Suppression of Campus Press Freedom

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. ■

SC Chair is Rep to UP Tacloban Dean Search

Butyag Student Council Publication Date: [August 24, 2006]

SC Chairperson Karlo Mongaya was selected as the offical student representative to the Search Committee for the UP Tacloban College Dean Selection during the 1208th Board of Regents meeting.

As the student representative, Mongaya went to Tacloban last July 12-13 and August 13-16 to hold consultations and tackle UP Tacloban issues for the next Dean like tuition increase, faculty infighting and rampant politial repression. By Phoebeth Peras