CCA Previews 2018

CCA Previews ’18: Raffles Press

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By Lynn Hong (18A13A), Chairperson

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Batch of 2018

The student journalist is an elusive species. By virtue of their small population size, they are hard to spot amongst the herds of Rafflesians. They can sometimes be seen skulking in the Performing Arts Centre during performances or on the sidelines of major inter-school sporting events. It is rumoured that they are attracted by the scent of Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Some have even said that they might be the shadow organisation behind the Word of Mouth site, posing as “Raffles Press” on the anonymous expanse of cyberspace.

In a bout of rather circular logic, these student journalists justify their existence with the cryptic claim of “student journalism”. The word appears at least once in all our manifestos, About pages, and previous CCA previews, so today, we’re breaking it down for prospective applicants.

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CCA Previews ’18: Writer’s Guild

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By Harshini Rayasam (18S06B), Chairperson

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     !            :                  ,                .
             ,            ,            ,                .
     ,              ;                              !
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Blank Verse, by Ernest Hemingway

One of the first things you learn about Writers’ Guild is that there is truly nothing standing between your restless imagination and the written page. Here, there are no word limits or rubrics to measure yourself against, which is a welcome relief to those who are embittered by secondary school creative writing assignments!

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CCA Previews ’18: Raffles Society of Biological Sciences

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By Fong Khi Yung (18S03O), Chairman

What’s the similarity between a dog and a biologist? One wags a tail and the other tags a whale.

If you found that humerus, then why not consider joining BioSoc? Raffles Society of Biological Sciences (RSBS; more commonly and affectionately known as BioSoc) offers a wide range of exposure to the many facets of biology, such as anatomy, animal behaviour, and plant biology.

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