UT MARA Debating Society

It’s time for the inaugural UTMARA Awards for outstanding achievements behaviours. Since democracy is just for show here in UTMARA, I decided to arbitrarily give out the awards to those whom I think deserve them. Here are the award winners. Congrats’ya’ll! Best Cameo Appearance “I’m continue reading >>

The International Medical University held a week long medical conference attended by 27 deans from medical faculties & schools from all around the world including the famous Professor Ronald M Harden, Director of Education of International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS). Amongst the highlighted events through out the duration of the conference was an All Student’s Intervarsity Demo Debate which was held on Friday the 3rd April 2009, the last day of the conference. Universiti Teknologi MARA debate club was invited as adjudicators of the demo debate. The adjudication core consisted of 2 UT MARA debaters, Qayser (Q) Fareez Shah as well as two other judges from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). continue reading »

I’ve always frowned upon the debating concept and it’s competitions. I think it’s ridiculous to have a ‘motion’ released a before debating and having to come up display a pseudo-banner to explain your ‘points’. Why? Firstly, you come up with a prepared continue reading >>

This was written by an extremely playful, sarcastic, yet entirely polite and grateful dude from Borneo who made a decision to find out how much potential he has and to what extent he can develop it. In fulfilling that mission, he persuaded his parents to send him on a trip to the land not far continue reading >>

Tim Sonnreich, a former debater from Monash Association of Debaters (MAD) flew from Australia and trained UT MARA contingents during holidays last year just right before the Australasian Debating Championships 2008 in Ateneo de Manila, Philippines. We’ve learnt a lot of things during the continue reading >>