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Monthly News Letter – October Edition

WHAT’ S IN T HE BOX?
We lco me
Firs t Thi rd Mo nd ay
ISSA Mo vie z
ISSA Cricke t Cup Le g O ne
Wh a t’s co o king a t ISS A L ab s?
Ad io s

AUTHOR : SHOBANA , B .
DESI GN : PRA VE EN RATNA DE EPAK , B
CONCEPT & CREDI TS : I SSA TEAM - I SI M STUDENT S A SSOCI ATI ON,
I NTERNATI ONAL SCHOOL OF I NFORM ATI ON M ANAGEM ENT

October 16, 2008

 Welcome
Welco me to the f irs t mon th ly Ne ws Le tter of ISSA wh ich a ims to
wrap u p the h appen in gs a t IS iM o ver the las t mon th . We a im to br ing
th is Ne ws Letter on every 16 t h of each mon th . For the firs t ed ition , we
follo wed the K IS S princ ip le (ba c krony med to "Ke ep I t S impl e, S tu pid" ) .

First Third Monday

The F irs t Th ird Mo nday of IS SA ha ppene d on 22 nd Se pte mber

2008. So for the f irs t Mon day , a deba te was arra nged . The form at was
differ en t fro m the usua l de bate. The s tud en ts pre sen t were d iv ided
in to 4 team s w ith ea ch tea m compr is in g of a leader , two s pea ke rs , one
in troduc er and one su m marizer .

Two top ics w ere given w ith two tea ms

speaking for one top ic (one "for “an d one
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"aga ins t") .

The top ics for the da y were :

The former Indian skipper, Saurav

1. Sh ould pla yer s li ke Sachin and
Ganguly, announced that the India –
Australia 4 test match series will be his
Saura v be l et of f and f ill th e Indian
last in international cricket.
Cr icket T eam wi th young blo od?

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2. Are pol itician s th e onl y on es t o be blam ed fo r th e cu rr ent
situat ion o f th e count ry?

The leader coordinates the team a nd ans wer q ues tion s in the rebu ttal
sess ion wh ile the in trodu cer an d su m mar izer are s upposed to
in troduc e and sum mar iz e respec tive ly . The respec tive sp eakers of
each tea m tal k inter m itte ntl y refutin g each other s poin ts to win the
debate . Th e tea ms were eva lua ted by a Dr. Sha l in i a nd a spe cial te am
of stude nts.

The top ics were very gen eral and chose n su ch tha t it appea ls to
stude n ts. Al l the s tuden ts e njoy ed this un ique deb ate e ven t.

ISSA Moviez

The month was also fortunate to have the

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first screening for the movie club where students
get to watch good documentaries and movies. This
time too, there was something unique. Unlike what
we had expected, a documentary about Bermuda Prison Break is an American
action/serial drama television series
Triangle was screened followed by the first episode with an IMDB rating of 9/10.

of the Season One of the American action drama

"Prison Break" which was intriguing from frame
one. Can’t wait for the next week!

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 ISSA Cricket Cup Leg One

The inaug ural I SSA Cr ic ke t Cup Leg One

ISSA Think$ series be tween the S en iors a nd the Jun iors
Boys are into cricket. was fough t w ith gr eat f ervor. The 3 ma tch
What are Girls sport to? series bough t the bes t ou t of al l the p la yers –
Ta len t, Te chn ique a nd Team Sp irit!
The Jun iors snapp ed the ser ies 2-1 with som e ex cel le nt
performan ces in both battin g and bow l ing . S l ipshod field in g cos t the
Seniors loose the lead ad van tage of 1 -0 the y had, when they won the
firs t ma tch . The hostility is not go ing to end any sooner a s both tea ms
w il l soon ve nt the ir wrath in the com ing u p Leg Two ser ies .

What’s cooking at ISSA Labs?

A Snea k Pee k for the eve nts com in g up nex t

mon th! Bet You
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IS iM Deba te – R eady for a fres h figh t th is Didn’t Know

mon th? this!
IS iM Cr ic ke t Cu p Leg Two – Ba ttl e of the
Did you know you can
Batc hes play Scrabble in the

IS iM Mov ie z ev ery Friday . ISiM Libra ry?

Freshers’ Par ty , Oh yes –its Party Time fo lks! Also check out the
latest bestsellers
added to the ISiM
library!
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Adios

Before wra pp ing up th is ed ition, the I SSA Te am wou ld l ike to

than k a l l the s tude nts w ho el ec ted the m. IS SA co m mits itse lf to wha t it
has been e lec ted for – B eing Res pons ibl e. A dios Am igos .

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