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Shanice Garcia

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Studied Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Information Design (2013) Ateneo de Manila University

Aims to Worked as

pursue a long-time career in creatives, advertising, and media.

Graphic Designer Philippine Canadian Inquirer, Apr 2013 – Present

Is in charge of creating layout for the print version of the Philippine Canadian Inquirer, the first and only Filipino-Canadian newspaper distributed all throughout Canada. Responsible for editing/retouching advertisements, designing the website and online newsletters for the paper.

Intern +63 Design Co., Apr 2012 – May 2012

Helped conceptualize the 2013 Graphika Manila design theme and collaterals and illustrated custom figures that were then produced and used in the promotional materials.

Student Facilitator

Handled two freshmen blocks for two years and helped

Introduction to Ateneo Culture and Traditions,

facilitate and administer regular classroom sessions to prayer

Jun 2010 – Mar 2012

sessions.

Graphic Designer

Conceptualized and designed promotional materials for

Alliance of Filipino-Chinese Students,

the organization’s flagship project, The AFICS Leadership Con-

Oct - Nov 2011

vention. This included posters, tarpaulins, and booklet layouts.

Documentations Head Fine Arts Festival 2011, Sept 2010 – Feb 2011

Headed a team of photographers that covered the weeklong event while coordinating with the program committee in making sure the events went well. Designed, developed and maintained the website and other online collaterals.

Served as

Design Executive Editor, Multimedia

Branded and created collateral for Katipunan Magazine,

Editor (interim) and Web Design &

The GUIDON’s online magazine (katipunan.theguidon.com)

Development staffer

and Sports Online (sports.theguidon.com).

The GUIDON, Jul 2009 – Mar 2013

Pioneered the creation of the Multimedia staff which produces video content for the paper.

President Aperture Society, Apr 2011 – Apr 2012

Organized the internal systems of the organization as well as external relations through creating partnerships and x-deals, hence increasing its visibility.

Executive Creative Director AEGIS 2013, Mar 2012 – Jan 2013

Oversaw and is the primary designer for the layout of the AEGIS 2013 yearbook. Designed the official AEGIS logo that will be used for all yearbooks from 2013 onwards. Created various promotional materials and merchandise such as lanyards and shirts for the yearbook committee and its projects and announcements.

Vice President, Manager for

Headed the Ads Team, which took care of creating all pro-

Communications and Publications

motional materials for different Celadon events that ranged

Ateneo Celadon, Apr 2011 – Feb 2013

from posters, tickets, tarpaulins, and the like. Helped develop and maintain the Celadon website as well as Chinoy, the organization’s official publication.

Deputy for Creatives Loyola Film Circle, Sept 2011 – Mar 2012

Co-headed Kinetic Aesthetic: Get your creative juices flowing. The event featured two sets of talks and each has been well-attended by over 90 people. Designed various promotional materials for the organization’s events, including most of its flagship projects.

She has also been an active member of other organizations such as Ateneo Project for Asian and International Relations, Artillery, and Touhou no Yuujin and designed for Ateneo events such as Blue Christmas, an annual outreach activity, and Blue Roast, a party/concert held for the graduating batch.

Knows Mac OS X and Windows, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, Wordpress, Photography, Videography

Interested in When not designing, she spends her time enjoying great food with family or friends. She is also very tech-savvy and has difficulty stopping herself from trying out the latest—from gadgets to websites. Her creative process involves a lot of running and swimming to come up with ideas that will work. She is self-taught in all the creative fields she actively pursues and thoroughly enjoys that learning method.

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By Ennah A. Tolentino

NE HUNDRED twenty-four farmers, fisher folk and indigenous people from Casiguran, Aurora marched barefoot through the University Road in the Ateneo last December 10, 2012, in protest of the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (Apeco). Numerous students, teachers, administrators, Jesuits, and other members of the community joined in the march. Their arrival marked the eighteenth day of their 370-kilometer march from Casiguran, dubbed “Lakad Katarungan, Lakad Matuwid na Daan.” Their goal was to convince President Benigno Aquino III to hold the budget of Apeco. “Lupa namin, inagaw, inagaw! Sinong nang-agaw? Apeco! Angara! Bakit inagaw? Gahaman! Gamahan! (Our lands, grabbed, grabbed! Who grabbed them? Apeco! Angara! Why were they grabbed? Greed! Greed!),” echoed the marchers’ chants across the campus, as they trudged on closer to their final destination of Malacañang Palace. Apeco is a multibillion-peso project that aims to turn 12,923

dECrYINg aPECO. affected locals of casiguran marched on campus to show disapproval of the developments in their town.

