Tuntreet 08 2018 English

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Organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ã…s

NR. 8 \ October 19th 2018

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LEADER Gunnar Størseth Haarr Editor in Chief tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no

WE NEED TO TALK

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

There is a lot to be happy about these days. UKA in Ås is happening, and so far it has been enjoyable. The semester is going well and classes are, I hope, manageable. New students seem to be settling in, and some of the older students have started to realize that they are on their way out and need to pass the torch.

On Friday, 12th of October, there was a brainstorming session about what should be done about the SHoT results. This took place at Vitenparken under the direction of NMBU. It is a pleasure to see that this area seems mobilised and that all participants took it seriously - NMBU, SiÅs, Studentsamfunnet, UKA, and not least, the students. There were many good and realistic measures that were discussed during this event, and I am excited to see what will be achieved by the different participants. Personally, I believe that it is important that we are open about our own mental health and that we work towards removing the stigma surrounding this topic. I wish to invite all of you who have a story to tell to do just that.

I have felt it too, the feeling of having noone to talk to. The nights where I don’t have a party to go to, or a meeting or an event to attend. Those nights where you sit at home and keep thinking that everyone else is out and having fun. Or those nights when I actually am out among my friends, but can’t seem to connect to anyone. In those moments, it is easy to become convinced that only I am sitting alone, without anyone to talk to.

Sometimes it feels like I am only worth the amount of effort I put into my, to be honest, one too many positions. Together with the feeling of not doing a good enough job in these positions, life can quickly become a little dark. When I think it over, I know very well that there are many people I can lean on if I need it, but sometimes this is difficult to remember. And after all I do not want to be a bother, I want to be the guy who can do it on his own.

I was recently reminded that one should treat mental health the same as physical health, and it does sound pretty strange to sit in one’s room with a broken foot and wait for it to get better, right?

EDITORIAL REDAKSJONEN EDITORIAL Issue 6 7 8 9 10

Deadline Publication 25.08 15.09 06.10 27.10 17.11

06.09 27.09 18.10 08.11 29.11

Editor in Chief Gunnar Størseth Haarr

Journalist Coordinator Jardar Lindaas Bringedal Journalists Kaja Mie Botnen Mathilde Moe Strand Carl-Henrik Lensjø Alvin

Fano Alexander H Grydeland Chiara Magboo Katja Terzic Jane Bergan Helene Vo Christine Husebø Copeland Layout Coordinator Malin Sandven Layout Ingvill Eidesen Runa Gjerland

Anne Tove Græsdal Våge Photography Coordinator Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Photographers Merete Guldhav Sandra Elena Orre Tord Kristian F. Andersen Andreas Gustav Meyer Illustrators Lina Westermann

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Musical Prejudices

SHoT-workshop

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Two Beers with Bendik Hassel

Stedsforeninger (Location Organisations) from an international perspective

41 Proof-reading Kjersti Rustad Kvisberg Magnus Dybdahl Ida Lunde Naalsund Julie Andrea Glemminge Carmen I. V. Erdal Translation Hanna Sahlström Rebekka Bedringås Ingrid Tangvik Magnus Horgen Rekkedal

Evita Kolseth Skaar Caroline Lensjø-Alvin Potato Kristian Haraldsen Distribution Tonje Eilerås Net Distribution Halvor Ekeland

Tuntreet, an organ for Studentsamfunnet in Ås Tuntreet, Post box 1211 1432 Ås E-mail: tuntreet@samfunnetiaas.no www.tuntreet.org Print: 1300 Press: BK Grafisk, Sandefjord Cover: Hans Christian Egeland Centerfold: Cornelia Aasuldsen & Anne Guro Røsæg Back Cover: Hans Christian Egeland

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A Walk Through Time:

Historical Walk through Ås Chiara Magboo Journalist and photographer

NMBU is well-known across Norway for a number of things, such as its vibrant student life, high number of international students, focus on environmental sustainability, and beautiful campus. However, what many people may not realize is that it also has much to offer in terms of local history. On a fine weekend in late September, just as the university grounds began to see sprinklings of changing colours in the foliage, a guided historical walking tour of the campus took place. Those who attended were treated to a history lesson come to life. Strolling around the grounds of NMBU, they learned many little tidbits about the places they frequent every day.

The afternoon began at Olav L. Moens Plass 1, commonly known to students as the Studentsamfunnet i Ås building. Built in 1934 at the cost of about 300,000 NOK (equivalent to 12 million NOK today), the plot was buried on the diligence of the students at the college! The initiative to initiate the construction was done by Olav L. Moen. The building’s functionalist style was considered a bit strange at the time because it was part of an agricultural school.

A professor in landscape architecture, Moen also designed the university park, which today contains around 800 species of trees.

He started what seems to be a family trend of planning buildings for the university: his son would later design Aud Max as

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well as the original buildings in Pentagon; and, much later, Moens’ grandson designed Pomona, also in Pentagon, GG-hallen and most of SiÅs buildings for student housing.

Inside Samfunnet, even more surprising facts were shared by the knowledgeable guide (SIÅS’ very own operations manager, Lars Raaen). For instance, did you know that before it became the main drinking spot for students, the bodega was used to store potatoes? Café Klubben served as a dining room for students, back when the oldest university buildings were used for student housing. Studentsamfunnet had its own household that made all meals.

Another room which contains a wealth of

stories is Aud Max, used today mostly as a concert hall and the site of other big student events. Planning for the building initially started in 1956; the idea was to have it located on campus, between Urbrygningen and Parkgården. Eventually this idea was scrapped, after officials deemed it would be too expensive to construct it on campus.

They decided to build it at Samfunnet instead, and planning for this began in 1964 with construction finishing in 1970.

In the main foyer located just inside the downstairs entrance of the building, there is a little-known yet significant piece of history: a memorial plaque commemorating students who went to fight in WWI/WWII and never returned. The solemn monument

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On a much lighter note, this room also has architectural features that were built to represent elements of the Norwegian landscape: the wall jutting out in the center of the room is supposed to resemble a glacier, while the columns that greet all visitors to the building are supposed to represent the forest. One of the columns was built crookedly on purpose, with the intention of confusing drunk students.

Perhaps try to test this theory and locate the crooked column the next time you’re there!

The tour then moved back outside, making its way past the sculpture outside of Aux Max, designed by the sculptor Carl Nesjar. The sculpture is one of three in the whole world. The other two are found in Sandefjord, Norway, and at the UN building in New York. The group continued to walk across the proper university grounds, making stops at the newly restored RealTek- building, Meierimuseet, Stabburet and Vitenparken, which used to be a post office. One of the participants on the walk was a former student at NMBU; he shared some amusing anecdotes from his time at the school, including a mention of how SIÅS used to have their own travel agency. The rest of the group chuckled upon hearing this, surprised with this new knowledge.

The next stop was a visit to the original buildings of the school: Cirkus, Tivoli and Økonomikantina. History buffs may already know that NMBU first became an educational institution in 1859, when

it was established as the Norwegian Agricultural Postgraduate College. In 1897, it received the more formal accreditation of a “university-level university college” which it held until receiving university status in 2005 (until this time, it was also known as the Norwegian College of Agriculture).

Named after buildings at an Oslo theme park, Cirkus and Tivoli were used to house both students and employees of the school; cleaners, shoe polishers and the local baker all lived on the basement floor. Økonomikantina, meanwhile, served as another mandatory dining hall for residents.

Prior to the construction of Samfunnet in 1934, these buildings were also used for social activities in Elevforeningen.

Around the campus grounds, the group was also led to various monuments and statues commemorating different figures in the university’s history. Those noted by the guide included tributes to Johan L. Hirsch , the director when the school received its university college status in the late 1890s, and – perhaps most interestingly to students of Norwegian history – Christian

Magnus Falsen, known as “The Father of the Constitution” due to his role in preparing Norway’s constitution in 1814. Until that year, Falsen had owned and lived on a farm, Vollebekk, located where the monument to him stands today. It is now a local tradition that every year on May 17th, people will gather at this site and make speeches.

The final stop on the main university grounds was in front of what are probably the most widely photographed buildings at NMBU: Urbygningen (“Clock Building”) and Tårnbygningen (“Tower Building”).

Urbygningen was constructed first, in 1901.

For the first few years, the building had its own power station, with workers residing in the basement with their families. In 1919, officials decided to construct Tårnbygningen.

Given the tough economy of the time, they used bricks that were half the size of normal bricks, to employ more workers. Notably, during WWII the occupying Germans painted all of the university buildings black so that they would be more difficult to spot from the air. A close look at the exteriors of either Clock Building or Tower Building revealed that there were, indeed, flecks of black amidst the familiar brick.

The afternoon hike came to a close at Pentagon, NMBU’s student housing village.

The complex was given this name as there were five different programs at the school during the time it was built. Construction first began in 1963 with Buildings A, B and C. Today, the housing complex consists of a myriad of buildings that are home to hundreds of students.

So, there you have it. Although this may be the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, it seems that you can also take part in a real-life history course around the campus grounds. Just make sure to bring your walking shoes.

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SHoT - what now?

Helene Vo Journalist

Katja Terzic Illustrator

The student’s mental health- and well-being survey (SHoT) is a national mapping survey done in collaboration with SiT, SiO, Sammen and Folkehelseinstituttet.

It considers the students physical and psychological health, along with well-being and the buddy week.

ShoT shows that we, the students at NMBU, on average have it a little bit better than other students nationally. We score higher on whether we enjoy our studies, the buddy week, our economic situation, how often we work out and the extent of psychological issues. But just because we are ranked better, doesn’t mean that we have it well enough.

The reason for us being here at Ås, and at NMBU, is to study and learn. Yes, the student days are about more than just the academics, but the academics is also very important. It is what separates a college from a university.

The survey considers whether the students enjoy the studies.

At this, NMBU scores, as with everything else, a bit better than average. Four points better to be exact.

