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BOR scraps P150 late payment fee

By Dan G. Obligacion

The Board of Regents (BOR) finally approved the abolition of the P150.00 penalty charged from students as late payment fee.

This will take effect during the first semester of school year 20162017.

The decision was in response to a petition filed by the Supreme Student Council (SSC) which calls for the removal of the additional fee required if a TSU student wasn’t able to pay in full his tuition and miscellaneous fees before the date of payment set in his certificate of

INSIDE THE BARK. Along the streets of J. Luna, Muloy,* who supposedly in school, works at a very young age as a jeepney barker for Balincanaway-San Manuel drivers. Instead of enjoying the rhythm of the ABCs inside the classroom, he has been exhausting his voice throughout the day just to earn a living. He earns P10 for every trip he fills. *not his real name Photo by Pauline Grace Manzano

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MISO improves online registration system After the pilot testing of the online registration in the College of Computer Studies (CCS) and graduate school, the Management Information Systems Office (MISO) conducted improvements on the system to be ready for the university-wide launch.

The system now disables unscheduled students from entering the online registration

By Dan G. Obligacion

(Reports: Francis Ethan John A. Garcia, Joan Robin T. Martin, and Jahred F. Bertolfo)

link. The schedule of enrollment will be based per college.

“Noon ‘yong sa CCS [enrollment] kahit ‘yong mga engineering at CBA [College of Business and Accountancy], napapasukan nila ‘yong link, pero ‘di sila naka-enroll kasi hindi available for online registration ‘yong mga colleges nila,” Prof.

Heidilyn Gamido, MISO director, explained.

The system now also asks

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If the administration’s response to grievance as to working benefits, Transnational Education (TNE) program, and employment concerns after the “Red Ribbon Day” would be rated from 1 to 10, it would be a 5 according to Prof. Gherold Benitez, Faculty and Personnel Union president.

On February 19, members of the teaching and non-teaching force of the university led a propaganda of wearing black attire and a red ribbon. Benitez, on one hand, said the Union was dismayed with the administration not listening to their grievances.

Benitez said the red ribbon

campaign is their external manifestation to the administration that there are some concerns which they believe the latter failed to address.

Among the concerns of the Union are the “selective” allocation of the working incentives by the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) committee, distribution of employee benefits based from the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) with private companies, and addressing the Hong Kong “diploma mill” issue where the name of Tarlac State University (TSU) was linked.

The administration called for an assembly at the gymnasium to discuss the matters with the Union and explained their side as well.

Benitez, also a faculty member from the College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) and president of Confederation of

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Prexy: K-12 may favor TSU

By Joan Robin T. Martinez University President Dr. Myrna Q. Mallari eyes the loss of students after graduations and K-12 onset as an advantage despite the anticipated decrease in university’s income.

Mallari said this would help reduce the faculty-student ratio to 1:35 which later would result to the increase in the availability of facilities.

“We would like to become a

The Office of Endowment and Scholarship confirms the increase in number of scholars in Tarlac State University during the second semester of academic year 2015-2016.

According to Dr. Elsie Canlas, Endowment and Scholarship director, from 2,842 scholars during the first semester, the number of scholars during this term is now 3,308.

“Kung sa university ay nag-increase tayo, actually, sa university scholarship program nag-increase [din] dahil dumami ‘yong mga academic scholars, lalo na yung mga college scholars.

Maraming [may] magagandang average na pumasok sa university scholarship,” Canlas said.

An approximate 50% increase in both college and university scholarship was noted.

Canlas said there’s no limit on the number of grantees under these program as long as they maintain the required general weighted average, 1.0-1.45 for the university scholarship and 1.461.75 for the college scholarship.

Aside from these programs, the filling of slots for the Congressional District Noel Villanueva Scholarship with 1,000 beneficiaries and the latest additional scholarship program from the Royal Institute of Singapore of six scholars also contributed to the increase.

Meanwhile, Canlas said, effective next semester, those who

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Performing Arts takes 5 world titles The Tarlac State University Performing Arts (PA) brought home five championship trophies and two first runner-up trophies in the World Artistic Dance Federation, an invitational in Moscow, Russia on March 19 - 20.

The group bagged the championship titles in World Cup Ethno Dance Competition (small and large teams) for dancing Tinikling

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premier university and the starting point is [to] improve facilities, and second, we need to reduce the number of students per class,” Mallari explained.

Meanwhile, evening classes are also expected to be dissolved and all students will be accommodated in day classes.

Cutting down evening classes, she furthered, would also mean

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SATUR OCAMPO, Makabayan group president, delivered his words during the book launching of Joma Sison’s Crisis Generates Resistance.

[Photo by Audrey Del Rosario]

By Jhayvi C. Dizon and Joan Robin T. Martinez Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Ma. “Joma” Sison dedicated one of his books’ launching on January 29 at the Diwa ng Tarlac Convention Center to pay tribute to late Tarlac 3rd District Cong.

Jose “Aping” Yap for being an advocate of peace.

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fewer expenses for Tarlac State University as this would lessen utilities expenses and night differential rates for the faculty.

Mallari assured there will be no increase in tuition for the succeeding semesters, or of any plans to increase.

The administration had already foreseen this lack of enrolees and had begun to compensate this deficiency with the influx of enrolees since the second semester of academic year 2014-2015.

Insofar, the enrolment increase

Sison, who is on self-exile in the Netherlands, stated in his message in International League of People’s Struggle’s (ILPS) website that his book Crisis Generates Resistance details his camaraderie with Aping Yap. He also considers himself a Tarlaqueño.

The 77-year old author remembered how he and “Apeng” (his moniker to Jose Yap) fought the Marcos dictatorship.

On a pre-recorded video, Sison acknowledged how relevant Yap’s role was for peace.

“Ang Crisis Generates Resistance ay isinagawa bilang parangal kay dating Gob. Jose V. Yap dahil sa kanyang makasaysayang papel bilang had met projected targets at 7% for the second semester A.Y. 2014-2015 and 15% for the first semester, A.Y. 2015-2016.

Limited offerings There would be no changes with the admission procedure for transferees, shifters, or returnees this coming first semester, A.Y. 2016-2017.

However, the college admission test for incoming freshman students would only be administered on selected undergraduate programs in the university namely: Bachelor of Arts in Communication (College of Arts and Social Sciences), Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (College of Business and Accountancy), BS Information

tagapagtaguyod ng makatarungang kapayapaan,” Sison said.

Former Tarlac province 3rd district representative and now governor, Susan Yap, in her welcoming speech, explained her late father acted as a link to Sison and other members of the communist movement and the government, thus, allowing thoughts to continue.

“As a negotiator, he was raised for being able to make a stand but also willing to meet halfway in order to achieve the greater good,” she emphasized.

The book is one of the selected writings included under the general title “Peoples’ Struggles against Oppression and Exploitation” which covered the 2009-2010 period.

Former Provincial Governor Victor Yap; Cong. Sivestre Bello III; Satur Ocampo, Makabayan group president; Lino Dizon, College of Arts and Social Sciences professor; and Joseph Canlas, Alyansa Makabayan ng Mambubukid ng Central Luzon (AMGL) president were also guest speakers in the event.

The event was sponsored by activist groups AMGL, ILPS – Philippines, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan – Gitnang Luzon, Central Luzon Aeta Association, Alliance of Concerned Teachers – Gitnang Luzon, Karapatan – Gitnang Luzon, Worker’s Association Region III, and International Network for Philippine Studies.

Technology (College of Computer Studies), BS Industrial Engineering (College of Engineering), and Bachelor of Elementary Education General Curriculum (College of Education).

Faculty support Mallari said the administration has also provided assistance to lecturers who transferred to secondary education institutions in coordination with the Department of Education.

Furthermore, they had also been sending faculty members to do research, especially in the line of science and technology.

Scholarships were also given to faculty members. She said they

January - June 2016

OLD SITE. The main building of the university’s Laboratory School at Villa Lucinda Campus is now occupied by BS Criminology students. [Photo lifted from wire]

After more than 50 years…

Lab School shuts down

By Jhayvi C. Dizon After more than 50 years of honing students, the Laboratory School finally closes with 89 Grade 10 students expected to continue education on K12-ready schools.

The last commencement exercise was conducted on March 30.

Commission on Higher Education during the term of former Tarlac State University President Priscilla Viuya explained it is not mandated by the university to cater secondary education.

A Board of Regents resolution dated February 8, 2013 stated a decision that upholds the phase down of the Laboratory School.

This ruling supported CHED’s order that all SUCs are also sending permanent faculty members to conferences and seminars to further enhance their subject expertise with the alignment of their fields studied.

“Come 2018, we are going back to normal and everything is put into their proper places,” Mallari said.

The Work rakes awards in Luzon press tilt

By Daniel Carreon In the pursuit of triumph to bring pride to the university, The Work won four individual and 10 group awards during the Luzonwide Higher Education Press Conference on February 4-6 at Hotel Felicidad, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. In the individual category, Audrey S. Del Rosario, senior photojournalist, won 3rd place in photojournalism (Filipino); while Jahred F. Bertolfo, literary editor, placed 5th in poetry writing (English).

Bonjoebee R. Bello, editorin-chief, and Pauline B. Manzano, graphic artist, landed 9th place in comic strip drawing (Filipino) and photojournalism (English),

THE CONTENDERS. Nine The Work staff compete as they represent the university publication during the 15th LHEPC at Hotel Felicidad, Vigan. February 4-6.

respectively.

The Works’ magazine entry Codigo was awarded with 6th Best Feature/Literary Page, 7th Best Development Communication

Page, 10th Best Opinion Page, and 10th Best Magazine Theme.

Literary Folio Saplot was awarded with 7th Best Literary Content, 7th Best Page Design/

Layout, 8th Best Literary Theme, and 10th Best Cover.

The June-July tabloid issue and newsletter entry received 10th Best Page Design and 10th Best Column Page, respectively.

Meanwhile, Central Luzon region was hailed overall champion.

The competition was organized by the Association of Luzonwide Tertiary Press Advisers, in coordination with Commission on Higher Education, for writers and artists from different higher education institutions in Luzon.

This year’s theme is “Breaking Multi-Cultural Barriers through Media Literacy and Campus Journalism.”

should concentrate on tertiary education.

It can be recalled that in May 14, 2013, a sympathy rally was led by the high school’s Parents and Teachers Association to oppose the gradual phase down.

Laboratory School Chairperson Dr. Norbina Genever Castro said there were originally 105 students expected to graduate but were trimmed down due to students’ fear of being left out with the small population.

“We produce good graduates. [In] competitions like UP Sandiwa, hinahanap nila ang LS. Most of them, they don’t shine out here in top 10 pero when they get out, nageexcel sila, they are even known in UP, CLSU, etc,” she said.

Performing Arts takes... from p.1 and Salip Banga Kalinga, in World Cup Traditional Dance Competition (small and large teams) for Uyaoy Bumaya and Maglalatik, and in World Cup Synchronized Dance Competition for Bumayah.

They were also awarded 1st runner-up in World Cup Traditional Dance Competition (Small Team) for Ragragsakan, and in World Cup Synchronized Dance Competition for Binasuan.

The dance troupe includes Alyssa Nicole Serrano, Angelo Linsey, Elgine Puri, Glaire Ann Lorenzo, Hedda Andre Sanchez, Julius TJ Serrano, Mark Anthony Baking, Mark Celvin Garcia, Laica Mae Lacson, Mark Vincent De Guzman, Michelle Tongol., Nathalie Kate Pamintuan, Rebouy Supnet and Renz Joseph Perez.

Moreover, PA received a certificate of recognition from the Ambassador of the Philippines to Russia Carlos Sorreta, for their outstanding representation of the country during the competition.

The World Artistic Dance Federation is a Swedish association which aims to develop and promote artistic dance competitions stated in Department of Foreign Affairs’ official website.

It was the first time Philippines was represented in the event according to Prof.

Marcelino Balanquit, PA adviser.

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CSO wards off outsiders, vendors

By Oliver John S. Tabaquero

The Civil Security Office (CSO) started their campaign of

MISO improves online... from p.1 a confirmation question whether a student is sure to use the system or not.

Management Information Systems Office also prepared the network infrastructure.

They upgraded the internet bandwidth with an additional 20 MB bandwidth which will be utilized during the online registration.

Limitations According to Gamido, one of the problems encountered during the testing was the mismatch with subjects in the old curriculum because the system follows the new curriculum.

Gamido said a student under the old curriculum would not be able to enroll a course that is not included in the new curriculum.

She added there are still slot limits per college.

“The online registration, just like any other school, follows a first come first serve basis,” Gamido said.

“Ang sabi ko sa mga deans, i-assess muna kung ready, if they need our help we could assist them, the registrar can assist them in terms of curriculum encode, pero ‘yong schedule sa kanila talaga. In terms of preparation sa system, we could conduct orientation to the college, we’ll also conduct orientation to the students,” Gamido answered when asked if the online registration will be available to all colleges.

Before other colleges could use the online registration, things needed to be prepared prior to the online registration includes class schedule, curriculum, course code, posted grade sheet, and focal person or in-charge with setting the date, program, and year level to be opened.

Gamido said computer laboratories in the university will be utilized for online enrolment depending on the decision of the colleges.

TSU scholars up in... from p.1 will renew their scholarship no longer need to proceed to the vice president’s office. It was suggested during their administrative council meeting that approvals for scholarship renewals should only reach level two.

Another problem experienced by their office is that ome students are unaware that they are scholars.

“Nasa masterlist [sila] pero ‘di nila alam na scholar sila hanggang sa naka-payroll na ‘yong pera nila [at] may refund sila,” Canlas said.

