Sex and the people of the city

By Syarifah Hadli

It was one of those normal nights where I happily surfing the net and at the same time busy managing my personal blog when all of the sudden an uncivilized person, a man, I believe, left me a very disturbing and petty sexist slur. I was taken aback by it. It’s not as if I am not used to dirty words or whatsoever. But the fact that I have left this childish name-calling game years ago about the same time I left my pre-puberty days, made me feel like soo old fashioned when an incredibly anonymous man came in and posted a sexist slur that includes the female private part. Anyways, you are not really anonymous lah Mr Babisayang (as he named himself and no I didn’t make this up). I know you’re from some ceruk in Puchong, Selangor. 60.48.186.# is your IP address and (smirk) guna dial-up ke bang? Pathethic. Thank you technology. Anyways, I gotta thank him for being childish because if he didn’t, I will still be scratching my head right now, wondering what else to write for kasikampus.

Narrow Band

By Yeoh Li Ying

Narrow-less Band

Broadband Internet in Malaysia should really be named “Narrow Band” because the service provided by our beloved TMnet is so slow it is only less painful compared to Malaysian Dial-up Internet. It is painful nevertheless when we look at the excerpt from TM Net’s website …

A beautiful election campaign

By Shamala Suresh Kee

“Malaysian Newspaper Forced to Shut Up” (by Jed Yoong, Asia Sentinal, 22 February 2008) truly made me feel appalled at the recent state of Malaysian press. Cited as an endangered species by Jed, independent newspapers are now extinct with the purchase of The Sun daily by business tycoon, Vincent Tan, whom currently is involved in V.K Lingam trial, a trial that pertains to justice brokerage by the senior lawyer. According to the report, an extensive change in the main line-up of The Sun was made, soon after the purchase. Ho Kay Tat is now being replaced by a new editor-in-chief Chong Cheng Hei and Zainon Ahmad is now the ‘consultant editor’.

I must say, The Sun is a staple read for me and most readers who want vivid and explicit reports especially on recent controversial cases and I am doubtful that we would not be denied that with the shift of ownership. Attempts again attempts are made to control and restrict Malaysian media under the flagship of national and public safety, especially post 13 May 1969 and later during the ‘reign’ of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad starting from 1981. The implementation of the Printing Ordinance in 1948 to curb communist activities posed as the stepping stone towards the control of print media content ‘for national and public safety also to handle sensitive issues regarding race and religion’, as chanted till today by the authorities even after the amendment of the Printing Ordinance to the draconian Printing Press and Publication Act, that does more than regulation of content but also, the ownership of the media.

Semua Ini

Oleh Siti Nurulzahra

Semua ini ada kaitan dengan aku dan kamu. Petang tadi kawan aku memberitahu berita-berita terbaru mengenai kawan-kawan kami yang berada disana. Disebabkan sudah lama kiranya aku tidak lepak bersama mereka aku ketinggalan cerita dan gosip-gosip panas mengenai apa yang berlaku dalam hidup mereka. Mereka semua kawan aku sejak masih ditingkatan 3 lagi sampailah sekarang. Walaupun kami mempunyai identiti dan personaliti yang berlainan namun kami saling melengkapi dan memahami.

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Valentine’s is in the air

By Shamala Suresh Kee

Sweet roses, now you would cost more, chocolates so would you. How far some would go to declare their love to their amour? Make girls dream for their knights in shining armor, to come and swoop them up on their horses (a kancil would be sufficient, though) and ride (or drive) away to sunset. That’s a cliché already, but then I wouldn’t mind being pampered that way on my Valentine. ‘Make me smile and laugh, encompass me with romance and love’. However, celebrating Valentine’s would be the very last thing on some people’s mind. Homeless people, beggars on the street, famish and poverty hanging over their heads, not unlike rain clouds.

When a columnist becomes a paranoid

By Syarifah Hadli

While reading a column published in a daily Malay newspaper last Thursday, my mind marveled for quite some time before I was able to finish reading up the whole column. I don’t know who the *fish* wrote that column and one word that best describes that specific column is: shallow.

The column is mainly about the remarks or the observation that the columnist had based on this year’s Chinese New Year advertisement. If I get to be invisible for a day, I would really like to go to this columnist’s house, mess with her coffee maker, throw away her entire wardrobe and pee on her laptop or PC, whichever she use to write, just so that she won’t write anymore. Oh, plus, I would really love to smack her on her head.

United we stand, divided we fall

By Yeoh Li Ying

OK, let’s get serious and straight to the point.

Boy, I was so dead wrong. With all the happenings around campus I thought (really thought) that we are all united as one. What happened the other day, has yet again and again failed to convince me that we are all united as one. Forgive me if I am wrong but I have witnessed things that will not make us human race just yet. We are all still divided by our colours. Yes we are.

Does Orang Minyak look oily?

By Aaron Rao

With all the rumors or news or myth or gossip spreading around over a potential serial rapist lurking around campus compounds, one must wonder how might a rapist look like? Some say that they look like a dirty and messy dude and dark skinned. Some said that they’re of other nationality working in the campus compound. Well I’ve got bad news for those reading or having a stereotypical mindset of how they think a rapist might look like.

Pendidikan di Malaysia sungguh terrer

Oleh Sitinurul Zahra

Perasaan ini dah lama aku simpan. Perasaan tidak puas hati. Akibat terlalu sakit hati aku buat tidak endah dan tidak peduli. Tapi sekarang tak tahan. Banyak sangat yang perlu dipersoalkan. Ini mengenai sistem pendidikan negara. Oh Eng Kiat tanya pandangan aku mengenai kes Lingam. Yang itu kena tunggu dululah sebab aku memang kena cakap pasal benda ini.

Pada pandangan aku sistem pendidikan negara kita tidak membuatkan pelajar berfikir secara terbuka dan mempersoalkan sesuatu. Apatah lagi berfikir diluar kotak. Para pelajar hanya mengikut telunjuk guru–guru sahaja, mendengar ucapan Guru Besar selama berjam–jam sampai mengambil masa pembelajaran, melihat guru membaling buku dan cikgu yang tidak menunaikan kewajipan kerana sibuk menjual kain. Semua ini merugikan ramai pihak. Terutamanya negara. Yelah bila pelajar itu dah melihat dunia dan menyedari kelemahan ini dia tidak akan lagi mahu hidup di sini dan Malaysia akan kehilangan ramai golongan profesional.