Our Drug Culture: The Love of Antibiotics

Writer’s notes: When I write “our” on the title I am referring to people in South East Asia or Asia Pacific and most particularly in Indonesia.

Last time I fall sick, I was doing an experiment on myself. Not that I fall sick due to the experiment, I was experimenting on how long I could recover fully from the sickness by not coming to the doctor and moreover to not consume any antibiotic to recover myself.

It took me a month.

The people here loves their antibiotic and especially the doctor that prescribe them with the antibiotic. A doctor which could cure their patients in a single visit, is a good doctor and very kind as well, because not only the patients get cured easily they also kind of doctor who won’t take any advantage of the patients. But how will it affect the general populations in the future? while science and medical students are very aware of the term ”super-bugs”, the general population do not. The continuos bombardment of antibiotic, and the low understanding regarding the use is giving way to these “super-bugs” to increase in the terms of numbers and kinds.

What are the “super-bugs?”

They could be present as the insects which capable to resist the strongest insecticide, or as the infamous Methicillin Resistant Streptococcus Aureus (MRSA), regardless of the name they could only mean one thing. Trouble.

Like every species, this super-bugs have come a long way, they evolve from the most primitive form to the ones which contain all the necessity to survive. Humans evolve from apes (creationists please do not argue on this), as a species we learn to use tools and to exploit the nature in order to gain the favour, whether to hunt or gather, in a simpler word, we learn how to survive. These super-bugs are also the same, although they don’t use tools they survive because of the difference in their genetic material.

Consider the case of the white butterfly on the height of Industrial revolution in England. They originally were white in colour, because living in a temperate climate they need the colour tone in order to survive from their hunter. however some of them born in a unusual circumstances, with black instead of white as their wings. Easier to be recognised, easier to be hunted is the fate of these black butterfly, however the Industrial Revolution came, and the usual white snow was polluted to become black, and the condition was altered. For the benefit of the story let’s just say, nowadays there are more black butterfly than the white one in England.

The story above is the similar picture in the context of the super-bugs, where they actually also the product natural selections, however the one who acts as the “natural selections” are none other than mankind with their love of antibiotics.

“So it’s just a little bugger which is difficult to be eliminated?” not exactly. This little bugger causes many hospital acquired infection on patients which are recovering from their diseases and finally could cause complications or even death. The fact that they are more antibiotics resistant, would make them very difficult to eliminate with the present level of antibiotics and if they could be eliminated there is still chances for them to evolved to be resistant to that particular antibiotic.

What can we do?

Consider MRSA as a very expensive experience, we can actually slow down the transformation of other bacteria or viruses to become the next “super-bugs”, avoiding arms race between species. How to slow down the transformation is easy that is by do not using antibiotic in order to cure non-significant diseases (common cold, sore throat, fever etc.). The problems (sigh) lies on whether people could understand that they are not supposed to take antibiotic as simple as taking candy.

To raise awareness about this antibiotic issue is the solution, however is not the same as raising awareness about issues like the global warming. It is more like putting a warning on cigarettes’ pack  to tell people the hazard to your health, however it seldom kept them away from smoking. Furthermore, by telling this, people must accept that evolution is real and we are part of it, while in this region people still believe that evolution is a concept where man comes from primate.

It would be long and lengthy process to educate the people, perhaps as long as the development of the new super-bugs, however as it is necessary to be done, none is too late after all.

The movement could began in hospitals or clinics by doctors, in which if there are any patients coming with the symptoms of cold or fever try to explain to them that the disesase did not require the administration of antibiotics, just plenty of rest and liquids and paracetamols is enough. Of course doctor, have to be more than able to explain the matter to the patients and that requires a great communication skills.

What can a patient do then? other than educating themselves, patients are also having the rights to have the proper explanations from the doctor and finally do not judge the doctor based on what medication that they give you or how long does it takes to recover.

As a final notes, I will say that prevention is better than care thus live your life healthily and love your vessels, you can’t actually change them anytime if you have trouble.

Cheers

Support the system shall we?

As much as my own annoyance at the system, for it’s sometimes confusing, complex, and repetitive. I still feel there’s a need to support it, which could be done by improving the factor that is most likely to cause error in the system itself. the human factor.

A system in for collecting print jobs in Monash University Malaysia, which I view as a solution for creating order (one person could only take his/her print job and not others) and for the helping of environment (If one person get the print that he/she needed than there is no need to print another set of copies thus it does not waste the paper)has been failed considerably.

