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The Universitarian Editorial Board Interview With Atty. Alex B. Nepomuceno

March 02, 2023 1.5K

Atty. Alex Nepomuceno, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has established administrative and academic legacies including the establishment of BU College of Law, Institute of Governance and Development, offering of several graduate and undergraduate programs and making BS Social Work a consistently top performing school. Is he the best fit as the next BU President for you? Know his stances on controversial questions

In-Depth

The Universitarian Editorial Board Interview With Atty. Joseph L. Bartolata

March 02, 2023 1.3K

Atty. Joseph L. Bartolata, BU vice president for administration and finance, firmly believes that he is an embodiment of BU's core values which are Scholarship, Leadership, Character, and Values. Is he the best fit as the next BU President for you? Know his stances on controversial questions.

In-Depth

LGBTQIA+ Community, Women Hope For Safer Space In Campus Under The Next BU President Administration

March 01, 2023 1.0K

๐—•๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—”. ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ ๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฆ, ๐—๐—œ๐— ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—”๐—ฌ, ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—˜๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ก | For the past eight years, women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community at Bicol University (BU) have been subject to restriction and discrimination due to conservative attitudes and prejudices in policymaking at the administrative level. With the Mascariรฑas administration nearing its conclusion, the fight for equality and inclusivity is set anew before BU presidential selection.

Feature

Oas Chess Prodigy Recalls Beginning, Hurdles Before His Bangkok Championship

February 22, 2023 996

๐๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐๐ž๐ณ๐š๐ง๐จ | Bince, 9, from San Isidro Elementary School in Oas, topped the under-10 years old category in the recent 6th Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand. The chess prodigy qualified for the international tournament after winning the National Youth and Schools Chess Championship in Zamboanga del Norte in September.

News

Student Councils, Orgs Adopt E-receipt System For Safekeeping Payment Slips

February 15, 2023 830

๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐จ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐€. ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ | A new way of safekeeping payment slips was adopted by the university student council, college student councils, and student organizations for their financial transactions starting in late January.

News

IBU Application Improves Student Portal Experience; 100% BU-made

February 13, 2023 1.2K

๐‘ฉ๐’š ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’”๐’‰๐’–๐’‚ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’† | In almost a year of a collaborative effort through planning, preparation, and testing, the BU Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) finally releases the first-ever application that can be used by all BU student which will cater to the scholastic records of the students on the touch of their fingertips on February 11.

Feature

Bring Back Heaven To My Pages

February 06, 2023 863

๐๐˜ ๐†๐‹๐€๐ƒ๐˜๐’ ๐„๐๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐€ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐„๐‹๐˜๐’๐’๐€ ๐Š๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐“๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐„๐‹๐‹๐€ | You ignored me in the same manner that you ignored the periods after every sentence.

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BU Community Airs Sentiment On Return Of Full F2F Classes

January 23, 2023 921

๐๐˜ ๐€๐‘๐€๐๐„๐‹๐‹๐€ ๐Œ๐€๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‰๐”๐‹๐ˆ๐€ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐„๐‘๐•๐€ ๐Œ๐Ž๐‹๐„๐“ | The usual mornings of online and blended learning modality of the students for almost two years will now come to an end. Video call links sent by your professors will now be you, who find rooms around the campus. As you pass by the hallways, it feels like something you've longed for, brought you home, again.ย 

Feature

Remembering Rizal: Klays Of Today

January 22, 2023 866

๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—”๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—” | ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก. ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐น๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’.

Feature

2023 Is A Crucial Year For BU

January 10, 2023 830

๐—•๐—ฌ ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐——๐—˜๐—ญ๐—”๐—ก๐—ข๏ปฟ | A new year gives us a specific period of illusion. On its first few days, it provides us with this magical motivation to change the direction of our life. In BU, there is also a great force of possible change that can alter the institution's trajectory critical to every aspect of our academic community in the year 2023. ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข

Feature

Tough Situations Dampen Christmas Spirit As Bicolanos Grapple With Inflation

December 24, 2022 854

๐๐˜: ๐ƒ๐„๐๐•๐„๐‘ ๐†๐Ž๐ƒ๐„๐™๐€๐๐Ž | ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘๐‘– ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘-๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’. ๐ด๐‘š๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘›ฬƒ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘Ž ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž, ๐ต๐‘–๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ'๐‘  ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘  - ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ .

Opinion

Band-aid Solution To Ailing Nationalism

December 10, 2022 821

๐๐˜: ๐ƒ๐„๐๐•๐„๐‘ ๐†๐Ž๐ƒ๐„๐™๐€๐๐Ž | ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ.