ENJOY CAMPUS LIFE , BELONG!

Going to university can be the  best thing to happen to anyone. University is not about only getting educated but its but it is also about building friendships and having the best time of your life. Varsity can be time for lots of uncertainty and  personal identity dilemma, joining social groups on campus could contribute to our sense of belonging. Being part of a social group comes with these benefits:

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• meet new people
• gain and share skills
• develop your career(having contacts)
• make friends

joining social groups can be very scary and confusing at the same time,you might find that you uncertain about which group to join. These are the groups to join on campus:

• Sport: Netball team, ruby team and the volley ball team
• Culture clubs:  Performing art
• Interest group:Debate team, poetry , chess team and SCO
• Student government: SRC
• Volunteer:Peer buddies and RAG      

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As student we tend to get fascinated by unnecessary things that do not add value to our lives. Why don't we spend our time, skill and energy on things that will add value to careers and will benefits us socially or are these social clubs unknown to students?

shortage of books is becoming a problem







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recently students have been complaining about the shortage of books. It is hard  to get prescribed textbooks from the books and what is even worse is not getting books at the library for assignments.

 

 Most student are busy preparing for testes , how are they suppose to do their school work if they don't have textbooks? test dates have been set and they wont be moved just because few students do not have textbooks. what is the university management doing about this whole deal? are lecturers even  aware? " there is nothing irritating like going to a library to look for books and only to be referred to another campus" said Octavia khoza a 2nd year Humanities student.





Each and every test counts and these test add to our semester marks, so this is a very serious issue which needs to be addressed immediately before students write their 2nd test. more info can read the article by UJ Observer the March issue.

Blow the whistle against gay hate



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As we all know March  is a Human Rights month., according to Stone Well " human right is an expansion of people freedom and to lead lives that they value and have reason to value "



Blow the whistle against gay hate is a newly founded organisation by U.J students at DFC campus. The organisation is about representing  the right of gays and lesbians around campus, they felt that gays have that same right as everyone else to live in peace and security. Has anyone tried to put themselves in their shoes?

The fear to revael who you are is not just being hhipocrite but it aslo draines a person emotionally and affects the person self esteem. If u feel that Homophobic ancidents have no place on society and especially on campus. 



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To stop gay hate sign -up with Liberati on Facebook

Facebook : UJ Liberati



Twitter      : UJ Liberati

For more info call 0785380079 (Musa Khawula )

Let us all make the study experience worth while and try to accomodate each other.



For copies of  BLOW THE WHISTLE are available on line http://www/ stonewell.org.uk/hatecrime/ guide.

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CANSASHAVATHON is one of South Africa best loved events in support of cancer survivours. The University of Johannesburg(UJ) was one of the organisations that make it a point that they take part in this event every year, this year the event was held at Kingsway Campus near the student centre,it  was aimed at UJ students and staff members and they had to show their support for cancer by spraying or shaving their hair. In order for them to spray or shave they had to donate R10. student had the chance to learn more about cancer and the common types of cancers that can affect students, like lung cancer and breast cancer.





By the look of thing students are every ignorant and not aware that cancer does not differentiate between race, age or status, everyone is  at risk. Most of the students who participated in the event where Indians and Whites , MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE BLACK PEOPLE IGNORANT OR DO THEY LACK KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SUCH ISSUES? I still think people are not aware that this could happen to anyone. According to statistics S.A "one of four people is affected by cancer and the figures shows  80 000 death related to cancer last year ".

UJ Peer Buddies performing some art on the students
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For some  people who were not able to attend they had the chance to go any shopping centre around the country to show their support .For those people who where not comfortable with spraying or shaving the their hair could log on to http://www.cansa.org.za/ to donate R50 or MORE