INTRAMUROS, MANILA | YEAR XXXV
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PAMANTASAN THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA
VOL. 3.1 | MARCH 2016
ARE WE READY? The goal of the government is to alleviate the problems of the society. Effective governance requires leaders who have discipline, dignity, patriotism, honesty, and other values that would bring the society as a whole in unquestionable glory. EDITORIAL2
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As scholars, we don’t only owe our community the service we’ve been prepared for, but we’re expected to contribute to the betterment of each aspect of the society ... EDITORIAL The goal of any given government is to alleviate the problems of the society. Effective governance requires leaders who have equal measures of discipline, dignity, patriotism, honesty, and other values that would direct the society as a whole in unquestionable glory. We are entering another landmark in the history of our dearest University. All of us will cast our votes once again to choose student leaders. Personas of the student body: those who will stand to protect our rights and interests. Before this, we must be aware of the problem that the elected Supreme Student Council will face in the next school year. At present, the climate inside the campus is distinctly different from the usual tier. Students come off as unable to deviate from the high school culture, where the motivation is solely on acquiring good grades, in place of a significant and purposeful learning environment. Though the thesis is moot, the notion that PLM students still has to brush up on immersing themselves into activities outside the classroom has its merit. The SSC is the studentgoverning body. On their shoulders lies the responsibility to protect the rights and interests of the students, improve their welfare to the fullest extent, and coordinate with other organizations to provide the best service for the student body. Those who will be elected in each position within the council are expected to be active in
meeting these responsibilities which can be done by initiating projects that are relevant, worthwhile, and reasonable such as outreach programs, student leader seminars, trainings and skill development events. Aside from this, as the protector of the rights and interests of the students, the upcoming SSC is expected to address the concern that matters most among the student which includes the renovation project of various school facilities. These two are just part of the many other problems that the SSC would have to deal with. But if ever they would be able to succeed in addressing such issues and concerns, then the PLM scholars may proceed in dealing with bigger issues outside the campus. As scholars, we don’t only owe our community the service we’ve been prepared for, but we’re expected to contribute to the betterment of each aspect of the society by being socially and politically active - we can start by voting. Suffrage gives us the power to shape the future of each and every Filipino, including our own. If we will only participate in every election, then it’s a sign that we’re participating actively in catapulting our nation to its greatness. The only question, however, is that are we ready? Are we prepared to make wise decisions and calculated choices? Are we educated enough to know who among our political aspirants carries the virtues of a true leader?
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WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FROM THE NEXT SSC OFFICERS?
As a first year student, I expect more activities and events that would involve the whole PLM community which at the same time improve their social and political awareness. Mas gusto ko rin na madaling makilala ‘yung mga magiging SSC officer para naman madali silang malapitan kapag may problema ang isang estudyante. Hindi naman kasi sa lahat ng pagkakataon kilala ng isang estudyante lahat ng tao sa university. Mas maganda sana kung mas maging visible lahat ng mga magiging officers. Anghelito, BSPT
Umaasa ako na ang mga bagong halal na SSC officers ay maramdaman ng bawat estudyante sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga serbisyo at proyekto, dahil parang nararamdaman ko lang ang SSC officers tuwing halalan at foudnation day. Umaasa rin ako na magtulungan ang mga SSC officers kahit na magkakaiba sila ng kulay. At sana hindi maging hadlang ang mga pinanggalingan nilang partido para maibigay ang maayos na serbisyo sa ating mga estudyante. Pero naniniwala ako na ang kandidato ay may mabuting puso at alam nila ang tama at nararapat para sa mga estudyante. bb Gurl, BS Bio
