Revamped.

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In my last post I wrote about the upcoming election for my university's Student Representative Counil (SRC), and that I had been uncontested for my post as one of the two Secretaries.

(On a side note, what does a secretary do, anyway? I've always thought that their job description was mainly to write things down. But then again, that just sounds too easy - there's a reason why this post was uncontested.)

The election was held last Wednesday, 28th August 2013, and the results were supposed to have been announced the very next day. Well, this did not transpire, for some reason or another. On the afternoon of the scheduled results day, an e-mail was sent out from Student Affairs to all the students which stated that a re-election was to be held. 

Apparently, it was decided that this would be done in order to "clear questionable doubts on the process of election" - whatever that meant. Conspiracy theorists would conclude that an 'undesirable candidate' had gotten the most votes for President, but I'm not one to stir up such controversy.

So anyway, the re-election was held on Monday, and the results announced the day after. As expected, the favorites for each position all won - although one might argue that the Zimbabwean who won Treasurer was a shock pick; he did only win by one vote, after all.

I was glad that the guy won, though, and not just because he's a friend and batchmate of mine. His presence on the SRC meant that the numerous Africans in the student body would have a voice; a say in whatever the SRC comes up with. Also, the fact that both Secretaries are Malay and one of the Committee Members is Chinese means that there is more diversity in the Council this time around. If all the SRC members had been Indian, like last time, it would be much harder to achieve what is arguably our main objective - to instil unity among the students. I'm not being racist or anything, but people do tend to believe in and support something more if one of their own is involved in it. That's just the way the world works.

Anyway, now that the election's done and dusted, I can look forward to carrying out my duties as one of the SRC Secretaries, although I'm still unclear on what my role is exactly. The upcoming meeting with the Vice-Chancellor should clear that up.  

I'm sure I'm not alone in hoping that this new SRC will spell brighter days ahead for MIU. It's been said that the students are the soul of a university, and maybe now this university's soul will be getting some much-needed chicken soup. Unity in diversity is the goal, and this revamped, more cosmopolitan SRC should be well-equipped to achieve it. I, for one, am determined to make that happen - even if my job is only to write things down.