Visions? 07, the annual festival of SIES College, Sion (West) concluded with a bang on Monday late evening. ?Fuel the System? was the theme of this year?s festival and thus had events lined up to indeed fuel the system which also consisted of a rally of 350 students who declared war against yellow bulbs and promoted the use of CFLs.

The events at the festival included regular doses of performing, literary and fine arts events along with some unique events like Let the Junk Play, where participants created music from junk stuff given to them; participants posed as celebrities and answered the questions of the press in Mock Press conference; Model Political Party event saw participants floating hope for a new, clean GenNext political party. There were a host of workshops too. The tarot reading workshop and drums workshop saw maximum participation.

The highlight of the festival which turned out to be mega crowd puller was the rock fest, PowerChords. Passes for sold to jam packed college campus for the event and the 4 finalist bands ? RoseMary, Zodiac, Depth and AtmosFear gave a hell of a performance. The winner of the evening was undoubtedly AtmosFear while RoseMary was the runners? up. This year?s PowerChords was dedicated to Vincent Pereira a.k.a. the Beast from the band Prakalp; who died due to Asthama in October. The headliners of the event were Split and Dream Out Loud who just proved why they are the headliners of the show giving audiences a superb time.
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A host of celebrities came down for the festival which included Hon. Mayor of the City, Shubha Raul who came down to appreciate the Ban the Bulb rally, choreographer Tina Sachdev (Jhalak Dikhlaja fame), Television actor Vikram Acharya (RJ from Dil Kya Chahta Hai, Star One) had not just the girls crazy for him but guys too, Nimisha Vakharia (Charubala of Baa, Bahu aur Baby) and Shailendra Barve, Music director of Taare Zameen Par.

The festival concluded with a near professional fashion show, which was very close contest and with themes ? retro and khadi. D.G. Ruparel College was adjudged the best college as it won the maximum number of points while Khalsa were the runner?s up college. 43 colleges registered in the 3-day fest which had 45 events including the rally and the workshop.?

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A.BHASKAR RAJ
PRESIDENT

SIES fuels the system

??????12th December 2007, marked the beginning of a full fledged war against global warming and who better than the youth to initiate it. The students of S.I.E.S College of arts, science and commerce, Sion (west) celebrated World Energy Conservation Day with a difference. The college organized a rally on Wednesday to promote the use of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and ban the use of yellow bulbs. The main aim of the rally was to create a sense of awareness among the people regarding global warming.?

?????? The rally supported by GreenPeace organization as a part of the annual inter collegiate festival VISIONS ?07. The rally was flagged of at Five Gardens, Matunga by the Principal Dr. Mrs. Harsha Mehta. The participants, who were more than 350 students, were divided into two groups. While one group proceeded towards Matunga Market, the other group moved towards Mahatma Gandhi Market. Around 10 dozen yellow bulbs were exchanged for the CFLs by the students. ?

??????? The Mayor of the city Dr. Shubha Raul unfortunately couldn?t make it for the event of that date but ensured that she sent a message to the students via the electronic media and made a point to be present at the opening of Visions on Dec 22. Principal Dr Harsha Mehta was delighted with the whole idea and the initiative taken by the students. ?I have never seen such a disciplined and organized rally. I am extremely proud that my students have tried to bring a change in the system,? said the Principal. The rally proved to be an out of the box event gaining media coverage by national media like Star, Zee and IBN as well the print counterparts ? Hindustan Times, The Asian Age, The Free Press Journal, Yuva, Sakaal, Maharashtra Times, Saamna and many more. The overwhelming response to the rally proves that nothing is impossible if the youth takes a stand.????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

A.BHASKAR RAJ
PRESIDENT
Team Visions