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The CSU Statesman Olympics 2018 Issue Vol. 17 No. 1 September 2018
Editorial THE CSU STATESMAN Editorial Board 2018
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF John Carlo R. Montero ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kevin D. Kozma MANAGING EDITOR Shaina Mae R. Benavidez NEWS/SPORTS EDITOR Ariadne Mae B. Tesorero FEATURES EDITOR Cloie T. Tapel LITERARY EDITOR Demetrio E. Celestino III PATNUGOT SA KULTURA’T
A Cold Start Due
ONLINE AND MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
such as Volleyball and Baseball,
newly-renovated
the
island’s
had to endure a late afternoon
as the Athletics Complex, sporting
ART EDITOR
electricity provider and it’s equally
downpour while other tournament
events still encountered conflicts in
Godfrey Evasco
erratic weather, the CSU Olympics
managers chose to postpone their
their scheduling. A notable example
LAYOUT & GRAPHICS EDITOR
was launched on a subpar note.
events to the following day, but with
of this was during the Baseball and
Athletes and other participants
a more pressured schedule.
Softball games which had to be
of
the
Juine C. Tabios
unpredictable
nature
to
LATHALAIN
both
were met with a disheartening greeting as power failure caused the Torch-Lighting ceremony to be suspended to the afternoon which was then completely spoiled by an unexpected downpour. After the canceled ceremony, which is a common tradition to signify the friendly welcome of the sporting
tournament,
students
have found themselves scratching their
heads
questioning
these
unfortunate and ill-timed string of events. The rainy season has shown no mercy to the university these past weeks and the CSU Olympics was no exception. Outdoor sport events,
facilities,
such
extended due to Football’s usage of “Scarcity had also proven itself a hot topic throughout the Olympics so far. From lack of capable players to mismanagement of facilities, the virgin day of Intramurals was marked with its share of falls.” The sport events that managed
Alexia Therese L. Bihag
Neil T. Trilles FINANCE OFFICER/ CIRCULATION MANAGER Aimee Rose R. Canada
the CSU Oval. It would serve both the interest of the administration and the student population if contingency plans were prepared beforehand for situations such as what was
JUNIOR STAFF Michael Joseph T. Tapar Justine Tabo John Christian V. Donato Albert G. Clemente Sheila Mae V. Molina
experienced on the premier day of
Jinky R. Tapel
this year’s Intramurals.
Rochellee Jane C. Idanan Aljun A. Alferez
to secure complete rosters in every
As hard as the rain may fall,
unit were the sporting games that are
the resilient spirit of our athletes
crowd favorites including Basketball
continues to persevere. Let us
and Volleyball. The less appreciated
observe this trait despite the
MEDIA CORRESPONDENTS
events, on the other hand, struggled
ongoing inconveniences and enjoy
Jonna Marie T. Ternida
to build solid lineups. Lawn Tennis
what is yet to come. After all, the
Joevy J. Pasuengos
(Women’s) garnered only 4 players,
show must go on.
Frances Joi C. Jacob
all of which hail from Unit II. Despite
the
promotion
of
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NEWS
Power interruption spoils CSU Olympics ‘18 Due to power interruption, the supposed opening ceremony was cancelled while hoisting of flags of different units served as the headstart of CSU Olympics 2018. However, Mr. Edgar Tatel, University sports coordinator , said that the opening ceremony will be held in the afternoon but was canceled again due to the rain. “I was a bit disappointed especially that the students waited for almost an hour kaninang umaga tapos tirik pa yung araw, although it’s understandable naman given na unstable ang power supply sato,” Jeric Yutan, 4th year Bachelor of Science in Business Administration student said. Floralyn Rodriguez, 4th year Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) student, also expressed her disappointment saying that the organizers should have considered the different
possibilities that might happened during the event like the power interruption. “Atang last ko ng attend ning intrams sa CSU alog pa kaito nangyari,”Rodriguez highlighted. “As far as my part is concerned, ginibo ko man ang gabos, dai man kita maka-perfect kaan talaga gabos, alog kaso bag-o pag-brownout sa mismong kaso okasyon, pagkaginayon kutan-a. Pero igwa naman duman ning generator na naka-standby just in case mag-brownout utro,” Tatel clarified. Despite the situation, Professor Tatel is looking forward for the success of this year’s Olympics and the safety of all athletes since the main purpose of sports is to promote sportsmanship, develop camaraderie and build good relationship with others. This year’s theme is “Blazing the Torch of Excellence through Sports: A Commitment.”
