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One Night in Singapore: The Illiberal Asian Body in Yale’s Missionary Position

May 24, 2018May 27, 2018 Terence Wang6

story | Soh Wee Yang and Joshua Babcock, Guest Writers photo | StockSnap.io It has been eight years since the Yale-initiated media storm began surrounding the founding of Yale-NUS College. This debate asked whether Yale was betraying its own institutional values by collaborating with Singapore. Much has changed in Yale-NUS College and the world […]

It’s the Patriarchy’s Fault

April 5, 2016April 6, 2016 The Octant1

Column by Daryl Yang Guest Columnist | Photo credit to Flickr User gaelx In “Gender Equality Isn’t Just A Female Problem”, Justin Ong rightly noted that it is a troubling problem that many men’s issues are still not talked about enough. Many men continue to quietly suffer from mental illness, and young men represent one of the highest demographic among […]

Student and media response to Ambassador’s comments deemed unsatisfactory

February 16, 2016December 2, 2016 The Octant1

Story by Dave Chappell, Managing Editor, and Spandana Bhattacharya, Editor-in-Chief | Picture credit to Dave Chappell Respondents to a recent campus-wide survey expressed disatisfaction with the reaction of the media and members of the student-body to recent comments made by Ambassador Chan Heng Chee. Respondents were asked to rate how satisfied they were with […]

The “Illiberal Liberal” Narrative

February 16, 2016March 20, 2017 The Octant0

Opinion by Francesca Maviglia, Guest Columnist | Illustration by Roger Ko There’s a tendency to attack left-wing individuals as the ones with authoritarian attitudes that has been recently growing in popularity—the “illiberal liberal” argument. This line of thought goes something like this: liberals, a label lazily used to group together a broad range of actors and realities […]

Students Reject Call for Ambassador Chan Heng Chee’s resignation: Survey

February 16, 2016May 9, 2017 The Octant0

Story by David Chappell, Managing Editor, and Spandana Bhattacharya, Editor-in-Chief | Picture credit to David Chappell By an overwhelming margin, the student body of Yale-NUS College support Ambassador Chan Heng Chee’s continuation on the Yale-NUS Governing Board, suggests a survey conducted by The Octant. The Octant conducted a campus-wide poll, following the publication of an opinion […]

On the Yale-NUS Governing Board, Tolerance is Not Enough

February 3, 2016April 11, 2017 The Octant6

Story by Nicholas Carverhill, Guest Columnist On Jan. 27, 2016, Yale-NUS Governing Board Member Ambassador Chan Heng Chee spoke at the Universal Periodic Review of Singapore’s human rights, hosted by the United Nations. At this review she defended Singapore’s position on gay rights and the existence of Section 377A—institutionalized inequality—in the Penal Code. No less […]