{"id":83,"date":"2018-09-06T22:48:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T22:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edictbackup.home.blog\/2018\/09\/06\/student-government-introduces-new-house-system-for-intra-college-activities\/"},"modified":"2019-03-17T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T14:05:53","slug":"student-government-introduces-new-house-system-for-intra-college-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/edictarchive.the-edict.in\/index.php\/2018\/09\/06\/student-government-introduces-new-house-system-for-intra-college-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Government Introduces New House System for Intra-College Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akshaya Jose Devasia, Class of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

In the orientation week for the Undergraduate batch of 2021, the Student Government announced the beginning of a new \u2018house system\u2019.<\/p>\n

The houses will be named after the primary Ashokan cities Taxila, Pataliputra, Ujjain, Nalanda, and Kalinga.<\/p>\n

This is, in the words of a member of the Cultural ministry Rithika Abraham, an initiative to \u2018instill a spirit of competition and sportsmanship within the Ashokan community\u2019. She explained that this idea sprung from the SG\u2019s realization that a majority of the student body tends to get so heavily wrapped up in academics that they barely engage in communal fun games or events outside the classroom.<\/p>\n

The SG is hoping a programme of this nature would promote greater student participation in cultural and sports activities at a university level.<\/p>\n

Currently, membership is mandatory for the First-Years, the YIFs and members of the house. Arnav Mohan Gupta, the Cultural Minister, said this would both give them a \u2018house identity\u2019 and be another opportunity to bring the YIFs and Undergraduate students together.<\/p>\n

History Repeats\u00a0Itself?<\/h4>\n

While this new initiative seems like a fantastic way to bring the Ashokan community closer, a similar house system was introduced by the Sports department in the past, and it failed to garner the participation and generate enough interest.<\/p>\n

However, Arush Pande, the president and a vocal supporter of this system, remains very optimistic about the success of the house system this time. He says the chances of this student-led initiative backed up by a majority of the government are higher.<\/p>\n

He said the SG was looking at building Ashokan traditions and instilling a sense of Ashokan spirit across the community. Arnav too emphasized that the approach and plan this time are relatively more detailed and well-planned.<\/p>\n

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A previous version of this article stated that the Office of Student Life started a house system in the past. The article has been edited to fix this error.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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