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SHAINA MAE M. BENAVIDEZ
HOISTING EXPECTATIONS. Unit representatives hoist the flags during the supposedly opening ceremonies in the first day of the CSU Olympics. Photo: Kevin Kozma
FCSC, SBOs revoke Cheerdance Competition in CSU Olympics ‘18
ARIADNE MAE B. TESORERO
Federated College Student
no. Kasi mai kami ning fund as
Council (FCSC) President Jonel
of now. Wala ding fund yung by
“Yung UniFAST [board] yung
Trinidad clarified that the cancel-
college,” Trinidad explained in an
nagbibigay ng financial assis-
lation of cheerdance competition
interview on September 5, 2018.
tance. Sila ang namamahala ng
“…ang naisip man namo
sity for this semester.
tel decided that Zumba exhibition performance will be the replacement of cheerdance.
in CSU Olympics 2018 was unan-
He furthered that the lack
free education ng CHED,” cleared
doon sa Zumba kasi lahat na
imously agreed upon by FCSC
of fund of the FCSC to cover the
Dr. Nancy D. Magtangob, student
nagpagar makasabay doon, batid
and Student Body Organizations
expenses for the said event is
support services Director.
ka magsayaw o dai, makasabay
officers.
because the Unified Financial As-
Meanwhile, the FCSC with
“Ang sabi nila mai ta magas-
sistance System for Tertiary Ed-
Dr. Maria S. Tugano, Vice Pres-
tos aside from that, ako talaga dili
ucation (UniFAST) board has not
ident of Academic Affairs, and
Zumba dancing will be held
ko talaga ta ang boto ko talaga
yet released funds for the univer-
Sports Coordinator Edgar O. Ta-
before the closing ceremony on
doon. Lahat makaiba,” Trinidad said.
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Rookie-dominated batters shame Red veterans
JOHN CHRISTIAN V. DONATO
Rookies. No Problem. Despite
facing
veterans,
off
with
inning for Unit 2.
Rookie-dominated
To
their
glory,
Blue team put Red on their knees
Tatad swooped three pitches to
after finishing off the first match
instinctive Unit 1 runners on their
of Baseball Tourney with a point
sprinting stance in an attempt to
advantage, 9-8.
strike them out which ultimately
Aggressive Unit 1 set the tone
failed.
with two consecutive runs right
As the game gain traction
off the bat, startling the defense,
in the third inning, the vicious
Unit 2.
batters of Unit 1 humiliated their
SCUAA Champ Ian Tatad assisted
3
successful
runners bat,
after
cleaning
opponent once more in a spree
a
of runs circling the diamond four
up
times, soaring their team to a
loaded bases into a grand slam,
4-point lead before striking out.
grabbing a 2-point lead in the first inning.
FAST BALL. A series of fast pitches coming from both teams of Unit 1 and Unit 2.
reclaim
In their last resort for victory, dazed veterans 2 loaded up bases
The fierce runners of Unit
and relied on balls for a run-
1 sprinted towards home by 3
gaining walks, achieving back to
runs, snatching the lead from the
back runs, gaining a glimpse of
veterans’ grasp.
hope with a 9-7 score.
