Comments on: Examination fever on Campus

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By: I'm Amazed

I'm Amazed — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:15 +0000

Isn’t it obvious that guest = kelvin?!?!?

i i think the other writers don’t wnat to write because there is one individual dominating the ENTIRE KRC. AND THAT IS KELVIN TEO. if any of u knoe about the REAL HISTORY OF KRC JUST GO ASK THIS GIRL CALLED CHOON HUI WHO QUITTED KRC because of kelvin! she wrote a lot of articles and got her friends to join the publication (there was this indian girl) but all left cos of one tyrant = kelvin teo. kelvin is the real assh0le doing self-interviews of himself on his blog pretending to talk good things abt krc while writing hate msg of them in his facebook.. this after he shut down the entire KRC for a week! OH PLS!!!

By: weirdo

weirdo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:35:36 +0000

"Right in front of him in his honors classroom was a photo of his professor in a nicely framed portrait "

i tried your friend's method, doesnt work… i end up making voodoo dolls of my professor…

By: coffee

coffee — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:32:41 +0000

after seeing the students are so hardworking, shouldnt the school be touched and want to show her appreciation for the students' hardwork by offering free-flow of hot coffee in central library 24/7 :)

By: Lester Lim

Lester Lim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:16:24 +0000

am not too sure why you are pushing so hard for Kelvin's articles to be published here. He can definitely publish his articles on his blog and we're in no way stopping you from visiting his blog. My take on it is that if it's available and accessible on another blog on the internet, there're no reasons why we should replicate his articles for the sake of it on the publication. Magazines have editorial discretion about the nature of articles they wish to publish, and an exercise of it does not mean that they do not respect free speech. If the Economist magazine doesn't publish an article you have written on say, Sesame Street, does it necessarily mean that they don't respect free speech? Not quite.

I'd like to keep the discussion pertinent to the article and this would be the last time I would be commenting here on this issue.

Cheers!
Lester

By: Lester Lim

Lester Lim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:16:15 +0000

Hey everyone,

Wow thanks for the comments. It's really good to get feedback from all of you. Raven, I'm sorry if you have inferred from my earlier reply it is of my opinion that Kelvin's articles are tabloid-ish in nature. Of course this is not the case! Far from it. On the contrary, I have always had a high opinion of his articles that have been always pushing the boundaries and are often well-researched, even if there are some that I disagree with. He has put in a lot of effort for the publication and I cannot thank him enough for that.

Yes it is definitely my fault that I haven't been 'on top of things' to as to speak. There are many reasons why our writers are not contributing but I am not at liberty to discuss them here. But I am sure that I have never put any 'pressure' on Kelvin to write just because our other writers aren't writing. We are doing this on a purely voluntary basis and our writers are free to come and go as they like.

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:31:00 +0000

Dear Lester,
How did you come to the conclusion that Kelvin's articles are gossip tabloid in nature. Isn't that the inference from your comment as per sentence 2. Quite libellous, I think. I would be concerned. I never thought that KRC came even close to gossip tabloid. It was very done from inception and credit goes to evryone including Kelvin.

The challenge is to reach the same readership level at least with similar quality and they don't have to be of similar bent. – Raven

By: not again

not again — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:14:45 +0000

hi, this is missbored .

as i commented before under lester's ris low article, as a reader, im here for intellectual refreshment.
Also, personally, i would like to believe that as an author of any article, he/she would more likely to see his /her readers to discuss& to share their opinions about the content of their article, not how his/her article sucks, or worse, dragging on personal matters like how one's husband left her because she is too involved in her writing career?!

my point is this is an online daily, not singapore_gossip.com (quoting myself), personally, it would be nice if "guest" and "lester" could resolve your issues privately because honestly speaking, the rest of the readers like me are neither concerned nor interested.

thanks.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:20:38 +0000

Actually you didn't answer my question of whethr Kelvin-type writers welcome to submit contributions. In the past, you used to have guest writers. So will you practise free speech and accept contributions from Kelvin-type writers? Hope you can answer this.

Temasek Review and The Online Citizens are not tabloids or gossip webbys but they have high readerships.

The part about KRC being a one man show isn't Kelvin's fault I think. When I read Kelvin's blog, Kelvin mentioned it is more of the fact that the other writers AREN'T contributing, which means Kelvin has to contribute. So, can your writer be blamed for his one man show?

Let's look at the rest of your other writers. For you alone, Lester, perhaps fair enough, you have the second highest number of contributions behgind your old writer.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:04:09 +0000

I was actually looking at the number of comments that your site generated. Sems to be lesser than when your old writer was arund. That was when I inferred that your site readership dropped.

To confess, I come to KRC because of your old writer. Now, he has a new blog elsewhere which I think has pulled away alot of KRC readers. I do not want to name his blog out of respect for your site.

You should seriously welcome contributions from him. Do you welcome contribitions from writers who left your team? Does your site even practise free speech to begin?