Lukas

It may have gone unnoticed by most of you, but the last year brought a big change for Students’ Councils: The informally called “Fachschaftseuro” (“Students’ Council Euro”), gave Students’ Councils from all fields of studies new and better ways to organize and finance events for their students. What does that mean specifically? As you all know, you have to pay the Semesterbeitrag for each semester you are studying here at university. A small portion of that is a contribution to the general students body (“allgemeiner Studierendenbeitrag”); currently this contribution is 13€ per semester. This contribution goes into the students’ body funds and is administered by the StuPa (Student Parliament). Since the last year, Students’ Council can request funds from this money to organize their events. How much exactly can they use? This mainly depends on the number of students, that a Students’ Council represents and is regulated by the Fachschaftsetat. In short: Each council gets a base amount of 200€ plus an additional 0,66€ for each student in their main subject. There are slightly differing amounts e.g. for teaching students as they are represented by multiple Students’ Councils. We also made use of this fund throughout the last year to finance some of our events for you. In total, we used 1,525.98 € in the year 2023. We want to be fully transparent about our usage of these funds. Therefore, we have created a small summary into which events these funds went:

The RindPhi Quiz Night once again returns for its fourth iteration, after a short pause. This time, we are hosted by the Heimbar of the Rotenberg Dormitory [1]. The Quiz Night happens there on March 08th. As per usual you can join up in teams of up to 6 persons. In this Quiz Night you can join together as a team with your friends and challenge your fellow students and other participating teams in a competition for knowledge, wisdom and honor. Our moderator will challenge your minds in four exciting categories! As usual, the winning team claims the reward of a 20€ iCoffee Gift card!

We are happy to invite you all to this years Niko-Fete, our traditional Christmas Party! This party takes place on December 6th, starting at 10AM in our rooms (E1.3 R109). As opposed to our breakfasts, this time we offer, fitting to the christmas theme, hot mulled wine (also without alcohol), hot chocolate. Additionally we will have freshly baked waffles and Crêpes with various toppings available! Of course we will also have a variety of christmas-themed snacks for you! Like all our events, the Niko-Fete is completely free for all our students. However, we would still appreciate a small donation that will go toward a good cause. In this year, all your donations will go to the Tafel Saarbrücken (Food bank) and the Kältebus Saabrücken (Shelter for homeless people) We are very happy that itestra is sponsoring this event and will even be present at the event! If you are looking for a job, no matter whether it is during your studies or afterwards, consider checking our the website of itestra. Alternatively you can also get in touch with them directly as they will present during the Niko-Fete with two Software Engineers!

We are happy to also announce our free breakfasts in the new semester! It will take place on November 16th starting at 09:30 AM in our students’ council rooms (E1.3 R109)! Join us for some bread buns with various toppings (vegan options are also available!), fresh fruits and a variety of hot and cold drinks. And of course coffee… Loads of coffee To make the cold autumn bit more bearable we will additionally start serving hot pumpkin soup at around lunch time! So also join us there! We are thankful to DIaLOGIKa here from Saarbrücken who are sponsoring this event. DIaLOGIKa is always looking for interested and talented students who are looking for internships, working student positions or a full time job after finishing your degree. For more information about them, check out the Website of DIaLOGIKa.

As for every semester, we once again awared the Busy Beaver for extraordinary for the best lectures and seminars in three different categories. During the semester opening ceremony, we awarded the following three prices: Congratulations to all winners! Do you know an awesome lecture? If you want to make suggestion about lectures and seminars that you think were awesome and deserve a price, please send us your feedback to: busy-beaver@cs.fs.uni-saarland.de

The joint Summer-BBQ of the Students’ Council for Computer Science and Mathematic also returns this year. On July 6th starting from 10am, you can find us on the outside area between GHH and E2.5. As also in the past we will set up a Schwenker to offer various items at small prices. Of course, there will also have vegetarian and vegan options available. The Math Council will be readily available at the to offer drinks (Softdrinks & Beer ) at fair prices. Additionally we are happy to once again offer a free buffet of cake and salads. For cake the FdSI has provided us with a generous donation. Many thanks from us for that!To offer a wide range of salads, we require your help! So if you know a unique recipe that you want to share and have some time to prepare a salad, just fill out following form: . As a reward, you will receive a voucher for a free drink and one item from the Schwenker. We are eager to see lots of you and hope to have a blast together with you while enjoying great weather, music and a good vibe.