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And Now My Watch is Ended
by Polo F. Imperial I can no longer remember the first time I stepped inside the Philippine Collegian’s office at Vinzons 401. You see, I was summoned rather than invited, and I was suspicious of why...
View ArticlePatuloy na maninindigan
Ito ang panahon ng pagbabalik-tanaw at paglakad pasulong. Sa loob ng dalawang taon, nagpatuloy ang tradisyunal na pagtangan ng Philippine Collegian sa isang uri ng pamamahayag na hindi popular sa...
View ArticleIn the event that I get killed
by Dominique Santiago My mother would warn me against writing this. A bad premonition, she’d say. Normally I’d agree with her, but circumstances are tough, and I wouldn’t want to leave the world...
View ArticleMoving forward
Progress is built upon the people’s collective memory and willingness to change. As the Philippine Collegian heads toward another year of fearless and critical journalism, it moves with the conscious...
View ArticleOne call away
■ Hans Christian Marin It must be a good feeling to know that there is somebody willing to cross all the oceans, literally and figuratively, just to be with you. I am currently a struggling engineering...
View ArticleThe Living Dead
■ Andrea Joyce Lucas Once along Katipunan Avenue where a shopping mall now stands, there was a school campus. The school itself has been relocated to a smaller space not too far from the mall, within...
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LAKBAY DIWA: Pagpapalit-anyo, pagbabalat-kayo
ni Eula Cabiling Magaalas-otso pa lang ng umaga nang ihatid ako ni Tatang sa harap ng College of Arts and Letters (CAL). Unang araw noon ng akademikong taon, at bakas sa mukha niya ang pagkasabik sa...
View ArticleTipping scales
■ Daniel Boone Among my biggest regrets as a Collegian writer was to never visit any political detainee in jail even if I had the best chances. But stories from fellow staff who visit them give me a...
View ArticleMga Gunita at Paalala ng Isang Tanders
■ John Reczon Calay Naalala mo ba ang nagdaang saglit nang maitanim sa isipan mong sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas ka magkokolehiyo? Magkahalong galak, pagkasabik, at bagabag ang naramdaman mo, ‘di ba?...
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LAKBAY DIWA: Kalabit sa gatilyo
■ Eula Cabiling Tuluyan na ata akong hinawaan ni Tatang sa pagka-allergic niya sa camera. Hirap nang mag-pose at pilit ngumiti kapag nahaharap sa lente ng camera, kahit sa mga simpleng selfie o groupie...
View ArticleNo escape
One is easy to escape with impunity through corruption of public memory. Such is the victory so close at hand for the Marcoses, should the clamor against the late dictator’s burial at the Libingan ng...
View ArticleTerminal defense
The Filipinos need only to look back to the month of September to remind them of our bloody history. It was at this time 44 years ago that the late dictator declared martial law, taking around 3,000...
View ArticleLingering questions
■ Alyssa P. Laya Months have passed but I still haven’t forgiven you fully for what you have put me through. I spend nights alone crying myself to sleep, feeling dirty and unworthy. When I walk on the...
View ArticlePeace talks
■ Jan Andrei Cobey “Ma, apat na taon na pala ako sa Kulê sa February,” I blurted out during dinner last week. Fuck, that was miscalculated. I instinctively swallowed the food that I was still chewing....
View ArticleUP Student Elections—An Appraisal
■ Miriam P. Defensor U.P. student elections stand in need of reform. When President Romulo re-established the Student Council and thus paved the way for direct, university-wide student elections, this...
View ArticleLandas ng pakikibaka
Marka ng bawat pakikibaka ang paglikha ng isang tindig. Ito ang diwa ng Lakbayan 2016–hindi patitinag ang 3,500 pambansang minorya upang muling igiit ang kanilang karapatan sa lupang minana at sariling...
View ArticleThird world problems
■ Andrea Joyce Lucas Recently, a well-known actress drew flak for her strongly worded remarks on President Rodrigo Duterte’s stance on foreign aid. The president dared the United States (US) and the...
View ArticleThe art of losing
■ Dominique Santiago My sister asked me this morning for her necklace back. It was a silver chain with a rose pendant that she loaned me two weeks before for Sunday mass. I wore it for a week and a...
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Palusot
■ Eula Cabiling Sabi nga sa isang kanta ni Rico Blanco: “Kung ayaw may dahilan, kung gusto palaging merong paraan.” Ito ang gustong-gusto kong sabihin sa isang kagrupo ko sa klase, na ayaw bumisita sa...
View ArticleHuwad na Pagpanig
Nagbabadya ang isang sakuna: isang panibagong patakarang panlabas na nakakubli sa tabing ng pakikipagalyansang tagibang. Nagpahayag man si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng tuluyang separasyon ng Pilipinas...
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