The Varsitarian P.Y. 2015-2016 Issue 11

Volume LXXXVII, No. 11 • July 27, 2016 THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSIT Y OF SANTO TOMAS Manila, Philippines

CHANGE IS COMING. Newly-appointed Commission on Higher Education chairperson stands with President Rodrigo Dutertre in a rally last May 8.

BASILIO H. SEPE

Lapuz defends ‘appointment’ to Ched Nearly 5,000 enroll in UST Senior High School THE UST Senior High School (SHS) is poised to hit its target of 5,000 enrollees before classes open on July 26, data from the Office of the Registrar showed.

As of July 4, 4,910 Grade 11 students have already enrolled.

However, enrollment will still be open even after the academic year starts to accommodate international students who have yet to obtain their report cards.

“Supposedly tapos na dapat ‘yung enrollment noong first few weeks ng June, but it is extended…because we have international students. Their academic calendar doesn’t allow them to get their report cards until the end of June and we have to accommodate them,” UST-SHS

Principal Pilar Romero said in an interview with the Varsitarian.

In the senior high curriculum, students can choose from the “academic strands” prescribed by the Department of Education (DepEd): the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand; the Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) strand; the Accountancy and Business Management (ABM) strand; Music and Arts (MAD) strand; the Physical Education and Sports (PES) strand; and the Health-Allied (HA) strand.

The STEM strand had the most number of enrollees so far with 1,411 students, followed

by ABM (1,162), HA (1,078),

UST temporarily halts freshman admission to 38 programs due to K to 12

Papal-knighted sculptor Willy Layug finally graduates after 30 years

WITH the lack of enrollees as a result of the K to 12 transition, UST has temporarily stopped freshman admission to a total of 38 undergraduate programs.

The Varsitarian reported the temporary halt in freshman admissions as early as last year.

A recent check with University offices and the different faculties and colleges found that 38 programs will not admit freshman students for Academic Year (AY) 2016-2017.

But the programs were not cancelled as there are still students in the second-, thirdand fourth-year levels.

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By AMIERIELLE ANNE A. BULAN and MA. CZARINA FERNANDEZ

PREMIER ecclesiastical sculptor Wilfredo Layug, who recently received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal—the Pope’s highest distinction to the laity— finally earned his UST diploma after a 30-year hiatus at the 2016 Solemn Investitures last June 2.

Layug graduated from the College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD) with the Pope Pius XII Community Development Award for his achievements as an ecclesiastical sculptor together with his youngest son Joseph.

Born on December 5, 1959, Layug grew up in a household of devout Catholics in Betis, Pampanga, one of the country’s centers of woodcarving.

At the tender age of five, he was already molding clays by the riverbank and casting an adoring look at the religious icons

HUMSS (806), MAD (385) and PES (68).

There are more than 50 international students enrolled, mostly from the Middle East.

‘All systems go’ “All systems go na tayo. We have the curriculum and we have prepared it. We have updated the learning guides given by the Department of Education (DepEd),” Romero said.

Romero wants to create a niche for UST-SHS, targeting both academic excellence and virtues.

“We are innovating in terms of approaches and also the curriculum to a certain extent because we want the students to

displayed in their house, wanting to make replicas of them.

“I was already feeling that sense of urgency which pushed me to be inclined to art at a young age and without prior knowledge,” he said in an interview with the Varsitarian.

have cutting-edge learning over graduates of other senior high schools,” she said.

While glitches in the transition to the K to 12 basic education system can be seen all over the Philippines because of the lack of school buildings, classrooms and teachers, UST is not affected by such problems, said Rene Tadle of the Council of Teachers and Staff of Colleges and Universities of the Philippines, a group of teaching and non-teaching staff in higher education that has called for the suspension of K to 12.

“UST is better than most of the schools. I don’t think there Senior PAGE 6

A government scholar in high school, he was offered a tertiary education sponsorship

by Pampanga Governor Estelito Mendoza who suggested that a Layug PAGE 9

An imge of Jesus Christ carrying the Cross, one of Layug’s masterpieces.

By KATHLEEN THERESE A. PALAPAR and ALHEX ADREA M. PERALTA FORMER UST professor Jose David Lapuz urged the sitting Commission on Higher Education (Ched) chairman to step down out of “delicadeza” so President Rodrigo Duterte could appoint him to the position.

Lapuz said he felt “blessed, humbled and proud” when Duterte, his former student at the Lyceum of the Philippines, offered him Licuanan’s post during a meeting in Davao City last June 8.

“I respect her, but she has to give way to the new government. She denies the president of his right,” Lapuz told The Varsitarian in a phone interview, referring to Licuanan whose second four-year term will run until 2018.

Lapuz questioned what more Licuanan could implement with just two years left in office, saying she might just produce “homogenous” results.

But Duterte’s choice of Lapuz to the top Ched post was also met with strong opposition from some of Lapuz’s former students.

Lapuz, who taught Rizal, political science and other courses in UST from 1970 to 2007, brushed them aside, acknowledging there was still “room for improvement.”

“My conscience is clear. It leaves room for improvement. Open book naman ako. You cannot please all,” he said.

Ex-students hit back Following the announcement of Lapuz’s appointment, the Pampanga native’s former students took to the Internet to express disappointment and disbelief. Some of them recalled that Lapuz only talked about himself during class instead of the National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal.

In a viral Facebook post that received over 2,000 likes and 1,000 shares, music and film producer Chris Cahilig, a student of Lapuz in 1997, said he and his classmates were asked to submit clippings of Lapuz’s published press releases and newspaper columns.

“I have nothing against him on a personal level, but as his former student, I did not learn anything from him. [It] is funny because we were asked to cut out his columns and submit them as requirements. [W]e used to make it creative; I put flowers on mine, some of my classmates burned the sides of the paper and some even drew on them,” Cahilig told the Varsitarian in a phone interview.

Lapuz ‘part of the problem’ Cahilig, managing editor of the Varsitarian in 1997, said the Duterte government Lapuz PAGE 5

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Editor: Dayanara T. Cudal

JULY 27, 2016

UST slips in 2016 QS Asian Rankings Labor chief eyes shorter probation for professors

By KATHRYN JEDI V. BAYLON and MIA ARRA C. CAMCACHO THE UNIVERSITY dropped 14 places in the 2016 Asian ranking of London-based consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), placing 157th among 350 schools.

UST got a score of 36.80 this year, nearly 10 points lower than 2015’s score of 43.50. The University ranked 143rd last year.

The University of the Philippines remained the top university in the country and kept its spot at No. 70. It had a score of 58.4, down from 60.2 last year.

De La Salle University moved up in the rankings, placing 143rd from last year’s 181st-190th bracket.

Ateneo de Manila University improved to 99th place from 114th in 2015.

UST remained the sole university in the Philippines with four out of five stars in the “Stars University Rating” of QS for “excellence in both research and teaching.”

“UST graduates consistently and yearly dominate the top ten in courses with board exams such as Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Engineering, Architecture, Accountancy and Education. This proves the University’s superior academic programs,” the QS website said.

The National University of Singapore is still the top university in Asia, maintaining a perfect score of 100.

Other Philippine schools in the QS Asian ranking are Ateneo de Davao, Silliman University and Xavier University which ranked within 251st to 300th, and University of San Carlos at 301st to 350th.

The QS Asian university rankings are based on academic reputation (30 percent), employer reputation (10 percent), faculty-student ratio (20 percent), citations per paper (15 percent), papers per faculty (15 percent), and proportion of international faculty, international students, student inbound exchange, and student outbound exchange, with equal weights of 2.5 percent.

The criteria for QS star ratings include research, training, employability, internationalization, facilities, online/distance learning, social responsibility, art and culture, inclusiveness, innovation, and specialist criteria.

Central SC vows broader role for local councils THE NEW Central Student Council (CSC) is set to implement a five-point “T.I.G.E.R. Agenda” of establishing “Thomasian Identity, Inclusive Society, Genuine Concerns, Empowered Studentry, and Responsible Leadership” for Academic Year 20162017.

Newly elected CSC President Janela Love Nartates said the council was set on giving local student councils and student organizations a bigger role in the planning and implementation of projects.

CSC Secretary Nina Jessica Pasno said poor information dissemination often resulted in projects not being implemented on time.

“This year, we are really aiming to improve the [information] dissemination, and would make sure that we reach students not just through social media,” Pasno said in a text message.

CSC Public Relations Officer (PRO) Jherome Ramos plans to ensure proper information dissemination through his project “Kumusta Tomasino,” a series of open fora to strengthen connections with local student councils, boost Thomasian awareness and address concerns of students.

Health campaigns, as proposed by CSC Treasurer Glyden Aguilar, will also be one of the major projects of the CSC. This will include a monthly activity called “Tiger Health,” featuring the release of infographics as well as talks and seminars on health. “Thomasian Fit,” spearheaded by former CSC PRO Ranel Simon Rey, was also a health awareness campaign launched last academic year.

CSC Vice President Steven Grecia‘s “Yellow Info” is a proposed project that involves infographics and online open fora on certain issues. “Tomasino, Anong Say Mo” by former CSC President Anna Mariz Mangalili was a similar project that utilized social media to survey students on activities and issues in the University.

Previous CSC projects that will be continued by the new set of officers include “Diamonds: Financial Stability Forum,” a seminar that monitors the state of the budgets and flow of expenses of local councils and University-wide organizations.

Grecia also said “Scraps at Libro para sa Kinabukasan Mo,” a book fair and fund-raising program previously headed by former CSC secretary Yvonne Yap, would be continued this coming academic year.

Grecia claimed the project “transcends the usual gauge for successful projects” because there was positive response from beneficiaries.

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EQUALITY. Youth protesters call for justice for the LGBT community last June 14, after the tragic Orlando shooting in the United States on June 12.

ALVIN JOSEPH KASIBAN

Physical, Occupational Therapy attain highest accreditation from Pacucoa TWO PROGRAMS of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences (CRS) have been granted Level IV accreditation by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (Pacucoa) for a five-year period until 2021.

The private accrediting body confirmed the elevation of UST’s physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) programs to the highest accreditation status last May 19.

Pacucoa Chairman Jaime Buzar said the accrediting body’s board of directors had approved the endorsement to the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines for certification of the PT and OT programs, in a letter to Acting Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P. Cheryl Peralta, dean of CRS, said the accreditation showed the

Usapang Uste SA KABILA ng mahigpit na pagbabawal sa pagsali sa mga kapatiran, alam ninyo bang minsan rin itong pinahintulutan ng Unibersidad?

Sa katunayan, noong Oktubre 1971, naitatag ang Konseho ng Kapatiran (Council of Fraternities) sa Unibersidad na kinabibilangan ng Gamma Sigma Epsilon, Magna Xi Omicron, Upsilon Beta Sigma at Beta Rho Upsilon na binuo ng mga organisasiyong pangmag-aaral ng Engineering, Architecture, Science at Liberal Arts.

Napagkasunduan ng konseho na bumuo ng “student militia” kabilang ang mga kinikilalang kapatiran sa Unibersidad upang tumulong sa pangangalaga ng seguridad at pagpapanatili ng kaayusan sa loob ng Unibersidad at maging sa pagitan din ng mga kapatiran.

Layon din nitong magkaroon ng maayos na relasyon ang mga kapatirang hindi kabilang sa konseho, at iulat sa nararapat na awtoridad ang mga ilegal na gawain tulad ng paggamit ng droga.

Alinsunod sa batas ng Unibersidad, lumikha ng isang konstitusiyon at bumuo ng isang lupon ang mga kapatiran na inaprubahan nina Joey Lopez para sa Gamma Sigma Epsilon, Victor Molina para sa Magna Xi Omicron, Jimmy Geroche para sa Upsilon Beta Sigma at Danny

“strong quality” of UST OT and PT programs.

“The motivation to work harder, to sustain if not further improve the quality of education that we provide as an institution, will remain as our driving force,” Peralta said in an e-mail.

“We tried our best to draft and implement policies, procedures, projects and programs that will improve the way we do things in the College, for the benefit of our stakeholders.”

Accreditation is a widely accepted indicator of quality assurance. UST has a total of 31 programs accredited by Pacucoa, the highest number among private universities in the Philippines.

Academic programs granted Level IV status are said to have “prestige and authority comparable to similar programs in excellent foreign universities.”

Level IV accreditation status also means full autonomy to offer new graduate programs, and open learning or distance education and extension classes related to existing Level IV courses, without the need for prior approval of the Commission on Higher Education (Ched).

Under the accreditation process of Pacucoa, schools are assessed based on purpose and objectives, faculty, instruction, library, laboratory, physical plant and facilities, student personnel services, social orientation and community involvement, and administration and organization.

On December 2015, the PT program was named a Ched Center of Development. MA. CONSUELO D.P. MARQUEZ AND KATHLEEN THERESE A. PALAPAR

LABOR Secretary Silvestre Bello III is in favor of a proposal to cut the probation period needed for faculty members to get tenure to just one year instead of three, to reduce job losses during the K to 12 transition.

In a meeting with members of the Council of Teachers and Staff of Colleges and Universities of the Philippines (Cotescup), Bello called the probation period “an insensible requirement,” adding that several months should be enough preparation.

Rene Luis Tadle, UST professor and Cotescup lead convenor, called for a law lowering the three-year requirement for tenure to a year or even less.

This will avoid “contractualization” amid the K to 12 implementation, during which college enrollment is expected to drop temporarily because of the imposition of two additional years in high school.

Tadle noted that as early as 2014, higher education institutions such as UST were already resorting to fixed-term contracts.

Non-tenured teachers of certain subjects were removed, only to be replaced by new ones on a part-time basis and with lower salary rates, he claimed.

“I think a lot of higher educational institutions would inform the Department of Labor and Employment that they are removing their faculty members, but do not actually provide reasons for such,” Tadle said, adding that the government should grant financial assistance to teachers who will be displaced.

Teachers from other schools

Kapatiran sa Unibersidad Mendoza para sa Beta Rho Upsilon.

Saksi rito si Arsobispo Leonardo Z. Legaspi, O.P., ang kauna-unahang Filipinong Rektor ng Unibersidad, kasama ang mga rektor at propesor na sina Robert Yap-Diangco at Hermenegildo Ramos.

Sa kasalukuyan, ang Alpha Phi Omega na lamang ang kinikilalang kapatiran sa loob ng Unibersidad. Sina Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay at dating Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo ang ilan sa mga sikat na personalidad na kabilang sa 90-taong gulang na kapatirang ito.

Tomasino Siya Nakamamangha ang Tomasinong si Laura Suarez Acuzar pagdating sa k a n i y a n g kalinangan sa larangan ng Accountancy at mga naitatag niyang organisasiyon sa loob ng Unibersidad.

Ipinakita ni Acuzar ang kaniyang kahusayan simula pa noong nag-aaral siya sa Unibersidad ng BS Accountancy at sa kniayang paagtatapos Usapang Uste PAHINA 3

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Assistant Editor: Danielle Ann F. Gabriel

International confab tackles use of linguistics in solving crimes

By MIA ARRA C. CAMACHO, MA. CONSUELO D.P. MARQUEZ and ROY ABRAHMN D.R. NARRA LANGUAGE plays a vital role in ensuring justice and equality, forensic linguists said during a three-day international conference that ran from July 7 to 9 at the Buenaventura G. Paredes, O.P. Building.

Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio emphasized the importance of forensic linguists in serving justice, as they can help judges decipher the intent of the law and arrive at the truth, at the opening of the 2nd Asian Regional Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists.

“In the case of the judge, the purpose is to decipher the intent of the law. In the case of the forensic linguists, the purpose is to expose thoroughly.

In both cases, we search for the truth, the [noblest] intent. I encourage you to search for the truth,” Carpio told delegates in his keynote speech.

UST Graduate School Dean Marilu Madrunio, program coordinator of the conference, called for the further development of the nascent field.

“The time is right in embarking on a collective drive towards further studies on FL (forensic linguistics) so that we can all help enhance and contribute to the development of the new order in achieving justice,” Madrunio said in her opening remarks.

Language barriers The first day of the conference focused on the role of language in the curriculum of law schools and how it affects multilingual and multicultural issues confronting the justice system in Asia.

Linguists all over the world gather in UST for the second Asian Regional Conference last July 7 to 9.

JAMILLAH N. STA. ROSA

Richard Powell of Nihon University in Japan said in his paper on bilingual education that the English language addresses professional needs, but promotes class division in Bangladesh. For instance, Bangladeshi lawyers are required to have proficiency in English before being allowed to appear in higher courts.

Isabel Martin (Ateneo de Manila) also criticized the emphasis on English in Philippine law schools.

Echoing Powell, she said English “has been kind of a wedge that separates people.”

She attributed the poor bar exam results in the country to the low English proficiency of aspiring lawyers.

Eva Ng (University of Hong Kong) said language barriers were prevalent in Hong Kong’s courtrooms. Her study found poor

communication between members of the Hong Kong judiciary as judges prefer to speak in English even if the majority of citizens know only Chinese.

Uncovering deceit, lies The second day of the conference focused on the crucial role of linguistics in uncovering deception that leads to gender discrimination, sexual violence and other injustices.

Isabel Picornell, International Association of Forensic Linguists secretary, told participants to watch out for linguistic strategies often used in false testimonies.

“Linguists need to get involved because we have a lot of insights that people like psychologists, biologists, cognitive scientists and computer programmers don’t know about,” she said.

Elisa Ang of the University of the East in Manila explained the nature of police-report writing as “written for operational surfaces,” proposing academic courses to improve the writing and investigative skills of police trainees and officers.

Thomasian Sophia Maye Andrade discussed the use of “yes or no” questions in trials of drug suspects, saying the technique could be used to manipulate answers and elicit desired ones.

A study by the association’s vice president, Georgina Heydon, said the ability to tell a “good quality narrative account” in police interviews was essential in cases such as sexual assault.

In addition, Heydon said research and norms would be able identify kinds of harassment (such as catcalling) as “unwanted” and “very degrading.”

“There is [a] correlation between actions that denigrate or humiliate women and policies such as unequal pay towards women and violence against women. We know that statistically when you have greater equality between genders, you’ve reduced violence against women as well,” Heydon told the Varsitarian.

Misleading product labels Forensic linguists also encouraged manufacturers of consumer products to use simple language on their labels and warnings to avoid product hazards on the third day of the international conference.

University of Rizal System professor Shielanie SorianoLinguistics PAGE 5

Crime rate down in UST—security chief

By THEODORE JASON PATRICK K. ORTIZ and MA. CONSUELO D.P. MARQUEZ UST SAW a significant drop in petty crime incidents this academic year, assessing the rising rate seen in previous years.

Records from the UST Security Office showed only two reports of theft filed in Academic Year (AY) 2015-2016 compared with eight cases in AY 2014-2015 and 15 cases in AY 2013-2014.

UST Security Chief Joseph Badinas attributed this to new security procedures such as assigning personnel in plain clothes to blend in with crowds and monitor public places like the Santisimo Rosario Church, UST Hospital and the Multi-Deck Parking Building.

Badinas explained how “constant communication” with government agencies like the Philippine National Police (PNP) and coordination with barangays around UST helped reduce petty crimes.

Usapang Uste

MULA SA PAHINA 2

bilang magna cum laude.

Tumanggap din siya ng Rector’s Award for Academic Excellence sa kaniyang pagtatapos noong 1962.

Nanilbihan si Acuzar sa Sycip Gorres Velayo and Co., isa sa mga pinakarespetadong accounting firm sa Filipinas, bilang International Audit and Business Advisory Partner at tagapangasiwang direktor ng departamento ng Business Risk and Consulting Service mula 1986 hanggang 2001. Naging miyembro rin siya ng Audit Committee ng Board of Directors nito mula 2002 hanggang 2008.

Isa siya sa mga nagtatag ng UST College of Commerce Almuni Foundation, Inc. noong 1992.

Inilunsad din niya ang Meritorious

“‘Yung nangyayaring krimen, inaaddress namin sa kanila (PNP) para tulong-tulong ‘yung security natin at saka sila. Kapag may reported crime sa amin, ina-address namin immediately kung saan concerned na department ‘yun,” he said.

More visible security measures To further enhance campus security, a police outpost was opened by the PNP last June 14 outside UST Gate 3, Badinas said.

“Anytime na kailangan ng police assistance, madali lang [sila] lapitan.

Ang magbe-benefit kasi talaga dito ay ‘yung four corners ng UST,” he said in a previous report by the Varsitarian.

In 2013, UST and partner communities composed of schools, business establishments, the PNP and barangay patrols formed a citizen’s watchdog group called the Sampaloc-UST Neighborhood Watch (SUN Watch), which aims to improve safety and security in and

Award, parangal para sa mga indibidwal na nakapagaral sa Unibersidad na hindi bababa sa dalawang taon ngunit hindi nakapagtapos dito. Isa rin siya sa mga nag-ambag ng pondo para maipatayo ang kasalukuyang Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. Building.

JOLAU V. OCAMPO

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Hal.: Paniguradong mababawasan ang aking lowat sa pamamagitan ng mahabang pahinga.

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Programs

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expected to resume in AY 2018-2019 when the first batch of K to 12 senior high school graduates go to university.

The 38 programs for which admissions were temporarily halted were: M a n a g e m e n t A c c o u n t i n g , Entrepreneurship, Nutrition and Dietetics, Education major in Pre-School Education, Food Technology, Education major in Special Education, Secondary Education, Library and Information Science, Painting, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Sports Science, Microbiology, Applied Mathematics, Major in Actuarial Science,

around the campus.

“This is really an effort to tone down the crimes around the [University].

Probably we’ll see the effect in the near future,” Office of Student Affairs Director Evelyn Songco said in a phone interview.

Applied Physics, Major in Instrumentation, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Travel Management, English Language Studies, Sociology, Asian Studies, Literature, Behavioral Science, Economics, Journalism, History, Legal Management, Philosophy, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems and Sports and Wellness Management.

The Varsitarian has confirmed that 18 programs will admit freshmen this coming academic year: A c c o u n t a n c y, Architecture, Business A d m i n i s t r a t i o n major in Financial Management, Business

Ched heeds SC ruling, orders teaching of Filipino subject FILIPINO will still be included in the curricula of all higher education institutions (HEIs), based on a memo by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) in compliance with a Supreme Court order.

Ched ordered all public and private HEIs last June 18 to continue the implementation of Ched Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 04 series of 1997, which requires students majoring in fields other than the Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication to take six units of Filipino.

HEIs must also implement CMO No. 59 series 1996, where the minimum requirement for the general education curriculum of Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication courses is nine units of Filipino subjects.

The Ched order was in compliance with the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court against CMO No. 20 series of 2013, which excluded subjects like Filipino and Literature from the general education curriculum as part of the K to 12 reform that added two years to basic education.

Ched had required the transfer of a number of general education subjects to the new senior high school curriculum.

Institutions that refuse to comply with the new order face sanctions, Ched said. KATHRYN JEDI V. BAYLON

Ex-UST rector frowns on K to 12 FORMER rector Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, O.P. has spoken out strongly against the K to 12 basic education reform, calling it a tool for “neo-colonists” to obtain cheap labor from poor countries like the Philippines.

In his Manila Bulletin column last June 18, Fr. de la Rosa said he believed the “driving force behind the imposition of the K-12 scheme is not the quest for excellence, but pure market demand.”

The K-12 system is an “offshoot of the inclusion of professional services in trade agreements among countries,” Fr. de la Rosa said.

“Advances in communications technology made it possible for any work to be performed virtually anywhere on the globe, so even if K-12 graduates remain in the Philippines, they will still be employed as outsourced personnel of prosperous countries who are forever scrounging for cheap labor to further increase their profits,” he said.

“The K-12 system therefore will further speed up the commercialization of professional services for the benefit of industrialized countries that are assured of harvesting a large pool of graduates every year.

Unwittingly, we will be helping these countries to maintain their already overwhelming lead in trade, science and scholarship,” he added.

Fr. de la Rosa warned against the loss of intellectual and cultural autonomy as the Philippine educational system caters to “neo-colonists”: multinational corporations, foreign businesses, media conglomerates and first-world universities.

“The K-12 scheme is an indication that the government has succumbed to the pragmatic and

Administration major in Marketing Management, Communication Arts, Computer Science, Information Technology, Medical Technology, Music, Music major in Music Education, Pharmacy, Physical Education major in Sports and Wellness, Political Science, Biology, Interior Design, Psychology, Advertising Arts and Nursing.

UST decided to reopen journalism and legal management in December because of “insistent demand,” but there were eventually very few enrollees, officials said.

“When the first batch of freshmen enter the university system come AY 20182019, there will be freshmen from all courses, including journalism,” UST journalism coordinator Jeremaiah Opiniano said in a Facebook

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To make up for the lack of freshmen, UST has opened a senior high school department and expects some 5,000 enrollees. The University also assured that the tuition rates will not be increased, and there will be no job cuts for faculty members as UST will tap its reserve funds to deal with the K to 12 transition period.

The new academic year will open on Tuesday, Aug. 2 with the Mass of the Holy Spirit and the installation of Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. as Rector for a second term, at the Santisimo Rosario Parish Church.

Regular classes in UST will start on Aug. 9, Tuesday.

KATHRYN JEDI V. BAYLON with reports from MARIA CRISANTA M. PALOMA and KATHLEEN THERESE A. PALAPAR

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Editorial

Is change coming— to UST sports program?

NOW THAT Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. has been re-elected rector, there may be need for a thorough review of UST’s varsity sports program and, in the light of the double-debacle in failing to win the men’s basketball championship and the general title last season, a serious consideration of making key personnel changes in the leadership of the athletics program.

All of this should presuppose an honest admission that UST’s much vaunted sports program is not what it used to be.

At a glance, UST has all the necessary ingredients to dominate, if not, sweep the UAAP. It has athletes for all the sporting events in the UAAP, top-notch training equipment, athletic scholarships and allowances, quality education, and the basics of what should make a champion.

But now, winning in the UAAP no longer depends on the basics of what makes a champion, but on how far universities are willing to offer in order to get the best student athletes.

For years, amateurism was the backbone of the UAAP, which was also probably why it was able to produce world-class athletes.

There was a time when student-athletes chose schools based on their sports and academic programs and universities focused on training student-athletes for the professional world.

Amateurism became the foundation of the UST sports program, which enjoyed 16 years of general championship trophies before losing the crown to De la Salle University in season 76.

While UST maintained that college athletes are amateurs and should be treated as what they are—student-athletes training and studying for the professional world—other schools seems to have gone beyond the basics of collegiate sports, using offers that surpass the basic scholarship, board and lodging, and allowances.

Commercialization has turned the UAAP into a celebrity showcase where amateur athletes are treated as superstars—given endorsement deals and sponsorships and making television appearances.

Although the University is not necessarily lagging behind in the UAAP general championship race, considering its limited offers to its athletes, UST should find ways to keep up with the developing sports programs of other universities while maintaining the amateurism of collegiate sports.

Commercialization of sports is not the sole problem that UST needs to address to win back the UAAP general championship, it must also fix problems within its own sports program.

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Being a part of history I CAN only think of one word to correlate my affection for my favorite football club, my alma mater, and my second family—history.

I have to admit that a month after I marched for graduation, I have yet to fully grasp that my undergraduate days are over. Either four years have gone by really fast or I am just unsure—or maybe scared—of how I am supposed to spend the coming years beyond the four corners of UST. While some of my batch mates are already employed or preparing for their postgraduate studies, I am “busy” staying up all night to support and track the performance of my favorite Real Madrid players in the UEFA European Championship 2016.

Skills-wise, I could have supported the top German team Bayern Munich or the rival of my favorite Reak Madrid (RM)—Atletico Madrid. But for almost a decade, supporting RM has always brought me excitement, fear, joy and even sadness.

RM is not the oldest

Once history has been written, we will always come across its shadows.

We can never overwrite history, but we can enhance it through our craft. football club in Europe or even in Spain. Its classic rival, FC Barcelona, is older.

But RM’s history is probably the richest.

RM’s run is decorated with 32 La Liga and 11 European championships.

The latest was last May when it won its second UEFA title in the last three years.

Real Madrid values history as much as it takes efforts to keep it. While others criticize Madrid for spending a lot in order to pirate other players, I see it as a mechanism to continue and even surpass its rich history.

After all, history will never work on its own to prolong its glory. We work

for history, but that does not mean that we should be confined in it. History builds us but it should never stop us from growing and welcoming new chapters.

This is why even if I would be given a chance to choose another university, I would still pick UST. We, Thomasians, are no strangers to criticism that it is a hoary institution that cannot keep up with the times.

What makes UST different from the rest is how it offers balance between the old and the new—its openness to change and its faithfulness to its traditional values: compassion, commitment and competence.

UST, which has produced national artists, heroes, presidents, martyrs, and saints, is now 405 years old.

Longevity, however, is just one of the things that the University can offer. More than presenting how many times UST has been declared a historical and cultural treasure, UST is arguably more proud of its alumni being recognized for their achievements. This is evident in how the Commission on Higher Education recognize UST as “top producer of Filipino professionals.”

My four years in this historic university is like enduring a football game. Just because I already have the ball, it does not mean that I should simply keep it to win the game.

Winning a football match requires nonstop passing of the ball until it reaches the best spot to score a goal. Just like how history should be passed.

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With rains and floods come blessings WHEN I first entered the University, I was not expecting its unbearable rains to fall on me as blessings in disguise.

During my first days in UST, it always rained and I started hating the usual routine of flooding in and outside the campus. The flood would always make me ask myself if I was going to like the rest of my stay in college.

But after a short while, the waters would always go down and eventually disappear from the campus.

This had always amazed me for this was similar to how I survived my four years in the University.

I used to be the student who just wanted a closed setting of learning where I could just memorize every lesson that my course had to offer. Being a Pharmacy student, I lived the routine of learning bulks of information by day and night.

It was a tiring routine and slowly, the stress flooded my system. Just like rainwater clogged in the University, I was the student who was fed up by the repetitive routine and I just wanted to drain it all

What makes the ‘V’ different was its culture of excellence, which made me learn a lot of new things beyond the four corners of the classroom. out of my system.

To solve my problem, I tried several organizations that would serve as my “happy places,” until I realized that I took none of them seriously.