As the new semester kicks in the number of students increased considerably and many still don’t know how to collect the printing account (shown by many papers which are not collected by them at the end of the day), in which the explanation could be the information is not clear enough, or they are just plain ignorant (in which I hope they would change).

In the end, this is just a very small example in my life, there are larger problems in the world right now. I just hoped that, we all could support the system that is good, criticize ones that is had flaws, and taking the words of Mahatma Gandhi “be the change that you want to see in the world”.

Cheers

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Now playing: Pelle Carlberg – Middleclass Kid

Times Higher Education Supplement-World Universities Ranking 2007

The World’s Top 200 Universities
1	1	Harvard	US	100	100	100	96	93	91	100
2=	2	University of Cambridge	UK	100	100	99	83	98	91	97.6
2=	3	University of Oxford	UK	100	100	100	82	97	96	97.6
2=	4=	Yale University	US	100	98	100	91	84	75	97.6
5	9	Imperial College London	UK	99	99	100	81	98	100	97.5
6	10	Princeton University	US	100	94	95	97	83	75	97.2
7=	7	California Institute of Technology	US	100	55	100	100	100	91	96.5
7=	11	University of Chicago	US	100	97	100	86	71	90	96.5
9	25	University College London	UK	96	97	100	82	91	98	95.3
10	4=	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	US	100	99	85	98	34	94	94.6
11	12	Columbia University	US	100	96	94	91	35	89	94.5
12	21	McGill University	Canada	100	97	99	72	73	96	93.9
13	13	Duke University	US	98	97	100	92	16	74	93.4
14	26	University of Pennsylvania	US	97	96	88	92	83	65	93.3
15	23	Johns Hopkins University	US	99	77	98	96	35	69	92.9
16	16	Australian National University	Australia	100	91	100	66	68	91	91.6
17	19=	University of Tokyo	Japan	100	92	96	88	25	44	91.1
18	33=	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	95	90	85	79	100	89	90.7
19	6	Stanford University	US	100	99	66	100	25	94	90.6
20=	35=	Carnegie Mellon University	US	96	94	76	87	67	96	90.0
20=	15	Cornell University	US	100	98	74	93	36	69	90.0
22	8	University of California, Berkeley	US	100	98	59	92	73	88	89.7
23	33=	University of Edinburgh	UK	96	98	82	76	71	80	88.8
24	46=	King’s College London	UK	90	95	91	70	93	84	88.2
25	29=	Kyoto University	Japan	99	89	83	90	29	24	87.2
26	18	Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris	France	91	60	83	98	61	81	87.1
27	22	University of Melbourne	Australia	100	99	64	70	64	95	85.9
28	37	Ecole Polytechnique	France	76	94	100	78	70	94	85.1
29	42	Northwestern University	US	88	97	77	91	35	68	85.0
30	40	University of Manchester	UK	88	99	77	70	84	85	84.7
31	35=	University of Sydney	Austraila	99	95	51	71	100	95	84.6
32	54=	Brown University	US	90	77	74	89	75	58	84.5
33=	50=	University of British Columbia	Canada	100	91	70	74	35	63	84.3
33=	45	University of Queensland	Austraila	95	94	70	68	79	76	84.3
33=	19=	National University of Singapore	Singapore	100	93	34	84	100	100	84.3
36	14	Peking University	China	100	98	98	53	32	26	84.2
37	64=	University of Bristol	UK	81	98	85	77	88	72	84.1
38=	50=	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	83	79	80	80	100	85	83.8
38=	29=	University of Michigan	US	99	96	53	89	41	52	83.8
40	28	Tsinghua University	China	95	92	100	59	20	36	83.3
41	31	University of California, Los Angeles	US	100	92	56	91	20	36	82.8
42	24	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	92	75	61	74	100	92	82.5
43	38	Monash University	Australia	98	97	53	57	99	99	82.1
44	41	University of New South Wales	Australia	97	98	39	76	89	91	81.8
45	27	University of Toronto	Canada	100	96	21	93	86	50	80.6
46	=70	Osaka University	Japan	83	75	86	91	17	29	80.0
47	66	Boston University	US	91	89	49	88	29	88	79.7
48	69	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	84	81	81	70	76	32	78.6
49	43	New York University	US	95	93	48	77	29	49	77.8
50	46=	University of Auckland	New Zealand	95	83	38	61	100	99	77.5
51=	63	Seoul National University	South Korea	92	54	80	79	16	24	77.1
51=	32	University of Texas at Austin	US	95	94	22	92	66	47	77.1
53=	58=	Hong Kong University of Science & Technology	Hong Kong	84	82	28	92	100	96	76.9
53=	78	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	80	92	70	58	99	77	76.9
55=	84	University of Washington	US	84	50	73	92	44	33	76.7
55=	79=	University of Wisconsin-Madison	US	94	81	31	95	50	44	76.7
57	73	University of Warwick	UK	80	98	62	58	89	96	76.4
58	44	University of California, San Diego	US	98	39	51	95	23	30	76.3
59	17	London School of Economics	UK	89	100	65	29	100	100	75.7
60	58=	Heidelberg University	Germany	84	63	61	78	42	87	75.5
61	96	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgium	88	83	39	84	51	55	75.0
