Ang Suga Magazine 2014/2015 by Ang Suga Publication

I will shed all of this skin down to the very bone beneath it if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it will take for you to come to the realization that appearance is not what makes a human beautiful. - Christopher Poindexter

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hen snakes shed a layer of their skin, they do it for one thing: growth. What goes along with their shedding is the promise of improvement, as if the scraped scales were thick barbwires that impeded them from crawling into some holes that could lead to somewhere better, somewhere safer.

Ang Suga’s literary annex is now whistling for promising poems and short (really short) stories by students. E-mail them through angsugapublication@gmail.com with your name, degree program, and contact number on or before January 1, 2015.

The process of shedding, however, has not been applied to us, humans.

Write your way to 2015.

We accept manuscripts in English, Filipino, or Cebuano language.

People and things are often not what they appear to be. The Ang Suga magazine is printed with an average of 8,000 copies every semester. It is managed and published by the Ang Suga Publication, G/F College Library Building, Cebu Normal University, Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City. The Ang Suga welcomes contributions (opinion or literary essays, poems, short stories, artworks, and photographs). Secure a hard copy and/or soft copy for your contribution/s and carry by hand the hard copy to the aforementioned address. You can send the soft copy by electronic mail to angsugapublication@gmail.com. For comments, opinions, suggestions, contributions and other concerns, kindly email us at angsugapublication@gmail.com or visit our blog site at angsugapub.wordpress.com or like us on Facebook (Ang Suga Publication). Reproduction without prior notice and written permission from the editors is strictly prohibited. The editors reserve the right to edit all articles for publication. Thus upon submission, all contributions become property of the Ang Suga publication. §

For us to continuously grow…

We are not snakes, you might rebut; we are humans who usually shun at the idea of uncovering ourselves. We are brought up to cover up the negative side of our personality with affectations—like smiling at the teacher you hate the most when you meet him on the road (to show good manners) and discarding a friend’s praise (to show humility). We are brought up in educational and religious institutions that have always been expected to boast only the best about them. We often forget to look beyond the obvious, and to disregard the superficial in honor of what is inside. We’re often told not to be shallow with our judgments, but we easily get deceived on appearances and first impressions. Some people blame it on the pressure of our modernized lifestyle – we have so many things to think about, so many deadlines to beat, that we simply accept the things being laid out for us without a second look. Life, after all, is fleeting; like the beauty that brings pleasure to our eyes before we get to know the monster that’s been hiding underneath. But this magazine isn’t all about that. This is a break, an invitation to pause for a while and grow like snakes in their shedding and eagles in their molting. I believe that to further propel our way to the zenith of existence, we have to shed some skin, look beyond the obvious, disregard the superficial, reach beyond nakedness, get to know our real selves—as Cebuanos, as Normalites, as members of the human race. The university president has

always stressed that despite the laurels the institution has achieved, “the best is yet to come.” “We do not sit on our glory,” he said, “but we aspire for the next higher level.” And this is the publication’s contribution to that never-ending aspiration: shedding. Shedding like the snake’s, for growth, for improvement. For a while, let’s shed down that epidermis that boasts of multi-faceted excellence, so that we can understand how a typical Normalite struggles before he or she can reach into that level of excellence we’ve been known about. Through shedding, we realize how our communication and psychology students excel despite not having the facilities they need (page 20), why many nursing graduates flock to call centers nowadays (p. 22), how the pioneering Bachelor of Physical Education students try to fit into this university, why the abolishment of the PDAF brought some Normalites into tears (p. 24), why the Student’s Manual remains unseen (p. 10), and others. In knowing our subjects more than what can meet the eyes and the ears and the nose, I believe every informed Normalite can contribute to the ever-expanding spectrum of Cebu Normal University’s excellence.

Let’s start shedding some cloaks now.

Daryl Jabil

Bearer of the Light October 2014 parakaydaryljab@gmail.com

digital art by Sheen Ponce

MATTERS MAGNIFIED 8 | studeNts aNd a teacher oN

{ WHAT’S INSIDE? } Art Attack

‘acadeMic FreedoM’ A special report on the no-grade issue between a teacher and his Political Science class.

laboratories, too. Despite the lack of facilities, these students still excel in their field.

BY RONA FERNANDEZ

BY JEFF LA ROSA

9 | where’s the studeNt’s MaNual? Students have been yearning for the long awaited copy of the Student’s Manual.

BY RONA FERNANDEZ & NOVA VALIZADO

11 | trails to the lost class cash

Two years ago, a large amount from the CLASS treasury went missing. BY JERIKA TEODORICO & NICHEE OROCIO

13 | cNu iN breaKiNg its owN record “We do not sit in our glory,” says the university president as he drives the university forward. BY APRIL HERMOGENES, RAY ENSALADA & JEFF LA ROSA

16 | studeNt seNators behiNd

their doors What do our elected SSG Senators have in store for us?

33 | Poetry sPace

20 | arts studeNts Need

34 | FictioN: lola “Say everything that you feel to the people around you; we do not know what tomorrow brings.” BY ANNE SANOY

21 | b.P.eeeeh? Major in s.P.eeeeh?

35 | FictioN: JoKes

Here’s the newest degree program in town: Bachelor of Physical Education in School Physical Education. BY DAVE PREGONER

22 | sad goodbye, PorK barrel

Why the abolishment of the PDAF is not a hundred percent good news — for some Normalites BY HILLARY BUCAO

“I am not kidding. Not this time. Not for this. Tell me you love me too.”

BY GIRLIE TRINIDAD

36 | oN cebuaNo literature “Hala! Ka-jeje sad aning Cebuano, uy! Wala dyud ko naanad.”

23 | Nurses iN call ceNters

37 | MoVie reView: Noah “…these parts are not as necessary as the main plot presented because religion, I believe, is against violence.”

BY LUKE REPOPONIO

24 | yell For your rights

They pledge to protect and mainstream the youth to the current human situation in the country, and extend hands to some Normalites who “experienced abuse.”

BY ERICA ABELGAS

We, nurses, learn from our experiences before topping the board exam.

25 | NorMalites iN the Neighborhood Have you ever wondered how Normalites look like in the eyes of their neighbors? BY HELEN ILLUT & DAVE PREGONER

42 | Mosulti Pa Ko! Students have the right to say something. 44 | No PorK, Please BY FAITH BASILLA

45 | PaboritoNg asigNatura Ni JuaN

Nararapat bang tanggalin ang asignaturang Filipino sa kolehiyo? BY HELEN ILLUT

46 | NagPahiPi sa Mga PagKaoNg Kilid-Kilid

Siopao nga ilaga, tempura nga iho ug uban pang street food nga swak sa imong bulsa. BY BELLE DURA

NOTE:

Views and opinions suggested by the writers in this section do not necessarily reflect the stand of the publication and its editorial board. Writers and/or contributors are solely responsible for what they have presented here, though the editors have edited some technicalities in them for the readers’ sake.

FEATuRE Fest 26 | FaelNar brothers A Song to Let You See

Insoy Niñal of Missing Filemon and Vispop 2.0 Grand Champion Jerika Teodorico are cooking their answers for this yummy question.

40 | siNgli: an artist’s haven “I thought it would be just like the rest: tranquil but no longer enticing. I was wrong.” BY RONA FERNANDEZ

PriNcess JayMe

30 | KiM KeNNeth McKee Adonis of the Pink World

BY EARL BESARIO

EXTRA EXTRACTS 48 | QuacK, QuacK, QuacKery Products You still have to be cautious about your favorite energy drink, over-the-counter drug, and sunscreen product. BY NOVA VALIZADO

47 | dila Ni MaMa “Subo man pamalandongon, apan wa gyod tawn ko magdahom nga sa kadugayon sa iyang pagserbisyo ug pagmahal aning atong dakbayan, muabot ang panahon nga operahan ang iyang dila.” BY NICHEE OROCIO

KriSTEllE SHEEN PoNCE Managing & Associate Editor

SECTioN EDiTorS Rona Joyce Fernandez Helen Grace Illut Nichee Orocio April Jireh Hermogenes arT DirECTor Merlisa Betito

31 | albert JaN yaMoMo The Face That Hides a Thousand Marks

49 | sugarcaNe MetaPhors Life, after all, is like sugarcane.

BY EARL BESARIO

BY ROJENN LASTIMOSA

32 | studeNt regeNt eVaNgeliNe yrat

Leading Home BY JOESYL BANOGBANOG

PHoTo EDiTor Rotsen Angelee Oporto CarTooN EDiTor Ronald Ray Ensalada graPHiCS EDiTor Niña Jeanne Abrea buSiNESS & ProDuCTioN MaNagEr Earl John Besario CirCulaTioN & ExTErNal liNKagES MaNagEr Cathy Ann Jugasan

BY ERNAH TAPAYAN

28 | Ms. teeN PhiliPPiNes seMi-FiNalist by hillary bucao

38 | Not your NorMal giNger Kid “He makes us believe that even those complicated things can happen—even those as impossible as kissing the sun or touching a thousand stars.” 39 | is there a reciPe For a great cebuaNo soNg?

BY DARYL JABIL

Not-so-Pretty Truths Behind Beauty

BY JERIKA TEODORICO

BY JEFF LA ROSA

BY LUKE REPOPONIO

oPiNioN oNly

Daryl Niño ToriNg Jabil Editor in Chief

BY ANNE SANOY

Board top-notcher Karen Celetaria sheds light on the matter.

BY FAITH BASILLA & ERICA ABELGAS

19 | uNtold NursiNg stories

Beneath the Pages

50 | 10 stePs to be Pogi Do you want to be a sought-after campus heartthrob? BY RAY ENSALADA

SPECIAL REPORT

STUDENTS AND A TEACHER ON

‘ACADEMIC FREEDOM’ A report on the no-grade issue between some students and their teacher by Rona Joyce T. Fernandez hotos by Charlie Hera

not n a c u “Yo use it.” ab A Isok

ksyon —VPA V-5’s A ugh T o Bisaya m, Progra News 14) 26, 20 Sept.

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Some Political Science students were heard on air through several radio and television stations seeking administrative action against an alleged academic injustice by a resident faculty of the university. The series of broadcasts started last July via Brigada FM (DWF 93.1 MHz) and Radyo Patrol (DYAB 1512 kHz). The most recent airing happened on September through Super Radyo (DYSS 999 kHz) in the radio and some local television news programs. This time, it was no longer the students who presented their case to the stations but also Anakbayan Partylist Vice President for Visayas Region, Niño Olayvar. Facebook was repeatedly shown in the news report of TV-5’s Aksyon Bisaya news program last September 26. The news report can even be streamed online through YouTube. These radio and television broadcasts were not the only methods made by the students to call for action. In fact, it was one of the many efforts in the hopes of attaining the ‘justice’ they believed they deserve.

the sileNt Protest

The students organized a silent protest, attending their classes while dressed in black shirts with notes posted at their backs baring the words “Justice for Pol Sci III” since July 28. The students felt the need to conduct the protest because of the purportedly delayed resolution of the said case within the university. “Magpadayun mi hangtod madungog mi pero dili sad mi mo-angal kay we know we are governed by the rules of the school pero as long as makasud mi, mag-itom gyod mi,” shared Earl Jane Rallos, one of the students, to Ang Suga.

