May 2013
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Super Pressure System & Solutions!
Editor’s NOTE Our Lines of TEAM
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A Touch That
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WATCH OUT! K-pop Craze Spreads in UNIMAS UNIMAS: A Place for Affection or Ambition?
Matric Card NUISANCE!
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CONDEMNED 11 CRAPPY CONNECTION!
WORDS FROM THE Editor Chief Editor: Mohd Firdaus Rizwan Bin Rosli At any higher institution such as UNIMAS, grouses or dissatisfactions among students are common. Their expressions of dissatisfaction are mostly put on papers. In this edition
of
VARSITY
LIFE,
the issues regarding the matric card and poor Wi-Fi connection dissatisfied certain groups of students who refused to compliance to the given rule that is imposed by the administration’s side.
Mohd Firdaus Rizwan, Chief Editor
Managing Editor: Zaihan Binti Azizan Sub - Editor : Nur Amira Ashikin Binti Kula Graphic Designer: Intan Mariana Binti Maliki 1st Graphic Designer Assistant : Nurul Syamimi Bt Kamaruddin 2nd Graphic Designer Assistant: Vaanmathi A/P Nagesvaran Photographer: Burhanuddin Bin Ibrahim
When it comes to assignments, the software called SPSS is often considered a pain in the neck among the students when their coursework involve statistical analyses. The latest technology that hits the market, smartphones however manage to lessen the student’s burden in their coursework. Nevertheless, the device that is equipped with useful apps has also bad sides once it is misused. Feeling a romantic vibe in you? Then, head on to our very own Love Bridge together with your loved ones as we spice up the topic between love affection and chasing our ambitions. Meanwhile, Korean stars that are popular with the K-Pop culture have hit the Malaysian entertainment market by storm. Such culture has enormous influence on the youngsters especially UNIMAS students, be it in fashion, dance and even hairstyles. That’s very ‘astonishing’. I truly hope that the culture will fade soon. It’s time for us, Malaysians to be proud of our own multiracial cultures and keep to
1st Assistant Photographer : Aju Hamisah Anak Jundah 2nd Assistant Photographer : Siti Aisyah Binti Abdullah Typist: Zarina Binti Ibrahim Typist Assistant 1: Fluorence ak Willy Typist Assistant 2 : Marry Farazda AK Pagan Contributors : Mohd Firdaus Bin Ishak / Jimmy
the spirit of 1Malaysia. Till then, have a pleasant read!!
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Siti Aisyah Bin ti Abdullah 28194 18 November 1988 Finance, FEB Pasir Mas,Kelantan aiesyah18@yahoo.com
Marry Farazda AK Pagan 26816 01 October 1990 Planning and Management Development Studies, FSS Miri , Sarawak annriey90@yahoo.com
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K - POP
WATCH OUT!
By Aju Hamisah Jundah & Fluorence Willy
Do you think you are the HOTTEST in campus? Now we bring you a glamorous trend and style that we can see among the students. Girls look very gorgeous whilst guys act very smart like models when going to class or everywhere around the campus. The K-Pop style that spreads among students is the most up-to date fashion. They become obsessed with this KPop phenomenon because it is considered as trendy and fashionable. Everyone is expecting to look good and attractive. They emulate the Korean superstar in their dressings because they are crazy of becoming like their Korean idols such as BIGBANG, 2PM, Girls Generation, Super Junior and a few to mention. Mostly girls wear either blouse made from satin fabric or long dresses and jumpsuits in the campus, while the guys wear tight cutting shirts that reveals their body shape. The most famous wear in the campus is skinny jeans with colourful colours and a quarter skinny jeans. In addition, they also wear faded jeans in blue, grey and greenish colours. Furthermore, some prefer to stick to either long or third quarter skirts.
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Craze Spreads in UNIMAS!
