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DECISIVE CHOICE
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Editor’s Note
As the Philippine Collegian celebrates its 90th year, we revisit lines from prized editorials that defined the publication’s tradition of critical and fearless journalism.
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PITONG MAGPAKAILANMAN Francis Roland R. PerezFebruary 20, 1991
THE SHOW OF FORCES has begun once again. In a few days, UP students are to choose their next set of stu-dent leaders as the University Student Council (USC) and local council elections draw near.
For days, the colors blue, yellow and red will compete for various spaces in the university in packaged deals: an array of people donned in flashy or formal attires, candidates who wear customary smiles or trained for handshakes, and distribution of flyers and leaflets. Of course, the well-rehearsed spiel and witty taglines seeking recall never fails to add entertainment to spectators.
Indeed, no other point in the year could be more political than the student council elections when colors assume definite meanings. The elections after all, open much room for de-bate and discussion on various issues—an attribute widely associated to UP students, who as scholars of the people, are expected to uphold and defend the interests of the marginalized.
Yet, it seems such duty has been abused to forward agendas that reek of sheer
rhetoric and claims to political power. Amidst the sea of slogans and speeches delivered by eloquent speakers with beaming faces, and the unending wave of eager candidates presenting themselves as alternatives, there exists a great possibility that students get lost in the election haze.
Old timers even argue that the student elections, to an extent, have stooped down to mere pageantry and gimmickry—a novelty show where personality assumes primacy over principles or platforms. As such, projects alone seemed to have displaced stances and positions on relevant national and local issues.
Beyond the elections however, students and the people are hounded year-round by a plethora of issues continuously spawned by a grossly unjust and unequal society that favors the few. As UP continues to toe the road set by the government—gradual reduc-tion of state subsidy and the increased encroachment of private interests in the academe—we need committed leaders who will decisively halt the erosion of UP’s public character.
For despite promises of change and reforms, the government still refuses to acknowledge what we have been fighting for so long: that education as a right should be made accessible to all regardless of one’s economic status. Even more sinister is its big time deception of progress and development when majority of Filipinos remain in the margins with little to no hope of economic mobility.
The times call for a firm leadership, a USC that can live the student institution’s glorious history of actively engaging UP students within the university and beyond what is convenient. We need a USC that raises the level of discourse not only during elections, but for every issue cleverly cloaked by veils of deceit and selective truths.
Such expectations are only just, for it reminds us of the USC’s historical role in leading the forefront of our crucial battles as students. The wide opposition forged against the 300 percent tuition increase in 2006, the campus strikes of 2010 and 2011—which have delivered concrete gains in the budget of UP and other state universities—remind us of our collective strength
as students, and the USC’s instrumental leadership to effect substantial change.
As we continue calling ourselves scholars of the people, we inherit the legacy left by past UP students who have defended the university from all forms of threat. Furthermore, we cannot afford to have leaders who seem to forget the students’ basic alliance with all oppressed sectors of the society, a potent force that collectively writes and rewrites history.
The USC plays a crucial role in reinvigorating the solidarity of students, a leadership that could champion unity and action on common issues despite UP’s much-celebrated diversity.
For in the game of choice that is elections, we do not merely elect our representatives as students of the university. Clearly, we do not need leaders who simply seek council positions for personal gains.
For one day, we decisively choose who among aspiring student council members clearly understand the pro-verbial role of student leaders to unite us students to collec-tively serve the people in the grand manner.
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IT’S “ALL SYSTEMS GO” FOR the upcoming national and local elections, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Sectoral groups and election watchdogs, however, warn that unresolved irregularities still hound the au-tomated process and may com-promise the integrity of the elec-tions on May 13.
“Unlike what Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes wants the public to believe, there is indeed cause for alarm with regard to the upcoming automated polls,” Kabataan Partylist President Terry Ridon said in a statement.
Yet instead of resolving valid and pertinent issues, Brillantes has only accused poll watch groups of sabotaging the reform efforts of the Comelec, Ridon added.
The Comelec said it expects to meet the March 30 deadline for complete voter lists and the April 25 deadline for ballot printing, said Comelec Education and Information Department (EID) Acting Director Maria Victoria Dulcero in an interview with the Collegian.
As of February 21, 8.2 million registered voters, or 15 percent of the total 52.01 million registered voters, are already on the Comelec’s official lists, while 14.15 million ballots, or 27 percent of the needed total needed ballots, have already been printed, Dulcero said.
On February 12, the Technical Evaluation Committee certified that the Smartmatic Automated Elections System (SAES) “can operate properly, securely, and accurately.” The source code for the SAES however has not been certified, after US-based source code owner Dominion Voting System (DVS) terminated its 2009 licensing agreement with Smartmatic in May 2012.
The termination of the license denied Smartmatic access to the source code, which has to be surrendered to the Comelec for safekeeping at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
The source code is a set of programmed instructions necessary for correcting errors and enhancing the software used by the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines.
“This not only means that we are using unlicensed software, [the software itself is] suspect. [The lack of a license] can be a source of electoral protests as [it] represents an irregularity in the election process,” said Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Policy Studies Director Professor Bobby Tuazon.
Because of the legal dispute between Smartmatic and DVS, the Comelec also cannot get updates to the SAES and will thus need to settle for a modified version of the code used in the 2011 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao elections, poll watchdog Kontradaya convenor and IT expert Rick Bahague.
Dulcero however maintained that the software cannot be considered unlicensed or pirat-ed, as Comelec’s contract was signed before DVS terminated its licensing agreement with Smartmatic. “In fact, we [still] might sue Smartmatic for its failure to provide [security enhancements],” Dulcero added.
Automated Elections Sys-tem (AES) Watch, meanwhile, questioned the Comelec’s decision to select Smartmatic for the 2013 automated elections. “Smartmatic shouldn’t have been issued the contract, since they haven’t even been held accountable for their failures in the 2010 national elections,” said
Tuazon, who is also a convenor of the AES Watch.
The results of the February 2 mock polls also revealed that PCOS machines do not allow voters to verify that their votes were counted, said Bahague. The transmission of results were also still digitally unsigned, which means rogue PCOS ma-chines may be able to transmit fraudulent votes, the IT expert added.
“We’ve been pointing these issues since 2010 and, in the three
years that has passed, Comelec [is the problem]. They’re call-ing it electoral sabotage when [we’re trying to prevent failure of elections],” said Tuazon.
The delay in the resolution of these issues will only lead to massive electoral cheating, Ridon said. “The youth challenges Comelec to man up and face the challenges [and stop] issuing half-hearted assurances and empty rhetoric. The mandate of the people is at stake.”
WHY DO WE NEED AN EFFICIENT AND SECURE AUTOMATED SYSTEM?
1. FASTER AND EASIER VOTE CANVASSING.
Results for local positions are expected to be released 24 to 36 hours after voting period ends, compared to about three weeks for man-ual elections. For national results, it will take 48 to 72 hours for results of automat-ed polls compared to seven weeks during manual elec-tions.
2. WINDOW OF OPPOR-TUNITY FOR ELECTORAL FRAUD IS LESSENED.
The decreased time period between end of voting and announcement of results will help to narrow the win-dow of opportunity for dag-dag-bawas and other forms of fraud.
3. HUMAN ERROR IS MINIMIZED.
Because canvassing and tabulation of results will be done automatically, errors can be limited to the soft-ware. Manual audit, however, can still be done to ensure accuracy of machine results.
4. CREDIBILITY OF RESULTS IS ENSURED.
If the integrity of the en-tire process is guaranteed, incidences of fraud will be lessened. Valid reasons for electoral protests will thus be limited.
How does the automated process work?
PAGLINGON AT PAGTUGON. Nagbigay ng talumpati si Pangulong Aquino sa harap ng may 1000 kataong nakigunita sa ika-27 taong anibersaryo ng EDSA People Power sa tapat ng People Power Monument noong Pebrero 25. Nilagdaan ng pangulo sa naturang pagdiriwang ang Human Rights Victim Reparation and Recognition Act na naglalayong bigyan ng kaukulang kabayaran ang mga biktima ng paglabag sa karapatang pantao noong panahon ng diktadurang Marcos.
Uncertified software source code
No voter verification system in PCOS machines
Errors in results transmission programs
Hardware problems, including faulty and damaged machines
Possibility of remote manipulation of results
Mismatch between ballots and compact flash cards
Lack of clear mechanisms for election protests
Digitally unsigned transmission of results
SUMMARY OF ISSUES RAISED BY POLL WATCHDOGS:
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A PRIMARY WITNESS TESTIFIED on February 11 in the first court hearing of the case of UP Diliman (UPD) Political Science student Lordei Camille Anjuli Hina, who was attacked and robbed at the UPD University Student Council (USC) office more than a year ago.
The primary suspect, Danmar Vicencio, was also present at the hearing held at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 91. Vicencio currently faces charges of robbery and physical injury but has posted a P16,000 bail in June 2012.
In her testimony, the witness, who requested anonymity, told the court how Vicencio and an alleged accomplice, arrived at the UPD University Student Council (USC) office at around 12 PM on February 12 to supposedly inquire about applying for a tattoo booth at the 2012 UP Fair.
When she left Lordei alone at the USC office to buy food, the witness began receiving text messages from Lordei at around 3 PM, saying Vicencio returned and was asking her more questions. At around 3:30 PM, the witness then returned to the office where she found Lordei sprawled on the floor, covered in blood.
Vicencio tried to escape from the crime scene but a
Lordei case witness testifies in court
INCOMING CREATIVE WRITING senior and Kultura writer Julian Inah Anunciacion will lead the Philippine Collegian as editor-in-chief next school year.
Anunciacion scored 72.75 in the three-part examination, only 1.25 points ahead from lone competitor Political Science junior Victor Gregor Limon, who garnered 71.50 points. Mechanical Engineering sophomore Emmanuel Jerome Tagaro, meanwhile, was a no-show at the editorial examination on February 23 at the College of Mass Communication.
The editorial writing component constitutes the largest bulk of the exam’s aggregate score at 70 percent, followed by news writing covering 20 percent and layout with 10 percent. Anunciacion won the editorial writing after scoring
56.25 points, while Limon topped the news writing and layout with 14.50 and 7.50 points, respectively.
For the editorial writing part, the examinees were tasked to write about “The possibility of progressive politics in the campus and national elections.” In her winning piece entitled “Political Narratives,” Anunciacion wrote that progressive elections is always possible in a democracy, but “our democracy has yet to realize our potential to change the country through collective unified action.”
“We must [not only] vote for a leader that uses his or her hands in writing a clear platform, but also in actually implementing the platform—a leader that does not leave his subjects in unfinished
Collegian Kultura writer is next EIC
THE BOARD OF REGENTS (BOR) is set to deliberate on the 2012 Code of Student Conduct (CSC), after the UP Diliman (UPD) University Council (UC) approved the CSC in its December 2012 meeting and endorsed it to the university’s highest policy-making body.
If approved, the CSC, which outlines the rules and regulations on student conduct, will be implemented in June.
More than two months since the UPD UC approved the CSC, the UPD University Student Council (USC) has not released an official position. Incumbent USC members have yet to form a unified stance on the CSC, said UPD USC Chair Gabriel “Heart” Diño.
The current CSC draft was the consolidated version of two earlier draft codes, namely the student- initiated Student Handbook
on Rights and Responsibilities (SHRR) and the 2009 CSC, which was drafted without student representation.
Student formations criticized the 2009 version of the CSC for certain contentious provisions, such as a one-year residency requirement for joining organizations, a required membership of at least 0.05 percent of UP students for an organization to be recognized,
and its assertion on tambayans as privileges granted by UP.
Due to student opposition to the 2009 CSC, the Student Review Committee, composed of student leaders from the USC and local college councils, consolidated formulated the SHRR, which was released during the 2011 Diliman Student Summit.
UPD Chancellor Ceasar Saloma then formed a committee who will draft the 2012 CSC, which was composed of members of the 2009 CSC committee, UC Committee on Student Organizations, Activities and Welfare, previous and present student regents, and UPD USC representatives.
“Student representation in the drafting committee is already a big victory,” said USC Student Rights and Welfare Committee Chair Aryanna Canacan, who was part of the 2012 CSC drafting committee.
The 2012 CSC welcomed several amendments from its 2009 version. The minimum residency requirement for prospective members of student organizations was reduced from one whole academic year to only a semester.
Under this rule, student organizations who accept those students in their first semester may be given a maximum penalty of expulsion, according to the 2012 CSC. Meanwhile, any student who lacks the minimum residency requirement and is admitted in an organization shall be required to undergo counseling and have his or her legal guardian notified.
“Nakikita natin ‘yung wisdom ng admin. [At] least, the ‘buffer’ time [was] minimized,” said USC Committee on Organizations, Fraternities and Sororities Chair Francisco Jayme Guiang. A one-semester residency rule would allow a freshman to consider other factors such as academics,
he explained.On the other hand, organizations
can help freshmen cope with the demands of university life, said Canacan, adding that the said provision restricts the students’ right to organize.
Another revision in the 2012 CSC was the creation of hearing committees under a new Student Disciplinary Council. The hearing committees will each be composed of two regular faculty members and an elected USC official. In the 2009 version, three to five SDC members who are regular faculty have the sole power to try cases filed against students.
“Isa itong napakagandang development at makakatulong na mas marinig ang boses ng mga estudyante,” said Guiang.
“But more than the provisions, one of the biggest victories [of the new CSC] is the streamlining of the processes. Now there are guidelines that prevent squabbles over jurisdiction in disciplinary cases,” said Diño.
Even with all the revisions, several contentious provisions remain unchanged, Canacan said.
The current CSC still includes Section 1.3.e, which states that “insulting, discriminatory, or threatening behavior towards any person of authority” will be penalized with a minimum of one semester of suspension.
If the same act was committed against a student, however, the offender will only be penalized with a minimum of 15 days of suspension.
“Pwede pa rin namang mabago. Pwede pa ma-assert yung ‘right to organize’ through [Student Regent] Cleve [Arguelles]. The ultimate power to change the Code rests with the future [actions of UP] students,” said Canacan.
Vinzons Hall security guard apprehended the suspect. Hina’s possessions and an ice pick were later recovered from the suspect. Police authorities, however, have not been able to locate and arrest Vicencio’s alleged accomplice, who was later identified as Dante Santos.
The witness will resume her testimony at the next hearing on April 12.
Lordei sustained multiple stab wounds in her arms and head, injuring her hypothalamus, the part of the brain responsible for emotion and basic body functions.
Though Lordei’s condition is improving, she sometimes displays excessive happiness and has problems with basic functions such as bowel movement, sweating, and memory retention, Lordei’s mother Concepcion Hina said in an interview with the Collegian.
“My greatest worry right now is the financial burden,” said Mrs. Hina. The Hina family still owes around P1.3 million to Capitol Medical Center where Lordei underwent a brain surgery last year. Mrs. Hina said they had to give up their car as collateral so that the hospital would discharge Lordei.
“Hindi na kami nakakapag-bayad ng renta. Pati nga pagkain,
pinoproblema [namin],” said Mrs. Hina.
Though the UP Board of Regents initially released P380,000 as financial assistance, Mrs. Hina said the UP administration, through UPD Vice Chancellor Maria Corazon Tan, initially assured her that they will shoulder all hospitalization and legal fees.
“If they put themselves in my shoes, mararamdaman nila kung ano ang nararamdaman ko,” said Mrs. Hina.
Meanwhile, Lordei’s daily therapy sessions have been discontinued since January, because the monthly cost of about P100,000 was too expensive.
“I had to borrow money from friends and ask money from different institutions,” said Mrs. Hina. Although several UP organizations held fundraisers and collection drives, UP itself has not institutionalized any regular financial assistance.
“Kung tinupad lang [ng UP admin] yung pinangako nila, hindi magkakaganito,” said Mrs. Hina.
Task Force Lordei convenor Eduardo Gabral, meanwhile, has called to intensify the campaign to seek justice for Lordei and to launch more fundraisers, such as the band contest being organized by the EMC2 Fraternity.
“[There] is also a definite need to intensify legal support. [The fact that the] primary suspect was able to bail [has left] Lordei’s family and friends in emotional distress and [frustrated with the lack of justice],” Gabral added.
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CLOSE CALL. Men’s Football Team Goalkeeper Tyrone Caballes failed to block Ateneo de Manila University Booters Captain Yu Murayama’s winning kick during the penalty shootout in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 75 men’s football championship on February 24 at Moro Lorenzo Field in ADMU. The Blue Eagles crushed the Fighting Maroons’ three-peat bid with a score of 4-2.
FACULTY AND STUDENT organizations of the UP Alliance to Save Tubbataha, Junk VFA have renewed calls to abolish the Visiting Forces Agreement, the bilateral pact which has legalized US military presence in the country since 1999.
More than a month since the USS Guardian ran aground in the Tubbataha Reef Na-tional Park on January 17, the 1,300-ton US minesweeper remains stranded in the United Nations World Heritage site, damaging around 4,500 square meters of coral.
“[The] UP Diliman (UPD) community [expresses] outrage over the wanton damage of the Tubbataha Reef. [The] Aquino administration [must] make the US Navy accountable and [assert] the Philippines’ territorial integrity and national sovereignty. [We] renew our call to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement,” read an online petition launched by the alliance.
As the national university, UP must take a stand on this issue of environmental and national importance, said faculty convenor Sarah Raymundo during a discussion forum held at the UPD Balay Kalinaw on February 23.
