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Board of Editors

Patron:Tuan Haji Mohamed Noor Rosli bin Baharom

Advisors:Talhah bin Hassan

Juli Murshidah bin Ahmad Munassor

Azelin bin Mohamed Noor

Kan Wai Choong, PE Yr. 3 Sem. 2

Aidil Aznan Azwan bin Abd Azid,

PE Yr. 3 Sem. 2

HOT Board:Editor-in-Chief:

Ting Nguong Seng, EE Yr. 1 Sem. 3

Chief Reporter:

Teresa Claire Ratnam, PE Foundaon Sem. 3

Designer:

Medtech

Photographers:

Limam Cheikhna Mah, PE Foundaon Sem. 3

Chan Sin Wei, CE Foundaon Sem. 3

Muhammad Firdaus Bin Adyney,

PE Yr. 2 Sem. 1

Muhammad Firdaus Bin Mohd Yusuf,

CV Foundaon Sem. 3

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Inside Stories

Feature pg. 2TO COOK OR NOT TO COOK

MANAGEMENT VERSUS STUDENTS

Sizzle and Scoop pg. 3Handball Fever

Ponggal Compeon

Week-I-Media

MINGGU MESRA KAMPUS (MMK) 2012

Blast from the Past pg. 4Gajjdi Jawani takes rst prize for their rst

me!

Naonal Gamelan Compeon 2011

Youth Social Responsibilies

Editors Foreword

2012 has been predicted to be a year of calamity,

a year of disaster and even the year when the

world would end. Nevertheless, all of these are

only rumours whose trustworthiness are

doubted.

Heat of Tronoh (HOT), on the other hand, wishes

to bring to you the news at UTP which are valid

and true.

For your informaon, HOT will produce a new

copy once in two months. This is the change that

has taken place and we would like all of you to

know.

Apart from that, we hope that you, our dear

readers, can keep on supporng HOT.

By Lai Yen Hua, PE, Yr. 3 Sem. 2 andChoo Yeong Seang, PG, Yr. 3 Sem. 2

Tronoh, 1 March: As the older

generation retires, new leaders rise.With the completion of the previous

term, an election was conducted to

choose the new board of leadership inthe Students Representatives Council

UTP (SRCUTP). This annual event

caught the attention of seven UTPstudents which then led to their

nomination as election candidates and

ultimately, they contested for viable

positions.

The seven appointed representatives

underwent the standard electionprocess. The leaders were nominated

after submitting the election form.

During the manifesto night, each

candidate tried hard to bring out theirstrong capabilities to convince voters

to choose them as their leader.

Everyone had his personal manifesto

to convince the students to have trustin him.

The candidates campaigned through

distribution of posters all over thecampus. Students who missed the

manifesto night can obtain the basic

information through the posters.

This year, the election committee

introduced a new voting system. The

electronic, e-voting system was

available to ease the students and toenhance the voting process altogether.

Students stood a chance to win aniPad when they cast their votes this

election. There are 3,311

undergraduate students and 1,576

foundation students in the January2012 Semester. However, only

35.19% of the student population

showed up.

Out of the seven candidates, six

outstanding selected candidates were

Naily Akmal Binti Mohd Zambri,Muhammad Nabil Bin Mohamed

Yusoff, Muhammad Qaeyyum Hiffnie

Bin Mahadzir, Nurizzati Binti Ramli,Wan Ibrahim Bin Wan Mamat, and

Syed Muhammad Abdul Haq Bin Syed

Mat Daud. The successful candidates

now form the new SRCUTP

organisational structure. Ensuing this,the other positions of the board will be

discussed and decided thoroughlyamong the current board members.

Then, the new line-up of SRCUTP will

be released.

NEW LINE-UP OF SRCUTP 2012/2013

Electronic e-vong system

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION 2012By Lai Yen Hua, PE, Yr. 3 Sem. 2 and Choo Yeong Seang,PG, Yr. 3 Sem. 2

Tronoh, 1 March: The International Student Council of UTP

(ISC UTP) recently held its annual election for the term2012/2013. This election of the High Committee was open to

all UTP undergraduates regardless of nationality. There werefive nominated candidates in this election. Djengomemgoto

Gerard excelled in this election and garnered the most votes.

He had now been elected the President of ISC UTP for the

new board and was appointed as the Vice President of theStudent Representative Council (SRCUTP).

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Feature

TO COOK OR NOT TO COOKHave you heard of cooking ban? Cooking ban means that the cooking is

prohibited or simply not allowed.