On average the students are 60 out of 100 points happy with the education, the workload, the feedback, the structure and the professional guidance.

That we’re only OK+ satisfied with our studies is way too little, I think. The

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Student Parliament will consider these numbers and make an evaluation on how the education is constructed and implemented. They want to emphasize relevant forms of assessment in all subjects as an initiative to reduce exam anxiety. This is something that about 40% of all students struggle with. It is important that the students give good and concrete feedback so academic development can be improved.

It will make it easier for the lecturer, the school and the students.

When we asked the school management what the university thought, and what will happen next they said: “the S H o T- s u r v e y gives us very valuable feedback.

Even though we’re happy we’re above the national average, the numbers also tell us we have a lot to work on. That just 60% is “mostly” or “very satisfied” is not good enough for us. Safety and well-being is a condition for learning, and it’s something we continuously work to improve.”

Specifically, they wish to use more

Translated By: Ingrid Tangvik

student active learning methods. This will stimulate more contact and dialogue between all parties. To make learning more social could also strengthen the psychosocial learning environment; whilst at the same time engage the students.

The importance of using co-students for learning will also be emphasized. The university has a strong belief in that study methods where the students learn from each other is a win-win situation for both students and teachers.

NMBU will also arrange integrated and relevant study programs, with more defined links between education, research and innovation. In the new strategy period the focus will be enhanced on ancillary, digitalization and generic competence. This will involve more of the students, which can lead to enhanced contentment.

There will also be a new merit system introduced. Through this program, the education will be strengthened, and the educational competence to those who teach at NMBU. The educational competence at employment and advancement to associate professor and professor will be increased so that we, students, will be able to improve our learning and have the best presupposed conditions.

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Samfunnet organises events twice a week where there’s served alcohol. On these two days the alcohol serving happens under controlled and safe conditions.

Even though Samfunnet itself serves alcohol, it’s up to everyone to take responsibility for their own actions related to this. Alcohol- and party facilities in Samfunnet should be open to everyone. It is an offer directed towards well-being and to strengthen the social environment. Alcohol should not be a driving force for the social environment, and Samfunnet therefore wishes to get lots of input for what types of events Thorvald and Thora want besides party evenings.

When the survey came out, there was a lot of focus on loneliness, and the amount of students that are lonely.

From the last survey in 2014 the amount has increased from 16% to 30% nationally. Like with other psychological troubles it is hard to determine what the cause is, and what solutions actually work. Psychological health is personal and different from person to person.

Therefore there are no single solution that can work for everyone.

“A good lecturer provokes curiosity and contributes to more learning then one would’ve accomplished by oneself. We need more of those lecturers. A good initiative for this is, in my opinion, that we reward those lecturers that really burn for teaching” says The Standing Committee on Education and Research member Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde. It will now be demanded that universities have good educational competence, which will strengthen learning and teaching.

As mentioned before, the student days are not just a time for academic learning, but also a time to learn and grow as mature human beings. It is a time where many make friends for life and a time where one learns how to play grown-up.

Ås and NMBU are known for having a good student environment, but the majority thinks there is too much drinking. 40% of the student are at risk of having problems related to alcohol.

If that wasn’t enough, 5% already have a harmful relationship to alcohol. That nearly half of all students are in danger of problems with alcohol is not a good foundation for adulthood.

Alcoholism is a big problem for society in the sense that it causes both physical and psychological troubles. 336 people died from alcohol related causes in Norway in 2016. That is 336 people too many.

Most of the cultural- and party facilities in Ås happen through Samfunnet.

SHoT: abbreviation of the name of the survey conducted in collaboration with SiT, SiO, Sammen and Folkehelseinstituttet. In total, over 50000 students answered the survey. This amounts to ca. 30% of students answering the survey. 1611 students answered from Ås. This amounts to ca. 32%.

Generally, 45% of the students in SouthEast Norway say they have psychological issues to varying degrees. Of these, there are only 36% of those who seek help through SiO and such, whilst the remaining 64% choose to seek help elsewhere. Here in Ås, SiÅs doesn’t have its own doctors and psychologist like the bigger universities have, but a free offer through Helsestasjonen (the public health center).

All questions about well-being and health are complex and personal. As with psychological health in general, it’s hard to have concrete solutions that work for all. To conclude, initiatives are on the way from Stortinget (The Parliament) and the school. We, the students, should be happy at school, both with our studies and the social environment.

NMBU scores above average on nearly everything, but it’s not enough for everyone to feel as good as possible. Ås is known for its good student- and learning environment, let the numbers in the next SHoT survey reflect this.

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Applause for political App-App-Appetite Fano Alexander Heintz Grydeland Journalist

Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Photographer

Translated By: Magnus Horgen Rekkedal

Two years of waiting is over, UKA is finally back, and if the rest of UKA is as good as the student premiere, you have something to look forward to!

The festival has finally returned, the highlight of the year. Many a student have been sitting in lectures, staring at the wall while thinking about all the concert tickets they have to buy, theme party costumes they have to make, and the money they have saved for the legendary Spritsløyfa (Liquor Loop). We have ticked off our calendars day by day and we could finally turn the “September” page. Like children before Christmas we have waited, and on October 4th the wait was over. Whether you have worked hard as a volunteer for UKA or not this was the day we had all been waiting for. Today was the student premiere of the UKE-revue “App-App-App”..

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Review of the revue The show started with all the student choirs singing “Jeg og’n Thorvald og Johannes”. The choirs stood tightly packed and allowed their voices to ring together in harmony.

The song that has been sung for decades is as good now as it was then. I was moved when they paid tribute to Even. Instead of a minute’s silence, there was a minute’s applause to rejoice over his memory.

The first thing to recognize with the revue is the stage itself. One really has to applaud the quality of the layout. With two floors, lighting effects and separate rooms for the band, every millimetre of the stage is exploited. You soon understand that this

is something the workers have put their hearts and souls into, and all the hours that were spent on this were not in vain.

The revue itself is incredibly funny. “AppApp-App” is about societies’ know-it-alls, those people who think they’re always right and shove their opinions down other peoples throats. The main dish of the revue is political issues, with sketches inspired by both earlier world wars and modern scandals. Most are performed via satirical and parody sketches or musical numbers.

The show has a total of 32 different sketches/music numbers and lasted around 2 hours.

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Photo: Cornelia Aasulds

Foto: Cornelia Aasulds The luxury of writing a revue like this is that the audience will mostly be students.

Therefore, you have a particular age group to write a show for. This is used to the fullest by the authors who have several home-runs, humour wise. The script consists of genuinely funny puns and “innuendos” which filled Aud.Max. with laughter already during the first number.

A modern twist of “Dinner for One” really shows the great creativity of the writers.

There is also an incredibly f u n n y, d i s n e y - re l a t e d n u m b e r t h a t shows there is no limit to what you can joke about. Some of the sketches are based on puns the authors came up with (Exphil. on the beach). Luckily, this does not affect the quality of the sketches, which is for the most part are good throughout the show.

A major part of the humour is the energetic and talented actors. It was impossible to spot any differences in their energy levels from the first number to the last number.

When nice things happened, they smiled from ear to ear and laughed. When they were angry, they stomped on the ground and screamed. They really gave life to every single character they portrayed. I would also like to point out the band, which played superbly. The music that was composed was also amazing, with singing voices that lively floated across the room and enthralled the audience. There were also a couple of dance numbers that acted like a breath of fresh air between the other numbers.

It should be mentioned that if you want to see the show, I would recommended catching up with recent events in Norwegian politics. The performance has many features inspired by recent political affairs, and although most of them are fun either way, there are some elements that would be difficult to understand without some degree of context. Many of the numbers are about Norwegian politics, and although they are all different, it gets a bit repetitive when you see Erna Solberg on

stage for the fourth time. It can be hard to spot the recurring theme throughout the play, which makes the show sometimes feel like a series of fun sketches without a real connection. This does not ruin the experience, but when they say that the show is about society’s know-it-alls, it can be confusing when sketches just jump from one theme to another.

Too long, didn’t read The revue is very good and definitely reaches its goal. The humour is solid, with funny wordplays and very creative writing. The band is excellent, playing a lot of different tunes between each feature, and the songs are fun and well liked. The whole show oozes of energy and humour, and it’s obvious that everyone involved has put their heart and soul into it. It is also recommended that you be up to date on Norwegian political affairs. Even though the recurring theme sometimes is not so recurring, the show is incredibly enjoyable.

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In the academic life here at Ås, you may hear the abbreviation AU being thrown around. Perhaps one dares to ask, “What is AU?” The answer you often get is: “It is the Student Board here at NMBU”, or Arbeidsutvalget in Norwegian. But what is the Student Board? What are they working on and how do they work on it? If you have asked yourself these questions before, this is the article for you.

The Student Board at NMBU Carl-Henrik Lensjø Alvin Journalist

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Andreas Meyer Photographer

Translated By: Magnus Horgen Rekkedal

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The Student Board, more specifically the Student Parliament’s Student Board, is working to take care of the student mass here at NMBU. In order to achieve this, their main tasks are:

1.Find out the needs and opinions of students at NMBU. 2.Relay this to the management of NMBU. The leader Tord Hauge, together with deputy leader Anne Gladsø Wibe, four members, and a secretary, form The Student Board. Together they work to present students’ opinions to SiÅs, NMBU, Ås municipality and other arenas that are important to us students.

The issues that the Student Board (SB) works with depends on the students here in Ås and are discussed at the Student Parliament. The Student Parliament is assembled six times a year and the issues that are discussed here reflect the students’ opinions. As a student at NMBU, you have the right to attend the Student Parliament meetings where

you can participate in the discussion, bring up important issues and help shape the work of the Student Board. 25 elected student representatives vote on the decisions of the student parliament.

Important policies have been adopted by students, and are still in effect today.

Among others, that NMBU is an antiracist zone, and that the university is not allowed to build on cultivated land.

