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NORSUNIANS NOW QUESTION the continued collection of the library fee having known of its unused fund as it

was spared from the deferment of collections ordered by the Board of Regents (BOR).

According to some senior Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd) students, they were shocked upon hearing the news that there is still a big amount of unused fund for the library.

“Dako kaayo ang fund pero walay product nga napakita,” Sheryl Maglasang, a senior Education student said.

She said there are times when they search for books related to their major subjects but they can only come up with those outdated books in the University Library.

Another senior BSED student, Fatima Oroc, wants the cutting of collection for the library fee knowing that there is still fund available which can suffice the need of the University Library.

“ D a p a t n a a g y u d t a y m a k i t a n g a improvement para ma engganyo pud lamang tang mubayad… di kay corruption, corruption . . .” Oroc alleged.

Pressed to say if she believes there is corruption that is taking place, Oroc said it is not totally about the scenario hence she said, “Pero murag ingon-ana ra gihapon kay di man lihokon ug usik kaayo atoang kwartang gibayad.”

In add i t ion , Fede ra t ion o f S tuden t

WITH THE PARENTS’ affirmation, College of Education (CEd) Dean Libertine de Guzman required all Education students to avail any Life Insurance Plan during a student and parent’s meeting on June 18.

Due to the deferment of the University Student Life Insurance program which makes the students unsecured, De Guzman mandated the Education students to get life insurance plan

“I require this insurance to the Education students because it is for their own sake,” the dean said upon citing out the plan’s necessity considering the deployment of CEd students

THE LEAGUE OF Student Organizations ( L S O ) d e c re a s e s t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n a l registration fee to P300 as deliberated during the first general assembly on June 19.

To sustain customary Founders week activities, presidents of various organizations had come up with a consensus to continue the collection of LSO registration fee despite the Board of Regents (BOR)’s mandate to stop forms of collection excluded in the schedule of fees.

Former LSO President Vince Anthony Villanueva contested organizations would struggle realizing plans without funds.

Continued lib fee collection, unused fund questioned By Bobby Valencia

Governments (FSG) President Vince Anthony Villanueva said he heard about the issues regarding the continuing collection of library fee.

“Karon pa gani ko kabalo nga the books are just donated.” Villanueva said.

He added he will try to convey this matter to the BOR that if the university really has that big

CED dean imposes mandatory life insurance to Ed students By Hengie Jalando-on and Niña Marie Pino to different schools for their Field Study and

Practice Teaching programs.“They will be observing different schools

for their Field study subjects, so kung unsay mahitabo nila, naa silay makuha through this insurance,” she said.

CEd students agreedDelighted of the dean’s initiative, Jayson

Ege, a sophomore Education student said life insurance as beneficial to all Education students.

Ronalyn Elum, a senior Bachelor of Elementary Education student, said, “Since dili man cover sa school ang insurance, at least

L S O l o w e r s registration feeBy Maria Dominique P. Ferrolino

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Search for outdated books. A Norsunian looks for a book that she can use as a reliable source at the University Library. (Photo by Kent S. Mapula)

amount of fund for the library, then the collection has to be stopped as well.

“I-open pud na sa board nga we will also stop the library fee for the meantime because they have big amount of money and they are not even using it,” he said.

Vol.XXXIII Issue No. 052 June 29 — July 5, 2015

Editor-in-Chief: Ariel B. DizonAssociate Editor: Kleine Jun B. Ontolan

News Editor: John Dave V. LaturnasFeatures Editor: Francis Ivan G. Ho

Arts and Graphics Editor: Angelo K. SastreBusiness Manager: Marve G. Fabela

Assistant Business Manager: Kim Eden Felize B. BelnasStaff Secretary: Kimberly Rose E. Lumaya

News Writers:Niña Marie T. Pino • Maria Dominique P. Ferrolino

Joanne P. Ferrolino • Irish Mae S. CuaresmaHengie V. Jalando-on Feature Writers:

