AU The Standard - Andres Bonifacio Campus

01/11/2026

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐒’ 𝐃𝐀𝐘🕯️

Ngayong araw ay ating ginugunita ang Araw ng mga Banal, isang mahalagang pagdiriwang ng Simbahang Katolika bilang pagpupugay sa lahat ng santo na namuhay nang may matibay na pananampalataya at naging halimbawa ng pagmamahal at paglilingkod sa kapwa.

Through their lives and sacrifices, ipinakita nila na ang pagiging banal ay hindi lamang nasusukat sa mga dakilang sakripisyo, kundi maging sa simpleng acts of kindness, pagpapatawad, at pagmamalasakit sa iba.

Nawa'y magsilbing inspirasyon ang kanilang mga halimbawa upang patuloy nating isabuhay ang mga aral ng pananampalataya at sikaping maging huwaran ng kabutihan sa ating kapwa.

“𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.”

✍💻Khayne Larena

31/10/2026

✨ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐒! ✨
Missed your chance the first time? Don't worry, we're opening our doors once again!
The 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹–𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗴 is back with 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝟮 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛! 💙❤️
We're still looking for passionate, creative, and driven individuals who are ready to contribute their skills, share their ideas, and become part of something bigger. Whether you have a knack for organizing, a passion for creating, a heart for service, or simply the willingness to learn and grow, there's a place for you in our team!
Your college journey is more than just attending classes and making memories. It's also about discovering what you're capable of, finding your purpose, and making a difference along the way. 🌟
𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗬!
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We look forward to meeting the next batch of Chiefs who will help turn ideas into action and purpose into impact. See you on the team! 💙❤️

✨ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄𝐒! ✨

Missed your chance the first time? Don't worry, we're opening our doors once again!

The 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹–𝗣𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗴 is back with 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝟮 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛! 💙❤️

We're still looking for passionate, creative, and driven individuals who are ready to contribute their skills, share their ideas, and become part of something bigger. Whether you have a knack for organizing, a passion for creating, a heart for service, or simply the willingness to learn and grow, there's a place for you in our team!

Your college journey is more than just attending classes and making memories. It's also about discovering what you're capable of, finding your purpose, and making a difference along the way. 🌟

𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗬!

Interested? Take the first step and accomplish the application form below:
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We look forward to meeting the next batch of Chiefs who will help turn ideas into action and purpose into impact. See you on the team! 💙❤️

31/10/2026

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭?!

Elaborate costumes, comedic depictions, realistic scars. Imitation blood, painted faces.

What a fun day to be spooked-- the award for the scariest costume however, goes to this man who wears a suit. He's not trick or treating nor portraying. He is sitting, right there on his throne while the rest of us look upon him with fear, not because he is scary-- but he is cruel. He wears red but its not blood. He's green but he's not a witch. Not a m*rderer but he butchered the value of peso, and in a short while, he will be joined by his friend, the wicked witch of the west-- he's orange, not green. He can't be melted by water because he's here to suck it all up.

𝐏erhaps
𝐀 li'l
𝐗enophobic

𝐒cared
𝐈 really am
𝐋apse in judgment?
𝐈 don't think so
𝐂an we just
𝐀ctually have fun?

I wanna be spooked but i'm scared for real!!!

𝐓his is
𝐑eally scary
𝐔nfortuantely
𝐌ay we
𝐏lease

𝐎pt to just
𝐔nwind and enjoy
𝐓he night?
!
!
!

✍️ | Lloyda
💻 | Jazmin Nicole

25/10/2026

𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬 | "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁."

There is a photograph in our house that no one remembers taking. At least, I don't.

It hangs inside a large frame painted in gold. Inside it is a small apartment, a bedroom with photographs on the bedside table, a flower in a glass vase, candles, and two coffee mugs. The bed is well made, though not perfectly. Little things are scattered around the room, the quiet evidence of a home well lived.

I feel as though I’ve seen it before.