As per Commission on Audit (COA) rule, she explained, cash should not stay long at the cashier.

“After two weeks or one month [at] hindi na-claim ‘yong pera na kinash advance ng cashier, ibabalik dapat ‘yon.

Ire-report na walang nag-claim,” she added.

tightening the university’s security measures thru warding off vendors around the campus’ perimeters.

CSO Director Francisco Blanco told in an interview that the main reason of the repelling of vendors are the street foods and health hazards to students. Blanco also stated that the possibility of illegal drug trade and frequent smoking fortified their decision to amplify the university’s guard.

The perimeter fence that was added in the far left side was additional support for their cause. “‘Yung mga batang dayo, kung minsan nag-attempt silang umakyat sa bakod natin. Minsan may inaabot pa sila,” Blanco added.

Agreements with the City Hall The CSO sought help from the Tarlac City Hall in fending off the vendors near the campus borders.

The office, along with the City’s Public Order and Safety Office ordered the vendors to stay away from campus perimeters.

Four days after, the vendors they repelled came back. CSO tried to keep them away but the vendors also went to the city hall

to further their cause.

“Humingi kami ng papel wala silang maipakita. Tumawag kami doon. Confirmed naman. Verbally,” the Director said.

CSO then allowed them to do business near campus perimeters with the condition that they will take initiative in cleaning their surroundings.

Vendor’s standpoint One of the vendors that was kept away voiced they do not cause any inconvenience.

The vendor told The Work that they even warn and tell students to mind their belongings especially when bystanders are nearby.

At the time the CSO took action, the vendor said that they moved out without any resistance.

The vendor stated that they only came back when his co-vendors returned, carrying a verbal approval from the city hall.

When the vendor was asked about the accusation of the possibility that they sell drugs, the vendor denied the claim.

“Drugs? Walang ganoon,” the vendor added.

BOR scraps P150... registration.

The announcement is in reference to Resolution No. 34, series of 2016 stating the excerpts of the 101st Regular Meeting of BOR held at Midas Hotel, Pasay City on April 1.

A resolution from the SSC dated November 25, 2015, labelled late-payment fee as an “unnecessary” fee and claimed its abolition will lessen students’ financial burden and will maximize access to quality education.

The student body insisted Article 14, Section 1 of the Philippine Constitution saying the State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.

They also cited provisions from Article 237 of the TSU Code which calls for the different student service office of the university to establish policies pertinent to student welfare and development. Effective rules and regulations on student assistance shall be established, it added.

SSC President Miguel Paolo

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Nunag, known as a student activist and member of Kabataan Partylist group, headed a signature campaign earlier this semester to gather support from TSUians against latepayment fee.

Nunag also presented lists of student payors in the undergraduate programs and graduate studies who were charged P150.00. The collection stated in the lists totalled P1, 045,800.00. The summary is labelled “ACCOUNT: 100801 - Penalty for Late Enrolment/Payment.”

There were 4,195 accounts charged during 2nd semester of academic year 2014-2015 comprising a November-March period. This is equivalent to P629, 250.00.

Meanwhile, the summary for May 1 to October 6, 2015 shows 2,777 accounts charged for a total of P416, 550.00.

In support to SSC, Rise for Education Alliance circulated leaflets inside the campus on April Fools’ Day before the plea was favored, telling the state and the administration should not take the students urge to junk the 150-peso fee a joke.

BARAKO brews up at TSU Gym

By Creisha Mae Dimabayao and Richmon A. Cayabyab Tarlac State University Committee on Student Elections (COMSELEC) conducted the annual Miting de Avance at the Gymnasium with this year’s theme “Brewing a Responsible and Knowledgeable Officer” (BARAKO), May 3.

The event was done to help the students choose among the candidates who they will vote on the student’s election three days later after hearing the platforms of every party.

“Nagigiging mas matalinong mamboboto tayo kasi maririnig natin yung mga plataporma ng bawat party.

Kung magaling ka talaga at nakita ng students na ikaw ‘yong kayang magtanggol ng rights nila, kung sa kabilang party pa sya nung una, lilipat at lilipat sila. Kasi alam nila ‘yong tama,” Kristine F. Umali, COMSELEC chairperson, said in an interview.

Candidates for the Supreme Student Council posts were also given chance to ask questions with their opponents regarding their platforms for further information regarding each of the party’s platforms. Afterwards, the students were also allowed to ask question on the candidates directly.

“Nagkakaroon din ng pagkakataon kaming mga estudyante para mas makilala o mas makapilikami kung sino ang iboboto naming. Nabibigyan ng pagkakataon ang bawat candidate para kwestiyunin ang bawat platform ng isa’t isa,” a TSU student said when asked about the impact of the Miting De Avance on students.

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Chorale, 1st runner-up in nat’l singing contest

By Cristine D.V. Flores The Tarlac State University Chorale placed 1st runnerup iin the Timpalak AwitMakabayan, anational choral singing competition as part of the 6th Fiesta Republica which commemorates the birth of the First Philippine Republic.

With their winning piece, Piliin mo ang Pilipinas, the participants who convened on the said competition are: Sopranos - Hannah Bermas, Rica Cruz, Berenice Redoban,

Dona Aliado, Angelic Valdez, Rosana Manlapaz; Altos - Mary Justine Rose De Vera, Stephanie Agravio, Shermaine Mendoza, Mheryana Canivel, Princess Camille Suarez, Allyza Ortiz; Tenor - Ronald Bartolome, Wally David Tugna, Renz Jewel Santos, Daniel Diamzon, James Marty; Basses - Dante Espinosa, Charlette Paul Fabian, Jessie Dolot, and Kiel Cajucom.

The university chorale competed with Technological Institute of the Philippines Chorale Society, Ramon Magsaysay

High School Chorale (Manila), Tarlac College of Agriculture Chorale, Koro Deo Duce (Binan, Laguna), Sing Bulacan Chorale (Malolos City), Makati Youth Choir, University of Science and Technology Chorale (Nueva Ecija), Coro Obcento (Quezon City), Adamson University Chorale (Cavite) and Vox Animae (Baliuag, Bulacan).

Meanwhile, the week-long celebration included activities such as Hataw Sining, Cine Republica, Dulansangan and Kumperensya.

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San Isidro sits SSC top position Photo lifted from Facebook

CAFA stude wins poll by 29 more votes SUPREME STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT: MAIN: Bangis, Renz S. (STAND) - 2795 SAN ISIDRO: Bondoc, Christian Aaron T. (LETS) - 2824 LUCINDA: Dela Cruz, Deyo Carlos L. (STEP) - 1629 VICE PRESIDENT: David, Maybielyn M. (STAND) - 3139 Metiam, Robin Lee N. (LETS) - 2938 SECRETARY ON RECORDS: Acosta, Hansyjae A. (LETS) - 4669 Dungca, Jayriz D. (STAND) - 2093 SECRETARY ON FINANCE: Garcia, Camille Joyce A. (LETS) - 2357 Gutierrez, Iza Mae E. (STAND) - 1508 Seguira, Ma. Katrina (STEP) - 3128 SECRETARY ON AUDIT:

Lacadin, Mariel B. (LETS) - 2664 Mariano, Rommel M. (STAND) - 1858 Cadiang, Psalm Erickson (STEP) - 2433 SECRETARY ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: Anjao, Princess Maja O. (STAND) - 2377 Doria, Reynamy C. (STEP) - 2622 Medina, Jespher F. (LETS) - 1941 SECRETARY ON WAYS AND MEANS: Fernandez Jr., Eden E. (STAND) - 1405 Gacutan, Amiel Ronn R. (LETS) - 2103 Mendoza, Marc Joshua V. (STEP) - 3298

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2nd TSU-POP staged

By Jahred Bertolfo Tarlac State University Psalms of Praises (TSU POP) on its second year showcased bands anew dominated by this year’s new champion, The Lamb of God. The event on March 3 is themed “Aking aawitin ang kagandahang-loob at kahatulan sa Iyo, o Panginoon, aawit ako ng papuri—Awit 101:1.”

The Lamb of God ensured its victory with a mash-up of Diyos ang Pag-ibig, Ikaw ang Ngayon, and Bukas at Kailanman which made them accumulate an average score of 94.75.

Meanwhile, next on top is The Casbee with an average score of 89.5 shortly followed by Colossians 3:23 with 89.25 and succeeded by The ICON with 85.25 score.

Despite the drizzle, the event continued and had to move in front of the Business Center due to the necessity for a shed.

In her closing remarks, Dr. Armee N. Rosel, former vice president for student affairs, said the rain was a sign of blessing.

Peer Facilitators’

Circle under the Guidance and Counselling Center spearheaded the competition for bands playing praises, gospels or worship songs.

The winning band The Lamb of God comprises six members who are Ma. Cecilia Tan (College of Business and Accountancy), Simplee Jessy Salangsang (College of Education), James Daren Soriano (College of Engineering), Rencee Angeles (COE), Joshua Greg Guiaz (COE) and Pits Salvador (COE).

According to Tan, the band was formed just upon learning that there will be competition as TSU-POP. She added five of the members are first-timers and only their keyboardist joined last year.

“God inspires our band.

Also, our talents inspire us because we want to share our way of praising the Lord God through our talents,” Tan said.

On the other hand, Tan denied when asked if they plan to still join next year. Nevertheless, on behalf of the band, she told TSUians to continue praising through their talent and share it to others and be an inspiration to other people.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES GOVERNOR: Manaloto, john Calvin (STAND) - 352 Ramil, Sofia A. (Independent) - 535 VICE GOVERNOR: Bondoc, Ralph Michael A. (Independent) - 702 Corpuz, Jireh E. (STAND) - 188 BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Dizon, Anghery France S. (Independent) - 565 Galzote, Alvin Krenz M. (STAND) - 298 BOARD MEMBER ON FINANCE: Cano, Johanna Bianca J. (Independent) - 510 Niegos, Rome Ann L. (STAND) - 319 BOARD MEMBER ON AUDIT: Aquino, Archie G. (Independent) - 429 Talavera, Rholand C. (STAND) - 385 BOARD MEMBER ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: Co, Renz Christian T. (Independent) - 346 Ranola, Jhon-Jhon M. (STAND) - 487 BOARD MEMBER ON WAYS AND MEANS: Bondoc, Rhyan C. (Independent) - 465 Hasegawa, Waka (STAND TSU) -383

COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES GOVERNOR: Padlan, Marc Kristian M. (WISELY) - Withdrawn BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Dungca, John Ralph Aaron C. (WISELY) - 710 BOARD MEMBER ON FINANCE: Santos, Trichia Jane P. (WISELY) - 721 BOARD MEMBER ON AUDIT: Ambat, Marc Kenneth G. (WISELY) - 648 BOARD MEMBER ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: Espino, Patricia R. (WISELY) - 683 BOARD MEMBER ON WAYS AND MEANS: Dingle, Mary Rose Diane P. (WISELY) - 695

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING GOVERNOR: Caspillo, Ynan G. (STEP) - 535 Valdez, Ruz Mishael B. (SIKLAB) - 639 VICE GOVERNOR: Rafanan, Renzell Jon C. (SIKLAB) - 269 Ramos, Marie May Fatima P. (STEP) - 900 BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Villanueva, Sheila Marie T. (STEP) - 1003 BOARD MEMBER ON FINANCE: Eliorico, Adrian N. (STEP) - 973 BOARD MEMBER ON AUDIT: Baluyut, Aira D. (SIKLAB) - 366 Geronimo, Jairus Drei E. (STEP) - 759 BOARD MEMBER ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: Baguisi, Izza Jean G. (SIKLAB) - 465 Faigmane, Robin Victor D. (STEP) - 675 BOARD MEMBER ON WAYS AND MEANS: Dimarucot, Jahn Archangel Christopher (SIKLAB) - 406 Dimatulac, Eduardo P. (STEP) - 727

COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY GOVERNOR: Portugal, Philip (Independent) - 156 VICE GOVERNOR: Losanez, Maria Michaela (Independent) - 148 BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Granil, Eddie C. (Independent) - 136 BOARD MEMBER ON AUDIT: Esmile, Roger Terence M. (Independent) - 143 BOARD MEMBER ON WAYS AND MEANS: Aquino, Jhomel (Independent) - 144

COLLEGE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION GOVERNOR: Francisco, Izelle C. (Independent) - 356 VICE GOVERNOR: Punzalan, Dale Aldrin M. (Independent) - 338 BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Garcia, Nikko A. (Independent) - 330 BOARD MEMBER ON FINANCE: Cunanan, Ruby Ann V. (Independent) - 318 BOARD MEMBER ON AUDIT: Pineda, Zyrelle Kaye B. (Independent) - 337 BOARD MEMBER ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: Galulo, Neil Kenneth S. (Independent) - 332 BOARD MEMBER ON WAYS AND MEANS: Angeles, Michael John S. (Independent) - 352

COLLEGE OF BUSSINESS AND ACCOUNTANCY GOVERNOR: Calantog, Rhemie Joy (STEP) - 747 Lacsina, Michael Angelo (STAND TSU) - 857 VICE GOVERNOR: Dela Cruz, Ysidore Nichole (STAND TSU) - 643 Perez, Jocelyn (STEP) - 981 BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Ignacio, Bearina F. (STEP) - 1262 BOARD MEMBER ON FINANCE: Delas Llagas, Gwen Leeneth B. (STAND) - 629 Gragasin, Sherwin John (STEP) - 965 BOARD MEMBER ON AUDIT: Lavitoria, Almira Joy L. (STAND) - 506 Tongol, Albert Steve L. (STEP) - 1119 BOARD MEMBER ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: Abalos, Jeiel Alister G. (STEP) - 881 Biag, Mary Anne Kaye V. (STAND) - 700 BOARD MEMBER ON WAYS AND MEANS: De Guzman, Christopher F. (STEP) - 1095 Pagatpatan, Willie V. (STAND) - 443

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GOVERNOR: Canlas, John Benedict A. (STEP) - 1051 Domingo, Dexter (STAND TSU) - 376 VICE GOVERNOR: Dela Cruz, Jojo (STAND TSU) - 520 Villafana, Ervince S. (STEP) - 851 BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Tagasa, Winnie S. (STAND) - 430 Talavera, Alecs Kaye C. (STEP) - 959 BOARD MEMBER ON FINANCE: Lobo, Weena P. (STEP) - 976 Mallari, Jhon Noel S. (STAND) - 410 BOARD MEMBER ON AUDIT: Ancheta, Veronica Ann C. (STEP) - 1197 BOARD MEMBER ON PUBLIC INFORMATION: Agustin, Cris Allan B. (STEP) - 952 Alcantara, King John Howk P. (STAND) - 438 BOARD MEMBER ON WAYS AND MEANS: Asuncion, Jeri Mayah P. (STAND) - 283 Dela Cruz, Edrick D. (STEP) - 1112

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE VICE GOVERNOR: Gomez, John Paolo D. (STAND TSU) - 130 BOARD MEMBER ON RECORDS: Tanedo, Pearl R. (STAND TSU) - 136 BOARD MEMBER ON FINANCE: Arceo, Sharmaine C. (STAND TSU) - 140

The Lamb of God [Photo by Audrey Del Rosario] Source: TSU COMSELEC

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Admin gets ‘5/10’...

