http://www.upd-usc.net University of the Philippines Diliman - University Student Council Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:23:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Amidst the current political crisis besieging the current regime, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who has experienced the most number of impeachment complaints, is now attempting to escape charges of corruption, election cheating, economic plunder, and human rights violations by extending her term in office through Charter change. As if the people's suffering ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/12/26/no-to-cha-cha-no-to-gma/ Standing as the highest student representative body, the University Student Council (USC) organizes and directs campaigns, activities and services for the welfare of its fellow students and the rest of the UP community. Central to its existence is the mandate entrusted to it by its electors, the iskolars ng bayan ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/12/26/revising-the-election-code/ The ECO-Active Day was about to start and set-up was being completed, as students started to gather around the Grandstand. The Mini Program, the first activity for the day, was underway. It was behind schedule but nonetheless, everything else about the program went well. The participants were welcomed by USC ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/12/26/up-goes-eco-active/ The first semester of AY 2008-2009 marks the continuous struggle of students, student organizations and institutions against the economic crises, alongside the struggle against the continuing commercialization of UP education and fascism inside the campus. BACKGROUND The UP students have continued to coordinate with different organizations and institutions to reclaim the ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/11/16/the-ongoing-fight-for-our-democratic-rights/ Commercialization and fascism in the university have continued to become the biggest block for the iskolars ng bayan as they simultaneously face widespread economic and political crises in the country. The future of the youth is put at risk as the country succumbs to neoliberal policies, essentially consists of unfair ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/11/16/students-unite-against-commercialization-fascism/ [This article was written by JPaul Manzanilla, former USC Chairperson and former Student Regent] The creation of the student regent position is profoundly related to the student and the people’s struggle to decide on their own conditions. From 1908 to 1968 university policies are determined without the student population’s full knowledge. Student ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/11/16/represent-struggle-the-osr-and-kasama-sa-up/ Last semester, the University Student Council arrived at a consensus to push for the review and revision of the Socialized Tuition and Finacial Assistance Program (STFAP) while maintaining its strong stand against the undemocratic process by which tuition increase was implemented in 2006. Since that year, there has been various campaigns ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/11/16/re-stfap-review-revision/ Sa likod ng kamay na bakal ng rehimen ay ang isang tirano na nanginginig sa desperasyong panatilihin ang sarili sa kapangyarihan. Sa kasagsagan ng matinding protesta laban sa kahirapan at pang-ekonomiyang krisis na idinudulot ng rehimeng Arroyo, iba’t ibang porma ng panunupil ang ipinupukol nito sa mamamayang lumalaban. Noong mga nakaraang ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/11/16/when-the-tyrant-is-afraid-taktika-ng-papatinding-pampulitikang-panunupil-ng-rehimeng-arroy/ Environmentalism: the advocacy of preservation, restoration, and improvement of the natural environment1. Though the practice has been there for some time, only now do people realize the need to be seriously concerned about the environment. Sadly, it took the melting of glaciers, the rise in sea levels, the heat waves, ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/11/16/up-are-you-eco-active/ Senator Francisco Tatad, in an opinion column, described the Reproductive Health Bill, which has been subject to assiduous and often heated debates in congress, as totally unnecessary, patently unconstitutional, destructive of public morals and family values, and particularly unjust to catholic taxpayers. Unfortunately, this uncompromising position is shared by the ... http://www.upd-usc.net/2008/11/16/a-look-into-the-reproductive-health-bill/