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The 45th Students’ Council Ascends to Service
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Jaden Lum Zi Jun (26S05A) and Huang Han Cheng (26S05B)

Photos courtesy of Kaylea Tan (26A01E) from RIAC

RAFFLES INSTITUTION — Elected by their peers, the 45th Students’ Council was sworn in on Thursday, May 28th. And although the notable absence of the newly appointed President Michelle Chen (26S03J) —away on a school trip to Germany—was sorely felt, the lecture theatre maintained an ebullient yet solemn atmosphere, with the fresh-faced members of the 45th awaiting a mantle 44 years in the making.  

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A salesman is got to dream: Death of a Salesman by Raffles Players
Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Koh Shin Robbie (26A01A)

All photographs provided by RIAC

“He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine… A salesman is got to dream, boy.”

Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller

This line came from Charley, played by Lu Xueqi (26S06I) in Raffles Players’ annual college production— Death of a Salesman. This quote encapsulated not just the hopes and aspirations of characters in the play by Arthur Miller, but also the team behind the show and their supporters. Students who took Literature in RI Y4 may recall this play as the set text we pored through relentlessly for our Final Examinations, and indeed amongst the audience were many excited Death of a Salesman students (even current Y4s!), eager to watch the play in action.

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A Guide to Becoming Champions: Cricket Finals 2025
Reading Time: 10 minutes

By Lerraine Neo (26A01A) and Michelle Lee (26S07A)

All pictures by Sophia Loh (26S02B) unless stated otherwise. 

Victory. A dream that unites all athletes, a goal that spurs them to train harder, play better. For 8 long years, the final trophy has eluded RI’s cricket team. But this year, they’ve brought home the gold. This is how they did it.

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Against All Odds: Basketball Girls’ NSG 2025
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By Tan Yan Qi (26S06M) and Tara Teo (26A01D)

All photographs provided by Sriram Tharaneetharan (25S06Q), Fang Rui Shan (26S06R) and Chew Rui-Yan (26S03N) from RIAC unless otherwise stated.

Sport is fair game. Luck isn’t. We all know that. Even so, athletes give all they have to training. They sacrifice time, slog under the hot sun, and sculpt their bodies into tools for victory, all for the hope of receiving back what they put into a sport. But despite all their efforts, it’s often that all they can do is flip the coin and see where it lands.  

This was no different for the Girls’ basketball team.

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Playing Like Underdogs: Softball Boys NSG Finals 2025
Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Michelle Lee (26S07A) and Teng Yifan (26S06H) 

Cover photo and all photos by Siua Jia Xuan (25S03R).

One word to describe RI’s softball team? Aura. Staying undefeated for the 4th year in a row? Even more aura. 

The RI Softball boys team were runners-up in the 2018 and 2019 A Division finals until NSG was suspended during Covid. But ever since NSG resumed in 2022, the RI team has been on a win streak, facing rivals EJC. The EJC and RI softball boys have met each other in the A Division Finals every year since 2022, and in this year alone, the finals would be their third time facing them. 

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