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AID gets record number of freshers this year

There will be more students than ever — about 2100 —taking part in the Annual Introduction Days (AID) from 14 to 19 August. The busiest AID so far was in 2013, with 2050 participants.
Koen Guiking

pimp your bikeThe freshers will be divided into groups of 11 to 13 students, with two seniors (papas and mamas)

in charge of each group. Then there are the more than 125 crew members who will be responsible for setting up all the activities and making sure they go smoothly, while the student societies will have dozens of volunteers doing their best to give the freshers a good time. So all in all, about 2700 students partying hard during Wageningen’s introduction days.

The AID starts on 14 August with the Campus Games. ‘A fun way for the participants to get to know their AID group and the campus,’ says AID chair Koen van Bezu. Then of course there will be a big party on the first evening with the DJ duo 2 Faced Funks. ‘That will go until midnight, after which you can move on to one of the student societies.’ Because the societies will of course be putting on parties every night throughout the AID.

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The second day will be all about Crazy88, in which AID groups have to carry out 88 assignments in Wageningen town centre. There will also be a street theatre festival on that day. These are annually recurring AID events that are intended to let the freshers get to know the centre. Other successful elements from previous years are also on the programme this year, such as the sports day, the drinking songs and the international evening.

There will also be a national film première on the Sunday, with an open-air screening of the latest Woody Allen film, Irrational Man, at Duivendaal. The film is only due to be released in Dutch cinemas four days later. A new element this year is the festival on the final day, with three music venues and various food stalls run by Wageningen restaurant businesses. This festival will segue into the big final party in the marquee on campus. The DJs Gregor Salto and Carl Tricks are the crowd-pullers at this event. You will find the entire programme at www.aidwageningen.nl.

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