Sana hindi lang sila leader as a position, dapat maging effective listener din sila. Sana magkaroon sila ng sariling paninindigan para maging mahusay silang boses ng mga mag-aaral ng Pamantasan. Kris, BS SocWork
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I expect each officer of the next Supreme Student Council for the Academic Year 2016-2017 to be a representative of the whole student body and not the political parties in which they came from, for in the first place, they aimed to be in the position not just to bring glory to the slate that they belong to but also to serve as competent examples for the whole student population. I am hoping that the next SSC can be our voice that can reach more decibels than the past. Denielle Megan Zarzadiaz, BS Psych
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STUDENT'S NOTE:
Stop Trying To Be Wise This Election, PLMayers
PAANO BA ANG MATALINONG PAGBOTO? by Sofia Manlapaz and Pauline Jewel Sumayang
illustrations by Markuss O. Javier
Nalalapit na naman ang isang mahalagang kaganapan, ang halalan. Puspusan na ang paghahanda sa nalalapit nahalalan. Nakahanda na ang mga balota at makinarya. Pinaiigting na ang seguridad sa bawat lugar na mayroong magaganap na botohan. Ngunit tayo ba ay handa na? Ang bawat isa sa atin ay may mahalagang tungkulin sa bansang ating kinabibilangan—ang makibahagi sa bawat halalan. Sino sa mga by Rheinalee Casupanan kandidato ang maaaring tumugon sa lumalalang problema ng bansa? Nakaninong palad kaya ang susi ng It’s the same time of the school year once more and our campus ating kaunlaran? Ano ang batayan mo? Paano nga ba ang matalinong pagboto? politicians are yet again trying to win every PLMayer’s confidence krisis at kung papaano natin ito at plataporma na mula sa with their charm, flowery words and colorful promises. Each of them MAGPAREHISTRO gustongmabigyan ng solusyon. mga kandidato.Nais natin ng claims that student welfare is their primary concern. Mahalaga ito sapagkat matitiyak pagbabago hindi ba? Piliin However, if we all would stop and look natin kung kaninong adbokasiya nating ang siyangtiyak na may closely at the effect the campus election ang aakma sapagbabago na ating mapapatunayan. Hindi mabuting inaasam. basehanang dami ng patalastas brings, all we would see is the rift it creates at pagiging kilala sa pagpili ng among PLMayers. MAG-ISIP iboboto. Ibase natin ito mula The campus election marks the end of another demanding but sa nagawa natingpananaliksik. once peaceful school year that every PLMayer goes through. With the Tignan natin ang mga naaayong nearly approaching end of the semester, loads of school works and platapormaat dami ng mga pressure of deadlines are still there; and now they are unfortunately naisakatuparan. Doon tayo sa accompanied by an apparent tension between and among the political Ang unang hakbang sa pagboto may paninindigan at prinsipyong parties. ay ang pagpaparehistro. hindi lubos mapupugto. Sa Whispers grow louder. Attitudes become a little braver. The Ito ay maaaring gawin sa pagdedesisyon sa kung sino ang tension can be felt in every part of the mga lokal na tanggapan sa iboboto, marapat na mas laliman university and at one point and another, panahong tumuntong tayo sa pa natin ang pagtuklas sa kanila legal na edad upang bumoto. Obserbahan natin ang mga bagay imbis namagpokus lamang tayo everyone is entitled to carry some of its Kamakailan ay nasaksihan na nakapaligid saatin. Ngayong sa kung anong nakikita natin. weight. natin ang malawakang kilala mo na ang mga kandidato, Bigyang natin ng mas mabuting Campus politics in The People’s Caring University is almost no pagpaparehistro. Inihanda alam mona dapat ang kanilang pagpapaliwanag angnagawa different than the politics our nation has—pretentious and filthy. Each roon ang mga kinakailangang kalakasan at kahinaan. Dapat nating pagpili. political party carries out their own well-thought-out strategies to papeles at mga impormasyon sa namayroon tayong kamalayan gain a voter’s trust or, sometimes, sympathy. These strategies include pagpaparehistro. Bago ang lahat, sa mga kaganapan sa bansa, sa MAKIISA transforming oneself into the friendliest being in the world from being hinikayat din ng Commission on mga pagkukulang na dapat pang a famous snob, or bombarding a voter’s vision with beaming faces, Elections (COMELEC) ang bawat mapunan at sa mgabagay na or feeding memorized promises to people and expecting them to fall botante na sumailalim muna dapat pang mailagay sa