rag day

What do I know about a ragged day?

Throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s, the college's students were famed for their Rag Day parade.

Each year the students elected their own "Rag Day Queen" to head the procession.

Since the 1980s, Rag Day has been confined to the campus grounds at Kent Ridge.

There are others at Christmas, Rag Day and St Patrick's Day - all guaranteed full houses.

This will be the first NUSSU Rag Day that would be held in the evening.

On a ragged day, an Uzi Day, I can believe they have come to annoy me, to disrupt my low-grade middle-class need for quiet and order.

The Tiverton executive also organises parties and charity events throughout the year, including an annual Rag Day in October, and a Summer Ball.

In 1978, civilian searcher Norma Spence was shot dead near St Anne's Cathedral by gunmen posing as university Rag Day students.

Don Imus, the acerbic radio and television talk-show host, supported Mr. Barnicle during the columnist's final, ragged days with The Globe last August and has featured his commentary on the air several times since then.

The project comprises two separate but related events: students taking to the streets asking the public for donations on Flag Day and, subsequently, a procession of thematic floats that will perform within the university grounds on Rag Day.

Some of the most recent include the "May Day Gig" held on 1 May 2008, a "Rag Day" on 30 April 2008 which raised over €2,000, and a table quiz held on 29 April 2008.

Nevertheless, Rag Day remains a day when all the NUS Halls of Residence and Faculty Clubs vie for the top spot to construct the best float complemented by outstanding performances to impress the judges.

Rag and Flag 2010 will mark another milestone in the project's history because of its collaboration with the Singapore Youth Olympic Committee to jointly hold Rag Day 2010 with the Youth Olympic Flame Arrival Celebrations.