NOTICES POSTED AROUND UP LAW

The other day I was walking along the second floor corridor when I saw a notice posted on the PLJ board calling for applicants to take the PLJ exam. I talked to one of my friends and it seems that the exam was already administered. She also said that last year's PLJ board didn't release a single issue!!! The PLJ is supposed to release four issues per year, and many lawyers, law firms and law schools subscribe to the PLJ. It's supposed to be the best law journal in the Philippines, and some cases I've read even cite articles from the PLJ as authority! How can the best law journal in the Philippines, with an editorial board composed of the best legal writers in the Philippines, not release a single issue? Every student in UP Law pays for the PLJ, we deserve a law journal, pero lalong nakakahiya sa ibang tao!

Canvass posters saying "Report violence, text UP Barkada" are all over the campus. The LSG has released two statements against fraternity violence. May tinamaan daw sa parking lot na law student at may inabangan sa bahay at hinabol in the middle of the night na law student, in the latter case another law student was one of the alleged assailants. Mga law fraternities ang involved. Ano ba naman sila? They've too much time on their hands, and addled, childish brains to behave that way. Mag-aral na lang sila, ang hirap hirap na nga ng law school pero may panahon pa sila for such barbaric behavior? And they call non-fratmen barbarians too, such hypocrisy! They study law, they should be the first to uphold the law, not the first to break it! The most disturbing thing is that some law students I've talked to take the whole matter with a very matter-of-fact attitude. Para bang wala lang, it happens all the time. I know fraternity violence is common in UP, but among law students??? They should all be expelled from UP Law!