The most favourite style among guys in the campus is hairstyle. The most popular style of haircut is none other than PSY, a Korean superstar famous for his horse-riding dance in “Gangnam Style”. The ladies are no exception. The influence of Korean culture has inspired young ladies to emulate their Korean idols from head-to-toe. The choices of bright and soft colours are the favourite among the ladies, not forgetting the polka dot that is coming back in style. The K-Pop craze is spreading fast in UNIMAS campus. Now, the trend is more towards Korean’s style but remember never forget our Malaysian identity.
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UNIMAS is a Place for Affection or Ambition? Affection sounds interesting right? It is all is about love and
By Zaihan & Zarina
devotion. Of course, everybody wants to be loved by somebody. Well, how about the aspiration or ambition as a student in a campus? Affection and ambition have become a trend that has been sprouting all over the campus. Do you know that UNIMAS has become ‘a breeding ground’ for young couples here – The Love Bridge? You can check it out and trust me – ‘Love is in the air’, as sung in the lyric of a song. The flattery words of the boys can easily captured the hearts of naive girls. Well, as students, bear in mind that we are here to chase after our ambitions. Affection and ambition are just like two sides of the same coin. No doubt, it is equally good if you know how to divide between your time and commitment between love and ambition. The couples tend to be more likely on the love’s track rather than racing for the ambitions. If two things can run along together smoothly, it will be fine. Can we take up the challenge of having two different tasks done at the same time. Does love affect or inspire our ambition? A sensible person could answer this challenge. The choice lies in your hands Sacrifices come along the way. In pursuit of affection, students must put ambition at the first place. That is why time management is another important factor – the weight should be more towards our studies that is our final goal in achieving our ambition. Affection or simply love is secondary. If you fail in your love line, the sun still shines on you. If you fail to achieve your ambitions, you will face uncertainties in the future. The clock is ticking fast. If you are smart, you can grab both at a time.
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“Love or ambition”
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By Nur Amira Ashikin & Intan Mariana
‘Inconvenient’ is the expression louded by the students regarding the matric card system. Plenty of unreasonable excuses are given just to avoid the use of matric card. This disatisfaction is becoming a dissent among UNIMAS’s students. Matric card is an identification card that has to be worn by every student in UNIMAS as a part of discipline and security. This card is very important to every student in order to access of the facilities in the university such as in the library (CAIS). But somehow, because of the attitude of some students, they tend to overlook the important role of this matric card. Most students feel awkward when wearing their matric cards around their neck. They find wearing it is uncomfortable and too rigid. Wearing a suspended matric card around their neck seems to be burdensome. The prevailing mentality among the UNIMAS students is that the card should be worn only when needed (but not at all times). No matter what measures are imposed on the students to comply wearing the rule of matric card all the times in the campus, it appears ineffective. The students show high compliance wearing the tag when entering CAIS and lecture halls. Apart from that, the students neglect wearing the tag. To the students, they can simply memorise their matric card number. This attitude becomes a trend among the students. There seemed to be no effective solution to this problem.
Be open-minded! WEAR YOUR MATRIC CARD and that is just a simple thing to do as a truly 9 UNIMAS-ian!
A touch that
An article by Mohd Firdaus Rizwan & Vaanmathi Nageswaran
Hey, do you miss your loved ones especially those who are distance apart? Writing a letter, that was so 30 years ago! Luckily, a new technology provides a welcome relief for us to connect with just one touch on the screen and that gadget is a
SMARTPHONE.
