Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Students' Magazine

So there we were, dozing through much less intensive and therefore pretty boring days of Y3 (SSE Riga paradox, eh?). As far as I know, Reinholds was completely deadened; I wasn’t much happier, either, even despite my exchange in Paris (which by that time has become a bit routine). Then, suddenly, on September 6 we received an e-mail from Jens Fischer, a prominent debater, our good friend and one of the main judges at last year’s SSE Riga IV, which read as follows: “You are all invited to a debating competition in Beijing, China on Sep 23 - 28, with all expenses paid for. No, not a joke.”Read more >>

As we all know, it is impossible to judge anything correctly from the first glance. How did our students see their host country and host university in the beginning? Was the food better than in Amica, parties more energetic and girls/boys more attractive than in Latvia? :) And how did their opinion change in the end of the exchange semester? Here is what year 3 students told the Insider.

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I love railways. There is simply no better way to travel than by train. I love how the coaches smoothly slide on the rails; love wandering around, peeping into other compartments and passing the scenery more rustic than what one would typically see from a dull highway. 

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In our last issue we told you the first part of the story about the trip of Stas & Karolis, two Y2 students who literally visited whole Europe for €200 in their pockets. In this issue you will read the next part of their adventures :)

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Debating is a competition of minds, and as you practice more and more, you start wanting to increase its scale. One begins with short speeches, then switches to full four-team debates, then takes part in local tournaments and, with time, starts going to international ones.Read more >>

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As popularity and quality of debating in the Baltics grows every year, participating in Estonian Open 2010 at the beginning of May was out of question for SSE Riga Debate Society members.

Every year, spring at SSE Riga arrives along with a list of lucky students that are granted an opportunity to go on exchange. Since this moment brings along both joy and disappointment, we seek to enlighten the issues that arouse confusion (such as selection criteria) by providing answers to the most popular questions.

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French students:

Pierre Louis Kieffer:

I did not expect that Latvians  drink milk during the lunchtime! For French people milk is associated with breakfast and with sweet food, so this practice seems strange for us.

It’s not a global generalization, but on the whole I think that Latvian people are less polite than French.Read more >>

I am sure that there will be other stories about many parties that you can experience during an exchange or all the travelling that you can do. During my stay in Madrid, I also did my share of crazy partying Spanish-style as well as explored the country and beyond. There is basically no academic side in an exchange semester, at least not in the Mediterranean region (although I have to admit that, as I’m writing this, my mind is preoccupied with 5 rather difficult exams that I have to take in a very short period of time).Read more >>

Aikanysh Atakanova, Kyrgyzstan 

Country

I am from Kyrgyzstan (KG) which is a very mountainous country with  a population of over 5 million. The capital is Bishkek city (used to be called Frunze in Soviet times in the honor of the commander). Kyrgyz people are very hospitable. These are some of the most interesting facts about KG:Read more >>