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TOWARDS A PROGRESSIVE CAMPUS PRESS VOL. LXXXIX NO.24 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2018

THE SURE CAUSE: The Silliman Unviersity Student Government (SUSG) 2018 Election campaign has officially commenced last Feb. 19. Vnzichro Sarno (left), vice-presidentiable for the Concerted Action for the Upliftment of Student Endeavors (CAUSE Party) campaigns at the SU High School grounds together with supporters. Meanwhile, Students’ Union for Reforms Party (SURE) presidentiable Daryl Robinson (right) and vice-presidentiable Achilles Isidore (center) campaign at the Ausejo Hall in front of senior high students. The SUSG election is set on Wednesday, Feb. 28. PHOTO by Jill SIlva and Dave Dianne Ludoc

Admin: Flat rate will benefit students ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS will pay a uniform energy or aircon fee of P1,848.96 per semester effective school year 2018-2019 based on a computation released by the office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration after the university converted the aircon fee into fixed or flat rate.

The computation is based on a regular student with 24 units multiplied by 4.28 kilowatt per hour (kWh). The kWh figure

is derived from the mean of the university’s energy consumption in the last three school years, said Percival M. Genove, Director of Management Information System.

The product is then multiplied by 18, the total number of weeks per regular semester, for a total of P1,848.96.

For summer classes, the fixed aircon rate amounts to P616.32.

Silliman University Buildings and Grounds (SUBG) Supervisor

Ray Chen S. Bahinting Editor-in-C hief Edgar Ygnalaga said that the flat rate will have a positive effect on the students because the classrooms are conducive to learning.

He added that the flat rate means lesser hassle for administration.

At present, students are

charged per classroom rate: contact hours of subject and class size.

Ygnalaga explained: “Naa may discrepancies usahay [on the present charging of fee]. Naay mureklamo [nga] wala mi gaklase [but] wala kabalo ang business kay wala ka report ang department nga wala d ’i ga klase ang faculty.

“So ang mahitabo mugasto napud ug laing tawo mucheck lang sa classroom [if classes are attended

to.] Naa may ubang faculty run nga walay klase nia mu-make up sila.

Niya ang ilang make up class mas taas pa sa ilang original class.” (“There are discrepancies sometimes. There are complaints about unannounced cancellation of classes, yet students are charged the aircon fee. But the Business and Finance office is unaware of that because the department does not report it.

“So what happens is the P4

SU to offer bridging programs for off-track SHS students

LOVE IS IN THE AIR. Fourth year Architecture student Charles Bryan Aton interprets “Pagya” written by Renemar Sedilles, which won Best Song during the Valentine Songwriting Competition 2018 last Feb. 14 at Luce Auditorium. PHOTO by Jameela I. Mendoza

First timer wins VSC ‘18

Edna Lhou P. Masic ampo News Writer JUNIOR SOCIAL WORK Asked what the message student Renemar Sadilles won of “Pagya” was, Sedilles said, the Valentine Songwriting “Usahay sa atong kinabuhi Competition ( VSC) 2018 last kinahanglan ta’g tawo [as] God’s Feb.14 at Luce Auditorium. instrument para makita nato ang Among ten entries, Sedilles’ worth sa isa ka tawo para nato.

“Pagya,” which means to tease (Sometimes we need a person someone, was named Best Song. used by God to make us realize Sedilles said that it was his someone’s worth to us.) first time to write a song and He dedicated his song to that he submitted it only for the his friends, family and Eric experience of joining.

Duhaylungsod who made the He said he wrote the song, tune of his song. whichwas inspired by a love story Duhaylungsod, from SU of his friend, during his free time College of Engineering and it took him three months to and Design, also joined the complete it. competition and garnered P4

SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY (SU) will offer bridging programs for Senior High School (SHS) students who wish to enroll in a course off their track, said SU SHS Principal Kemmons S. Kilat in an interview with the Weekly Sillimanian last Feb. 15.

Kilat said bridging programs will teach off-track students necessary lessons they need to proceed in their chosen courses.

He continued that the bridging program will certainly cause a delay, taking at least one semester to finish.

