A statement of support from the UPVCC – Student Council
The UP Cebu College – Student Council (UPVCC – SC) condemns in the strongest terms the UP Diliman administration’s blatant suppression of the Philippine Collegian’s continued operation as a student publication.
The administration has been very stubborn in its unrelenting misuse of its authority by withholding the Collegian’s budgetary allocations. For almost four months already, the Collegian has been barred from publishing its issues.
The UPVCC – SC believes that this indirect suspension is equivalent to the silencing of the students’ interests as articulated by the official publication of the UP Diliman studentry. It is suppression at its worst.
We are one with the rest of the UP community in upholding campus press freedom against what we deem as a direct attack against a very significant student institution – the Philippine Collegian.
The UPVCC – SC fully supports the call for admin to respect the right of the students to a free campus press and to stop the withholding of the Collegian’s printing funds. ■
The administration has been very stubborn in its unrelenting misuse of its authority by withholding the Collegian’s budgetary allocations. For almost four months already, the Collegian has been barred from publishing its issues.
The UPVCC – SC believes that this indirect suspension is equivalent to the silencing of the students’ interests as articulated by the official publication of the UP Diliman studentry. It is suppression at its worst.
We are one with the rest of the UP community in upholding campus press freedom against what we deem as a direct attack against a very significant student institution – the Philippine Collegian.
The UPVCC – SC fully supports the call for admin to respect the right of the students to a free campus press and to stop the withholding of the Collegian’s printing funds. ■
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