The NORSUnian Vol XXXIV Issue 24

WE WRITE FOR YOU. WE FIGHT FOR YOU.

VOL XXXIV ISSUE NO 24 DECEMBER 12-18, 2016

NEVER GET HIT. A Karatedo player swings a step backward to dodge a powerful back swipekick from his opponent in blue during one of the highlight matches of the 1st SCUAA-NIR. (Photo by Kenneth Carlorio S. Surilla)

Reg’l SCUAA declares NORSU champion Reaping a total of 112 gold medals, Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) secures the overall championship title in the first Negros Island Region State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association ( N IR- S C UA A ) Me e t on December 17-20.

NORSU edged two gold medals against Central Philippines State University (CPSU) after winning championship titles in Basketball men, Beach Volleyball men, Lawn Tennis, Sepak Takraw, Table Tennis women, Volleyball, Arnis men, Boxing, Karatedo men, Pencak Silat, Tae-Kwon-Do men and Chess men.

Exhibiting the closest fight, CPSU leveled with NORSU to seize the championship title after amassing 16 golds in Athletics men category and 17 golds in

women category as well as 25 gold medals in men and 28 gold in Swimming women category.

Breaking the tie, NORSU representatives Jenson Ling Martizano and Fe Mavelle Tano were declared Mr. and Ms. SCUAA-NIR after individually competing with candidates from Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) and Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology (NONESCOST).

Also, NORSU seized a total of 56 silver medals after arriving

second places in Arnis women’s category, Karatedo women’s category, Badminton, Women’s Athletics, Basketball women’s category, Beach Volleyball women’s category, Futsal, and Table Tennis men.

NORSU collected 53 bronze medals in Baseball, Football, and Softball.Dance Sports Standard division, Chess Women, and Swimming.

Despite the inclusion of silver and bronze medals in the awarding, gold medals REG’L/to page 6

NORSU: Sepak champs reg’l meet

Narlyn R. Mascardo

Photo by Kenneth Carlorio S. Surilla

IT’S ABOUT TIME

opinion|see page 2

ATHLETES’ CHOICE. Norsunians Jenson and Mavelle take homecourt advantage after winning the Mister & Miss SCUAA-NIR 16 titles.

three other competitors vying Both NORSU for the title for the first Mister representatives Jenson and Miss SCUAA-NIR 2016.

Ling Martizano and Mavelle Competing individually, Tano grabbed the scepter and the representatives of Negros NORSU AMBAS../to page 6 crown after contending with Larry V. Villarin

Representing the region in the nationals, NORSU Sepak Takraw team defeated the other teams through strong defenses and counter spikes during the regional Athletic Association Meet.

NORSU Sepak Takraw players proved undefeated throughout the round robin matches as they blocked slays and returned balls with flying kicks against the three opposing SUCs in the first sports events.

On the first match which lasted for two sets, NORSU prevailed superior with the score 2-0 against POWERHOUSE KICK. Klint Ralph Deguit, NORSU Sepak player, displays a brawny kick upon serving the ball.

Carlos Hilado Memorial State NORSU played again (NONESCOST).

Bombing 21-7. NONESCOST went College (CHMSC) which drew student supporters rooting for in the third game against service aces and spikes in the for a payback on the second their teams through yells and Northern Negros State College first set, they displayed an easy set, closing it to 21-19, but of Science and Technology match, leading to the score cheers.

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LIBIRIS INSIGNIA

NORSU ambassadors reign for Nat’l SCUAA

Photo by Ma. Angelica G. Ho

Kenneth Carlorio s. Surilla

University diary

THE CULPRIT features|SEE page 3

NORSU table tennis women holds NIR championship title Irish Mae S. Cuaresma

For the first time in history, Negros Oriental State University table tennis women’s team successfully owned the title as the year’s State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association table tennis tournament champion.

NORSU table tennis women’s team bagged its first time title in the history of the SCUAA tournament defeating Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) and Central

Phillipines State University (CPSU) groups.

