By Sandheep Nair
sandheep90@msn.com
Dr. Sia Ah Hiok, Associate Vice President of Student Services and Alumni Division has questioned INTIMA’s reasoning to petition for the removal of the fences that have been installed in the rear blocks of our campus.
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| (Standing, right) INTIMA President Sree Shaarmen |
“If students are not in favour of the fences, INTIMA will start a petition and hopes to receive 2,000 signatures to show our dissatisfaction,” said Sree Shaarmen, President of the 15th INTIMA.
Dr. Sia though believes that the student government is a representation of the students and need not petitions to further their initiatives.
“INTIMA as a body is there to represent all of INTI’s students. I do not understand why they would need 2,000 signatures when they themselves would be enough,” she said.
i rather think that it is necessary, to show the student's support for INTIMA, and sheer number do make an impact most of the time.
@Anonymous: Yeah you're right, big numbers can make a big difference. But I can sort of see where Dr. Sia is coming from. It's sort of like how the representative democracy of the US works -- you elect people whom you think can deliver on what the students need. The voting/election itself already should be enough to tell whomever it is that students mean business. As representatives of the school, they're doing the job for us. But yes, fair point.