BTSB

BTSB is a student webzine that covers everything from poems to politics. We are a part of SUB ry, the student organization of English students at the University of Helsinki.

Reading through the linguistic data on bilingualism during my University years felt like being let in on a big secret that I had known about all along, but only now my eyes were opening to the full truth. I made revelations about my own language use that I had in theory known, but hadn’t been able to formulate in concrete terms.

Jul 20
Jul 20 The Graduation Ceremony from Hell-sinki University

Jesper Simola

Academic

On June 16th, 2015, my older brother received his Master of Arts degree at the last ceremony before the university closed down for the summer. I was at the ceremony to cheer him on. Little did I know that I’d be witness to possibly the worst graduation ceremony in a long time.