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THE S PECTRUM VOL. 58 NO. 1

APRIL 2014

O F F I C I A L S T U D E N T M E D I A C O R P S O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F S T. L A S A L L E

NEWS USG prexy to bring about ANIMO NATION Read on page 3

FEATURES Museo exhibits Montelibano’s ‘Sorry for the Inconvenience’ Read on page 6

The Copy-Paste Generation -Find out if you have, at some point, been a plagiarist

SPORTS FEATURE Tsinelas Hoops -There’s another side to basketball you might want to know about Read on page 11

Find out what Sugar and Spice have to say on certain issues in the campus. Read on page 8

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1,572 USLS grads march to the finish LASALLIANS NOW AND BEYOND. Lasallian graduates of 2014 pledge allegiance to their alma mater during the 57th Graduation Rites before finally making their way to broader realities.

By Patricia Mari M. Mijares

A total of 1,572 students of the 38 courses marched their way to get their diploma as eligible graduates of academic year 2013-2014 during the 57th Graduation Rites held at the University Coliseum last March 23. The total figure, as released by the University Registrar, is not inclusive of the 180 students who were bound to graduate last May and October 2013. There were a total of 516 graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences, with Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information

Technology having the most graduates, numbering 216; four and five graduates of Liberal Arts in Commerce (LIACOM) Bachelor of Arts (AB) Major in Communications, BS in Business Administration (BA) Major in Marketing Management, and LIACOM AB Psychology, BS BA Major in Operations Management (OM), respectively; 41 graduates each of AB Interdisciplinary Studies and AB Communications; three graduates of AB Mass Communications; 38 graduates of AB Political Science; 30 graduates of AB Psychology; 61 graduates of BS Psychology; 34 graduates of BS

Biology; and 43 graduates of BS Computer Science. The College of Business and Accountancy (CBA) had a total of 827 graduates, with BS Hospitality Management having the most graduates, numbering 276; 28 graduates of BS Accountancy; eight graduates of BS Agri-Business Management; two graduates of BS Business Management; five graduates of BS Entrepreneurship; 130 graduates of BS Management Accounting; 23 graduates of BS BA Major in Business Economics; 115 graduates of BS BA Major in Marketing Management; 162 graduates of BS BA Major in OM;

one graduate of BS Agri-Business Management and BS BA Major in Marketing Management; two graduates of BS BA Major in OM and BS BA Major in Marketing Management; 22 graduates of BS BA Major in Marketing Management and BS BA Major in Business Economics; 20 graduates of BS BA Major in Business Economics and BS Management Accounting; and 33 graduates of BS BA Major in Business Economics and BS BA Major in OM. There were a total of 105 graduates from the College

success. The two won the Google Cloud Developer Challenge (GCDC) 2013 as a team, with Sarmiento as programmer and Kit as graphic designer, through their entry MishMash for the Social/Personal Productivity/Games/Fun category in the South East Asia region. They received $20,000 for themselves, and the University also received an additional $18,000 for having an all-student team.

MishMash, according to their video demonstration, “is a game that turns the people in your Google+ circles into different challenges.” The application, available at http://gcdc2013-mishmash. appspot.com/, is composed of three mini-games, namely, Picture Matching, Word Search and Name Scramble, which make use of the information obtained from social networking sites.

In Picture Matching, the player must associate the five profile pictures to the corresponding names of the profile users, while in Word Search, the player must find the 10 listed names contained in a box filled with random letters. In Name Scramble, the player must arrange the letters to form the name of the given random person, whose profile picture will be revealed once answered correctly.

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Two Lasallians win Google tilt By Roma Jane A. Hechanova

“Don’t be afraid to fail. When you have an idea, don’t be afraid to pursue it.” Such was the advice of Computer Science graduate and magna cum laude Franz Sarmiento, and Information Technology graduate and cum laude Katrina Tan Kit to the Lasallian students, especially the developers who would want to replicate their

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USLS opens new SPED learning center Photo by Patricia Mari M. Mijares

By Patricia Mari M. Mijares

LIVING OUT LA SALLE’S DREAM. University President-Chancellor Br. Raymundo Suplido FSC signs the renewed Memorandum of Agreement with Brgy. Villamonte Captain Friday Solinap for the establishment of the new SPED Center.

University of St. La Salle (USLS) formally inaugurated the renovated Special Education (SPED) Learning Center, formerly situated at Brgy. Villamonte barangay hall, through an amended-Memorandum of Agreement signing held at its new location in the multipurpose hall of Santo Niño Village Brgy. Villamonte, last February 21. The new location, formerly a day care center, was almost thrice the size of the former SPED Center which was only an office converted into a mini-classroom.

Although the new location was situated in what was dubbed as one of the remotest puroks of Brgy. Villamonte, it “offered a lot better and more conducive learning space than the previous one,” according to College of Education (CEd) Dean Dr. John Cabalo. SPED Center Coordinator and USLS alumna Princess Elli also said that the new center will be “a big help in teaching the students self-help skills like proper hand washing” since a personal bathroom and sink are now available. USLS/10

Photo courtesy of Raymund G. Trespicio

Tuition, miscellaneous fees proposed to increase next AY By Carl Mark A. Pat and Roma Jane A. Hechanova

The University of St. La Salle (USLS) administration proposes for the increase of tuition fee and other student fees for the different colleges starting first semester of academic year (AY) 2014-2015, according to the tuition fee dialogues held last January 21 and February 4, both at the Lopue Conference Room. In compliance with Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order Number 3, Series of 2012, the University conducted two tuition fee dialogues through a multisectoral group forum wherein the University presented the proposal to representatives of each sector, namely, the students through the University Student Government, parents through the Parents and Teachers Council, faculty, non-teaching office personnel, and alumni. 4-5% increase for tuition fee During the said dialogue, the University presented a proposal to increase the tuition fee of its colleges by five percent, except for the College of Nursing (BSN), College of Law, and College of Medicine for which a four percent increase was proposed. For BSN students, the tuition fee per unit and per semester for category A students is planned to increase from P1,020.65 to P1,061.45; for category B students, from P794.90 to P826.70; for category C students, from P676.85 to P703.90; and for category D students, from P595.80 to P619.60. On the other hand, for the other colleges, the said

proposal would increase the current tuition fee per unit and per semester from P859.20 to P902.15 for category A students, from P669.30 to P702.75 for category B students, from P569.90 to P598.35 for category C students, and from P501.50 to P526.55 for category D students. 3% increase for miscellaneous fees Furthermore, the administration proposed to increase the miscellaneous fees by three percent for all colleges, except for capital development fees for which no increase was proposed. The miscellaneous fee, currently at P3,733.35, to be paid every semester by all students is proposed to increase by P142, becoming P3,875.35. The registration fee is planned to increase from P255 to P262.65; medical/ dental fee, from P242.95 to P250.25; athletic fee, from P468 to P482.05; library fee, from P1,156.45 to P1,191.15; student personnel services, from P490.05 to P534.75; guidance and counselling fee, from P421.70 to P434.35; audio visual fee, from P378.90 to P390.25; and management information system fee, from P320.30 to P329.90. The capital development fee is set to remain the same at P1,000 for Category A, P750 for B, P500 for C, and P375 for D, as well as the P1,100graduation fee and P400alumni fee. All laboratory fees, except for Field Study and Internship Fee, both only for College of Education students, as well as TUITION/10


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