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CCA Previews ’20: Raffles Rock

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By Jordan Aw (20S06D), Chairperson, Goh Ling Yi (20S03A), Vice-Chairperson, and Kashfy Ilxilim B Zulkarna’in (20S06T)

Hello there! We are Raffles Rock, RI’s resident rock band. (Not a geology club. Also not a rock climbing CCA.) Since you’re here, you must be wondering a few important questions: What is Raffles Rock? Why Raffles Rock? What does Raffles Rock do? And so on. (And for the eager ones, the question may be: how does one Raffles Rock? Skip to bottom for answers.)

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CCA Previews ’20: Raffles Society of Biological Sciences

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Tristan Lim (20S03E), Vice-Chairperson, Jayden Kim (20S03N), Treasurer, and John Wong (20S03E), Special Projects

Success in life doesn’t come without blood, sweat, and tears. Here at the Raffles Society of Biological Sciences (BioSoc), we give you just that! Blood from animal dissections, sweat from exciting field trips, and tears of joy from all the fun and games! Continue reading “CCA Previews ’20: Raffles Society of Biological Sciences”

CCA Previews ’20: Rugby

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By Rugby

Most people associate the Raffles Ruggers with their loud presence in the canteen, record high number of conduct slips, excessively taped shoulders and knees and random outbreaks of side stepping while they are walking to class (as prescribed by Coach Mark Lee to improve the “art of breaking one’s ankles”). Well, we are that and a whole lot more. 

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CCA Previews ’20: Hockey

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By Hazel Wong (20S03P), Girls’ Captain, and Muhammad A’qil (20S06T), Boys’ Vice-Captain

The rush of the wind battering their faces is like a slap to the face. The dry-fit jersey that caresses their bodies subtly flutters in the wind. The carbon fiber that embodies the mound of their sticks radiates energy beyond comprehension. Their muscles are tense, their vision is fixed. The voices of everyone around them is drowned out by a tsunami of concentration. Ferocity lives within their veins. 

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CCA Previews ’20: Writers’ Guild

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By Tay Jing Xuan (20S03C), Li Fangqing (20S03A), and Audra Chua (20S06S)

“So, what’s the difference between Writers’ Guild and Raffles Press?” We hear this all too often.

To be fair, mixing us up with Press is all too easy—RJ has two writing-centric CCAs, a number so small it might as well be one, and to many, the lines between various written genres seem fine and blurred. So let’s put it this way—Raffles Press deals with journalism and the covering of school events, while we, Writers’ Guild, deal with the more literary and creative end of the spectrum.

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