ANTONIO P. CONTRERAS I HAVE no problem when a university, and not only the University of the Philippines (UP), strictly adheres to academic standards of excellence, and expects its students and faculty to uphold those standards before they graduate or get promoted and tenured. However, I have a fundamental problem when a university, more so if it is funded by taxpayers’ money, begins to function like a moral guardian, a gatekeeper of what is tolerable and acceptable. The beauty of a university rests on its tolerance of voices not only of dissent, but also of those that are unpopular. I can accept Catholic universities when they behave holier than thou, and impose an additional standard to...
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