Hello there dear readers, be welcomed to this short WegWijzer. De missing theme of this week can be read in between the lines in a non-figurative way.

 

Monday we don’t organise anything, though it is recommended to go to bed in time and get enough sleep.

 

Because on Tuesday 8pm the 24 hour run will commence! Last year we supported the Run For Specials team, this year NFK makes a comeback together with all the Letterenkringen, Katechetika and the Pedagogische Kring, together called the ‘Underdogs’! Until 8pm on Wednesday, we will try to run as many laps as we can, so whether it is to run, cheer or enjoy the delicious food, make sure to come to the University Sports Centre and join the biggest student sports event in Leuven! (for a map: www.24urenloop.be). Because of the 24 hour run, there will be no fakbar, so no excuses not to come and strengthen our team!

 

Thursday we organise our “Weltschmerz” activity for all who feel exhausted because of the 24 hour run and feel like watching movies all day. Well that’s exactly what we’re going to do! From 9am to 10pm in the Lounge of the HIW, there will be a big screen to watch movies, crisps and drinks, and a lot of cosiness! You can simply drop by and leave whenever you want, all for free, so make sure to come! (small voluntary donation possible)

 

Friday we have our weekly breadmeal. From 12pm to 14pm, you can come to the Lounge and enjoy all the sandwiches you can eat for the mere price of one and a half euros. Last week there were quite a lot of people which resulted in a very cosy atmosphere, more of that!

 

See you!

 

Greetings, reader! Please be welcome to this WegWijzer, of which the theme will be “fire”. That’s because it’s just very fun to start into a fire, just like it’s very fun to read the WegWijzer. For those who do not know what fire is: it is the name we give to relatively fast exothermic oxidation reactions. In most cases that means the burning of organic material, where carbon based molecules are, through addition of oxygen (and usually a catalyst)  transformed into CO2 (at least if you do it right), heat and light.

On Monday, there’s nothing to do except for going to your classes. If this lack of activities leaves you with a gaping sense of emptiness, you can always inform yourself about the safety- and environmental prescriptions with regards to making fire.  Better safe than sorry!

Speaking of the importance of fire safety, did you know the deadliest fire in the history of mankind is either the fire of the Iglesia de la Compana de Jesus in Santiago, Chile from 8 december 1863 with casualties between 2000 and 3000 people or the fire of the Salang mountain pass, which happened on 3 december 1982 in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan and had an estimated 2700 casualties.  The most cozy fire in history on the other hand is definitely the camp fire of the NFK welcoming weekend.

Speaking of coziness, the fakbar is as usual on Tuesday in the M-café from 9pm. Those who are interested in theater can come to the meeting for the NFK-play on 10pm at the first floor of the fakbar.  Whether the final result will be a tragedy or a farce, we cannot say.

A fun fact for those who like me wonder whether the state of fire is gaseous or plasma: fire cannot have a material state because it’s the name of a chemical reaction and not of a substance. But the flame of that fire can be both a gas or plasma depending on the temperature. The top three of hottest flames known to humankind right now is as following: on three there’s the flame of cyanogens, which can reach almost 4800 degrees Kelvin. The second place is for dicyanoacetylene, which can burn at 5260K in oxygen, and even higher in ozone. On number one, we have my mixtape.

There are no activities on Wednesday  or Thursday.

Friday, there’s of course the breadmeal in the lounge from 12am until 2pm. Long live dependability!

Until next week, dear readers!