October 2014 Edition
Mini Indonesia: Bringing Indonesia to SWCU
The
annual event of Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU) festival to welcome
new students in SWCU was held on Thursday August 30th, 2014. The festival
was themed ‘Indonesian Culture’ and all freshmen joined the event. The festival
that started in Lapangan Pancasila, Salatiga aimed to parade 20 unique ethnic
attractions from all corners of Indonesia to people of Salatiga. Some of the
new students showed one of Indonesia's cultures by wearing traditional clothes from
Indonesia and bring Indonesia’s replica traditional houses. A pair of FLL
first-year students presented Indonesian traditional custom, Regina (112014103)
and Doni (112014105). They represented the traditional custom from North
Sumatra, Batak Karo. “This is our first time joining a culture festival and we
feel enthusiastic because there are so many Salatiga people watching us”, they
explained enthusiastically. Not only new students who showed off their
performance, but quite many residents of Salatiga (from Ngagglik, DAD, and
Pancuran), were taking part in this festival.
Besides the participation of the people from Salatiga’s in this
festival, AMNI (Akademi Maritim
Nasional Indonesia) also presented their stunning marching band
attraction in Lapangan Pancasila. Furthermore, there were also performances by
schools in Salatiga; SD LAB, SD Marsudirini 77, SMP Stella Matutina, and SMK N
2 Salatiga with their drum band.
The
festival itself started at 3 pm and drew a large number of excited audience
because the festival from SWCU is one of the most-anticipated local attractions.
One of the audiences from Salatiga was Alda who studies in Diponegoro
University, Semarang. Knowing the event from Twitter, she took time to come
back in Salatiga and watched the festival. "The show is different from the
previous ones but it was also exciting because there is a new look that there
was no in the last year for example the performance from AMNI that was awesome!"
Besides the local audience, there were some coming from abroad; Mrs Eliza with
her husband and son who came from Canada and enjoyed every second of the
beautiful cultural parade. “This is my first time watching the festival in
Salatiga because I’m just in here for two months, I think this festival is
interesting because there are so many cultures in Indonesia displayed in this
festival" Said Mrs. Eliza.
The event went on well, thanks to the people in the
hardworking committee. Headed by Dora, an FLL student from Angkatan 2011, the
committee consisted of only 8 members. There are so many people wondering why
this festival was different from the previous festivals. In this section, the
chairperson answered that question. “In this festival, the Drumblek and Kostum were
omitted with some policy from university. The drumblek was omitted since there were so many lecturers who
complained that their class was being disturbed by the drumblek rehearsal. And for
the Kostum, that was omitted because
to avoid the illegal payment which could burden the new students. We know that
to make one costume, much money is needed, so we decided to omit it. Another
reason behind the omission was the time needed to finish making one costume,
usually took days. Besides, after the festival the costumes would not be used
so it’s better to omit the Kostum
from this festival.” Dora responded to some questions addressed to the
differences this year’s festival brought. In the end of interview we asked Dora,
if she would consider managing the next festival. Her answer was a firm ‘no’,
albeit in a jokingly manner.
Luky ’12 & Avinda ‘12
A Peek at 2015 FLL Annual Drama Audition
It has been more than 20 years has the Faculty of
Language and Literature (FLL)had a big event each year which is called “FLL Annual
Drama Performance”. This time FLL will present a drama performance adapted from
a movie with the same title “The Lion King”. This event will be held on 27
& 28 March 2015 in Balairung Utama (BU) Satya Wacana Christian University. The Lion King is chosen
because the genre is suitable for all people, so it will be easier to attract
the attention of the audience to join the FLL. Hezky ’11 as the director
considers that there will be many challenges in preparing the drama
performance, but he believes that the team will be able to overcome every
challenge. “If we can’t find the way, we will make a way”, he said.
As in the previous years, an audition was held to recruit
the cast and crew for the drama performance. The audition lasted for three
days, starting from Thursday, 11 September 2014 to Saturday, 13 September 2014,
in search for 45 cast and 90 crew members. According to Hezky’11 and
Dora’11, the director and the producer, to be a cast/crew member one must meet
the same general criteria: committed and willing to learn. Specifically, a cast
member should be able to act, sing and dance, while a crew member should have
qualified skills in the respective divisions.