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(as air

“Murag iya gurong gipersonal kaayo. Na-misinterpret ra guro niya. Imbis nga academic iyang pagdawat niadto, iyang pagdawat nuon niadto murag gi-challenge siya ba. Mao to, nagsugod didto ang tanan,” said Charles Albert Caayaman of Political Science III.

the case

The case is about the N.G. (No Grade) rate their professor gave the majority of the class. On April 2, after taking the final exam, the instructor reportedly instructed the class to submit to him a thesis which was allegedly not in his course syllabus, and to follow graduate school format. The paper must be scholarly done and was due on April 11. Any comment or fuss and he would change the deadline on April 7 instead. He reportedly said, “I was disgraced the last time and this will be your punishment.” The students believed that the thesis’ purpose was not academic but as retribution due to an incident. “If ang imo dyung motibo, sir, kay ganahan ka maka-learn mi, you should not have given it on the last day,” Rallos added. “Morag among iluwa among prinsipyo para lang hungitan ang usa ka foolishness sa usa ka teacher, and we don’t think that’s really good.”

the iNcideNt

On March 24, the professor allegedly told the class that the coverage for their final exam would be from cover to cover instead of his previous agreement with them. He reportedly had originally told the class that the coverage for the final exam would include only the topics they had discussed after the midterm exams to March. One of the students, Vernie Tinapay, appealed to him if he could adjust the coverage and reminded him of their original agreement. The instructor reportedly found it incredulous for Tinapay to “beg” resulting to a verbal argument between the two. He allegedly accused the student of questioning his academic freedom as a teacher. This led to the instructor walking out of the room.

actioNs Made

The class filed a complaint against the instructor to then CAS Dean Flordeliza Laplap because of the graduate school thesis requirement. He was called to discuss the matter but he did not come. The dean sent him a letter asking him to come over to reach a compromise but he purportedly responded with a scratch paper stating his reason. The dean told the students to go to his faculty room and ask him personally. The instructor allegedly told them that in order to lift his thesis, they should submit to him an apology letter “in behalf of Vernie.” He even instructed Tinapay about the contents of the letter. The parents intervened by sending the office of the university president a letter asking for immediate action. Dr. Marcelo Lopez, SUC President, sent Dr. Gary Lapiz a memo asking him to come for a dialogue with the parents, in which he was reported to have said he would come. Present during the dialogue were Dr. Lopez; Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA), Dr. Bibiana Isok; Head of the Office of the Registrar, Ms. Flordelynn Escarda; Chairman of the BPS department, Ms. Elma Villahermosa; the parents; and the students. The instructor, however, did not come; so it was decided that Dr. Isok would talk on the matter with

the professor. The instructor and Dr. Isok reached a compromise. He would lessen the graduate school thesis to an academic paper, but the students disapproved. Dr. Isok reportedly convinced him to just give the class a grade which he miraculously agreed with providing that Dr. Isok send him a memo. The professor indeed received a memo but allegedly went to the VPAA saying he was disgraced by it. It was the words “truly reflected on the merit of the students” that reportedly shunned him. After which, he reportedly said to “just let it go,” meaning the deal had collapsed. The students then forwarded the case to the Board of Regents, the highest governing body of the university, through the student regent and Supreme Student Government president (SSG) Evangeline Yrat. The Board instructed Dr. Lopez to act on the matter through a board resolution favorable to the students. A second dialogue was called by the university president and other staff of the administration last August 20, but the professor still did not come. The heads reportedly suggested that, with all the circumstances, the best thing for the students to do is to just pass the academic paper, which they believed was unjust. In addition, the administration stated that there are no grounds to punish the instructor because the students’ complaint was not notarized by an attorney. To their credit, the students questioned why it took them six months before they were informed that their complaints needed notarization. In an interview with Ang Suga on August 13, the university president said that the case was a standstill as of the moment. “Some conferences and dialogues have been initiated in addressing this issue but as of now, it is a standstill,” said the president. “Both parties hold on to their own rights.” (Read more of his perspective about this issue on page 15.)

taKiNg it outside

According to the students, they have tried to resolve the case in the four walls of the university, but still no decision was made. They had asked the office of the university ombudsman to mediate upon the case, but the professor still refused to compromise. On September 26, the students along with Niño Olayvar held a press conference at ACAD-319 room with the broadcast journalists from ABS-CBN, GMA-7 and TV-5. In an interview with TV-5’s Aksyon Bisaya, aired on the same day and uploaded on YouTube thereafter, Dr. Isok said that in her opinion, the professor is steadfast on his intent. “Not even a court battle could stop him. On the exercise of academic freedom, ang teacher, mao pud gyud na ang iyang gi-claim. ‘It’s my freedom, my academic freedom’ but ana ko, you cannot abuse it,” she added. Aksyon Bisaya tried to take the instructor’s side but he left the school immediately with his red car as captured by the news program’s cameraman. The students are now filing a petition against the said instructor to the Civil Service Commission. This is for administrative action/ disciplinary sanction on the grounds based on Presidential Decree No. 807. If proven that the complaint is reasonable and just, the students pray that the professor shall compute their grades with utmost honesty and justice; and if they are proven wrong, with utmost respect, they shall pass the academic requirement as soon as possible to the instructor. Ang Suga tried to seek answers from the instructor, but he would not allow an interview unless the publication would go through a long process of getting a clearance, which was not possible to comply with our press time. We tried to ask his colleagues but they were afraid that what they might say might put them on the wrong foot. We tried asking some other reliable sources but they have declined for confidentiality purposes. The publication wants to express, though, that the instructor is welcome to take a seat in the office when he decides to give his side of the story sans clearance §

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UNDER PROBE not in the code. Code, Faculty Manual then Student Manual,” she added.

Although the Student’s Manual is not fully revised yet, it is still effective at present and its rules and regulations still prevail.

lacK oF lawyers “The manual is a legal document, so the people who will sit in the position should be familiar with government structure, processes and other proceedings like disciplinary (ones).” It is important, she said, to hire a competent lawyer in the production and organization of the manual’s contents for us to ensure that the policies are in accordance with the Code and the government laws. A person professional in legal matters and equipped with knowledge and experience in various fields of law would surely produce a more comprehensive and objective work. Since the school is still on the lookout for proficient lawyers, the revision of the manual would still have to wait.

Hunting for tHe

StudentS’

BiBle

An Investigative Report by Rona Joyce Fernandez & Nova Valizado PHOTO BY Claire Diane Tabanas and Jaya Mae Malait

“Mura og computer – lag kaayo, sige lang og revise, ning-third year na lang mi. Importante kaayo unta para makahibaw mi sa among rights,” said a student who wished to have her identity kept. She is one of the many undergraduates of Cebu Normal University who did not receive a copy of the Student’s Manual. In 2012, a few then first years were reportedly given photocopies of the manual during their National Service Training Program session. The whereabouts of the copies are unknown and the number of students who received their copies is undefined.

MaNual deFiNed The Student’s Manual is the studentry’s bible. It is the official statement of University policies, regulations, and expected standards of student conduct used by students, parents, guardians and staff members as a guide to rules and general information about the school. Each student is responsible for becoming familiar with the manual and knowing the information contained in it. Students have been yearning for the long awaited copy of it. The whereabouts of the manual has been a major fuss to all students wondering why they didn’t receive a copy of it and why it took so long to revise it. A student deserves to know his rights but how can this be if the manual is absent?

where is the MaNual? “The manual is still in the process of revision,” said Vice President for Academic Affairs Bibiana Isok. However, she added that in the absence of an updated manual, the old and existing one would still prevail. The old manual was updated by then Office of Student Affairs (OSA) dean, Mrs. Gwendelina Villarante. It was forwarded to Isok but she told the University President, “wala to nako tandoga (I didn’t modify it) because we do not have the university code yet.” The manual could not upgrade by itself, she said, for it should start with the University Code. She stressed three main reasons for the delay of the manual: The University Code, lack of lawyers and the legality of the document.

what is a uNiVersity code? “It is the Mother code and is still yet to be updated,” she said. “The code is the source of the provision og nganong nag-student manual ta.” The University Code of Student Conduct governs the student disciplinary process. The Code describes prohibited behaviors, potential sanctions, and the process for adjudicating alleged violations of the Code. It is a general idea of the rules and regulations of the school with sub-policies. Since it is a central guide and reference for making a student manual, it is hard to create new policies without it. She iterated that the manual could not be updated if the University code itself is not. “The University code should be updated first because there are many policies changed that is

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the studeNt’s PriMer While the revision of the Student’s Manual is put on halt at the moment, the Supreme Student Government (SSG) and the OSA are working on the production of a summary of the manual. This will serve as a temporary guide for students and will be called the Student’s Primer. The primer is scheduled to be released any month this year. Similar to the original manual which was not a part of the school’s miscellaneous fee, students are to pay 42 pesos for a copy of the primer. Although there is budget allocated for the primer, there is still a possibility for it to be disallowed by the Board of Regents, the highest governing body of the university. While waiting for the primer, the SSG is expected to produce a soft copy of the Student’s Manual as temporary guides for mayors and governors of each department. As for having it on Facebook, posting the manual online would be unwise as there will be copyright issues involved and a permit will be needed. the studeNts’ Part Waiting and hoping for the best may be the students’ option at the moment but sometimes, we don’t really have to base everything by the book. It just takes common sense. Common sense gives us awareness. Awareness leads to knowing. Knowing stops ignorance. §

An Investigative Report on the CLASS 2012-2013 corruption case by Nichee Orocio & Jerika Teodorico

nce upon a time, trouble came brewing in the Council of Liberal Arts and Science Students (CLASS) office. A large amount from the CLASS treasury went missing. Almost two years later, the issue of the lost CLASS treasure is still shrouded with mystery. But we’re not going to sit there and let years bury it alive without knowing what really happened. Together, let’s dig deep and follow the trails.

#THROWBACK the issues

Compulsory CLASS fee Way back A.Y. 2012-2013, CLASS fee at that time was COMPULSORY. This fee was paid by semester (1st sem-Php175 for freshmen/Php100 for the rest; 2nd semPhp100 for all). CLASS reportedly forced the students to pay such contribution by not signing their clearances if no payment was made. They imposed it as a compulsory fee for the reason that it was appropriated for the CAS days, and every CAS student was meant to enjoy the event.

Cancelled? Then what? CLASS, having collected a reasonable amount to cover the expenses, had done so much preparation for the upcoming event. Unfortunately, then CAS dean Dr. Floriza Laplap did not approve the CAS days. CLASS had no choice but to cancel the event. This led concerned students to ask where else the (approximately) Php300, 000.00 bulk of CLASS cash was

spent. Instead of relaying this information to the students, CLASS (without consulting students through general assembly) decided to use the funds for other purposes: a) renovation of the CLASS office; b) purchase of a printer to be used in CLASS; c) funding for an exhibit, distributing a Php2000.00 budget to every organization under CLASS. Negligence of duties With the knowledge of CLASS’ misappropriation of students’ funds, a group of concerned students (with the aid of Youth for Rights-CNU) asked for a complete liquidation of the untraceable bulk of CLASS cash. However, CLASS could not immediately present such legal document because CLASS was dysfunctional at the time. Private personal matters between officers – esp. between the governor and the treasurer – caused such dysfunctionality in the office. “Ang kamaldita gyud ni Johara [Veloso, then CLASS governor] ang usa ka factor,” said CLASS Adviser Lito Diones. This resulted to the treasurer not doing his duty of making the liquidation (along with the auditor); the money being in the hands of other officers already. Starbucks/Jollibee during meetings? WOW! It was rumored that CLASS officers spent portions of the CLASS fund for Jollibee also reportedly held a meeting in a Starbucks outlet, again using CLASS money. Such rumor spread after CLASS could not release the complete liquidation of the 2nd semester CLASS fees.tigative Report on the

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The Settlements

Strike one: Asa ang liquidation, CLASS? Last March 2013 (2nd semester A.Y. 2012-2013), a group of concerned Liberals demanded a meeting with CLASS officers to talk about the CLASS fee issue. Then Senators Danrey Cabataña and Nesan Torralba also attended the meeting. As the discussion heated up, Cabataña allegedly barged in and opined that the complainants should just voluntarily concede because “we cannot do anything about it.” He further suggested that both parties settle on an agreement requesting for the CLASS officers to present a complete liquidation of the unreturned bulk of CLASS fee cash at the end of the second semester, A.Y. 2012-2013. They reportedly agreed to this. However, CLASS failed to meet the expected deadline. No liquidation was posted at the CLASS bulletin on the day they had promised to, and even until the start of the academic year 2013-2014.

Strike two: The very secret ‘Secret Investigation’ Former SSG President Danrey Cabataña (A.Y. 20132014) reportedly appointed, without the knowledge and approval of the CNU-SSG legislature, a ‘secret investigative committee’ to examine the details behind the CLASS’ leniency on the CLASS fee issue. The said committee discovered that other officers divided the money personally amongst them. The treasurer (though it is his responsibility) was not able to monitor how the money was spent, leading to CLASS’ failure of presenting a liquidation. The Liberals who had a prior discussion with CLASS

PRESIDENT-IN-FOCUS

on the matter were informed that the meeting between the SSG and CLASS gave the opportunity for some CLASS officers to admit the said allegation mentioned above and that the case had been resolved. They (SSG and CLASS) came up with a new settlement: a timeframe was given to the CLASS officers who used/ borrowed (probably in good faith, but illegally, nonetheless) from the CLASS fund for them to settle their accounts and to pay their debts. The deadline came. The officers who owed money to the CLASS treasury were –wait for it– not able to pay their dues on time. Legal complaint Concerned students had long been planning to file a legal complaint against the CLASS officers of the said academic year. A six-page complaint was made ready to be passed to the Supreme Court. But several delays occurred. First, Supreme Court (SC) officials were elected only on January 2014; no one would have received and worked on the complaint. By February, the complaint was passed on to the SC but was held because of the implementation of an all-new process of complaints provided in the (also) new Citizen’s

Charter. A report by the CLASS grievance committee stating the details of the case was required before the case would be heard by the SC.

