PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-63333
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A Perspective on the Issues of SSS : Beyond Gimmickry,.
The need for an informed and principled intervention.
In their desperate quest for political one-upmanship, the 1.4.08Since the concerned three councillors seem to beConvenor of SSS and the two councillors belonging to her unaware. we would like to give an update on the develop-.
organization have reached new heights and levels of tokenism. ments that have been consistently raised and the successesTake a look at the way in whic h a "JNUSU" Relay that have been achieved so far..
Hunger Strike has been announced by them: .
Departmental Libraries: The demand for xerox facili-.
A dinner table leaflet (on 31 .3.08) by this set of Council-ties in the departmental libraries has been pursued both.
lors declares the "JNUSU" Relay Hunger Strike, announcing with the Dean and the Chairpersons of various centres..
.
that two students have begun the hunger strike: a SSS Coun-Consequently, there has been some improvement in this.
cillor (from SFI) along with one known SFI activist. Even be-respect, with centers like CSRD allowing for xeroxing offore the call for the Hunger Strike was officially made. how did materials, CSSS allowing for limited xeroxing, and CPSthe SFI activist have the great privilege of getting to know of agree1ng to have xeroxed textbooks and required readingsthe Hunger Strike, ahead of the rest of the student com-.
with the support of the student faculty committee..
munity, so as to get her name flashed in the very f1rst leaflet.
.
that announces the Hunger Stnke?l Clearly, the decision to The demand for electronic connectivity between thehold the hunger strike, as well as the names of hunger catalogues of the departmental l1brar1es and the central.
strikers, have been decided, not in any JNUSU forum, l1brary has been ra1sed by us and 1s bemg followed at all the.
requis1te levels..
but in some organisational meeting of the SFI!The time-tested tradition of JNUSU Relay Hunger Strikes As councillors, we have also g1·1en letters to chairper-.
sons asking that the timings of departmental libraries behas been. JNUSU office bearers/post-holders sit on the hun-extended On an 1mmed1ate bas·s. 1t has been demanded.
ger strike and call upon students to join. whereupon repre-.
sentatives of various organisations as well as 1nd1vidual stu-that the timings of departmental l1brarres be extended during.
.
dents also respond to the public notice and join the hunger exams. and the charrpersons of several centres oarticularlyCPS and CSRD. have agreed to thiS demand.
strike. In contrast, in this case. act1v1sts of a part1cular.
organisatron JOin the hunger strrke and publ1c1se therr namt:s After prf'ssure, the GIS lab is .
now open onalongsrde the councillors' Saturdays as well.
names even before the hungerstrike is formalfy announced to the student comm.Jnity at Computer~and Print-out facilities· Since th1s is alarge! Clearly it was never intended to be ar"J oper c ~·r for campus-w1de rs:,u>:~. t:w matter of pnnt-out costs has beenhunger strike by this set of councillors. rather. it was a ploy ra1scd rn the C[)C rn~~· :unq and tr::: CDC convenor, who 1sto set the seal of a particular organisation vn it from the also a Cotlnullor tmm S'"~r) .
'3 sc1ze.1 of tne matt::r. A com-very beginning. 'lll~tee has b~:.-·'"1 "C:' L~, to !.,, 1K. lf'tCJ th~ dqmand. and we are.
fo,IOWI'19 the IS'')'.c: 1n f.JI.
Such brazen m1suse of JNUSU platform to further ultenor ·~2r··::~~ ·->~ After cons1-:;!2rrt pres-organizational interests 1s unprecedented and const1tutes an S.Jre by JN!JSI I r ~~ p··cc:~>:Pt.-:lti·.'C":~ c;oftware for visually.
assault on the sanctity of JNUSU as a platform. Such an c ha iIe n ged \V I 1i r~ it~ ~~ en t s i-:.:; i n ~ ne pro cess of b ei n 9.
action also does a serious disservrce to the effect1veness and purchased. f"he order for pJrr.:-';1:,e ::>:'-_:/~v:are sca:1ners andcomputers l12 s a!reCldy gor;e f:-ll'n tn.; school.
credibility of hunger strike as a mode of struggle as well as to.
the effectiveness of JNUSU as an instnJmenl of slrur;gle .
Phy~!i:~i!;t._~;!l·tiJ_t;~ ~~!_f-'(: 1 . .
'"f!E-U1.~s_ Funds have alreadyWhy this haste, trickery and gimmickry, keeping out beun S:liJC'tor.·~c for -~-· ·.:.r ~· 'n··s equ1ooed with soft-the non-SFI councillors (who were very much part of ware ~~.-·d tr··n1 11..:.~1 'i·JI'~'t)' r '0 .
tt: ~ '.'H students A da~abase of.
the negotiations with the Dean that very afternoon) as vmtU .j l1lr 8X~11ns :. ; .J:~.,) h'ert prepmed for Vrl students..
well as students at large? Tt1e CO; t1as g,·.\~i, ·~p;)r'1\dl fvr constructmg the ramp for the.