The
audition participants seemed to be so enthusiastic that the 200 provided forms
were all filled out and returned to the auditioners. However, not all positions
have been filled up after the audition. Consequently, a second-round audition
will be held immediately.
For the audition participants, you’ve got a message from
Hezky ’11, the director of FLL Annual Drama Performance 2015. “Everything has
its time. For those who are accepted to be cast or crew members, this is your
time. But for those who aren’t accepted yet, it doesn’t mean you are bad. Maybe
it’s just not your time and maybe you will have your time next year.” He also
hopes that everyone will give the same effort to prepare and present this drama
perfomance because when they succeed to present such a great performance, there
will be a valuable experience that they can get as the cast and also crew members
of this drama performance.
Finally,
may the expected number of cast and crew be met after the second-round
audition. Fighting! Oviera
M.G ’12, Irene A.T ‘14
EDANCE WINS ICA DANCE
COMPETITION
It
was 30 August 2014 when Vicky’11, Ayu’11, Dea’13, and Fanny’11 fought together
as the EDance in a dance competition held by ICA (Indonesian Cheerleading
Association) at GOR Jati Diri, Semarang. As the only participant from Salatiga,
EDance succeeded to win the champion of the competition. What an achievement!
How about the costume and the choreography? EDance wore the Hip-hop style in black
as they danced the Girls Hip Hop LA Style. They have actually used the choreography
before in a competition in Kridanggo Stadium, Salatiga. However, they added some new movements
and changed the formation to make it different, considering that only four
dancers—instead of five or six—performed the dance. They
did the preparations just like usual, but of course they practiced harder to rehearse the new movements and
formation.
EDance
wants to collaborate with other dance groups too. Fanny said that EDance wants
to collaborate with DC FTI and Dance of SWCU. “We want to learn each other’s
dance techniques and we want to improve our dance ability”, she said.And
in the end of the interview, Fanny expressed her wish for EDance in the future,
“I hope that ED Dance will be more solid, consistent in keeping their commitment
in EDance. And each of us will always have a motivation to learn more and more
about dance so that we can be better and be more successful together”.
Viva EDance!
Tia’14
UNKNOWN,
UNLOVED
Hola, Eders!
It’s been a while since the last time PoWers greeted
you all and now we come to share the good news!In this new semester, we have
not only a new curriculum but also new lecturers. Have you been acquainted with
them? If not, let’s find out together who they are actually because there is a
proverb saying: Unknown, Unloved.
The first is Mr. Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali, S.Pd.,
M.Hum., also known as Mr. Calvin. He comes from Yogyakarta and got his master’sdegree
fromSanata Dharma Catholic University, Yogyakarta. In this semester, he has an
opportunity to teach Second Language Acquisition (SLA)and Creative Writing. Although
he is still new here, he confesses that he has already felt glad working in our
faculty because offriendly co-workers and obedient students. “In this faculty,
I can learn to work together with lecturers from outer islands as well. And
that’s very exciting”, he added. Here, he hopes he can learn to be a better
lecturer, while learning to be a better drummer and badminton player at the
same time.
Well, let’s move
on to the second lecturer.
Her name is Yustina
Priska Kisnanto, S.Pd., M.Hum.She is an alumnus of FLL. Students usually call
her Miss Njuz. Her fondness in English has pushed her to finish her study up to
postgraduate level in Sanata Dharma Catholic University and make her become a
lecturer here. She chooses FLL as the place to work because she thinks that
this faculty is different. “FLL does not only emphasize its academic side, but
also support student activites that improve students’ quality with various
skills. I like that,” she said. Moreover, she also feels that FLL students are
very expressive seen from the way they think and dress. That is why she is
interested in teaching here. She hopes FLL can always maintain its identity,which
is shown by togetherness and professionalism.
Now you know a
bit more about our new lecturers. Remember to greetthem when you meet them! (Sita
’12)