Students and faculty from the Center for Nationalist Studies, College of Science, College of Arts
UP Tubbataha alliance renews call to junk VFA
A group of UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics (CHE) faculty members have slammed the alleged inconsistencies between the ongoing process of selecting the next CHE dean and the existing university rules and guidelines.
The new CHE dean will replace incumbent CHE Dean Maria Lourdes Catral whose term will end on May 31. Catral was initially scheduled for compulsory retirement on January 28. Catral’s faculty appointment and deanship term, however, was extended until May 31, UPD Chancellor Saloma said during the University Council’s (UC) meeting on November 19.
During the nominations period for the next CHE dean, which ran from January 11 to 21, CHE professor Dr. Raquel Florendo nominated Dr. Aurorita Roldan as the lone candidate, said a CHE professor who requested anonymity.
The Office of the UPD Chancellor, however, will still welcome additional nominees from other sectors, Saloma said in an email sent to the Collegian. The BOR will then appoint the next CHE dean from the final list of nominees endorsed by the nominations committee (NC).
The formation of the nominations committee (NC) on January 4, however, was not consulted with members of the CHE faculty, said another CHE professor who also requested anonymity. “The principle of self-determination of the College was disregarded and the external committee was forced upon us. What we want is a democratic process [of] selection.”
In the selection of deans, existing UP rules offer three options: an internally managed search, consensus building among constituents, and the use of an external search committee, said Faculty Regent Lourdes Abadingo in her February 4 report of the January 24 BOR meeting. “What was reported to me is that the Chancellor simply imposed an external search committee,” Abadingo said.
Saloma however maintained that the nominations committee was already designed as a consultative body, adding that he personally chose the members of the said com-mittee to ensure that the decision is based on objective deliberations by an external committee.
“Nowhere is it stated in [the UP Charter], or in any other existing
BOR policy, that a college has a right to self - determination. It must be noted that an NC was also utilized in 2012 to select the next CHE Dean, [yet] no complaint was received about the process at that time,” the Chancellor added.
In a January 15 joint petition to the UP Board of Regents (BOR), a group of 95 professors and alumni from CHE and other colleges also pointed out that the search process for the new CHE dean should have begun at around the end of October 2012, three months before Catral’s scheduled retirement on January 28.
The group, however, also questioned Catral’s initial appointment in July 2012 and her subsequent term extension
beyond compulsory retirement on January 28.
According to the 2004 “UP Guidelines for Extension of Regular Full-Time Faculty Appointment Beyond Retirement Age,” a faculty member who faces compulsory retirement may only be granted extension of full-time tenure for academic purposes and not for extending an existing administrative appointment, the petitioners read.
The BOR had agreed to meet in a special meeting scheduled around the first week of March 2013. Chancellor Saloma also met with CHE faculty members on February 19 for a discussion yet faculty members felt that the issues remain unresolved. “He still
remains adamant with his process of deanship,” said a faculty member.
“Our issue is the lack of transparency in the selection. The student council respects the process but what we want is clarification regarding the process of selection,” said CHE Student Council Vice Chair Tin Roque.
The group of petitioners recommended that the BOR form a special university-wide committee which will study review the current processes of selecting academic and administrative heads of the university. The BOR will discuss the points raised in its special meet-ing of the BOR in the first week of March, Abadingo said.
and Letters, and College of Social Sciences and Philosophy have so far joined the alliance’s advocacy campaign, Raymundo said.
On January 31, the alliance held a candle-lighting ceremony attended by faculty, students, and UP employees in front of Palma Hall. The alliance also staged a flash mobilization on February 12 where professors danced and read poems to raise awareness of the Tubbataha incident among UP students.
Founded by the All-UP Academic Employees Union, All-UP Workers Union, Congress of Teachers and Educators for National Democracy (CONTEND), Ang Manininda, and various student organizations, the UP Tubbataha Alliance is also part of the national multi-sectoral group Task Force Tubbataha.
Task Force Tubbataha was formed by various sectoral groups, including Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, AGHAM Advocates of Science and Technology, and Pambansang Lakas ng Mamamalakayang Pilipinas, and Gabriela.
“The issue of the grounding incident at Tubbataha goes [at] the heart of the Visiting Forces Agreement that allows [US military] ships to traverse our country with impunity. We should heed the calls to
GAME PLAN. UP Diliman Chancellor Caesar Saloma taps his head as he discusses the proposed UP Professional School shown in the background during his second convocation on February 20 at the UP Theater. Saloma presented the current state of UP Diliman and the ongoing projects addressing academic and operational problems like tenure and lack of research grants for professors, campus security, and infrastructure developments.
Profs slam ‘irregularities’ in CHE dean selection
abrogate this unequal treaty not only to avoid further disasters but to finally assert our sovereignty,” said AGHAM Chair Giovanni Tapang.
Monetary compensation, how-ever, can neither compensate for the damages done to rav-aged reef nor offset the infringe-ment of the country’s sovereignty, Task Force Tubbataha said in a unity statement released on February 23.
The Tubbataha marine park management has placed the minimum fine for destruction to the reef at an estimated P38 million, smaller than the $15 million fine paid by the US Navy for damaging coral reefs in Oahu, Hawaii, in 2009.
“The Philippine government allows the US to get away with crimes with a mere slap on the wrist. This is why, more than just compensation, we demand the Aquino [administration] to take more decisive actions such as filing charges against the USS Guardian crew and lodging a protest [before] the United Nations,” said Center for Women’s Resources Executive Director Mary Joan Guan.
MORE THAN THREE MONTHS since Typhoon Pablo ravaged Mindanao in December, and despite government assurances that relief and rehabilitations programs are still underway, entire communities are still reeling from the destruction of their homes and livelihood.
The figures below spell not only the grim situation of the victims of the strongest tropical storm to ever hit the country’s south. The following numbers also reveal how funds and donations intended for Mindanao’s recovery may have been
CALAMITY AFTERMATH
going to the wrong pockets. Total area damaged by Typhoon
Pablo: 95,823 hectaresEstimated total cost of damages
wrought by the typhoon: P36.95 billion
Cost of one of 21 bunkhouses built by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Cateel, Baganga, and Boston in Davao Oriental: P550,000
Cost of one of the 39 other bunkhouses being built by private contractors: P650,000
Cost of one bunkhouse built by International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the same area: P259,653
Monthly rent of a 260-square meter, four-bedroom house in Bel-Air, Makati City: P200,000
Cost of a DSWD bunkhouse’s kitchen with two sinks, made of coco lumber and metal sheets: P47,388.38
Monthly rent of a 70-square meter, two-bedroom house in
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Now oN its 12th year, UP alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (UP aLyaNsa) holds the most num-ber of seats in the incumbent UP Diliman (UPD) University student Council.
Formed during the clamor for former President Joseph estrada’s ouster in 2000, aLyaNsa was initially founded by Buklod-CssP, sanlakas youth (sy), tau rho Xi fraternity, and Upsilon sigma Phi (UPs) fraternity. in 2006, sy and UPs broke away from aLyaNsa to form another political party, Kaisa – Nagkakaisang iskolar para sa Pa-mantasan at sambayanan (Kaisa).
Central to aLyaNsa’s political philosophy is “multi-perspective activism.” this year, the blue party’s tagline underscores its role in the legislation of bills such as the re-productive health Bill and the sin
tax reform Law: “ituloy natin ang napagtagumpayan. Para sa UP, Para sa Bayan.”
“[ang] activism ay hindi lang dapat nakukulong sa iisang porma [kundi dapat ay] nakikinig sa lahat ng side. Pero at the end of the day kami ay progressive at may kiling sa marginalized, oppressed, at power-less,” said aLyaNsa Chair ace Lig-say.
though aLyaNsa sees some procedural flaws in the current socialized tuition and Financial assistance Program of the UP ad-ministration, the party supports the idea of a socialized tuition.
Furthermore, aLyaNsa pio-neered the revision of the UP Charter in 2003 and reforms in the student regent selection in 2006. aLyaNsa also launched the stFaP Under Protest in 2008, a clamor to change the bracketing system of
UP’s tuition, and the Break the Code campaign which sought responsive, timely, and pro-student provisions in the UPD Code of student Con-duct.
“Para mas maraming ma-engage na estudyante, ‘di mo dapat ibinaba-ba lang ang ano ang dapat paniwa-laan na ideyolohiya, dapat kabahagi sila. Kaya ang mga tagline natin ay ‘Kasama ka’ at ‘tayo ang UsC,’ dahil dapat inclusive at pantay-pantay ang mga pananaw,” said Ligsay.
aLyaNsa currently has 16 UP member organizations, including akbayan youth – UP Diliman, Buk-lod CssP, UP Bukluran sa sikolo-hiyang Pilipino, UP Kalipunan sa agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiyang Pilipino, Lingkod eduk, UP alliance for responsive involvement and student empowerment, UP eco-nomics towards Consciousness, and UP tau rho Xi Fraternity.
NagKaKaisaNg isKoLar Para sa Pamantasan at sambayanan (Kai-sa) was founded in May 2005, mak-ing it the youngest among the three major political parties in UP. “Politi-cal differences” caused its split from aLyaNsa, and since then Kaisa has sought to introduce a new brand of leadership: “scholar-activism.”
scholar-activism reflects one of the core ideals espoused by the party, which is “academic excellence with social relevance,” said Kaisa Chairperson shaina santiago.
Kaisa also believes in “respon-sive Leadership towards student empowerment,” recognizing that the students are part of the solution in addressing various issues, says san-tiago. “Nagco-consult muna kami sa mga taong naaapektuhan bago kami magdikta ng posisyon sa [isang par-ticular na isyu],” santiago added.
the party has long called for the passage of the six will Fix Bill, which aims to institutionalize the allocation of at least six percent of the country’s gross national product to the education sector. they also launched the stFlop Campaign, as the party believes that the students should not be burdened financially by the current student tuition and Financial assistance Program.
the party also opposed the 300 percent tuition increase imple-mented in 2007 and has maintained that UP’s idle assets must be pro-ductively utilized so long as safe-guards are met, including academic integrity and consent.
the party is also against the Cy-bercrime Prevention act, and is a member of the Philippine internet Freedom alliance.
this year, Kaisa’s theme is “Push the Limit: one strong UP.” it is push-
ing for a unified UP despite having limitations in budget and differ-ences in beliefs, santiago says. Be-ing able to field a complete slate in this year’s elections despite being a fairly new party is one way of push-ing the limit, according to santiago.
the party’s 11 member organi-zations include Bukluran ng mga iskolar-atleta tungo sa Progresi-bong aksyon, Facilitators of edu-cational Development-Uniting People, Kaisa Mass organization, Leaders for excellence, action and Development, MagKaisa Col-lege of social sciences and Phi-losophy, Practice of administrative Leadership and service, sanlakas youth-UP Diliman, student action towards responsive Leadership in tourism, UP Beta sigma Ladies’ Corps, UP Paralegal society, and UP Phi Delta alpha sorority.
stUDeNt aLLiaNCe For the advancement of Democratic rights in UP (staND UP) remains to be the largest political party in UP Dili-man (UPD) with over 30 member organizations. Now on its 16th year, staND UP is also the oldest among the three major political parties in this year’s UPD University student elections (UsC).
staND UP traces its roots to the split of sandigan Para sa Mag-aaral at sambayanan (saMasa) into two factions, one of which was saMasa - tunay, Militante at Makabayang alyansa (saMasa-tMMa). in 1996, saMasa-tMMa was officially re-named staND UP.
the unity among staND UP’s members is forged by the party’s core principle that education is a right.
the party has been in the fore-front of mass actions which call for greater state subsidy for UP, spear-heading various student strikes
against budget cuts. staND UP has also been a staunch critic of the student tuition and Financial as-sistance Program, which it labels as a “smokescreen” that legitimizes tuition increases.
For this year’s University stu-dent Council elections, staND UP calls for the reinstatement of a stu-dent council that genuinely serves the students and the nation, with the line “iskolar ng Bayan, ibalik ang konsehong tunay, Palaban, Maka-bayan.”
“staND UP ang tunay na ipi-naglalaban ang mga issue, hindi nananatiling pipi, at hindi natata-kot lumaban,” says staND UP Chair garret Paris. “Pinaglilingkuran din ng staND UP hindi lamang ang sangka-estudyantehan ng UP kundi pati na rin ang ibang sektor ng lipu-nan,” Paris adds.
the party has been vocal against the current national administra-
tion’s education policies, including the K to 12 program, which adds two more years to the basic education curriculum. staND UP involves it-self in issues faced by other sectors in UP, fighting against demolitions of residential houses on campus and advocating the rights of the university’s janitors, vendors and security guards, Paris said.
staND UP also calls for the pas-sage of the genuine agrarian re-form Bill and advocates national industrialization.
among the member organiza-tions of staND UP are anakbayan, student Christian Movement of the Philippines, Union of Journalists of the Philippines – UP Diliman, alpha sigma Fraternity, sigma Kappa Pi Fraternity, alpha Phi omega fra-ternity, gabriela UP Diliman, and League of Filipino students.
PARTY PROFILES
ALYANSA
KAISA
STAND UP
e
Standard Bearers
Martes26 Pebrero
2013
CHAIRPERSON Raphael Carlo Brolagda 4th year, BA Political Science
1. For me, the number one issue na kailangan sagutin ng mga tumatakbo na mga congressmen at senador ay
‘yung transparency at accountability. Kasi I think from here, ang dami
na nating issues na masasagot. For example ‘yung budget,
pag-allocate ng budget nang tama. Kasi kapag transparent at accountable yung pag-aallocate natin, or at least yung pagbibigay mismo ng PDAF sa mga congressmen natin, ang dami na nating makikitang mga bagay. For example, kapag may kulang sa isang sektor tapos sumosobra sa isa. Kapag transparent and accountable ang nakikita nating gobyerno, makikita natin kung saan pwede tayong kumuha at i-reallocate ‘to nang maayos. Tapos pati na rin sa mga policies na for example, nakikita nating repressive, kapag transparent and accountable talaga ‘yung government, mas magiging maganda ang relationship, at para makita natin ‘yung logic at makausap talaga sila nang maayos para maayos ‘yung mga policies na ganito.
2. We in ALYANSA believe na walang budget cut, kasi ang definition ng budget cut ay mayroon nang isang budget tapos saka siya babawasan. Ang nangyayari kasi sa ‘tin is may proposal tayo tapos never siyang nare-reach or palaging mas mababa ang binibigay sa atin. Kaya in ALYANSA, sinasabi natin na dapat palaging mas mataas ‘yung binibigay na budget ‘di lang sa UP, pero sa education sector as a whole, na ‘yun pa rin ang call natin for higher UP budget, at higher education budget. Kasi yung proposal dapat, ‘yun kasi ang pangangailangan natin, and never siyang binibigay nang tama, palagi siyang mas mababa. So hindi siya nababawasan, never lang talaga nare-reach yung ideal nating budget para sa education.
3. Kung sa isang chess game, siguro ako ‘yung magiging pawn. Kasi bilang isang chairperson, ‘yun talaga ang trabaho mo. Ikaw ‘yung manguna sa laban at protektahan ‘yung ibang mga tao, ‘di lang sa loob ng USC, pero pati na rin ‘yung mga nirerepresent mong boses sa loob ng USC.
VICE CHAIR Alexandra Maria Francia Santos 3rd year, BA Broadcast Communication
1. Tayo sa ALYANSA, naniniwala tayo sa principle of socialized tuition. However, we really have to make sure na okay na siya for implementation before natin siya ipatupad sa iba pang
mga state universities and colleges. Tulad nga ng nangyayari ngayon sa ating university, marami pa rin tayong nakikitang flaws when it comes to implementation, at ‘yung mga requirements na kailangan ng bawat estudyante para ma-apply ‘yung STFAP. So in essence, maganda ang principle ng STFAP, pero ‘yun nga, kailangan nga natin ma-make sure na bawat estudyante ay kayang mag-apply for it, for us to have a relevant and accessible education.
2. Siguro kung may isang hayop nga sa Chinese Zodiac ang makakadescribe sa mga plataporma ng aking mga kalaban, siguro ito ‘yung snake. Kasi feeling ko, ‘yung snake kasi nandiyan, parang umaaligid, kaya niyang mag-blend into its environment. But you’ll never know when it’s gonna attack you, when it’s gonna pounce, and para kunin ‘yung atensyon ng mga tao. Kaya ‘yun ang feeling kong hayop na would best describe ang plataporma ng ibang mga kalaban.
CHAIRPERSON Ana Alexandra Castro 4th year, BA Psychology
1. So it is written in the Philippine Constitution that the government
should be prioritizing education, the reason for which is because investment
in education is very important. And I think, for our senatorial candidates and of course for our incoming
senators and government officials, this is what they should be prioritizing. That’s why since 2007, KAISA has been pushing for the Six Will Fix Bill that’s because we recognize the importance of education and of course investment in the youth. So the Six Will Fix Bill is the allocation of at least six percent of GNP to education budget. On average, the government is only allotting around 2.29% of GNP to education and of course, we can see that that is not enough. We have lack of facilities, lack of schools, lack buildings and so on. Even for teachers, competent teachers. And I think that if we want the country to develop, we should be investing on education.
