r/UPfreedomwall

exam szn ba talaga sa up or ginagago ako ng bf ko? i'm very understanding kasi pagdating sa ganon and i don't wanna judge agad, but minsan inaabot siya ng 1 day walang replies or updates. most of the time i'm left on delivered 🫩

i agree na abstain is a valid vote pero its validity does not make it the wisest vote. let me share my thoughts. una sa lahat, gusto kong sabihin na wala akong polparty kaya bago kayo magcomment na troll ako, pakinggan niyo muna kasi hahahaha anyway

I won't abstain kasi if I do, sayang lang din boto ko eh. so what i did was i looked into the experiences ng candidates and i voted for the one whom i think is better fit sa role. Anyway, wala din naman kasing perfect sa kanila lol so mej unfair din i-demand natin na para bang anghel dapat sila na walang kasalanan at all hahaha. agree ako dun sa post ng isang cssp prof na hindi naman sa eleksyon natatapos ang paghingi ng accountability. edi kapag di tayo satisfied sa nanalo, i-criticize natin yung mga pagkakamali nila.

To hold someone accountable, dapat may "someone" muna. eh kung maga-abstain tayo, walang movement at all. walang magoorganisa. eh sa panahon ngayon, sa mahal ng bilihin, sa korapsyon, mapaparalisa kasi tayo as the state university if walang usc. di lang to nakakalungkot eh. nakakatakot din. idk maybe nakikita ko to kasi di ako bulag sa kulay at sa parties eh. im genuinely concerned sa future ng student movement and im saying this as the most average joe in up.

so yes, i wont vote abstain kasi gusto kong magkaroon ng katuturan ang boto ko.

Every platform/advocacy is just about macro-politics. The biggest and most noticeable thing that the USC has done are mobilizations. You are a STUDENT council, not an activist org or something. Your priority should be internal STUDENT issues. It’s just ridiculous that there obviously won’t be any changes for this batch. prove me wrong ig.

If you are or were planning on commenting shit trying to insinuate that this is an anti-politics, anti-activism rant, grow up

Just adding this:

As a student at a TOP university, i expected a more technocratic approach to our problems. We are surrounded by the brightest minds, yet our student council is relying on slogans from the 70s to splve 2026 systemic and administrative campus issues?!!! There are definitely better ways to do shit and again, as a student council. Where are the data-driven student services?

Hello~ I'm currently 80% done with my thesis and will defend on Monday. I honestly just want to vent because I feel like I'm losing my mind over the last 20% in my manuscript progress.

I've come this far and I was never 100 percent sure if I'm on the right track, if I'm writing the right things, or making the right analyses. I have learned tho--- that grinding this manus and NOT stopping is the right way since all the heavy reading and literature reviews kind of validate me and my methods.

Consulting my adviser falls short rin kasi she's expecting me to know all of these na after taking all the major and elective courses. BUT NO. Ang lala ng learning curve sa field namin since there are too many things going on and pipelines are case-by-case batay sa topic mo, or if you want more depth and reliability in your research. I am also always honest with her whenever I'm kinda stoopid and dont understand some of the things she's talking about. Maybe this is the struggle of students whose topics are offered to them by their advisers?

I don't want to give up kasi I'm so close yet so far. Imposter syndrome is also peaking rn.

How do you fight your demons ba in your last stretch of thesis? Are there also people here who struggle like I do?

Inaral ko na lang yung mga stance nila sa University and National issues, tapos ayun, bumoto.

Sorry, wala akong energy para alamin yung drama/alitan whatever the fuck between them. Nung una gusto ko pa eh, kaso ang nakikita ko lang ay puro mudslinging at black prop. Tangina? Saan ako makakakuha ng reliable information ngayon?

Yung election nagiging telenovela eh. Nakaka-drain. I'm not condoning it pero now I understand bakit ang baba-baba ng voter turnout.

