Archive for the ‘Opinion’ category
Is the money worth it?
By: Ivory Ace Palacio and Claire Larzen Tello Intramurals may be fun, but there is one thing that students hate, when they hear the word. And that is Intramural Contributions… Anyway, here are the varied opinions of students regarding this question, Do you think that the money you spent for the Intramural Games [...]
K-POP Flop: Why the VSU Students just don’t get it
by Kristina Ginn A. Estoy Uhm…K-pop? Pagkaon na? This year’s Songfest was different. This part of the annual Intramural Games featured contests that were definitely fresh. While previous years’ Songfests featured vocal solos and duets, and band contests, the 2012 Songfest brought in something new. No, it’s not food. Though we would’ve wished it was. [...]
What’s your say?
By Kim Kenneth Roca I Call It Home” and “When I’m With You”, the most recent jingles produced by VSUfor this school year. It has been VSU’s practice to produce materials to package VSU and lure potential enrollees, and these jingles are only a few of the most recent additions. Let us hear what the [...]
Snakes
By Elizabeth Lace Viojan Snakes…we can see them slithering on the gutter of the road, swimming in the canals, hiding behind a rock, snuggling under a dense bush and sometimes gliding from a tree! No, don’t take it figuratively because this is not about deceitful, vile people. We are talking about the limbless, scaly, elongate [...]
The Smokey Truth
By Andy Phil Cortes Ahh, the smell. I know this smell. This, I think, is excellence; and it’s near. You might not recognize it at first, but you will know it is indeed the smell of excellence. No, you’re wrong; you just smelled Tobacco smoke. Ever happened to sit by a person smoking in a [...]
Security: Lax or Lacking
By Dulce Ilagan On January 26, the USSC held a general assembly; the Amaranth took this opportunity to ask students about campus-related concerns that they want to raise. After reading through all the responses, the general concern that came out on top was about security. “Security forces, ngano igo ra man mo mu-sign sa inyo [...]
How Supreme is the Supreme Court
By Ian Kim Gahoy Everyone must have heard about the ongoing Trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. “ #CJOnTrial” has held a good duration of being the most used hashtag by local news organizations publishing on line. Those following the case would have known by now how hard the Senator -Judges have been [...]
Give Love for Lab
By Elizabeth Lace Viojan and Ian Kim Gahoy Almost all students here in VSU get to experience what it’s like to be in a laboratory class, the cool and practical way of learning science courses. Aside from the lingering smell of 75% ethyl alcohol and formaldehyde, you must have noticed some things amiss or incomplete [...]
FeedBack on JoeBac
By Fiela Joyce Legua Visayas State University President, Dr. Jose L. Bacusmo is now on his 2nd term of serving our VSU after being reappointed last October 26, 2011 during the 54th Board of Regents [BOR] Meeting held at the Central Office of the Commission on Higher Education in Quezon City. The Board is composed [...]
Fare Hike
By Kim Kenneth Roca The sudden increase of fuel prices in the world market spurred drastic changes in prices of products and services. And there’s no question about it. What used to be a seven peso Banana Cue now costs a student eight peso coins. But there is certainly more to the issue than the [...]