Star On Stage 2007

Star On Stage a.k.a SOS is back. SOS is a singing competition to discover and groom new talents within the TBS students. This Year, we are looking for talents in solo as well as in group and the winners for both category will have the chance to perform in our TBS Annual Prom 2007. If you are looking for a chance to become a star, here is the opportunity. Get the registration forms from our booth at TBS Ground Floor from 11am to 1pm starting on 23rd of July. Nevertheless, you can acquire the registration form from Mr. Esmond’s table. The first audition is on 2nd and 3rd of August 2007. It will be held in K-Web, TBS at 3pm. The finale will be on 24th of August in LT1, TUCMC at 6pm. Other than that, you can show your support to your favourite singer or group through voting. The voting will start on 6th of August and it only costs RM 0.50 per vote. We will start selling tickets for SOS Finale on 10th August at our booth on Ground Floor of TBS. For more information pertaining to the participation details and fees, please visit our booth at TBS Ground Floor.

Monday Movie Madness -- An Inconvenient Truth

Here is the synopsis for the movie:

A passionate look at former Vice President Al Gore's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. In the wake of defeat in the 2000 election, Gore re-set the course of his life to focus on a last-ditch, all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change.

In this portrait of Gore and his "traveling global warming show," Gore also proves himself to be one of the most misunderstood characters in modern American public life. Here he is seen as never before in the media -- funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what he calls our "planetary emergency" out to ordinary citizens before it's too late.

Don’t miss this opportunity!! Learn real insights about global warming on 23^rd of July, 5.10pm in Mini Auditorium of TBS. Get your FREE tickets at Mr. Esmond’s table, TBS Ground Floor.

ECA Alignment Meeting

The first ECA Alignment meeting held on 24^th May 2007 was conducted by the TBS Student Council. The purpose of the meeting was to synchronise all events organised by clubs and societies of TBS to avoid conflicts and clashes of events.

A total of 9 clubs’ presidents and representatives attended this meeting. The nine clubs were: Circle-K, Sky Adventure Club, Bowling Club, Music Club, SIMS, Komando, AIESEC, Rotaract club, and Student Council.

This meeting was chaired by Ryan, the President of the TBS Student Council with the support of the ECA Advisory Committee. At this meeting, a brief outline of each club’s schedule of events was presented by the presidents and representatives. Events that clashed in dates were discussed openly among the attended clubs. From the discussion, clubs came to an agreement that nothing was to be changed as the events that were held on the same day were club based events, which only involve its members. The question and answer session was the final agenda of the meeting to answer and give clarifications about the role of the TBS Student Council for 2007. The meeting ended at 5p.m., and the next TBS ECA Alignment meeting will be on 26^th July 2007.

“Towards Improving ECA for the Wellbeing of ALL”

Teacher’s Day Celebration

The Teacher’s Day celebration was held on 16^th May on the Mezzanine Floor of TBS. It was co-organized by the TBS Staff Welfare Committee and TBS Student Council. This event was jointly attended by staff members from TBS and ADP. Prior to the event, students were given the opportunity to write messages of appreciation to their beloved lecturers. All these messages were posted up on the red exhibition board and were allocated along the corridor on the Mezzanine Floor, which was beautifully decorated with colourful balloons and ribbons.

The event started at 12noon. The Teacher’s Day celebration was officiated through a cake cutting ceremony by Miss Yong Yut Ho, the Program Director and Mr Ryan Hoo, President of the TBS Student Council.

There was a performance by Miss Angelina Ha, the winner of Star On Stage 2006, who entertained the lecturers with her mesmerizing voice. The Teacher’s Day celebration ended at 2pm. The TBS Student Council would like to thank all students who wrote appreciation messages to their lecturers. Their appreciation messages added meaning and joy to the lecturers.

