• How To Survive the Scandinavian Winter

    Beat the Winter Blues with Lundtan In the temperate regions of the world, fall is identified by the brightly colored foliage that gradually drops from trees and shrubs to carpet the ground. As we are currently moving towards the end of November, autumn turns to winter, marking a seasonal change, as lack of daylight hours…

  • The Hottest Article Ever Written

    The clock just passed 3 in the morning… I’m thinking to myself that this might be the last few hours that I have left, crawling like a zombie to my parents’ bedroom. I’m sweating bullets, fetal position engaged. My dad is a doctor; he’ll know what to do! Negative, all that could have been done…

  • Why should you sleep?

    For many of us, going to sleep is the absolutely best part of the day, especially after an exhausting day. As going to sleep is a common highlight of the day for many, waking up to an early, invidious alarm clock that hampers our brain and body’s hourly (desperately) needed sleep, is also a rather…

  • Netflix and chill á la Lundaekonom

    Tired of wasting time scrolling indecisively on Netflix and end up rewatching something lame just for the sake of it? Then look no further! This is the perfect movie list for some Sunday evening unwinding. Since all of the suggestions below are fully or partly based on true events you might find something that is…

  • Budget friendly ways for a greener health and world

    A large amount of alcohol, night food, cheap carbs and comfort food often portrays a students life. The reasons for students’ bad food choices are often defended by a poor economy and that unhealthy food is (often) cheaper than healthier options. However, there are many ways to easily combine healthy food and budget constraints, at…

  • Making the move to distance learning pt 2

    How to make studying at home more productive: Create the optimal study environment  The scenery we’re studying in may have a huge impact on our productivity. If you’re a person who struggles with finding a good work flow at home there are a few ways you can try to mimic a different study environment. Try…

  • Making the move to distance learning pt 1

    A few weeks have passed since LUSEM made the decision to switch to distance learning meaning that the second half of the spring semester will be taught via online lectures and assessed by digital examinations. With physical lectures being cancelled many of us are put into a new situation which requires creative solutions and significantly…

  • How to reduce “tentaångest”

    Exam periods are stressful, intensive and bring out a lot of anxiety for many. The stress and worrying over the exam can easily take over the focus of the actual studying and make the 8 recommended hours of sleep far less. However, exams will happen several times during your study time, so you better learn…

  • Hold That Thought!

    – What a wonderful world “The atoms like each other to different degrees” he’d open with. There’s beauty in simplicity. A writer does not necessarily express her brilliance by how many complicated words she can put into her work, but rather, how much she can say in as few words as possible. Beauty lies in the obvious, beauty lies…

  • How to be a Swede (if you‘re not)

    When you move to another country, or maybe even continent, interactions with a new culture can be challenging and difficulties in understanding how to adapt often befall. In 2018 international students constituted 20% of the total students in Lund, of whom students on Masters’s program were as high as 60%. In other words, the presence…