If you want to influence the work of the SB without attending the Student Parliament, you can also talk to a student representative or a class representative.

They can pass on your opinions and disseminate them during student council meetings and the Student Parliament. It is also possible to contact the SB directly if you have something on your mind.

You can reach us by email, Facebook or SMS and you can also come to our office to have a chat.

When AU knows the opinions of the students, they can work to promote them. They do this in several arenas such as SiÅs, the Education Committee,

Who is a part of the Student Board? (with employment percentage) President Tord Hauge 100% Vice President Anne Gladsø Wibe 100%

the Research Committee, but perhaps the most important: Rektors Leder Gruppe (RLG) (The Principle Leader Group). The SB is working with a lot of different issues, however they are currently focusing on mental health.

It is not uncommon to feel inconsequential in big democratic processes. You might think that a single vote cannot make a difference or that you need several years of political experience to partake in discussions. Tord says that this is not the case in Ås. “Students at NMBU have more power than you might think”. The management is genuinely interested in the students’ opinions. Tord goes on explaining that by being students, all of us are a part of the student democracy and have the right to share our opinions both to the Student Parliament and to the SB directly.

So if you have a particular issue on your mind, something you believe would improve the day-to-day student life, or you just want to have a chat, come down to the the SB office.

How do I contact the Student Board?

There office is in U121, office hours 12.0014.00 Monday-Friday.

Welfare Officer Jan Henrik Skisland 30%

studenttinget@nmbu.no

International Officer Lish Earnest 30%

studentdemokratiet.no

Marketing Officer Henriette Vågen Aase 20% Environment and Research Officer Jørgen Kaupang-Marthinsen 10%

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A day in the shoes of a stranger Helene Vo Journalist and photographer

Solveig Erga Journalist and photographer

Translated By: Caroline Lensjø-Alvin

What happens when two strangers switch lives for a day? We decided to find out. In this article we will get to know Solveig Erga and our new journalist, Helene Vo. 0

Helene Vo

Age: 19 years From: Sandnes, Rogaland Study: Food science and nutrition Why Tuntreet? I have always been invested in how society works and I was looking for a new challenge. I though it would be fun to try journalism, so I chose Tuntreet.

Solveig Erga

Age: 22 years Fra: Orre, Rogaland Study: Environment and natural resources

Helene As mentioned above, Solveig and I don’t know each other, and have no relations except for the fact that we are both from Rogaland. To try to live as Solveig was not as challenging as I first thought, but it was still a strange experience. Solveig is a vegetarian, so, naturally, dinner consisted of some grass and leaves sprinkled with dirt. As a student on a tight budget it was extremely convenient to find dinner along the side of the road. The meal looked appealing, but the taste was nothing to brag about. However, seeing as I was living as Solveig, an environmentally conscious person, I forced myself to eat it. As the cherry on top of the cake, Solveig gave me a beer to wash it all down with. She might like beer, but I despise it. My stomach turns just from the smallest sip. I did not drink it.

After filling my quota of greens for the day I sat down to draw. I attempted to draw a leopard, and I have to say I was pretty proud. It was much better than Solveig’s drawing.

Solveig To kick off my day as Helene, I went to her math lecture, something I felt I handled pretty well. 2+2=5 right? After the lecture I went to Eika where I attempted the splits, some stretches and different yoga poses. Turns out it was much harder than I thought, seeing as I’m not as flexible as Helene. Lucky for me, Helene told me her guilty pleasure is ice cream, something she indulges in almost every night. So, my day as Helene came to an end after a delicious bowl of vanilla ice cream. Being Helene isn’t so bad after all.

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Summary To try to live as someone else might not be a breeze. However, if you want to get to know someone, I highly recommend it. We went from strangers to pretty good friends in one day. Although we are both from Jæren (yep, Sandnes counts as Jæren (North-Jæren, Editor’s note.)), we don’t live similar lives. While Solveig downs beers at parties, you’ll find me wrapped up in a blanket with a bowl of ice cream.

Being Solveig for one day was a good experience, but I have to say I’d rather stay in my own shoes. And, seeing as I know Solveig pretty well now, I can say that she agrees.

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How to cover the basics at home Merete Guldhav Journalist and photographer

Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås

Budget - tips and tricks

- Pack lunch - Buy the cheap brands at the grocery store - Befriend people with a car – shop a lot but not too often – Remember to write a shopping list and a weekly menu – make twice as much as you usually do and have it for lunch the next day - Finn.no and secondhand shops when you need something but don’t want or are unable to pay full price.

- Set some money aside each month as a buffer – you never know when you’re going to need it.

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Insurance

The different kinds you should have are: - Household contents insurance – You don’t need this if you live with your parents, they most likely have it already.

- Travel – very important if something were to happen while travelling.

READ THE TERMS, the definitions can vary a lot.

- Accident insurance – If you’re unfortunate enough to get into an accident, you will get paid a set amount.

- Disability – if you end up with some kind of disability, this is what

you need. Usually gives you a set amount each month until a certain age, as long as the terms are being met. READ THE TERMS. Norsk Studentorginisasjon offers these kinds of insurances at a reasonable rate, with reasonable terms.

Dinner/lunch - easy recipes

- Baked potatoes – cut the potatoes in slices and put them layer-by-layer with spices and oil. In the oven on 200 degrees until they are tender.

- Fried rice - use boiled rice (or pasta) and fry it with leftovers or whatever you may want.

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Transportation

- Bike, bikelock and a helmet - Scooter - Longboard

New vacuum cleaner bag

- Find your vacuum cleaner - Look for the brand, model name and number - Go to a shop where they might have vacuum cleaner bags or use the website støvsugerposer.no, it is very easy to use.

Academic calendar and exam dates - Find the academic calendar online and notice: - Deadlines to sign up and sign off - Exam period - Exam dates - Dates for the different blocks and semesters

Socializing

- Go out and talk to people - Or bake a cake and invite your neighbour or someone you live with or someone from your class.

- Make a joint dinner with the people you live with or part of your class - Samfunnet is a great place to meet people - A great option is to have a study group

Tips from freelancer:

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experienced

Don’t sweep things under the rug.

Housework take a lot of time, find out what needs to be done and do it!

- Baked fish – put the fish in an ovenproof dish and add your favourite spice, put it in the oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes.

The student cookbook and colonial.no has a lot of great recipes and weekly menus.

Laundry

- Check the machine before and after use.

- It is very important to remember to not put whites together with coloured

clothing – besides this you’ll be fine.

- Most things can be washed at 40 degrees, but avoid washing wool at any higher than 30 degrees.

- Sheets, towels and underwear should be washed at 60 degrees.

Paying bills

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STUDENTS WITHOUT SAMFU It’s Wednesday evening and eerily quiet in the dorm. Lights are dimmed, the music is off and the fridge is emptied for beer. There are no loud voices or confusing souls keeping me awake till dawn, nor fluttery looks or the nausea of a hangover greeting me at the breakfast table. It’s calm – the calm before the storm.

UKA in Ås is every second fall’s most wonderful (read: wildest) adventure.

With a misleading name, it stretches over three-fourths of October in many students’ calendars, and promises social and exciting events for everyone. It becomes so intense that even students in Ås need a two week break before it all begins (and Studentsamfunnet needs a finishing touch). There’s no better time than this to do a recap on Thursdays’ morning lectures and Saturdays’ anticipated runs. Alternatively, this could be a time to perfect the food dish burning on the stove or leveling in World of Warcraft.

3 Michelin-stars and a Grandiosa With an increased desire to eat healthily, at the same time as one adjusts to a more hectic lifestyle, it’s easy for one to haste, just adding some leaves of lettuce in a diet of potato chips and pasta. So when you see the flat mate chop vegetables for half an hour to make a hearty vegetable dish, it comes off as surprising. Besides, it smells too good in the kitchen: the sizzling bacon and various herbs. The plates are laid on the table, and candles are lit.

A simmering casserole leaves time for the chef to take a break, and good company relieves the load. So you keep sitting there, immersed in actualities and trivial questions, interrupted only by a cry about a burning smell. The dish has,

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somewhat miraculously, burnt in the bottom of the saucepan, and the bacon is burned black. The food apparently tastes good anyway, even accompanied with a memory of how it should’ve looked. Another flat mate tries the same: carefully chopping the vegetables and finding a heatproof casserole. They turn on the oven, and an overwhelming stench of burned cheese fills the room.

The vegetables on the cutting board feel less tempting and more time consuming. With time, the image of warm, gooey cheese has glued itself to your eyes, and, before you know it, the vegetables are packed up and a box of Grandiosa lies readily on the counter.

A World of Warcraft An old fan is on high speed. An aging stationary computer works on high gear as a fantastic beast adorns the screen.

Enthusiastically, a friend starts talking about missions to accomplish before she receives who-knows-what, a majestic creature she can ride. It’s not boring, it’s just complicated.

Because it’s not just

a virtual platform, it’s an entirely new world. Equipped with fangs, nails and a sword or five, the monstrous creature wanders the magical fields, until they meet counterparts to plunder. Because while you build yourself bigger and stronger, you feed off other, unknown players from across the globe. To some it’s a way of socializing, and when you’ve become too old for sledging in Club Penguin, Blizzard’s concept of war might be taking the multiplayer function a step further.

Household articles and adult points The household department in the nearest shop oozes of sweet scents and hard chemicals. The price tag is as repelling as the thought of upcoming student debt. Because even though the student life consists of loud music and several units of alcohol, one quickly earns some so called adult points by living away from home. One quickly earns knowledge of how expensive plumbing articles are, or how quickly a bottle of dish soap empties when you don’t have a dishwasher and live with x number of students; how little space you get in

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Christine Hausebø Copeland Journalist

the freezer if half is filled with ice from last year’s forgotten defrost and how easily dirt clogs the drain in the sink. It’s awfully boring to fix such problems, and a late night in the study hall often ends up in a night out at the Studentsamfunnet instead. Without the Student Society the excuses become what oneself makes them, and maybe fellow student’s withdrawal gives you the extra energy to defrost the freezer or plunge the drain. It still smells of hard chemicals, even more now as the box is opened. Then you put on some plastic gloves, find the white jar of powder and notices all too well the orange warning sign on the backside.

