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Student Societies
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| Student societies,
clubs, and associations, some with multinational
affiliations, help to meet the recreational
and vocational needs of students, who also bring
with them a rich blend of extracurricular interests. |
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DRAMALINE |
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| An exciting
part of the co-curricular scene at LUMS is the
dramatics club - DRAMALINE that is engaged in
performing farces, romantic comedies, political
satires as well as serious plays. With some
well-acclaimed productions, DRAMALINE has proven
that a lot of potential and talent exists within
the domain of the University. |
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DRUMS |
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| The Debates
and Recitation Society at LUMS (DRUMS) provides
a platform for students to further develop their
debating and poetic skills. The major highlights
are the annual inter-collegiate debates and
the annual mushaira. DRUMS has also sent teams
to participate in international tournaments,
such as the 'World University Debating Championships,'
and the 'All-Asian Debating Championships.' |
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SLUMS
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| To relieve
the academic pressure, sports have become an
integral part of the extracurricular activities
at LUMS. The highlight of the SLUMS (Sports
at LUMS) agenda includes league tournaments
of badminton, basketball, cricket, hockey, soccer,
table tennis, and volleyball. LUMS has constructed
a floodlit basketball and football ground according
to international standards. Apart from the activities
inside LUMS, SLUMS takes an active part in the
tournaments that are held outside LUMS.
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PLUMS
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| Publications
of students at LUMS (PLUMS) is the largest full-time
student organization generating funds from its
publications and drawing on students, faculty
and business people for written contributions.
At least three publications come out annually,
including the PLUMS Newsletter, Yearbook and
the LUMS Business Recorder (LBR). PLUMS serves
as a forum for integrating classes and sections
at LUMS and provides students with an opportunity
to work in a self-sustained, non-profit organisation. |
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LUMS CHESS CLUB
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| The Club was
established in September 1996 and has organized
several Chess Championships, with students competing
for the coveted title. The Chess Championships
are played according to international standards
and the Swiss Pairing System is used for the
draws. The Chess Club has recently broadened
its horizons by sending players to the Grand
Asian Chess Challenge in Malaysia and holding
regular fixtures with other local colleges. |
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LUMS ADVENTURE SOCIETY (LAS)
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| The LUMS Adventure
Society (LAS) encourages students to develop
a taste for outdoor activities and the wilderness.
Every year, several trekking trips of varying
difficulty are arranged all over Pakistan, which
include mountain activities such as hiking,
skiing, rock-climbing and trekking. |
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| Trips have
already been taken to places like the Cholistan
desert, Malam Jabba in the Swat Valley and some
northern areas. |
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ACM LUMS STUDENTS CHAPTER
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| ACM (Association
of Computer Machinery) is an international scientific
and educational organization dedicated to advancing
the art, science, engineering and application
of information technology. It serves both professional
and public interests by fostering the open interchange
of information and by promoting the highest
professional and ethical standards. LUMS is
the first ACM Student Chapter in Pakistan. |
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PAKISTAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL - LUMS CHAPTER
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| The Pakistan
Students Associations (PSAs) of 53 universities
in 20 countries including Sri Lanka, Nepal and
Bangladesh have joined together to form PSAI.
Each PSA organizes social, cultural, recreational
and educational activities on its own campus
to promote Pakistani culture, unity and national
interests. |
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IEEE LUMS STUDENTS CHAPTER
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| IEEE LUMS
is the student chapter of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) at LUMS. The
basic goal is promoting the engineering process
of creating, developing, integrating, sharing
and applying knowledge about electrical and
information technologies and sciences for the
benefits of the students at LUMS to help them
with their future careers. Every year IEEE-LUMS
organizes various activities to promote learning
amongst students and asks leading people from
their respective fields to share their knowledge. |
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LUMS COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY
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| The LUMS Community
Service Society was formed two years ago to
provide students with an organized platform
through which they could help the poverty stricken
members of our society. The society regularly
holds fund collection drives every academic
quarter for various causes, ranging from providing
financial assistance to the lower-income employees
of LUMS to paying the medical bills of extremely
impoverished patients at local hospitals. |
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LUMS MUSIC SOCIETY
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| The Music
Society provides a base through which students,
staff and faculty at LUMS may express their
talents. So far, the main focus of activities
has been concert performances. However, future
plans include music theory lessons, instrument
playing lessons and the establishment of a fully
equipped music room with instruments and basic
recording facilities. |
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LUMS MEDIA ARTS SOCIETY
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| The Media
Arts Society promotes and directs amateur cinema
productions. The society offers classes in direction,
animation, editing, acting and camera work.
