Last December, while the other students of UP Diliman were enjoying the Yuletide season, the College of Engineering students were engaged in stiff competition. But they weren't battling academics, exams or teachers; rather, they were actually going head to head with each other, as the 32 organizations of the college battled it out in the annual College of Engineering Week, or simply Eng'g Week.

Something sets CS apart from the other Engineering departments, besides how only female CS faculty members have the key to the mysterious MH 225. It is the of CS Network, an alliance of different CS-related organizations.

The University of the Philippines Linux Users' Group (UnPLUG) is a duly recognized Univeristy-wide multifaceted organization. Its purpose has become a lot greater than mere advocacy of the Linux Operating System, as its name suggests. According to its constitution, the aim of UnPLUG is the "promotion of the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and advocacy of its philosophy through seminars, trainings,