On July 28, UP students, as well as other members of the University, are obliged to storm the venue of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's State of the Nation Address (SONA). The reason for such, however, is not merely to behold the president's litany of justifications for a country in face of crises in all facets. Neither are we compelled to troop to Batasan to listen while the president blurts out half-truths and motherhood statements. READ MORE

Terror lurks everywhere, or so the US government says. And with the memory of the 9/11 "terrorist" attacks still fresh, the task of sowing fear is anything but Herculean. READ MORE