Commentary, Sports

Inter-JC Ultimate Frisbee — Photo Essay
Reading Time: < 1 minute

Photos by Edwin Chow and Claudia Koh from Raffles Photographic Society

Raffles Ultimate Frisbee (commonly referred to as ‘Ultimate’), a relatively new CCA, participated in the 8th Inter-JC Ultimate Frisbee Tournament on 21 July. 2012 marks a slight dip for Ultimate, considering their numerous first-placings in previous years: the Year 5 team came in fourth place and the Year 6 team third. However, the Year 5 Captain, Shaun, said: “We gave our all and we’ll come back stronger next year.” For those who weren’t on the green last Saturday, we bring you photos of the event, courtesy of the Raffles Photographic Society.

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Commentary, Op-Eds

On Flying Pigs and the English Civil War
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Bilahari Kausikan

When your Principal, in a reckless act of folly, asked me to be Guest-of-Honour at this 189th Founder’s Day, my first instinct was to do us both a favour and refuse. But I hesitated and in an instant was lost. The temptation to savour the irony was too great.  For what I am about to say, I absolve her of all responsibility.

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Commentary, Op-Eds, Student Issues

Is it really your birthday if it isn’t on Facebook?
Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Rachel Tan (13S06D)

Facebook birthdays: A social experiment

Remembering birthdays has never been easier, very much thanks to Facebook’s zealous reminders in the top right hand corner of our news feed. Whether to catch up with old friends or to interact with somebody with minimal social awkwardness, chances are that we would not have the opportunity to connect with some people if not for these opportune Facebook reminders.

On the other hand, Facebook greetings do make birthdays a little more bearable. We’ve all relished that thrilling acknowledgement of our pathetic existence on this earth: after all, we are the “attention-seeking lot”, aren’t we? The inner egoist cheers us on to claim our rightful share of popularity, epitomised by the massive blizzard of wall posts. Not that it matters if half the posts originate from “friends” whom we haven’t met in our lives nor if most of these “well-wishers” can barely be bothered to sacrifice a fraction of their thousand gigabyte brain to remember our special day.

Yet, against all ego-coddling temptations, I decided to spend a birthday without—gasp—proclaiming it on Facebook.

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Commentary

Chronicles of the Crystal Palace
Reading Time: 9 minutes

by Zara Nicole Toh (13A01B) and Jonathan Tan (13A01C)

Anyone who has entered our school through the main gate will have come across a tall imposing glass structure in between the Year 5-6 Campus and the Year 1–4 campus. We, as curious students, whisper about this forbidden place. We wonder what goes on in it and what its purpose is in the school…

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