Self-grown food The University is surrounded by green areas and arable fields,

Tord Kristian F. Andersen Photographer

and inspiration and encouragement for short-distanced crops aren’t lacking.

When you have students with a passion for botany, you won’t have to travel far to find one or more food plants on the kitchen counter. Seeds become sprouts, sprouts become herbs and old fruit stones become new, edible fruits.

It requires a lot to keep a plant alive, but with the right soil, amount of water and light conditions, one can get food in return.

The unpredicted late nights The idea of peace and silent nights is short. Because even though the Student Society offers alcoholic buzz, white strobe lights and deafening bass, one quickly realizes that festive students

still can make noise in a tad too small apartment. It’s admittedly on a smaller scale, but the stomping and the bass from a pretty expensive speaker can be just as intense. Even for a non-partying student, it can be tempting to pull a bottle of wine from the sleeve, especially if the alternative is to look longingly at the ceiling vibrating to the sound of the music. Then the night becomes longer than initially planned. It’s actually quite nice, until you go to bed too late, close your eyes to easing silence and hear a marching band from afar.

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NMBU - STUDENTS PREJUDICES A Anne Tove Græsdal Våge Journalist

Lina Westermann Illustrator

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

Have you ever thought that people in a specific organisation act a certain way, look a certain way or have a certain kind of attitude? Of course you have. We have asked Tuntreets Facebook followers (Like our page if you haven’t already) about their prejudices against the different organisations at NMBU. First out are the musical, or “musical”.

Sangkoret Lærken

S. Lærken was founded on the 23rd of February in 1972, when UrLærken felt the call of the Lærkeånden, and the oldest choir at NMBU was established.

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ÅsBlæst`n

Åsblæst´n was founded in 1974 and is a marching band at the Nowegian University of Life Sciences.

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Sangkoret NGA

Pikekoret Ivar

Mannskoret Over Rævne

Noe ganske annet was founded in 1986, and is a mixed choir that has one mission statement: spre sangglede! (spread singing joy!)

Pikekoret IVAR was founded on 19.09.1991 at 19.00, and is a student choir for Intense Voluminøse Amorøse Røyer v/NMBU! We spread beautiful tones wherever we go!

Over Rævne was founded on the 17th of January in 1993, and is the only men’s choir at Norways University of Life Sciences.

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Ås feministiske studenter (Ås feminist students) hosted a conversation about men’s role in feminism. The discussion pointed out that without the contribution of men we are all losers in limiting gender roles.

Everyone loses in limiting gender roles 196 418 What happens with men in feminism?

Out of the 16 people that took part in the conversation, only three were men. On the same level as the rest of society, the union was generally disappointed over the absence 196 of men inkvinner the discussion around feminism. menn that if more 418 men would They agreed participate in feminism, it would be easier to fight the gender roles in tradition and today’s society. There are, of course, some men who call themselves feminists and that fight together to accomplish equalization.

Yet, in everyday life, it is seldom that men react in small situations where sexism occurs or speak up when someone says or does something sexist. At the same time there are also numbers showing that a lot of men feel suppressed today as well.

Katja Terzic Journalist

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Suicide - men and women In 2016, 614 people took their lives in Norway. 418 of these were men Selvmord

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menn menn

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again – it doesn’t mean that feminism is just a struggle for women’s liberation. Ås feministiske studenter discussed how much one should tempt to engage more men into feminism to enlighten people about the fact that feminism also includes men’s rights. A suggestion that was brought up in the conversation was to give men their own branch within feminism. With that, men can feel that it is easier to open up by sharing their thoughts with other men in the same situation. On the other hand, someone pointed out that a branch for men within feminism could create a gap between men’s and women’s interests. Hence, this will go against the feminism’s purpose of equalization both for, and between the sexes. Some say that it’s wrong for men to engage in feminism to forward their own rights and interests without taking part in the struggle for women’s liberation. At the same time it seems necessary that men can feel that their cases are taken as seriously as women’s cases, for men to want to engage in feminism.

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Feminist with their own spare time

Strength in solidarity

With that, the conversation went over to specific advantages that come from men’s contribution to feminism. The group shared experiences, especially about how communication with and between men had been better without the norm of men not being able to cry nor show emotion.

This is troubling considering that it goes hand in hand with the high suicide rate amongst men. If men feel that they can be more open, they too will be more capable of nurturing healthy relations, whether it is with a girlfriend, friend, mother or sister. If men were better at showing emotions with each other, women would not continuously feel that they have to take care of the men’s well-being, something which also improves the dynamic in relationships between men and women.

Within feminism it’s important to remember to separate hobbies from behaviour and identity. Many may think that they can’t be feminist because they have interests they see as typical “feminine” or “masculine”. A passing subject for the feminist students, and in this conversation, was to get across that you can call yourself a feminist even though you like to do your make-up and wear high heels, or like to really work it at the gym and play video games. The premise is just that you do these hobbies because you yourself want to do them, not because you feel pressured by the norms of society.

To recap, men’s role in feminism is important and necessary. By showing that feminism is a case for both sexes, and by getting more men to understand this and act accordingly, it gives a more accurate understanding of the concept of feminism and its purpose. Some say that men need their own organized feministic groups to truly dare to engage in feminism. It is however more wanted that men participate in feminism, which mainly is fought by women today. Why should we divide when we are stronger together? One should avoid discord between the sexes in a battle which is underlying a fight for equalization for both sexes. The struggle is against the tight gender roles, and they are valid for both sexes. If women and men are able to meet, we are much more unified in meeting about a society without gender based norms.

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Leaving home

Emilie Sandell Journalist

Tord Kristian F. Andersen Photographer

Here at NMBU, students are recommended to leave their home country to get advantages later in your career, and to network internationally. One often hears it referred to as the best year, where people make friends for life. There are many sides to these stories. One of Tuntreets journalists invites two students to talk about their experiences over breakfast one Saturday morning in October.

As the coffee is being served and bread is being toasted, we have the students introduce themselves. One recently came back after a year in Stuttgart, Germany, who we will call Ann. The other is a foreign student from Calgary, Canada, doing her two-year masters degree here in Ås. She also did a year in Durham, England a few years back, and we’ll refer to her as Carmen.

Is it possible to be prepared? As the two girls try to put themselves back to the time they were preparing for their exchange years, they found that some things you just can’t be ready for. Namely, the bureaucracy and entanglement that non-electronic paperwork presents you with. Even though Ann had prepared a folder with signed papers and photocopies, two weeks of “running about, fixing signature” ensued.

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picked up at the airport”, she tells us. “After that he just dodged me. It might just have been bad luck”. Carmen, on the other hand, was very happy about being invited to NMBU one week early to get registered.

She was thoroughly guided, “but it’s going to be intense getting settled no matter what”.

“I admire that you had a plan to get friends, because I didn’t”, Ann chuckles. The girls laugh in common understanding, because they both know: it is hard to start from nothing in a new place. Carmen tells us that she learnt from her experience, that nothing helps fighting loneliness and homesickness like good company.

“How did you first perceive Norwegians?”

Carmen thinks for a second, then says “I found them to be polite and nice, but most often they will only talk to you if you talk to them”. She points out that we are, however, at the university and knows it is natural in any country to want to get out of class, and on with your day. “I knew from my first exchange that you need to join a group to reach people outside of work hours”. Hers has become rugby and Australian football, and she has already travelled and gotten to know people through this.

What is your first afterthought for someone who is currently on exchange?”, I ask them.

Ann quickly tells us: “Don’t live alone and also - if you want to learn a language, get a language buddy, and talk”. She also says that, if you don’t take your grades home… have fun! She wished she had traveled more.

We pour even more coffee in our mugs, and Carmen continues. “I agree, not living on your own. Then you always have someone to ask”, she says. “Yeah, and as I said about class, two hours and then everyone wants to leave - so join something”.

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“Then it hit really hard, for a few months.

I was scary close to getting a dog, but what actually helped was going on Tinder-dates”.

Carmen says that they were warned and lectured about homesickness, loneliness and culture shock, and that students in Calgary got contact information and a handbook on how to deal with this. It leads us to the subject of the prevalent glorification of exchange years. “I think it’s problematic actually,” Ann says. “There is a lot of pressure”, Carmen agrees. The

girls agree that we should be careful not to make it sound easy. Ann says that though it was rough at times, it was totally worth it. Maybe NMBU should have some mandatory preparation for its students, on loneliness, customs and communication.

Though Norwegians tend to be well traveled, it doesn’t mean we know other cultures.

Exchange can make us feel like vulnerable children, we are anew learning basic communication, gestures and customs.

However, that is one of the most precious skills to make a person grow – going back

to basics, to your sense of curiosity. That is why exchange years are known to make us more resilient, flexible and complex thinkers, as we adapt to internationalize our skills. As we adapt to thrive.

Do you have an itch, far, in the back of your mind? It will not be a rosy red adventure, but you will expand your horizon, whether it be academic, empathic, linguistic or culinary. If you’re lucky, you might do it all.

Though this is only a short fraction of the afterthought of exchange programs, they both agree that they came out of it a lot stronger.

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The “Hidden” Epidemic Mathilde Moe Strand Journalist

Lina Westermann Illustrator

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

A surprising number of Norwegians live with a mental illness. It is estimated that 16-22 percent of the Norwegian population will have a mental illness within a span of 12 months (FHI, 2018). Many will conquer their illnesses, either on their own or with the help of others, but many will suffer in silence. This article is dedicated to all of you. dedicated to all of you.

According to statistics from Folkehelseinstituttet, there were 614 suicides in 2016 (FHI, 2017). In comparison, 134 people died in traffic accidents that same year (FHI, 2017).

