WE write for you. we fight for you. VOL XXXVI | ISSUE NO 9 | JULY 30-AUG 3, 2018
AT LONG LAST! For the completion of its, the continuation of the FUPTA building construction took place on July 27. Photo by Cor Uriel A. Balladares
No definite plan yet on FUPTA bldg- Saga
Julius Joe T. Umbina
U n i v e r s i t y Engineer Michael Saga said there is no definite plan yet for the P 2,343,987.56 worth Federation of University Parents and Teachers Association (FUPTA) building – July 27. The allotted budget will be used for the completion of the building including its flooring under the DT & C Construction company.
“The ground floor will be used for the dental and medical clinic. There are medical instruments there and equipment that are being transferred already,” Saga said. Installation of ceiling in the second and third floors, airconditioning unit in the medical and dental clinic, glass doors, plumbing of the building,
and construction of fire exit are among the improvements to be done in the FUPTA building. The target date of completion is within the 120 calendar days after the construction’s commencement. Meanwhile, Saga said the third floor will be utilized for meetings, conventions, or conferences, and some offices are to be
transferred in the second floor, however, it is still tentative. The building was donated by the federation to NORSU since it was dissolved in 2015. However, the FUPTA building’s construction was not finished, causing the administration to allot budget for its continuation. Marichu Bacla-an, a senior BS in Pharmacy student, suggested, “For me, NO/ to page 4
Ind bldg construction to continue
Photo by John Earl F. Merto
Alexe A. Luce
POSTPONED STRUCTURE. To ensure improvements, the construction of the Industrial Electronic Training Center will resume in January 2019.
To finish the incomplete workshop room and still unusable 2nd floor, the Industrial Electronic Training Center will resume its construction in January 2019, according to the university engineer Michael Saga. “We can bid it out as early as October and the start of the project will be in January. There’s already an approved P15 million budget for it,” Saga said. The first phase of the building was finished in 2014
but the progress was slow which surfaced doubt and questions from Norsunians in 2016. “Medyo dako-dako pa jud ang trabaho nga himuonon, together with the construction of the third floor,” Saga added. He also said there are certain areas left unfinished like the shop’s floor, the offices that needs to be tiled and a portion of the second floor of the building. After hearing it, Ejay Ramirez, a fourth year student from the College of Industrial Technology, said he understands IND BLDG/ to page 4
USMO vs studes on dress code policy As students rant on the inconsistent and unfair implementation of the dress code policy, University Security Management Office (USMO) director responded with complaints on unruly Norsunians. Geshelie Rotch Sojor, a senior BS in Education major in MAPEH, explained that some of her classmates were permitted to enter the university despite wearing tattered jeans; however, in an instance wherein she wore pants with smaller cuts, she
was blocked by the guards. She said that she was not able to take her exam because the security aides mandated her to write a letter in a half yellow paper. “Ganahan ra ko nga og bawal jud mag-tattered, bawal tanan kay ang uban kay ila mang mapasulod ra,” Sojor stated. Megumi Sakurai, a freshman BS in Tourism Management, said that it is WHEN WILL WE FOLLOW? Norsunians often ignore the Dress Code Policy good that there are policies, implemented by the university even with the on-going reminders by the security personnel. the problem is that often it becomes unfair because some Also, Clarisse Estribillo, dapat dili siya mubo kaayo. students violate the policy and a freshman BS in Pharmacy Okay ra if above the knee siya USMO/ to page 4 get away with it. said,“Ang skirts pod unta,
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FOR HEALTH AWARENESS. The Poster-Making Contest is one of the many activities, including Fruits and Vegetables Carving, and Menu Display, highlighted during the 10 Kumainments Nutrition School-on-the-Air Nationwide headed by the Department of Health and National Nutrition Council. Photo by Jose Marie Royo
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As a step towards internationalization, College of Education (CEd) will acquire 40 units of tablet worth P 1.1-M through the Special Trust Fund 164 for its Blended E-Mode Classroom project. The tablets will be used for Educational Technology (Ed Tech) 1 and 2 subjects as part of their Blended E-mode Classroom which integrates digital media with traditional classroom. CEd Dean Libertine De Guzman said this initiative was proposed because she wanted a globalized education, “It’s not always paper and pen.” “We are planning to go global and if we want to bring our students across the great divide, it’s the technology that puts us closer,” De Guzman explained. She added that they make use of whatever technology is available at the present age so that students will not lag behind. De Guzman said she plans for internationalization, however, it will only be possible if they start improving their infrastructure. “This is a very good example of the infra that we are acquiring so that our students can be ready for internationalization.”
Moreover, De Guzman pointed out that economic status will not hinder students in a state university to be oriented and immersed in technology. “I want to see them part of the world and let them understand that it is not because we are poor that we can’t communicate and be connected with other universities or other people outside,” she said. The dean also shared the burdens she encounte red in pursuing the plan. “I tell you there are so much pains, questions on why we go into that. It’s always like that if you have good ideas, so we understand that,” De Guzman noted. She also expressed joy in being able to finally able to pursue the plan after three years. “It’s so exciting, of all the colleges, it’s CEd who starts with that. I hope engineering and the rest of the courses that is technology-based should look into that also,” she said. To adapt to globalization, De Guzman would like to compete with Singapore and Thailand, thus, implementing actions to be of the same level. “My perspective for students who will be graduating in the ced to go/ to page 4
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