62	105=	University of Adelaide	Australia	75	86	66	65	77	96	74.7
63	86	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	75	80	66	72	83	67	74.4
64	111=	University of Western Australia	Australia	72	88	56	78	96	78	74.3
65=	90=	University of Birmingham	UK	71	93	62	75	84	70	74.1
65=	98	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany	80	60	70	72	58	71	74.1
67	82=	Technische Universität München	Germany	68	71	88	69	59	83	73.9
68	102=	University of Sheffield	UK	69	96	71	69	81	67	73.7
69	61=	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	81	82	37	72	100	99	73.6
70	85	University of Nottingham	UK	69	98	64	65	84	88	73.2
71=	61=	Dartmouth College	US	60	89	91	83	26	53	73.0
71=	111=	Uppsala University	Sweden	85	34	81	72	51	26	73.0
73	77	University of Illinois	US	94	64	29	86	34	51	72.6
74=	56	Emory University	US	61	75	99	85	13	39	72.4
74=	124=	University of York	UK	62	91	77	69	76	83	72.4
76	109=	University of St Andrews	UK	57	95	78	69	91	99	72.3
77=	88	University of Pittsburgh	US	62	45	94	85	78	38	72.2
77=	127	Purdue University	US	87	79	24	82	76	64	72.2
79	111=	University of Maryland	US	71	62	71	85	48	45	72.1
80=	121	University of Leeds	UK	74	97	56	69	76	59	72.0
80=	141=	University of Southampton	UK	60	90	71	76	88	74	72.0
82	53	Vanderbilt University	US	55	81	99	87	28	41	71.9
83	81	University of Glasgow	UK	71	84	71	75	42	54	71.8
84	90=	Leiden University	Netherlands	81	63	35	93	78	40	71.7
85=	60	Case Western Reserve University	US	59	50	99	85	18	80	71.6
85=	116=	Fudan University	China	87	96	45	68	31	31	71.6
85=	87	University of Vienna	Austria	86	80	12	90	63	89	71.6
88	176	Queen’s University	Canada	74	88	49	79	87	34	71.2
89	95	Utrecht University	Netherlands	80	55	65	80	38	24	70.9
90=	99=	Pennsylvania State University	US	84	82	63	64	18	24	70.5
90=	118	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan	67	86	59	91	34	42	70.5
92	102=	Rice University	US	65	45	80	88	39	58	70.3
93=	54=	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	82	55	51	70	66	62	70.1
93=	181=	University of Montreal	Canada	88	50	31	80	89	41	70.1
95	48=	University of Rochester	US	58	38	100	84	24	63	69.3
96	170=	University of California, Davis	US	83	34	60	82	31	26	69.1
97=	133=	University of Alberta	Canada	88	30	23	87	88	62	68.8
97=	145	Georgia Institute of Technology	US	79	77	25	93	18	74	68.8
99	141=	Cardiff University	UK	62	84	70	65	72	75	68.6
100	116=	University of Helsinki	Finland	79	45	28	93	56	78	68.2
101	139	University of Liverpool	UK	55	85	70	76	83	64	68.1
102=	102=	Georgetown University	US	57	94	69	80	28	73	68.0
102=	108	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	86	68	39	79	18	24	68.0
102=	168=	Tohoku University	Japan	53	59	96	84	40	32	68.0
105	39	University of Geneva	Switzerland	62	54	39	91	100	100	67.2
106	122	Lund University	Sweden	76	41	43	81	77	52	66.9
107	211=	University of Colorado	US	60	15	100	85	33	31	66.8
108	155	McMaster University	Canada	84	49	31	89	28	37	66.6
109	132	Durham University	UK	59	98	49	74	92	61	66.5
110	130=	University of Virginia	US	63	94	52	86	22	36	66.4
111	172=	Maastricht University	Netherlands	43	72	80	81	68	99	66.2
112=	128=	Nagoya University	Japan	53	74	83	85	25	30	66.1
112=	204=	University of Waterloo	Canada	82	82	17	75	63	49	66.1
114=	126	University of Aarhus	Denmark	65	19	89	69	59	37	65.6
114=	75	University of Basel	Switzerland	52	20	99	67	89	81	65.6
114=	79=	University of Otago	New Zealand	69	61	39	66	100	92	65.6
117=	141=	University of California, Santa Barbara	US	88	31	25	89	43	21	65.5
117=	64=	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne	Switzerland	58	58	97	29	100	100	65.5
119	101	University of Southern California	US	62	77	52	80	25	78	65.4
120	219=	Ohio State University	US	69	77	39	79	67	38	65.3
121	105=	University of Sussex	UK	58	51	58	77	90	83	65.2
122	150=	Texas A&M University	US	76	75	27	81	41	39	64.9
123	76	Université Catholique de Louvain	Belgium	78	60	28	73	50	74	64.8
124	141=	University of Ghent	Belgium	63	29	88	69	47	30	64.5
125	180	Nanjing University	China	74	72	45	69	59	14	64.4
126=	105=	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	Germany	71	38	71	57	44	68	64.3
126=	215=	University of Western Ontario	Canada	68	90	30	80	72	30	64.3
128	119	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	86	20	18	91	83	14	64.0
129	133=	Newcastle University	UK	45	87	74	67	80	80	63.9
130=	194	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	47	23	86	84	91	59	63.8
130=	67	Eindhoven University of Technology	Netherlands	48	48	99	69	60	48	63.8
132=	198=	Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technol	South Korea	65	27	64	85	53	28	63.7
132=	93=	Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI	France	60	5	90	73	20	92	63.7
134	224=	University of Arizona	US	69	57	37	88	28	45	63.1
