MANOS 2006: Kapit Ka! - Loyola Schools

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Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Schools
Volume I. Number 8. January 2006
http://www.ateneo.edu/
MANOS 2006: Kapit Ka!
SOSS holds SocSci Week
The School of Social Sciences Week, Manos 2006,
will be held this year from 27 January to 3 February.
The Social Sciences Council of the Sanggunian ng
mga Mag-aaral ng Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila, together
with the heads of Manos 2006, Anna Mae Tuazon
and Paolo Avis, have conceptualized Kapit Ka!
centering on the four pillars of Ignatian leadership: academic excellence, social responsibility, cultural rootedness, and spiritual maturity — the mind,
body, heart, and spirit. The events during the week
are centered around this theme.
Mind and Body: The Amazing
Race, headed by Peter Belmi of
Psyche, is composed of numerous
challenges that aim to test the skills
and abilities of the participants.
Alamo Mater is a contest that aims
to test academic excellence and
socially relevant information. It is
headed by Diego Villanueva of the
2nd Year Council of the Sanggunian.
Dy and Diane Carasig, the Sanggunian
President and Secretary General, respectively.
Spirit: On 30 January will be a Eucharistic celebration, headed by Boyet
An NGO fair headed by Ralph
Menchavez and Mark Diaz of AEA
Heart: On 31 January, FERIAE, a
food fest, will showcase different
cuisines from around the world.
FERIAE is headed by Greg Garcia
and Margarita Valdes from AB Communication.
Ateneo job/practicum fair 2006:
Bridging the academe and the world of work
and ECO, respectively,
will take place alongside
the week’s events.
Other events throughout
the week will include Asa Ka!, a
public service announcement (PSA)
video competition, with the theme
“What can I still hope for as a Filipino today?” The contest aims to
showcase the talent and creativity of
student filmmakers, and is headed by
Kathleen Naguiat of the Loyola Film
Circle.Marianne Geronimo of AComm
Manos 2006 Organizing Committee:
Luis Abad (3YC SoSS Leg), Mike Son (SYC SoSS
Leg), Jet Pacapac (FYC SoSS Leg), Anna Mae
Tuazon (SYC SoSS Exec), Jap Paredes (3YC
SoSS Exec), Joanathan Tirados (FYC SoSS
Exec), Abbi Luz (2YC SoSS Leg), Diega
Villanueva (2YC SoSS Exec),Boyet Dy
(Sanggunian President from the SoSS)
hundred sponsor corporations,
schools, government agencies, and
NGOs, each year.
According to Consolacion J.
Concepcion, Director of the Placement Office, “The Ateneo Job Fair
provides an avenue for bringing together the workforce and students,
exposing Ateneans to a smorgasbord
of job outlets available for them after graduation while at the same time
giving the chance for the people out
there to know the Ateneans.” Select
companies give presentations to
orient seniors on their products and
services, employment packages,
and training programs. In turn,
seniors submit their application
documents and sign up for
employment testing or interviews.
STEP FORWARD: Finding the
Right Fit is this year’s Job/Practicum
Fair, scheduled for January 23 to 27
at the Cervini Gardens. The Fair Presenter, Johnip Cua, President of
Procter & Gamble Philippines will
be addressing the seniors. The major
sponsors of this year’s job fair are
GlaxoSmithKline, Accenture, and
Hewitt Packard; other sponsors are
Maersk-Filipinas, Pfizer, Bank of the
Philippine Islands, Canon Information Technologies, and ICT Group.
The first Ateneo de Manila University Job Fair was first held at the college main quadrangle in January 1990
with a total of forty-one companies
participating. Since then, the event
has grown to accommodate almost a
The Job Fair’s unique role was recognized by University President
Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J., who
wrote that it [the job fair] helps
graduating seniors to succeed in the
midst of political and economic
difficulties. In spite of prevalent freeze
hiring and downsizing in the four
market sectors, the fair continues to
draw participants, many of whom are
is in charge of the
quilt-making events. Freedom Quilts
will be created to serve as instruments to convey a message of hope
and inspiration. The Ateneo community will be encouraged to scribble
positive thoughts and comments
about our current political and
economic situation and twenty
individual quilts will be developed
and sewn together.
At the culminating event on 3 February, ATIN! The SoSS Week Concert, headed by Roxanne Agsalud,
the quilts will be presented, as well
as the winners of the other contests.
The concert will also include performances by the Ateneo Glee Club,
Blue Babble Battalion Band, and
CADS, and a presentation of the coverage of the events throughout the
week. jparedes
Ateneo alumni in search of qualified
personnel. As more departmental
curricula began requiring practicum
experience for their juniors, the
project was expanded into a Job/
Practicum Fair in 2001, showcasing
summer internships as well.
The Job/Practicum Fair serves as the
culminating activity of the Placement
Office’s year-long career development
program. mortiz
Euphoria
The 2006 Cersa
Variety Show
January 27, 2006
Cervini Quadrangle
(to read more on CERSA, turn to page 2)
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Volume I. Number 8.
Dorm life
Twice the adventure
Senator Richard Gordon. Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye.
Lamoiyan CEO Cecilio K. Pedro. What do these men
have in common? In their college days, they had the whole
Ateneo campus as their backyard. They were dormers.
The Cervini and Eliazo Residence Halls
have been home to those coming from the
provinces (and even from abroad) to study
at the Ateneo. The RH community is where
the dormers discover a whole new way of
life and a whole new range of things most
of them never knew they could actually
do.
As a melting pot of cultures and
personalities, the dorm is where one can
make interesting new friends and develop
lasting relationships. Dormers serve as miniambassadors of their hometowns. Sharing
stories about their provinces and
exchanging local delicacies are the favorite
means for dormers to interact. At the dorm,
one finds people speaking in different
dialects and yet able to understand each
other. It is not uncommon to learn a second
language, perhaps even a third.
The dorm is where the students learn to
fend for themselves. Since parents are not
around, every dormer learns to become
independent. Being a dormer means
missing some of the little conveniences that
make life easier. Dormers learn to budget
their allowance for food, groceries, laundry,
and miscellaneous school expenses. They
have to learn self-discipline in juggling
academics, co-curricular activities, and a
social life.
When asked about their college days, those
who lived in the RH will always give you
the same answer: that most of their
memorable experiences happened in the
dorm. All dormers seem to be bonded by
their experiences of growing independence
at Cervini and Eliazo. What magic is there
in these halls?
Every June, the Cervini-Eliazo Resident
Students’ Association (CERSA) ushers in
a new batch of dormers with a week-long
orientation seminar loaded with various
activities from dawn until evening. New
dormers’ skills, talents, and wits are put
to the test as they undergo activities that
teach them the four core values of the
organization – respect, responsibility,
solidarity, and service.
The CERSA OrSem is known for what
the orientees are made to wear to school
everyday for five days: colorful costumes
Haiku
Droplets from somewhere
Diverse in size, shape and splash
Forms a single pool.
and the conspicuous nametags with the
words “I want to be CERSAN”. Also, the
orientees perform ingenious and
entertaining bangs and claps. But more
importantly, the OrSem is filled with
talks and other gatherings that aim to break
regional barriers among the new dormers
and prepare them for life in the dorm. The
event is capped off by the Salubong where
the traditional bonfire is lit and the most
memorable bangs and claps are performed
by the upperclassmen. The OrSem party,
sponsored by the seniors, gives both the
orientees and upperclassmen the chance to
unwind and have fun after the hectic week.
From July to August, dormers are
grouped into teams for the Inter-Athletic
Competition (IAC) featuring cheering,
basketball, and volleyball games. Teams
spend time every night in late July
conscientiously balancing their academics
and their practice of cheers and routines.
Dormers also display their mental prowess
in the annual Athlete’s Brain where the best
in every team prove that they are more than
just brawn. Another highlight of the IAC
competition is the search for Mr. and Ms.
