A tweet from an FEU student belittling UP Los Baños campus sparked online buzz after she negatively criticize the passers amidst the release of the 2014 UPCAT results on Monday, December 23, 2013.
Here’s the statement of Twitter handler Aywhene Aphro @aywhenekyot (Irene Ranada in real life), a sophomore student from Far Eastern University: “Good news: Pumasa ka sa UPCAT; Bad news: sa Los Baños ang campus mo.”
The statement of Irene Ranada which blast the passers of the recently conducted University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) has generated various reactions from the netizens and University of the Philippines students themselves.
Irene Ranada was forced to delete (or renamed) her personal Twitter account following the feud against her with UP Los Baños students.
The college student was then subjected for criticism after belittled one of the most leading and biggest institution in the country. Her statement against the UPCAT passers made rounds in social media.
More than 2, 535 incoming students of UP Los Baños passed the examination consisting of 4 subtests—language proficiency, mathematics, science, and reading comprehension.
FEU and UP is also a part of United Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) which compete on various sports.
FEU founded in 1928 is rooted with its motto, “Love of Fatherland and God,” while UP Los Baños is founded in 1909 and bound with its motto, “Honor and Excellence.”
Source: www.newsgra.ph
Correction: “More than 13, 100 incoming students of UP Los Baños p(removed)ed the examination”
Only 2,535 (source: http://it.uplbosa.org/2013/12/list-of-uplb-upcat-p(removed)ers-by-degree.html)
I am utterly disgusted and disappointed with the reaction of the UPLB students to the girl’s tweet. Although at first, I did not fully support the girl’s tweet, I find the reactions and the writer/reporter’s manner of treatment of the news totally unreasonable and way non-commensurate to whatever mistake the girl may have done. What could have been proper was to investigate what the girl really meant. Even without doing this, it is easy to tell that what is bad news to her is bad news to her, however it meant to her. Nobody has the right to bully her after that. In the final (removed)ysis, those UPLB students who reacted saying “putang ina, etc. ” are the ones who actually deserved some disciplinary actions. To the reporter, your irresponsible article may have drawn attention to you but no way does it qualify for responsible journalism unless you want the latter not the former…..