Student activism in malaysia is facing a jeopardy i would say. Even if one tries to speak up to raise his/her opinion, the opportunity is being shut off-indirectly.

You should also know that a major brain drain is going on. Many talents are adjusted (or put in) as ASEAN scholars....if this issue continues, well, don t actually blame the students...

BTW...please check out this article

http://www.aliran.com/oldsite/ms/2006/0223.html

cheers

navin S

All rules are forever debated whether to be retained or abolished.If can,everybody wants to live without rules..But we know its not possible to live without rulez..AUKU was created in an effort to curb the students activities which oftens violates the basic rulez.Universities are established to provide the students the arena to learn things through academia method.But what happens is that everybody wants to demonstrate and try to do things which very often breaks the rule.As a student, we should follow a certain ways and channels to voice out our dissatisfactions. If none is working out fine,then the last thing should be those demonstration.Just imagine what will happen if AUKU is abolishe.Politics will be reigning in universities rather than academics. As for now, our political system is such a mess with corrupted politicians around.The consequences maybe unimaginable.Students holding signs and demonstrating rather than attending the lecturers. I would prefer for some amendments to the ACT rather than the abolishments. The situation is such that this issue is being viewed from wrong perspective..Stand in the middle and look..Those demanding the abolishements definitely has some agenda up in their sleeves..try go and get some good grades before u really wanna "help" the nation..I had some frenz who demonstrate agaisnt the AUKU and frenz who supported the AUKU..So i was just being practical when i said AUKU is the guideline and barrier for students like us..

Let me use our great souls to explain more on freedom. Coz AUKU is about shutting down students freedom....

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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. - Malcolm X

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Hasta La Victoria Siempe!... - Che Guevara

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Freedoom IS NEVER DEAR AT ANY PRICE. IT IS BREATH OF LIFE. WHAT WOULD A MAN NOT PAY FOR LIVING? Gandhi

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WHAT IS SUCCESS WITHOUT FREEDOM? Anwar Ibrahim

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Open ur eyes.. Open ur minds.. Ask questions to ur self... It's more then enough to learn abt Freedom.

AUKU is not guidelines is more like a SHUTDOWN button of minds.

Rules are OK ,but AUKU is more like moronic ISA.

Compare students of 90s to 70s/80s.

Who are really living life. Product of 90s are now freaking dependant on goverment. Bloody spoon fed and now dangling under the sharp knife of economic killer.

Where else producut of 70s and 80s ... :) Need i to say? Cream of the country :).


Let me quote Hishammduin Rais in here..
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AUKU paling berjaya melahirkan para akademik jaguh Kampung Kerinchi yang berjela-jela gelaran tetapi tidak pernah menulis di jurnal berkualiti. AUKU berjaya menampilkan para akademik yang bergelar profesor tetapi tidak pernah menulis buku ilmu. Kerana itu buku yang paling diminati oleh mahasiswa, pelajar dan tenaga akademik di kampus-kampus semuanya hari ini bertemakan motivasi. Jodol buku yang paling laris ialah - 100 Teknik Untuk Mendapat Kepercayaan Bos.

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Once again im stressing , its not about being Anti-Establishment, but its about establishing our presence in this world :) ...

I'll have to agree with anonymous on certain parts...give too much freedom..our uni's would line those in india...where riots and strikes are a norm..

but then,navfalco has a point...students are not given the chance to speak up..and if such discussions are not allowed in the university, then where else..

The IPTA students are as it is having issues in expressing themselves..and with this suppression of thoughts..i dont think its doing us any favours..

