SODC Upgraded to a National Level

The upcoming event of Edcom FSSR, SODC (Solo Open Debate Championship) was upgraded to a national level. The committee of the event which is planned to be held on January, 26th-27th 2013 changed the competition level due to a meeting decision. Rahma, the head of the committee said that the word "Open" in SODC means that everyone can join the event. There are no age or place requirements to be a participant.

"Even someone who already has a job can enroll, and then the head of our adjudicator was reprimanded by a debater which almost threaten the reputation of SODC and UNS" Rahma added her explanation.

Talking about the progress of the event preparation, Rahma explained briefly,

"The preparations had reached the registration phase" [cahyo]

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Linguistics Mainstream in UNS’ English Department

By Alifa Irlinda (ED’09)

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is one of the four mainstreams conducted by Sebelas Maret University’s English Department. Every year, it draws many English Department students interested in the study to deepen their Linguistics knowledge within classes.

Linguistic Levels

Linguistics can be divided into several sub-studies, i.e. language structure, language meaning, and language in context. The first category deals with the grammar of a language, meaning some sort of rules obeyed by the users of a language concluded in the study of morphology, syntax, phonology and systemic functional grammar. The second scoop of study deals with language meaning. It is concluded in the study of semantics and pragmatics. The third sub-study sees language as it is influenced by social, political, cultural, and historical matters. It is concluded in the study of sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and discourse analysis.

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HMBI Udinus and Edcom Conduct a Comparative Study

The Association of English Student of Dian Nuswantoro University (HMBI Udinus) and English Department Community (Edcom) Sebelas Maret University (UNS) successfully held a comparative study in Faculty of Letters and Arts (FSSR) UNS on Sunday (10/12/12). This event was also attended by some lecturers from both universities.

HMBI Udinus visited Edcom FSSR in order of their series of partnership. This time HMBI wanted to learn about organization from Edcom. Rini, HMBI’s advisor lecturer stated that the HMBI must take something from Edcom.

“We want to learn from Edcom, comparing to us, you are older and have many experiences in organization” Said Rini in her greeting speech.

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So, What is "Osmaru"? - Zeitgeist November 2012

Bimo '12

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Greeting from Philly

Philadelphia had been a very warm city for me, though the weather was not warm at all. One month was a very short time to get acquianted with Philly, but I felt it was like my own city. And by the time I was close enough with every corner of the city and was accustomed to the subway, I had to leave my Philly. So dramatic!

Philadelphia, or many people call it ‘Philly’ is the biggest city in Pennsylvania. It is well known as historical city because Philadelphia was the place where the United States of America was born. The city was old, I thought, when I set my feet on the city of Philadelphia for the first time. I stayed for one month during the winter in the area of Temple University in the center of the city. Although my program schedule was so tight, I still had time to explore the city with my friends.

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Majority and Minority Status – Prejudice and Stereotype

by Rizqi Arifuddin

In a very diverse and multicultural society, there exists the so called majority and minority society. In one session of my short course in US (SUSI for Student Leaders on Religious Pluralism), I studied this issue more profoundly. ‘A miniature of the world’, is how one of my friends called the United States of America. In this country, there are various people coming from different nations and cultures speaking different languages. Therefore, in the US, as in many other plural places, the existence of majority group is observable.

Nowadays, the majority of US citizen is indisputably White people. They make up a large number of US citizens. Other groups of people make up minority group. They consist of African American, Latin American, Asian American and others. Each possesses and preserves each own distinct culture. Thus, the concept of salad bowl is now more preferable than melting pot. In salad bowl, each member of the society still preserves its original ‘form’. But in melting pot, they all blend, they all melt. The current phenomena in US society are not represented by the latter.

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The Youth Pledge

Illustrated by Arsyad

The Youth Pledge (known as Sumpah Pemuda) is the national day in Indonesia which is celebrated at October 28^th. The Indonesia’s Independence is the result of the struggle of Indonesian who were colonized at that time. As Indonesian people were oppressed and become a slave, the youth from many regions strengthened themselves and gathered their power to oppose the colonialists. They wanted to end the suffering by doing  revolutional movements. One of them was the Indonesian Youth Congress which was done for two times led by Sugondo Djojopuspito. As the result, It incited a congress formulation written by Mohammad Yamin. It explained the confession of youth that they admitted three points indicating their identity as Indonesian. Starting from this, it becomes a commitment for Indonesian people until they reach the independence seventeen years later, August 17^th 1945.

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Rundown Poranti 2012 "Revolution"

Poranti is back! Poranti (Pekan Olahraga Antar Tingkat) kali ini akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 15-19 Oktober 2012 di GOR UNS dan Bengawan Sport Center. Adapun jenis olahraga yang dilombakan adalah Futsal, Basket, dan Tarik Tambang. Dengan tema "Revolution", Poranti kali ini memiliki jargon "Be the Last Man Standing". 

Berikut RUNDOWN PORANTI 2012 "Revolution"..

HARI PERTAMA
Senin, 15 Oktober 2012
Waktu Kegiatan

14.30 – 15.00 Pembukaan
15.00 – 15.30 Basket putra 2008 vs 2012
15.30 – 16.00 Basket putri 2011 vs 2012
16.00 – 16.30 Basket putra 2010 vs 2011
16.30 – 17.00 Basket putri 2008 vs 2009

HARI KEDUA
Selasa, 16 Oktober 2012
Waktu Kegiatan
14.30 – 15.00 Futsal putra 2010 vs 2011
15.00 – 15.30 Futsal putri 2011 vs 2012
15.30 – 16.00 Futsal putra 2009 vs 2012
16.00 – 16.30 Futsal putri 2008 vs 2009 

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Opinion: About Literature Mainstream

by A. Qodir
English Literature 2008

I chose literature mainstream because it had been my interest since a long time. Literature is different than any other mainstreams in our department. We can play with words, explore our mind, and make some awesome arguments or opinions. There's the artistic value in literature, that's the plus point, because art is beautiful. Beautiful is judged by our own sense, everyone has different taste and perception. You can get it in literature mainstream, it's fun!

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