The controversial Tuition and Other Fee Increases proposal in the University of the Philippines is to be tackled by the Board of Regents on December 15, Friday–right after the annual Oblation Run and a little before the annual Lantern Parade, probably in a bid to distract students from participating in such an important meeting.

Some UP tuition increase supporters love heralding Winnie Monsod and her pro-ToFI (Tuition & Other Fee Increases) columns in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Today I came across the UP Diliman University Student Council (USC) Chairperson’s reaction to her latest column where she ridiculed the anti-ToFI rally last week. Part of it read:

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