Philippine Collegian Tomo 95 Issue 01

UP to suffer biggest budget cut in recent years CAMILLE LITA THE UP ADMINISTRATION HAS asked for a sizeable P44.5 billion purse next year to fund an aggressive infrastructure campaign, but what looms ahead could be the national university’s biggest budget cut in history.

Under the 2018 National Expenditures Program (NEP), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved only a total of P14.4 billion for the UP system’s eight constituent units and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). The said appropriation is only a third of the proposed budget UP submitted to the budget agency in March 2017. (See sidebar 1.)

Personnel services (PS) will get the biggest budget allocation amounting to P10.3 billion, which covers funding for salaries and other incentives for faculty and other UP employees. Maintenance and other operating expenditures (MOOE) will have an allocation of P2.9 billion, which covers funding for utility bills, supplies, and other similar expenses.

Capital outlay (CO) meanwhile is set to shoulder the brunt of the budget cut, getting only P1.1 bllion of the P26 billion proposed by UP. Highest proposed budget ever UP’s proposed P44.5-billion budget for 2018 is about 70 percent higher than its proposed 2017 budget of P26.2 billion. UP President Danilo Concepcion’s aggressive infrastructure campaign has the lion’s share of UP’s proposed budget next year, at P26 billion or almost 60 percent of the total proposed budget. There are a total of 83 infrastructure projects across the system under the proposed CO. In the 2018 NEP, however, DBM allocated, only P1.1 billion for CO, thumbing down all of UP’s big-ticket infrastructure projects. One such project is the construction of the Cancer Care Center in the PGH, which targets to reduce premature cancer mortality by up to 25 percent. The CCC is also the biggest project of UP at P1.6 billion. (See sidebar 2.)

Another big project for 2018 is the construction of a multipurpose hall and football stadium in the 20-hectare land of UP Mindanao, with a budget allotment of P300 million for the first phase of its project.

Around 10 households were displaced to give way for the project, said UP Mindanao Student Council Vice Chair Isaiah Baluso.

“Wala naman kaming contentions kung totoong magagamit siya ng students.

Sana mas inuna ng UP ang laboratories, libraries, at theater halls ng UP Mindanao kasi dapat priority ang academic use ng lands,” Baluso added.

The UP administration’s aggressive campus development reflects the priorities of the university, said Student Regent Raoul Danniel Manuel. “A better budget should gear towards the accessible services like the education of UP students and [free] medical services [for] patients of the PGH.” Budget prospects Additional funding for UP however is possible, as the NEP is still undergoing budget deliberations and will go through both houses before being signed by President Rodrigo Duterte before the year ends. (See sidebar 3.) Duterte himself

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may initiate amendments to provide additional budget for state universities and colleges (SUCs), said Kabataan Partylist Representative Sarah Jane Elago.

If Congress enacts a budget that does not cover all UP’s needs, the university will be forced to realign the approved 2018 GAA budget, rechanneling funds from Personnel Services to other items. “[I]t is not something new [and] it is a normal part of the processes in the government,” said UP Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay, Jr. Budget for free tuition Of the 2018 national budget amounting to P3.767 trillion, a total of P691.1 billion make up the combined budget allotment for the education sector which is 27 percent more than last year’s P543.2 billion (see sidebar 4). The country’s 113 SUCs need a total funding of P16 billion for the next academic year, said Elago.

If the amount allotted for UP falls short of fully implementing the forthcoming guidelines on the recently passed free education law, Malacañang plans to submit a supplemental budget of P200 billion, said Senate Regent Francis Escudero in the BOR meeting on April 27.

For this academic year, UP decided to shoulder the cost of implementing the free tuition policy, drawing funds from budget realignments and savings, Dalisay said.

Tuition and other school fees collected from students and hospital fees from PGH have been the top sources of UP’s internally generated income, according to the Budget Expenditures and Sources of Finance of DBM. (See sidebar 5.)

As of now, UP waits for the revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the free tertiary education law (See related article on page 3.)

The student regent however has lamented the limited participation of students in the budget process, saying only top UP officials were consulted. UP President Concepcion and Vice President for Planning and Finance Joselito Florendo have the final verdict, and the proposed budget was a “finished product” that was no longer open for revision when presented in the BOR, Manuel explained.

The NEP is a DBM-approved budget which determines what a government agency can spend on and is submitted in the form of a proposed GAA. Budget appropriations In the NEP, however, are tentative, given government’s limited resources are limited.

Read the DBM-approved UP budget in the NEP here:

bit.ly/2018UPbudgetNEP

Enrollment in limbo as UP awaits free tuition guidelines

#FREEEDUCNOW

PATRICIA LOUISE POBRE

RAT SAN JUAN

FREE TUITION MAY HAVE FINALLY arrived in UP, but students in the university’s flagship campus are waiting for the policy’s specific guidelines before they could finish their enrollment.

As of press time, college secretaries have not received clear and specific guidelines on the implementation of the free tuition policy.

As a result, UP Diliman students who wish to avail of free tuition are currently stuck at the validation step of the registration process, which only confirms their enlisted classes. These students are unable to proceed to assessment of fees, because there are no clear guidelines yet on which students are covered by the policy.

Some colleges however have allowed their students to proceed to assessment if they wish to pay tuition already based on their Socialized Tuition System (STS) brackets or on the results of their Student Financial Assistance (SFA Online) application.

Pending the release of the guidelines, these students may also be entitled to a refund.

On the first day of classes, a full week since enrollment started, UP President Danilo Concepcion issued a memorandum stating that undergraduate students will be exempt from payment of tuition and other school fees. Based on a statement by UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan, the implementing guidelines should have been released on August 8.

“More detailed guidelines will be released

by UP Diliman by tomorrow (August 9) in relation to ongoing enrollment,” said Tan through the official UP Diliman website. The said guidelines are expected to quell confusion among students and administrative staff and allow them to complete the enrollment process this semester (see sidebar 1).

Concepcion’s “zero tuition” memorandum came a week after he vetoed earlier announcements by several chancellors who said they will suspend tuition collection in their respective units. By then, UP was the only remaining state university left which was still collecting tuition from students.

Concepcion said the zero tuition policy seeks to implement the spirit of the recently enacted Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, signed by President Rodrigo

Duterte on August 3. Both the memo and the law allow students to opt out of the free tuition policy and pay tuition voluntarily.

Funding free tuition While the implementation of free tuition for this semester is still being finalized, the UP administration is already eyeing sources of funds to institutionalize the policy ahead of the new free tuition law which will officially take effect next academic year.

“An existing tuition subsidy from [the Commission on Higher Education] (CHED) will be utilized, while miscellaneous fees will be shouldered [by] each constituent university’s own funds,” according to the statement posted by Tan on the UPD website.

Under the 2017 General Appropriations Act (GAA), a total of P8 billion from CHED’s Higher Education Support Fund (HESF) was allocated to fund the Free Tuition Policy (FTP) for SUCs this academic year, P367.87 million of which was allotted to UP. The HESF budget is based on the projected income submitted by the UP Administration to CHED, but actual figures reveal that this projected income does not include income collected from miscellaneous and other fees (see related article on page 2).

Nonetheless, students need not worry about the budget for free tuition implementation, said UP Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay, Jr. “Ang projection namin, kung kulangin man [ang budget], [ay] humanap muna ng internal funds from savings and realignments.”

Inefficient systems complicate enrollment Pending the implementing guidelines of free tuition, students have relied on loans, tuition subsidy, and financial assistance programs under SFA Online, a platform managed by the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA).

These programs include the STS, as well as the new Free Tuition 2017 and Tulong Dunong Grant. In UP Diliman, Free Tuition 2017 received 5,426 applications while Tulong Dunong Grant had 1,832, according to data obtained from the Office of

Scholarships and Student Services (OSSS).

As of press time, the OSSS was unable to provide statistics on application results for STS, Free Tuition 2017, and Tulong Dunong Grant, but OSSS staff told the Collegian that frustrated parents have been calling the office to relay concerns and complaints about pending application results.

Enrollment confusion In the College of Mass Communication (CMC), some students are unable to assess their school fees, while others are uncertain if they are eligible to get a refund for tuition they paid ahead of the zero tuition announcement, said CMC College Secretary Teresa Congjuico.

