Posts published during November, 2008
Right after class two Fridays ago, the block went to some place along Roosevelt to celebrate Jessa & Mark’s birthday. It was a welcome respite, after the incidents that morning. I only spent a few hours with my blockmates, though, because I had to attend meetings back in Vinzons Hall later that afternoon.
Last Friday morning, as I was busy attending to some tasks at our medical mission for the UP Manininda and their families at the Palma Hall parking lot, I was informed by Jaque, a fellow councilor in the University Student Council, that some fellow students were arrested by the Presidential Security Group and brought to a police station along Anonas for holding a peaceful protest at the UP-Ayala Techno Hub on the occasion of President Arroyo’s arrival for the park’s inauguration.
Together with Jaque and some of my law blockmates, we immediately proceeded to QC Police Station 9 along Anonas to help settle things with authorities and ensure that the students will not get jailed, harmed or anything of that sort. For more than two hours, the police refused to release the students without orders from their higher-ups even though no charges were filed. Eventually, dozens of other students flocked to the station and pressed for the eight students’ release. Soon enough, the media came. Calls from the UP Administration itself ultimately pressured the police to eventually release the students.
Last Friday, as part of the month-long series of activities that the resident fellows of Upsilon Sigma Phi prepared for the fraternity’s 90th Anniversary, we held a joint medical and legal mission and free lunch for the members of the UP Manininda, the union of food vendors in campus, and their families.
The Friday before that, we held a fun relay race at the Palma Hall parking lot where teams of three bested each other by clocking in the fastest time in accomplishing a relay of tasks and obstacles.
Congratulations to my batchmates who organized the activities!
THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS
Students’ Rights & Welfare Committee Campaign Updates
On the free use of facilities, dormitory & tambayan issues, lab fees, etc.
by Jaque Eroles, Students’ Rights & Welfare Committee Chairperson
REPRESENT & STRUGGLE: THE OFFICE OF THE STUDENT REGENT & KASAMA SA UP
The history of the Office of the Student Regent & The Katipunan ng Mga Sangguniang Mag-aaral sa UP
by JPaul Manzanilla, former USC Chairperson & former Student Regent
STUDENTS UNITE AGAINST COMMERCIALIZATION & FASCISM
by Jaque Eroles & Bikoy Villanueva, USC Councilors
RE: STFAP REVIEW & REVISION
by Third Bagro, USC Chairperson
UP, ARE YOU ECO-ACTIVE?
by Stephen Larcia, USC Councilor
A LOOK INTO THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL
by Sophia San Luis, College of Law Representative
WHEN THE TYRANT IS AFRAID
Taktika ng Papatinding Pampulitikang Panunupil ng Rehimeng Arroyo
by Carmela Lagang, College of Social Work & Community Development Representative
law student, film school graduate, student leader, youth activist, Kabataan Partylist legislative officer