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Nightclub's sexually suggestive posters are insulting to CHIJ and ACS students

"In need of a one night stand: CHIJ girls please stand up!" read the poster at club Filter, a large CHIJ school crest in the middle. STOMPer Jean feels this is very demeaning and insults students of the school. A photo of a similar poster at the club featuring the ACS school crest was also seen online.

In an article in The New Paper today (Jan 18), the poster was seen in Filter Members Club last Saturday during a theme party, and a photograph of a group of girls posing with the poster was posted online yesterday.

Permission was not sought for the use of the school crest by the club, said CHIJ School Board of Management chairman Vivienne Lim.

She, CHIJ alumni and current CHIJ students also felt it was insulting, inappropriate, demeaning and tasteless. A PR consultant the paper spoke to also stressed the importance of a school badge as "it has historical connections and religious significance".

A mother of three daughters who are enrolled in CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Primary School said, "It's rude and gives the impression that all convent girls have loose morals."

The club had described the get-up for the party as "scandalous school girls" and "East Coast preppy school boys" on its facebook page.

The ACS school logo was also used in a party poster to promote a reunion party for former ACS students on Saturday. Its slogan read: "In need of a sugar daddy: Where my AC boys at?" Permission was also not sought for the use of this school crest, said an ACS spokesman.

The club said it does not "comment on the actions of their guests when they are in Filter or what takes place in Filter."

STOMPer Jean described her reaction to seeing the poster:

"Being an alumnus of CHIJ Toa Payoh, I was shocked to come across the photo of the poster online.

"When I read about the report in the papers, I was even more dismayed that the club had failed to see the significance and so sacrilegiously used the crest in such a demeaning manner.

"How can it imply that all CHIJ girls are willing to partake in 'one-night stands?" It's even implicating those in the primary schools, who are as young as six.

"CHIJ has a rich history of over 150 years. The club has destroyed it in just one night.

"I hope they will be dealt with seriously."

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marcelialim said   on 2 Feb, 2012   Report as offensive  
@Vocaloid Another netizen with brainless comments. Let's me get this facts right. Not all IJ girls are sluts or whores like what you have mention. And it's offending to those who were never like that!
stompac240112 said   on 26 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
Insulting to CHIJ maybe. I don't see how anyone can insult ACS enough.
marcelialim said   on 25 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
@geraldlee If you're just making random assumptions without even seeking the truth yeah? Not all girls behave like sluts!
senseonsands said   on 25 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
The posters are neither witty nor appropriate! Lousy copywriter@
Sugarreliant said   on 25 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
@slashthegrass I'm sorry, but IJ doesn't solely consist of St. Nicks. We have 11 schools, and we're proud of it. Get your head out of your ass; remember, IJ comes as a whole, St. nicks isn't exclusive, now kindly stop disgracing the rest of us.
Natyeong said   on 24 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
@slashthegrass This is pathetic. You call yourself an IJ girl, yet you seem to have forgotten that SNGS is NOT the original IJ. And if you're really a true blue IJ girl, you wouldn't care about which IJ you are from. You would see ALL 11 schools as ONE UNITED IJ. It's sad that after years of being an IJ girl, you decide that you are "too elitist" to be identified with your sister schools. I really wonder what you have learnt from school.
Secretive said   on 23 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
@slashthegrass So what if im not in st nics? Unlike you, i see IJ as a whole, not individual. stop being sucha childish freak ya. Disgracing the whole of ij.
RentOner said   on 22 Jan, 2012   Report as offensive  
Parties full of pimples!