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“For example, mu-graduate kag ABM [Accountancy Business and Management] track, unya you [want to] go to Engineering [for college], so meaning off-track ka. That means ABM graduates should take first Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology. There are eight of them ka-subjects nga i-bridging. About one [semester] gyud, and that means delay for students,” Kilat explained.

He said that on-track SHS

graduates will be prioritized during the enrolment while the off-track SHS graduates will be asked of certain requirements depending on the college’s request that might include an admission exam.

Strict observance of the requirements will be applied in science-related courses such as Nursing and Medical Technology, but at the same time other courses will accept all students regardless of their track, such as Political Science and Performing and Visual Arts, P4

COLUMN A ROOKIE’S REVIEW ON THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION Chrisse Martha B. Gillesania

SU Med School org among PH Top 10

THE SILLIMAN Chrisse Martha B. Gillesania UNIVERSITY MEDICAL News Writer STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION organizations and groups of (SUMSA) was recognized as one of the Dr. Fernando B. medical students from Association Sanchez Ten Most Outstanding of Philippine Medical Colleges Medical Student Organizations member-schools who excel in (TOMSO) 2018 Awardees last delivering community service Feb. 7 at the Pamantasan ng programs, activities or projects.

The award was in recognition Lungsod ng Maynila. of SUMSA’s “community-oriented TOMSO is a national award that aims to recognize medical and socially responsive” project, student councils, medical student #GO4ther4Health.

#GO4ther4Health project was inspired by the Department of Health’s GO4Health Campaign (Go Sigla, Go Slow Sa Tagay, Go Smoke-Free, Go Sustansya) in 2013.

It The SUMSA project aimed to “promote the health of its target population in line with the changing needs and demands of the times along with the development of medical students who are P4

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Unfair

We would like to believe that the conversion of aircon fee to flat rate is beneficial to a greater student populace. But, we don’t think the uniform and fixed aircon fee is fair and just for all students.

Effective next school year, all college students will pay the same amount of aircon fee, regardless of class size, classroom energy consumption and regardless of number of units. According to the computation of the Administration, students will pay an aircon fee of P1,848.96. The amount is based on a “regular student” with a maximum load of 24 units on a 4.28 kiloWatt hour usage.

If we come to think of this, it will be fair to students who are taking a maximum load of 24 units. This flat rate, moreover, becomes more beneficial to students taking more than 24 units. But how about students with under 24 units?

According to the Administration, this is justifiable since there are more overloaded students than underloaded ones. Give and Take.

A sea-saw. The administration implies that underloaded students must pay for the aircon fee of the overloaded ones. Solidarity.

We understand what the Administration wants to achieve in this scheme. We believe that there are no other people who should pay for the services and comfort of airconditioned classrooms but the students themselves. We also recognize the hassle that the previous scheme posed to the Administration.

But we disagree with the Administration in charging the same amount of aircon fee to students with 15 units or below. Based on the computation of the Administration, a student with 15 units will only have to pay P1,155.60. Although it is not much, but P700 saving is better than paying for what you did not consume.

The scheme is also unfair to students enrolled in courses that have less than 24 units as regular load in their curriculum.

Moreover, we strongly disagree with the Administration’s statement that students having 12 units, for example, are “irresponsible in their studies because the regular load is 24 units.” We would just like to remind the Administration that courses in the University differ in the curriculum and in number of units. In the case of Mass Communication, for example, students will most likely have only 15 units in the second semester of their senior year, as dictated in their curriculum. The Administration should not presume that just because students are underloaded, they are irresponsible in their studies. It is not their fault that it is in their curriculum. You cannot force them to take other subjects and spend more just to justify the aircon fee.

Also, there are students who just want to take only three units like in the Graduate School. It is very unfair for them that they are paying more than P1, 800 for aircon fee when in fact they should only be paying at least P200.

We would have wanted the old way of charging the aircon fees.

But if the Administration insists for their own convenience, then there is nothing we can do about it. But, the Administration should make sure that this shift to a new modality is fair and just.

For example, they can cluster students based on their enrolled units per semester. Students with only three to 15 units can be clustered as one group; then, students with 18 to 24 units can be another group; and finally, overloaded students can also be grouped together. This way, we can minimize the discrepancy.

