Nieuwsbrief Maart
F.C. Sophia Nieuwsbrief Maart
Table of contents:
- A word from the board
- Member of the month
- Guest column
- Philosopher of the month
- Upcoming events
Introduction
Dear Sophians,
What an eventful month it was, wasn’t it? The drinks, the crazy party at De Plak, and of course the GMA, what a rock ‘n roll that was! Luckily the fun won’t stop next month, except for maybe those pesky exam weeks, but let’s not talk about that. Whether you have a big list of deadlines and exams or you don’t have to do anything, these weeks are never fun. By writing this, I am also becoming aware that every introduction I write I either jubilantly talk bout how exams are finally over or morbidly about how they are about to start. How it took me until February to find out that this cycle is unavoidable given the monthly nature of this newsletter is beyond me, but I’ll try to better myself and actually talk about something else next time. Not this time, as they say, time is money, and I already devoted 10 sacred minutes of my life to this introduction. Nonetheless, dearest Sophians, I, in name of the board of F.C. Sophia, wish you lots of luck in the upcoming month!
Sincerely,
In name of the XXXVIIth Board of F.C. Sophia
Your Commissioner of Educational Affairs
Sander van der Snel
Member of the Month
For now, we have not yet decided on a Member of the Month. However, do you want to put someone in the spotlight? You can always send us a DM on Instagram or email us at fcsophia@gmail.com to nominate someone for the next Member of the Month!
Philosopher of the Month
Many people think that being a board member means that I don’t follow courses and just sit on my ass everyday for hours. This is not true! I might be doing half of the courses I’m actually supposed to do this year, but I am also writing my Bachelor thesis. Just saying, I will complain about the Bachelor thesis workload, even though I’m not really doing much next to it. When I told my thesis supervisor that I wanted to write about Simone Weil, she could not believe that someone would actually be so stupid to do it about her. She (my thesis supervisor) knows ball though, and I still have the arguably quite miserable hope that I may get a good grade just because my thesis is about Simone Weil.
That being said, this is no guarantee that Simone Weil will be the official F.C. Sophia Philosopher of the Month. I lied. I read so much about her last month that I cannot think of another philosopher without my brain exploding. You might ask, what is so awesome about her? I don’t know. She is kind of a nepobaby and may have starved herself to death at age 34. She also spent the last period of her life on a French farm where she did not do any work, oh no, God forbid, no, she was tirelessly reading to the other people on the farm, who were working their ass off every day, the Iliad and other ancient Greek works. I lied again. This girl is rad, and she deserves all the flowers for being the Philosopher of the Month! So, Simone Weil, congratulations!
Upcoming Activities for February
3rd: First-year Activity: Board Game Night
5th: Monthly drinks @ Café Jan
TBD: Study Sessions during Exam Period
Poem of the Month
Poem by Tobias Viveen
Poem named “Schavuit”
Om negen uur met z’n achten op een zevenwieler,
Ik ga niet voor zessen als ik een vijf pak,
Ik moet nog langs vier clash of clans, bro begrijp dat,
Ondertussen drie bier’n zonder fantasy paard,
Deze tweedelige flow, is als eenhoorn met baard,
Soms gaat die ene mee, ik loop echt niet bejaard
Ik heb, nul bitches die me stalken op m’n oude nummer