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jaargang 43, 8 februari 2001


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Chinese Student Association Active at TU/e
A Chinese student association with more than a thousand members studying in the Netherlands is becoming quite active at TU/e. Electrical engineer Liu Yong has been asked to take responsibility for setting up a chapter of the association on this campus.

"Our main goal is to help people with the details of living in the Netherlands", says Liu. "The problems we have are really all to do with communication. The Dutch language is very difficult for us. We all read and write English, but many of us haven't had enough opportunities to practice conversation skills. So Dutch people have a hard time understanding our English."
"We're working on lists of procedures in all sorts of areas to try to make sure people don't feel totally lost at TU/e and in Eindhoven. For example, the list contains details of where to apply for English courses. How to register for housing or apply for a visa. How to travel. How to find what you want in the shops. I myself sometimes just guess what's in the package when I go grocery shopping. So I might end up drinking condensed milk instead of fresh milk, which I like."
"Also, we help people find other activities at TU/e they might enjoy. Some Chinese students took part in the badminton tournament in Gilze last weekend. I myself have joined the table tennis club Taveres."

100 Chinese
TU/e is attracting more and more Chinese graduate students, Ph.D. students and post-docs. At the moment there are more than one hundred people from all over China studying in Eindhoven. And their numbers are increasing steadily. At the moment TU Delft has the biggest group of Chinese students in the Netherlands, some 500.
Liu is part of Electrical Engineering's optical fibre communication research. He is working on an optical packet switch. "This is something we will be using far into the future," he says. "At the moment I'm concentrating on broadening my knowledge of the field."
"I am trying to get to know the city of Eindhoven a little better, as I'd like to bring my wife and baby over from Chengdu City if possible. Four years is a long time to be separated."
"TU/e is a very good place to study. After I arrived in the Netherlands last year, I was pleasantly surprised to find TU/e was voted best university of technology in Europe in 1998. One of the first things the people from BIA told me when I arrived is that Eindhoven is not so good for entertainment. That doesn't matter to me, because I came here to work."
On the other hand, Liu is now responsible for organising recreational events for the Chinese student population at TU/e. Liu says it's not up to him to think up activities, his main task is to set things in motion if Chinese students have any requests.
The first event was a well-attended party to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival, or New Year on January 15. Spring Festival is the most important event on the Chinese calendar. A time to set off fireworks, exchange presents, prepare special food and stay up all night celebrating with friends. Chinese students were understandably a bit disappointed that their party at TU/e was so short, as it was held on a Saturday afternoon in a classroom./.

On February 10 the Studium Generale film committee is screening a number of Chinese films at Liu's request. (1.30-5.30 p.m., collegezaal 2, Auditorium).

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Free Sports Week
All kinds of free sports activities are planned next week (February 12-16) at the Student Sports Centre. Students may take part without a sports card. Special introductory training sessions will be held throughout the week. The annual Sports Fair will be held in the Auditorium on Monday February 12. TU/e's sports clubs will all have stands at the fair; they will present their activities from 9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Cementfestival
Eindhoven is the venue for the so-called Cementfestival from February 7 to 11. Studium Generale is making various locations on campus available for performances. The skeleton of the former T-hooggebouw will be the décor for the visual arts project 'Dreamlife of Sleeping Buildings'. The American artist Raymond Salvatore Harmon pushes back the frontiers of human interaction and architecture using a video installation. Each evening (from February 7 to 15), he will project the illusion of an inhabited office somewhere else in the cement skeleton. In the Blauwe Zaal on Saturday February 10 a performance of DiGit: ten surprising compositions combining music and images. Ten talented artists will exhibit work in the main building during the whole festival.

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