2. It is written in the UP Charter that our premier National University should be subsidized by the government, but of course, this has never been the case. Although yes, we’ve been proposing for a budget, the right amount of the budget for UP, we never actually received it. So the government has always been neglecting the responsibility for this University. Thus, this national—premier National University is never really developed because, well, more than the budget cut is actually the systemic state abandonment that we’re experiencing as a University. And of course, this should not be the case. This is why we should demand the government for them to fulfill their responsibility in subsidizing this university, and of course, in investing more in education.
3. If the USC is a chess game, I’d like to be the pawn because I’d like to be at the forefront when it comes to fighting for the rights of the students.
VICE CHAIR Juliano Fernando Guiang 4th year, BA Public Administration
1. Mula noon hanggang ngayon ay patuloy na nagiging ehemplo o gabay ang Unibersidad ng Pilipinas sa lahat ng mga SUCs. Kung ano ang sinisimulan dito sa ating unibersidad, ay siyang ginagamit din ng iba’t ibang mga SUCs. Kaya
pagdating sa usapin ng STFAP, alam naman natin dito sa unibersidad na ito ang mekanismo na ginamit ng UP administration upang pagtakpan ang pagtaas ng matrikula noong 2007. Kaya kapag ito ay nilagay natin sa iba’t ibang SUCs, isa lamang itong manipestasyon na pinapagbigyan na natin ang ating gobyerno na pagbigyan lang na itaas ang tuition fee dahil meron naman tayong ipapalit na STFAP. Kung ganito man, kung may mekanismo man na dapat gawin ang gobyerno, dapat ay ayusin muna ang programa ng STFAP dito habang patuloy nating pinaglalaban ang pagbigay ng mataas na alokasyon ng budget sa edukasyon.
2. Kung meron mang hayop mula sa Chinese Zodiac sign na maaari kong ihalintulad sa mga nakakalaban ko na Vice Chairperson, silang dalawa ay parang rooster, actually ako rin, iko-consider ko na lahat kami ay rooster. Dahil lahat kami, naniniwala ako, na mayroong mga sariling mga gustong itilaok na pagbabago. Ngunit ang pagkakaiba ko lang sa kanila ay handa na akong isabong.
CHAIRPERSON Jose Miguel Solis 4th year, BA History
1. Ang pinakamalaking suliranin na
kailangang tugunan ng ating mga mambabatas ay ang poverty. Although mataas ang popularity rate ng ating pangulo, marami pa ring naghihirap
dito sa ating bansa. Meron siyang programang PPP, pero hindi pa rin ito tumutugon sa talagang poverty or ‘yung pinanggagalingan ng kahirapan ng mga tao sa ating bansa. Wala pa ring maayos na social services na binibigay sa ating mga kababayan. Although, yes, maraming programa si PNoy na sinasabi niya ay makakabuti sa kaniyang constituents, marami pa rin talagang taong naghihirap. Hindi pa rin nito natutugunan ‘yung talagang kakailanganin ng bawat isang Pilipino. Marami ngang na-create na jobs, and yet talaga bang kumikita ang mga Pilipino? Meron nga ba talagang pagkain na napupunta sa tiyan ng bawat isang Pilipino? Poverty pa rin ang pinakamalaking problema ng ating bansa.
2. Patuloy pa rin ang pagkaltas ng ating gobyerno sa subsidiyo na binibigay niya sa SUCs and siyempre sa UP na rin. Nasabi namin ito dahil meron naman tayong proposed UP budget and yet, year-in, year-out, magkano lang ba ang binibigay? Hindi pa nga kalahati, almost 42% the last time na nagbigay ng budget ang pamahalaan sa UP. This year sinasabi na makakakuha ng 10 million from the 18 million na hinihingi ng UP. Sabi namin, oo, kinakaltasan pa rin tayo. At actually nga pinapasa sa mga estudyante ang pasan ng kakulangan sa budget sa UP. Sa STFAP, bakit kailangan pa ng STFAP na ‘yung mga estudyante na maykaya ay kaya naman niyang suportahan ang kapwa niya Iskolar ng Bayan. Yun lang, di ba, so magbabayad siya ng mas mataas na tuition para ma-subsidize. And mali ‘yung gano’ng sistema because ang dapat na pinanggagalingan ng budget ay mismong gobyerno.
3. Kung ang USC ay isang chess game, ito ay ‘yung mga pawn, ‘yung nasa harapan, ‘yung unang sinasakripisyo, ‘yung forefront n’ung laban. At sino-sino ‘yung nasa likuran, ‘yung nasa pangalawang hanay? Hindi ito yung mga naghaharing uri, hindi ito ‘yung mga panginoong maylupa, hindi ito ‘yung mga mutinational corporation. Ito ang mga estudyante na pinoprotektahan natin ang kanilang mga karapatan. Ang USC dapat ang unang inaalay, nasa forefront ng laban para ipagtanggol ang mga karapatan ng Iskolar ng Bayan. Ang USC, alam na pagdating sa dulo, kung meron mang makuha na piyesa—‘yung mga estudyante nga ito—‘pag nakarating naman siya sa dulo, binabawi niya ito, sinasakripisyo ang kaniyang sarili para siyampre, ‘yun nga, ‘yung purpose niyang ipagtanggol ang bawat Iskolar ng Bayan.
VICE CHAIR Hannah Keila Garcia 2nd year, Juris Doctor, College of Law
1. Siyempre hindi tayo sang-ayon, sa STAND UP at tayong mga Iskolar ng Bayan, ‘di tayo sang-ayon sa STFAP. Bakit? Kung titingnan
natin historically, historicize natin ang pagkakaroon ng STFAP, unang nagkaroon ng STFAP noong 1989, the first time nagkaroon ng tuition fee increase from P40
to P300. ‘Yung pangalawang STFAP naman was on 2006. I think I was a freshman back then, undergrad, pagtaas naman from 3000 (sic) pesos to one thousand pesos, 300 percent increase. Kung titingnan natin ang STFAP ay isa lamang justification sa pagtaas ng tuition fee. Socialized ito, sinasabing socialized adjustment program ito, pero ang totoo niyan, ginagawa lamang itong dahilan para mas maging palatable sa mga estudyante ang pagkakaroon ng tuition fee increase instead of pagbibigay ng mas mataas na budget para sa edukasyon. So hindi po tayo sang-ayon sa STFAP.
2. Ang totoo niyan, ang naisip ko hindi lang isang hayop kundi dalawa. At iyon ay isang ahas, kahit year of the snake ngayong taon, at isang rabbit. Sa tingin ko ahas dahil sa lahat ng mga ginagawa nila, kahit na pinagmumukha nila na para sa estudyante ang mga ginagawa nila, at ang mga pipu-push nilang legislation ay para sa sambayanan, at the end of the day, ang pinagsisilbihan po nila ay hindi talaga ang masa, at hindi po talaga pinaniniwalaan na ang edukasyon ay isang karapatan. Kaya isa po itong pagtataksil sa sambayanan. Kaya alam naman natin na ahas, ‘di ba, kahit paano mo iyan alagaan, at the end of the day, may malaki talaga ang chance na kakagatin ka niyan. At rabbit po dahil patalon-talon lang sila, akala mo tumatalon nang ‘onti, kala mo may ‘onting progress, pero ang totoo niyan, hindi naman talaga at wala silang pinupuntahan.
FOR CHAIRPERSON1. Ano sa tingin mo ang pinakamabigat na suliranin ng bansa
ang dapat tugunan ng mga mahahalal na mambabatas?2. Naniniwala ba ang inyong partido na nagkaroon ng budget cut sa UP,
batay sa pondong matatanggap nito ngayong 2013? Bakit o bakit hindi? 3. Kung ang USC ay isang chess game, anong piyesa ka at bakit?
FOR VICE CHAIR1. Sang-ayon ka bang ipatupad ang STFAP sa iba pang state universities and colleges,
alinsunod sa Roadmap for Public Higher Education Reform? 2. Anong hayop sa Chinese Zodiac ang kumakatawan sa plataporma ng mga kalaban mo?
ALYANSA KAISA STAND UP
Joh
n P
aulo
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elas
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ves
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ye
ar, B
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co
no
mic
s
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ako
ay
mag
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roon
ng
supe
rpow
er, a
ng g
usto
ko
‘yun
g po
wer
to
tim
e tr
avel
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ng k
aya
nati
ng m
ag-t
ime
trav
el,
maa
abot
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o sa
nak
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n, s
a fu
ture
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par
a m
atul
ak n
atin
an
g m
ga p
lata
porm
a na
tin,
kai
lang
an n
atin
mal
aman
ang
mga
pa
gkak
amal
i na
tin,
at
posi
ble
pang
man
gyar
i in
the
fut
ure.
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‘yun
, if I
hav
e th
e po
wer
to ti
me
trav
el th
en I’
ll be
pre
pare
d, th
en
all o
f us
will
be
prep
ared
sa
mga
sus
unod
pan
g m
angy
ayar
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a L.
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ye
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pe
an L
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mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
mak
apag
-tel
epor
t pa
ra m
as m
adal
i ak
o m
akap
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iba’
t ib
ang
luga
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ith
this
ea
sier
for
m o
f tr
ansp
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tion
, m
as m
akak
alap
it a
ko s
a m
ga
estu
dyan
te s
a ba
wat
luga
r di
to s
a U
P at
mas
mal
alam
an k
o ku
ng
ano
ang
mga
pan
gang
aila
ngan
nila
. At
‘pag
nal
aman
ko
na i
to,
mas
mad
ali
ko i
tong
mai
lala
pit
sa a
ting
kon
seho
at
mai
bibi
gay
ko n
a sa
kan
ila k
ung
ano
ang
mga
hin
hilin
g ni
la. I
to a
ng m
as
mad
alin
g re
lati
onsh
ip n
atin
wit
h th
e st
uden
ts a
nd w
ith
the
USC
na
gus
to n
ga n
atin
man
gyar
i nga
yong
taon
.
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ayca
R. E
nca
nto
5th
ye
ar, B
S M
ec
han
ical
En
gin
ee
rin
g
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
sig
uro
ako
ng s
uper
pow
ers,
okay
sig
uro
‘yun
g na
kaka
basa
ng
iniis
ip n
g ib
ang
tao.
Lal
o na
nga
yon
na g
usto
na
tin a
ng t
rans
pare
ncy,
impo
rtan
te n
a hi
ndi
lang
offi
cers
‘yun
g tr
ansp
aren
t sa
mga
pan
gang
aila
ngan
, im
port
ante
na
‘yun
g m
ga
cons
titue
nts
alam
din
nat
in k
ung
ano
ang
pang
anga
ilang
an. S
o ku
ng m
eron
tayo
ng a
bilit
y pa
ra m
abas
a ku
ng a
no m
an a
ng n
asa
isip
ni
la, m
as m
adal
i ang
pag
trat
raba
ho n
atin
par
a ha
nd-i
n-ha
nd ta
yo.
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e W
ilso
n A
. Gar
cia
III
2n
d y
ear
, BS
Mat
he
mat
ics
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
mak
uha
ang
pow
er n
i Spi
derm
an n
a su
per
stre
ngth
at s
pide
r se
nse.
Kas
i ‘pa
g m
ay s
uper
str
engt
h ak
o, k
aya
kong
pro
tekt
ahan
ang
mga
tao
at
kunw
ari,
may
kai
lang
an d
alhi
n sa
iba
ng l
ugar
, kay
ang-
kaya
ko
‘yun
buh
atin
. At s
pide
r se
nse
nam
an p
ara
ma-
sens
e ko
kun
g m
ay
nang
anga
ilang
an n
g tu
long
o k
ung
may
pap
arat
ing
bang
mas
aman
g ta
o, p
ara
map
rote
ktah
an n
atin
ang
UP
at p
ara
mab
igya
n na
tin
ng
serb
isyo
ang
mga
laha
t ng
nasa
UP
Dili
man
.
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hae
l Aar
on
A. L
etab
a3r
d y
ear,
BS
Bu
sin
ess
Adm
inis
trat
ion
& A
cco
unta
ncy
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ako
ay
may
sup
erpo
wer
, I th
ink
it w
ould
be
X-r
ay v
isio
n.
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is a
ligne
d w
ith A
LYAN
SA’s
plat
form
for
gre
ater
tra
nspa
renc
y an
d ac
coun
tabi
lity.
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ng x
-ray
vis
ion,
let’s
try
to p
ierc
e th
roug
h an
y ob
scur
ity,
pie
rce
thro
ugh
any
vagu
e m
atte
rs s
o th
at w
e’re
ab
le to
cle
arly
see
and
ana
lyze
wha
t’s r
eally
hap
peni
ng in
term
s of
tran
sact
ions
, esp
ecia
lly a
ko, c
omin
g fr
om th
e Co
llege
of B
usin
ess
Adm
inis
trat
ion
na A
ccou
ntan
cy ‘y
ung c
ours
e ko.
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e rea
lly lo
okin
g to
war
ds g
reat
er tr
ansp
aren
cy a
nd a
ccou
ntab
ility
.
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Jo
sefi
na
Isab
el A
. Mei
ly5
th y
ear
, BS
Ge
od
eti
c E
ng
ine
eri
ng
Kung
ako
ay
mag
igin
g su
perh
ero
at m
agka
karo
on a
ko n
g is
ang
supe
rpow
er, a
ng s
uper
pow
er k
o ay
ang
pag
kaka
roon
ng
isan
g x-
ray
visi
on k
ung
saan
, isa
rin
nam
an s
a pl
atap
orm
a ng
A
LYA
NSA
ay
ang
pagk
akar
oon
ng tr
ansp
aren
cy a
nd a
ccou
ntab
ility
, na
kun
g sa
an a
ng s
uper
pow
er k
o na
pag
kaka
roon
ng
x-ra
y vi
sion
ay
mak
ikit
a ko
sa
baw
at is
ang
tao
ang
pagi
ging
tran
spar
ent n
ila.
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ay R
. Mer
cad
o
4th
ye
ar, B
S B
usi
ne
ss E
co
no
mic
s
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
ers,
it w
ill b
e m
enta
l te
lepa
thy,
‘yun
g ka
kaya
han
na k
ausa
pin
ang
laha
t ng
UP
stud
ent
sa u
tak
nila
. Kas
i ang
layu
nin
ko, ‘y
ung
plat
form
ko,
is m
agka
lat
ng k
amal
ayan
, con
scio
usne
ss-r
aisi
ng e
ffor
ts a
bout
dif
fere
nt
issu
es, p
ara
bala
nse
‘yun
g m
ga p
ros
and
cons
ng
mga
issu
es a
t m
akap
ag-d
ecid
e ta
yo s
a m
atal
inon
g pa
mam
araa
n.
Au
dre
y D
ei O
. Rap
osa
3r
d ye
ar, B
S C
hem
ical
Eng
inee
ring
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
ng s
uper
st
reng
th k
asi g
usto
nat
in d
alhi
n ‘y
ung
mga
est
udya
nte
tow
ards
ou
r vi
sion
s an
d to
war
ds o
ur p
lans
and
pla
tfor
ms.
Siye
mpr
e,
kaila
ngan
din
nat
in n
g la
kas
ng l
oob
para
mai
pagl
aban
nat
in
ang
atin
g m
ga is
inus
ulon
g na
mga
pla
tapo
rma,
mga
isin
isul
ong
natin
g ka
mpa
nya
and
advo
caci
es. N
ariy
an a
ng c
ontin
uous
nat
ing
pagl
aban
par
a sa
mas
mat
aas
na b
udge
t at
par
a sa
mga
bas
ic
stud
ent s
ervi
ces.
Mel
y A
nn
Em
erie
Cri
sto
bal
1st
year
, Ju
ris
Do
cto
r, C
olle
ge
of
Law
‘Yun
g pi
pilii
n ko
ng s
uper
pow
er a
y ‘y
ung
dopp
elga
nger
na
supe
rpow
er. K
asi g
usto
ko
sana
mag
ing
map
aram
i ang
sar
ili k
o,
pero
siy
empr
e, w
ith th
e sa
me
conv
ictio
n, w
ith th
e sa
me
prin
cipl
es,
para
mas
mar
ami a
ng m
aaab
ot k
ong
estu
dyan
te—
mak
apag
-RTR
, m
akap
agku
mbi
nsi,
mak
apag
mul
at
tung
kol
sa
mga
is
yung
pa
nlip
unan
, at
siy
empr
e, p
ara
kapa
g ku
nyar
i sa
STA
ND
UP,
na
nini
wal
a ta
yo s
a co
llect
ive
acti
on.
Pat
rick
Sh
ane
Dia
z4
th y
ear
, BA
Pu
blic
Ad
min
istr
atio
n
If I
had
a su
perp
ower
, I
gues
s it
wou
ld b
e th
e po
wer
to
cont
rol c
ompu
ters
. I’d
cre
ate
a ve
ry b
ig d
atab
ase
of P
ower
Poin
t pr
esen
tati
ons
on th
e le
sson
s ne
eded
, so
that
we
can
achi
eve
free
an
d ac
cess
ible
edu
cati
on fo
r al
l.
Lean
dro
Mig
uel
Alb
erto
Ro
mm
el F
ern
and
ez4
th y
ear
, BS
Tou
rism
Man
age
me
nt
For
me,
tele
port
atio
n, s
o I c
an g
o to
diff
eren
t pla
ces
and
touc
h pe
ople
’s liv
es.