Fearful Unit 2 attempted
Blue pitcher Beo shone at
to regain the lead, but fell short
the end of the third inning, as
as first year pitcher Varley Beo
he again ousted the last three
made veteran batters concede
veteran
by achieving three consecutive
denying the victory for Unit 2,
strike outs, scrapping the second
establishing a 9-8 win.
batters
consecutively,
Photos: Kevin Kozma
SCUAA veteran Buendia downs opponent in Chess
ALJUN A. ALFEREZ
Chess acer Andres Buendia
game while maximizing the six
in 2016 and 2017 Regional State,
of Unit III also won victory while
II, Board 1 of Unit III, once again
minutes left in his clock. Tarrago
Colleges and Universities Athletic
board 4 wood pusher of Unit I got
proved to be the best male chess
willingly surrendered after the
Association Meet wherein he
the chance to escape from the
varsity player of the university
huge difference in position and
won 10th place out of more
course, thus resulting to 3-1 in
after outclassing quick player
number of pieces despite of the
than 30 chess enthusiasts in
men’s category. In the women’s
Jesol Tarrago II of Unit I forcing
12 minutes remaining time in his
the Bicol region. Now a 22-year
category, Unit III reigned over
him to surrender in the first game
clock.
old acer who started in second
Unit I as a former regional SCUAA
during the first day of 2018 CSU Olympics at the Student Center.
third-year
grade in elementary, Buendia
player secured the win for the
student from the College of
Buendia
is
a
has attended more than twenty
Board 1. There were no players for board 2-4 from both units,
The opening game started
Agriculture and Fisheries, taking
chess
from 1:30 to 2:41 in the afternoon,
BS Agriculture, who has won thrice
from
September
5,
tournaments; numerous
ranging
division
and
2018.Buendia
in the past three years of CSU
regional levels up to two national
maneuvered to have secured a
Olympics. He has represented
tournaments.
two-pawn difference in the end
Catanduanes
State
University
Meanwhile, board 2 and 3
thus resulting to 1-0 win for Unit III.
Red batters gain advantage in best-of-three game vs yellow softbelles
CLOIE T. TAPEL
After going scoreless in two consecutive innings, Red batters picked and slid in scores in the last inning, notching up victory against Yellow softbelles, 4-3. On the bottom of the second inning, Pamela Joy Traquena and Angelie Buendia of the yellow team were each given a freeride to first base and second base respectively caused by faulty pitches of Micah Jariah Tabor, pitcher of Unit II. With Maricel Silapan from the Yellow team on bat, Tabor threw a pitch but Donita Mae Teano, catcher of Unit II failed to catch Tabor’s pitches as Traquena sprints to the third base. Teano, unable to snag the ball and tag out the baserunners prompted Traquena to give her team’s first score, 1-0.
As Silapan successfully hit the ball, Angelie advanced to the home base establishing Yellow softbelle’s dominance in the second inning, 2-0. On the top of the third inning, Teano darted to the second base because Alexia Therese Bihag, team captain and catcher of Yellow Softbelles, failed to clutch the ball. Janella Mendoza of Unit II got a good jump on the pitch and easily stole second base while Donita darts to the third base. After Tabor effectively batted the ball, Teano and Mendoza then dashed for the home base, giving their team the first two scores in the match, 2-2. Tabor, then in the second base, rushed toward the home base after Mean Delos Reyes hit
the ball, 3-2. With Vilma Araojo from Unit II on bat, Delos Reyes successfully sprinted toward the home base, contributing a score to her team, 4-2. On the bottom of the third inning, Bihag, having the disadvantage of two strikes, successfully hit the ball and stole two bases in which she gained the only score for her team in the third inning after Teano fell short in snagging the ball, 4-3. “[Ang edge namo] may team work pano kami buda may tiwala sa bawat saro,” says Tabor, team captain of Unit II upon winning the game. The two teams are to face each other in the second match.
