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My last article, comparing IU against IICS, received a lot of criticism – both knowledgeable criticism and pure lunacy. This next article, however, probably won’t be as controversial, as I’d like to look at the advantages and disadvantages of both schools as related to sports, space, and general socializing.

The urbanized IICS campus has many benefits- it is close to malls, sporting goods stores, fine dining, an aura of more liberal-minded people, and a more social group of people (relatively more social, that is). But the one thing it doesn’t have, as compared to the rural IU, is tons of space, sports all over the place, and clubs that are very active and very social.

While IICS does have some space for some sports, it is nothing compared to IU. Nilai’s campus offers several basketball courts, a tennis court (which is also used as a multi-purpose court), a football field, futsal courts, squash courts, badminton courts, a gym, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and a sports hall used for various sports (most notably table tennis). Sports flourish the school and is a haven for those who are sports obsessed.

IU is also known for having both major and minor events frequently, as often once or twice a week depending on what the different clubs have prepared. Major events like Orientation Night (Social Board), Charity Night (Leo Club), INTI Idol (STACT Club), Pasar Malam Night (ISS Club), and Sports Fiesta are just a few of the much anticipated events that happen at IU. While IICS does have events going on, they are nowhere as well marketed, nor do they attract the crowds that IU clubs manage to pull off.http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6997550754423713600

In the battle between the two schools, this round goes to IU for its space, its sports, and the active clubs. The score is now IU 1 – 1 IICS.


By Seth Borges
seth_borges@live.com

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.

Everyone knows about the “No Flip Flop” campaign going around all the INTI campuses in Malaysia, but the students in Subang Jaya take it a step further on their own: They dress appropriately for both classes and daily wear.

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.