IAC, showcasing the beauty, talent, and
brains of CERSAns.
CERSA Week is celebrated every
September, highlighted by the two-day
open house when fellow Ateneans and
outsiders can take more than a peek at how
CERSAns live. Free food, entertainment,
decorated hallways and exciting games
complete this special event. This
schoolyear, CERSA introduced the Fiesta
Mall, a three-day affair, where native
delicacies and souvenirs brought by
dormers from their respective provinces
were sold to the Ateneo community. Partygoers were lured into the culminating night
of music and enchantment as the juniors
presented Incantations: Rhythm Rituals.
Dormers’ athletic skills are again put to the
test by the inter-batch sports fest held in
Being a resident of Cervini or Eliazo is a
privilege. Cervinians and Eliazoans have
been chosen from among hundreds of
applicants for their potential to contribute
positively to the dorm community.
Dormers are very fortunate to be admitted
into a community that acts as a second
home, nurturing personal qualities of living
and working with one another in order to
become more holistic Ateneans. Because
each dormer has something special to share
with the community, one’s involvement
in dorm activities is irreplaceable.
Belonging to the dorm, one knows that
you belong to a second family that is
concerned for your well-being in the same
way that you are concerned for theirs. It is
to recognize the immensity of your
personal responsibility to the community
and to take heart in the knowledge that
your great responsibility is shared by a
December. For a week, the college covered
courts are filled with excitement as dormers
root for their batchmates competing in
basketball, volleyball, futsal, and
badminton. Matches in swimming and
table tennis, as well as the 5k marathon, are
held. The Christmas Party, sponsored by
the sophomores, caps off the sports fest and
serves as the final gathering of dormers
before they go home to their respective
provinces for the holidays.
CERSA then starts the new year with its
biggest annual event, the CERSA Variety
Show in January, featuring the hottest
bands and musicians, dancers, and of course,
CERSA talents. Bands such as Rivermaya,
Sugarfree, and MYMP have graced the
event in the past years. The variety show
has become known for the entertainment
it offers to Ateneans, attracting friends from
other campuses as well.
But CERSANs are not just event-oriented.
The organization also has a network of
committees that provide dormers with all
sorts of assistance and support. The Dorm
Council sees to it that dormers work
together to make the dorm as close to
home as possible. It seeks to maintain an
atmosphere in the dorm that contributes
to the holistic growth of each and every
resident. The Academics Committee helps
dormers perform well academically by
providing tutorials and semestral
booklendings. It organizes distinction
dinners to honor those who make it to
the Dean’s List; it is also in charge of
preparing the IAC-Athlete’s Brain. The
Dorm Ministry Council organizes masses,
retreats, deepening seminars and prayer
meetings to help dormers in their spiritual
growth. The Sports and Physical Fitness
Committee takes charge of the IAC and
sports fests. The Committee on Culture
community whose power is more than
enough to achieve great things.
Moreover, living with people everyday
creates a bond of friendship unlike any
other. It is a bond of immense trust and
faith in one another that only familiarity
can provide. One cannot put on a mask in
the dorm. All masks are eventually torn
down allowing real friendships to emerge.
These friendships are so powerful that they
persevere even years after leaving the dorm.
They are the fuel that runs any project that
CERSA undertakes.
Indeed, the privilege of being a CERSAn
is the privilege of sharing in the power and
responsibility of a community. To be a
CERSAn is to recognize that you do not stand
alone, that you belong to a family.
Anna Marie A. Arancon
IV - BS MAC
and Arts provides a variety of services,
from impressive Flash® presentations to
amazing CERSAn performers for the
various dorm activities. The Ateneo
Cervini-Eliazo Network Team is
composed of a hardworking core group
— available nearly 24/7 — that takes charge
of the dorm’s Internet and network
connections. The Environmental
Committee is tasked with the dorms’
environmental concerns, while the
Committee on Awareness and Social
Involvement organizes activities that
encourage CERSAns to strive for service
and excellence.
Unknown to most, the dorm is also
Ateneo’s most immediate source of
manpower and volunteers. From EDSA 1
to Task Force Noah, dormers were major
players in making these efforts a success.
While classes were cancelled during the
typhoons last year, dormers were sorting
and packing relief goods for the victims and
evacuees. In fact, the dorm has its own
Gawad Kalinga Team, an active arm of GK
Ateneo in helping build communities in
Payatas and Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija.
Ateneans have mixed perceptions of what
a typical dormer is. It might be that
classmate of his who goes to class wearing
pambahay clothes, that org mate he just met
who speaks Filipino with an accent, or that
blockmate who says that she doesn’t need
a bench because she has her bed nearby.
Despite all these, one thing is sure –
dormers are having the time of their lives
in the two dormitories they call home.
So what’s it like for those coming to
Ateneo, leaving home for the big city, and
living in the dorm? The experience is
actually twice the adventure. hfmmuralla
January 2006
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Communication & Fine Arts
The beginning of a beautiful friendship
There has always been a symbiotic relationship between communication and the fine
arts, and the complementarity of the
communicative and the aesthetic is made
manifest through the collaboration between
the Department of Communication and the
Fine Arts Program.
Through the development of joint curricular
offerings such as courses in visual
communication and creativity, and the
establishment of a digital video and audio
laboratory for both communication and fine
arts students, the synergy between these two
offices and disciplines marks the beginnings of a
significant interdisciplinary collaboration. The
joint facility located at the PLDT-CTC Building
presently houses a Macintosh- and PC-based
digital sound recording facility, a computer
laboratory configured for both graphic and web
design and video post-production, and a case
study room for lectures and screenings.
The IGNITE MOA signing (l-r) Angelito Z. Antonio, Ph.D., Staff Development Coordinator, Xavier School;
Frederick N. Tiu, School Treasurer, Xavier School; Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J., President, Ateneo de Manila
University; Johnny C. Go, S.J., Director, Xavier School; Anna Miren Gonzalez-Intal, Ph,D., Vice President
for the Loyola Schools; and Ma. Celeste T. Gonzalez, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Education,
Loyola Schools
Department of Education
IGNITE: Ignatian Institute for Teaching Excellence
Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism
New Broadcast Journalism Program at the CFJ
The possibilities offered to the practice of
journalism by new media such as the
Internet point towards the need for
journalism education itself to be in step with,
if not ahead of, the rapid developments in
communication and information technology. The online certificate programs of
the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism
at the Ateneo de Manila University (CFJ)
and the MA Journalism degree program of
the Department of Communication have
responded to this need since 2000, offering
a host of graduate-level online courses for
working journalists across Asia and the
Pacific region.
In January 2006, after three-and-a-half years of
conducting online courses attended by about
300 students from 22 countries and taught by
15 instructors from five countries, the CFJ and
the Department of Communication will
expand its journalism programs into the realm
of broadcasting. Cognizant of the renaissance
of radio journalism in the digital age greatly
due to the medium’s comparatively low costs
and unsurpassed accessibility, the CFJ broadcast
journalism certificate programs will explore
cutting-edge techniques and practices in the
writing and production of radio broadcasts, as
well as the various issues and trends facing the
regional broadcast journalist today.
The Executive Board of the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism at the Ateneo met last December to
discuss after five years of operations. Bienvenido Nebres, S.J., joined the group in a dinner held at the
New World Hotel.
Others in photo are: Werner vom Busch, Regional Representative, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung; Nanette
Diyco, CFJ Marketing Consultant; Pana Janviroj, President of Nation Multimedia Group Public Co., Ltd.;
Dr. Violet Valdez, CFJ Executive Director; Isagani Yambot, Publisher, Philippine Daily Inquirer and
Jose M. Cruz, S.J., Dean, Ateneo School of Social Science. Mr. vom Busch and Fr. Cruz comprise the
board. Mr. Janviroj and Mr. Yambot serve as advisers.
