{"id":1370,"date":"2008-04-29T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T08:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2008\/04\/29\/entry-number-01590\/"},"modified":"2008-04-29T11:12:03","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T09:12:03","slug":"entry-number-01590","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/2008\/04\/29\/entry-number-01590\/","title":{"rendered":"Entry Number 01590"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>29 APRIL 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cBecause Quality Education Is within Reach\u201d \u2013 in the Netherlands \u2013 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2019It\u2019s really enough just to have a look around here,\u2019 says Sophie Hinger, student from Germany. She makes a gesture of invitation and goes on, \u2018In this kind of an environment, learning is simply more fun.\u2019 She\u2019s standing in what was once a chapel, now remodelled and with the fresh smell of new carpentry work, where the light is falling through stained-glass windows onto rows of student desks with comfortable folding seats. There is no graffiti, no filth floating around in the corners. This is the largest lecture hall at the University College of Maastricht, in a renovated brick building that was formerly part of a monastery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(To be continued)<\/p>\n<p>Source: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c, Die Zeit, 28 February 2008<\/p>\n<p>*The Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 67 among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, sixteen places below Seoul National University of South Korea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI feel like someone who has been attacked and injured by a group of thugs. You forgive the thugs, but at the same time you have to warn other people about them.\u201d \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love (my country) more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.\u201d &#8211; James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>29 APRIL 2008, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n<p>Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c \u2013 in den Niederlanden \u2013 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201e\u00bbEs reicht doch schon, sich einen Augenblick umzuschauen\u00ab, sagt Sophie Hinger und macht eine ausladende Handbewegung. \u00bbIn so einer Umgebung macht das Lernen einfach mehr Spa\u00df.\u00ab Sie steht in einer ehemaligen Kapelle, es riecht nach jungem Holz, durch die bunten Kirchenfenster f\u00e4llt Licht auf Pultreihen mit bequemen Klappsitzen. Keine Schmierereien, kein Dreck, der in den Ecken herumfliegt: Das ist der gr\u00f6\u00dfte H\u00f6rsaal des University College Maastricht (UCM), das in dem renovierten Backsteingeb\u00e4ude einer aufgel\u00f6sten Kloster untergebracht ist.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>(Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n<p>Quelle: Jan-Martin Wiarda, \u201eDenn das Gute liegt so nah\u201c, Die Zeit, 28.02.2008.<\/p>\n<p>*Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, steht an der 67. Stelle in der Welt; d.h., zum Beispiel, 16 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201eIch f\u00fchle mich wie eine Person, die von einer Gruppe Schl\u00e4ger angegriffen und verletzt wird. Man vergibt die Schl\u00e4ger, aber man muss andere Menschen vor ihnen warnen.\u201c \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n<p>\u201eIch liebe (mein Land) mehr, als alle anderen L\u00e4nder der Welt, und genau aus diesem Grund bestehe ich auf das Recht, es ewig zu kritisieren.\u201c &#8211; James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novel:http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<br \/>\n===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29 APRIL 2008, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cBecause Quality Education Is within Reach\u201d \u2013 in the Netherlands \u2013 8 \u201c\u2019It\u2019s really enough just to have a look around here,\u2019 says Sophie Hinger, student from Germany. 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