The society has an active liaison with NCA,
GIK and NUST and is looking forward to establishing
linkages with other institutions. |
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RANDOM WALK ECONOMICS SOCIETY
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| The Random
Walk Economics Society was formed primarily
to facilitate student contacts with real-world
issues. It provides students with a channel
to increase their understanding of Economics
by moving away from the traditional textbook
approach to a more interactive form of intellectual
development. |
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LUMS VOLUNTEER SOCIETY
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| The LUMS Volunteer
Society is a student organization aimed at encouraging
volunteer work, creating a greater sense of
awareness regarding societal problems and projects,
and promoting education through various means.
The mission is to promote education at all levels
through volunteer work and to generate funds
for various social projects at LUMS as well
as at other institutions. |
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LUMS ART CLUB
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| The Art Club
is a student organization at LUMS, which aims
to bring together students with creative abilities
and inspire them to further develop their artistic
skills and imagination. The Club seeks to encourage
art works, leaning and appreciation of art at
LUMS. The Club would provide a platform for
individuals to channel their expressions through
art and thus introduce a variety of artistic
styles, genres and cultures. The activities
of the club include providing art classes conducted
by professional instructors and encouraging
amateur artists at LUMS to have exhibitions
of their work. |
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LUMS ASTRONOMY CLUB
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| The Astronomy
Club's was set up to promote scientific thinking
among students and provide a forum to invite
lectures and collaborate with other universities
and scholars in the country and abroad. The
activities of the club include inviting scholars
to deliver lectures on various topics in Astronomy
and Astrophysics, arranging astronomical trips
and 'Astronomy Nights' where students can view
different planets through telescopes. |
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LUMS MODEL UNITED NATIONS SOCIETY
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| The LUMS Model
United Nations Society (LUMUN) started its operations
in October 2002. It is based on the Model UN
concept, which is an authentic simulation of
the proceedings and workings of the United Nations
and other specialized agencies. Its purpose
is to create campus wide awareness of national/international
issues relating to politics, society as well
as the economy.
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| Since its
inception, the LUMS Model United Nations Society
has conducted a lot of activities such as "Speak
your mind" a bimonthly event where people
get a chance to articulate their views on international
issues; and the First Intra LUMS conference
a replica of the actual United Nations session
where students, as ambassadors of different
countries, debated on topics such as weapons
development, drug trafficking and globalization.
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LUMS RELIGIOUS SOCIETY
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| The LUMS Religious
Society (LRS) started its activities last year
with a 'Ramadan Awareness Week' followed by
three lectures about the various aspects of
the holy month. A documentary "The collapse
of the theory of evolution" by Harun Yahya,
a prominent Turkish scholar, was shown. In addition
to all this, Tajweed (proper pronunciation of
Quranic Arabic) classes are held under the supervision
of the Imam of the LUMS mosque. The society
also organizes lectures by scholars. |
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LUMS CULTURE SOCIETY
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| The LUMS Culture
Society aims to promote awareness, understanding
and appreciation of cultures from around the
world, through the establishment of cultural
relations with universities around the world
to create a vibrant and dynamic forum for cultural
exchange. The society's activities include a
quarterly theme revolving around a country or
geographical location, showing documentaries
and movies of the relevant history and culture
and having a 'Theme Night' involving native
cuisine, ethnic performances and music. |
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LUMS COMPUTER GAMING ASSOCIATION
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| The Computer
Gaming Association encourages students to collaborate
in the development of computer games, where
use of computer graphics and design take place.
The society promotes interest in game development,
game designing and game-related computer graphics,
apart from the general interest in competing
in games. The society arranges gaming tournaments
at an official level and collaborates with external
organizations, such as the Pakistan Gamers Association,
in holding fixtures involving Gaming cafes based
in Lahore and Islamabad. |
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