SRC Highlights - Volume 9

VOLUME 9 | SEMESTER 1, 2005/2006INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

SRC HIGHLIGHTSVOLUME 9 1Student’s Representative Council

EX-OFFICIOSMuhammad Faheem Mohd Ezani

Abdul Rahman Abdul Karem

EDITOR

Amrah Abdul Majid

REPORTERSHumaira Raslie

Khadijah Azman

Mohd Fadli Zakaria

Nik Khairul Nik Rasdee

Shakirah Ismail

Siti Asma’ Abdul Ghani

Siti Ezrina Alias

Siti Maizatul Salamin

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STUDENT’S REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL

IIUM Students’ Association, Level3, SC 3.7,

Student Society Centre, IIUM.

03 - 2056 4646 (Main Office)

03 - 2056 4859 (Fax)

EDITORIAL BOARD

DOWN TO EARTH RESCUE

Rescue rangers away - free masks for everyone!

AN ACT OF COWARDICE

It doesn’t need an eagle eye to

notice that a number of banners to

promote various STAR ‘05 programmes

have been sabotaged. Passers-by were

completely thunderstrucked on the morn-

ing of 27th July 2005 when they saw this;

harsh and uncivilized words were sprayed

upon the banners for the SRC’s Students’

Activity Carnival 2005 (STAR ‘05)

programmes. It indeed implies that some-

one is not in favour of our programmes.

No matter what their intention, the SRC

is disgusted at such attitude and we

approve not their cowardly acts. If such

were actions to show disapproval, we ask

these people to come forward and confront

us in a professional manner. Spraying our

banners obviously would not do any good,

though we must admit that it certainly is a

good way to attract ‘attention’!

Right after Friday prayer on 12

August 2005, Brother Zarifi with the rest of

the other SRC exco members went on a

mission to give out free masks to people in

the immediate vicinity. The action was

particularly due to the fatal haze which

overwhelmed certain parts of Peninsular

Malaysia.

Beginning our welfare venture at

HS cafe, the SRC exco members started

distributing the masks to everyone

including those from the administrative

staff, lecturers, and of course students.

Public transports were one of our

distribution spots, and we ended at the

main entrance.

The deterioration of air quality

was caused by burning activities in

Sumatera added with the blowing of the

monsoon winds and the subsisting dry

weather. The effect of the haze was surely

a factor for many people to flock down to

clinics since there were increased reports

of patients suffering from flu, cough,

asthma, running nose, and sore throat.

Although the haze problem may have

subsided for now, we would like to advise

students to take extra health precutions if

such problem were to arise again in the near

future:

• Drink lots of fluid

• Consume lots of food with

vitamin C

• Avoid going outdoors. Stay in

your rooms (except for going to

classes) as much as possible

Your health is an amanah. Take good care!

Y o u r W e l f a r e C o m p a n i o n

SRC HIGHLIGHTSVOLUME 9 2

SRC: UP, CLOSE, AND PERSONAL

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SECRETARIAT

NAME: Ousmane Tounkara

POST: Chairperson, International

Affairs Secretariat

MATRIC NO.: 0117999

ROOM NO.: 2.3, Block C, AL-FARUQ

COURSE: BIT/3

ADDRESS: Room 2.3, Block C,

Mahallah Al-Faruq, IIUM, Jalan

Gombak, 53100 Gombak, K. Lumpur.

ORIGIN: Dabola (Guinea Rep. West

Africa)

SIBLINGS: 3rd out of 5

EMAIL: [email protected]

CONTACT NO.: 017-6309271

WORDS OF WISDOM:

“The only source of unity is through

integration”

“United we stand, divided we fall”

AIMS:

• To cultivate and promote a culture

of integration for future leaders of

the Ummah

• To collaborate with the University

authorities in solving international

students concerns.

• To conduct programs of ummatic

essence so that IIUM students are

nurtured with the spirit of

brotherhood

• To acquire skills, knowledge and

experience necessary to be a good

leader of the Ummah.

NAME: Manezha Sukhanyar

POST: Co - Chairperson, International

Affairs Secretariat

MATRIC NO.: 0212564

ROOM NO.: 4.5, Block J, ASIAH

COURSE: BBA/3

ADDRESS: Room 4.5, Block J,

Mahallah Asiah, IIUM, Jalan Gombak,

53100 Gombak, K. Lumpur.

ORIGIN: Afghanistan

SIBLINGS: 3rd out of 6


CONTACT NO.: 017-6039398

WORDS OF WISDOM:

“Never believe in Excuse, believe in

work done”

AIMS:

• To aid the University in achieving

its vision and mission of

Integration, Islamisation,

Internationalisation, and Compre-

hensive Excellence (IIICE)

• To represent students from the

Kulliyyah of Economics and

Management Scinces in voicing out

their concerns

• To reinforce the spirit of unity

among students of IIUM. That is,

to give a great emphasis on the

awareness of being an ummah

• To conduct programs of ummatic

essence

NAME: Abdul Shakur Abdullah

POST: Co - Chairperson, International

Affairs Secretariat & CONVEST

Manager

MATRIC NO.: 0136173

ROOM NO.: 2.8, Block B, BILAL

COURSE: HS/4

ADDRESS: 64 Kampung Alor

Melong, Jalan Langgar, 05300 Alor

Setar, Kedah.