In the first round of the game, NORSU was able to defeat opponents from the beginning until the end of the second set making NORSU the champion.

Players from CHMSC made it to rank second after winning against CPSU but was defeated by NORSU. Meanwhile, CPSU team was able to get into the third place after getting loses in NORSU FIRST/to page 6

CONDoMS ...

University poll

backpage|see page 4

OPINION

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EDITORIAL Puns for fun The NOISYnian— the alter ego of The NORSUnian, had successfully entertained the readers with its satirical way of covering issues in and out of the campus last October. As usual, some laughed; others considered it libellous. The critical, self-reflexive lampoon issue ended the first semester with positive and negative feedback from them.

Like the release of folios, magazines, wall news, and special issues, the student publication has the right to publish a lampoon issue at least once a year. A right protected based on our constitution and the laws of our land, to remind us of our lapses and us— who are valid subjects of criticism.

Lampoon is not far from the truth. It is a literary technique of writing and an art which principally ridicules its subject as an intended means of provoking or preventing change in a light, good humored way.

Satire and humor make a great combination. Satire serves as our reflection of reality while humor attracts the public to take a look at the mirror. As we gaze at the mirror, we laugh at what it shows us. We laugh at our own reflection. When we realize the fact that we are laughing on our own mistakes, we either feel sorry or annoyed.

Democracy welcomes satire. It influences the minds of the apathetic and apolitical people. It finds its way to a democratic society wherein there is freedom in expressing, and exchanging of ideas and criticisms without the fear of counterattacks. Our inconsistent beliefs in how we see a democratic type of country, makes us hypocrites.

Have we not noticed beauty in democracy? If living in an ideal democratic society is stupidity, then we — staffers, enjoy being stupid. We enjoy stupidity, taking risks as we inform the public.

An informed public is an empowered public. It is in this spirit that we condemn the people and institutions throwing a lot of threats such as filing a suit to the student publication or its staffers, bringing the staffers’ academic standing at stake, and the non-student friendly treatment, even though this year’s lampoon issue didn’t receive more threats than the other student publications nationwide.

The NOISYnian had, indeed, successfully grabbed the attention of the public last year. We strongly uphold campus press freedom, and our lampoon issue is our creative way of seeing real matters in and out of the campus. All of us commit mistakes — imperfections that can either mold us or break us into pieces.

Is fake news fake news?

Disinformation is duping. Misinformation is tricking. True, and most people are falling for both.

Are we really that gullible?

Maybe yes, because even the most obvious fake news will become believable if it’s shared by many.

Fake news is not new to us. We always had conspiracy theories, we had chain letters.

It’s been here for a while and we are surrounded by it. What’s new is that social media sites and the internet have amplified its dispersion and these are stories that are

too good or too bizarre to be true, and yet they spread like cyber wild fire and it is becoming a disturbing trend.

October last year, people went crazy about a fake news article that Miss Universe, Pia Wurtzbach was arrested in Kuala Lumpur airport with 10kg of cocaine which, indubitably was denied by Esther Swan of Miss Universe organization saying Pia has never been to Malaysia and has been working in the United States for the past week. Like, seriously? I mean, 10kg of cocaine is an insane amount

It’s about time!

Just because you are open to it, doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.

Having been accustomed to a conservative type of society such as ours, talking about sex and anything about that topic makes us feel quite embarrassed, especially towards the opposite sex. Why is

that so? Is it because our thoughts get entangled with malice or we feel violated as human beings when we talk about a topic which is deemed to be a “must-notbe-talked-about”?

C’mon!

We have already stepped foot on the 21 st century and yet we still place ourselves in shells that can either be a boon

that she needs to carry while all eyes are on her during the peak of her fame.

In November, news came out that billionaire John Gokongwei gave Duterte a customized bulletproof BMW M2 with his name on it. Although there no credible news on this, netizens immediately believed the news, sharing the article on their Facebook and Twitter accounts, even giving thanks to Gokongwei for such generous gift. Obviously, they didn’t read the news about Duterte expressing his desire to continue using his pick-up truck before his inauguration.