Ch
arlo
tte
Fran
ce4
th y
ear
, BA
Bro
adc
ast
Co
mm
un
icat
ion
Kung
m
agka
karo
on
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er,
gust
o ko
‘y
ung
mak
apag
para
mi,
mak
apag
-mul
tipl
y pa
ra
sana
si
yem
pre,
m
akap
unta
tay
o d’
un s
a ib
a’t
iban
g se
ktor
, sab
ay-s
abay
nat
ing
ma-
addr
ess
‘yun
g ib
a’t
iban
g se
ctor
s ng
soc
iety
, ‘yu
ng k
anila
ng
mga
iss
ues,
at m
aipa
glab
an n
atin
ang
kan
ilang
mga
kar
apat
an.
Pero
dah
il al
am n
aman
nat
in n
a hi
ndi,
na i
mpo
sibl
e iy
on n
a m
ag-i
sa m
akap
agpa
ram
i, nan
iniw
ala
nam
an ta
yo n
a na
ndiy
an p
a ri
n ‘y
ung
mar
amin
g m
ga k
abat
aan
at m
alaw
ak n
a ha
nay
ng m
asa.
An
gel
o L
agm
an3
rd y
ear
, BA
Co
mm
un
icat
ion
Re
sear
ch
Kung
m
agka
karo
on
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er,
‘yun
‘y
ung
tim
e co
ntro
l. Kas
i kam
i sa
STAN
D U
P ay
nan
iniw
ala
na d
apat
edu
catio
n is
a
righ
t at d
apat
‘yun
g tu
ition
nat
in a
y ac
cess
ible
par
a sa
laha
t ng
mga
es
tudy
ante
. Kun
g ka
ya k
o ng
a ib
alik
‘yun
g or
as, s
iyem
pre
mas
pa
iigti
ngin
ko
ang
kam
pany
a up
ang
pigi
lin a
ng p
agta
as n
g tu
itio
n m
ula
sa P
300
pagt
aas
sa P
1000
, at p
ati n
a ri
n P1
500.
Joh
n N
elvi
n L
uce
ro2
nd
ye
ar, B
A J
ou
rnal
ism
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
siye
mpr
e ‘y
ung
mak
alip
ad, h
indi
lan
g da
hil
sa n
aga-
aspi
re a
kong
mag
ing
Dar
na, k
undi
lan
g gu
sto
ko s
anan
g m
akap
ag-o
rgan
isa
ng m
ga
bakl
a at
les
biya
na h
indi
lam
ang
sa U
nibe
rsid
ad n
g Pi
lipin
as,
kund
i pa
ti n
a ri
n d’
un s
a m
ga p
amay
anan
kun
g sa
an h
indi
na
aabo
t n’
ung
infl
uenc
e ng
mas
s m
edia
whe
n it
com
es t
o th
e ge
nder
rig
hts
advo
cacy
.
Sitt
i Mer
yam
Ag
ath
a R
eyes
4th
ye
ar, B
S B
usi
ne
ss A
dm
inis
trat
ion
& A
cc
ou
nta
nc
y
Kung
mag
kaka
rooo
n ak
o ng
sup
erpo
wer
, I’d
lik
e to
hav
e th
e gr
eate
st p
ower
of a
ll, it
’s th
e po
wer
of l
ove.
Bec
ause
I th
ink
that
’s w
hat w
ould
kee
p us
, tha
t’s w
hat w
ould
allo
w u
s to
look
forw
ard.
A
nd r
egar
ding
my
plat
form
s, of
cou
rse,
we
need
to h
ave
our
love
fo
r our
fello
w M
uslim
bro
ther
s an
d si
ster
s. M
y pl
atfo
rm is
for u
s to
hav
e a
mos
que
insi
de th
e co
mm
unit
y.
Erra
Mae
Zab
at3
rd y
ear
, BS
Psy
ch
olo
gy
So a
ng s
uper
pow
er n
a pi
pilii
n ko
ay
the
pow
er t
o ha
ve
mul
tiple
sel
ves.
Kasi
we
at S
TAN
D U
P na
man
, dah
il da
la-d
ala
ko
‘yun
g ge
nder
adv
ocac
y n’
ung
gend
er c
omm
ittee
, we
belie
ve n
a w
e ca
n on
ly d
o so
muc
h. S
o da
pat
tala
ga m
as m
aram
i tay
o, a
nd
para
mak
uha
natin
‘yun
g su
port
a ng
stu
dent
s, ka
ilang
an n
atin
g m
ag-r
aise
ng
awar
enes
s. An
d an
o ta
laga
, pun
taha
n is
a-is
a. Ku
ng
mas
mar
ami a
ko, m
as m
aram
i ako
ng p
anah
on n
a m
apun
taha
n si
la.
Mar
io A
dre
fan
io S
anto
s4
th y
ear,
BA
Co
mm
un
icat
ion
Res
earc
h
If I h
ad a
sup
erpo
wer
, I’d
wan
t to
hav
e po
wer
of s
uper
spe
ed,
like
the
Flas
h, c
ause
we
only
hav
e lim
ited
tim
e in
our
han
ds a
nd
siye
mpr
e, a
s a
mem
ber
of t
he s
tude
nt c
ounc
il, m
aram
i kam
ing
prog
ram
a na
gus
to n
amin
g ib
igay
sa
atin
g m
ga e
stud
yant
e. A
nd
give
n th
e ti
me
we
have
, gus
to p
o na
min
g su
litin
ang
aki
ng t
ime
as a
USC
cou
ncilo
r, an
d si
yem
pre,
if
I ha
ve s
uper
spe
ed, a
king
m
aa-a
chie
ve la
hat n
g ak
ing
goal
s.
All
ynn
a H
anee
fa M
acap
ado
2n
d y
ear
, BS
Mo
lec
ula
r B
iolo
gy
and
Bio
tec
hn
olo
gy
Gus
to p
o sa
na m
agka
roon
ng
tim
e tr
avel
ling
pow
ers.
Kasi
nga
po
, kun
g pa
pala
rin
po, g
usto
ko
pong
mag
ing
part
ng
Com
mun
ity
Righ
ts a
nd W
elfa
re C
omm
itte
e.
Nga
yon
sa C
RAW
, gus
to k
o po
sa
na t
ulun
gan
ang
mga
man
inin
da n
atin
dit
o sa
UP,
pat
i na
rin
po ‘y
ung
driv
er’s
com
mun
ity,
pat
i rin
po
iba’
t ib
ang
com
mun
ity
dito
sa
UP.
Nga
yon,
if
I ha
ve t
he p
ower
to
tim
e tr
avel
, pw
ede
ko p
ong
gaw
ing
laha
t ng
mga
gus
to k
ong
gaw
in in
a v
ery
shor
t pe
riod
of t
ime.
Hila
ry C
hel
sea
Ch
an
4th
ye
ar, B
S M
eta
llurg
ical
En
gin
ee
rin
g
Kung
bib
igya
n po
ako
ng
kapa
ngya
riha
n, p
ipili
in k
o po
ng
mag
karo
on n
g su
pers
onic
voi
ce p
ara
po w
ala
nang
dah
ilan
‘yun
g m
ga t
aong
nas
a ta
tsul
ok u
pang
sab
ihin
nila
na
hind
i ni
la t
ayo
nari
rini
g. W
ala
na s
ilang
dah
ilan
para
mag
bing
i-bi
ngih
an.
Ch
rist
ian
Lem
uel
Mag
alin
g2
nd
ye
ar, S
ert
ipik
o s
a M
alik
hai
ng
Pag
sula
t
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
ers,
sigu
ro p
ower
to
imit
ate
‘yun
g im
age
ng is
ang
tao.
Sig
uro
ii-im
itat
e ko
‘yun
g im
age
ng o
ne f
rom
the
adm
in,
para
mai
sulo
ng ‘
yung
kar
apat
an n
g m
ga f
resh
ies
na s
umal
i sa
mga
org
aniz
atio
ns,
maw
ala
yung
di
scou
rage
men
t sa
kan
ila n
a su
mal
i, at
ma-
unle
ash
yung
ful
l po
tent
ial
nila
sa
pags
ali
ng m
ga o
rg.
Kapa
g m
ay k
opya
ako
, ku
nyar
i ako
man
si M
r. Pr
esid
ent P
ascu
al, m
adi-
dism
iss
na ‘y
ung
idea
na
‘di p
wed
e si
lang
sum
ali n
g or
g.
Sere
ne
Ezr
a B
on
dad
4th
ye
ar, B
S C
he
mis
try
Kung
mag
kaka
-sup
erpo
wer
ako,
sigu
ro ‘y
ung k
atul
ad n
g kay
Rog
ue
sa X
-Men
. Kas
i mas
mai
intid
ihan
mo,
tala
gang
acq
uire
d kn
owle
dge
‘yun
sa su
bjec
t mo.
Sa l
ider
-est
udya
nte d
apat
nai
intid
ihan
mo
mun
a ‘y
ung
conc
ern
ng c
onst
ituen
t m
o, a
t di
to m
agka
karo
on t
ayo
ng
nagk
akai
sang
aks
yon
at d
oon,
mas
usol
usyu
nan
natin
ang
mga
isyu
at
pro
blem
a, hi
ndi l
aman
g ng
pam
anta
san
kund
i ng
sam
baya
nan.
Juan
An
ton
io B
ug
ayo
ng
3
rd y
ear
BA
Po
litic
al S
cie
nc
e
If I
had
a su
perp
ower
, it
wou
ld b
e to
rea
d m
inds
. Pa
ra
mal
aman
ko
ang
opin
yon
ng la
hat
ng t
ao a
bout
a c
erta
in is
sue
at k
ung
paan
o ni
la g
usto
iton
g i-
hand
le p
ara
mak
abuo
kam
i ng
cons
olid
ated
idea
. Dah
il ka
mi s
a KA
ISA
ay
nani
niw
ala
sa in
clus
ive
acti
vism
, and
we
belie
ve in
hav
ing
a co
llect
ive
deci
sion
in o
rder
to
hav
e a
colle
ctiv
e ac
tion
.
Raf
ael L
uis
Ro
do
lfo
Fer
nan
do
3rd
yea
r, B
S M
ole
cula
r B
iolo
gy
and
Bio
tech
no
log
y
If I w
ere
to h
ave
a su
perp
ower
, I’d
like
it t
o be
like
Sup
erm
an,
supe
r he
arin
g—th
e ab
ility
to
take
in w
hat
peop
le a
re s
ayin
g no
m
atte
r ho
w fa
r aw
ay th
ey a
re a
nd n
o m
atte
r ho
w s
mal
l a g
roup
it
is.
Bec
ause
wha
t I
feel
is
that
I w
ant
to b
e ab
le t
o lis
ten
to
man
y di
ffer
ent g
roup
s of
peo
ple.
For
exa
mpl
e, I
like
to b
e ab
le to
im
prov
e th
e A
CLE
s. I w
ant t
o be
abl
e to
get
a lo
t of f
eedb
ack
and
to g
ear
it to
be
mos
t rel
evan
t and
hel
pful
to th
e st
uden
ts.
Car
la M
on
ica
Go
nza
les
4th
year
, BS
Ho
tel,
Res
taur
ant,
and
Inst
itutio
n M
anag
emen
t
So h
avin
g a
supe
rpow
er d
oesn
’t ne
cess
arily
mea
n th
at w
e ha
ve t
o be
sup
erna
tura
l, it
can
be
supe
rhum
an t
oo. S
o I w
ould
ch
oose
the
supe
rpow
er o
f Bra
dley
Coo
per i
n th
e m
ovie
Lim
itle
ss
—be
ing
able
to
use
100%
of
your
bra
in. W
hy d
id I
choo
se t
his?
Pr
ecis
ely
beca
use
the
plat
form
of
KAIS
A t
his
year
is
Push
the
Li
mit
for
One
Str
ong
UP,
so
just
like
in L
imit
less
, we
wan
t th
e st
uden
ts o
f thi
s un
iver
sity
to g
o be
yond
thei
r lim
it.
Dan
iel G
uzm
an
3rd
ye
ar, B
ach
elo
r o
f Sp
ort
s Sc
ien
ce
So k
ung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, I
thin
k ‘y
ung
supe
r ab
iliti
es n
i Sup
erm
an. P
alag
ing
sina
sabi
ng
dad
ko s
a ‘ki
n, “‘
di k
a si
Sup
erm
an, ‘
di m
o ka
yang
gaw
in la
hat
‘yan
.” A
nd k
ung
mer
on
akon
g po
wer
s ni
Sup
erm
an,’d
i mal
i na
siya
. Sa
ting
in k
o ka
si, k
aya
nati
n ta
laga
ng g
awin
laha
t ng
ati
ng m
akak
aya
para
mak
atul
ong.
D
ahil
dito
, si
nusu
long
ko
na,
‘yun
g tu
nay
na s
erbi
syo,
‘yu
ng
serb
isyo
ng n
arar
amda
man
ng
mga
tao
, mab
ibig
ay k
o at
lah
at
hind
i map
apab
ayaa
n.
Ch
arin
a V
icto
ria
Jim
enez
2n
d y
ear,
BA
Ph
iloso
ph
y
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er,
sigu
ro t
hat
wou
ld
be t
he a
bilit
y to
be
in m
any
plac
es a
t on
ce, k
asi
ang
pers
onal
ad
voca
cy k
o as
a c
andi
date
for
cou
ncilo
r is
to
fight
for
the
op
pres
sed,
lalo
‘yun
g pa
rt n
a ie
-em
pow
er k
o ‘y
ung
wom
en a
nd
men
na
sexu
ally
har
asse
d, d
ahil
I’ve
had
a lo
t of
frie
nds
na ‘y
un
nga,
opp
ress
ed s
ila. T
hey
wer
e se
xual
ly h
aras
sed
pero
they
hav
e no
gut
s to
com
e ou
t. So
‘yun
, kay
a ab
ility
to b
e in
man
y pl
aces
at
once
, kas
i if o
nly
I cou
ld w
atch
ove
r th
em, a
ll of
them
, I w
ould
.
Eri
ca C
amill
e La
u
1st y
ear,
BS
Bus
ines
s Ad
min
istra
tion
and
Ac
co
un
tan
cy
If I
had
a su
perp
ower
, I w
ould
wan
t to
be
able
to
fly. W
hy?
Bec
ause
I t
hink
tha
t w
hen
you
fly,
you
feel
str
ong,
you
fee
l in
vinc
ible
. You
fee
l lik
e yo
u ca
n de
fy g
ravi
ty, y
ou f
eel
that
you
ca
n de
fy a
ll od
ds a
nd th
at’s
wha
t I w
ant t
o pu
sh. I
’m p
ushi
ng fo
r yo
uth
empo
wer
men
t, an
d by
flyi
ng a
nd b
y gi
ving
peo
ple
a se
nse
of p
ower
, by
givi
ng th
em a
sen
se o
f cap
abili
ty th
at th
ey a
re a
ble
to
do, w
hate
ver
they
wan
t to
do r
egar
dles
s of
lim
itat
ions
.
Rya
n C
rist
ian
Lin
tao
2n
d y
ear,
BS
Mo
lecu
lar
Bio
log
y an
d B
iote
chn
olo
gy
Kung
ako
’y b
ibig
yan
ng s
uper
pow
er,
gust
o ko
mag
karo
on
ng
supe
r st
reng
th.
Kaka
ilang
anin
na
tin
ito
sa
Uni
vers
ity
Stud
ent C
ounc
il ka
si b
ilang
par
te n
g U
nive
rsit
y St
uden
t Cou
ncil,
ka
kaila
ngan
in n
atin
ito
‘di
lan
g da
hil
pasa
n-pa
san
nati
n an
g un
iber
sida
d, k
undi
ang
buo
ng s
amba
yana
n.
Jan
Zo
ilo R
afae
l May
o4
th y
ear
, Bac
he
lor
of
Spo
rts
Scie
nc
e
If I h
ad s
uper
pow
ers,
I lik
e to
hav
e su
per
stre
ngth
so
I cou
ld
help
lift
peo
ple
up a
nd e
vent
ually
hel
p th
em li
ft e
ach
othe
r.
Fren
te S
ur
Mel
liza
3rd
ye
ar, B
S C
om
pu
ter
Scie
nc
e
So I’
d lik
e to
hav
e th
e po
wer
to
read
min
ds s
o th
at w
e m
ay
be a
ble
to b
ette
r kn
ow w
hat
the
peop
le a
re t
hink
ing
abou
t, w
hat
thei
r ne
eds
are,
wha
t th
ey w
ant,
so t
hat
we
may
bet
ter
push
for
som
ethi
ng th
at w
ould
be
best
for t
hem
to a
ddre
ss th
eir p
robl
ems.
Mar
a A
ng
eli V
illeg
as3
rd y
ear
, Ju
ris
Do
cto
r, C
olle
ge
of
Law
I wou
ld ch
oose
the
pow
er to
min
d re
ad, b
ecau
se w
ith
the
pow
er
to m
ind
read
, you
are
abl
e to
see
wha
t is
it t
hat
peop
le a
ctua
lly
wan
t, an
d w
hat t
hey
actu
ally
thin
k ab
out a
spe
cific
issu
e. B
ecau
se
som
etim
es, e
spec
ially
in
our
Asi
an c
ultu
re, w
e te
nd t
o lim
it
ours
elve
s, sa
ying
tha
t th
is m
ight
be
offe
nsiv
e to
the
gen
eral
pu
blic
. But
whe
n w
e pu
sh f
or p
olic
ies,
we
push
for
pro
gram
s,
we
wan
t to
mak
e su
re t
hat
our
prog
ram
s, ou
r la
ws
that
we
legi
slat
e, a
re r
espo
nsiv
e to
the
nee
ds o
f th
e pe
ople
and
we
can
only
ach
ieve
this
wit
h th
roug
h ho
nest
y.
