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[Philippine Collegian @phkule]

A near-complete council was proclaimed Friday following the conclusion of this year’s University Student Council regular elections. The high-turnout election, greater than all polls after 2021, is a complete shift from last year’s regular election that left all university-wide posts vacant. Yet such a ground for celebration was blunted by the University Student Electoral Board’s (USEB) sudden announcement of its decision not to honor the existing precedent on abstain, which outvoted proclaimed Vice Chairperson-elect Chloe Antonio.

The abrupt reinterpretation of abstain by an appointed electoral board is an undemocratic exercise that contravenes the spirit of the campaign for a legitimate, genuine, and consultative council. Its manner of breaking precedent fell into the same trap of arbitrariness criticized by some as the supposed problem in the board’s initial interpretation of abstain.

Whatever one believes the role of abstain must play, the fact of the matter remains: USET’s more recent 2016 and 2024 interpretation of abstain was assumed to be in effect, so at least some students abstained with the intended consequence of rejecting all candidates in mind. Without adequate consultation and prior announcement, the electorate was blindsided and bereft of knowledge that may have informed their votes.

It is thus an affront that winning candidates who ran under the banner of a consultative and transparent leadership are lauding this development. USEB, and the incoming council, must realize that there are no shortcuts to attaining sustainable, genuine student representation.

Part of this path is a serious consideration of the suggestion long made by the Office of the Student Projects and Activities: enact amendments to our outdated 2010 electoral code. To achieve such, the Collegian, which has executed the first university-wide plebiscite in recent history, calls for a referendum on abstention and other suggested electoral reforms.

READ: https://t.co/Efy3xUJeF1

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Sa dulang “O Pag-ibig na Makapangyarihan” ni Bonifacio Ilagan, naipamalas ang kasarinlan ni de Jesus at ng mga kababaihan sa sariling pagpapasya ni Oryang na ibigin si Andres, ibigin ang bayan, at sumanib sa rebolusyon.

BASAHIN: https://t.co/akQuBSMfbU

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The Collegian released its first issue for its 102nd year on Feb. 18, featuring an array of topics ranging from campus commercialization to the veep's impeachment.

Follow this thread to find out what's in our latest issue.

Access the digital copy: https://t.co/yx6gZxuFRv

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LOOK: Makabayan Coalition formally started their grassroots campaign with a send-off activity at the Kartilya ng Katipunan this morning.

Each of the candidates then departed for house to house, public market and transport terminal campaigning. Community rallies will be held in Litex in Quezon City and Plaza Noli in Manila later at 4 p.m.

Today marks the official start of the campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections.

#TaumbayanSaSenado

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We are 90 days away from the May midterm elections. The campaign sprint for the national races has officially begun, though many campaign operatives have already been on the trail for months on end.

https://t.co/d8EyrqOiAb

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LOOK: A tree fell in front of the Marine Science Institute, along P. Velasquez street, severing some electrical lines to the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) building.

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LOOK: Makabayan Coalition continued its first day of campaigning at Kaunlaran Covered Court in Quezon City this afternoon.

Speakers ranging from the coalition’s senatorial and party-list candidates to youth, women, and teachers’ advocates criticized the Marcos administration for its neglect of essential services and subsidies for marginalized sectors. They highlighted the burden of unlivable wages and skyrocketing prices of basic commodities. The coalition vowed to lead a grassroots, house-to-house campaign against the entrenched system of dynastic and patronage-based politics.

Today officially marks the start of the campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections.

#TaumbayanSaSenado

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#KuleEditorialWall102

Here is the updated composition of the Collegian’s editorial board.

They will lead the remaining half of the publication’s 102nd year, remaining biased only toward the marginalized.

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Application for membership in the Philippine Collegian is extended until Feb. 16, Sunday. Aspiring members may register at https://t.co/n7a9fpWBru.

#JoinKulê

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LOOK: College of Arts and Letters' (CAL) Department of English and Comparative Literature and Department of Art Studies, in partnership with the Department of Geography, launched "Errant Itineraries," a counter-mapping workshop with CAL students in the Gimenez Gallery to articulate narratives of displacement brought upon by the destruction of the fire-razed Faculty Center (FC).

Almost a decade after the fire, FC's reconstruction continues to lag. The CAL community is still relegated to temporary and disconnected spaces.

"We are going and affirming our place in the campus ... kasi hindi kami nabibigyan ng sustainable space in the university," DECL Assistant Chair Julie Jolo said.

Errant Itineraries is part of the month-long KALbaryo: A Festival of Inconveniences. A solidarity walk will happen later, where participants will go to sites that "localize the tensions and vulnerabilities within the university."

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NEWS UPDATE: The Office of the City Prosecutor of Manila has dismissed the illegal assembly charges against 10 Makabayan Coalition senatorial bets and three progressive leaders who participated in November's Bonifacio Day mobilization for insufficency of evidence.

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Mahigit kalahati ng mga kandidatong party-list sa nalalapit na halalan ang hindi kumakatawan sa mga marhinalisadong sektor at sa halip ay nabibilang politikal na angkan, malalaking negosyo, o kapulisan, ayon election watchdog na Kontra Daya.

BASAHIN: https://t.co/zRDZqaTZcK

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Samahan ang Philippine Collegian sa mahigit isang siglong tradisyon nito ng pagsusulat at pakikibaka!

Tumatanggap ngayon ang Kulê ng mga litratista, dibuhista, at manunulat sa seksyon ng Features at Kultura. Bukas ang aplikasyon hanggang Pebrero 11, 2025.

Kung sakaling may katanungan, magpadala ng mensahe sa aming opisyal na social media pages o bisitahin kami sa Room 310, Student Union Building.

Magrehistro rito: https://t.co/1URTSoGyP8

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Since the pandemic, the UP Materials Science Society (MSS), along with the UP Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Association—commonly known as the 49ers—had been staying on the first floor of Melchor Hall’s west wing.

READ: https://t.co/k09p7jiBg3

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Multisectoral groups convened in front of Robinsons Easymart earlier to denounce the soft opening of DiliMall, the latest project involving leasing UP property to third-party private contractors.

#UPNotForSale

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Jimenez: I was a former student council leader. We have had more radical stances than this. You're protesting a grocery.

#UPNotForSale

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DiliMall's soft opening later, despite strong contestation from the community, is an indictment of an administration whose top-down, patronage-driven leadership erodes community participation in crucial university affairs.

READ: https://t.co/L9hT0IAL7T

#UPNotForSale

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The Quezon City Government suspends classes in all levels for public and private schools tomorrow due to #PepitoPH.

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The metal construction fences may have come down for DiliMall’s soft opening on Monday, but much of the deal behind it remains walled off.

#UPNotForSale

Infographics by Darlene Cruz. Color by Nathaniel Lopera. First published on April 25, 2024.

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After the announcement of the temporary closure of Franklin Baker Inc.'s Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur plant, about 3,200 contractual workers were placed on "floating status" while awaiting the resumption of the plant's operations.

READ: https://t.co/4vq8jO8knP

#EndEndo
#WorkersFightBack