And if the car has to bear the President’s name, it should hold the license plate number “1,” not “Duterte-16” as shown on the picture online.

Believe it or not, fake news is actually outperforming real news and it’s funny how these news articles were believed by some and how rapidly they spread online. One can only wonder why someone would peddle such lies on the internet. Easy money? Fame?

The thing is, most of us are

using free Facebook and we are limited to their appealing headlines and captions. We don’t even bother to read the whole article and yet, we believe it, like it, and share it. Fake news has become a plague on the web and it will become a bigger problem if we do not educate ourselves. It is our obligation, responsible readers, to question what we read. It won’t hurt to at least check if the article has a reliable source or if it has an odd domain, e.g. cnn-channel. com instead of cnn.com, theguard1an.com instead of theguardian.com, etc. And if the headline is a little too funny, maybe because it is too fantastical predicting a future disaster or if it reveals a cure for a major illness, think twice. More importantly, read past the headline. You’ll laugh when you see the obvious lies and the bad grammar these articles contain.

We can’t stop the creation of fake news, because as they say, restricting to publish fake news is a Band-Aid, not a solution. But we can outsmart

or a bane. We don’t have to be humiliated or afraid just because a lot of people think that what you’re doing is wrong. We live by the Article III Section 4 which clearly tells us that we have the right to say what we feel as long as we know our stand, we hit our points, and we do not stop on other people.

Now going back to sex, it is not a myth that teenage pregnancy and sexuallytransmitted diseases are now rampant in society.

Maybe it is because of unsafe sex practiced by not only the Filipino youth, but by individuals who are out of the youth bracket, as well.

Well, because the Department of Health (DOH) feels like they could help by giving out free condoms in sachools starting next year, I say it’s

about time! It’s about time that they have come up with this kind of solution in order to raise awareness from our dear students, such as myself.

Come to think of it.

Even if the government has already made a plan in order to reduce one of the most rampant dilemmas of our country today, some people still think that it is not good. And here we go again with the traditional thinking and hypocritical ways. We keep on whining, asking for solutions with all the problems that we have and yet, we still have something negative to say like, “Laina uy!”, “Di man japon na mu-gana!” or even, “Yucks. Condom jud? Bastosa!”, whenever the government provides some.

Can’t we just be

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ITS about/to page 5

CAMPUS IMAGE Narlyn R. Mascardo

“Don’t stop dreaming. Don’t be contented with what you have now.”

The silence of the Saturday mid-afternoon at the open court, was shattered by the students talking with each other.

Roy managed to share his story in a humorous way despite the edgy feeling that he experienced that day.

He looked like he’s in his early 20s, and physically robust.

He has a fair complexion with an average height.

He is the kind of person who is driven, competitive and talented as well. He discovered his potential in performing arts when he was still in elementary school. In high school, he began choreographing mass demonstrations and folk dances. But he was not just into dancing. He was also into leadership roles and journalism, particularly in news writing and photography.

Despite the different extra-curricular activities that he joined, he managed to be a consistent honor student and graduated as class salutatorian.

He does not have an assurance in continuing his studies because of financial constraints. Luckily, his parents were able to borrow money from a relative, and he was able to enroll in college.

He was competitive enough in academe before; however, he eventually gives more time in earning money to support his daily needs now, wanting not to be financially dependent from his parents.

Being a competent dancer, he was able to earn money through working as a choreographer in some schools and companies here in Dumaguete City. To name a few, he was a choreographer in Hari at Hara ng College of Education (CEd), Lakan at Lakambini ng CEd, and assistant choreographer and light director in Mister and Miss SCUAA-NIR 2016 and Mister and Miss NORSU 2016.

He joined a lot of dance competitions. One of his recent achievements is being one of the folk dancers who brought pride to the university by placing top 4 out of 16 regions in the Philippines during the PASUC National Culture and the Arts Festival 2016.

Roy G. Enclonar, who comes from Sta. Cruz, Tayasan, Negros Oriental, is now a fourth year BS Education student.

