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Audrey Ruiz

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Food

JSEC Challenge Roundup 2025 Part 1

THE ANNUAL John Gokongwei Student Enterprise Center (JSEC) Challenge is upon us! With 29 food stalls vying for the crown, figuring out which ones to try can be dizzying, but don’t fret! The comeback of Vantage Magazine’s JSEC Roundup has you covered. Want a passport to authentic East Asian food without stepping off campus? This […]

By Ashley Lumauig and Audrey Ruiz

April 1, 2025

By Ashley Lumauig and Audrey Ruiz • April 1, 2025

Exposé

StrongHER: Breaking the stigma around women and strength training

WOMEN DO pilates, yoga, or strictly cardio, while men lift weights—at least that is the stereotype. For years, weightlifting has been seen as a man’s sport, with gym culture reinforcing the idea that strength belongs to men while gentleness is for women. Societal expectations for women in strength training extend beyond common sexist stereotypes, embedding […]

By Audrey Ruiz and Nicolette David

March 25, 2025

By Audrey Ruiz and Nicolette David • March 25, 2025

Theater & Arts

Life, love, and loss in Tanghalang Ateneo’s Sintang Dalisay

WHAT IS life without love? Perhaps it is a hollow existence where hearts beat but can never truly be together—where it proves to be both a withstanding promise and an excruciating curse. Adapted from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Tanghalang Ateneo’s Sintang Dalisay follows the tragic love story of Rashiddin Mustapha and Jamila Kalimuddin, who […]

By Audrey Ruiz

March 24, 2025

By Audrey Ruiz • March 24, 2025

Food

A Decade of Busting College Hunger: The Recipe for Success

TEN YEARS, seven branches, and countless satisfied customers—Hunger Buster has been a beacon of culinary comfort within and beyond the Ateneo for a decade, satisfying burger cravings in the heart of the day. Over the years, it has evolved from a student-run JSEC stall to a well-established business on and off campus. Hunger Buster has […]

By Madi Castro, Ashley Lumauig and Audrey Ruiz

January 9, 2025

By Madi Castro, Ashley Lumauig and Audrey Ruiz • January 9, 2025

Theater & Arts

Blood is Thicker than Water: Ateneo ENTABLADO’S Sa Tahanan ng Aking Ama

TRAVEL BACK in time to the year 1942 in the Philippines, a period in our history that has been blood-marked by the Japanese occupation and the fierce struggle of the Filipino people. Ateneo ENTABLADO’s Sa Tahanan ng Aking Ama vividly portrays family hardships during this period of conflict, a nation’s submission to foreign power, and […]

By Audrey Ruiz

November 18, 2024

By Audrey Ruiz • November 18, 2024