NUSWhispers – Confession #2473

As a YNC student, it pains me to see the elitist mindset that some of my fellow classmates have when it comes to NUS. But please lah these people aren't the majority and they're not worth worrying about. I mean come on, many of us YNC students are actively participating in NUS student groups, and taking NUS classes. And I think it's worth pointing out that we're not the only ones who have shown tension. Last year NUSSU published a ruling, and I quote, "By a 5-2 majority, the Adjudication Committee has held that Yale-NUS students (except those under the YNC-Law DDP) are not members of NUSSU". Many of us were, by that time, members of clubs under NUSSU and very surprised to hear of this. At no point did NUSSU actively engage us in this discussion or address us directly on this ruling. We only heard about it in an email that was sent out to the entire NUS student body. I know the matter was clarified later when some YNC students met with NUSSU representatives, but the lack of inclusivity and sensitivity in the way this matter was initially handled was annoying to us as well. But hey, we got over it and moved on and YNC students are still actively participating in NUSSU student groups. The purpose of this post was basically to point out that there will always be haters on both sides lah. I wouldn't be so quick to accuse YNC students of throwing the first stone that caused reciprocal antipathy. But it doesn't matter who did because I'm sure everyone wants to move forward, and to do so we gotta start engaging each other more instead of snide remarks like #fakeyale