Labelling FISIP UI Students

One day, out of my curiosity, I conducted a small survey

through Google Form whose link I distributed through chat rooms. I
asked questions such as how many hours do you usually spend at
the campus (attending classes not included)?, what activities do
you do in the campus (attending classes not included)?, on the
scale of 1-5, how important is socializing with your colleagues?, and
why do you think socializing is important? In the end, 56 FISIP
students, mostly freshmen, participated in the survey. I cannot say
that this survey is reliable, but I believe the result is enough to give
you the rough picture. So, what is the survey is about? Through the
survey, I want to know more about FISIP students activities and
finally find out if the three common types of Indonesian college
students could be perfectly applied to FISIP UI students. The three
types are The Ghost, The Social Butterfly, and The Activist.
The first type is The Ghost, in Indonesian Kupu-kupu (kuliahpulang kuliah-pulang). Generally, students with this type usually go
straight home after class and stay at the campus only for
groupworks. This type is usually seen as anti-socials or prefers to
participate in outside-campus activities/organizations. First, I assign
this label to those who answered that they spend less than 2 hours at
the campus, which make 14.2% out of the total respondents. I
thought that those who spend a little amount of time at the campus
are not members of any campus activities/organization and give the

score of 1 or 2 for the question of importance of socializing. It

changed when I see the final results. My survey result shows that
even though The Ghosts spend less than 2 hours at the campus, they
are members of their department-level or faculty-level or universitylevel activities/organizations. They give the score of 3 for the
importance of socializing question.
The second type is The Social Butterfly, in Indonesian Kunangkunang (kuliah-nangkring kuliah-nangkring). Typically, students
with this type hang around the campus for 2-4 hours per day without
being members of any organizations, but occasionally join some
event-committees. However, just like The Ghost, respondents who
answer that they spend 2-4 hours are also members of various
activities and organizations within the campus. Their activities
consist of hanging out and attending meetings. They mostly give the
score of 4 on the importance of socializing. The Social Butterfly make
up the 46.4% of the respondents.
The third type, and the last, is The Activist, in Indonesian
Kura-kura (kuliah-rapat kuliah-rapat). Being a member of Student
Executive Board in the faculty-level or university-level usually
automatically make you an Activist. The Activist are striving to build
a nice-looking CV by participating in CV-able activities. I assign this
label to those who spend more than 5 hours at the campus. Other
than doing groupworks, hanging out with peers, they also attend
more meetings than any other students. The Activist, which make up

39.2% of the total respondents, mostly give the score of 4 out of 5 for
the importance of socializing question.
Why do FISIP students (even The Ghost who are commonly
thought as anti-socials), despite the differences in priorities and
preferences, think that socializing is important? This is because
FISIP students see the FISIP community as their second home. Thus,
it is necessary to know your family members. Some are also aware
that socializing is important for their post-college lives.
To conclude, you can find the three common types of
Indonesian college students in FISIP. As FISIP students are very
social, it is in their nature to interact more with their fellow
colleagues. Even the most reserved or the busiest always have time
to socialize. This is also partly result of the successful propaganda
Satu Rumah FISIP and the students awareness of the importance of
networking. Therefore, the labels could be applied to FISIP students,
but with a few adjustments. The labels could be applied based on the
amount of time one spends at the campus, not only activities one
participates in. That is because number of activities does not
necessarily represent amount of time and vice versa.