The college has also put on hold the collection of the student fund, which includes the student council fund and the publication fund. The college can only move forward in the enrollment process, pending specific instructions from the UP administration, she added.

Meanwhile, students who are not yet enrolled will be given library access but will not be able to borrow books, Deputy University Librarian Elvira Lapuz told the Collegian.

However, assessment was put on hold even for those with scholarships in the College of Engineering (Eng’g), said Eng’g Representative Gab Lerona. Rules on nonmajor status and the Maximum Residence Rule (MRR) were also sources of concerns related to free tuition eligibility, said Lerona.

The free tuition memo which follows RA 10931 conflicts with the MRR policy in Eng’g, said Lerona.

According to Section 6 of the law, students who wish to avail of free tertiary education must complete their undergraduate degree “within a year after the period prescribed in their program.” According to official Eng’g policy, however, the maximum number of years or residency is 7.5 years (see sidebar 2).

Meanwhile, staff of the Office of the College Secretary in the College of Science are anticipating difficulties in managing the crowd of students who are expected to line up once the free tuition guidelines are finally released.

Student leaders gathered at the Palma Hall lobby to demand free education and the junking of school fees, August 2. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno also elicited negative reactions online regarding his sentiment concerning college education when he said it only benefited the individual and not society. The protesters enjoined the UP community to unite in the call for free education.

SIDEBAR 1 TOP 10 QUESTIONS ON FREE TUITION POLICY

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How do I qualify for free tuition coverage?

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If my college has waived the Maximum Residence Rule (MRR) so I can enroll this semester, will I be eligible for free tuition?

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I’m a non-major.

Am I eligible for free tertiary education?

Will a minimum GWA be required in order to receive free tuition?

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I had my fees assessed before the free tuition announcement, what will I do now?

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How will the UP administration collect the student fund this semester?

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I haven’t finished enrollment. How can I use the library?

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Can I still make a student loan?

I already paid before the free tuition announcement was made. Am I eligible for refund, and how will I get my money back?

How do I avail of financial support or additional scholarship outside of free tuition?

SIDEBAR 2 COMPUTATION OF MRR

WARM WELCOME

ADRIAN KENNETH GUTLAY

Upperclassmen and mass organizations welcome this year’s fresh faces on their first day in the university at the annual Freshie Welcoming Assembly at the University Theater, August 7.

The protesters in a lightning rally after the program enjoined the students to unite in the fight for free education.

3 YEARS TWO-YEAR CERTIFICATE

6 YEARS FOUR-YEAR DIPLOMA

6 YEARS

FOUR-YEAR BACHELOR’S

7.5 YEARS FIVE-YEAR BACHELOR’S

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Itatayong FC, walang faculty offices CAMILLE LITA

Kinukumpuni ni Florenciano Tigon ang kanyang lambat na ginagamit sa pangingisda, ika-27 ng Hulyo, sa Bacoor, Cavite. Pangunahing pinagkukunan ng pantustos sa pang-araw-araw ng pamilya Tigon ang paglalaot ng padre de pamilya. Naging dagdag-pasanin pa ang sunog na tumupok sa ilang mga kabahayan sa kanilang barangay kamakalian lamang. Sa kabila nito, sinusubukan pa rin ng mag-asawang Tigon na makabangon muli sa kabila ng kawalan ng suporta mula sa pamahalaan.

UP rejects proposed mandatory drug tests DANIEL BOONE THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER Education (CHED) has recommended mandatory drug testing in tertiary schools, but UP has so far struck down the proposal, saying that it violates students’ rights.

In an August 2 memorandum, CHED “strongly encouraged” Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to conduct mandatory drug tests as an admission and retention requirement, in line with the Duterte administration’s campaign against illegal drugs.

Students and student groups in UP Diliman were among the first to criticize the proposed policy, saying it is a way to monitor and repress students and student organizations.

“Isa itong paraan para tiktikan ang mga kabataan sa loob ng pamantasan at maaaring maging leeway upang mai-tag [sila] bilang mga drug addicts,” said League of Filipino Students Chairperson Ivy Taroma.

More so, requiring drug tests may endanger the lives of students, said Journalism freshman Reneza Beatrice Pinlac, hoping UP will instead intensify its efforts to safeguard all the communities in the campus.

Meanwhile, the UP administration needs to clarify the legal basis of the policy before it can officially decide on CHED’s recommendation, said UP Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay, Jr. Before the official memorandum was released, chancellors and other UP officials have already expressed opposition to the policy which was seen to compromise the rights of students and to further lead to corruption, said Dalisay, citing a dialogue with the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC).

The proposed policy requires consultation with the student body and approval from the board of trustees, regents,

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or directors. Only physicians accredited by the Department of Health are eligible to conduct the tests, and the results should be treated with utmost confidentiality, according to the memorandum.

Students testing positive in drugs shall be subject to confirmatory tests to further examine and determine if they are drug dependents. There are no clear guidelines regarding the procedure of the confirmatory tests, but appropriate sanctions, interventions, or rehabilitations based on the HEI’s policies shall be imposed on students found to be drug dependents, the memorandum states.

In UP, use of prohibited drugs is punishable from one semester suspension to permanent expulsion, as stated in Section 1.4 D, Article IV of the 2012 Code of Student Conduct.

Youth and student groups have also condemned the policy’s fee requirements.

Student applicants of HEIs are to shoulder the drug-testing fee before their admission, as stated in the memorandum.

“This invasion of schools is also to add financial burdens to the students and their parents, as testing fees could possibly mean another round of other school fees [for them],” said Representative Sarah Jane Elago of Kabataan Partylist in a statement.

But these problems are only aggravated by the possibility of the policy to legitimize Oplan Tokhang in schools and expose students as targets of Duterte’s war against drugs, said Mark Vincent Lim, National Union of Students of the Philippines spokesperson.

Within a year, there have been more around 8,000 drug-related killings in more than 6,000 police operations, according to human rights watchdog Amnesty International. Even UP Diliman campus is not safe from the killings as manifested by 12 civilian casualties of police operations of

HINDI MAGKAKAROON NG MGA opisina para sa mga guro ang ipatatayong Faculty Commons (FC) na nakatakda nang simulan sa Disyembre sa dating lugar ng nasunog na Faculty Center.

Kabuuang P300 milyon ang nakalaang pondo para sa bagong gusali na inaasahang matapos sa loob ng mahigit isang taon.

Kalahati nito ay manggagaling sa badyet ng UP, samantalang ang natitirang P150 milyon ay mula sa mga donasyon, ayon sa mga ulat.

Bagaman walang faculty offices, magkakaroon pa rin ng exhibit halls, meeting areas, seminar rooms, at mga kainan ang bagong FC. Nagsilbi namang inspirasyon para sa disenyo ng itatayong bagong FC ang renaissance painting na “Philosophy” ng kilalang pintor na si Raphael: mataas ang kisame, malawak ang espasyo, at maraming hagdanan, ayon kay Office of the Campus Architect Director Enrico Tabafunda.

Dapat unang pinaglaanan ng espasyo ang mga silid-aralan at consultation areas ng mga guro at mag-aaral, ayon kay Propesor Melania Flores, isa sa sa humigitkumulang 250 propesor na nawalan ng faculty offices nang masunog ang dating Faculty Center noong ika-1 ng Abril 2016.

Pansamantalang nasa Acacia Residence Hall ang kaguruan ng Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura (KAL). Nakaplano silang ilipat sa Melchor Hall na kasalukuyang gusali ng Kolehiyo ng Inhenyeriya (CoE), alinsunod sa Land Use Plan of 1994 ng UP Diliman.

Mas malaking espasyo ng lupa ng UP ang dapat nakalaan sa academic units gaya ng mga silid-aralan, aklatan, laboratoryo, at research facilities, ayon din sa naturang Land Use Plan.

