More than half of our students are regularly confronted with their menstruation. Yet, the topic gets little attention in university life. How a project focused on menstrual products can offer relief, especially during the exam period.
My mother has taught me a lot: how to whip up pre-made sauces, how to effectively use your tooth brushing time by exercising, and, above all, how to hate your own body with surgical precision.
Opinion: On September 6th, the Saxony-Anhalt state elections will take place and current surveys locate the AfD upwards of forty percent. Should they become a part of Saxony-Anhalt’s government, they would also pose a danger for the MLU.
New country, unfamiliar language, a head full of questions: The buddy program at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) brings international students and local students together – and makes arriving just a little less overwhelming.
Leaving behind a challenging and exhausting 2025, humanity yearns for a more peaceful 2026. One corporation aims to provide an offer meant to deliver the basis for the most adequate mindset.
All students in Halle know about the Palette, the Charles Bronson, and many have joined a first-year club crawl at least once. Meanwhile, the idea of a Silent Disco may not be on everyone’s radar. This should change!
Train journeys could be so serene, if I hadn’t somehow gotten myself cursed. I would never be able to leave a train without having lived through a moderately traumatic experience. I guess I must have pissed off a DB AG board member with an affinity for witchcraft.
At the end of July, after debating back and forth, the student council has decided to raise the student body fee from €12.35 to €16.50. That’s less money in the students’ pockets, but maybe it’s a good deal after all?
Do you think that Halle’s cultural life is lacking? Do you and your friends always end up at the same bar? Here you can find tips for cultural spaces in Halle, where the beer is still less than three Euro.
Huh, what even is this Stura thing? What is it good for? And more importantly: can it go? A brief introduction.
From antifascist mass protests to demands of banning the AfD to climate strikes: while the far-right resurges, one can witness a growing civic movement in Halle. Accompanied by fundamental political transitions on the national level, the following visual review recaps over a year between protest and political watershed moments.
For over six months, the Student Council failed at coming to an agreement on a rise in student fees. Only a few weeks prior to the University Elections did they start having more intense conversations surrounding the issue — while almost forgetting to include the Student Faculty Councils. But what exactly was at risk for our SFCs?
The Matilda effect describes the systematic discrimination of female scientists. Its name stems from Matilda Joslyn Gage, a feminist and sociologist, who opposed the widespread sentiment that women were not suitable for scientific work. This article will highlight some of the extraordinary scientific achievements and contributions made by women in science.
Culture should be for everyone – but is it really? While cultural offerings are on the rise, accessibility often falls through the cracks. However, solutions exist for many of the current obstacles. How cultural offers can become more inclusive and what the project “Kulturzeit für alle” (cultural time for all) has to do with it.
There is still war in Europe and Ukrainians have adapted the best they can. But what about studying under the shadow of war? – An interview with a Ukrainian student.
Be it Schorre, Enchi or Flower 2.0, what used to be vibrant meeting spaces for young people is now filled with a yawning void. It remains to be answered where this phenomenon of “dying clubs” has come from and how it should be dealt with – looking into the past and future of Halle’s clubbing landscape.
Stranded in the middle of nowhere. Abandoned by the train and left high and dry. Without a phone, and only a trash can as company. A hopeless situation. Until Ulli appears. My smoking savior. Coughing at the wheel of a golden bus, whose passengers have an average age higher than every cemetery.
In addition to her role as a student at MLU, Laura Riedemann is also an accomplished competitive swimmer. In the summer of 2024, she competed in the Olympic Games for the second time. In our conversation, she shares insights into how she manages to balance the demands of elite sports and her studies.
Boards that mean the world. If you want to get on stage, you have an uphill battle ahead of you. There are around 1000 applicants for every eight to ten places to study drama at state schools. It’s not uncommon to ask yourself what you should do if you don’t make it. I did — on my last attempt after a total of 21 auditions.
The 1.5‑degree target is history, worldwide, not enough is being done for climate protection and the climate catastrophe is steadily progressing. Time to worry? – No way!
Students did not follow a right-wing trend during university elections at the MLU. But even without fundamental opposition, inner conflicts paralysed the Stura. Now an earlier restart is supposed to fix past issues.
Studying means more than just attending lectures and taking exams. It is a phase of life full of changes, challenges and new experiences. While this time can be exciting and rewarding, it also brings with it a number of stressors that can impact our mental health. But what does “mental health” actually mean and why is it so important, especially for students?
Christmas is coming. The trains are fuller than Christmas markets and their visitors. Somewhere Last Christmas is playing on loop and as soon as the first tentative snowflake makes its way down to earth, everything goes pear shaped.
In Germany, nearly every tenth person with a uterus is affected by endometriosis – but a lot of people are hearing about the gynecological disease for the first time when they are getting diagnosed. What is endometriosis and how can it be treated?