Recently, a cooking ban was introduced on our campus. You and I areno longer permitted to cook in UTP. In addition, cooking utensils arenot allowed in hostels . If any cooking appliances are found, owners will

be fined possibly up to RM 50 per item and the items will be confiscated

by the security authorities.

Heart of Tronoh (HOT) has conducted an extensive research into this

issue to truly understand the reasons this new rule was implemented aswell as the possible outcomes that will follow to understand this matter

more.

UTP Managements ThoughtsUntil today, the Management has explained, elaborated and stressed on the

consequences of those who fail to adhere to this rule; yet, it seems to have

fallen on deaf ears. The Management ensures students that by 1 April2012, the four current vacant cafs will open; yet the Management still

receives complaints from students.

What exactly is the problem? Why are students not getting the point that it

is more advisable to eat in the cafs than cooking in their hostels?

Students ThoughtsBased on the survey conducted by HOT, the results have

revealed 4 significant reasons why students opt to cook in

their hostels instead of to whet their appetites at the village

cafes.

The prime reasons include minimising food expenditure,

health concerns and lack of variety of food at the cafs.

About 65% of students choose to go economical and cook

on their own because of its cost saving advantage as cheap-

er ingredients are used and they get to store their cooked

food to keep for several meals. A major fraction (60%) of

students cook due to hygiene concerns. It is of utmost

convenience and pleasure that food is easily accessible in

campus but when taking into account its quality which

consist mostly of oily, artificially-flavored food with

additives and preservatives, presence of flies and stray cats,

the notion of eating out at cafs can make their stomach

flinch. On the other hand, cooking by students ensure

confidence that their safety and health measures are looked

into.

The survey also indicated that 49% of students say the type

of food sold at cafes are not to their liking. This, we

presume, can represent a number of international students

who understandably would miss and crave for their local

food and therefore would not be satisfied with the food

offered in the cafs here. In total, 46% of students think that

cooking on their own is more convenient. This is due to the

time and effort saved without the need to go to cafes and

wait in long queues for their meals. They would also have

the freedom to cook and eat at odd hours. Some simply

love to cook!

Pro-cooking ban:

Misuse of electrical appliances, past fire incidents caused by students who left boiling waterunattended and the worst of all, a pantry in V5 that caught fire are some of the reasons themanagement had concluded that cooking is dangerous for students, especially at residential

villages. The safety of students should always be the priority. Nevertheless, for those who insist on

cooking, a formal application can be sent to the management and the application will be taken intoconsideration.

Suggestion: A knack for safety is something to be cultivated. It will be beneficial if the

management can organise talks, conduct campaigns or safety drives to serve as reminders to

students to cook safely.

According to the Security Services Department, the offset of the alarm system involves a long ring

of procedures whereby the first person who hears of an alarm is expected to report to the HSEDepartment, and then a maintenance officer is sent over to check on the situation. In reality, the

situations are hardly as ideal as described in the scenario and there are a lot of in-between

confusions that happen. Thus, the domino effect of in-house cooking would bring inconvenience

and unnecessary trouble to our already heavily burdened authorities.

Suggestion: Consider tutoring the residential wardens or even cleaners on how to turn off the

alarm if it is triggered when no serious fire case is observed.

Here is the strongest point. The so-called kitchens in residential villages are in fact pantries,

which means they are not designed for cooking. Albeit some light cooking such as boiling water

and making coffee are considered acceptable, heavy cooking would defeat the purpose of a pantry.Heavy cooking is especially bad for the drainage system (and also causes inconvenience to the

cleaners!) as wastes from cooking clogs the sinks and drains, and this eventually leads to high

maintenance cost.

Suggestion 1: Disciplinary actions may be imposed and fines can be charged to the entire houseoccupants so that they would hold each other responsible towards the proper use of the pantry at

all times.

Suggestion 2: Spot checks can be conducted by the authorities from time to time to monitor therightful use of pantries. Hence, students would always be on their toes to ensure their cooking

endeavours do not interfere with the drainage system.

Anti-cooking ban: Quite plainly, to allow one or two incidents of cooking mishaps to represent the cooking habits of the

general population of UTP students is rather an error of partialism. It will be akin to banning cars onroads just because of the rising level of car accidents! With that being said, university students are

considered young adults and they should, by now, be independent and mature enough to know the

safety measures required when cooking.

For the occasional cooking mishaps that happened, 26% of the students in a survey conducted agree

that penalty should be imposed depending on the severity of the case or extent of misuse. But a loud

number of 69% are against a complete ban of cooking and confiscation of cooking utensils.

