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UPLB: Changing Times II

August 31, 2008

As I’ve said in a previous post, there are significant changes occurring in my beloved alma mater that I really don’t agree with just because they’re not what I grew up with. I’m a very sentimental person, and it pains me to see that what life used to be in UPLB is now just a memory.

Recently, a campus-wide no-smoking rule was implemented. And although I’m not a chain smoker, only a chipper, I really am quite surprised with this one. What about personal freedom? Is pollution in the campus really that bad that they had to ban smoking? I don’t think so. Why so drastic? Why not just ban smoking inside campus buildings? Isn’t that more feasible, anyway? UPLB is a big and open campus. How could the powers that be possibly monitor and reprimand every smoker who breaks this rule?

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UPLB: Changing Times I

August 30, 2008

I’ve been in UPLB all my academic life. From elementary to college, I never left this seemingly secret place tucked into the sides of the enchanting Mount Makiling. When I started working, I only got to spend the weekends here, and how things change the minute you let it out of your sight. I used to spend weekend afternoons brisk walking at Freedom Park to catch some fresh air and to give my heart some much needed cardio workout. Over the years, I’ve seen little changes, but maybe I wasn’t looking hard enough. It’s only now I realize that a lot really has changed since I graduated five years ago.

To my disliking, I feel like UPLB is now a stranger to me. After five years, I cannot recognize my alma mater anymore, and this saddens me. It’s as if she gathered all my memories of her, wrapped them in an old newspaper and threw it in a dumpster to be forever forgotten. I’m not talking about the physical appearance of the campus, of course. Little has changed, except for a few new buildings and a few restored ones.

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