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As a member of the AdDU Alumni Association (Pioneering Batch of AB PolSci 1996-2000) and as a former President of SAMAHAN in 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 when Fr. Edmundo Martinez was the University President, it is nice to hear from you as the present University President challenging the Ateneans to pursue a student leadership in our university that is a Jesuit, Catholic and Filipino. Your statement of encouragement is so powerful and inspiring to acquire a sense of student leadership that “does not advance private interest (my profit, my comfort, my power, or our good vs. yours ) but to advance the common good. I for one became an Atenean leader and was humbly influenced by its Ignatian Spirituality as what you said “in the pursuit in the service of the Faith, the pursuit of Justice that Faith demands, sensitivity to cultures, inter-religious dialogue, and protection of the environment”. I must admit that I am not perfectly Ignatian in spirituality or others may say not really an Igna...

Challenge to Leadership in the Samahan Posted on   February 5, 2013 ( from Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ 's blog  http://taborasj.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/challenge-to-leadership-in-the-samahan/ ) by   Joel Tabora, S.J. My favorite activist tweep , who can be contacted in Twitter at @ashbulldoglagon resembles neither ash nor bulldog. One day he must enlighten me on how this moniker evolved. Meanwhile, he asked me what challenges I might have for the forthcoming ADDU Samahan (=ADDU Student Government) elections . Happy to be asked, I tweeted I would respond with this blog entry. Here goes! Challenge to the future Samahan student leader: You are called to lead in a University that is Jesuit, Catholic and Filipino. In this sentence there are seven important words. The first is “University.” Understand this in its original meaning as a community of scholars and teachers who come together in academic freedom for the pursuit of truth. “Universitas” was originally ...

Today is Dr. Jose P. Rizal's 152nd Birthday. Here's a tribute post for him. (source: Wikipedia, 2013) Spanish ( original ) Filipino (José Gatmaitan) English « Mi Último Adiós » ¡Adiós, Patria adorada, región del sol querida, Perla del mar de oriente, nuestro perdido Edén! A darte voy alegre la triste mustia vida, Y fuera más brillante, más fresca, más florida, También por ti la diera, la diera por tu bien. En campos de batalla, luchando con delirio, Otros te dan sus vidas sin dudas, sin pesar; El sitio nada importa, ciprés, laurel o lirio, Cadalso o campo abierto, combate o cruel martirio, Lo mismo es si lo piden la patria y el hogar. Yo muero cuando veo que el cielo se colora Y al fin anuncia el día tras lóbrego capuz; si grana necesitas para teñir tu aurora, Vierte la sangre mía, derrámala en buen hora Y dórela un reflejo de su naciente luz. Mis sueños cuando apenas muchacho adolescente, Mis sueños cuando joven ya lleno de vigor, Fueron el verte un día...