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TC, FORWARD HOLD FIRST CAMPUS MEDIA DAY Dave Bernasibo and Louisa Carredo As part of their 70th anniversary, Forward Publications, the official school publication of the University of San Jose – Recoletos (USJ-R), partnered with Today’s Carolinian (TC) to hold the first-ever Campus Media Day last Nov. 25, 2017. Different publications from different universities gathered in USJ-R’s Audio Visual Room to learn more about their field and the power that they hold. Delta Letigio, Forward’s editor-in-chief, gave the opening remarks, where she talked about how the event was a dream come true for her and she was hoping for more events like this to come in the future. “It was a fulfilling experience for me. Originally, this was supposed to be a USJ-R-exclusive event, but then we decided to invite other publications throughout Cebu, and that was when Zachary Borromeo from TC offered to co-host this event with us,” Letigio said in a post-event interview. The first speaker was Synna Asperga of the University of San Carlos (USC) who discussed the Republic Act 7079, otherwise known as the Campus Journalism Act of 1991. She spoke of the premise of the law, how it protects the journalists and most importantly, how much it needs revision to fit the current needs of campus media. She also mentioned lightly about how the students view the school publication, to which most of them said that it was a necessary institution that serves to be the voice of the students when they cannot speak for themselves, while others see it as nothing more than a nuisance. Following Ms. Asperga was former Forward associate editor and now TV Patrol Cebu television reporter Jun Nalipay. He covered the challenges in a publication and how to overcome them. He shared his experiences while in Forward, which included working late for the publication, shuffling between academic and journalistic responsibilities and having the final output underappreciated by the public. He also presented the challenges student journalists face which include addressing academic, publication, personal and sociopolitical matters. According to him, five values should be upheld by student journalists: truthfulness, professionalism, transparency, accuracy and service. http://todayscarolinian.net
The afternoon portion commenced with TC’s former managing editor Katrina Jaiun Roa’s talk, titled “Journalism in the Age of Technology,” revolving around the paradigm shift in the media. Covering elements of the shift such as the influence of social media on journalism and the increase of misinformation, Roa brought to light how crucial being “tech-savvy” has become in order to reap the benefits of the Digital Age. A strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis then took place as a plenary activity, with the audience contributing their own views regarding technology in journalism. She concluded her talk with a short but powerful thought: “Beware of deceptive content. Check your sources before sharing.” Assortedge’s pop culture editor Maurice Jitty Villaester then presented his topic, “Taking a Stand as a Campus Publication”, highlighting how the main purpose of a publication is to “not only explain the facts but to explain how they affect us and why we should care”. Villaester went on to tackle the subject of activism; what it is and how we should all practice it. He defined activism as an act of taking a stand when one feels oppressed and censored. In that sense, school publications are activist groups, except they do not block the entrance to schools and scream into their megaphones. Although this may happen, media activism is more on words rather than fists. In the evening, the event came to its final stage: the peer review. This time, the participants were grouped according to their lanyard colors from the IDs provided by the staff at the registration booth. During the review, journalists from different publications gathered in circles and discussed about their own struggles within their publications, what they have learned during the talks and finally, comparing their outputs by sharing their published school papers and magazines. With positive reviews from its attendees, Campus Media Day has brought light into the darkest offices of publications and lit the bulbs inside the student journalist’s brain. In hopes of enlightening even more journalists, especially the fresh graduates from the K-12 program, it is hoped that this would not be the first and last incarnation of Campus Media Day. TC fb.com/todayscarolinian
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PDP-Laban Announces Senatorial Candidates for 2019 Jet Mangubat President Rodrigo Duterte’s party, PDP-Laban, announced on Nov. 17 their senatorial candidates for the midterm elections in 2019. During the mass oath-taking of new PDPLaban party members in Cebu City, the party’s secretary general and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pantaleon Alvarez, made the announcement and called Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, and bloggerturned-assistant secretary Mocha Uson of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Also on the list are Davao City Representative Karlo Nograles, Negros Occidental Representative Albee Benitez, Bataan Representative Geraldine Roman, and defeated 2016 senatorial candidate Francis Tolentino. The other four names were already announced by Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Oct.6 , together with the names of House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas and Pimentel himself.
