BY: ZUBIA NOOR
Nose for news, role of a watchdog and sometimes a lapdog…all these are not the facets of a dog but of a journalist. Sir Humair Ishtiaq delivered a lecture on the basic qualities of a journalist in our class last Wednesday and it truly was thoughtful.
He asked us to keep an eye out for any “news” around. According to him even the bushes around us can make news. Interesting isn’t it? This reminded me of a comment from a friend who visited my department on Independence Day. He rightfully noticed that the boys’ washroom was in the worst position possible.
If you ever come to the Mass Communication building you will definitely admire the exterior, but as soon as you will enter things will get filthy. I mean it, literally. The reason is the welcome given by the absurd Boys’ lavatory door shamelessly opened towards the entrance.
I wonder what the architect was thinking when he was designing the building. Was he THINKING at all?? Now I can definitely make some news from this question.
Another problem is the “echo” problem, that not only the students but the teachers, most importantly, face everyday. The subsidiary students, who are way too many in quantity, are the ones who suffer this echo the most.
My question is: if these are the problems here that were not in the previous building, why was this huge department “re-departmented”??
We have no mikes, no proper computers; no cameras…yes no cameras!!! Journalism students without these facilities are like doctors without a stethoscope. My teachers tell that the same were the problems back in the previous building. No technical and LOGICAL improvements have been made.
May be the authorities wanted the Mass Communication students to be in shape cause if the conditions are same and nothing was changed except for the distance from the entrance gate, I guess the reason I just mentioned, was the reason to build this masterpiece. I will definitely investigate and make news out of this. but whenever I look at this building I think
“kuch toh socha hota banana se pehle”
yeh, yes i hav also noticed that opened doors of washroom beside the classes yakhhhhhhh
ReplyDeletemass comm only looks beutiful from outside. when i came inside meri phali nazar totay hue sofoun par party hai.u students must contribute some thing and can make ur dept even better
ReplyDeleteyes sir humair ishtiaq is very tallented teachers his lectures are of great use . good observation zubia
ReplyDeletethe lecture was really funny..
ReplyDeletegudone zoobia.
v have a camera zubia...but its ancient....if u go to a private university for journalism u have to buy ur own camera. atleast v hav "sumthing" available.
ReplyDeletemass comm iz a nice subject. i hav it in my subsid. but its very taime wasting to come here by walking so long from arts lobby. but why havt they constructed this building some where near arts faculty
ReplyDeletei hav heard that : mass comm computer labs are usually closed compt are not connected preperly or some time not even working. is that true i want to know? so what the use of putting 20 's computer there
ReplyDeletewell the department is very beautifull no doubt but it has all the flaws you mentioned above.
ReplyDeletebtW, m happy to see this blog with a big no of followers. May i know from which year you all belong too?
I m also from the same department of KU!