This is chilling to read and indicates that there is something that is not optimally functioning in the Norwegian community. Suicide may not necessarily be a result of a mental illness, but in many instances a relation exists between suicide and mental illness(es)(Hjelmeland et al., 2014).

often misunderstood. For example, a general view exist in a large part of the population about people with schizophrenia and the idea that they resort to violent and aggressive actions.

Even if the research supports that the diagnosis paranoid schizophrenia correlates with an increased risk for violent tendencies, it is important that this does not lead to stigmatization (FHI, 2012).

Stigmatization of mental illnesses will only lead to the shame around these issues being upheld and reinforced.

Many mental illnesses are still considered taboo in todays society. There is a steadily progressing conversation in different medias about different mental illnesses, although often in a glorified form. However, there is very little openness in discussing many mental illnesses, and these are t h e re f o re

Det at mange TV-serier og blogginnlegg presenter en glorifisert form av psykiske lidelser er uheldig. Psykiske lidelser, enten det er sosial angst, tvangslidelse eller bipolar lidelse, er aldri et valg.

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References FHI, Folkehelseinstituttet (2012, 17. april).

Schizofreni og vold – kan man forutsi voldelig atferd?.

Tidsskriftet Den Norske Legeforening. 132 (7), s.

849-50. Hentet fra: https://tidsskriftet.no/2012/04/ debatt/schizofreni-og-vold-kan-man-forutsi-voldeligatferd (08.10.2018).

(FHI) Folkehelseinstituttet (2017, 13. desember).

Dødsårsaksregisteret - statistikkbank. Hentet fra: http://statistikkbank.fhi.no/dar/ (08.10.2018).

(FHI) Folkehelseinstituttet (2018, 14. mai). Psykiske lidelser hos voksne. Hentet fra: https://www.fhi.no/ nettpub/hin/psykisk-helse/psykisk-helse-hos-voksne--folkehel/#forekomst-av-psykiske-lidelser-hos-voksne (08.10.2018).

Hjelmeland, H., Dieserud, G., Dyregrov, K., Knizek, B. L. & Rasmussen, M. L. (2014, 4. august).

Selvmord og psykiske lidelser. Tidsskriftet Den Norske Legeforening, 134 (14), s. 1369-70. Hentet fra. https://tidsskriftet.no/2014/08/kronikk/selvmord-ogpsykiske-lidelser (08.10.2018).

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Spritsløyfa Carl-Henrik Lensjø Alvin Journalist

Sunniva Buvarp Schmitz Photographer

Translated By: Rebekka Bedringås

Once again, it’s finally a UKA-year and after a record-breaking hot summer, spritsløyfa is as an oasis for the dehydrated students. It’s packed with exciting drinks, social companionship, loud music and deep-water fish, so that even the most frugal monastery inhabitant would be thrilled.

With it’s sixteen bars spread over eleven rooms it has something for everyone. The question is, what are your favorite bar(s)? I’ve sorted them into five different categories and I have personally worked my way through the loop both as a VA, a drunken nitwit and sober to be able to give you the best reviews and recommendations.

Dancing-BAR: This category is for the bars that make your blood pump and get your feet dancing. For consideration, they are divided into two subcategories; 1. Good music 2. Music played in the Unity-bar

old school dancing skills, something that Beste Bar: makes me really happy. The winner of To bring this to an end, I want to give subcategory 2 is the Unitybar, Legoland. an award to the bar that simply was most fun to hang out in. This bar has something from all the categories. You Aesthetics-BAR: This category is primarily based on can dance, talk, have a aesthetics. You can clearly tell that few nice drinks and even though it’s everyone has put in a huge amount of not aesthetically nice, there is room for work into their bars through the wonderful activities. This of course goes to the artworks, creative use of the rooms and tent where you find the UKA-spritzbar impressive concept development. Those and Nordisk sportsbar. The room is big who stand out are Underwater and enough to dance to loud music in one Behind Bars. They are both completely end, while people can sit and talk in different from everything else, but you the other end. You can enjoy an Aperol can tell by the implementation that they spritz, a delightful drink while playing have spent endless hours building and shuffleboard or beer pong, or you and planning. According to a representative a friend can get your picture taken in from Feminim og Fornem, that runs the the kiss cam. I have had a lot of fun bar together with Collegium Alfa, the here, and I have been told that this is planning started as early as January, last the bar that is hardest to clear out when semester.

Spritsløyfa closes.

The Mexican inspired bar made by Gents Academy and Koneklubben Feidig is without a doubt a winner of the first subcategory. What makes your blood flow more than latin rhythms?

Here it’s possible to bring friends and unfamiliar people out on the dance floor and do salsa, swing or show them your

Drinking-BAR: But which bar has the best drinks?

Personally, I can’t remember the drinks I had that well..... but I heard that Smørterøllen being served in NGA’s bar is really good (Disagree, Editor’s note).

Therefore the award in this category goes to NGAltvort. Congratulations?

Bonding-BAR: The first category I want to discuss is the possibility to be social and bond with others. It’s based on the ability to create an environment where people can sit down and really talk. A place where the music isn’t too loud, lots of seating capacity, and the atmosphere makes you comfortable enough to talk to someone you don’t know. Objectively speaking, Barkebilla-bar wins this category. It’s cozy but also has a nice smell because of the homemade walls.

All in all, I think that this years’ Spritsløfya has been put together really well and I can’t wait to fill up my cashless card and dance my way through this social jungle.

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Effective changes wanted Jardar Lindaas Bringedal Journalist

Gunnar Størseth Haarr Photographer

Friday the 12th of October the principal and prorector for education invited students, employees and others to a night of brainstorming at Vitenparken.

Their goal was to come up with spesific ideas for steps that can improve the SHoT-results.

The SHoT-survey shows that way to many students feel lonely, has physical illnesses, exam anxiety and experience bullying and/or harassment. This is something we want to change! The brainstorming stared with a book deal from Bodil Norderval, the section manager for the studentdepartment, where the ending was Effective changes wanted.

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After this, the principal Mari Sundli Tveit comes on stage to talk about improving the results. Dz Everything else will be meaningless if we can’t accomplish thisdz. She also says that everyone has something to offer, so if you just allow yourself to open up and let people se the real you, it will be possible to make a significant change. Something that not everyone is aware of is that the exchange students are not a part of the survey. To conclude, Mari says that the students are the future and they are all good enough.

The students was represented by the leader from AU, Torn Hauge, who talked about how important it is to take care of yourself, and not just everyone else. It is easy to say yes one too many times and suddenly feel empty and have nothing more to give. It is important to take care of your relationships. Tord underlines that it is important to not be afraid of letting go. You can’t always do everything, and that is all right. The consequences are often not as bad as you think.

The exam anxiety has also increased in the last couple of years.

Solve Sæbø the prorector of education points out that the students are here in Ås first of all to study, but well being and safety is important to be able to achieve this in the best possible way. Other forms of assessment and teaching are being considered to lower the exam anxiety. He also think it is important that we give each other room to make mistakes

There was a workshop after the introduction where you were supposed to write down specific steps that might help. The crowd was divided into different groups that were handed colored coded post-it notes to write down suggestions for the different organizations, such as Samfunnet, SiÅS, AU, the faculties and Helsestasjonen (public health clinic).

Some of these suggestions were read out after the brainstorming was over, and they all agreed that there is a huge need for more psychologists, and that all freshmen’s should have a meeting with the public health nurse during their first year. Get to know the locals better through Frivillighetssentralen for instance. Make an open choir for everyone that sings English songs. Give each other nice long hugs.

Rapports from the SHoT-survey and other wellfare surveys

Share your opinions with the SHot-survey

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“Røverdatter” stole our hearts Jane Bergan Journalist

On October 7th, the cinema in Ås showed Røverdatter, a movie about a fatherdaughter relationship, in connection with World Mental Health Day. Director and protagonist Sofia Haugan was there to elaborate on the time she spent with her father, trying to help him out of a life filled with drugs, alcohol and crime.

When Sofia was a little girl, she and her mother ran away from Sofia’s dad, Kjell Magne, as he had become aggressive. Ten years later he gets in touch, now out of jail and on his way to a funeral where he will meet Sofia. She sees a chance to help him become the father she never ha, even

Andreas Meyer Photographer

though he still struggles with his drug addiction and spends more time inside prison walls than outside. Together they try to make up for lost time and get him into rehab, but it is easier said than done when they have to fight relapses and a system which is meant to help them.

Røverdatter is produced by Indie Film and is Haugans debut movie. The project started in 2012 when Kjell Magne contacted Sofia, who was in film school and needed an idea for her final project. He suggested that she could make it about him, and they started shooting when he got out of jail on May 1st. He ended up in jail just five days later and they felt that they weren’t finished.

This led to the decision to make it into a full-length documentary along with the two actually getting to know each other.

The movie won an Amanda award in the category documentary.

The movie shows us Haugens life and her role as supporter and daughter, and we get to see father-daughter-conversations and difficult confrontations. “One of the hardest things with this movie was to sit down with dad when he wasn’t high on some drug and get him to have a serious conversation without trying to hide behind humor. It was hard for both of us but it had to be done”, Sofia admitted when she visited Ås. “Luckily, we had an agreement from the start about being completely honest with each other. What also made it easier is that I had the final say in what would be included in the movie. However, it is important to remember that to film something is not the same as therapy, and to me it was important to have professionals and other supporters helping me though all of this. Anyone in my situation should have a team like this that has your back, even if they don’t carry cameras everywhere”.