This was the time I knew I had to go back to writing, where all my scattered thoughts would be forced to be organized. So I decided to join the Varsitarian.

What makes the “V” different from all the other organizations I joined was its culture of excellence, which made me learn a lot of new things beyond the four corners of the classroom.

It was only when I entered the V that I realized that I could learn not only learn by myself but also

from other people who were willing to share their skills and experiences.

The V served as a “magnifying lens.” It showed me a bigger picture of my student life. It taught me the value of experience, which not even a thousand books could match.

But my journey in this publication was not easy. I was a Pharmacy student by the day, when I had to fill my brain with technicalities; and a student writer by night, when I had to be creative in bringing my thoughts together in order to meet the deadlines.

This was my daily routine for three years. To be sure, there were times when I would regret putting myself in

such a situation. There were times when I wanted to quit, but I always chose to remain in the V. Being a student who breathed the sciences, it was not rare that I should be questioned by people about my writing and publishing work. They would often ask me if being a physician was what I really wanted. But then again, despite this, I chose to pursue college along with the V. I would rather finish what I started than leave my efforts half-baked, which I believe is an important attitude for people like me who want to pursue medicine.

Working for the V, I was forced to take on responsibilities beyond what a normal student could handle. I was forced to see life beyond the walls of the University as I went on national coverages, such as the papal visit last year. The V made me realize that I could definitely do better than what most people might expect from me.

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Taking on Duterte’s challenge APPARENTLY being a journalist in the Philippines has become even deadlier now that the country has changed leadership.

In a press conference last June 1, Duterte said journalists could be “legitimate” targets of assassination.

“Just because you’re a journalist, you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch,” he said.

The newly-elected president classified Filipino journalists into three: the “crusaders” or those in the first class who seldom die because of their respected and righteous opinions; the “publicists” who are paid to be mouthpieces of politicians; and the “extortionists or vultures of journalism” who extort money from rogue cops and corrupt officials, thus abetting graft and corruption.

Moreover, Duterte expressed his approval of Filipino journalists killed in the past, saying that they deserved their deaths because they were “corrupt.”

Based on a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent American organization that

Perhaps the most important thing that I have learned from my two-year stay in the ‘V’ is that journalism is for risk-takers. promotes press freedom and protects the rights of journalists around the world, at least 75 reporters have been murdered in the country since 1992, many of them investigating corruption.

Journalism in the Philippines has always been tinged with unethical practices and unprofessionalism—onesided stories, sensationalism, bribery, among others— which have stained the credibility of the industry to some people. But this should not overshadow the importance and public service that the profession is giving to the masses.

After all, in any type of work, there will always be corruption—and the mass media are no exception. But

as there are corrupt people there are always those who are willing to fight them, and I still believe that a lot of Filipino journalists are willing to risk their lives to combat grafters.

Regardless, I do not condemn Duterte nor negate his statements. While I am appalled by his disturbing remarks about journalists, I believe that the right response is positive action rather than condemnation.

As a fresh graduate of journalism and an aspiring member of this profession, I admit that Duterte’s remarks gave me fear and uncertainty about my future.

But more than a threat, I consider his remarks as motivation and a challenge to

in international politics and foreign policy at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. However, he was not able to complete the twoyear residency requirement.

“I finished one year for the academics, ang kulang ko na lang ay ‘yung oneyear residency because of financial constraints. Lyceum was not able to fund my studies anymore. Pero that will be cured. Hindi siya defect. I will take care of it,” Lapuz said, adding that the President could appoint him as an acting Ched chairman until he complies with the requirement.

Lapuz was named United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural O rg a n i z a t i o n - P h i l i p p i n e s (Unesco) commissioner in 1999 and 2002 and was former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s consultant on foreign policy, international relations and global politics from 2009 to 2012.

The retired UST professor obtained his political science degree from the University of the Philippines.

“Nagpapasalamat ako [that] Duterte has given me the chance [to lead Ched].

I feel blessed, humble and proud,” Lapuz said.

Duterte

supporter who joined the former Davao City mayor’s campaign stumps, already has plans for Ched even if it remains unclear when he will assume the post.

Lapuz wants equal opportunity between private and public university students.

“I want to level the playing field of private and state-run universities. Kasi tignan mo, pagdating sa trabaho, sino ang top picks ng mga employers? ‘Yung mga galing ng [private universities]. ‘Yung iba wala na,” he said.

Lapuz insisted that Duterte picked him not because the President was his former student, “but because he knows my reputation as an educator.”

Lapuz received the Gawad Benavides (Loyalty Award) in 2001 during the Dangal ng UST awards for his 30 years of service. On the same year, he was awarded the Distinguished Mentor Award by the Faculty of Arts and Letters.

Lapuz was chairman of Lyceum’s Department of Political Science from 1967 to 1973.

He has written articles on Philippine foreign policy, including Philippines-United States relations and the United Nations.

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also taught me the value of camaraderie and teamwork.

From the closed person I used to be when I entered college, I became the person open to criticism and improvement. I learned to appreciate the value of failure and how the support of a teammate could lift me during my slip-ups and lapses.

Reminiscing my four years in college, I was not surprised when it rained during our Baccalaureate Mass last May. It turned out that the sudden downpour of rain was a reminder from the Lord that the challenges I faced with my stay in UST and the V were life’s way of teaching me its precious lessons.

Varsitarian.

For 88 years, the “V” has continuously passed on to the next generations its reputation for excellence as the oldest Catholic newspaper in the Philippines.

Eyebrows may raise, but even non-Thomasian media practitioners have expressed their admiration of the V for keeping its relevance despite new media trends.

The V perfectly exhibits how history and new trends could mix well together. The V is often described as “very sensitive when it comes to tradition,” but the V was never afraid to open its wellkept traditions to changes and new opportunities for its

betterment and the personal and professional growth of its staffers.

Before I entered the V in 2013, I was an empty cup waiting to be filled. The history of excellence fostered by the V’s alumni, or what we call Amihan, has filled the empty cup.

V’s Amihan or alumni are its history. Despite their own successes, they have made sure to pass their experiences to the new breed of budding student writers.

After a few more weeks, I will leave the V on a high note, not because I will leave as a member of its editorial board, but because I know that I have contributed to its rich history and made my own mark.

It is now the time for the new staffers to create their

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should reconsider Lapuz’s appointment.

“I do not mean to ridicule Lapuz, but his actions reflect his vision and how he looks at education. He is completely not giving us the quality education we deserve because all he did was glorify himself.

[L]apuz does not have the leadership, he is not a good example,” Cahilig said.

Said Philip Landagan, Lapuz’s student in 1998: “I think he will not be able to address current issues concerning colleges and universities because he himself is considered by his students and former students to be part of the problem.”

No earned doctorate?

There could be another hitch to Lapuz’s appointment.

He does not have an earned doctorate.

Republic Act 7722 or the Higher Education Act of 1994, the law that established Ched, states that the President shall appoint a chairman and four commissioners who hold earned doctorate degrees and have been actively engaged in higher education for at least 10 years.

Lapuz took up his post-graduate studies

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do well in the field and uphold all the ethical principles that my beloved University and the Varsitarian has taught me.

Without the values that UST and the “V” has equipped me with, I would have probably practice another type of profession, which would probably keep me away from criticisms and, worse, from death.

But because of the love for journalism and the experience that I acquired from years of being a part of the student publication, I know that I cannot go wrong.

The V has opened my eyes to the reality and the difficulty that I will encounter in journalism—from having a “nose” for news to gathering information, dealing with sources, writing responsibly and having an open mind for criticisms.

Perhaps the most important thing that I have learned from my two-year stay in the V is that journalism is for risk-takers.

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K to 12

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utilitarian ethos that has become the moving force behind current educational reforms,” said Fr. de la Rosa, who served as chairman of the Commission on Higher Education from 2004 to 2005.

The Dominican Church historian, who has been named rector of the Pontifical Angelicum University in Rome, also criticized arguments about the need to add two more years—Grades 11 and 12—to the country’s basic education system.

“Should we not rather hammer on the heads of our foreign counterparts that Filipinos can accomplish in 10 years what they struggle to achieve in 12 years? Should we not glory in our inherent capacity to learn quickly the necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies that make us globally competitive?” he asked.

According to the Department of Education, more than 600,000 students have enrolled in Grade 11, mostly from public schools.

Fr. de la Rosa, a former Varsitarian Witness (religion) editor, served three terms as rector of UST from 1990 to 1994, 1994 to 1998, and 2008 to 2012. He will take over the Angelicum in Rome on Sept. 1, making him the first Asian rector of the prestigious university. MIA ARRA C. CAMACHO and ROY ABRAHMN D.R. NARRA

own story and continue the V’s culture of excellence.

Real Madrid, UST, and the V are all reminders that history may not be everything, but it is definitely something. Once history has been written, we will always come across its shadows. We can never overwrite history, but we can enhance it through our craft.

Eventually, we need to move on. However, moving on does not mean leaving everything behind, but moving forward with history and one’s Thomasian identity intact.

To my family, thank you for always being there from the beginning of my story and as it eventually progressed.

To UST and to the V, thank you for choosing me to be a part of your history.

Paghahanap, pagtanggap at pagpapahalaga SINO nga bang makapagsasabi kung handa ka na?

Mula nang pumasok ako sa Unibersidad apat na taon na ang nakalipas hanggang ngayong nakapagtapos na ako, naging karaniwan nang tanungin ako kung bakit pinili kong mag-aral sa UST gayong nakapasa naman ako sa UP at Ateneo. At sa bawat tanong, ang isinasagot ko lang ay “Bakit hindi?”

Ngunit ngayon, masasagot ko na ito nang mahinahon at walang halong panunuya. Kahit bumalik pa ako sa panahon ng pagdedesisiyon kung saan ako mag-aaral, UST pa rin ang pipiliin ko. Hindi dahil naniniwala akong ito ang pinakamagaling na institusiyon ngunit dahil hindi ko gugustuhing hindi makilala ang mga taong naging parte ng aking buhay sa kolehiyo.

Sa unang dalawang taon ng aking pamamalagi sa Unibersidad, ako ay nangapa sa kung anong extra-curricular activity ba ang dapat kong itaguyod. Habang sa huling dalawa naman ay aking pinagnilayan kung tama bang Varsitarian ang napili ko.

Bukod sa cliché na dahilang passion ko talaga ang pagsusulat, aaminin kong masarap lang rin talaga sa pakiramdam na maging kauna-unahang V staffer mula sa Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy.

Pero sa loob ng dalawang taon, madalas ko tinatanong sa sarili ko, “So what?” Anong mapapala ko sa passion at pride?

Magiging partner ba ako agad sa Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. kapag nalaman nilang nasa staff box ako ng “V”?

Marami akong natutunan mula sa ‘V’ at pinakapanghahawakan ko sa mga ito ang ‘pagtanggap’ at ‘pagpapahalaga.’

Ano nga naman ba ang koneksiyon ng periyodismo sa kurso ko? Kaiba sa mga student council at mga opisyal na organisasiyon sa aming kolehiyo na humuhubog sa liderato at kasarinlan ng mga miyembro nito, paano makatutulong sa pagkukuwenta at pagbibigay-kahulugan ng pampinansyal na impormasyon ang pagsasanay sa pagsusulat?

Hindi ko mabilang ilang beses ko naisip at binalak na magbitiw na lang dahil sa pangamba na maapektuhan ang aking mga marka o mas malala, ma-delay ako sa pagmartsa.

Hindi ko na rin mabilang ilang mga tulog ang ipinagpaliban ko para sa pag-aaral at pag-asikaso sa mga class reports kasabay ng mga pagsasalin ng mga kumperensiya o panayam at pagsusulat ng mga artikulo.

Hindi ko lubos maisip kung paano ko napagsabay ang pagsasagawa ng feasibility study at ang pagpunta sa mga coverage; ang pagsasagawa ng strategic management paper at pamamatnugot.

Gayun pa man, sa kabila ng lahat ng hirap at pag-aalinlangan, pinili kong manatili sa publikasiyon. Marahil ay dahil na rin ito sa mga salitang mula kay Atty. Eldric Peredo, dating punong patnugot ng V, na tumatak sa akin noong unang araw ko sa publikasyon: “Higit na kailangan ninyo ang Varsitarian kaysa kailangan kayo nito.”

Liban sa mga koneksiyong mabibigay nito, marami akong natutunan mula sa mga naging karanasan ko bilang parte ng pahayagan at pinakapanghahawakan ko sa mga ito ang “pagtanggap” at “pagpapahalaga.”

Tunay ngang walang koneksiyon ang peryodismo sa kurso ko. Gayun pa man, nanatili ako sa V dahil hindi naman ito tungkol sa kung anong extra-curricular activity ang dapat kong itaguyod para pahalagahan ako sa magiging trabaho sa hinaharap.

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Dacumos said product warning messages must be presented in an understandable manner to avoid misinterpretations.

Her study found problems such as product counterfeiting, lack of testing as required by the Food and Drug Administration and the absence of approved therapeutic claims for items such as beauty products and dietary supplements.

Dacumos said “poor organization of content” affects consumer understanding of product information because some manufacturers employ “linguistic devices” that are unclear and inconsistent.

She called for amendments to Republic Act 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines,

especially concerning product liabilities. Manufacturers should ensure that customers are protected against risks associated with the misuse of products due to miscommunication.

Asst.

Prof.

Rachelle Ballesteros-Lintao of the Faculty of Arts and Letters called for the use of clear communication and plain language in legal documents, particulary consumer contracts.

“There is this pressing need for ... consumer contracts in a form that is understood by the consumers,” Lintao said.

Other speakers in the third day were Cynthia Correo of Ateneo de Naga and Prof. Janet Ainsworth of the School of Washington in the United States.

The three-day conference was organized by the United Kingdom-based International Association of Forensic Linguists.

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Editor: Mary Gillan Frances G. Ropero

JULY 27, 2016

University produces 979 honor graduates

By MA. ANGELA CHRISTA COLOMA and NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS THE NEWEST crop of Thomasian graduates, dubbed the “Double Jubilee Batch” by Vice Rector for Religious Affairs Fr. Filemon de la Cruz, O.P., produced almost a thousand Latin honor recipients, the highest number in nearly a decade.

Batch 2016 had a total of 979 Latin honor recipients out of 8,801 graduates, with 13 summa cum laudes, 98 magna cum laudes and 803 cum laudes.

The Faculty of Pharmacy had the most number

of honor graduates with 157 Latin honor recipients: three summa cum laudes, 27 magna cum laudes, and 127 cum laudes.

Pharmacy’s Rhys Jansen Pavon is this year’s batch valedictorian, with a general weighted average of 1.121. He was also one of the recipients of the Rector’s Academic Award.

Pharmacy Dean Aleth Dacanay said the integration of an outcomes-based education curricula with course plans contributed to the high number of honor graduates.

“We will be making 70 the cut-off grade for all students from our previous 75 passing mark. And that’s quite high for a college like this,” Dacanay said.

The Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets) produced 146 honor students—the highest in the faculty’s history.

Artlets Dean Michael Anthony Vasco said the increase in the freshman admission test cut-off score in 2012 raised student quality.

“We have [a] highly selected freshmen batch in 2012, and these are the freshmen students who graduated this 2016,” he said. “[Looking] at the IQ (intelligence quotient) mean score, it’s really high from that 2012 batch [of freshmen].”