He strives hard to achieve more. He is grateful to God for his talents and also to the P.E. department, for he learns a lot from them, especially to Dr. Carlo Bernaldez and Dr. Runelo Piñero.

Before ending his story, he said, “Don’t stop acting your dream, because it is possible for you to achieve what you want as long as you will work for it.”

Art by Emmanuel D. Manlun-uyan

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The Culprit Story of Mallowmarsh

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FEATURES

Relentless Commerce of the Elite

Illustrated by Joemar V. Villarejo and Jonel A. Baligasa

Photo by Ma. Angelica G. Ho

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Larry V. Villarin

Local farmers in the native farmlands of Dumaguete City are challenged by limited alternative sources of livelihood and poverty. The agricultural land was once rich with different crops, but who would ever have thought that modernism would meddle? Giant trucks started digging and hauling the soil – turning it to a residential land.

The land was truly blessed with healthy soil, cultivated with cassava trees, vegetables and various kinds of plantains and triploid hybrid bananas such as Saba, San Pablo and Latundan. Provided with ample harvest, farmers were able to financially support their families. But their lives drastically changed when Camella Homes — one of the largest homebuilders in the Philippines — displayed an interest to reclassify the land.

Reno (not his real name), who is now 65 years old, spent 40 years of service tilling the agricultural land of Barangay Cantil-e as a tenant. He knows the struggle of plowing the field.

He experiences the bliss when harvest time comes.

And he remembers the sadness that he felt when the land was taken from them.

“Lumalabay ra ang kwarta, kumpara sa naa kay matamnan, naa kay mahulat ug makita [Money is just temporary as compared to having a farm that you can wait for harvest],” Reno said, thinking how they will sustain a living in the future

after being paid by the direct a lawyer].” when they sold some of their owners of the land.

On the other side, Reno harvested green bananas and In 2015, the formal reminisced those fruitful vegetables in the market, request of Camella y e a r s and shared how Communities Incorporated, blessed was roughly not entertained their by the members of Dumaguete City S a n g g u n i a n g P a n l u n g s o d (SP) due to the noncompliance of “balanced housing development” under the condition if Phase 1 and Phase 2 in Candau-ay will be established. After their compliance to the aforementioned condition, they were able to continue its reclassification. Now, barangay Cantil-e is the third subdivision of Camella Homes in Dumaguete.

As one of the three farmers who were affected by the reclassification, he breaks down in tears as he shared, “Mosukol ko’g kaso, wala gihapon kay ibayad sa abugado useless gihapon [Fighting for a case is useless since I RELENTLESS/to page 5 don’t have money to pay for

How did it turn out like this? How did teaching become a playground for unpassionate adults?

Words cannot explain how grateful I am to you for teaching us how to see the importance of PDFs, to trust our excellent comprehension to self-study when you fail to make us understand the lessons in class, to be mentally and emotionally prepared when exams contain contents that you haven’t even taught and most of all, to be closer to the almighty every time we receive our grades that you have magically given...yes, magically.

It was our first day in one of our solving-centered major subject when our instructor came in class

almost half an hour late. We were excited but the thrill that we felt flushed away because of his disappointing behaviour towards us.

I could still remember his words that echoed in the room. “Paspasanay ra ba ni nga klase…Aw, naa ra ninyo kung maka-apas mo (This class requires fast-learning skills. It is up to you if you can easily cope up).”

How could you say that?

You were even facing the board the entire time which was incomprehensible, solving complicated numbers as you read your reference book. You even made a joke about the number of students who failed the subject, slapping us with the fact that we are off-semester students. I was

saddened and disappointed.

Where is your passion in teaching now?

I once heard from a wise man that there are two types of teachers nowadays — the one who teaches students for them to pass the subject and the one who teaches students for them to fail the subject. And he was right. If a teacher wants you to pass the subject, he will make exams that suits your brain capacity; if he wants you to fail, he will make difficult exams for you to easily fail.

At that moment, I understood. It was not a class for learning but a class for forcibly failing the students. Why forcibly?