The Commissioning

The commissioning ceremony for clubs and societies was successfully held on 30th April at K-Theatre 2. It was attended by Mr. Lim Tou Boon, Ms. Angela Pok, club advisors, Student Councils, Club Presidents & Vice Presidents. The event began with some words of wisdom by Mr. Lim Tou Boon, the academic director of TBS & ADP. He was invited to share about what one should be as a leader at Taylor’s. Next, the TBS student Council and Club Presidents & Vice Presidents gave their pledge to solemnly promise to devote their time necessary to fulfill their duties, and to faithfully and honestly carry out their duties to the utmost best of their knowledge and ability. Ms. Angela then commissioned them into their respective offices on behalf of the Taylor’s University College. The ceremony ended with a group photo of ECA family, followed by refreshments.

General Meeting Minutes

1.0 Introduction of Board of Directors·
The Board of Director’s for Student Council 2007/08 was introduced

2.0 Events 2007
2.1 Teacher’s Day
· Date: 16th May 2007
· SC is co-joining with the management of TBS to organize this event for the lecturer’s
· Lunch is provided for the lecturer’s on that day
2.2 ECA Improvement Plan
· A brief introduction of what ECA Improvement Plan was given
- To help students be aware of what ECA is
- To introduce the clubs to students
· The events of the ECA Improvement Plan is still in process
· Students are asked to give suggestions and feedbacks
2.3 Wellness Week
· Date: Proposed to be on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd Aug
· Brief happenings of the event was given:
- Health scan
- Blood donation
- Activities like yoga and games
- Talks· Students are asked to give suggestions and feedbacks
2.4 T- Bizaar
· Brief introduction of what T-Bizaar was given
-A similar event of Canteen Day in High School
· Date: 1st Aug
· The purpose of this event is to raise funds for own club*, charity and prom night 2007
* (All profits earned will go directly to the Prom Night, which is the annual dinner and dance for all TBS and ADP students. It does not goes to Council funds)
· All clubs, TBF March intake (TBF Jan intake have their own Y.E. Day), and outside stalls are to participate
· Targeting approximately 16 booths this year
· Division of Profit (clubs)*: 40 % goes to prom, 30% goes to club, 30% goes to charity
* ( Open to discussion when the meeting of clubs are called)
2.5 Star on Stage
· A brief introduction was given:
- Audition : 7th & 8th June
- There will be 3 categories :( Solo, Group, and Band)
· Further details will be announced when the event is nearer
2.6 Monday Movie Madness
· The event will be on 1 Monday of the month
· Students are to vote for their favorite movie every month (out of 4 choices)
· The movies are proposed to be free for students
· The movie screening will be held at the Mini Auditorium, Mezzanine Floor, TBS
· The movie for this month is ‘Step Up’
· Registration will start at 4:45 p.m.
· The movie will begin at 5:10 p.m.
· This will be on a first come first serve basis
2.7 FUN Program
· This FUN Program is catered for the new students (Orientation Day)
· The Fun Program consists of:
-Fun Tour - includes campus tour and lunch
-Fun Night – includes dinner, games, and club booths
2.8 Unity Camp
· Proposed date: 20th to 22nd June (3 days 2 night)
· The event is to:
- Unite all the clubs in TBS
- Improve communication between clubs
· The agenda of the event is yet to be confirm
· 100 people are targeted for the camp
2.9 Prom
· Proposed Venue: Sime Darby Convention Centre
· Proposed Date: 5th October
· Proposed Price: RM 100 per person
· The theme is Masquerade style
· If students want to see the picture of the venue, they are to contact the TBS Student Council
2.10 Alignment Meeting
· Proposed Date: 24th May
· Proposed Time: 3:00 p.m.
· Venue: K-Vision (Lvl 6, TBS)
· Each club’s president is to attend this meeting (Vice President is to attend the meeting if the President is unable to make it)
· The purpose of the meeting:
-To avoid clubs organizing the same events for students
-To avoid having events on the same day
-To have discussion if clubs want to have other clubs helping out, co-joined events