Vasco said the faculty was planning to implement a general percentile average (GPA) requirement for Artlets, but this was withheld because of the K to 12 transition.

CTHM, Law The College of Tourism and Hospitality Management (CTHM) continued to have the highest ratio of Latin honor recipients to the total number of graduates.

During its graduation rites, one out of four graduates got a Latin honor.

CTHM produced 114 honor graduates out of 456 compared with last year’s 103 out of 428.

The UST Graduate School produced 74 honor graduates this year, data from the solemn investiture program of the college showed.

The Faculty of Civil Law produced just one honor graduate this year from last year’s two, with Aprille Mae Kaye Valentin topping batch 2016.

Valentin obtained a GPA of 87.55.

Ratio of honor hraduates to total graduates.

Civil Law Dean Nilo Divina said “it is not unusual” to have a lone honor graduate in law schools.

“The requirements to obtain [a] Latin honor in law school are very stringent. [Having] only one law student graduate with Latin honors is not unusual in UST and other universities,” Divina said in an interview.

Engineering, Commerce The Faculty of Engineering, College of Commerce and Business Administration, College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD), College of Architecture, Institute of Information and Computing Sciences (IICS), and the UST-Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy also had more honor graduates, but they were few as a proportion of the total number of graduates.

Engineering’s honor roll swelled from last year’s 39 out of 774 to this year’s 54 out of 841.

Commerce and CFAD produced 59 honor graduates out of 916 and 92 honor graduates out of 564, respectively. Last year, Commerce had 37 honor graduates out of 841 while CFAD had 74 out of 459.

Architecture and IICS had 32 honor graduates each, out of 393 and 481 graduates, respectively.

Accountancy produced 53 honor graduates out of 753, compared with last year’s 52 out of 755.

The Conservatory of Music’s honor graduates increased to 14 out of 70 from last year’s nine out of 64 while the College of Education’s honor roll went up to 44 out of 482 from last year’s 40 out of 432.

The College of Science’s honor roll likewise swelled, surpassing last year’s 56 out of 614 honor graduates with this year’s 68 out of 643. The College of Rehabilitation Sciences registered 30 honor graduates out of 242, higher than last year’s 17 out of 258.

The number of honor graduates from the College of Nursing declined. It produced only 10 Latin honor recipients out of 346, from last year’s 13 out of 453.

Excluded from this report were figures from the Ecclesiastical Faculties, Institute of Physical Education and Athletics and the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. With reports from MONICA M. HERNANDEZ.

Finally, fire sprinkler system to be installed in UST

By MA. ANGELA CHRISTA COLOMA and NEIL JAYSON N. SERVALLOS FIRE incidents inside the University will soon be addressed with the installation of Automated Fire Sprinkler Systems in various buildings, Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. has bared.

“The University’s next project is [to place sprinklers in the old buildings because] a lot of buildings do not have sprinklers yet,” Fr. Dagohoy told the Varsitarian.

In-house mechanical engineer Antonio Espejo of the Facilities Management Office (FMO) noted the absence of sprinklers in St. Raymund de Penafort Building, which caught fire in July last year. The FMO installed more fire extinguishers in the building after the incident.

In a report on the fire incident, John Joseph Jalique, head of the investigatory unit of the Manila Fire Department, said the damage caused by the fire could have been minimized if there were sprinklers inside the building.

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According to Romero, USTSHS has more than 140 faculty members composed of fresh graduates from the UST Graduate School, non-tenured and tenured faculty members from the tertiary level of the University, as well as new faculty members from other schools.

Romero emphasized the necessity of a master’s degree as well as a professional teacher’s license for faculty members.

Required by law Republic Act 9512, or the Comprehensive Fire Code of the Philippines, states that establishments constructed after the law’s implementation in 2008 are required to install sprinklers.

In 2011, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) gave a two-year grace period for buildings to install sprinklers. Establishments that did not meet the grace period should provide an alternative to make up for the absence of sprinklers, with the approval of the BFP. The Buenaventura Garcia Paredes O.P. building, Beato Angelico building, Thomas Aquinas Research Complex and Quadricentennial Pavillion are the only structures in the University with sprinklers installed.

Construction of these buildings were finished in the years 2014, 2008, 2007 and 2011, respectively.

Although the law allows alternatives, installing sprinklers is recommended because fire extinguishers only have a short-term effect in suppressing fire, Jun Parena, “The master’s degree is just the basic requirement. They also must have earned a very satisfactory rating in their teaching because I inspect their records,” Romero said.

Retooling Staff and officials of the USTSHS had a retooling seminar last June 5 to 8 to finalize their quality manual, which will contain USTSHS policies and goals, and put up academic and cultural organizations for the incoming students.

According to the University’s official website, the academic programs offered in the UST-SHS are aligned with DepEd’s curriculum guides. There will be “contextualized subjects” common to all strands, with some modifications. The strands will have specialized subjects to prepare

a volunteer from the Manila Fire Department said.

However, Parena said the designs of edifices like the Main Building, which was built in 1927, would make installation difficult.

“It could be very hard for us to have sprinklers, especially in the older buildings. Because [the piping systems required to build the sprinklers] are not integrated into the designs [of the building],” Parena said in an interview.

Parena, who is also an applied math instructor in the College of Science, said there were other issues to be addressed.

“We have a [low culture of safety],” Parena said, pointing out that the cause of the fires in the Main Building and St. Raymund de Penafort Building, in 2012 and 2015 respectively, were office appliances that were left running.

He also said the students’ lack of awareness with safety protocols accounted for their hard time in distinguishing between a fire and an earthquake drill. “[Preparing for] the fire scenario

is just secondary to the earthquake.

So that’s the reason why sometimes it would be hard for students to actually discern between [an earthquake or a fire drill], because it depends on the siren that you are using and the response,” Parena said.

The Main Building has a building-wide fire drill once every term.

Parena said the University should at least conduct four safety drills per year.

Installing safety cabinets, strictly complying with fire drills and encouraging students to join fire volunteer work can contribute to promoting fire safety, aside from adding sprinklers, Parena said.

Dagohoy bared to the Varsitarian the administration’s plan to rewire the main building, which may cost P85 million. However, the Rector is asking UST’s Economic Council to reconsider the costs.

students intending to go to college.

There are seven learning areas under the core curriculum to be offered, namely languages, literature, communication, mathematics, philosophy, natural sciences and social sciences. The Filipino subject is still in question as it is subject to a temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court last April.

The order disrupted the removal of Filipino units from tertiary education and their transfer to senior high school under the K to 12 scheme.

UST-SHS is the University’s response to the call of the Asean Qualifications Framework and the Philippine Qualifications Frameworks to classify the levels of education and qualifications required for different types of jobs, according to an earlier statement released by

the University.

600,000 nationwide According to DepEd, there are over 600,000 enrollees in more than half of the 11,000 schools offering senior high school nationwide.

DepEd is expecting at least 1.1 million Grade 11 students enrolled in senior high schools in the country once every school offering senior high school has opened.

Schools that were not included in the enrollment data were those in remote areas and private schools, which open in July and August.

DepEd is planning to increase its budget for 2017 by 26.8 percent to an estimated P550 billion, from P433.5 billion in 2016, to fund the K to 12 and the students enrolled in the Alternative Learning System.

“I told the UST Economic Council to [review the costs].

We’ll see if it will really cost [P85 million],” Dagohoy said. With reports from PAUL XAVIER JAEHWA C. BERNARDO

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were actually for one of our Sunwatch beneficiaries: the children of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association.

That in itself proves the sustainability, practicality, and, quite bluntly, the success of the project,” Grecia said.

Last year, 11 of the 17 projects of the CSC were implemented. Projects that were not implemented were “Growl to Survival” proposed by former CSC vice President John Louis Tingzon, “Tomasmiles” by former CSC Treasurer Roi Sergio Rey, and “Information Dissemination Messaging Suit,” “Roar App,” and “TomaSine” by former CSC PRO Ranel Simon Rey. MIA ARRA C. CAMACHO and MARIA CRISANTA M. PALOMA

Editor: Erika Mariz S. Cunanan

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JULY 27, 2015

Thomasian web developer puts up own company from scratch

By KLIMIER NICOLE B. ADRIANO and MARIA CORAZON A. INAY YOU HAVE a choice where failure will take you—to grow or to collapse.

Thomasian web developer Juan Miguel Alvarez chose the latter as he established a web development company from scratch less than a year after obtaining a degree in Computer Science in 2014.

The 22-year-old Alvarez founded Potatocodes Website Development and Designs, a digital product agency and consultancy which specializes in web developing and web designing.

Alvarez sees web developing not a mere application of what the things he learned from the Faculty of Engineering, but also an avenue in learning how to set priorities and accept challenges.

Rocky start In his early years in UST, Alvarez was no student who spends the whole night with books and notes to ace quizzes and examinations. He ditched classes to play computer games and billiards in Dapitan. Liquors were his company during his sleepless nights which would result in memory blackouts the next day. Classrooms were areas to get decent sleep while his professors were discussing codes.

This cycle continued until Alvarez opened the myUSTe portal with three failing marks and his parents threatened him to stop studying.

“I faced my problems by having the right prayer. I did not ask for lighter

problems or lighter loads. I asked for stronger shoulders,” he said in an interview with the Varsitarian.

While others see summer classes as punishment for not doing well in two semesters of the academic year, Alvarez considers 2012 summer class as roots of his web developing post.

He was attending Calculus class when he met Nikko Dasig, his colleague in Potatocodes, who had a background in web coding.

During breaks, he would watch Dasig in entering codes for his project and he would learn the codes himself at the end of the day. Thinking that it was not enough for him to grow, he honed his skills by acquiring as many information as possible available in the Internet.

The Alvarez who used to spend the whole day in computer games is now utilizing time wisely by formulating codes. His thirst for knowledge did not stop there, he also joined the Faculty of Engineering Website in Development team of the same year wherein they were given a chance to do a website project for the UST Office Admission.

“My eagerness to learn beyond the classroom is pivotal to my growth.

Without it, I would not learn this craft,” he said.

‘Potatocoded way’ While the peculiar name of the web developing company was chosen because it stood out from a

list of names, Alvarez said he literally compares the company to a potato—a small entity which could benefit society.

What makes Potatocodes different from other web developing companies is the team’s vision for the country.

“It may not be obvious but we are growing away from eyes of the people and we have great vision for the country and the youth,” Alvarez said.

In just two years, Potatocodes now has over 50 members under its care, a feat that he said was huge for a start-up company.

Their clients include Redesign Manila, a company aiming to expose the people to new possibilities of Manila can look like.

Almost a year after the launching of Potatocodes, Alvarez co-founded Ideastalk, an Internet-based open community where the public are free to express ideas and share insights.

“Ideastalk came during an offseason for coding. Off-seasons are the best times to pour creative ideas since there are lesser clients,” Alvarez said.

At present, Potatocodes is designing the new University website which would be launched this August.

It was embellished by his colleague, Mhariell Mosqueriola, another Thomasian.

Aside from web development, the company also trains their developers how to lead properly. He admitted that skills are important in the technology, but leadership should not be left behind.

Alvarez

Loyal Thomasian is top Tourism man for Metro Manila

By DANIELLA T. COBARDE and MARY GRACE C. ESMAYA LOYALTY to UST would probably be an understatement for this Thomasian.

Christer James Ray Gaudiano, a 32-year-old lawyer, is the Department of Tourism’s director for the National Capital Region division. Before becoming the regional director, he served as the Legal, Policy, and Technical officer and the Head Executive Assistant and Deputy Chief of Staff in the same department. He is also a professor in the UST College of Tourism and Hotel Management teaching the subject of Obligations and Contracts.

Gaudiano spent his entire student life, from kindergarten to college in the University. Eventually, he graduated with a degree in AB Legal Management in 2004 and Law in 2009. But for him, life in UST was not limited to being a student.

In fact, his personal life also began here starting from his birth to his marriage.

However, he noted that before he decided to become a lawyer, he originally aspired to be a newscaster when he was in high school. But his mother gave an advice that he can be someone else and at the same time, a newscaster. He then realized that he wanted to be a lawyer.

As a lawyer, Gaudiano believed that law is a form of social service and that justice must be given fairly and righteously to everyone.

“I have always believed that being a lawyer is all about serving other people. Being a lawyer is helping those in need [and] lending your hand, your expertise, [and] your knowledge. That is why I decided to become a lawyer [and] why I took up the best pre-law course which is legal management,” he said.

“Law is a social engineering.

Law is something you use to help

others and by helping others, you mean to use Law to serve other people, especially those in the lower income bracket of our society.

Thomasian legacy As a student, Gaudiano experienced a good deal of significant

events in his Thomasian life from meeting his wife to his son’s birth at the UST Hospital in 2014. His wife is currently a faculty member at the University, teaching at Civil Law. “I also proposed at the grandstand, with students from the College of Music playing violins,” he said.

However out of all the memorable events in his life as a Thomasian, Gaudiano recounted his days as a leader in the student council, both in Arts and Letters and Civil Law (2003 to 2004 and 2008 to 2009), as the most memorable.

He also fondly remembered his speech when he ran for the student council which went “I was born here in UST. I studied here and I received my sacraments at this very place: baptism, communion, maybe one day I will even die here.”

He recalled that it was not easy to

Why law?

According to him, his inclination for leadership since grade school and his strong passion for service became a basis on why he chose to pursue law.

“For most in my life in UST, I am a student leader so my orientation is really towards service. The most practical way for me then to serve people is to take up law because [I believe] law is [about] reforming society [and] implementing changes,” Gaudiano said in an interview with the Varsitarian.

Gaudiano

juggle academics and extra-curricular work, yet he managed to do so by persevering despite the presence of constant pressure. On the other hand, Gaudiano still thanked the student council for teaching him the skills of communicating, compromising and financing because these skills helped him when he started working as a lawyer.

“It is the things that you will experience within the University that would help shape who you are as a person,” he said. “What sets us apart as Thomasians [are] the things that we learn outside the classroom. The people we meet [and] our activities that bind us together [as well as] the things we do for other people.”

With this ideal in mind, Gaudiano felt fulfilled because he was able to surpass all the hardships he endured as a Thomasian. These experiences, together with his other significant memories in the University, honed him into the person he is today.

One of Gaudiano’s legacies to the Thomasian community was the Lakas Tomasino Coalition (LTC), a political group that was established in 2005. However, he noted that maintaining the new party then was difficult. The lack of funds and lack of supporters were the primary obstacles they had to overcome. But it was also exciting because he saw how challenged the ruling party was in the elections. LTC from then on gained momentum and became a part of the leading student parties in UST up until to date.

He believed that the Thomasian hallmark of compassion and humility and the spirit of unity are what made UST a home for him, these qualities are what made him stay a devoted Thomasian all these years.

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Naif master, retired UST pedagogue Tony Austria gets CCP tribute-retrospective VETERAN painter and retired UST fine arts professor Antonio “Tony” Austria showcased his ageless artistic prowess in 6 Decades of A.G. Austria, an exhibit of his earliest and recent paintings dated 1957 to 2012 at the Bulwagang Juan Luna of the Cultural Center of the Philippines last May 7 to July 10.

