 However, some student organizations have proposed its return to the campus culture to promote student participation in national-level activism, as extrajudicial killings have risen and a threat from a new age martial rule has been repeatedly announced through presidential speeches.In 2017, the university student body failed to participate in the nationwide Day of Protest against extrajudicial killings which has surpassed 11,000 deaths, government's threat to declare martial rule, and the declaration of heroic statements for Marcos by Philippine president Duterte.However, IMPACT, a student organization, participated in the September 21, 2017 Day of Protest through the Alpas rally, becoming the first student organization to participate in such an event since 1986.