Giving Voice to the Margins To Yip Guan Hui, an English literature major from the National University of Singapore, the study of literature has lasting effects on its students.
It All Started With a Shirt Jolene Lai said in between laughs that she initially signed up as the team manager of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Inter Faculty Games reversi team in 2012 because she wanted to get a green FASS jersey.
Electronic-learning Exercise Not Taken Seriously by Students Preparing for a potential campus closure seemed a distant priority to students, with many still coming to school to work on assignments and projects during eLearning Week.
Accidents, Rash Behaviour Cause Student Injuries In Aug. 2013, 19-year-old Ngee Ann Polytechnic student Lai Qing Xiang hit his head on the ground while attempting a backflip during cheerleading practice with the polytechnic’s squad, Magnum Force. He fell into a coma and never regained consciousness. This is the latest addition to a growing list of accidental injuries that have occurred during student activities from tertiary institutions.
Rethinking Social Media Usage Social media platforms
are a ubiquitous part of our lives, but it seems that most users are unaware that
communication on social media is different from face-to-face communication. In
other words, we cannot behave on Facebook – where we broadcast to
hundreds of friends – the same way we behave offline.
Gradeless First Year Not a Guaranteed A+
In a Sunday
Times article in 2012, National University of Singapore Provost Tan Eng Chye
shared his vision for a gradeless first year. Although seemingly
ideal, we must examine if such a move is the best for our students.
The Man Behind the Picture Most students from the National University of Singapore have seen full-time photographer Lionel Lin’s work. Pick up a copy of OSAY, the Office of Student Affairs’ quarterly magazine, or look at the NUS Facebook page, and you will probably stumble upon one of his works.
Behind the Broom: A Cleaner’s Story Upon first impression, Steven Quah’s friendly smile and easygoing persona reveals none of the setbacks life has dealt him.
More Youth Embrace Interracial Relationships, Aware of Potential Challenges Nur Aniszah, 23, and her Chinese boyfriend Mathiaus Chiam, 30, are no strangers to the struggles of an interracial relationship. Nonetheless, the couple persisted. January 2014 will mark their sixth year together.
Eastern Europe, an Increasingly Popular Student Exchange Destination Ask Singaporeans where Lithuania and Estonia are located on a world map, and you are likely to be greeted with a blank stare. Despite the general cluelessness, there has been an increasing trend of Student Exchange Programme applicants to the Eastern European region.
Academic Success Does Not Determine a Successful Life
While the desire to aim for the best is understandable,
the problem with a largely grades-based merit system is that it promotes the
notion that academic success leads to success in life. Even though good grades,
more often than not, result in better opportunities, there are outstanding
exceptions to the rule that have proved otherwise.
Dying to be Fit We have always been fixated with our body size, exerting enormous pressure on ourselves to conform to the ideal body shape that is in fashion.
NUS Scholar by Day, Eco-designer by Night Have you ever looked at a dead piece of bamboo and thought of turning it into a wireless speaker? Siddharth Rajgopalan has.
Retracing Professor Lockhart's Journey to Singapore Associate Professor Bruce Lockhart is a hopeless romantic. This may be hard to tell from the 53-year-old’s unassuming and gentle demeanour, but make no mistake about it – Lockhart will go to great lengths for his one true love.
Is NUS Watching You? Although Singapore is ranked eighth in the world in terms of personal safety by Mercer’s 2011 Quality of Living Survey,
it is clear the country is not without crime. NUS, too, has faced
reported cases of theft, unlawful alcohol consumption in dormitories and
vandalism of school property. In response to these acts, NUS is increasing its network of closed-circuit television.
Fewer Student Drivers in NUS, More Use Internal Transport According to the Office of Estate and Development, there has been a steady decline over the years in the number of students who applied for season parking passes, from 1770 two years ago to 1061 last year, indicative of a trend of fewer students driving to school.
Reinventing NUS for Better or for Worse Earlier in October
2013, NUS President Tan Chorh Chan revealed in his annual State of the
University Address that the university is embarking on a number of other infrastructural
projects aimed at creating a more vibrant and social learning environment for
the NUS community.
I'm Dropping Out of the Rat Race
My post-exchange syndrome hit especially hard when the academic semester began in NUS and I found myself flung reluctantly back into the rat race which I had a temporary reprieve from in Canada.