For 60 years, Austria has been painting subjects like jeepneys, papaya trees and marketplaces through tubular human figures, compositions of heavy proportions and dynamic shades of full colors.

A graduate of the old College of Architecture and Fine Arts, Austria is known for his modern yet naive and folk style with a touch of impressionism, an art movement that uses short brush strokes and vibrant colors to present subjects the artist observed from a fleeting moment.

“My style revolved around my idea of simplifying everyday sights and subjects I find appealing,” Austria said in an interview with the Varsitarian.

Displayed upfront the exhibit is his undergraduate thesis titled “Magpapalayok,” a painting that captured a group of potters working near an open fire pit of carabao dung and red clay.

The Philippine jeepney, a favorite subject of Austria, is depicted in “PUJ,” an oil-on-plyboard painting. It is highly influenced by National Artist Vicente Manansala’s “Jeepneys,” a painting of Manila’s traffic congestion dominated by jeepneys. Manansala was Austria’s mentor in UST. Austria’s version showed a typical jeepney designed with rapid horizontal brush dabs of bright colors.

Austria injected Filipino humor in “Tiangge Triptych,” a 1993 painting of

a marketplace swarming with comically illustrated human figures such as a fruit vendor with hair curlers, a pickpocket and a man napping in the middle of the marketplace.

Before painting on canvas, Austria analyzes the composition of the subject by practicing on studies on paper he called “stampitas.” Samples of these studies were displayed beside the actual paintings.

“I could make a dozen stampitas for one painting,” he said.

Aside from Manansala, Austria’s teachers in UST were National Artists Victorio Edades, Galo Ocampo, and Diosdado Lorenzo.

He spent 27 years teaching laboratory classes in drawing and landscape painting

in UST and became a mentor to many contemporary visual artists such as Ronald Ventura, Jose Tence Ruiz, Alfredo Esquillo, Salvador Ching and Melvin Culaba.

As a professor, Austria was known to be strict but simple in demeanor. He retired in 1996, five years earlier than intended, to give more time to his craft.

Austria is among the first group of CCP’s 13 Artists Awardees, an award given to promising young artists. His fellow awardees in 1970 were National Artist Benedicto Cabrera and Thomasians Eduardo Castrillo, Jaime De Guzman and Angelito Antonio.

“Manghuhula”

“Medicine Man”

UST artists paint the colors of the Philippine fiesta

By AMIERIELLE ANNE A. BULAN THOMASIAN alumni artists commemorated popular Philippine festivals through traditional and digital paintings in Pagdiriwang ng Pistang Pilipino, an exhibit in the Beato Angelico Gallery at the Beato Angelico Building last May 14-21.

The Thomasian Alumni Society of Artists (TASA), a newly formed group of College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD) graduates, portrayed in their works events from the country’s popular festivals, particularly those held in the month of May where more than 140 feasts are celebrated.

“We injected a festive theme in our first art show to display not only the colorful fiestas of the Philippines but also the genial and exuberant art style the members of this group has,” CFAD Assistant Professor and TASA adviser Noli Vicedo said in an e-mail to the Varsitarian.

The 19 participating artists from batch 2005 to 2015 enlivened festivals like the Blessed Mother devotion Flores de Mayo, the Pahiyas Festival of Quezon, the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of Tacloban, the Dinamulag Mango Festival of Zambales, the Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival of Cebu, the Lang-ay Festival of Mountain Province and the MassKara Festival of Bacolod.

The Beato Angelico Gallery was also festooned with colorful banderitas and flowers complementing its festive theme.

In his two featured paintings, Vicedo used vivid shades of tempera paint, a fast-drying medium made of colored pigment mixed with water and a viscid material such as egg yolk, depicting Flores de Mayo and Lang-Ay Festival.

TASA President and advertising arts alumna Dawn Llanera said the exhibit marks the start of an annual art show devoted to Philippine culture and heritage.

“After this timely exhibit, as the month of May is when most feasts in our country are held, we are looking forward to showcase more of TASA’s works annually and hopefully we can exhibit outside the University soon,” she said.

Established on May 2015, TASA was conceptualized by Vicedo along with advertising arts alumni Jay Donato and Paul Patricio. The alumni group aimed to “innovate talents and sharpen skills,” hence the acronym TASA—a Filipino term meaning “to sharpen.”

“Musa ng Sinulog” by Llanera

“Pista para kay San Isidro Labrador at ang Parada ng mga Kalabaw” by Jason Zabat

“Pista ng Mangga” by Gerard Romano

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JULY 27, 2016

Papal-knighted sculptor Willy Layug finally graduates after 30 years FROM PAGE 1 fine arts program in UST would hone his skills.

Layug enrolled in the second semester of academic year 1979-1980 and majored in Painting.

He earned the first prize in UST’s 1982 annual on-the-spot painting Contest and became a finalist in the 1982 Blessed Lorenzo Ruiz Martyr painting contest, an on-the-spot painting competition commemorating the martyr’s beatification.

He considers Assistant Professor Danilo Santiago, current Painting Department chair of CFAD, as his mentor and one of his greatest inspirations during his stay in the University.

Although he finished his thesis, which was wood carving and relief, Layug was not able to graduate because of deficiences in four courses—the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Physical Education, Taxation and Philippine Government and Constitution—due to financial and emotional challenges.

Layug said he never thought he would complete it and graduate 32 years later.

After CFAD Regent Fr. Edgardo Alaruin, O.P. witnessed Layug’s prowess in sculpting when the latter held a workshop during the annual CFAD week, he encouraged Layug to come back to the University.

“I attended the same class with my son and had a professor younger than me,” Layug said.

Meeting the Pope Layug received the papal award last Layug PAGE 14 A Filipinized image of the Blessed Mother made by Layug.

Photos by MIAH TERRENZ PROVIDO

Best CFAD theses focus on agricultural, ecological concerns AGRICULTURAL and environmental innovations were the foci of this year’s undergraduate theses from the College of Fine Arts and Design.

Sustainability, eco-friendliness and usability are evident in Industrial Design graduate Anthony Tiong’s “Material Exploration,” a prototype shoe made from natural and biodegradable materials.

“The objective is to reduce waste and harmful chemicals during shoe production,” Tiong said in an interview with the Varsitarian.

Patrick Sanchez, also an Industrial Design graduate, created “Flow,” a prototype that would be beneficial for the fishpondgrown milkfish industry in Cagayan de Oro and Sarangani Province.

Sanchez’s equipment can segregate the sizes of milkfish especially for the “transfer” period when farmers need to move the milkfish to bigger ponds to further their growth and make them rife for harvest. The harvested milkfish are poured into a sorting basin where they are classified according to size. Undersized milkfish pass through grills into another basin, while desired class milkfish are transferred to another container to be sent to markets.

Meanwhile, Advertising Arts best thesis awardee Amparo Klarin Mangoroban, a photographer of the Varsitarian, focused on the lives of athletes and documented their passion for sports and

competition in her coffee table book, “Soul on Sole: Of People Driven by Passion.”

“I tackled how they pursue their passions despite the struggles, sacrifices and failures they experienced, and how the fruits of their labor finally comes to life,” she said.

The book features figure ice skater Misha Fabian, ballerina Jessa Balote, triathlete Maria Claire Adorna, paralympian Andy Avellana, dancer Belinda Adora, football player Chieffy Caligdong and mountaineer Miko Santos.

John Carlo Dimayuga of Advertising Arts in his thesis adapted Dante Alighieri’s verse epic Inferno into a full-length, sci-fi animated film.

Romano Macaisa, a panelist from the Industrial Design department, told the Varsitarian that the theses were graded according to aesthetics, relevance and utility.

“The designer should also take into consideration the impact of the materials on the environment,” he said.

Students who received a perfect grade of 100 for their work are awarded the title of best thesis while a grade of 96 to 99 is given an outstanding thesis merit. Six students were recognized for best thesis while 26 received the outstanding thesis award, compared to last year’s 13 best theses awardees and 27 outstanding theses awardees. CHELSEY MEI NADINE B. BRAZAL and AUDRIE JULIENNE D. BERNAS

Sanchez’s equipment can segregate the sizes of milkfish especially for transfer period, when farmers need to move the milkfish to bigger ponds for further growth during harvest period.

One of the photographs in Mangoroban’s coffee table book.

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JULY 27, 2016

Art Director: Ava Mariangela C. Victoria

Patnugot: Maria Koreena M. Eslava

Filipino 11

IKA-27 NG HULYO, 2016

Pagpapaigting ni Duterte sa wikang Bisaya Nina BERNADETTE A. PAMINTUAN at WINONA S. SADIA KINAKIKITAAN ng kawani ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) ng higit na paglakas at pagyabong ang wikang Bisaya sa ilalim ng panunungkulan ni Presidente Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte.

Batid ni Roberto Añonuevo, direktor-heneral ng KWF, na mas makikilala ang mga wikang Bisaya kapag naging malimit ang paggamit ng bagong pangulo sa mga ito, kapuwa sa pabigkas at pasulat na paraan.

Gayunpaman, idiniin niyang isang kamalian ang pagsabungin ang Bisaya at Filipino tulad ng naging tunggalian noon kung Tagalog ba o Bisaya ang nararapat na gawing batayang wika ng Filipino.

Nang mahirang ang wikang Tagalog, marami ang umalmang pangkat tulad ng Defenders of Indigenous Languages of the Archipelago (DILA) sapagkat anila, pinahihina at tuluyang pinapaslang ng polisiya ang mga katutubong wika ng bansa.

“Ang paglakas ng wikang Bisaya ay hindi dapat pangambahan,” ani Añonuevo, “sapagkat ang paglago nito ay kaugnay rin ng paglago ng Filipino.”

Magandang pangitain din umano ang napipintong pagyaman ng wikang nabanggit lalo pa’t matatandaang Bisaya (Sebwano) ang wikang gamit ng pangulo noong panahon ng kaniyang pangangampanya upang mas personal na makisalamuha sa masa.

“Mapapansin natin na sa kaniyang mga pagpapahayag sa publiko, lalung-lalo na sa kampanya, na ginamit niya ‘yung wikang Bisaya para mapalapit sa puso ng taumbayan,” aniya.

“Maganda naman [ito] kasi kung isasaalang-alang naman natin, ang wikang Sebwano ay malaki na rin ang sakop.”

Inilatag din ni Añonuevo ang mga pormal na hakbang sa pagdaragdag ng ilang salitang Bisaya sa wikang Filipino tulad ng pagpapatibay ng Kalupunan ng mga Komisyoner ng KWF sa Ortograpiyang Pambansa.

Ipinabatid naman ni Virgilio Almario, Pambansang Alagad ng Sining at tagapangulo ng KWF, sa isa sa kaniyang mga lecture

na pangunahing layunin ng isang ortograpiya ang pagkakaroon ng estandardisadong sistema ng pasulat na wika.

“Ang orihinal [na] trabaho ng ortograpiya ay ispeling,” aniya, “o ang paghanap ng mga simbolo na itinatapat sa mga tunog na ginagamit sa isang wika at ang pagbuo ng mga tuntunin kung paano gagamitin ang mga ito sa pagsulat.”

Samantala, idiniin ni Ernesto Carandang, pinuno ng Departamento ng Filipino sa De La Salle University, na normal na bahagi ng paglago ng wikang Filipino ang pagkakahalo ng mas marami pang Bisayang kataga rito.

“Dahil ang wika ay buhay at dinamiko, at bukas ito sa lahat ng pagbabago,” aniya. “Kahit naman wala o mayroon tayong bagong president, magkakaroon talaga ng impluwensiya ang ating pambansang wika mula sa iba’t ibang wika dito sa ating bayan.”

Magsisilbi lamang aniyang stimulus ang bagong pangulo sa ganitong pag-unlad ng wika lalu pa’t sa Bisaya siya sadiyang “nakababad.”

“Ngayon, ang aabangan natin ay kung papaano si Digong susunod doon sa patakarang pangwika ng bansa,” batid ni Carandang. “May KWF tayo, hindi natin alam ngayon kung papaano niya titingnan at papahalagahan iyon lalo na’t siya ay may pagka-stubborn.”

Mga patakarang pangwika Hindi naman nangangamba ang mga kasapi ng KWF sa haka-hakang pagkakabuwag ng ahensIya sa pagpasok ng bagong administrasiyon sapagkat, anila, protektado sila ng mandato ng batas.

Alinsunod sa Republic Act No. 7104, nabuo ang komisyon sa pagnanais na magkaroon ng ahensiyang mangangalaga sa paglinang ng Filipino bilang wikang pambansa. Binubuo ito ng 11 komisyoner na kakatawan sa mga pangunahing wika ng Filipinas.

“Kung enabling law iyang RA 7104 ay hindi basta bastang mabubuwag ang KWF,” ani Añonuevo.

Ang pagtanggal sa mga kawani sa kani-kanilang posisiyon lamang, aniya, ang maaaring gawin

ng bagong administrasiyon kung nanaisin nito.

Gayunpaman, plantsado na ang medium term plan ng ahensiya mula 2017 hanggang 2022 na kinapapalooban ng mas maigting na mga proyekto sa pagsasalin; pagbuo ng registry para sa mga banyagang terminolohiya ng iba’t ibang disiplina at pagsasaliksik sa mga “dying languages” ng Filipinas tulad ng sa mga Agta.

Nakasaad naman sa Executive Order No. 335 na nilagdaan ni Pangulong Corazon Aquino ang paggamit ng wikang Filipino sa anumang opisyal na transaksiyon at komunikasiyon sa pamahalaan upang mapalawak ng pagdakila ng mga Filipino sa kanilang sariling wika.

Nakapaloob din sa batas na dapat nasa wikang Filipino ng mga dokumento, oath of office, pangalan ng ahensiya at mga gusali, maging ang pagsasanay ng mga kawani ng pamahalaan sa paggamit ng wika.

Bago pa man ang panunumpa ni Duterte noong Hunyo 30 bilang pangulo ng Filipinas, ipinadala na ng kaniyang kampo ang kopya ng kaniyang talumpati sa KWF upang ipasalin ito sa Sebwano. Ayon kay Añonuevo, isa sa mga komisyoner ang nagsalin nito.

Gayunpaman, napagpasyahan ng bagong pangulo na isagawa ang kaniyang panunumpa at talumpati sa Ingles. Nilangkapan din ng ilang linya sa wikang Sebwano ang nasabing inaugural speech.

Para kay Anonuevo, kung nais ni Duterte na maipabatid ang kaniyang mensahe sa lahat ng Filipino, kailangan niyang gamitin ang wikang Filipino bilang ito ang lingguwa prangkang isinasaad ng batas.

Datapuwat, para kay Añonuevo, hindi dapat pangunahan ang bagong pangulo sa kaniyang mga magiging desisyon at pawang nakasandig pa rin ang kanilang kinabukasan sa kaniyang mga patakarang pangwika sa hinaharap.

“Siguro kung may mga pahayag siya na maaaring sumalungat sa itinatadhana ng Konstitusiyon, lalo na ang mga probisiyong nagtatadhana sa ating pambansang wika at paglinang ng mga katutubong wika, doon siguro magkakatalo.”

