Naming the 4th University of Singapore at Weikiat.NET

MOE is now asking for people’s suggestion to name its new university. I was pretty curious about the whole thing and was wondering if I could make a quick buck naming the 4th University of Singapore as “The 4th University of Singapore” and promptly visited MOE’s page here: http://www.moe.gov.sg/schools/name-the-uni/

The Ministry of Education invites you to suggest a name for the new university!

Singapore’s new publicly-funded university will open its doors to students in 2011. It will provide rigorous and high-quality innovative degree programmes to students who want to learn across disciplines, hone their entrepreneurial skills, and be well-prepared for successful careers in the global knowledge economy.

Suggested names should be befitting of a premier educational institution in Singapore, and could reflect the qualities we hope to see in the new university and its students.

The naming exercise will end on 30 November 2008. Your suggestions will be put up to the New University Steering Committee for consideration.

We look forward to receiving your suggestions!

It seemed that no monetary reward was promised, but that does not stopped me from writing my proposed University name and explanation.

Suggestion of name for new university: “Uni@Changi”, or “iUni”, or “iChangi”

Explanation of Name:

XXX University of XXX. or [Insert Random word here] Technological University. Or the Growing Academic Yoyos School (GAYS). This kind of old naming convention although reflective of the venue, is so cliche and outdated. In modern day where naming conventions become more and more “hippy” so to speak, it would be cool if our new uni has a simple and straight forward while at the same time modernised name.

With this name it gives the new uni a more modern and different outlook, fitting of its new revolutionary image that can help Singapore step up and progress ahead and stay relevant with current workforce needs. Graduates from the other 3 universities just can’t cut it anymore. They are now only good for wasting various foreign imported students’ time on.

Singapore desperately need to cultivate a home brewed Steve Jobs, although it is not really publicized that Jobs did not finish his college education and his success is something that Singapore should not vainly try to emulate as it would just be a waste of “millions of dollars”. Already our University Town has turned into something geeks call “vaporware” (something that just vaporised) due to lack of funds. I praise MOE for the insight to not let additional funds go into waste in a naming contest, where someone get lots of money for naming “Marina Bay”, “Marina Bay”. But what then, will I get out of proposing a name? Like the common saying among Full Time National Serviceman slaving for the country, if not for wealth or fame, then for fuck?

This naming contest is an irony in itself. The fact that MOE needs suggestions for the uni’s name shows a blatant lack of creativity that the 4th uni seems to be set out to promote. Will the 4th uni be a case of the blind leading the blind? Time will tell.

For now, i just hope MOE names the 4th Uni as “Uni@Changi”, or “iUni”, or “iChangi”, or “4th University of Singapore”. I don’t give a damn. Hurry up and get it over with.

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