Of Factories and Farms
Growing up, we are asked the question “why are you in school?” by grown-ups and the answer was always simple , “to learn”. Usually, that was the end of the discussion, and we would...
Category: Opinion
DEBATE: No! to Sin Tax
As fully obvious as it is, the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes is a prevalent problem in the Republic of the Philippines, especially among those in the poor sectors and of course, the youth....
YES! to Sin Tax
The Philippines has one of the lowest prices for sin products like alcohol and cigarettes. The average price for cigarettes in the country is 27.72 pesos per pack compared to 365.2 pesos in Singapore,...
Blessing and Curse: The Case for Student Activism
Big signs, megaphones, grim-looking people screaming their lungs out, pumping their fists in defiance to authority for the sake of a cause? Maybe something more sinister. Shady groups of people at war with the...
The Ills of Democracy: The SSC Experience
Beyond reasonable doubt, our Supreme Student Council has been on the receiving end of brutal criticism; criticisms such as questionable objectives, lapses in information dissemination, poor campus presence and rampant party politics. All of...
ISMISery: A General Reflection
It’s beginning to feel as if at the end of every semester, the fates flip a coin and decide how the enrollment for the next one goes: heads for bearable and tails for headache, with...
