Improving student welfare: a two-way communication process
SENTHIL SUKUMAR Ask incoming Welfare Secretary Claressa Wong what she hopes to change or improve in SMU and she tells you that it is the mugging culture in SMU that she is concerned with.
A step in the right direction for BOSS bidding
EPHRAIM LOY Flaws in the BOSS bidding system, bidding habits of students, inflation of modules and the lack of pre-assigned modules are some of the various factors that contribute to problems with respect to the bidding of modules.
Where’s the fun in fund-raising?
Deny or debate it, the success of overseas community involvement projects (OCIP) and any other charitable projects are usually measured by the extent of their fund-raising attempts. However, I find that there is little thought put into how funds are raised in fund-raising “attempts” by OCIP or charitable project committees recently -the organisers failed to...
Love two be part of art?
It is normal to find art installations lining the galleries of schools and museums. But what has a business school like SMU got to do with hosting a group of resident artists? The answer lies in the two studios that have been set aside for this purpose – SMU’s pioneer artist residency programme.
Obama’s healthcare plan 101
ESTHER YEO When Obama was first swept into office, one of the first few pledges he made was to come up with a comprehensive healthcare plan and to ensure that all Americans are protected adequately.
Copenhagen: Unavoidable management?
Like a disheveled doomsayer that everyone avoids, climate change activists have been trying for decades to get people to wake up to the fact that we are slowly but surely destroying our planet. There has been overwhelming evidence that rocketing carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to unnatural alterations in Earth’s climate, the most prominent of...
Falling attendance at Vivace?
For the freshman, Vivace is close to the final round of initiation to the Singapore Management University. It is the last day where you are (most likely) going to stick together with your Freshman Teambuilding (FTB) camp group, before the tons of schoolwork start to hit you and you start spending more time with your...
Communication is key in student engagement
ELVIN ONG “Because the students need to know” – that is the tagline adopted by The Blue and Gold. This author recommends that it should be tagline adopted by all elected student representatives, namely – the SMUSA Exco, the Excos of constituent bodies (CBds) and in particular, the Students’ Association Council (SAC), which is the...
Human rights in ASEAN: An economic perspective
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was inaugurated in 1967, during an era of regional conflict and political irascibility, when relations between the pre-nascent member-states were strained. Aside from the internal discord, extraneous forces such as the Cold War and China’s Cultural Revolution created instability and threatened the security of Southeast Asia.
A joke or a disaster?
What may have started as a joke has become a detriment to the success of future SMU graduates.