Test: Trust or Trouble? | Opinion on the university’s drug-free campus program implementation

When I arrived at our home after a long, tiring day, I immediately checked my Messenger app. One of my friends sent me a message, and I clicked the link, bringing me to the infamous AdNU Freedom Wall. The post reads “Congratulations for being chosen to participate in the AdNU 2024 Drug Test.” It got a good laugh, with the comments filled with sarcastic humor, as some say they should review the FOIL method and wish for a hundred percent positivity rate. However, after scrolling through the other entries, it became clear that many Ateneans are still uncertain about the university's drug-free campus program. While the posts were all in good fun, the underlying issue remains: there’s still a lot of confusion and concern about ADNU's drug-free campus program, and for good reason.

Revocable “I Dos” | Opinion on the PH’s Divorce Bill

The idea of disposable marriage rings morally unpleasant to hear. But it should not sound more despicable than its underlying issues of cruelty and deception that ultimately turn such a union into a discardable entity.

Hell is not a place | Opinion on victims of extrajudicial killings

Our ideas of heaven and hell varied as we went through different phases of our life. As kids, we viewed the two as simple as our childhood game. “Langit, lupa, impyerno. Im- im- impyerno,” we used to chant – where heaven simply meant an elevated base and hell was merely ground level. When we first encountered our religious study, we then had a hint of how heaven and hell looked like as a realm. The former was said to be the paradise where no hurt or hunger ever existed, while the latter was described as nothing more than hellfire and suffering.