Being a tutor gives contacts with people from different cultures. Despite culture sharing, new international students are still not well represented in Finnish groups.
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Refugees facing difficulties to enter the university
Refugees in Kuopio who have arrived to Finland few months or more than one year ago, are facing difficulties to enter the university and continue their studies. MAMUEF aims to increase their knowledge of Finnish university studies.
Sleep and eat to survive Finnish winter
Around thirty students learned about Finnish winter and food culture and shared their own home-country experience on food during a Sykettä nutrition evening.
A brief visit from Big Brother in last year’s Roskilde Festival
An activist art group annoyed some of the music fans with a prank that claimed all internet activity will be monitored during the festival.
Nature experience in dusky woods
Lantern walk, already a tradition in Kuopio is scheduled September 20th. The walk starts from Pesäpallo Stadium at 7pm.
Hostels and hotels house 13 homeless students
There are currently 13 students staying at hostels and hotels due to the housing shortage. Jarno Pitko, who manages the housing situation, has received 43 inquiries for emergency accommodation.
Police have a suspect connected to anti-Islamic flyers
Police advise all at the campus area to report any sightings of a person distributing anti-Islamic flyers. In May, the case was recorded as incitement to hatred.
Roskilde Serves Beer Festival Goers Helped to Produce
As Festival lineups are published the expectations for the summer rise but there’s more: Roskilde festival launched Beercycling. You drink beer, pee and the pee goes to farmers growing grains to make beer. This year it’s time to taste the recycled beer.
Bruxelles: Ne Me Quitte Pas
Barry Reddin recently relocated to Joensuu from Brussels and looks back at the changing atmosphere in the European Capital in the wake of increased terrorist activity in the beleaguered city and the fallout from the recent attacks.
Kung fu spectacle without words in Joensuu
Joensuu Student Theatre decided to leave the words out of their big production coming out soon, and focused on kung fu instead.