story Daryl Yang, Guest Columnist | illustration by Yap Zhiwen
In a recent article published on Oct. 27 in the Huffington Post, Yale-NUS College’s favourite critic Jim Sleeper...
story Roshan Singh, Guest Columnist | illustration by Roger Ko
Illness is a tricky subject to talk about, much less write about. However, over the past year,...
A tongue-in-cheek view of events around school
An Icy Truth: Last Friday, the President’s Speaker Series played host to His Excellency Ă“lafur Ragnar GrĂmsson, President...
story Nicholas Lua, Staff Writer | photo credit David Zhang
Not many people on campus have heard of the Security team. If they have, their encounters with...
story Annie Wang, Staff Writer
Within its first semester on the new campus, Yale-NUS College has seen a total of 19 hours of campus-wide fire alarm...
story Swarnima Sircar, Contributing Reporter
As the only Japanese in the Class of 2019, Risa Shindo ’19 thinks she got in because of her passport. “I...
story Yonatan Gazit, News Editor
Yale-NUS College has hired a new Dean of Students, Dr. Christopher Bridges, President Pericles Lewis announced on Oct. 21. Yale-NUS...
story Nicholas Lua, Contributing Reporter
Who fixes your spoilt air-conditioner or unclogs your choked toilet? The Octant goes behind the scenes to get to know the...
story Justin Ong, Contributing Reporter
What does “learning across boundaries” mean? Being introduced to this phrase heading into Week 7, I was mildly skeptical as to...
Governing Board Interview Series
story Regina Marie Lee, Managing Editor
reporting Martin Vasev
As Director of the Royal Botanic Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom, he first came...
Elephant in the Elevator: For those who have been wondering who exactly put up the provocative posters demanding transparency in the elevators quoting excerpts...
Governing Board Interview Series
story Regina Marie Lee, Managing Editor
Joyan Tan, Executive Editor
Mr. Levin said criticism from Yale faculty was from a “small minority” and...
story Matthew Ware, Guest Columnist
In his interview with The Octant (“Yale-NUS to Open a Fourth Residential College in Four Years”), Governing Board member Roland...
