Universities exist within a wider social milieu. Administrators and students cannot afford to ignore the wider repercussions of these activities ...
File photo of Eusoff Hall in the National University of Singapore.
However, there are those who argue that some of these camp activities try to enforce social conformity and may alienate students who find them inappropriate or demeaning.In fact, some of the activities such as the “kukubird” chant, veer very close to actions that might attract criminal prosecution if they were imposed on individuals outside the context of orientation camps.
Furthermore, many of these students are young adults of legal voting age and should therefore be accorded trust in exercising their judgement when planning orientation activities.A great deal of attention has been drawn to the sexualised nature of the “kukubird” chant. The fact that such activities are found in a variety of countries testifies to the ongoing use of sexual innuendo as a form of exerting power over new students.
In the light of the recent public discussion over sexual harassment on university campuses, university administrators will need to debate the degree of autonomy accorded to orientation camp leaders.On the one hand, the students are young adults who need to be given respect and a relatively free hand in designing and carrying out orientation camp activities.
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