Alright, folks, so let’s dive into this whole Yale-NUS College book disposal drama that went down on Tuesday. Apparently, the university tried to chuck out a bunch of books, which got the alumni and students all riled up. But guess what? The uproar actually made the university do a 180 and reverse their decision later in the day. Talk about making some noise, right?
The whole shebang started when a Yale-NUS student, Mr. Lee, got wind of trash bags filled with books being tossed out at the campus. When he showed up, there was a whole showdown between students, recycling company folks, and NUS staff members. The recycling peeps were all like, “Hands off the books, they’re trash,” while the students were like, “Hold up, we want those books!” It was a real mess, let me tell you.
Despite the chaos, some of the books were saved from the recycling company’s clutches and are set to be given out at a later date. But why the whole disposal debacle in the first place? Well, seems like the NUS law faculty and campus infrastructure staff gave the university a tight deadline to clear out the library books, leaving them no choice but to trash them. But seriously, couldn’t they have handled this whole situation better? Like, come on, folks. Let’s be real here.
