“Mutability is our tragedy, but it is also our hope,” Boethius, a philosopher of the 6th century, once said. Every day, more than ever, the mutability of the world forces itself upon our doorstep, and every tweet and Facebook post contributes to that greater scheme of movement. The book industry, a world in itself, operates…
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October is usually the season of spooky stories and ghost hunts, what with Halloween right around the corner. This month, members of The Menagerie, along with acclaimed Literature Professor and expert on horror fiction, Vicente Groyon, give a few movies, books, TV shows, and video games to look into if you’re in the mood for…
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a curious sight. As I lounged about along the benches between SJ Hall and the Faculty Center, a random passerby carried with her what seemed to be vegetables inside a plastic bag as she strode out of William Hall. I would have deemed it as just mere…
“They told us kasi na, in college, they won’t stop you from doing whatever you want to do,” says Michelle, (II, POM-BSA), a student who’s currently handling eight positions in various orgs, while only in her second year in college. The old and the wise have often advised that college is the perfect time to…
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A Wiccan witch in Manila
Three centuries of Spanish colonization reshaped and transfigured the supernatural beliefs of Filipinos: Ancient worships of Bathala and nature were superseded by devotion to the Catholic Church, venerable diwatas and anitos were replaced by the Virgin Mary, and anting-antings and charms were swapped for scapulars and rosaries. However, long before the Philippines was colonized by the Spaniards,…
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Unapologetically Hipster
What is a hipster? How do we even begin to define the hipster? Is it the skinny jeans or the tinted Instagram filter that gives it away? Or is it the coffee shop abode and the weekend hiking plans? In a campus swarming with canvas Herschel backpacks, bleach white Stan Smiths, and comments like, so…
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Second chances: A kickout’s journey
Behind the thousands of students who have marched down the aisle and accepted their diplomas as successful graduates of the University are students who may not have been so fortunate. Having reached the end of their rope, they were forced to leave the University, as society branded them with a harsher, more traumatizing label—kicked out.…
Some origin stories aren’t as poetic as the narrative of the Holy Bible’s Genesis, or as abrupt and mystifying as the beginning of Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Some origin stories, when stripped of metaphors and other literary techniques, become stories of human passion. As much as we’re often overwhelmed in our academic affairs on campus, some Lasallians…
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5 fresh tips for ID115
True to Lasallian culture, it’s a widely known rite of passage to go through the bottom of the food chain once thrown into the shark-infested pool that is college. And you, dear freshmen, are swimming as baby guppies. Perhaps the most evident manifestation of this is the catch-all response of “Frosh may kasalanan!” to everything…
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Gender queeries: M2F, F2M, fluidity
In October of 2014, the news of the slaying of Jennifer Laude caused outrage throughout the whole country, with major LGBT orgs condemning the brutal murder of the transgender Pinay. Nevertheless, Jeniffer’s case is just one out of the numerous cases of hate crimes committed against Filipino transgenders and transsexuals, most of which go unreported…