Opinion

We Don’t Clap for Chatbots

The University has a curious habit of championing the wrong victories. When a De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (DLSU-D) alumnus had his artificial intelligence (AI)-generated short film shortlisted for an international AI film competition in Dubai—one dangling a $1…

When curation becomes censorship

Institution channels for information should empower the community—not filter it to protect reputations. Yet at DLSU-D, the line between “curating” and censoring has grown increasingly hard to see.  Much of this directly challenges the Publication, but beyond that, it is…

Pressed But Not Free

Filipino journalists fight a war on two fronts, and they cannot win it alone. They stand as inheritors of courage earned in blood—of reporters who chose exile over silence when Ferdinand Marcos padlocked every newspaper on September 21, 1972. That…

Unim(press)ed

To amplify voices, to provide information, to advocate, to disturb, to open closed eyes—even with heads facing the other way. I shouldn’t complain about this, but here I am, acting like it wasn’t my choice to sign up for this.…

Bad student, bad!

My college friends may not know this, but I used to be an academic achiever. It was ordinary for me to have straight As, conduct awards, and multiple extracurriculars all at once. Well, it’s all thanks to my mother—a teacher…

Green isn’t always clean

Somewhere in the mountains of CALABARZON, in the heart of Congressional Avenue, a kingdom glows vibrantly green. Not just in the color of their logo, but in their branding, façade (literally), and the “principles” they apparently advocate for. Green is…

Plight of the Gifted Hand

As a creative in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)-driven world, the notion of art as a mere hobby has been ingrained in us from the moment we express any interest toward it. The earlier you identify as an…