Message from all Delft associations: please follow the corona measures

Here you can read a letter signed by all Delft associations,  where they encourage students to follow the COVID-19 measures. 

Dear Delft Student,

Student associations from Leiden recently issued a strong appeal to all students to persevere and keep adhering to the current restrictions. Now, at the beginning of the year, all associations from Delft also want to call on your help.

In recent months, we have had to deal with the measures surrounding the COVID-19 virus. These measures have had a huge impact on our lives. You had to follow all your lectures, and took the majority of your exams, from home. You are no longer allowed to study (together) at the TU campus and many social activities were cancelled. For a long time there were no drinks at your student association, you could no longer exercise at your sports association, and you could no longer have a drink together in the city center of Delft.

Slowly, relaxations have come. We can sport again, to physical activities and drinks at our clubs. There are more and more opportunities to study at TU Delft, to work with your project group and it is sometimes even possible to follow lectures at your faculty. More and more is allowed in our student life and we want to maintain this at all costs. We, the study, student and sports associations, therefore ask you all to stick with it.

In addition to the students who have been studying in Delft for some time, there are also the new Delft Students. They will not walk OWee as we have always known them, but will have to get to know each other and the city in an appropriate way. Together we must ensure that new students do not have to start their studies alone. Student life in Delft is also great with the current measures, you give new fellow students the opportunity to discover the beautiful student life in Delft!

In other cities we have seen that small parties and drinks can already cause enormous trouble spots. Such a local outbreak may not feel dangerous to you, but it can be very dangerous for others in your immediate area. In order to keep seeing each other physically, we will all have to obey the rules. Keep your distance when you get back together with your friends, no matter how difficult that may be. Get tested and stay at home with complaints, even if they are mild. Wash your hands well and often. Contact the GGD if there is an infection in your area, for example in your student house. Only by following the rules can we ensure that we can continue to see each other physically and keep up with the current easing.

We are Delft students. We are not only the inventors, but also the doers. Together we can ensure that we keep student life going in a responsible manner.

Sincerely,

Pim van der Velde, Gezelschap Leeghwater

Tessa Mennink, V.S.V. ‘Leonardo da Vinci’

Marleen Hielkema, W.I.S.V Christiaan Huygens

Lianne Bruggink, Technologisch Gezelschap

Carsten van de Kamp, Vereniging voor Technische Physica

Claire Mulder, Mijnbouwkundige Vereeniging

Valerie Heesakkers, D.S.B.G. Stylos

Ilse van der Zwet, Het Gezelschap Practische Studie

Hilco Smit, S.V.K.T. Variscopic

Rolf Corstjens, S.V. Life

Elise Hoffmann, Scheepsbouwkundig Gezelschap “William Froude”

Aisha So, S.V.N.B. Hooke

Juwe van Vliet, ID

S.V.T.B. Curius

Joos Vrijdag, Electrotechnische Vereeniging