135	226=	University of Florida	US	62	41	77	74	27	32	63.0
136	128=	Kyushu University	Japan	50	68	80	82	17	31	62.8
137=	195	University of Aberdeen	UK	45	64	78	67	91	73	62.7
137=	232=	Indiana University Bloomington	US	67	79	28	85	45	37	62.7
139	282=	Simon Fraser University	Canada	72	72	22	67	97	62	62.6
140=	198=	University of California, Irvine	US	79	30	38	82	27	30	62.5
140=	109=	University of Zurich	Switzerland	71	32	13	95	99	58	62.5
142=	187=	University of Minnesota	US	76	43	28	89	26	35	62.3
142=	170=	Universität Tübingen	Germany	60	52	46	79	76	65	62.3
144	219=	Universität Freiburg	Germany	57	23	93	61	24	76	62.2
145	153	University of Bath	UK	46	96	49	71	91	91	62.0
146	149	Freie Universität Berlin	Germany	79	16	31	70	70	81	61.9
147	228=	University of Lancaster	UK	49	80	65	57	88	81	61.7
148	97	Wageningen University	Netherlands	39	28	88	87	46	97	61.5
149=	154	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	62	51	37	76	100	51	61.2
149=	99=	Queen Mary, University of London	UK	55	65	81	30	94	92	61.2
151=	133=	Hokkaido University	Japan	49	69	76	82	19	21	61.1
151=	123	University of North Carolina	US	72	86	28	74	22	20	61.1
151=	147=	Tel Aviv University	Israel	81	36	26	89	13	13	61.1
154	165=	Université Libre de Bruxelles	Belgium	56	52	57	69	43	96	61.0
155=	165=	University of Science and Technology of China	China	75	77	28	76	16	11	60.9
155=	152	University of Notre Dame	US	56	88	43	81	25	50	60.9
157	72	Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon	France	42	45	100	67	41	58	60.8
158	140	Cranfield University	UK	31	74	100	57	74	100	60.7
159=	163	Michigan State University	US	63	71	33	76	65	45	60.6
159=	130=	Tufts University	US	42	78	61	90	46	44	60.6
161=	120	Keio University	Japan	52	88	91	45	25	16	59.9
161=	48=	Washington University in St Louis	US	72	62	100	1	27	48	59.9
163=	92	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	51	97	28	88	64	45	59.7
163=	179	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	72	92	38	55	35	11	59.7
165	201=	Universität Stuttgart	Germany	47	81	71	50	52	90	59.4
166=	266=	University of Calgary	Canada	67	61	28	81	24	37	58.9
166=	138	Vienna University of Technology	Austria	53	44	68	52	75	88	58.9
168=	156=	Universität Göttingen	Germany	66	-	73	59	41	54	58.8
168=	82=	Macquarie University	Australia	61	89	23	52	85	99	58.8
170	291	Helsinki University of Technology	Finland	52	17	94	57	56	44	58.7
171=	238	University of Dundee	UK	44	51	65	71	84	66	58.3
171=	222=	Universität Karlsruhe	Germany	45	60	73	59	56	85	58.3
173=	207=	University of Bologna	Italy	78	66	24	62	21	26	58.2
173=	232=	University of Groningen	Netherlands	48	51	69	74	62	29	58.2
175=	124=	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	US	62	45	34	90	24	31	57.9
175=	284=	University of São Paulo	Brazil	65	59	51	63	24	14	57.9
177=	448=	University of Campinas	Brazil	52	30	78	73	43	16	57.8
177=	219=	University College Dublin	Ireland	56	85	29	63	89	58	57.8
177=	215=	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	US	72	33	30	73	60	24	57.8
180=	190=	University of Reading	UK	45	67	52	69	78	78	57.7
180=	158=	Waseda University	Japan	68	92	64	25	26	23	57.7
182	172=	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen	Germany	40	80	80	48	53	81	57.5
183	197	Università Degli Studi Di Roma, La Sapienza	Italy	79	63	11	71	15	21	57.3
184	161=	Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg I	France	58	64	19	82	45	77	57.1
185=	239=	University of Leicester	UK	37	60	60	76	77	86	57.0
185=	115	University of Twente	Netherlands	46	42	61	76	75	51	57.0
187	252=	University of Antwerp	Belgium	41	7	99	67	57	59	56.9
188=	333=	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	62	77	30	55	55	66	56.6
188=	177	University of Oslo	Norway	61	25	54	62	51	55	56.6
190	258=	University of Surrey	UK	33	79	61	64	95	92	56.4
191	255=	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	US	44	44	44	90	70	58	56.2
192=	172=	KTH, Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	49	17	51	70	90	99	56.1
192=	74	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	74	78	64	13	28	13	56.1
194	190=	University of Barcelona	Spain	69	46	22	78	17	36	55.9
195=	137	Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen	Netherlands	40	19	82	75	83	31	55.8
195=	192=	Queensland University of Technology	Australia	66	87	28	39	64	63	55.8
197=	147=	Chalmers University of Technology	Sweden	51	23	42	83	74	59	55.5
197=	181=	Kobe University	Japan	51	67	60	65	22	27	55.5
199	196	University of Wollongong	Australia	45	89	31	58	99	99	55.3
200=	257	University of Cape Town	South Africa	54	69	28	68	27	91	54.8
200=	146	Rmit University	Australia	63	88	22	32	74	99	54.8
Source:QS Ltd, published November 9 2007. © QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.

