Positive Space dfajardo@theguidon.com HERE IN the Philippines, it is not unusual to blatantly see our beloved public servants’ names and faces on the streets. Be it promotional materials for their latest gimmick or a humble “Merry Christmas!” greeting, politicians know how to make sure we won’t forget their names and faces. However seemingly innocent these [...]
Verisimilitude cpecson@theguidon.com “Easy A ba?” “Magaling ba?” These are the questions that Ateneans preoccupy themselves with during pre-enlistment period. Aside from making their “dream” schedules ahead of time, the question of which professor to take is one of the most critical choices for an Ateneo student. But why is it that out of so many [...]
When former Blue Booter Head Coach Ompong Merida resigned from the team at the end of a winless UAAP Season 73 campaign, the Merida Era in Ateneo football came to a halt—or so everyone thought. Jay Pee Merida, Ompong’s nephew, has been appointed as the new head coach of the Men’s Football Team. Open tryouts [...]
A Sanggunian-supported “awareness act” on the recent oil price hikes drew cold reactions from several organizations, who called the act “weak” and “problematic.” The Oil Price Hike Awareness Act of 2011, authored by Sanggunian Vice President Gio Alejo and Secretary-General Ian Agatep, outlined the causes of the rising fuel prices and government actions to solve [...]
THE MULTI-AWARDED Ateneo Debate Society (ADS) failed to make it past the quarterfinals of the United Asian Debating Championships (UADC), held at the University of Macau last May 16 to 23. This is the society’s first non-appearance in an Asia-wide debating tournament final since 2001. As the last team standing from the Ateneo during the [...]
Ateneo offers one of the best, if not the best organization life in the country. This discussion attempting to uncover the anatomy of successful organizations may be relevant both for freshmen choosing orgs they want to be active in, and for top org officers who wish to improve their orgs’ systems. A Strong Community of [...]
A look at some of the events that shook not only the Philippines, but the world as well. (click image for higher-resolution version)
If you think terrorism is just pure senselessness, think again.
ON DECEMBER 30, 2000, the citizens of Metro Manila witnessed the city’s worst terrorist attack to date. Twenty-two people died and hundreds were injured as the Mindanao conflict, seen as distant by many in the metropolis, literally exploded into the urban scene: five different places across the Metro were bombed within the span of an [...]
You haven’t been to a food trip if you haven’t been to Maginhawa.
Ateneo’s art scene is one of many paradoxes. The Ateneo Art Gallery is huge and presents over 600 works by Filipino and foreign artists, yet few students visit on a regular basis. Younger artists have made their name through the underground circuit and enjoyed fame among the student community, but continue to struggle against those [...]
A look at some of the Ateneo Art Gallery’s notable exhibitions in recent years. Ateneo Art Awards Exhibit Held annually in August The Ateneo Art Awards are given each year to promising contemporary artists below the age of 36. Past winners include Leeroy New, Kawayan de Guia and Poklong Anading. The works of shortlisted artists [...]
A guide to TV and film’s bad boys Photos from the internet
As far as art is concerned, literature is my first love. However, anything beyond the borders of essays, short stories and poems is a stranger to me. But while I may not know the technicalities and minutiae of the visual arts, I do know an artist when I see one. That’s where Reese Lansangan comes [...]
The premise of Disney’s Tangled (2011) wasn’t revolutionary. A princess trapped in a tower, wishing for the day she could free herself from the confines of her prison—we’ve seen this story before. However, what separated Tangled from other Disney flicks and earned the film a horde of screaming fans came in the form of its [...]
Is the Ateneo’s INAF program all it’s cracked up to be?
The case of the Blue Residences isn’t SMDC’s first spat with the Loyola Heights community. They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice, but for one real estate Zeus, the Shoemart Development Corporation (SMDC), it seems that Loyola Heights is just an all-too-lucrative market to let go of. In 2009, SMDC was planning to [...]
Just a few hundred meters away from the Ateneo is a fault line ripe for movement, capable of causing a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. A report from Bulatlat, an independent news organization, says that 35,000 people are estimated to die when such an earthquake occurs, and that three million more would need evacuation. According to the [...]
Editor’s Note: In light of the renewed debate on campus about what politicization in the context of the university really means, The GUIDON is presenting a short historiography on this very matter. This work documents the major developments in campus politics since the rebirth of the collegiate political party system with Partido Agila’s founding in [...]