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jaargang 42, 30 maart 2000 English page

José Barros JosŽ Barros from Lisbon has a room in a student house with five others at Thomas Akempislaan. Rent: less than 400 guilders. Photos: Bart van Overbeeke “At home I have my own studio appartment. It’s quite different to be in a house where I have to deal with other people. For example, I like to walk around in my shorts, you can’t do that in a house like this,” says José, who is working on the final project of his physics engineering studies at TUE. “The six of us share a toilet, bathroom and kitchen. I don’t mind that, I have a different schedule to my housemates so I can always use the facilities when I need them. We all clean things, I like the way we co-operate. I have quite a big room, that’s important if you like to have friends round to visit.” “I’m also happy with the fact that we have a small garden, and that I have a place to park my bike. I like the smallness and quietness here, I prefer this to a high-rise building. We can have parties when we want to, this would not be possible in an appartment building.” “For me, the BIA service worked perfectly. Friends of mine live at Fellowtel, a lot of them want to leave because they don’t think it’s worth the money.”

Federica Mesturino Federica Mesturino from Turin, Italy, currently living in a unit at Ôs Gravesandestraat Eindhoven. Rent: 500 guilders. “I’m very proud of my room, I have my own bathroom and share a kitchen. It’s a good place,” says Federica Mesturino, a fourth year architecture student in the Erasmus and Socrates program. “I’ve rented the room from a girl who has taken a job as part of her studies. It’s nice that she left some things. I couldn’t bring much from home, apart from 20 kilos of books.” Federica’s walls are covered with lists of activities and maps. “This is a typical Dutch house. People here are all really good students, they work all day and eat really early in the evening. Too early for me. Everything is done according to a schedule, even eating.” “This is a quiet neighbourhood, Eindhoven itself is really quiet. But in the three weeks I’ve been here, I’ve looked around a lot. I go to the market at Woenselse Markt every Saturday. I’m an Italian woman, of course I go to the market.” “TUE architecture faculty is quite famous. It’s good for me because of the technical imprint, in Turin we concentrate more on historical aspects of architectural design. The Netherlands is a good place for contemporary architecture. The Dutch build and renovate a lot. I like the fact that here you make a plan and just go ahead and build it. In Italy we have years of discussion before anything is done.” “In Turin it takes me an hour to drive to school. Parking is a big problem. Here I cycle everywhere. Parking a bike is not a problem.”

Ali Nowbakht-Irani Ali Nowbakht-Irani (originally from Iran) studies in Valencia, Spain, now lives in the newest Fellowtel appartment building, Hemelrijke. Rent: 724 guilders. “I have a new appartment with my own kitchen. I share a bathroom. Meeting my neighbour in the bathroom is about the only social contact I have at Fellowtel,” says Ali Nowbakht-Irani, an electrical engineering graduate student, who expects to stay in Eindhoven for four years. “I think it’s strange that TUE brings a lot of people to the Netherlands as graduate students but doesn’t have enough housing. I’m not used to this problem.” “I have to be out of this appartment in less than half a year. I’m looking for something else, but it’s really difficult. Social housing has a two-year waiting list, I don’t know anyone so it’s not easy to get into a student house, and normal housing in the free market will cost me more than half of my salary.” “In Spain you can find an appartment in about a week, there are pages and pages of ads in the local paper with places to rent. In Eindhoven the housing search is much more exciting,” he laughs. “It’s a big challenge!”

Concrete Worries Elektro faculty professor dr. ir. Ger Brussaard is worried about the idea of storing concrete from the current cyclotron building on the faculty’s land, near the ‘Werf’. The presence of the concrete interferes with measurements being taken by Brussaard’s group. The group was also told about the storage of the concrete from the cyclotron building in an unfortunate manner, that is, with no consultation beforehand. The head of Stralingsbeschermings Dienst (SBD) only consulted Brussaard after the fact. A definite location for the concrete has not been decided, but according to SBD this will be on TUE land somewhere near the Werf. Four Million for BMT Research Biomedical Technology faculty (BMT) are to receive four million guilders in extra funds from the TUE Board of Governors to study osteoporosis and bedsores. The program has been set-up for the coming four years and nine Ph.D. students are involved. BMT will study prevention of bedsores using a sensor that measure damage to muscle tissue. The researchers will study the mechanical behaviour of materials, to aid them in combatting osteoporosis. About eleven per cent of patients in hospital get bedsores. A quarter of all older patients get them. Osteoporosis is also a big problem, with hip fractures occuring frequently.

24-Hour Cheops Project Great Success Last week forty architecture students took part in a 24-hour project organised by student organisation Cheops, from noon Wednesday to noon Thursday. The students were told to complete a design for a pavilion to show automobile manufacturer Audi’s newest model to advantage. The participants had exactly 24 hours to complete the design and prepare a presentation. Both organisers and participants were enthusiastic about the project. The 24-hour project will probably become an annual Cheops event. Lecture in English on Star Trek Star Trek is a television series in which science, philosophy and belief are intertwined. Dr. Royden Hunt uses this SF series as a starting point to talk about the interchange between science, philosophy and religion. This coming Wednesday, April 5, he will lecture in English on this subject in ‘de Blauwe Zaal’ at the Auditorium from 11.45 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Less Job Loss than Expected Due to AVA The TUE Board of Governors (CvB) have not ratified all the proposals made by adviesbureau Berenschot on services at TUE. Instead of the proposed reduction of 270 jobs, the board now says only 200 jobs need to go. This became apparent during a meeting of the ‘Universiteitsraad’ last Tuesday. The board will decide on the details of this job reduction in April. Architecture Design Ratified The Board of Governors have ratified the definite design by architects Diedeneren/Dirrix/van Wylick for the new Architecture faculty building. The board decided to spend 1.3 million guilders more in order to make the laboratory space more flexible. Construction will begin late this year. The building is to have an atrium, the entrance has been shifted from the side of the Dommel river to ‘de Wielen’. No problems are expected in housing first and second year students, but third and fourth year space is more difficult.