Rumours

SASTRA has changed a lot- but one thing hasn’t and I guess, will never change – the ability of the students to produce make-believe rumours of the highest order. The latest buzz -
• Upadhyay sir is the new DOSA- This is being heard since the beginning of the semester but then no notice has been put up and Narayanan sir is still sitting in the same office.
• Uniforms- Apparently a lot of teachers have told the first years that there will be uniforms from next year and the colours too have been told- brown and white.
• No interaction between boys and girls – Girls and boys should not speak to each other and if at all people need to speak to each other, a fax must be produced by the girl’s father.
• No permissions- This rumour is the worst thing ever to happen, if at all it’s true. There will be no permissions given and students will be permitted to go home only during open holidays.
• Monitoring girls’s attendance- This one was told by our teachers, don’t know if it’s to dissuade us from bunking or if they have really got orders- Girls should not bunk classes and that 90% attendance is mandatory irrespective of whether they are hostelers or day scholars and if a girl bunks three hours continuosly and is found talking to a guy after that, both of them will be suspended immediately!

These gossips have created enough grumbling. All that can be done now, looks like, is to just pray and wish these don’t turn true making our lives miserable.

Security

The security has been tightened on campus like never before. Boys are now expected to be back in their rooms by 8.30 pm and not allowed to go out of campus before 5.00 pm. They too need tp sign at the entrance while going out and need to submit their ID cards at the security desk. Apparently even staff members are no longer permitted to leave the campus before college hours. The intime for girls is now 5.45 pm. The back door to JVC has been closed permanently. Regular ID card checking is going on. As of now people without ID cards are being warned but there is a rumour that an on the spot fine of Rs. 100 may be levied. Apparently any indiscipline observed will lead to seizing of the ID Card and a new ID card can now be procured only after shelling out Rs.500. Hope the rules are revoked and people maintain the required decorum.

Neck-ties

One of our teachers turned up in a weird attire yesterday. He was in a Blue and White bold striped shirt, brown trouser and a yellow tie. By evening, we noticed that he was not alone, but almost all the male staff in the college were having ties around their neck. Upon numerous enquiries, it was found that the latest addition to the long list of rules introduced this semester, is the 'Compulsory Tie Rule'. Yes, you got it right! It's now mandatory for the staff to wear ties. We can only hope that the teachers have the discretion to wear suitable colours!

ID Cards

Starting from this semester, its become mandatory to wear the ID Cards around the neck. The teachers have been given bright green colour tags to wear the ID Card and the students maroon. The tags were distributed in the girls hostels today. Better colours could have been chosen for the tags though!

EcoBrigade @ SASTRA

EcoBrigade is the new Environmental club that is doing commendable work in improving SASTRA. After it's inception we are now able to find trees with tree guards planted near frequented places like near the stone benches near Vidya Vihar, behind the Library, in between Nirman Vihar and the girls hostel. We can now find more dustbins and a campus cleanup drive is conducted once in a month. SASTRA is definitely a lot cleaner now. It's also extremely encouraging to find people taking the initiative to plant trees and watering them everyday. EcoBrigade has also tie-ups with various world renowned organisations. Its recent tie-up with Art of Living for the 'Stand-up-Take action' drive to make sure the students play a major role in fighting serious environmental issues like Global Warming has seen bright response.
Keep the good work on!

Student workshops @ DAKSH

This year's DAKSH has got loads of new ideas incorporated . One example - the student workshops . Videography, Origami, Rubix Cube and Basic Electrical and Electronics workshops are being offered. Completely handled by students, these workshops, whose registrations have begun today have already seen more than 300 registrations.

Back again!

It’s been more than a year since a post appeared on Angular View. Lot of important and not-so-important changes have taken place at SASTRA. The cycles have been distributed and they are no longer charged for. So people have taken to cycling and we can frequently find staff and students cycling, especially the girls. However, it would be better if the height of the cycles was increased. There’s a rumour going around that Oriental is going to build a supermarket on campus somewhere between the girls hostel and Nirman Vihar. Vignan Vihar is undergoing renovation so the Chemical Engineering department has been temporarily moved to Jana Chaitanya, the MCA and MBA department to Vidya Vihar and the first years to Viswakarma Joth. And yeah, I’m sure the Mech. guys do have something to cheer about! Mid semesters are being held on Saturdays and this is supposedly to increase the working days. JVC has implemented exchange correction, which means that though we have the choice of choosing our teachers, we cannot choose them totally based on the marks they give because they will be correcting our paper only once in the semester. A new boys hostel called Vasishta and a new girls hostel called Arundhati have been constructed. Girls are no longer allowed to bunk single hours, if at all we need to we need to bunk full days :( The wi-fi is faster these days with a new wi-fi connection for the girls called Student-G. Arundhati and Vasishta also have a new wi-fi connection called ARUBA and people are able to video and voice chat. The campus has a new store above the canteen which has computer accessories and also a printing store. This store, though small is really good. The time taken to give the printouts is really fast and the service is so far good. The canteen is now offering more choice. French Fries, Sandwich, Mini idly, Gobi-65 and loads of new ice cream flavours have been introduced. The professional courier office has been closed and we can now find the courier guy standing outside the office next to a cycle and a van intended to take the couriers. There is a Post Office that has been constructed somewhere next to the guys hostel. The old doctor at the dispensary has retired and now there is a new doctor. He is also bad but somewhat better than the old one. A new basket ball court has been constructed opposite to the library. The college advanced the reopening date and this time it reopened on a Sunday! 25th December and 1st January were holidays but were compensated by working on the consecutive Saturdays following Friday order. The temple is being renovated and a small makeshift temple has been created next to it. Preparations are going on in full swing for Daksh and KurukSASTRA, with less than 50days for Daksh, the organizers are really busy.
For more details on Daksh, do visit, www.daksh.sastra.edu
That’s it for now. Will get back with more stuff. Keep reading :)