MANIFESTO OF UNITY
December 21, 2007Student journalists are important elements in every university. The student publication is the tangible expression of press freedom on campus. As such, it is published, ran and managed by the students for the students.
For years, the TANDEM, the official student publication of the UNP, has published issues that affect not only the students, but the other members of the university as well.
The TANDEM has continuously been in the forefront of the fight of the campus press and in upholding the rights of the students.
Now, the TANDEM is facing a great hurdle. Staffers and members of TANDEM are continuously undergoing harassment from the administration itself.
We believe that to hinder the campus press from fulfilling its duties of informing the students and expressing the students’ beliefs is to hinder the students themselves of voicing out their sentiments.
We believe that it is only through the independence of TANDEM can it truly fulfill its duties to the students, without manipulation and control from the administration.
We stand that the TANDEM’s rights as a student publication must be protected, and by doing so, we are also protecting our rights.
We, the student conveners of Defend TANDEM are willing to stand for our beliefs that the official student publication of the
In unity with our fellow students, we are now speaking out and letting our voices be heard so that no right of the students may be violated and trampled upon.
Assert the autonomy of TANDEM and other campus publications and organizations!
Follow the right procedure of the delegation of the Student Publications Coordinator!
Stop the harassment and repression of the members and staff of TANDEM!
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hello. eto ba ay ang official weblog ng cegp ilocos? wow naman..
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Posted by rara at December 26, 2007, 3:54 pmanyway anu na ba nag nangyare sa tandem? tagal na rin na wala akong update.