Not the photograph itself, perhaps, but something in it. The shape of the room. The way the light falls through the window. Something I cannot quite reach when I try to remember it.

At first, the photograph felt like a dream. Light spills through the window and settles over everything. The flower is alive, its petals reaching toward the sun. There is something about the room that feels almost like a memory.

But every time I look at it, something changes.

The light fades into a pale gray, softening everything it touches. The flower begins to wither, its petals slowly curling inward. I tell myself it was always like this.

Because the more I try to hold on to it, the more it seems to slip into something I can no longer recognize.

I look closer and see two people inside the frame. I cannot make out their faces, but I know one of them is me. The other stands near the window, familiar in a way that hurts. I remember knowing that person. I remember the warmth of having them there, though I can no longer remember exactly how it began or how it ended.

For a moment, I think I remember the room differently.

Then, when I look again, there is only one person in the photograph. Me. Or someone who looks like me.

The room continues to disappear with every glance. The photographs on the bedside table lose their faces, the flower loses another petal, and the window fills with rain, until the second mug vanishes completely.

Is the photograph changing, or am I simply forgetting? I look away, then back again, as if the room might return when I am not watching.

It doesn't.

I look at the photograph again, and the apartment is almost gone. The walls bend strangely beneath the glass, colors blurring into something I no longer recognize. Even the person in the photograph has become a distortion. I cannot tell if it is me; I cannot tell if it was ever us.

Maybe the cruelest thing about memory is that we return to it expecting the past to be waiting exactly where we left it, only to find that it has shifted quietly with time, becoming something distant and unfamiliar, yet somehow still feeling like home.

I look at it for a little longer, though I no longer know what I am looking for. Still, I let my eyes linger, waiting for something to return.

“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.” – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

✍| Michaela Turla Benito
💻| Jindee Nicole Rueda

23/10/2026

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: DILG places 15M bounty on Senator Dela Rosa, deems him armed and dangerous.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19qCwAj1eD/

20/10/2026

𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬 | “Do whatever it takes to remind myself that I’m still here and I still have a say”

What happens when your mind becomes the one thing you cannot trust, and the only certainty you have left is whatever reminds you that you’re still here?

I have sat in the cold hospital room long enough to remember its quiet cruelty. There, grief had always sat beside me—melting right onto my skin, as if it claimed every inch of who I could be.

I have felt enough of the stethoscope’s freezing touch, of the doctor’s hands striving to find what is wrong. I remember it all too well; an image forever ingrained in my heart and mind.

I remember sitting there and seeing myself from their own point of view: a tired little girl, holding onto what she has and what little she can still hold. I remember the group of nurses tending to my wounded mind, holding onto me like I’d break with one careless move.

And I have spent all that time in the hospital room to know how achingly lonely it feels to know what is wrong, yet be so utterly clueless at the same time.

But I am snapped to reality by yet another doctor coming to check in.

“How have you felt?
When did it start feeling this way?
Are you doing well on your medication?”

Question after question. Symptom after symptom. Until I forget what it feels to feel, until I am familiarized with the grief of forever being changed.

But someone beside me holds my hand and whispers: “It’s okay to ask for help. You’ve been strong. Rest, dear.” And a plethora of sweet nothings until I am reminded that I have still more left to live.

For a while, it’s okay. Tomorrow is another day. I breathe deep and note that even if I happen to be wrong about tomorrow being better, there could still be a few hundred more to say that phrase.

I am still me. I am here. And I still have a say.

🖋️: Samantha Regodo
🎨: Domz Lawrence Paraon

20/10/2026

𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡 | 𝗦𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜, 𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮 𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻

Sa mabilis na pag-ikot ng makabagong lipunan, hindi maikakaila ang malaking tulong ng Artificial Intelligence (AI) sa iba’t ibang gawain. Sa ilang segundo, nakapagbibigay ito ng sagot, nakatutulong sa trabaho, at nagpapadali ng mga gawaing dati’y nangangailangan ng mas mahabang oras. Ngunit sa likod nito, isang mahalagang tanong ang dapat ding pagtuunan ng pansin: Ano ang kapalit ng pag-unlad na ito para sa ating kapaligiran?