ayos. Sa prey on their hypes. Worse, it inappropriately involves digging into a sa biometrics na pangunahing mgakamaliang ito, maitatama candidate’s personal life to ruin a rival’s reputation and elevate one’s kinakailangan upang makaboto ba ito ng kandidato mo? Huwag image. sa halalan. lamang tayong magkibitWhat’s ironic is that they still claim, after all these dirty tactics balikat. Maglaan tayo ng oras which had been done, that all they think about is for the best interests MAGSALIKSIK sapagmamatyag. Pag-isipan of the students. And what’s even more frustrating is we still believe. nating mabuti kung ang taobang iluluklok mo sa posisyon ay may sapat nakakayahan upang Sa araw ng eleksyon, magpatakbo ng isang bansa siguraduhing magagawa o masasama lang ba siya sa natinang ating pakay. Dahil mahabang listahan ng mgasakit may ideya na tayo kung ano sa ulo ng ating bayan. Pilipino We’ll never be able to deny that every political group has their own angmga dapat gawin, maging tayo at nararapatlamang na ways of fighting for their goals and beliefs. Still, if service really matters ang mga panuntunan, maaarina gawin natin ang ating parte to these candidates more than the positions they run for, the things tayong kumuha ng balota at bilang isangresponsableng itiman ang bilog ng nararapat they do to win are indeed reprehensible. mamamayan. Nararapat lamang na may alam na kandidato. Kung sakali
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It will be much too ideal to say that all candidates from different parties must go hand-in-hand in fighting for the welfare of the students.
Campus elections shouldn’t cause a wide gap between students who pronounce that they aim for the common good. If anything, campus elections must
trigger the sleeping desire of every student who thirsts for change. It seems that student welfare is just an idea used by political candidates to make way for the personal agenda they, or their parties, have had since then—to dominate the elections.
With all of these, it could be really hard to identify people who speak of service from their hearts and genuinely aim for the betterment of the student body more than anything else. We have been deceived a thousand
times, that maybe, we were already used to deception. A lot of leaders have failed us over and over again, that maybe, we become hopeless for change. We have been led by a number of leaders we call stupid, that maybe, we have become stupid ourselves. It would probably be senseless to remind everybody to be wise in choosing the candidates they will vote for. “Vote wisely” is a line that has lost its meaning as it has always been used year after year by people who promise lies and speak of invisible change. So don’t be wise, PLMayers. Instead, don’t be stupid.
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tayo sa kung sino ang mga nagnanais maluklok sa iba’t ibang posisyon sa pamahalaan. Isipin natin nang maigi hindi lamang sa kung ano ang makukuha natin bilang isang indibidwal kundi ilagay din natin sa ating isip ang kanilang mga layunin, bakit ba nila ninanais ang posisyon na iyon? Ano ang makukuha nila? Dapat na maglaan tayo ng oras sa pagkilala at pagkilatis sa bawat kandidato. Alamin natin ang personal na impormasyon ng bawat isa maging ang kanilang pinagaralan, mga naipatupad na batas o nagawa sa lipunan, plataporma at iba pang mga salik namaaaring magpatibay o magpahina sa paniniwala natin sanaturang kandidato. Alamin natin lahat ng aspeto at sangay ng mga
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MAGDESISYON
Pagkatapos nating magsaliksik at mag-isip ukol sa mga kandidato at mga detalye tungkol sa kanila, maaari na tayong makapagdesisyon kung sino ang nais nating ihalal. Nasa palad natin kung sino ang karapatdapat namaluklok na siyang magtataguyod sa ating bayan. Dapat tayong maging matalino sa ating mga desisyon. Nararapat na tugma ang mga nais mong pagbabago sa mga adbokasiya
man na hindi pa sigurado at mayroon pang katanungang natitira sa atingisipan, huwag tayong magkaila na lumapit sa sinumangmas nakakaalam. Lagi nating tatandaan na sa pagboto, isaalang-alang natin ang lahat ng aspeto. Maaari tayongbumoto nang matiwasay at walang pagaalinlangan kung naglalaan tayo ng oras at pagpapahalaga sa eleksyon. Ayon nga kay Bob Ong, “Ang pag-boto ay parang pag-ibig lang. Wag papadala sa bugso ng damdamin. Utakang dapat gamitin.” Utak ang pairalin natin sa darating nahalalan, hindi tayo pwedeng umasa sa kanilang nakakaiyak na kwento o sa ganda ng kanilang patalastas, piliin ang sa tingin natin ay magiging solusyon sa mgamaaaring suliranin.
