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TOWARDS A PROGRESSIVE CAMPUS PRESS VOL. XCI NO.14 | FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020

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TALA. Students, faculty and staff of Silliman University lively moved and danced as they take on the Tala Challenge held at the Silliman University Amphitheatre last Jan 14. The activity served as a way to promote the zero-waste month. Photo by Ian Zane Esparaga.

Main Library to go 'modern' by Edan Sam Pancho AS PART OF THE developmental project of the digital library, Silliman University (SU) Main Library reinvents teaching and learning by instilling the latest hardware and software infrastructure soon. The project is a subset of the main proposal to modernize the SU library system. Dr. Dave Marcial, Dean of the College of Computer Studies spearheaded the project with inputs from the university librarian, Myra Villanueva and the

Ad-hoc Committee on Library Modernization Project led by Mrs. Isabel Mariño. According to Dr. Marcial’s rationale, the modernization of the library is part of the initiatives in place with the emphasis on Programs, People and Partnership. The digital library is millennialfriendly and “does not have a physical boundary, can store more information, and offer access to multiple resources simultaneously.” An ad-hoc committee is formed to re-landscape the library with one of its plants to allocate space on the 1st

P330k worth road expansion in Laguna area starts by Hannah Patricia Abril SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY (SU) constructs P330K estimated worth of road expansion at the Laguna gate area for demarcation of student sidewalk and vehicle area to be completed this week. The road shouldering was constructed in response to the congested road as the unavailability of proper sidewalk for students, an accident-prone area as the increasing number of vehicles pass by the Laguna gate. The Buildings and Grounds office took action to start the construction due to the student’s complaints and as per the request of Silliman University president, Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann. The road expansion took place last December, before the Christmas break and is expected to finish this week.` SU Buildings and Grounds superintendent Engr. Edgar Ygnalaga Jr. stated that a few

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finishing touch-ups are left including paint on the western side of the road to indicate the sidewalk, the transferring of the guardhouse near the creek, and the gate expansion. Engr. Ynalaga stated that the entire goal of the road shouldering was to have the students a designated walking area when passing by the Laguna gate. “Atong road (Laguna) is gi-design man gud na siya [para sa] pedicab sauna. [In school years] 1987-1992, in a class of 60 students sa College of Engineering, usa ra ang naay sakyanan. But karon halos tanan naa nay sakyanan… Karon daghan pud nga vehicles ang musulod, so muput siya ug danger sa mga students.” [Before, our road (Laguna) was designed for the passage of pedicab. In school years 1987-1992, in a class Continued on page 4

floor for the digital library. The initial proposal to modernize the SU library is headed by the Library Modernization Project Adhoc Committee. Members of the said committee are Isabel Mariño, Arnel Faller, Rey Dennis Caballero, Sarah Angiela Ragay, Godswill Carino, Lolita Paeste and Herminia Lazalita. Their goals as stated in their proposal paper is to reinvent the SU library system to cater to the information needs of the news generations of users using the relevant and recent technological advancements and this was submitted to the Board of

SU ranks among top Asian schools

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BRITISH EDUCATION FIRM Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranked Silliman University as one of the top universities in Asia based on the firm’s 2020 rankings released last November. Silliman was among the seven universities in the Philippines that made it to this year’s rankings. The University of the Philippines led the pack at 72nd place in Asia, followed by Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University at 124th and 156th respectively. University of San Carlos (USC) reached the 351st-400th mark, while Silliman was on the 451st to 500th spot. USC and SU are two universities outside of Metro Manila. The QS World University Rankings have been published since 2009. Key factors in the global rankings are academic reputation, employer reputation and faculty to student ratio.

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A total of 550 universities in Asia being ranked, according to Dr. Madeline Quiamco, former Office of Information and Publications (OIP) Director, who was tasked with the compilation of the QS rankings, there were eight universities who participated from the Philippines. The National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University also from Singapore remain the top two universities in Asia respectively. A set of performance metrics that was tailored for the region was established to determine the rankings. Employer Reputation is one of the major basis of the rankings with Silliman University garnering 30.0%. Based on the previous rankings, SU improved only on the faculty-

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SU women’s team joins Football Cup by Ian Zane Esparaga SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY (SU) women’s football team participated in the 5th Pinay In Action (PIA) Football Cup organized by the advocacy arm of Sen. Pia Cayetano held last January 10-12 at the Gov. Mariano Perdices Sports Complex. The football cup is a 9-a-side football tournament was themed, “Empowering girls one game at a time”, aims to develop grassroots football programs and develop local talents, particularly among young girls. In 2018, SU managed a runnerup finish during the 3rd edition of the PIA Cup and was bracketed together with last year’s runner-up, University of Sto. Tomas (UST). SU suffered a 9-0 demolition against UST in their debut game this year. In the following match, Mary Rose Lagaras’ strike hits the back of the net but SU wasn’t able to keep up with FC95 Iligan from Lanao del Norte who won a 2-1 game. On the next day, SU faced the Red Corals United FC – Hermosuras from Zamboanga City. SU team’s head coach, Andro Cedrome, was heard barking instructions at the sidelines reminding the girls of their decision Continued on page 4

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Trustees through the University President. Study habits and preferences are changing but library facilities remains the same. According to them, the advent of technology causes a decrease in library visitors who capitalize on online library resources. Dr. Mariano Lao donated 5 million pesos for the digital library and the Uytengsu Foundation committed funding for the Library Modernization project.

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