Roma-Amor A. Oligo • Oliver Orlando DometitaTrixia Pauline C. Acab • Caryl J. Sapepe

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Alyana Wilma C. Molinos • Froiland D. LiuGraphic Artist:

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Kent S. Mapula • Mayette Hanna F. DiezWeb Content Editors:

Jergo T. Acido • Randolf Z. ChavezCirculation Manager: Mark Lloyd M. Regalado

Publication Adviser: Joy G. Perez, Ph.D.Financial Adviser: Lilibeth S. Villanueva

Rainbow ColoredHave you ever experienced being bashed

or hated? Tired of hearing rude side-comments? How does it feel? It’s annoying, right? People nowadays, they lack values manifested and thought by our ancestors. Almost everyone no longer possess one of the very thing everybody needs, respect.

Just recently, the Supreme Court of the United States of America has made it a law to legalize same sex marriage in all its states. Yes, you read that right, same sex marriage is already legal in all parts of the U.S. Having both males and both females exchanging their vows and saying their “I do’s”. A lot has celebrated not only people living in the U.S.A. but from all parts of the globe.

Have you ever experienced being bashed or hated? Tired of hearing rude side-comments? How does it feel? It’s annoying, right? People nowadays, they lack values manifested and thought by our ancestors. Almost everyone no longer possess one of the very thing everybody needs, respect.

Just recently, the Supreme Court of the United States of America has made it a law to legalize same sex marriage in all its states. Yes, you read that right, same sex marriage is already legal in all parts of the U.S. Having both males and both females exchanging their vows and saying their “I do’s”. A lot has celebrated not only people living in the U.S.A. but from all parts of the globe. Support is evident even in social media. Facebook generated an app that would allow supporters to create a rainbow colored filter over a user’s profile picture. Not everyone, but a lot have been changing their profile pictures without even realizing what it means. As usual they go with what is trending. But to go with all the supporters, were also the haters, bashers, whatever you call them. Those who say that this law is a douchebag and is highly immoral.

As for my own opinion, same-sex marriage is not really a thing everyone should be fussing about. If those people belonging to the third sex would

A certain Board of Regents (BOR) resolution puts the collection of some school fees on hold due to the quite large amount of unused funds consolidated from the previous years’ collections; some collections were totally cut. It is said that the remaining balance of the institutions or offices under this collection suspension can still suffice its needs for the years to come. In contrast, the said resolution spares the unmentioned collections which bear the board approval and these include the Library Fee.

If we are to consider, the amount P265 per student that is continuously collected every semester for the University Library is already a big burden to shoulder by the common Norsunians. Why shouldn’t we grumble if the money we paid for has no fruitful effect to us?

As revealed by the library official, the University Library currently has around P40 million unused fund in its account. Thinking about how it grew that much? It’s obviously because the fund was not well utilized for the past few years. Our library should’ve been a high-end facility for Norsunians only if the management in the previous years used that amount appropriately in procuring equipment and updated books to address the traditional system that the library is currently implementing and only if the high officials made appropriate actions in order for these equipment and books to be realized and procured easily.

It is a fact that our University Library plays a vital role in offering the students a collection of information sources and similar references in order to survive in this fast-growing academe; thus, it is a necessity for our library to adapt modernization. Accepting book donations from private sectors is perhaps a big help but just merely waiting for donations is a different thing. Instead, why not utilize the remaining balance for a total transformation of the library for students’ sake?

If there is something to ask about, it’s perhaps the continued presence of library collection in the approved schedule of fees. If other institutions’ collections were temporarily suspended for its large amount of unused funds, the Library Fee should’ve not been exempted unless there is favored irregularity that’s going on!

Futile Exemption

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Recently, the Philippines has sent elite representatives from the three branches of the Philippine government along with American lawyers in the Court of Arbitration in The Hague, The Netherlands, to defend the country’s territorial rights in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Unfortunately the communist nation, China, is still stagnant to face the Philippines in the international arbitration court and instead they continue to build military structures in the islands that are legally owned by the Philippines.