Sa kabila ng kaginhawaang hatid ng AI, may kaakibat itong pananagutan sa kapaligiran. Para sa marami, nakatutulong ang AI upang makatipid ng oras at mapadali ang iba’t ibang gawain. Gayunpaman, ang kaginhawaang ito ay may kabayaran. Habang patuloy na lumalawak ang pag-unlad ng AI, lumalaki rin ang mga pinangangambahan ng mga Pilipino ukol dito. Umani ng batikos at protesta mula sa mga environmentalist, magsasaka, katutubong grupo, at iba pang kritiko ang planong Pax Silica Project sa bansa. Pinangungunahan ng Estados Unidos ang inisyatibang ito mula Disyembre 2025, na naglalayong palakasin ang kooperasyon sa supply chain ng mga makabagong teknolohiya. Kabilang sa mga planong pasilidad ang Economic Security Zone sa New Clark City, Tarlac, na maaaring paglagyan ng mga semiconductor facility.

Sisipa ang konsumo sa tubig at kuryente dahil sa mga industrial hub. Gumagamit ng libo-libong litro ng tubig ang ilang computer servers upang mapigilan ang overheating ng mga makina. Ang semiconductor manufacturing naman ay nangangailangan ng Ultra-Pure Water (UPW) para sa paglilinis ng silicon wafers at microchips. Isang malaking pangamba para sa mga naninirahan malapit sa data centers ang posibleng kakulangan o pagbabago sa kalidad ng suplay ng tubig. Sa katunayan, sa isang pagdinig ng House Committee on Energy and Commerce, ipinakita ni U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ang dalawang garapon ng maruming tubig mula sa Morgan County, Georgia, na malapit sa isang data center. Ang mga data center ay naglalaman ng mga advanced na server para patakbuhin ang Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Ang mga high-performance server na ito ay nangangailangan ng tuloy-tuloy na suplay ng kuryente upang makapagproseso ng malalaking datos sa loob ng 24 oras.

Hindi lang sa kalikasan ito'y may kabayaran, kundi sa sariling kalusugan din natin. Ang paggawa ng mga semiconductor at microchip ay nangangailangan ng iba’t ibang kemikal para sa paglilinis at pagproseso ng silicon wafers. Ang prosesong ito ay maaaring makalikha ng wastewater na naglalaman ng acids, heavy metals, at iba pang toxic chemicals na, kapag hindi maayos na napamahalaan, ay maaaring makontamina ang mga ilog at iba pang pinagkukunan ng tubig sa Central Luzon. Mabilis ding nagiging obsolete ang ilang AI chips at computer hardware dahil sa patuloy na pag-unlad ng teknolohiya. Ang mabilis na pagpapalit ng mga lumang kagamitan ay maaaring magresulta sa toneladang e-waste na naglalaman ng mga mapanganib na materyales tulad ng lead, mercury, at cadmium na mahirap i-recycle.

Hindi maikakaila ang positibong dulot ng pag-unlad ng teknolohiya, kabilang ang posibilidad ng pagpasok ng bilyun-bilyong dolyar sa ekonomiya at paglikha ng tinatayang 200,000 trabaho para sa mga Pilipino. Gayunpaman, kasabay ng mga benepisyong ito ay dapat isaalang-alang ang kapakanan ng mga magsasaka at katutubo na maaaring maapektuhan ng pagtatayo ng mga pasilidad. Hindi dapat maging kapalit ng pag-unlad ng teknolohiya ang tahanan, kabuhayan, at karapatan ng mga komunidad.

Sa kabila ng maraming protesta laban sa plano, itutuloy pa rin ng bansa ang pagpapatayo ng Pax Silica Project sa New Clark, Tarlac City sa Nobyembre 2026. Dapat tiyaking ang pag-unlad ay napapakinabangan nang hindi isinasakripisyo ang kapakanan ng mga taong maaapektuhan nito.

