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I said no to the Los Banos students who wanted to be excused from classes to attend the Opening Rites of the Centennial in Diliman. They insisted, so I insisted on my No. They said, But it's going to be historic. Their other teachers said so. The papers. The upperclassmen. The religious groups. The frats. The activists. In that progressive order. I said, Historically, the university brought the Philippines where it presently is. They of course protested. That's what students are for. They said they didn't understand. They said, How can you blame the university? I said, Your type of question leads to another: How can you deserve another century?