Tag: College

Pro-Palestinian US campus protests grow as police crack down

By Romain FONSEGRIVES with Moises Avila in Austin LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2024 (AFP) – Pro-Palestinian protests spread to more college campuses in the United States on Thursday as authorities appeared to be running out of patience and police began to push back forcefully. Riot officers used chemical irritants and tasers at one university as administrators at some of the country’s most prestigious institutions battled to prevent occupations taking hold. Staging sit-ins and mounting boisterous […]

Group to appeal SC decision upholding removal of Filipino, “panitikan” subjects from list of required subjects in college

(Eagle News)–The Alyansa ng mga Tagapagtanggol ng Wikang Filipino will appeal anew the Supreme Court’s decision allowing the removal of Filipino and “panitikan” from the list of required subjects in colleges. The group of professors, students and activists said it would file a second motion for reconsideration after the SC  upheld its November 2018 decision that ruled the legality of Commission on  Higher Education (CHEd) Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 20, which allowed  for such a […]

YOUNG VOICES SPEAK: Graduate or else

(Young Voices Speak is eaglenews.ph’s blank space for the youth to share their opinions, views, and perspective on any topic, issue, or matter) A lot of college undergraduates were confused when they heard about the new General Education Curriculum (GEC). Rumor has it, if you were not a college graduate on or before 2017-2018, you needed to go through senior high school before you could continue with your college degree. The scary part is that the rumor is actually […]

Electoral College confirms White House win for Trump: US media

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — America’s Electoral College Monday confirmed as expected Donald Trump’s election as the 45th president of the United States, unswayed by a last-ditch bid by die-hard opponents to bar the Republican’s path to the White House. Six weeks after his upset victory over the Democrat Hillary Clinton, Trump sailed past the 270 votes needed to make his victory official, according to US media, clearing the way for him to succeed Barack […]

US Election Night: Electoral college count

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The following is a running tally of states claimed by presidential hopefuls Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in their race for the White House, according to network projections. Candidates are racing to hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes, an absolute majority of the 538 members of the electoral college, with the number from each state based on its population size. A state has […]

What’s the right college course for you?

QUEZON City, Philippines (September 2) – Dreaming of what you want to be when you grow up is easy but determining what course you must take in college for you to be able to achieve your dream is not what “easy” looks like. Based on experience, I was so nervous about choosing a course because I was then still unsure of what I really want to be when I grow up. I always wanted to be […]