Well, who knew that there were so many social butterflies in Monash? There were at least 139 of them at the Flash Friends event organized by the Activities department, which was held in the Foyer on Friday the 4th of August. The event, or as one person described it, “Tinder, but for friends” (or apparently…

Ever wondered what it would feel like to have the raft you built turn over a 180 degrees, tossing you over into the murky water in the middle of a sad-looking lake? Well me neither. But it happened. And just like life in general, horrible stuff happens. And that’s okay. Unless you can’t swim and…

Things have reached a point in Malaysia where most of us instinctively cringe when we get mentioned on international news. Tap on the Malaysia section in the BBC app, and the list of recent headlines speaks for itself. So, you’ll be forgiven if you’ve just tuned out the Malaysian news ticker completely. However, you have…

Disclaimer: This article is completely spoiler-free; Any spoilers, especially from Season 7, will be met with extreme prejudice. When George R.R. Martin first started A Song of Ice and Fire in 1996, no one expected it to become one of the most universally acclaimed series in television history. With the years of extreme hype and…

The start of a new semester is always a hectic time for Monash Malaysia’s dozens of clubs and societies, as they engage in a mad scramble to snare returning students and freshies. C&S Week is a staple of the semester calendar, with most clubs holding off on their regular activities until the week after the…

Freshman goal #1 : To not look like a freshman on campus. To all freshmen, well you are in luck, because this is your fast guide on how to not look like a freshman during your freshman year at Monash. To all upperclassmen, here are a few fun tips for figuring out if that kid…

“I go in hard and dry, I come out wet and soft,” was one of the many riddles us, Editors, had set for our MUSA Day station game. The other stations manned by MUSA members were just as creative (read: sick), as they welcomed the new Monash students from different schools with water guns, balls…

Ever had that overwhelming urge to just roll right out of bed and go to uni in your pyjamas? Or maybe it’s one of those days where you felt lazy to wear a cute outfit because you’d have to change for Frisbee/futsal/badminton/basketball training after classes. Well, I don’t know what MUSA was thinking, but if…

Entrepreneurship is a skill everyone wants to have, but no one’s really sure on how to get it. Sure, there’s a thousand and one “How to be an Entrepreneur” books on the market with varying levels of quality, but reading a book isn’t going to transform you into the next Jack Ma in a fortnight….

Picture yourself slathering on sunscreen while lazing on a perfect white-sand beach covered in coconut palms that gives way to emerald waters and coral gardens. Not forgetting the tropical slopes that surround you, the seemingly endless blue skies and a Bahama Mama in your hand. Vogue material? No, just routine in Bora Bora.  If you…

There’s only slightly more than a week left till the end of the semester. That means that there’s only slightly more than a week left to rush the thousands (exaggeration or nah?) of assignments that have been scheduled on Week 12, after which the hustling doesn’t stop as we dive straight into SWOTVAC and then…

Words are important. Words encode knowledge that otherwise would not have been able to be stored and propagated through the generations over land, sea, and time. What could have we ever be as a human species, if it weren’t for the capacity to store and share knowledge for the future generations? Alas, I’m not going…

  “The motion is to allow the killing of children?” – would you agree with it? Yes? No? Okay, now that it has captured your attention, what if I say I have a lot to specify on, things like “allowing parents to kill their children within the span of 30 days post-birth when they’re diagnosed…

“A woman is quiet and submissive, always gentle. They are like a lamb. Soft and kind, loving and sweet” This is what a girl hears every single time when we sit comfortably, or when we speak loudly, sometimes even when we breathe ………. -_- We’ve been told how to dress, how to behave, how to…

In the course of a busy Week 8, the School of Science staff and students found time to hold a 3-day book collection drive on campus from the 26th-28th of April 2017. This event was organized in conjunction with Starbucks’ Global Month of Service (GMoS) Community Library Campaign, where books will be donated to effect…