AL
YA
NS
AK
AIS
AS
TA
ND
UP
Iba
pan
g k
and
idat
o s
a p
agka
kon
seh
al*:
A
LYA
NSA
An
ne
Lorr
ain
e “A
nn
e” G
arci
a, 4
th y
ear
, BS
Ge
og
rap
hy
Joh
n G
abri
el “
Gab
” N
uq
ue,
3rd
ye
ar, B
S C
he
mis
try
KA
ISA
Gay
le K
ryst
le “
Gay
le”
Gre
y, 5
th y
ear
, BS
Spo
rts
Scie
nc
e
*Hin
di n
akar
atin
g a
ng
mg
a ka
nd
idat
o
sa it
inak
dan
g p
anay
am n
g P
hili
pp
ine
Co
lleg
ian
.
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ka
ng s
uper
pow
er, a
no it
o at
paa
no m
o it
o ga
gam
itin
upa
ng m
aisu
long
ang
iyon
g pl
atap
orm
a?C
OU
NC
ILO
RS
CO
LL
EG
E R
EP
RE
SE
NT
AT
IVE
S
ALY
AN
SA•
She
rie
Cla
ire
G. P
once
C
olle
ge o
f Art
s an
d Le
tter
s•
Fen
ina
Mar
ia C
. De
Leon
C
olle
ge o
f Bus
ines
s A
dmin
istr
atio
n•
Sha
mah
S. B
ulan
gis
C
olle
ge o
f Edu
cati
on•
Apr
il R
ose
B. R
amos
C
olle
ge o
f Eng
inee
ring
•S
tefa
nie
D. Q
uint
in
Col
lege
of M
usic
•C
hris
Erw
in S
G. A
lqui
zala
s C
olle
ge o
f Soc
ial S
cien
ce a
nd P
hilo
soph
y•
Ado
lfo J
ose
A. M
onte
sa
Sch
ool o
f Eco
nom
ics
•M
aria
Ang
elic
a R
. Rot
oni
Sch
ool o
f Sta
tist
ics
KA
ISA
•M
a. Y
sabe
lle C
lari
sse
Ann
e S.
M. B
onoa
n A
sian
Inst
itut
e of
Tou
rism
•Jo
se R
uel V
. Fab
ia
C
olle
ge o
f Arc
hite
ctur
e•
Aly
ssa
Joy
P. Q
uint
o C
olle
ge o
f Bus
ines
s A
dmin
istr
atio
n•
Dan
iel R
aym
und
L. N
ieva
C
olle
ge o
f Eng
inee
ring
•
Car
lo P
. De
Laza
C
olle
ge o
f Fin
e A
rts
•A
nna
Ale
xa F
. Nac
iona
l C
olle
ge o
f Hom
e E
cono
mic
s•
Ma.
Isab
ella
B. A
urel
lado
C
olle
ge o
f Hum
an K
inet
ics
•M
igue
l Ang
elo
T. B
arre
tto
Col
lege
of L
aw•
Wes
Ant
onio
C. L
ipan
a C
olle
ge o
f Mus
ic•
Ram
Vin
cent
C. T
oman
eng
Col
lege
of S
cien
ce•
Karl
a E
na R
. Bad
ong
Col
lege
of S
ocia
l Sci
ence
and
Phi
loso
phy
•M
a. B
eatr
iz G
. Obc
ena
Col
lege
of S
ocia
l Wor
k an
d C
omm
unit
y D
evel
opm
ent
•Fr
ance
sca
Ann
e Lo
uise
G. A
ngel
es
Nat
iona
l Col
lege
of P
ublic
Adm
inis
trat
ion
and
Gov
erna
nce
•G
illia
n C
aye
G. B
rion
es
Scho
ol o
f Lib
rary
and
Info
rmat
ion
Stud
ies
STA
ND
UP
•Ky
rie
Ele
ison
Muñ
oz
Asi
an In
stit
ute
of T
ouri
sm•
Reb
omafi
l Bay
ot II
C
olle
ge o
f Arc
hite
ctur
e•
Ma.
Alio
na S
ilva
Col
lege
of A
rts
and
Lett
ers
•A
l-H
abby
el Y
usop
h Co
llege
of B
usin
ess
Adm
inis
trat
ion
•St
ewar
t Go
Roa
C
olle
ge o
f Eng
inee
ring
•In
es A
dava
n C
olle
ge o
f Hom
e Ec
onom
ics
•D
ave
Tera
nte
Scho
ol o
f Lib
rary
an
d In
form
atio
n Sc
ienc
e•
Bea
ta R
egin
a C
arol
ino
Col
lege
of M
ass
Com
mun
icat
ion
•Jo
hn C
hris
toph
er M
orill
o C
olle
ge o
f Sci
ence
•Jo
ey L
oris
to
Col
lege
of S
ocia
l Sci
ence
s an
d Ph
iloso
phy
•Er
ika
Isab
el Y
ague
C
olle
ge o
f Soc
ial W
ork
and
Com
mun
ity
Dev
elop
men
t•
Geo
rgia
Lou
ise
Mel
endr
es
Scho
ol o
f Sta
tist
ics
Ind
epen
den
t•
Reg
ine
Bea
tric
e T.
Rod
rigu
ez
Scho
ol o
f Eco
nom
ics
•Jo
hn P
aul R
. Rot
ap
Col
lege
of L
aw•
Car
la P
atri
ce S
. Cuc
ueco
C
olle
ge o
f Mas
s C
omm
unic
atio
n
Co
un
cilo
rs
Mar
tes
26
Peb
rero
2
013
Joh
n P
aulo
G. D
elas
Nie
ves
3rd
ye
ar, B
S E
co
no
mic
s
Kung
ako
ay
mag
kaka
roon
ng
supe
rpow
er, a
ng g
usto
ko
‘yun
g po
wer
to
tim
e tr
avel
. Kas
i ku
ng k
aya
nati
ng m
ag-t
ime
trav
el,
maa
abot
tay
o sa
nak
araa
n, s
a fu
ture
. And
par
a m
atul
ak n
atin
an
g m
ga p
lata
porm
a na
tin,
kai
lang
an n
atin
mal
aman
ang
mga
pa
gkak
amal
i na
tin,
at
posi
ble
pang
man
gyar
i in
the
fut
ure.
So
‘yun
, if I
hav
e th
e po
wer
to ti
me
trav
el th
en I’
ll be
pre
pare
d, th
en
all o
f us
will
be
prep
ared
sa
mga
sus
unod
pan
g m
angy
ayar
i.
Ale
a L.
Car
pio
4th
ye
ar, B
A E
uro
pe
an L
ang
uag
es
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
mak
apag
-tel
epor
t pa
ra m
as m
adal
i ak
o m
akap
unta
sa
iba’
t ib
ang
luga
r. W
ith
this
ea
sier
for
m o
f tr
ansp
orta
tion
, m
as m
akak
alap
it a
ko s
a m
ga
estu
dyan
te s
a ba
wat
luga
r di
to s
a U
P at
mas
mal
alam
an k
o ku
ng
ano
ang
mga
pan
gang
aila
ngan
nila
. At
‘pag
nal
aman
ko
na i
to,
mas
mad
ali
ko i
tong
mai
lala
pit
sa a
ting
kon
seho
at
mai
bibi
gay
ko n
a sa
kan
ila k
ung
ano
ang
mga
hin
hilin
g ni
la. I
to a
ng m
as
mad
alin
g re
lati
onsh
ip n
atin
wit
h th
e st
uden
ts a
nd w
ith
the
USC
na
gus
to n
ga n
atin
man
gyar
i nga
yong
taon
.
Jam
ayca
R. E
nca
nto
5th
ye
ar, B
S M
ec
han
ical
En
gin
ee
rin
g
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
sig
uro
ako
ng s
uper
pow
ers,
okay
sig
uro
‘yun
g na
kaka
basa
ng
iniis
ip n
g ib
ang
tao.
Lal
o na
nga
yon
na g
usto
na
tin a
ng t
rans
pare
ncy,
impo
rtan
te n
a hi
ndi
lang
offi
cers
‘yun
g tr
ansp
aren
t sa
mga
pan
gang
aila
ngan
, im
port
ante
na
‘yun
g m
ga
cons
titue
nts
alam
din
nat
in k
ung
ano
ang
pang
anga
ilang
an. S
o ku
ng m
eron
tayo
ng a
bilit
y pa
ra m
abas
a ku
ng a
no m
an a
ng n
asa
isip
ni
la, m
as m
adal
i ang
pag
trat
raba
ho n
atin
par
a ha
nd-i
n-ha
nd ta
yo.
Dal
e W
ilso
n A
. Gar
cia
III
2n
d y
ear
, BS
Mat
he
mat
ics
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
mak
uha
ang
pow
er n
i Spi
derm
an n
a su
per
stre
ngth
at s
pide
r se
nse.
Kas
i ‘pa
g m
ay s
uper
str
engt
h ak
o, k
aya
kong
pro
tekt
ahan
ang
mga
tao
at
kunw
ari,
may
kai
lang
an d
alhi
n sa
iba
ng l
ugar
, kay
ang-
kaya
ko
‘yun
buh
atin
. At s
pide
r se
nse
nam
an p
ara
ma-
sens
e ko
kun
g m
ay
nang
anga
ilang
an n
g tu
long
o k
ung
may
pap
arat
ing
bang
mas
aman
g ta
o, p
ara
map
rote
ktah
an n
atin
ang
UP
at p
ara
mab
igya
n na
tin
ng
serb
isyo
ang
mga
laha
t ng
nasa
UP
Dili
man
.
Rap
hae
l Aar
on
A. L
etab
a3r
d y
ear,
BS
Bu
sin
ess
Adm
inis
trat
ion
& A
cco
unta
ncy
Kung
ako
ay
may
sup
erpo
wer
, I th
ink
it w
ould
be
X-r
ay v
isio
n.
This
is a
ligne
d w
ith A
LYAN
SA’s
plat
form
for
gre
ater
tra
nspa
renc
y an
d ac
coun
tabi
lity.
Usi
ng x
-ray
vis
ion,
let’s
try
to p
ierc
e th
roug
h an
y ob
scur
ity,
pie
rce
thro
ugh
any
vagu
e m
atte
rs s
o th
at w
e’re
ab
le to
cle
arly
see
and
ana
lyze
wha
t’s r
eally
hap
peni
ng in
term
s of
tran
sact
ions
, esp
ecia
lly a
ko, c
omin
g fr
om th
e Co
llege
of B
usin
ess
Adm
inis
trat
ion
na A
ccou
ntan
cy ‘y
ung c
ours
e ko.
We’r
e rea
lly lo
okin
g to
war
ds g
reat
er tr
ansp
aren
cy a
nd a
ccou
ntab
ility
.
Ma.
Jo
sefi
na
Isab
el A
. Mei
ly5
th y
ear
, BS
Ge
od
eti
c E
ng
ine
eri
ng
Kung
ako
ay
mag
igin
g su
perh
ero
at m
agka
karo
on a
ko n
g is
ang
supe
rpow
er, a
ng s
uper
pow
er k
o ay
ang
pag
kaka
roon
ng
isan
g x-
ray
visi
on k
ung
saan
, isa
rin
nam
an s
a pl
atap
orm
a ng
A
LYA
NSA
ay
ang
pagk
akar
oon
ng tr
ansp
aren
cy a
nd a
ccou
ntab
ility
, na
kun
g sa
an a
ng s
uper
pow
er k
o na
pag
kaka
roon
ng
x-ra
y vi
sion
ay
mak
ikit
a ko
sa
baw
at is
ang
tao
ang
pagi
ging
tran
spar
ent n
ila.
Arj
ay R
. Mer
cad
o
4th
ye
ar, B
S B
usi
ne
ss E
co
no
mic
s
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
ers,
it w
ill b
e m
enta
l te
lepa
thy,
‘yun
g ka
kaya
han
na k
ausa
pin
ang
laha
t ng
UP
stud
ent
sa u
tak
nila
. Kas
i ang
layu
nin
ko, ‘y
ung
plat
form
ko,
is m
agka
lat
ng k
amal
ayan
, con
scio
usne
ss-r
aisi
ng e
ffor
ts a
bout
dif
fere
nt
issu
es, p
ara
bala
nse
‘yun
g m
ga p
ros
and
cons
ng
mga
issu
es a
t m
akap
ag-d
ecid
e ta
yo s
a m
atal
inon
g pa
mam
araa
n.
Au
dre
y D
ei O
. Rap
osa
3r
d ye
ar, B
S C
hem
ical
Eng
inee
ring
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
ng s
uper
st
reng
th k
asi g
usto
nat
in d
alhi
n ‘y
ung
mga
est
udya
nte
tow
ards
ou
r vi
sion
s an
d to
war
ds o
ur p
lans
and
pla
tfor
ms.
Siye
mpr
e,
kaila
ngan
din
nat
in n
g la
kas
ng l
oob
para
mai
pagl
aban
nat
in
ang
atin
g m
ga is
inus
ulon
g na
mga
pla
tapo
rma,
mga
isin
isul
ong
natin
g ka
mpa
nya
and
advo
caci
es. N
ariy
an a
ng c
ontin
uous
nat
ing
pagl
aban
par
a sa
mas
mat
aas
na b
udge
t at
par
a sa
mga
bas
ic
stud
ent s
ervi
ces.
Mel
y A
nn
Em
erie
Cri
sto
bal
1st
year
, Ju
ris
Do
cto
r, C
olle
ge
of
Law
‘Yun
g pi
pilii
n ko
ng s
uper
pow
er a
y ‘y
ung
dopp
elga
nger
na
supe
rpow
er. K
asi g
usto
ko
sana
mag
ing
map
aram
i ang
sar
ili k
o,
pero
siy
empr
e, w
ith th
e sa
me
conv
ictio
n, w
ith th
e sa
me
prin
cipl
es,
para
mas
mar
ami a
ng m
aaab
ot k
ong
estu
dyan
te—
mak
apag
-RTR
, m
akap
agku
mbi
nsi,
mak
apag
mul
at
tung
kol
sa
mga
is
yung
pa
nlip
unan
, at
siy
empr
e, p
ara
kapa
g ku
nyar
i sa
STA
ND
UP,
na
nini
wal
a ta
yo s
a co
llect
ive
acti
on.
Pat
rick
Sh
ane
Dia
z4
th y
ear
, BA
Pu
blic
Ad
min
istr
atio
n
If I
had
a su
perp
ower
, I
gues
s it
wou
ld b
e th
e po
wer
to
cont
rol c
ompu
ters
. I’d
cre
ate
a ve
ry b
ig d
atab
ase
of P
ower
Poin
t pr
esen
tati
ons
on th
e le
sson
s ne
eded
, so
that
we
can
achi
eve
free
an
d ac
cess
ible
edu
cati
on fo
r al
l.
Lean
dro
Mig
uel
Alb
erto
Ro
mm
el F
ern
and
ez4
th y
ear
, BS
Tou
rism
Man
age
me
nt
For
me,
tele
port
atio
n, s
o I c
an g
o to
diff
eren
t pla
ces
and
touc
h pe
ople
’s liv
es.
Ch
arlo
tte
Fran
ce4
th y
ear
, BA
Bro
adc
ast
Co
mm
un
icat
ion
Kung
m
agka
karo
on
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er,
gust
o ko
‘y
ung
mak
apag
para
mi,
mak
apag
-mul
tipl
y pa
ra
sana
si
yem
pre,
m
akap
unta
tay
o d’
un s
a ib
a’t
iban
g se
ktor
, sab
ay-s
abay
nat
ing
ma-
addr
ess
‘yun
g ib
a’t
iban
g se
ctor
s ng
soc
iety
, ‘yu
ng k
anila
ng
mga
iss
ues,
at m
aipa
glab
an n
atin
ang
kan
ilang
mga
kar
apat
an.
Pero
dah
il al
am n
aman
nat
in n
a hi
ndi,
na i
mpo
sibl
e iy
on n
a m
ag-i
sa m
akap
agpa
ram
i, nan
iniw
ala
nam
an ta
yo n
a na
ndiy
an p
a ri
n ‘y
ung
mar
amin
g m
ga k
abat
aan
at m
alaw
ak n
a ha
nay
ng m
asa.
An
gel
o L
agm
an3
rd y
ear
, BA
Co
mm
un
icat
ion
Re
sear
ch
Kung
m
agka
karo
on
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er,
‘yun
‘y
ung
tim
e co
ntro
l. Kas
i kam
i sa
STAN
D U
P ay
nan
iniw
ala
na d
apat
edu
catio
n is
a
righ
t at d
apat
‘yun
g tu
ition
nat
in a
y ac
cess
ible
par
a sa
laha
t ng
mga
es
tudy
ante
. Kun
g ka
ya k
o ng
a ib
alik
‘yun
g or
as, s
iyem
pre
mas
pa
iigti
ngin
ko
ang
kam
pany
a up
ang
pigi
lin a
ng p
agta
as n
g tu
itio
n m
ula
sa P
300
pagt
aas
sa P
1000
, at p
ati n
a ri
n P1
500.
