Crossroads summer break

The following update was sent to Crossroads’ mailing list subscribers on Monday 14 July 2008:

Dear Crossroads reader,

Crossroads is taking its annual summer break on July 15 and will resume daily updates on Monday, August 18, 2008.  

Here’s an overview of the articles we’ve published since our last update on December 21, 2007. Click on any headline to go directly to that item in Crossroads: 

Expats’ corner:

• Raising children bilingually, 9 July
• Strolling through the market in Maastricht, 22 June 
• Shooting Flikken Maastricht, 17 June 
• Naked Netherlands, 22 May 
• Academia in Maastricht (part 4): Are academics stuck spinning their wheels? A final verdict, 14 May 
• A river runs through it, 12 May 
• An academic nomad at International School Maastricht: a testimonial, 22 April 
• Thrown into the big wide world, 20 March 
• Maastricht Carnival: to beer or not to be here, 26 January 

Reviews:

• Maastrichts Mooiste 2008: Racing for health and habitats, 18 June 
• The Great Dragon: Africa’s great hope for development or simply profiteers?, 9 June 
• Schuman lecture 2008: Is Europe a reality without theory?, 27 May 
• EuroMUN 2008: global debate, global party, 25 April 
• Maastricht walks with Chinese Dinosaurs , 30 March 
• Islamic Student Association Maastricht: “Muslims are not afraid of critical debate!”, 27 March 
• Cold politics and lots of Russian gas to heat them up – a debate on EU-Russia relations, 16 March
• Democracy in the Middle East? The need for patience, 16 March
• International Women’s Day at Atelier Mondiale, 22 February 
• 13 Feb: Exploring the economics of toilets: a lecture on the role of innovation in development, 6 February

 Feature articles:

• Photo-reportage: Manus van Alles, a multicultural festival in Maastricht, 10 July
• Brazilian percussion in Maastricht with Passatempo, 1 July 
• End in sight for ENCI?, 27 June 
• The man outside the box, 22 June 
• The b-ness of très.b, 31 May 
• The Lions Club Maastricht Mondial: Charity and International socialising, 21 May 
• A view beyond the spatula: vegan cuisine at the Landbouwbelang, 18 May 
• Maastricht wants to make expatriates feel at home, 26 April 
• Maastricht turns to Student Think Tank for advice, 4 April 
• Between Two: Selexyz Dominicanen as Church and Bookstore, 22 March 
• Korfball: scoring with the opposite sex, 3 March 
• Hille’s Goatriders forum: Keeping a Limburg legend alive, 2 March 
• A final resting place in Maastricht: a photo-reportage at Maastricht’s public cemetery, 23 February 
• The ‘Bokkenrijders’: Ghost riders in the Limburg sky, 14 February 
• Tired of Amsterdam? Time to discover Maastricht!, 8 February  
• De Tempeleers: guardians of the Maastricht carnival, 3 January 

As always, please feel welcome to contact me if you have any comments or suggestions, or if you would like to write for Crossroads. I’ll be happy to hear from you.

Many thanks to all our readers and contributors for their continued interest in our magazine!

Best wishes,

Sueli Brodin
Crossroads editor

P.S. Please note that comments are subject to moderation. As a consequence, publication will be delayed until August 18, 2008. Thank you for your understanding.

Summer in Maastricht
(Photograph by Sueli Brodin)