Hindi pa makalipat ang CoE dahil sa problema sa alokasyon ng pondo at lokasyon ng mga ipatatayong mga gusali nito, ayon kay Dekana Rizalinda de Leon. Ililipat ang KAL sa Melchor Hall matapos ipatayo ang mga kakulangang gusali ng CoE. “[S]ome of the land allocated for the college, according to the Land Use Plan, have existing structures or have already been built upon by others, like School of Statistics and informal settlers,” dagdag pa niya.

Para naman kay Flores, hindi rin dapat pinaghihintay ng CoE ang KAL dahil repleksyon ito kung paano pinapahalagahan ng mga kolehiyo ang ibang academic institutions. “‘Yung ike-claim lang namin ay ‘yung karapatan para sa minimum na disente at may dangal na lugar kasi ‘yung ibang [disiplina ay] naglulunoy na sa convenience sa sobrasobrang facilities,” dagdag pa ni Flores.

Bukod sa FC, nakaplano rin ngayong taon ang pagpapagawa ng College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association (CASAA) Food Center, na nasunog noong 2015 dahil sa pagsabog ng isang LPG tank. Naging mabagal ang usad ng proyekto dahil sa pagsasampa ng kaso ng ilang concessionaires sa isang kawani, ayon sa dating panayam kay Chancellor Michael Tan. Gayunman, magiging mas moderno at maaliwalas ang ipatatayong bagong kantina na tatawaging CSSP Canteen, ayon kay Tabafunda. Sa labas na ng gusali ilalagay lahat ng tangke ng LPG upang mas maging ligtas, dagdag pa niya.

Sisimulan sa pagitan ng Oktubre at Disyembre ang konstruksyon ng CSSP Canteen na nakatakdang matapos sa

loob ng anim na buwan. Kukunin ang nakalaang P5 milyong pondo nito mula sa kita ng UP sa land rentals ng UP Town Center at Technohub, ayon kay Tan. Napatagal ang usad ng plano para sa FC at CSSP Canteen dahil kailangang iakma ang disenyo nito sa mga probisyong nakasaad sa Fire Code, ani Tabafunda. Dagdag na fire exits at paglimita sa paggamit ng light materials gaya ng mga kahoy ang isa sa mga teknikal na hakbang ng UP upang makaiwas na sa mga sunog, dagdag niya.

Hinahanapan ni UP President Concepcion ng pondo ang pagpapaayos ng mga gusali ng UP at sinisiguradong dadaan ito sa tamang proseso dahil ayaw niya ng “mukhang maruruming gusali,” ani Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay, Jr. Maraming pera ang UP ngunit nagkakaproblema sa procurement process, dagdag pa niya Bilang tugon sa mabagal na usad ng procurement, nag-organisa ng high-caliber group si Concepcion upang mapadali ang proseso nito, ayon sa binuong resolusyon ng Board of Regents noong ika-5 ng Abril.

Samantala, hiling ng mga mag-aaral na huwag ilaan ang espasyo ng UP sa mga pribadong negosyo at huwag mapasukan ng fastfood chains ang ipatatayong FC at CSSP Canteen. Inaasahan ding magagamit ang bagong FC para sa org tambayans at mga klase ng KAL na naapektuhan ng sunog, ayon kay Gabby Lucero, Community Rights and Welfare Head ng University Student Council.

“It's important that in rebuilding these spaces, substandard materials shouldn't be used. The budget should be used in full capacity to ensure no fire will happen again,” dagdag niya.

the Quezon City Police District.

Both Oplan Tokhang and anti-drug operations within the campus are forms of state’s violations of human rights, said Gabby Lucero, Community Rights and Welfare Head of the University Student Council (USC). Moreover, students who are affected by drug abuse should not be seen as criminals but as individuals who need rehabilitation and help from experts, said USC Students’ Rights and Welfare Head Cassandra Deluria.

“Kung mayroong estudyanteng lumapit sa USC para makahingi ng tulong, maaari namin silang i-refer sa mga institusyon kung saan sila makakakuha ng tulong at rehabilitation,” she added. “Maaaring lumapit ang mga estudyante sa University Health Service, either for primary care sa kaso ng acute intoxication o para makakuha ng referral for a rehabilitation program para sa kaso ng pagtigil ng chronic use.”

Meanwhile, the country’s perennial

problem on drugs can only be solved by addressing poverty, which is its root cause, Lim said. “If Duterte is serious in addressing the problem of drug addiction, he should destroy the foundation of poverty by taking a step [towards] propeople socio-economic reforms such as providing free education, social services, jobs, and living wages.”

SMALLS VOICES

PATRICIA LOUISE POBRE

Lumad children join UP students in the fight for free quality and accessible education, August 4. The children are staying at the International Center for the annual Lakbayan where they also set up a Lumad Bakwit School where volunteers help educate the children.

Pamantasan ng Bayan* DANIEL BOONE

“[T]he honor due any profession is to be judged alone by the measure of its services to the people..."

— Murray Bartlet, Unang Pangulo ng UP SA MAHIGIT ISANG SIGLONG pag-iral, naging pandayan ang UP ng ilan sa pinakatanyag na lingkod-bayan: mga taong naging instrumento sa pagguhit ng kasaysayan at pagbabago ng lipunan.

Ngayon, nananatiling mandato sa mga bagong Iskolar ng Bayan na gamitin ang lahat ng natutunan upang maglingkod sa sambayanan, lalo na sa mga inaapi at mga nasa laylayan.

Ito ang tungkuling matapang na tinupad ng mga dating mag-aaral ng UP na sina Chad Booc at Kenneth Cadiang, mula sa Kolehiyo ng Inhinyeriya at Kolehiyo ng Edukasyon. Noong 2016, nagpasya silang ibahagi ang mga natutunan sa pamamagitan ng pagtuturo sa mga batang Lumad sa Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV).

‘Tinig ng masa ang siyang lagi nang pakikinggan’ Ibinabandila ng karamihan sa mga produkto ng UP ang angking husay bunga ng kalidad ng edukasyon sa pamantasan.

Nananatiling

pinakamahusay na paaralan sa bansa at isa sa pinakamagaling sa Asya ang UP, ayon sa pinakahuling tala ng QS World University Rankings, isang institusyong nakabase sa United Kingdom at nagsusuri sa mga unibersidad sa buong mundo.

Hindi kataka-takang daan-daang kumpanya ang naghahanap ng mga may angking talentong pinanday ng ilang taong pag-aaral sa UP. Iba pa ang usapan para sa mga tumatanggap ng matataas na karangalan, tulad ni Chad na grumadweyt bilang cum laude.

Ngunit higit pa sa pagkamit ng matataas na marka ang lalong pagpapalalim ng pag-unawa sa lipunan sa pamamagitan ng pakikipamuhay sa masa. Sa kaso ni Chad, hindi naging hadlang sa kaniya ang dami ng pang-akademikong gawain upang makipamuhay at alamin ang sitwasyon ng iba pang sektor sa lipunan.

Pagkagradweyt sa UP, hindi nagpakulong si Chad sa makipot na espasyo ng pribadong opisina. Bagkus, tumungo siya sa Mindanao upang makisalamuha, magturo, at matuto sa komunidad ng mga Lumad. Para sa kanya, nararapat lamang na ibalik sa sambayanan ang lahat ng natutunan sa loob ng pamantasan.

“Laging sinasabi sa ating mga Iskolar ng Bayan ang mga katagang, ‘paglingkuran ang sambayanan’ … At alam ko na sa pagtuturo sa mga Lumad, tunay kong maisasabuhay ang motto nating iyon,” ani Chad.

‘Dito maglilingkod sa bayan natin’ Inspirasyon ni Chad ang mga batang Lumad na una niyang nakilala noong 2015 sa Manilakbayan. Humigitkumulang 700 Lumad ang tumungo noon sa Maynila upang ipanawagan kay dating Pang u long

DIBUHO NI GUIA ABOGADO DISENYO NG PAHINA NI DYLAN REYES

Benigno Aquino III na itigil ang pandarahas sa kanilang komunidad.

Pinaslang ng mga grupong militar at paramilitar noong 2015 ang tatlong liderLumad, kabilang si Emerito Samarca na direktor ng ALCADEV at Dionel Campos na isang guro.

Ngunit hindi alintana ni Chad ang takot.

