Risk and return: Vantage through the years
The question of a campus publication’s relevance persists regardless of its age. As The GUIDON ushers in its 90th anniversary, one then wonders how it asserts itself in this era of modern multimedia journalism. Its answer is to holistically chronicle histories within and beyond the Loyola Schools: To not only report facts about socio-political issues, […]
June 23, 2019
OrSem 2016: Sounds of Sibol
Get the full Sibol experience with these tracks from Vantage Magazine.
August 1, 2016
Meet the O-Hosts of OrSem 2016
Excited for OrSem? The O-Hosts are too! Read on to know Hans, Issa, Donna, I, Glyds, and Brian. Donna Lee: The rookie By Luisa C. Jocson and Angela R. Natividad Donna Lee, incoming Management sophomore, is the de facto baby of the bunch as just the year before she herself was one of the anxious freshmen […]
July 24, 2016
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The heat is on
Imagine sitting in a classroom at Berchmans Hall. Sunlight is streaming in through the window, the harsh rays burning your skin. You’ve already run out of ways to cool down using your Philosophy reading (Habermas can only do so much)—ranging from using it to shield your eyes from the glare, to fanning yourself repeatedly. Those […]
April 14, 2016
Of blushes and brushes: Czari Domingo
It’s easy to see why so many people love working with Czari Domingo. Her eyes sparkle and, as she chatters on, it feels like passion in its most genuine form. Domingo began her beauty blog (www.legenczari.com) to help women with makeup, as well as to promote makeup as a tool for female empowerment. Despite the […]
March 30, 2016
Halo-halo: A Filipino Christmas
As much as Christmas is a commercial holiday that pervades Filipino culture through media and society, it is primarily a deeply spiritual time when more than half of its festivities are religious celebrations of feast days, masses, and festivals. Because the Philippines is a largely Catholic country, practices of other major cultural groups such as […]
December 22, 2015
A beer and a conversation: Ryan Rems
There are those comics that exude a loudness within them, an impulsive, raucous confidence that seems to override everything about them—a confidence that is as infectious as it is inviting. Ryan Rems was not that. He walked in, head slightly slumped, body relaxed. His movements were slow, his demeanor impassive. Quietly, he turned to us—only […]
November 15, 2015
Crowdfunding for a cause
When it comes to social media, when one comes across a “Pls share” post either asking for donations for a cause or spreading awareness about a stray cockroach that somehow found its way inside the packaging of a food item, there are people who mindlessly scroll past, and those who take the time to read […]
November 8, 2015
Model student: Meet Kelsey Merritt
Kelsey Merritt was working on a paper in Pampanga when she got an email from New York-based agency Wilhelmina Models. “Alam mo na nasa Pampanga ako, na gumagawa ako ng paper, tas biglang… SUBJECT: Wilhelmina Models (You know, I was in Pampanga doing a paper, when suddenly…SUBJECT: Wilhelmina Models),” Kelsey shares. “I was like, ‘Wait […]
November 4, 2015