It could be because I just got here in UP Diliman kaya wala pa akong kamuwang-muwang pero kahit na, tangina pa rin nakakapagod pa ring sumubok na alamin mga background ng mga group, bakit may away etc. etc. BASTA NAKABOTO NA AKO, YUN NA YON!

Edited to add: HINDI KO GETS KUNG BAKET KAYO MAY FANATICISM SA MGA PARTYLIST O COALITIONS OH MY GOD BRO DI BA PWEDENG TIGNAN NIYO YUNG CANDIDATES AS INDIVIDUALS INSTEAD OF WHICH GROUP THEY'RE PART OF???

AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE???

reposting this because it was removed, clearly they were attacked saying it's fake news and fabricated stories yikes

On last night's MDA, Emi was asked about her connections with fraternities with history of violence, specifically with Upsilon member Lucas Buenaflor. She answered that they will "hold accountable" people who commit violence and harassment. Let me ask this then, is Waks Buenaflor's cheating not considered a form of gender-based violence and harassment? Is it not a form of misconduct of elected officials?

For context, Waks Buenaflor cheated on his ex-boyfriend last year with tnp's former eic, this was never addressed by the incumbent usc nor tnp, andre just resigned from his post without confirming the real reason for his resignation. Now, we hear from some friends from the usc, who admitted themselves, that waks also cheated with lucas while he was still in a relationship with his ex late last year, with waks stating in some conversations that "lucas wants a taste of his ass" and that "if there was no gale (the ex), he would fuck lucas." Emi knew about this too. And look at them now, they probably fuck each other everyday. Hindi ba nakapagtataka kung bakit nga ba isa si lucas sa mga heads ng up fair? And I also heard some allegations na meron din daw corruption sa up fair this year, according to some members of the booths and marketing committee, which lucas was a head of. Kaya pala tambay silang tatlo sa escobar's during up fair preparations. Some sources also say na lagi may booths sa tapat ng AS because Upsilon found a loophole of "partnering" with the usc para ma-allow sila na mag-food fair more than once, hiding under the names of different organizations, knowing they can't hold more than one. May nakukuhang "commission" ang usc from the food fair earnings na ito ng upsilon and they probably also take a "personal piece" for themselves. Ano pa kaya ang possible ginawa nila sa earnings ng up fair? Is upsilon actually behind everything? Hindi ba ito suspicious? The three of them are probably always conspiring something.

Emi also stated in her answer na "ang tanging kinikilingan niya lamang ay ang mga estudyante at iba't ibang sektor, ang mga batayang masa sa ating pamantasan, at sa buong up community." Is she sure with this answer? Because it surely does not look like that to me. She coddles waks and lucas and mastermind pa ng corruption sa up fair. So to me, it looks like mas pinauuna pa nila ang mga sariling interests nila (and ng mga frats/soros nila), which is so hypocritical seeing they brand themselves as "para sa masa" who calls for "lahat ng sangkot, dapat managot" when they can't even hold themselves accountable at tumatakas pa.

What boggles me pa is that people from their ranks say it's "personal lives of public figures", but they're not just public figures now are they? they are "elected public officials" of the up diliman university student council, whom are probably gonna be running for higher positions in the government in the future. Kaya tignan niyo ang mga nakaupo ngayon, some of them also graduated from UP and ran for student council. It's not hard to see what our country would look like in the coming years, still same as today, puno ng corrupt at mga officials na free gumawa ng mga misconduct at tumakas lang sa mga pananagutan. Their activism looks so shallow to me now.

So, vote wisely.

second post here, but I just wanted to ask if the battle to secure a spot in a class is true. Is it really that stressful? My planned campuses are UP Cebu and UP Diliman, and whenever I search up related content, they would always mention it in the cons. I know I’m probably overthinking it, especially since I haven’t even took the UPCAT yet, but I’m just a really big overthinker😓. (im working on lessening it)

Funny how every election season, biglang sobrang visible ng BUKLOD at ALYANSA

Suddenly may pubmats, statements, projects, pakulo, campaigns, at kung anu-ano pang “student-centered initiatives.” Pero after elections? Tahimik ulit. Back to the usual cycle of performative activism at selective outrage.