Bukod pa rito, maaari lamang daw magkaroon ng katayuan ang KWF kung sakaling itulak ng pamahalaan ang paggamit sa wikang Ingles bilang leveling tongue sa buong kapuluan na nauna nang ipinaglaban ng DILA sa layuning masolusyonan ang pagiging multiligual ng bansa at magkaroon ng “pantay na pagtrato” sa mga katutubong wika.

Filipino sa ilalim ng federalismo Pinangangambahan din ni Añonuevo ang napipintong panganib na maaaring idulot ng binabalak ni Duterte na federalismong pamahalaan sa wikang Filipino.

Sa ilalim nito, aniya, may kapangyarihan ang nasabing anyo ng gobyerno na hatihatiin ang bansa hindi lamang base sa heograpiya kundi pati sa kultura at wikang sinasalita sa bawat rehiyon nito.

Sa ganitong paraan, hihina at malulumpo ang wikang pambansa.

“Ang pagbiyak sa

Filipinas ay kaugnay ng isinusulong na multilingguwalismo sa Filipinas, at pakana ng gaya ng DILA at Save Our Languages Through Federalism, Inc. na pawang may mga patakarang kumokontra sa diwain at wikang Filipino,” giit ni Añonuevo sa isa niyang blog post.

Paliwanag pa niya, may kapangyarihan ang federalismo na tuluyang palaganapin ang wikang Ingles bilang lingua franca ng buong kapuluan, sapagkat mahihinuhang Ingles na ang mananaig bilang panturong wika sa mga rehiyon kapag naisabatas ang nabanggit.

“Hindi ito tumutulong para paunlarin ang mga taal na wika sa Filipinas bagkus nagpapabilis pa ng pagkalusaw nito,” dagdag ni Añonuevo.

“Hindi ko naman mapipigilan ang administrasiyon ni Duterte kung nais nilang isulong ang federalismo, pero dapat nila itong pagisipan nang maigi.”

Duterte

Dili at dila: ‘Estilong Duterte’ Ni JASPER EMMANUEL Y. ARCALAS PAPATAYIN kita. Ipapapatay kita!

Ilan lamang sa mga bukambibig ng bagong pangulo ng Filipinas na tumatak sa kamalayan ng nakararami sa nakalipas na mga buwan. Ngayong ganap nang pangulo ang dating mayor ng Davao City na si Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte, paano nga ba dapat nating unawain ang tabas ng kaniyang dila?

Paulit-ulit nating maririnig sa kaniyang mga talumpati, kahit sino man ang kaniyang kaharap—mapaordinaryong mamamayan man, mga opisiyal ng pamahalaan, o miyembro ng media—ang mga mensahe ng pagpatay, pagmumura at pambabastos.

Ngunit hindi lamang sa mga katagang “papatayin kita” natatapos ang tabas ng kaniyang dila. Nasundan ito ng mga pahayag at patutsadang bumabangga sa mga institusiyon ng lipunan tulad ng Simbahan at media.

Magugunita ang kaniyang paninipol sa isang babaeng mamamahayag noong nakalipas na buwan, na ayon kay Duterte ay hindi naman pambabastos.

Sa mga nasabing pangyayari, naging tampok ang pangangatuwiran ni Duterte na inaalis o nawawala sa konteksto ang kaniyang mga pahayag, na ayon sa kaniya ay hindi lubos na nauunawan ng mga Filipino, partikular ng media.

Maiuugat ang “prangka at brutal” na pamamaraan ng pananalita ni Duterte sa kaniyang kinalakihang kultura na siya mismong sanhi ng hindi lubos na pagkaunawa sa kaniya, ayon kay Prop.

Imelda de Castro, dalubwika at mananaliksik sa Filipino sa Unibersidad.

Dahil multilingual si Duterte, maalam sa mga wikang Tagalog, Bisaya at Ingles, sabay-sabay diumano niyang ginagamit ang istruktura ng mga wikang ito sa tuwing nangungusap siya,

ayon kay de Castro.

“Alalahanin na ang wika ng Visaya, lalo na sa Davao, [ay] iba ang katangian; kung malakas ang boses at parang hindi disente o parang bastos ang katangian ng ispiker, [minsan ito ay] sapagkat gamit niya ang sarili niyang idiolect. Ibig sabihin may peculiarity,” ani de Castro sa isang panayam.

Dito pumapasok ang etnolingguwistika na tumatalakay sa kulturang humubog at patuloy na humuhubog sa isang wika.

Kaya nagaganap ang penomenon na “lost in translation” tuwing nag-uusap ang dalawang taong mayroong magkaibang kulturang kinagisnan; sa kasong ito, si Duterte at ang mga Filipino, partikular ang mga taga-Maynila at kalakhang Tagalog.

Sinang-ayunan naman ito ni Vicente Rafael, historyador, propesor sa University of Washington at may-akda ng aklat na Motherless Tongues:

The Insurgency of Language Amid Wars of Translation, na nagsabing buhay na pagsasalarawan si Duterte sa pluralistikong katangian ng mga wika sa Filipinas.

“When he opens his mouth, he’s translating for himself and for his listeners, Bisaya and non-Bisaya speakers alike. To understand him, we—Bisaya and nonBisaya speakers—have to translate too,” ani Rafael sa isang press release sa paglulunsad ng kaniyang aklat.

Subalit bilang pangulo, tungkulin rin ni Duterte na maipabatid ang kaniyang mensahe nang malinaw, dahil hindi lamang niya “kinakatawan ang mga mamamayan ng Davao o ng Visayas” kundi kinakatawan niya ang buong Filipinas.

Ito ang isang kinakikitaang hadlang ni Rafael, maging ni Roberto Añonuevo, Direktor-Heneral ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, sa pamahalaang

Duterte.

“How it will affect his style of governing and the substance of his policies will depend on his ability to translate across different linguistic communities,” dagdag pa ni Rafael.

‘Nilalaman hindi pamamaraan’ Kung pagmamasdan ang tinatahak ng kaniyang mga pahayag sa nakalipas na mga buwan, mukhang ang mamamayan ang siyang dapat umintindi sa bagong pangulo.

O marahil hindi.

Pansinin ang pagsasawalang-bahala niya sa mga miyembro ng media, lalo na nang pumutok ang isyu ng pambo-boycott sa kaniya.

Tingnan din ang kaniyang patutsada sa mga obispo, sa United Nations at iba pang institusiyon.

Marahil nakasasakit ng kalooban ang kaniyang mga pahayag, ngunit kung susuriin nang lubusan, kumukurot ito sa ating sensibilidad dahil may

bahid ito ng katotohanan— katotohanang siya namang dinaranas nating ordinaryong mamamayang Filipino.

Dito pumapasok ang politika ng wika. Sinasalamin din ng “estilong Duterte” ang kapangyarihang kaniyang pinanghahawakan at pinaninindigan, ani de Castro.

Paliwanag niya, tumutumbas kaagad sa disiplina ang brutal at prangkang estilo ni Duterte sa pananalita, na siyang politika ng wikang nais itanghal ni Duterte—malayo sa kahiligan ng mga Filipino sa eupemismo at maliligoy na pananalita.

Ngunit sa kabila ng ganitong pamamaraan ng pananalita, namamayani pa rin ang nilalaman ng bawat pahayag at ito dapat ang pagtuunan ng pansin ng mga Filipino, ayon kay de Castro.

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Book combines food technology, culture, Filipino cuisine

By JULIUS ROMAN M. TOLOP A BOOK can finally help mothers to waive the apron and turn their usual Filipino recipes into something extraordinary.

Richmond Ejanda’s “Kuisina Gastronomika” showcases food advancements in terms of techniques, equipment and essential know-hows as the first gastronomycum-Filipino food culture guidebook.

Ejanda, a Food Technology graduate from UST, is currently taking his masteral level of studies in Food Science at the Cavite State University Graduate School and is the chief executive officer of Food, Health & Science magazine.

The book has not been officially launched but limited releases were already distributed among major bookstores nationwide. Ejanda worked on the book for four years.

“People nowadays [enjoy] their smartphone with food photo-blogging, especially if they have tried something new. [Take for instance] the smoking gun burger,” Ejanda said in an interview with the Varsitarian.

He said common food trends on social media are evidence that people are keen on the usage of somesthetic senses—such as smell, sight and taste—in food perception.

But the book also considers intricacies in molecular composition in determining factors such as flavor and taste.

Kuisina Gastronomika boasts content

dwelling in disciplines such as biology, biotechnology, chemistry, genomics, computer and materials science, microbiology, nutrition, engineering and toxicology. The book will explore their application to create competitive and modernized food products.

He said a smoking gun burger is appealing because it is infused with the divine aroma of hickory smoke and prepared on a wooden slab which enclosed by a glass cover that explodes with flavor as soon as it is opened.

The book also tackled the progress of modern equipment to ease-aid development in food industry such as the “cryovac,” a sous vide gadget used to freezedry and eliminate gas in processed and packed products.

A wide range of instruments were also cited—from handheld device to commercial-

ready apparatus such as immersion blender and dehydrator, which are all essential to provide food innovators and just these curious ones with more accurate and faster production and preparation.

“In the chapter for food product development, we have this systematic way of innovating food from a molecular basis. For instance, the application of hydrocolloid properties in pasta that caused a jelly-like texture and appearance of my malunggay, basil and parsley pasta,” he added.

Not an ordinary cook book Kuisina Gastronomika also featured modifications on the original ingredients and reverse food engineering of certain recipes.

Alongside the compiled recipes are profiles and commentaries from chefs known for their corresponding specialties, from nanay’s best dishes to luscious pastry desserts. One such chef is Myons French Mediterranean Cuisine executive chef Ivan Yalong, also a food technology alumnus from the University.

Salt and pepper adobo pork ribs, beef bourguignon, crispy pork belly wrapped with pandan crepe, Filipino seafood paella and crispy peanut crusted porkbelly sinigang are Book PAGE 15 Ejanda

Science college theses discover new Symposium tackles problems plants, tackle gender, ageing issues in freshwater fish biodiversity A NEW look at transgenders and women in jail, public health research, and innovations in scientific fields were the subjects of some of the University’s best scientific theses for the Academic Year 2015 to 2016.

The researches resulted in new modules and observations in their respective fields, as well as the discovery of two new species of plants.

Assessing discrimination The Department of Psychology feted Anna Alcantara, Ariana Reyes, Patricia Yulo and Christian Santos, who studied the link between internalized stigma and selfconcept.

According to the American Psychological Association (APA), a “transgender” is a person whose gender identity or gender expression does not match with what is usually associated with their birth sex.

“What is between your legs is your sex assigned at birth or your biological sex. What is between your ears is your gender identity. These two are very different,” Prof. Eric Reyes said.

Alcantara and her peers explained that because there is no concrete definition of a transgender, the country has no complete tally of transgender people.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y, discrimination

is common toward transgender people.

Most of the research’s 114 participants said that discrimination against them because of their gender identity makes them “confused and unstable.”

“If they feel that there are a lot of people judging and discriminating them (transgenders) in their community, there are tendencies of confusion within themselves and who they really are,” Alcantara said.

Alcantara and her peers hoped their study, which was also published in the June issue of this year’s North American Journal of Psychology, would help other experts compare and analyze existing cultural trends towards transgenders.

‘Successful aging’ Nursing students Carl Lozano, Heizel Lucas, and Gelli Lumawag bagged the college’s best qualitative thesis for developing a model of “successful aging” among old women by observing them in jail.

Lozano’s “The Road to Success Model” originated from the idea of finding out the “process” of reforming an inmate. It emphasizes on her “struggle,” “remotivation,” “reformation,” “reintegration” and “sustaining” her return to society.

The study suggested that prisons should “individualize” and must provide holistic care, and not just physical health, to inmates to help intergrate them in society.

On managing health The Occupational Therapy’s best poster sought to reinforce the Philippine’s local pain management program research.

The study by Chrystelle Avanzado, Darlene Estrada, Precious Luis, Macy Peralta and Gerard Recio, focused on Theses PAGE 13

By KIMBERLY JOY V. NAPARAN THE LACK of clean water due to the worsening state freshwater sources has caused the deaths of about two million people worldwide, data from the World Health Organization showed.

Freshwater makes up 0.01 percent of the world’s water and covers only 0.8 percent of the surface.

But this tiny fraction supports at least 100,000 species, almost six percent of the global total.

The decline in the quality of freshwater sources can have adverse effects on fishes and vertebrates in tropical countries such as the Philippines.

Issues regarding freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity were underscored in the recent first Philippine Symposium on Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystems (PSFBE) held last June 7 to 10 at the Buenaventura G. Paredes, O.P. Building.

According to Theresa Mundita Lim, director of Department of Natural Resources—Biodiversity Management Bureau, holistic and science-based policy can help preserve freshwater ecosystems.

“Through PSFBE, researchers in the fields related to environment and natural sciences would come up with recommendations for the formulation of a holistic and science-based policy on wetland conservation and management,” she said in her message.

Francis Magbanua, assistant professor in the Institute of Biology of University of Philippines Diliman, added that there was a significant increase of freshwater researches in the country from 1988 to 2012, allowing more room for improvements in freshwater conservation and

protection.

“By determining possible research gaps and trends, our study provided information which can be used to direct future research in freshwater science including ecosystem management and conservation efforts,” he said.

Laguna de Bay woes Laguna de Bay, the country’s largest lake and among the largest in Southeast Asia, is at risk of deterioration due to human activities.

The lake is primarily a multi-use water resource used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and economic sectors in the country.

Researches emphasized that proper management of the lake and its watershed areas must be sustained to ensure the viability of Laguna de Bay’s vital resources, which supports the 15 million Filipinos living around the lake as of 2010.

Adelina Santos-Borja, manager of the Resource Management and Development Department of the Laguna Lake Development Authority, said Laguna de Bay earned a passing mark of 76 percent in water quality and a failed mark in fisheries.

Santos-Borja reported from her research titled “The Laguna de Bay Ecosystem Health Report Card: An assessment and communication tool for stakeholders” that these results were influenced by the high concentration of phosphate, high chlorophyll level, and abundance of invasive species causing reduced nutrient enrichment and oxygen depletion from land-based pollution in the lake.

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‘Explosion of mercy’ needed, says Tagle

By SIGRID B. GARCIA and KATHLEEN THERESE A. PALAPAR CHRISTIANS should work for an “explosion of mercy” and become instruments of the new evangelization, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said in the 3rd Philippine Conference on New Evangelization held in UST last July 15 to 17.

Tagle, who opened the three-day event, called on participants to become aware of the spread of violence in society, and should use the PCNE to create an “explosion of mercy.”

“Not the explosion that will harm, not the explosion that will disregard human lives and dignity but an explosion of redeeming love, mercy, compassion,” Tagle said following the terror attack in Nice, France that killed 84 people.

The faithful should stay true to their mission of evangelization, and pattern their lives after Christ who was sent by the Father to be a missionary of love and salvation, he said.

“Isa lang talaga sa bandang huli ang ating kakapitan: mahal tayo ng Diyos, kasama natin Siya, hindi tayo pinapabayaan,” he said. “Our mission—following Jesus—happens in the power of the Holy Spirit. Hindi natin kayang sumunod kay Hesus at magpasugo katulad niya kung hindi sa bisa, lakas at pag-ibig ng Espiritu Santo.”

