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By MELISSA ONG brats@thestar.com.my I was shocked to read the news of the three-year incestuous relationship between the father and daughter that made headlines recently. The part that worried me most was when she admitted to being a willing partner and that her father paid her for each intercourse. The first thing that […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my Rizal (not his real name) has been sexually active since he was 19. He has had multiple partners and it was only two years ago that he learned about the condom and its use in preventing sexually transmitted diseases. By then, he had already been diagnosed as HIV positive. “I have […]
Follow your heart By ROXANNE LOW brats@thestar.com.my As someone who is stepping into tertiary education, I have been thinking a lot about what I can do to lead a fulfilling life. Unlike most of my peers, I chose a path less taken. After graduating from high school, I joined a student exchange programme in […]
By TAN JEN LI, LEE JIA JENE and TAM XUEH WEI Photos by TAN JEN LI brats@thestar.com.my After their successful run last year, the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC) hosted their second [i]MPACT event at Publika in Solaris Dutamas, KL last weekend. The movement was back to once again inspire youths […]
Stories by Chia Chien Teng, Chiang Pang Fei, Tharaniya Nair and Tristan Chwee. LIFE in an oil palm plantation can sound much worse than it really is. Sure, the workers have to perform manual labour for eight hours a day and live in a small wooden hut with at least four other guys. Yes, there […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my IT’S not every day that you get to chill with the Prime Minister in a kopitiam. It’s even less often that you get to tell him exactly what you think about his education policy. But that was pretty much what we were up to a couple of days ago when R.AGE […]
TEDxYouth@KL is for those aspiring to make a difference.
By CHUA WEI LIM Creative Writing Taylor’s University College I AM not against parents telling their teenage kids to change their ways when it is necessary, but I feel that it’s something that’s been done too often and at times without any valid reasons. Sometimes, teenagers don’t need to be told what to do, but […]
By TRECIA TAN SHU HUI Taylor’s University Bachelor of Mass Communication PEOPLE are always complaining about how the education system is a failure and it needs to be reformed. There is no doubt that it has its flaws, like everything else that exists in this world, but is it really just the fault of […]