A-Level 2023 Features: Rolling With The Punches
Reading Time: 6 minutes By Anamika Ragu (23A01A), Chia Kei Yin (24S03C), Claire Jow (23A01B), and Gabriel Ho (24S02A) Nadra Binte Hamdan (22S03M) “In excelling in my studies, I may be able to solve the...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’23: Raffles Entrepreneurs’ Network
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Lee Xuan (Vice-Chairperson) Welcome one, welcome all! We are the Raffles Entrepreneur’s Network, REN for short (often confused with RAM when said out loud). If you’ve seen...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’23: Shooting
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Juan Lui (Captain) and Olivia Koh (Vice-Captain) In any other situation, if you were caught holding up a gun—especially in a school—the police would have been called without...
View ArticleA-Level 2023 Features: Serving From The Heart
Reading Time: 6 minutes By Chandrasekaran Shreya (24S06A), Fiona Ting (24S06A), Jermaine Lee (24A01A), and Tay Yu Ning (23S06E) Faith Ho Enki For Faith Ho (22A01A), getting to know stories from...
View ArticleCCA Previews ’23: Writers’ Guild
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Xu Zhenni (Chairperson), Laura Zheng Kailin (Vice-Chairperson), Tan Chern Shin (Secretary) Does the prospect of writing about the themes close to your heart while chilling in...
View ArticleA-Level 2023 Features: Just Keep Moving
Reading Time: 6 minutes By Aiko Yeo (23A01B), Shannen Lim (24A01A), and Venkatesan Ranjana (23A01D) Bonnie Yeo As the owner of a gold medal in the 2022 SEA Games’ 4×100 medley relay, Bonnie is beyond a...
View ArticleInto the World of Cultivated Meat
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Cece Cao Chenxi (23A01E) and J. Yoga Lakshmi (23S03Q, Sustainability and Green Tech WEP) Golden brown, juicy slices of chicken skewered over fragrant couscous, next to crispy...
View ArticleA-Level 2023 Features: Pursuing Their Passions
Reading Time: 8 minutes By Low Jing Kai (24S03H), Noh Sangeun (23S06Q) and Saara Katyal (23S05A) Hee Ker Ru Hee Ker Ru (22A13B) has never been one to conform. With her self-proclaimed “colourful,...
View ArticleRaffles Reads: Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Nicolle Yeo (23A01D) Rating: 3/5 stars Walking past the local bookstore, one might be easily tempted to pick up a copy of “Daughter of the Moon Goddess” just from a quick...
View ArticleWomen in STEM: How It’s Going
Reading Time: 6 minutes By Noh Sangeun (23S06Q) As far back as 1939, underemployment of women in scientific fields was being identified as a problem by women scientists in the United States. Though it...
View ArticleMathemagician: Professor Arthur Benjamin
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Fiona Ting (24S06A) Why was Math class so long? The teacher kept going off on a tangent! Luckily for the audience, “Mathemagician” Professor Arthur Benjamin went off tangent...
View ArticleRJGE SYF 2023: A Symphony of Souls
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Leong Jun Wei (23A01D) and Iman Talia Zahiri Han-En (24S03E) On 6 April, Raffles Guitar Ensemble took part in the biennial Singapore Youth Festival. The Stamford Training...
View Article‘Head Empty, No Thoughts’: Exploring Overthinking
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Johnathan Lim (23S03M) and Venkatesan Ranjana (23A01D) You are at the party of your not-so-close friend. Someone suggests playing “Burning Bridges”. People sit in a circle...
View ArticleRI200 Special: A Glimpse into Evolving Subjects
Reading Time: 7 minutes By Joy Tan (23A01D) and Lezann Lee (23A01C) “How do you pronounce PCME? Like, if HELM is pronounced HEL-M then is PCME pronounced PICK-ME? Also, what does PICK ME actually...
View ArticleRI200 Special: CCA Histories
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Raphael Niu (23A01A) and Victoria Lim (23S06B) As RI celebrates its 200th anniversary, we often forget that some of our CCAs have histories that date back just as long. Let’s...
View ArticleRI200 Special: The Hunt to Find a Home
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Tang Lanyun (23S05A) and Hsiao Jia Ying (23A01C) To every RI student, the House system seems almost like an immutable part of the school, given how deeply entrenched it is in...
View ArticleAunt Agony and Uncle Upset: How do we cope with the times we just want to...
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Arissa Binte Kamaruzaman (24A01A) Dear Surrendering Sally,At certain junctures in our lives, the weight of commitments, relationships, and academics on our shoulders leave us...
View ArticleBarbie: Token Feminism or Iconic Masterpiece?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Written by Syaura Nashwa (24S03R) Overall rating: 6.78/10 Pink spoilers ahead. Adapted from Barbie (2023) Everyone — chronically online Twitter users and their mothers — buzzed...
View ArticleMemento Mori, Memento Vita: An Evening to Remember
Reading Time: 4 minutes by Camillia Anum Mohamad Ashraff (24S03B), Calyss Ng (24A01A)Photographs courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society.What would you do if you were locked in a room with a...
View ArticleFrom the Past to Present: Gryphon Cup 2023
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Cheah Zong Heng (24S06P) and Darren Wong (24S03C) Photographs courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society On 29 July, Raffles’ Basketball players from the past and present alike...
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