Faculty Associations of State Colleges and Universities of the Philippines, Inc., felt, after the meeting, there were things that were answered but there were also some that were left hanging.

Other issues raised were not or slightly covered in the assembly. These include those of the faculty permanency, promotion versus hiring of non-teaching staff, and vertical articulation.

On the other hand, Dr. Myrna Q. Mallari, TSU president, welcomed the concerns and said there were no violent reactions between the administration and the Union in the event. In an interview, she said she believes everyone has the right to express his/her sentiments.

“We are one big family. We can always communicate. Ayokong meron silang [Union] concern na hindi natin ma-address,” she added.

Supreme Student Council President Miguel Paolo Nunag and members of student organizations also supported the Union’s tying of red ribbons. Students were present as observers.

Nunag, meanwhile, said in an interview that students were originally not allowed to listen but he asked to let them in.

Mallari affirmed students were not invited.

As the representative of the student body, Nunag said, he was not satisfied with what happened in the assembly.

‘Plagiarized’ doctoral thesis An investigating panel was formed on December 8 following several reports from Hong Kong newspapers that a high ranking university official there plagiarized his doctoral thesis to obtain a post-graduate degree in TSU. And during the faculty assembly in February, Mallari confirmed TSU’s probe revealed that the papers were, indeed, plagiarized.

Dr. Herdip Singh, Associate Vice President in Hong Kong’s Lingnan University, was accused of submitting a dissertation similar to that of a Chinese student in Sweden’s Lund University as part of his Doctor of Philosopy in Business Administration.

On November 12, an online press in the Chinese region, The Standard, reported

that the dissertation of Singh is 96% similar.

In a closed-door meeting with Dr. Nicanor Caingat, Director of the Office of International Affairs and Studies, and Dr. Armee Rosel, former Vice President for Student Affairs, on January 22, Caingat said the probing body already had the result but he refused to give details saying they were not authorized to disclose it. The copy of the dissertation was also restricted from media.

But he said they used plagiarism software to assess the degree of similarity between the dissertations. He added that if a high percentage of similarity is obtained, the dissertation might be unauthentic.

It is a standard operating procedure for panelists to check the authenticity of the papers. However, panelist only bank on the candidates’ honesty since they are professionals, Caingat said. Candidates usually submit certificates of originality signed by them and conformed by the panelist.

The ad hoc committee to which the issue was passed was effected after Mallari signed Administrative Order 93, s. 2015 dated December 8.

The committee is composed of Dr. Lolita Sicat, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Louella Ona, VP for Research, Extension, Production, and Development, Dr. Renato Mercado, Dean of College of Business and Accountancy, Atty. Leslie Orencia, Dean of College of Law, Dr. Brigido Corpuz, Executive Assistant, Dr. Maria June M. Carlos, Dean of College of Public Administration, and Prof. Marlon Gamido, Dean of College of Computer Studies. Benitez, Caingat, and Rosel also served as members.

Mallari ordered Caingat and Carlos to appear before the inquiry conducted

by Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Technical Panel on Transnational Education and Distance Education.

Caingat said CHED proceeded with their separate investigation after another Hong Kong press, Apple Daily, communicated to them. Apple Daily, according to Caingat, is the first to release articles about the scandal.

Moreover, TSU administration sent a team in Hong Kong to monitor the situation

Bands serenade TSUians in ‘Pasikloveband’ Romance filled the atmosphere of the Main Campus as TSU bands jammed in the love-themed acoustic battle “Pasikloveband” on the night of March 11.

Eight bands namely Sinidro Sons, Index 2.0, Casbee, Chopzuy, Hipag, Flowchart, Utopia and UH 2.0 contended in the contest.

Supreme Student Council President Miguel Paolo Nunag said Dr. Grace Hasegawa, Public Employment and Service Office director has always been in-charge of hosting the acoustic battle, but this time around, she put SSC in charge.

The said competition was supposed to transpire around February to match the Valentine’s Day celebration.

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ACOUSTIC STRIKE. Chopzuy band serenades the audience as they sang their rendition of Cold Play’s The Scientist. [Photo by Audrey Del Rosario]

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“Index 5.0” band won the hearts of the audience and the judges with their rendition of Secrets and Akap.

Glady dela Cruz, band vocals, said their group is a collaboration different bands which performed during the Engineering week.

She explained their motivation is the happiness they have when they share their music.

“Dahil hindi naman kami kilalang banda, gusto namin kahit papaano tumatak ‘yong musika na kaya naming ihandog sa tao,” she added.

The band had several conflicts on what songs are they going to play in the competition. They also had dilemmas regarding requirements and almost opted to back out.

BINDING. Members of the university personnel and faculty union supported the “Red Ribbon” Day by wearing black and tying red ribbons.

[Photo by Pauline Grace Manzano]

and gather information early after knowing the issue, he added. Mallari said they are also coordinating with BOR to clear things up.

In addition, Caingat said Singh sent an apology to TSU for having the name of the school linked with the issue. He was removed as comptroller of Lingnan University. Singh’s diploma may be useless he said.

Anti-plagiarism Dr. Lorna Dimatulac, VP for Administration and Finance, in place of Mallari, signed Administrative Order No. 94, s. 2015, dated December 11, which called for the establishment of a committee to draft policies on anti-plagiarism. Caingat said this is still in line with Singh’s case.

The order stated that TSU institutional family is called for to report all incidents of alleged plagiarism in for formal investigation. Appropriate sanctions for violations for the civil service laws and rules and related applicable legislations will be given.

Dr. Louella Ona chaired the committee. The members are Dr. Robert Marcos, Director of Production Office, Prof.

Gladie Natherine G. Cabanizas, Director of Student Development Office, and Dr. Maria Elena David, Director of University Research Office. Rosel and Carlos are part as well.

In reference to Chapter 31, Section 2 of TSU Student Hand Book, disciplinary actions for cheating, such as passing a copied work, ranges from giving an automatic grade of 5.0 up to suspension and dismissal from the institution.

Diploma Mill?

There were articles from Hong Kong newspapers about Lifelong College being a diploma mill where a graduate of the said institution was said to have four doctorate degrees in a span of five years according to Benitez.

According to the news, he said, there was a back tracking done wherein the time of the actual enrolment was back tracked to make it so that the graduate had enrolled earlier.

The Standard also reported that their Education Bureau conducted a probe over the accusations against Singh’s “fast-tracked doctoral degree” from the TNE. In an article released by online press South China Morning Post, another toplevel official of Lingnan University, Alex Lee, is said to have helped Singh to fasttrack the degree from Lifelong College that he founded.

Lifelong College is partnered with TSU along with other institution in Asia including Bulacan State University and Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, according to Lifelong’s official website. Lifelong College operates TSU Hong Kong office, Caingat said.

Lifelong markets the programs in Hong Kong, recruits students and is also in-

charged with collection of fees, he clarified.

The TNE started in 2004 after former TSU president Dolores Matias signed a memorandum of agreement with Lifelong.

The university, during that time, used CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 1, series of 2000 on Policies and Guidelines in the Implementation of International Linkages and Twinning Programs. The programs were also approved by the Hong Kong Education Bureau.

TNE at present is operating under CMO No. 2, series of 2008 on the Policies, Standards, and Guidelines on Transnational Education.

Caingat explained that the students in Hong Kong campus are under the alternative learning system which uses online teaching and are also under blended learning where they learn both from Lifelong-based teachers and faculty members of TSU who are sent abroad.

TSU-based faculty members also sit as panelist during thesis defence and check the authenticity of the papers while TSU deans sign all diplomas, he added. Usually, four panelists are from TSU and one is from Hong Kong. Those offered abroad are also open in TSU but there were no enrolees like in PhD in Business Administration.

Caingat, who sat on post on November 2014, said it is more of a nonfinancial benefit for the university to offer programs overseas since TSU is being recognized internationally.

CHED provides subsidies for research, extension, scholarships to well known schools.

“It is not really an issue of diploma mill. In fact, it was not TSU which was cited as diploma mill,” Mallari defended saying these are just hearsay and allegations.

Old issues Former TSU officials in 2013 faced a similar issue of diploma mill. In a January 27, 2013 post by the Philippine Daily Inquirer headed “Answer graft raps, university execs said”, the Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon asked former TSU Presidents Priscilla Viuya and Dolores Matias and eight others to file counter affidavits to a graft complaint on the TNE program dubbed a diploma mill. However, Viuya already cleared the allegations in 2013.

Former TSU executives Glenard Madriaga and Edilberto Nool, and former faculty member Romerico Dizon filed complaints in 2012, added in the report.

The Supreme Court En Banc finally dismissed appeals on the case last year according to Caingat.

Caingat, who is part of the defendant in the complaint, said they did not filed a counter against Nool and Dizon to pacify the issue and for TSU not to get involved in “sensationalized” mainstream media items anymore.

A question of reputation?

During the January interview with Caingat, he said TSU Hong Kong faced a

moratorium. But according to Mallari, the major action of TSU later on is closing the partnership with Lifelong College and the programs in Hong Kong.

However, TNE is still existing, and permit is not yet cancelled. There are still students to be assisted and there will be a six-month transition period prior to the cancellation of the programs.

CHED had advised against publishing a manifesto regarding the closure of TNE as not to drag the name of TSU further.

They also assured that eventually there’s a plan that delegates will go to Hong Kong Education Bureau to investigate further.

There were no cases filed against the institutions involved, nor about the plagiarism that occurred.

“But the point is the damage has been done. Are we just going to let go of it since it was already closed,” Benitez asked.

Benitez said they are concerned whether the accusations now with the TNE are true. If true, he said, the responsible party should be held accountable; and if not, then TSU should sue the Hong Kong newspaper as it dragged the university’s reputation down.

“As a future alumni of this university, kung ako po ang tatanungin, lalo na po kung alam nila yung matter with regards to the Transnational Education, paano po ako maha-hire sa kahit anong trabaho na a-apply-an ko kung alam po ng mga kumpanya sa ibang lugar dito sa Pilipinas na galing po ako sa [isang] diploma mill university,” asked Nunag during the assembly.

Mallari answered: “estudyante ka man, [o] teacher ka dito. Kung hindi ka proud maging [part of] TSU, ano ang solusyon doon? Lumabas ka sa TSU.” In a separate interview, she said so long as you love TSU, the whole community must prove the Hong Kong media wrong.

Connection to other institutions is still good, Mallari explained saying the president of Holy Angel University (HAU) in Angeles City wants to collaborate with TSU. Moreover, she continued, Japan invited TSU, along with Batangas State University, and Bicol University, in the opening ceremony for TNE with University of the Philippines. Mallari elicited interest to Nagoya University in Japan regarding possible partnership in the field of engineering.

“We cannot go anywhere but internationalize now,” she added. Last year, TSU adapted a new vision of being a premiere university in the Asia-Pacific region.

Nunag, meanwhile, disagreed with the step to remain silent.

“Naglalakad ka sa daan tapos sinuntok ka habang maraming nakakikita at pinabayaan mo lang. Tapos sinuntok ka ulit at pinabayaan mo na naman. Hanggang sinuntok ka na naman. Syempre kailangan mo ring lumaban,” he explained.

First posted February 2016

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Spare Change Sa pang araw-araw na ekonomiya ng mga pangkaraniwang mga indibidwal sa siyudad, ang bawat barya ay mahalaga. Kung ito ma’y sukli sa biniling inumin o pagkain, o ang ibabayad sa sinasakyan sa pagpasok sa eskwela; napakaimportante ng papel ng bawat piso at bawat sentimo sa takbo ng ekonomiya. Kaya naman sa pagbaba ng pamasahe sa pampasaherong jeep sa Unibersidad, nagkakaroon ng malaking epekto di lang sa mga estudyanteng sumasakay rito, ngunit pati narin sa mga tsuper na kumakayod para sa pang araw-araw na buhay. Kailangang maunawaan na lagging may dalawang panig sa bawat sitwasyon.

Kasabay ng pagababa ng presyo ng kurudo sa pandaigdigang merkado, ang Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board o LTFRB ay nagpatupad ng pagbaba ng presyo sa pampublikong transportasyon.

