HAVING MORE than 2000 excited, energetic kids on campus may be a logistical nightmare…
Salvador Bernal, National Artist for Theater Design (1945 – 2011) AS NEWS of Salvador Bernal’s passing broke last October 26, media institutions reported his death as a nation’s loss. For his colleagues and students, his demise was the passing of a mentor and a friend. The National Artist for Theatre Design and professor of literature [...]
SOMETHING NEW comes to the Ateneo this holiday season. Huge parols, blue and white lanterns and a series of tableaus…
THE DISBANDMENT of Ateneo’s oldest accredited political party, Partido IsaBuhay IsaGawa – Agila (IBIG-Agila), spurred some former members to create two new, separate political parties.
MEGAFORCE INTEGRATED Security Agency (MISA) has been charged…
WITH SEVERAL organization presidents voicing their concerns on the limitations of the PMS…
What did you think of IBIG-Agila’s disbandment? ”I believe that the disbandment of Ibig-Agila was the best option that the party had, and it is the product of months of deliberation and discussion. As this may be saddening news, I believe that the more important task at hand is for its members to continue serving [...]
Nebres hailed National Scientist Former University President Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ was conferred the title of National Scientist last October 25 at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall of the Malacañang Palace. President Benigno Aquino III awarded Nebres with the Presidential Medallion for his work and achievements as a mathematician, educator, mentor and administrator, as well as [...]
Students push for Arroyo trial CALLING FOR justice and the prosecution of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Ateneo students, faculty, and non-government organizations (NGOs) staged two noise barrages at Gate 2.5 last November 25 and 28. Called “Busina para Litisin si Gloria,” the protests were spearheaded by Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) together with the [...]
“If the measure of council success is organization success, then I don’t know how much more successful a council could be.” This was how Council of Organizations of the Ateneo (COA) President Kenneth Abante described the performance of the 49 student organizations under his watch during the State of the Council Address (SOCA) last November [...]
FOR THE first time in four years, the Constitution of the Undergraduate Students of the Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Schools is being deliberated upon by the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila through a constitutional assembly. The Constitution was last amended and ratified in 2005 since it did [...]
Member defections, ideological differences cited as cause THE ATENEO’S oldest accredited political party, Partido IsaBuhay IsaGawa – Agila (IBIG-Agila), has disbanded over the semestral break. Citing differences between the party’s ideology and the current needs of the Ateneo community, Sanggunian Vice President and former IBIG-Agila Chairperson Gio Alejo said that a number of members were [...]
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…