Editorial

Don’t look away

Life has become disposable in this administration where our own youth have fallen victim to extrajudicial killings before even coming of age. From the death of boys like Kian delos Santos and Carl Angelo Arnaiz, to the House of Representatives’…

On Mindanao: Chaos theory

The expected happened—extension of Mindanao martial law until the end of the year was granted by the Supreme Court. The war resumes until now and after the President’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA), protests and opinions rage on…

On Marawi: Fight or flight

It started with Manchester. It could have been a concert you attended. It was followed by Bangkok. It could have been a country you traveled to. In the span of a few hours, terrorism began to feel more personal, just…

The new colossus

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” These are the last five…

Passive-regressive

There seems to be a University-wide virus spreading around the campus—most known for its colloquial term—passivity. The burden of always being branded the passive youth can be a difficult sword to carry, especially when we’re the ones falling on it…

Passing the torch

Later today, the old and new generations will converge once again in a show of unity against the Marcos Burial at the Bonifacio Day rally to be held at the People Power Monument along EDSA from 4PM until midnight. In…

No winners in war

“Go ahead and kill them.” Terror is being raised in the name of “change” as headlines of vigilantes and “inhuman” drug users dominate the news. Dead set on eradicating these pushers to cleanse the country, Duterte is in full force…

The end line

Recent news of a student committing suicide near the grandstand has shaken the University. Although it remains a delicate and private topic, the issue of suicide has resurfaced once again and it is high time that we take its prevention…

Enforcing evil

“Shut up.” This was Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s reply to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chief Loretta Ann Rosales, who criticized him for freely announcing his intention to kill rice smugglers in his city, saying that he was being…