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Dear recentior of<br />
Södermanlands-Nerikes nation,<br />
TEXT: ANGELICA LINDQVIST FOTO: JONAS LOVÉUS<br />
You have now set foot in a country of perhaps the weirdest traditions<br />
you will ever encounter. Even more so, in Northern<br />
Europe’s first student city, at a nation with traditions stemming<br />
over 400 years back in time. Welcome to the country where<br />
children and adults dance around a flower-embellished penis-pole<br />
in hope of fertility in mid-June every year. Welcome to the city<br />
where every student wastes hundreds of kronor on champagne only<br />
to pour it over each other’s heads on the last of April (after voluntarily<br />
entering a cardboard regatta down the filthy river with a guaranteed<br />
swim). Welcome to the nation that encourages biting your<br />
friends’ songbooks to pieces at the end of every dinner-party. Welcome<br />
to Uppsala and welcome to your new home away from home!<br />
Amanda and I (Angelica) are your International Secretaries<br />
this semester. We’re two of the girls you’ve seen behind the<br />
computers during registration hours. If you still haven’t met us,<br />
you’ll see us many more times throughout the semester making sure<br />
you have the time of your life here!<br />
We’re here for YOU whatever you may need, be it a<br />
fika date, directions to the closest Systembolaget, figuring out how<br />
the medical care works or if you’re in need of our amazing matchmaking<br />
skills. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any concerns<br />
or questions!<br />
As the semester goes on, you’ll soon notice that the<br />
vibrant student life of Uppsala never ends. There is always a nation<br />
club open, a gasque coming up or a nation-wide event thrown. Just<br />
be careful not to forget that there is so much more to Uppsala than<br />
just the parties. Have a seat at our library for a couple hours of studying<br />
and then why not check out some of the many clubs we offer?<br />
Interested in sports? Contact IF Trikadien. Want to try out your<br />
writing or photography skills? Write for this magazine! Want to try<br />
acting or improve theatre or maybe perform with the spex at our<br />
gasques? Want to sing or play in the orchestra or work in our bistro?<br />
The sky is the limit and no previous experience is required!<br />
Once again, a warm welcome to Snerikes and thank<br />
you for making the winter darkness a little bit brighter for us. I am<br />
however sad to tell you that you won’t be seeing any polar bears<br />
walking the streets. And that Swiss cheese is, well, Swiss – not Swedish.<br />
Sorry.<br />
Lots of love from your International Secretaries,<br />
Angelica & Amanda<br />
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