CFJ invites applications to journalism
fellowships for SY 2006-07
T he Konrad Adenauer Center for Akhmad Kusaeni, deputy editor in chief,
Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila
University (CFJ) is now accepting
applications for fellowship grants for a
Master’s Degree in Journalism for the school
year 2006-07. Deadline for submission of
all requirements is Tuesday, 31 January 2006.
CFJ awards fifteen fellowships yearly to Asian
working journalists who are committed to
good journalism and the development of the
press in their communities. A grant covers
tuition fees for two years, international travel
and living allowance.
Since its launch in 2003, forty-two journalists
from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines have
received a grant. Eight of them – seven
working journalists and a media trainer –
completed the degree last year and another
eleven are expected to finish in March.
Among the present fellows are Kim Ying
Pung, regional associate editor, The Star
(Malaysia); Luz Rimban, broadcast director,
Philippine Center for Investigative Reporting;
Carolyn Arguillas, editor, Mindanews and
ANTARA Indonesia National News Agency.
The MA Journalism, an innovative distancelearning program, is administered by CFJ for
the Department of Communication. It covers
twelve courses, six of which are fully online,
three are hybrid courses taking place
alternately in on-campus and online
environments, and three are on-campus courses.
With most of the courses conducted online,
working journalists and other professionals in
the program are able to study at their own pace
and time, and in their own homes or workplaces.
Courses in ethics, media law and news writing
are at the core of the program. Journalism
courses that are regional and cutting-edge in
content comprise the electives. Lecturers come
from Asia, Australia, the UK, and the US.
Application forms for fellowship grant may
be downloaded from http://cfj.ateneo.edu or
requested by email at [email protected].
CFJ may also be contacted by phone at (632)
926-3253 or (632) 426-6001, local 5215, or fax
at (632) 926-3254.
Recognizing the need to develop the
professional abilities of school administrators, teachers, and staff in basic education
particularly those in Xavier School and
other private/public schools in the San Juan
– Mandaluyong area, the Department of
Education of the School of Social Sciences
of the Loyola Schools and Xavier School
are collaborating on a program dedicated
to the professional development of faculty
and staff in basic education and education
administration. This program is called the
Ignatian Institute for Teaching Excellence
(IGNITE) and will be housed at Xavier
School.
IGNITE will enable administrators, teachers
and staff of Xavier School and private/public
schools in the San Juan – Mandaluyong area to
avail of graduate degrees and certificate courses
that will be credited by the Ateneo in
accordance with existing CHED regulations.
IGNITE will be jointly operated and managed
by the Department of Education and the
Xavier School Staff Development Office,
allowing them to share and maximize resources.
A highlight of IGNITE will be the scholarships
that will be granted to public school
administrators, teachers and staff of the San Juan
– Mandaluyong area.
The Memorandum of Agreement between the
two institutions was signed last December 2005
by AdMU’s President, Bienvenido F. Nebres,
S.J. and Xavier School’s Director Johnny C. Go,
S.J. IGNITE will be launched on April 2006.
Economic Policy Reform and Advocacy
Economic policy
reform in the Philippines requires a
complex mix of research, networking,
advocacy, political will, and capacity building
among various stakeholders. In August 2004, the
Ateneo de Manila University, particularly the
Department of Economics and the Ateneo School
of Government (ASG), decided to contribute to
the improvement of the policy reform
environment in the country by submitting to the
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) a proposal that outlined
an involved but practical process of formulating
an economic policy reform agenda. Ateneo’s
proposal was grounded on sound analyses of what
ails the policy arena in the various sectors of the
country as well as concrete recommendations on
how these can be addressed. In September 2004,
Ateneo became the recipient of a USAID
institutional grant for policy development under
the Targeted Interventions for Economic Reform
and Government (TIERG) umbrella project of
USAID. With eight non-government organizations (NGOs) each having established track
records, the Ateneo-led EPRA Consortium was
formed.
Under the management of Cielito F. Habito,
Ph.D. and Fernando Aldaba, Ph.D. of the
Department of Economics (as project director and
deputy director respectively), EPRA now
embarks on its avowed mission to improve the
process of economic policy reform in the country.
The work entails ensuring active civil society
participation in the policy reform process, while
ensuring the soundness of the reforms undertaken,
i.e. that the reforms truly promote the greatest
good for the greatest number. During its first year
Ateneo CORD
The Ateneo Center for Organization Research and
Development (Ateneo CORD),is an extension arm
of the Department of Psychology. The Center
lives out its mission to help improve organization
effectiveness and the quality of work life through
training, research, consulting and providing HR
services. A major thrust of the Center is the honing
of Human Resource (HR) Management
competencies among practitioners and line
managers. This is accomplished through two
avenues: the mentoring of master’s level students
who are expected to practice in the field, and the
offering of training programs to HR (Diploma in
Strategic Human Resources Management) and
training of line managers on people management.
As an academic institution, Ateneo CORD also
engages in scholarly research to create and manage
knowledge in people and organization
Cielio F. Habito, Ph.D., Project Director of
EPRA; and Fernando Aldaba, Ph.D.,
Deputy Director
of operations, EPRA put in place mechanisms
and guidelines for the project’s smooth operation.
It now has three site offices – one in the Ateneo
Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs
(ACSPPA) building, another in the Ateneo
School of Government in Rockwell Center,
Makati City, and another at the Economics
Department.
In its first year of operations, EPRA established
good working rapport with key stakeholders that
include both government and NGO partners. It
had organized various training activities for
internal and external EPRA stakeholders, a
number of which tapped Ateneo faculty members
as resource persons. With the objective of further
equipping the stakeholders on the identification,
analysis, and advocacy for appropriate policy
reform initiatives. At varying degrees of maturity,
EPRA has established and mobilized multistakeholder teams (MSTs) in EPRA’s six focus
sectors, which meet on a regular basis and
undertakes constituency-building thru policy
meetings, consultations, and networking
initiatives. Among the policy initiatives to which
EPRA has made are the Excise Tax Law, the
Expanded VAT Law, the ongoing reorganization
of the Department of Agriculture, and the
amendments to the Implementing Rules and
Regulations of the BOT Law. rneri
management in the Philippines. In its quarterly
Trendwatcher Series, it shares research and best
practices to the public. It has a partnership with
the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a research-based
column called People at Work Pulse. It recently
launched the first-ever research based book on
human resource management entitled The Way We
Work: Research and Best Practices in Philippine Organizations.
Through the conduct of applied research,
organization leaders are guided in crafting and
pursuing effective and responsible human resource
strategies. Over the past years, Ateneo CORD has
directly assisted organizations through its
consulting services. It is involved in the assessment,
design and implementation of the full range of HR
systems such as: selection, performance and
rewards management, and employee well-being.
Ateneo CORD consultants facilitate organizational
capability building through strategic planning,
culture management and organizational
restructuring. rmhechanova
Volume I. Number 8.
The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF)
T
he SYLFF was initiated by The Nippon
Foundation in 1987 and is administered by
the Scholarship Division of The Tokyo
Foundation. Over the past 18 years, 69
universities and consortia (a total of 88
institutions) in 45 countries have each
received endowments of one million US
dollars from The Nippon Foundation.
These SYLFF institutions use the earnings
generated from their respective endowments
to provide fellowships to outstanding
graduate students in the fields of social sciences
and humanities to study at their home
institutions or abroad. Presently, nearly nine
thousand students all over the world have
received SYLFF fellowships.
In 19 March 2002, the Ateneo de Manila
University was awarded the SYLFF
endowment and became part of the SYLFF
network as the 65th SYLFF institution.
Designed for “the best and the brightest
graduate students with leadership potential,
the SYLFF Program at the Ateneo envisions
producing “tomorrow’s intellectual leaders”
– responsible citizens who can deal with
social issues with a critical and constructive
sense, formulate solutions for local and
regional problems, and participate effectively
in the country’s efforts to engage the global
community. The Ateneo carefully selects
fellows from highly qualified graduate
students in the social sciences, humanities
and law. The university has since awarded a
total of ten fellowships — of which eight
are for currently-enrolled fellows (five are
with the Loyola Schools and three are with
the Ateneo Law School) and two are to
fellows who have graduated from the Law
School.
