More than the EYE

Practicing Democracy at Taylor's ADP

When you have the people deciding the direction of ones government, body or organization, when you have people deciding who will be their representative, when you have people deciding who will lead them, you have a democratic system.

Every university has its own student council, body, union (and the list goes on), which basically is a group of students functioning as the voice of the students in the university. They are the bridge between the students and the lecturers and the administration of the university. 

Adriano Tawin, 2011 - 2012 Student Council President

How the student council operates is based on the committee that is in the council as some councils adopt different styles of representations.

In Taylor's ADP, the student council is elected by the students. Every year, students will form parties to run for the spot as the ADP's student council, they will be campaigning, demonstrating and explaining their manifestos to students, and telling people how they will achieve their goals.

This year, there were three parties running for student council; Revolution, B.O.S.S (Body of Student Services) and P.I.E (Personality, Innovation, Empowerment). All three parties were given a week to campaign and on Tuesday (6th of March), the three presidents went on a head to head debate with students and lecturers present to watch. 

The panel consisting of the current student council members asking questions to the candidates running

One of the candidates explaining his answer to a question to the crowd

 The ADP's Presidential Debate provided the opportunity for the presidents to raise issues that are affecting students and at the same time provide their approached towards those issues. It also provide students the chance to ask questions and raise issues that are affecting them as well.

Khaled Amru, Presidential Candidate for P.I.E.

Khartik Doraisingam, Presidential Candidate for B.O.S.S

Sheng Hao, Presidential Candidate for REVOLUTION

The debate ended well with all the presidents manage to answer to most of the issues raised and with the students satisfied with the outcome of the answers and responds. 

Mr. Chuah, ADP's Economics lecturer raising a question to the candidates

Sharman, an International Relations student pointing out a question to one of the candidates. 

The election process is scheduled to take place the next day, 7th of March 2012 from 9am to 11am, followed by the counting of votes later in the evening. 

Announcing: The Paint USA Contest!

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Rules and Regulation:

1. Submission Deadline: 30 / 04 / 2012
2. This competition is open to all Malaysian high school students aged 16 – 18 years old. Anyone outside the stated category is not eligible to participate in this competition. 
3. To enter this competition, visit http://adptaylors.blogspot.com to fill in the registration form. Once submitted, the assigned state will be emailed to each team.   
4. Please follow the following steps:
• Step 1. Form a group of 3
• Step 2. Go to adptaylors.blogspot.com to submit participation form. 
• Step 3. Received assigned US State
• Step 4. Select a university from the assigned state.
• Step 5. Design the poster that promotes the university
• Step 6. Mail the poster to
               Taylor’s American Degree Transfer Program
               No.1 Jalan Taylor’s, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
5. Each team must consist of maximum 3 members from the same school.
6. Poster Design submission terms:
• The design submitted must be an original work by the team. Any infringement of any third party’s work will result in an automatic disqualification of the team.
• Content of the design must include:
• An illustration of a higher education institution of the respective state with the state map included. 
• Any other information that would be relevant to promote the higher education institution. 
• Each short description should not be more than 60 words (define word limit) of each illustration.
7. Posters will be judged by the following criteria:
• Content: 40%, Visual: 40%, Creativity: 20%
8. No printing is allowed on the design. Students may use methods such as drawing, painting, montage etc. Any printing methods on the poster design is prohibited. 
9. Prizes:
• 1st Place  : RM1,500 + RM15,000 worth of scholarship
• 2nd Place  : RM1,200 + RM12,000 worth of scholarship 
• 3rd Place  : RM900 + RM9,000 worth of scholarship
  Terms and condition apply.
10. By participating in this competition, teams must agree that:
• The decision made by the panel is final.
• The organizers have the right to use all the design submitted in any form or medium.
11. The organizer hereby disclaims any and all liabilities that may arise before, during and after the competition period. 
12. Winners of the contest will be announced via the ADP blog on the 21st May 2012. Taylor’s ADP will also contact the winners via email.

Taylor's ADP E-News

Taylor's ADP E-News (January-February 2012)

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Welcome to Taylor's ADP

Are you into the LIN-SANITY?

It's been hyped up all over the news, CNN Sports, ESPN News, BCC Sports, you name it, it's there. Jeremy Lin is the new NBA sensation! In just 16 games with a total of 317 minutes on court, the number 17 rookie has scored a total of 203 points (that's average of 1.5 points every minute!) to help his New York side win 7 games in a roll.

Pretty impressive for a rookie don't you think? Since everyone is talking about it, here are some interesting information that you might want to know about the new NBA sensation. 

Full Name: Jeremy Shu-How Lin 

Date of Birth: 23rd August 1988    
Place of Birth: Los Angeles 

Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91cm)                
Weight: 200lb

Current Team: New York Knicks  
Jersey Number: 17

No. Pro Years: 1

Previous Teams: Golden State Warriors 2010 - 2011

Jeremy Lin graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics, which makes him only the 42nd Ivy league graduated player in the NBA history. As for now, J.Lin will be having the spotlight in the NBA arena especially with the 3 points game winner against the Raptors. 

We will be expecting to see more of Linsanity in the next coming months especially the much anticipated game when the Knicks host Miami Heats on February 23rd.

For more information about Jeremy Lin and his basketball career click the link below.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/jeremy_lin/

Will there be a player as sensational Lin among us? What do you think? 

Which do you think its the best Lin moment? Comment below...

Source: NBA

Degrees Employers Want Most - Forbes.com

Recent research by Susan Adams, Forbes.com revealed the most wanted degrees employers want - with top in the list business, engineering and computer science, followed by general sciences, liberal arts, communications and agriculture and natural resources.

Under liberal arts, political science ranked on top, followed by psychology, English, sociology and history.

For complete detail, view here http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2011/11/01/college-degrees-employers-want-most/