Kasama na rin sa pagbaba ng pasahe ang mga sinasakyan ng mga estudyante sa unibersidad, ang mga jeepney sa Main at Lucinda Campus.

Kung titignan, tanging mga pasahero lamang ang nakikinabang sa pag-iiba ng presyo ng pamasahe. Maaaring ang piso ay napakaliit na halaga lamang, ngunit kalakip naman nito ay ang malaking halaga ang maaari pang kitain ng mga tsuper na pupwede pang mawala sa kanila.

Ang pagbaba ng presyo ng langis at kurudo sa merkado ay buhat ng paglabas ng suplay ng kurudo ang estados unidos higit dalawang buwan na ang nakakalipas. Alinsunod sa konsepto ng supply and demand, kung nagkakaroon ng mas mataas na suplay ang isang produkto, ang presyo nito ay bababa sa merkado, na nagiging dahilan sa pagbaba ng presyo ng langis at kurudo sa pilipinas.

Dahil sa pagbaba ng pasahe, nagkakaroon ng malawakang pagpupulong ang mga Tsuper at ang mga tagapamahala sa hatian sa kita upang magkaroon ng kompromiso.

Gayunpaman, Ayun kay Mang Jun, isa sa miyembro ng TSU Transport Association, ang pagbaba ng presyo ng pamasahe at ng kurudo ay hindi nakakapagbigay benepisyo sa ilang mga tsuper.

Nabanggit niya na kahit sa pagbaba ng presyo ng kurudo, ang mga iba pang gastusin sa pagpapatakbo ng isang pampasaherong jeep tulad ng pagpapanatili nito sa maayos na kalagayan ay hindi parin

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bumababa.

Isang halimbawa na ibinigay ni Mang Jun, isang miyembro ng TSU Transport Association; ay ang 144 pesos na kanyang kikitain sa isang pasada kung walung piso ang ibibigay ng bawat isa sa 18 estudyante na lulan ng kanyang jeep. Sa pagbawas ng piso kada isang estudyante, bumababa na sa 126 pesos ang kita niya sa isang pasada. Kung susumahin, maaaring umabot sa Ilang libong piso ang bawas sa kita sa isang buong buwan. Halaga na pupwede sanang mapunta sa kanyang pamilya.

Ayon din naman sa tagapamahala ng samahan ng mga nagpapatakbo ng mga jeepney sa uinibersidad, ang batayan ng pagiba ng pasahe ng jeep ay ayon sa deisyon ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board o LTFRB, at hindi sa desiyon ng mga tsuper na miyembro ng nasabing organisasyon. Nagkakaroon lamang ng pag-uusap patungkol sa presyo pagkatapos ng anunsyo mula sa gobyerno.

Dagdag pa sa pasanin ng mga tsuper ay ang pagpili ng mga estudyanteng sumakay na lamang sa mga tricycle na nakaparada malapit sa unibersidad kaysa sa opisyal na Shuttle ng paaralan.

Iba’t ibang mga rason ang ipinapahayag ng mga estudyante ukol sa pagsakay sa iba pang klase ng transportasyon mula sa init ng panahon hanggang sa pagmamadaling makahabol sa oras ng pagpasok. Bagay naman na hinihiling na mas pagtuunan ng pansin ayon sa pinuno ng asosasyon. Pinaglalaanan para sa bawat estudyante ang pagpapanatili ng serbisyo sa transportasyon ng unibersidad at sinisigurado ng bawat tsuper ang kaligtasan ng bawat estudyante na lulan ng bawat sasakyan.

Sa unang tingin, maaaring lahat ay nakakaranas ng benepisyo sa pagbaba ng pamasahe sa pampasaherong jeep ngunit kung hihimayin ay mayroon pa ring makakaranas ng negatibong epekto, kabilang na dito ang mga mamang tsuper. Gayunpaman, ang mga pagbabagong ito ay parte na ng ikot ng mundo at hindi natin maaaring pigilan.

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January - June 2016 ka aalis na lang at uuwi ng bahay.

Hindi na tayo bata.

Hindi pwedeng puro testing na lang ang mga bagaybagay na gaya ng pag-test sa sarili mo kung kaya mo o hindi. Once you are there, you are required to do your responsibilities and that is to serve your fellow students.

Anong sasabihin mo kapag nalaman mong hindi mo na kaya?

Edi uwi na?

Edi wow.

May iilan namang isyu ukol sa mga AYOKO NA estudyanteng palipatlipat ng organisasyon o iiwan maghanap muli ng panibagong ang kasalukuyang org upang luluklok sa puwestong iiwan ng kasalukuyang nakaluklok na set ‘di umano’y mapalawak pa of officers. Kasabay naman nito ay ang kanilang matutulungang ang malawakang pagsali ng mga estudyante sa pamamagitan ng estudyanteng nais mapabilang sa pagtakbo sa mas mataas pang mga kinikilalang organisayon sa posisyon.

Siguraduhin muna nating loob ng unibersidad. mabuti na ang pagtakbo o pagsali At syempre, pagkatapos niyon, dadaan ang mga bagong sa isang organisasyon ay para sa set of officers/staff/miyembro sa kapwa natin estudyante hindi para sikat na sikat na team building sa pansariling interes lamang, activity. Tapos, kunwari masaya na kapag nagamit at nakatulong na. Pagkatapos magpapasukan. na ang isang org upang makilala Handa na ang mga bagong na ang isang pangalan ng tao ay maari na niya ballpen, bag, itong magamit notebook, pero upang tumakbo sigurado, may sa mas mataas iilang hindi pang posisyon pa handa sa na hindi man mga posisyong lamang iniisip na kanilang may maiiwang tinakbuhan at bakanteng sinalihan. posisyon sa Kapag nasa lilisaning kalagitnaan na organisasyon. ng taon ay may “Para mga iilan nang sa kapwa ko unti-unting estudyante” napanghihinaan ang madalas ng loob at balak nating naririnig. lumisan (at yung Nawa’y hindi iba lumisan lang sana ito na) sa minahal salita lamang (sana) nilang na maririnig organisayon. natin.

Nawa ay Rason? Academics, family, peer maging karugtong ito ng “Hindi pressure, problemang naiwan ng nakaraang termino, lovelife, at ako bibitaw” dahil para kanino nga ba talaga tayo nagseserbisyo marami pang iba.

Tanong ko lang, ano nga hindi ba? Pakiusap, huwag tayong ba ang rason nila kaya sila buladas.

Hindi naman required ang sumali sa isang organisasyon o tumakbo sa isang posisyon? posisyon upang makatulong Para may mapakinabangan? sa kapwa estudyante, nagiging Kasikatan? O gusto talaga nila authority lamang ito upang kunong magserbisyo sa kapwa mas makatulong pa sa mas estudyante? O baka naman nakararami.

Nawa ang bawat binitawan nahila lang? at bibitawan pa lamang na Unang una, please, hindi mga pangako at plataporma rason ang pag-aaral upang ang siyang maging dignidad magbitiw sa puwesto. Parang na panghahawakan ng bawat awa niyo na. Kahit na sabihin estudyanteng nais tumulong sa nating mas nauna tayong naging kapwa nila estudyante.

Maging estudyante, hindi pa rin natin matatanggal na dapat ay handa rason sana ito upang hindi tayo sa kahit anong posibleng bumitaw sa pwesto o lumipat mangyari (mapa-acads man yan sa iba pang organisasyon upang o hindi) sa ating papasukang masakatuparan ang kung anuman organisayon. Kung bibitiw lang ang nais nilang itulong para sa din pala tayong lahat sa isang atin.

Hindi kasing bilis bagay na pinasukan natin dahil ng robitussin ang pwestong nahihirapan na tayo, in the first luluklukan ng kahit sinong place, huwag nating pasukan. estudyanteng nais makaupo rito, Nagsasayang lang tayo ng oras at nawa ay maging matagal ang panahon dito. pananatili nila rito hindi upang Hindi laro ang isang magenjoy lang, kundi upang organisasyon na pwedeng paninidigan ang kanilang sanang magtaya-tayaan pagkatapos ipinaglalaban. mapipikon ka’t matatalo at saka Ayaw ko nang pahabain at patagalin pa ang intro kong ito, mabilis lang ang gusto ko.

Mabilis. Gaya ng mga ilang nanungkulang estudyante sa ating unibersidad, mabilis lamang ding umalis at nagbitiw sa puwesto.

Taunang sinasagawa ang eleksyon (malamang) sa lahat ng unibersidad upang

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Hindi na tayo bata.”

Sunud-sunod ang mga pagbabawal na nangyayari kamakailan lang na ipinatutupad dito sa ating unibersidad. Ngunit ang diretsahang tanong, Bakit ho parang wala naman talaga itong pinupunto o pinupuntahan.

Isa sa mga bagay na hindi ko lang ho talaga maintindihan ay ang pagbabawal ng styro o plastic noon sa loob ng campus. Hindi rin naman ho ako magmamalinis na magsasabing hindi ko man lang sinubukang magpuslit ng plastic papasok ng campus.

Isa ho sa mga naging obserbasyon ko ay kung bakit bawal magpasok ng mga ito gayong ang mga canteen naman sa loob mismo ng campus ay gumagamit ng styro at plastic para sa mga pagkaing ibinebenta nila at kung paanong sa ibang campus ay pwedeng magpasok ng plastic o styro samantalang sa iba ay hindi?

Hindi rin ho masyadong malinaw ang rule na ito sa mga pagkakataong kinakailangan talaga ang plastic lalo na sa mga bitbitin o ano pa mang nakabalot na bagay.

Pangalawa, ang biglaang pagpapabawal ng ripped jeans, shorts at sleeveless isang araw pagpasok ko. Yung para bang mapapaisip ka, hindi ho ba’t bago tayo magpatupad ng mga batas ay isinasaalang-alang ho muna ang diseminasyon ng impormasyon sa loob ng ilang araw bago ang mismong pagpapatupad ng pagbabawal? Magulo rin ho. Magulo rin na kung ang pagpapakita lamang ng balat ang basehan kung disente ang isang kasuotan, bakit ho pinapayagan

THE ang backless at bawal ang sleeveless?

Ang mini-skirt at hindi ang ripped jeans.

Bawal ho ang shorts ngunit may uniporme hong pang-P.E. na anyong shorts?

At wag niyo naman ho sabihing hindi ito totoo gayung nakita ko mismo kung paanong nakakapasok ang mga ganitong pananamit sa loob ng campus nang hindi man

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Yung pakiramdam na hindi mo na alam kung saan ka pa lulugar.”

lang nasisita. (Kung sabagay, wala nga naman sila sa listahan ng mga ipinagbabawal.)

Isa pa ho, may mga anunsyong pagsususpinde ng mga klase isang linggo bago ang mismong araw ng suspensiyon.

Ngunit bigla itong babawiin sa mga kadahilanang bagamat

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rasonable ay, ayun nga, biglaan.

Ngayon, ang mga estudyanteng umasa na ay walang magawa kundi pumasok sa kanilang mga klase only to find out na hindi pumasok ang kanilang mga propesor o instructor. Yung bang pakiramdam na pinaasa ka na nga, iniwan ka pa sa ere.

Ang punto ko lang naman ho, hindi ho ba dapat konsultahin din ang studentry ukol sa mga pagbabawal, batas o anunsyong ipinatutupad. Kasi nga ho, bagaman maaari mang sabihing maliit na nga ang tuition na binabayaran naming mga estudyante, di rin naman ho malayo sa katotohanan na isa kami sa mga pangunahing stakeholders ng institusyong ito.

Hindi rin naman ho ito isang anyo ng panunumbat o pagyayabang. Sa totoo na lang ho tayo. Dahil batay na rin sa mga pangunahing punto ng column na ito, masyadong malabo ang mga batas na ipinatutupad sa ngayon. Yung pakiramdam na hindi mo na alam kung saan ka pa lulugar.

Mapapaigi ho siguro ang lahat kung ang bawat desisyon ay sinusuportahan ng mismong sistema, ng akmang rason at konsiderasyon sa lahat ng maaapektuhan at sakop ng mga batas na layong ipatupad.

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sa Likod ng Dyaryo nina Bonjoebee R. Bello at Aqiyl B. Enriquez Photos from The Work archives

Dear The Work, Anong oras na ba? Mukha ‘atang napaaga ang pasok ni Dan. Binuksan niya kaagad ang ilaw.

Nagliwanag rin sa kanina’y sinakop ng tila walang hanggang kadiliman. Masaya akong lumiwanag na muli.

Naalala ko noong isang gabi, kanya-kanya kayong hanapan ng lugar para tulugan. Sumiksik sa sofa. Humandusay sa hiniram na mga kutson.

Yapusin ang mga unang limang taon ng hindi nalalabhan. Hanggang ang gabi ng presswork na walang tuluga’y naging tunog na lamang ng nagaalburutong aircon.

Nahanap niyong muli ang sapat na pahingahan, ang amoy ng mga dyaryo, ang nagkalat na mga papel at nagkalat na mga ideya’t salita.

Binuksan na ni Dan ang mga bentilador, computer at aircon. Dumampot na ng mga bond paper at abala na naman kayo sa mga letter at resolution’g ipapapirma ninyo sa admin. Abalang magkumpleto ng mga requirements. Pirma dito, pirma doon.

Natutuwa ako sa tuwing ginugulo ni Aqiyl si Dan sa kanyang mga ginagawa. Inaasar siya nito ng kung anu-anong bagay. Palibhasa’y high school pa lamang ay magkakilala na ang dalawa. Si Aqiyl ang tipong nangyayakap sa inyo at sasabihan kayong lahat na “hindi kayo fresh”.