I think healthy elections are a necessity in universities..right now its more of the administration trying to shut out all candidates with opposition backing..and as i've heard (correct me if i'm wrong)..it is the admin that chooses the head of the student body..not the members of the student body...trust me, even they arent very happy bout it..

to well wisher, i appreciate ur thots buddy...but what do you seriously expect out of AUKU??

its not that students are not given the rights to speak out but too often the students misuse them. In Malaysia we have certain issues that is considered as taboo or sensitive as not all Malaysians are as open minded and knowledgable. These issues could be blown out of proportion if not dealt with care. When AUKU was first enacted, two person was very instrumental in it..It was Tun Dr MAhathir and Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim.Surprisingly Anwar was a student leader at those time.(According to Malaysia-Today blog ~ mahathir used Anwar to oust the Prime Minister of that time)..Undergraduates nowadays are smart but at the same time gullible.They tend to believe something without realizing the truth in it.How many of us has actually know th full details of an issue before we are fighting for it.Some of my frenz got involved in reformasi for Anwar when they donno anything about politics back then. As for me those who wants to speak out "LOUD" just trying to become an hero..Praveen its true that most of the leaders are being elected by the respective unis..although it seems more like power abusement but when we put ourselves in their shoes, i guess we will be doin the same thing.How can u make major decisions to improve the universities if u have the oppositions bugging u all the time and shooting down all the decisions just because it does not favour them? How do we actually gets to attain the status of world class universities if we have political base in our compound? If i am a boss of a company, definitely i'will try to work with my confidants rather than enemies..But from human rights perspective point of view, these actions are wrong.There can never be such actions or decisions which will benefit all parties..As for student's voices are not being heard, i wud like to disagree as i was one of the delegates who was selected to go for a national seminar pertaining issues affecting the undergraduates..Maybe those whe were not present did not realised that our voices were definitely heard by the authorities..i will reiterate that AUKU serves a purposes~that is protecting us-the undergraduates of the institution of higher learning places..peace out..

Thats right saint..u got it right..!!

And So Be IT :)

@ navfalco


thats very true. AUKU may be a way to keep students in their quest for a degree. Yet on the other way, it suppress their ideology and leadership quality.

talk about being spoon-fed!


The admin.

@ anonymous

we should follow a certain ways and channels to voice out our dissatisfactions.

what are the ways we have now?



I would prefer for some amendments to the ACT rather than the abolishments.

i agree on this. certain level of regulation is needed but not to the extent of curbing one's freedom to express him/herself.


The admin.

@ well-wisher

:) i hope u r a well-wisher after all.



thanks for the quotes.


Product of 90s are now freaking dependant on goverment. Bloody spoon fed and now dangling under the sharp knife of economic killer.

one of the rare moments.. i agree with u on this.


The admin.

@ praveen

uni election suppose to help the students to bring out the leadership quality in them. but as u said, i'm afraid thats not the case. 'smaller scale' politics been played out in uni elections and certainly do not help us.


The admin.

@ anonymous 2


will reiterate that AUKU serves a purposes~that is protecting us-the undergraduates of the institution of higher learning places.

protecting or curbing?


The admin.

@ saint

alrite. should i say u support amendment of AUKU instead of abolishment?

The admin.

It is curbing if u look it from the view of a pessimist..try look outside the box..just because our parents forbid us not to eat dancy, doesnt mean that we don touch the candy..Its just that we consume it in either smaller quantity or in a different way..allowing someone to have the full freedom of speech is akin to give the devil the only button to launch the nucler weapon..its destructible if do not handled with care..AUKU is there to put the shield around the button..So that u can still have the choice of pressing the button but with the shield on,its never the easy.ADMIN asked wats the other way we can use to voiced out our opinions..~you are already doin it!!.(bloggin) definitely it should not be a big problem for us to push our agenda up to the top without breaking the rules..

p/s:my parents will never allow me to talk things which never benefits me or talks that will bring harm to the family institution..

The analogy goes same to the public instution and a country..For the sake of few people asking for more freedoms, the government cant put the whole country in jeopardy..
**recalling back the May 13th Tragedy**

Before voicing out the dissatisfactions and opinions to the government, let us together open out mouth and ask our lecturers questions during the lectures...

~ p E a C E ~ aka anonymous