After Monica Baey’s experience as a survivor of sexual violence went viral, public attention has focused on the appropriate penalties that her perpetrator should receive. Daryl and Alysha discuss why we should consider more pluralistic, rather than punitive, forms of justice for survivors of sexual violence.
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story | Harrison Linder, Staff Editor photo | Elesin Teo, Head Photographer In the last issue of The Octant, we gave a basic overview of the structure of the Singaporean education system. Now, we hope to give you a more nuanced understanding by providing a commentary that covers some of the significant issues, topics, and […]
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story | Vasudha Kataruka, Guest Reporter photo | Justin Ong, Editor-in-Chief The National University of Singapore (NUS) has changed its Undergraduate Student Health Insurance with effect from Aug. 1, 2017. All NUS and Yale-NUS College undergraduate students are covered by this policy. The previous Health Scheme had faced student criticism, mostly from individual students. […]
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