ORIGIN: Kedah, Malaysia.

SIBLINGS: 5th out of 6


CONTACT NO.: 012-2998976

WORDS OF WISDOM:

“The best among you in the eyes of

Allah are those who are most pious”

AIMS:

• To represent students from

Kulliyyah of Human Sciences

thereby attending to their problems

to resolve them

• To provide means for students to

mingle among Malaysians and

non-Malaysians, hence, bridging

the gap between them

• To strengthen the spirit of Islamic

brotherhood through programs

which will be conducted by the

council

• To enhance the skills necessary for

students after graduating

REVISED ACADEMIC CALENDARIn response to the SRC’s appeal to

revise the academic calendar for semester 1,

session 2005/2006, a revised version has been

issued out by the A&R Division. Prior to the

new version of the said calendar, the final

exam was scheduled to be held after ‘Eidl-fitr.

Since many students were not in favour of

this, we have sent our proposal to the

authority so that changes can be made to the

calendar.

Alhamdulillah, as endorsed in the

306th Senate Meeting (Special) on 22 July 2005,

the academic calendar was reviewed and hence,

a new one was issued. We would like to thank

the administration for taking into account our

proposal. Here are details of the new academic

calendar. Take note that the mid-semester exam

has been shortened to three days. However,

we will be starting our inter semester break on

the 2 November 2005:

LECTURES: 11 Jul. ‘05 - 4 Sep. ‘05 (8 weeks)

BREAK: 5 Sep. ‘05 - 7 Sep. ‘05 (3 days)

LECTURES: 8 Sep. ‘05 - 19 Oct. ‘05 (6 weeks)

EXAMINATION PERIOD:

20 Oct. ‘05 - 1 Nov. ‘05 (1 week 6 days)

INTER SEM. VACATION:

2 Sep. ‘05 - 4 Dec. ‘05 (4 weeks 5 days)

Note:

National Day (31 Aug. ‘05)

Nuzul Qur’an (21 Oct. ‘05)

Deepavali (1 Nov. ‘05)

‘Eid Ul-Fitr (3 - 4 Nov. ‘05)

IIUM Convocation (20 - 22 Aug. ‘05)

School Holidays(20 - 28 Aug. ‘05)

Student’s Representative CouncilY o u r W e l f a r e C o m p a n i o n


NEWS

GET TO KNOW

Responding to the circular

released by the government, the Informa-

tion Technology Division (ITD) of IIUM

decided to realize the mission of

producing IT- literate university students

by adding another service to its list:

providing wireless internet connection

around IIUM. This project also aims at

encouraging students to buy their own

notebooks and desktops, as well as to

enable students to netsurf anywhere and

everywhere around the university area.

The area covered would be at the

numerous cafes, administration section and

its vicinities, the general labs, the library,

HOTSPOTS : INTERNET IN MAHALLAH

Nescafe Kiosk and most importantly,

the mahallat and their respective offices.

This project has already gone

through its initial stages and is well in

progress. Just a few months back, ITD

gave the permission to the service

providers to do a pretest on this venture at

a few female mahallahs and Alhamdullilah,

as the result of the trial is positive, the

project has moved to installing hotspots at

each mahallah. Conversely, although the

ITD Unit is outsourcing this mission,

the whole process would be done by the

service providers. Thus, students will have

to pay a minimum of RM 30 in order to

enjoy this privilege. This price is

nevertheless subject to change and is still

under negotiation. IIUM members also

have to install wireless network adapter

to their notebooks and desktops before

they could use this service. The

question of where to install this equipment

is not a problem: the service providers

will be the ones selling these adapters to

us when the time comes. On the other hand,

people without their own laptops and

desktops do not have to worry; they could

still utilize the speedy connection at the

computer labs around IIUM.

The ITD unit also will indirectly

monitor the students’ netsurfing activities

by asking the service providers to

record the websites visited by the IIUM

Community every month just to ensure

that the students especially, will not check

out the ‘adult’ websites. ITD would also

block some undesirable websites in

order to strengthen the protection and to

make the monitoring job easier.

As this project is a large-scaled

one, it would not be materialized this

semester. According to the service pro-

viders, the IIUM campus is quite large and

it will take them around 2 or 3 months to

complete the whole procedures and set up

the right equipments. However,

insyaAllah, by the coming semester 2,

we could surf the net in the privacy of our

own room. A huge pat on the back should

be given to the ITD unit for their tireless

effort in upgrading their services and

hopefully, IIUM members would benefit

from this venture.

IIUM students will be able to enjoy 24-hours access to the Internet - use it wisely!