Reviving mercy Tagle said mercy was becoming elusive as more and more people lived in a “throw-away culture,” discarding everything that for them is useless, including people, values and virtues.

These acts should be avoided as they lead to betrayal, the outcomes of which people tend to overlook. Tagle said people should mend broken ties and restore within them the sense of gift.

“Transform the betrayals of the world by restoring the sense of gift and assuring people that you are a gift,” the prelate said.

The laity must experience mercy firsthand before spreading it to others, he said, adding that people should receive Jesus not according to their desires, but according to His desires.

“Welcoming Jesus is asking him what he wants. True hospitality means figuring out what pleases Him. Ang tatanggap sa kanya ang magdadala sa kanya sa iba,” he said.

Hand of God Ben Mendoza of the Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees spoke about his experience working with refugees for 15 years.

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle graces the third installment of the PCNE.

“You can really see the hand of God in the form of the resiliency that these people have. They are not helpless, and I see there the hand of God. All they need are a few opportunities, that’s where we can come in but there is a big amount of grace and willingness to live, and to look for better lives within themselves,” Mendoza said.

Other speakers included Maria Fatima Garcia-Lorenzo of the Kythe Foundation, Maria Lina Paulino of Ang Arko ng Pilipinas

‘Seek forgiveness from gays, the poor and exploited’—Pope POPE FRANCIS has urged all Christians to seek forgiveness for having neglected or discriminated against gays, the poor, and exploited women and children.

In an airborne news conference after his trip to Armenia, the Pope said the Church “must not only ask forgiveness to the gay person who is offended … she must ask forgiveness to the poor too, to women who are exploited, to children who are exploited for labor.”

“When I say the Church,” the Pope clarified, “I mean Christians!

The Church is holy, we are sinners!”

The Holy Father made the remarks on June 26 following the deadly shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida that killed 50 people including the lone gunman.

Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo echoed the Pope’s call.

“We [have to] apologize to people that we have wronged in a way. We have wronged them first for neglecting and discriminating

[against] them. We are one with Pope Francis against discrimination,” Pabillo told the Varsitarian.

“May pagkukulang tayo [dahil] ‘di natin sila napaglingkuran,” Pabillo added.

Pope Francis, in his news conference, drew from the classic teaching of the Church on homosexuals.

“I repeat what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says they must not be discriminated against, that they must be respected and accompanied pastorally,” he said.

Repeating his famous words “Who am I to judge,” the Pontiff emphasized that a person’s orientation should not be a reason for discrimination in society.

The Pope added that apologies should also be sought from individuals who were victims of exploitation, saying the Church has “not accompanied” pastorally so many families.

Francis addressed the matter of women deacons, saying he was angered at media interpretations

that his earlier order to study the role of women in the early Church was misinterpreted to mean he was open to the ordination of women to the priesthood.

He said it was more important to “hear the voices of women in the decision process.”

The Pontiff said he was working on “boosting the role of women in the Church” as he awaited the integration of the Pontifical Council for the Laity into a newer department focused on family and life.

“Women think in a different way than us men and you can’t make a good or correct decision without hearing women,” the Pope said.

On the idea of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s supposedly extended, albeit “contemplative” papacy, the Pontiff said there was “only one pope” and that his predecessor was “helping the Church through prayers.”

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Inc., actresses Rita Avila and Melisa Cantiveros-Francisco and Fr. Manoling V. Francisco, S.J. The first day of the conference concluded with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist and the commissioning of the country’s delegates to the World Youth Day celebrations in Poland.

On the second day, speakers from various sectors talked about cultivating mercy in the family, school, workplace and community.

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FROM PAGE 12 biological factors such as pain intensity, and psychological factors such as anxiety, depression and stress, on the occupational performance of Filipino chronic pain patients.

It concluded that pain management in the country would have to be improved to be at par with other countries.

“If you want to address pain [in the Philippines], you have to go to different professions (such as doctors, physical therapist and psychologist). When it comes to other countries [with pain management programs], they only go to one place,” Recio said.

According to the World Health Organization, correct diagnosis and proper treatment of pain (coined “pain management”) is an important public health concern and would have to be properly addressed. It advised that all countries should develop guidelines for patients with different kinds of diseases, depending on factors such as sex and age.

Health workers Nursing student Tristan Santos claimed the award for the college’s Best Quantitative Thesis Award with a module that could help Barangay Health Workers assess the condition of pregnant women.

Having witnessed the delivery of a newborn child for the first time, Santos wanted his study to “equip” Barangay Health Workers with the right knowledge to aid pregnant women suffering from complications.

“In the face of vast demands [especially in provinces where there has been a relative shortage] of doctors and nurses, Barangay Health Workers filled the gap—which is why we need to equip them,” Santos said in an interview.

The study came up with a simplified book-based module that can help assess the condition of pregnant women according to urgency.

Color-coded patterns indicated that conditions labeled with green are tolerable at home, yellow conditions are circumstances where pregnant women have to be checked in the health center, while red signals the need to proceed to a hospital.

The module also includes step-bystep procedures in Filipino, as well as instructions health workers could ask assistance for, as well as abnormalities

pregnant women could experience.

Innovations in biology, translation College of Science students Beatrice Del Rosario, Mariane Agoncillo and Emil Cano bagged the Best Thesis Award in the Biology department for their study on the molecular phylogeny and barcoding of the Philippine Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) and an antimicrobial study on Psydraxpuberula.

The research, which resulted in the discovery of two new species and a combination, was mentored by Grecebio Alejandro, who is also a pioneer of DNA barcoding in the country.

The study initially tried to determine the true phylogenic positions of 17 plants that Del Rosario and her peers collected under the genus Canthium.

However, molecular and morphological observations led to the discovery of two new Pyrostia species (P. luzonensis and P. cuspidata) and a new combination (P. elliptica).

The study concluded that Pysdrax puberula has antimicrobial properties and is a promising source of bioactive compounds that can eliminate bacteria.

The last phase of the research involved using unique markers in the DNA of each plant to establish its “barcode.”

Alejandro and his peers recently launched the country’s first plant DNA database early this year, which aims to catalog and index Philippine medicinal plants.

Translation Sports Science students Lennin Badua, John Dolor, Jo Punsalan, Jose Mendoza and Paul Ravarra sought to evaluate current Filipino translation practices.

Their study’s poster, which bagged the Best Poster Award, focused on the translation and evaluation of an English food practices questionnaire into Filipino, to be used by areas in rural communities.

“Our goal is to translate and validate the questionnaire to be used in a Filipino setting especially in rural areas where some do not fully comprehend English,” Ravarra said in an interview.

The study translated and evaluated a test questionnaire from English to Filipino. The researchers translated the questionnaire back into English to evaluate the accuracy of the translation.

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with the Our Lady of Hope of Palo, he turned to the Marian image and prayed,” he said.

March 8 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando, Pampanga. He said he would now have to face challenge of becoming a more responsible Catholic because the status “papal awardee” wiould be ascribed to his name for the rest of his life.

The Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award which in Latin translates to “For the Church and Pope” is conferred by the Holy See to the laity for distinguished services to the Catholic Church.

Layug was honored for his retablos, a devotional painting in Mexican folk art, and sculptures, including a seven-foot tall wooden sculpture of “Our Lady of Hope of Palo” displayed in Tacloban during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on January 17, 2015.

Two months later, Layug had the opportunity to meet and thank the Holy Father during his visit to the Vatican City.

“When I showed him pictures of my works used in the Papal visit along

Filipinized Marian images Asked why he did not create the traditional image of the Virgin Mary in white and blue robes, Layug said he wanted to create something unique and special for the Holy Father.

“Why copy a Western image when we have our own to offer? It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity so I took the chance,” Layug said.

The Our Lady of Hope of Palo, inspired by Marian images Dolorosa and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, remains as Layug’s magnum opus.

It depicts a tearful Mary dressed in Filipiniana with a black veil holding the infant Jesus who extends a rosary to another child clinging to the Blessed Mother’s skirt.

Layug emphasized how the Our Lady of Hope of Palo is not only about the “Yolanda” and other natural tragedies in the Visayan region, but also about the care for the environment in the spirit of Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ encyclical on the care of creation.

However, when he was

Tigers

to cover after missing the Filoil Flying V and the Father Martin preseason tournaments due to conflicts in their coaching staff.

However, the team will travel to Taiwan to participate in a tournament in August.

Meanwhile, the Tigers will boast of a new slotman this coming season with long-time center Karim Abdul exhausting his playing years.

William Afoakwah, a transferee from De La Salle University who has been with the team for three years,

will take the reins from Abdul.

“I’m ready to give what I’ve learned [and] I think I’m ready to go,” the physical education and wellness student said.

With this year’s lineup being depleted in terms of player experience and UST’s off-season marred with controversies, Sablan remains optimistic that the Tigers will give other universities a good fight.

“Lalaban tayo.

Simplengsimple lang sinasabi ko sa mga players ko. Lalaban tayo hanggang dulo. Hanggang dulo kami lahat, gagawin namin, tina-trabaho namin araw araw,” Sablan said.

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Cherry Rondina to deliver another championship for the Lady Spikers.

Former Rookie of the Year Rica Rivera will no longer see action on the sands and will be replaced by Jem Gutierrez.

The Tiger Spikers, which trailed as runners up for the past three seasons, will still be a formidable team with former Rookie of the Year Kris Guzman and Anthony Arbasto.

UST and Far Eastern University have the most successful beach volleyball programs in the league, with five championships apiece.

such as Miriam College expressed disappointment after their contracts were not renewed with the onset of K to 12.

“They told us they wanted to avoid the losses, retrenchment is supposed to be the last resort, but the administration made it the only option,” Luz Rebecca Anonuevo, who was retrenched by Miriam College, said.

Attendees included faculty members from St. Scholastica’s College, San Sebastian College, St. Louis University, Mapua Institute of Technology and San Beda College.

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conceptualizing the Filipinized Marian image, priests from parishes of Palo, Leyte advised him to ask for the permission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines. The priests then saw that a Korean Marian image was given to the Pope upon his visit to the country, which then gave the much-awaited go signal to the sculptor.

His other works displayed during the papal visit were the “Crucified Christ,” the centerpiece of the Quirino grandstand mass, an altar table crucifix used in Manila Cathedral made specially for the papal visit, and the “Filipina Immaculada,” a twofoot Marian image clad in traditional Filipiniana—Layug’s personal gift to Pope Francis.

“Dukit,” Layug’s biopic, won awards at the 2013 Metro Manila Film Festival, namely Best Director, Best Picture and Best Actor. The film was directed by Armando Lao and produced by Thomasian director Brillante Mendoza.

A book about his life as an artist and an art catalogue of his numerous works is set to be released around September this year.

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Department, discussed the thriving aquaculture of introduced species in the bay which caused the disruption on its biodiversity on her research titled “Impact of Aquaculture on Fish Biodiversity in the Freshwater Lake Laguna de Bay, Philippines.”

According to her, the dependency of aquaculture on introduced or not native fish species has also brought adverse impacts on the natural fish population in the lake.

“Focusing on the local species for aquaculture will improve fish The Varsitarian previously reported that UST college professors, aside from transferring to senior high school, will also have the option of doing office work, taking research loads and going on sabbatical or study leaves.

This coming academic year, the University will only offer 18 undergraduate programs out of its original roster of more than 50 programs because of the K to 12 transition.

Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. has assured students and faculty members that there would be no tuition hikes and layoffs of tenured faculty in the coming school year, saying the University had enough reserve funds. M. A. C. CAMACHO

Tigresses FROM PAGE 15 Golden Tigresses pre-season campaign.

The Tigresses will also rely on Jem Nicole Gutierrez, Mary Dominique Pacres, Patricia Rasmo and Alyssa Alterado who displayed talents in the previous UAAP seasons.

“Heto na ‘yung pagkakataon ng Team B para magpakitang gilas.

Sinabi ko na sa kanila na, ‘Nasa sa inyo na ‘yun. ‘Wag niyo na pakawalan,” Reyes said.

UST High School standout, Eya Laure, UAAP Season 78 and Shakey’s Season 14 Girls V-League Juniors’ Most Valuable Player, and Ma. Regina Mangulabnan, Shakey’s Girls V-League best setter, were tapped to play as guest players in the 18-person lineup.

Mangulabnan took the guest player spot in exchange for allaround spiker Aimee Hernandez who injured her right knee last UAAP season, and will replace rookie setter Alyssa Marie Teope

who is suffering from a sprained ACL. Reyes asserted it was time for incoming juniors Rondina and Laure to step up for the team and to pull off their leadership skills as main gunners of UST. With a dry recruitment due to the K to 12 transition, the secondyear tactician believes that the team’s V-League experience will be significant in determining the possible UAAP lineup.

Rondina, who suited up for Foton Tornadoes in PSL, is positive that the V-League project will help the squad achieve its full potential in preparation for Season 79.

“Masaya kasi maglalaro kami ulit together with our team UST. Another experience, exposure and learning ang makukuha namin dito,” the UAAP Season 77 women’s beach volleyball MVP said.

Meanwhile, the younger Laure is excited to be reunited with her sister and former high school teammate EJ Laure who has been effective for the senior team in the past two years.

production of inland water without the accompanying harmful impacts on the lake’s biodiversity,” she said.

David Dudgeon, chair professor of Ecology and Biodiversity at the University of Hong Kong, explained in his keynote lecture that the increase in human activity on freshwaters has adverse efffects on climate, the environment, and the biodiversity of these waters.

“Trajectories of human population growth, water use and consequential disturbance and degradation of inland waters have risen during today’s Anthropocene Age,” he said.

He also stressed the inadequate

attention from politicians or decisionmakers for the mandate preservation of intact freshwater ecosystems.

“These schemes will undoubtedly impose greater stress on freshwater ecosystems, resulting in further species declines,” he added.

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ugly it is.

Real journalists do not walk away from a challenge. Instead, they become stronger and fiercer in every challenge that they encounter.

Good journalists are fearless; they are brave-hearts.

To my fellow future journalists, now is the perfect time to put into practice everything that we have learned from our training in journalism school and the campus press.

Let us use our pens to properly influence others and contribute to the “change” that every Filipino hankers for.

There is nothing to fear if you know that what you are doing is right.

FROM PAGE 5 journalism requires a strong heart and a keen desire to unravel the truth for the benefit of society.

Journalism is a form of public service and it cannot be intimidated by any kind of threat or criticism.

People may not always appreciate the “truth” that the media is giving them, but reality, more often than not, is really hard to accept.

Duterte’s statements did not scare the members of the profession who know that what they are doing is right and just, those who are always willing to serve the country and expose the truth no matter how

First freshwater symposium The PSFBE also featured the country’s first biomuseum, TAALAMAN, which dwelt on the vastly unresearchedbiodiversity of the Taal Lake.

The four-day symposium, which is the first of its kind, had attendees from countries such as US, Japan and Singapore.

Editor: Delfin Ray M. Dioquino

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JULY 27, 2016

Tigers face uncertain future under new coach

By JOHN CHESTER P. FAJARDO and IVAN RUIZ L. SUING WITH the loss of the UST’s “Big Three,” a new system under a new coach and no exposure to pre-season tournaments, the Growling Tigers have their backs against the wall as the rest of the UAAP bolster their lineups.

