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The community — any community — knows its heart best, hears its voice best, tells its story best. Ateneo, amid this tragedy, is no different.
On Thursday, June 18, I reposted the call of the Ateneo Seniors’ Alliance for members of the graduating class to wear black bands during their Friday commencement (and throughout the weekend programs), and to join the walkout after that.
“We simply cannot act as if everything is normal,” the post said. “Let us respond to this pain with solidarity. Solidarity with the families and teammates of Rene [Baterbonia] and Divine [Adili], with a nation that continues to seek answers, and with a community that demands its own home to do better.”
The students’ conviction, courage, and compassion were humbling and inspiring in the face of the university administration’s slow, rather cold, and inadequate response to the tragedy that was the death of two student-athletes in a school-sanctioned activity.