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A ROOKIE’S REVIEW ON THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION SG IN THE EYES OF A SO-SO STUDENT Chrisse Martha Gillesania News Writer so-so student: a student who is neither apathetic nor sympathetic

In the previous election, one party overpowered another for obvious reasons. Back then, CAUSE won against their rival hands down, for not only did they have the catchiest campaign slogan (#LaBan) and the highest number of supporters (both on Facebook and in person); they also had Allison Ladero and Marc Manaban as their standard bearers.

Ladero was known for his high academic standing and active involvement in curricular activities, while Manaban was a guy with insanely high intelligence and good leadership skills. In short, they were the perfect duo in a highly patriarchal society like ours.

Fast forward and we reach the month of July, wherein news of a SUFAstaged strike that could happen anytime plagued the students. It was at this moment when I first noticed the existence of a student government. In spite of myself, I can clearly recall how the SUSG displayed their gallantry in fighting alongside the professors of SU in opposition to the supposed “inhumane” acts of the administration.

“It’s almost Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) elections. What attributes should the next SUSG President and Vice President possess?”

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Leaders should be open minded to listen to different people and should be brave to make actions & changes when there is something serious that needs to be fixed. For example, international students had a lot of problems regarding higher tuitio without prior notice, and there are also stereotypes/discrimination issues. Even if the leaders do not relate to the situation, they need to try to understand our side and be willing to help us.

Heun Yang, Bachelor of Fine Arts- III For me, the next SUSG President and Vice-President should possess a strong will and passion to serve. Raizza Phoebe K. Rubia BBA Management - IV I believe the most important attribute a leader should possess is good social skills. This includes being honest, confident, empathetic and accountable for the things they do and with this you can get the students’ trust. Even during the campaign period, being able to touch people’s minds and to make them understand the core concepts and values that they are trying to uphold is the main goal.

Joshua Mariano E. Nario, BS Marine Engineering - V I believe the next SUSG President and Vice-President should not only lead and dictate to his/ her people but also listen, follow and understand them. Aside from that they should be honest, responsible and passionate about their work.

John Philip P. Cavales – BS in Mechanical Engineering- III

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Their stand was firm, and in the end, they managed to earn the support of almost all of the students. They successfully hosted a student-based support system for the strike that caught the local media’s attention, even. This tale would have lingered on as a heart-warming one, until it was discovered that some students who participated in the strike had unwittingly been dragged into an illegal and unpermitted activity, due to them being minors.

Despite this error, I could feel that SG only wanted to voice out their concerns in a way that could benefit both SUFA and the student body.

After the strike, SG continued with their activities and such. In this particular field, SG did a good job, especially during the Hibalag Festival. Every once in a while, I would see posters and infographics posted onbulletin boards and their Facebook page about their numerous activities like cleanup drives, call for blood donations, symposiums and the like. But despite all this, I remain most perturbed by the fact that SG did not lend much of an ear to the church. Most of their events were focused mainly on the community and the court, somewhat on the classroom and culture, but not much on the church. This is rather demeaning, considering SU’s status as a Christian institution founded by Protestant missionaries back in the day.

Moving on, I was taken aback when I noticed that SG had evolved from being

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College life, whether we like it or not, will always be one of the most crucial years of our lives. The escalating changes from high school to college might be a bit of a shock for some people. The realization that everything is a challenge can be the reason of our low self-esteem. Thoughts such as, “Akala ko magaling na ako…marunong lang pala” can be demoralizing, but what can we do? It’s the reality. One thing that is always consistent: Competition.

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co-workers silently comparing themselves to one another, trying to find out who is better. According to social comparison theory, we learn about our own attitudes and abilities by comparing ourselves with other people. We usually seek to compare ourselves to people who we think are similar to us. In most social norms, there are some who compare themselves to other people who they think are better than them (e.g. role models). This comparison could be used as a personal motivation to strive more and be inspired to do greater things.

