The ones who regularly read my blog probably know what “JAS” is by now. It means “killing” other people in a game simular to deathgame, but set at Linköping Institute of Technology is executed as a competition between freshmen at different programs at the school. During lunchtime during the four days from Monday to Thursday [...]

Day three of JAS. Today we would go on our own, using “civilians” to distract attention. I wore my usual body armour and had a carrot and an apple for weaponry. Unfortunately there had been a mistake in buying weapons (read: fruit) so we did only had one banana for the whole team. I did [...]

During the Orientation Week (nolle-p) at larger Swedish universities, students get together in groups and get specific missions to complete before the week is over. It could be anything from being “cheerleaders” when your section competes in one of many competitions (like the “packling”, where you cram in as many freshmen as possible into one [...]