Exrm Bank Library a·,J CHS DSA . and t~e engrneerrng.
A more correct fact-sheet on the issues involved department has !)~en asked to work out the 1ssue..
There are many pressmg issues that are faced by the .
Academtc Dt?mands: The Dean assured us that an MA.
.
students of SSS, and JNUSU is fully committed to resolvrng .
Programme rn Philosophy w1ll be started following the.
them. We have taken many steps consistently in th1s regard Implementation of the XI Plan We would also like to inform.
.
While the Convenor and the Councillors belonging to.
her organization pay lip-service to these issues, they the student comrnun1ty that at the present stage. the.
.
seem to be completely unaware of the nuances, details proposal of expanding the Women's Studies ProgrammeIS under d1scuss1on in the UGC and an expert committee has.
and matters involved in the issues they proclaim to be been set upraising. This is evident from the perspective they offer Due to our conststent pressure. a phased.
expans1on of the Women s Stud1es Programme has already.
[which is lacking in detail] and their reporting on thematter (which is greatly erroneous]. This was evident in started At the last SSS Board of Stud1es meetmg, thetheir unprepared, uninformed discussion with the Dean where proposal of a drrect Ph 0 programme m Women's Studies..
I.
they were completely at a loss to offer any inputs m the nego-preserving the interdisciplrnary character of the social.
tiations, thereby wasting an opportunity of making any head-sciences. has already be~n approved by the Board of.
way in the discussion. Stud1es. The demand for faculty positions 1n th1s programme .
To put the record straight, we would like to give an as also in PSDE has been forwarded by the lJnivers1ty .
update on the various issues that have been raised and Central Library: The SSS Councillors have worked.
worked for by us over the last several months, and also closely with teachers and the SSS Library Committee.
correct some of the misreporting that they have to find solutions to the problems that exist in the facilities.
.
and functioning of the Central Library. We have also.
in.dulged in. We request our councillor friends to peruse this.
~::tte in some detail. circulated a requisition form among students so as to.
ensure that there is greater student involvement in thepurchase of books for the library. P.T.O. .
.
PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-63333
.
A Perspective on the Issues of SSS : Beyond Gimmickry,.
The need for an informed and principled intervention.
In their desperate quest for political one-upmanship, the 1.4.08Since the concerned three councillors seem to beConvenor of SSS and the two councillors belonging to her unaware. we would like to give an update on the develop-.
organization have reached new heights and levels of tokenism. ments that have been consistently raised and the successesTake a look at the way in whic h a "JNUSU" Relay that have been achieved so far..
Hunger Strike has been announced by them: .
Departmental Libraries: The demand for xerox facili-.
A dinner table leaflet (on 31 .3.08) by this set of Council-ties in the departmental libraries has been pursued both.
lors declares the "JNUSU" Relay Hunger Strike, announcing with the Dean and the Chairpersons of various centres..
.
that two students have begun the hunger strike: a SSS Coun-Consequently, there has been some improvement in this.
cillor (from SFI) along with one known SFI activist. Even be-respect, with centers like CSRD allowing for xeroxing offore the call for the Hunger Strike was officially made. how did materials, CSSS allowing for limited xeroxing, and CPSthe SFI activist have the great privilege of getting to know of agree1ng to have xeroxed textbooks and required readingsthe Hunger Strike, ahead of the rest of the student com-.
with the support of the student faculty committee..
munity, so as to get her name flashed in the very f1rst leaflet.
.
that announces the Hunger Stnke?l Clearly, the decision to The demand for electronic connectivity between thehold the hunger strike, as well as the names of hunger catalogues of the departmental l1brar1es and the central.
strikers, have been decided, not in any JNUSU forum, l1brary has been ra1sed by us and 1s bemg followed at all the.
requis1te levels..
but in some organisational meeting of the SFI!The time-tested tradition of JNUSU Relay Hunger Strikes As councillors, we have also g1·1en letters to chairper-.
sons asking that the timings of departmental libraries behas been. JNUSU office bearers/post-holders sit on the hun-extended On an 1mmed1ate bas·s. 1t has been demanded.
ger strike and call upon students to join. whereupon repre-.
sentatives of various organisations as well as 1nd1vidual stu-that the timings of departmental l1brarres be extended during.
