On the recently-concluded GASC

by Trisha - UP Diliman College of Science Student Council

The College of Science stands for, among other things, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. Therefore, it is only fitting that CSSC supports the CSSP-SC's bid to include good academic standing, the MINIMUM requirement and responsibility that the Filipino taxpayers entrusted to us as students when we entered the University, in the qualifications of a Student Regent candidate.

As so eloquently stated by G Ricasata of the CSSP-SC:
"Gusto ko ng isang Student Regent na nag-aaral AT naglilingkod; hindi lang nag-aaral o hindi lang naglilingkod."

(Something to that effect.)

Regarding the manner in which the GASC was carried out, in particular the controversial matter of voting - I, as a delegate to the GASC, voted to carry out a vote. I believe that no one in that body - not the Presiding Officer, not ANY SINGLE ONE present - could have said that "the body is not yet ready for a vote". The only way to check if the body is, in fact, ready to vote is by ASKING the members of that body. Let those that are ready to vote say "Aye" while those that feel that they need to hear or say more say "Nay". It is that simple. And yet, the vote was suppressed.