A single word slapped onto our foreheads. Even before we entered the auditorium. Just a sticky label and the quiet hum of confusion. In a room full of caffeine-fueled students, eyes bleary and minds scrambled and everyone silently wondering what in the world was happening. The faint smell of double-sided tape filled the air. It…
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Grand Iftar: A feast for the Soul (and a Moderately Portioned One for the Stomach) by Jananee Jagadeesan
The thing about university events is that you never really know what you’re signing up for. You pay RM25, tell yourself it’s for the experience, and then pray (ironically) that it’s worth it. I have never fasted a day in my life, but hunger is a universal experience. It dulls the senses, sharpens the mind,…
Respect at Monash: The Beauty of Boundaries by Reona
University can often feel heavy as we navigate the concepts around being on the cusp of adulthood. In doing so we often forget about the beauty of simply existing amongst each other. It becomes easy to forget that we coexist amongst individuals with unique life experiences and cultures. Respect at Monash was a gentle reminder…
Cultural Clash: Networking, Culture, and Inspired Frivolity by Yashven Jayabalan
The idea that university events have to be structured into a serious and scholarly agenda lacks the baseline function of frivolity inspiring connection. Mingle events are designed to forge friendships or at the least, a mutual on instagram and a proper event design would entail an aggressive approach to making an event as frivolous as…
MUSA DID WHAT #3: Administrative Restructuring and our Forced Compliance
Third MSC meeting this year and it seems to be that all departments are doing their jobs effectively and promptly, which means another fairly unexciting MUSA DID WHAT article from MONGA. EMS and Budget Approval Delays, Explained Monash is currently in the process of restructuring their administrative systems, specifically policies regarding fund applications and EMS…
C&S Week S1 2025: Conversations with Presidents by Yashven Jayabalan
Student communities and the different ways culture intersects with each other serves as the branching off point for Clubs and Societies (C&S) week. Occurring at the start of every semester, the C&S division imagined and manifested a significant part of student culture, that is finding communities to gel with, finding their people and creating an…
Social Shuffle: Third Spaces and Why You Need Them by Yashven Jayabalan
The production and construction of mingle events at the start of the university semester unequivocally champions the idea of ephemeral third spaces serving a purpose of deconstructing the normality of being antisocial. It is being thrusted upon people that making small talk and conversing about seemingly inconsequential aspects of your life is now perfectly fine….
Game Wars: Unconventional Mingling by Yashven Jayabalan
Monash’s first few weeks operating the new semester means a flurry of mingle events hosted by student departments and clubs to aid the acclimatisation of constant networking and dreary study sessions. Monash University International Student Association (MUISS) developed a concept. A concept that is now one of their flagship events. Game Wars had an objective…
February Orientation 2025: The Art of Making Small Talk by Yashven Jayabalan
Harness your skills at overusing phrases semantically related to the development of friendships at the grassroots during Monash’s very first student orientation event this year. This would be one of Monash’s biggest orientation events with a record number of students joining our university. We will probably never escape the dreadful cycle of trying to make…
MUSA DID WHAT #2: Positioning a Democratically Elected MUSA
We’re now carefully understanding the importance of democracy in universities and the weight it holds towards the construction of a truly functional student union. With that being said, there is much to report on from the recent student council meeting held on the 10th of February. MUSA By-Elections and the Performance of Democracy In the…
MUSA DID WHAT #1: Sentiments on New Year’s Resolutions
MUSA returns with a brand new team lined up for the commencement of the upcoming academic year. Before the semester begins, we’re threading lightly and carefully through comprehending the intricacies of our departments. Lot’s of planning and many hours spent reading administrative documents. Regardless, here’s what happened during MSC #1.1 and MSC #1.2. That’s right,…
Monash Ball: Both Waltzing and Dancing
Have you prepared your finest silk and gold charms? Because the Monash Ball is coming your way! Anyway, who am I if not fashionably late? Due to heavy rain, traffic, and my time-blindness, I arrived an hour after the designated start time of 6:30 PM. But a queen is never late, everyone else is simply…
A final celebration of kinship: joy, mirth and bittersweet endings in MUSA Appreciation Night 2024
We arrived at the entrance of Sunway Lagoon on a serene Friday night. A friendly staff pointed us to the buggy waiting to bring us to the venue. It was a short windy ride to our Polynesian–themed MUSA Appreciation Night. Held in the picturesque heart of Sunway Lagoon. Our seats astride from the man-made lake…
Monash Cultural Night: Intercultural Interactions by Yashven Jayabalan
The basis of democracy in Malaysia is intertwined with the sole idea of racial diversity and harmony. We pride ourselves for being a multiracial country and we take this idea and hold onto it tightly enough in hopes that racial sociopolitics will always remain a positive aspect of being a Malaysian. I was born and…
MUSA DID WHAT #8: Fighting Dragons With You!
Hi, Monash Siders, The Editors here! Well, well, look where we are. It’s truly bittersweet to bid farewell as this marks our final issue. It has been an absolute pleasure being your go-to source for all the council updates. To be honest, there isn’t much to see here, just some final reports and heartfelt goodbyes….
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