Idealism 0-2 Money

By Oliver Barnstedt · 0 Comments
The 5th of March was a sad day for all those fighting for more idealism in a world where ambitious, inspiring ideals are far too often compromised by the so-called realities and necessities that seem to govern life all around the globe. It was the day two important decisions were made here on campus. One decision was public; the other one, the one leading the last weeks' headlines, was a rather s ...
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Letter from the Editors: Issue 8

By Executive Board · 0 Comments
„Nothing endures but change“, as Heraclitus put it 2,500 years ago and change is exactly what happens to Pulse of the World. We have only thanks and applause for the leaving members of the Executive Board: Marlen de la Chaux, Tariq Omarshah and Jacob Schweda. We feel privileged to have been handed the baton of what has started six years ago to continue writing the story of Pulse of the World's de ...
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Piñata y Imperialista!

By Savannah Carr-Wilson · 0 Comments
The Latin American CID was without a doubt an incredible success. The Mercator Common Room was packed with students, host families, and other university members, and the night was full of funny presentations, dancing, a truly amazing telenovela, and delicious food. Here are some of the highlights: Andres told us that according to Cosmopolitan, in Venezuela there is a potential beauty queen for ...
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Shhhhhh! I Need To Study

By Christopher Kausch · 0 Comments
As many students at Jacobs University would agree, countless hours devoted to academic study consume their weekly schedules. In order to accomplish the overwhelming amount of work that keeps students glued to their workspace, they need to select an appropriate working environment to do so. Thanks to Jacobs University, a handful of effective sites exist on campus where students can escape the conf ...
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Remedying Cultural Differences

By Jacob Schweda · 0 Comments
Jacobs students are no strangers to diversity. We come from almost 100 countries and consider our different cultural backgrounds one of the greatest strengths of our university. What happens, however, when cultures clash? How should we react to practices and beliefs that seem to go against our most fundamental norms and beliefs? How can liberal, multicultural democracies in Europe and the North A ...
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Beyond Superficiality

By Sarah Gero · 0 Comments
After I decided to write this article, I realized that in order to do so I would be forced out of my comfort zone. This is something that absolutely terrifies me. You have to understand, I am the type of person who won’t even smile at someone on the street, or strike up a conversation with a person sitting next to me on the train, let alone randomly approach someone. It doesn’t mean that I am a c ...
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I don't wanna be Oxford... or Yale

By Juan Merlo · 0 Comments
I don’t wanna have a nice pompous name on my curriculum. I am not hoping for Jacobs to be THE renowned university someday. I got my name, potential input, and thirst for knowledge, that’s enough---- I would rather enjoy a more down to earth identity that suits this vibrant community. I recall that what captivated me the most about Jacobs – even before coming here - was a question on the Undergr ...
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What the LHC Is...

By Trevor Sloughter · 0 Comments
Almost everyone today understands that the familiar structure around us is formed by clumps of elements, the smallest unit of an element being an “atom”. The atom has at least one proton and almost definitely some neutrons at its heart (the nucleus), and some number of electrons circling it. All this started to become clear around the dawn of the 20th century. Surprisingly, in the early 1900s s ...
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“Comrade Rudi, does the fight go on?”

By Giovanni Pasquali · 0 Comments
Thirty years went by since Rudi Dutschke died from a relapse following the assassination attempt of 1968, more than forty years since the student movement reached its climax in the end of the 60's and Marcuse predicted the “chance that the historical extremes may meet again” giving rise to a new social order. It did not happen. Of course, it would be unfair to classify the 1968 movement as a fail ...
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Germany’s Next Top Model

By Carla Bleiker · 0 Comments
By some, Germany’s Next Top Model is considered to be a TV show that lowers the IQ of an entire nation through its existence! The models’ physiques make it appealing for young girls to become anorexic, bulimic, or both! Despite this, some students have decided to gather on Thursday nights to watch the casting show, and shake off some of the stress that has built up over the course of the week. Ho ...
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Drugs on Campus

By Anne Leiser · 0 Comments
A couple of years ago, I was talking to a student at one of America's most liberal colleges, Oberlin College. Oberlin College is well known for its hippie-students and extensive drug use, generally grudgingly accepted by the administration. In summer you can walk past groups of modern-day hippies sitting under old oak trees with the sweet smell of weed hanging above them like a soft white cotton ...
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Riding The Spiral

By Oliver Barnstedt · 0 Comments
A high-pitched buzzing successively finds its way out of the speakers and into your ears, as if you could hear the sound of the CD spinning inside the player. Seconds later your careful observations are shattered by the puissant toms of Danny Carey's drumset. Tool doesn't beat around the bush for too long. They immediately throw you into the ice-cold water of their Progressive / Art Metal. Becaus ...
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Pulse Express Readers

By Benjamin Glaubinger · 0 Comments
I’m used to taking in the articles in Pulse of the World with little more than a casual glance, but one in last week’s issue particularly caught my eye. It was the article by Christopher Kausch entitled “Pulse Express: A Convenience with Heavy Costs,” and I read it from first word to last and, well, let’s just say it inspired me. In this article, Christopher complained – well, let’s not mince wor ...
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Women's Award

By Prof. Dr. Klaus Boehnke · 0 Comments
Dear POTW crew, I am certainly aware of the fact that you are just the reporters and not the source of a certain information, but let me express that I was fairly upset when reading that the USG was considering of getting rid of the Child Awareness Award and of the Hartnack (name not mentioned in the article) Women's Award, and instead introducing a sports award. On the first two points: It is th ...
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