Kadaghan ba ani? Kapoy na. Tama na! As Ateneans approach the end of the semester, these words have probably been said more times than ever. Slowly, every task given feels like a rock placed on our shoulders that keeps on getting heavier and heavier as our workload as students increase and the deadlines get nearer.
When the Ateneo de Davao University implemented the “total ban” against single-use plastics (SUPs) in 2018, there was a brimming sense of hope and a stubborn tinge of defiance in heeding the tall order of combating our “throwaway culture” outline by Pope Francis in his Laudato Si encyclical. Why there was such a prevailing sense
If you’re a student, you may have much to say about the things happening around you. You may want to share strong opinions on social issues, raise school-related concerns to the student body, or–as mundane as it may sound–you’re experiencing the nerve-wracking dilemma of whether to confess to your longtime crush. At the same time,
With social media platforms easily available at our fingertips, we are able to expose fragments of our lives that make many of our stories whole. We virtually create social spheres, making spaces to allow the world into the narrative. We start letting people in through doors and not just hold them outside as they peek
Note: Some names changed to protect their identities Then-11th grader “Diane” was shocked while attending a university mass in the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) two years ago. “‘Atheist students should go to University of the Philippines instead of Ateneo’,” she recalled Fr. Jessel Gerard “JBoy” Gonzales say in his homily during their Senior High