STRONG START. Pamela Traquena of the yellow team scores the first run of the game at the bottom of the 2nd inning. Photo: Keisha Fereze Ann Quinones
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Luck strikes four lady netters
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Four lady netters are sure to compete to this year’s Regional State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) Meet in Masbate City after winning gold by default in Lawn Tennis Tourney. The four ladies are: Renderizzah Floralde, Kristine Cabrera, April Vannie Lou Tusi (College of Engineering) and Justine Mae Tolledo (College of Education). Three of the four netters are already Regional SCUAA Meet players except rookie, Floralde. Mrs. Shiela Kim M. Lumabi, the tournament manager for Lawn Tennis-Women, stressed that lack of interest and encouragement are some of the factors that affected athletes to join in the game. “Siyempre interest pa man an nin estudyante. Kulang lang huba sa encouragement ning mga coaches. Ngunyan lang ini nangyari na dae sindang kalaban ta kaso last year igwa pa man ning players ang ibang unit,” she explained. Lumabi also added that there are colleges that only have their first and fourth year enrolled students, which contributed to the finer players on other units. “Ngunyan na taon, kadiit talaga ning nagbali sa babayi na lawn tennis, para sako ang dahilan, graduate na su iba na batid mag kawat nin tennis, diit lang talaga ang babaying nagkakainteres sa tennis,” she said. All the games of Lawn Tennis for the first day was postponed due to bad weather. JUSTINE TABO
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ROCHELLEE JANE C. IDANAN
The
opening
game
of
confidence, giving their team a
volleyball proved to be bluer than
four-point lead, 16-12.
blue as both Blue Spikers and
But luck failed to stay on
Blue Volleybelles secured their
Yellow’s side as they committed
first win after destroying Yellow
several net touches and service
in 2 sets.
errors making the score, 20-all.
Kicking off the first volleyball
Yellow
continued
their
match, the Blue Spikers emerged
mishaps with miscommunication
as winners as they owned two
errors and net blocks, finishing
sets against Yellow Netters, 25-
the first set in 25-21, in favor of
21, 25-23.
Blue.
Yellow Netters or Unit III
“Medyo kinabahan kami sa
had an early lead on the start
una, pero nakuha mi naman su
of the first set courtesy of the
unity mi,” said Adrian Rigo Vargas
successful
on the slow start of Blue Spikers
spikes
by
SCUAA
Player Mark Joseph Tayamora and 1st year nursing student, Joshua Benavidez, 7-4.
in the first set. NOT HIGH ENOUGH. Yellow blockers fall short after failing to stop the Blue spikers’ vicious attacks. Photo: Alexia Therese Bihag
On the start of the second set,
Yellow
committed
more
However, with the combined
opposing team, Blue Spikers or
when Blue committed several
errors that enabled Blue to take
efforts of Aljon Dela Concepcion
Unit I managed to take the lead
unforced
a five-point lead, 6-1.
and Mark Ashley Adon, and
for the first time, 12-11.
spike from Tayamora made the
several service errors from the
The lead was short-lived
errors.
A
powerful
crowd roar, building up Yellow’s
However,
Yellow
proved
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DEMETRO E. CELESTINO/ CSU STATESMAN LENSMAN POOL
ATHLETICS Angelo Buizon, hailing from Pandan bags his first gold for Unit 1 after finishing the 5,000-meter run and recording a time of 16 minutes and 35 seconds. Buizon’s athletic career started back in high school, since then he is poised to continue his running stint. Buizon already competed in the Regional State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) in 2015 where he won the silver medal for the 3,000 meter run.
