SINGAPORE: Yale-NUS student associates were instructed to render DVDs unusable by scratching them, allegedly for security reasons, ahead of the college’s closing. Two students expressed discomfort with the task, which involved using penknives to scratch around 80-100 discs, including notable titles. This incident follows an outcry over 500 library books being recycled due to an “operational lapse,” leading to a broader discussion on the handling of library materials by NUS.