Tumugon siya sa hamon na paglingkuran ang pambansang minorya bilang guro sa paaralan ng mga Lumad.

Itunuturo ni Chad ang Matematika at Agham sa mga nasa sekundarya. Magaling man siya sa mga asignaturang ito, nahirapan pa rin si Chad lalo na sa unang buwan ng kanyang pagtuturo. Malayo sa pamilya at sa maginhawang buhay sa Maynila, malaking pagbabago para kay Chad ang mamuhay sa mismong komunidad ng mga Lumad.

Kakabit ng desisyong ito ang panganib sa seguridad matapos ang serye ng pandarahas sa kanilang komunidad. Kwento ni Chad, hindi madaling ipaintindi sa kanyang mga magulang ang piniling landas, subalit sa kanyang determinasyon ay napapayag niya rin sila kinalaunan.

Nahikayat pa ni Chad ang kanyang ama na magtungo sa ALCADEV upang masaksihan nito ang tunay na kalagayan ng mga Lumad at ang pangangailangan ng paaralan sa mga guro. Matapos nito ay naging bukas ang isipan ng kanyang mga magulang upang payagan siyang magturo sa Mindanao.

‘Silangang mapula, sagisag magpakailanman’ Itinatag ng mga Lumad ang ALCADEV para mismo sa mga Lumad— lapat ang kanilang kurikulum sa kanilang kultura at pangangailangan. Bago itatag ang ALCADEV, 20 kilometrong lakaran ang binubuno ng mga bata upang makapagaral sa pinakamalapit na paaralan.

Isa lamang ang ALCADEV sa mga paaralang Lumad na hinuhubog ang mga mag-aaral upang maging katuwang sa pagpapaunlad ng komunidad. Kumbaga, ayon naman kay Kenneth na isa ring guro ng ALCADEV, makabayan, siyentipiko, at makamasa

ang oryentasyon ng kurikulum ng paaralan.

“Tumutugon [ito] sa pangangailangan ng komunidad na kinapapalooban nito. Ang natututunan ng mga estudyante ay agad na naisasapraktika sa komunidad,” aniya. Iba rin ang pagtanaw ng mga Lumad sa kasaysayan dahil may matatag na lipunan na sila bago pa man pumasok ang mga mananakop. Malinaw nilang nailalatag ang nagdaang panahon base sa karanasan ng mga nakaraang henerasyon.

Agrikultura naman ang isa sa pangunahing itinuturo sa ALCADEV dahil mga magsasaka at manggagawang bukid ang karamihan sa mga Lumad.

Maaari ring lumahok sa gawaing bukid ang mga mag-aaral upang lalo nilang maunawaan ang mga pinag-aaralan.

‘Ating ipaglaban, laya ng diwa’t kaisipan’ “Iba ito sa kasalukuyang oryentasyon ng kurikulum sa DepEd na madalas ay hiwalay sa tunay na pangangailangan ng bansa,” ani Kenneth.

Aniya, karaniwang iginigiya ng kurikulum ng DepEd ang mga mag-aaral upang maging murang lakas-paggawa para sa malalaking kumpanya. Hindi itinuturo sa isang pampublikong hayskul sa probinsya ang mga aralin na magagamit sana upang paunlarin ang lokalidad.

Samantala, nakaangkla ang kurikulum ng ALCADEV sa pagtugon sa lumiliit na bilang ng guro, magsasaka, at manggagawa sa komunidad. “[Ang mga mag-aaral ng ALCADEV ay] may kagyat na pagsasapraktika sa mga natututunan sa klase, may siyentipikong pamamaraan sa pagsusuri sa lipunan at kolektibo ang pagbabahagi ng kaalaman sa loob at labas ng classroom,” dagdag ni Kenneth. Panahon na rin, aniya, upang maging ganito ang oryentasyon ng kurikulum ng DepEd. Gayunman, hindi madali ang magturo sa ALCADEV lalo pa’t nakapataw pa rin ang

Batas Militar sa Mindanao, kwento ni Kenneth. Kaya naman daandaang Lumad ang muling tumulak paMaynila ngayong buwan para sa taunang Lakbayan upang ipanawagang itigil ang pamamaslang at tuluyang magkaroon ng kapayapaan sa kanilang lugar.

‘Mabuhay ang lingkod ng taumbayan’ Sa kabila ng umiigting na krisis at banta ng terorismo sa Mindanao, hindi binitawan ni Chad, Kenneth, at mga kasamang volunteer teachers ang tungkuling magturo sa mga Lumad. Para sa kanila, lalong hindi dapat iwanan ang mga batang Lumad sa harap ng lumalalang sitwasyon. “[T]alagang sinisiguro [ng mga bata] na babalik pa kami para magturo. Takot sila na mawalan pa ulit ng guro tulad ng nangyari noong una na halos nangalahati ang bilang ng mga academic staff. Lagi din nilang sinasabi sa amin na mag-imbita pa raw kami ng mas marami pang taga-UP para magturo doon,” ani Chad.

Nagsisilbing inspirasyon ang kwento nina Chad at Kenneth upang gamitin ang karunungan sa pagtulong sa mas higit na nangangailangan. Nananatili ang hamon, hindi lang sa mga nagsipagtapos, kundi pati sa mga bagong papasok sa pamantasan na paglingkuran ang sambayanan. “[Magagawa ito] kung handa na tayong isantabi ang pansariling interes para sa interes ng nakararami at [ng] mga inaapi,” ani Chad. *Hango sa UP Naming Mahal, bersyon nina Gary Granada, et. al.

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LAT HA LAIN

Ikot UP: Gabay sa biyaheng Diliman ng mga bagong Iskolar ng Bayan SHEILA ABARRA AT MARVIN JOSEPH ANG PANTAY-PANTAY TAYO SA PANINGIN NI OBLE. NAGTAPOS MAN WITH honors o hindi, mayaman o mahirap, karapatan ng lahat ang libre at kalidad na edukasyon. Pero ang edukasyon sa UP, hindi lang nangyayari sa loob ng classroom. Bilang mga bagong salta, bahagi ng inyong to-do list ang paglilibot at pagtuklas sa iba’t ibang lugar sa UP. Hindi masaya kung nag-iisa kaya matutong makihalubilo, hindi lang sa kapwa isko at iska, kundi sa iba pang mga bumubuo sa komunidad ng UP. Sapagkat ang UP ay hindi lang Palma Hall, Melchor Hall, Vinzon’s Hall, at iba pang building sa Acad Oval. At dahil mahal kayo ng Kulê, narito ang mapang magsisilbing paunang gabay sa inyong paglalakbay upang kilalanin ang komunidad na kung tawagin nila ay Diliman Republic.

AREA 2

ARBORETUM

Mula sa kanto ng University Hotel, maglakad-lakad lang sa direksyon kung nasaan ang University Health Service hanggang makarating sa Area 2.

Mula Teacher’s Village, sumakay ng tricycle pa-Philcoa. Tumawid ng overpass at pumasok sa kanto sa pagitan ng Petron Gas Station at UP Ayalaland-Technohub.

May laki itong 16 na hektarya, o katumbas ng 367 na standard size ng basketball court. Nahahati ang UP Arboretum sa limang block – ang block 1 at 3 para sa mga tahanan ng mga nakatira rito, samantalang ang block 2 at 5 naman ay para sa 9,298 na halaman at 77 species ng hayop. Ilan sa mga punong makikita rito ay ang Kupang, Mahogany, Narra at Rain Trees. Samantala, makikita rin dito ang iba’t ibang klase ng hayop tulad ng Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker, Eurasian Tree sparrow, Spotted Dove, Tokay Gecko, at marami pang iba.

Mga pamilyang Muslim na lumikas mula sa all-out war sa Mindanao ang

Pagkatapos magpa-photocopy ng readings sa SC, dito maaaring yayain ang buong block para kumain.

Maraming mapagpipiliang bilihin dito, mapa-full meal man o meryenda, nagtitipid man o hindi.

Nandito ang “Lung Center” ng

mga naunang tumira rito, ngunit idineklara sila ng gobyerno bilang ‘professional squatting syndicate.’