Mark Enojo, the first fellow to graduate
from the Law School in 2004, is a
practicing attorney at the Ponce Enrile
Reyes & Manalastas Associates. His area
of specialization is Corporate Law and
Special Projects.
Anna Su, who finished law in 2005,
graduated with distinction. She was recipient
of the Thomas More Most Distinguished
Award, an award given by the Law School in
recognition of a student’s outstanding
performance. She took the bar exams last
SFC Meets Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, President of the Nippon Foundation
(standing, l-r) Isamu Maruyama (TKFD), Felix Böllmann (Germany), Tiejun Bu (China),
Yohei Sasakawa, Stuart Graham (U.S.A.), Israel Banegas (Mexico), and Štepán Holub (Czech
Republic)
(seated, l-r) Ellen Mashiko (TKFD), Paulina Berríos Cortés (Chile), Jeanne Lee (U.S.A.),
Rozenda Hendrickse (South Africa), and Sherilyn Siy (Philippines)
September 2005 and awaits the results this
month. She plans to specialize in
Constitutional Law and Public International
Law.
Two more fellows from the Law School are
due to finish in 2006 (Richie Avigale Ramos
and Marie Grace Santos). A new fellow,
Cecille Mejia, was accepted last year. At the
Loyola Schools, four fellows are due to finish
in 2006. Mary Jane Flores, a faculty member
of Psychology at Mindanao State University
in Marawi City, Lanao del Norte, is
pursuing an MA in Counseling Psychology.
Her thesis is on “Enemy Images of Children
of War in Mindanao.” Working with
children of ethnic tribes in war-torn
Mindanao, she intends to do counseling
work with troubled children, particularly
adolescents, mostly affected by the war.
Leona Paula Gianan, an undergraduate
scholar at the Ateneo, undertook her MA in
Social and Community Psychology and is
doing research on “Perceived Justice and
Power Distribution in the Filipino Family.”
Her research zeroes in on the factors that
influence the perception of fairness in the
division of household labor primarily
between Filipino husbands and wives.
After graduate studies, she plans to conduct
more research and go into teaching at the college.
Katherine Lacson was involved in cultural
research and production of documentaries
before she decided to pursue an MA in
History. Her thesis is “A Study of Theater
from 1910-1939 to see the Effects on the
Filipino Identity.” In this age of
technology, she hopes to contribute to the
strengthening of Filipino culture and
identity through continued research and
teaching. Karen represented the Ateneo
at the SYLFF Asia/Pacific Regional
Forum on Multiculturalism at Chiang Mai
University in October 2003. She presented
a paper entitled “Multi-culturalism:
Turning Strangers into Friends.”
Gladys Ouano, a cum laude graduate from the
University of the Philippines, is undertaking
an MA in Anthropology. Having worked
in advertising for four years before her
graduate education, she was involved in
strategy formulation, communication plans
and presentation of research findings. Her
particular interest is ethnography (a branch
of anthropology that focuses on a particular
population and time with a purposeful goal
of describing it to others.) Thus, her graduate
research focuses on the social behavior of a
delicate sector of society, the male sex worker.
Specifically, her thesis is about the male sex
workers’ “Identity, Commoditization and
Sex Work in a Philippine Urban Setting.”
Currently enrolled and in her second year,
Sherilyn Siy, a summa cum laude graduate from
the Ateneo, worked as a research assistant
at the Institute of Philippine Culture and
worked on a research project that concerned
the urban poor and BASECO, an urban
poor settlement. She then went to teach
English at the Xiamen Radio and Television
University in China as a Jesuit Volunteer
for two years before she came back to the
Ateneo for an MA degree in Applied Social
Psychology. Given her work background,
her area of interest is ecological psychology
and environmental sustainability. In the
recent SYLFF Regional Forum on
Sustainable Development at the University
of Indonesia in June 2005, Sherilyn
represented the Ateneo and presented a
paper entitled “The Role of Psychology in
Environmental Sustainability.” Sherilyn is
due to finish in 2007 and plans to go into
teaching and environmental research after
graduate studies.
Sherilyn also sits as member in the SYLFF
Fellows Council. She was voted in by
international SYLFF fellows and shares in
the responsibility of planning activities for
fellows and reviewing applications for
SYLFF-related programs.
In December of 2004, the Ateneo fellows,
under the leadership of Karen Lacson,
participated in the SYLFF Networking
Program (SNP) and established the SYLFF
Fellows Association at the Ateneo called
SYLFF@ADMU. Their first general
assembly was held in March 2005 where they
discussed their goals and proposed activities
for the next three years.
Some of the association’s notable goals are an
annual research colloquium; a collection of
academic references; and participation in the
SYLFF Fellows Mobility Program (FMP)
where currently-enrolled fellows conduct
research in another SYLFF institution; and in
the SYLFF Joint Initiatives Program (JIP) for
graduated fellows to collaborate research with
international SYLFF graduated fellows. This
year, Sherilyn Siy plans to participate in the
FMP, while Mark Enojo and Anna Su plan
to submit a joint research application to the
JIP. mtendero
Adventures with SYLFF
by Sherilyn Siy
“What is SYLFF?” (pronounced “sylph”)
This is the question I am often asked
whenever I reveal that I am a fellow of
the prestigious SYLFF scholarship. Even
after more than a year of being a fellow,
learning what SYLFF is all about
continues to be a journey of discovery for
me. As I became more closely involved
with the fellowship, I saw how SYLFF
makes every effort to be dynamic in its
programs to meet the changing needs of
its fellows and the challenges of the future.
The first series of SYLFF regional forums
were held in 2003 at Chiang Mai
University. AdMU SYLFF fellow,
Katherine G. Lacson, was a delegate. The
second series of regional forums were held
in Jakarta, Indonesia in June 2005. The
theme was “SYLFF Network in Action:
Tackling the Challenges of Sustainable
Development.” Having an interest in
ecological issues, I was selected by our local
SYLFF association, SYLFF@ADMU, to
attend the Asia/Pacific Regional Forum.
I thought that all I had to do at the regional
forum was to give a presentation – which I
did – I prepared a paper on the role of
psychology in environmental sustainability.
However as the meeting progressed, I was
pleasantly surprised to see that the forum
was more than just a venue for academic
exchange. I met and made friends with
SYLFF fellows from all over the region,
including places that seem so far away,
such as Fiji, Inner Mongolia, and India.
Despite our obvious differences, there was
eagerness in coming together and learning
about each other, aware of the connection
we shared as members of the SYLFF
family.
In the first few sessions of the forum, we
became acquainted with the various followup programs such as the SYLFF Network
Program (which aims to foster networking
among all the fellows in and from a SYLFF
institution – the SYLFF@ADMU local
association is a fruit of this program); the
Fellows Mobility Program (which aims
to enrich academic and cultural learning
of currently enrolled fellows by providing
an opportunity to do non-degree study
or research in a SYLFF institution in
another country); and the Joint Initiatives
Program (which aims to encourage
collaborative, transnational and transdisciplinary research or social action
projects among graduated fellows.)
Receiving the SYLFF fellowship was
something that I am deeply grateful for, and
yet here were more programs that seek to
(l-r) Paula Gianan (MA Psy), Karen Lacson (MA His), GJ Ouano (MA Anthro), Mary Jane Flores
(MA Psy), Sherilyn Siy (MA Psy)
enhance our academic learning and support
our endeavors even after we graduate.
When we were informed that elections
would be held to select two
representatives to the SYLFF Fellows
Council (SFC), I expressed my desire to
serve in the council, if only to be able to
share my time, skills, and energy, and
give back to SYLFF even a little of what
it has given me. Working in the council
presents a real opportunity for me to live
out magis, to do more and be more. I was
elected to be part of the council to serve
a two-year term.
