Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The Green Initiative Fund @ UCLA

For your entertainment, the unedited version! Anyone knows why UCLA and USC are such rivals?

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3 comments:

  1. Brad BlackstoneApril 7, 2009 at 4:28 AM

    Thanks, CK, for posting the video. I sympathize with the UCLA guys for many reasons. One is that I also "hate" USC. Their football team usually beats the crap out of my alma mater's team, on national TV no less, and that is reason enough to dislike them. So the images of the USC campus looking like an unfriendly police state...yeah, I can relate.

    Of course, the student-generated TGIF is a great initiative, too, and that it passed a vote and became policy shows the level of sophistication that some, not all, but some students have when it comes to being green.

    Personally, I envision a "green revolution" taking place here at NUS. Guys like you --when so inspired -- can make dreams like that a reality.

    Go Bruins!

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  2. Lam Chee KiangApril 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM

    Hey, I kinda guessed it's due to sports, and that they're close to each other too I presume?

    I am amazed by how most universities, not just UCLA, have a strong student union and grassroot participation in the university administration. I think it's something Singapore (and Malaysia) won't have anytime soon.

    Yeah, if TGIF was initiated in NUS, it would be a BIG N-O! NUS has to do something to get people participating, not just with regards to going green, but everything else in general.

    Down with the Trojans!

    CK

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  3. Brad BlackstoneApril 7, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    UCLA and USC are cross town rivals in sports and everything else. Geographically, UCLA represents suburban, middle class America in some ways, while USC has the urban, "classless" feel to it. (These are myths, of course.)

    Ohio State plays USC in football this coming September. The Buckeyes got demolished by the Trojans last season, in a match that both teams entered as top-3 teams (#2 & #3, if I recall) in the country. This year I will root for Buckeye revenge. You can be sure I'll be plugged into Skype, "watching" with either my brother or brother-in-law as we cheer and boo from opposite sides of the globe. You're right: Down with the Trojans!

    As for the "green revolution" I fantasize about, I agree that it's a pipe dream. But as Obama recently said, if we can't set our sights high, we have no chance of achieving what might seem at first to be impossible.
    Having you all work on "green topics" is my own small way of planting a seed that may eventually bear fruit.

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