Sa ngayon, mga kawani na lamang ng unibersidad ang pinapayagang tumira rito kasama ng mga dati nang naninirahang informal settlers.

Marami nang plano upang gawing isang National Botanical Garden ang Arboretum, sa kabila ng bantang paalisin ang humigit 3,000 residente nito. Noong 2013, pumirma ng Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) ang Department of Agriculture (DA) at Beta Sigma Foundation upang ideklara itong isang priority protection zone.

Mula Quezon Hall, sumakay ng kahit anong jeep maliban sa Toki at mga byaheng Katipunan. Bumaba sa waiting shed sa tabi ng Ilangilang Residence Hall at maglakad papasok ng kanto kung nasaan ang Balay Kalinaw.

Makikita sa kahabaan ng C. P. Garcia Ave., isang “Low-cost housing project” noong panahon ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos ang Pook Amorsolo. Karamihan sa mga naninirahan dito ay mga mga kawani rin ng unibersidad, at ang iba’y nagmula sa Area 11.

Nagsilbi namang Relocation site ang Pook RIPADA nang mapaalis ang mga dating naninirahan sa lupang kinatatayuan ngayon ng School of Economics, Romulo Hall at UP Integrated School. Sa paglipas ng

Noong Mayo, napabalita ang nakaplanong pagpapaalis sa kanila upang bigyang-daan ang pabahay para sa mga kawani, faculty at REPS. Bagaman nagsimula na ang relokasyon ng mga nakatira rito patungo sa Morong, Rizal, marami pa rin ang tumututol sa planong ito dahil, ayon sa Village C Homeowners Association, masyadong malayo ang relocation site at hindi sapat ang kanilang kinikita upang hulughulugan ang bayarin sa bahay, pati na rin ang layo nito sa kani-kanilang mga pinagtatrabahuhan.

Mula sa academic oval, sumakay ng Toki jeep papasok ng College of Science.

Sa tuwing magagawi ang Toki jeep sa may College of Science, nakakarating na ito sa bungad ng kahabaan ng Katipunan.

Matatagpuan ang Area 11 malapit sa National Institute of Physics kung saan 57 na pamilya ang pinalipat patungong Pook Libis upang magbigay-daan sa pagpapatayo ng bagong gusali para

Mula KNL, puwede ka nang sumakay ng tricycle patungong Teacher’s Village.

DIBUHO NI JOHN KENNETH ZAPATA DISENYO NG PAHINA NI DYLAN REYES

panahon, maraming beses na silang tinangkang paalisin dito, tulad noong 1986 nang tangkaing palawakin ang Circumferential Road 5 na proyekto ng MMDA at DPWH. Kung may Sarah’s sa KNL, ang pook RIPADA naman ay may University Hotel. Mura lang ang beer dito: P240 kada bucket ng pale pilsen. Dito rin sa University Hotel tumtambay ang ilang mga propesor.

Subukan niyo minsang uminom dito.

Malay niyo, malibre pa kayo!

AREA 11, 14 AT 17

UP TEACHER’S VILLAGE

centers sa loob nito.

Kilala rin ang Teacher’s Village sa mga hole-in-the-wall na abotkaya. Ilan sa mga kilalang kalsada rito ay ang Maginhawa street kung saan nagdaraos ng taun-taong food festival na dinarayo ng mga mahihilig kumain. Nandito rin sa Maginhawa ang mga thrift stores na nagbibenta ng mga murang libro, damit, at iba pa.

Ilan pa sa mga kalsada rito na kilala dahil sa kainan ay ang Malingap St. at Masinsinan St.

Karamihan sa mga kainan dito ay may mga unli-rice promos mula P80 hanggang P150. Kung gipit, makakakain na sa Lutong Bahay at Iskomai sa halagang P35. Pwede ring gawing pandalawahan ang isang serving sa Bulalohan dahil unli naman ang sabaw.

RIPADA

Mula sa Area 2, sumakay ng Ikot Jeep at bumaba sa dalawang magkasunod na kantong may mga bahayan bago mag-Centennial Dorm.

Nabuo ang Barangay UP Village, o mas kilala sa tawag na Teacher’s Village, sa bisa ng Executive Order 25 ni dating alkalde ng Lungsod Quezon Norberto S. Amoranto.

Ang orihinal na plano rito’y maging isang housing project para sa mga kawani ng unibersidad.

May mga kilalang paaralan din sa loob nito, tulad ng Claret School of Quezon City. May basketball court, badminton court, mini gym, at marami pang recreational activity

apartments ng Area 2 ang pinakamalapit na pwedeng puntahan. Bilang mga dormers, isa sa ating pangangailangan ang ready-to-eat meals, kung kaya kaliwa’t kanan ang kainan sa lugar; lalo pa’t malapit din ito sa Kalayaan, Yakal, Sanggumay at Molave Residence Hall.

(RICARTE, PALARIS, DAGOHOY, AT AMORSOLO)

VILLAGE C

Kung madalas kayong sumasakay ng Ikot Jeep, mapapansin n’yo ang maliit na komunidad sa may tabi ng Centennial Dormitory, o mas kilala bilang Village C. Humigit-kumulang 100 pamilya ang naninirahan dito, karamihan ay mga guwardiya, janitor, at mga kontraktwal na manggagawa sa loob mismo ng UP. Nakagawian lamang itong tawaging Village C dahil katabi ito ng Village A at B, ang housing project para sa mga kawani, faculty at REPS (Research, Extension and Professional Staff) ng unibersidad.

Diliman. Ang mga tindahan dito ang pinakamalapit na bilihan ng yosi. Ingat na nga lang dahil may smoking ban na at baka ipambayad mo lang ng multa ang baon mong pang-isang buwan.

Dahil hindi lahat ay tinatanggap sa UP dormitories, sa mga bedspace at

KRUS NA LIGAS Mula Centennial dorm, maglakad palabas ng gate ng UP at tumawid papuntang Krus na Ligas.

Panahon pa lang ng Espanyol, humigit-kumulang 30 na pamilya na ang umokupa sa Krus na Ligas.

Isang 394-ektaryang lupain ang KNL nang ibenta ni dating pangulong Elpidio Quirino sa UP ang KNL sa halagang P1 noong Abril 1949. Kaya noong taong 1965, kinasuhan ng UP ang mga residente

rito at tinawag na informal settlers ang mga ito. Kasalukuyang 43 ektarya na lamang ng KNL ang pagmamayari ng UP matapos maipagkaloob sa mga residente ng Barangay KNL ang kalakhan ng lupain noong 1979.

Maituturing ang KNL bilang puso ng unibersidad dahil dito nakatira ang karamihan sa mga

estudyante at manggagawa sa UP. Kaya bukod sa UP dorms, saksi ang baranggay na ito sa mga inumagang thesis at iniyakang LEs. Dito rin ang puntahan ng mga gustong malasing pero ayaw magastusan nang malaki dahil medyo mura ang mga inumin dito kumpara sa iba. Mapanghi nga lang

ang CR at bawal kang magdala ng isaw/barbecue mula sa mga katabi nitong ihawan.

Kung hindi ka naman umiinom ng alak, at balak mo lang makinig sa debate ng mga umiinom na propesor at estudyante rito, may kape at pineapple juice sa menu.

sa Institute of Chemistry.

Samantala, matatagpuan ang Area 14 at 17 sa may Science and Engineering Complex malapit sa Executive House o ang opisyal na tirahan ng UP President sa loob ng campus. Nasa 48 na pamilya ang pinalipat din patungong Libis upang magbigay-daan naman sa itatayong gusali ng College of Engineering.

Maraming paraan para maging masaya at makabuluhan ang apat na taon (o mahigit) sa UP. Tandaang hindi nasusukat ang pagiging iskolar ng bayan sa bilang ng naunong subjects o anumang karangalang nakamit.

Ang tunay na tatak ng isang iskolar na bayan: marunong makisama at makiisa sa kapwa, lalo na sa mga nasa laylayan ng lipunan.

Bukas-bisig tayong lahat na tinanggap ni Oble, ngunit may kapalit ang paanyayang ito: hamon sa ating mga iskolar ng bayan na makisangkot, maging bahagi ng mas malaking mundo sa labas ng ating mga silid-aralan, at sa huli ay ialay ang ating husay at dangal sa kapwa at sambayanan.

