Archive for December, 2006
Manipulation of the Media
From ABS-CBN News:
“Despite vehement protests from students and faculty, the University of the Philippines administration still went ahead with approving the 300 percent hike in tuition fee, Bandila reported Friday.
‘Ang ginawa nila ngayon very treacherous! Nilinlang nila tayo patungkol sa venue ng meeting,’ said student regent Raffy Sanchez who was not included in the voting [...]
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Funky & Green
One of the most interesting examples of environmentally friendly architecture I’ve ever seen, this is the COR building by Chad Oppenheim.
Designed as a mixed-use residential and commercial space, this 25-story building integrates green technologies through the inclusion of wind turbines (you can seem them in the first picture), photovoltaic panels, and solar hot water generation. [...]
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Riverdale Reconstruction
If there’s one thing about my childhood (actually, almost everyone’s childhood I’m guessing) that was as solid as a rock, it was Archie. Sure, some stories in those double digests were somewhat inconsistent with the other stories (whatever happened to Lil’ Archie’s dog, Spot? Fangs Fogarty? Ambrose? What ever happened to Chuck Clayton’s art career [...]
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Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad!
From the UP College of Law Student Government’s “Statement On The December 15, 2006 Incident At Malcolm Hall”:
“Last December 15, 2005, a group of UP students with strong anti-tuition fee increase sentiments, barged through the doors of Malcolm Hall, in search of members of the University of the Philippines Board of Regents. The group was [...]
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