Suggestion: Instead of punishing the entire population, why not take serious actions only on the 1 %blacklisted as irresponsible cooks?

The survey revealed that 39% of the students do not see the validity of banning cooking on the basis ofthe fire alarm system.

Suggestions 1: The management might want to consider tweaking the sensitivity of the fire alarm so

that it only rings in a real fire situation instead of it being triggered just by smoke from cooking.

Suggestion 2: Students employ some common sense and take into account the ventilation of the pantry.

Keep windows open or use a ventilation fan to allow the smoke and smell to dispel during or aftercooking.

With a majority vote of 61%, most students agree that heavy cooking is bad for the drainage system as

wastes from cooking clogs the sinks and drains, and this eventually leads to high maintenance cost,

hence, considering it as a rather valid reason for the cooking ban.

Suggestion 1: Students, grow up! With great power comes great responsibility, and this applies to

cooking as much as to Spiderman. Make sure to filter solid waste from your cooking waste and throw

them in the bin before draining them down the sink.

Suggestion 2: Come up with a duty roster with your housemates to keep the pantry clean.

By Low Zhen Teng, CV Yr. 1 Sem. 3

By Joyce Shamini A/P Rajendran, CV Foundation Sem. 3 & Yee Yun Huan, EE Yr. 3 Sem. 2

MANAGEMENT VERSUS STUDENTS

As shown in the anti-cooking ban argument, there

are many alternatives to deal with the problems

brought about by cooking in residential villages.

With much negotiation and understanding on both

sides, a win-win situation should be reached

between the students, management and authorities

so that the common good of everyone can be

served and that our university continues to shine

not just as a leading university but also as one that

is conscientious to its students welfare.

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Sizzle and Scoop

Mahmoud Elshamy Playing for the FaceBook Handball team. The

team achieved third place in Putrajaya Open President Cup 2011.

UTP Handball team managed to achieve third posion in

UPSI Open Handball tournament 2011.

Mahmoud Elshamy, fourth from the le of the second row, rst year

UTP student playing for Malacca handball team. The team won the

Gold Medal for the Malaysian States Tournament 2012 in Malacca.

PonggalCompetitionDate :25February2012Day :SaturdayVenue :MainHall

Participants decorated theirponggalpots using

water paint and marker pens.

Parcipants boiled the milk unl it overowed

from the pot which signies the advent of

prosperity.

Week-I-MediaDate :29February-2March

Day

:Wednesday-FridayVenue :ChancellorHall,PocketDFoyer,Room

D9&SeminarRoom6

Real Chilli for HOT

Have a nice shot with chilli and HOT A model promong HOT

MINGGU MESRA KAMPUS (MMK) 2012By Saddam Ahip, PG, Yr. 3 Sem.

2

Tronoh, 17 February: An event

called MINGGU MESRAKAMPUS (MMK) 2012 was held

from 14 -16 February at the

Pocket D foyer. This event startedfrom 8.00 am - 5.00 pm

throughout the three days. The

event was organised by MPPUTPin order to attract students to

involve themselves actively with

organisations, societies, clubs, and

committees as well as to increasethe awareness of the students

about campus issues. Besides that,

the event was held to cater for thewelfare of students in which

welfare booths were opened for

students should they encounterany inconveniences at UTP.

One of the activities named car

drift auto show was held at V4

parking area in which excellentcontrols and skills of the car were

displayed by the professional

driver. In addition, games andactivities such as angry bird mania

game and paintball were also

included to add more excitementto the event. There was also a

blood donation campaign held at

Room 9 to increase the awarenessof the students on the advantages

of blood donation besides storing

up enough blood for the public

needs.

There were also clubs and

societies participating in the eventmainly for recruitment purpose.

This included the American

Association of PetroleumGeologists (AAPG), American

Society of Mechanical Engineers

(ASME), Students in Free

Enterprise (SIFE), Career Summit

for Future Malaysian Leaders(CASFUMAL), The Society of

Petroleum Engineers (SPE),

Sekretariat Rukun Negara (SRN),UTP Debate Club, Friends of IRC

and many more.

Apart from that, an election

campaign was also done

throughout the event by MPPUTPfor the coming election in order to

choose the new lineup for

MPPUTP. Furthermore, there

were KFC, Mingo2, Celcom, andNestle joining the events to

promote and sell their products

and goods to students.