The Tigers need to fill a huge void in the scoring department with the departure of its main gunners Kevin Ferrer, Ed Daquioag and Karim Abdul who were responsible for 46.9 points of the Tigers’ 73.9 points per game (ppg) last season.

“Almost half ng team], rookie. Lahat sophomore which is hindi naglaro noong last year. Basically, mga nakaupo lang sa bench yan,” UST head coach Boy Sablan told the Varsitarian.

Last year’s lineup relied heavily on their starting unit which normed 27.34 minutes of play. Marvin Lee, Mario Bonleon and veteran forward Kent Lao were the only other players to log in double-digit minutes.

Lao, who will play his last season for the Tigers as one of the team’s oldest members, played 17.1 minutes per game last season but only averaged 3.4 ppg.

However, veterans Louie Vigil and Jamil Sheriff, who were deemed ineligible to play due to the supposed implementation of the new age limit of 24 next season, are now allowed to

Sablan

suit up for the Tigers for the last time, following the UAAP board’s decision to return to the old ruling of a 25-year-old age limit. Both players are turning 25 next season.

Vigil scored 9.3 ppg last season, the highest aside from Ferrer, Abdul and Daquioag, while shooting 40 percent from the field.

Sheriff provides stability in the point position with a 2.1:.07 assist-to-turnover ratio the previous year.

New system The Tigers only resumed formal training last June after Sablan’s appointment and will need to adjust in a running system the former Blackwater assistant coach plans to employ. “‘Yung Tigers ngayon, different outlook kasi ang gusto ko, running game, takbuhan.

I’m more of a defensive coach pero gusto ko sa opensa, more on running,” Sablan said.

The new mentor added that he was still observing the team’s capabilities and might experiment on different positions as the young Growling Tigers looked to focus on a balancedscoring scheme.

“Walang superstar dito. Lahat ‘yan pantaypantay, walang single player na sasabihin na, ‘Ako scorer dito,’ ayoko ng ganun. Equal distribution lahat.”

With three months before the University hosts Season 79, the Tigers have a lot of ground

Golden Tigresses starters out in V-League

By JAN CARLO ANOLIN and CARLO A.. CASINGCASING THE GOLDEN Tigresses seek to stay competitive in pre-season stint sans the services of its usual starters in the upcoming 13th Shakey’s V-League Collegiate Conference in July.

UST will have to face tougher opponents without its core of Alex Cabanos, Rica Jane Rivera, Ria Meneses and Chloe Cortez who all joined their respective teams in the Philippine Superliga (PSL) All-Filipino Conference. “‘Yung ibang tao sa PSL, hindi isasali sa V-League.

Halos lahat sa first six ang hindi natin isasali, pero dalawang high school ang idadagdag [as guest players] para at least may exposure talaga. Talagang ‘yun na ‘yung plano, heto na ‘yung gagawin natin,” UST head coach Emilio “Kung Fu” Reyes Jr. said.

Reyes said this was an attempt to expose and deepen the Tigresses’ training pool in preparation for the upcoming UAAP season.

Seniors EJ Laure, Cherry Ann Rondina and Christine Francisco will gear up to provide firepower for the Tigresses PAGE 14 The Golden Tigresses will miss the service of Rica Rivera and other veterans in the upcoming Shakey’s V-League.

Editorial

FROM PAGE 4

UST should review its policies concerning student-athletes, coaches, and its sports program and develop a better recruitment process to attract the best studentathletes in the country.

Equal treatment of sports teams (not only basketball and volleyball) is also necessary, considering that all sporting events contribute to the general championship race.

UST itself has abetted the commercialization of the UAAP by its wishy-washy ways. While other institutions were trying to get the best coaches for their teams, UST just waited for manna from heaven

and stumbled upon Pido Jarencio and Bong de la Cruz by sheer accident.

Despite Ateneo and La Salle getting the lion’s share of coverage by ABS-CBN, UST—whose mascot is the tiger—had been clawless and fangless and not really done anything to make the giant network’s biased and commercialist programming less unfair to itself and the other schools that compose the UAAP board.

And UST was remarkably silent when Sen. Pia Cayetano filed a bill to junk the UAAP residency rule. The bill passed Congress and became a law, which basically institutionalizes athlete piracy and, despite its avowed purpose of checking commercialization of

varsity sports, abets it.

Lastly, UST should continue to stand firm that amateurism is the foundation of the UAAP—an association designed to develop the best student-athletes in the country for professional sports and the wider world.

Review and reforms can take place through honest to goodness ahtletic planning and management, which can happen only under a re-energized or an entirely new sports regime on campus. President Duterte has declared “change is coming” with his new administration. Can we expect likewise from a re-elected campus administration as far as UST’s listless sports program is concerned?

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Book

FROM PAGE 12 few of Yalong’s recipes featured inside the book.

“Dito naman may mga fusion of cuisines gaya ng caldereta na adobo which may be called as ‘calderobo.’

They are trying to be extraordinary and experimental at the same time,” Ejanda said.

He also featured some integrated and innovative recipes on the latter chapter such as the usage of Carboxymethylcellulose or cellulose gum to stabilize the structure of sorbet and ice cream. Locust bean gum, guar gum carrageenan and spices were also mentioned to be effective additives to extend the shelf life and appearance of some recipes.

According to Ejanda, there is an existing art of deconstructing food through utilizing components of raw materials to reintroduce revolutionized food products such as creating a new dip from a chocolate mint plant.

“When I saw the ‘chocolate mint plant’ or scientifically known Mentha x piperita, I asked the vendors about the plant and bought ten pots then made an experiment in my kitchen,” he added. The result of his experiment gave rise to create chocolate mint gel that is a perfect-ready dip for lamb chops.

Ejanda considers this book to acquaint food technologists in the limelight for professional and academic fields—where specific roles were cited in the expertise on product development, quality assurance and control, food chemistry and food analysis, regulatory, food microbiology, food safety, food engineering and sensory evaluation and consumer testing.

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disenteng trabaho paglabas natin sa Unibersidad. Inihahanda tayo ng mga ito sa mapagkutyang lipunang na maaaring magligmok sa iyo kung hindi mo alam ang iyong tunay na halaga.

Sa Batch 2016, mga kapuwa ko nagsipagtapos, hindi dito nagtatapos ang ating paglalakbay. Sa mga kapuwa ko Tomasino, huwag kayong matakot na galugarin ang Unibersidad makita lang ang halaga ninyo.

Ngayon masasabi kong handa na akong harapin ang mga panibagong pagsubok na ibibigay sa akin ng buhay dahil sa tulong ng UST at ng Varsitarian—sa pagpapakita ng mga ito sa akin ng aking tunay na halaga.

walang kabuluhan?” aniya.

Sa pagkaluklok ni Duterte sa pinakamataas na posisiyon sa bansa, kailangan niyang i-ayon ang kaniyang pananalita sa anumang situwasiyon at pagkakataon dahil sinasalamin niya hindi lamang ang kaniyang sarili kundi ang buong Filipinas, ayon kina Rafael, Añonuevo at de Castro.

Samantala, kailangang maging mapagmatiyag ang mga Filipino sa mga susunod na pahayag ng bagong pangulo, kung magkakaroon siya ng isang banyuhay o metamorposis sa kaniyang pag-upo sa puwesto bilang pangulo ng Filipinas katulad ng kaniyang ipinangako.

Sports

JULY 27, 2016

Junior Tigresses sweep V-League, end title drought

By LEIF ARILD F. SYKIOCO THE UST Junior Golden Tigresses edged out the Nazareth School of National University Lady Bullpups, 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 13-25, 15-4, to claim the Shakey’s Girls’ Volleyball League of Champions title at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig last July 7.

Tigresses captain Eya Laure, who was named tournament Most Valuable Player and First Best Open Spiker, came through in the endgame, powering UST to a 9-1 lead in the deciding set. She capped off her 20-point showing with an off-speed winner.

UST head coach Emilio “Kung Fu” Reyes Jr. lauded his wards’ performance especially in the rubber set. The Tigresses swept the tournament en route to the crown. “’Yung maturity talaga lumabas. Noong NCR (leg) pa lang sabi namin ‘yung experience

na-develop na,” Reyes told the Varsitarian.

UST’s maturity was in full display in the third set. NU was two points away from taking the set, 2319, but the Tigresses crawled back and uncorked a 7-0 run to snatch the set.

The team’s newfound maturity spelled the difference, after two years of ending as runners-up to NSNU in their UAAP juniors’ title matches.

“Ang sabi ko lang sa kanila, ‘kung gusto niyo matalo, madali lang naman. Pero kung gusto niyo manalo, kailangan niyo magtrabaho,’” Reyes said.

After suffering a first-set meltdown, UST mounted a ninepoint lead, 15-6. The Junior Lady Bullpups threatened to come back but UST closed the door and evened the match at one set apiece.

Tigress Janna Torres was named Second Middle Blocker, while Regina Mangulabnan and

Bernadette Pepito were awarded Best Setter and Best Libero, respectively.

Reyes said they have been preparing hard for the upcoming season, because their arch rivals have been recruiting throughout the offseason.

“Nagpalakas ‘yung NU, so syempre kami din. Lumabas talaga kami, paisa isa (‘yung kinuha namin,) pero (sila) ‘yung mga gusto talaga mag UST. May potential, naging malalim ang bench namin,” Reyes said.

After defeating NU twice in a month, the multi-titled coach is positive that they will finally win the UAAP championship after two years of title drought.

“Lahat ng players nag-meet na sa taas (‘yung level.) ‘Yung tipong in times na kailangan mag-contribute, at mag-deliver kaya na nila.” Reyes said. “’Yung leadership naman ni Maji (Mangulabnan) at Eya (Laure,) wala naman question doon.”

3 rookies shine for UST in V-League

By JAN CARLO ANOLIN

Laure

THE ROOKIE trio of Baby Love “Blove” Barbon, Martha Andre Raagas and Ranielle Rosales proved to be the puzzle piece the UST Junior Golden Tigresses have been missing in their title quest for the past two years, as they helped the Tigresses nab the 14th Shakey’s Girls’ Volleyball League of Champions title.

After the trio represented Region 10 in the Palarong Pambansa last April, UST head coach Emilio “Kung Fu” Reyes saw the girls’ potential and recruited them in an attempt to add firepower to the squad.

Through self-learning and observing the game back home in Bukidnon, the high-flying Barbon first took flight as part of the Quezon National High School volleyball team and represented Northern Mindanao during the annual Palaro. “’Yung last ball na kami, ako ‘yung pumalo, doon nakita ni coach Kung Fu ‘yung palo ko,” the diminutive spiker said, recalling how she was invited to suit up for the Junior Tigresses.

In their title-clinching match against Nazareth School of National University, Barbon showed no rookie jitters as she came through with 12 points, the second most points behind UAAP Most Valuable Player Eya Laure’s 20 markers.

The multi-titled UST tactician also tapped the

Ex-Tiger Spiker named new beach volleyball coach

Dolorias

THE UNIVERSITY’S beach volleyball team will see a new head coach next season in former UAAP men’s volleyball champion Paul Jan Doloiras.

Doloiras will take over the helm from longtime head coach Emil Lontoc, who had decided to retire from coaching. He served as Lontoc’s deputy in the last three seasons.

The former Tiger Spiker said he would use Lontoc’s coaching system because it is effective, with both beach volleyball teams being perennial contenders in the UAAP. “Maraming liga kaming (sinalihan na) napag-champion, na same system ang ginamit.

Approach lang ang mababago,” Doloiras said.

Before serving as assistant coach for UST’s beach volleyball teams, Doloiras was part of the men’s indoor volleyball squad that won four straight championships from Season 70 to 73. He was awarded Best Receiver in Seasons 73 and 74.

On succeeding one of the most revered beach volleyball coaches in the UAAP, Doloiras admitted that there was pressure to bring back the championship to the University.

“Ang goal ko ngayon, Final Four muna since first season ko pa lang naman. Hindi muna kami masyadong nage-expect,” Doloiras said.

“Talagang kailangan lang naming pagtiyagaan at magsimula sa bago.”

Doloiras will have to rely on Cebuana spiker Coach PAGE 14

services of Cagayan de Oro standouts Rosales and Raagas, who both played for Xavier University High School.

Often invited by her cousins to play in her fifth grade, Rosales admitted that she could not receive the ball properly back then, the very reason she became eager to learn the sport.

Before emerging as a prolific blocker, Raagas was a volleyball newbie when she was an incoming Grade 10 student in Xavier.

“Since ‘di pa ko noon naglalaro ng volleyball, ‘yung dream ko talaga is mag-aral sa UST. Aside from volleyball, ‘yung education din po ‘yung nagdala sa akin para mag-stay dito,” the middle blocker said.

Reyes lauded Barbon as an “almost complete” player with a high elevation level, strategic plays and experience but she lacks the height, drawing comparisons with Energizer bunny Cherry Rondina. Rosales and Raagas, according to Reyes, excel in serves and blocks, respectively.

After claiming the finals crown against the Lady Bullpups, the Palarong Pambansa recruits are confident they will be staying in the University if given the chance to play up to the collegiate level, even with the interference of the K to 12 implementation.

“Sa UST kumpleto lahat. At dito sa school na ‘to, nandito talaga ‘yung passion ko,” Rosales said.

Lack of UST support blamed for poor Espanya United showing

By LEIF ARILD F. SYKIOCO and RALPH EDWIN U. VILLANUEVA ESPANYA United (EU) has always been a contender when it comes to collegiate Ultimate Frisbee tournaments, but the team has performed below par in recent national tournaments.

In the first three editions of the National Ultimate Collegiate Championships (NUCC), EU was able to land inside the top five but in the recently concluded

NUCC, the team plummeted to ninth place.

For EU’s outgoing External Vice President John Michael Ramos, the decline in EU’s performance can be attributed to the team being represented mostly by rookies. But the more pressing issue is the lack of support from the University, he claimed.

While other schools are starting to invest in their Ultimate program, most notably College of St. Benilde’s recruitment of Paeng Manlapaz as head coach, EU continues to train and compete without a coach.

“Thrice na kami nag-reach out for right of training sa field, ayaw talaga. ‘Yung PE classes naman until 5 p.m. so medyo madilim na, ‘yung disc naman hindi umiilaw,” Ramos said.

Ramos said the team trains in the San Beda College pitch wherein they pay P2,400 for a two-hour session. They often invite other schools to play with them to reduce the contribution from their members.

He also said members shoulder their own expenses when it comes to their uniforms and registration fees in tournaments.

“Sinabi na lang nila, ‘Humanap na lang kayo ng pwesto niyo.’ Hindi nila alam na sa San Beda kami [nagtetraining], for the team’s sake na lang ang nangyayari, kasi kahit sa UST kami nagte-training, hindi pa rin nila alam na, ‘Ah, UST Ultimate yan.’”

Despite the limitations, EU has not been short in producing players that can compete in the international scene. Former EU heads Tin Garcia and Paulo Peralta, who led EU in 2013 and 2014, respectively, were part of the team that represented the Philippines in the 2016 WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championship in London last June 18.

“Kung iisipin mo, marami sa Thomasian players ‘yung may capability para maging international players. Kayang kaya talaga ng UST makipag compete,” Ramos added.