hi sorry to butt in,
but i'm unclear of the ruckus caused.
I myself a senior MMU. Been with MMU more than I should.
I dont planned to stick my nose in others problems but it seems the SRC is given unfair treatment due to their latest try to stops new policies.
I understand that some might feel mad or something but as far as I understand the SRC are supposed to be the bridge between students and management.
meaning voting them is choosing those who become the bridge.
so it is unfair to say that the SRC failed if they agree to management views.
they start campaigning for the petition from the viewpoint of students
then get some feedback
and finally discussing with management to hear their point of view.
Any issues either it is small or big, even national level, starts from the viewpoint of the voters.
And I must say, students are becoming more spoiled lately.
They thought that they own the university and complaining when things go wrong when clearly the problem can be avoided.
I can understand if student want to drive, but why do u expect every car can get a nice parking slot?Do expect MMU to prepare 4000-6000 car parks at each campus with nice facilities? Their main business is education. Not collecting tickets for car park. Of course you can argue that it is one of the facilities needed for students but you cant expect that each and every car park must be with rooftops etc. Are u really spoiling yourself? Even working people who PAYs for the car parks they used dont complain as much as I heard from student who are given FREE facilities.
On the IT issues, I dont know about Malacca but if you really have been paying attention and know your stuff, you can clearly see the difference.
The most notable is the internet speed which I think most of the IT fees are meant to pay for the bandwidth. MMU is using a leased 100Mbps (Cyber) and 34 Mbps(Melaka). I have been with MMU long enough to know how fast the internet now compared to before. And for those complaining about Melaka campus is slower, well the Melaka campus has older system, all I can say is, the cost to have a leased 100Mbps from Melaka to TM's datacenter or TM Gateway would be enormous while for Cyber, it is quite near, thus cost effective. Plus the Melaka's IT and networking facilities such as servers etc are quite old so i guess that would be Melaka Campus's priority.
and of course dont even try to say you never use internet in the campus!
And not to mention, upgrading the speed with fiber optics and stuff, it is not like 'tarik cable' to ur average home when installing phone line and streamyx. additional facilities needed to be purchased and maintainence needed to be done. server needed to be upgraded and etc.
well as far as i can see the IT fees are quite justified, well at least until 10-15 years. But I'm sure by that time, people will need more and thus more upgrades needed. haha.
so like i said, all these complains is really childish and shows how spoiled you are.
I wont comment about the policy changes on the CH limit for underprob student, or supplementary exam changed to resit exam, 40% requirement to unbar finance instead of 25%, etc since all have pros and contras.
Furthermore,if a student is a normal, average, not too hardworking but also not too lazy or worse, i dont think students would have a problem with coping with the course structure.
though i cant guarantee about getting dean awards or anything but it is quite unlikely for student to fail.
unless you are engineering, then you need to be extra careful.
but then again, if you are in engineering, you cant expect subjects to be easy right?
so not following your course structure is actually out of the question unless you are sick or something.
as for fees, well the explanation is quite blurry on most part. Though as I understand it, it is beneficial to students but well, both the SRC and management should be more active in explaining about it.
I guess that's all.
So basically, I think those who wine actually are those who sit at the sidelines without involving themselves with the issue actively.
But I must say I agree with some of you that SRC should play a better role in mediating between students and management. They should be able to convey information from management to student effectively and vice versa.
That is what lacking in SRC for years.
And people started to get fed up with all the confusions, lack of information etc.
well just my 2 cents
Nov 1 2010, 03:58 PM
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students dont see SRC as prefects either. students are only putting expectations because SRC has been gungho about this whole thing and rallied the students, but unfortunately, the SRC has no objective nor stand and use students for own benefits. in other words, they are manipulating the students.
There also people saying that SRC make the petition underground when they can't see the fliers for the petition were hanging and paste around MMU 
I'm not saying that SRC does everything right, but we need to look at ourselves for a moment too. Ask what we do, not what others do.
some of you might actually choose to play games 
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