NYBROGÅRD DORMITORY NEWSLETTER April 2018 P.O. Pedersen-dormitory p. 5 Interview with John p. 8 Gladsaxe and Nybrogård p. 9 Spring 2.0 It is safe to say that our first month of spring decided to the editing job with him and will therefor continue to con- show its wintery side this year—It seems that spring and tribute articles for the newsletter—perhaps one about his winter turned switched places. But we are approaching the experiences on the exchange. month of April, and we all want spring to finally announce Other than that, NybroTidende will continue to function as its arrival. you know it. The editors are also experiencing changes:: Frederik will be Lastly, the editors have visited P.O.Pedersen dormitory and in Karlsruhe in Germany as exchange student, but is taking have written about life at our neighbouring dormitory. Resident Council news Translation of the new welcome folder new residents. This folder currently exists the area of 8 hours, why it is proposed to as a paid project by Rasmus Simling only in Danish and it is desired to have it offer the project with a maximum payroll Kristensen translated into English in favour of our of 9 hours, to the normal hourly rate of large amount of international residents. the college of approx. 150 kroner. The Residents' Council, in collaboration with Board, recently commissioned a 12- It is therefore proposed that the Council Upcoming Residents & Council page welcome folder for new residents, provide this translation as a paid project meeting: Thursday, April 5th which will hopefully have a positive im- for an interested resident. It has been es- pact on the residents' exposure among timated that the translation will take in Correction on page 8. NYBRO TIDENDE A P R I L 2 0 1 8 The Personal Page The Board Administration Clubs Rasmus, A38 (chairman) Treasurer Canoe club Gardening club Frederik, N29 (vice-chairman) Kasper Hansen, R66 Ask, M47 Rasmus, A38 Rasmus, S21(alternate) [email protected] Art club Brewers club The Residents’ Council Secretary Maja, J16 Jakob, B51 Chairman: : Keegan, O2 Josephine B56 [email protected] ”Brættet” Board games Exercise room AB-odd: Needed Jonas, R52 Niels, T54 AB-even: Rasmus, A38 Accountants Bicycle workshop Cinema club Kristoffer, L10 This could be you. CD-odd: Needed NybroTidende Agnes Jensen, O4 Nybro Cake festival FC Nybro CD-even: Adrian, C24 Clara Schou, K55 This could be you. This could be you. Patrick Aagaard, M63 EF-odd: Kim E31 Frederik Holgersen, H2 Music practice room FC Nybro Chicks [email protected] Andreas L31 This could be you. EF-even: Needed Secretariat/subletting Dog club GH-odd: Needed Office hours: Monday 19:00-20:00 Lærke, H56 and Thursday 20:00-21:00, GH-even: Needed GH-basement. Phone: 21 48 54 55 JK-odd: Needed Service Complaints committee Key bearers Table tennis/hockey JK-even: Johannes, K46 Office hours: Tuesday Kasper CD-basement (alt.) Lukas, J32 19:30-20:00, GH basement. Phone.: 26 81 15 01 LM-odd: Nikolaj, M51 E-mail: [email protected] Rasmus Bicycle workshop Phone: 21 48 54 55 Phone: 26 79 42 53 LM-basement LM-even: Needed The price for Network office key service is: Folding chairs NO-odd: Niklas, O51 Office hours: Monday 20:00-21:00 9:00-21:00: DKK 50 in the GH-basement. 21:00-9:00: DKK 100 NO-even: Needed E-mail: [email protected] Trailer Phone: 21 48 54 55 Lars Kaj (insp.) PR-odd: Needed TV/Antenna Draught beer system PR-even: Kasper, R66 [email protected] Kasper, R66 ST-odd: Ditlev, T37 KælderCaféen Søren T43(Alt.) Environmental Group Opening hours: Fridays 21:00-03:00 ST-even: Niels T54 Troels, O07 One Saturday each month 21:00-05:00 [email protected] (announced separately). Chairman: Bertil, F61 Apartments: Deputy chairman: Kasper Hansen, R66 C, D and G: Keegan O2 Member: Clara, K55 Secretary: Agnes O04 H and L: (Stefen L6) Residents’ Council Rep.: This could be you. Alternate: Emma, R64 M, O and S: Frederik, O3 Treasurer: Kasper, R66 Local facilities NOTE! Inspector Laundromat Items for the agenda must be Lars Kaj Opening hours: 8:00-19:00 sent to the secretary at least [email protected] Phone: 45 87 04 73 Convenience store and Pizzeria ten days before the meeting Office hours Phone: 51 14 12 19 nybro.dk > English > For Resi- Monday: 16:00-18:00 Weekdays: 15:00-21:00 dents > Resident Council > Tuesday-Friday: 07:30-09:00 Sat-Sun: 13:00-21:00 ”Add item to the agenda”. First