Having a smart phone provides ‘life’ to the students. Besides connecting us with friends, smart phone is a necessity as it acts as part-and-parcel of campus life. It’s considered trendy to have a smartphone and affordable moreover with the government’s RM200 rebates on the smartphones. With smartphone, you can access the Internet connection via Wi-Fi at anytime, any place. In fact, Wi-Fi service in UNIMAS is free and you can enjoy net-surfing in the campus without a hitch. With an Internet connection, the students have virtually most of the informations they read at their fingertips, ranging from the current issues and news all over the world. You can even read your lecture notes from MORPHEUS instantly without the need of a laptop and that’s the wonder of having smartphones. Smartphones are also a heaven to Facebook and Twitter aficionados, whereby the students can socialise with people having the same interest as them. The impact of this medium is simply amazing. 10
CONNECTS On the contrary, the ‘overdose’ of smartphones among students will lead to their negligence in their studies. With more than 1000 apps such as games and chats that can be installed, you will simply be obsessed. In fact, cranking up a loud volume on the smartphones may affect brain and memory power of the user. The technology is here, knocking on our doors and that refers to smartphones too. Smartphone is considered a bridge that brings wonders to the UNIMAS students with just a touch of a finger.
“Smartphone is considered as a bridge that brings wonders to the UNIMAS students”
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By Nurul Syamimi & Burhanuddin
It’s a big headache as quoted from the final year students when facing with ‘Statistical Product and Service Solutions’ or simply known as SPSS. It’s a frequent problem faced by the students doing the Final Year Project (FYP). Don’t you think that SPSS can be annoying, especially to the final year students who is doing their FYP? Well, you are not alone in facing this kind of problem. Some may agree that it is easier to use SPSS compared to other software. But to others who does not even understand the benefits of SPSS may feel miserable. Nevertheless, the usages of SPSS are unavoidable as it provides important data for the final year students’ projects. Is there any alternative to SPSS? The answer is ‘NO’ for the students who are doing in quantitative methods. There’s must be the reasons this kind of situation happened. There are no specific classes to learn this thing. The managements (refers to the University) did not apply this subject into the curriculum. Then, mostly, this subject only really applies during students doing their Final Year Project. And then FYP normally did during the final year of studies.
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So, we can considered it as late because the final year students are force to do the two big things, learning SPSS in short time and struggling to finish their FYP. Actually, to solve this problem, some solutions are required to address this crucial problem that must be collected earlier. First, SPSS must be introduced to the first year students so that they get to learn and know about SPSS. In fact, the subject Statistics taught in all faculties in UNIMAS requires the usage of SPSS. Nevertheless, the problem cropped up when it comes to group assignments because some students are making lame excuses of their ignorance in SPSS and hands off, doing nothing. In other word, they are free riders that refuse to do their part with an excuse of lack of expertise in this field. As a consequence, the seniors should act as mentors to guide their juniors how to operate the software. However, not all seniors are able to give a lending hand as they are also burdened with their assignments and projects. To conclude, the best solution is to learn and master it as one saying ‘If there is a will, there is a way’.
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By Marry Farazda & Siti Aisyah Is the Wi-Fi connection in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) bothering you lately especially when you want to get some information from the Internet to do your assignments? Well, you are not alone! In fact, every semester, there will always be many students complaining about the same problems all over again. There are certain procedures and guidelines that the students have to follow before accessing the Internet in the campus. For instance, students have to key in their matric numbers and passwords before logging in. After you are logged in, then a notification page appears telling you that you have to agree with the policy given before you can continue to surf. Therefore, surfing the Net in the campus can be tedious and arbituous. In fact, the red tape on several websites such as Youtube and Facebook has made the students’ assignments more difficult to those who live outside the campus . Facebook is their only means of group discussion. There are also students who are wiling to spend around RM200-300 a month to subscribe a mobile broadband because they claim that the connection speed of broadband service is faster than Wi-Fi. In fact, many turned to USB modem when it comes to downloading their favourite shows.Internet facilities located in the campus should be utilised to encourage the usage of Internet not only by students but also the staff within the campus. In addition, more routers should be installed in all the buildings throughout the campus to provide more Internet access points to the students. UNIMAS need to ensure that their campus networks are appropriately resourced. Furthermore, expenditure for ongoing technical upgrade in campus networks is best treated as a budget expense on an annual basis. UNIMAS should consider acquiring their own fibre infrastructure between their Local Area Network(s) and the point(s) of presence of key service and/or infrastructure providers, if necessary by commissioning its construction.
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