Artes Communicationis

Peanuts For Your Thoughts EBALE, LANCE UP students like us have our campus literally located just a few steps away from SM City Baguio. Thus, chances are, we've already passed T.M. Kalaw Street a hundred times. The narrow sidewalk on this street serves as the main avenue for mall-goers from the east side of the mall. This path is usually quiet and clean, with the sound and smoke of passing vehicles as the only things to regard. That's until we reach the near end of the sidewalk, just before going uphill towards the mall where an elderly woman sells her peanuts from a sack. Anyone heading to SM City Baguio through this route would most likely expect this vendor. It is as if she's already a part of that road, and as unremarkable as parts can be, some people tend to ignore her. She’s just sitting there, eagerly waiting for mall-goers to buy her peanuts. Sometimes, while walking along the way and seeing her, we couldn't help but wonder why, at her age, she

NAY-TAY: On the lives and struggles of Single Moms SERAPION, JAY-EM B . INTRODUCTION Standpoint theory refers to how our social strata influences the way we perceive the world. Our experiences, race, class, geographical location, kind of job and sexual orientation affect our standpoint and actions.  Our social relations shape how we communicate and treat other people. It also claims that the oppressed have a wider perspective of the world because they are more exposed to the reality than the privileged. It gives voice to the marginalized by allowing them to challenge the status quo. Bringing marginalized to the fore, we chose to forward the struggles of single mothers to address the issue they are facing and place it into a higher discourse. “Nay-Tay”: On the lives and struggles of Single Moms,” focuses on the narratives of single moms and the challenges that they are continuously experiencing. It also tackles the way society treats them and their children. F