President Rodrigo Duterte said during an interview that the announcement of the newlycalled senatorial candidates is “a party decision”. Pimentel noted that Alvarez’s list was “good”, and that once he joins those in the list, it would become a mix of “old and new faces”. Uson also said that she was surprised by the Alvarez’s announcement, stressing that she does not even have any plans to run for senator. She was still, however, open to the possibility, only if President Duterte would endorse her for the 2019 race. Duterte said he would just let the Filipino people decide those they think deserve to assume the post. He then added that if he were to choose, he would pick an individual who can help improve the situation in the country. Duterte added that he would personally endorse whoever can help the Filipino people in terms of economics and ideals. TC
New Rules and Changes Planned for Sinulog 2018 Blaise Pancho
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Mental Health Bill Ratified by House of Representatives Paulie Yap The House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill No. 6452 during its third and final reading last Nov.20, 2017. House Bill No. 6452, also known as the Comprehensive Mental Health Act, was proposed to grant the majority of the Filipino population access to mental health care. After a five-week pause, a unanimous vote of 223 – 0 was made by the Congress, with zero negative votes and abstention. In addition, Senate Bill No. 1354, also known as the Mental Health Act of 2017, aims to establish “a national mental health policy for the purpose of enhancing the delivery of integrated mental health services, promoting and protecting persons utilizing psychiatric, neurological and psychosocial health services, appropriating funds therefore and for other purposes.” One feature of the Mental Health Act is to establish the Philippine Council for Mental Health which will aim to provide the government a rational and systematic response to mental health concerns through the implementation of the National Mental Health Care Delivery System. Another key component of the bill is the provision of mental health care services for anyone who is laud under the Dangerous Drug Act. “Mental health, after all, is as vital as physical health in promoting overall well-being of all Filipinos, a right guaranteed in Article XIII, Section 11 of our constitution,” Antipolo Rep. Chiqui Roa-Puno, one of the principal authors of the bill, said. “More than erasing the stigma associated with having a mental health condition, the aim is to generate awareness over the need to treat such problems promptly, seriously and compassionately.” Because both of the versions have passed the House of Representatives, the consolidated version will be passed to the president, who can either sign it into law or veto it.
Photograph by Wednesday Abelgas The Cebu City government plans to implement new changes in the next Sinulog Festival, to be celebrated on Jan. 21, 2018. The Sinulog Committee, headed by Councilor Dave Tumulak, will enforce a ban on street parties and liquor within the parade route during the celebration. The committee will be meeting with the owners of the establishments situated along the route to remind them of the policies to be imposed during the festivity. The closure of establishments along Juana Osmena St. and Gen. Maxilom Ave. is also considered by the committee in preparation for the parade and Mardi Gras. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña posted a draft of an executive order on his Facebook page regarding the operations during Sinulog, such as the prohibition of concerts, shows, parties and other performances within a 300-meter radius of the Sinulog parade and procession routes. He also wants vendors who are planning to sell within the vicinity of Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño and along
the procession route to register in the Cebu City Hall. Participating vendors will be given IDs and permits to sell. According to Tumulak, vendors who will not comply with the registration will be apprehended and have their goods confiscated.
Senator Risa Hontiveros, the Senate sponsor of HB6452, said that she aims to get the bill signed before the year ends. TC
Sinulog events and parties will be transferred to the South Road Properties (SRP) to divert crowds from downtown Cebu and to ensure safety during the celebration. Establishments and vendors can sell alcoholic beverages within this area. Starting this month, Fuente Osmeña will be free of vendors and events until Sinulog. With this, Pasko sa Sugbo, a nightly celebration leading to Christmas, will be held in Plaza Indepencia instead. The policies and rules to be exercised during the celebration next year are results of the events that happened last year, when the policies imposed by the government were met with derision from the public. TC
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DEATH BY DEPRESSION
Illustration by Eduard Jude Jamolin People are no longer afraid to die. Not that there is actual quantitative evidence of people not wanting to die. There is, however, proof of their choice to end their own lives.
depression is just a fancy way of saying one is sad. It is easy to think these people are just fishing for attention.