weekday of month: 17:00-18:00 May-August: open until 22:00 every day. Page 2 NYBRO TIDENDE A P R I L 2 0 1 8 Store Bededag It is no longer very common to outright cel- ebrate Store Bededag. It has become a holi- day where you’ll have the day off if you are one of the lucky ones. This Danish tradition takes place on the fourth Friday after Easter Day and was in- troduced all the way back in 1686. This was done as the church had so many different holy days that it was impractical to cele- brate them all. The were therefor consoli- dated into a single day, Store Bededag. It has been the prominent opinion that it was (Image: https://natmus.dk). Struensee who had introduced the day as a why the bakers got the idea to bake wheat hear the day be heralded by the sound of substitute for the many other holidays he buns the day before. People could even heat church bells. This custom can be dated all had abolished in 1770, but this initiative them on the day, where the bakeries were the way back to 1747 when the Church of was actually taken by Sjælland’s bishop, closed. However, with time it became nor- Our Lady had a new carillon installed. Hans Bagger. mal to eat them on the evening prior, which In the 1900s, Copenhageners and also stu- Hveder (Wheat buns, see p. 10) was eventually called Store Bededagsaften. dents still gathered or walked about at Is a traditional food, associated with the But what other traditions are associated Christianshavn, Langelinie or in particular day. As it is a day of prayer, all forms of with the day other than eating too many Kastellet. This tradition is still alive to a cer- commerce and work were banned on the wheat buns? In Copenhagen there was a tain extent. day because people had to concentrate on custom in the 1700s to go to Chris- Agnes, o-4 going to church and, surprise, pray. That's tianshavn's Vold on Store Bededagsaften to Page 3 NYBRO TIDENDE A P R I L 2 0 1 8 Extreme April fools pranks! Are you the type of person to come up 2. Or what about toothpaste in stead of 4. And lastly… with pranks for April fools or are you the the cream in the Oreos? Impressive that it could at all be possible to type to fall for them? April 1st is a day for Bon appetite… place the glasses like that. pranksters and the pranked, but some pranks are more extreme than others, here are a few examples! 1. Plant your victim’s keyboard with cress seeds: Are you one of those who love cress on your bread? and would like to tease one of your acquaintances? then the picture below may give an idea of what you can expose them 3. Shopping carts can also be used: to: My hat off to the one who spent the time on this prank (and not least for the one who removes them...) Frederik, H2 Page 4 NYBRO TIDENDE A P R I L 2 0 1 8 P.O. Pedersen dormitory! agreed to close for the regular Tues- In the February issue of Nybro- day and Friday openings. Tidende, an article was published about everything worth knowing about Nybroga rd dormitory. Here are a total of 9 items about the facts and facilities at our neighbouring school in Bagsværd! From the Saint Patricks Day party 17/3-18 * From here on, Nybroga rd dormitory Their hallways have also been deco- However, the bar is still active with will be referred to as NK and P.O. rated with time! special theme parties. Pedersen College as POP! 4. The rooms 8. Outdoor areas 1. Location Like here at NK, the rooms at the POP POP does not have the same scenic POP is the dormitory closest to Ny- are 12 m². However, they are about surroundings as us at Nybro. Howev- bro. From NK to POP (which has the half a meter narrower and therefor er, they have a multisport course, address Haraldslundvej 38) it's only longer. which the municipality does not al- 1.3 km. (if you follow the so-called low here - as well as a lot of sports Voldtægtssti along Radiomarken!) 5. The kitchens equipment for outdoor activities in 2. Age The kitchens at POP consists of two the summer. rooms with the shared wall torn down, making them fairly small: The area where food is cooked is in some of the kitchens also the area you have to go through to get into the sofa and TV area. The dorm has a total of 24 kitchens, each shared by 11-12 residents. However, while we at NK have our POP was built in 1964, and is thus 54 own exercise room, POP has 5 wood- years old! en poles as tools for exercising..