The Supreme Court called for a hearing mid-March at the SSG office. However, nothing happened because the defendants were absent and the head of the SSG grievance committee (also assigned to be the prosecution’s lawyer), James Abecilla, was hospitalized. They rescheduled the hearing one week before graduation. But the same thing happened- so many involved were absent. They could no longer call for one more rescheduling because graduation was fast approaching and several justices including the Chief Justice were graduating students (their term was about to end). So, the case was dismissed.

#NOW Because of the notso-fruitful Supreme Court hearing, the principal plaintiffs sent the complaint to the Office of Student Affairs (OSA), in the hopes that their concern will be taken seriously and with apt correspondence. However,

another problem arose: one of the clerks from OSA reportedly misplaced the document they submitted. Compulsory or Not? “No,” says CLASS. This is one significant effect of the lost CLASS cash case: the CLASS fee is no longer compulsory. Students are to pay only in their own will. This policy was put into effect by the start of the 2014-2015 CLASS administration, upon review of Article 4 Sec. 9 of the CLASS constitution which emphasizes on the right of students against the use of force in the exaction of excessive fees. § (For MeMbers oNly) athletes’ needs During the annual Intramural games, CLASS provides their athletes’ necessities. This includes their refreshments and food during the competition. Props and expenses during the Intramurals are also covered. accidental/ Mortuary assistance A maximum amount of Php1, 000.00 is given as assistance to members who unfortunately meet accidents or die (simbako lang). §

It was rumored that CLASS officers spent portions of the CLASS fund for Jollibee meals during meetings. They also reportedly held a meeting in a Starbucks outlet, again using CLASS money.

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PRESIDENT-IN-FOCUS

“I do all my best to inspire my people to continuously improve quality. Even if you’ve achieved a level this high, you would not be happy maintaining that same level but you strive higher. We break our own record. That’s the spirit of continuous quality improvement. We do not sit in our glory even if we attained level IV, even if we are declared as a leading state university. The secret is the inspiration and the motivation because if you use force, it only works for a day and it does not sustain the effort. Inspiring people is more than just giving them perks. Inspiring people would be seeing the same vision that you see, believing in the same cause that you live in and pursuing the same goals that you pursue.”

PRESIDENT-IN-FOCUS QUESTIONS ANSWERED

ecades ago, the man we have come to know as the leader of this educational institution since 2011 was—like us—a Normalite. When he graduated from the Abellana National High School, he became motivated to cross the street and enroll at the Cebu Normal College (former name of Cebu Normal University). He took up a degree in education, but his life as a student was not boxed in an academic classroom. He also excelled in volleyball (the sports that motivated him to enroll in this university “for provincial meets”), cooking (which made him known for his delicious bam-i dish), and others. “Talents come in any form, right?” says the president with a graceful smile. “It should be supported by the school because this becomes the source of our selfesteem.” His love of food and cooking made him want to become a nutritionist someday, but he dropped the idea for financial matters. Long before that, he aspired to become a priest. When he graduated from the university in 1970, he felt the slap of reality: He remained jobless due to the “surplus of teachers.” That was the time when he opted to try another field of study: Nursing. A male cousin and nurse led his way to the said profession. “He said that it was never too late, so I did that for one semester and

The man behind the

one regular semester.” In 1974, he finished his nursing studies. In 1977, he took up his master’s degree at the University of the Philippines. When his alma mater opened a college for the nursing profession, the then president of Cebu State College (another former name of CNU) offered Lopez the opportunity to facilitate the school’s first batch of nursing students. It was 1985 when he left for psychiatric nursing in New York, and remained there for two years. Lopez came back to the Philippines to work as the Dean of the College of Nursing in 1990. Five years after that, he was promoted to become the school’s vice president. “I never expected that destiny would bring me to this position,” Lopez says, smiling. “Academic achievement is progress for efforts and all studies. You might be having the highest IQ (intelligence quotient) in your class, but if you do not study, you cannot achieve academically. Chances will fall on the prepared mind.” He has been serving the university as its president for four years now. “Teaching is a lifetime career,” he beams, “it’s more than a job, more than a livelihood.” Alongside this lifetime career of him, Dr. Marcelo T. Lopez has led the university population in telling CNU’s “good-to-great” story. Three years after the school’s centennial-and-nine celebration, are there other new stories worth telling about the university now?

crimson-and-gold gleam

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CONSTRUCTIONS

FOREIGN STUDENTS

DR. LOPEZ: “The architectural design of this colonial building (administration building) built by the Americans was to create the lines of our building and connect the library building with this, though the building is not a perfect copycat with this building. In fact, the iron bars beneath our buildings came from New York. The tunnel has defaced and devalued the heritage value and wealth, so we sought the advice and opinion of the National Historical Commission who suggested that the building has really destroyed the heritage value of this building. What consummated everything are the after effects of the super hauler 7.2 magnitude earthquake last October. The cracks put the connection in anatomise, meaning the shaking of the other building greatly affects the other building. This means that the concrete could not unite that well, that’s why it should be deconstructed. CNU, identified by the CHED and the National Historical Commission, was given 10 million to consummate everything and preserve the heritage building. The phase one of the sevenstorey building, on the other hand, is set to be completed on June 17, 2015 which will include an international tourism research center.”

DR. LOPEZ: “We are pushed against the wall to globalize, to go international, and one of the indicators is the number of foreign students.” ANG SUGA: Do foreign students have the same benefits with local students? DR. LOPEZ: “A yes and a no. A yes because they are also accorded all academic freedom as students—the right to be treated equally with our own nationals, the right to earn quality instruction. And a no in the sense that they are not our nationals, they pay more because if they pay the same very low tuition that our locals do, then they would be draining the financial investment of our own people. That’s essence of state universities.” ANG SUGA: Would the local students benefit from this proposal? DR. LOPEZ: “Yes, of course, because it seems like you‘re earning your degree from the United Nations. If the one seated next to you is a Somalian, a Kenyan and in front of you is a Korean and behind you is a Canadian, through your day to day interaction you would learn a lot from them.”

ANG SUGA: Aside from the seven-storey building, why is there another on-going construction at the freeway tunnel between the administration and library buildings?

ANG SUGA: We are having a few foreign students now. Are we open for more foreign students to study in our university?

ACCREDITATION

ANG SUGA: The Colleges of Teacher Education and Nursing are accredited as Level IV by the AACCUP. Will the inconvenience and constructions affect the quality of education or even decrease the attained status of the university? DR. LOPEZ: “We are accredited as level IV by the Accreditation Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (AACCUP), and it’s the highest accreditation status. We are also the first among 112 SUCs in the Philippines to have been accredited so in not only the programs of the College of Teacher Education but also in Nursing. “The accreditation is a process that undergoes a certain period of validity – 3 or 4 years – then a re-visitation will be conducted afterwards. It is a sort of confirmation or assessment whether the level of quality, performance, instruction and research is maintained. Certain

ASEAN INTEGRATION 2015

ANG SUGA: How prepared are we for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Integration program? DR. LOPEZ: “Everyone is getting ready although no one is all that ready. But we are trying our best to prepare, through our own educational system; our obligation is to produce graduates who would be able to function and to practice their profession in any of the ASEAN countries. By then, there should be free exchange of goods and services. Trades agreements and unified tariff system.” “I do all my best to inspire my people to continuously improve quality. Even if you’ve achieved a level this high, you would not be happy maintaining that same level but you strive higher. We break our own record. That’s the spirit of continuous quality improvement. We do not sit in our glory even if we attained level IV, even if we are declared as a leading state university. The secret is the inspiration and the motivation because if you use force, it only works for a day and it does not sustain the effort. Inspiring people is more than just giving them perks. Inspiring people would be seeing the same vision that you see, believing in the same cause that you live in and pursuing the same goals that you pursue.”

“ACADEMIC FREEDOM” parameters correspond with a lot of paper works, interviews, observation in a threeday assessment by the panel of experts and evaluators. The latter are invited to assess us whether we can maintain the status, so that’s why we are fast tracking the construction so that by January or February when they come, everything is structurally in order; although they may understand that we are victimized by series of calamities, that we’re still building, that we’re still renovating and retrofitting. The construction period ranges from four to five months that’s why the evaluators could come by January or February. But despite these inconveniences, we are improving a lot, I would assure you. The essence of being accredited means continuous quality improvement; nothing stops in quality improvement. If you have hit the target level, the following years you always aim higher and improve more.”

ANG SUGA: Are you aware of the issue arising between some junior political science students and a professor? DR. LOPEZ: “Yes, in fact, some conferences and dialogues have been initiated addressing this issue but as of now, it is a standstill. Both parties hold on to their own rights. The professor insists he has the academic freedom, and of course, the law provides that no one can change the grade of the teacher; even the president cannot change it. On the other hand, the students also insist for their academic freedom. That requirement of thesis was imposed upon them on the day of the final exams, and to them they don’t find it fair, which could have been explained on the first day of classes during orientation. The teacher reportedly asked the class after they took their final exam last semester to submit to him a thesis that was of graduate studies’ standard. Conferences are already scheduled regarding this. But now it is a standstill.” §

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STUDENT SERVANTS/LEADERS

STUDENT SENATORS

BEHIND THEIR DOORS

They are elected to serve as senators in the Supreme Student Government (SSG), but how efficient are they in service? Put the spotlight on these 12 solons as we dredge deeper into their undiscovered profiles, political backgrounds, accomplishments and future plans.

Kevin Bryan Navares

POLITICAL BACKGROUND:

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POLITICAL BACKGROUND:

MOTTO: “Service knows no

MOTTO: “Never be a leader, just be a

MOTTO: “Fight dili lang para sa

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: “I

PLANS: “Sustain the good deeds and

PLANS: “Sa Grievance Committee,

NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT THAT… “I may not be the best leader

we are planning [that the] students’ voice should be heard and, [their] empowerment. Matag studyante naay katungod ug tingog unya ganahan ko mapraktis na siyang butanga. Di ta angay ma-ignorante sa kung unsay kaya natong mabuhat.”

point blank pa gyud ko na stage run. Naa sad koy dilemma na gi-atubang ron.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “not efficient

as of the moment because of the conflicting schedules. Wa jud nako ma fulfill ang akong pagka senator mao na mangayo gyud kog pasaylo sa uban kay ila kong napilian pero I’m trying to get back in track.” Kevin Bryan Navares tendered his resignation letter to the SSG council within the first semester. This was due to personal priorities with regards to a job offer that violated the rule of the SSG council. On the other hand, it is in the constitution of the SSG council that when a senator resigned, automatically, the 13th person in rank in the previous election will take over. That 13th person is Raquel Perez. Senate President Joselito Tumulak, Jr. claimed that the resignation has nothing to do with relationship matters.

doings of SSG and promote student empowerment.”

but I will always give my best.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Someone who

is in the position but does not have the power.” Students’ views may change after the 12 student senators revealed their future plans and promises that should be expected by the entire student body. Hence, may these plans happen in reality and bring positive changes to our Alma Mater.

Henry Datan Jr.

(BS Nursing III)

POLITICAL BACKGROUND: Mayor of the Class (SY 2013-2014)

MOTTO: “Service first.”

Plan: “Since naa man ko sa Cleanliness

Committee, mga cleanliness-oriented program—iimprove ang cleanliness and disposal system sa school.”

NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT THAT… “Mas nindot ang disposal system sa

CNU. I will prevent nga wala gyuy sagbot makitan igka-agi sa mga tawo, wala nay mga baso nga magkatag sa sawog, naa na gyod tanan sa basurahan.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Medyo busy pero madala-dala lang.”

imong kaugalingon, para pud sa ubang tawo labi na ang mga estudyante nga nagkinahanglan pareho anang walay guts mo-estorya.”

Lorraine Angelie

Ando

(BSEd-English IV)

(BE GenEd IV)

Class officer of Gen Lite Society (SY 2012-2013); Governor, Gen Lite Society (SY 2013-2014)

follower.”

MARIAN

SSG Vice President (High School Level) English Club President (High School Level) Filipino President (High School Level)

NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT… “Nothing… Para nako,

POLITICAL BACKGROUND:

National Vice President for Visayas & Regional and Cebu City President (SSG, High School); Governor (CLASS, SY 2013-2014)

can say ineffective mi that time (last year as the CLASS Governor) pero na-overcome ra siya on the later part.”

Raquel Perez (BSEd Social Science IV)

(BS Psychology IV)

boundaries.”

Interviewed by Justine Faith Basilla & Erica Mae Abelgas Photos by Charlie Hera I wires

POLITICAL BACKGROUND:

Treasurer (Educators’ Club, SY 20132014)

MOTTO: “Kung unsay akong nahuna-hunaan nga mas makapaayo, ako gyud na siyang i-speak out.” PLAN: “So far, naa mi ongoing na

seminars, team buildings.”

project—pero wala pa gyud siya na implement—sa Pera, Trabaho, Kita (PTK) since member man ko sa Budget and Finance.”

NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT THAT… “Mutabang ko

NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT THAT… “I’ll be

PLAN/S: “Leadership programs like

hangtod asa nako kutob.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Di ko kaingon nga nahimo nako akong duty karon kay tungod naa ko diri sa ILS (as a student teacher) pero hopefully mobawi ra gyud ko igka-second sem.”

speaking for their behalf, nga kung unsay mas makapaayo, mu fight ko for them and also mas buhaton nako tanan para ang mga activities nindot siya and successful.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Not yet really the best but I am doing my part as a senator and bisag kapoy, assist sa activities bisag nay klase.”

Alexis Lopez

(BSEd PhySci IV)

POLITICAL BACKGROUND:

Deputy Chief Executive Secretary (SSG, SY 2012-2013); Assistant to the Senate Clerk (SSG, SY 2013-2014)

MOTTO: “Working for the benefit of others has always been a passion of mine. Happy ko mu serve sa people, for the benefits even if walay makuha in return.” PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: A part

ang CNU pag-last unya karon kay i-defend gyod.”

NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT THAT… “I can be a

friend to you. I can just take off my shoes like for example, as my position adto sa classroom, I’m just a normal student, I’m fun to be with, [and] approachable.”

of the committee on the Green Fashion Revolution last year; chairman of the SSG teambuilding activity in August; “subcommittee in each event, part pod ko ana.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Not yet at my best but since many people voted for me, nakadaog man ko, I believe naa silay trust nako then I also believe that I can make PLAN: “To win this Green Fashion (as the things happen sa akong pagkachairman of the Cleanliness Committee), student leader.” because I’m really pressured kay champion

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STUDENT SERVANTS/LEADERS

NURSES’ STATION

Eron Anthony Guarde

Joselito Tumulak Jr.

(BS Chemistry-Physics III)

(BSEd Social Science III)

POLITICAL BACKGROUND: SSG

POLITICAL BACKGROUND: Vice

President (High School); CLASS Representative (SY 2013-2014)

Mayor of the Class (SY 2012-2013); Mayor of the Class (SY 2013-2014)

John Vincent Taniola (BSEd PhySci IV)

POLITICAL BACKGROUND: None MOTTO: “I don’t set something but for

MOTTO: “Every service magamay o dako

MOTTO: “A leader doesn’t create followers; [he or she] creates more leaders.”

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED:

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: “I

me, if you know that it’s right then go for it no matter how much will be sacrificed, no matter how many people you will be crashing.”

PLANS: “I want the CNU-SSG nga dili

“Functions nako as the Chair of Information like the abolishment sa student uniform, then ang acquaintance party.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “learning gyud

PLAN: “Having a separate website for CNU –SSG. Akong ideal is that I would want to establish a website formally tanan information nga bisan sa Admin pwede mopost didto, although we have PIO dili man god siya accessible.”

as long as sinerbisyo, it is still honorable.” “Foundation Week, nitabang ko ato.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Committed gyud ko kay almost free time nako naa ko sa SSG. Nausab ko sa akong pagka senator.”

Mc Quirie Umpad

(BA Public Administration III)

POLITICAL BACKGROUND: Student

Council Senator (Elementary); SSG President (High School); Mayor to Representative (College)

managed the Nutrition Month activities and the forum, ‘The Effects of Malnutrition to Mental Health.’” bitaw mediocre ang projects. I want a holistic growth sa students. I’m planning to have a research congress in which i-train ang mga 4th years especially sa CAS.” kay di man ko kaingon nga maayo na kaayo ko.”

Creramel Divine Vergara (BS Psychology IV)

MOTTO: “Bayan muna bago ako.”

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: “The Clash [as the] Chairman of the event.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Di ko

muingon nga influential pero I could say nga even if pareha ra mi nga student, lahi ra gyud ilang pagtan-aw nako. Akong pagtan-aw sa akong self kay highly respected pero maduulan sa mga tawo nga tinud-anay gyung nanginahanglan.”

13 POLITICAL BACKGROUND: CLASS Treasurer (SY 2013-2014) MOTTO: “Influence sa akong pagkaMath major, dili kay ko mo-stick sa kanang usa ka butang.” PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED: “We’re having a program about student loan and probably mao pa na ang among first task na gibuhat karon.”

POLITICAL BACKGROUND: Student leader (Elementary to High School)

MOTTO: “Leadership is not about trying to please people; it is about doing your duties and responsibilities with all your heart, all for the benefit of every individual.” PLANS: “Students’ Assistance. Ganahan ko makabenefit gyud sila.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Ganahan ko pangbackstage ra bitaw ko. Mao na akong gusto i-maintain sa akong self, to keep grounded.”

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED:

NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT THAT… “[I am] a student-leader who

aims for change in the university and is progressively doing whatever he can so that it will be realized.”

I SEE MYSELF AS… “Very open for improvement in myself.”

Rolan Batac

(BSEd Social Science III)

POLITICAL BACKGROUND:

Public Information Officer (SSG, High School); Senator (SSG, SY 2013-2014)

MOTTO: “The welfare of the people is the Supreme Law.”

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED:

Wilson Castañeda (BS Mathematics IV)

PLAN/S: “Maka-open ug program na makapaborrow ug calculators, extension wires, speakers and projectors though simple ra gani kaayo siya.” NORMALITES SHOULD EXPECT THAT… “Kung unsa akong na perform sa CLA SS sa una, ma-expect nila nga ma-continue to nako gihapon and I’ll be a model to the students.” I SEE MYSELF AS… “Nindot pud diay ang feeling kay maka get in touch ka sa mga students then makaton pud ka nila.”

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“Sauna wa gyud koy nahimo na kabaw gyud ko sa akong kaugalingon nga akoy naghimo ana. Maybe sa activities sa mga students nakatabang ko.”

PLANS: “Wala ko sa authority nga i-implement ni pero akong gusto kay magpatupad og Student’s Lounge. Pero taas2x gyud na siya na proseso as in Daanbantayan to Santander ang atong lakawon.” I SEE MYSELF AS… “Dili ko muingon nga happy kaayo ko, nga proud kayo ko kay senator ko. Para nako loving, I love everyone.”

Our lives as the school's student nurses are not just measured by the number of our board top-notchers

UNTOLD

Nursing Stories Before Acing the Board Exams Text by Luke Aaron Repoponio Photo contributed by Jose Mari Louis G. Alforque

It is hard being a nursing student. I’m not saying it like I have cured some rare disease, or figured out how many licks it takes to finish a single gobstopper or some other whatnots, but it is worth saying. Being a nurse is hard; studying nursing in CNU is even harder. No matter how hard we try, it seems like the odds are always against us. In this institution, though, I know efforts are not everything. Having said so is like saying that throwing any raw edible ingredient in a pot constitutes to cooking. Sure, it may be eaten, but how many bad meals should you eat before you realize that it’s not much? Academic backing is important, too. With correct effort and the theoretical knowledge, it may seem that the young nurse is ready to go on duty and change lives, but is it, really? Back to the cooking analogy (because finding another one is bothersome and tiring), consider trying to make food that way (putting ingredients in the pot does not make a meal), but this time, a kind of food that is low in sodium and calories, high in fiber, and gluten-free. Suddenly it is much harder to expect that all those things you’ve thrown into the pot would come out to be edible, right? That’s exactly what effort and knowledge is like to us. Although equipped with them, going on duty, caring for real patients, and actually doing stuff is much more complex. How complex are they?

“Sa delivery room, I was instructing the mother nga padung manganak kung unsaon pag-utong. Katong ilupad ang elbow unya isaka ang ulo unya nakatak-om ang baba. Katong ni-start na siya og utong, akong nasulti niya in a loud voice kay ‘Sige, Ma’am, LUPAD!’ Nitalikod ko ug nikatawa kadiyot. Nahibung akong groupmates kay nganong lupad akong giingon. Mura gyud hinuon siyag nilupad.” — Andromedes Paul Sabay, BS Nursing—4 “May patient na parang wala sa mood. Gusto man ko mapa-happy ug ma-lessen ang anxiety mao to, nag-knock-knock joke ko, unya nikanta sa iyang atubangan. In the end, akong mga group mates ug ang staff ang nangatawa, dili ang pasyente.” —Jenelyn Canizares, BS Nursing—3 Sophomore nursing student Nicole Rubillos also shared that when she wasn’t able to check the mother’s chart and condition beforehand, she asked her patient, “Ma’am, nagpa-breastfeed na ka sa imong baby?” She said that, without knowing that the mother’s baby was born dead. I am not entirely immune to these sabaw moments. During my first time trying to insert a straight catheter, instead of putting it into the urethra, I accidentally placed it somewhere else and heard the mother’s audible “ughhhhh.” Others who think that being smart and putting good effort is enough are all wrong. We are studying nursing to learn not only from the books but also from firsthand experiences. We commit

mistakes, but at least, we learn from them. Seeing all those wellseasoned nurses in the hospital have made me realize that the measure of being a fine nurse is not of merits, knowledge, and background, but with the effort and experience they have accumulated through the years. Sure, it may look like these people are just throwing things into the pot and making the hypothetical food, but trust me, and I am saying this not only to my fellow nurses but also to others on their path to greatness. Follow the examples of those veterans in your field. Learn from them. Understand them. Digest the wisdom they impart, because after all, they’ve had a cookbook much thicker and longer than ours. We’ll get there. §

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THE LIBERALS

Other schools have them, when can we have them, too? The basis of the university on and how it cultivates the overall degree programs appal many students in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). The university has been known to top every licensure examination for both nurses and teachers. The Arts students, on the other hand, also want to be with the others on top. It has been a great privilege to study in this kind of university for it offers affordable tuition and quality education. We are lucky. We all know that every student in this university is competitive. We want completion and we demand to excel in almost every category. We want to be known, to be recognized. But how about the art people like me? The other schools have a psychiatric ward for psychology students and a media laboratory for communication students. But do we have these? No—or at least, not yet.

The project is guaranteed to have a spot in the seven-storey building.

text by Mhaiko Jeff la Rosa, BA Communication-1 photo by Jaya Mae Malait

BP “EEEEH”?

Art students need laboratories, too.

TV BARN AND CAMPUS RADIO Communication students have been habitually excelling in media-related competitions outside the campus even without laboratories and equipment in the school. A television barn and a campus radio are substantial to enhance the communication skills of the students. It could also promote and inspire the students to proceed in the media industry instead of crossing over to unrelated jobs. Despite not having the facilities they need, Communication adviser Joseph Elvir Tubilan said, “Our B.A. Communication graduates still excel in the media industry.” He also admitted that a joint television barn and campus radio project, which was personally designed by him, has been planned last school year. He also said that he used his personal resources to come up with this proposal, but it was later disapproved “due to space deficiency and others.” However, the project is still on-hand and guaranteed to have a spot in the sevenstorey building whose first phase of construction is expected to be finished next year. Accordingly, a total of five million pesos has been allotted for the project. “We need (the program) to be in level two,” he says. “We need all of these for the accreditation.”

PSYCH WARD/LAB Psychology students have also been yearning for a psychology laboratory. “We really need this laboratory for it is mandated by CHED (Commission on Higher Education),” says psychology instructor Andre Sanchez. “Kinahanglan man dyud og enclosed room wherein maka-train dyud og hands-on,” says the governor of the Council of Liberal Arts & Sciences Students, Bernel Acasio, who is also a senior psychology student. Sanchez believes that they need this laboratory for their experimental psychology subject. Without this, it leads them to focus more on social experiments. Still, the students in the Arts department are still holding on to the possibility that in the near future, with all these assured facilities, the University could continually produce more outstandingly functional individuals that would surely help the country. §

MAJOR IN

SP “EEEEH”? text by Dave Pregoner, BSEd English-3 photo by Ella Micah Ravanes

The rolling of your tongue may unravel your language consciousness, or the flowing of your nasal sound may resemble your existing alphabets because of the satiric sound of the title. However, please offer a fine line of open-mindedness and loosen your linguistic standards for a moment. This, not to tolerate linguistic mediocrity but to understand how the pioneering students of the Bachelor of Physical Education major in School Physical Education (BPE-SPE) program creates an expression out from the cries and laughs they had in their first semester of existence here. Students as they are, they just want to enjoy their student life. They compose smiles along with the pressure they carry behind their backs that merely represent resiliency—or in their simpler terms, “Keep calm and carry Physical Education!”

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION?