An article dated Sept 11, 2017 by Dr. Gia B. Sison of CNN Philippines mentioned that almost 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, not accounting for the attempts at suicide that did not result in death.
Yes, it is easy to assume suicide is the option of the weak. But depressed people aren’t weak; often, they are strong people weakened by feelings they cannot comprehend. To have to carry the burden of living in a world that does not understand, to have to fake a smile while depression bites at any and all reason to do so — that is not weakness.
Statistics by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention show that over 50 percent of all people who die by suicide suffer from major depression. Clinical depression is characterized by deep sadness, loss of interest in things, and trouble sleeping and eating. This is a far cry from ordinary unhappiness as depression brings longer and deeper feelings of despondency, often suddenly crawling at its unsuspecting victim. Because of all the effects of long periods of despondency, depression can hinder its victims from living up to their potential, further adding to the feeling of self-loathing and loss of self-esteem.
Yes, it is easy to say that depression is a fancy way of being sad. We have spoken so much against these people, even unknowingly, that we have discouraged them to speak. Whenever a friend pours his heart out about his depression, you tell him, “I totally understand…but pull yourself together. This is not a big deal. You’re just overreacting.” Advice only works if the person has the same belief system as you do. No, you do not understand. “Pull yourself together” will not work on a person who cannot find the pieces in the first place. Stop saying it’s not a big deal. Stop saying he’s just overreacting. Stop saying anything. Listen. Just listen.
Numerous people and groups have made it their advocacy to raise mental health awareness so people who suffer from any kind of mental disorder can gain support and proper treatment. People who suffer from depression and contemplate suicide often “suffer in silence” because they are afraid of being judged or misunderstood.
It’s easy to think these people just want attention. For them, it’s not even easy to think. Thinking takes them back to the dark place they’re trying to avoid. When thoughts are all negative, they trap and surround everything else until there is hardly any light in their prison cell. Depression is not something to just snap out of. It is real--- so real that it is hard to understand without experience, so potent that it is all-consuming.
“It is difficult to understand how a person could not give value to a survival instinct which is to stay alive,” Dr. Sison herself said, “from a standpoint of a non-suicidal person.” Indeed, how can we expect depressed people to explain their feelings to others when they can’t even explain them to themselves? It doesn’t help that some people refuse to recognize the reality of mental illness. Due to ignorance, whether by choice or by chance, it is easy to assume that suicidal people are emotionally weak. It is easy to say
Thankfully, more and more people are becoming educated about mental health. The recent passing by the senate of the Mental Health Act in order to make sure health establishments can cater to the treatment of mental illnesses is a concrete proof of this. Depression is not something to be ashamed of; it is something to be shared. Suicidal thoughts are not reprehensible; they are alarming. Mental illness should no longer be suffered in silence; it should be suffered with support — if there needs to be suffering at all. TC
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DECEMBER 2017 | Vol. 5 No. 4
Save Earth as You Go Most of us have talked — during a class discussion, when passing by a heavily flooded street — about how polluted our world has become. Yet we, bothered as we are by the problems we talk about, refuse to do anything.
Sofia Isabel Tajos
“Why do anything,” we say, “when someone else will probably do it for us? The world is doomed anyway; what difference can I make?” We think doing something we are not required nor paid to do will only make our lives a little bit harder. What everyone may not realize is that this kind of
thinking is what dooms the world in the first place. We see this type of thinking everywhere — in canteens and classrooms, and the trash that people leave behind. We see the phrase, “Clean as you go,” yet we do not follow it because we feel it is a waste of time. There are 1,440 minutes in a day, yet we cannot even spend at least five minutes of our time to clean up our own mess. Numerous times have I heard a person going, “Char. Nang-limpyo lagi ka,” to a friend, as if it is something only preppy, stuck-up people do.
It is time to change this. As cliché as “start with yourself,” sounds, it is the right way to go. You might stand alone, but you might as well try. A simple act of acknowledging that you have to clean up after yourself can be the start of admitting that this world has problems you can, even in the little that you can do, help solve. Clean as you go, and save our Earth as you go. TC
The Train to Every Filipino’s Ambition House Bill No. 5636, also known as TRAIN or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion has ideally, by the time you are reading this, finally been submitted to Malacañang and will be ready for implementation on Jan.1, 2018.
