Polykum
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Is the Surveillance Here with Us Right Now?
Tuesday I stopped on the sidewalk today as I approached two teenagers who propped a phone up on a bench and were starting to record a TikTok dance. I stopped, not because I didn’t want to interrupt their…
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A Crisis Care Package
In these times of crisis, I would like to provide some recommendations for media that can keep you entertained, give you some inspiration, or let you laugh about the absurdities around us. So, depending on your mood,…
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Is it time to reclaim the dunce cap?
Gabrielle Vance, 34, Earth Sciences Doctorate, embodies both the dunce and the Doctor Subtilis.The background information for this cartoon is courtesy of https://www.straightdope.com/21342933/what-s-the-origin-of-the-dunce-cap. See more cartoons on Instagram…
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Word of the President
Dear Readers, It’s been an eventful period since our last issue of Polykum! Let me share some highlights of what we’ve been up to at VSETH. In early…
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Flawed Intellectual Women
Lesen als Gefahr Wie jedem Medium stand man vor der allgemeinen Alphabetisierung auch dem Lesen kritisch gegenüber. In der Gesellschaft des 17. Jahrhunderts war man kritisch gegenüber einer…
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Coming Soon: Summer holidays!
There is just one thing standing in between those fun summer days and us: the study and exam phase which stretches from early June to the start of…
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Diversity at ETH
Currently, CSNOW is the only association directly affiliated with a department. Other associations, such as Limes, phimale or WiNS, are not part of their respective departments. Do you…
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Laudatio ad novitatem
Oh, blickend schweigsam in des Schöpfers Angesicht, der dich geschaffen, alternative Intelligenz, der, ich, unfähig dich zu fassen stehts und je, dich zu begreifen mir niemals wahrhaft gelinge.…
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In der Schweiz
Meine Motivation für den Weg in die Schweiz war nicht die Schweiz als Land, sondern der Ruf der ETH. Vor meinem Umzug hatte ich mich nie ernsthaft gesellschaftlich…
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Could we dim the Sun?
We know that a change of more than 1.5 C in global temperatures would be disastrous. To even have a 50% chance of limiting the increase to the…