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Oct

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Like Water for Consumption

By LORRAINE C. SUAREZ It is a bright Sunday afternoon. At this time, most people are either lounging at home or strolling about. Everyone seems to enjoy their activities; it is, after all, a weekend, and there is also good weather to boot. As for me, I find myself yet…

26

Oct

By Theriz Lizel Silvano

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Are you hungry?

By THERIZ LIZEL R. SILVANO Hungry for many things is what we are as students. Our body is like a vehicle that needs to be filled up with several commodities—information, sustenance, passion, solace, love, and other things that we find enjoyable and valuable enough to make us satisfied. We yearn…

26

Oct

By Isabell Andrea Pine

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Dress right or no right

By ISABELL ANDREA M. PINE The Faculty of Arts and Letters is known to be one of the most liberal colleges at the University of Santo Tomas. This culture of liberalism is something I believe to be one of the many beauties and privileges in becoming an Artlet. Ever since…

26

Oct

By Peach Arianna Manos

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‘Til I get there

I have always wanted to be a journalist even before I knew what Journalism is all about. I used to believe that my talent in writing could get me by in the field that I chose and I just have to be creative enough to provide something for my readers,…

12

Jul

By The Flame Editorial Board

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Coercion to silence

ON JULY 10, the House of Representatives shocked the entire nation when 70 of its lawmakers denied ABS-CBN a fresh 25-year franchise. Not only is this move another massive blow on press freedom in the country, but it also shows that there is no place for any critical discourse under…

06

May

By The Flame Editorial Board

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Misplaced priorities

THE PEOPLE behind the afternoon shows, the journalists, the general public who depend on news in this time of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and the 11,000 employees at risk of losing their jobs were all dismayed when ABS-CBN went off the air on May 5 following the cease…

04

Jun

By Julia Mari Ornedo

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Ignite your flame

by JULIA MARI T. ORNEDO Campus journalism is its own reward. Working in a student publication offers little prestige and even less money, yet the Flame has been kept alive for over half a century by generations of Artlets who cared more about journalism and serving the Faculty rather than what…

04

Jun

By Mark Joseph Fernandez

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Detox? Detox.

by MARK JOSEPH B. FERNANDEZ Social media and the internet are the latest trends for entertainment and leisure—being able to binge watch films, listen to popular music, and do other activities with just a steady connection and gadget in hand are especially enjoyable for millennials and Generation Z. Now, people can…

04

Jun

By Danea Patricia Vilog

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The dormant persona

by DANEA PATRICIA T. VILOG There is something about art that seems to draw people to underestimate its aesthetic value for surface-level beauty and discount its ability to preserve a culture of underlying politics that everyone seems very pumped up to openly debate on these days. The artist I was a…

04

Jun

By Fate Emerald Colobong

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Hold on, Artlets

by FATE EMERALD M. COLOBONG We entered this University, this Faculty, as curious and excited freshmen with no thoughts other than the need to explore this new world called our college life. But as we adapted, as we got to know our group of friends, created our college identities, and discovered…