Inaction can be a political action. Sometimes, abstention simply means an expression of resistance. It signifies that students are cognizant of the consequences of voting — that when we participate in the electoral process, we legitimize a problematic system that is anti-student.
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All it took was one TikTok video to bring back the debate over what women are worth. When men make demands of women, it has long been seen as normal. But when the same demands came from women, love suddenly became “too conditional.” As if expecting security in this unstable economy is something women should apologize for.
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When professional healthcare becomes a luxury, alternatives become our only option—whether reliable or not. In a world where a doctor’s visit can cost a week’s pay, asking for health advice from a chatbot becomes a practical choice.
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Open TikTok and you will likely run into the ‘factory reset’ trend within minutes. Every video follows the same arc: queerness cast as a phase, a chance meeting with the ‘right’ partner, and a punchline declaring a return to being straight, often set to Moira Dela Torre’s ‘Titibo-tibo.’ To some, the joke lands because it leans on an old assumption, one that treats sexual orientation as a temporary detour rather than an identity, erasing queer experiences and reinforcing a regressive, harmful logic.
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In Far Eastern University, Medical Technology (MedTech) students share the same dream: to wear that white clinical uniform and blue scrub suit. And as someone who was fated to wear one, I sometimes wish I were not. Because no reference book nor one-and-a-half-hour lecture would have told me that chasing the dream meant crashing down and losing myself.
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Two seasons ago, we saw progress. Two seasons later, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women’s basketball division is back to square one with a lower pay rate for its officiating heads and only a second-rate division after the men’s. As if striving for an equal recognition is not hard enough, the league further makes this goal impossible to attain.
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It is a very fortunate situation when a big event at Far Eastern University (FEU), like ‘Tatak Tamaraw,’ coincides with the release of a new issue by the official student publication. With more students on campus, the newspaper’s stories have a wider reach and greater chance of being amplified. However, rather than being flipped through by hands and read by eyes, it was feet stomping on it that caught my attention.
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Sa bawat sandaling lumilipas sa pagitan ng pagtatapos at kasalukuyan, laging nabubunyag ang mga katotohanan at realidad na sasampal sa kinamulatan ng bawat mag-aaral—na ang tunay na hamon ng buhay ay walang panimula at hindi natatapos sa pamantasan.
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Women in Batang Quiapo rarely have autonomy. They are either love interests, helpless mothers, sacrificial victims, or fleeting temptations. Their role is to react to the choices of men, to their violence, never to shape the story themselves. In contrast, male characters are given complexity, backstories, and arcs of transformation—even when they begin as violent criminals.
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After two years of persevering to pass, the time has come for us, Medical Technology (MedTech) students, to take a qualifying exam that would either lead us to promotion or redirection. With every wrong shade of a letter, our chances of stepping into the next stage of our MedTech journey shrinks. Which begs the idea that our dreams rely on a 300-item exam and an at least 2.0 Quality Point Average (QPA).
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