To the rivalry of love and reason—let's stand in between the treachery of love and blasphemy of reason. That we may hope in the pure without clinging to the mad. From The Crescendo, the Official Literary Student Publication of José Rizal University, may this publication enlighten your soul as you wander the path of the dreary, where the grey of mysteries entwines with the torn and weary, and find yourself amidst the yearning of all mankind, where the romantics we bear are the dreams we carry.