China’s recent action by snubbing the Court of Arbitration demonstrates their tangible coldness over international laws and only proves that they

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are no longer afraid of other powerful nations, revealing that they can stand by itself against threats or coercions – and worst, they are ambiguously capable of bullying the powerless nations. But still, I am very glad that the Philippine government continues to spin out their extensive effort to “peacefully, legally and diplomatically” resolve the dispute regardless of China’s alarming actions.

For how long will the Chinese government continue to snub the arbitral tribunal in The Hague, and how long will they continue to hurl their arguments outside the tribunal? These manners shown by China indicate that their arguments cannot win against the Philippines. The Chinese government probably realized that a historical map with the laughable 9-dash line is not enough to convince the high-caliber tribunal – China’s no-show in The Hague is a clear symptom to evade embarrassment in the global arena.

Massive destructions undertaken by China in the islands within the Philippines’ 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is part of what we complained so hard in the arbitral tribunal after the environmentally destructive tone-deaf nation exploits the resources in the disputed sea in an unsustainable way and all are just for its own uses. Thinking of extracting corals and sea turtles, which once you

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Vol.XXXIII Issue No. 5 3June 29—July 5, 2015

“Hush.. .please, keep quiet,” echoed an implied request inside a room full of bookworms —not all, mostly though.

Yo u a r e a s t u d e n t , if you have visited our University Library. Of course, all of us know what a library is. It’s an institution which stores books and other alternative f o r m s o f k e p t information for public use. But as ide f rom the fact that i t is a source of valued information, what else should you know about the reading room, most especially the archives stored in our University Library?

The first thing you need to be knowledgeable about our reading and book hub is the working management behind it. So currently, our lib is aided by University Librarian Ma. Felicris R. Bokingkito. Sure, she is the library’s chief silencer. Helping her provide lib services are 8

I cried over the phone, wanted to smack off the wall, sought to drunk myself and even coveted to whack off my head on the ground.

Since high school days, texting has been a thing that consumes much of my time. It has been my pastime even during class hours.

One unforgettable day during my senior year, my classmate asked me if I wanted somebody to text to. A textmate, he said. He proceeded and suggested

staffers and 15 student-assistants. Ran only by few staffers, your typical university l i b r a r y c a t e r s a n e s t i m a t e d population of 900 students per day –going in and out of the room.

As of last year, it offered 670 volumes to the students. Also, it has 11 ceiling fans and 10 window-type air conditioners for ventilation, wherein 6 air conditioners are functioning well, while the other 4 machines are busted. Still, it shall give you chills.

In an interview with The NORSUnian, Bokingkito shares the need for a quick response from the university administration, as what they’ve requested, to continuously sustain comfort to the students. Moreover, due to the growing student populace this year, our hub is in “…need

of a bigger area” to offer convenience to the studentry, added library personnel Ramil A. Calva.

For this semester, the collection for the library fund continues to be charged against every student’s miscellaneous fee, whether for maintenance or to provide new books to students. However, one fascinating thing about our bookworm’s palace is the fact that the

number of books were actually not purchased but were obtained through book donations from private individuals, attested by the university librarian.

Carrying out new levied policies The university librarian also mentioned

about the University Library manual, supported by BOR Resolution No. 14, series of 2008, revealing the newly imposed policies in our library. As stated in the Library Rules and Procedures, “In case the book is not returned within the loan period, fine shall be imposed at the rate of five pesos (Php 5.00) for the first hour and (Php 10.00) for every succeeding hour… Fine shall be imposed for overdue books at the rate of fifty pesos (Php 50.00) per day for non-fiction and thirty pesos (Php 30.00) for fiction.”

Bokingkito humbly requests everyone to be aware of these things. She said that they could be informed by simply reading the lib policies and procedures.