OUT OF 269 entries in the 201 2 Ten Accompl i shed Youth Organizations (TAYO) Awards, Kythe-Ateneo was ident if ied a s one of t h is yea r ’s Nationa l Fina lists, wit h t heir “Be Brave, Get Shaved” project. The 20 National Finalists consist of f ive orga niza-

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tions chosen from each of four identified areas in the Philippines: the National Capital Region (NCR), Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. “Reaching the finals round of TAYO Awards helped our advocacy reach a bigger audience and, for that, we are grateful. All throughout the TAYO journey, the Ateneo community, more especially

tion while rendering service. This right is emphasized for household helpers around 15 to 17 years old. SOMA Project Head Maria A lyssa Rodrig uez believes that education is one of the major avenues through which upward social mobilit y can be promoted. “This provision, I believe, is rea lly impor ta nt so that domestic helpers aged 15 to 17 years old, who have their whole lives ahead of them, may be granted the skills and knowledge necessary for them to venture into other types of

THE ATENEO Student Catholic Action (Atsca) held the State of the Marginalized Address (S OM A) on No v e m b e r 14 . The SOMA shed light on the Kasambahay bill, also known as House Bill 6144 or the Domestic Workers Act of 2012. The event zeroed in on education for domestic workers. The bi l l , pa s s e d e a rl ier this Januar y, stipulates that domest ic worker s a re ent it led to t he r ight of educa-

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hectares of Casiguran into a business and tourism hotspot. The special economic zone lapsed into law as Republic Act (RA) 10083 in 2010, amending RA 9490 from 2007. Senator Edgardo Angara and Lone District of Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo Angara spearheaded the creation of Apeco. Aurora Governor Bellaflor Angara-Castillo endorsed the project. Critics allege that the project has displaced a number of locals and the native Agta tribespeople. Five days before the arrival of the marchers, a talk aimed to present the side of Apeco was held at the Leong Hall Auditorium. In attendance were Malcolm Sarmiento, Apeco’s current president and chief executive officer, as well as chieftains and barangay captains from various Casiguran towns who supported Apeco. Sarmiento said that Aurora and the other provinces on the

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l ivel i ho o d or employ ment should t he t ime come t hat they would want to discontinue being domestic helpers,” she explained. She added, “ When we talk about the marg inalized sectors, we also have to think about our close proxim it y with them. Sometimes, we have this notion of the marg inalized sectors as always being physically far away from us, when in realit y we interact with them almost ever y day, if not ever y day, most especially in the case of our domestic helpers.”

In the event, Policy Director of the Visayan Forum (VF) Jerome A lca nt a ra , a g uest speaker, explained that the said age range was the prime timeframe for someone to learn. He further said that tuition payment should be separate f r o m t h e w o r k e r s ’ s a l a r y. “ Yo u [e m p l o y e r s] s h o u l d a l lo w dom e s t ic worke r s t o acquire skills.” The VF is a non-profit organization established in 1991. It tackles issues of domestic work, child labor and human atsca symposium ›› 8

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11% are current smokers.

3% have quit smoking.

Statistics show that although smokers are a minority in the Loyola Schools student population, such a group consists of individuals with varied backgrounds. RESEARCH BY The Ateneo Statistics Circle

35% of current smokers smoke weekly.

INFOGRAPHIC BY Shanice A. Garcia

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15% started in grade school

42% of those who smoked once or twice started in high school 21% started in 3rd year college

In a group of 10 LS Students, 1 is a smoker.

Ateneans who currently smoke consume an average of 11 packs a month.

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Social dynamics play a key role in a smoker’s life.

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69% of those who currently smoke started in high school

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n what was once a university that allowed college students to smoke cigarettes inside its classrooms, t he current policies of t he Ateneo now enforce st rict control over those who wish to have their nicotine fix. In fact, there are only two designated smoking areas in the Loyola Heights campus. Technically speaking, smoking is banned in the premises of the Loyola Schools (LS). Republic Act 9211 forbids the smoking of cigarettes in educational institutions. The university s smoking area, commonly referred to as the smocket an amalgamation of the phrase smoker s pocket garden is situated in a student parking lot right outside what is strictly the LS (i.e., college) premises. Beyond the stigma

Unlike issues that visibly involve a large and collective part of society, the phenomenon of smoking is often seen as one that is merely restricted to the personal and private life of an individual. In reality, though, social interaction is a key determinant of the make-up of any smoking culture. For example, Atenean smokers m a i n t a i n a u n iq u e s o c i a l dynamic, which is especially manifest in the smockets. Cigarettes are treated as communal property; giving one away is only an issue if such is the last one in a pack. A conversation s length can be determined by how many cigarettes are smoked and whoever stops smoking first. One can comfortably ask a stranger for a light. Indeed, it is clear that, while sharing many things in common with their fellow Ateneans, student smokers of the LS maintain a communal character that distinguishes them from the rest of the student populace.

