To our dear Board of Regents:
The oldest and largest alliance of collegiate student publication in Asia takes pride and honor in endorsing and supporting Dr. Rolando B. Tolentino to be the next University of the Philippines – Diliman Chancellor.
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines believes in the capability of Dr. Rolando B. Tolentino not only to serve the UP Diliman community but also to strengthen it and put it all back together as one.
Last year, UP was bombarded with a lot of issues. There was a call to restore integrity, there was a call to revive and take a “new” look into “Honor and Excellence”, and there was budget cut. There are those who made extra efforts to divide the community using these issues but only a few looked at it in a pro-students angle and would answer the moral obligation of UP to serve the people, and one of the few is Dr. Rolando B. Tolentino.
Dr. Tolentino, former National Capital Region Chairperson of CEGP, is not only a teacher, a mentor, or a lecturer but also a Guilder. Dean RT, as Guilders fondly call him, has been one with us in our cause to fight and pursue genuine press freedom and seek justice for the victims of repression. He has been a speaker and a lecturer to almost all CEGP gatherings, giving inspiration to the young blood in journalism not only to write well but to write for the people and serve and protect their interest.
CEGP believes that Dr. Rolando Tolentino together with the UP Community can make UP one again. With the integrity of being a pro-student faculty, he pushes for the real meaning of UP’s “Honor and Excellence” and that is leading UP to a patriotic and democratic institution geared towards answering its moral and ultimate obligation of serving the people and being one with its battle towards repression and freedom.
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines, together with its more than 750 member publications all over the country, supports and endorses Dr. Rolando Tolentino to be UP Diliman’s Chancellor.
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