Comm TV Barn (contributed by Mr. Joseph Elvir Tubilan)

EDUCATORS’ BOARD

Based on its standard program description and specification, BPE is another degree program offered by the university under the College of Teacher Education (CTE). Its major specification is mainly School Physical Education (SPE) that provides students with a broadly based understanding of the discipline through theoretical and practical courses in physical education. It allows maximum opportunity for students to pursue various combinations of courses in teaching and within their particular areas of interest. The offering of the program has started to take effect only this academic year. And currently, we have a capsulated block that numbered 45 students who will start the blooming on the pristine lane of this course.

ug mora ra og wala mi sa eskwelahan ba. Di pa gyod tarong among schedule.” Some of them snap and flip their heads EEEEH… stroking from left to right while saying, “Sakto gyod na, mao gyod na siya HOW’S P.E.? Through Ang Suga, BPE students among na-feel.” But a wide degree angle of a reiterate their story and give points of turning point twists their disposition. view that succinctly bring them to a better “Pero after how many realization. weeks, tungod pud siguro sa bonding “Abnormalon man gyud mi og sa mga ka blockmates, na change utok, maguol dayon mokatawa,” Jumawan Charter Mar Lim, the class mayor, starts the ang disappointment to something interesting kay at last, gi orient na gyod storytelling in front of his fellows. “Unya mi ni Sir Wilson Ybañez, ang adviser naka-feel mi og sadness kay naay Math ug namo sa PE department, kon unsay Science.” All are laughing because it seems mga kaayohan nga makuha namo inig graduate namo aning kursoha. that the statement is half meant. But along Lastly, madala gyod ni namo hangtod the laughter is a moment of mulling over inig kamatay kay we are also learning how to pour the words of a syncopated truth. And there, Jessa Mae Calumpag, one everything about health man.” They tap their hands and of those students, stands and summarizes scream through their deepest breath to all their emotional baggage which are give applause to her narrative. However, affirmed by them after then. despite and in spite the cries and laughs “At first kay naguol ug na they have had, they still do not forget disappoint ko ug ang uban namo kay wala their beloved mother our institution, mi nabutang sa MAPEH. Pagtake namo sa Cebu Normal University. exam, MAPEH gyod among kurso then sa “We want to help our school result, nabutang mi sa BPE kay napuno na in establishing this course. Dapat mo ang slots sa MAPEH. Unya layo-layo mi og top gyod mi sa licensure exam para ma dyutay sa ranking mao na nga naabtan mi inspire namo ang uban nga mo enroll sa cut-off.” aning kursoha,” a promise of leaving a They all nod to express their legacy through their class mayor. agreement to her statement. “We will be raising the flag “Unya mao to, wala naman mi of BPEeeeh…SPEeeeh…ayy, BPE-SPE mahems, ni-eskwela na lang mi kay sa wa diay!” diba? Then pagsugod na sa class, mora gyod mi og na-convince nga bati gyod among Laughter then follows. § kurso kay morag wala kaayo mi nahikutar

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#TRENDING

IN CALL CENTERS

NURSES

#TRENDING

Mae Bucao text by Hillary Ann Jugasan Photo by Cathy

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akit sad baya,” says Mary Raulene Pepito, a junior BSEd-Biological Sciences student and scholar of the Pilipinas Una sa Lahat (PUNLA) Scholarship Foundation. She wails in mock grief as we are chatting in the hallway of the third floor of the ASAB building, near the physics laboratory. She raises her hand and dabs the corner of her eyes with her hankie for the supposedly bitter tears that are threatening to flow. “But yes, naapektuhan sad dyud mi kay maayo na lang unta to ba, makatabang sa gastuhan sa plete unya projects sad.”

Now, he has to make ends meet by repairing cellphones and other gadgets.

The abolishment of the senators’ pork barrel has somehow given us the sense of security, however little, that the government has eliminated one big avenue for politicians to suck out money from the people. This is all well and good. However, there are repercussions. PDAF or Priority Development Assistance Fund is a “lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government, mostly on the local level.” This translates that the money given to members of the Congress are to be spent on programs that will benefit the people. One of the programs usually attached to this funding is the scholarship grants for students. For Ryan Tumongha, another Bachelor of Secondary Education student in this university and scholar of the Quisombing grant, the scraping off of PDAF has spelled various complications in his education. Before, he was given a financial assistance of 2,500 pesos per semester. Ryan used the money to pay for his tuition in the school. Now he has to make ends

meet by repairing cellphones and other gadgets. This takes a lot of his time which he says he should be spending on thesis-making, cake-baking (as he is specializing on Technology and Livelihood Education) and sleeping. “Lisod kaayo, uy. Sauna kay makatulog pako’g tarong,” he said. “Karun halos wala na gyud. Sayang bitaw kaayo.” But there are promises for these Quisombing scholars to be transferred to the CHED scholarship program. It is said that the benefits of a CHED scholar include free tuition fee and an allowance of 15,000 pesos. However, the process for the transfer is “unusually slow.” There are still no updates as of press time. So for the meantime, Mary Raulene will have to keep dabbing at her eyes and Ryan will have to keep burning the midnight oil while breaking his back repairing cellphones. As the popular expression that CNU students utter when something helpless and terrible and just downright depressing happens goes, these students can only pronounce the phrase, “Ka-sad sa reality uy!” §

Text by Luke Aaron Repoponio, BS Nursing - 2 Photo by Yvette Fernandez

“I hope people will stop stereotyping and open their eyes to this reality.” – Karen Celetaria, 10th

placer, 2014

oodbye, says the institution that has nurtured them for at least four arduous years; Hello, says each company they will be working within indefinitely. That has always been the way since time immemorial. Student goes to school; school teaches them stuff; student tries to cheat; school finds out; school berates student; student changes for the better; student soon graduates; school sends them off to the real world; and the real world utilizes and hones the skills they have learned. In the nursing profession, the real advantage is having the option to choose the job you want. You can either be a hospital nurse, a clinical instructor, a caregiver, and whatnot. The most popular job though is that in the call center. There, these nurses are health coach consultants who work for companies offering health programs and products, managing accounts, counseling, and other health-related jobs that can happen online or through phone. What makes this popular among the nurses today is the ease in applying for a job. There is always vacancy in call centers, the pay is higher than that of the hospital staff, there are more benefits, and the life is more sedentary and less stressful than running around in the ward trying to treat more patients than you can handle on your own. The real issue in the Philippines however is the overabundance of nurses and not enough jobs for all. The competition is fierce and only the best gets the coveted position. Most hospitals, on the other hand, require fresh graduates to do volunteer work instead of being paid for the services they have done. Others even let those who do volunteer work pay for the health training and the needed credentials. Another lament of nurses is them being underpaid while being overworked. This became the primary reason why most Filipino nurses leave local hospitals and race abroad to find better opportunities, instead of serving the country. According to one of my clinical instructors, “Nursing is a dying profession here in our country,” but is that really the case? Are Filipino nurses to be doomed in their homeland and have to seek refuge in other parts of the world?

Nursing Licensure Examinations

BOARD TOPNOTCHER

Karen Celetaria (former Sports Editor of Ang Suga), who ranked 10th in the recent licensure examination for nurses, said, “Honestly, I was more inclined to looking for jobs that will pay me well.” When asked however of her back-up plan, she simply stated that she has “a laughable sort of plan that greatly involves money. It is a known fact that Nursing requires money on its four-year wake into actually passing the boards. Furthermore, it also needs loads of cash just to land a job or have the adequate experience if you want to go abroad. To be honest, it is a profession that would make you strive in poverty but with little to no guarantee of greener pastures.” According to her, these plans revolve around earning enough money for her master’s degree and professional trainings that are essential to the portfolio she’ll be using to land a better job in the future. “Just to give a non-bias eye opener to people who belittle or who got frustrated to nurses or their colleagues who opted to join the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry, as much as you belittle those people who became call center agents instead of being a nurse, the industry itself has its own prejudice against nurses. Generally speaking, they also don’t want nurses working in the BPO (except for medical accounts hiring RNs) because of their bad track record. It’s cheesy but call centers are looking for people who can go beyond the comfort zone of their profession. They need people willing to take risks, learn new concepts and stay in the company. Their job is never easy so the compensation is enough for the services the employees render. “I just hope people will stop stereotyping and open their eyes to this reality. I have been in the BPO since July 2 this year, barely two months since the Boards, but it has widen my understanding on how fast-paced the BPO industry is. Two of the (NLE) topnotchers (including myself) have joined the industry and I must say BPO does not only offer you good financial compensation but a companion of diverse and trustworthy colleagues that you may or may not find in your own professional circle. I was never against the idea of going through a detour to your ‘chosen’ profession because in the end, the values and the character you built through your degree (not the degree itself) matter most to the person you have become and who you will be.” §

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KILID-KILID SA NORMAL

tudents dressed in black shirts with a ‘Justice for Pol Sci III’ note on their back catched my attention as I walked in the middle of the basketball court.

They were taking photos of themselves as I started to wonder what unfortunate event had provoked them to protest. As I walked through, I asked one guy from the group, “Unsa diay nahitabo?” “Na-N.G. (No Grade) man gud mi sa among professor then karun hapit na maglima ka buwan,” he answered, “so we decided to have a silent protest for this to be resolved.” A question then floated in my mind: What if I am one of those students who experienced conflict against a teacher, what action should I take to resolve the case? Where should I run for help? That’s when the school’s Youth for Rights (Y4R) organization comes in. They pledge to protect and mainstream the youth to the current human situation in the country, extending hands to abused and oppressed Normalites. The organization’s junior adviser Jessie Laddeth Contento, a Normalite himself

being a senior political science student, said that their main goal is to encourage every student to fight for his or her rights especially in the absence of a student’s manual for years. The organization, according to him, would offer anything needed by students who experience academic injustice—even lawyers for cases that could hardly be managed by the school’s jurisdiction. Being an active student organization in the university, Y4R has already faced legal battles against the student officers of the Council of Liberal Arts & Sciences Students in the academic year 2012-2013 on money matters, and lately, the no-grade case of some political science students against their teacher, Dr. Gary Lapiz. He also expressed the need of the students to know their rights, “para dili ta maoppress kay karon sa atong school Text by Erica Mae Abelgas we think nga wala ta na-opress, Photo by Charlie Hera we think nga okay ra gyod kaayo because mosunod ra ta unsay isulti sa atong mga teachers and heads not knowing unsa ang atong rights.” “For now, our objective is that we really need to have a student manual,” he said, “because we do not know our rights.” §

Y4R:

Yell for Your

Rights

Normalites in the

Neighborhood Text by Helen Grace Illut & Dave Pregoner Art by Sheen Ponce You arrive at ASAB 401 with a bird’s nest on your head, darker dark circles around your eyes, wrinkled uniform and gigantic school bags which appear to be heavier than your body weight. You sit down and try hard to listen to your teacher only to recall the pairs of eyes that seem to stare the soul out of you in the jeep on your way to school. And you start to wonder: “What do those eyes see when they stare at me?” Because CNU is one of the top performing universities in the Philippines, we are considered as the cream of the crop and the envy of many. People admire us for having a clean grading sheet (if you know what we mean) and expect a lot from us. They call us naning and brayt. They see us as ‘haggard’ beings that don’t have a social life and only read hard-bound books about Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and George Washington.

bog gyod sila “Maipangham adawat kon la m kay di baya si ao.” dili gyod kam (ACT ay ar ig L n -Evely t) Studen . Genius “Bright gyod won kay gyod na tan-a an.” m al taga-Norm ervice (S es or -Cholo Fl e ACT) crew, Jollibe

Introduc ing the stude nt organiza tion that can prote ct you from ‘op pression ’ and ‘abu se’.

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a nga mg gon ta ay in h a a k y a “M a ha od. Mg g tuition.” y g t h brig ra an rdable curity kay affo Milagrosa (Se ie ) n -Jova E-mall Guard, t y nindo a a mi ka n “Masuy skuylahan. A e d g s n a a k ma u kaayo ng mga ight.” a a il s br pod y mga a diha ka ace (Abellan r G s) t & n l e e Stud -Haz School l a n io t Na

“Either man will learn to live like brothers or they die like beasts.” -M. Lerner

But we don’t really know what people think about when they look—more like stare—at you. Who knows, behind the praises may be a heap of criticisms which may be the reason why you sometimes trip, choke or accidentally bite your tongue. Let’s hear it from our neighbors and see just how they think about you. Yes, you.