Despite tough times, the finished movie is a masterpiece that Haugan can be proud of. “To see my story on the big screen is unreal, there are so many different reactions! I have watched it with

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people in jail, laughing as they see themselves in it, and others who have cried from seeing it. After the movie came out I have gotten several messages from people in our situation, who have thanked me for showing them that it doesn’t have to be so scary”. But most important to Sofia is that Kjell Magne and his girlfriend Trude is happy with the end result. “In the beginning they were both very positive, but after a few days dad started complaining about how he looked or that he just joked around or how he was dressed. I had some of the same thoughts about myself, maybe I should have brushed my hair or showered more often, but that was how it was. The goal was to show our everyday life, and we did have some bad days as well. So if our only worries about this movie were small things like not showering, it›s worth trying to make a change”.

Røverdatter is an interesting movie that makes you realize that there are several sides to every story. The movie is uncomfortable and raw sometimes, but it gives us a completely different perspective of addicts and those trying to help them. I strongly recommend the movie!

World Mental Health Day falls on October 10th, and in Norway there is extra attention given to mental health from the middle of September and October. The municipalities take part in the work, and Ås was no exception, both through showing the movie and several talks held on October 10th.

Mental health is a personal and often scary thing to talk about, and it can be hard to be the one who shines light on this topic, not just on the World Mental Health Day, but all year around. Martin Østmundset, the manager at Ås cinema, is trying to do this through the “Joker of the Month”.

They show movies with different topics, and offer cheaper tickets and a short talk before the movie. “By doing this we don’t scare people away by showing movies with difficult themes, and we try to give people something to think about. Sometimes you have to sneak in and surprise people, you know?” says Øsmundset.

Maybe you should check out the next “Joker of the Month”?

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I meet Bendik at his home in Eplehagen. A shabby sofa and a homemade TV-bench in the living room warns me of a trønder who knows how to chill. It is a Wednesday, but none of us are going out today.

Luckily, we have a reason to crack a couple of cold ones, even though we know very well that we do not need it. I experience the living room as snug and comfortable, and a place where you can relax.

Translated By: Evita Kolseth Skaar

Gunnar Størseth Haarr Journalist and photographer

We have warmed up with a beer to make the conversation flow a bit better, but Bendik is still slightly bothered when I shortly ask him to tell me about himself. The cheerful trønder is perhaps found behind his camera most of the time – he was handed one from a photographer in Tuntreet at his very first Tour de Kringla and has photographed most of the happenings in Ås ever since. He was a photographer in Tuntreet for two years, photography volunteer during UKA in Ås 2014, head of the committee at UKA in Ås 2016 and is now committee chief for photography under Samfunnet and UKA as a reorganization that started about a year ago. That he ended up with a double committee chief position was never the plan, but Bendik assumed the responsibility when Samfunnet ended up without a photo committee chief after the summer.

go to a folk high school with such a childhood. He chose, just like both of his older brothers before him, Elverum folk high school. On the study backpacker/ extreme sport he got to test out different sports and travel around Norway and Europe. He also met his girlfriend here, Ingvill, who deserves some of the honor for Bendik ending up on the agronomymetropole.

From Grong to Veden Bendik has fond memories from his childhood in Grong, a small town in Nord-Trøndelag. “When you grow up in a place like that you have got to concoct stuff yourself ”. He grew up next to the folk high school in Grong, and with both parents being teachers there, Bendik got to know a lot of different people early on.

After the teaching gig he and two friends backpacked through Asia, Oseania and the westcoast of USA.

It was not a shock that Bendik would

After the folk high school he was called to do the compulsory military service, but after an accident involving his shoulder he was exempt and enden up without a study as well. Bendik decided to spend the next year working and travelling, and ended up as a teacher in Grong. He and a friend was assigned the task of teaching 9 international pupils from the first to tenth grade as much Norwegian, English and math as possible in 6 months.

It was an educational and fun half-year.

«After five months without seeing each other, it was good to come home and call by”, he says about being away from his girlfriend for 5 months. Once back in Norway, he decided to attend the math subjects he missed to be able to start studying engineering.

From environmental physics to geomatics The study that made him choose Ås was an integrated master’s in environmental physics. In 2014 he was admitted to the study at NMBU, and he moved to a couples’ apartment at Veden, together with Ingvill. However, environmental physics proved not to be the right thing for Bendik. After a year he was in doubt about which direction he should continue with and if he even would like to stay in Ås, but he points out part-time job and positions as reasons that he chose to stay in the end. “it [The computer service] was a very good environment to be in”, he mumbles.

Good and relaxed atmosphere at work, nice coworkers and the opportunity to come by and have a cup of coffee between lectures is something he misses after IT was moved out of the TFbuilding.

He got his first photo assignment already in the introduction weekend, when a camera was placed in his hands and he simply was told to photograph what happened. If he received the camera because the TT-photographer wanted to be including or if he was being lazy, he has not thought so much about. After that, Bendik ended up as a permanent member of the editorial for 2 years, because he saw it as natural to take up photography again, an interest he got into at the folk high school and his travels.

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TUNTREET Photographer Bendik Hassel He tried out being a photographer during UKA in Ås 2014, something that clearly engaged him later on. Several solid photos and a reputation as a skilled photographer lead to more missions for different boards, fraternities and others.

It was all natural that Bendik ended up as chief for the photo committee at UKA in Ås 2016, and again in 2018.

According to him, being a committee chief is humbling when one realizes that it actually is regular students – friends and acquaintance – who stand for the longest cultural festival in Norway, “... that is easy to forget sometimes”.

You do not always get to take as many pictures yourself as photo chief, because there is a lot to arrange. In answer to my question about the worst thing about being photo chief, Bendik replies outright “the consumption of your time”.

The comitee covers nearly everything that happens during UKA, both with video and photos, and many of the orders are quite late when there is so much going on at once. There is multiple hours of work behind every film and project that is completed and it is not always that they have time to do everything they want.

After a little reflection around the question, he follows up with; “maybe the bad consciousness you get from not being able to be sufficient with everything all the time”. Despite of the bad consciousness, it is worth the bother “if I can give some of my volunteers the same feeling I had myself after UKA in ’14, I think I have done my job”

and equipment was bought. After a productive and successful startup, the photo- and film committee started to run automatic, but after the summer this year they ended up without a committee chief. That he ended up with a double committee chief position was never the plan, but after being a part of the restructuring of the committee, Bendik felt the responsibility to give the committee a good start. A conscious thought about the structure they built was that there should be way better cooperation between Samfunnet and UKA, and that one should not hire as many volunteers for every UKA. To make sure the process went smoothly this time, and to secure continuity Bendik assumed the responsibility of running the committee at Samfunnet as well.

The photo committee at Samfunnet Last summer Bendik worked with establishing a photo- and film committee under Studentsamfunnet together with former film committee chief Petter Meeg. Plans were made, list were written The committee work When I ask if it is a conscious choice not being a member of a fraternity, he answers “I never came so far that I actually applied...” before he corrects himself. “Yes, I applied for the trønder union! But, eh, I didn’t bother”. Instead Bendik has spent a lot of his time on committee work, and especially as committee chief he is impressed by the level of the members. “I have such incredibly talented people working under me, and after all, they are the ones who do the video- and photo job.”

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TUNTREET Bendik Bendik has worked in computer services for almost four years. During these years we have gotten to know a funny, warm, reflected and calm guy. One that never lets himself get stressed out by stressful situations and that always finds a solution to insoluble problems. A professional, efficient and learned colleague.

Few people that I know of cares for others like Bendik does. This often results in him reaching as far as he can to lift up other people and their ideas and wishes into the light. With creative solutions and a huge eagerness for completing a project, there is little stopping him. With a great deal of multitasking, that in certain situations can lead to less efficiency, he gets through todays business.

Here, it is all about taking advantage of the time between the battles; phone calls (with me) he may just do on his bike between errands.

Bendik is a fan of organizing, and he sees disorganized solutions as a mess that should

be put into a system. I catch him structuring the desktop on my computer or on my phone to make optimally organized solutions, time and time again. I think he has a secret dream of getting to systemize most things in excel. After knowing Bendik for a couple of years, I have realized that he knows a lot about many different cases.

He is more than happy to teach others what he knows with the greatest passion and commitment. Primarily he is incredibly kind and meets people with a smile and great humour. The days are simply funnier and richer in content with Bendik.

But when you are working with Bendik he does not only become a colleague, he also becomes a good friend. He has through all his time in computer services been a driving

force for a good working environment and social gatherings, both inside and outside working hours.

Either it is to invite us to preparties and after-parties in the suite he was handed at the Christmas table, give everything in competitions against other IT-employees at the summer parties, or invite to LAN, after-parties and pizza nights at his house. An including, kind and caring friend.

We have many good memories with Bendik, and we can look forward to more in the future!

Greetings from DT <3

Greetings from Ingvill

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The panel and the hall at Bruket in the old Landbrukets Hus, Schweigaards street in Oslo. The panel from the left: Yngve Rekdal (NIBIO), Katharina Sparstad (Sanddalsstølen), Ola Tangvik (Brimi sæter), Kåre Skogstad ecological milk producer from Vestre Slidre, Hans Bondal (leader of Norwegian summer pasture culture) and furthest to the right journalist and author Siri Helle, who was tonight’s chairwoman.

When Alliansen Ny Landbrukspolitikk (the alliance for new agricultural policy) hosted a seminar at the old Landbrukets hus (the house of agriculture) in Oslo to discuss Norway’s forgotten resource – summer mountain pastures, the main points were that the summer mountain pastures are an important contributor to the Norwegian cultural landscape, the biodiversity and as a deliverer of culture and quality food. The arrangement was a part of ØKOUKA, a celebration of Norwegian ecological food, that arranges both commodities, knowledge and inspiration. The 50 members (about) were served a selection of cheeses, folk dance, stev and an engaged panel consisting of three managers of summer mountain pastures and representatives of the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research and Norwegian summer pasture culture.

