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IDGAF: I Do Give A F**k
A meditation on how a childhood built around self-reliance can curdle into isolation, and what it costs to keep proving you don't need anyone.
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Beyond the Cheers
A national contest-journalism champion argues that trophies and medals mean little if student journalists don't bring that same fire to the streets, where the stakes are real.
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Practicality over Passion
When passion and survival can't both be afforded, one student asks what's actually left of her once she's finished choosing practicality.
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Maybe I was wiser when I was 5
A 21-year-old computer science student takes stock of a life spent chasing excellence instead of passion, and finds that the closest thing to an answer is simply wanting to be happy.
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Why do we cry when we chop onions?
A meditation on why the leaders—national and campus-level alike—who cry the loudest about criticism are often the ones most in need of hearing it.
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Healing does not unfold in overnight hospice
As dynastic politics and disinformation tighten their grip on Philippine elections, a new generation of voters is testing whether information—not inheritance—can still decide who gets to govern.