3.0 Feedbacks & Suggestions on events 2007
3.1 ECA Improvement Plan
· Q: What is it?
A: - To re-decorate M-Floor
- To Decorate the notice boards (e.g.To put all the club’s name on the notice board)
· This event is to be held through out the year
3.2 Prom
· Q: Is it confirmed to be held at Sime Darby Convention Centre?
A: Tentatively, as other hotels are more expensive
· Q: How come the last prom was able to be at Genting with the rate students are paying?
A: This is because last year we got a lot of sponsors from Genting
· Q: Can the prom be held at any other dates?
A: It is difficult as we need to cater for all the 5 programs, but will try to work something out.
· Q: What is masquerade?
A: - All are required to wear a mask on that night
- Both guys and girls can wear the normal formal attire, as long as they are wearing a mask
3.3 T-Bizaar
· Q: Last year, other clubs are not allowed to sell drinks as SC is selling. This year, will other clubs be allowed to sell drinks?
A: Tentatively, SC will only be selling coupons and song dedication
· Q: What is the point of having outside stalls to sell their food?
A: To have more variety of stalls
· Q: Then what is the point of having students participating as most students will buy their food/ drinks from the outside stalls as it will be better.
A: Maybe will get the outsiders to sell other things (so that they do not compete with TBS Students)

4.0 Suggestions & Feedbacks on Welfare
4.1 Student I.D.
· SC will suggest to the management to improve the quality of the card
4.2 Printing Quota
· Propose to have the leftover quota to be forwarded to next year
· The Printing quota is too little and too expensive to reload
· Suggest to upload more printing quotas
4.3 Lift Problems
· Suggest to have less stops (e.g. To have the lift to stop at Lvl 1, 3, 5, and 7. And if student’s class is at Lvl 2, they are to either walk up or down to their Lvl.)
· The lifts only move one at a time
-Suggest to change the lifts
· Suggest to create ‘lift ethics’ (e.g. to let people from the lift come out first)
4.4 Computers
· The computers are quite slow, especially I-Excess
-Suggest to update the programs (e.g. Flash Player)
-Suggest to upgrade the computer (hardware, software and program)
-Suggest to add a burner in the computer(Students can have it done at Lvl 2 IT department, but students are required to pay for it)
-Suggest to have colour printing(students are able to have it at Lvl 2 IT department, but they have to trade their quota for it)
4.5 Mezzanine Floor
· M-Floor is too small as the number of students have increased but the computers have not
4.6 Parking Problem
· Will work out a solution to solve this problem· SJ Uptown (RM 80 per month)
-the price can’t be reduced as they too need to pay MPSJ a certain amount
· If any student wants a parking, they can look for Ryan
4.7 Library
· Discussion room:
-Not enough for students
-Suggest to have it sound proof
-Some of the rooms do not have air-conditioning
· Books borrowing:
-the number of books that can be borrowed have increased as of 7th May 2007
· Students complain that the library is too noisy
· Suggest to have the library carpeted
· Students complained that the library is very hot 4.7 Air Conditioning
· The Air-conditioning is too stuffy
· Suggest to have air-conditioning in SAC and SLR rooms at the Mezzanine Floor as they have meetings until quite late at night
4.8 Toilet
· Lvl 7, TBS girls toilet do not have a mirror
4.9 SC Blog/ E-mail
· Any suggestions and feedbacks can be sent to
Blog: www.ourfuse.blogspot.com
E-mail: www.SCevents_tbs@yahoo.com

Monday Movie Madness

The Monday Movie Madness is back. This month, we are showing the movie “Step Up”. This time, we are not going to charge u guys a single cent, which means, it is FREE. And I really mean it. However, the Mini Auditorium can only accommodate 50 students only. Thus, it will be first come first serve basis. It’s on 14^th of May 2007. Registration will starts at 4.50pm, and we will start the movie at 5.10pm sharp. For those who are interested, please collect your tickets at Mr. Esmond’s table. See you guys then !!!

Here is the synopsis for Step Up:

Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks – and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora (Jenna Dewan) is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore's ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts -- and the only thing standing in the way of her obviously brilliant future is finding a great dance partner for her senior showcase. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora's attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined.