By ANNA KRISTINA P. VIRTUSIO and CHARMAINE P. LIRIO Bulatlat QUEZON CITY — As the premier educational institution in the country, the University of the Philippines has been regarded for decades as the epitome of academic freedom and excellence. But with the near approval of the new code of conduct for students in the university,…
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Red Before Maroon: My Reminiscences of UP
My memories of UP are registers of cognitive and affective experiences. And If I believe in rebirth, then UP to me is like a way station before the quarters of pleasures and pains. Where I am now, remembering is the only answer to dismemberment. BY TOMAS T. TALLEDO* Posted by Bulatlat 1. Anamnesis. To Plato…
Pulitikal na Represyon sa Nagbabagong Mukha ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas
Sa unang malas, mistulang seryoso ang administrasyon sa hangarin nitong maging isang world-class university ang U.P. Sa pamamagitan ng biswal na pagpapaganda, hangad nitong umangat ang ranggo ng pamantasan kapag inihanay na sa mga unibersidad sa ibang bansa, kahit man lamang sa Timog-Silangang Asya. Dahil katatapos lang ng sentenaryo, mukhang makatarungan nga na ayusin ang…
UP Students Uphold Student Representation
In a historic referendum, the students of the University of the Philippines (UP) reaffirmed the rules governing the selection of their lone representative to the highest policy-making body of the university. BY JEFFREY OCAMPO Contributor Bulatlat In a historic referendum, the students of the University of the Philippines (UP) reaffirmed the rules governing the selection…
UP Faculty Regent Asked to Resign as Union Officer, Conflict of Interest or Anti-Unionism?
Prof. Judy Taguiwalo who was elected overwhelming by the faculty to represent them in the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines (UP) has yet to take her oath. The reason: The Board is asking her to resign as officer of the All-UP Academic Employees Union. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Professor Judy…
UP Students May Lose Representation in Highest Governing Body
Additional requirements for the selection of the student representative to the Board of Regents – as stipulated in the new UP Charter- have endangered the representation of students in the highest policy-making body of the country’s premier state university. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Since 1987, a lone student representative sits as an official member…
Who’s Afraid of Sarah Raymundo?*
Contrary to popular perception that UP is a free zone, a liberated space, what Sarah’s case reveals is that UP is a site of fierce ideological struggle, where those who advocate radical convictions are isolated and marginalized, even terminated, for unjust reasons. BY KATRINA MACAPAGAL First Published in the Philippine Collegian Bulatlat They say that…
Back where I started
In UP medical school and in the Philippine General Hospital, I learned firsthand that the physical ills of our people will never be decisively healed without healing first and foremost the ills of our chronically debilitated and crisis-ridden society. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 The…
Bawal ang Mahirap Dito
Graffiti ito sa may harap na bakod ng Faculty Center sa U.P. Ang kumpletong sinulat sa itim na tinta ay “Bawal ang mahirap dito. Mahal ang tuition!” Tamang-tama ang pagkasulat dahil sa panahon ng UPCAT, ang entrance exam sa U.P. Malaman ang sinasaad ng slogan na ito. Hindi na pangmahirap ang U.P. Na kahit makapasa…
GMA Must Go: Symbolic Action at the UP Centennial Graduation Ceremonies
Amid the tight security of the University authorities, progressive faculty members, graduating militant students and non-academic personnel creatively made bold statements on the country’s deteriorating political and economic situation reiterating the position of the Diliman University Council that “GMA must go!” during the UP Diliman Centennial Graduation ceremonies last April 27, 2008 POSTED BY BULATLAT…
A Philippine University
Its doors’ being open to as many Filipinos as possible is a major factor in its lead as an educational institution. But there’s also the fact that as a state university, UP’s educating the poor would seem to be a considerable part of its mandate. BY LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point / Business World Posted…