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The Rumour Mill: Y5 CT1

By Kang Yixi (15S03N) and Joyce Er (15A01A) Whether it be due to morbid curiosity or vain hopes of obtaining some consolation, you have finally made the fateful click that has led you to this...

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Rewind II: Life in Technicolor

by Jovi Tan (15A01B) Images courtesy of Raffles Film Society I am going to borrow from the closing remarks of Gong Haoran, Chairperson of Raffles Film Society, to begin talking about Film’s recent...

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Couch Theatre Presents: The Pillowman

by Rachel Koh (15A01A) and Jovi Tan (15A01B) Photos from Couch Theatre facebook page – taken by Geoffrey Lim Couch Theatre is a self-described ‘upbeat and offbeat theatre company made up of young...

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Students: Ditch Google Docs, and use Office Online for your projects for a...

Raffles Press:In the latest installment of Raffles Press’ collaboration with Twenty First Tech, we explore a (better) alternative to google docs for collaborative editing. Originally posted on Twenty...

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People We Forget: Appreciation Week 2014

by Bryan Chua (14A01A) As several awareness campaigns have shown in the last few months, we tend to take for granted just about everything from the water we drink to the shoes on our feet; but it’s not...

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Mr Chang of the OpenLab: Appreciation Week 2014

By Leong Yee Ting (14A01C), Neo Xiao Yun (14A01B), Tan Fong Han (15A01B) and Christine Saw (15A01A) In the words of acclaimed writer Bell Hooks, ‘“Living simply makes loving simple.”  Stepping into the...

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A Kind of Magic: Appreciation Week 2014

by Isaac Leong (15A13A), Katrina Jacinto (15A13A), Marcus Tan (15A01A) and Tan Yi Chern (15S03N) The finances of our college don’t work their own magic, but instead, in preparing every budget and...

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What I’ve Learned From Fasting

by Wahid Al Mamun (15A01A) Photo credits to On Singapore Over the last month or so, I have undergone the ritual of fasting as a practising Muslim – the tenth year in which I have done so. This is the...

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Go Without, Look Within: Hair for Hope 2014

by Michelle Zhu (15A01B), Valerie Chee (15S07B) Photos by Gabrielle Jeyaseelan (15S06A), Teri Tan (15A01E) For the next few weeks or so, do not be surprised to witness groups of RI students, girls and...

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Why I Rejected the Raffles Academy

by Yeo Jia Qi (15S03H) Photo courtesy of the Straits Times On May 28, RI alumnus Nominated Member of Parliament Eugene Tan, speaking about the issue of meritocracy and inequality in Parliament, ignited...

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Why I Joined the Raffles Academy

by Law May Ning (14S03O)   Photo credits to Madeleine Cheng, Sun Jiarui and Wong Shi Hwa (14S03O) I begin this response to the article titled “Why I Rejected the Raffles Academy” by conceding that as a...

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What’s In A Nation?

By Anonymous Y5 Photo from Wikipedia As the days creep ever closer to the 9th of August, we begin to go through the same pre-celebration routine that we always see. Red and white flags plaster HDB...

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Destemido: Sporting Moments (Part 2)

By Joyce Er (15A01A) Photos courtesy of Amanda Chang (15A03A), Gary Huang (15S03B), Abdul Musawwir (15S03Q), Gabrielle Jeyaseelan (15SO6A), Vivian Ngiam (15S06O), Nigel Gomes (15S06R) IHC Sports 2014...

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ISLE Team Laos Preview: Where Dreams Come True

A fundraising concert will be organised by Team Laos of ISLE to fundraise for its cause of serving the villagers of Na’ Khom Village (2nd Inner Village), Pa’ Bong Muncipality, HinHeub District,...

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ALS: Kick The (Ice) Bucket

by Kang Yi Xi (15S03N), Joyce Er (15A01A) and Myko Philip (15A01B) Until the ban imposed just this morning, allegedly after a student fractured his/her collarbone, RI was in the grip of the Ice Bucket...

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Promos: The Snaeks’ Guide

by Kang Yi Xi (15S03N) and Joyce Er (15A01A) Additional reporting by anonymous Y5 contributors In the weeks leading up to October each year, our school becomes the site of one of the most spectacular...

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Please Mind the Platform Gap (Universities Edition): MIT

Thinking about which university to apply to, or already a J2 beginning your early admission applications? Raffles Press brings you our Please Mind the Platform Gap (Universities Edition), a series of...

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Interview Feature: Tommy Koh, 2014 President’s Scholar

by Michelle Zhu (15A01B), Valerie Chee (15S07B) The President’s Scholarship, awarded to only the most deserving PSC (Public Service Commission) Scholarship recipients, is arguably the single most...

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Please Mind the Platform Gap (Universities Edition): University of Cambridge

Thinking about which university to apply to, or already a J2 beginning your early admission applications? Raffles Press brings you our Please Mind the Platform Gap (Universities Edition), a series of...

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Swing By Raffles Jazz

by Joyce Er (15A01A) Photos by the writer Those who attended Raffles Jazz’s evening concert last Thursday found an oasis of calm amidst the anxiety over Oral Presentation dry runs and the promotional...

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