Wittenborg Online News!

Again, Wittenborg is pleased to publish Hopstaken’s International Student Newsletter.

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The Newsletter is compiled by Peter van Oosten (Wittenborg lecturer) and Loek Hopstaken (Guest lecturer at Wittenborg) and concerns not only the life and careers of international students who have studied in Deventer, or who are currently studying in Deventer, but also the schools and staff involved with the international education there.

This edition’s contents:

1. Welcome to the 10th edition.

* Sinterklaas

* spiritual healing

* serendipity

* don’t look for magic, it’ll find you

2. What do you know.

* so, what is wisdom?

* thaumatology

* clairvoyant

3. Confessions of a greyhaired kid from Haarlem with an Asian dream

* Loek’s exploration of Vietnam

4. A message from George Carlin

* the man who measures life by breathtaking moments

5. MIC / DDU is getting there …

* step by step

6. A Very Deep Pooh Wisdom

* a British version of Zen

7. Plato’s chair

* on Peter’s famous performance of practical philosophy

8. Things to do in the Netherlands

* three major exhibitions

9. A seminar at at Wittenborg

* delivering a seminar to a familiar audience

10. An excursion to Düsseldorf

* Wittenborg staff & staff students on tour

11. Born in 1968

* age is a flexible matter

12. Wise quotes & crackers

* topics for senseless and endless conversations

13. Portfolios

* a ton of new pictures

14. Christmas times

* the whole world celebrates this day of Peace

15. Growing up in the final days of colonialism

* about mad dogs and Englishmen

16. This issue’s song lyric

* It’s All Your Fault

Message from the Editors