MGA SANGGUNIAN :

Remate Online. “Aeta community nangangamba sa Pax Silica hub; ancestral land, kabuhayan posibleng maapektuhan.” September 21, 2026.

Villanueva, Joan. “Pax Silica AI hub to start development in 3-5 years.” Philippine News Agency, August 7, 2026

Lorenzana, Lito Monico C. “Pax Silica: They get the chips, we get the bill?” The Manila Times, September 23, 2026.

GMA News. “EXPLAINER: Where will Pax Silica get its water?” GMA News Online, August 14, 2026.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “AOC presses EPA over brown water from wells near Georgia data center site.” May 26, 2026.

DWNE Teleradyo. “PAX SILICA HUB, MANGANGAILANGAN NG 5,000 MEGAWATTS NA KURYENTE.” Facebook, July 24, 2026.

🖋️: Merielle Joyce Boletin
🎨: Jackie Marie Lougee Yamat

16/10/2026

𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗸𝘂𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗽 | 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

Isinisagawa ngayong araw, ika-16 ng Oktubre ang 1st Regular Session ng AU-ABC Senior Student Council (AU-SSC) katuwang ang House of Legislatives at AU The Standard sa Audio Visual Room upang talakayin ang mga aktibidad ng bawat Registered Student Organizations (RSO) sa susunod na mga buwan.

via. Harry Naz

13/10/2026

𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈 | 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐃𝐚𝐲

Isang mahalagang araw para sa mga mag-aaral matapos nilang ipakita ang kanilang taos-pusong pagpapahalaga sa kanilang mga minamahal na g**o bilang pagdiriwang ng “World Teachers’ Day” na ginanap sa AU - Andres Bonifacio Campus Annex 1, Junior High School ngayong ika-9 Oktubre araw ng Biyernes.

Patnubay, saya, at dunong ang patuloy na ipinamamalas ng ating mga g**o kaya narito tayo ngayon tinatanaw ang kanilang pagsasakripisyo na makapagbibigay liwanag sa daan na patutunguhan ng mga estudyante

Ang mga aral na inukit ng ating mga g**o sa aklat, ay patuloy nating pasisiklabin—bibigyan natin ito ng liwanag upang hindi mabigo ang guryon na kahit tila apoy na ang hawakan dahil sa hirap at sakripisyo, ay patuloy pa ring silang kumakapit.

via Jhony Bryan G. Mesina

📸 Photojournalist:
Keisha Moriel, Rein Casey Orani, Shanessa Nacionales, Hana Kate Orani, Daniella Anne Sulit, Alexa Margaux Guzman, Fernandez Dane, Myrrh, Tristine belardo, Bryan G. Mesina, lanna Mari Capili, Maria Christina Doroin, Marphy Pancho, Sophia Salandanan, Alisha Elle, Sophia Kaye Barcelon, Ana De Veyra, Kierby Selosa, JM Ollada, Michael Rejano, Gabriel Duque

13/10/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 | 𝗔𝗨-𝗔𝗕𝗖'𝘀 𝗔𝗩𝗣, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆.

“It’s my passion to be a teacher,” he says firmly. “

Because I don’t want to stay at home.”𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲; 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩-𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. For him, the classroom is more than a place of instruction—it is a space where futures are shaped and confidence is built.

Today, we grieve the passing of a remarkable leader. Dr. Ruben Opeña was not only a guiding light but also a compassionate listener — a steadfast ally of the student publication. He was a leader who welcomed everyone with warmth, who showed up with courage, and who spoke with conviction.

His presence was a reminder that true leadership is not measured by titles, but by the sincerity of one’s service. He embodied humility, openness, and the courage to stand for truth.

May his soul find eternal rest, and may all who mourn be comforted in this time of profound sorrow.

Rest in peace, Dr. Ruben Opeña. Thank you for walking with us in the pursuit of truth.