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ISSUE I.
OCT OB E R 4 201 1
N E WS L E T T E R F I N AL S F OR T H E CA-1 08 JOU R N AL I S M COU R S E
Alternative Week:
Alternative learning opportunities by Alyssah Lucman
campus events
Miriam College’s Alternative Classes week held on September 5 to September 8 this semester gave an opportunity for its students to learn outside of the classroom and from figureheads in the real world. On its first day, the Applied Arts department (namely the Visual Arts and Theater Arts majors) prepared a show focusing on Jose Rizal as it is his 150th birthday this year. We had the students from the Spanish foreign language class sing a rhyme in Español, while the BAA Theater Arts kids were decked in what was supposed to be The Fashion of Rizal’s Women. There were a few who stayed true to the era’s style, but others creatively deviated and added a touch of modernity and their own personality to the costumes. Aside from that, the BAA Visual Arts students along with the Digital Imaging and Introduction to Photography students got to showcase their talent in on spot shooting and what they have learned from their classes through an exhibit. Later that day, there was a talk on advertising, particularly on creating effective commercials by renowned director, Angelo Madrid. It was a really good experience with no lulls in between for he was active and lively and the topic was interesting. He discussed how to go about producing advertisements and TV spots thoroughly. To paraphrase what the Communication Chairperson, Dr. Acosta said
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Dr Acosta awarding Angelo Madrid
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The Communication students of last year got to showcase their short films yet again in Student Shorts on the second day of the Alternative Classes Week. Aside from those events, there were also forums and talks from other departments. The Philosophy department held another one of their annual quiz bee, this time it’s about Creative Thinking. For Filipino, there was a talk on plagiarism; Theology had a forum about vocation; and for the Rizal classes, of course, a further discourse on Rizal’s life. The students get to wrap up the end of the Alternative Classes week by a concert sponsored by Channel V, the Dyip of Juan, and finally they got to rest on September 9th which was declared as College Day before they go back to the conventional ways of schooling again, not to mention, finals too. Over all, the Alternative Classes Week brought about a sense of enthusiasm from everyone who participated in it. They get to learn more and experience more than just the regular classes, so we could say it was a success and we would be looking forward for more interesting talks or forums in the next Alternative Classes week.
Angelo Madrid visits MC to talk to Comm students
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