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Surviving the odds
They were the first in their family to ever set foot into a college. Four youngsters talk of the difference college made to their lives. MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN
In light of what happened in a Bangalore school recently, we were curious to find out if first generation college goers face similar discrimination. I have to confess: […]
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Campus Buzz
New leaders
WHAT: Students Union inauguration
@ Loyola College
The inauguration of the Loyola Students Union for 2012 – 13 took place recently. The college elections were conducted on June 22 and Meesam Ali M., Prasanna K., Aashish Jonathan, Gowtham Sundar L.V. and Roshni Cherian were elected as the president, vice-president, secretary, joint secretary and associate secretary […]
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Campus Buzz (12/07/2012)
On stage
What: The Festival of Drama and Dialogue
@ The School KFI
The Festival of Drama and Dialogue, initiated 18 years ago by the students of Std XII of The School KFI, was born out of a need to interact with students of the same age from other schools in a non-competitive forum. They evolved certain criteria […]
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Stop, think, go!
GAP YEAR Think you’ve got it all figured out? Take a break after school and give the unconventional a try to discover your real interests. USHA RAMAN
As the mercury rises, so does the anxiety level among school-leaving students and their parents. Where do they go from here? Will they clear the competitive exams and make […]
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Ready, set…go!
Here are three things that every college student should do…
e-mail for networking
Many college students assume networking is for established professionals. They couldn’t be more wrong. Your leisure time in college can be spent effectively to expand your network. You don’t have to go around attending events and conferences, or even have to be an extrovert. […]
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Not so lucky
All right so, the board exams are over. But that doesn’t mean it is time to rest. There’s a lot to do. Topping the list is: which course? Which college? Which university?
Less privileged
Most students land up in some engineering course. The lucky, and of course harder working, ones get into the IITs, NITs, BITs etc. […]
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High on fun!
CAMPUS BEAT SSN College of Engineering’s annual cultural fest was impressive.
NIVEDITHA VENUGOPAL
Going by the enormous amount of publicity on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, banners on college buses, flash mob @ Ampa Sky Walk and flyers for Instincts v7.0, the annual cultural festival of SSN College of Engineering, I was curious to see if the whole event […]
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Skip the numbers game!
Bunking college? Highly recommended! But only if you are using that time to do some learning outside the classroom. RAHUL PRABHAKAR
On one of the TEDx talks, Sir Ken Robinson, a leading educational reformist, made a significant remark about the “linearity” of the current educational system: it starts here; you go through a track, and if […]
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Classic twist
STAGED “Importance of Being Earnest” was proof that the quality of the city’s theatre scene is intact. But why are there so few takers? MANASA P. VASUDEVAN
The biggest handicap faced by all-women theatre groups is to convincingly don a man’s role. The Stellar Players’ “Importance of Being Earnest”, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, […]
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Campus circus
FEST Ethiraj College for Women’s annual cultural festival — Srishti 2012 was a potpourri of competitions, celebrities and camaraderie.
Over 4000 students from 50 colleges, 24 events in various categories, two days, one Jamboree — Srishti ‘12, co-sponsored by Volkswagen, was indeed an eventful circus organised by Ethiraj College for Women.
Starting off
After the National-award winning Tamil […]
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