The seminar was introduced by Yngve Rekdal from the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, who talked about the largeness of the pastures as a resource, and the trends for the use of this since the start of the new millennium. The central aspect here is that even though a third of all Norwegian farms still have usage of summer mountain pastures, way less take advantage of the pastures’ full potential. Even though ¾ of the mainland area has good opportunities for grazing. Norwegian summer pasture 40 Issue 08 Year 73

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culture represented by Hans Bodal, supplemented with pointing out that the investment in cattle ranching in agriculture today has made the summer mountain pasture outdated as agricultural property, and they are rather transformed into resorts.

Hans means that a summer pasture should be an attractive production unit where there is needed infrastructure to get the products out, and improvement of the housings to make it easier for the people to live in the mountains for a longer time. In addition, there is a huge need of a professional network for summer pasture owners, since the knowledge about this way of operating is fading away.

The summer pasture owners agreed. The people who met up got more information about different ways to run their summer mountain pastures. Oppland, the definite largest summer pasturecounty in Norway, was well represented

by Ola Tangvik, the proprietor of Brimi sæter in Lom, Katharina Sparstad who runs Sparstadstølen in Valdres and Kåre Skogstad from Lomen in Venstre Slidre.

All three of them could tell about the opportunities in using the summer pastures, about the opportunities for production of demanded farm products, but also about the challenges with production, economy and time use.

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cheese tasting there started a longer panel conversation about what were needed to resume and improve the use of Norwegian pastures, and what is needed by those who would like to have an active summer pasture. The introducers agreed that it is conclusive for the profitability of the summer pasture to have milk production, and another way to make profit besides the husbandry.

A challenge for todays owners is the lack of visibility of the quality difference between pasture products and ”regular” cheese and milk. Another challenge is how hard it is to combine another job with the demands to processing on the pasture from The Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

Here it is pointed out that we have a lot to learn for Switzerland and Austria, where local processing plays a bigger role than in Norway. The panel salutes the farmer as a nurturer of landscape.

Only through conduction of the cultural landscape by grazing can we sustain an agriculture in all altitudes and have more Norwegian food based on Norwegian resources. Moreover, it is not only conflict over land use when agriculture meets society: when the farmer has the animals grazing on summer pastures, the cabin owners have a landscape to view and enjoy. We in Alliansen Ny Landbrukspolitikk wish that it is facilitated for a more pasture positive policy, where more summer mountain pastures are taken advantage of and where the animals stay there for a longer time.

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Stedsforeningene at NMBU: An Introduction Chiara Magboo Journalist

Sandra Elena Orre Photographer

“Eg ve te Bergen, ve te Bergen med det samme…”

The lyrics of the decades-old song crackle out from the speakers in the corner of the room, as people bustle around arranging decorations for the evening’s get-together. On the far wall hangs a yellow tapestry, etched with drawings of fish, brightly coloured houses and mountains looming in the background. Party hats and balloons are strewn all around. In front of me there is a snack table, the centerpiece of which is an invitinglooking platter of cinnamon buns. The mood is relaxed, cozy almost.

This is the set-up for the 5th annual “birthday party” for Bergensforeningen Breiflabb, one of the stedsforeningenene – i.e., student associations with Norwegian regional origin – here at NMBU. As you may have guessed from its name, this particular stedsforeningen represents the city of Bergen as well as the surrounding county of Hordaland. Established in 2013, Bergensforeningen Breiflabb is among the youngest of the 11 regional associations

currently in existence at the university. It currently has about 60 members, 20 of whom will be attending tonight’s festivities.

Those who are now present – all of them members of the association’s board – converse cheerfully as they put up another streamer. I try not to get in their way as they move on to arranging the tablecloths and place settings, my gaze wandering around the room once more.

Here, every item seems to symbolize a specific aspect of this foreningen’s region in western Norway: The cinnamon buns?

Those are “Bergen’s Skillingsboller”, a traditional local dessert. That fish adorning the wall tapestry? Why, that’s the “breiflabb” or monkfish, a famous sight in Bergen’s fish market and, now, the official mascot (and namesake) of Bergensforeningen Breiflabb!

There’s even a flag of the city’s football team hanging in the window. By the looks of it, the only Bergen-like element that might be missing this afternoon is rain. (For those not in the know: Bergen is widely considered to be one of the rainiest cities in Europe, raining an average of 230-240 days per year.)

For Malin Danielsen, the “Sjefsflabb” (“chief monkfish”) or leader of the stedsforeningen, these symbols are all in good fun – a play on stereotypes or misconceptions that others may have formed about the group, whose members can often be heard singing together at full volume in the student bodega. In particular, this may be the case for new or international students who have just arrived on campus and are now being

introduced to the different student groups here. It doesn’t seem to faze Danielsen, who emphasizes the inclusiveness of Bergensforeningen Breiflabb, open to anyone who may have a personal connection to the region. She says with an easy laugh and a smile, while fiddling with the last of the party decorations, “Even though we’re loud, we’re good people.”

About a week after the Bergensforeningen Breiflabb event, I find myself sitting in the kitchen belonging to a board member of another of NMBU’s stedsforeningene: Smaalenene. Representing the region of Østfold in southeastern Norway, it is even younger than its Bergen-Hordaland counterpart, having been established just two and a half years ago in May 2016.

Smaalenene is the old name for Østfold County, which borders Akershus County.

This association is currently comprised of around 20 members, some of whom are busily preparing food for the upcoming event that night.

There’s a sports match playing on the television set in the next room, which seems to fit well with the snack being readied in the kitchen: pølse i vaffel or “hot dog in a waffle”, a regional specialty mainly served at soccer/football games in the city of Moss. This evening, Smaalenene will in fact be hosting a contest of its own: a friendly competition, so to speak, between its association members and those of a few other stedsforeningenene. The growing stacks of hot dogs and ‘Norwegian’ waffles are to be served at the afterparty, when Issue 08 Year 73

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participants will be hungry after the planned activities.

I’ve been invited to watch this competition and get a first-hand glimpse of the types of social gatherings that occasionally take place amongst the associations, who mostly organize private get-togethers for and with their own members only. This event, held for the second year in a row, is titled “Smugleruta” or “The Smuggle Route”. It is a play on Østfold’s close proximity to Sweden, and the fact that many Norwegians travel across the border regularly to buy cheaper groceries. Tonight, there are five teams participating: Team Smaalenene; Team Bergensforeningen Breiflabb; Team Trøndernes Fagforening; Team MF Svela; and Team Norway, whose members are a mix of students from various stedsforeningene.

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The basic rules of the game are as follows: tied together by a string, each team must complete a series of challenges while carrying (or “smuggling”) items – mainly large bottles filled with either water or alcohol – all around the designated obstacle course. Points are won or lost based on certain criteria and the speed at which each team completes the task at each station. Over the course of the evening, I look on as participants engage in one amusing challenge after another. The evening culminates in a large celebration at Pentagon’s ABC basement with all of the participating teams.

I spend a long time chatting with members of the various stedsforeningene present. In a particularly wide-ranging discussion with Bror Norli – the leader of Smaalenene – we talk not only about Østfold and its particular

characteristics, but also about local dialects and culture as a whole. How might these factors have potentially influenced the growth of regional associations? At the end of the night, still thinking about all that I have heard and observed so far, I am left with more questions than answers.

A few days later, I am sitting in a kitchen once again, this time speaking with Sunniva Steiro, the next leader of a third stedsforeningen: Nordlands Trompet.

Established in 1936, this is one of the older student regional associations at the university. Its name derives from the poem “The Trumpet of Nordland”, written in the late 1600s by Petter Dass (or “Peter Toilet”, which I’m told is the literal translation of the name). The group’s estimated 20-30 current members come from the northernmost areas of the country: Nordland, Troms, and

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“I find it really hard to meet people from the north, and I didn’t meet anyone until this organization,” says Steiro. “You can be with people from where you’re from which is always like a human instinct, to be in groups with people that you feel comfortable with; and I feel like culture has a lot to say in that.”

This sentiment echoes similar statements made by the other stedsforeningene of Bergen and Østfold. Regardless of where you are from, near or far, there seems to be a certain sense of kinship or belonging among people who have come from the same place and settled somewhere new – in this case, NMBU and the wider community of Ås.

As the folks at Bergensforeningen Breiflabb put it: “We don’t get the time to come home very much… It’s kind of nice to have a little ‘home feeling’ in the people you meet.”

Finnmark. It is a Saturday afternoon, just before the 3000m Beer Race, where some members of the association are planning to run together.

“Even though we’re loud, we’re good people.”

I am hoping that this last conversation will provide more insight into some thoughts that have been on my mind since beginning this mini-investigation into the concept of stedsforeningene. For instance: What is the goal or purpose of this type of group? What motivates its members to participate and belong to one? Why are these associations so prevalent at NMBU, unlike at other universities in Norway (according to people who have previously studied in Oslo and other parts of the country)?

In the case of Nordlands Trompet, it seems that geography and culture have almost everything to do with it. Depending on the route taken, it is roughly 1200km (or an 18-hour drive) from the southernmost tip of Nordland to Ås; add another 5-6 hours if you’re coming from Finnmark. The association was likely established due to this extreme distance preventing students from going home during Christmas.

Rather than travelling to the far north at great cost, it was more feasible for them to remain here and celebrate the holidays with other students from the same region.

While today it is arguably easier and faster to travel compared to the 1930s, culture and geography still appear to be influential factors.

Moreover, says Marte Bodal, member of Smaalenene, “For people who don’t go to Samfunnet (or join other events), it’s easier to feel more at home with people who are from your home.” In a university setting, where it can sometimes feel particularly challenging to make new friends, a stedsforeningen is a simple way to meet people with whom you already have something in common.

At the end of the day, among all of the different people I spoke to, there was one other commonality shared by the three groups that quickly became obvious to me: being in an association – regional-based or otherwise – is fun. The members of these stedsforeningene all seemed to be genuinely enjoying themselves as they organized and participated in their respective activities.

There was no pressure; no demands made of their fellow members other than to have a good time in the name of their respective hometowns. And, really, who can argue with that?