Guio Martinez points to the influence of family. You come from a background where, you have parents who smoke, you have brothers and sisters who smoke [and] cousins who smoke. Eventually, you ll be curious about it. RJ Dancel, a management junior, shares a similar story. Actually, friends helped me get into [smoking]. Like, they paved the way for trying it. But my reason was my dad I don t know if it s my personality, but I hated him smoking. So I wanted to try it just to hate him more. He gave me the reason to hate it, but my friends gave me the privilege of doing it, she adds in a mix of English and Filipino. Media’s role

Although smoking seems to be inf luenced in a large part by familial and social circles, LS Guidance Counsellor Virgilio Panlasigui points to the role of media in getting people to smoke. They target now t he teen s. They no long er target the adults. Why? [It s] because the adults are already getting sick. Along that line, Jayeel Cornelio, PhD of the Sociolog y and Anthropology Department challenges the notion of media s power to influence. In public discourse, we tend to blame the television for a lot of our society s ills, whether it s promiscuity, overeating, or, in this case, smoking. Nevertheless, he is quick to point out the error in overemphasizing the role of media in the formation of smoking habit s a mong t he yout h. Although I will not deny the power of media to penetrate the psyche, let me challenge nevertheless the whole notion it is not to be blamed entirely. In many cases, people learn the ropes of smoking not by watching TV or YouTube. Ask your smoking friends how they learned it and probably a lot will tell you that they learned it from their other friends when they were much younger. I cannot emphasize enough the power of peers to shape behavior, says Cornelio. No

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adolescent would want to be excluded unless you re an avowed wallflower.

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Reason for smoking of 57% of daily smokers and 40% of former smokers.

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spaces and culture

When smoking comes to be seen not just as a relaxant but as a social device, the interactions around it beget distinct behaviors among smokers, so much so that some may even develop a culture centered on it. Depending on who is asked, this culture may be affected by the space in which smoking takes place. It s a social lubricant. It makes people open up, says Jake Jereza, a communications technology management junior, who likens the experience to travelling. It would be the same as, [when] you re in a different country, and people are speaking all sorts of languages. Suddenly you hear a familiar language that s your own. It s a g roup of people talking, a group of people from your country. Creative writing freshman Bel le Mapa ment ion s how smokers a re d r iven to t he smocket for similar reasons. I guess people just swarm there when they re feeling stressed or when they just feel the need to kind of escape from school. It s like we have our own little bubble in the parking lot. In principle, anyone can smoke anywhere, says Cornelio, challenging the suggestion that particular venues foment the development of cultures and habits. But cultures develop around venues. Before the removal of most smockets on the universit y grounds, Cornelio recalls that certain areas in the Ateneo were known for different smoking cliques where people of a particular social character gathered. The back side of the de la Costa Hall, for example, was popular among professors from SOH [School of Humanities]. Cornelio further mentions that smockets are situated in an open area vulnerable to the elements of nature. What is notable for him is that, though smockets contain no roof to shelter individuals from sun and rain, these areas are still frequented

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nicOtinE fix. Student smokers frequent the smoking area at the North Parking Lot.

65% of the student population have never smoked.

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Reason for smoking of 71% of daily smokers, 80% of former smokers, and 83% of those who only tried once or twice.

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21% have tried smoking once or twice.

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1 out of 10 freshmen smoke.

2 out of 10 sophomores smoke.

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by student smokers. But you see, even if [the smocket is] not really desirable, people still go there and they do talk. I have tried hanging out there a few times with some colleagues and students and it was interesting to see how cliques are formed a smocket cliques if you will, he says. Think about it: Got a lighter? is a good pick-up line. Martinez, however, is hesitant with the notion of a culture specifically centered on smoking. With regards to the smocket... I think what unites the people there is not really personalities, [because] there are lots of different personalities in the smocket. Rather, what brings them together is [just] the fact that they re smoking.

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18% of current smokers smoke monthly. 47% of current smokers smoke daily.

are smoking. It takes some economic ability to achieve that, Cornelio says. Also, sophistication is seen in the accompanying behaviors. Does it not look cultured to be talking with friends at a posh café with cigarette in one hand and coffee in the other?

1 out of 10 juniors smoke.