O t h e r t h a n t h e new policies, it can be noted that last year, two anonymous students lost their wallets; another student lost her 500-peso bill after leaving her bag in the baggage c o u n t e r i n s i d e t h e library. Also, there were about 93 books that were unreturned due to some irresponsible borrowers.

I t may be true that our library could offer us a place to

conveniently study without the nuisance we often encounter outside, but our library is at present undertaking a rough situation due to quality issues. It has been crying ever since; bellowing on its four walls, however we fail to hear it. We have been caught prisoners jailed inside the deafening silence. Bookworms have been hearing it for quite a while already, but have you heard it too?

a girl who, according to him, is brainy, talented, sensual and appealing – and all other stuffs he blabbered just to convince me to save her phone number in my contacts. So, without having any hesitations, I grabbed the opportunity as if it knocks only once. I thought I was winning a lottery game again.

Apparently, I was a “textmate lord” before, so texting her was not a problem. We texted and texted and texted, until I got to know more about her.

Her name is Princess Mae. She has a twin brother named Prince Nart. I consider her an optimistic person having a great personality that any boy would feel head over heels. We texted all day during school hours and have phone dialogues during rough nights – and I liked her to death already. Time passed so fast and we already had this mutual understanding – adoring every bit of our time and seizing the very striking experience. Well, this maybe, is a cliché story, a typical high school guy who loves to have textmates and falls in love with one.

Gradually, I had to step on another journey as a college stud and so was she. I was always inspired every time I enter inside the campus where my friends and classmates could see the sweetest of my smiles. I wore it on my face every time while drowning myself in texting her.

But there is one thing that bothered me so much. I couldn’t imagine how she looks like personally –what is she and who. Indeed, yes. You read it right. We had this mutual connection, we exchanged laughs and tears and we dipped most of our time texting with each other, but we haven’t had the chance to meet in real flesh.

On an unforeseen night, while we were having blatant talks and brash laughs with my clique, Princess called up, in the midst of our banter. I rushed as I went outside to answer her call, and then several minutes, my vivid night emanating with priceless laughs and smiles turned out to be a turmoil as I went back inside the classroom.

One of my classmates, who happen to be my

close friend, knows a deep secret about the Princess whom she personally is acquainted to. Princess is actually her neighbor, which I didn’t know, up until that moment. So, she then asked me who was I talking to, and I easily retorted “…it’s Princess.” She smirked at me as if she had something she had kept for a while.

Later on, she told me that the Princess I knew and loved for a long time “never existed in reality.” Then boom! I was like, how come? Then my mind started to muddle. It was an embarrassing moment as I was in front of my friend. I really don’t know what to do.

She opened that Princess is Prince. That there was never a Princess Mae that she knew personally, yet there was a Prince Nart who existed in their place. In short, Princess is a guy who happened to fool me for a long time and that the voice that I always hear was just his older sister, his partner in crime. Princess never had a twin, but has an older sister.

I thought I could be mature enough to know which is which. After that, I called him and promptly asked him with contempt. Then he said yes, it was true that the Princess whom I loved is Prince. I ran outside our school and cried over the phone…

Even before, I had this strange feeling towards her whenever I asked to meet her personally; she kept on declining to my request. That time, I knew there was something wrong; this time I grasped that I was really wrong. I had loved a guy for a long time – secretly, fortuitously and guiltlessly.

As of the moment, I am not a fan of texting to strangers anymore.

Ciao-Tay-M is a fourth year Geology student who loves being at the café all day, and yes, he loves to listen to One Direction songs.

Vol.XXXIII Issue No. 05 June 29— July 5, 20154“Dearest Sir, are you there? If yes, do you

hear the little ones’ hollers and yells?” Negros Oriental State University (NORSU)

has maneuvered its prominence along the province as an institution for poor but deserving college students—a popular trademark that has been opposed with a lot of talks and hearsays.

Thirsted by the fact that a faster and easier system was hitched with the immensity of the enrollment system exposed this semester, a variety of students bridged their grievances and hopes in the recent state of the university.

