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UAAP to welcome back fans to live events

Posted on 1 April 20221 April 2022
byRenz Palalimpa

A limited number of spectators will be welcomed back to the Mall of Asia Arena and will be screened prior to entry. The patrons must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and must present a vaccination card and a valid ID.

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UP earns gutsy second win over NU

Posted on 1 April 20222 April 2022
byGodfrey Tarras

Both teams kept themselves within each other’s reach in the third frame as they struggled to land their shots. But it was a late 17-4 surge by the maroon-and-white in the final quarter that saw UP storm past NU in their tightly-contested affair.

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UP stuns UST in second half, bags first UAAP 84 win

Posted on 30 March 202230 March 2022
bySophia Cifra

UP’s 36-point production in the third frame marks the highest quarter scoring performance by any team in this season so far. Moreover, their 98-point game score was inching the century mark, which was last hit by UST in their Season 82 match against the University of the East.

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UAAP returns after two years. How will it work?

Posted on 27 February 202214 March 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

The league’s first-ever bubble season will open tournaments for cheerdance, chess, poomsae, 3×3 basketball, men’s beach volleyball, men’s basketball and women’s volleyball.

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Student journos press UP for funding, legal aid

Posted on 21 February 202221 February 2022
byJason Sigales

Member publications and writing organizations of the UP Solidaridad convened on Feb. 18 and 19 to demand the university for aid, funding and equipment amid heightened red-tagging blows and state-sponsored attacks.

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[EDITORIAL] UP, the “boat” is sinking. Don’t pretend it isn’t.

Posted on 15 February 202215 February 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

UP has seen all the charts and the graphs. It knows, as anyone does, that the community has been treading unstable waters since the start of the pandemic. Everything we’ve done in the past years under remote learning is patching holes.

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UPD nixes petitions to #MoveTheSem, opts for one week easing

Posted on 9 February 202211 February 2022
byJan Cuyco

The University Student Council, along with members of the UP Diliman community, urged the administration to push back the second semester of A.Y. 2021-2022 to give time for constituents to recover from the previous semester. Still, the campus administration decided to push through with the Feb. 7 opening, opting to suspend deadlines in its first week.

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UP student councils slam aggressive dev’t as Duterte exit nears

Posted on 7 February 20227 February 2022
byDominic Karl Cacho

In its sessions on Feb. 4 and 5, UP student councils adopted resolutions opposing the government’s “anti-poor and anti-people” policies in infrastructure development, environmental protection and public health.

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UP student councils push for sign language GE class

Posted on 6 February 20227 February 2022
byRenz Palalimpa

Currently, only students studying special education teaching in the College of Education take sign language as part of their curricula. But student leaders in the 52nd General Assembly of Student Councils urged the university to open a general elective class teaching Filipino sign language.

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Student councils to UP: Move the sem

Posted on 5 February 20225 February 2022
byKarmela Melgarejo

With the back-to-back onslaught of Typhoon Odette and the Omicron COVID-19 variant, student councils across the UP system had a united in their call to the university administration: #MoveTheSemUP.

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[EDITORIAL] For our education system, “normal” is not enough

Posted on 29 December 20215 February 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

To the Filipino students who will cap off the year still under distance learning, reverting to the “normal” setup won’t be enough. The return to schools in 2022 must be safe, genuine and free from tyranny.

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UP student councils draw roadmap for “genuine and safe” F2F

Posted on 13 December 202113 December 2021
byRenz Palalimpa

UP student councils met on Dec. 11 to discuss plans on the university’s return to face-to-face (F2F) classes. While UP campuses are on different points in the F2F roadmap, their call is united and clear: the resumption of physical classes must be “genuine and safe.”