Joh
n N
elvi
n L
uce
ro2
nd
ye
ar, B
A J
ou
rnal
ism
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, g
usto
ko
siye
mpr
e ‘y
ung
mak
alip
ad, h
indi
lan
g da
hil
sa n
aga-
aspi
re a
kong
mag
ing
Dar
na, k
undi
lan
g gu
sto
ko s
anan
g m
akap
ag-o
rgan
isa
ng m
ga
bakl
a at
les
biya
na h
indi
lam
ang
sa U
nibe
rsid
ad n
g Pi
lipin
as,
kund
i pa
ti n
a ri
n d’
un s
a m
ga p
amay
anan
kun
g sa
an h
indi
na
aabo
t n’
ung
infl
uenc
e ng
mas
s m
edia
whe
n it
com
es t
o th
e ge
nder
rig
hts
advo
cacy
.
Sitt
i Mer
yam
Ag
ath
a R
eyes
4th
ye
ar, B
S B
usi
ne
ss A
dm
inis
trat
ion
& A
cc
ou
nta
nc
y
Kung
mag
kaka
rooo
n ak
o ng
sup
erpo
wer
, I’d
lik
e to
hav
e th
e gr
eate
st p
ower
of a
ll, it
’s th
e po
wer
of l
ove.
Bec
ause
I th
ink
that
’s w
hat w
ould
kee
p us
, tha
t’s w
hat w
ould
allo
w u
s to
look
forw
ard.
A
nd r
egar
ding
my
plat
form
s, of
cou
rse,
we
need
to h
ave
our
love
fo
r our
fello
w M
uslim
bro
ther
s an
d si
ster
s. M
y pl
atfo
rm is
for u
s to
hav
e a
mos
que
insi
de th
e co
mm
unit
y.
Erra
Mae
Zab
at3
rd y
ear
, BS
Psy
ch
olo
gy
So a
ng s
uper
pow
er n
a pi
pilii
n ko
ay
the
pow
er t
o ha
ve
mul
tiple
sel
ves.
Kasi
we
at S
TAN
D U
P na
man
, dah
il da
la-d
ala
ko
‘yun
g ge
nder
adv
ocac
y n’
ung
gend
er c
omm
ittee
, we
belie
ve n
a w
e ca
n on
ly d
o so
muc
h. S
o da
pat
tala
ga m
as m
aram
i tay
o, a
nd
para
mak
uha
natin
‘yun
g su
port
a ng
stu
dent
s, ka
ilang
an n
atin
g m
ag-r
aise
ng
awar
enes
s. An
d an
o ta
laga
, pun
taha
n is
a-is
a. Ku
ng
mas
mar
ami a
ko, m
as m
aram
i ako
ng p
anah
on n
a m
apun
taha
n si
la.
Mar
io A
dre
fan
io S
anto
s4
th y
ear,
BA
Co
mm
un
icat
ion
Res
earc
h
If I h
ad a
sup
erpo
wer
, I’d
wan
t to
hav
e po
wer
of s
uper
spe
ed,
like
the
Flas
h, c
ause
we
only
hav
e lim
ited
tim
e in
our
han
ds a
nd
siye
mpr
e, a
s a
mem
ber
of t
he s
tude
nt c
ounc
il, m
aram
i kam
ing
prog
ram
a na
gus
to n
amin
g ib
igay
sa
atin
g m
ga e
stud
yant
e. A
nd
give
n th
e ti
me
we
have
, gus
to p
o na
min
g su
litin
ang
aki
ng t
ime
as a
USC
cou
ncilo
r, an
d si
yem
pre,
if
I ha
ve s
uper
spe
ed, a
king
m
aa-a
chie
ve la
hat n
g ak
ing
goal
s.
All
ynn
a H
anee
fa M
acap
ado
2n
d y
ear
, BS
Mo
lec
ula
r B
iolo
gy
and
Bio
tec
hn
olo
gy
Gus
to p
o sa
na m
agka
roon
ng
tim
e tr
avel
ling
pow
ers.
Kasi
nga
po
, kun
g pa
pala
rin
po, g
usto
ko
pong
mag
ing
part
ng
Com
mun
ity
Righ
ts a
nd W
elfa
re C
omm
itte
e.
Nga
yon
sa C
RAW
, gus
to k
o po
sa
na t
ulun
gan
ang
mga
man
inin
da n
atin
dit
o sa
UP,
pat
i na
rin
po ‘y
ung
driv
er’s
com
mun
ity,
pat
i rin
po
iba’
t ib
ang
com
mun
ity
dito
sa
UP.
Nga
yon,
if
I ha
ve t
he p
ower
to
tim
e tr
avel
, pw
ede
ko p
ong
gaw
ing
laha
t ng
mga
gus
to k
ong
gaw
in in
a v
ery
shor
t pe
riod
of t
ime.
Hila
ry C
hel
sea
Ch
an
4th
ye
ar, B
S M
eta
llurg
ical
En
gin
ee
rin
g
Kung
bib
igya
n po
ako
ng
kapa
ngya
riha
n, p
ipili
in k
o po
ng
mag
karo
on n
g su
pers
onic
voi
ce p
ara
po w
ala
nang
dah
ilan
‘yun
g m
ga t
aong
nas
a ta
tsul
ok u
pang
sab
ihin
nila
na
hind
i ni
la t
ayo
nari
rini
g. W
ala
na s
ilang
dah
ilan
para
mag
bing
i-bi
ngih
an.
Ch
rist
ian
Lem
uel
Mag
alin
g2
nd
ye
ar, S
ert
ipik
o s
a M
alik
hai
ng
Pag
sula
t
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
ers,
sigu
ro p
ower
to
imit
ate
‘yun
g im
age
ng is
ang
tao.
Sig
uro
ii-im
itat
e ko
‘yun
g im
age
ng o
ne f
rom
the
adm
in,
para
mai
sulo
ng ‘
yung
kar
apat
an n
g m
ga f
resh
ies
na s
umal
i sa
mga
org
aniz
atio
ns,
maw
ala
yung
di
scou
rage
men
t sa
kan
ila n
a su
mal
i, at
ma-
unle
ash
yung
ful
l po
tent
ial
nila
sa
pags
ali
ng m
ga o
rg.
Kapa
g m
ay k
opya
ako
, ku
nyar
i ako
man
si M
r. Pr
esid
ent P
ascu
al, m
adi-
dism
iss
na ‘y
ung
idea
na
‘di p
wed
e si
lang
sum
ali n
g or
g.
Sere
ne
Ezr
a B
on
dad
4th
ye
ar, B
S C
he
mis
try
Kung
mag
kaka
-sup
erpo
wer
ako,
sigu
ro ‘y
ung k
atul
ad n
g kay
Rog
ue
sa X
-Men
. Kas
i mas
mai
intid
ihan
mo,
tala
gang
acq
uire
d kn
owle
dge
‘yun
sa su
bjec
t mo.
Sa l
ider
-est
udya
nte d
apat
nai
intid
ihan
mo
mun
a ‘y
ung
conc
ern
ng c
onst
ituen
t m
o, a
t di
to m
agka
karo
on t
ayo
ng
nagk
akai
sang
aks
yon
at d
oon,
mas
usol
usyu
nan
natin
ang
mga
isyu
at
pro
blem
a, hi
ndi l
aman
g ng
pam
anta
san
kund
i ng
sam
baya
nan.
Juan
An
ton
io B
ug
ayo
ng
3
rd y
ear
BA
Po
litic
al S
cie
nc
e
If I
had
a su
perp
ower
, it
wou
ld b
e to
rea
d m
inds
. Pa
ra
mal
aman
ko
ang
opin
yon
ng la
hat
ng t
ao a
bout
a c
erta
in is
sue
at k
ung
paan
o ni
la g
usto
iton
g i-
hand
le p
ara
mak
abuo
kam
i ng
cons
olid
ated
idea
. Dah
il ka
mi s
a KA
ISA
ay
nani
niw
ala
sa in
clus
ive
acti
vism
, and
we
belie
ve in
hav
ing
a co
llect
ive
deci
sion
in o
rder
to
hav
e a
colle
ctiv
e ac
tion
.
Raf
ael L
uis
Ro
do
lfo
Fer
nan
do
3rd
yea
r, B
S M
ole
cula
r B
iolo
gy
and
Bio
tech
no
log
y
If I w
ere
to h
ave
a su
perp
ower
, I’d
like
it t
o be
like
Sup
erm
an,
supe
r he
arin
g—th
e ab
ility
to
take
in w
hat
peop
le a
re s
ayin
g no
m
atte
r ho
w fa
r aw
ay th
ey a
re a
nd n
o m
atte
r ho
w s
mal
l a g
roup
it
is.
Bec
ause
wha
t I
feel
is
that
I w
ant
to b
e ab
le t
o lis
ten
to
man
y di
ffer
ent g
roup
s of
peo
ple.
For
exa
mpl
e, I
like
to b
e ab
le to
im
prov
e th
e A
CLE
s. I w
ant t
o be
abl
e to
get
a lo
t of f
eedb
ack
and
to g
ear
it to
be
mos
t rel
evan
t and
hel
pful
to th
e st
uden
ts.
Car
la M
on
ica
Go
nza
les
4th
year
, BS
Ho
tel,
Res
taur
ant,
and
Inst
itutio
n M
anag
emen
t
So h
avin
g a
supe
rpow
er d
oesn
’t ne
cess
arily
mea
n th
at w
e ha
ve t
o be
sup
erna
tura
l, it
can
be
supe
rhum
an t
oo. S
o I w
ould
ch
oose
the
supe
rpow
er o
f Bra
dley
Coo
per i
n th
e m
ovie
Lim
itle
ss
—be
ing
able
to
use
100%
of
your
bra
in. W
hy d
id I
choo
se t
his?
Pr
ecis
ely
beca
use
the
plat
form
of
KAIS
A t
his
year
is
Push
the
Li
mit
for
One
Str
ong
UP,
so
just
like
in L
imit
less
, we
wan
t th
e st
uden
ts o
f thi
s un
iver
sity
to g
o be
yond
thei
r lim
it.
Dan
iel G
uzm
an
3rd
ye
ar, B
ach
elo
r o
f Sp
ort
s Sc
ien
ce
So k
ung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er, I
thin
k ‘y
ung
supe
r ab
iliti
es n
i Sup
erm
an. P
alag
ing
sina
sabi
ng
dad
ko s
a ‘ki
n, “‘
di k
a si
Sup
erm
an, ‘
di m
o ka
yang
gaw
in la
hat
‘yan
.” A
nd k
ung
mer
on
akon
g po
wer
s ni
Sup
erm
an,’d
i mal
i na
siya
. Sa
ting
in k
o ka
si, k
aya
nati
n ta
laga
ng g
awin
laha
t ng
ati
ng m
akak
aya
para
mak
atul
ong.
D
ahil
dito
, si
nusu
long
ko
na,
‘yun
g tu
nay
na s
erbi
syo,
‘yu
ng
serb
isyo
ng n
arar
amda
man
ng
mga
tao
, mab
ibig
ay k
o at
lah
at
hind
i map
apab
ayaa
n.
Ch
arin
a V
icto
ria
Jim
enez
2n
d y
ear,
BA
Ph
iloso
ph
y
Kung
mag
kaka
roon
ako
ng
supe
rpow
er,
sigu
ro t
hat
wou
ld
be t
he a
bilit
y to
be
in m
any
plac
es a
t on
ce, k
asi
ang
pers
onal
ad
voca
cy k
o as
a c
andi
date
for
cou
ncilo
r is
to
fight
for
the
op
pres
sed,
lalo
‘yun
g pa
rt n
a ie
-em
pow
er k
o ‘y
ung
wom
en a
nd
men
na
sexu
ally
har
asse
d, d
ahil
I’ve
had
a lo
t of
frie
nds
na ‘y
un
nga,
opp
ress
ed s
ila. T
hey
wer
e se
xual
ly h
aras
sed
pero
they
hav
e no
gut
s to
com
e ou
t. So
‘yun
, kay
a ab
ility
to b
e in
man
y pl
aces
at
once
, kas
i if o
nly
I cou
ld w
atch
ove
r th
em, a
ll of
them
, I w
ould
.
Eri
ca C
amill
e La
u
1st y
ear,
BS
Bus
ines
s Ad
min
istra
tion
and
Ac
co
un
tan
cy
If I
had
a su
perp
ower
, I w
ould
wan
t to
be
able
to
fly. W
hy?
Bec
ause
I t
hink
tha
t w
hen
you
fly,
you
feel
str
ong,
you
fee
l in
vinc
ible
. You
fee
l lik
e yo
u ca
n de
fy g
ravi
ty, y
ou f
eel
that
you
ca
n de
fy a
ll od
ds a
nd th
at’s
wha
t I w
ant t
o pu
sh. I
’m p
ushi
ng fo
r yo
uth
empo
wer
men
t, an
d by
flyi
ng a
nd b
y gi
ving
peo
ple
a se
nse
of p
ower
, by
givi
ng th
em a
sen
se o
f cap
abili
ty th
at th
ey a
re a
ble
to
do, w
hate
ver
they
wan
t to
do r
egar
dles
s of
lim
itat
ions
.
Rya
n C
rist
ian
Lin
tao
2n
d y
ear,
BS
Mo
lecu
lar
Bio
log
y an
d B
iote
chn
olo
gy
Kung
ako
’y b
ibig
yan
ng s
uper
pow
er,
gust
o ko
mag
karo
on
ng
supe
r st
reng
th.
Kaka
ilang
anin
na
tin
ito
sa
Uni
vers
ity
Stud
ent C
ounc
il ka
si b
ilang
par
te n
g U
nive
rsit
y St
uden
t Cou
ncil,
ka
kaila
ngan
in n
atin
ito
‘di
lan
g da
hil
pasa
n-pa
san
nati
n an
g un
iber
sida
d, k
undi
ang
buo
ng s
amba
yana
n.
Jan
Zo
ilo R
afae
l May
o4
th y
ear
, Bac
he
lor
of
Spo
rts
Scie
nc
e
If I h
ad s
uper
pow
ers,
I lik
e to
hav
e su
per
stre
ngth
so
I cou
ld
help
lift
peo
ple
up a
nd e
vent
ually
hel
p th
em li
ft e
ach
othe
r.
Fren
te S
ur
Mel
liza
3rd
ye
ar, B
S C
om
pu
ter
Scie
nc
e
So I’
d lik
e to
hav
e th
e po
wer
to
read
min
ds s
o th
at w
e m
ay
be a
ble
to b
ette
r kn
ow w
hat
the
peop
le a
re t
hink
ing
abou
t, w
hat
thei
r ne
eds
are,
wha
t th
ey w
ant,
so t
hat
we
may
bet
ter
push
for
som
ethi
ng th
at w
ould
be
best
for t
hem
to a
ddre
ss th
eir p
robl
ems.
Mar
a A
ng
eli V
illeg
as3
rd y
ear
, Ju
ris
Do
cto
r, C
olle
ge
of
Law
I wou
ld ch
oose
the
pow
er to
min
d re
ad, b
ecau
se w
ith
the
pow
er
to m
ind
read
, you
are
abl
e to
see
wha
t is
it t
hat
peop
le a
ctua
lly
wan
t, an
d w
hat t
hey
actu
ally
thin
k ab
out a
spe
cific
issu
e. B
ecau
se
som
etim
es, e
spec
ially
in
our
Asi
an c
ultu
re, w
e te
nd t
o lim
it
ours
elve
s, sa
ying
tha
t th
is m
ight
be
offe
nsiv
e to
the
gen
eral
pu
blic
. But
whe
n w
e pu
sh f
or p
olic
ies,
we
push
for
pro
gram
s,
we
wan
t to
mak
e su
re t
hat
our
prog
ram
s, ou
r la
ws
that
we
legi
slat
e, a
re r
espo
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Martes26 Pebrero
2012
A yeAr hAs pAssed since Up diliman (Upd) students elected its University student council (Usc), the campus’ highest student governing body mandated to “defend and promote the rights and general welfare of [Up students] and the Filipino people.”
students from Upd’s three major political parties occupy the 34 seats in the incumbent Usc, with 13 mem-bers from Up Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (Up ALyAnsA), and 10 members each from KAisA— nagkakaisang iskolar para sa pamantasan at sambayanan (KAisA) and student Alliance for the Advancement of democratic rights in Up (sTAnd Up). An independent member representing the national college of public Administration and Governance completes the list.
As elected student leaders, the Usc is expected to live the council’s tradition of serving the students and the people. indeed, as various university and national issues mark the current academic year—from the opening salvo of the Bracket B certification (BBc) scheme to human rights violations, and the looming midterm elections—the Usc plays a crucial role in leading the students.
Continuing the serviceThe Usc celebrates its centennial
this year, having gone a long way since Manuel Mariano Tabona led the very first council in 1913. even in its early years, the Usc—then known as Up student council—has already established a legacy of fighting for student’s welfare.
For instance, it led the students’ protest against a fee increase imposed by the department of physical education (pe) in 1929. during the dark days of Martial rule in the ‘70s, the Usc was among the student institutions that mobi-lized the students to decisively act for social change.
Resolving dividesUnlike previous councils, Usc
members claim to have transcended political divides, and have been able to work together despite inherent differences. such conduct is expected from Usc members, who are stripped off their party color once they enter the council that has to function as a single body.