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BEHIND THE BYLINES

FACES AND PHASES IN THE 95 YEARS OF PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN ALDRIN VILLEGAS

IF FACEBOOK WERE INVENTED IN THE EARLY 1900s, WHAT WOULD THE TIMELINE OF THE Philippine Collegian look like? Born in 1910 as the College Folio, the student publication would change its username to Varsity News in 1917. It would start featuring the first literary works in English by Filipino writers like Jose Garcia Villa. It would earn a blue badge in 1922 with its official status as the Philippine Collegian, now more popularly known as Kulê.

Browsing through earlier posts in the 1920s, Kulê’s timeline would feature commercials on products like alcohol and cigarettes, and even events like birthdays, baptisms, and weddings. If Kulê had an embarrassing past for #ThrowbackThursday, people would probably bump photos from this time: photos of campus crushes, featured in what was then called the “Coed’s and Bachelor’s Pages.” If that was not cringe-worthy enough, there was also a time when the publication hosted the most awaited beauty pageant in campus where the pool of candidates for Miss Philippines will be selected from. The winners were called Mr. & Ms. Collegian.

Through the years, Kulê would have a diverse list of friends. Some would be famous for their brilliance and courage, while others would be notorious for being too comfortable in their ivory towers. All of them defined the Collegian of their respective generations—some played it safe while others were daring and radical.

These are some of the most remarkable faces and phases in the 95 years of Philippine Collegian.

P.S. Kulê needs more friends! Send us a request at fb.com/phkule or contact 09161509029. You may also pay us a visit at Room 401 Vinzons Hall. We are open 24/7!

Wenceslao Vinzons

Renato Constantino

Lean Alejandro

Serving as the Collegian’s editor-in-chief in 1931, Wenceslao Vinzons’ term marked the beginning of the publication’s progressive orientation. UPD’s student activity center Vinzons Hall is named after him which is the home of Kule and UP Student Council since 1958. Vinzons was also a militant student leader, organizing rallies such as the protest against raising lawmakers’ salary. His leadership stint continued outside the university, being the youngest delegate of the 1935 Constitutional Convention at 24 and being elected as governor of Camarines Norte. He later became a leader of the armed resistance against the Japanese occupation during World War II. The Japanese military seized Vinzons and his father on July 8, 1942.

Refusing to pledge allegiance to his captors, Vinzons was bayoneted to death. The rest of his family were also executed by the Japanese.

The young Renato Constantino’s patriotism was influenced by his grandmother who told him stories of the atrocities committed by the Spanish friars. His father was also critical of corrupt politicians and those who did not care about the country’s independence. He would then be a student leader, debater, and writer from high school to college— leading the Collegian as editor-in-chief in 1939. In his editorial column criticizing then President Manuel Quezon’s dictatorial tendencies because of his one-party system proposal, Constantino earned the president’s attention who responded to his article in one of his speeches. Later in his life, he would become a prominent nationalist historian who questioned the benevolent view of Philippine-American relations. In his famous works like The Philippines: A Past Revisited and Philippines: A Continuing Past, Constantino confronts our colonial history and challenges us to reexamine our Filipino identity. | Filipino/Kultura Writer

A well-known activist and student leader, Lean Alejandro was a key figure in the anti-Marcos dictatorship movement.

His political views were heavily shaped by his stint as a feature writer for the Collegian in 1979 where he wrote on topics of social inequities. After leaving the publication, Lean was elected as chairperson of the University Student Council, and was later chosen as student representative to the Board of Regents. As an intellectual rebel, Lean led various nationalist formations such as the Youth for Nationalism and Democracy and was a junior fellow at the UP Third World Studies Center. From leading numerous rallies, he then became the secretary-general of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), an alliance of left-wing organizations. On his way back to the BAYAN office in Cubao after a press conference in Intramuros, Lean was ambushed and killed by suspected rebel soldiers He was 27. | Feature Writer

Former Editor-in-chief at Philippine Collegian Former President at UP Student Council Former Governor at Camarines Norte Delegate at 1935 Constitutional Convention Studied Law at UP Diliman From Vinzons (Formerly Indan), Camarines Norte

Former Editor-in-chief at Philippine Collegian

Former Features Writer at Philippine Collegian

Former Professor at UP Diliman, UP Manila, Adamson University, Far Eastern University, Arellano University

Former Chairperson at Youth for Nationalism and Democracy

Published The Philippines: A Past Revisited (1975), The Marcos Watch (1972), The Miseducation of the Fiilipino (1959) Studied Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at UP Diliman From Manila, Philippines

Former President at UP Diliman University Student Council Former Secretary-General at BAYAN Married to Lidy Nacpil

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Former Vice President for Development at GMA New

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Studied Bachelor of Arts in PhilIppine Studies at UP Diliman From Navotas City

Renato Constantino Lean Alejandro Wenceslao Vinzons Nothing can make me happier than to die for my country.

DISENYO NG PAHINA NI JOHN RECZON CALAY

The true Filipino is a decolonized Filipino.

The struggle for freedom is the next best thing to actually being free.

Malou Mangahas

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Romeo Gacad

Karl Castro

Manix Abrera

Veteran photojournalist Romeo Gacad considers the era of anti-Marcos protests as a very substantial part of his early years in photojournalism. He served as a photographer for the Collegian in 1978, taking photos of rallies and different personalities. Among the people he photographed, he admired most the young firebrand Lean Alejandro. After his Collegian days, Gacad pursued a career in photojournalism, covering momentous events in the 1980s such as communist insurgencies, Ninoy Aquino’s assassination, and the Islamic separatists in Mindanao. He then joined the Manila bureau of Agence France-press where he covered three US wars: the 1991 Gulf War, 2011 Afghanistan War, and the 2003 Iraq invasion. Aside from these, he also covered five Olympic Games, from Seoul in 1988 to Athens in 2004. His photographs of the 1988 Olympics, the Afghanistan war, and the Iraq war earned him three Pulitzer prize nominations. | Photojournalist

Karl Castro was the Editor-in-Chief of the Collegian in 2006.

During his term, the UP administration suddenly imposed the Government Procurement Act of 2003, wanting to manage the procurement of Kule’s big-ticket expenses including the selection of printing press. Kule was defiant, so the administration hijacked its funds which halted the publication’s operations at a crucial time—when UP approved the 300-percent tuition hike through the revamped socialized tuition. Karl’s term did not back down. They independently published the Rebel Collegian using funds from alumni and supporters. Its editorial read: “This is not your regular Collegian. This is a declaration of dissent. This is proof that no matter how tight the administration maintains its grip on the publication’s operations, it can never contain its fierce resistance.” Karl later pursued a career as a book designer, working with brilliant authors like Ricky Lee, Rolando Tolentino, and Floy Quintos, among others. | Layout Artist

Now famous for his Kiko Machine comics, Manix Abrera considers the Collegian as his foundation and training ground as an artist. His Kule comics character Bertong Badtrip was a hit among UP students when he served as graphics editor from 2001 to 2003. A commentary on life in UP and in general, Bertong Badtrip is an engaging character that is entertaining and socially relevant. Manix for example drew a comics strip where Bertong Badtrip saw another boy cut in line. Berto complains but was told that the boy is “the son of the mayor” or “related to the governor.” Bertong Badtrip, annoyed but defiant, replied: “Pwes, anak ako ng Diyos!” Manix takes cues from his father Jess Abrera who was also political and imaginative in his comics strips. | Illustrator Former Graphics Editor at Philippine Collegian Works at Philippine Daily Inquirer

Former Photojournalist at Philippine Collegian

Former Editor-in-chief at Philippine Collegian

Chief Photographer at Agence France-Presse

Independent Book Designer

Author at Kikomachine Komix!

Published Retrato at Recuerdos (1983)

Recipient of National Book Awards

Studied Bachelor of Fine Arts Major in Visual Communication at UP Diliman

Studied Visual Arts at Philippine High School for the Arts

Family members: CSSP Dean Bernadette Abrera (mother) Inquirer Chief Cartoonist Jess Abrera (father)

Lives in Yangon, Myanmar From Manila, Philippines

Romeo Gacad I would like to be remembered as a photojournalist whose photographs told stories that changed lives.