To whom it may concern We don’t mean to change the situation in a

single snap, nor generate acts that question your liabilities in this institution. We wanted to raise our apprehensions and concerns, because keeping our mouths glued all the time would only mean we don’t care, albeit the fact that we really do. We do hope that this would help flourish remarkable outcome.

Sincerely yours…The phone just rang mister! The letter

was just sent. The voices are now creeping out from the envelope, and it’s begging to escape. Oh please! Take a swift pause, look around and do hear these tiny little calls.

Your first caller is a Bachelor of Science in Office System Management student, Cindy Montinod, addressing her complaint to some of the university guards who do not give fair attention to some Norsunians. She furthered that they intend to picture out how aggravating it is for students who didn’t bring their I.Ds and also to those who had failed to meet the appropriate dress code of the university.

“Kanang uban nga ilang gi ingun nga dili pwedi isuot, kay ma valid sa ubang mga

WITH THEIR POSTSEASON hopes hanging in their thread this year, Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) Soccer Team, under-22 division spearheaded by coach Epipanio “Pip” Guiuan, was hailed as champion after bombarding their robust tactics in football amassing a 3-2 score against Silliman Football Club at Dumaguete Soccer Field last June 13.

Armored with feisty strategies, the NORSU Soccer Team clinched their position after several years of losing the momentum and gripping again the title as champ in this year’s football tourney, a game sponsored by Chieffy Caligdong with a theme “Pru Life: Football for a Better Life.”

The game was unruffled by soccer teams from NORSU FC Team A and

estudyante. Hoping nga ma-usob ang patakaran nga dili angayan para

sa tanan,” Montinod said. M e a n w h i l e , a

sophomore s tudent of Bachelor of Secondary Educa t ion , Ian Pau l Echavez, was inclined to salute the progress of this university yet, contested in an actual event, it cannot be denied that s o m e N o r s u n i a n s , partly do not dignify its improvement.

“ S i n c e t h e enrollment system had

reached i ts fast pace, hopefu l ly in t imes of

encoding their subjects, students will have no conflicts

with their schedules, so there will be no need to drop them,” Echavez said.

There were also matters that highly needs,

even a little attention sir. Reah Fe Jandog, a student of Bachelor of Science in Mathematics admitted that most of the rooms do not have proper ventilation, thus, it is partly considered as unconducive in their learning process.

“Sana ang mga rooms kay ma well-ventilated na sooner. And also, comfort rooms should always be maintained clean and healthy for everyone,” she pleaded.

Nonetheless, the student body also has their accountabilities to perform in accordance with the considered progress of this institution. Only that some presumed that they were not entitled to do such action.

Right then, a student of Information Technology Joshua Renquijo exposed the need for improvement in students’ role in practicing proper sanitation within the campus, “We should take responsibilities in the cleanliness of our university premise,” he said.

Letters may sometimes be missed, and left missed all through yet, one thing is going to stand, a hopeful, ‘looking forward to hearing from your good office.”

NORSU Soccer Team wins vs Silliman Foot Club, 3-2 By Lifeel Gleedz G. Raga and John Michael Ausejo

B, Silliman FC Team A, B, and C and Bacong FC Team A, with a total of 6 teams partaking and bracketing in two rounds.

Though inspite of stature drawback, John Kirby Flores of NORSU Soccer Team secured the first goal after showing incessant kicks against the reinforced Silliman Kickers. The minute of the game was apparently in favor of NORSU’s team leaving Silliman FC Team a behindhand score of one.

“Ang lalakas at ang tatangkad nila. We were having a hard time this year. It’s a crucial game,” said John Kirby Flores of NORSU Soccer Team.

The showdown went fiery and hostile after Joshkirt Flores from NORSU Soccer Team fortified the second goal, brother of John Kirby Flores. But Joshua Gabuya and Lloyd Timosan showed swift backup kicks to assault Silliman Kickers and aiming to

Library author i ty c lar i f i e s dispute

Acting University Librarian Maria Felicris Bokingkito said last year during the term of University Pres iden t Don Vicen te Rea l , there was no proposed budget for purchasing new books for the University Library.