On the other hand, there are people who act in the opposite direction. Some people compare themselves to people who they think are worse than them; in social psychology this is called the “downward social comparison,,” and one of the

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a student-serving organization into an environmentalist movement towards the end of the school year. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though. Perhaps their activities focused more on saving the environment because EnviroCom was just too good that it outperformed the rest of SG’s committees. But a more plausible reason could be that being an “environmentalist” was and is the hype. If Facebook and twitter had urged everyone to help save animals by adopting cats for instance, then no doubt, SG would have turned into a cat-saving movement and told the students to do the same.

To sum it all up, I would give this year’s SG a so-so rating. There were lapses, there were milestones; some expectations have been met, while others have been crushed. But overall, SG is still a governing body that is like any other governing body in my eyes.

Next week, a new set of leaders will take their place in the SUSG office. Merriam Webster lists a ton of positive virtues that must be found in a leader (e.g. patience, open-mindedness, etc.), which I also hope to find in those who will win in the upcoming elections. Surely, those who have decided to run for the corresponding seats understand what it means to have the weight of the whole SU student concerns on their shoulders. With this, I am convinced that those who will win have the backbone to govern the students of this university. tws

reasons why a lot of people are acting this way is mainly to enhance their selfesteem.

Economically speaking, everyone is a social climber. Nobody wants to be in the same position they were in the past; it is our natural instinct to improve ourselves and not be stagnant our whole lives.

All of us want to be the protagonist who will have a significant character development. There are times when we are fed up with all the competition or exhausted by the standards we have set for ourselves, resulting to serious emotional breakdowns. In times like these, we should always remember to take a deep breath and give ourselves a pat in the back.

Learning does not stop even after you graduate. It is a life-long process and will end only the day you die. There will be times when we think we did better than other people. It is indeed all right to praise ourselves for a job well done, but at the same time we should stay humble and not being all over the place. Be lowkey and let people wonder. tws

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2018 Most Outstanding Student Throughout his Silliman journey, Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) President Allison Cruyff F. Ladero served not just himself but others as well. Juggling responsibilities in both academic and co-curricular fields, Ladero proved that he can excel as long as the passion exists. Last Feb. 12, the senior Philosophy major was among the 20 University Honors and he was awarded as the Most Outstanding Student of the Year (MOSY). Let us get to know our MOSY more.

1. Being awarded as the Most Outstanding Student of the Year, what is your legacy to Silliman University?

I honestly don’t know, but I’m hoping my story could, at least, leave a mark in this alma matter for students to see in the future. And hopefully, I could be an inspiration to them especially on not giving up.

2.What qualities should a recipient of the Most Outstanding Student of the Year Award possess?

When we were screened, Silliman’s 5Cs (Classroom, Church, Community, Culture and Court) were the basis so I guess it’s really important to have experienced all 5Cs in your whole Silliman journey. But I think more than that, it’s necessary to

have a heart for others.

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6. How do you balance your

3. To whom do you dedicate this award?

responsibilities or priorities?

It’s hard but knowing which one is more urgent and working on it immediately allows you to maximize your time. It’s a matter of clustering your priorities, I guess, and choosing which ones to work on first and so on because certainly you can’t work on them all at the same time.

This award is really for my family, friends, and loved ones. I don’t think I’d be able to see its worth if not for their genuine love and support. The award is one of the symbols of how much I value all of them.

4. What tips can you give to students who also wanted

7. What were the sacrifices

to be awarded as the Most

Outstanding Student of the Year?

you made just to maintain your grade?

I missed a lot of events and

I don’t think the award matters

moments with my friends, family and loved ones which is sad. But sacrificing some of the time you could have spent with the most significant people in your life is sadly necessary at times in order to be productive in your field.

a lot. After having received the award, I’m still the same Allison Ladero. Nothing has changed. I think students should just keep doing what they love to do and think less of the awards they could get out of those things. As long as you’re passionate with what you’re doing, you’re already outstanding in your own way and that’s what matters the most to be honest.

8. What were some of your

regrets in your college life?

Not

opening

my

heart

to

someone. Char. Hahahahaha. Also, not being able to read a lot of books due to having loaded extracurricular activities. But it’s okay.

5. What was the most

challenging school year for you and why?

Definitely this school year. It’s senior year. There’s thesis, SUSG, graduation requirements, preparation for the real world, etc. The pressure and stress are just extreme. Yeah, it really tested my individuality.

