story David Chia, Arts Editor and Raeden Richardson, Contributing Reporter On 6 December 2015, SGIFF concluded its 26th edition, drawing over 12,000 festival goers from Singapore and across the region. SGIFF 2015, now in its 26th year, is the longest running film festival in South East Asia—a claim made proudly on every postcard and pamphlet. Over 11 […]
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story Regina Marie Lee, Managing Editor The Yale-NUS College Student Constitution, drafted in November 2014, is being reviewed by the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) in preparation for the end of the first Student Government’s term in February 2016. Public commenting on the draft of the new Yale-NUS constitution began on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The draft […]
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story Assistant Professor Philip Johns, Guest Columnist I learned that the Yale-NUS Student Government is considering such animals as chow dogs, dragons, manticores, and griffins, as candidates for the school mascot. These are fine possibilities, the stuff of legends—literally. But I feel we are missing a real opportunity. We live in one of the biodiversity […]
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story Justin Ong, Staff Writer On my first day of college, I distinctly remember the former Dean of Students Kyle Farley strongly discouraging the creation of any confessions pages on social media. In such pages, most of these confessions were harmless, or even humorous. However, some of them expressed outright hatred and rampant discrimination. His […]
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story Joey Lim, Contributing Reporter Yaya emerged from the double doors of Saga Dining Hall with clear eyes and a wide smile when we met for our interview. It was 3 pm. The energy that she exuded revealed no signs of her 6 am wake-up call or her daily one and a half-hour commute from Malaysia. […]
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story David Chia, Arts Editor In July 2010, Yale-NUS College’s parent institutions—Yale University and the National University of Singapore (NUS)—posed a challenge to Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Forum Architects: “to design a residential liberal arts college contextualized in Asia in the 21st century.” Five years later, Yale-NUS students now live in their solution. According to […]
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story Nicole Lim, Contributing Reporter illustrations Rachel Johanna Lim Desperate calls for Indomie in the middle of night on Facebook have been popping up all too frequently and have almost become the hallmark of college life. However, resorting to instant noodles in Singapore, with its vibrant supper culture, seems almost criminal. The Octant has hunted […]
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story Scott Currie, Staff Writer Last year, Yale-NUS College had many sexual health resources in the pipeline, ranging from a more comprehensive education program to a review of the insurance policy. But, as any sexually related medical expenses remain uncovered by the insurance policy and students remain unsure about resources, there is a need to review what […]
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A tongue in cheek view of events around school Bleeding Blue and Orange: Yale-NUS Men’s Basketball Team secured its second victory in the A-Cup competition against NYU Shanghai with a score of 67-60. While we noted that Nair didn’t actually bleed blue and orange, The Octant was still very impressed by his determination to keep […]
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story Lek Hao Kai, Guest Columnist It’s midterm season and you are haunted by the fact that your written answer for the recent Modern Social Theory test was absurdly short. You have three assignments due on Friday that have not received your slightest deliberation. Your (insert Student Group here) captain just messaged you to remind […]
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story Dave Chappell and Xie Yihao, Sports Editors The Yale-NUS College Tchoukball Team enjoyed great success in the first-ever inter-varsity level sports tournament organized by Yale-NUS. One of the two teams emerged as the undefeated champion. On Saturday, Oct. 24, Yale-NUS hosted teams from two local universities and three Junior Colleges (JCs) in the Yale-NUS tchoukball […]
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story Elaine Li, Contributing Reporter This semester, the Dean of Students’ Office (DoS) has expanded its team with the inclusion of four new roles: Manager of Student Activities Andrew McGeehan, Senior Manager of Operations Zoe Peters, Health Coordinator Doris Yek, and Manager of Diversity and Inclusion Sara Amjad. With the growth in student population this year […]
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story Elaine Li, Contributing Reporter Auntie Huang and team in Japan enjoying a meal together. (Auntie Huang) Auntie Huang, a janitor from mainland China at Yale-NUS College, tells us about her job and life here, differences between working in China, Japan and Singapore, and how she sees herself as a mainland Chinese in foreign societies. […]
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The Association of Yale Alumni encourages all Yale Clubs excluding the Yale Club of Singapore to welcome Yale-NUS alumni as members. story Xie Yihao, Deputy Sports Editor Alumni Affairs Manager Austin Shiner and President Pericles Lewis announce the AYA membership to the Class of 2017 (Xie Yihao). Correction: Oct, 23, 2015 A previous version of […]
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story Scott Currie, Staff Reporter reporting Yonatan Gazit, News Editor Despite concerns raised by students, there is currently no way for students to view the Common Curriculum self-study report in its entirety, even after the external review is complete. The report is part of the Common Curriculum Review process which began in mid-February with an internal […]
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story by Assistant Professor Stanislav Presolski, Guest Columnist Wow! This is a common exclamation one hears on our beautiful new campus. From the overall architecture and the ultra-modern facilities to the diverse student body, which brings incredible talents and unexpected sensibilities, Yale-NUS College is a place of wonder. But while we proudly show off our […]
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story Vasudha Kataruka, Contributing Reporter reporting John Hyung-Seok Kim, Contributing Reporter On top of academic work and extracurriculars, students at Yale-NUS College work as Student Associates on campus. The type of work ranges from administrative to research. Students interviewed said these jobs allow them to practise their hobbies, connect to the College community and polish […]
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story Lai Ying Tong, Deputy News Editor The Peer Tutoring program currently has five peer tutors: Jolanda Nava ’17, Christian Go ’17, Anshuman Mohan ’17, Abhinav Natarajan ’18, and Adam Goh ’18. (David Zhang) The Yale-NUS Centre for Teaching and Learning launched the Peer Tutoring Program in late September. The program, which is in its […]
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story Daniel Silverman, Guest Columnist In response to “Not a Game of Cards”, an opinion piece in last week’s issue of The Octant. The Meritocracy Method (MM), a current proposal for the Student Constitution, has been characterized as instituting a student government based on trials in place of one with a democratic mandate. This may have […]
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story Neo Hui Yuan and Yip Jie Ying, Contributing Reporters Opened on 27 January 1977, Yangtze Cinema screened mainly Chinese kungfu movies in the early days before screening erotic films in 1995. The island served as a quarantine station, housed Prisoners of War, housed political leaders and was finally used as a rehabilitation centre. These buildings, […]
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