On 20 November 2023, the University Climate Council submitted a blueprint to the university administration, proposing a total of 42 measures to improve Halle University’s biodiversity and climate-friendliness. Now what is the climate plan supposed to achieve and will the planned measures even be sufficient?
From 16 to 27 May 2024, you will have a new opportunity to elect student members in the university’s bodies
Sunshine with an average of 26°C, the Ionian Sea just three minutes away by foot, and almost every evening a firework display on the beach. How could one make better use of these sceneries than by playing role-playing games with 28 other nerds from all over Europe?
My rail journeys always resemble an odyssey, non-stop, to Bizarro World. This will be a report on one of those wanderings.
Test (related) anxiety, financial worries, loneliness and stress — those are only a few of the many troubles keeping students awake at night. Whom to talk to about suffocating thoughts at night? A couple of weeks ago Nightline, an initiative curated by the MLU, first opened its lines as a crisis hotline offered by students for students. The interview with Nightline Halle was conducted by editor-in-chief Marlene Nötzold for hastuzeit.
A perpetual flow of texts, pictures, moving pictures. What makes it into the canon of the broad media public?
Media attention can be an important pressurizer in political issues – as well as in the context of the Iranian government’s violent actions against its own population.
Why we should not take our parents’ and grandparents’ nostalgia too seriously and how the past can help us deal with social changes.
Unaffected by privacy concerns, the student council is going along with the date and method set by the university for
A historical search for traces of how St. Nicholas became Father Christmas and how this development shapes our modern idea of Christmas.
Constraints, consume and waste. For most, Christmas in 2022. But is there still much left of the festive spirit? Not really.
This is how I started to sign more than 200 postcards in the last 16 months. Then I sent them to the whole world, the USA, Japan, Australia, Finland … More than 38 countries altogether, to complete strangers. And the world has answered.
The fir tree, presents, reindeer, wreaths, the color red, Santa Claus … these associations and traditions are omnipresent at Christmas time. But where do these traditions come from?
Our new column, “Among People”, aims to offer a platform to marginalised people so they can share their experiences of
The planned cuts at the MLU proceed continuously. But what about me? Am I affected, too? What happens if my subject gets closed as well? What does “suspended” even mean – and where can I find out more?
Being a volunteer everywhere and every time due to digitalization. This is the way digital volunteering defines itself and thus offers a variety of opportunities to become an active volunteer. In order to introduce the residents of Saxony-Anhalt to this new form of volunteering, the organization Freiwilligenagentur Halle-Saalkreis e.V., has developed the platform “gutes-geht.digital – Engagiert in Sachsen-Anhalt”.
You are going to finish your degree soon and you will be allowed to ride the lion. But you don’t know where it should take you yet? Starting a career after university can be intimidating but there are many tips that can help you find your way.
Almost every household has access to a virtually infinite number of games. PC, console or mobile – no matter the platform: it has never been easier to find entertainment. Nevertheless, “playing without a screen”, completely without the help of digital augmentations, has its own charm which has its place even in the digital age.
Second-hand fashion has no longer a stale image and the market is constantly growing. At this point, sales in a hundred million range can be acquired. The clothing is advertised as sustainable, as an easy way to exit our consumer society.
Palpitations, dry mouth, tense posture: the students Theresa and Judith are too familiar with the feeling of social anxiety. What some might only know through memes from the internet is a restricting reality for others.
The university elections are over, the results have been announced. How did the election go? And above all: How do the groups rate their results?
A total of 50 guest students had planned to come to Halle for the past summer semester. Twelve of them have actually enrolled and have attended their courses online. But no more than two students really made it to Halle, one of them being John Bermudez Vera. He is majoring in Food Technology and came here from the coastal city of Valencia in Spain. Originally John comes from Colombia. In this interview, he tells how things went for him in Halle in the time of COVID-19.
Today hardly any issues are as important as equity. Universities have acknowledged this and taken up the cause. Nevertheless, only a few women hold the presidency of a university. And no East Germans. How is this still possible today?
Terrorist attacks such as the one that took place on October 9th in Halle are shocking events: They are unnerving and generally challenge the state of coexistence in a community. Dealing with them is often rather difficult, but possible. What such events can trigger, but do not have to.
Welcome to Halle University! We hope you have a great start. Of course, there will be tons of things to do, which can be quite intimidating: A new city, new people, new flat. But do not despair! The hastuzeit has got you covered! This is why we have put together a freshmen guide for all things concerning orientation and fun.
Settling in a new city can be difficult. Moving to an entirely new country, however, is even more challenging. Paula Klötzke is the consultant for international matters of MLU’s student council and helps international students at their arrival and during their stay in Halle. In the following interview she talks about a “number fetishism” that seems to have infected some universities, her work as consultant and the newly founded working group AK Internationales.