Studied Bachelor of Arts in Film at UP Diliman From Angono, Rizal

Karl Castro Books preserve, and they destroy. They transport us, they locate us. Each book is an intervention, and a legacy. It is my great honor and pride to say that I help make them.

Works at GMA News Online

Studied Bachelor of Fine Arts at UP Diliman From Antipolo City

Manix Abrera Comics should have both form and content. But I don’t spoonfeed because I want readers to think.

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LAT HA LAIN

UNANG TIKIM ADRIAN KENNETH GUTLAY

Ang pamantasang ito rin ang nagpanday ng pananaw ko sa buhay, ng mga nais kong tahakin

SA UP KO NAR ANASAN ANG mga unang tikim.

Ng biglang bugso ng kalayaan.

Ng tamis ng tagumpay.

Ng pait ng kabiguan at kawalan.

Dito ko unang naranasan kumain ng ampalaya at papaitan.

Sa UP rin ako unang nakatikim ng alak nung freshie ako. (Ma, isang bote lang yun. Hehe!)

Dito ko unang naranasang sumama sa mga pagkilos. ‘Di ko pa alam ang mga chant noon.

Tumatangu-tango na lang ako.

Basta alam ko, hindi dapat pinalayas ‘yung informal settlers mula sa mga bahay nila nang walang maayos na lilipatan. Nang magtaas-kamao ang mga kasama ko, ‘di ko alam kung aling kamay ang gagamitin. Itaas ko kaya pareho para party?

Dito ko unang naranasang mamulat sa mga isyu. Dahil sa konserbatibong pagpapalaki sa’kin, nagpabalik-balik ako mula sa pikit-mata at kibitbalikat na pananaw sa mga isyu, patungo sa hangaring umambag sa panlipunang pagbabago. Minsan, isang mata lang ang bukas.

Babalik din ako minsan sa point A kapag bumalik ang pagiging apathetic ko, o ‘pag naalala ko

‘yung mga sabi-sabi ng mga taong nakapaligid sa akin pati ng mga nagko-comment sa Facebook na “mag-aral ka na lang.” ‘Di mo alam kung nang-iinsulto o concerned ‘yung troll.

Bunga ng pagkamulat sa isyu, pati na rin ng malawak na diskurso, ang pamantasang ito rin ang nagpanday ng pananaw ko sa buhay.

Ng mga nais kong tahakin.

Kung pagtatagpuin ang 2017 na version ko ngayon at ‘yung version ko nang una akong tumapak sa unibersidad, kukutusan ng nauna ‘yung freshie na walang muwang.

Matatakot naman ‘tong si totoy.

Ang freshie na naghahanap ng landas.

Daming ganap.

Pagkalito.

Sensory overload.

Euphoria. Dejection. Itinutulak ang hangganan nang makakaya, sa acads man o sa iba pa.

Matapos ang mga unang tikim, sumunod ang ikalawa, ikatlo, at marami pang beses. Dumating ang mga pagkakataon upang mamulat at makapagmulat. Hindi naman ako na-culture shock, pero karamihan sa mga kaibigan ko, oo.

Kung natatakot ka, freshie, normal lang yan. Kung natatakot

ka sa sa ngayon, tanungin lagi ang sarili: para kanino ba ang ginagawa ko?

Marami kang agam-agam, pero ‘wag kakalimutan ang tungkuling tumulong sa paglutas sa mga isyu ng lipunan at pakikibaka ng kalakhang masa.

Sa dami ng maaaring makapukaw ng atensyon ng mga bagong Iskolar ng Bayan, mahalaga na hindi makalimutan ang kasaysayan ng pamantasan at ang ambag nito sa paglaban ng masa.

Cliché na kung cliché. The only reason, seems like it though, is because it rings true.

Welcome to the best years of your life.

Serve the people.

Padayon.

TAON XCV

PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN

SANNY BOY AFABLE

PUNONG PATNUGOT

ALDRIN VILLEGAS

KAPATNUGOT

SHEILA ANN ABARRA

TAGAPAMAHALANG PATNUGOT

JOHN DANIEL BOONE

PATNUGOT SA BALITA

ROSETTE ABODAGO JAN ANDREI COBEY ADRIAN KENNETH GUTLAY

PATNUGOT SA GRAPIX

CAMILLE JOYCE LITA

TAGAPAMAHALA NG PINANSIYA

JOHN RECZON CALAY JOHN KENNETH ZAPATA

KAWANI

AMELYN DAGA

L AST WEEK, I SPENT A NIGHT at the Kulê off ice. And f inally, I was able to eat supper at peace.

Lately, I had a series of awkward dinners with my family. For while other families spend dinner time to discuss among themselves what happened during the day, my mom and dad have always used it to scold somebody at home. And their main target for almost t wo months now is me.

The reason is the simple fact that I should have marched along with other graduates last June with a degree in Economics, but things did not go as planned. I shifted courses t wice, and to rub salt to the wound, my parents hate my third and current degree program just because they think Journalism is a no-money profession.

Well, to be fair, that’s true, but no amount of money is worth wasting my whole life doing something I really don’t like.

But I went to UP on graduation day. It was nice to celebrate a lunch date with my Econ batchmates who graduated. But the dinner back at home that day turned my initially happy day around. The series of all awkward dinners with my family began with my mom asking how my day went.

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At f irst I was elated; for the f irst time in a long time, no one’s face would turn red at the dinner table. I said it was okay but did not go on further, and so we all continued chewing on our food.

Then there was silence – long and awkward – until my father spoke.

“Gradweyt na ‘yung mga kasabayan mo dati …” he proclaimed like he knew who they were. “Pero ikaw hindi pa,” he continued as if stressing how much of a disappointment I was to them.

His words f irst broke the silence, then me internally later on. And in a fraction of a moment, I’ve preempted in my head what would likely happen in the next couple of minutes.

No surprise, it did.

“Eh ‘di dapat pala gradweyt ka na rin ngayon,” he continued speaking, while the rest of us around the table continued eating. But I could already feel a lump down my throat growing.

“Gradweyt ka na rin pala dapat ngayon ng Economics. Dapat sana ikaw na ang nag-aasikaso ng trabaho natin. Dapat sana ikaw na ang…”

I want to forget what he said, and I don’t even want to write them down. But I remember how every word that came out of his

mouth cut through my chest like knives that night.

And every dinner with them, the exact moment repeatedly plays in my head: my aunts, cousins, mom, and brother looking at me cunningly while I put my head down in despair. Then I had one last bite of my food before awkwardly getting out of the dinner table and rushing to my room just in time before tears started dying down my chin.

It happened almost two months ago, but it’s still fresh in my memory.

Every bite of dinners with them tastes either as bitter as my father’s words or as salty as the tears I’ve shed that night. But reality is sweet, nonetheless: I have not even an ounce of regret pursuing a degree that gears me to doing what I love.

PINANSIYA

GARY GABALES

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Well, to be fair, that’s true, but no amount of money is worth wasting my whole life doing something I really don’t like

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ADRIAN KENNETH GUTLAY

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WARREN RAGASA

PENDULUM Alas nuebe. Wala na ring point kung magmamadali. Pagpapawisan lang akong lalo. Now I must walk with all my tikas at tigas ng mukha.

Ewan ko ba kung paano ako nagtagal sa Engineering nang tatlong taon kahit na madalas akong late sa maraming bagay—pagpila sa enrollment, pagbayad ng tuition, pagpasok sa klase, pagpasa ng plates, at pag-intindi sa mga lesson. Pinanghahawakan ko na lang na lagi raw late ang mga taong matatalino. Ang kaso, the converse is not necessarily true.

Minsan, hindi ko naman talaga sinasadyang maging late lalo na tuwing mahaba ang pila sa jeep, tuwing lumiliko si manong driver sa gasoline station, o minsan tuwing napupuno ang kalye namin ng mga pulis at nakikiusyosong kapitbahay. Pero madalas, ako naman talaga ang mapagpasya, tulad ng lagi kong pagpupuyat para sa anime o series, paglalaro ng NBA, o simpleng pagtunganga nang tatlong oras.