Darating si Otep, babati sa lahat.

Susuyuin si Dan sa mga pinagkakaabalahan nilang dalawa at magtatawanan sila mayamaya. Naglolokohan na naman. Kesyo, hindi kuno napirmahan ang reso, hindi kuno pumayag ang taas. Parehas lang silang naglolokohan. Pero saksi ako sa hirap at pagod ng dalawang itong itaguyod ang budget ninyo.

Ah! Isa-isa nang nagsisidatingan ang mga bagong salta. Sila Ate Joan, Creisha, Cristine, Richmon, Prince, Aira at Gab. Sila ang mga napili at pumasa sa inyong Editorial Board and Skills Exam. Si Ate Joan ay tipong mukhang bata pero mas matanda pa sa inyong lahat. Galing UP Diliman tama, ba?

Mahusay na estudyante.

Sila Creisha at Richmon naman ay magkaibigang sabay na pumasok sa The Work. Mahusay parehas ngunit tila nagaadjust pa sa kolehiyo at mismong sa inyong lahat. Ganun din si Cristine at Prince.

Mga bago kaya’t malimit lang sa opis. Pero masisipag at marunong makinig.

Sila Aira at Gab naman ay kapwa kakapasok lamang nitong Enero. Ang mahiyaing si Aira ay laging may bag sa harapan kaya’t hindi mo mawari kung may ginto ba sa bag o wala. Si Gab nama’y malimit din magtungo ngunit nakikisaya rin sa loob.

Ahhhh, si Jhayvi, ang lalaking halos matakpan na ang mukha dahil sa bangs.

Mataba pa ito noong una niyang pasok, pero nagpasyang magpapayat. Ngayon, underweight na.

Dumidiretso si Jhayvi sa computer para magtsek ng mga articles. Darating ang iba magdadala ng ingay, sila Jenika at Jahred, kapwa malapit kay Jhayvi. Si Jenika ay babaeng laking-Maynila. Siga-siga pero ateng-ate sa lahat ng nakababata sa kanya.

Maraming dalang kwento. Heto namang

si Jahred, tingin ko sabay silang nag-diet ni Jhayvi, parehas kasi underweight. Mukhang patpat na hipster ang pormahan. Laging may bitbit na biro (na minsa’y siya lamang nakaaalam).

Magha-hi bes ng malakas si Nam kay Jahred at mag-uusap sila nito nang napakalakas. Marami rin silang kwentuhang kakaiba.

Lalabas maya-maya at magte-take ng Selfie.

Natutuwa ako sa mga oras na tila magkakapatid kayo dahil hinding-hindi mawawala ang biruan sa inyong lahat. Gaya na lamang ng banatang “Nigga”ni Jenika at ng matabang si Oliver (samantalang parehas lamang sila ng kulay). Magbabatuhan kayo ng mga asaran habang abalang iniintindi ni Oliver ang kanyang malaking tyan.

Papasok ng opis si Ethan. Tuluy-tuloy lang na papasok. Binabati niyo siya ng “Manong Guard”.

Kabaliktaran naman siya ni Jhayvi. Noon, si Ethan ay payat, ngayon naghahabulan sila ni Oliver (palibhasa, lagi silang magkasamang kumakain sa CityWalk).

Sabay namang papasok sa opis ang magkasundo pagdating sa mga sawing pag-ibig, sila Audeng at Pauline. Si Pauline yung tipong nakatawa na bago pa man pumasok samatalang si Audeng nama’y may dala na namang kapabebehan sa buhay. Sila na ‘atang dalawa ang version ng pabebe girls dito sa opisina.

Syempre, hindi makukumpleto ang lahat kung wala ang mga pa-sigang magugulo, sila Bon, Elmo, Gerald, at Kenneth. Mga magkakaibigang mapang-trip sa inyong lahat, lalung-lalo na sa mga bagong salta. Hindi lumalagpas ang araw na hindi sila dadalaw sa opisina upang manggulo.

Mukha ‘atang tapos na ang klase ng lahat ngunit may mga kulang pa pero kailangan nang simulan ang lingguhan ninyong pagpupulong.

Mamumulot na naman si Bon, ang inyong EIC, ng white board marker at magtatawag ng magdadasal.

Pero maaalala niyang maunti kayo dahil nasa labas na naman ang iba, kumakain.

Ilang handaan, selebrasyon at kainan na rin ang nasaksihan ko sa inyo. Kahit mula pa kayo sa iba’t ibang kolehiyo, diyan kayo lahat nagkakasundo, sa pagkain. Hindi pa rin nawala ang tibay ng samahan pagdating sa lamunan kahit mula pa noong una akong nabuksan para sa publikasyon.

Ipapatawag ni Bon ang lahat ng nasa labas.

MAGULO! Sobrang gulo ninyo kahit na halos isang araw lang naman kayong hindi nagkita-kita.

May magdarasal, seryoso ang lahat. Ah! Oo nga pala! Si JC! Andiyan na pala siya kanina pa!

Siya kasi ang pinakatahimik na lalaki sa inyo. Ayun siya sa gilid, nakangiti. Ngiti lang ang bawat bati.

Sina Daniel at Ate Pauline, ayan, late na naman.

Pero bilib ako sa dalawang ito, kapwa mahusay sa pagsusulat.

Ayan na naman kayo e, may nagsasalita sa harapan hindi kayo nakikinig. Ayan, si Oliver kunwari nakikinig pero lutang. Samantalang nagbubulungan na naman sila Audeng at Pauline, sigurado tungkol na naman sa mga crush nila. Si Ethan, sulat lang sa record book kahit na ang lalaki ng sulat niya. May mga iilan na tango-tango lang.

May iilan na nakakakuha ng mga sinasabi ng nasa harapan. May iilang magsa-suggest, at ang hindi talaga nawawala, ang tawanan.

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Higit pa pala sa dyaryo ang nagawa ninyo.

Higit pa sa kapwa estudyante ang turingan ninyong lahat sa isa’t isa.

Nabuo ninyo ang pamilya.

Pamilya sa likod ng dyaryo.”

Wala ‘atang pagpupulong na hindi kayo nagtatawanan e. Haha Kita ko kayong lahat, nakakatuwa nga kayo e. Sobrang titigas pero alam ko may mga alam naman kayo. Mahusay din kayo kung tutuusin. Ilang tropeyo na rin ang naiuwi ninyo. Matatapos ang pagpupulong.

Isa-isa na naman kayong magsisilabas ng opisina. Papatayin ang bentilador, computer, ilaw at aircon. Unti-unti ninyo akong isasara hanggang sa mabalot muli ako ng kadiliman. Ngunit mas nabalot ako ng kaligayahan sa maghapon ninyong pananatili, pagtatawanan at kwentuhan.

Hindi ninyo ako alintana. Wala kayong alam. Pero ayos lang sa akin iyon dahil masaya akong lahat sa inyo. Masaya

akong ang mga paa ninyo ang humahalik sa aking sahig. Masaya akong hindi lang basta silid ang turing niyo sa akin kundi tila pangalawang tahanan niyo na rin.

Akala ko noon, ang saysay ko lamang sa mundo ay magsilbing silid na kung saan kayo’y makagagawa ng husto at mahusay na dyaryo. Makapag-presswork para may pahingahan. Ngunit nagkamali ako.

Higit pa pala sa dyaryo ang nagawa ninyo. Higit pa sa artikulo at mga litrato na tatatak sa isang dyaryo ang inyong nabuo.

Higit pa sa kapwa estudyante ang turingan ninyong lahat sa isa’t isa. Nabuo ninyo ang pamilya. Isang pamilyang hindi inakala ng lahat. Pamilya sa likod ng dyaryo.

Maraming salamat! Sa susunod muli.

Nagmamahal,

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cting as a silent observer above the clouds, Diwata-1 opens the possibilities of space exploration for Filipinos with its launch towards the International Space Station on March 23, 2015.

Named after a Filipino mythological forest nymph that promoted crop growth, health and fortune among the pre-colonial Filipino tribes, Diwata-1 first 1 is the Filipino microsatellite sent to the International Space Station (ISS). It was designed and built by a team of Filipino scientist based on japan with the help of Hokkaido University, Tohoku University and multiple government organizations which planned to send 50 microsatellites into orbit. Diwata-1 is the first venture of the Department of Science and Technology towards the “PHL-Microsat” program which was initiated on December of 2014 and is an update version of Raijin-2, which was launched by the two Japanese universities.

Before Diwata-1, the Philippines have been using satellite imagery from foreign countries for information regarding areas affected by natural calamities. This has become apparent following the destruction caused by typhoon Haiyan (known locally as typhoon Yolanda) where about P56 million were spent for satellite images of affected areas after the storm. This, in turn; led to the creation of the PHLMicrosat Program and the creation of Diwata-1.

SPACE FAIRY:

THE PHILIPPINES’ FIRST ENDEAVOR TOWARDS SPACE TEXT by Richmon A. Cayabyab | GRAPHICS by Divine Grace M. Dela Cruz

A nine-man team composed of engineers from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the University of the Philippines have teamed up for the production of the satellite along with scientists and engineers from Hokkaido and Tohoku university in japan and completed the project in December 2015 where the satellite was handed over to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and was sent to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United states for final tests and launching.

Diwata-1 has three instruments to observe the aftermath of future natural calamities such as a Space-borne Multispectral Imager (SMI) for monitoring vegetation changes and phytoplankton biomass in the Philippine waters, a Wide Field Camera (WFC) for monitoring cloud patterns and weather systems, and a High Precision Telescope (HTP). It can also take 3500 high resolution photos including storms, natural terrain, oceans,

and the Philippines’ natural wonders which the DOST plan to upload daily after its deployment on the International Space Station.

The launch of Diwata-1 on March 23, 2016 on Cape Canaveral, Florida in the United States will boost the progress on the creation of the Philippine Space Agency towards the development of the Local Aerospace industry and training of local engineers in the field of microsatellite technology headed by the scientists involved in the development of Diwata-1. It will also help the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to increase its weather forecasting abilities as well as help in the development of Project NOAH, an upgraded disaster prevention and mitigation system in the Philippines.

The Diwata-1 satellite was deployed from the Kibo module which already deployed 106 similarly classed Small Satellites. Diwata-1 was the first payload

to be 50 kg. Microsatellite to be put on payload. In occasion, the Philippine and Japanese Flags were raised on Tsukuba Space Center of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Association to commemorate the deployment of the Microsatellite.

The mission of the satellite was expected to be 20 months long, 2 months longer than previously stated.

The development team for the satellite received its first communication from the artificial satellite just a few hours after the satellite’s deployment at around 7:45 PM on the international Space Station, 400 kilometers above sea level.

A receiving station in the Philippines named Philippine Earth Data Resources Observation Center (PEDRO) will have control over the satellite and received data Sent by Diwata-1 via telemetry which is an automated communication and data gathering process in which a receiving equipment receives data from inaccessible locations such as in space and is used for monitoring.

With the creation of the first fully Filipino microsatellite, the Philippines have opened new possibilities in space exploration and have paved the way for the future in the aerospace industry. With these developments in the field of science for Filipinos, we are now entering the space age.

Opinion

10 THE WORK it worse, piles of homeworks were given by WHEN IT IS every subject professors TIME TO QUIT with a certain deadline.

To make it worseworse, your mother asks you to do the laundry, Have you ever felt so tired with a pile of clothes as high as the about doing something? Felt so Mount Everest. Sweet, isn’t it? exhausted and frustrated that it How about in love? drained you too much? Have you You are in love with a person ever felt so irritated about his who is not in love with you. So, you unruly behavior that’s never going make efforts for him to like you to change? Have you ever felt that very strong urge to scream, enough?

Admit it, you do. We do.

I have never imagined writing something like this because I’m one of the persons who are not likely to give up on something very easily. By nature, humans are very competitive. Every day we enter the game field of life, wake up to do things we always do to survive, to be successful and be more successful than others. Even in the social media, there live competitions.

We think of the best caption for a photo we took with the best angle, to garner more likes than others would have. We think of a tweet so nice and so cool so people would favorite it more and re-tweet it more. We live by the rule: If we compete, if we move, we’ll live. So, we do things we usually want to.

Pride, aside from money, this is our worst enemy. You’re professor asked you to do something for her, and this would give you incentive for doing so. Of course you would have accepted it for an incentive, right? But what if another professor, the terror one, asks the class to do a very difficult project that requires a lot of time and effort? And to make

Meron akong ikukwento o ibabahagi tungkol sa laban na naranasan namin. Handa ka na ba? Sige ‘eto na. Huwag kang kakabahan, relax lang. Masaya ‘to.

Magsimula tayo sa preparasyon para sa parating na laban. Dito, lahat ng grupo pantay – pantay. Lahat kami binigyan ng pagkakataon para magisip at gumawa ng stratehiya para mapunta sa susunod na stage patungo sa inaasam na tagumpay. Gano’n naman lahat sa umpisa.

Pumunta na tayo sa duwelo, naghanda kami nang mabuti ngunit hindi talaga maiiwasan diyan ang masakit na pagkatalo.

Masakit at mahirap tanggapin sa una. Pero meron din namang iba na nagtagumpay at papunta na sa susunod na hamon. Hindi namin alam kung ano ang gagawin dahil nabigo kami ng maraming beses.

Lahat ng grupo nahihirapan sa pagbangon ulit.

Pero ‘eto talaga ang mahirap tanggapin, mas mahirap pa sa pagkatalo. Alam naman natin na nagsimula tayo ng pantay – pantay para makamit ang matamis na tagumpay (sa huli ay makakamit naman namin lahat yun eh) pero kailangan mo lang talagang magtiyaga at maghirap.

