YSMU Blog — Students Talk
After the appalling manner in which the highest levels of authority at Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) treated its Indian as well as other foreign students after last week’s protests, I’m glad to see what might be one of the best examples of using blogs effectively in Armenia. Now that talks between Indian students and YSMU have broken down, Nanyaar? has set up a blog for students to write about the University.
Fantastic stuff, especially when you consider how the institution is run, and it probably comes as no surprise to discover that the aftermath of the recent protests takes center stage.
We were not sure of what’s happening, whether the decisions that are being taken, are they one voice or not. We saw us united on the first day, second day but from 3rd day we started dividing. It was the point we got weakened. How can we let all the efforts go in vain? I believe if now we cannot do anything, we can never because it was the first and the only time we all were together Death is the ultimate thing as well as the worse thing that can happen to anyone and his family. How can we forget that the person was alive for 45 min. How can we forget that he could be saved but was not? How can we take orders from the person due to whose mistake we lost our friend, and who is none other but our dean , a doctor. How can we forget that when we went to rector to listen clarifications we listened nothing but abusive words. How can we forget all this?
Here’s hoping that this new blog will shed some light on the deeply flawed inner workings of the University and provide a medium through which students can voice their concerns. A perfect example of how blogs could be used to promote democracy in Armenia which can be found http://ysmu.wordpress.com.
Want to Write?
Just chip in what you think about what is happening around you here in college. Join us to be a contibuter in this blog, or send in your emails to nanyaar@gmail.com
Hopefully other students, including local Armenians, will be able to use this blog to push for badly needed reform in what strikes me as a deeply draconian, undemocratic, authoritarian and corrupt educational facility. And really, I am still shocked by the arrogance and hostility of the Rector, Dean and Pro Rector of YSMU in its dealings with those students who are partly responsible for their employment in the first place.
Given that the Student Councils in Yerevan’s State Universities are controlled by the Republican Party of the Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian and all independent voices have been silenced, this is a great move. Well done Nanyaar?.
Meanwhile, Ara Manoogian over at Martun or Bust has written a letter to the Armenian President on the death of Prashant Anchalia and the matter of how Indian students have been treated by YSMU.
For the full post see here.
Comment by Onnik — April 27, 2006 @ 1:16 am