With the looming US Presidential Elections in sight, Reuben Wang investigates the potential reasons why Donald Trump’s supporters continue to fervently support him, despite his almost universal derided persona.

Is philosophy an armchair exercise? Not so, claims Denise, as she gives her take on what philosophy is to her.

Call it wanderlust or by another name, the innate need to travel and see the world is prevalent amongst youths today. Reuben explores why this may be so – are we all modern cowboys in disguise?

In this first instalment of the Tembusu College Expedition Sharing Week series, Tan Yong Sheng reflects on how conservation efforts in Indonesia are separated into the altruistic and the egoistic.

The winner of the best essay prize in Tembusu College for AY14/15 is a carefully researched piece by Mary Ann Lim on the photography work of Annie Leibovitz for the Junior Seminar GEM1902T “Art and Social Change”.

First runner-up in the Tembusu annual best short essay competition (as announced at Formal Dinner 2015) goes to Vanessa Teo for her essay on the Human condition in the age of the internet for the Junior Seminar GEM1902S “Living and Dying in the Internet Age”.