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BRAC University Club Fair 2006

Nazia Ahmed

Amidst the smoke and screaming cheers, a strum of guitar hushed the entire hall and the familiar songs of War Faze made its way to all its Fans. Each beat from the loud speakers and the familiar voice on stage sent a wave of

It was indeed a long awaited event in BRAC University on the 17th of June. BRAC University organized its very own Club fair with its 22 clubs participating actively in the indoor games room. The Club fair was subjected to let the new comers know about the various clubs existing in BRAC University, and help them come forward to participate in their extracurricular activities. This year the promotional activities were remarkable, which included the varieties of flag representing each club.

BRAC Bank officially sponsored The Club Fair06. Starting from the 16th of June, the BU Club fair presented the 22 clubs, Namely AIESEC Club, business Club, Newsletter club, Computer club, Cricket Club, Cultural Club, Debating club, Drama and theater club, Economics club, Entrepreneurship development forum, Film Club, Football club, Global affairs club, Indoor games club, MBA forum, National heritage forum, OIKOS Dhaka, Photography club, Social development forum, Social Entrepreneurship

Forum, Environment awareness forum and Natural science club that participated actively and received a considerable response from the students. Each semester the BU club fair takes place, but this year the arrangement was truly special and festive. On the first day of the fair, BU film club arranged for a big screen movie experience and showed The Chronicles Of Narnia. There was free chotpoti and fuchka for the viewers, from the Kumudini Fuchka Stall. Professor Shama Zainab Ali the director of the clubs and student affairs coordinated the whole event with the crew to bring about a huge response and feedback, along with a massive promotion of all the clubs.

OIKOS, a most recent economics club made it's way to the top most clubs (in terms of volumes of activities and achievements) in BRAC this year. Its main goal is to increase the ability of the students to face the ecological and social challenges and actively implement solutions to these challenges. The AIESEC club being one of the most active clubs apparently has the highest number of delegates and members working for this international student organization with the three other private universities Namely NSU, AIUB and IUB. The BU computer club achieved honorary awards this year. Clubs like Social development forum, environment awareness forum, social entrepreneurship forum, Economics club, and national heritage club is conducting various fieldtrips for the students outside Dhaka and seminars to encourage social development and volunteerism amongst students. Even though most of these 22 clubs are attaining satisfactory development, the BU photography club has been somewhat stagnant after the advisor Huraera Jabeen left. The cultural club organizes monthly Jalsha, and students take part in it, which helps bring out new talents.

On the closing ceremony of the club fair 06, a War faze concert on request of the students was organized in the indoor games room of BRAC University.

Mama’s ek cup cha...ah!

The tempting notion of having good ol’ mama's cha between classes almost drives us out of the class before it even ends. The aroma, the hot tantalizing taste is simply spellbinding. While chatting along with friends about how the exam went or why did Math Sir's wife went crazy and leave him or why that guy standing there is wearing a florescent pink shirt, good ol mama would prepare our regular orders for us, wearing a florescent pink shirt, good ol mama would prepare our regular orders for us, putting just the right amount of sugar and milk. And right after taking a small sip with the armoa floating in to our system, there is this split second of silence amongst us, which is followed by around of compliments for mama... excellent!... Joss!! Or simply MAMA zindabaad!...

Yes! This legendary Mama can be found on the 8th floor or Civil engineer's tower of BRAC university, amazing us with his simple ek cup cha everyday.

Since smoking is not allowed in the campus, the mamas in the near vicinity comes into the picture, where the smokers would circle around, with a cup in one hand and a biri on the other, and come up with amazing philosophical thoughts giving births to new Aristotles and Karl Marxs.....Enjoying the nirvana moments of mama's cha. Mama's ada cha does miracles to colds and a pinch of lemon makes the aroma perpetual. The ‘ rong -cha’ invigorates the sultry mind and adds new colour to our thoughts. And all of these for only taka 3!! Which might not be much compared to the value it provides but it is way beyond its monetary value. They says, ' the best things in life are free'. Then there is mama's cha which is almost free!!...

– Nazia