By Kunchur Bharat (26A01B)
Singapore International Festival of the Arts, lovingly acronymised as SIFA, will be returning to Singapore from 15–30 May. Raffles Press was grateful to receive an invitation to the programme reveal, held at the Arts House at the Old Parliament Building.
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By Tomi Peh (26S06P)
“Separating the art from the artist” is a famous moral dilemma that has long been the topic of debate when casting judgement on art. It presents itself so commonly and is so entwined in the way we view art in fact, even in the process of writing this article, a fresh, prime example of this dilemma seemingly materialised out of nowhere – popular music artist, David Anthony Burke.
David Anthony Burke, better known by his stage name ‘d4vd‘, is a well-acclaimed alternative/indie pop artist, rising to fame around July of 2022 with his song titled “Romantic Homicide”, which currently sits at around 1.7 billion streams on Spotify.
Controversy struck, when the deceased body of 15 year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in the trunk of David’s car. It didn’t take long for bits and pieces of evidence of a relation between David and Celeste to begin surfacing on the internet, which prompted a multitude of different accusations upon David, including serious allegations of murder and having an illicit relationship with the 15 year-old. Many fans now view him in a completely different light— the thought that the music they were listening to might be in reference to the now-deceased Celeste lingers in the back of their minds.
But this is not the first time a popular music artist has come under fire from the masses due to their actions.
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By Tara Sim (26A01C)
(For the full reader experience, kindly listen to “Letter To My 13 Year Old Self” by Laufey before/while reading.)
Your time in JC could be some of the most fulfilling years of your life, or nothing like the Teenage Dream. And to be frank, with J1 long gone and more than a quarter through J2, I’m still not sure which of those two categories my RI life falls in.
Aptly put by American Songwriter in their article explaining Laufey’s “Letter To My 13-Year-Old Self”:
“You don’t know who you are and thus everything about you feels wrong.”
This quite perfectly captures my JC experience so far, and with the high of orientation over for J1s and the rigor of JC and CCA in full swing, although scrolling through r/SGExams might provide you with some good—albeit dated—tips on how to survive JC, here’s 3 things I wish I knew when I was in J1.
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By Georgia Ong (26S03O), Kunchur Bharat (26A01B), Looi Ee Xin (26S03M), Tomi Peh (26S06P)
In the last term, RI has received many new guests to its school wildlife ecosystem. Small as they may be, they’ve made their presence otter-ly known; in fact, they’ve managed to create quite the spectacle whenever they show up at the ponds.
Not an uncommon sighting in Singapore, the otters have finally made their way onto the shores of Marymount and shaken up the lives of many—a joy for students to see, yet the worst nightmare for the fishes at our Biodiversity pond.
As such, four students — Filomena Litani (26S03L), Ian Poh (26A01A), Sarah Ashley Tan (26S03L) and Hannah Tang (26S03M) — put their heads together to develop Project Poisson, a school-based CE01 aimed at keeping Raffles Institution’s beloved fish population thriving in a conducive habitat.
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By Looi Ee Xin (26S03M), Tan Yan Qi (26S06M) and Tomi Peh (26S06P)
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
Mr Keating, Dead Poets Society
Carpe diem, or “seize the day”, encourages us to bask in the present moment, and worry little for the future. This year’s orientation theme was one of adventure and decisiveness, and both were delivered. Stepping into unfamiliar ground, surrounded by unfamiliar faces, you had 3 days to make the most of your time.
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