Panlasig ui returns to the point of how smokers interact with each other; he sees the act as a common denominator in terms of socializing. Sometimes, even if you re not a smoker but you re with people who smoke, you start with just puffing, he explains in a mix of English and Filipino. Then all of a sudden, t he nicotine gets into your system a lready. You re not just a n a ssociate. It s you. Your body s already looking for the nicotine. In relation to this, Cornelio says that it is the convergence of t he s o c i a l a nd biolog ical aspects of smoking that form such a dependency. By looking at the conditions of social standing that smoking affords an individual, we see smoking not just as an addictive behavior but also as a lifestyle, he explains. That smoking is both a biological form of addiction and an individual lifestyle makes it a very, very difficult habit to break.

1 out of 10 seniors and super seniors smoke.

change in perception

The GUIDON In many cases, people learn the ropes of smoking not by watching TV or YouTube. Ask 2012-13 your smoking friends how they learned it and probably a lot will tell you that they learned it As the Design Executive Editor of Ateneo’s officialfrom publication, I am in much charge of not just checking print issues their other friends when they were younger. but also the actual creation of designs and branding for new projects. I have been also contributing to all the design aspects of the organization: photos, layout & graphics, web design & development and multimedia. starting the habit

Smokers have varying reasons for taking their first stick, and yet these somehow manage to culminate into forming the same habit. Communications sophomore

A hazy image

For many non-smokers, negative stereotypes are immediately attached to the image of anyone who smokes. That s what most of the world sees, says Mapa. That we re rebels or people with intense problems, but that s not everybody. Smok ing, st ra nge a s it seems, is alternately perceived as something both desirable and repulsive. According to Cornelio, the act of smoking can be associated with the siga archetype for males, which thrives on the eager demonstration of masculinity, and the chic archetype for females, which is a display of upper cla ss fem in in it y. Whet her one perceives such labels to be positive or negative greatly varies among individuals. Dancel alludes to the image depicted in commercials. For stupid people, it s like they idolize the character shown because he s badass and he

consequence and habit

— jayeeL corneLio, phd, Sociology and Anthropology Department

smokes. They think that they can do that in real life. I guess it makes people feel adult, older, [as if they] know the world better, says Jereza. Cornelio dissects the image painted by smoking and identi-

fies three forms of social standing that may be ref lected in the very habit: aspirations of adulthood, economic class and cultural sophistication. There seems to be some pride in demonstrating independence from

parental oversight. We can see that smoking in itself can be a form of distinction-making. To be able to access the right, [usually expensive] cigarettes, one needs to see and know what others

There still remains the question as to why smokers nevertheless continue their habit, despite their knowledge of the harm it does. It is very unlikely to find a smoker who is completely unaware of the health hazards that surround a cigarette. According to Martinez, while an awareness of the risk may be there, its impact may not be sig nificant. I think the reason people still smoke even if they know these hazards is that, they feel that they re the ones responsible for it, for their habit. So if ever they start feeling the side effects of smoking, they know for a fact that it was coming.

Pe rh a p s d e b u n k i n g t h e perception of the smoker as someone shallow, unthinking and unsettling may help the non-smoker see smoking in a more holistic perspective. Mapa asserts that a person is not made less of a person just because he or she smokes. Mea nwhile, Dancel says, Some people think it s a cool thing to do, but at the end of the day, only you can determine who you really are. For smokers who have let the habit comprise a large part of their identity, this could have in fact been borne out of a deep awareness of all its implications. After all, smokers probably wouldn t be the last to know how a cigarette can shape or affect an individual s identity.

Editor s note: Interviewee Jake Jereza is part of The GUIDON s Multimedia Staff.

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The entire area still corporations prefer their ano- the Canadian Red Cross and the has no electricity. nymity. This would be the case Government of Canada will alfor Vancouver based B2Gold low relief efforts to truly impact Corp. whose primary business the areas affected by Typhoon is in gold production. B2Gold Haiyan and in a time where evoperates 3 mines; one in Mas- ery dollar counts, the future of bate, Philippines and the other the areas affected looks brighttwo in Nicaragua, Limon and er with every donation made. La Libertad. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The following photographs recent press release indicated were taken last week in Ormoc that B2Gold has allocated a to- and Tacloban Courtesy of Pastal of $1 million to the cause, tor Allan and Naomi Prochina The office of the Vice Mayor of Palompon, Leyte damaged A motorist and some passers-by carefully manoeuvre the half of which will be used in from Free Methodist church after the roof of the town hall was swept away by Super road at Palompon, Leyte as most of the electric posts and support of immediate rescue Cebu: Typhoon Yolanda. cables still pose danger.

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Residents of Tabango, Leyte patiently charge their cellphones and electronic gadgets as power supply was totally cut off from the entire Leyte province after Yolanda struck.

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