Because students desire and find any means to pass the subject, but if the instructor

forbids it, it will always end up with failure.

I feel so upset. Please!

Teachers, don’t teach if you don’t have the passion for it. If you handle a class without devotion and compassion, you are just a pressure cooker that would soon be a murderer for killing young minds’ dreams.

Please, don’t ruin lives. Please, understand how vital your roles are in our lives. Stop promoting computers as the new generation’s teachers! We are begging you to take teaching seriously. We no longer make our grades, it is you. You who comes late, you who depends on photocopies, you who is so UNIVERSITY DIARY/to page 5

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SCUAA-NIR

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Donna T. Darantinao

With a total of 16 points in the final ranking, NORSU toppled other contigents in the regional State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) chess tilt men category held at the NORSU library on December 18.

The men’s team consists of five members namely Dhan Paul Aguilar, who accumulated three points, Joseph Noel Tobilla with two points, John Rey Galon and Rogie Saing individually earning five points, and Ronjie Garson with one point.

With the accumulated points, they have won over the other regional contigents placing Carlos Hilado

Memorial State College (CHMSC) in the second place with 13 points and Central Philippines State University (CPSU) in the third place with 11 points.

Placing third in the women’s category, NORSU women’s team totalled 11 points. Players were Hannah Reginaldo with 2.5 points, Mercy Malicay and Menchee Paras individually earning two points, Dhapmy Silva with 3.5 points, and Joana Calacar with one point.

Ahead of them were chess women champion CHMSC with 20.5 points, and second placer CPSU with 16.5 points.

NORSU chess men’s team will be representing NIR in the national level this February 2017 in Batangas.

Photo by Novelyn L. Balbin

NORSU leads reg’l SCUAA men’s chess

STILL KILL! State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) chess players silently outwitting strategies to defend and kill domains to represent NIR in Batangas.

Photo by Kenneth Carlorio S. Surilla

NORSU dominates Arnis men

RELENTLESS/from page 3

lives were in the past compared nowadays when they worry where to get food.

“Maningkamot nalang ta, unsaon mang wala natay mahimo ana [We will just strive hard knowing we can’t do anything about it],” said Reno who chose to accept the reality and decided to raise livestock, like cows and pigs to earn a living.

But there is another side of his story that keeps him motivated in life— his 22-year-old daughter who studies Bachelor of Science in Office System Management (BSOSM) in Negros Oriental State

University (NORSU).

“Bisag usa man lamang sa akong anak ang makahuman og eskwela [At least, one of my children will finish college],” Reno said, wishing at least one of his eight children will finish college.

There is no question that development exists to adapt in this dynamic world regardless of our motives to either earn money or solve our growing population. But be reminded of the people who are our prime food providers – the farmers.

(With reports from The Visayan Daily Star)

UNIVERSITY DIARY/from page 3

lazy to stand and write on the board, you who we call “teacher”. It is you who we entrust our future. And if we fail as students, “It’s not us.

It’s you.”

Mallowmarsh is a second year student who is now striving to learn the subject through Google.

GEAR ON! Arnis warriors in full armor are readying to land a perfect slice using their padded sticks to inch their opponents for points.

Bagging a total of eight gold, two silver, and seven bronze medals, Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) topped the Arnis competition men category during the regional Althetic Association Meet on December 19.

With skills in full contact, live weapon and stick fighting, NORSU representative Clint June Verano triumphed the lightweight division male category defeating Regin

Dela Cruz of Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) and Judy Arnaiz from Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology (NONESCOST).

Also NORSU’s pride, Jericho Flores won gold against Miguel Mendiola of CHMSC and Kimbert Parpa from NONESCOST after a challenge of their strategic moves and skills in the welterweight division.

Moreover, Riz Ronilo and Roy Xavier Villaflores from NORSU claimed victorious after showcasing

solo (single weapon) division respectively, garnered gold.