Hindi rin convincing yung branding nilang “malapit sa estudyante”, "tayo ang simula" when a lot of their politics only become amplified kapag campaign period na. Ang daming orgs at students na buong taon namang gumagawa ng concrete work without needing election season para maging present sa komunidad.

At this point, valid lang naman siguro tanungin: genuine student service ba talaga ito, o seasonal visibility para sa boto?

Sorry in advance if you’ll think that I’m being OA.

Context: I graduated as the valedictorian and passed UPLB and UST—my dream universities.

I got into UPLB’s DevComm and LegMa naman sa UST.

DevComm is my first choice in elbi while alt prog naman ang LegMa sa UST pero nung nalaman ko na doon ako nakapasa instead na sa prio choice ko, mas natuwa ako kasi mas aligned siya sa law—yes, I plan to go to law school after college.

DevComm is close to my heart and I’ve been manifesting it. LegMa naman however, is the program I’m eyeing right now since advantageous siya before LS. Gusto ko rin non kasi I like to be challenged and I want to be prepared and familiar sa type of environment na meron sa LS.

My mind goes like this now:

UP- I’m passionate about DevComm and it’s literally UP

UST- I reallyyy like the program and would motivate me more to pursue law

Another thing, I applied to Bagong Pilipinas Merit Scholarship Program (UPLB DevComm) and heard na nagsesend na sila ng rejection letter. Wala pa akong natatanggap na update and they said na mataas ang chance na pasado dahil nagrerejct na ang Region IV-A.

Sa UST naman, I’m planning to apply for Sto. Tomas Scholarship (100% free tuition)

Sobrang indecisive ko to the point na gusto kong aralin ang both program in both university lol. Also, we are from lower middle class kaya uhaw talaga ko sa scholarships to support my study.

Please help me in choosing 🥲

hello, I'm not a UP student (yet) and I would like to ask if you get accepted into UP, can you change courses like that course isn't in the 4 options you chose to apply for? like lets say I want to take psychology but I didnt choose that for my options. Is it too late? and if I do shift, will I be delayed?

Am I considered a burgis if I study in UP Cebu with a condo that cost 30k plus and own an apple eco system? But If I did not study in UP, I would not own those kinds of stuff. And for scholarship, I only have DOST and thats all.

Nauunawaan naman natin ang kahalagahan ng malayang pamamahayag. Mahalaga ang campus journalism, lalo na sa mga usaping may kinalaman sa pang-aabuso at pananagutan. Ngunit hindi sapat na magtago ang SINAG sa likod ng “press freedom” habang kinalilimutan ang pananagutang kaakibat nito.

Nakababahala na sa gitna ng lahat ng ito, tila naging higit na mahalaga ang “breaking the story” kaysa itanong muna kung ano ang magiging epekto nito sa mga biktima. O mas pinili na lamang ba ilabas agad ang impormasyon alang-alang sa traction at moral grandstanding?

Masahol pa rito ang pagdulas ng ilang diskurso mula sa malinaw na usapin tungo sa pagpapalawig ng haka-haka, sensationalism, at moral grandstanding. Hindi lisensya ang pagiging publication ng SINAG upang maging bulag sa paghawak ng mga usaping may kinalaman sa sexual violence. Ang pagiging progresibo ay hindi lamang nasusukat sa tapang maglabas ng exposé, nasusukat din ito sa kakayahang magpakumbaba at umunawa kung kailan dapat magsalita at paano magsasalita.

Maging responsable tayo. Hindi tunggalian ang trauma ng mga biktima para sa political points at clout. Ang trauma ng mga biktima ay hindi scoop, hindi ito breaking news na kailangang unahan.