The Fine Print Issue Four, October 2014 | Página 2

A week after the recent mishap involving the Marussia Formula One eventually have to be come to terms with. Questions have to be
Team driver Jules Bianchi suffering severe head injuries in a crash asked and adequate life lessons learnt from this calamity.
while competing in the Japanese Grand Prix, I happened to come
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across a certain blog post that read:
With the breakout of the inferno in FD-III, the need for improved
safety and medical facilities is felt more than ever before. The only
Referring to the following race weekend in Russia (five days after the Japanese analogy I’ve come across that would adequately describe the state of
Grand Prix), a former F1 driver commented thus on the media, "I found it these amenities in India’s most prestigious private engineering
really insensitive and actually quite annoying just how many times the drivers institute is those “rusty saws and leeches in an age of laser guided
and Formula One team management were asked by the media whether they were surgery.” It’s a hard fact, but the authorities who overlooked the
thinking of Jules Bianchi and how they were going to focus on their job. They hazard need to understand this now.
didn't need reminding every few minutes that a member of the F1 family was
fighting for his life and there's nothing they can do but pray for him."
One could lash out with blames on the institute at this time, but
then again, it’s only after the damage has been done. These are times
Being a member of the Press, as rightly pointed out in the above when you wonder if we are just ‘all talk and no action.’ Maybe.
lines, there are times when I am forced to realise how difficult it is
to walk the fine line between portraying the mood and being Our nation, its people etc. Oh well.
regarded as insensitive. Striking the fine balance between helping the
people get the facts and keeping immoderate sentiments in check is They say the media thrives on criticism. But, if it’s constructive and
a task that demands great care. One could go to the extent of calling goes to the point of raising awareness and sensitizing the ones
the media cold and indifferent and thereby reprimand them for responsible (if the BITSian, in our case, is too lazy to get off his bed
ignoring the emotional turmoil surrounding them while going ahead and get it done at the earliest), it serves the purpose. Affirmative.
with doing their job. Doing away with uninformed and sensational
reaction lies at the heart of good journalism. I concur that there To that end, the English Press Club has resolved to make a move.
have been numerous instances of the media taking the wrong turn. The Fine Print issues shall now adopt a methodical presentation of
Not that they’re insensitive to the mood, but because the reader stories under clearly demarcated sections - The News Updates, A
needs to know. Clearly, it’s a vicious cycle.
Matter of Opinion (yes), The Academia and The Cookie Jar.

IG, Angad, Pranita,
Spriha, Siddhant, Tanya;
Ajay Ramya, Debolina,
Kruti, Neel, Nithya,
Passey, Prateek, Ritvik,
Sahil D, Sahil K, Shalaka,
Shashank, Shruti, Steffie,
Viraj;
Ananth, Anish, Archit,
Madhusudan, Pratik,
Rahul, Rusheen, Soumya,
Srishti, Tanay, Tanmayee,
Vijay;

Akhilesh, Danish,
Deeksha, Devina, Gayatri,
Lasya, Sanket, Shubham,
Venu, Vishal, Yimkum;
Niharika, Pranav, Prayaag,
Rishabh.

As a student, I shudder to think that a tragedy has befallen two Like I mentioned two editorials ago, this is your Press, keep it in
members of our closely-knit community. Many hopes and dreams check. And yes, do give us the cue, when obligatory.
have been torn asunder. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but one that will

...continued from page 1 (The Road to Oasis ‘14)

“It is not a 4 day event, it’s a 96 hour fest.” Whispered in underground
dungeons and dark alleys (or, you know, wings), the legend of the hallowed
fest, Oasis, holds true. The stage is set. The crowd is calling. Who sets the
stage? Where is this crowd from?
The StuCCA always tries to make the fest live up to its name, the literal Oasis
in the barren lands of our humdrum lives. After many a rejected theme and
debate, the theme was set to ‘That ‘90s Show’, because it had a lot of
concepts, ideas and objects, with which a variety of individuals feel a strong
connection. It has a tangible motif and invokes a collective sense of nostalgia.
All departments have a role to play. The Department of Controls manages the
registration, room booking, arrangement of transport and much more through
meticulous pre-, during and post-fest planning. The Department of
Publications and Correspondence pitches in by actually going to the colleges,
distributing posters, Oasis rulebooks, and officially inviting colleges. The
Department of Sponsorship and Management is entrusted the task of bringing
in companies to associate with the fest, cash or otherwise. The stage events are
managed by Stage Controls, Lights and Sounds.

The StuCCA has been thorough in its inspection of events this year. Every
event was scrutinized, their value addition to the scheme of things questioned.
Also, coordinators were informed to consciously try to include the theme
wherever they could in their events.

Raghu Dixit - He has played for the Queen of
England and the royal family. He’s performed
on BBC. He has toured the US, UK, Japan and
Russia. This year, we add our very own hamlet,
Pilani, to that list. Though a gold medalist in
Masters in Microbiology and a proficient
Indian classical da