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9th MSC Meeting Highlights

Words By Naadia Buhary On Saturday, the 22nd of November 2014, as current and incoming MUSA council members settled down in the MUSA meeting room, the President called the 9th and final MSC meeting for the year 2014 to order at 10.35am. First up on the agenda, the Returning Officer (RO) for the MUSA 2015…

WE ARE MONASHIANS

Words by Jonah See While others happily slept, through the night we crept. Pen and keyboard clicking, with no signs of ending. Some look wearily at an equation while attempting triple integration. Others gaze upon lines of text, memorizing facts before the test. As the night progresses, we become overcome by stresses. Be it from that…

Notice on Cafeteria

Disclaimer: This is a notice from the MUSA President, not the editor’s department. Here are some highlights of the survey carried out earlier in the semester. A total of 1026 responses were recorded (Male = 480, Female = 546) and we thank you for voicing out. Most of you have noted the problem with the…

The Procrastination Issue

Ladies and gentlemen, We bring you the second and final issue of Monash Gazette 2014, the Procrastination Issue. Grab your own copy at these locations: Outside the LibraryLibrary Level 1Library Level 3Magazine Rack near Maybank ATMBuilding 2, Level 1MUSA LoungeMUSA Office Click here to download Thoughts to spill?Email us at musa.editor@monash.edu or send us a…

The Evolution of Taylor Swift: Will Country Ever Have Staying Power on a Global Level?

Words by Sarah Lee Image: Country style Taylor Swift ‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off We all saw it coming, didn’t we? The signs were all…

MUSA Annual Election 2014 Results

Do keep a lookout for our second and final issue of MonGa for more details about MUSA 2015! * Results are as announced by Returning Officer Ong Lee Ching at 6.50 p.m. on 26 September 2014 @ MUSA lounge ** Information in the images above are courtesy of the MUSA Election Committee 2014

8th MSC Meeting Highlights

Words by Ai Lin & Wei Yng A full tutorial room, again (second time this year!). Much thanks to the on-going MUSA elections. Meeting was called to order by the President at 6.17pm. The meeting kick-started with the unsettled case of the missing receipt from the previous council meeting. Vice Presidents have confirmed that the…

MUSA Annual Election 2014

Dear students of Monash University Malaysia, The MUSA Election is back! The above is the Notice of Election to inform you of the timeline. As of this post, we are currently at the 4th and 5th stage: Campaign period and Polling period. Polling period is held this entire week, from 22nd – 26th September, for…

Monash Annual Ball 2014: What’s Cookin’ Up?

Words by Emily Choong | Pictures by Vince Cheong & Eugene Chia With over 600 tickets sold within the first day of sales and having to go through tedious processes to open 60 additional seats for eager and disappointed students, we can tell you are all excited for the Monash Annual Ball. Here are some things you…

7th MSC Meeting Highlights

Words by Wei Yng & Emily Choong The 7th MSC meeting took place in 9304 as this meeting had the largest crowd of attendees to date. This hints that the election for next year’s student council is coming! The meeting commenced at 6.20pm with the President’s report. As usual, he gave us mandatory mundane updates…

Monash’s Got Talent – Semi Finals

Written by Naadia Buhary | Photos by Wei Yng It’s 7pm and there’s a palpable air of excitement inside Audi 1. The semi-finals was about to begin and unlike the auditions, it was open to the public. As the judges take their places, and the crowd falls silent, it’s time for the first performance of…

Rush Hour – O’ Week Friday

Written by Naadia Sehar | Photos by Ai Lin It’s 8.30am on the last day of O-Week, and new students are trickling into the foyer. Dressed in coloured t-shirts representing their respective schools, they gather around bleary-eyed, awaiting to find out what activities had been planned out for them for the day. Camera slung round…

Monash’s Got Talent: The Search for a Superstar!

(There’s more to us than just assignments!) Words and Photos – The Editors Day 1 of auditions, and after being shuttled around a couple of venues by the facilities department, we finally settled down at the Plenary Theatre. Day 1 was dominated by contestants singing a variety of English and Chinese songs; with some accompanied…

MTV’s New-found World Stage Insider is From Monash University Malaysia!

By Emily Choong How do you surprise someone? Have your camera crew ready and get someone famous to catch the victim at his/her most unexpected to say, “Hey, your dream will become a reality!” and the rest, is history. Aric Ting, 21, is MTV World Stage’s new Insider responsible for bringing people the inside scoop…

6th MSC Meeting Highlights

by Emily Choong The meeting began at a quarter past six with the usual President’s report announcing the resignation of the male representatives of School of Medicine and Arts & Social Sciences. A by-election, in response to this issue, will not be held due to the short period of time as the upcoming main MUSA…