Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Bacchus News & opinion Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Bacchus: Rise Against What?

I feel like I always have the potential to rise against something. The feeling awaits within me like a flame that is ready to be…

Arda ErginNovember 12, 2021

Ivory Tower Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Ivory Tower: Rising Raises

This summer, I learned I am getting a 2% raise as a result of the new CAO. The 2% raise holds for everyone – professors…

Denny BorsboomNovember 10, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Shy and Successful: What Empowers Timid Children

Parents of shy children might worry that they will have trouble making new friends, that they will fail to stand for themselves in unfair situations,…

Magda MatetoviciNovember 8, 2021

Camera Obscura Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Camera Obscura: Druk

When watching the trailer of the movie Druk (English title: Another Round) from Thomas Vinterberg you might at first get the feeling that the movie is somehow a…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloNovember 4, 2021

People Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Exploit the Night

Being awake all night can be very beautiful – if it wasn’t for your 9 am tutorial the next day. What if I told you…

Nitya ShahNovember 2, 2021

Office Hours Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Office Hours: Johnny van Doorn

Back in February 2020, pre-corona times, we visited Johnny van Doorn and asked him about three personal items in his office. Johnny is part of…

Nitya Shah and Néstor Narbona ChulviNovember 1, 2021

Culture Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Art Must Rise

In a conversation concerning the purpose of art, one might try to evoke several great aestheticians like Winkelman or Hegel while they try to dismember…

Tarik ManfrinatoOctober 29, 2021

PSYCHsources Science Spiegeloog 414: Rise

PSYCHsources: Health Psychology

PSYCHsources introduces a different topic from psychology every month. It offers a list of resources that are useful to anyone who wants to learn more…

Ofelya AliyevaOctober 27, 2021

News & opinion Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise Terra

Terra: The Eco-Anxious Youth

Among causing many physical damages to humans and their environment, the climate crisis is awfully influencing the mental health of many people as well. In…

Esna Mualla GunayOctober 25, 2021

Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Do We Glamorize Adversity?

Rags-to-riches, a trope that has been infiltrating our lives for so long and leaves us hungry for more. A concept evident in the stories of…

Anushka SabhanamOctober 22, 2021

Athena Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Athena: Do Opposites Attract?

'Opposites attract.' People who differ from us are often perceived as interesting, which might be caused by the ‘mystery’ that comes with just not…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloOctober 20, 2021

Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

Rising Above the Sufferings

If there is one thing we are sure about life, other than the fact that it ends at some point, it is that it’s filled…

Esna Mualla GunayOctober 18, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

How Can We Keep Dutch Science Afloat?

‘Such a nice Olympic summer,’ Marcel Levi, the new president of the Dutch science organization NWO must have thought (Levi, 2021). ‘Must be the perfect…

Rosa BreedOctober 15, 2021

Books Spiegeloog 414: Rise Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: Dopamine Nation

The Dopamine Nation, written by Anna Lembke, aims to explain human’s chase for pleasure in an easily digestible manner. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist as…

Lydia TianOctober 14, 2021

Science Society Spiegeloog 414: Rise

To the Stars! The Psychology of Space Exploration

It is a technological world that we live in. Alongside smartphones, artificial intelligence and quantum computers, a new era is arising that might change the…

Emanuela ZhechevaOctober 12, 2021

Culture Spiegeloog 414: Rise Words to Start

Words to Start: Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll…

Anne Sophie GiacobelloOctober 11, 2021