It all began with the announcements of the event. Those of us who did not read the O-week schedule received the first e-mail from Michele Lapenna about a week in advance, stating that we were “hosting one of the biggest events on campus this fall: Sports meets Culture”. But that was just the beginning of chaos. Is it me, or does it seem strange to you too, that the schedule for such a big event was not finalised until the eleventh hour ; the proudly announced visit of Bremen's mayor Böhrnsen, replaced by his senator for sports, and the participants themselves didn’t really know what they were supposed to do? On top of it all the show master Jürgen Linke was not at all prepared for his appearance on stage. While introducing our university, he proudly announced how “national” we are (as opposed to international), and called one of the biggest events on campus merely “an amateur event”. When he invited President Treusch to come up and give his introductory speech, he first announced him as “President Reusch”! Another sad aspect of the day was that the international fair only represented a minute fraction of the nationalities on campus, quite a poor result for such a supposedly prestigious occasion. At least the food was consolation enough as it was as excellent as always. Fortunately for us, the public didn't notice, judging from the article in the local edition of the “Weser Kurier” which praised Sport meets Culture and labelled it a “great success”!