Council Matters: Interview with Presidential Candidates 2016 (Part 2)
By Nicole Doyle (17A01A), Marilyn Kang (17A01B) and Yeo Jun Wei (17S03B) Photos courtesy of Students’ Council As a follow-up to yesterday’s article, this article features questions specific to each...
View ArticleRaffles Archery Takes a Bow: A Division Championships 2016
By Yang Siqi (17A01C) and Andrew Atang Hidajat (17S03I) As the midday sun climbs higher in the sky, bullets of sweat trickle down the archer’s face. He stares at the bullseye intently, perfectly poised...
View ArticleMalay Seminar 2016: Exceptional, not the Exception
By Abdul Qayyum (17A01B) and Noor Adilah (17S03B) Malays don’t get good marks in Science. Malays can’t do well in Mathematics. Those were the stereotypes internalised by Mr. Abdul Halim when he...
View ArticleNot-So-Artificial Intelligence: RoboCup Singapore Open 2016
by Clarence Lee (17S06D), Ivin Lee (17S06F), Chen Beijia (17S06F), Yong Duan Kai (16S06P), Lim Tian Yi (16S06S) Recently, Club Automatica participated in RoboCup Singapore Open 2016 — one of the two...
View ArticleSpare No Mercy: National Bowling Championship 2016
By Deborah Lee (17A01D), Carman Chew (17A01D) and Lee Yun Ning (17A01E) Photos courtesy of Adriel Tan (17S06C) Tears were shed, hugs were exchanged and vigorous calculations were being made in the...
View ArticleBudget Cuts: Fighting the Real Enemy
by Melissa Choi (16S06B) ERRATA (Updated 3 May): Dancefeste was not discontinued due to budget cuts, as previously implied. Rather, it will now take place once every two years, due to a multitude of...
View ArticleIt Begins With You: You’ve Got Heart 2016
by Bay Jia Wei (17S06R) and Yang Si Qi (17A01C) Photos by Amelia Chong, Amelia Lee, Deborah Lee and Jennifer Shen Five minutes before registration was to open, everyone involved was already feeling...
View ArticleMrs Hay of OpenLab@RI: Appreciation Week 2016
by Daphne Tang (16S03M), Liew Ai Xin (16A01A) and Lex-xis (16S03M) Appreciation Week 2016 is a collaboration between Raffles Press and Students’ Council that aims to recognize and appreciate the...
View ArticleA Chance to Exchange: An Oppohtunity to Mengle
By Ernest Lee (17A01A), Nicole Doyle (17A01A) and Bryan Ling (17S06C) Year 6 Assembly on the 29th of April saw Mr Chan (Principal, Raffles Institution), Mr Magendiran (Senior Deputy Principal, Student...
View ArticleMdm Mallika of the Security Command Centre: Appreciation Week 2016
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B) and Joan Ang (17A01B) Appreciation Week 2016 is a collaboration between Raffles Press and Students’ Council that aims to recognize and appreciate the non-teaching staff members...
View ArticleNo Fear, Gavelier: TPJC Inter-Junior College/Combined Institution Oratorical...
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B) The small lecture theatre was silent. The finalists, including RI Gavel Club’s own Cheung Chun Jing (17A01A), filed out. I was sitting near the back with the other Gaveliers who...
View ArticlePitching in to Win: Softball Boys Finals
by: Serafina Siow (17A13A) Photos by: Guan Xin (17S06B) This was the sixth year the RI Softball boys were in the finals and the last five times they came away winning. Eager to continue this streak...
View ArticleStorming the Ivory Tower
By Bay Jia Wei (17S06R) and Catherine Zou (17A01B) “The Better Deserve You.” Yes, You. How would You react to such a declaration? In contradiction to all our sensibilities, Ivory exists and is slated...
View ArticleEnter Stage, Writer’s Guild: Anthology Launch 2016
By Nicole Doyle (17A01A) Generally speaking, writers are reclusive creatures. The author, being a member of both Raffles Press and Writer’s Guild, can attest to this fact. For the previous issues of...
View ArticleSpeaking Out, Stepping Up – Reasons to Speak by Raffles Gavel Club
By Bryan Ling (17S06C), Ernest Lee (17A01A) and Jeanne Tan (17A01B) For what reasons do we speak? Last Thursday, Gavel Club aimed to answer precisely that. RI’s first open-mic event, a platform for...
View ArticleFighting With, Not Against: Hair for Hope 2016
By Bay Jia Wei (17S06R), Noor Adilah (17S06B) Photos by Amelia Lee, Chan Wen Le, Chang Po Chun, Lam Wei Yi, Elizabeth Quek, and Tse Yi Ling of Raffles Photographic Society What does it mean to shave?...
View ArticleAffectionate Aficionados: Afinado 2016 by Raffles Guitar Ensemble
By Qiu Kexin (16A13A), Chew Cheng Yu (16S06L) and Carman Chew (17A01D), Photos by Li Wenqing (16A01A) of Raffles Photographic Society After a brief respite from Raffles Institution’s music-playing...
View ArticleFight in the Sun, Fight in the Rain: A Div Soccer Girls Finals
By Bryan Ling (17S06C) A not so dark but stormy morning A combination of rain, lightning, and a close 3rd/4th placing match going on to penalty shootouts between Saint Andrews and Meridian Junior...
View ArticleTentalisingly Good: A Ten O’Clock Date with the Piano Ensemble
By Alex Tan (16S03B) Photos by Lim Neng Du and Wallace Oh *Coincidentally, this happens to be the writer’s tenth article! Symbolisms abound. “Why Ten O’Clock?” I ventured to ask my friend Kellerine...
View ArticleRafflesian Times: The Phone Fast Challenge
By Alex Tan (16S03B), Louisa Li (16A13A), Adelyn Koh (16S06H), Lim Lex-xis (16S03M) and Gladys Lim (16S03K) The following is a preview from the upcoming Issue #6 of the Rafflesian Times, slated for...
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