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Paramadina!

Universitas Paramadina.



Pertama kali gua denger nama ini, gua langsung terheran-heran. Kok nggak terlalu eksis-eksis banget ya? Gua nggak pernah denger namanya, tapi Nyokap nyaranin gua supaya kuliah disitu.
Ternyata setelah gua nyari tau informasi tentang Paramadina (atau biasa disebut 'Parmad'), gua langsung terkagum-kagum.

Selain para pengajarnya yang memang berkompeten (mayoritas sudah bergelar s3) Universitas Paramadina sendiri digagas oleh Cak Nur, yang awalnya bernama Universitas Paramadina Mulya. Cak Nur adalah seorang tokoh pluralis terkemuka di Indonesia.

Ajaibnya, walau baru beberapa minggu gua kuliah di Parmad, gua udah bisa ngerasain aura 'Cak Nur' yang begitu kuat di setiap celah kampus.

Konsep pluralisme Cak Nur bener-bener terimplementasikan di dalam kampus gua tercinta ini.

Bisa diliat dari karakter mahasiswa yang warna-warni kaya gado-gado.
Kalo lu kuliah di Parmad, lu bisa nemuin berbagai macam mahasiswa dengan berbagai macam karakter dan latar belakang. Dari anak Papi Mami yang sosialita, anak pejuang yang dateng jauh-jauh dari pulau lain untuk menimba ilmu, anak anti-sosial yang introvert banget, anak berjanggut panjang dan islami, anak seniman yang rambutnya gondrong dikonde, sampai anak gaul yang super ekstrovert.

Kerennya, they got along with each other, respectively, every single day. Perbedaan bukan lagi jurang di Paramadina, tapi seni untuk bikin hidup lu makin lengkap dan berwarna.

Gua ngga peduli sama tuduhan-tuduhan beberapa oknum terhadap Paramadina, mau mereka konspirasi hati kek, propagandanisasi kek, bodo amat.

Whatever they say, this is my campus, and until this very second..
It rocks my world, every single day.

Kuliah di Parmad dan bertemu sama dosen-dosen gaul + macem-macem temen super awesome adalah kesan terbesar yang gua dapat dari Universitas Paramadina.
Dan gua nggak bakalan mau nuker ini dengan gengsi sebesar apapun, di universitas manapun.

Gua jadi keinget 1 motto Parmad yang diajarin senior gua pas masa orientasi.

"Paramadina?"

"small, but GIANT!"

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