Lahat kami naghihirap sa pagbangon, ngunit hindi rin pala maiiwasang may iilang grupo na talagang nangangailangan na ng agarang pagkamit sa tagumpay

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Sometimes, quitting is the best option we got.”

back. But, you ended up breaking you’re heart because he found someone else. The thing is you really like him, so you make efforts to separate them, transforming you into a real life kontrabida. In the process, you’re hurting the two of them. Hurting the one you love, and hurting yourself.

at hindi na kailangan pang bumangon muli sapagkat natamo na nila kaagad ang isang immunity na magagamit upang makaakyat na sa susunod na level.

Siguro closed nila ang mga

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Lahat ng tagumpay pinagtiyatiyagaan para makuha, hindi sa pakiusapan.”

game officials kaya ganun. Wala kaming mairereklamo sa mga opisyales na ito sapagkat alam naming katulong namin sila upang mas matuto pa kami sa bawat

Maybe it is time to quit.

Maybe it’s time to swallow that pride and admit, really admit that you can’t do it anymore.

It’s not really bad to give up on something, just don’t give up on life as a whole. If you can’t do a favor from a professor who would in return grant you incentives, then nicely tell her that you can’t do it. Don’t think about that petty incentive, better things can be accumulated in better ways. Think positively on it instead, like she may give it to someone else who is more in need of the incentive than you. Sometimes you have to let go for the benefit of others.

In that case of loving someone who doesn’t love you back and loves someone else, well maybe it’s time for you to stop wishful thinking. He’s never going to love you when he loves someone else.

Hurting them, hurting the one you love is not loving at all. Let them be. Let him go even if it shatters your heart. When you are hurting because you sacrificed for the one you love, that is love.

But hey, I’m not telling you to quit on love itself. There are other forms of love that needs your attention aside from that love.

Sometimes, quitting is the best option we got. Quitting doesn’t necessarily mean that you lose.

It just means that you’re already grown up to admit and know the things that you can’t really do.

Responsible people know when to quit. It helps people focus on things that we prioritize the most, know our weaknesses and learn how to strengthen it. Quitting is not really bad, quitting on everything is.

Remember, we are just humans, and sometimes we need a break.

IBINIGAY NA LANG

laban, ngunit may iilan lang talagang grupo na ginagamit ang ilang pagkakataon upang mas makalamang sa iba.

Para tuloy kaming na-hit and run nang sabay-sabay. Natira mula sa likuran. Ang laban ay laban.

Magiging masaya at matatawag na sport ang isang laban kung ito ay sa patas na paraan. Lahat ng tagumpay pinagtiyatiyagaan para makuha, hindi sa pakiusapan.

Siguro naman hindi masaya ang isang laban kung hindi ito pinaghirapan. Kung naging madali pa ito e wala nang saysay pa ang laban. Kumbaga, kailangan pa bang imemorize ang isang bagay na halos alam na alam mo na?

Yeah!

Ang pinupunto lang naman naming kasi, lahat tayo nagsimula nang pantay, sana tinapos at makuha natin ang tagumpay nang sabay sabay, mas masaya naman yun ‘di ba? Kaysa sa lamangan ang iba at kunwari e concern kayo.

Parang pulitiko sa eleksyon, mabait lang sa una.

Mahirap dumepensa sa isang laro, kahit alam mong mahirap, kailangan at pipilitin mo pa ring manalo.

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DON’T CURSE YOUR COURSE

“Uy, buti nag-Engineering ka?

Diba mas gusto mo mag fine arts?”

“Sure ka ba na accountancy kukunin mo?”

“Akala ko ba ayaw mo yan, bakit mo tinuloy?”

Ilan lamang yan sa sitwasyon na karaniwang tinatanong sa mga estudyante pagdating sa pagpili ng kurso. Maraming estudyante ang nababagabag o nagdadalawang isip sa pagpili ng kurso pagdating sa kolehiyo, marahil ang isasagot ng ilan ay, ‘eh sa wala, be practical’.Natatandaan mo pa ba noong high school ka pa lang, iniisip mo na kung ano ang kukunin mong kurso? May pagka-excited ka pa nga kahit may mga bagay pa rin na hindi mo alam kung ano nga ba talaga ang ginagawa doon sa kursong iyon.

Eh noong bata ka pa, tinatanong na sayo kung ano ang gusto mo paglaki mo. Ngayon, tanong ko lang, iyon pa rin ba ang gusto mo ngayong nasa tertiary level ka na? Ikaw, sigurado ka na ba sa path na tinungo at lalakbayin pa ngayong nasa kalagitnaan ka na sa kolehiyo? Tanungin mo ang iyong sarili ng, ‘bakit ko nga ba pinili ito?’

Ipikit mo ang mga mata mo at languyin ang lawak ng iyong pag-iisip.

Pagbabago, desisyon at realidad.

Nagbabago ang iyong desisyon dahil naliliwanagan ka na sa realidad ng buhay. Maraming estudyante ang pinipiling lumipat ng ibang kurso dala ang iba’t- ibang dahilan. Gaya na lamang gusto ng magulang, sariling desisyon, hindi pa alam kung ano talaga, wala ang gustong kurso malapit sa lugar, o di kaya’y ito ang nangunguna sa choices na gusto mo basta’t tatapusin mo iyon at mag-aaral ka ulit. Hindi maiiwasan ang magkaroon ng di pagkakaunawaan sa sarili mo mismo pagdating sa pamimili ng kursong gugugulin mo sa loob ng apat na taon o higit pa. Ihalintulad natin sa taong nakakasalamuha, mas pipiliin mo ang tao kung saan kumportable ka kapag kasama siya. Gaya ng pagpili ng kurso, mas pipiliin mo yung bagay na gusto mong pag-aralan at ituturing na hobby at hindi pasakit, dahil may kaalaman ka na at nais mo na lang ipagpatuloy kung anuman iyon. Ang kurso ay parang pamimili ng minamahal, hindi mo mapipili ngunit kusang darating at malalaman mo na lang na unti-unting nahuhulog ang loob mo sa taong yun.

Sa una, hindi mo naman talaga gusto ang kursong iyon ngunit unti-unti kang naliliwanagan sa desisyon mo, kahit nahihirapan ka na pagsisikapan mo pa ring pag-aralan.

May mga ilan na nakapagtapos ng gaanong kurso pero iba ang trabaho ngayon. Sabi ng karamihan, hindi sapat na makapagtapos ka lang at makuha mo ang diploma sapagkat hindi pa doon nagtatapos ang totoong

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laban.

May bagay silang gustong abutin ngunit kapos pa.

Sabi nga nila, anuman ang kurso mo, nasa sipag at tiyaga pa rin para matapos mo ito. Kung gusto mo talagang gawin yung bagay na yun, una pa lang gumagawa ka na ng paraan para matupad ang goals at dreams mo dahil hindi sapat ang imahinasyon lang. Think outside the box, tumingin sa salamin at maging repleksyon ng iyong sarili. Kailan mo pa ba balak simulan?

Hindi biro ang pagpili ng kurso o mismo ang pagpasok sa kolehiyo, dahil ‘yun ang nagsisilbing buhay mo at doon pa lang sinasanay ka na sa pagdedesisyon, sa pagiging independent at sa iba pang bagay.

Hindi naman natin maitatanggi na mahirap pumili at magdesisyon. May ilan na pinipiling lumipat ng kurso dahil hindi pa talaga settled ang isip at masasabing “hindi para sa akin ito” kaya’t inuunahan na ang mangyayari in the future dahil nararamdaman mo na babagsak ka kasi hindi mo naabot ang quota. Ang iba ay nanatili at pinagpapatuloy ang nasimulan dahil sinasabi mo sa sarili na “kaya ko to at kakayanin pa”. Walang kursong mahirap para sa taong nagsisipag, hindi uso ang pagsuko para sa taong dedikado.

Masasabi mo na lang talaga na may mga bagay na pansamantalang lisanin upang harapin ang bagong mundo na naghihintay sayo. Dahil sa dinami-rami ng kursong inooffer sayo, yan ang napili mo.

Marahil hindi akma ang bagay na hinahangad mo sa kurso mo ngayon, darating ang panahon na mamahalin mo ang kursong iyon, kasabay ng passion mo sa buhay. Dahil kailanman, hindi magiging hadlang ang kurso upang tuparin ang nakaligtaang pangarap at hangarin sa buhay. Masasabi mo sa sarili mo, Oops! Focus muna ako sa isa dahil darating din ako diyan matutupad ang ibang gusto kong gawin dahil may mga bagay na priority ngayong panahon. Nasa atin pa rin talaga kung paano mapanghahawakan ang motivational line na, “kaya ko to, kahit pagod na pagod na ako” hindi naman kasi natin maiiwasan na sumuko, kahit sa simpleng paggawa o kakasimula mo pa lang, sinasabi mong “ayaw ko na, hindi ko na kaya”. Paano na lang ang mga goals at dreams mo noong bata ka pa hanggang ngayon? Matuto kang lumaban at hindi sumuko. Hindi ka man nakapag-aral sa magaganda at mamahaling unibersidad sa mundo, patunayan mong edukado at determinado ka para makamit mo yung nararapat para sayo. Hindi ka man nakapagtapos bilang magna cum laude, summa cum laude o cum laude, iparamdam mong makakayanan mo ang susunod na hamon sa buhay.

Walang kursong mahirap para sa taong nagsisipag, hindi uso ang pagsuko para sa taong dedikado.”

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The Story of the Purebred Kapampangan Painter and His Art Gallery TEXT BY DANIEL C. CARREON PHOTOS BY AIRA S. PINPIN

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Note: All of the statements from the interviewee are translated to English. f there’s one thing that is noticeable in an art gallery or museum, it is that paintings are highly sacred. Paintings are usually kept inside luxurious art houses where the air is cool, the illumination is on-point, and the security is at its height. Most of the times, museum curators and security people are extremely strict that they would demand all museum goers not to lay a finger on the sacred paintings. Or at times, to avoid that kind of situation, curators would usually cage the paintings inside a much more expensive glass frame.

But all of these complicated restrictions that happen in numerous museums and galleries do not matter in the small art den that many passengers pass by along the busy street of San Sebastian, Tarlac City.

This is the story of the masterclass painter who is behind the world of Calma Art Gallery, the mini Louvre of Tarlac, where paintings are sunbaked, hanged on the unpainted walls of an adjacent vacant lot, exposed in the familiar hum of vehicular traffic, sprayed by the accustomed polluted air, and showered by torrential rains, just to tell people who pass by that the best way to express art is to show it.

Since then, I have been helping myself up [on] learning different styles and techniques in painting until I have grown to love it,” he proudly stated while smiling at the mere memory of his young self.

Calma is a Pampanga born and bred, and it was there where his genesis in loving painting grew exponentially. Because of the most important painters like Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo, and Rafael Maniago who inspired him, he became a self-didact as he taught himself how to paint more complicated paintings like landscape and abstract. As his love for painting continuously expanded and grew, he even became an apprentice of some of the most celebrated artists in the

people who pass by along San Sebastian highway.

He said he started out small in Tarlac, but now that his gallery is becoming a buzz in the street, he feels like, he said, people have finally let paintings enter their hearts.

ART IN THE PRICE OF PEANUTS Intricacy, patience, and long span of time are banal characteristics in any painting for it to look spectacularly attractive and riveting, since a painter paints emotions and ideas, not just people. Likewise, this is what happens in Calma’s paintings; hence, they constantly catch artsy people’s attention.

THE GENESIS OF PASSION His face is a comprehensive encyclopedia of kindness. His voice is astoundingly alluring, sotto voce, that he can make the tenor of conversation very engaging just by the mere utterance of words. His smile is exceptionally genuine as creases form at his temple.

His eyes are extremely expressive, attracting people to his awe-inspiring world of brushstrokes, oils, and acrylics.

He is Antonio Calma, the seasoned purebred

Kapampangan painter who owns the Calma Art Gallery which squats in San Sebastian, Tarlac City.

When you enter the cosmos of Calma’s frames and canvases, you would immediately feel the dawning of mixed-up aggressive themes from abstract, historical, to landscape paintings. At first glance, you’d immediately notice that the paintings are painstakingly crafted and well-thought of; hence, becoming total eye candies, as if Renaissance period rolled back in time inside a small art gallery. Considerably, this is because the 62-year old veteran painter started very young when he first mixed the colors and stroked the brushes against a plethora of rough canvases. “I started very young, even before vast majority of people I know now were born. I was, I think, fifteen or sixteen years old when I learned how to paint.

country.

“I was an apprentice of many painters back then like [Ronald] Ventura, and because of that, I had gained my own light by exhibiting my works in Ateneo de Manila University and many more. I’m very thankful because until now, I still do exhibits for my works, as the last [exhibit] I did was in Makati just a week ago,” he said.

Because of his immense passion on painting his emotions in a canvas, he has built his first art gallery in Pampanga where he is selling his masterpieces for cheap price for almost three years now.

“There are so many people who inquire about my paintings, and some of them come from outside of Pampanga. Specifically, there are many who inquire here in Tarlac. With that, I went in here [Tarlac] in 2015, and I checked out the place if there are art galleries built somewhere. And when I found out that there is none yet, I thought that was my time to build the Calma Art Gallery, and I’m happy and proud that it’s still working after almost a year now,” he said.

Since he opened it on June 2015, the Calma Art Gallery has already become a runaway success to the

“Painting needs a lot of knowledge, time, and patience. I also tell these to the people who help me paint some of what we sell here, as I think one will never be a painter if these are not included in the work,” he said.

On the account of intricacy, patience, and time spent in painting, one would expect to sell the output of hard work for a bundle of thousands. As a matter of fact, some galleries in the Philippines sell their paintings for as much as millions of pesos.