9. What is one thing you hate

and one thing you love about school?

Photo from Allison Cruyff Flores Ladero’s Facebook

I hate 7AM classes in school. They ruin students’ lives haha. But I love the atmosphere I get everytime I arrive in school especially when I see my funny friends.

10. How do you see yourself 10 years from now?

Ten years from now, I see a stronger and more mature Allison. Someone who’s still struggling in life but is unbelievably happy at the same time.

That’s all I want to attain right now, nothing specific yet.

11. What is the greatest

temptation students should resist?

It’s always been procrastination, I think. I’m a doer of this, too, like most students. I think we ought to overcome this temptation if we desire to become productive in school.

12. What important life lesson would you like your fellow

Sillimanians to reflect upon?

A lot actually, but I guess the one thing I value so much right now which I think everyone should ponder on is that happiness is something that we choose and make for ourselves. If we keep on “maoying” and overthinking about [academics], love life, frustrations, etc, and not get up and choose to rise above the plight we’re in, then happiness will never come. I think we should be conscious of this important personal choice that only we can decide on.

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Daryl Robinson, a junior Psychology

major from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is this year’s Students’ Union for Reforms Party (SURE) candidate for President. He was Vice President for the Psychology Society. Currently, he is President of Silliman University Peer Outreach Program and Governor of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). He said he was inspired to become a good leader because of his father, and by his influencer, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But it was his years of serving in the military that developed his passion for service and leadership.

Daryl believes that every leader should embody humility and that the heart of a student leader should not be based on a list of accolades and achievements but on the passion to really want serve. “I want my passion to be filtered to everyone to feel motivated and energized in all their endeavors. John Wesley once said, ‘When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.’ That’s the passion I have for OUR Silliman”

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Achilles Isidore Z. Israel,

a junior Psychology major from Tagbilaran City, Bohol, is this year’s Students’ Union for Reforms Party (SURE) candidate for Vice-Presidenct. Even when he was young, Achilles already knew that he had a passion for service and leadership. He is an honor student and was a foreign exchange student to Universitas Krsiten Satya in Indonesia. He is President of Psychology Society, President of Kadugong Bolanon, President of AFS Intercultural Programs Philippines Silliman Chapter, Team Captain of CAS Track and Field, Chairperson of Hibalag Festival King and Queen and Chairperson of Negros Best Dance Crew IV. Achilles believes that being true to oneself is a quality of a dedicated leader, with God as an ultimate inspiration. “I love the party (SURE); this made me say YES (to run for the position). But my love for Silliman and its students even made my yes stronger.”

Achilles and Daryl want to put the students first if they win the election and they envision a student body who gives importance to their FIRST agenda: F-aith, I-Interest through dialogue, R-esponsbility, S-tudent Welfare and T-ransparency.

Fionna May Chuang

is a graduate of the Silliman University College of Nursing and is currently working for a master’s degree in the College of Business Administration. She joined the CAUSE party in high school because of its values, expressed in “service above self.” Her qualifications and achievements include President of the MBA Society, 2017- 2018; Vice- President of the SUSG, 2012 -2013 and President of SUCNA, 2013 -2014.

She was also the Vice-Governor of her high school Student Council, 2009- 2010; delegate to the National Rizal Youth Leadership Institute Conference, 20112013; delegate the Global Youth Summit, 2012-2013 and delegate to the Philippine Model Congress, 2013.

She is the author of “24 Resolutions” for the SUSG Assembly in 2017- 2018 and won the University Leadership Award in 2014 and the Nursing Leadership Award in the same year.

If elected she plans to make the campus a more student-centric environment where more advocacies and events will be handled by the students. She also plans to have the students more involved in the budget hearing.

Vnzichro Sarno is an accountancy

student from the College of Business Administration. He joined the CAUSE party in 2014 and as seen it as his own family ever since.

Vnzichro puts service to others above personal interests. His most notable qualifications include being Vice-President for Internal Affairs, Silliman University Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants, 2017-2018; VicePresident for External Affairs, “Ang Sandigan” and Vice-Chairperson, Silliman University Student Government Finance Community, 2017- 2018. In 2016, he was a delegate to the Philippine Model Congress.