The SFC serves as a link between The
Tokyo Foundation (TKFD) and the over
nine thousand graduated and currentlyenrolled SYLFF fellows worldwide. The
council contributes to the improvement
of existing programs, the development of
new programs, the organization of
regional forums, and fostering
networking. Except for three holdover
members from the Provisional SYLFF
Fellows Council (PSFC), all of us were
elected by the participants of the regional
forums that we attended.
(continued on page 5)
January 2006
ACAS
Bringing Asia to the Ateneo, Ateneo to Asia
photo by Bj A. Patiño
The Confucius Institute
at the Loyola Schools
Zhang Shifang of Fuzhou Normal University (extreme left) visited the AdMU Chinese Studies Program
in December 2005 to discuss details of the establishment of the Confucius Institute. With her in the
photo are Ellen Palanca, Ph.D., Ari Dy, S.J., and Songbee Dy of the Chinese Studies Program.
The Ateneo de Manila University has been chosen (among several contenders)
by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China as the foreign
partner to establish the Manila Confucius Institute. The Confucius Institute is
the official Chinese language and cultural institute of the People’s Republic of
China that promotes the Chinese language throughout the world.
The institute will organize Mandarin Chinese classes for adults and seminarworkshops for tertiary-level teachers of Chinese language as well as other
activities that promote Chinese culture. As an initial collaboration, the Chinese
government will extend its support to the Ateneo de Manila University’s Ricardo
Leong Center for Chinese Studies’ Summer Workshop for Tertiary Level
Chinese Language Teachers’ Training, to be held on the Loyola Heights campus
from 22 April to 19 May 2006.
Adventures with SYLFF (from page 4)
The first SFC meeting was held at The Tokyo
Foundation office. This was the first time for
all nine members of the council to meet face-toface. We come from eight different countries
and represent the wealth of diversity of the
SYLFF fellows worldwide. It still amazes me
how easy it was for all nine of us to settle
comfortably and amiably in each other’s
company. On the night of our arrival, we went
out to dinner and shared stories and laughter
over sake and sushi. Perhaps it has something to
do with what Štepán Holub (council member
from Czech Republic) calls the “SYLFF
password”: to say that you are a SYLFF fellow is
your key to the warmth and friendship of the
SYLFF family all over the world.
During the intensive two and a half days of
sessions, we were able to elect a council
president to facilitate our meetings (Jeanne
Lee, SYLFF fellow from Columbia
University, U.S.A.), review the highlights and
difficulties of the 2005 regional forums (and
related to this, review the draft of the
guidelines for hosting a regional forum, and
discuss ideas for the program of future
regional forums), elect an ex-officio member
to review proposals for the JIP (me), evaluate
the growth in the number of local associations
worldwide and plan for promotion of local
networking, discuss the results of the SYLFF
SYLFF fellows with Ellen Mashiko
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newsletter readers’ survey, and view the work
done on the SYLFF information and research
database which is intended to facilitate
networking and collaboration among SYLFF
fellows. We were also able to create subcommittees to continue council work via email
after our meeting.
In 2007, SYLFF celebrates its 20 th
anniversary (The first SYLFF endowment
was given to the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy, U.S.A. in 1987.) Anniversary
celebrations will be incorporated into the
SYLFF Program Administrators’ Meeting
to be held in Copenhagen, the third series
of regional forums, and the awarding of
the SYLFF Prize. We were able to
brainstorm for possible themes for the
next regional forums and for ideas to
commemorate the anniversary. We work
with excitement in anticipation of the
celebration ahead.
As a fellow, I deeply appreciate the
blessing that SYLFF is and continues to
be. I feel fortunate to be a part of a growing
family who believes in me and in the
importance of what I have chosen to do,
a belief that is expressed through concrete
care and support. Here’s looking forward
to more adventures ahead!
The
Ateneo Center for Asian
Studies (ACAS), now brings to the
Ateneo scholarship on Korea and
Southeast Asia. ACAS has had
twelve research fellows since August
2004. They are Japanese, Korean,
Malaysian, Vietnamese, and Burmese
scholars doing work on Asia or on
specific countries in Asia.
Two Korean fellows are still in town.
Mie Ock Hwang, Ph.D., currently on
sabbatical leave from the University
of Incheon in Seoul, Korea, arrived in
December, and will stay for around a
year to do gender studies. She has
published works on comparative
studies of the Korean and Japanese
languages. Young Hwan Lee, Ph.D.,
is a professor at SungKongHoe
University, also in Seoul. He arrived
in August, and will be returning to
Korea this month. His research topics
in the Philippines are welfare policy
and NGOs.
Young faculty members in the
Department of History who are
interested in Korea have found Prof.
Lee an excellent source of information on Korean history, society,
and politics. They have likewise shared
with him information about Philippine
history, society, and culture. Since
ACAS is temporarily housed in the
Japanese Studies Program, Prof. Lee has
been exposed to Japanese language and
culture, learning some basic Japanese
expressions.
Prof. Hwang, on the other hand, is
fluent in Japanese, having studied in
Japan as a scholar of the Japanese
government. Coincidentally, Lydia
Yu-Jose, Ph.D., ACAS director also
studied in Japan under the same
scholarship. Moreover, both Prof.
Hwang and Dr. Jose lived in the same
dormitory, although they never met
in Japan. The Korean Prof. Hwang
and the Filipina Dr. Jose, now talk to
each other more often in Japanese
than in English.
ACAS held its first summer seminar
in 2005 with three young scholars from
Southeast Asia as guest lecturers: Ko
Thett Ko (Burmese based in Helsinki),
Mala Sathian, Ph.D. (Malaysian), and
Chi H. Truong, Ph.D. (Vietnamese).
Ko specializes on Burmese studies,
Mala on Thai-Malay history and
historiography, and Truong on the
post-socialist transformation of
Vietnam. They shared their expertise
with the graduate and higher level
undergraduates who enlisted in the
course “Emerging Paradigms in
Comparative Southeast Asian
History,” coordinated by Francis
Gealogo, Ph.D. Their discussions
with Ateneo students were
engaging and inspiring, increasing
an appreciation of Asian/Southeast
Asian studies.
The visitors also immersed
themselves in the rich collections of
the Rizal Library, particularly the
American Historical Collection,
ALIWW, and the Pardo de Tavera
collections, which they found to be
goldmines for historical research.
They toured historical sights,
museums and galleries, and major
universities in the Philippines.
The Japanese Studies Program:
Beyond manga and samurai
While the international links of
the Japanese Studies Program (JSP),
the oldest of the Japanese Studies
programs in the Philippines, are with
Japan, not many are aware that the
JSP represents the Philippines in a
number of international conferences
in other parts of the world too:
Southeast Asia, Europe, the US,
Hong Kong, and Australia. Still
fewer realize that the JSP, in spite of
its focus on Japan, is truly Filipino in
outlook and sentiment.
Japanese Studies programs and
departments in the Philippines,
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and
Vietnam have been holding consultations since October last year
about organizing a Japanese Studies
Association among members of the
ASEAN. The Philippine presence in
these consultations is strong. The JSP
director, Lydia N. Yu-Jose, Ph.D.,
suggested that the organization be
named JSA-ASEAN (Japanese
Studies Association-ASEAN). In
October, the National University of
Singapore will host the inauguration
of JSA-ASEAN.
