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To Yale-NUS, with love

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    Raphael Hugh
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On 27th August 2021, NUS announced the closure of my college. The whole community entered a period of collective grieving and anguish. I didn’t know how to put my thoughts and feelings into words. I was on RCA duty the day of the announcement and didn’t have time to sit down and process it properly for myself. The following night, I walked around campus until 5am using the only medium I knew, to express how I feel. Crying out loud while sitting alone in the middle of Elm and Cendana courtyards at 4am was painful, heartbreaking, yet strangely therapeutic.

I hope everyone is doing fine. Please take care. And remember, we still have a voice.