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Antonio proclaimed new USC vice chair despite abstentions topping race

Posted on 18 May 202518 May 2025
byAndre Esguerra

Chloe Angeli Antonio was proclaimed the next UP Diliman University Student Council (USC) vice chairperson on Friday, May 16, despite abstentions exceeding her vote count. Amassing 3,173 votes, UP Alyansa…

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Advance CMC sweeps CMC SC seats

Posted on 17 May 202517 May 2025
byZoe Davad

All unopposed candidates from the newly formed political party, ADVANCE CMC, secured seats in the College of Mass Communication Student Council* (CMC SC) elections, the College Secretary announced yesterday, May…

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ON SPOTLIGHT: 11 candidates seek to clinch UPD USC seats

Posted on 16 May 202516 May 2025
byDanie Cabrera

Independent Laban Kabataan-allied bets and UP Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (UP ALYANSA) seek to lead the next University Student Council (USC). As the 2024…

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New political party ADVANCE CMC vie to lead Maskom

Posted on 16 May 202516 May 2025
byKevin Christian Pilapil

After two years, a political party emerges in the 2025 College of Mass Communication Student Council* (CMC SC) elections: the newly formed ADVANCE CMC. The last time a political party…

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Abstain tops 2024 Spelex councilor race in 4 UP Diliman colleges

Posted on 15 May 2025
byKayla Jane Cañizares and Alyssa Mae Ibones

Abstention outpolled all five councilor bets in four University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) colleges in the 2024 University Student Council (USC) special elections. The two-day voting period for special…

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BMAS representation returns to CMC SC, vacancies remain

Posted on 31 October 2024
byBryce Macaya

After a two-year absence, two independent candidates from the Broadcast Media Arts and Studies (BMAS) occupy the department’s representative seats in the College of Mass Communication Student Council (CMC SC).…

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Latorre, Beltran to lead an understaffed USC

Posted on 31 October 202431 October 2024
byZoe Davad

After abstentions swept the polls last May, the special elections filled only four university-wide seats, leaving ten council positions vacant. Independent chairperson candidate Sean Kirby Latorre was proclaimed chairperson-elect with…

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Grad student turnout lags behind undergrads in last USC regular Elex

Posted on 30 October 202422 April 2025
byKevin Christian Pilapil and Marilyn Cahatol

Graduate students make up one-third of the student population at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), but they accounted for mere 17% of the votes in the student council…

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Empty seats, full plate

Posted on 29 October 2024
byDanielle Anne Espinosa

The University Student Council (USC) serves as a cornerstone of student governance, leading university-wide campaigns, initiatives and organizing campus events. But in a historic twist, the chairperson, vice chairperson, and…

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ON SPOTLIGHT: Ten candidates vie for UPD USC posts for 2024 Spelex

Posted on 29 October 2024
byRianne Krystiana Lizardo

Following vacancies caused by abstentions in the last regular poll, 10 candidates are now running for the standard bearer and councilor positions in the University of the Philippines Diliman University…

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‘Abstain vote’ causes stir anew UP Spelex 2024

Posted on 28 October 2024
byKevin Christian Pilapil

The divided stance on abstentions among candidates in the University Student Council (USC) special elections has sparked debates within students over whether to keep or remove the option from voters’…

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#HalalanUPD2024: Lack of student council candidates continues

Posted on 30 May 2024
byZoe Davad

Voting lines for the university and college-level student council elections open on Thursday, May 30, even though several colleges and schools within the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) grappled…

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