If elected, he promises to promote transparency and consistency when it comes to defending the rights of his fellow students.

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Opening Doors to Greatness: Dumaguete City has opened its doors and welcomed people from all over Philippines when it hosted the National Press Conference 2018.

This event is not the only time that the city opened and will open its gates to others.

RANDOMspace:

the

2016 UNIGAMES

Sports teams from all over the country travelled to Dumaguete and represented their respective universities in their own events. There were 13 events disseminated in different parts of the city.

BATANG PINOY 2017 Because Dumaguete met the quality sports venues, the Batang Pinoy 2017 was held in the city. It hosted to around 3,500 Filipino athletes from all over the country.

1ST DUMAGUETE NATIONAL DRONE RACE 2017 The first Dumaguete drone racing competition exhibited its flight at Rizal Boulevard with Dumaguete Aeromodellers.

2ND NATIONAL BANGKARERA 2017 The Pioneer Epoxy 2nd National Bangkarera 2017 reeled off with some 40 teams and 140 participants from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao taking part in the two-day sporting event.

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administration will hire another person to check if classes are being attended to. There are some faculty who hold make-up classes, but sometimes their make-up classes are longer than their original class.”)

He also added that the identification of aircon and nonaircon laboratory and lecture rooms is even more “tedious” for the administration.

Unfair However, during the consultation meeting with the administration, the Silliman University Faculty Association expressed some concerns about this new scheme through a letter.

The letter reads, “The change in the method of charging Energy Fee is unfair, considering that not all students carry the same number of subjects per semester. A student enrolled with only three units is heavily burdened by paying the same Energy Fee as compared to a student enrolled with 24 units.”

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committed in social mobilization and service through the successful implementation of its four components: #GO4ther sa Healthy Lifestyle, #GO4ther sa Healthy Nutrition and Hygiene, #GO4ther sa Healthy Environment and #GO4ther sa Health ng Others.”

For #GO4ther sa Healthy Lifestyle, SUMSA conducted five health education classes in barangays and the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs about lifestyle-related diseases. It also provided diagnostics and free

the new scheme is justifiable since there are more over-loaded than under-loaded college students.

According Genove, there are only 183 under-loaded students compared to 246 over-loaded students.

Ygnalaga, on the other hand, said, “Nganong three units ra man siya? If lantawon man gud nimo, kanang energy fee, positive na siya. Ug estudyate ka, dili gud ko magbinuang ug eskuyala para dili ka mu kuha ug three units ra nga ang full load is 24 [units] man. Consequences na siya ug magbinuang kag eskuyla.” (“Why do the students only have three units? If you take a look at it, that energy fee is positive. If you are a student, you should be serious about schooling so that you will not take only three units when the full load is 24 units.

Those are the consequences if you do not take your education seriously.”)

He added, “Actually, kanang 12 units, talagsa rana siya mahitabo. Mga OP [on probation students] na sila. Mga wala kakuha sa ilang prerequite subjects, so mao nay consequences. Dili pud tanang estudyante ana, pila man naka percent sa [entire college] population. If one percent ra,

negligible ra na.” (“Actually, it is very rare that a student has only 12 units.

They are OP (On Probation) students who have not taken their prerequisites. But they comprise the smallest percentage of the entire population, hence, negligible.”)

TRAIN law Tagle added that the conversion to flat rate is a “counter measure” against the impacts of the new Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law.

It is also a way to avoid “undercharging” students, Tagle said.

Part of the provisions of TRAIN law is the removal of tax exemptions on value-added tax for cooperatives such as the Negros Oriental Electric Company II, which supplies SU’s electricity.

Tagle also explained that the benefits of the solar panels (installed in the university in 2017) can be obtained only after five years, when the university will have recovered from the cost of installation.

The solar power project will generate around 1.2 megawatts of power all over the University.

(With reports from Chrisse Martha Gillesania, News Writer) tws

services with the city health office and nearby clinics or hospitals, did fifteen case finding activities of hypertensive individuals throughout the city and held eight zumba classes for community leaders in Dumaguete.

