June 2012
1 post
May 2012
7 posts
Freshies Para Sa Bayan Website - Freshie Guide... →
Visit www.updfreshies.weebly.com to get hold of the best info for incoming students of Diliman. Also, freshies will be given an exclusive ALYANSA Freshie Pocket Calendar at the Freshmen Orientation Program at CSWCD from May 8-12.
Iskolar para sa Bayan, salubungin natin ang mga bagong Isko at Iska sa UP Diliman!
(Kindly reblog.)
April 2012
7 posts
INACTION: Never an Option!
The issue of fraternity-related violence and its prevalence in the university is an old and continuing one. The root cause is complex but the effect of such –violence- is simple and crude. It requires us to understand a subculture that presents itself as strong and relevant on the outside but dirty and delusional on the inside. Supposedly intelligent people participate in an activity that is...
Iskolar Para Sa Bayan, Iskolar Para Sa Karapatan...
Students’ rights are human rights.
It is incumbent upon all academic institutions to give premium on the rights of its students for we are the largest stakeholders and we deserve a holistic education in a humane environment. It is ironic however, that inside our own academic institutions, we students are the ones with the least influence on school policies, rendering these prone to abuse by...
March 2012
3 posts
PARA SA PANTAY NA KARAPATAN, PARA SA BAYAN: UP...
This March, the world celebrates the vital role women play in their families, communities, and countries. Rooted in the centuries-old struggle to participate in society on an equal-footing with men, the International Women’s Month is the story of ordinary women making history. International Women’s Month highlights the access to equal rights and participation in the political and...
February 2012
5 posts
Our Own Defining Moment: UP ALYANSA Statement on...
They say that every generation has their own defining moment.
Our parents had theirs in EDSA 26 years ago.
Thanks to them, we deem our freedoms as a given. However imperfect our democracy may be, we remain a free people with our rights intact due to their sacrifice. As our parents faced down tanks and dismantled a dictatorship, they have given us a precious inheritance of freedom.
26 years...
ALYANSA Leadership Statement 2012: TAYO ANG USC
UP students actively shape our country’s history. To do this, we are brought together by the University Student Council. The USC is in the best position to unite our diversely talented student body and direct it towards the good of our nation. As the challenges we face change over time, so too does the USC evolve to represent the best our people has to offer.
To meet today’s new...
January 2012
1 post
“We offer a different form of activism – one that is reflective of the diversity...”
– UP ALYANSA Founding Members, 2000
December 2011
6 posts
“Today is Christmas eve. Whether or not Christ was born exactly on this date is...”
– Dr. Jose P. Rizal, 24 December 1886
GASC 2011: On the Alleged Online Campaign to...
December 21, 2011, 12:20PM: ALYANSA Chairperson Tin Borja received text messages from council members in the General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) clarifying if ALYANSA is indeed moving for the “Unseating of the Student Regent”. This is due to the announcement made by the Student Regent in the GASC where ALYANSA is alleged to have started an online campaign to UNSEAT THE SR. As...
ALYANSA for [S]ecuring [R]epresentation
Every year, the General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC), composed of our elected student council members from the constituent units of the University, convenes to ratify the Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection or the CRSRS, a document that serves as the “rule book” for the selection process of the Student Regent.
Being the only student member chosen among our ranks...
November 2011
3 posts
NO BLOOD, NO SCORE
“A continuing brawl that tallies score on the basis of bloodshed”, aptly describes the violent nature propagated by supposedly service-and-leadership-oriented brotherhoods these past months.
09.16.11
Alpha Sigma and Alpha Phi Beta started the series of fraternity rumbles as they engage in a fight at the APB tambayan. 2 APB members were hurt.
10.17.11
Ivan Valcos of Alpha Sigma...
SAWANG SAWA NA KAMI!
Last Friday, November 11, just outside the backstage of R O C K A S J U A N, a concert that celebrates Filipino pride and volunteerism held at the Sunken Garden, two masked men, who were identified as Alpha Phi Beta members, in a Honda Civic with the plate ZGS 242, hit Lloyd Cunanan of Alpha Sigma twice in his head, one at the back and one at the side, inflicting fear to the event...
October 2011
9 posts
“The 7 billionth citizen, a child, will be born into a world of contradiction....”
– UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in an interview with TIME as the world population hits 7 billion.
“Going back to the question, ‘Aktibista ka na ba?’ The answer is, maybe. Not the...”
– Nicole Manalo, BA Political Science ‘15, in her Philippine Daily Inquirer article “Tibak” (published 13 October 2011)
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs, in his speech delivered during the Stanford University Commencement Exercises (2005)
September 2011
7 posts
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UP ALYANSA's clarificatory statement regarding a...
In light of the news article by Manila Standard Today entitled“UP students, faculty launch 3-day strike” where UP ALYANSA was reported to have led the budget mobilization which occurred last Wednesday (to quote: “The UP-Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral Para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran led the walk along the academic Oval area and marched on the 2.2-kilometer oval to...
BUDGET WATCH UPDATE: ALYANSA urges Congress to...
(L-R) ALYANSA Chairperson Tin Borja, CSSP Student Council Chairperson JC Tejano, and USC Councilor Heart Diño. Behind them is former USC Councilor Jeff Crisostomo.
UP ALYANSA joins the UP administration and other state universities and colleges (SUCs) in a public dialogue at the House of Representatives last September 7, 2011, the same day the proposed budget of CHED and SUCs for 2012 was...
BUDGET WATCH UPDATE: Members of Congress tweet...
UP ALYANSA has been receiving tweets from members of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives) since the Iskolars para sa Bayan intensified its “Increase the UP Budget, Invest in Education” campaign. The following are their tweets on our Twitter account, @upalyansa.
On UP ALYANSA’s Position Paper on the Proposed 2012 UP and Education...
UP BUKLOD-ISIP Statement of Support for the... →
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PARA SA KALUSUGAN AT KAPANTAYAN: RH Bill Isabatas na Sa paglalayong makatugon sa pangangailangan at interes ng masang Pilipino, at sa paglalayong magkaroon ang bawat Pilipino ng pagkakataon sa isang malusog at marangal na buhay, ang UP Bukluran sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino (UP Buklod-Isip) ay naninindigan at sumusuporta sa pagsasabatas ng Reproductive Health Bill.
August 2011
6 posts
