Cisgender people—those whose gender identity corresponds to their birth sex— rarely think twice about going to the comfort room. For transgender people, there is not much “comfort” in comfort rooms (CRs) when public CRs can be a place where their gender identities are questioned, or worse, discriminated. As a step towards further inclusivity in Silliman University, the Office of Student Affairs has affirmed its support for Illuminates of the Spectra’s (ISPEC) proposal to convert [READ MORE]

Francis Ryan Pabiania | News Writer RnB Prince from Civil Engineering (Prince Bruce Azores) stood as champion of the Silliman Idol 2018 final night at the Hibalag booth area, Aug. 27. Azores is a fifth year Civil Engineering student of the College of Engineering and Design. “Joining this competition in my last year in Silliman was the best decision I made in my whole college life,” Azores said. Rakistang Sugbuanon from Mass Communication (Jane Myka Inso), Acoustic Heartthrob from Nursing [READ MORE]

By Junelie Anthony Velonta | Feature Writer “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” This is one of the more memorable lines of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. However, Caesar is not remembered today as a tyrant, wresting the right to govern from the people, but as a genius, a hero, and a conqueror—victimized by the betrayal of the social elite. Caesar’s atrocities were mostly forgotten. Generals Antonio Luna and Gregorio del Pilar are perhaps [READ MORE]