ICT STUDENTS’ SOCIETY (ICTSS)

One of the newest Kuliyyah-

based societies in IIUM is the ICT

Student Society or ICTSS. Established

barely 2 years ago, the major objective of

its founding is to promote the Kuliyyah of

ICT to the public, as well as to the commu-

nity of IIUM. ICTSS also acts as the legal

body that champions the rights of the ICT

students, besides as an association that

helps to increase the level of IT literacy

among IIUM students. Despite its young

age, it has already organized several ac-

tivities that benefited not just IIUM mem-

bers, but also the public. Last year for

instance, ICTSS organized the ‘Open

Source Day’, a day where explanations on

downloadable software such as LINUX,

Apache and Web Server were given to the

public at the various booths. Besides the

‘Open Source Day’, ICTSS also hosted a

family day in order to strengthen the

ukhuwwah among its members. Just

recently, ICTSS collaborated with the

Majlis Perbandaran Selayang (MPS) for a

community service: ICTSS members

volunteered to clean up Kanching Water-

fall; a popular picnic spot near Rawang.

This plausible effort is undoubtedly a

noble deed and it shows that IIUM

students, especially ICTSS members do

care about the environment.

However, this club wishes for

more positive support from the IIUM

members; especially the Kuliyyah of ICT

students. Thus, those who are interested

to join this society may call either one of

these contact persons:

Sr. Nur Maizawati Abdul Ghani

(012-9344940)

Br. Ahmad Aizudin B. Borhan

(0122306334)

Or you could visit ICTSS official website

http://kict.iiu.edu.my/ictss



NEWS

“I am fairly

satisfied with

the students’

c l e a n l i n e s s .

The only prob-

lem so far does

not come from

the students but

the cats! The

presence of cats

is not hygienic

and when some

Latifah Sahar,

Cleaner,

Mahallah Nusaibah.

students continuously feed them, it be-

comes harder to catch and move them to

another place.”

“It is only natural

that some indi-

viduals are more

concerned with

cleanliness than

others.

Nevertheless, it is

sad to see some of

IIUM students

act like kids;

throwing rubbish

everywhere as

Puti Supriyati,

Cleaner,

Mahallah Sumayyah.

they like and making a mess at the

washroom.”

Zuraidah Mirin,

Cleaner,

HS Café.

“The students al-

ways left out a big

mess on the tables. It

would be great if

students can actu-

ally throw the

plastic utensils into

the provided trash

can. Don’t spread

your leftovers all

around the table.”

Fendi Mohamad,

Cleaner,

HS Café.

“ C o o p e r a t i o n

from students to

ensure the clean-

liness of the cafe

is highly appreci-

ated. On Wednes-

day, the pasar

malam night, stu-

dents just leave

the plastic bags,

food containers

and even durian

leftovers on thetable. Cleaning out the leftovers is okay

but if it’s added with extra ingredients

such as phlegm and spits are disguisting

and intolerable”

Previous ‘Speak Up’ columns may have

taken into account affairs of IIUM

students. For this volume, we turned to our

most dedicated individuals in the IIUM

community - our cleaners. We asked them

how hygienic are students these days?

| SPEAK UP!

In the previous edition of SRC

Highlights, we featured an article

regarding implementation of helmet usage

in IIUM. True to their words, the Legal Unit

had organized an open dialogue between

the authorities and the students on 19 July

2005. However, no decisions were made

due to the inability of the authorities’

in-charge to attend it. Only their

representatives were present. Neverthe-

less, it was obvious that the majority of

the students and staffs of IIUM are op-

posed to the very idea.

The SRC have prepared and

submitted a proposal to the authorities on

the 27 July pertaining to this matter.

According to Br. Rosdam Hanabi

Mohamed (Chairperson for Da’wah &

Training Secretariat), they prepared the

proposal after taking into consideration

several factors especially those regarding

the well-being of the students. The SRC is

not against the implementation of the new

rule, but they are only asking for more time.

Among the factors are lack of facilities

and safety awareness among students.

The SRC has included in the proposal to

request for covered parking spaces in or-

der to protect the vehicles when it rains

and to provide lockers at every Kuliyyah

for the safekeeping of the helmets.

They also stressed on the need

to instill safety awareness among all

students first, by providing adequate early

advertisements and notices. This will

help to prepare them in accepting the

new rule and SRC is more than willing to

assist in the process.

SRC has also submitted the

proposal to delay the enforcement directly

to Ustaz Hamidon Abdul Hamid, Deputy

Rector of Student Affairs and Alumni on

22 July 2005.

However, since no answers have

been given yet regarding this controver-

sial issue, let us pray and hope that the

authorities will consider students’ interest

with appropriate decision.

HELMET REVISITED :

DIALOGUE SESSION

Representatives from the Legal Unit and Security Department.

DIRECT INTAKES - ALERT!The issue of direct intakes was

followed up again by the SRC due to

numerous complaint done by several

students. Sr. Ramdhatun Ajma,

chairperson of Education & Academic

Dev. Secretariat, has tried arranging a

dialogue with representatives from

CELPAD, Finance Unit, and Admission

and Records Division. The dialogue

session, however, was cancelled. None-

theless, the SRC has managed to forward

the matter to the attention of Prof. Dr.

Azmi Omar, Deputy Rector of Academic

& International Affairs. A meeting will be

arranged with students involved. Further

inquiries may be directed to the Office of

the Deputy Rector of Academic & Inter-

national Affairs (03-2056 4017 / 4018).


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