Laura Posadas
It would be like the Philippine government’s holiday present to Filipinos earning an annual taxable income below P250,000 because they will be exempted from paying personal income tax while other taxpayers, except the richest, will see lower tax rates. In this new tax reform, roughly 70 to 80 percent of Filipino households from the poor to the middle class (Albert, Gaspar, & Raymundo, 2015), will be relieved of paying
heavy and unjust income taxes that have burdened them for several years now. However, with the decrease of personal income tax on these goods comes the increase of excise tax on petroleum products and automobiles and increased taxes on sugarsweetened beverages. This leaves us the question, is the average consumer better off with lower, or even no personal income tax while paying more for certain goods and services? Yes, we would be relatively better off because though the prices of commodities may be higher, Filipinos will now have a bigger purchasing power too. Instead of a straightaway deduction on their net taxable income, the government has made the tax reform a way
for Filipinos to have more money allotted for personal use. However, budgeting the increased prices of commodities is still up to them. It is hoped that this tax reform will benefit a huge percentage of the Filipino population. Not only that, but it will also benefit the Philippines in terms of macroeconomics as it will, hopefully, reduce poverty and increase per capita gross national income (GNI). Indeed, we hope this TRAIN will bring us to the destination of every Filipino’s ambition of a comfortable and secured life. TC Jose Ramon Albert, Raymond Gaspar, and MJ Raymundo. (2015). Who are the middle class? Retrieved November 30, 2017, from https:// www.rappler.com/thought-leaders/98624who-are-middle-class
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Of Classrooms and States The standard Filipino classroom, despite the Department of Education’s endeavors to change its physical and pedagogical structure, still retains its anatomy. With the exception of the additional two years of Senior High School, it seems that no other perceptible change has really penetrated our country’s education. Is this resilience to change, however, ultimately detrimental? From the bird to the worm’s perspective, yes. Kyn Noel Pestaño
Filipinos in general are crippled, at least in regards to three critical academic backbones: we lack a reading culture, we dismiss and undervalue research and, most painfully blatant, most of us are politically ignorant. Of the three, political ignorance
is the most damaging to our society. It is what keeps the Philippines at a crawl, when it has long since acquired the bones for walking. Poverty, mainly associated to the level of corruption present within the state, is the most obvious symptom of political ignorance. Simply put, the inability of the Filipino proletariat to pose critical questions, and view the people they put in power as political specimens instead of gods they need to sacrifice their sons to, is the crux in the cyclical torrent of causes for the surfacing of corruption and poverty. The root, of course, lies in the classroom, or more specifically, in DepEd’s curriculum. The only time most
Filipinos can study political science is during college, and if he does not specialize in a related field, is only required to do so for a semester. Do the mathematics. How many Filipinos, then, are truly ignorant to the workings of our state? DepEd, more than the input of perishable information, should therefore focus on crafting a subject specifically catered to understanding politics. We have to go back to the grassroots and carve our country not only with a legal scalpel but also with our national hero’s viewpoint, which translates to the raising of an entire generation of Filipinos that actually knows what a Barangay Tanod is for. TC
On Board Exams Last Nov. 22, 2017, the results of the Chemical Engineering Licensure Examination were posted. I passed. I was happy. I cannot deny the exam’s blatant faults, however.