As an international program with
focus on Japan, the JSP has been
successful in balancing appreciation
of a foreign culture with scholarship
and nationalism. Quality scholarship
is reflected in its graduate curriculum
and undergraduate minor in Japanese
Studies, as well as the international and
national publications of its faculty. In a
nationwide Nihongo speech
competition last year, one of its minors,
Ma. Denise T. Verastigue, IV BSCS,
bested eighteen contestants from other
prestigious universities, as well as the
Nihongo Center. As a reward, she
represented the Philippines in a studytour of Japan, wherein participants
came from all over the world. On the
graduate level, the thesis of one of the
first students who obtained an MA,
major in Japanese studies, was
published by the Ateneo de Manila
University Press early this year. (Helen
Rivera, Patterns of Continuity and Change:
Imaging the Japanese in the Philippine
Editorial Cartoons, 9130-19431 and 19461956). Two of JSP’s other MA
graduates are now holders of the
Japanese Government scholarship to
pursue their doctoral studies in Japan.
The Part-Time Faculty of the
Development Studies Program
Walk the talk
S
ince 2001, the Development Studies
Program has been offering a Minor in
Development Management, which teaches
students how to apply management principles
and practices to social development situations.
All of the faculty members teaching
Development Management subjects are parttime faculty who are full time development
practitioners. Because of their commitments
outside the university, these faculty members
are rarely seen on campus, except during their
classes, which are usually held at night.
What makes this group of faculty members
particularly interesting is their diversity. These
faculty members bring with them a vast range
of expertise and hands-on experience that
gives students a glimpse of actual
development practice. Their work and
interests cover a broad spectrum ranging from
microfinance and social entrepreneurship, to
community organizing and dispute resolution,
to environmental entrepreneurship and
change consultancy.
The SEDPI connection
Three of the faculty members are the top
officials of the Social Enterprise
Development Partnerships Inc. (SEDPI).
Vincent Rapisura is the President and CEO
of SEDPI while Agnes Raña and Edwin
Salonga are the Chair and COO of the
SEDPI, respectively. SEDPI is primarily a
training and consultancy firm specializing in
social entrepreneurship, in general, and
microfinance, in particular.
(l-r) Edwin Salonga, Vincent Rapisura and
Agnes Raña
Vincent, Agnes, and Edwin have substantial
training and experience in the field of
microfinance. Vincent handles microfinance
and social entrepreneurship classes with the
Program. He is very proud of the fact that
in a span of eighteen months, he was able to
grow the portfolio of a microfinance
program seven-fold from PhP 16 million to
PhP 134 million. At the same time, he
reduced the organization’s Portfolio at Risk
Ratio from 54% to zero percent.
Agnes has had substantial international
experience in microfinance and she is sharing
this experience with her microfinance
students this semester. She was involved in
a six-month ADB-managed microfinance
project in East Timor that was concerned
with the revival and development of the
capacities of credit unions, and also the
establishment of a microfinance institution
in East Timor. She has also done work in
Vietnam in developing the capacities of
microfinance institutions.
Edwin Salonga is the most academicallyinclined of the SEDPI trio. Like Vincent and
Agnes, Edwin has conducted several
performance appraisals and evaluations of
microfinance institutions. He has also written
several papers on microfinance for his
doctoral program in Public Administration.
These three faculty members anchor the
Development Studies Program’s Microfinance Capacity Building Services, which
provides training and consultancy services
for microfinance institutions and individual
microfinance practitioners.
The environmental entrepreneurs
Two faculty members
are currently devoted
full-time to what can be
called environmental
entrepreneurship.
Jerome Montemayor is
the Executive Director
of the Organic Producers and Traders Asso- Jerome Montemayor
ciation (OPTA), a non-profit volunteer
association that has the lofty aim of making
the Philippines the organic capital of the
world. OPTA is involved in the marketing
of organic products (principally through
their store on Esteban Abada) and
advocating policies for organic agriculture.
A recent policy victory on the part of
OPTA was the establishment by the
Department of Agriculture of the Organic
Board. A large part of Jerome’s work as
Executive Director of OPTA is to raise
funds for the organization, making him
perfectly suitable for his class on Resource
Mobilization.
Christine Reyes currently serves as the
Program Officer of the Foundation for the
Philippine Environment (FPE), a grant-giving
institution for environmental projects. To
supplement FPEs’ resources, Christine raises
funds for the organization by promoting ecotourism in their partner sites. These eco-tours
help preserve the environment and serve as an
additional source of income for the residents
of the area. Christine shares her experience in
marketing these eco-tours (as well as her
previous experiences, which included, among
others marketing Habitat for Humanity) with
her Social Marketing students.
The change consultants
Two of the members of the faculty are
heavily involved in change consultancy.
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Volume I. Number 8.
The second Bu Eagle lecture series
On the occasion
of the birthday
of Jaime Bulatao,
S.J. last September 2005, the
Department of
Psychology held
the second Bu
Eagle Lecture
Series in tribute
Jaime Bulatao, S.J.
to the department’s founder. Four lectures were given
by Psychology faculty members,
showcasing a range of research topics
that psychologists pursue with great
thoughtfulness and devotion, in the very
best tradition of scientific passion that
Fr. Bulatao has taught and continues to
pass on to us.
Alampay, Ph.D., Alma S. de la Cruz,
Ph.D., Karina G. Fernandez, MA, Ma.
Emma Concepcion D. Liwag, Ph.D.,
and Ma. Isabel E. Melgar, Ph.D. The
study focused on understanding
Filipino boys’ experiences of adversity
and resilience, the challenges they face,
and how they respond to these
challenges.
The lectures included:
“Psychology in Sport: Enhancing
Performance and Well-being of Athletes
and Coaches,” by Ma. Luisa Guinto
Adviento, MA. The presentation
described the existing sports psychology
practice within the Ateneo de Manila
University sports arena.
“Framing the Meaning of Work,” by
Edna P. Franco, MA. The qualitative
study explored the various dimensions
that shape one’s meaning of work.
“Boys Don’t Cry or Do They?: An
Exploratory Study of Stress and Coping
in Filipino Boys,” by Liane Peña-
Aside from being
the Marketing Director of Pulse Asia,
Ross Villamil has
served as change
consultant for several government
units including the
provincial governments of Bohol,
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Palawan, Capiz, and
Negros Oriental. He also recently served as
the lead facilitator for the strategic planning
process of the Philippine Supreme Court. He
brings these experiences with him when he
teaches community development and social
change and project management.
Gabby Lopez is
involved in so many
social development
organizations that it
would be impossible
to list all of them
here. Among others,
Gabby is involved
with the UNESCO
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National Commission of the Philippines, where he sits as the
Commissioner for Culture; and the
Coverdale Organization (Philippines), where
he is the Principal and Senior ConsultantTrainer. He also sits on the board of the
Advocates for Philippine Fair Trade, Inc.
(APFTI) and Partnerships for the Poor, Inc.
where he also serves as Executive Director.
The APFTI, of which he was the former
Chair, promotes a way of doing business for
micro and small enterprises that is just and
sustainable. APFTI is responsible for product
development and marketing of Fair Trade
Products and it is this experience that Gabby
brings with him to his social marketing and
social entrepreneurship classes.
The organizers
Soc Banzuela and Brenda Batistiana
belong to a different tradition of development work, having been thoroughly
immersed for over twenty years in
community organizing. In fact, Soc currently
serves as the President of the Philippine
Community Organizers Society (PhilCOS),
an organization of more than eight
hundred direct and indirect community
organizers nationwide. This organization
is dedicated to the upliftment of
community organizing as a profession, as
“Effects of Political Labeling and
Perceiver’s Dominant Group Position
on Trait Attributions of a Terrorist,”
by Cristina Jayme Montiel, Ph.D. The
quasi-experimental study among
Christians and Muslims in Malaysia
and the Philippines examined the effect
of political labels on traits attributed
to a terrorist.
Faculty, graduate, and undergraduate
students, alumni, guests, and other
well-wishers attended the program
held at the PLDT-CTC Building. The
lectures were followed by Holy Mass
to celebrate Fr. Bulatao’s 83rd
birthday.
well as the improvement of the welfare
of community organizers and the
development and mainstreaming of
community organizing technologies. The
wealth of Soc’s experience serves him well
when he teaches Community Development and Social Change (Development
Management).