Bokingkito also said, “There was no APP Annual Procurement Plan [that was realized], so there was no purchase of books or renewal of any journals except the newspaper and magazines [subscription].”

She said there are around 640 new books in the l ibrary but clarifies that all are second hand books donated by private individuals.

B o k i n g k i t o a d d e d t h e P3million budget intended for

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purchasing new books for the NORSU Main Campus Library is already approved by the BOR and is now under the bidding process of which, according to her, around P40million library funds are still unused.

As Bokingki to d isc losed, they already submitted a five-year development plan as well as the strategic plans for the improvement of the University Library but it has to be presented first to the BOR for approval.

W h e n a s k e d a b o u t t h e continuous collection of the library fee, she said that it should not be stopped for according to her, the fund is fundamental to sustain the procurement of books. Bokingkito also said that she is open to a dialogue if there are questions from the students regarding library matters.

Gold at last! NORSU Soccer Team celebrates as they nab the championship title during a game sponsored by Chieffy Caligdong with a theme, “Pru Life: Football for Better Life.” (Photo by Jay Mark T. Umbac)

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NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE University (NORSU) Scholars’ Federation (NSF) appealed to the parents and scholars with regard to their proposed scholarship fee collection during the NORSU Scholars and parents orientation held in the University gym on June 20.

NSF president Carlo Gadingan said the need to collect NSF fee for it is, according to him, covering the assistance for its 30 scholars as well as the NSF activities such as leadership trainings, orientations, and the annual Donor’s Day recognition program.

In the pursuit, from the previous P130 collection, Gadingan presented the breakdown of their proposed NSF fee P100 of which P70 will be allocated as

NSF appeals to parents on scholarship feeBy Maria Dominique P. Ferrolino and Joanne P. Ferrolino

assistance for NSF scholars while the P30 will cover the said NSF-related activities.

A g r e e m e n t f o r m s w e r e disseminated to parents and scholars who agreed to the decision in the pursuance of the P100 collection of NSF fee.

“Their answers would serve as our basis to whether we should push through with the collection,” he mentioned. NSF officers shall hold a meeting after gathering all the forms and make considerations before they can present it to the student regent, Gadingan added.

On the said assembly, the new set of NSF officers for this school year took their oath in front of NORSU scholars.

The oath taking was inducted by NORSU OIC President Dr. Peter Dayot. The new set of officers are Carlo Gadingan (president), Judy Timtim (vice president), Kennith Omnos (secretary), Louie Jean Gulahab (treasurer), Jeson Moreno (auditor), Everon Joy Catanus (speaker of the house), Francis Ivan Ho

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(business manager), Alfie Villaflores (representative), Remart Dadan (representative) and John Anthony Trazona (representative).

According to Jayson Ege, a Student Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGPPA) scholar, he wanted to be exempted of the payment of NSF fee as it deducts the allowance they receive from their

scholarship grant.CHED scholars Garlyn Gabate

and Sheila May Temporada agreed on the proposal. Gabate said, “Okay ra para makatabang pud sa NSF scholars, affordable ra siya.”

“Yes okay ra kay for the benefits of other scholars man siya. Lisod ug maundang ilang scholarship,” Temporada added.

“If wala moy kwarta, ayaw nalang mo og register,” he said.

John Dave Laturnas, president General Education Student Teachers Association (GESTA) suggested the decrease on the registration fee for as he said, “Dapat i-lower na ang registration fee considering nga mubayad man gihapon usob ang mga organizations for every competition nga apilan during Founders.”

Villanueva mentioned it is not necessary to collect funds within the organization saying, “It depends on the creativity of the leader on how he generates funds,” citing out the HMS’ initiative of doing garage sale as a fund generating activity.

Also, he cleared the purpose of the accomplishment form as one of the requirements for the organizations.