“Bright. N anin Mga inose g. nte Mga talen . ted. Ang uban ka mga mald y ita.” -Renalyn & Khorina

apa mga gw “Naay abe sad pero gr atawa. ag k makad nuon ot man Mobur ***n?” ang s* -Alfred

“Dili ta nan uban, m pero naay ay dating u aman ang g sosyale ra.” -Rey Ca b (Securit aniog y Abellan Guard, a Nation al School)

“Maglagot ta usahay kay mga sabaan kaayo. Maglibog na lang ta og sukli.” -Alma Ferolino (Pungko-pungko Vendor)

“Ma-amaze ko nila. Ang uban, the way sila modala sa uniform kay untidy. Tarongon unta og dala ang uniform kay bitbit gyod bayaang name sa school if mag-uniform.” -Jenelyn Nemenzo (Sales Clerk, E-Mall) Ouch. I accidentally bit my tongue. You might have felt a surge of pride but don’t let this reach your head nor brag about it. A wise man does not boast about his wisdom, you know. But let me guess, those negative feedbacks make you feel like you just dodged a bullet, right? But then again, they know nothing about us. People may criticize us for our actions but they barely know the truth. They never know that those ‘maldita,’ ‘sosyalera’ and ‘sabaan’ are mere students who are struggling to make their own impossible dreams possible. It just proves that we cannot please everyone. After all, we are not perfect—just normal. §

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Song

TO LET

YOU SEE Text by Daryl Jabil µ Photo by Angelee Oporto

They’re twins. Yet when you first see them walking with their friends in the confines of this school, it’s hard to recognize the similarity of their faces. That common eye-catching feature of identical twins, in their case, has been overshadowed by something more distinct: their eyes.

That’s why the instant upshot that swirled through the air when they positioned themselves on stage at the Centennial Center at The Clash was more of a little silence. The crowd, for at least a nanosecond, went silent. You don’t keep your mouth shut when you see a pair of twin brothers; you do keep silent when you see their eyeballs fluttering under the eyelids that could not seem to open fully. Then, some people were assisting them on stage, providing a guitar for the one who wore a red shirt over his denim pants and a musical keyboard for the one in blue. They’re blind, you whispered to your seatmate before you realized that it was politically incorrect to say so. “Dili mi blind,” Christian Faelnar, the one in blue on that day, remarks when you approached him in one of the makeshift rooms at the SM Hall two weeks later. “Ang naka-different lang, wa mi sight.” He sits with his brother Christopher, who played with him at the Centennial Center in June, to tell snippets of their story to you. Both of them are wearing a white shirt for their National Service Training Program class. In the earlier part of your small talk, Christian thumps on the arm of his chair and recalls the song they played at The Clash: Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing.” You are clueless as to how the song has stricken a chord in the lives of these 17-year-old twins, until Christopher’s younger twin reveals how he nearly stopped believing.

In those times when his brother got lost from the right path, Christopher knelt before the altar of God and prayed for him.

“Katung wa pa ko kadawat sa akong kahimtang,” Christian murmurs, “magtanom kog grudge and I isolated myself from them.” That had not been his way of thinking until he reached high school – a stage of life notorious for bullies and emotional instability. He had been known for the way he played rock music through his guitar even at a young age. At six, he and his brother started to learn playing the piano and the guitar. At nine, he became so indulged with the music of Paul Gilbert, Guthrie Govan, and the people in the rock industry, whom he reckoned as his “guitar heroes” that he dreamed to be like them someday. He struggled and toiled to improve his music day by day, until “na-unlock nako ang kapaspas sa akong kamot.” However, those moments of believing halted like a melody cut from the breakage of a string. “Na-bothered ko ba tungod anang mga tawhana nga magsigeg pangutana, ‘kaluha na sila – dili sila kita – ngano diay?’” as he puts his early years at the Mandaue City Comprehensive National High School, whose population has been dominated by physically able students. “Nasamok ko. I isolate myself, trying to escape from the activities. Nawad-an kog gana.” He stopped performing and only played music when he’s alone in his room.

Even the people close to him could not escape from his grudge. “Nakabasol kos Ginoo, nakabasol kos akong parents, moingon lang ko diretso nganong gitagaan kog way ayo nga kinabuhi.” Then the New Year’s Eve for 2012 came – a moment when people would promise to change for a better life, a better beginning. That became one of the most unforgettable evenings for Christian and his mother. While the whistles and explosions of firecrackers emanating from the outside and the sound effects of his favorite audio game were rattling in his room, the mother walked in and popped the question that had long been overdue: “Nganong moingon man ka nga dili nimo kayang molampos? Nganong negative man kaayo ka?” At this moment in the makeshift classroom the three of us occupy, Christopher must have felt bored while waiting for his turn. He begins playing the Don’t Stop Believing song in his mobile phone. Christian, meanwhile, continues by sharing the response he should have given to his mother but was kept unspoken instead. “Negative? Negative para niya kay wa man siya kasabot unsay feeling,”

Love, he later realized, “is something that cannot be explained, but can be felt through the people around you.” He didn’t use Google or Tumblr to dredge that definition of love. He just used his heart. And, if this is just a talk about love and heart, his brother Christopher possesses no less than a brimful of both. In those times when his brother got lost from the right path, Christopher knelt before the altar of God and prayed for him. Even in those times when he found out that his brother envied him because, as he puts it, “para niya mas daghan daw moduol nga tawo nako, gikuha daw nako ang attention sa mga tawo,” he just nudged the idea of hating him back. He prayed harder and harder instead. On that New Year’s Eve when his mother and his brother talked about the hatred of the latter, he witnessed it upon entering the room. But the words he heard almost deafened him. “It’s heavy, dili nako maexplain akong feelings ato maong nigawas na lang ko.” They have been reconciled through time, Christopher shares. They’ve gone back to a better beginning and, apparently, to a better song of believing.

he lets go of the last word as if it were a heavy stone, “unsay feeling nga mahimo kang visually impaired, unsay feeling nga bully-hon.” A long period of heartwrenching conversation between the mother and her unsighted son ensued. It was a heart-to-heart talk that could not have been ended unless he would make a promise to let go of his negative thoughts and to change for the better. He agreed with a nod, but he didn’t take it to his heart. Negative thoughts still enshrouded young Christian’s mind. He played music with his brother in the Sunday masses of a mall in their A.S. Fortuna neighborhood, but it was not until he joined some Bible study sessions and heard pieces of advice from an equally unsighted girl classmate that the steel thorns of his heart started to corrode. “Katong crush nako,” he talks with a smile on his face now about that girl, “iya gyung gipa-feel nako nga gusto niya nga magbag-o ko.” Here comes this thought in his mind, he shares, that only the opposite of hatred can melt it down like an ice cream smacked on the road in a summer noon. It was the people around him who had made him hate the world; it was still people around him who claimed him from the cave of his negative thoughts.

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In the room, Christopher plays a musical piece again with his phone. This time, it isn’t that song you heard from them at The Clash. No words, too; only melody. Later you’d learn that it’s a piece Christopher has composed with his piano at home. He doesn’t want to stop believing that he can be a pianist or a musical composer for computer games someday. He doesn’t want to stop believing, too, that his brother will become a successful guitar hero soon, and that Christian will refrain from drinking soft drinks, “kay makadaut baya na sa iyang lawas.” He also doesn’t want you to stop believing. “Kay ako bisag ingon-ani ko, gibuhat nako akong best nga ma-achieve nako akong goals. I hope nga sila pod, ilaha pod nga gibuhat ang tanan basta maachieve nila ilang goals.” The twin brothers still have other dreams to reach and goals to pursue, just like you. “Always think positive,” they share when asked of their motto in life, “and don’t stop believing.” §

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CENTERFOLD | FEATURE FEST mahadlok ka matakilpo pero paspas man ang lakaw. As in, mura’g high kaayo sa feeling ba. At the same time, happy kay I saw everyone there and they were all rooting for me!” she lights up at the memory and throws her hundred megawatt smile at me across the table in the café we were sitting in. After that fateful first contest, Princess loved the “high feeling” so much that she has competed many times she has almost lost count. Sports meets, barangay fiesta events, school pageants, you name them and she has had her share of experience of that.

here are less shiny things about a beauty queen’s life: overnight production number practices that demand you to kiss your sleep goodbye, rigorous diets that put an end to all your chocolate chip cookies-cake-ice cream days, and then there’s having to wear killer heels that may just kill the feeling off any girl’s feet after traipsing around in it for so long. But it was the challenging—if somewhat grueling— lifestyle of a beauty queen that moved Princess Figuracion Jayme, who recently became a semi-finalist in the prestigious Miss Teen Philippines this year, to catwalk into the world of pageantry. How did Princess have her hair whipped into such a huge updo, wear a rhinestone-filled gown and get to enter the big, national competition?

When it all began...

It all began with her older cousin egging her on to join a high school pageant. The second year student Princess was adamant not to enter because she was naturally nervous. But she was later on persuaded by her cousin who painted to her a rather convincing picture of fun: photo shoots, hair and make-up sessions, shoes, dresses and... more dresses. Throw in the reassurance that she was in good hands because the cousin had already joined numerous competitions in her day as well, and the deal was sealed. A new, promising beauty queen was in-the-making. Later on, Princess would recall how jittery she had been. Before the show, her hands were shaking uncontrollably and her legs had all but turned into jelly. But before she could dissolve into a mess of Princess-blob on the tiled floor, she would peek through the side door to see her parents and friends sitting in the front row, waving Go Princess! We love you! banners in the air and cheering their heads off. So she steeled herself and started trotting − chin up, chest out, hips swaying, arms moving languidly in sync to her gracefulness. This was the way of walking she had perfected after a few weekend trainings with her cousin (her first handler). “Kulba gyod kaayo! Naka-high heels ka ba unya

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As her experiences took her to new heights, Princess became more confident in her own skin. A little wellknown fact about beauty queens, she says, is that they get bouts of insecurity attacks as well as the next girl you’ll sit next. Only, they handle it probably better because they are expected to. Her usual way of combating the green-eyed monster is to mentally make lists of her assets and what has been positively going on for her—and this has worked well. Who knew her newly-formulated strategy would be tested so soon? One time, her handler announced out of the blue that they were going to join a pageant in Surigao. Never having competed outside Cebu, Princess was so excited she took no time tarrying and went there the same day her handler told her about the event. One travel bag in tow, plus a small handbag and she arrived at the island of Surigao, all shiny-eyed and basically itching for the preparations to start. Only, her excitement turned to mortification when she was informed that it was going to be a bikini open contest. “Kato pa ko nakahibaw. Shocking kaayo. At first, nagduha-duha gud ko pero sayang man sad. Since naa na man ko ngadto, so nipadayun ko,” she says with a tight smile. Bikini opens are usually held in beaches. Make-shift stages are put up and with a little flourish—perhaps a flower piece or two on the sides—and the runway is ready for the candidates. There were all kinds of buxom babes in the running for the crown. Seasoned bikini-open goers who didn’t think twice about flaunting what they’ve got in swimsuit pieces so little, so much skin was in full display. Princess, having a competitive streak now developed in her,

suckered up the newness and strangeness of it all by mentally reminding herself that she could walk down that ramp as fearlessly as any girl there. But her participation wasn’t as easy as her rationalization of the situation. “It was a bit overwhelming kay the type of audience you have, they are not so cultured compared sa katong mga glitzy pageants. Unya ang stage duol ra kaayo ‘nya naka-two-piece baya mo ana,” she says with moisture gathering up at the corners of her eyes, reliving the emotions of the moment as she went on recounting the details. It turns out that the proximity between stage and audience was pretty close and the still sensitive, not-used-towearing-two-piece Princess was almost bowled over by how boisterous the wolfwhistling crowd can get. “Mura man siya’g now or never thing. Either i-enjoy nako or mag-mika akong show sa stage. After sometime, murag nadala-dala na ang kulba so— pak!—smile ‘nya rampa dayun. Gi-enjoy na lang.” It came as a surprise to her that she did okay in the contest although not well enough to snag a place. She also admits that the experience has toughened her up somehow. But when asked if she would compete again in bikini opens, she shakes her head and says that she would rather stick with the glitzy pageants because they are known to be more civilized.

among the top 15 belladonnas in the tight competition. Although she hadn’t moved much further up, the pageant had been cathartic for her. Pre-Ms. Teen Philippines Princess would’ve shaken her head at the prospect of gearing up for bigger pageants and have her student life put on the line. But after the momentous competition where she has seen a glimpse of how truly beautiful and nerve-wrenchingly challenging the path of pageantry can be, she is all thumbs up and “yes, I do!” to future contests. Princess claims never to have dreamed of becoming a beauty queen. A third-year Communication student in this university, she hopes to land in mass media-related jobs when she graduates. But now that she has proven to herself that she can still grow more in her career, she has considered starting training and then joining other top of the range competitions as well. Who knows, maybe she’ll become the name next to Ariella Arida. We’ll certainly keep tabs on her and maybe the princess can one day be finally crowned as queen. §

Grooming to be the next From backwater town contests to surprise bikini opens, Princess steps up her game and has recently joined in this year’s Ms. Teen Philippines competition. Dubbed as the most prestigious pageant in the country for teenage beauty queens grooming to grow into the next Ms. Philippines, Princess has skyrocketed in her career and has landed

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t has tha l l i t s e H in pse with m i l g y tin ht t he mig a h t m i h N LOVE O N I L L A F S.