For #GO4ther sa Healthy Nutrition and Hygiene, SUMSA conducted five health education classes in preschools and the city jail and two feeding sessions at the barangay with the highest incidence of malnutrition in Dumaguete.

For #GO4ther sa Healthy Environment, SUMSA did six coastal cleanups along

Dumaguete’s coastal barangays, two health education classes and four search-and-destroy activities of dengue breeding sites in two barangays with the highest incidence of dengue.

For #GO4ther sa Health of Others, SUMSA conducted two bloodletting activities, two blood typing activities throughout SU, essay-writing and poster-making competitions about Mental Health among senior high schools in Dumaguete.

The said activities ran from June to November last year.

SUMSA received the P3, 000 in cash and a special trophy. tws

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS. (L-R) Sol de Castro, founder of Illuminates of the Spectra (ISPEC), Silliman’s first LGBT organization, Florence Rasanen, Miss Mass Communication 2017, psychiatrist Dr. Stephanie Miaco and Dr. Jarv Rafols from the Silliman University (SU) Guidance and Testing Center present during the mental health awarenes forum entitled SOULDIER: Mental Health Forum last Feb. 15 at AVT1.. The forum is organized by the Mind Matters Movement, SU Psychology Society, SU Student Government, Ang Sandigan and ISPEC. PHOTO from the Mind Matters Movement Facebook page

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he said.

The list of courses open to bridging program will be released this March.

The university issued an advisory last Feb. 2 regarding admission of SHS graduates in line with the pertinent directives of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) memorandum order No. 105 series of 2017 which says, “All Grade 12 graduates beginning Academic Year 2017-2018 are First timer ...

eligible to enter college regardless of the track or strand taken in the Senior High School.”

Kilat said, “Of course we want to accept all. That’s the message. We are open. That’s also the memorandum from CHED. All universities private or public should not deny students entering college. We [will] accept them provided [they submit necessary requirements].” tws

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the Best Interpreter award for his song “Aking Reyna.” The song is about Miss Silliman 2016 4th Runner Up Ellise Dolleton.

Meanwhile, Best Music Arranger was given to Patrick Miguel Suzon forthe song “ What Might Be.”

Official CD and Zine with complete artworks and lyrics of all entries are available at the Culture and Arts office at P150 to P250 each.

VSC is now in its 27th year, hosted by College of Performing and Visual Arts.) tws

Alumna talks about culture clash among Fil-Am families LISTENING IS IMPORTANT to prevent culture clash in a FilipinoAmerican (Fil-Am) family from worsening, said a US-based Silliman University (SU) alumna. “[It is important that] we know the triggers of a culture clash [between parents and their Fil-Am children] so that we can prevent its escalation,” Lutie Orteza -Lee said at a forum about her book last Feb. 8 at the American Studies Resource Center, Silliman Library.

Lee said her experience in raising her daughter as a Filipino immigrant

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in the U.S. led her to write a book on culture clash that was published in 2006.

The book entitled, “Culture Clash: The Americanized Teenagers,” aims to help Filipino parents and their Americanized children establish open communication to avoid tension or problems caused by differences in values and beliefs.

“Listening [is] very important… for both immigrant parents and Americanized young adults and vice versa, and those who are in field of ethnic studies, cultural studies,

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teachers…even [for] other cultures, they can also apply it to their own contexts,” said Lee. An example of a situation wherein tension or conflict may arise, said Lee, is when Filipino-American teens express their opinion, which might be misunderstood by their Filipino parents as being disrespectful.

“Because it is [an] opinion, (Americanized youth) have the ability to detach their feelings…

Unfortunately, [Filipino] parents have no idea about opinion because we grew up not being trained to express our opinion until we are in college,” she explained.

Moses Joshua Atega, international student adviser, said that there are about 18 students in SU officially enrolled with American citizenship.

However, Atega said that since the dual citizenship of Filipino-

Americans allows them to enroll either as Filipino or American, this number does not include all FilipinoAmerican students in SU. Lee graduated from SU in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education degree. She continues to help Filipino-American families cope with issues at home caused by culture clash. She is set to publish her second book “Culture Clash: an Immigrant Filipino Parents ‘Guide on Their Teenagers and Young Adults” in 2019. tws