This is the list of the top 200 university in the world, taken from the THES website  for more information about THES you can visit their wikipedia article here or visit the website.

The based of the ranking supposedly based on peer review, for some university making into the ranks of the top 200 would a honor or prestiges while some did not really care about it.

Hope the info helps.  Cheers.

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Now playing: The Strokes & Regina Spektor – Modern Girls And Old Fashioned Men

Message from the PVC of Monash University Malaysia

I don’t usually comment about fellow bloggers or any other people that voiced their opinion on the internet but still, when I got this email from the PVC of Monash University Malaysia I know something out of the line had been done.

Here is the email:

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A message from Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Malaysia), Prof.
Merilyn Liddell
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Dear Students,

It has come to my attention that there have been a number of blogs by
students that are defamatory in nature, causing hurt to the persons
named, and put the students who author the blogs at risk in a number of

ways. I suspect that this has arisen because students are not aware of
the laws of Malaysia relevant to such situations, nor of the University

policies that pertain.

Please note that while free speech is welcome, there are limitations
provided by the law particularly regarding defamation and sedition. It
would appear that some students are not aware of this, and have perhaps

inadvertently contravened the law.

In light of this, the University wishes to provide relevant information

to students regarding the legal and institutional context that applies.

Please find attached a document prepared by the campus solicitor, for
your information, and action as necessary.

Prof. Merilyn Liddell
Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Malaysia)

NOTICE TO STUDENTS

RE: BLOGGING

It has recently come to the attention of the University that there have

been several blogs written by students on the internet which were
derogatory in nature and made against the University and its lecturers
("the Blogs").

