21 April 2021
EDITORIAL
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SU’s new logo least of the long line of worries
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lthough I am a journalist, I tend to view the glass as unusually full. However, in recent times I have been unable to do so as I have seen unrest and unfairness that I cannot be apathetic towards. Although Stellenbosch University’s (SU) new logo (read more about this on page two) has raised much controversy due to it looking like a cup of coffee or the Standard Bank logo, there is an important aspect about it that many people are not aware of. According to the article on page two, this new logo is costing SU R7 million.
I understand the importance of building a brand, but if considered in light of the dire state of safety on campus, this tremendous amount of money going into something like a logo, is unacceptable. In the previous edition, we reported that a student’s jewellery, tekkies, sunglasses, and backpack was stolen out of her room on 25 March (Die Matie, 7 April). As we reported, this was not the only incident of residence robbery. Fridges were allegedly stolen from two other female residences and a cellphone from another residence. How do fridges get stolen from a
residence without anyone seeing the incident? I find it concerning that very few people are questioning this, and it seems as though crime is just part of the state of society. I refuse to accept that nothing can be done about the situation. Why can R7 million be used to change logos when some residences have neither security cameras or guards? Further, we at Die Matie received confirmation from one of the security guards at a male residence that the security cameras are broken. To this, one
GORRELKOP
Die kommentaar waarvoor almal bang is. Gorrel is nie verantwoordelik vir enige ongerief veroorsaak nie. WELKOM BY DIE US KOFFIEWINKEL O jinne, maar Gorrel kan net nie oor die universiteit se nuwe logo kom nie. Dit lyk dan vir Gorrel kompleet soos een van Stellenbosch se honderde koffiewinkels s’n – al verskil is hier kry Gorrel nie eens ‘n gratis koffie ná die tiende besoek nie. Nee, net ’n klasopdrag van die een of ander dosent wat dink dis snaaks om agtuur die oggend vir studente ’n ligte hartaanval te gee. Gorrel dink hierdie logo was deel van die universiteit se plan om Gorrel en symismoedige mede-Maties te laat besef, daar sal altyd werk wees in die kafeïen-bedryf as die hele studeer-ding nie uitwerk nie. HOERA VIR RESES GORREL tel al die dae af tot reses. Dis nou hoogtyd dat Gorrel ’n welverdiende ruskans kry om al die agterstallige werk op te vang terwyl Gorrel se ma kos aandra en die berg vuil wasgoed wat Gorrel huis toe gevat het vir Gorrel was.
DIS NET TOETSWEEK AS Gorrel nou nog een keer moet hoor hoe erg toetsweek vir sekere groepe studente is, sal Gorrel die piep kry. Al wat Gorrel doen is toetse skryf, take ingee, en nog tutoriale en praktiese klasse bywoon. Gorrel het nie ’n oulike “toetsweek” nie, Gorrel het ’n hele geslane toetsjaar en al wat hierdie klakouse doen is om Gorrel nóg verder te toets. GORREL SOEK GORRELINA (EN ’N PLAAS) GORREL het nou die dag die laaste episode van Boer soek ’n vrou gekyk; dit was realiteitstelevisie op sy beste. Gorrel het gelag, gehuil en sy liewe Gorrelina ná die tyd heeltemal te veel gemis. Die probleem is Gorrel kan nie vir Gorrelina gaan kuier nie, en sy ook nie vir hom nie, want hul koshuise het sekere reëls as gevolg van COVID-19. Die enigste ding wat ou Gorrel wil doen is om haar hand vas te hou en in haar oor te fluister dat Gorrel nou al sy spaargeld gaan gebruik om vir Gorrel ’n lappie grond te koop waar hy sy mielies kan plant en sy die John Deere ry.
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KOMMUNIKASIE IS BELANGRIK KYK, die dag wat Gorrel die graagste wil opskop, is as Gorrel op sy SUNLearn ingaan en toevallig sien hoe ’n werksopdrag ’n week vroeër geskuif is, sonder dat dit deur die wonderlike Announcements aangekondigis. Dosente moet leer hoe om te k ommunikeer met hul studente; hulle is nie jong latte wat nog mag dink dis cool om ’n boodskap of vraag te ignoreer nie. Dit vat nie veel om die ou boodskappie te tik en te stuur nie, en Gorrel belowe niemand sal sleg dink van jou nie. TOO MUCH LOVE IN DIE LAAN GORREL has noticed Maties have been testing the suspension of their cars in Die Laan. Gorrel is curious as to why this is happening and why it causes him to miss Gorrelina even more. Gorrel wonders if it is because residences are closed. Gorrel doesn’t have a car, but feels he should invest in one.
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of our members responded that her female residence does not have a security guard or security cameras. The university has not uttered so much as a single word about these incidents. For most of us, the first we heard about this was in the newsroom. It is of the utmost importance that we are informed about incidents like these. Not for the sake of fear-mongering in an already gloomy year, but to raise awareness of this continuous situation that students keep falling victim to. It is difficult to believe that
a university that can afford to spend R7 million on rebranding, cannot do anything about these occurrences. It is one thing when a cellphone gets stolen, but what happens when someone gets attacked inside their own residence for their cellphone? What happens to students’ right to safety and security in a university that is overly and overtly focused on the safety of its image? To borrow the famous saying from Abraham Lincoln, “you cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today”.