Friday, October 30, 2009

Great Lakes Controversies

Every place has its own history and share of controversies. Writing few of the controversies happened at Great Lakes. Howsoever harsh or bad it looks right now but I am sure these controversies will be cherished by us whenever we will memorize them later or cross our roads after this 1 year meet @Great Lakes.

1. May, 09; Campus going haywire: New campus however many basic things not proper, bad internet speed, no water, AC not working, spamming, conundrums.

Actions: Lot of work happened at majot scale after all this drama. Gradually Patriots got settled at no man's land and made it the home. 

2. 27 May, 09; Scorpion at my room: Mail fragment will suffice thewords:

" Tonight I found a 3-4 inch long scorpion in my hostel room. It was curled up in my laptop bag. To say that I am shaken would be an understatement. At the moment, all I can think is that I am lucky to be alive. I am thinking my stars that I noticed it because I was studying till late.
The only way it could have entered my room is through the gap below the doors. Please get some sort of fitting done in the doors so that dangerous insects and snakes cannot crawl into our rooms. I personally do not feel safe at the moment after this incident.
Patriots: Always make sure you check your shoes/sandals, bags and other stuff lying on the floor before you pick them up.
Hoping for a quick response."
Result: Sprays in campusto avoid snakes, rats etc
3. 28 May 09; Updates and Rules by Stuco: There was lot of spamming happening due to new campus going haywire. Another bomb flashed soon by Stuco. the mail snippet by Stuco:
"There have been lots of unnecessary mails floating around to the class ID and the solution to that is a fine (of Rs 100/-) that will be levied on any person who sends a mail which isn’t of any value to the whole class. The fines that will be collected from this initiative will be held by the Student Council till the Honour Code Committee is formed and thereafter they will be the custodians of the money collected."




The mail got fire instantly and soon there were more spams than ever. The meeting with Stuco after this has been the most heated discussion happened till now. 
Result: Rule overruled
4. Specialization drama: Student not knowing about which specialization to take. 
Result: Spamming and unnecessary meeting with Profs
5. 13 Jul 09; Safety and Medi-claim issue: Raised by me to Stuco
Result: Fire extinguishers kept, Railing were put, mediclim happened after 3 months.


Wait for more as it happens...;)

2 comments:

Nova said...

hahahhahah all this is part of the fun, isnt it??? :)

So, u guys have Honor Code Committee too? In our batch, Venky had formed HC Committee with the most notorious of students... for obvious reasons! :) Leave it to Venky to come up with the best of solutions :)

Varun said...

Yaa true...we had a lot of fun during all these moments...no wonder the victims cribbed abt it too...:D

Yup, HCC is there...after getting ragged from Prof Sriram (for not taking care of duty), now a days...they work like detectives...it's also a big controversy...will post it soon..:)

Prof Venky are busy in Karma Yoga now a days...guess wot I am active victim oops member of the committee ;)