Some real #Novischtips
Hey Novices! I bet all of you have a lot of thoughts orbiting around your mind at the moment. The Novice Week of HT 2018, with the theme ‘’Lund Olympics’’ has just been finished and you have met lots of new people, in a town many of you do not know since earlier. A…
Three reasons behind the success of San Francisco and Silicon Valley
The industry in Silicon Valley and San Francisco is experiencing a gold rush for the second time in history. 160 years ago it was precious metals that was the carrot on a stick. This time it is talent, information, technology and connections. Investors all over the world are flocking to this hub of innovation and…
Entrepreneur’s Academy meets San Francisco
Over the easter I got the amazing opportunity to travel to what has emerged to be the leading innovation hub in the whole world. Together with 11 other eager students interested in entrepreneurship, organized by the Uppsala organization Entrepreneurship Academy, I got to see, breathe and experience what the San Francisco business world is all…
Life as a Collegial
The Collegium. – The individuals that make the visions of the union become reality. – The people that help raise awareness to the questions we need to understand to become the best union we can be. – The backbone of LundaEkonomerna. It is doubtlessly so that being a collegial within LundaEkonomerna is one of the…
1:a maj!
To finish off our series on valborg I took the chance to talk about what finishes off the valborg weekend. And on 1st of May in Lund there is one place to go to and one place only: Göteborgs Nation and their 1:maj event. Therefore I had a quick chat with Ebba Selling from the…
Carnival preparation, part 1: the nations
Lundakarnevalen is celebrated only once every four years. Of course it is vital to be well prepared for this bonanza of fun, and it can be hard to even get an overview of the oceans of activities. Therefore, we at Lundtan are making sense of it all for you. First up are the cornerstones of…
The great leap to conclusions
When H&M a couple of months ago announced a sweater for sale with the text “coolest monkey in the jungle” they probably were not prepared for the gigantic backlash that was about to hit them. Denunciations from celebrities, medial outcries, H&M stores in South Africa vandalized because of the rage. The core of the issue…
Statistics in need of normal distribution
For everyone enrolled with the bachelor of business and economics at Lund University the introductory course in statistics is mandatory for the third semester. It is then vital for the course to keep a high standard. Recent students, however, do not all agree that that has been the case. Two separate worlds characterize the lectures…
Studentafton with Puma Swede
On Wednesday May 3rd porn star Puma Swede, or Johanna Jussinniemi, which is her actual name, visited Studentafton for a discussion with the title “Fuck Jante”. In 1912 on this date Studentafton held a debate regarding women’s right to vote and the last time I visited Studentafton was the night of Fredrik Reinfeldt, our former…
A Day at IKEA
Time is 07:20 as I walk towards Lund Central station. Life as a commuter I suppose. At the station I meet Louise, IKEA’s contact person in the Corporate Relations Committee. Today is IKEA day and we’re a group of 15 taking the train up to Älmhult to visit the headquarter of IKEA to get a…