“May mga General Assemblies (GA) na umaabot ng 3 AM, bickering on political stance sa issues, pero hanggang doon lang ‘yun. ‘pag-sinalang na sa mga projects ng Usc, regardless of party color, tumutulong naman lahat,” says coun- cilor Francisco Jayme Guiang.
yet, there have been several instances when the council failed to forge unity. in joining the state of the nation Address protest action for instance, Usc members agreed to participate individually instead of joining as a council, says Fran-cisco Guiang. The Usc’s pro-sin Tax stance was also placed to a vote, after the council failed to reach a consensus.
participation of Usc members in General Assemblies
(GAs) were also telling. in the nine GAs
held during the first semester, 90 late and 65 excused and unexcused a b s e n c e s
were recorded. Meanwhile, for the six GAs conducted in the second semester, 56 late and 46 absences were noted.
The council was unable to mobi-lize as a body, resulting to certain committees standing out among the others. “hindi lahat ng com-mittees na-utilize nang maayos, kumbaga selected committees lang
talaga ‘yung nakapag-deliver ng concrete projects,” says Julliano Guiang.
Also, in October 2012, much controversy erupted when diño tagged the organization Anakbayan as a communist front in her Twit-ter account — an act which several student leaders including former Usc chairperson Jemimah Garcia condemned for effectively endangering the safety of students
associated with Anakbayan.
Lacking
advocacy Among the
criticisms hauled against the Usc was its lack of stances and actions in sev-eral issues like the draft code of
student conduct (csc), the univer-sity’s set rules governing student conduct that drew wide criticisms back in 2009.
The csc, which only awaits the highest policy making body Board of regents’ approval, includes a contentious provision limiting freshmen from becoming organiza-tion members in their first semester.
“naipasa [ito] nang walang ikinibit-balikat man lang ang konseho,” laments Garcia, who was part of the committee that drafted the students’ version of csc, which was later considered in the latest csc version.
The council was also unable to spearhead advocacies beyond the university or lead campaigns on pressing national issues. “Maraming outputs ang nabuo ng Usc, pero nag-kulang [sa] follow-ups ng mga issues,” says Usc councilor Julliano Guiang.
Leadership in the Usc does not
end with organizing activities at pro-jects. “‘pag sinabi mong Usc, going beyond projects dapat ang iniisip mo, kasi hindi lang naman mga Up students ‘yung mga constituents mo,” says Francisco Guiang.
consequently, the Usc failed to act on key concerns in the education and health sectors like the K to 12 program, roadmap for public higher education reform, the planned privatization of state hospitals, and recently, the Tubbataha reef fiasco.
“dahil tayo ay pamantasan ng bayan at kinikilala bilang isa sa mga tagapag-taguyod ng karapatan ng mamama-yang pilipino, dapat may tindig [ang Usc] sa isyu kung saan nakasalalay ang kalagayan ng taong bayan,” says Felix pariñas, national president of the All-Up Workers Union. he cited the Usc’s non-participation.
indeed, the Usc’s historical role as a student institution goes beyond projects for Up’s students; it extends to the larger Up commu-nity and the people. “[subalit] kahit sandali sa mga pagkilos [naming mga kawani], hindi ko ‘ata nakita ang kanilang presensya sa aming mga pagkilos,” pariñas adds.
Ultimately, the Usc must never forget its dual role to serve the students and the people. As a student institution whose influence stretches beyond Up, the Usc’s competence and service is not measured solely on the student events and projects it has led, but its capacity to engage Up students to fulfill their proverbial role as scholars of the people, within and outside the university.
This year’s Usc focused its efforts in spearheading projects that catered to the needs of the students. “i think nag-deliver talaga [ang buong konseho] in terms of mga
naging pangako namin noong elek-syon,” says Usc chairperson Gabriel “heart” diño.
Among its projects and events
include the Up budget awareness campaign that consolidated all parties’ budget initiatives, the voter education project Tatak Botante, and iskoOperation, a “pro-active” mechanism that seeks to help calamity victims.
At the start of the academic year, the Usc spearheaded the forum Lets clarify, which sought to shed light on the issues hounding the socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance program. And in light of the p9.5 billion subsidy received by Up for 2013, it also organized a forum that culminated with a manifesto calling for higher allocation on education.
“Ang mga activities ng Usc ngayon ay nag-e-empower talaga sa mga estudyante na maging involved,” says KAisA chairperson shaina santiago.
The Usc was also able execute zero tolerance in resolving recent cases on fraternity-related violence, says Up ALyAnsA chairperson Ace Ligsay. Furthermore, it s u p p o r t e d the sin Tax and repro- ductive health laws passed by congress, and released statements condemning the proposed implementation of laboratory and pe fees.
“The Usc recognizes the need for additional budget in chK to maintain their facilities…however, we cannot allow that these fees will be sourced from us, the iskolar ng Bayan,” according to the official statement of the council on the ad-ditional fees.
Assessing the course taken by the 2012-2013 UPD USC
Track record
THE FUTURE OF A NATION IS SHAPED BY THE SEA OF COLLECTIVE voices, the rise and surge of united actions guided by a shared goal.
On May 13, more than 52 million registered voters will rush to thousands of polling precincts across the archipelago to chart a new course for the Philippines. Yet more than just the names of those we w i l l place at the helm of government, our ballots will also hold the blueprint
of our laws, policies which will be the compass of national development.
The students of the University of the Philippines face the same exact
challenge in the various University Student
Council (USC) elections in the en-tire UP system this month. In UP
Diliman alone, out of 79 hope-fuls, only 32 successful candi-dates will be entrusted the task to represent the student body in the next school year.
Throughout history, the country’s premier state university has been a reservoir of young minds able and willing to map the course of
our nation’s future. It is this potential, the wellspring of progressive ideas, which must be distilled into concrete
actions and united by the leadership of the university’s next student councils.
For there is much that remains to be accomplished to turn the tides of the present: both in the national and campus
political landscapes. In 2012, the national economy posted a 6.6-percent growth, a considerable increase from 3.9 percent
in 2011. Yet wages remain far below decent living standards, while budget allocation for basic social services and public
institutions remain lacking. For UP alone, the government approved only 60 percent of the
administration’s proposed budget for 2013.Nothing else then is more crucial for
the next student leaders to once more channel the university’s critical tradition
and tap into the UP student body’s wisdom and strength in advancing the interests
of the people, the change needed in the larger context of society. This can only be done however if the next student councils truly represent the collective will and interests of students and other marginalized sectors.
For the tradition of UP and its student movement have never been to conserve the
dominant ideas of the present, the limits set by the status quo. The strength and influence of UP is anchored on the constant attempt to refashion our political landscape.
As the bastion of fearless and critical campus journalism, the Philippine Collegian serves a crucial role in this endeavor. Thru a stream of progressive ideas which it has always advanced in its more than 90 years of history, the Collegian is in a privileged position to influence the ideas and actions of the UP community.
In the next few days, the university will have new student leaders who will one day become the captains of our government and economy. In barely three months, as well, the people will choose the next leaders of our current government. The success of our choices depends on our united commitment to the goal of fostering change for the nation and the people.
EditorialExaminations
Martes26 Pebrero 2013
POLITICS COMPOSES A LANGUAGE OF ITS OWN NARRATIVE.At the start of the campaign period, political candidates in the University
of the Philippines or in the national level of politics communicate a distinct language defined by party colors, accomplishments of the candidates, and ambitious platforms.
Like language, politics is not a solitary activity. As voters belonging in a democracy, the people too are active characters in politics.
The history of the country is not written with narratives of its times of peace. It is written however, with the legends of war and the characters—leaders—that won over these wars. More so the leader must be the ideal elected by the majority in the democracy whether in the national or UP elections.
The country has a history of electing leaders that do not fulfill their obligation to the majority. As long as this reality exists with the majority remaining mute about it, progressive elections cannot be attained.
UP has been a breeding ground for future leaders in the government. The student politics of today will be the national politics of tomorrow. The student body seeks from student leaders service towards the people, and giving education for everyone who deserves. It also seeks genuine change from national leaders such as agrarian reform and employment aimed for the progress of the majority. It calls for leaders that remain accountable for their actions.
In a setting where every politician prioritizes victory over the opposition more than the service and the improvement of the service, progress cannot be achieved. Politics then speaks in persuasion, rather than a strong declaration of change—a rhetoric without content. The repetitive verses of a tragedy of the elections will continue to reproduce copies.
A progressive election is possible because we are a democracy that has the right to choose.
However, our democracy has yet to realize our potential to change the country through
c o l l e c -tive unified action, and not fragments of
history.We need a lead-
er that puts an accomplished period to his sentences, and not leave an u n c e r t a i n question mark. We
must vote for a leader that uses his or her hands in writing a clear platform, but also in actually implementing the platform—a leader that does not leave his subjects in unfinished phrases.
Genuine change is possible in selecting the next main character of our democracy’s history as long as the writer of the history is the people that know how to handle the language of politics
THE POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS INCAMPUS AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Political Narratives
The 2013-2014 Philippine CollegianEditorial Examinations
Julian Inah G. Anunciacion 3rd year, BA Creative Writing
Victor Gregor U. Limon3rd year, BA Political Science
Charting the maps of progress
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Jan Andrei Cobey
GRAPIXMartes
26 Pebrero 2013
Bilang pandagdag kita, ilang mga residente ng Artex ang nag-iigib ng tubig upang ibenta sa kanilang mga kapitbahay sa halagang limang piso kada galon.
Pagsapit ng alas kwatro ng umaga, nagsisimula nang mamangka ang mga estudyante patungo sa kani-kanilang mga paaralan.
Hindi pa man sumisikat ang araw ay abala na ang mga manininda ng pandesal sa pag-iikot sa mga kabahayan upang magbenta ng bagong luto at mainit pang tinapay.
Hindi hadlang sa mga residente ang pagkalubog ng kanilang kapilya upang patuloy na manampalataya.
Sa halagang limang piso para sa mga residente at limampung piso para sa mga bisita, maiikot na ang buong Artex Compound
sakay ng mga bangka.
Bukod sa pagiging isa sa mga pangunahing kabuhayan sa Artex, ang pamamangka rin sa palibot ng pamayanan ang nagsisilbing libangan ng mga pamilya.
GRAPIX
Martes26 Pebrero 2013
Pagsapit ng alas singko ng umaga, paisa-isang magsisilabasan ang mga bangkang bubulabog sa banayad na tubig na umaagos sa Artex Compound, ang tinaguriang “Venice ng Malabon.” Malayo man sa tabing-dagat ang isang ektaryang compound na ito, naging sandata na ng mga residente ang bangka’t sagwan upang mailayag at mairaos nila ang bawat araw.
Isang proyektong pabahay ang Artex para sa mga manggagawa ng Yupangco Cotton Mills, Inc. Dahil sa panggigipit sa suweldo, naglunsad ng welga ang mga manggagawa ng Yupangco noong 1989. Bagamat natigil na ang operasyon ng kumpanya, nanatili pa rin ang mga residente sa compound.
Noong 2004, binaha ang Artex Compound dulot ng mga bagyo’t malalakas na pag-ulan. May siyam na taon na ang lumipas ngunit hindi na humupa pa ang tubig—hanggang ngayon, lumalangoy pa rin sa limang talampakang baha ang munting pamayanan.
Lumapit na sa lokal na pamahalaan ang mga residente ng Artex, nanghingi na sila ng tulong maging sa mga kumakandidato pa lang sa eleksyon. Gayunman, hindi umano makagawa ng karampatang aksyon ang pamahalaan dahil pribadong kumpanya raw ang may-ari sa lugar.
Nakalubog man sa tubig ang unang palapag
ng kanilang mga tahanan, makikita pa rin sa Artex ang mga batang naglalaro sa mga bangka, ang mga nanay na nagkukuwentuhan, ang kapilyang hindi na makapagdaos ng misa ngunit dinadalaw pa rin ng mga nais manalangin. Kamakailan lang, sinubasta na ng gobyerno sa halagang P200,000 ang
compound dahil hindi na nakapagbabayad ng buwis ang Yupangco Cotton Mills, Inc. Hindi nakonsulta ang mga residente ukol dito.
Ngunit lumangoy man ang mga residente sa kawalang katiyakan ng kanilang kapalaran, handang ipaglaban ng mga residente ang kanilang karapatan para manirahan sa compound na halos dalawang dekada na rin nilang itinuturing na tahanan.
Pagsapit ng alas singko ng umaga, muling haharapin ng mga residente ang baha. At humupa man ito, mananatiling kalunos-lunos ang kanilang kalagayan—patuloy pa rin silang maglalayag sa mga suliranin ng kawalang hanapbuhay, kawalan ng tirahan, at marami pang ibang kakulangan.
Pagsilip sa natatanging water world ng Maynila
Jan Andrei Cobey
ilinis ng ilang taon. Nagkalat ang iba’t ibang klase ng dumi. Kung kasinlaki at tigas ba naman ng mais iyan, aba, kukulangin ang tatlong timba pambomba diyan. E kung parang tubig sa gripo luma-bas iyan, mamasa-masa, pero may kaunting buo-buo, magsimula ka nang mag-imbak ng bote-boteng pabangong amoy Sampaguita.
Isipin mo, kung ang bawat isa ay may isasabog na dumi. Aba, hindi na talaga lilinis ang eleksy-on. Kada taon na lang kasi, paulit-ulit na lang ang bangayan, siraan at pagalingan. Kada taon, palaki-han na lang ng taeng ibabato sa kalaban.
Pero aminin mo, tuwing sasapit ang Pebrero, hindi Valentine’s Day ang inaabangan mo kundi ang banggaan ng asul, dilaw at pulang mga puso. Kasi naman parang buong taon ang paghahanda ng isasabog sa kabilang partido.
Kung matatapakan natin ang mga tae, didikit sa atin ang baho at dumi. Kahit pa anong pilit lini-sin ang sapatos, paliguan mo man iyan ng alcohol, mag-iiwan pa rin ito ng bakas. Gugustuhin mo pa rin ba ang ganitong klase ng elek-syon? Sa huli’t huli, nasa mga es-tudyante pa rin ang pagpapasya.
*pasintabi sa mga kumakain
tao nga akong kilala at nakakak-ilala sa akin nang husto, marahil ay siya na iyon.
Torpe na kung torpe pero hindi ko pa rin sinasabi sa kanya. Hindi naman sa natatakot ako na baka masira ‘yung pagkakaibigan namin kapag inamin ko sa kanya. Malayo pa lang talaga sa mga prayoridad ko sa buhay ang paki-kipagrelasyon.
Sa ngayon, itinuturing ko siya bilang isang inpirasyon — inspira-syon para maging higit pa sa kung sino ako ngayon. Panahon na lang siguro ang makapagsasabi kung magiging kami man o hindi; basta sa ngayon, masaya ako sa pagig-ing isang malapit na kaibigan.
Minsan, umaabot din sa pun-tong gustong-gusto ko nang sabihin sa kanya. Gusto kong malaman kung anong magiging reaksyon niya at kung ganoon din ba ang nararamdaman niya. May mga pagkakataon din na napapai-sip ako kung nagpapahiwatig nga ba siya ng paghanga o naiisip ko lang ‘yun dala ng pagkakagusto ko sa kanya.
Sa mga ganitong pagkakataon, sinasabi ko na lang sa sarili ko, “relax ka lang, hintay-hintay din, darating din tayo riyan.”
Pahabol sa Valentine’s Day
aminin mo, tuwing sasapit
ang Pebrero, hindi Valentine’s Day ang inaabangan mo kundi ang
banggaan ng asul, dilaw at pulang
mga puso
LAKAS TAMAMga muni-muni ng may mabigat na iniisip
Kung may tao nga akong kilala at nakakakilala sa akin nang husto, marahil ay siya
na iyon
sh*t
OPINYON
Martes26 Pebrero
2012
Jogs
LILIPAS NANAMAN ANG PEbrEro nang halos hindi ko namama-layan.
Kung bakit naman kasi tuwing Pebrero nagkakasabay-sabay sa pagbibigay ng mga rekisito at pagsusulit ang halos lahat ng mga propesor. Sinabayan pa ng pag-cover sa eleksyon ng susunod na student council ng pamantasan, at ng lingguhang presswork ng dyaryo. Ang Pebrero nga marahil ay isa na sa pinakamahihirap na panahon sa unibersidad.
Pati ang linggo ng UP fair, du-maan na lang nang basta. Naka-punta ako sa tatlong gabi ng UP fair, pero tulad ng dati, mga kai-bigan ang mga kasama ko. “Happy Independence Day” nga raw para sa mga katulad kong single.
Masaya pa rin naman ang fair, pero noong mga panahong ‘yun,
hindi ko maiwasang mapaisip at mapabulong sa sarili na, “sana ako din.” Kahit sinasabi kasi nilang “love is in the air,” wala naman akong love na kasama. Sa bagay, ‘yun naman siguro ang hiling ng halos lahat ng single sa Araw ng mga Puso.
Sinubukan ko namang yayain sa isang date ‘yung taong gusto kong makasama sa Araw ng mga Puso. Pumayag pa nga siya e; maaga lang daw siyang aalis dahil may exam pa siya sa isang major subject niya. Sayang, dapat talaga ginagawang holiday ang Valen-tine’s Day. Ayos pa rin naman sana, pero sa huli, hindi rin kami natuloy dahil kailangan niya tala-gang mag-aral n’ung gabing iyon. buti na lang may mga kaibigan pa rin akong nakasamang pumunta sa fair.