Club members waited for students to visit their booth

Food stalls seemed to be ooded with students

HandballFever

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Blast from the Past

By Teresa Clare Ratnam, PE Foundation Sem. 3

Terengganu, 31 October: The National GamelanCompetition 2011 was held at Dewan

Al-Muktafi Bilah Shah, Universiti Sultan Zainal

Abidin (UniSZA), Terengganu from 28 to 31

October 2011. This is the first ever competitionto be held for Malay Gamelan in Malaysia and

the UTP Gamelan group was fortunate enough to

take part in it.

The competition was split into two categories,

traditional and contemporary. Only 17 teamswere selected to participate in the final stage of

this competition and the UTP Gamelan

group was one of them that made it into both

categories. The UTP Gamelan group which

consisted of 27 students performed a medley of 2traditional songs - Gambuh Nyanyi and Lambang

Sari Turun Gambangfor the Traditional categoryand Togok and Cinta Seorang Pendayung for the

Contemporary category. The UTP Gamelan

group won the consolation prize in both

categories totalling up to RM 9000.

The UTP Gamelan Group would like to express

their gratitude to UTP management especially toYBhg Datuk Dr. Zainal Abidin Hj Kasim, Vice

Chancellor; Tuan Hj Mohamed Noor RosliBaharom, Deputy Vice Chancellor Student

Affairs & Alumni; En Zaidin, UTP Gamelan

Group sifu and En. Ahmad PG Abdullah,Co-Curriculum Unit for their support and

guidance and everyone who had contributed

directly or indirectly to thisevent.

National Gamelan Competition 2011 Youth Social Responsibilities

The facilitator giving an explanaon on the VAK

Study Skills.

CAMPUS DIARY

16 - 17 / 3 MSSM Tennis Tournament

17 / 3 Corporate Grooming

17 - 18 / 3 iFest

20 / 3 Visit by Civil Engineering Department staff &

students, Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Ipoh

Rotarian Desmond, accompanied by project

manager, Low Zhen Teng presenng a souvenir

to the counsellor in charge, Cikgu Omar.

Gajjdi Jawani takes first prize for their first time!By Joyce Shamini A/P Rajendran, CV Foundation

Sem. 3

Subang Jaya , 19 November: Just recently made anofficial body at UTP, the Gajjdi Jawani Bhangra and

Dhol group (a form of Punjabi cultural dance and

rythmic art) wasted no time in proving themselves bysweeping the first prize in the Dhiiraati Naksatra Nite

2011, an Indian cultural talent competition organisedby the Indian Cultural and Language Society of

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Themed Awaken

the Culture Within, the talent competition was held

in conjunction with the Pertubuhan Artis-Artis IndiaMalaysia to promote the distinctiveness and richness

of the Indian culture.

Consisting of 12 dancers, 2 crew members and 2

Dholists, the Gajjdi Jawani group boarded a UTP bus

to Seri Sedaya International School where thecompetition was held, hopeful to win their first

competition ever. Prior to this they mainly did charity

or guest performances with their most recentperformance at UTPs Convocation Dinner 2011.

With less than two weeks of practice due to the

holidays and semester breaks, the Gajjdi Jawani

group set the standard for the competition as theywere the first to perform and delivered a most

stunning array of choreography and stunts.

Nevertheless they were fiercely matched by otherparticipating groups such as HELP University and

APITT University.

It was truly a great victory for UTPs official Bhangra

group as they have worked hard and had numerous

long nights perfecting their performance. As they are

now still a newbie in the line of UTPs dance groups,

we are sure to hear more of them and be prepared tobe impressed by the Gajjdi Jawanis once more!

Performance by Gajjdi Jawani

By Low Zhen Teng, CV Yr. 1 Sem. 3

Ipoh, 4 November: 16 facilitators from Rotaract

Club of UTP (RACUTP) had made their way to St.

Michael Secondary School in order to conduct avery new motivation programme, named as Youth

Social Responsibilities with 200 Form 2 students

present.

Youth Social Responsibilities carries the

aspiration to provide a better understanding toteenagers about themselves and what they can

contribute to the society and hence, enhance their

professional development in their learning styles.

There were a lot of inspiring activities prepared for

the programme such as a talk by an experienced

former teacher, Brother Vincent, presentation onquadrants of brains, the Visual

-Audio

-Kinesthetic

study skills model test, and games with moral

values. All the programmes were modified to besimple and fun as to match the age range of the

participants involved. The students seemed to

truly enjoy the event.

Members of UTP Gamelan Group

Performance by UTP Gamelan Group

20 / 3 Seminar on Advanced Engine & Fuel Technology

20 - 23 / 3 Collaborative Lecture Programme by

Total Professor Association

21 / 3 Visit by Sekolah Kebangsaan Lekir, Sitiawan,

Perak