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On the curb

I entered this University wanting to make a name for myself—and like the many things I plan to do, it’s always easier said than done. This isn’t a subtle inspirational humblebrag about how to follow your dreams and keep pushing.…

Awareness at a crucial time

You log in to Facebook to post an update about yourself and to watch how your friends are doing. You scroll through your newsfeed, reading and watching funny posts, and even repeating them by sharing it to others. There you…

A call to stop catcalling

As I was walking along the hallway of a certain college building in the campus, different voices coming from a group of men, or should I say DLSU-D students, caught my attention saying, “Miss!”, “Baby!”, “I love you!”, “Psst!” At…

Why UAAP sucks?

Para sa aking huling column, gusto kong punahin at balikan ang mga issue sa larangan at mundo ng sports. Minsan mo na sigurong narinig, napanood maski isang laro, o ‘di kaya’y nahumaling sa University Athletic Association of the Philippines o…

Magpahinga habang bùhay

Habang pinagsasabay kong tapusin ang worksheets ko sa Genetics, reaction paper sa Environmental Ethics, at mga deadline ko sa iba’t ibang supplements sa Heraldo Filipino (HF), sumabay din ang inaabangan kong Convention for the Arts at Art Fair 2017 sa…

While I breathe, I hope

I have the weirdest-sounding column ID—Dum spiro, spero—and you can scan around other column IDs to see what I mean. Although it sounds like a Harry Potter spell, it isn’t—but it carries just as much power that can change our…

Post-truth cancer

Now, my thesis might define “post-truth” along the lines of an adjective that appeals to emotion over objective facts in shaping public opinion, but without the confines of the political correctness of the academe, let me explain post-truth in all…

Beyond compare

It was an ordinary day when my little brother came home upset after visiting his friend a few blocks away and said he liked his friend’s house better than ours. This was before he went on to bluntly say he…