NUS versus NTU: Looking beyond the rankings
NTU journalism alumni Mavis Toh observed that SMU entered the scene in 2000 with an aggressive marketing campaign portraying itself as the ?hip' and…
Hearty buzz at Speakers' Corner
Analysts ? such as Assistant Professor Eugene Tan ? commented that the saga (hot-button issue of structured financial products), complete with…
America decides
Associate Professor Andrew White commented on incumbent US President George W Bush's term in the White House.
The secret to netting customers on the web
Dr Andreas Weigend ? the expert who revamped Amazon's sales tactics ? gave a talk on the personal touch of ?Me-business? at SMU as part of the Shaw…
Babes get high on speed
In a New Paper interview with a group of women who love Formula One racing, SMU student Denyse Leong, 21, gives her take on who will win the…
Promoting a non-dogmatic learning environment
?An unconventional MBA for unconventional minds' is the catchy slogan of SMU's brand new MBA, a 12-month programme launched just this year, along…
S'pore will see more political openness: PM
Final-year SMU student and president of the Students Association Andrew Wong said if youth have a greater sense of political ownership, it could…
'Leave money for kids but in secret'
SMU Assistant Professor Chung Wai Keung agreed that leaving kids an inheritance might spoil them. He pointed out that such fat inheritances…
In honour of Mr Sim
Tanah Merah Country Club's fundraising golf tournament raised $777,100 ? topped up to $800,000 by the club, for the Sim Kee Boon Institute for…
Obama's image, not message, clicks with S'pore youth
SMU law student Elycia Koh has also been swept up by the international phenomenon known as Obamamania, commenting that the fact that he is from a…