Adonis of the Pink World Text by Earl John Besario µ Photo by Charlie Hera

GIRL

When I first set my eyes on this man during the pre-enrollment, jealousy instantly shrouded my entire body. Gifted with an adorable face and features and endowed with charismatic aura which, unluckily, I didn't possess, I set on a mission that someday I would know this man. I grabbed a pen and a paper and a recorder and started my mission to shed down a layer of his dazzling yet confusing identity. He didn’t run away from those traducers, he just stood there aghast from the malevolent and pretentious looks at their faces, from their criticizing gossips and loathing gestures. Then, he just stood there but this time, standing with arms and fists clenching as if ready to pummel anyone who tries to look him down. That man is Kim Kenneth Mckee, a lion embodied with a lioness’ heart, having Adonis’ body with Aphrodite’s soul. Yet, he is no commoner. A soon to be teacher of the English language, this Normalite have made both girls and gays salivate upon seeing his lovely visage. Born on the 23rd of September, 1995, Kim Kenneth didn’t have an ordinary life during his youthful years. His mother left him to his auntie in order to work in a different country. Adopted by an American surrogate father, he didn’t even have the chance to see his biological father. Kim didn’t experience what almost all kids experience—to have a complete family. Raised at the busy suburbs of his neighborhood in his early years, he was accustomed to the insult and taunts by children and adults, alike. When I asked him how he was able to survive this,

he just simply answered: “Di magpakita nga daug-daugon. Musukol gyud ko.” He can be your best friend but he can also be your worst enemy. He wouldn’t let anyone trample nor judge him how he lives his life. Indeed, a warrior dwells within him. Upon stepping the doorstep of college life, he became an instant campus crush (though a woman by heart he is still a man nonetheless). Girls and gays reportedly stalked him but he reacted as if “wala lang, pero na-compliment ko. Na-shy ug naspotlight effect sad ko”. Though he craves for boys and only admires beautiful girls, he still has that tiny glimpse within him that he might fall in love on girls. As we go on, I could see the trenchant features of why he was regarded as a campus crush; it’s not the physical characteristics but the way he smiles, talks. It feels as if I were communing with an angel. “Ipakita kung unsa mo, show what you are! Because if not kamo ray masakitan,” he stated with such impetus. This was his message during the final part of our friendly chitchat in one of the corners of our school, addressing it for people who are still hiding beneath their cloak, not ready to show their true identity. As we parted our ways, it was then that I realize a great heart and soul mixed with a feminine virtue of gentleness lie within him. Lying in his heart is a man worthy to be respected and to be loved. Things are not what they seem to us but if we just open our eyes and our hearts we would come to understand them. §

Text by Earl John Besario Photo by Charlie Hera

He knows what it feels like.

He had been there before and it haunted him like a requiem of lost souls searching the four ends of the earth. He had summoned his wrath upon those people with quizzical looks. He resented everything of it, every morsel of their being, their feeble complexity, their weak existence. He despised all of them, whenever he recollects those bitter words that came from their vicious mouths, yet he is still grateful to them. For without them he cannot achieve what he has achieved today. He serves as a good exemplar and beacon of hope for those people who are victims of bullying and discrimination. Here, he shows them how he has overcome all of those.

Carving Identities

Albert Jan G. Yamomo is not some supernatural being who can shoot powerful rays of light through his eyes, nor some kind of outcast demigod who wields a powerful hammer that can conjure lightning and thunder into his own will. He’s just an ordinary human like us but endowed with extraordinary skills, face and heart. Born on the 25th of June 1995 in the famous metropolis of Cebu, he spent his childhood years in the busy streets of Mabolo. He spent six years in elementary at the Visayan Nazarene Bible College and four years in high school at the Mandaue City School for the Arts before he became a Normalite under the Psychology degree program. Upon entering college he became one of the trending topics of the chitchats around the campus. “It shocked me,” he said in Cebuano, “since I didn’t expect it.”

Weathering through the Storm

A PLUMP FELLOW in his high school years, he had been the main target for the bullies.

A plump fellow in his high school years, he had been the main target for the bullies. That was before he changed his lifestyle. “I started to become conscious in college so I went to regular exercise and thanked the bullies for I cannot reach this point without them.” He added that without them, he couldn’t have attained any achievement and accomplishment in modeling and pageantry, too. When asked if there was someone so special in his heart that also inspired him to change for the better, he just laughed and offered a demure smile. “Char-char only. We didn’t last because we decided to focus on our priorities first.”

Traversing Paths

A busy man bombarded with thesis, quizzes and home works and modeling consume his time even more. He manages his time properly and a proof of that is when he was recognized as one of the dean’s list awardees for the last school year. Now an adept in the field of fashion and modeling his face is displayed on a billboard in a certain mall in Mandaue City. He has also been chosen to represent the school for the Green Fashion Revolution. A simple byword from him: “Just be yourself and stop pretending like someone else.” §

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FEATURE FEST

POEMS & VERSES

piece of art Ang Kabuntagun Mga panid sa nangaging panahun, Kanunay nga napakli sa pag-abut sa kabuntagun, Ug nagpahinumdum kanaku sa tanan nakung binuhatan, Nga mauy hinungdan sa akung mga kasub-anan. Kung mahimu pa lang nga ibalik ang nangagi, Nga nagun-ub sa bul-ug sa mga luha. —Clev Lato (BA English Language 3)

vangeline Yrat (dubbed as Aeva by close friends) describes herself as an open-minded, hardworking leader. In performance, Evangeline is rather versatile. Her uncommon (and obvious) trade to speak for something and stand up for it would have been the reason why she won the confidence of most students in the previous presidential election. Walking down memory lane, Yrat was a notorious bully and icebreaker in her high school years. However, she embraced college in a new perspective and took up B.A. Language on the first semester of her freshman year. Eventually, she left it for Public Administration. It’s no secret: Evangeline shudders at paper works. She is only too aware of her strength in rhetoric and oral reasoning, one that could not be put to waste as she ranked fourth in the senatorial elections on March 05, 2013. “It’s hitting two birds with a stone. I can serve the students and at the same time raise the banner of Public Ad.” Although the Bachelor of Public Administration Students’ Organization (BAPASO) was the ‘driving force’ that inspired Yrat to politics, her passion for public service became the defining factor of her political career. It allowed a wider scope of influence and opportunity to develop personal relationship with the students. This put her in a unique position to implement projects, author resolutions such as the procurement of projectors which the students can readily access at the SSG Office, and spearhead various programs which include the charity concert of Missing Filemon that benefitted some CNU students and the Leaders’ Congress that linked mayors and governors in the name of servitude.

i won’t ask you to cut off whatever part of you you think is excessive just so we’re the same shape you know, i like the strips of crumpled paper peeling off from your cheeks and the drops of dreary paint spilling from your eyes i like the crooked curve of your smile and the stray slanted lines of your shoulders, arms and hands . i am all smooth surfaces and soft blurred edges you see—

my chest, waist, legs, feet—¬ and a crown palette of pastel colors i wear on my head mild pinks, yellows, peaches woven into the strands of my wavy hair. but maybe if we put together these incongruities arrange them, fold, press, pat, frame it place it on the wall and take a little step back we will be surprised to see a beautiful piece of art we could call Us. —Hillary Mae Bucao (BSEd-English 3)

Few people might be aware that the word ‘govern’ comes from the Latin verb ‘guberno’ which means to ‘steer a ship’. And yet, “It is difficult to define leadership.” Yrat muses. It can only be said that once a leader is conceived, a servant is born as she aptly puts it. Yrat stood her ground last March 11 at the podium for winning the presidential elections. “When you become a president,” she says, hands gracefully in motion as she talks. “It’s not the time to learn. It’s the time to apply what you’ve learned.” In a relatively short time, Yrat began representing the studentry to the Board of Regents where matters concerning the student manual, project sponsorships, and subjects of vital importance were brought upon. Ultimately, it required her to make important transactions to the university president’s office and the accounting office. She does not only immerse herself into raising funds for efficient delivery of services and relaying students’ voices to board meetings, but also catering the needs and demands of the students. “It’s better if the students will file a complaint,” she adds, “It’s our (SSG) duty to stand up for the students’ rights and speak for them.” As of press time (August), she is passing a resolution on lending calculators and extension wires to students. “I hope those efforts are appreciated.” Not that Yrat seems to make accomplishments singlehandedly. In fact, her life is a constant cycle of exhaustion in both classroom and office setting. SSG Senator and Chair on Committee on Information John Vincent Taniola who was known to have worked with her since 2012 tells of her work ethics, “Basta naay i-pursue, iya dyud

nang buhaton.” He shrugs good-naturedly. “Kapoy sya uy. But it’s how you manage for the students. The motivation to prove nga worthy mi for their votes. Err!” he bellows at Yrat as she tries to make fun of him during the interview. This is a common gesture between the officers- absolutely harmless. “I know how to handle and love my officers,” she explains. “And take care of them because it always starts inside.” The students’ faith in Yrat has paid off big time. “Yes, positive feedback. As long as we can see the changes and the smiles on their faces, we are satisfied and happy.” Yrat is presently committed to her promise to the students. What keeps her at school, she admits, is not because of the classes but the loads of work she has to do for them. “That at the end of the day, naa dyuy SSG.” Her free time is usually spent in reading books (her favorite author is Sidney Sheldon), attending various leaders’ congresses, while squeezing movie marathons in between to relieve the stress of daily living. “Next year, I hope there’s an improvement,” she grins, “a bolder, stronger SSG.” Evangeline also has dribbles of encouragement to young aspiring leaders: Go out from your shell. Be brave. Be bold. You will be exposed to the real world and it’s not something that you learn in the four corners of the classroom. That evening (while I was in front of her), a warm smile spread across her face while her hands were resting lightly on the table. There is no doubt that she is competently acting captain on a young ship that is bound to sail through turbulent waters for years to come. §

Inahan Sa Kanunay Nga Panabang Tricked As much as I wanted to drown myself— Gambled by its games— I took my chances with its deceiving tricks Now I’m left wasted, life for me is a mist Wandering with the storm above heads Sailing against the waves of my dead dreams Yet unsure of my doubts and regrets. —Sien Rhey R. Seleño (BS Nursing-2)

Naglingkod ug naghinuktok Sa lingkoranan ngilit sa bungbong Ug walay bisag usa ka pulong nga gibuhian Kon dili ang nagaagulo nga pag-ngisi. Maghimaya ka Rayna, Inahan ka sa kaluoy, kinabuhi, ug kinatam-is Ikaw ang gilauman namo…. Midagayday ang usa ka tulo Nga nabuak sa pagkahagtak Duyog sa pangaliya Sa Inahan sa kanunay nga panabang. —Dave Pregoner (BSEd-English 3)

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FICTION

Lola

FICTION

Written by Anne Margarette Sanoy I Photos by Ella Micah Ravanes

“

Say everything that you feel to the people around you; we do not know what tomorrow may bring.

“

Written by

Girlie Trinidad (CNU-Main Campus) Doodle from The Wires

to ord ing f f th ta no ome n fs his ca n t e, i t I fun o u g im “B ke ein lifet ith b a m w ng his ivi , in t ent, l a e as vers mom r.” i s he un n thi i

(For D) I love you,

It is impossible for me to have fever today,

Tell me you love me too,

Please. this. Tell me you love me too.

Because I am not. §

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LITERARY LUMINARY

MOVIE REVIEW

Written by Anne Margarette Sanoy l Photo by Rotsen Angelee Oporto

d je sa e j a a! K uano, “Hal Ceb o aning a dyud k al uy! W anad.” na

hen I was a child my grandmother used to bedazzle my evenings with great stories from the past—how they would listen to young balak (Cebuano poetry) where young harana

Movie Review by Jerika Teodorico

The Wires Biblically, these parts are not as necessary as the main plot presented because religion, I believe, is against violence.

and

what

he story of Noah and his ark has always been familiar to us.