“ I t i s f o r a c c r e d i t a t i o n purposes. That serves as an evidence and document nga galihok jud ang organization,” said Villanueva.

Edmund Jr. Atay, auditor of the SpEd Youth Advocates (SYA), expressed his delight as it lessens the burden of the organizations but also empathizes towards the officers of the LSO and feared for less activities and its dissolution because of its low funds.

For the new organizat ion M e n t o r A d v o c a t e s o f C h i l d Education (MACE), President Syrah Mae Merto said the decrease of the registration fee is a good thing saying, “At least ma-allocate namo ang Php 200 for other expenses sa among organization.”

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dislodge their entry to goal after their long haul bout but SU Kickers managed to score their first in the first half.

However, NORSU maintained their thrust in clinching the game despite of their team’s loss in the first elimination and insufficient equipment in facing this year’s champ.

But the game of sweats and hopes turned out to be horrendous when Silliman Kickers made their way to score anew surpassing the NORSU Soccer Team in the midst of the game, 2-2.

Remarkably, star player Gemreigh Pardillo of NORSU Soccer Team, blast ed off his final hurdle of the tourney jolting the final goal by a penalty shootout, leading to a final score of 3-2 leaving the Silliman FC Team barefooted at the end.

“I was not expecting what I did, but what I did is for the team – for the team’s reputation and goodness. I’m glad that we won.” star player Gemreigh Pardillo said during their TN interview.

On the other hand, the NORSU FC Team-B settled its place on third after their game against Bacong FC Team, targeting to make their pavement on the next game.

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prepared ang mga estudyante if ever naa man unexpected accident nga mahitabo.”

Moreover, a Bache lo r o f Secondary Educat ion s tudent , Niermae Abringe, said the students must be careful all the time for anything might happen.

“Dapat responsible pud ta kay kita ra man gihapon mag-suffer if naay mahitabo nga dili maayo,” Abringe said.

Supportive parents. The scholars’ parents listen to NSF President Carlo Gadingan (right) as he pleads for the continuance of the scholarship fee. (Photo by Jay Mark T. Umbac)

want to marry someone with the same sex or gender preference as theirs, then go for it. Care less about how would say. If that’s what makes them happy so be it. Who are we to tell them in the face that they are immoral? Who are we to put stains on things that makes them truly happy? Why don’t just other people go mind their own business, and just go ahead and respect other’s personal decisions and outlooks in li fe. If it doesn’t do you any wrong, nor hurt you in any way, then why hurt others right?

Human as we are, we tend to judge and criticize. We should learn to think things first before doing or saying something. We don’t, we are already stepping on other people’s feelings. Showing even a little respect won’t kill anybody. Respect is for those who deserve it, not for those who demand for it, it is

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Would you want to change the venue for the guarded entrance/exit area near the CAS building by on-duty Criminology students?

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take will be gone forever, is equivalent to China’s absurd meat festival that slaughters thousands of dogs and cats in just a single day.

On the other hand, it is undeniably true that we are weaker than China, but in this historic arbitration case, we used no weapons nor the Philippine government acted despotically to drive them away because it is clear to the world that it will never work with China. Instead, we use our mental ability to strike down the goliaths rummaging the islands in the West Philippine Sea. The peaceful steps being done by the Philippine government is a clear message to China that we, the Philippines as part of the global community, abide all international laws.

The Philippines may be weak, but we will totally fight for what we believe is ours.

RESOUNDING LEGITA...FROM

not imposed or begged, it is earned and offered.

P.S. While I was writ ing this down at the library, I repeat, the library. A student in her P.E. uniform is laughing, busy talking with a friend, and most especially giggling making the table shake while I was stressing my brain out on what I should write down. It seems like they didn’t care how someone on the corner is ringing his bell to shut bees all around the room. I just thought, we also need a little respect here.

This one’s my own opinion. If yours is far way different from mine, then I respect you. Please do respect mine as well. Thank you.

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