GHD Ubbo Emmius

“Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”

Welcome to the communist committee-themed Lecture Committee of this year! Although we are actually not as red as it may seem, we delve into Chinese communism every meeting. We open our meetings with a quote from Mao’s Red Book and we have replaced capitalist terms such as Finances and Public Relations with terms that really embrace the nature of camaraderie and solidarity: means of production and propaganda. This camaraderie is shared among eight members, who equally contribute to our red party that organises five lectures a year!

Starting with our well-experienced Vice-Chair of the Committee, Wietse Karst! Wietse is our committee veteran. After being Chair of the Lecture Committee last year, Wietse brings a lot of know-how to the Lecture Committee. As a Social Democrat, he fits well in our committee, although drinking whiskey might be a bit bourgeois.

No committee can function without a good Secretary. Our Secretary of State is no one less than Rens Buit. Rens, coming from Muntendam, grew up in the homebase of Dutch communism, where our real workers still exist. Rens is responsible for taking our minutes, but frankly, he doesn’t mind using some censure.

Censoring finances does not belong to our agenda. Daan de Boer takes good care of our committee finances as our Treasurer. In his spare time, he enjoys bouldering, which is a good quality for our committee. With his bouldering experiences, he takes our communist priorities to the next level.

For our priorities, our committee cannot run without a good branch of PRs. We have a powerful trio for this important job: Alex de Jonge, Jochem van Gestel and Sil Molenaar. As a student in Media Studies, Alex has a great knowledge of the influence of media sources on people. His resentment of onions is not a coincidence. Do we all not hate the Union!? Our next PR is Jochem van Gestel. As one of our freshmen, he brings a lot of fun into the committee with his sparse but always funny quotes. As PR, he mainly develops our posters, which are as fun as his quotes. Last but not least, we have Sil Molenaar! Living in Oude Pekel, he daily interacts with the group we compete for! He keeps us sharp on our agenda and writes attractive texts for the posters.

In this company of white men, Maeve Smits has recently joined the committee as General Member! In her free time, she loves to bake some delicacies, which we can’t
wait to taste. As our General Member, she has no specific tasks, but she can help where extra help is needed.

Lastly, the committee is chaired by Laurens van Mulligen. As a fervent Christian Democrat, he is slightly odd in this red committee, but he shares the common importance of solidarity among the people: omzien naar elkaar, ouwe. As Chair, he leads the meetings and maintains an overview of all the preparations!