Newsletter 7

# 7 12-12-2008, Utrecht

Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh, o'er the fields we go, laughing all the way. Bells on bob tails ring, making spirits bright. What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight.. Is it December already? We guess it is; it is snowing, the lights are bright and Albion has a special treat for you.. Read more below and enjoy this festive Newsletter!

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15:00 High Tea @ “De Schrans” Groot Dictee der Nederlandse Taal 18:00 – 21:00 Dickens Film Night @ Drift 23, 0.20 Dickens Festival 09:00 – 14:30 Book Sale @ Drift 21

Long ago, there lived a poor man and his three beautiful daughters. He had no money to get his daughters married, and he was worried what would happen to them after his death. Santa Claus (or Saint Nicolas) was passing through the village when he over heard the discussion of some villagers who were talking about the situation of the three girls. Santa wanted to help them, but he knew that the old man won't accept charity. He decided to help in secret. He waited until it was night and crept into their house through the chimney. He had three bags of gold coins with him, one for each girl. As he was looking for a place to keep those three bags, he noticed stockings of the three girls that were hung over the mantelpiece for drying. He put one bag in each stocking and off he went. When the girls and their father woke up the next morning, they f ound the bags of gold coins and were of course, overjoyed. The girls were able to get married and live happily ever after. Would you like to enjoy this English tradition, as many millions of children do all over the world on Christmas morning? Come by our office and drop off a Christmas stocking or sock with your name on it. You can pick up this sock on the 17th possibly filled with goods!

Next Monday, 15 December, the Acie will be organising a High-Tea in “de Schrans” at 15.00hrs. You’ll be treated to a lot of nice and tasty 2

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stuff like cakes, pies, scones etc. and there’ll be more than enough tea to keep you warm in these wintry days! But not only will the Acie host this tasty activity, you will also be able to show us your favourite High-Tea pies and cakes by participating in our Baking Contest! Read more in the separate e-mail about the High Tea. Hopefully you’ll all share a cup of tea with us coming Monday! Feel free to bring non-members as well: everybody from the English department is more than welcome. Kind regards, The Acie Marlies, Chloé, Jolien and Marie-Claire

Every year around Christmas, the Dickens Festival takes places in Deventer, and the Activity Committee is organising a trip to this splendid festival! During the festival, people are dressed up as characters from Dickens’ books, and there are several stands were you can buy food, books and gadgets! So, if you like to join us on the 20th of December, send an email to [email protected] before Thursday (18th of December) and we will send you the additional information! To get you all in the mood, we’re organising a Dickens film night on the 18th of December as well! The costs will be €2,- for Albion members, and €2,50 for non-members, and the night will take place from 18:00 till 21:00 at Drift 23, room 0.20. If you like to join us, please mail to [email protected] before Wednesday (17th of December)! Hope to see you all, Your Activity Committee, Chloé, Marie-Claire, Marlies and Jolien 3

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As you have all heard, we were planning to select a teacher of English to compete in the Universtiy of Utrecht’s Teacher’s Price contest. Unfortunately, we had little idea of the work and time that went into this project, and since we only heard of it two months ago, we haven’t got nearly enough time to prepare for the contest. Therefore, we have decided not to take part this time and put it on hold until next year, so that when we do compete, our teacher actually stands a chance at winning. However, we do not want to give up on this initiative entirely. The Ablion Board still feels it is important to thank our teachers for all the hard work and time they spend on us and we agree that a Teacher’s Price is a great way to do that. Therefore, we have decided to hold our own Teacher’s Contest for teachers within the English department only. You will all receive more information about this contest in the very near future. Please immediately start considering who you think is the best teacher we have and why! The price for the winning teacher is a surprise, but it will be just a little something to show our gratitude and respect. We would really like this to become an annual event, so please help make this first edition a success!

First year students: we are very sorry for any unnecessary panic we caused by sending you an e-mail about a supposed extra book: as we’ve already let you know by e-mail, this was a mistake. All the books you need were on the list we handed out, so if you ordered everything, you will be just fine. Just a reminder for everyone who ordered books from Albion: the book sale will take place on January the 12th, from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Please note that we’d rather you’d pay by debit card: cash means a lot of extra work for us. Thank you in advance!

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All of you who are in their final year: please pay attention! You have the opportunity to compete in one of the most prestigious contests Holland has to offer and climb the ladder of success faster than anyone else. Meet top people from huge companies and show them your many talents in a series of rounds, and maybe you win one of the fantastic prizes, among which €10.000,-. Visit the website http://www.bestgraduates.nl/ for more information and a quickly filled in application form, and maybe you will get the chance to participate in this exciting competition!

For money reasons, the university is considering to expand the hours in which exams can take place. These changes come down to this: exams will now also be scheduled on Saturdays and between the hours of 8:00 am and 10:00 pm during week days! To stop this from happening, sign the petition online: http://www.petitiononline.com/uiro8952/petition.html.

ALBIONEERS UNITE! Be proud of being an English student! Be proud of being an Albion member. And most of all; FLAUNT this pride! Many first year students have ordered and received their special ‘first year Albion sweater’. Now, do you wish you had ordered one as well? It is not too late, for we will be placing a new order end of January. That is, if we get enough new orders. So, if you have your mind set on getting one of these sweaters, urge your friends to do so as well, and chances are big you’ll be receiving your own sweater in the new year! Older students cannot order this sweater, but they obviously can order the extremely comfy ‘Albion sweater’. These will be ordered near the end of January as well. So be quick! 5

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Send us an email at bestuur@albionutrecht. Subject: Albion sweater AND/OR first year Albion sweater. Please include the size you would like (S - M - L - XL - XXL, Unisex sweaters)

(You can find pictures of these sweaters on the http://www.albionutrecht.nl. Click on the Merchandise tab)

Mix it Up-party The Mix it Up-party was a raving success: many students of English were there, together with lots of students from other faculties. For those who couldn’t come: luckily, we still have the pictures! (It doesn’t sound that well in English, does it?). Check them out at our website: www.albionutrecht.nl.

Yours truly, The

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