Brenda currently serves as the President of the
Mediators’ Network (Mednet), an
organization that practices and promotes
alternative and empowering dispute resolution
and management processes. The organization
promotes negotiation, mediation, and
consensus building as an alternative to costly
and confrontational legal and judicial processes
as well as extra-legal processes such as resorting
to violence. By promoting these alternative
processes, Mednet hopes to contribute to its
vision of achieving sustainable peace. Being the
President of Mednet makes Brenda eminently
qualified to teach the class on Alternative
Dispute Resolution Processes.
Soc Banzuela
The impact
The qualifications and diversity of the faculty
teaching development management subjects
may contribute to the increase in the number
of non-DS students signing up for DS
subjects, and expanding the Minor in
Development Management program. Since
the year 2000, the number has increased from
eight a semester to sixty-three this semester.
The practical experience of the faculty helps
the students to appreciate the world around
them and how they can use their skills in
that world.
The Development Studies Program is proud
of the fact that the faculty who teach
development management subjects are not
just teachers, they are development
managers who practice what they preach
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A diverse history
Department of Economics
Teaching-training seminar for public
high school teachers of economics
During the summer of 2005, the Depart-
ment of Economics invited public high
school teachers in Metro Manila to a fiveday seminar in teaching Economics. The
activity was aimed at enriching the knowledge
in basic Economics of public school Social
Studies teachers through content-upgrading
lecture-discussion complemented with
student-centered techniques.
Ph.D. spoke on Economic Development.
Two doctoral candidates from the faculty,
Cristina M. Bautista and Marissa Maricosa A.
Paderon discussed International Economics.
As part of the School of Social Sciences, a
major asset of the department lies in the varied
backgrounds, interests, and involvements of
its faculty. The interesting mix of people livens
up the students’ servings of history by bringing
their interests and expertise in a variety of fields
into the classroom.
Funding for the project came from the
Metrobank Foundation with the support of
the Office of the Dean of the School of
Social Sciences and the Ateneo Economics
Association.
The teacher participants went through the
lecture-discussion, news analysis, problem sets,
and graphical analysis as used in teaching
economics. They viewed the film, Minsan Lang
Sila Bata, the award winning documentary by
Ditsi Carolino, which analyses three cases of
child labor. They enjoyed acting out different
roles in the role playing exercise. It was an
experience to them to be able to see
economists at work as teacher, as researcher,
and as practitioner.
Broadening history for students
The department has, over the past semesters,
offered elective courses that are cross-listed
with other departments. In this way, the
department hopes to dispel the notion that
history is impractical and one-dimensional.
Instead, it seeks to present ways of studying
history that even non-History majors can enjoy!
Blurring the boundaries
Another training-seminar is scheduled this
summer of 2006, this time jointly conducted
with the faculty of the Department of
Political Science. wpbelen
Twenty-two responded and attended from
April 4 to 8. The five days were spent focused
on the teaching of Economics as a discipline,
on key concepts, principles and issues in
macroeconomics, microeconomics, international economics and Philippine
economic development. The main facilitator
was Wally Belen, recipient of the ASPAC 200405 Outstanding Part-time Faculty; a teacher
in Jesuit schools since 1959; and a specialist in
Economics education. Macroeconomics was
handled by Ofelia M. Templo who once
served as Assistant Director General of
NEDA and Luis F. Dumlao, Ph.D.; Aleta
C. Domdom, Ph.D., an NSTA awardee
in research, and Rolando Bayot expounded
on Micro-economics. Fernando T. Aldaba,
A
lthough undeserved, History, as a subject,
has a reputation of being boring and difficult—
a deadly combination for any student. The
History Department, however, has a number
of tricks up its sleeve to combat such evils.
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology
A CHED Center of Excellence
Being named a Center of Excellence by the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
resembles an academic tour de force. To earn
that honor, a university department must
show an exceptional ability to train future
professionals, attain disciplinary leadership,
add to intellectual knowledge, serve national
development goals, and achieve international
recognition. That honor belongs to the
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
— one of the Ateneo de Manila University’s
prize departments whose work over the past
forty-five years has wielded much impact on
social science education in both the nation
and the region.
The work began in 1960 when the Jesuit
anthropologist Frank Lynch, S.J. founded the
department with the aim of producing
Filipinos capable of disciplined sociological
and anthropological thinking. This kind of
thinking, Lynch believed, would enable
Filipinos to understand themselves as a
people, and to use that knowledge to
confront persistent national problems. To
establish the department, Lynch recruited as
faculty members two Jesuit sociologists: John
F. Doherty, S.J., Fordham-trained, who
became the first chairman, and the Ateneo’s
first Academic Vice-President; and John J.
Carroll, S.J., Cornell-trained, ally of Philippine
labor as well as the first director of the
Institute of Church and Social Issues. Lynch
also recruited as research colleague, Mary
Racelis Hollnsteiner, then a recent graduate
of the University of the Philippines, who
succeeded Lynch as director of the Institute
of Philippine Culture (IPC), and whose work
in fostering the empowerment of poor
people led to an appointment in the United
Nations.
the pioneers who, like elders of an academic
cult, encouraged their disciples to pursue
graduate studies and then to return to the
Ateneo. So these disciples flew to schools
in the United States, and once back at Loyola
Heights, became the second generation of
Ateneo sociologists and anthropologists. A
team of reputable senior lecturers – John J.
Carroll, Anna Marie Karaos, Elizabeth U.
Eviota, Raul Pertierra, Jeanne Francis Illo,
and Gerard Rixhon, among others – joined
their ranks over the years.
This second generation faculty pursued their
social science careers with the vigor of their
masters. They refined the graduate masters
programs and crafted a doctoral studies and
a cultural heritage program. They secured
the high esteem of their colleagues, became
key voices in professional societies, and spoke
of the Philippine condition at international
social science forums. They have made
unique contributions to issues of urban
housing and development, governance,
heritage preservation, poverty eradication,
gender, and research methods. And they have
also produced a third generation of
sociologists and anthropologists to steer the
department in the new millennium. The
present chairperson, Czarina SalomaAkpedonu, Ph.D., leads this new generation.
Trained in China and Germany, she is coeditor (with Dr. Porio) of the Philippine
Sociological Review and a specialist in the
phenomenon of global-/glocalization and
the sociology of science and technology.
These pioneers, three Jesuits and a woman,
set the standards for professional sociological
and anthropological work at the Ateneo.
These standards — superior scholarship,
effective teaching, expert community
service, collegial respect, and a critical but
collaborative participation in public affairs
— now underpin the professional life of the
present faculty.
Forty-five years since its founding, the
department has trained sociologists and
anthropologists to become policy makers,
researchers, action workers, and academics
throughout the Philippines. But this training
has also reached Indonesia, Thailand,
Vietnam, China, and other Asian countries.
For at least twenty years, these countries have
sent their promising scholars to the Ateneo
for graduate training in sociology,
anthropology, and social development. Many
of these scholars are now leaders in academic
departments, government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations.
The present senior faculty, all holding
doctorates – Wilfredo F. Arce, Fernando N.
Zialcita, Ricardo G. Abad, and Emma E.
Porio – once sat in classrooms taught by
With the department, the Loyola Schools
has also gained an impressive presence
among local and international groups like
the Asian Social Science Research Council,
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gave its students a unique treat last summer
of 2005, through a seminar/course that
featured an interesting mix of emerging
scholars: Mala Rajo Sathian, Ph.D., Truong
Huyen Chi, and Ko Ko Thett from
Malaysia, Vietnam, and Myanmar,
respectively.
Entitled “Emerging Paradigms in Comparative
Southeast Asian History,” participants had the
privilege of hearing accounts of culture and
history from people within the actual contexts
of these phenomena. This year, the same course
and dimension is again offered, focusing on the
theme “Memory/ies, Identity/ies and Tragedy/
ies in Contemporary Southeast Asian History.”