Cesar Carlos Heyrosa
All those years as an undergraduate student in college culminated in a three-day examination. The first two parts were clearly badly designed, rife with typos, grammatical errors and questions requiring items we could not bring during examination day. The third day, I only breezed through because of my shiftee status. To add to this, most of the questions were taken from books probably old enough to narrate the era of dinosaurs. As such, some questions still
contained the age-old typos of age-old solution manuals. The only way to go through them was through memorizing the answers directly from the books, if one was lucky enough to know them. To cut it short, our license relied on how lucky we were or how good we were at cheating the system. This has already been a problem ever since the multiple-choice format was implemented. I do not mean to discredit those who aced our licensure exam, past and present. In fact, they deserve all credit for their efforts. What is appalling here is how the Professional Regulation Commission allows this horrible design for an examination, which is
supposedly meant to test how competent we would be in the workplace. Worse, similar complaints in other licensure examinations are present as well. It may take more time, but further education, apprenticeships or internships would be a better route. If we are to resort to exams, it would be best to test our conceptual understanding instead of just randomly picking questions from books. True knowledge comes from understanding fundamental concepts, and true wisdom, values gained from experience. To prove professionalism takes time, not a half-baked examination. TC
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The Philippines Hosts the 31st ASEAN Summit Ynaro San Juan
The Philippine government recently hosted the 31st ASEAN Summit last Nov. 10 to 14 in Manila. In attendance were nine of the leaders and officials from the 10 member economies of the association, and the leaders of other nations, including the United States, Russia, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand. The European Union, as well as the Secretary General for the United Nations also came to observe the proceedings. During the summit, the various leaders in attendance were able to gather to discuss important matters and concerns both regional and international. Some concerns and issues brought up during the discussions were the dispute between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China over territorial rights for the West Philippine Sea, the extrajudicial killings and human rights violations conducted during President Duterte’s infamous
drug campaign and the future implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025. Duterte’s plan, to consolidate ASEAN in order to promote growth and stability for all member-nations and for the association to take its rightful place as a renowned power on the international level, were also talked about. This event marks the fourth time that the Philippines has hosted the ASEAN Summit, as well as the second time it has hosted it this year, and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ASEAN organization which was marked by a Special Gala Celebration on Nov. 12. This year’s theme of “Partnering for Change Engaging the World” reflects the Philippine government’s advocacy to promote unity with and among ASEAN member states and its global partners, and serves as a reference to Duterte’s famous slogan: “Change is coming.” TC
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Duterte Offers China the Chance to Enter Philippine Telecom Industry Mikhailah Rañada Statistically, the Philippines has the slowest and most intermittent internet connection among the Asia-Pacific countries. The State of the Internet Report by the Akamai Intelligent Platform for the first quarter of 2017 showed an average speed of 5.5 megabits per second (Mbps). This might be roughly 20 percent more than what they reported in the last quarter of 2016; however, it is less than half of the Asia-Pacific average of 13.56 Mbps. One of the endeavors of the Duterte administration is the improvement of the Philippine internet connectivity which has been the subject of criticism for years now. A lot of businesses, especially those whose clients and headquarters are based abroad, rely on the internet for their operations. Erratic internet connection can cause a glitch in operations and reduction in profit. The accumulated outcome of this glitch results to a potentially lower GDP and an opportunity loss for economic growth. On Nov. 20, 2017, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque expressed the president’s intention to allow a Chinese telecommunications company to enter the Philippine industry. This is to create
competition in the industry controlled by the PLDT-Globe duopoly.
control over their prices. The consumers have no choice; nobody else offers internet connection.
A duopoly is essentially a monopoly of two companies. One is barely different from the other. Have we noticed that the two biggest telecommunications company in the country, Globe and Smart, who recently merged with PLDT, practically have the same data and Wi-Fi connection packages? Furthermore, have we noticed that every time a new player enters the game and offers cheaper prices for the same package, it is eventually acquired by either Globe or Smart? That is the nature of this country’s network duopoly. Both companies agree to offer the same packages so consumers become indifferent between them, and any new player is bought, so profits still go to the same pockets and nothing can encompass the offers of their flagship networks.
In an effort to fulfill his promise of a better internet connection in the country, President Rodrigo Duterte offered the chance to operate as the third major telecommunication carrier to China during his bilateral talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, this “privilege” was given to China because, given its population, the country’s companies have proven their capability of providing telecom services to a million users. Duterte recognized that China has the money and technology to make a difference in the Philippines, Roque said.
