By Bella Lucindo
The pursuit of excellence isn’t limited to muscle and motion. Beyond the courts and fields lies a different kind of battleground: the mind.
Category: Features
A Blue and White Christmas: How Ateneans Live the True Meaning of the Season
By Kiera De Guzman
In Ateneo, Christmas isn’t just an event, it’s a feeling that radiates through hearts and halls alike. From quiet nights of prayer at Simbang Gabi Masses to laughter shared under twinkling lights, the season invites the community into a rhythm of hope, gratitude, and togetherness. Grounded in traditions that nurture both faith and fellowship, this time of year becomes a reminder that home is where the heart finds joy, purpose, and belonging.
Nine Nights Before Christmas: The Origins of Simbang Gabi
By Gilli Aquino
Whether it be the dazzling parols hung across streets, or the iconic delicacies of bibingka and puto bumbong, a Filipino Christmas is truly one of a kind — carrying traditions and emblems recognizable to people all around the world. Yet while the tunes of Jose Mari Chan fill others with a jovial holiday spirit, the heart of a Filipino Christmas lies in its time for spiritual reflection and thankfulness.
Project Fun: The Blueprints Behind the ASHS Fair
By Reanna Cornejo
Pressing Play to Aninaw’s Advocacy
By Reign Querido
GAMEPLAY: In the crevices of one’s pixelated screen, a swarm of misinformation lingers — pesky anonymous posts, edited news, and plenty more claims with no sources. In this day and (digital) age, media literacy is more important than ever. With transparency and fact-checking, it’s up to Aninaw to take a closer look and analyze. With this newfound committee, media education has never been easier. It all comes down to pressing play to its advocacy.
Idiyanale: Advocacy in Focus
By Bella Lucindo
MORE THAN AN INVOLVEMENT: Though small in number, their impact is anything but. Focused on advocacy for PWDs and senior citizens, Idiyanale pushes the ASHS community toward greater awareness and empathy for humanity’s natural diversity. Through their projects, partnerships, and heart-driven efforts, they show how even the smallest committee can spark meaningful change.
Bluest Picture in the Book
By Reign Querido
PICTURE PERFECT: Graduation pictorials, write-ups for the friends you sit with in the cafeteria, yearbook quotes you saved in your notes app, and the never-ending requirements for your finals — all these are seemingly simple but sweet, a mental checklist before senior high ends if you will. But amidst these daily doses of graduation blues, there’s a quiet but diligent committee out there that collects these fallen crumbs of memories to preserve and cherish them. With BlueBook, the moments gathered within ASHS’s two years are forever kept in the safe home of a yearbook. With their hard work in producing quality work, it’s up to them to recall your years in your book.
Solitude in Solidarity: Compassion through the Vision of Mapulon
By Ellianna Custodio
UNFOLD AND FEEL: To show up for one’s self is easier said than done. Oftentimes, it’s much easier to let one thing after another just amalgamate into a pile, as we are too weary to properly face personal mishaps. But Sandigan Mapulon devotes its existence to reminding us the value of compartmentalizing before that pile becomes all too insurmountable — guiding Ateneans in instilling a care that proliferates from the core and flares out to the periphery. What are the mists that Mapulon has emblazoned and the dusks they aim to embrace?
Unseen Heroes of Mayari: Taking One Step Forward
By Laia De Roma
HEARTFUL HEROISM: Superheroes are not always in the image of sheer power and strength. Perhaps, they can even be seen in the people around us. Though within the ASHS community, there are also people that feel unseen and silenced because of a growing fear of judgement. Yet, this has become a work in progress due to the efforts of Mayari, a group of caring students with their unwavering goal of fostering a true safe space through consistent and unconditional help for absolutely anyone in need of it. Mayari has exemplified that heroes can be fellow students as true heroism is embodied in those that strengthen their hearts for those that have been fragmented.
Green Living Through the White and Blue: Matanglawin’s Pursuit in Caring for our Common Home
By Ellianna Custodio
ONE HOME: What does it take to make a forest? Sandigan Matanglawin maneuvers the nuances of this question through the fervent resolve the committee has in approaching and addressing ecological issues that wrap around us. Through Matanglawin, the ASHS has an artery where they can broaden their understanding of what it means to be stewards of our common home. While most treat our environment as the background, Matanglawin has dedicated its commitment to bringing concerns that regard the environment to the forefront. What are the passages that the committee explores in their adamant pursuit?
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