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Embracing Mediocrity
Originally published in HF Volume 36 Issue 1 Have you ever been told that you weren’t good enough for one particular thing? Or that you were plain as paper? If not, well, grab a bite and let me tell you…
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Of lost threads
Originally published in HF Volume 36 Issue 1 That opportunities lost for hopeful athletes is the resonating truth during this turbulent time of pandemic. Resounding it may be on a bigger picture but the situation of collegiate athletes in the…
Why friendship cards couldn’t be used in politics
Originally published from HF Volume 36 Issue 1
Lights on: HIV/AIDs is not just about ending the stigma
It is almost like an unwritten yet well-ingrained norm that every time the terms Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) surface, the initial call to action dives mainly into two things: to raise awareness and to…
The ideal woman doesn’t exist
Originally published in The HERALDO FILIPINO Broadsheet Vol. 34 Double Issue It’s easy to think we’ve already shattered the mold women are forced to fit into, but if asked, we all still share the same idea of what an ideal…
Failure to represent students is failure of duty
We have all kinds of ideas on what a student leader should be, most of them colorful and glorious, evident enough through profile pictures with frames and long captions, flowery promises, and rave events. The most important of them all,…
On flattening the curve: how harsh policies affect the marginalized poor
Aiming to mitigate the increase of infected cases for COVID-19, the national government implemented the Luzon-wide lockdown on March 15, 2020. The marginalized poor, without any other means of income, face a threat to life other than the virus: starvation.…
Why we need to fight for our democracy
On the evening of April 1st, President Rodrigo Duterte made a surprise and impromptu press conference to address the current state of the country, or more so the current state of his regime. About eleven hours before his speech, the…