Noah Noah

je-je

*spoiler alert*

§ Noah modern ug Tagalog

wala

purpose. I address this to people who don’t like reading texts in the local language, and one way to persuade them is by telling them through the language they understand. §

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MUSIC

M punch and crumple my heart and those happily themed ones send –Hazel Maat, BSEd English-3

–Leny Sosa, BA Comm-1

–Danica Otaza, BA Psych-1 “He is the honey-patotie-oh-so-hot-yummy-love of my

An overnight sensation

–Ericka Loroño, BA Comm-1

–Bret Primacio, BSEd TLE-2

Eureka! demands are publicized for Ed Sheeran to hold his first Cebuano music has gone through a lot holding it in 2016 but still without clear assurance and

Hunting for the master chef…

people a story and the power to influence behind

Meeting the iambic cook…

the quest on searching for the recipe good song should have a very nice melody and depreciation to their local music – a moment that Music seems to be the rhythm of her life

something about the Cebuano culture and celebrate

would strum the strings of her ukulele even without tune and would pretend to

Her potential in composing songs

the thought that we contribute something to local

started to write about what she felt at

local music scene when Bisrock (Binisayang Rock) became popular in her 4th elementaHe also stated that even though people have those When she tried her luck at the second edition of the Vispop songwritsomething wrong in the situation on how come

he pities those people who are not grounded to their

champed the contest at the finals night in

“Cebuano music is something

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TRAVEL

Written by Rona Joyce Fernandez Âľ Photos by Rotsen Angelee Oporto

Preserving nature through art

earthy beginnings

I Ang Suga

art attack bright lights in the big city

bon Voyage

Â§

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MOSULTI PA KO!

urance if makaabot “Mangayo lang kog ass aching Arts Te a ng pa mi sa gitukod , excited gyud ko od nu ati gk pa Centrum. Sa lita ba kaniadto nga sa nadunggan nakong y building ang CNU. ore aduna nay seven-st maynta makaabot mi Ang ako lang ba kay pa mi mo-graduate anang buildinga sa di ta mig bag-ong un maka-experiene lang maagi sa atong pa a ng y building ug hapsa education. Thanks!” gipasalig nga quality ED-ENGLISH II —RJ ENSALADA, BS seven“The phase one of the be to set is ing storey build 15.” 20 , 17 e Jun on ed complet

“To whom it may concern, dili Asa naman ang resibo? Kanang mi ad bay mo if wat lagi mi makada og any school/organization fees b).” especially sa EC (Educators’ Clu —MOGOBELLS

“If puyde, butangan og CR (restroom) exclusively for barbies/gays. Not to discriminate them but to help them kay kung mosulod ang mga bayot sa Male CR kay sungogon sa boys. Unya kung sa girls sad sila mag-CR samot dili puyde. Thank you! More Power!” —SHOFA

Students have the right to say something.

“Naa m effect i teacher n ive iya ga dil i n pagtu dlo. B g pamaagi sa oring siya m ug a dyuy kada og tu duka dlo. N iyang habit aa pa og ka nga lit discus in the mid mongisi d si “Baha on, iyang r le of the ason k la mo diha, ay, ko, na ba a hunah ray nisud s sta nalipay a u man g na.” Unya k akong ud! In ay un fair i kaayo g exam s Naigo iyag ihatag na, lisod sa s “pury iya sa iyang test. a gaba linya .” n lisod depen Walay sub ga jec t n de ra (oppo ga sa si —STU te si Sir).” mutudlo DE N T , BA C OMM .I

“Gusto lang nako ipagawas akong kalibog ba, ngano dyud diay lain ang kalibutan sa nursing? Ang CTE ra dyud ug ang CAS ang magka-classmate. Nasayangan man gud ko sa NSTP nga wala or d kay dili kuhaon sa mga namaya mi nagkauban. Mao ra unta to nga time magka-bonding pud mi g mga wala lang gipanghatag sa ilan nila, kaso gibalhin na pud sila. Dili dyud diay mi magkauban nila bisan kausa?” “De —ANONYMOUS Thank y ar SSG, ou searchin for organizing g a bette this yea r’s rv are the a “Mo ctivities enue for this e Intramurals an sulti v d for v ent. But th e r e y y ex “Da like to jo ko! my conc y in and w pensive? Most A e entranc rn is, wh o ta, “ , balika ng mg a f tch the e fe y M l a activitie my friends said populati e. We all know mot ana m ang ang tindera s that b u t o th th n a an t ubay e is t y s a in s c uk l big an’t affo ak b that fac ik —S , rd t but yo elow average cla proportion of TUD usahay a suklii i.” Unya iosk ba u failed the CNU the ss. I thin and Go , mo kalim , day inig ENT to k d im y b i o . le n p ” u b le s , B.S s!” would c ’s go ment it t a Mau -92225 “Tan onsider in your . BIO an nila waw lik nato n nga, A N a O p n n la N LO G ns. Than i YMOU ga k n d ikah S uwa alang t ngnon k you YI atag iri nagng i p cust lang a ome nga suk roduce “A c tually am sukl li. W Kun r. Ba dyu gigasto. i.” o na siy d g s Besides an ingn naa m e diri s ala na n mi og m g a nangina , dili lang ni pa g gi-calculate b an, m a am coin on n amo ased sa r h s pa a sa SS Mao a n ga m agpa o, wa buh g nasunog lan gyud among ata s ra naa la m anga sukl an ron, ug taban G, para sad ni —K rana.” a p i i y w m U siya sa g n r a e n om . d y F a m a IOS e i a o m m r r g e e i g o xa -i m ar i i og n K PE gani nan ding sa mga ac akatabang nila mple, naa ba’y one sa gawa ngon n g mga RSO iana tivities li gamit an g gipaga peso s. A NEL . k m g fu Basta an es yan kay para mo ra g para ma a All Stars amo nds. mot s among among gi-colle ka-avail na man ibuo ilang g c t kay ba a igasto k. sed na s ng kadaghanan -SENAT .” iya sa p E PR E S ag-calcu . I DE N T late sa JOSELI TO T U MUL AK , JR .

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nga ga nidaug lect ta sa m agsa nga -e g a n , m “Last se ga tagsa-t yante sa m ng akong mga estud welahan. A point sa k is g n u at p pusisyon sa ngano ang gipang-a katung , a b ay k u yangung pisyal ba o a g m a g gn kasabot mga nidau on! Wa sila ay ti c e el sa i d am mga napil i sila kay g ani napild tu ilang au m g au nga mao g a ug gid il n g li trust na f sa o g l ray na betraya o k a rag n ra a P ninyo mu gisaligan! hunaa sad a form of a n u H ! y u man na, dynasty in a political ahunaa mahug ng mily. Hun fa i il d g n ICAL la FRIENDS ONYMOUS POLIT N A sa, bi!” — ANALYST elections ran during o h w cause ts en parties be “The stud respective cream of the y b n se o were ch y are the ve that the at we only have they belie th d e Nakita happen positions. crop. It so d n a ts o sl nindot cted limited ele amo kinsa unta ang n nidaug. d na man gu d, sad to say wa sila o k g ’s just that nga mulin working, it f public em th en se betrayal o We had ho in. It’s not w ’t n students w id d they were also e ,I er rt a th p se y trust becau oted for them. In m ho w v es d at n a m d believe two party appointed they are have only Honestly, s. n o ti c e that el g e the fact lost durin ard despit h dge g ju in t rk o o n really w . Let us d te in o p st ap in the they are ju ause they did not w as a c e b not serve them just tion could c r. e ce el ffi n o A . n ce of a election performan officers e d th te r in o fo p e gaug the ap times when who were elected.” There are se o th n E er tha , SUPREM work hard INE YRAT L T E N G E N M A N — EV T GOVER ST U D E N T N E ID S E PR

“Gamay ra ang trash cans sa school. Unya walay trash cans pod in every rooms. Matintal ang estudyante sa pagpataka ug labay sa ilang mga basura.” —ANONYMOUS

hibawo mo nga “Wow, as in OMG! Ka sa airs sa mga classrooms magkinawatay nag ch yaka ng ma ilding? Ang uban SM Hall ug ASAB bu n. ura gk lin y laing ka na lang kay wala na ma og palibot, dili ta kadung g an ayo ka i Saba na gan ka ngan, dili pa gyud sa nagyawyaw sa atuba a learn then? We need we can kalingkod. How right r ou it’s ve lie be I rn and conducive place to lea as well.” ED-PHY SCI. III —KIM LEGASPI, BS

MOSULTI PA KO!

“Di ba naa may proper dress code ang mga maestra ug maestro? Naa man guy mga maestra nga sexy kaayo og mga gipangsul-ob, then naa pa dyuy dangling earrings. Naa may batas nga ang tanan nga magtrabaho sa gobyerno kinahanglan mag-formal ang isul-ob, kanang pang-professional. Labi na ang mga maestra, kay sila ra ba ang role model sa students. I apologize if naa may maigo nga teachers. I’m just a concerned student. Kaming mga estudyante kasab-an if mag-make-up nga utro pud ra ba ang mga maestra. I hope tagaan ninyo ug bili ang among concerns. Thanks, Ang Suga.” —CONCERNED STUDENT, GENLITE II “Based on civil service laws, naa man diri nga office attire. I am basing on the employee handbook of the Civil Service. As government employees, we should wear, kung naa gani sa klase, modest nga sinina. So, based on the civil service rules, we are given uniform allowance. It is said that we should wear our uniforms with pride. So we are given special allowance for office uniforms, pareha ninyo naa moy washday, all those days when we are exempted from office uniforms we dress properly, appropriately. Business clothes, not party attire; picnic clothes should not be worn at work. That is very clear in the Civil Service Code. We should be dressed appropriately and no display of jewelries. Our teachers are government employees.” — MRS. EPPIE B. LAO, HUMAN RESOURCE (HR) ADMIN

Mosulti lang ko ba, daghan lagi kaayong es ang magsigeg tudyante reklamo ug m angita asa na development daw ilang fee. Wa na lang dyud nila huna nga governm hunaa ent school ila ng gi-enrollan gamay ra kaay unya o ang tuition. Dili na lang un magsige og re ta sila klamo kay sw erte ra kaayo gamay ra ilang sila kay bayran. Kung mao man diay moreklamo si nang la, mamalhin na lang unta na laing school ka sila og nang maka-m eet sa ilang st Wala man gani andards. nagreklamo ak ong classmates saun a sa Nursing ng ate og iyang mga a mas dako pa tuition kaysa sa CAS og CT silag E. Seriously, m magtarong na aayo pang lang mo og es kuyla kaysa m mo og reklam agsige o.” —CHAKA NA

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USAPANG NOYPI

PITAK FILIPINO

Isinulat ni high blood, lamang ito sa mga katangiang sumasagi sa bibig ng mga mamamayan

(Pagtanggal ng Asignaturang Filipino sa Kolehiyo) Isinulat ni Helen Grace Illut l Larawan ni Merlisa Betito

lang buwan matapos tayong yanigin ng lindol, liparin ng bagyo, kainin ng mga buwaya sa

aging mainit na balita ang pagsulong ng Commission on Higher Order 20 o ang pagtanggal ng dahil hindi na umano kailangang pag-aralan

tayo nag-aaral upang makakuha ng diploma at makahanap ng magandang trabaho kundi para na

Makakahanap pa kaya tayo ng sagot sa mga

Isa ang wikang Filipino sa mga sangkap

May mukha pa ba tayong maihaharap kina Balagtas

Isa sa kayamanan na ipinagmamalaki ng bansa

Mahalaga rin ang papel na ginagampanan ng wika barrel

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#FOODPORN

TUDLING SUGBUANON

nimo masiplatan ang mga tawong naghabhab bisan sa mga karsadang daw gibombahag bagang aso sa mga sakyanang

Wala gyod ni meng-meng kay sa akong pag-searching diri sa

na lang nato i-apil ang iyang ngalan kay basin espiya kuno ko sa mga

lang kag iring sa imong silingan o di manuroy lang ka sa kanal-kanal

E x o t i k Te m p u r a

balita nga adunay nakaplagang muhapit sa 470 kilos nga frozen shark meat

niini nga ang nakit-ang matang sa karne kay maoy himuon isip halili sa mga angay nga sagol sa maong mga produkto kay tungod barato ra ang kilo sa

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HEALTH CORNER

MEDELLIN CAMPUS

QUACK, QUACK

I llin de Me UCN a, os stim La nn oje

R By

QUACKERY s t c u d o r p ae Malait o I Photos by Jaya M Text by Nova Valizad

“

We all burst into laughter when my cousin cried out as we

turned red when my father explained that those tangad-like

o ort Op lee ge An en ots

1. Success is sugarcane.

R by oto Ph

4. Age is sugarcane.

Over-the-counter medicines

5. Life is sugarcane.

Sunscreen, deodorant

2. Trials are sugarcane.

3. Relationship is sugarcane.

Energy

drinks

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#FASHIONORMALITE

WHEN NORMALITES SPEAK...

ENTERTAINMENT

Panaghap ni Madam Nikay Orocio I Karikatura ni Ronald Ray Ensalada Ang hubad sa atong kapalaran anaa lamang sa atong mga kamot ug wala kini

SCORPIO

ARIES

Interviewed by Ivan Jake Romares Illustration by Sheen Ponce

CAPRICORN

CANCER

nga ngitngit

VIRGO

LEO

Swerteng Numero: 7210

PISCES

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

Swerteng Numero: 7-1-4

SAGITTARIUS

TAURUS

Swerteng

GEMINI

werteng

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COMICS

BY: RONALD RAY ENSALADA

BY: SIEN REY SELEÃ±O

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