Because of these agreements and their control of the market, it is next to impossible to achieve faster internet connection as there is no competition to compel either company to step up their game. In a monopoly, the supplier gets
There has been no company chosen to enter the industry yet. As of writing, the Philippine government is just waiting for Chinese telecom companies to submit their proposals. One major drawback for the Chinese companies if they invest in our country, however, is that they will have to comply with the provision of the 1987 Constitution for foreign ownership to not be more than 40 percent. TC
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DECEMBER 2017 | Vol. 5 No. 4
FOR THE HANDS THAT FEED US Portia Illustration by Justine Bacareza
The agony of having to endure a lengthy lecture full of arbitrary constants, meaningless equations and sweat-filled laboratories has made me numb to failing marks that could bleed my transcript to death. Week after week, I brave the reports and design simulations set by the despots my peers call educators so as to train this naïve mind of mine. I look forward to going home – the place where I can fabricate love stories and poetry, not machine components nor complicated contraptions because everything in school has dried my creativity. Whenever I concede to my fingers’ itch for words, the ordeal only reminds me of how blissful it is to escape the shackles of technicalities. Plate nights are nightmares, knowing that if I choose to write for the heart, numerical figures in bright red ink would haunt me over and over. I have to muster up the courage to hold a pencil and a drafting paper so as to impress more despots and maintain good grades, when I know that deep inside, a failing mark is a better escape ticket. Exams cost me more than six hours of penitential studying of figures and concepts so unfamiliar to my eyes and mind, laws and boundary conditions that I once wished to cease existing. Instructors demanded so much work from someone caught up in playing pretend and insecurities from other students whom I should get motivation from. Four long years in this mental calisthenics, I met Ivan, fourth year mechanical engineering, seven years in actual. He used to tell me, “You don’t seem to have passion and you always
complain about the way we are being taught. But victory requires struggles, doesn’t it?” His uncontrollable palpitations after chugging his favorite cheap instant coffee, his swelling eyes from staying awake at one in the morning and the face he makes after being humiliated for not knowing the answer posed by his professor shows that he is just as drained as me .But it is the glimmer of hope in his eyes – the one testament that despite the number of failures he has incurred, he believes that success will find its way somehow. Why am I still in this school? I knew that I should never have listened that one time on the way home when I overheard my folks argue about the fees they had to settle. I thought that I didn’t have to pretend anymore, that I didn’t need to go through this dilemma and that I could pursue pre-law or arts, anything except engineering. I thought that I could finally go out there and say, “I am so done with numbers.” I have lost the appetite for appreciating, which is maybe why I don’t receive much appreciation in return. If they had only made learning worthwhile and not the kind where they humiliate us if we fail to explain a principle we had just encountered, maybe I wouldn’t be this repulsive. Why am still doing this anyway? “For the love of the hands that feed you”, he said. It is true, I remain for the hands that feed me. One more year until I reciprocate the works of these hands. One more year… TC
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Leviathan Unrivaled Elizah Castillo Illustration by Jon Ahmed Durano I am the mightiest hunter who ever lived. In my lifetime, I have slayed all the animals, large and small, wild and rabid, in this world. With my power, even monsters knelt With my strength, even horrors bowed.
I trembled in fear as his great power overwhelmed me. I will never forget the fight. I pray I will never have to encounter him again. I survived because I begged him to let me go; The Unmatched survived from mercy.
A hundred songs and a thousand stories, Crafted in my name, men worshipping The glory of the Unmatched, incomparable to all but one – the beast I could not put down.
Silent, waiting, savage, He is called Leviathan, shadow of the ocean of depths harbinger of chaos, He who brings forth all that is disgusting and repulsive in this world.
That unfortunate day I saw Leviathan, I lost all courage and fell to the ground. How terrible that day was!
Lightning flashes as he glares; Flames streak from his mouth as he ridicules his enemies. His legs are fastened so firmly that nothing can pull them apart. I tried to pierce him, but I could not, His unyielding heart knows no shame for he is unrivaled, a god When Leviathan is fierce, no on dare stand before him. When he rises, even the strongest kneel; The most grotesque of all creatures! Only His creator can defeat Him TC
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COMICS
Priorities by Phoemela delos Santos
Break by Audrey Jade Tenorio
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Photograph by Jhessa Ugdamina
Home is not a place, it’s a feeling.
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Today’s CAROLINIAN
DECEMBER 2017 | Vol. 5 No. 4