Jelda Morte (flyweight), Rhea Asierto (Bantam weight), Lory Ann Gaviola (feather weight and Anyo female team double weapon), and Luz Jean Manolong (welter weight division and female team double weapon) landed on the second places, garnering silver medals.

Garnering the bronze medals were Rous in the Anyo female solo (sword and dagger) and Manolong in the Anyo female solo (double weapon).

ITS ABOUT/from page 2

NORSU SEPAK/from page 1

NORSU took all hope sealing the game, 2-0.

NONESCOST defeated CHMSC and Central Philippines State University (CPSU), earning two wins in its succeeding games while CHMSC also defeated CPSU, getting one win.

NORSU was up to challenge CPSU to determine the winner for the final bout. However,

their tactical skills in Stick Striking, Blocking, Parrying, and Two Stick Disarming in a number of rounds for the middleweight and featherweight categories respectively on the second day of the athletic meet.

On the other hand, Arnis women’s team bagged first runner-up in the Arnis championship race with two gold, six silver, and two bronze medals.

Cybell Rous and Lory Ann Gaviola, representing NORSU in the middle weight division and Anyo female

CPSU players were not able to make it to the match. Winning by default, NORSU was declared champion.

Klint Ralph Deguit, NORSU team’s tekong, said he felt proud and made NORSU delighted as well. He will lead their team for the incoming national SCUAA on February end of Batangas.

thankful that at least, even if it’s been a long time already, our “always-downgraded” kind of government has started to move in order to help our country’s next generation. But still, even if DOH is yet to start, I hope that we just don’t rely on these solutions and start change within ourselves.

If you don’t wanna catch HIV/AIDS while you are still kicking with life, then it depends on you.

Just don’t be afraid to speak about things that everybody else is afraid of. You’ll never know, you can start awareness with your words that people may or may not live by.

Comics by Emmanuel D. Manlun-uyan

Francesca Nicole E. Divinagracia

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NORSU jabs NIR SCUAA boxing matches Kenneth Carlorio S. Surilla

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in Sports attire for the male category, Martizano, an Agriculture student of NORSU Guihulngan campus, proved he deserved the crown through his charisma and confidence.

During the battle for intelligence and character, the contestants delivered their own interpretation through picture analysis wherein Martizano, who lives up with his motto, “Never give up because there is a rainbow after the rain,” said, the photo depicting sportsmanship means needing other people can help us in some instances when we are in need.

On the other hand, Tano interpreted the illustration she picked saying, people have to experience failure in order to learn from it and make it as a motivation to succeed.

Martizano and Tano will represent NIR in the SCUAA national competition to be held in Batangas on February.

boxer down amidst a long rally.

Aguilar relentlessly stormed punches to Villagracia, who kept clinching. After combinations of straights, crosses, and body blows, a decisive hook to the face sent Villagracia kneeling resulting to a technical knock out on the third round.

Moreover, Bernie Estorco of NORSU grabbed the Bantamweight title via unanimous decision against Efren Garcia Jr. of Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC).

NORSU boxer Milwen Ramirez ended the tournament as Welterweight champion when he showered non-stop jabs and hook punches to opponent Carlo Lequiban of Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology (NONESCOST).

The NONESCOST boxer

PUNCH! Student-boxers clinching and stealing seconds of rest to regain energy halfway through the three-minute round.

stole respites by clinching Ramirez and charging for a rally and back again to clinching. Lequiban fell fatigue to continue the fight and the referee sealed the ring with the last TKO of the SCUAA boxing games.

For the Flyweight

Division, Eleazar Nietes Jr of CHMSC knocked out Miguel Flores of NORSU in the first round.

CPSU followed NORSU in the standing with three gold and two silver medals.

NONESCOST got three gold and one silver medals.

NORSU Taekwondo men win despite lack of contenders

the nationals.

NORSU Taekwondo coach Johnny Noay said, “[I am] very proud sa mga athlete kay nagbunga ang training program na among gi-impose karon nga year, bisan di complete atong line up kay supposedly eight ang kailangan, but still four out of five sa team kay naka-gold medals.”