John Carlo R. Montero
Unit I cagers secure first victory against Unit IV, 74-62 Unit I (CAS,CIT) stood in their home-court and dominated against visiting Unit IV (Panganiban CSU) in the opening game of the Men’s basketball. The visiting Unit IV started the 1st quarter with consecutive 3 point shots notched by Mark Angelo Vitalicio. However with a solid line of defense by Unit I resulting into multiple steals and fast breaks, they managed to tie the game at 9-all. With also the highlight plays from Jay Cimanes they ended the first quarter leading 20-15. Unit I kept the momentum until the second quarter with their defense, adding a few smart plays and timely passes which led to Zuniega’s two consecutive 3 pointers and also the start of a 12-0 run. They managed the lead until the halftime with a score of 38-26. At the halftime huddle,
coach of Unit IV instructioned his players, “Mag diskarte man kamo, bako sanang puro ataki. Magpalasahan man kamo!” At the start of the third quarter, Unit IV regrouped themselves and start making some shots while playing solid defense to trim down the lead of their opponent to as low as 5 points. However Unit I controlled the game’s pace until the last quarter by grabbing offensive rebounds and putbacks by their main man Cimanes to maintain the lead. Their defense force the Unit IV to give up many turnovers and missed shots. Aldea’s alley-oop to Marjohn Ate and Torregoza’s 3 pointer in the last minute of 4th quarter sealed the game for Unit I with the score of 74-62. Unit I student coach set high
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MICHAEL JOSEPH T. TAPAR
to not back down without
hopes for his squad saying that they can beat every team they’ll have to face. “Maski mga new-comers yan, mga varsity man niyan kang high-school kaya ang training niyan marinas. So alam kong maski sisay ang makalaban mi, kaya yan”. Meanwhile in men’s basketball, SCUAA player Urbano posts a game-high 22 points to help Unit II pass Unit III in the third game of the first day of 2018 CSU Olympics. Unit II skyrocketed a 13-0 start and never look back to win the game, 71-49 Also in women’s basketball, Unit III made a comeback and snaps Unit II hopes in an exciting game. Unit II leads in three quarters but Unit III gains confidence in the late 3rd quarter up to the 4th quarter to , final score are 36-31.
giving a good fight as they managed to tie the game with their service aces and miscommunications
from
the blue side. Rain proved to be a good ally on Unit I’s team as they began to unleash successful spikes and attacks, sealing the match, 25-23. SCUAA Player Jessie Abejo shared that the key to their win was the cooperation on their already strong team. Meanwhile, last
game
for
on
the
Women’s
Volleyball,
Blue
also
overthrew
their
Yellow
opponents, 25-15, 25-15. The key player to Blue’s victory was a freshman, BS Math student, Shery Zuniega, who was a Palarong Bicol Player. Moreover, Unit II and Unit IV faced each other on the first game for Women’s Volleyball. Unit II which is composed of players led by SCUAA Player, Louisa Angela Clavo easily destroyed the newly-formed team of the Panganiban Campus. “Siguro
na-culture
shock lang kami kasi first DEFENSE. Unit I forces a lot of turnovers against Unit IV that impacts
time after 4 years, nag send utro para may magrepresent sa
Women’s
Volleyball,”
the whole game. Jay
Jonna Marie Ternida, Green
Cimanes and Marjohn
lady spiker, said on their
Ate of Unit I showed teir athletic ability by scoring 14 pts. and 12 pts. respectively.
loss.
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OPINION
Expectation Vs. Reality things which are beyond his control. As a student, even I cannot refrain from the fact of complaining of having this kind of situation especially that it will be my last year of celebrating Intramurals before I graduate. I always seek for something which I should have enjoy before time flies. Despite said fact, one should also learn how to extend his patience and understanding for some circumstances which nobody wants to happen. Everyone might be quite disappointed but instead of understanding situations, each has seek people that should be
APOLOGIST SHAINA MAE M. BENAVIDEZ
Maybe, it is time to broaden perspective about things that sometimes reality cannot really compensate with our expectations which are too ideal and not open to unnecessary incidents.
COMICS SECTION
This year’s CSU Olympics has been marred with disruptions such as power interruption and not erratic weather conditions during the opening ceremony. A good start which everyone has already anticipated to be a bang turned into a great disappointment specially for newbies who were excited to get their first taste of collegiate intramurals and seniors who wanted to unwind during their last year of CSU Olympics. Countless student have complained thinking about the many what if’s and should have’s . However, in an interview, Professor Edgar Tatel, sports coordinator said that there are
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blamed. The best interest of both parties such as the students and the players are taken into account for the decisions that the authorities have done,however, even how hard they tried to explain still, it is always the hole that every people see, never the whole of things. Maybe, it is time to broaden perspective about things that sometimes reality cannot really compensate with our expectations which are too ideal and not open to unnecessary incidents. This year’s mishaps and deficiencies are lessons learned once and for all Olympics.
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