By Seth Borges
seth_borges@live.com
A rather common topic of conversation amongst INTI students is comparing INTI’s two main campuses: INTI International University (IIU) against INTI International College Subang (IICS).
I recently transferred to the IICS campus, and have found that the more compact, urbanized school has some traits that are definitely better as opposed to the much larger, more rural campus in Nilai. One of them being the way students dress.
Around Nilai, students tend to not put in effort on how they dress for the most part. You do see the occasionally well-dressed student, but not too often.
Students make it a point, in fact, to make sure they have the whole flip-flop, “chilling at the beach” look going on. Around Subang Jaya, however, it’s a whole different story.
Wherever you are on campus, most students dress up as if they are at a mall or even borderline “clubbing”, and somehow manage to pull it off in an appropriate manner. The most impressive of all, there doesn’t seem to be anyone forcing the students to dress nicely.
If there’s anything that INTI Nilai students could learn from them, it’s that it does matter how you look no matter where you are. Let’s face it, people do judge books by their covers.
Seth Borges is a columnist for The Asterisk. The former IIU student has been writing the column “Behind Enemy Lines” ever since he transferred to IICS in 2011.
Somehow we cant compare campus located in an urban area and a campus in a rural area. This is fallacy, as the dress code or "no flip flop" is something unnecessary for student in rural area like Nilai, nobody going to bother how professional you are wearing in this rural area.
Firstly, I was pointing out that the students there dress up "better" than the average student in IU. Why couldn't they be compared? After all, Behind Enemy Lines is a series of articles comparing the two campuses.
Secondly, how is it unnecessary? As a student, you're projecting yourself in such a way that will affect how you behave in the future in the working world.
Lastly, INTI IU is a private university. If they want to impose a rule such as this, they have every right to.
well, how should i put this...
it's just like how people in the city and in the outskirts wear. IICS is situated in a community where people just dress up better because everyone is. but in IIU, it's in a more laid back town and everyone is just "chillin"??
in subang, students are more likely to travel around, like the malls, where people tend to wear better maybe?? and nilai, well, where else to go other than around Giant if one doesn't plan to travel far.
Oh I completely agree with your points! But the issue here is how a student dresses for school in general. There's no reason why a student can't at least look "decent". To be fair, most students do look decent in INTI. Some even dress up. My point is that IICS goes the extra mile, and that it isn't a bad thing. It could be a good thing for IU students as well.
"Students make it a point, in fact, to make sure they have the whole flip-flop, “chilling at the beach” look going on."
lol, this is so true! guilty as charged...being able to 'chill' was one of the reasons i chose nilai inti though...
but agreed with anonymous' point, there is not much reason to make an effort to dress up well when you head to the academic block then back to your hostel room again. for the subang peeps, they get to chill at Starbucks, or head over to Pyramid 2 minutes away.. entirely different reasons to dress up, man...
Here's your fundamental problem: "being able to 'chill' was one of the reasons i chose inti though..."
Chilling is one thing. Dressing sloppily is another. INTI has been working hard to get the students to look nice when they go to class. Like I said before, INTI is a private institution. Quite frankly, if they wanted to force you to dress in a certain way, they have the right to, simply because being a student here doesn't necessarily mean its a right... but more like it's a privilege.
And the whole Subang vs Nilai argument concerning WHY the students dress the way do makes some sense, but not in the context of what the purpose of this article was written for.
y r u guys arguing over this?..pls la..whats wrong wearing flip flops 2 class?..as long as u r comfortable with it?..what do u mean by not dressing appropriate?..its just flip flops..
somemore inti nilai is situated in such rural area..what for we dress as if we r goin for shopping after class..
the most important is..IM COMFORTABLE WITH MY FLIP FLOPS..