Bureaucrat capitalism has turned Philippine governance into a marketplace, where officials moonlight as entrepreneurs and public office doubles as private enterprise: from national cronyism to Bicol's quarry-owning politicians. Ateneans must reject complacency and reclaim public service from the logic of profit, both on campus and beyond it.
Hindi Ingles ang problema. Ang problema ay kung paano natin ito ginawang simbolo ng talino, propesyonalismo, at mataas na antas ng pamumuhay.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: With the return of face-to-face classes, student leadership in the university faced a vacuum and a disconnect with its own history. The editorial for ThePILLARS Publication's Vol. LVIII, Issue 1, June 2020–May 2021 print release confronts this gap in the most honest way possible. Years later, its calls remains as relevant as ever.
