Marie, Edelkatt Elise, Gambler Kaja samt Pusekatt Erika
MKH ______________________ Chef d` Hazard Markus Vaarvik Markussen
Skaal FFD! Skaal Skriver! Skaal $paregris! Skaal Hunkatter! Skaal Pusekatter! Skaal Qlturelle samt Xklusive! Skaal Tora samt Thorvald! MiniUKA er forbi samt Eksamen staar for Tur. Agraren kryr af stressede Studenter. Mon tro om de prøver at Revolusjonere noget i Toppen. Visste du at den store Videnskabsmanden Nikola Tesla ble inspirert til at studere elektrisitet efter at hans Katt ga han elektrisk Sjokk?
Semesterets slutt nærmer seg nå, Eksamensperioden kommer som alltid litt brått på! Solen titter frem og våren kom til slutt, Prokrastineringen gir eksamenslesingen et kutt. Hva er viktigst - summer tan eller good grades? Løsningen er å lese ute med kule shades. Kombinasjonen er viktigst for å unngå depresjon, Solen gir D-vitamin, (hudkreft) og en god hjertekompresjon. Frøknene ønsker alle en fortreffelig sommerferie, Med sol, bading og is, uten Netflix-serie. God prokrastinering er som balsam for sjelen, Karakterene gjenspeiler vel den delen.. Lykke til med lesing for både A og for å bestå, Husk at solen finnes etter eksamen også. Xoxo Forfatterfrøken Emilie Pisani Ekeli
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Vi tror at medlemmene av foreningen er hyggelige mennesker med gode hensikter og skjønner derfor ikke hvorfor de må fremme en slik ukultur. Vi ønsker at campus og livet som student skal være trygt og inkluderende for alle. Noe som er inkluderende er å respektere andre mennesker når de føler seg støtt av sexistiske kommentarer. Vi som forening er her for å fronte likestilling og bekjempe sexisme, samtidig som vi ønsker at alle skal ha en moro studiehverdag. Det går faktisk an å gjøre begge deler.
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Trepikken utenfor hankattloftet har blitt kuttet ned og det er blitt laget et opprop mot NMBUs finansiering av hankattforeningen. Dette har ikke blitt gjort av Ås feministiske studenter, men nå som temaet er oppe til debatt ønsker vi å være med på å fremme misnøye mot hankattenes ordbruk og sexisme. Mange mener at siden det bare er spøk, er dette noe man bare må godta. Alle har rett til sine egne meninger, men dette er større enn enkeltpersoner. Det er et samfunnsproblem. Hankattene sier at de foretrekker å bruke ordet «objekt» eller «kulturobjekt» som et synonym for kvinner, og det er tydelig ut fra sammenhengen at det betyr seksuelt objekt. De skriver og at i kulturen deres inngår det stadig penetrering av objekter. Å tingliggjøre kvinner er med på å dehumanisere dem. Er du ikke et fullverdig menneske, er det også lettere for noen å godta en dårlig oppførsel mot denne halvdelen av befolkningen. Hankattenes spøker virker kanskje uskyldige, men i et større samfunnsperspektiv bidrar de til en kultur av seksuelle overgrep!
Quizfasit 1. Vend i tide, det er ingen skam å snu 2. 1999 3. Karl Friedrich Benz, den ble til i 1896. 4. 2005 5. 64 6. Midt- Østen og Asia. 7. Austin, Texas 8. 2050 9. Terje Brofos, kjent under kunstnernavnet Pushwagner. 10. Read Madrid og Liverpool
Koneklubben gler seg over at været strålar og at sommaren nærmar seg med stormskritt. I juli står kjerring Ida Kristin klar til å seie ja til sin kjære. Dette gleder oss stort, og samtlege i Koneklubben reiser til nydelege Hedemark for å feire saman med ho.
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