
‘Genuine’ service
IT'S that time of the year again.
Few weeks from now, people we barely know will greet us—all smiles—in the hallways of the campus as they shake our hands. Our ears will get tired listening to mudslingings, wittily crafted slogans and speeches, recycled platforms, and promises that may never see their actualizations.
But as they speak, we hear the voices in our heads. They don’t differ much from the previous ones.
Much to our dismay, politics in the University is reduced to mere lip service and a bullet in résumés. Being called “event organizers” leaves a bad taste in the mouths of some student leaders, but as their constituents, we have yet to see them embody the core values of the University—competence, commitment, and compassion—in their leadership and genuinely address...