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Beneath the blues
FEU Advocate  ·  November 05, 2025

Beneath the blues

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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Foul play on fair pay
FEU Advocate  ·  October 14, 2025

Foul play on fair pay

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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Pressed to the Ground
FEU Advocate  ·  September 04, 2025

Pressed to the Ground

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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Panay ‘sana’ sa SONA
FEU Advocate  ·  July 28, 2025

Panay ‘sana’ sa SONA

Sa kabila ng tatlong taong pag-upo ni Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. bilang pangulo ng Pilipinas, muling pinabubulaanan ng lumalalang kahirapan sa bansa, krisis sa edukasyon, at pagperhuwisyo ng sakuna sa mga pangkaraniwang Pilipino ang kaniyang ipinangakong ‘kaunlaran’ sa State of the Nation Address (SONA).

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Tapos Na ang Klase, Pero Tuloy ang Laban
FEU Advocate  ·  July 24, 2025

Tapos Na ang Klase, Pero Tuloy ang Laban

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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Progress or Prestige?
FEU Advocate  ·  July 20, 2025

Progress or Prestige?

Digital, flexible, future-ready—these are the buzzwords behind FEU’s hybrid model. At first glance, they signal innovation and progress, but they mask a deeper disconnect between institutional branding and student experience.

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Batang Quiapo Hates Women
FEU Advocate  ·  June 30, 2025

Batang Quiapo Hates Women

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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A for Accepted or Acceptance? 
FEU Advocate  ·  June 24, 2025

A for Accepted or Acceptance? 

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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In Thy Silent Halls, Justice Must Speak
FEU Advocate  ·  June 18, 2025

In Thy Silent Halls, Justice Must Speak

To convict Vice President (VP) Sara Duterte, public clamor must resound its sovereign will. But if academic institutions alone remain silent in demanding accountability, it circles back to a repressive education system that protects the elite, breeds impunity, and betrays every Filipino.

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At what cost?
FEU Advocate  ·  May 22, 2025

At what cost?

With the current poaching culture that has been happening year after year, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines’ (UAAP) landscape is at risk of shifting to a battle of ‘who can spend more’ rather than one fueled by heart and soul.

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