Posts tagged with Palma Hall
The day before election day is traditionally when the miting de avance for University Student Council candidates is held. It’s traditionally held at the steps of Palma Hall. Here are some photos from the February 24 miting de avance more than a month ago.
Here are some pictures from STAND-UP’s proclamation rally held the Friday before election day. Proclamation rallies, regardless of the party holding it, are usually held at the historic steps of Palma Hall.
Last September 17, students and progressive groups in UP Diliman held an Anti-War Anti-Cha-Cha Festival in protest against the war in Mindanao, Charter Change, and continued gas hikes.
The whole-day activity was kick-started by anti-war games at the lobby of Palma Hall as a form of protest against the continuing deployment of military and US troops in Mindanao. The main game was “Dodgeball Against GMA” where two-teams–one twenty-strong team composed of students in 70′s attire and another in GMA masks–went head to head for the dodgeball championship. The tournament sought to symbolize the triumph of pro-people policies against the current ones being implemented by President Arroyo.
Part of the festival was a forum in the afternoon by leading UP faculty at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy Audio-Visual Room. That was a forum regarding the prospects of the continuing war in light of the current peace negotiations.
Last August 14, the University Student Council (USC) held its first alternative class (ACLE) program for the year dubbed, Juan vs. 100: “Si Juan dela Cruz at ang hamon ng panibagong siglo ng Unibersidad.” More than a hundred student organizations participated, came up and staged their own alternative classes for the afternoon. The program was spearheaded by the Education & Research Committee of the USC.
We also released the second issue of the student council’s newsletter that day, which my committee, the USC’s public information office, comes up with. Unlike the last time I distributed the newsletter, I finished distributing the copies of the second issue to almost all the buildings in campus in under two hours thanks to Bang’s help. I still wonder how the Philippine Collegian does it every week, the efficient distribution of the university’s official student paper.
March 14, 2008. Thousands of students from different universities in Metro Manila marched to Liwasang Bonifacio to continue the clamor for truth and accountability from the scandal-ridden Arroyo administration.
It was the Friday before Holy Week, many students were busy with exams and other final academic requirements for the semester. Despite the academic load and pressure on that day, around a hundred students and teachers from UP Diliman joined the youth rally at Liwasang Bonifacio.
A short program was held at the steps of Palma Hall before we all boarded hired jeepneys to Espana Avenue in Manila, from where we marched all the way through Quiapo until we crossed the Pasig River to Liwasang Bonifacio.
law student, national democracy activist, film school graduate, photography hobbyist