Helene Stalheim of Bergensforeningen Breiflabb summarizes it best: “I don’t see this as a thing that I have to be a part of… it’s just that it’s so fun.”

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5 Quick Ones with 5 Volunteers Helene Vo Journalist

Merete Guldhav Photographer

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

1. Why are you a volunteer?

2. Which committee are you a part of?

3. If you had not been a part of your committee, which committee would you want to be a part of?

4. What do you think will be your UKA highlight?

5. If you could choose an artist who would perform during UKA, who would you choose?

Borgil Storås

Age: Borgil: 26 Studies: Economy and Administration

Vetle Kulbrandstad

Age: Vetle 24 Studies: Economy and Administration

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and contribute to a good student environment in Ås. And I actually feel moved, when I see how many volunteers that join together and stand behind this kind of festival. It is very cool to play a part in it all.

I am a Banking Volunteer.

I would probably choose Revue.

I am really looking forward to Cezinando and Highasakite.

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be involved and help out, and at the same time it is very fun to see what is going on behind the scenes. You get to see and expereince so much more than just the parties. And it doesn’t hurt to get a discount on tickets and drinks.

Jeg am a Banking Volunteer.

I would probably choose something technical.

I am looking forward to Cezinando and Highasakite.

Do I have to choose someone alive?

Haha, I would probably choose Beyonce.

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Martin Borgås

Age: 19 Studies: Computer Sciences

Synneva Gjelland Age: 22 Studies: Plant Sciences

Bjørn-Eirik Roald Age: 22 Studies: Geomatikk

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because it was cheaper for me. Simple as that.

I am part of the Bar Committee. The reason I chose that committee was because it seems fun to stand behind the bar and be able to give people something to drink, as well as the social aspect.

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That would be the parties, simple.

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I am part of the Revue Group, and enjoy it a lot!

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for the Revue sound during UKA. I have worked on many revues through the years and now had the chance to work on a revue on a larger scale than what I have before. The actors and musicians are amazing, and that was part of what attracted me to take part.

As said I am the Committee Leader for Revue Sound.

I would most likely work in Security.

My highlight was the premiere.

Right now I spend a lot of time listening to George Ezra, so it would have to be that.

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SPILLSIDENE av Kristian Haraldsen

av quizmaster Hauk Liebe

1. Hva er gjennomsnittlig slaktevekt for norske lam?

2. Hva er en boltit?

3. Hvilket lag vant Get-ligaen i ishockey forrige sesong?

4. Til hvem er det Adolf synger i «Der Untergang On Ice»?

5. Hva har Samvelderikene til felles?

6. Hvor kan den lettere høyreekstreme Jair Bolsonaro snart bli president?

7. Hvem har skrevet bøkene «Trollelgen», «Slagbjørnen Rugg» og «Det skriker fra Kvervilljuvet»?

8. Under hvilket navn er Kristoffer C. Karlsen bedre kjent?

9. Hva heter den russiske halvøya som ligger nordøst for Japan og er på størrelse med Sverige?

10. Sortér spillene fra eldst til yngst: Counter Strike, World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Call of Duty.

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Preaching Pries

Translated By: Hanna Sahlström

Can God be experienced in nature?

It is a Sunday morning in February, a few years ago. The family wakes early. Breakfast is served while kids shows are running in the background. We are going to go on a trip.

No one is sleepy and it is a careful start to the day. Skis are prepared, lunches are packed, water is heated for juice and coffee. Then we get into the car. It is winter minus the skiing conditions here in Ås where we live. We are driving to seek out the snow.

The trip takes us an hour. We travel through the city and the altitude increases. We find good skiing conditions. But we are not alone, there are many of us. We are part of a migration to a higher altitude where the ski trail winds in and out between the trees, towards both known and unknown destinations. We pass a church. But the bells are not ringing and the doors are closed. People are out on the grounds. Its luring tone attracts people to it. It is a rest day and a holy day in Norway. Norwegians seek out nature to find rest and to reenergise their body and soul.

Norwegians and nature are closely tied together. Nature is experienced as something that is independent of humans.

Something that exists “to the side of ” or “despite of ” humans. Nature is a force or a legality that surrounds us.

A couple of years ago, Norwegians were asked about their relation to nature. They were also asked if their see nature as “holy”. In the collective population, about 12% answered that “nature is holy because it was created by God”, On the other hand, 27% responded that “nature is holy in and of itself.” About 60% responded that “Nature is important, but not holy.”

This shows that a romantic-religious view of nature is strongly rooted in the Norwegian population. Norwegians largely interpret nature as something holy and divine, that exists harmoniously as long as it is not exposed to any human intervention.

Many people say they experience God strongest in nature and call themselves Pantheists. What I believe they mean by this is they actually are Panenthists. Panentheism is the thought that God is a part of everything, but is not identical to anything, in that God is transcendent. Transcendent is the philosophical concept that means that there is something

that exists outside or past the human limit for personal understanding. It exists outside our sensual world, and cannot be categorised or registered. It is normal at funerals that there is a picture on the front page of the program. Often the deceased is pictured up in the mountains or in nature.

Nature meant so much. It was out in nature that the person in question was most themselves and felt the most at home.

“Rather in nature and think of God, than in church and think of nature.”, goes the saying.

Hans Børli has a view of nature many would agree with. He has written the poem “Myrulla på Lomtjennmyrene”.

(Woolgrass in the Lomtjenn marshes) Would I, against presumption be blissfull and walk in the homes of the blissed, then I would tell the Archangel: -I have seen something that was whiter than your wings, Gabriell I have seen the wool grass flowering in the Lomtjenn marshes back home on earth The Norwegian church has traditionally preached that God can be found in the church where there is bible song, baptisms and communions. But in the first thousand years of the church’s history, and also in the Eastern Churches, a more mystic theology has evolved that carries a panentheistic theology that is tied to nature. God is a part of everything!

A psalm from the bible carries this message: Heaven preaches Gods glory, The firmament speaks of his divinity There is no speech, there are no words and no voice can be heard But the message is carried across the earth, testimonies reach the ends of the world Psalm 19.2-5 I think there are many good reasons for the Norwegians connection to the outdoors. Could it be that many, without knowing it, have a religious experience when they are out in nature? It could not possibly be God they are experiencing?

Sigurd Andreas Bakke Student Priest

Sigurd A. Bakke is the student priest at NMBU. His office can be found in teh basement of the Clock Building to the left.

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And so, the Karrieredagen is over for this year!

As Karrieredagsansvarlig (Career Day Coordinator) I would like to thank everyone for an incredibly successfull day wth a record breaking number of companies involved,

and over 800 participating students. I hope you had many great experiences and are one step closer to your dream job. An especially big thank you to all the volunteers flying around to help us in Næringslivsutvalget with the implementation, and a thank you

to all the companies that stood at a stand on this day.

See you again on Næringslivsdagen in February!

The Board from the left: Alexandra Østreng, Nora Bakke, Lisa Hoff Strøm, Morten Gillerhaugen, Maria Larsen Wigestrand og Erlend Kvamme.

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Skaal for ei at ende opp med Egg-FORM!

Qlturell Hilsen Jurist Marie, Barkatt Kristine samt Løpekatt Anna

Xoxo Forfatterfrøken

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Apropos FORM! Løpekatt haver vist at Topp-FORM under UKA er mulig (Ref. 3000 Meter Kildebrygg).

Hendes beste Treningstips i travle Tider er Trening i Danse-FORM, gjerne i de sene Nattetimer.

FORM-Toppen naas under Dans med John Abruzzi samt Nicky Nichols.

Ellers er det intet annet å tenke på, enn at vi deg gjerne i vår bar vil sjå!

Nyt UKA og delta på alt mulig, at du står på eksamen er uansett lite trulig.

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Skaal for at Karbohydratene kun bliver konsumert i flytende Form!

Ellers har høsten så langt bydd på mye kjekt, Blant annet bålfest i skogen med Unity som var mer enn frekt.

Under UKA har vi flere frekke kvelder i vente, Vi gleder oss til mer sprell og er alle veldig spente.

Men husk nå alltid på, at klamydiatestene på postkontoret er få.

Har du behov, så burde du ta mange, slik at kjønnssykdommene ikke tar deg til fange.

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I løpet af en lang samt fantastisk UKE, er det viktig at pleie Kattekroppen slig at den holder sig frisk samt rask.

Faa i dig rikelig med Frukt og Grøndt, Meieriprodukter samt Fiber.

Er du gira på god stemning?

I baren vår fins det ingen hemning Her kan du til langt på natt feste, Med Gents har vi baren - og vi er de beste!

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Skaal for «Behind Bar(s)»!

I sprøytetogene var frøknene med og luftet både kjole og kløft, De frekket seg langs Karl Johann og var med på å gi UKA et løft.

Nok en gang er Collegium Alfa og frøknene sammen om en bar, Med et tema fra havet er caféklubben penere enn den noen gang var.

UKA i Ås - endelig!!

Dette skal bli trivelig Kle deg opp og te deg fram, konsumeres mang en dram!

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Da var det bevist. Kattebaren er the Place to be.

For en fengslende Stemning samt deilige Drinker der findes i Allrommet.

Høsten har ankommet Ås for fullt, Hele Ås er dekket i oransje og gult.

For nå er det starten på UKA i Ås 2018, Og for alle flinke KSer må vi ta av oss hatten!

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Skaal FFD! Skaal Skriver!

Skaal $paregris!

Skaal Hunkatter!

Skaal Qlturelle samt Xklusive!

Skaal Pusekatter!

Skaal Tora samt Thorvald!

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1. Ca 20 kilo 2. En fugl 3. Storhamar 4. Eva 5. De har alle Dronning Elisabeth II som statsoverhode 6. I Brasil 7. Mikkjel Fønhus 8. Cezinando 9. Kamtsjatkahalvøya 10. Counter Strike (1999/2000) Call of Duty (2003), World of Warcraft (2004), League of Legends (2009)

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