HER JOB, she says, can drive her to tears at times, but despite the difficulty in helping install a new batch of Atenean student leaders every year, she still finds it an immense learning experience. This is how Margaux Tan (III BS CTM) describes her new appointment as the interim Ateneo Commission on Elections (Comelec) [...]
Joins UE, UST and DLSU in elite four-peat club
Villarin, Ruel de Vera appointed by Noy NEW ATENEO de Manila president Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin was appointed as an acting member of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), according to statements from Malacañang. Meanwhile, Ruel de Vera, associate editor of the Sunday Inquirer magazine and faculty member of [...]
AFTER BEING found guilty on charges of “gross negligence” during the 2011 Freshmen and Special Elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chief Commissioner Jon Andre Vergara is the first student official to be impeached in three years. The Student Judicial Court (SJC) found him guilty in a 5-1 decision last September 1, replacing him with second-in-command [...]
AFTER A show of protest…
ANOTHER STUDENT political group…
“TO WHOM are we beholden?” Every year, new leaders are appointed in the executive boards of the Ateneo’s 49 accredited student organizations. Life in the student organizations is vibrant in the school; many in the Loyola School’s 8,000-strong population are members of an org or two. Every year, elected officers strive to uphold their orgs’ [...]
CITING PROBLEMS within the party…
What is your impression of the new security guards from Megaforce? Okay naman sila. Dito sa Dela Costa Hall, medyo hindi nagkaroon ng pagbabago kasi si Joyce, na lady guard sa baba, siya pa rin yung guwardiya namin dati. Ibig sabihin, na-absorb siya ng Megaforce. [Sa ibang lugar na naka-station ‘yung ibang guwardiya] mas visible [...]
THE AIR was heavy with defeat as somber expressions replaced the infectious cheerfulness of the Blue and Lady Paddlers. Such an ending to the season was not what the Ateneo teams envisioned for season 74 of the UAAP Table Tennis tournament. The four-day regular season featuring two rounds of play in two consecutive weekends kicked [...]
Ateneo Shuttlers claim top spots in this season’s UAAP Badmintion Championship.
THEY SAY that adversity either brings out the best or the worst in us. In the case of the young and undermanned Ateneo Tankers, they delivered in the time of need, with both the men’s and women’s teams duplicating last season’s performance. Blue Tankers They may have not won the title, but they won a [...]
“PUSO NA lang.” Simple yet strong words said by Lady Beach Spiker Alyssa Valdez as they were warming up for their final game of the season against UST. Easy elimination round The Lady Beach Spikers breezed through the elimination round destroying their opponents in straight sets. Their only match forced to a third set was [...]
A soldier’s first experience of being under fire in the heat of battle is certainly an experience never forgotten. Often referred to as the baptism of fire, this endeavor mirrored what the Blue and Lady Jins endured in the recently concluded UAAP Taekwondo Championships. Hosted by Far Eastern University (FEU), the two-day tournament was once [...]
Basketball: Tonino Gonzaga By Ally M. Lim Late in the first quarter, while Kirk Long and Keifer Ravena sit on the bench after having started the game, is his time to shine. “When I come off the bench, I give energy to the team. When I make good plays, it helps them feel energized and [...]
THE UAAP Cheerdance Competition is where the cheerleaders get cheered for, aside from their usual halftime concerts in regular season games. This is where nightmares of team logistics, the months spent training since summer, the trickle of sweat and blood and the voice of the Sixth Man converge in a condensed six minutes of athletics [...]
Who’s to say that players from team B aren’t as talented as their team A counterparts?
Post-Nothing jjurado@theguidon.com I have spent a large percentage of my life online, and it has left me exposed to different individuals over the years. I would find myself reading brilliant articles on football strategies by total unknowns, news reports from local media websites, and updates on news feeds on social networks. Sometimes, I would find [...]
La Vie En Rose pguballa@theguidon.com If I am to believe my Facebook feed, people are more saddened by the passing of Steve Jobs than by the effects of the typhoons that have just passed, which have left a lot of people killed or homeless. It is a weird world we live in, where we have [...]