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ANG PAMANTASAN/ MARCH 2016
THOM V. CRUZ
ENRIQUE ADOLFO c. SAN JUAN POSITIONS HELD * SSC President, (2015-2016) * BUKLURAN Central Committee, (20142015) *Radyo Veritas, Radio Anchor * VP for Internal Affairs- Social Work Society, (2014-2015)
POSITIONs held * Ang KAMPI, President (2014-2015) * PLM Mathematical Society, Member (2011-2014) * PLM LifeBox, Member (2013-2014) * PLM Junior Marketing Association, Member (2014-Present)
SEMINARS ATTENDED * Global Youth Summit 2015, Delegate * Teach Peace, Build Peace Movement (Civil Military Operations - Phil. Army) * Bukluran Leadership Seminar, October 2014
AWARDS RECEIVED * 1st Honors, Emilio Aguinaldo ES (2007) * 2nd Honors, M. Marcos HS (2011)
B U K L U R A N T U G O N
WORK EXPERIENCE * Part Time Customer Service Rep., Shore Solutions Inc. (Oct.2014 - March2015)
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
“ The power of the students is stronger than the students in power.”
ARNOLD c. MARASIGAN JR. POSitions held * Tugon-ReSCUE President, (2015-2016) * SSC Treasurer, (2014-2015) * SSC Junior Officer, (2013-2014) * Block President, (2013-2014) AWARDS RECEIVED * Gerry Roxas Leadership Awardee * M.L. Quezon Leadership Awardee * Mr. PT Icon 1st Runner-up * 1st Hon. Mention, Colegio de San Juan de Letran SEMINARS ATTENDED * ARC Young Leaders, Delegate * Yabang Pinoy Camp, Delegate * Gerry Roxas Leadership Camp, Delegate
“Being a leader is an opportunity to give what you can offer selflessly without something in return.”
TREASURER “To be a leader is to be in love, because if you’re inlove then you’ll do anything to give the best of what you can.”
“ To achieve our goal we must join together to fight for our right”
PUBLIC RELATIONS “Ang eleksyon ay tungkol sa pagseserbisyo sa tao at hindi sa kasikatan ng mga kandidato.”
- Reiko Lianne Sayo
-Kristine Nicolle “Suzy” Nicolas
-Mary Joesan Kathryn “Shobe” Vistal
-Donn Enrique Moreno
-Aerol Taguba
VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
AUDITOR
“I, myself, can say that I’ve been taught by the best teacher. A teacher that comes more resilient than these challenges EXPERIENCE.” - Khia C. Cadungon
“PLMayer tayo, we deserve great things. We will fight for great things.”
TREASURER “Nanindigan, pinagkatiwalaan, nasubukan. Tayo ay sama sama as one to bring back the PLM we deserve.”
“Integrity. Accountability. Neutrality. Iyan ang tutukan ko, iyan ang ipaglalaban ko. Kaayusan at katotohanan, ang katumbas ng tiwala niyo.”
-Aldrex D. Palma
-Ian Samuel M. Cahila
-Alexandra Isabel A. Banaag
AUDITOR
PUBLIC RELATIONS “Dahil it’s being able to open my life to you, being able to reach out to you, and to be reached by you.” -Adrian Jim R. Reyes