He also reasoned the NORSU Taekwondo team lack members to start with.

Mabelin, Fin weight gold medalist, disclosed, “During the fight, kulba and hadlok kaayo ko samot na atong naatubang nako ang CPSU, mao proud kaayo ko kay napildi nako.”

He also expressed the success he felt despite the left knee injury he had during their training before the fight.

The coach also shared he will be focusing on strengthening the athletes’ endurance and stamina to be able to perform their skills better.

With the Taekwondo women category placing fourth only, Noay furthered, “Naa pa sila sa stage na gasugod pa sila, pero okay lang kay for exposure usa.”

Negros Island Region (NIR) SCUAA Taekwondo competition was held at NORSU gymnasium on December 18.

even though the opponents from Negros Occidental were good.

Diana Leyne Candulizas, one of the players of the winning team said, “While gadula, I felt that si God ang gaplay sa game.

After all, I feel blessed and it was an unexpected result.”

Candulizas also said that the best way to conquer opponent is through discipline.

While NORSU table tennis women brought home the victory, table tennis men was the second placer where CHMSC led followed by CPSU as third placer.

earned 108 gold medals, 139 silver medals, and 59 bronze medals, while NONESCOST swept 14 gold medals, 45 silver medals and 39 bronze medals.

With NORSU hosting the meet, 21 competitions, measuring physical and mental ability,

teamwork and sportsmanship, were facilitated to determine the best players.

National SCUAA Meet starts on February 27, 2017 in Batangas City and all champions are preparing for national competition to represent NIR.

it. It is up to us if we want to be deceived. And it is up to us if we want these nonsense articles to appear on our

Facebook walls. And what you’re reading now could also be a fake news. Who knows?

Photo by Novelyn L. Balbin

Infographics by Judeel E. Cuevas

Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) boxers garnered one silver and four gold medals in the first Negros Island Regional (NIR) State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) Meet.

Five delegates from NORSU fought for the divisions Light Flyweight, Flyweight, Bantamweight, Lightweight, Light Welterweight, and Welterweight Division.

NORSU topped the boxing tournament.

For the Lightweight championship bout, NORSU contendet Mark Dennis Aguilar rained body blows to Elmer Villagracia of Central Philippines State University (CPSU) in the first round, almost knocking the CPSU

Oriental State University (NORSU) won over the two participating colleges, Carlos Hilado Memorial State Colleges (CHMSC) and Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology (NONESCOST) during the culmination night at the University Gymnasium on December 20.

The winning contigents from NORSU broke the tie against CPSU which initially led the general championship race.

The competition highlighted four categories namely, sports attire, casual wear, question and answer portion, and swim wear wherein both NORSU representatives outshined in terms of charm and beauty.

Showcasing her fit physique for the female category, Tano, a Geology student, bested in the swim wear, sports attire, and cocktail wear.

Grabbing the Best in Casual wear and Best

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BELTING BLOWS. Taekwondo representatives’ heated match of chagi and hand techniques to score points.

Syriyl MAE D. Mapili

Despite having only five from the supposedly eight contenders, NORSU prevails champion in Taekwondo men competition during the regional State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) Meet.

They garnered one silver and four gold medals for the categories they participated in.

Kicking their way to the finals, Ian James L. Mabelin (Fin Weight), Rolando Jr H. Eral (Fly Weight), Junrel C. Peleminiano (Middle Weight) and God Free D. Himuta (Feather Weight) qualified to take on their fight to NORSU FIRST/from page 1

the two set of the games after playing against NORSU and CHMSC. In an interview with TN, NORSU player Phyllis Elizabeth Madonna expressed her emotion brought by the victory saying she is very glad that the team won in the game

Comics by Jonel A. Baligasa

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determined the over-all standings of the participating SUCs. CPSU, which collected 110 gold medals, 63 silver medals and 71 bronze medals, followed NORSU in the race.

Furthermore, CHMSC Is FAKE/from page 2

the brains creating these and become wise and responsible readers. It is up to us to spot fake news and avoid spreading