Basketball, football, badminton. These are the typical sports that all Singaporeans play. However, although these sports are extremely physically demanding and difficult, there is a sport that requires more strategy and agility than all these. What is is, you may ask? It is fencing. Fencing is a combat sport which requires fencers to obtain points… Read More A “Cut” Above the Rest

While we chase efficiency, will we sacrifice identity and autonomy? Professor Brawn Cafe’s last day of operations. Credits: Raffles Institution Instagram Page At the end of last year, Professor Brawn Cafe, a presence in RI since 2018, ceased operations at our school. This departure did not come as a surprise to many — a few… Read More Central kitchens in schools are inevitable. Forgetting our stallholders isn’t.

A few weeks ago, my family and I went to a buffet dinner — and I ended up vomiting. Obviously, I had never intended to throw up — but the allure of the striploins and truffle mash was just too strong. In the span of an hour, I had downed five plates of steaks and… Read More Of Striploins and Student Leadership

By: Luvya Gambhir (4J) The following is a satirical article, and all names of people and initiatives used in it are purely fictional. SINGAPORE, 20 FEB – In a groundbreaking display of scholastic innovation, students at Raffles Institution, a pre-tertiary institution in Singapore that celebrates its 203rd anniversary this year, have turned their classrooms into… Read More “My Classroom, My Canteen”: A Culinary Catastrophe

The fan hummed loudly as sweat trickled down the necks of the 430 students trapped in the examination hall. Every tick of the clock made them more anxious. All they wanted was enough time to finish their Mathematics end-of-year paper. As the minutes slipped away, Albert Edwards hurriedly wrote the final steps to the last… Read More The Exam Hall of Doom

In an ever-evolving world, an open-mindedness towards the Arts is a mark of prudence. With the Humanities and Arts rapidly gaining relevance in the modern world, why is it that we still subconsciously sideline them? I’ve been focusing on the Humanities since Year 3, and ever since I’d made that decision, I’ve faced incessant questioning… Read More Systemic Neglection and Outdated Reasoning: How the Arts are Sidelined and Overlooked

Prefect, House EXCO, and CCAL elections are ongoing. How should we cast our votes? Image credit: Pixabay Casting a vote is easier said than done; submitting the All-Ears form may just take a simple press of a button, but the thought process behind it is much more complex. “Is this candidate suitable?”,  “Is he a… Read More Why Just Hope of a Better Age, When YOU Can Vote for One?

(cover photo: Lutfil Hadi) If there’s one thing you should know about me, it would be that I get homesick very easily. So, you can see why I initially perceived the MOE-OBS Challenge 5D4N expedition as an inhumane form of torture. I’d heard terrible things about it from my seniors – things like carrying bags… Read More OBS Camp 1: Finding Fulfilment in Adversity

We stand at a crossroads between the country’s development and the conservation of the natural environment. Climate change has unleashed its fury upon the world, and Singapore is no exception. 30% of the island-city state is elevated only 5 metres above mean sea level, subjecting it to the adverse effects of sea level rise. Both… Read More The Long Island Plan: The Unspoken Trade-offs in National Development