STARSCOPE: Starlight SHS Newsletter | U-Week Special Edition Vol. 1 Issue No. 4

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VOL I ISSUE NO. 4

SHS NEWSLETTER | UWEEK SPECIAL EDITION

September 12, 2019

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HAILED. Singh and Sasota stood as the 1st UNO-Rian Youth Ambassador and Ambassadress.

Singh, Sasota win 1st UYA

by Natasha Sun

Sharn Preet Singh of Mons and Jenn Nicole Sasota of Ascia were proclaimed as the 1st UNO-Rian Youth Ambassador and Ambassadress after they battled with other kingdoms in the Search for the UNORian Youth Ambassador and Ambassadress (UYA) 2019, at the University Gymnasium, September 12.

Mon’s bet, Singh, garnered the Mr. Photogenic, Mr. Interiority and People’s Choice special awards while Ascia’s bet, Sasota, grabbed the

Miss Photogenic, Miss Professionalism and Miss Interiority special awards.

“Challenges are everywhere, not everything is easy. You have to do hard work and if you have the will to win, you could win,” said Singh.

Following the winner’s roll, Ignis’ Sean Jeff Miag-ao and Mons’ Sharry Sultan as 1st runners-up, Coronam’s Carl David Patos and Ignis’ Dylan Chreole Alova as 2nd runners-up and Ascia’s Rone Buslay and Coronam’s Althea Lim as 3rd runners-up.

The said pageant is the first Search for UNO-

Danell Jumayao Trisha Cabanillas Noah Cambal Editor-in-Chief

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Rian Youth Ambassador and Ambassadress organized by the SHS Students Affairs Organization (SAO).

“Primarily, we wanted to show the relevance of how a student can actually be a direct representation of the youth, especially in UNO-R Senior High. It’s not all just about the beauty, but it was also about why should students involve themselves and grab opportunities to echo their advocacy towards issues close to their heart,” SHSSAO Vice President Joshua John Noble said.

Over 170 participants from 19 schools across Negros Occidental attended the 2nd Annual Waragwag Interschool TV Broadcasting and Radio Announcing Competition hosted by the Developmenal Communication Club, earlier at the little theater.

club activities SHS clubs preceded with their events with Performing Arts Club showcasing a flash mob and Harana, Creative Arts sharing their craft in Artistic Sleek Cheeks, Debater’s League holding Plaza Debate, Literary Guild and SCAP continuing the Book Cafe and SCAPeryahan and Innovatus concluding Amazing Race with House of Paratiro as champions.

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Lester Trafiero Therese Dedory Wynzel Desuyo Jude Herbolario Graphics Editor

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VOL 1 ISSUE NO. 4 SEPT. 12, 2O19 Alpha Phi Omega:

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scary take on u-week by

Trisha Cabanillas

Located at an intentionally dimly-lit area of the second floor of the university’s LC building, Alpha Phi Omega’s official Horror Room remains open for those willing to take on the challenge of remaining brave no matter what lurks in the dark.

Familiar to the attendees of the University Week with it’s eerie black letterings that resemble claw marks plastered on a tarpaulin and shrieks of those who come from the room’s exit, the Horror Room continues to be a must-visit aspect of the week.

Truly, a guaranteed thrill brought by realistic masks of all kinds of goons, goblins and surround sounds that remind the visitors of the things that lurk in the darkest thoughts of creepy nights are enough constituents for the explanation of the non-stop lenghty lines for the room now on its fourth day.

A quick look of the lines of people and the apparent visual aspects of the goosebumpworthy presentation become reasons for being in almost everyone’s U-week to-do list. It turns out there’s way more to the Horror Room than the obvious brevity it requires for all who enter.

According toAlpha Phi Omega Grand Chancellor Akim Dexter Extremos, proceeds of the Horror Room will be donated to the Holy Infant Orphanage.

The entire goal of the horror room is community service and the thought of giving back in the mind of every contributing person to the activity.

With the essence of character building, coordinators for Alpha Phi Omega’s horror room intend to end the U-week with each of the faces falling in line to gather up their courage and make those smiles even brighter right after they enter the room.

lit crumbs Windows Open

The wind brings you back to reality. A gentle breeze, not too warm nor too cold. You’ve spaced out- ignorant to what’s happening around you. The silence starts breaking, sounds of the outside world slowly seeps back in again.

Sensation finally comes back to your limbs. You feel the warmth of your body, the beating of your heart- the sound of your breathing. It feels normal and yet so foreign. That familiar pins and needles sensation reverberating from your arms and legs. How long were you sitting in front of this window? As you move your gaze away from your body, getting used to all of your bodily functions again, you look up

TOMORROW

September 13, 2019 Dance to the beats as UWEEK 2019 comes close to its end on

RHAPSODY NIGHT (Battle of the Bands + Foam Party) 5:00PM SHS Quadrangle

from the window to see the bright dawn turn to dusk.

Chatter from your surroundings have been shut out. It is suddenly night now. Where are you? Where is this place?

Pain- a sharp sensation. Looking down at your torso you see blood- you’re bleeding, but how? When?

Consciousness leaves you once more.

You awaken to the smell of dirt and blood and the pain in your torso. The deafening sounds of gunfire echo around you, bodies upon bodies piled up beside you. Immense pain is all you feel now. You remember everything, opening your eyes to your grim reality, this is war and the last one you’ll ever fight. Your final truth. words by Gio Baliwag