November, November, the month before December.
Such a month must be praised, no one can rage like this one!
Biden is only a small splendor, but fortunately he is now in power.
Because he is always better than Trump, this torture will soon be over.
So we congratulate the winner, and never see Trump again.
So far it's been very warm, now it's getting cold, so we're looking for a crush, but not Spahn, please.
A new lockdown hurts us a lot, "lockdown light" - is that fair?
Because what do you do when restaurants are closed for dinner?
What will happen to the bars if beers are only sold via cash registers?
What will happen to the culture? Is it already too late on this clock?
2020 should say goodbye, the new year has to straighten it out.
So let's make the best of it and just stay at home for now. ☹
Snuggled up with a glass of mulled wine, you almost feel like you're snuggling up, Netflix's Christmas movie is reflected in your eyes.
This rhyme is over now, enjoy the next lines.

The Pommritz tour was lucky: due to the first Corona case during Freshers' Week - who would have thought it - the faculty was more or less frozen for two weeks and sent home. Luckily, the first-year students were just able to get into Opal and BBB, so teaching at home didn't cause any problems. At the beginning of November, the tour to Pommritz was made up for: an introduction to sociology by substitute professor Hosang.

Sociology is a science that deals with the empirical and theoretical study of social behavior. It examines the conditions, processes and consequences of people living together. Mr. Hosang invited the first-year students to the LebensGut in Pommritz as an introduction to precisely this subject area. The group of this year's KuMa's is very large and has therefore been divided up so far. In Pommritz, however, the young students finally met up, got to know each other, took a closer look at nature and worked together. In addition to the raspberry harvest, lunch together consisted of rice, pumpkin and a specialty: fried comfrey leaves.

Now everyone is probably wondering: Oh, what's that? - Comfrey comes from the comfrey family and is one of the oldest known medicinal plants. It blooms with bell-shaped, white, pink or purple flowers and due to its angled flower shape, only bumblebees can pollinate the plants - only the long proboscis of the bumblebee fits in there. In addition to its medicinal properties, comfrey was also a popular spice in earlier times. The freshly harvested leaves, for example, were baked into dough. In times of need, the plant was even used as a staple food: when potato blight caused potato harvests in Europe to fail for several years in the middle of the 19th century and people suffered from severe hunger, they ate the roots and herb of comfrey as a potato substitute. In addition to rosmarinic acid and allantoin, the plant contains many other substances that are said to relieve pain, have an anti-inflammatory effect and help heal wounds. So keep your eyes open in nature!

What do the KuMa's actually do in their free time and are they able to switch off from the professional perspective at all? Many people see culture as recreation and relaxation, simply switching off. Going out to a poetry slam with friends or family, then going to a bar or perhaps a nice evening at the theater? For us KuMa's, this means more or less one and the same thing, except that the roles are reversed. Below I introduce you to a few KuMa's who work alongside their studies:

Cornelius, bigwig, student council speaker, member of the FSR and the Stura, attractive, good-looking: works in the Dresden University Orchestra in the orchestra office alongside his studies. There he does important organizational things: rehearsals, concerts, public relations and thus combines hobby and profession.

Lea, blonde, bright and, in her own words, "quite nice", likes to eat Indian food and spent a few months in New Zealand before her studies (attention, allusion is intended). She would love to provide you with the most delicious city-brewed beer from the Bierblume throughout the evening, if it wasn't currently closed... BUT the Bierblume serves mulled wine, grog and beer from a stand ;-). Let's go there! She also works for a financial advisor and looks after his customers in Görlitz - wow.

Then there's Leni. Leni is a super cool person from a flat share of 5 people in the city center who regularly organizes crime scene evenings. She spent her semester abroad in the wonderful city of Vilnius and was responsible for public relations at the last ZuVi. This is also how she got her current part-time job at Rabryka. There she manages the social media channels, creates the editorial plan and the monthly flyers that go to print every month. She also writes and designs the newsletter and the website - feel free to click on it ;).

Lisa - long, red hair and loves to ride her horse, cooks super tasty curry with chickpeas (GEIL) and mandarins...yes. At the Steinhaus in Bautzen, she is at the forefront of the project as an honorary employee. Her work includes collecting and managing information, planning an overall framework for a project and also serves as an interface between the voluntary and main offices. - And all this alongside her studies - holla.

That's right! Not everything can always revolve around this delicious sweet temptation, even if cookie-baking friends and family make it very difficult for us. I'm talking about development here and now.
Many people also say step by step when they have to organize themselves and work through things in a structured way. - Okay, I'm happy to say that.

That's what it looks like this semester: too much of everything and the same thing everywhere! (Editor's book tip: The cultural infarction). Re-examinations, the odd part-time job as mentioned above, the casual search for an internship and the normal madness of having to write a presentation in almost every module this semester, sometimes with, sometimes without a paper - but always with a handout, of course. Then there's everyday life: gray skies, an annoying girlfriend, a dirty flatmate, CORONA and the constant question of what you're going to eat today. Things can only get better. Maybe with the idea of a project!

Together in small groups, we are heading towards a great and fantastic end result: the COA - short for CampusOpenAir - and the ZuVi are confident that even in these difficult times, they will be able to create something impressive and enjoyable. So far, both teams have met in team-building Zoom meetings and split up: who will take care of the artist booking, who will do the marketing and what else needs to be considered? The results of these meetings can be admired in May and June 2021.

And now? Close your eyes and go on: the cookies are waiting (not) ;)
It's a good idea to hunker down now and say: on with the cookies, get set, go!

- Rebecca