As such, we wish to bring to awareness that there are laws in Malaysia
and disciplinary policies at Monash University relating to such
matters.
The words used in the Blogs could be construed as defamatory or
seditious
words and constitute offences under the said laws and policies, thereby

placing the blogger ("the Offender") in danger of attracting legal
action
and/or disciplinary action against him/her.

Definitions
Words are "defamatory" in nature if the words "tend to lower a person
in
the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally" (per the

Defamation Act 1957) or if the words "makes or publishes any imputation

concerning any person, intending to harm, or knowing or having reason
to
believe that such imputation will harm the reputation of such person"
(per the Penal Code (Revised 1997)).

Words are considered "seditious" if they have a tendency to bring into
hatred or contempt, excite, raise discontent or disaffection, promote
feelings of ill-will and hostility against another person or party (per

the Sedition Act 1948).

Consequences/Dangers for using defamatory or seditious words in blogs
There are numerous legal and/or disciplinary actions which may be taken

against the Offender:-
(i) a civil action for defamation may be initiated in court by the
University and/or the offended lecturer against the Offender;
(ii) a criminal action for sedition may be commenced in court by the
Authorities against the Offender;
(iii) the University may take disciplinary action against the Offender

for committing a misconduct under the Students Disciplinary Policy;
(iv) the University may take disciplinary action against the Offender
for committing an offence under the Acceptable Use of Information
Technology Facilities By Students Policy.

Advice to Students
In view of the above and in view of the very public nature of the
blogs,
the University advises all students as follows:-
(i) to exercise caution when blogging or making any other postings on
the internet so as to avoid writing anything which may be defamatory or

seditious in their blogs or postings;
(ii) to immediately remove any blogs (together with its entire blog
trail) or postings which could be defamatory or seditious in nature;
(iii) to lodge any grievances or complaints through the proper channels

made available at the University, such as through:-
(a) the University's Counselling Services;
(b) MUSA Education Affairs Committee;
(c) the University's Student Services Department;
(d) the Course Managers of the respective Schools.

The University also encourages students to at all times maintain and
uphold (and not tarnish nor prejudice) the good name and reputation of
Monash University as being a premier international university as a good

name and reputation serves to benefit not just the University but also
the students.

Please be so advised.

Thank you.

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To be frank, I have observed one particular blog which has let’s say commented things in this university.

These comments, are somehow facts about the live and people in the campus but delivered in a way that is inconsiderate to the people that are becoming the subjects of the comments.

Therefore for this, I have to applaud the University for recognizing this matter quick enough and in the end I just want to added (liberal) democracy has really great to humanity, but somehow uncontrolled, it would lead to anarchy and that is the last thing we wanted after all the troubles in the world isn’t it?

 

Cheers

Now playing: Morrissey – How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?

 

Do scientists make a good businessmen?

Last week I was attending a “seminar” titled “The Importance of Commercialization”, however it turns out that the “seminar” was actually an introduction of a new postgrad course offered in Monash University Australia which is the Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology).

Based on the booklet received at the seminar and the seminar itself, this course give its student more choice in their career, which involve the development of wealth-creating opportunities in the business of science and technology. The key features offered in this course is the specific intent to assist student in commercialising leading edge medical, scientific and technology research projects, in other words the course will teach student the fundamentals of business, economics, legal and management skill required to contribute to this process.

OK, let’s face it science student does not essentially make a good businessman nor does business student would make a great scientist, and this is somehow looked like an interesting career path for science student to get out from spending their life in researching or resorting to another career path which totally different from their studies (whom many of them did). So based on the possibilities of these career path this is totally an alternative and promising pathway wasn’t it?

In an economic sense yes it is, because it will give the possibilities for one of the student to become an entrepreneur and build their own company, make a discovery thus a lot of money etc. etc. However the choices are still ours right? If I want to make medicine which people in third country can afford rather than chasing profit it’s still my choice right? If the world was turning because of the money, I still could standing still without it right? If the temptations were there and the chance were given am I a fool not to join in the rally to chase of commercialization?

I don’t mean that scientist does not have the rights to obtain economic wealth, it’s just that if all the orientation is based economically then where does the next research fits? is it for creating a cure for a disease or is it for making a profit from a cure of a disease?

The knowledge for this is significant, but it is not the mindset of scientist should have, I believe, because there are still people who can’t afford medicine in this world, and our burden is to provide them with what is available, not overcharge them.

Cheers

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