UI to hold all-graduate reunion

UI to hold all-graduate reunion

JAKARTA (JP): At least 3 percent, or 2,000, of the University
of Indonesia's (UI) 60,000 alumni are expected to attend the all-
graduates reunion at the university's Depok campus, south of
here, on Sunday, reunion organizers said on Monday.

Arianto, chairman of the organizing committee, said the
reunion, designed for alumni from all departments and graduating
classes, would be the first of its kind.

The first graduates of UI, one of the most popular state
universities in the region, received their diplomas in 1964. The
49-year-old university currently has 11 departments and several
degree programs.

Sunday's reunion, called Back to the University's Culture, is
meant to remind UI alumni about the culture they all once fought
for: "the culture that accepts different thoughts".

"We hope that all alumni engaging in politics accept different
opinions wisely and fairly," Indrajit, deputy chairman of the
Association of UI Alumnus, said.

Prior to the reunion, the organizers will hold a one-day
seminar titled Burying the New Order's System and Culture on
Thursday at the Depok campus.

Minister of Education and Culture Juwono Sudarsono, who is
also a UI alumnus, will be the keynote speaker at the seminar,
organizers said.

On Saturday, a number of noted entertainers who are UI alumni
will take part in a musical show at the Depok campus.

The artists will include singer Tika Bisono and musician
Chandra Darusman.

Also on Saturday, a talk show on political issues, titled
Establishing a New Nation's Culture after the New Order's Era,
will be held.

The show will present a number of politicians who are UI
alumni, including Yusril Ihza Mahendra of the Crescent Star
Party, Roy B. Janis of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle and Faisal Basri of the National Mandate Party. (01)