SRC... What Happened?

The Student Representative Council (SRC) is a very distinguished student body in any university. This is true especially in my beloved UNITEN. They are given privileges including their own room (which they don’t have to share with others) for them to plan their activities and to function as a governing entity for the students activities.

The SRC room can be considered as their sacred temple. A status symbol which means that people look up towards those inside the room. The room also portrays the personality of those inside it whether they value what in their possession or vice versa.

So, after staying off-campus for a month (my station is in Masjid Uniten which means I don’t have time to climb up BM 3rd floor) I finally got a chance to go to the SRC room (of course to lepak-lepak while waiting for the next class). When I got there, I got shocked to see that the room that used to be so neat and tidy is now messy as hell. Dustbins (I do mean more than 1 – 3 if I’m not mistaken) overflowing, food wrappers all over the floor, there are loose papers everywhere, chairs not put at their place. In short it’s a total EYESORE. Even the 4 little plants by the window are dying due to neglect.

I responded to the situation by asking them what happened and why the place is so messy but the only answer I get was “Belum kemas lagi”. We are already a month into this semester and when else do they think they will tidy up the place? Tahun depan?

Its is understandable that the lack of competition for their posts as Student Representatives results in them having less appreciation towards their position and what that came into their possession. They don’t regard this as a gift towards their willingness to serve the University but rather as… nothing!

Something has to be done fast and not to wait until they got their committee members. Someone has to take out the rubbish that has been overflowing to the big rubbish bin (which happens to be just outside their door), sweep the floor, arrange the chairs, tidy up the tables and racks and so on (whichever they think necessary). The easier way to go is simply have the habit of putting back the things where they belong. To keep things straight, at least someone has to do it if not everyone.

This is just commenting about the room yet the room is so significant that by looking at the room, it can say a lot about what type of people inside it. The condition of ones room do reflect the personality whether they are really sincere in representing the students or just saving their own asses.