.
dents also respond to the public notice and join the hunger exams. and the charrpersons of several centres oarticularlyCPS and CSRD. have agreed to thiS demand.
strike. In contrast, in this case. act1v1sts of a part1cular.
organisatron JOin the hunger strrke and publ1c1se therr namt:s After prf'ssure, the GIS lab is .
now open onalongsrde the councillors' Saturdays as well.
names even before the hungerstrike is formalfy announced to the student comm.Jnity at Computer~and Print-out facilities· Since th1s is alarge! Clearly it was never intended to be ar"J oper c ~·r for campus-w1de rs:,u>:~. t:w matter of pnnt-out costs has beenhunger strike by this set of councillors. rather. it was a ploy ra1scd rn the C[)C rn~~· :unq and tr::: CDC convenor, who 1sto set the seal of a particular organisation vn it from the also a Cotlnullor tmm S'"~r) .
'3 sc1ze.1 of tne matt::r. A com-very beginning. 'lll~tee has b~:.-·'"1 "C:' L~, to !.,, 1K. lf'tCJ th~ dqmand. and we are.
fo,IOWI'19 the IS'')'.c: 1n f.JI.
Such brazen m1suse of JNUSU platform to further ultenor ·~2r··::~~ ·->~ After cons1-:;!2rrt pres-organizational interests 1s unprecedented and const1tutes an S.Jre by JN!JSI I r ~~ p··cc:~>:Pt.-:lti·.'C":~ c;oftware for visually.
assault on the sanctity of JNUSU as a platform. Such an c ha iIe n ged \V I 1i r~ it~ ~~ en t s i-:.:; i n ~ ne pro cess of b ei n 9.
action also does a serious disservrce to the effect1veness and purchased. f"he order for pJrr.:-';1:,e ::>:'-_:/~v:are sca:1ners andcomputers l12 s a!reCldy gor;e f:-ll'n tn.; school.
credibility of hunger strike as a mode of struggle as well as to.
the effectiveness of JNUSU as an instnJmenl of slrur;gle .
Phy~!i:~i!;t._~;!l·tiJ_t;~ ~~!_f-'(: 1 . .
'"f!E-U1.~s_ Funds have alreadyWhy this haste, trickery and gimmickry, keeping out beun S:liJC'tor.·~c for -~-· ·.:.r ~· 'n··s equ1ooed with soft-the non-SFI councillors (who were very much part of ware ~~.-·d tr··n1 11..:.~1 'i·JI'~'t)' r '0 .
tt: ~ '.'H students A da~abase of.
the negotiations with the Dean that very afternoon) as vmtU .j l1lr 8X~11ns :. ; .J:~.,) h'ert prepmed for Vrl students..
well as students at large? Tt1e CO; t1as g,·.\~i, ·~p;)r'1\dl fvr constructmg the ramp for the.
Exrm Bank Library a·,J CHS DSA . and t~e engrneerrng.
A more correct fact-sheet on the issues involved department has !)~en asked to work out the 1ssue..
There are many pressmg issues that are faced by the .
Academtc Dt?mands: The Dean assured us that an MA.
.
students of SSS, and JNUSU is fully committed to resolvrng .
Programme rn Philosophy w1ll be started following the.
them. We have taken many steps consistently in th1s regard Implementation of the XI Plan We would also like to inform.
.
While the Convenor and the Councillors belonging to.
her organization pay lip-service to these issues, they the student comrnun1ty that at the present stage. the.
.
seem to be completely unaware of the nuances, details proposal of expanding the Women's Studies ProgrammeIS under d1scuss1on in the UGC and an expert committee has.
and matters involved in the issues they proclaim to be been set upraising. This is evident from the perspective they offer Due to our conststent pressure. a phased.
expans1on of the Women s Stud1es Programme has already.
[which is lacking in detail] and their reporting on thematter (which is greatly erroneous]. This was evident in started At the last SSS Board of Stud1es meetmg, thetheir unprepared, uninformed discussion with the Dean where proposal of a drrect Ph 0 programme m Women's Studies..
I.
they were completely at a loss to offer any inputs m the nego-preserving the interdisciplrnary character of the social.
tiations, thereby wasting an opportunity of making any head-sciences. has already be~n approved by the Board of.
way in the discussion. Stud1es. The demand for faculty positions 1n th1s programme .
To put the record straight, we would like to give an as also in PSDE has been forwarded by the lJnivers1ty .
update on the various issues that have been raised and Central Library: The SSS Councillors have worked.
worked for by us over the last several months, and also closely with teachers and the SSS Library Committee.
correct some of the misreporting that they have to find solutions to the problems that exist in the facilities.
.
and functioning of the Central Library. We have also.
in.dulged in. We request our councillor friends to peruse this.
~::tte in some detail. circulated a requisition form among students so as to.
ensure that there is greater student involvement in thepurchase of books for the library. P.T.O. .
.