However, this is not the aim of the adept painter.

He does not put his paintings on the silver platter that average people could not afford to take his works home.

He sells them, at least in the industry of selling paintings and other products of arts, as if they are that of the price of peanuts.

“The price of each painting depends upon the subject and the size. What we sell are commercial paintings, and most of them range around 3,500 to 5,500 Php, which is very cheap if you’d think about it,” he said.

He adds that paintings are luxuries, and even though they are luxuries of life, he said, they must at least be possessed by all of us; hence, he sells them in a much cheaper price than others.

He noted, “If there’s one thing, paintings should be for the masses.”

“I’M THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE DONE THIS” Paintings are commonly, if not always, inside the galleries or museums to protect them from any damage if exposed; that’s why they are highly secured and taken care of.

But, again, this is not what the painter with a lot of

deviations has in his mind.

“Back then, all art galleries only have one painting to display outside, and the rest of the class paintings are housed. But I want to deviate from that norm, so I always place a number of paintings outside the gallery, and I think I am the first one to have done this here,” he said.

Placing numerous paintings outside is one of his art gallery’s hallmarks. Some of the paintings are inches away before you enter the art gallery, some are hanging on the unpainted walls of the adjacent vacant lot where mounds of hollow blocks are piled up, and some are standing somehow way too far from the gallery and way too near the roads.

Sometimes, the paintings are licked by the sun, showered by rain, or even specked with dust from the exhaust motors of the vehicles passing by. But in spite of all these, he said, he tries to make sure that they are there for a reason.

“I put some of the paintings we sell outside so as to show them [passers-by] how much my paintings can withstand any damage. To be able to do that, I always use mixed medium like acrylic, oil and other materials, for them to be able to battle over rain, heat, and pollution,” he flaunted.

However, a much bigger reason why he places myriad of paintings outside is for others to appreciate the art. He wants people to be attracted by art as much as he is.

He added, “I always hope I can inspire others just by merely looking at the paintings displayed outside.

I want to open the minds of the people who see my paintings that this art is a way of expressing my feelings, and that they can express their feelings in the same way, too.”

THE BRUSHSTROKES THROUGH THE YEARS Antonio Calma has been a masterclass painter who still holds the brush for more than 45 years, and he is still stuck on the kaleidoscopic page of learning endlessly, which is, he said, a good thing. Although he keeps on saying that he is already an old, jaded man in planet of painting, he never fails to put his feet on the ground as he demands to learn many more things.

“I learned how endless learning painting is, and because of this endlessness, you never stop improving as an artist,” he said.

Likewise, he loves sharing his ideas to the painters from whom he gets help with, and that, he said, is one of the priceless things he can do as a painter.

“They help me in my job, and I help them. In the end, we both help each other grow in our passion and love—painting,” he said.

And for the people who do not quite love painting, he hopes they would find a room to give a glance at it.

On one hand, for people who love painting their ideas, he wants to say that they must never cease from practicing as it never really concludes.

“Although I’ve been painting for God knows how many years already, I want to tell them that I’m still learning and learning so many things about painting.

There are still a lot of things I do not know, and I think that’s what painters should love about painting, because once you paint stories, you never really stop.”

This is Antonio Calma, and this is the story of his Calma Art Gallery which diverged from a plethora of galleries and museums. He said art is expression, art is endless, and art is alive. From that being said, he himself became an art as his smile is painted with kindness, his hands colored with humility, and his passion sprinkled with immortality. As he looks at his paintings, he knows exactly the time when his passion for painting started, but he surely will never know when his love for it will end.

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Pusa

JAHRED F. BERTOLFO

BONJOEBEE R. BELLO

Nabangga ang pusa tumilamsik ang dugo nagkalat ang laman pinabayaan.

Pinadausdusan ng malalaking gulong ng truck naulanan, naarawan maaagnas, matutuyo at tuluyang lalayo.

Kakalimutan ang nadaanang bangkay ng pusang tumawid lamang.

I am a moving movie Prompting from the big screen I am casting my own character With more characters unseen I am the actor and the actress Delivering rehearsed conversations That seem to speak for my inner self And my falsified actualizations I have the surface of romance Of melodrama and comedy While inside me lies horror And thriller and mystery

Time Lapse and Age Gap

I am my favorite movie Full of cuts and deleted scenes I am casting my own character While my character is unseen

JAHRED F. BERTOLFO

Love is older than strangest streets, older than Calle Crisologo, which have gone along with longest time with captured moments and memories Love is newer than timeless time, newer than those stepping feet that step through every pathway and every sidewalk of the strangest of streets Those feet have never known the vintage houses in every corner, the lamp posts shining.

The feet would have been lost but the feet kept on walking.

I is Not Me JAHRED F. BERTOLFO

I need a facebook without the face When a book needs to face me And I shall turn

its tiny pages Until its words cage me There time isn’t waste of tick As I tock and knock my braindoor While I chat with my thick thoughts Of thinking a better man I should aspire for Oh. I shall be a President

Without the P An ordinary resident of the country A father, teacher as I may be An educator of my vicinity Then I shall give my neighborhood A joyful pride

Without the p But I need time without the ti So me is all that am I Then I’ll flip myself as it may be Until the me finds time to be we I hope time will come

When I is not me But entirely the entirety of we We, thus, need to flip the country As fast as the count of three *1st Place - 15th RHEPC

Under the lonely moon and twinkling stars beside the windows high and low, the feet, oh those feet walked on Calle Crisologo.

Love is old and new.

Love is made anew.

Love is on the old streets the new feet walked on and knew and walked on and knew.

Sans Hero Sonnet

*5th place -15th LHEPC

Trainee’s Methodology JOAN ROBIN T. MARTINEZ

Stand. When you are called Keep your thoughts -where no one could tell you That you have no right to think Sit. When they tell you Read through the pages -opted to be bought It’s recommended not required

FRANCIS ETHAN JOHN A GARCIA

In every line eternal life transcends Persona trying to exalt a one Never was it asked where the message ends On what the one really wants that’s not done The feeling which is never talked about Receiving countless emotions never To be reciprocated and in doubt Sometimes receiver, apathize rather Lingering between, above, under, end The lines are shouting discreet sentiments That the receiver hears but always bend But this time there will be a double dent

Roll over. Listen to their wisdom Your worth is how much you’ll shell -every single thing has its price They’ll reap what you sow Play dead. To think is to be weak The trend had already been set -follow the path carved into stone You shouldn’t dare to differ Welcome to lifeYou’ll wish you’ve stayed behind.

Mirrors and Stereotypes JOAN ROBIN T. MARTINEZ

Her difference stands out Black hair. Short in stature.

Face painted pallidly.

Black mask, faded impressions.

I was drawn to herThe way she loses herself in a sea of people The way her shoulders hunched to hide.

The way her hair falls to shroud her face The way her hands tuck itself as if to turn, barely visible.

People come and goes, dissolving her to the naked eye.

It takes so much to offer so little But she emits a pinprick – of everything the gods could offer Hers became a book I couldn’t wait to read,

She lives on ideals that seems ethereal

Hers is a song I heard for a million cycles

She paints the wind in hazy spirals Her voice is a spell, her voice is a charm

She laughs like a hundred chimes tinged by baby’s breath Her picture is Happiness that spreads like disease An epidemic. Cancer in my veins.

She smiles like the thousand lights Colors that burst like the sun She sees through the broken glass She is the void, holding the life of me in the palm of hands She is the light in my darkest way She is the love of my life.

She is my love.

She is my life.

She is always there.

Until.

She was.

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Squad Goals

assie’s room is a ball of noise. It’s her birthday today, so the room is packed with six loud, giggling mouths constantly shrilling when browsing a hunky, oily body photograph of James, the hot senior boy-next-door of our school.

Well, everyone’s shouting, including me, except for Jane and Paulo, who are kissing each other on the corner of Cassie’s overly pink and girlish room with a life-size Harry Styles wearing a cowboy hat.

“Oh my freaking goodness,” Emily says in a vocal fry, “James liked a photo of Katherine and commented she’s beautiful!”

Everyone—me, Cassie, Zara, and even Jane who’s kissing Paulo in the corner—stood up to look at the comment of James to Katherine. It’s a photo of her in our prom last week, when Katherine wore a silky peplum dress, a nude make-up, and a chignon hair. Her skin looks tawny and her face looks vulpine, but, I have to admit, she looks quite beautiful.

“James commented, ‘You’re so beautiful here,’” Emily reads. “He even marked her photo a heart! Oh my freaking goodness!”

I look at the four of them who are still looking at Katherine’s photo, and they are all frowning in jealousy and grievance. “She’s not even beautiful in that photo, is she?” Zara mumbles, but she is obviously envious.

“Yeah, she’s not,” Cassie supports Zara, and I nod and nod. “I think she looks like an octogenarian in our prom, you know?” And everyone laughs.

While laughing so hard she can barely spit her lines, Jane shrills, “More of like an ancient tribal woman in tundra deserts!” which made everyone roared louder in laughter.

The door of Cassie’s room opens, and a familiar figure emerged. “Happy birthday, Cassie!” shouts Katherine, and everyone’s laughter evaporates, like a music you’re slowly turning the volume down. Emily shuts her IPhone off, Jane jumps back to Paulo who’s tapping her phone and starts to kiss him again, Zara coughs a little, and I just display a fake, endearing awkward smile to Katherine who stands by the door while holding her glittery gift.

“Oh my god, you made it!” Cassie says, her voice panicky while she jumps off of the bed and runs towards Katherine. “Wow this is so nice how sweet of you Kate thank you!”

She spits the words out so fast it seems like she raps. But I think Cassie just panicked because we’re talking about Katherine, and suddenly, poof!, she’s here.

“Oh, of course I’d always make my time for you, girls! Oh, hi, Paulo! Didn’t see you there,” Katherine says, and Paulo looks stunned by Katherine’s outfit of the day: a black cardigan on white shirt, a chamois bag, tight skin-tone jeans, a pair of Chuck’s, and perfume that seems to have come from God’s personal garden. “I’ll just get some food,” says Cassie and scoots out.

Jane looks at Paulo, who is still looking at Katherine’s goddess-ness, and whispers, “What the hell, Pau?” as Paulo shoves off Jane.

“Wow, wow, wow,” Zara says, “you look beautiful Katherine.” But I know, behind Zara’s eyes, it’s all a lie. Everything in this friendship is a lie, where lie keeps on multiplying until the truth is buried six feet down. If you don’t lie, you don’t belong. It’s the trend.

“Thank you,” Katherine says in an oh-my-God girlish way.

“Get in here, Kate,” says Emily. “Let’s do some Facebook. Could you post a photo of you and me together?” And the conversation went on, but Jane and Paulo are still quietly squabbling at the corner, but then Paulo stood up angrily, said bye to me, said Katherine is so beautiful, and slammed the door. “Paulo, where are you go—“ I say, but he’s already outside.

Jane is left on the corner, her face is as red as an embarrassed lobster from the cartoon movies. “No, you don’t look beautiful in that dress,” Jane suddenly says. She stands up and continues, as Emily stops taking photos of Katherine and her. “We have been talking about that before you came, Kate, like you’re an ugly, stupid lady in prom and you don’t deserve a sliver of attention from James. You are fame whore. You think you’re so high and beautiful

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when you’re just hiding in your make-up. Like Zara said you’re not beautiful, and Cassie said you’re an octogenarian, and Emily said you look like an ancient tribal woman in tundra deserts, and Penelope said your face registers as an ass.”

Everyone’s face marooned. Mine, I guess, went crimson red from anger. “I did not say that, Jane,” I tell her. “I have not said a thing about Katherine.”

“You have, Penelope. I have two ears,” Jane says, raising her left brow.

“Me, too, I didn’t say anything like that,” Zara mumbles. “What are you talking about, Jane?”

“Yeah, what are you talking about? Why are you lying? I haven’t said anything like that as well!” Emily mutters.

Katherine looks confused. She does not even know where to shift her eyes. But she smiles in a menacing way. “You’re so funny, Jane,” Katherine says. “Is that how you solve your issue with your boyfriend who texted me last night that he wants to date me? Like, look, Paulo had been kissing you before I came in, but when I got inside, voila!, I’m his center of attention!”

“You’re lying,” Jane says, her voice cracking, her eyes welling up with tears.

“I’m not,” says Katherine as she shows the thread of messages. “You must have bored your boyfriend to death, Jane-y,” she mutters as if she’s talking to a baby.

“You’re all liars!” Jane says and goes out of the room with heavy footfalls.

Katherine looks at us, and laughs. I thought we are supposed to laugh to, but she abruptly displays a grin, grabs her chamois bag, unzips it, fishes for her sunglasses, wears them, zips her bag, and walks towards the door and bids us goodbye with an F curse.

Everyone is shocked that Jane spilled the beans. But everyone is more shocked that Katherine believed it. “Why did they leave?” Cassie asks, after going out to fetch some food.

“Why did they leave? I heard Katherine cursing! I heard her dropping the F-bomb!”

“Well, Jane spilled the beans,” Emily says as she’s curling her hair with her index finger, and the story is told to Cassie. “And so I think this is all your fault, Zara. You’re the one who started the bullying. We could not have started it if you had not said Kate is not beautiful,” says Emily.

“What? It’s you who started it! We could not have this fight if you didn’t show us the photo in the first place!” shouts Zara.

“Based from your stories, I think it’s Penelope’s fault,” says Cassie, who points her fingers at me like I’m a suspect to an infanticide. “You told Katherine that you did not say that she looks like an ass. You should’ve said the truth. And everything would have fallen into place.”

