Spotlight

Featuring the most remarkable people on this side of Katipunan: Here’s who’s been making waves in the Ateneo community and beyond.

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, […]

By Zoe T. Andin, Annicka B. Koteh and Andrea Mikaela Llanes

June 23, 2019

By Zoe T. Andin, Annicka B. Koteh and Andrea Mikaela Llanes • June 23, 2019

OrSem 2016: Sounds of Sibol

Get the full Sibol experience with these tracks from Vantage Magazine.

By The Vantage Staff, Angela Natividad and Online Media

August 1, 2016

By The Vantage Staff, Angela Natividad and Online Media • 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 […]

By Online Media, The Vantage Staff and Angela Natividad

July 24, 2016

By Online Media, The Vantage Staff and Angela Natividad • 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 […]

By Gaby Gloria, Angela Natividad and Online Media

April 14, 2016

By Gaby Gloria, Angela Natividad and Online Media • 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 […]

By Katrina G. Pimentel, Dani D. Reyes, Angela Natividad and Online Media

March 30, 2016

By Katrina G. Pimentel, Dani D. Reyes, Angela Natividad and Online Media • 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 […]

By Andrea L. Chua, Dani D. Reyes, Angela Natividad and Online Media

December 22, 2015

By Andrea L. Chua, Dani D. Reyes, Angela Natividad and Online Media • 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 […]

By Andrea L. Chua, Andre C. Orandain and Angela Natividad

November 15, 2015

By Andrea L. Chua, Andre C. Orandain and Angela Natividad • 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 […]

By Gaby Gloria, John Sanchez and Angela Natividad

November 8, 2015

By Gaby Gloria, John Sanchez and Angela Natividad • 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 […]

By Gaby Gloria, Katrina G. Pimentel and Angela Natividad

November 4, 2015

By Gaby Gloria, Katrina G. Pimentel and Angela Natividad • November 4, 2015