{"id":17508,"date":"2023-10-13T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T08:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/?p=17508"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:22:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:22:24","slug":"it-center-oktoberfest-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/2023\/10\/13\/it-center-oktoberfest-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Center Oktoberfest 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_17508 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_17508')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_17508').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. 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Parallel to the Munich role model, people enjoyed themselves in typical Tracht, Bavarian specialties, and lots of good humor.<\/p>\n<p>The IT Center party team organized the party for employees, trainees, student assistants and alumni. Traditional decorations, a beer cart, music, and lights created a great atmosphere. Although the weather was not ideal in the meantime, the participants were not impressed by this and continued to celebrate in a good mood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00549f;\">Start of the Party and the Oktoberfest Olympics<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The director of the IT Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/it-center\/IT-Center\/Profil\/Team\/~epvp\/Mitarbeiter-CAMPUS-\/?gguid=0xB8B55109186DA749BE27700404DA28D8&amp;allou=1&amp;lidx=1\">Professor Matthias M\u00fcller<\/a>, rang in the festivities with a short speech and wished all participants a good time.<\/p>\n<p>After a successful Oktoberfest Olympics in 2019, this highlight could not be missed this year. In disciplines such as hammering nails into wood, holding beer mugs, tug-of-war, shooting crossbows or a modified version of axe throwing, six teams competed against each other.<\/p>\n<p>The groups included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simply the best<\/li>\n<li>The team I personally like best<\/li>\n<li>The splitters<\/li>\n<li>EXIT<\/li>\n<li>Code Ninjas<\/li>\n<li>Special Quattro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, in the end only one team could secure the place on the first podium. We congratulate the colleagues of the group &#8220;EXIT&#8221; for the hard-fought victory.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17536\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bierkrug-halten-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17536\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17536\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bierkrug-halten-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Holding beer mugs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bierkrug-halten-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bierkrug-halten-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bierkrug-halten-1.jpg 931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Own illustration<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00549f;\">Celebrating Tradition<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Not only the Olympics provided eye-catchers, but also the most beautiful Dirndl and the most beautiful Lederhosen were chosen. Although there was no obligation to wear traditional costumes, some participants came in the most beautiful costumes.<\/p>\n<p>The festival was rounded off with typical delicacies such as Leberk\u00e4se (meat loaf), Laugenbrezel (pretzels), Wei\u00dfw\u00fcrste (white sausages) with sweet mustard and, in keeping with the season, warm soup.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17532\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bretzelstaender-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17532\" class=\"wp-image-17532 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bretzelstaender-1-181x300.png\" alt=\"Pretzel rack\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bretzelstaender-1-181x300.png 181w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Bretzelstaender-1.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Own illustration<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the sufficient liquid supply a beverage trolley provided, which could score both with \u201cMa\u00df\u201d (beer), and with non-alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the evening, the rain had fortunately disappeared, which is why the party continued until late into the night.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to take this opportunity to thank the party team once again for organizing the IT Center Oktoberfest 2023. Of course, also a big thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/it-center\/IT-Center\/Profil\/Team\/~epvp\/Mitarbeiter-CAMPUS-\/?gguid=0xB8B55109186DA749BE27700404DA28D8&amp;allou=1&amp;lidx=1\">Professor M\u00fcller<\/a>, who makes these parties possible for us in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>We are already looking forward to the next Oktoberfest!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Responsible for the content of this article is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/it-center\/IT-Center\/Profil\/Team\/~epvp\/Mitarbeiter-CAMPUS-\/?gguid=PER-3UACJPP&amp;allou=1&amp;lidx=1\">Merrit Mielke<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5299,"featured_media":17528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"c2c_always_allow_admin_comments":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,311,312],"tags":[1018,99,1016,1017],"class_list":["post-17508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-jubilaen-erfolge","category-fun-facts","category-insight-it-center","tag-brezel","tag-it-center","tag-oktoberfest","tag-party"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17508"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17554,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17508\/revisions\/17554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}