150 Years. 150Things About The Ateneo (First 50)">

I apol­o­gize to non-Ateneans who will be read­ing this. But this is a unabashed expres­sion of love to my alma mater. This year is the Sesqui­cen­ten­nial (it means 150^th year anniversary–I didn’t even know there was such a word until the Arneow started using the term!) of the school. And there are a lot to be thank­ful for. These are 150 odds and ends about the Ateneo…

Today, Cora­zon Aquino, eleventh Pres­i­dent of the Repub­lic of the Philip­pines, first female Pres­i­dent of the Philip­pines and of Asia, the Woman who took over the Pres­i­dency after a 20-year dic­ta­tor­ship, the wife of national hero Ninoy Aquino, mother of five, Mother of the nation, will be sent to her final rest­ing place.