Each one of them nods and nods and nods, as if they’re all like the golden Chinese figurine dog which nods all the time. They agree, and even tell me I must admit it’s my fault so that we can have them all back.

“You know what,” I say, “I’m done with you, girls. I will leave now. But before that, I want you to know that Cassie, last night, Emily persuades me that we must not go to your house today because you are trying to imitate her birthday party she threw last month.

And Emily, I want you to know that Zara told me you don’t have a chance to be popular in Facebook because you always look constipated, and your face is the structure of a toad. And Zara, Cassie told me that you look like an intestine in our prom last week, and you have the legs of an ostrich. And Cassie, I want to say happy birthday, in spite of giving Paulo to Jane when Paulo was courting me and you said I must not have a boyfriend because you still don’t have one. Good bye.”

I did not even bother to look at their faces anymore as I wear my shoes, grab my sling bag, and go outside. I feel my chest expanding. I feel myself inhaling real, genuine air. And I run fast outside the house, thinking I will never go back to that room packed with lies. I even thought I would not be friends to anyone for a while, because it’s hard to trust, and because the worst part is that the closest people in your life are your real enemies.

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Eraserheads

Brownman Revival

Kamikazee

Cueshé

NOSTALGIC MUSIC:

the

bands that we miss TEXT by Oliver John S. Tabaquero

C “ hange applies to everything, even in the music scene.

The Original Pinoy Music or OPM isn’t excluded. Its glory days go back around 90’s to 2000s. Sadly, some of them lost their members, went to hiatus and worst, disbanded.

We had heavenly moments when we saw them reunite. Seeing them jamming one more time made us wish that they should have continued their craft. We could still listen to their music over the internet but we have to admit, we miss them.

ORANGE AND LEMONS Aside from their revival of Apo Hiking Society’s Yakap sa Dilim, they were known for their upbeat PBB soundtrack entitled “Pinoy Ako”. However, the song gathered allegations, saying that the rhythm was stolen from the song “Chandeliers” by the band Care (Try listening to the song).

On October 10. 2011, Inquirer reported that Orange and Lemons have disbanded. The primary reason was due to the differences between its members and managers. The disbandment led to the formation of The Camerawalls and Kenyo.

CUESHÉ Cueshé sang their way into our ears with their singles “Ulan”, “Back to me” and many more. Their name is a combination of the word “cue”, meaning banana cue which was the band’s favorite snack after practice and shé (pronounced as shay), derived from their former vocalist which was a female. It was in December 24, 2001 when a motorcycle accident occurred on their female vocalist. Jay Justiniani replaced the former vocalist.

The band is still around though however, they lost three of their key members. The multi-platinum band had their fourth album released back in 2010 entitled “Life”. Still we could not get over the ‘feels’ that they gave us back then.

SUGARFREE Hari ng Sablay gave us the melancholic feeling towards a man who is seemingly befallen to a curse of bad luck while the revival of

Seeing them jamming one more time made us wish that they should have continued their craft.”

Batang bata ka pa slapped reality into our childhood. Sugarfree jammed through the years 1999-2011, having a total of five albums throughout their career.

After the break-up in 2011, frontman Ebe Dancel became a solo artist. Dancel did other projects after Sugarfree. He even sang the OST for the historical biopic of Heneral Luna.

Jal Taguibao, the band’s bassist is now a professor in the Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy at UP Diliman.

BROWNMAN REVIVAL What do you get when mix reggae beats and folk pop rhythms?

You get Brownman Revival. This Filipino reggae band started in November 1994. They had hits such as ‘Lintik’ and ‘Maling Akala’. They admitted that one of their music influences was Bob Marley. Well, that wasn’t really surprising.

Brownman is still in the OPM scene. They just lay low a bit. In fact, they have an upcoming album entitled ‘New Arrival’. Hopefully, they still got that style and rhythm that we longed for.

KAMIKAZEE They just left but we already

Orange & Lemons

missed them. Maybe they’re right.

Pag nawala doon lang mamimiss.

Who could forget Narda? The female gamer that turned out to be gay? The wallet that doesn’t run out money?

There’s plenty of memories that this band gave us. Listening to their songs gave us that ecstatic feeling from the first time we heard them up to nth time. Nothing changed. We still have that eargasm going.

Kamikazee had their Huling Sayaw last December 10 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. According to Jay Contreras, their vocalist, they just wanted to experience more of the life outside the band. On the bright side, they assured that they won’t disband.

The band will just have an indefinite leave. Let’s hope that they come back soon.

ERASERHEADS We saved the best for the last.

The Philippine version of the Beatles.

Their song are so famous and epic that up to now, they will still give you that last song syndrome. Their music not only pleases the ears, but also teases the mind. Their lyrics have interesting meanings and content, which makes them more interesting to listen to. Do we have to list their awards? Nah. The paper won’t be enough.

It was March 2002 when Eheads fans were heartbroken with the news that Ely Buendia had split from the band. In a Pulp magazine interview, Diane Ventura, Ely’s partner, spoke in behalf of the Eraserheads frontman.

According to her, she and Ely arrived late during a mall show, causing one of the band’s roadie to lose his temper and call Ely “unprofessional.” Diane pointed out that they were not aware of the schedule. When Ely approached manager Butch Dans, Dans already opted to go on the roadie’s side. Same goes for the three members. Ely then had enough and called it quits.

The bands that were mentioned above truly gave their hearts for the OPM scene. Now, they are a part of our rich music history. The local music panorama is now filled with several trends. Others go for the cute guy with a cute guitar while some prefer the poetry of the lyrics. Still, what’s more important in the passion for the craft itself. That’s where you find the Filipino trademark.

Photos lifted from wire

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mga taong naniniwala dito pero sa mundo GOOD GAME ng isports, WELL PLAYED meron tayong tinatatawag na slump. Kung ang slump ay sunod sunod Normal na siguro ang matalo sa isang laro. Chess, basketball, na pagkatalo siguro ay may o dota. Merong dalawang slump din pagdating sa shooting indibidwal o koponan na percentage o malas ka lang talaga susubukang daigan ang isa’t isa. sa bawat rotation mo bilang Panigurado, mayroong contest support sa dota.

Sa susunod mong pagsubok, ka ng nasalihan. Kapag nanalo syempre masaya pero kapag talo, hindi malabo na pumalya ka, susubukan pa rin nating itaas an dahil ang tiyansa sa isports ay gating ulo at maging isports na 50/50. Kagaya ito ng pagkarakrus ng mga tambay sa kanto. Kung lamang sa kalabang koponan.

Paano ang gagawin mo may sunod sunod na laging kung alam mong sa unang apak natatalo, darating ang araw na mo pa lang sa court eh talo ka na? Kumbaga sa match-up ay underdog. Sapat ba ang mga dahilan kung bakit ka susuko?

Kung di ka susuko? Tipong mapapa-white flag ka na lang okaya ay GGWP. Mahirap sabihin kung kailan ba kailangang sumuko lalo na kung mahalaga sa iyo ang nilalaro mo. Kaya ngayon, tutulong (sana) ang column na ito para sa pag-aassess kung kailan dapat sumuko.

Una, págod. Endurance lang siguro ang kulang dito, pero syempre meron din psychological tiredness, ‘yung hindi lang sa katawan ngunit nasa isipan na rin.

Pwedeng masyadong maraming iniisip ang isang atleta, problema.

Nasa linya din nito ang mga tatamaan din ito ng tambay, hindi iba pang nagiistorbo sa pagiging nga lang agad.

Pangatlo, kakampi. produktibo ng kakampi mo sa koponan. Lalo na ang mga babád Maihahalintulad ito sa pagsasama na manlalaro. Ang pagod ay isang ng mga perennial players at factor na kailangang tanggapin rookies. Kung walang chemistry upang sumuko. Hindi kayang sa magkakakampi eh malamang ibigay ang enerhiya na ibinuhos sa malamang ay matatalo kayo. na sa iisang laro lamang, may Susuko ka na lang dahil hiwalay na kasunod pa yan. Hindi naeensayo hiwalay ang mentality mo sa mga ang pagtutulak pa sa sarili kung kakampi mo. Parang ikinampi mo ang peenoise sa kapwa peenoise. pagod na talaga.

Hindi agaran ang pagsuko Pangalawa, alat. Alat ng laro o mas kilala bilang malas. dahil lamang sa pagkakaroon ng Malamang eh pili lang ang hindi kaaya-ayang kakampi, pero

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Sa susunod mong pagsubok, hindi malabo na pumalya ka.”

kung aabot na sa extent na parang binebenta na ang laro eh wag na kayong maglokohan. Isipin mo na lang na ang mga taong nasa paligid mo minsan na tutulong na pero napapalala ang sitwasyon, ‘yon, isipin mo na ganoon ‘yon.

Pangapat, bad calls. Hindi ko sinasabing sisihin ang referee o sumuko dahil sa referee, medyo mababaw lang naman ang analogy ko dito pero parang ganito ‘yan: sinasabi na nga ng destiny na hindi pwede pero pinipilit mo pa rin. Tinawagan ka na ng travelling pero pinipilit mo pa rin na hindi ka humakbang ng tatlong beses.

Benta man o hindi ang laro, meant to be talaga na matalo ka/kayo. Siguro ay kaya pang itulak ng kakaunti para lamang manalo pero nasa ikalima at panghuling factor kung bakit minsan kahit gaanong push natin sa pagrereklamo sa referee eh hindi na maibabalik pa. Duh, irrevocable kaya ang mga tawag.

Panglima at panghuli, oras.

Sa sobrang haba ng pag-effort mo na manalo eh nakalimutan mo na meron palang oras ang nilalaro mo. Sa lahat ng isports merong limitasyon, kagaya ng buhay natin. Ang mga tinitira natin ay ang mga risks na ating sinusubukan habang ang bawat pasa ay tsyansa sa pag-iskor o pagtagumpay. Ang bawat quarter ay ang edad.

Laging tandaan kung may natalong laro, meron pang susunod, hindi na malas, wala ng kakamping patalo, nanibago na ang lakas mo, at syempre nakaalign na sa’yo ang píto ng mga referee.

Pero teka, paano ‘yung mga hindi sumusuko? ‘Yung mga pinapasok ni coach sa huling segundo ng mga laban, ‘yung mga bangkó? Simple lang yan, sa bawat pagsuko natin, meron pa ring natitirang kakaunting resistance. Kakaunting laban na lang. ‘Yong kakaunti na ‘yon ay ang maipagmamalaki mong: at least lumaban ako.

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January - June 2016

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SPORTS FEAT.

By Creisha Mae S. Dimabayao

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redominantly, sports can be viewed as simply as a physical game being played by two or more persons. Due to the increasing number of youth becoming interested about it, different studies were done to know and elaborate the impacts of engaging in sports on youth development.

The article about the Psychological and Social Benefits of Playing True Sport, most of the conducted studies focus on the effects of sport which linked and simply discussed through the five “C’s”—competence, confidence, connection, caring and character— which are according to the article considered critical components of positive youth development.

COMPETENCE Sports can be defined as a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rule and compete against each other.

Youths who are involved playing sports will aim to win over their opponent. They will learn to set goals to be the victor at the end of the game. These youths will have enough perseverance whenever they are practicing and preparing for their coming competition or game. Being competitive is not bad as long as it causes no pain to others. It is simply an attitude of being determined to get the championship title.

Likewise in life, setting goals to

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achieve your ambition is the first step you need to do. It is the cornerstone act which will serve as your direction towards your dream.

CONFIDENCE In here, the psychological aspect of youths is being developed.

Aside from your physical ability to play sports, your self-esteem is also considered as one of the important factor in engaging to sports. During the competition, expect that numerous people will be there to watch. If you’re not confident, you can’t play the game well for two main reasons, first because you will not able to do what you have to do because you are anxious of people around watching you; second because lack of confidence is resulting to not trusting yourself, if so you won’t be able to focus and you’ll eventually lost at the game.

Vice versa, those players with high self-esteem can confidently play the game well. This could help them to win over the competitor. As the quotation of Henry Ford said, “If you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”; those things that we can do or not is all in our mindset.

CONNECTIONS The third “C” is the connection which is related to social aspect of youths.

This is about how someone connects with other people. The best example is for instance with his/her team mates. Group games/sports such as volleyball or basketball requires great unity and teamwork from its members. If each of its associate has strong connection with each other, they can easily achieve their goals. To win over their competitor would be easy because they will have strong bond and one state of mind which might lead them to victory.

Aside from winning, they will also build friendship that they can lean on whenever they are facing problems.

CARING Caring could be link with connection. As mentioned earlier, connection can lead to friendship where you can find caring to one another. Aside from your team mates, you will eventually learn to think of the welfare of your competitor. He/She might be your opponent inside the court or field but don’t forget that after the game, you can also become best of friends.

Being competent is not bad as long as you care even to your competitor. At the end of the day it’s just a game, eventually one will win and the other will not.

Being competitive/competent becomes bad when caring and concern to your opponent had vanish.

Remember that winning isn’t the score on board; it’s seeing something through to the end and then congratulating your opponent.

CHARACTER This might be the most important “C” mentioned, the character. This is mainly focuses about you as an individual who engage in playing sports. Your character and attitude toward certain game defines how deserving are you to win. This is the combination of all “C’s”. As John Wooden, Legendary UCLA Basketball Coach said that “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.”

Your character shows how you interact and how you deal with certain situations during the competition.

This reveals how competitive you are to be the victor; how confident you are to play the game well; how you connect with your team mates; and how you care for your opponent which makes up your character.

With the help of five “C’s” which are competence, confidence, connection, caring and character, the positive impact of sports to youth development were simply explained.

Finally always keep in mind that playing or competing is not always about winning, it is about learning.