WE ARE ALL AN LANTAWAN

In these trying times, we stand with An Lantawan, the official tertiary student publication of Leyte Normal University.

Starting this school year, AL has been denied recognition by their university administration, subjecting them to needless bureaucracies like requiring them for the first time ever to be accredited, like other ordinary student organizations. Despite their best efforts, they have not yet been accredited, and thus, are not allowed to mobilize and function officially.

Without a duly appointed editorial board for this year, AL funds are held hostage. They have been given clear instructions not to use the An Lantawan name indefinitely. And now, their Facebook page of 40,000 followers has been renamed as the LNU – Student Publication Office.

An Lantawan is one of the most promising student publications in Eastern Visayas, and we wish to see it function and thrive as a free campus press.

We call on the LNU administration to give An Lantawan the recognition and support it is due.

And we call on Normalistas, LNU alumni, fellow campus journalists, and the greater higher education community to be one with An Lantawan. We also appeal to the Commission on Higher Education, with the leadership of Chairperson J. Prospero E. De Vera III, to look into this issue and help a struggling student publication regain its footing.

If An Lantawan—a leading campus press in Eastern Visayas—can be stifled, so can we.

We are all An Lantawan.