I’m proud to say that I’m not very easily proven wrong (at least in my opinion), and if I am, I very rarely take any remarks personally. I enjoy a good debate as much as the next one. I’m also very set in my vision of what the world is all about and what constitutes a “good life”. However, one Wednesday evening a couple of weeks ago I was struck silent by a debate with …

Recent research sheds a poor light on the popular extra-curricular activity of being a board member in a student union or organisation. When only ten years ago such student activity was greeted by staff and students alike with praise and gratitude, student boards are now condemned as being obtrusive breeding grounds for know-it-all attitudes and full of socially incompetent suck-ups, whose only way of finding a friend is by mail-order or kidnapping.
“The change happened overnight,” …