Kung tutuusin, matagal-tagal na rin akong ganito sa kanya — nasa paligid lang, nariyan kapag kailangan. Mas malayo pa nga yata ang narating ko kaysa sa iba e — sila nasa friendzone, pero ako, nasa best friend zone na (ayos ‘di ba?).
Malapit na magkaibigan na kami simula pa noong hayskul, pero noong isang taon ko lang natanggap sa sarili ko na nagkaka-gusto nga ako sa kanya. Kung may
“KUNG ISA KANG TAE, bAKIT kita tatapakan?”
Iyan ang tanong ng katabi ko sa mga kandidatong nag-rTr sa klase, kung saan nag-sit in ako.
Nandidiri at nagtatawanan ang ibang mga estudyante sa tanong. Sino ba naman ang hindi? Marinig mo pa lang ang salitang “tae” ay mapapailing ka na sa imahe at amoy na mabubuo sa utak mo.
Malayong-malayo ito sa hit-sura ng mga naka-posturang kan-didatong nasa harapan naming bihis na bihis -- mga naka-slacks, polo, pencil cut skirts, blouse, makintab na leather shoes at four-inch heels.
Isa ‘yun sa hindi ko maintindi-han sa kanila. bigla na lang silang nagbabagong anyo sa dalawang linggong pangangampanya. Akala mo araw-araw may report o in-terbyu. o di kaya ay pinalitan na nila ang mga ate at kuyang namimigay ng mga flyer ng kon-dominyum sa mga mall. Pero da-hil sa mga kasuotan nila, nakikita ko kaagad kung paparating na ang mga naglipanang pilit na nakikip-agkamayan at bumabati ng isang magandang araw na may abot taingang ngiti.
Ewan ko na lang kung ngingiti pa sila sa mga naglalabasang mga balita laban sa kanila. Pinagpe-
piyestahan na sa Facebook, dorm tours at iba pang mga debateng kanilang nilalahukan ang mga kintagu-tagong mga lihim. Pwede rin namang imbentong lihim. Tu-lad lang ng tae, mahirap pigilan. Lalabas at lalabas din ang itina-tagong baho.
Sa una, pinipigilan mo pang sa-bihin sa iba. Top secret, kumbaga. Kinikilig kang isipin na kaunti pa lang kayong may alam. Ngunit madalas ay hindi mo rin maatim na hindi ipagsabi sa iba. Minsan parang utot lang din iyan na sa-sabay sa hangin. Lilipas din, pero may makakaamoy. At diyan na magsisimula ang mala-kubetang lakaran ng eleksyon – madumi.
Kung gayon, ang UP ay isang malaking inidorong hindi pa nal-
NAKITA KITA KANINA. SA kanto ng Maginhawa at Mahusay, sa tapat ng To-mato Kick. Likod mo pa lang, namukhaan (nali-kuran?) ko na. Naglakad ako palapit sa ‘yo, tuloy-tuloy at walang balak prumeno. Nang halos magkatabi na tayo, may kumalabit sa ‘yong lalaki. Nagpalitan kayo ng “uy!” at naglakad kayo papunta sa Mixxx.
Nagkalapit tayo, maikli pa sa isang dipa ang layo mo, pero hindi mo man lang ako nilingon—hindi man lang ako nahagip, nakilala ng peripheral vision mo. Ganoon na lang yata ‘yun ano?
Nang kumaliwa na ako papuntang Mahusay para bu-mili ng yosi, naisip ko:
Mabuti na sigurong hindi mo ako nakita kasi hindi pa ako naliligo, tatlong araw na. Magulo ang buhok ko, suot ko pa rin ang damit na suot ko kahapon. At kung sakali mang lumabas ako ng bahay nang mas maaga at nauna-han ko ang kaibigan mo na tapikin ka habang naghihin-tay ka sa kanto, ano kayang magiging takbo ng usapan natin?
Ako: Huy! Kamusta? Ikaw: Guerrero! A: Kamusta? I: Pumayat ka (sa tingin ko mapupuna mo ito dahil ito
naman ang napupuna ng lahat) A: Anong ginagawa mo rito?I: May hinihintay. A: Sige, bili akong yosi d’un. I: Sige.Aasahan kong mas magtatanong ka, sinsero mo akong
kakamustahin, at sasamahan mo pa akong bumili ng yosi habang pinag-uusapan natin ang nalalapit na elek-syon sa UP, at ang mga kalakasan at kahinaan ng pabo-rito mong partido.
Pero alam kong hindi mo gagawin ‘yun, dahil matagal nang umikot ang ating siklo, at pawang mga estrangh-ero na tayo sa mundo ng isa’t isa.
-------Maraming nangyari nitong mga nakaraang linggo, at
muli, heto na naman ang perenyal kong pananabik sa pagtakas.
May mga subject akong wala nang pag-asang maira-os. Dalawang propesor ang nag-abiso na kailangan ko na talagang mag-drop. Hindi ko na rin malaman kung paano ako puposisyon sa bahay kasi magkaaway ang na-nay at lolo ko, at parang ako ang nagsisilbing pain nila sa isa’t isa.
Tuloy, higit na nagiging mahalaga sa akin ang na-karaan, ang mga bagay na ipinapaalala sa akin ang ka-hapon, kasi kahit nagdaan na ang mga ito, inilalayo naman nila ako sa lahat ng sama ng loob ko sa mga kasalukuyang tao sa buhay ko.
------Hindi pa ako bumoto nang straight sa buong buhay
ko sa UP. Noong freshie, random lang ang pagpili ko. Siniguro ko lang na may ibinoto ako mula sa lahat ng partido, ni hindi man lang ako tumingin sa pangalan ng mga kandidato. Noong nakaraang taon naman, binoto ko ang mga kakilala ko—me maboto lang.
Pero ngayong taon, didiretsuhin ko na. Isang partido lang ang panggagalingan ng iboboto kong chair hang-gang sa mga opisyal ng lokal na konseho. Prinsipyo at paniniwala ang naging batayan ko. Marami akong na-kaaway, nakasagutan, at nakasamaan ng loob dahil may mga ipinagtanggol akong ilang punto.
Totoo pala ‘yung sinabi ni Delfin, at ng marami pa sa mga taga-Kule—mapagpasya sa lahat ng relasyon ang pagkakatulad, o pagkakaiba, ng inyong pulitikal na paniniwala.
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Matapos ang Santo Papa, sino ang gusto mong sumunod na mag-resign sa kanyang posisyon?
sana sumunod na magresign yung mga buwaya sa gobyerno na nakaupo kahit hindi naman talaga sila ang kara-patdapat dahil pahirap lang sila sa pilipinas! punyemas! 11644441 IAm-HellNippyPi GEtodayCEtomorrow
Si PNoy naman ang magresign please? Display lang sya sa Malakan-yang wtf. Mac 1260592
gusto kong mawala si totoy(ng US) este si pnoy, lalong nawawala ung buhok nya kakatap? ng us sa ulo nya. sana mawala na rin ung mga dynas-ty sa government. Ang tagal na nila sa politika wala pa ring pagbabago. 201223*23 BS GE
gusto kong magresign na si Eric Tayag, ung s DOH at magturo n lang sya ng belly-gud dance nia. Bwaha-haha :) Hi nga din pala kay crush, sorry huh, nahihiya kasi ako sayo. NAKS ! 2012-7855* Mr.Yus of BSGE
kung ak0 ang tatanungin, si obama ang susun0d na gust0 k0ng magresign sa posisy0n nya dahil ibabagsak nya ang Amerika. tp0s idadamay pa tayo. tsk tsk tsk. 2012-00756 PhoenixVII BS ECE
Si Cyria, gusto ko magresign na sya sa posisyon nya sa puso ko. Hihi. Si Gigi, the sec of Enrile. Wala lungs, nangGigigil na ko eh. :D 2012-sdhtr
gusto kong mag-resign si manong Oble sa kanyang posisyon kasi nakaka-sawa na ang kanyang katawan. Gusto ko naman babae. Si ex-PGMA naman. haha 2011-38***
Gusto kong sumunod na magresign ang bagong OSA coordinator dito s UP tacloban! Bias, at authoritative! 20**-42**2 Ulysses2. Anong kanta ang sasalamin sa assessment mo sa kasalukuyang USC?
hey i just met you but this is crazy but i’ll run sa USC, so vote me maybe 12-**139 jaob bs stat
Upuan ang kantang sumasalin sa USC ngayon. Mga bulag at bingi sa hinaing ng mga estudyante. Buti pa ang patay nagpaparamdam, ang USC ngayon, dko maramdaman. >.< 1141006
The current USC is not very “noisy” revolutionary yet it targets on establish-ing the fundamentals. Yes, it has been quiet yet it has already been strengthen-ing the foundations of having equality and freedom. So I guess ang kanta for
that one is “Go ka lang, Love Kita From Afar”. Parang lover na quiet lng pero gi-nagawa ang lahat para sa UP niyang ma-hal. Actually gagawin pa lng ang kanta na yan. Ehem. Pakigawa na po pls. 2004-11599 MA Demography
kanta para sa kasalukuyang USC? Gangnam Style! Dahil laos na. At di ko man lang naintindihan. Wahaha 09-***64 Ms. PSYgon Comments
Sana lahat nalang ng babae kagaya ni Miss Uy kapag nambasted. Sabihin kung ayaw, di yung paasa, sa huli GG pa tuloy lalo. Matauhan yung mga Palengkerong Lalaki. (Sakit, nangyari sa crush ko. Awts) 11-152**
Bakit po mukhang pabalat ng tig-pi-song chichiria ang cover ng Kule? Astig pa din Kule pero d na appealing pulutin. :D rie2011-57949
to SR Arguelles, i think for n0w u must argue less muna kc u have to rep-resent all of the students para sa mga usapin kagaya ng sa STFAP.. palagay m0 ba kung tatanggalin ang stfap, ayos n agad ang problema? hindi. dhl pnalala mo lng ang sitwasy0n. palibhasa di ka maapektuhan dhl mtaas ang bracket m0, eh pan0 kaming nxa D at E? edi hndi n kmi nkasurvive.. di namin kailangan ng leader n puro tapang, kailangan namin ung mkakagawa ng maganda at epekti-bong solusyon! nam ge 201015521
Hi! Comment lang sa Rak en Rol ar-ticle ni Tiangco on UP Fair. It was good that she attempted to trace its history, pero it hardly offered anything new. What I wouldve liked to see was a deep-er probe into the workings of the fair not immediately known to the UP commu-nity, particularly its financial aspect i.e, how are booths rented, for how much, and then revenues of the USC from the fair, and auditing accounts, plus anoma-lies over the years. I personally know someone who has worked in the Fair committee and dealt with its more grit-ty aspects. Lagi na lang kasi ganito yung theme ng mga UP Fair articles. When it boils down to it, the Fair is primarily an IGP. Maganda if students are informed too, of these facts. The more well-round-ed the reportage is, the better. Kudos! :) Subtle Ty Journ Pabati
Pabati kay Ralph Michael Ono! Happy Birthday sa feb 20! i love youuuu so muuucccch! :*
Da Keri Lang EdishunLet me get this straight, ang
tanging straight na lang sa kin ngayon ay ang aking balota sa darating na USC elections at excuse me naman sa iba jan, labas-labas din sa closet anerch? Nakalabas na lang sa kanyang fabulous wardrobe ang bubble-popping beauty nitong si Sebastian Castro, you remain lurking inside your walk-in closet na kung sinu-sino na lang naglalabas-pasok! Hihihi. Chareught lang! This is just me talking to myself because I still am not over drooling at Sebastian’s c*ck sarap, este Sebastian’s jock strap in his steamy music video Bubbles. See for yourself and uh-oh feelings are guaranteed unlike these keri lang chismises na I don’t think will satisfy your cravings. Sareeeeee.
Keri No.1 – Hindi raw nagpahuli sa Oscars iteng atey natin na laging nakatayo. While okay ate is talking about the desaps of the university during their visit sa Ipil tree, Oscars Atey was carried away! Like Eponine level daw, except well, the beauty and matching rain ano? OA raw looked up to the sky with teardrops running down his left cheek. I don’t know ha. We’re also very much concerned with our dearest desaps but OA took it to the next level. Like election drama level! Hihihi. Di bale Oscars Atey, may hearing this March sa kaso nina Karen at She, keri lang kung anong mangyari sayo sa eleksyon, I just hope to see you there!
Keri No. 2 – Several candidates from all USC slates lack it. They totally don’t have much of it and my gosh, kulang na kulang talaga sila, kulang na kulang sa height. My jaw dropped when I saw this gwapong kulutero photographer ask this candidate to make tapak on a platform (not the tapak they do on each other’s platform huh? see what I did there?) because hindi raw kule-spread ready ang height ni ate. Then nasundan pa siya ni koya, ni ate at ng marami pang cute na cute na mga ate at koya. I just hope the photos would come out very nicely sa issue na ito kasi grabe sa katatawanan ang nakita ko. Hahaha.
Keri No. 3 – This certain kuletero who loves the Not-so-hungry-looking-katniss-ever-deen-movie very much, and is not mainstream btw, is a prom king pala during High school! Keri.
That’s it. Sorry for the not so explosive EP this ish. Napakakeri lang ng linggong nagdaan at lalong napakakeri lang ng mukha mo, I know.
NATIVE SPEAKERS WANTEDCalling all Hiligaynon,
Kapampangan, Waray, and Tausug native speakers! Help us preserve, develop, and enrich the Philip-pine Languages. Earn P400 as you join us in a 1 1/2 hour recording session at the DSP Laboratory, UP EEEI Bldg. Contact 09166517555 for further details.
THE BLADED HAND: THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS
The Bladed Hand is documentary about the global impact of Eskrima/Kali/Arnis, otherwise known as Filipino or folk martial arts (FMA). FMA is rooted in the holistic, integrated and deep folk knowledge universe of the entire archipelago. Folk martial culture informs an inherent and significant part of Filipino culture.
An hour and a half documentary indie film, directed and produced by Jay Philip Ignacio of the Philippines, and produced by Aliguyon – University of the Philippines Folk-lorists, the Bladed Hand will be screened on Marso 5, 2013, 2:30pm & 5:30 pm with an open forum/Arnis demo at the Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute, UP Diliman, QC.
FLOY QUINTOS’ COLLECTION IN DULAANG UP’S 37TH SEASON CLOSING
Collection, the much- awaited new work from acclaimed playwright Floy Quintos is a dark comedy that paints a disturbing picture of society obsessed with conspicuous consumption, surface glamour, and the endless, unsatis-fying pursuit of the Next Big Thing.
Collection is directed with an im-aginative and imagistic flair by Dex-ter Santos whose innovative works include Lulu, Rizal X, and Orosman at Zafira.
Collection runs February 13-15, 20-22, 27-28 and March 1 at 7pm, and February 16-17, 23-24 and March 2-3 at 10am and 3pm at the Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero Theater, Pal-ma Hall, UP Diliman. For ticket in-quiries, contact 926-1349, 981-8500 local 2449 or 433-7840
ELEVASION: THE ELEVATE INVASION
UP Varsity Pepsquad presents ELEVASION: The Elevate Invasion on February 27, 2013, 3pm and 7pm at the UP Diliman University Theater. For tickets and inquiries, con-tact 09175551350, 09174485549, 09162829946, or visit www.uppep-squad.wordpress.com
SINSATION V: WHO’S GONNA SAVE YOU TONIGHT?
Prepare yourselves as the University of the Philippines Varsity Swim Team brings you SINSATION V! Indulge on the wildest dance floor with fist pumping beats, free flowing drinks and the most exciting games. Hosted by Ramon Bautista and Rizza Diaz, only the hottest people in the metro. We’ll make your party experience better than ecstasy. Get some-one to save you tonight cause SIN
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phrases,” Anunciacion added.The editorial concluded that
achieving change through elections is possible as long as the elected leaders represent the will and aspirations of the Filipino people.
In an interview, Anunciacion said she will continue the Collegian’s legacy of giving voice to the students and the people. “We will always side with the students in their struggle for their rights, and we will constantly be partial to the people to whom UP as a public institution owes its existence,” she said.
College of Mass Communication Dean Rolando Tolentino headed the examination’s Board of Judges, which was composed of College of Law Professor Florin Hilbay, National College of Public Administration and Governance Professor Simeon Ilago, and student judges Renze Santos from the College of Engineering and Nadine Gutierrez from the Asian Institute of Tourism.
Davao City: P1,500Daily wage earned by Pablo
victims on one hectare of farm land, under the cash-for-work program by the Davao Oriental provincial government: P226
Minimum daily wage set by the Regional Tripartite Wage Regulatory Board for agricultural workers: P281
Number of Pablo victims who barricaded the Montevista highway in Compostela Valley on January 15 to call for the immediate release of relief goods: 5,000
Number of sacks of rice that the government refused to distribute, according to the barricade protesters: 10,000
Total number of families affected by Typhoon Pablo: 711,682
Total death count, as of January: more than 1000
Total estimated number of Pablo victims: 6.2 million
Percentage of Pablo victims versus the total population of Mindanao: 28 percent
Total number of victims who are still in evacuation centers, as of January: 850,000
Number of Pablo victims who would still need support during the next five months: 300,000
SOURCES: Department of Social Welfare and Development, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Organization for Migration, World Food Pro-gram, 2010 Census of Population and Housing, United Nations Of-fice of the Coordination of Humani-tarian Affairs, National Disaster Risk and Management Response, International Organization for Mi-gration’s, Philippine Daily Inquirer, sulit.com.ph, olx.com.ph
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