Hindi nakaka-hipster ang procrastination. Talagang nakakapagod lang ang laging paghahabol sa oras. Para bang paikut-ikot lang ang mga bagay, paulit-ulit ang tikatik ng bawat segundo sa orasan (oha, deep!).

Routine lang ang buhay, sabi nila, pero mas gusto kong isiping parang pendulum ang sa akin: ‘di bale nang hindi nagtatagal ang bola o “bob” sa “full sway,” basta mahaba ang panahon ng pagiging “chill” ng buhay ko at bob sa gitna.

Ito siguro ang dahilan kung bakit naitulak ko ang sariling sumali sa Kulê.

Anytime daw, pwede akong mag-exam, so tinitigan ko lang ang blue book ko buong umaga, nagpa-aircon sa opisina nila, at saka tinapos ang exam mag-aalas nuebe na ng gabi.

Kaya nang malaman kong ako na ang bagong pupuno sa espesyal na espasyong ito, nangako ako sa sariling aayusin ko na ang buhay ko (na by the way ay ilang beses ko na ring sinabi sa sarili ko). Tuwing new year pa nga, nire-recycle at ipinanreregalo ko lang sa iba ang mga planner na iniregalo lang din sa akin nu’ng nagdaang pasko (sorry, friends).

Pero hindi ako nag-procrastinate para sa draft na ito. Pinaghandaan ko namang maging kolumnista ng Kule, ‘no. Humingi pa nga ako ng tips kay Eula at Polo—na mga dating tambay din sa kolum na ito—kung paano pahahabain ang mga dapat ay 140-character rants lang sa Twitter, saka kung paano rin magtunog contemplative, deep, at matalino.

Ang totoo niyan, sakit ang procrastination ng mga taong wala nang wil 2 liv at pinipilit na lang iraos ang mga bagay-bagay; ng mga taong umaasa na lang sa nasasaid nang adrenaline para magpatuloy pa sa buhay. At dahil kakaunti lang naman talaga ang mga bagay na worth all our fervor, iniisip ko na lang na ang pagiging late ay sintomas ng pagka-burnout sa paulit-ulit na siklo ng buhay.

Alas nuebe. Late na ako—gagawin ko na lang ang mga bagay na gusto kong gawin.

MAY 4, 2015

CMC renovations disrupt classes, displace student orgs RAT SAN JUAN ONGOING RENOVATIONS IN THE main building of the College of Mass Communication (CMC) interrupt at least 50 classes, more than half of which are Journalism classes which have all been postponed to August 14.

A total of 30 Journalism classes and other CMC subjects held in classrooms under the department have only started last Monday. Meanwhile, at least 20 Broadcast Communication (BC) classes have been moved to the UP Film Institute Media Center building beside Plaridel Hall, but 10 still use the rooms in the main building despite the unfinished construction.

The building makeover is long overdue, said Administrative Officer Gina Villegas.

Under the Office of the Campus Architect (OCA), the modernization project had been planned since the term of former CMC Dean Roland Tolentino which ended in 2015.

“Sa dami ng project sa buong UP Diliman, ngayon lang natapos yung bidding,” Villegas said.

Expected to be completed in October, the renovated CMC main building will have new floorings, transparent glass walls, glass boards in classrooms, and full airconditioning in both floors.

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Electrical rewiring of the main building is also among the targets of the renovation, according to CMC College Secretary Teresa Congjuico. Previous renovations in the college focused only on refurbishing either the interior or exterior.

The faculty meanwhile looks forward to the renovated rooms, but the downside is having to scout for temporary rooms and ensure the safety of students, said Professor Eulalio R. Guieb III, Chair of the BC department.

“As much as possible, we avoid using rooms that are very well within the premises of the construction. Still, because of the lack of rooms, we advised some of them to use those rooms [near the renovation],” Guieb added.

Aside from delaying and relocating classes, the renovations have also displaced the CMC Student Council (CMCSC), the college’s official student publication Tinig ng Plaridel, and four other organizations based at the CMC Annex building basement: UP Broadcasters Guild, Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP), Anakbayan Maskom, and the Union of Journalists of the Philippines-UP (UJP-UP).

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The entire basement room containing their vacated office space will be repurposed as the new Office of Extension and External Relations (OEER), which has long requested for a larger working area to the CMC admin.

The OEER annually confers the U.P. Gawad Plaridel to outstanding media practitioners.

While several student formations will be displaced, only the CMCSC and TNP were given relocation space at a different portion of the basement. The other four organizations through the CMCSC have requested a dialogue with the admin to raise their concerns.

One of the solutions being proposed by the admin is to provide old couches near the basement entrance to serve a free-forall org tambayan, said Villegas.

The loss of the tambayan came as a big blow, according to Anakbayan Membership Head Abigail Zara. “Doon kami nakakapag-discuss tungkol sa mga issues. Naging lugar siya hindi lang sa pagdevelop ng bond bilang isang org, [kundi] bilang isang family,” she added.

The writer of the article is a member of UJP, among the organizations to be displaced.

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Fam sts aims for equity I get it, but HUMAN rights is something everyone has duh, mahirap or mayaman, everybody has the same rights.

If killing is indeed the solution to the ills of the country, maybe we should start with the real culprits: corrupt and stupid officials

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DISSENTING VO I C E S WHEN SILENCE ONLY SERVES TO

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No less than the state terrorizes its own people. It labels its enemies one by one—the poor, the communists, the Lumad— in order to feed its narrative of violence.

sustain violence, dissent becomes an obligation.

The opening of a new academic term marks another year of renewed vigilance to promises of reforms and change, both by the UP administration and the Duterte regime. In the 95th year of the Philippine Collegian or Kulê, it persists to be critical of the many policies that infringe on the rights of the people. It will not falter in fulfilling this tradition.

Amid all illusions of progress, it is the duty of the Collegian as the official student publication of UP Diliman to open the eyes of its readers to the realities of the students and other marginalized and oppressed sectors in the society.

For instance, while free education is a possibility set in stone by the student movement, the very economic managers of the President try to derail this victory by not including free education in the proposed budget for next year. The commercial nature of UP education more so remains, as manifested by a new land policy otherwise known as the UP Master Development plan which aims to “develop the university’s real estate assets,” at the expense of communities inside the campus.

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EDITORYAL This reflects the direction we are heading in as a nation.

Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s rhetorics of radical change, his economic agenda have only imitated his predecessors’. Oligarchs and foreign monetary institutions still rule the economy by controlling massive infrastructure projects through the government’s Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). Moguls like Ayalas, Cojuangcos, and Pangilinan reign supreme over 10 of 15 PPP projects, comprising P275 billion or 88.6 percent of the total PPP cost, according to think-tank IBON. But why would the state be bothered by inequality bred by the elite’s rule, when it can easily kill the poor? No less than the state terrorizes its own people. It labels its enemies one by one—the poor, the communists, the Lumad—in order to feed its narrative of violence.

And while there may be conscious efforts from the state to silence its critics, the Collegian continues in expressing dissent without reluctance.

It will keep on telling the narratives of families left longing for justice by the war on drugs. Its illustrations will reveal the plight of peasants and indigenous people displaced from their lands due to heightened militarization,

especially with the extended Martial Law in Mindanao.

Its pages will expose the role of the United States in the government’s affairs, including the Marawi crisis, where military aerial bombings have already left more than 265,000 civilians homeless.

No administrative grip on its operation, as it has experienced in the past, will hinder the Collegian from fulfilling this mandate to the people.

It counts on the capacity and spirit of the Iskolar ng Bayan to be able to continue the tradition of critical and fearless journalism.

But stagnation is not an option for the publication. As years go by, the Collegian will continue strengthening and maximizing its reach online, where truth is being drowned out by the rise of fake news and blatant misuse of statistics. But there shall be no illusion: neither print nor social media can take over the role of the streets as a greater avenue for discourse and defiance.

More crises are yet to unfold in the coming days. It is imperative for the publication to stay on guard of every issue and policy that will steer the course of people’s decisive and collective action. The Collegian takes the obligation to dissent.