Gealogo has once again invited three scholars
to serve as lecturers. This time they come from
Thailand, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
There and back again
Many students will agree that the years
Stephen Henry Totanes, Ph.D., spent as part
of the Ateneo High School’s Dulaang Sibol has
been put to good use in his classes. His muchanticipated impersonation of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur is always a great hit.
Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr., Ph.D., professor of
History, did not pursue an undergraduate
degree in History. He earned a BS in
Management Engineering from the Ateneo,
pursued a Master’s degree in Economics in
London, and went on to earn his doctorate in
Development Sociology from Cornell
University in New York.
More recently however, Dr. T (as he is fondly
called) returned from his stay in the United States
as a visiting Fulbright Senior Scholar. Aside from
his research on “Franciscan Missions in the
American Southwest,” he taught courses on 20thcentury Philippines at the Southern Methodist
University in Texas and at Sta. Clara University
in California.
So what is he doing, teaching with the History
Department? According to him, the subject
was an interest that he initially did not take
seriously because he was not satisfied with the
way it was taught. While at Cornell, Dr. Aguilar
took advantage of the opportunity to take a
variety of courses. Of these courses, he says,
it was History that blurred the boundaries
between the other disciplines. This motivated
him to increasingly engage in archival research
during his stints in Spain, London, and the US.
Such visits to other contexts and cultures,
according to him, broaden one’s horizons as a
teacher. Perspective, after all, is very important
when teaching history. “When teaching and
interacting with foreign students, one is able
to gain insight that is not present with
Filipino students.”
Aguilar went on to teach initially at the
National University of Singapore, then at James
Cook University in Australia, and finally at
home, at the Ateneo de Manila University.
In addition to teaching, Aguilar is editor of
Philippine Studies and currently the president
of the International Association of Historians
of Asia (IAHA).
Changing the way things are done
Ambeth R. Ocampo holds high profile
positions as chairman of both the National
Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
and the National Historical Institute (NHI).
The former is responsible for developing and
supporting Philippine arts and culture, as well
as the preserving Philippine heritage. The
latter is engaged in the promotion of history
and heritage conservation.
Known for his unconventional, provocative,
and insightful take on Philippine history, his
books have helped popularize and make history
accessible to a wider audience. He maintains a
column in one of the country’s leading
newspapers. On top of these, he continues to
teach history to classes bursting with students
eager to be fascinated, outraged, and challenged
to see the subject in a different light.
Underlying all of these activities is a desire to
bring culture and history closer to people, and
stimulate critical thought. These, for him,
present various opportunities for “changing the
way things are done” and creating greater
awareness and involvement in society.
Forging international ties
Through the initiative of Francis A.
Gealogo, Ph.D., the History Department
The man in white
Clad in a white long-sleeved shirt or polo barong
and black slacks, the figure of Jose M. Cruz, S.J.
surveying his “domain” is a sight familiar to many
on campus. But his calm and dignified demeanor
disguises a mind furiously working on the many
plans he has for the School of Social Sciences
where he has been re-appointed for his third term
as dean.
His leadership responsibilities extend to
other organizations as General Coordinator
of both the Program for Cultural
Cooperation between the Ministry of
Education and Culture of Spain and
Philippine Universities and the Ryoichi
Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund
(SYLFF) Program. Serving as Chair of the
Governing Board of the Southeast Asian
Ministry of Educators Organization-Center
for History and Tradition (SEAMEOCHAT), he is also Regional Officer of the
Nippon Foundation’s Asian Public
Intellectuals Fellowships. Aside from all
these, he is Rector of the Jesuit Residence.
As an assistant professor of the History
Department, Fr. Joey demands the same level
of excellence from his students as he does from
himself.
Bridging cultures
“No quiero que el español muera en Filipinas.” (“I don’t
want Spanish to die in the Philippines.”) These
were the words of businessman and
philanthropist, Enrique Zobel, but they might
as well have been spoken by José S. Arcilla, S.J.
Fr. Arcilla is one of the recipients of the
prestigious Premio Zobel, an award established
to preserve the rich and vibrant Spanish culture
through Filipino authors writing in Spanish.
Aside from being an accomplished and prolific
author, Fr. Arcilla is also the archivist of the Jesuit
Archives, and an invaluable member of the
History Department. kiucchua, lfgotao, ianazareno
International Sociological Association,
Sociologists for Women and Society, the
Philippine Social Science Council, the Social
Weather Stations and multi-lateral
institutions like the UNICEF and UNDP,
among others. To these must be added the
numerous involvements of the faculty in
government departments and bureaus. The
department has also placed the Loyola
Schools on the map of the social science
world through partnerships with University
of Toronto, Harvard University, University
of Sussex, to name a few.
undergraduate program in the social sciences
stands unique in that students are free to
include a wider range of social science
disciplines in their academic formation.
Its undergraduate sociology curriculum has
also become a model adapted by CHED for
sociological education in this country. Its four
masters programs have become examples
of effective graduate training, and its
It began, and continues to grow, on the call
to service, excellence, and cultural
rootedness made almost half a century ago by
four pioneers, three Jesuits and one woman.
arodriguez & rabad
Through its leadership in national and
international bodies, service to its communities,
active research work, and the formulation of
effective curricula, the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology has defined itself
as a Center of Excellence and a model for all
departments that want their academic activities
to affect a wider world.
Inter-Cultural Exchange Cluster
The Ateneo Inter-Cultural
Exchange Cluster – or ICE as
we are more popularly known
– is home to five of the most
unique organizations here in
Ateneo, namely Ateneo Lingua
Ars Cultura (ALAC), Ateneo Student Exchange Council
(ASEC), Celadon, HPAIR Union, and the Assembly. With
five organizations coming from different backgrounds, we
find pride in variety, and celebrate unity within
diversity. The thing that makes ICE different from the other
clusters is that it is composed of a variety of organizations all
striving for different things and yet it is that which unites
them. ICE organizations strive for this unity through activities
that promote awareness of their organizations thrust within
and outside of the Ateneo community. We at ICE want the
community to experience this unity within diversity with us
so we encourage everyone to join in the activities of the various
ICE organizations. Come experience the difference!
Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura (ALAC)
ALAC is an intercultural organization
that seeks to bridge, experience, and celebrate
the diversity of world
cultures with the
Ateneo community. We endeavor to
bring forth a deeper understanding and
greater appreciation of and respect for
various cultures, and in the process, arouse
a sense of pride in our Filipino heritage.
By featuring different languages, arts and
2003 Youth Achiever’s Awards
On July 17 1985, the
Ateneo Celadon was
first proposed to the
Sanggunian by a
group of Chinese
Filipino students
headed by its founder Wilson Lee
Flores. He envisioned an organization
that would share the Chinese Filipino
culture and unify the different Chinese
Filipino student organizations of
different universities. The name of the
organization is derived from jade
porcelain, which was the result of the great
efforts made by China’s master potters
after years of refinement – a symbol of
discipline and excellence. Today, the
organization strives to live out and
embody this symbol.
What started with 110 members during
its first year has grown to become one of
the largest and most dynamic organizations
in the Ateneo, with a total population of
more than six hundred with over fifty
projects ranging from cultural appreciation to leadership formation.
Rooted in Ignatian and Chinese Filipino
values, Celadon envisions a FilipinoChinese community in harmony with the
Philippine society, comprised of excellent
leaders, and geared towards nation
building.
This year, Celadon is celebrating its 20th
anniversary!
2004-2005
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Awards, Most Outstanding Student Organization
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Awards, Most Outstanding Leader:
Jules Seigfrid Ang, Celadon President 2004-2005
2003-2004
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Awards, Best Project: Celadon Week
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Awards, Most Outstanding Leader:
Jan Clarence Lim, Celadon President 2003-2004
2001-2002
Council of Organization of the Ateneo Awards, Best ICE Organization
cultures, we bring people together, challenging boundaries to discover each other’s
uniqueness.
1999-2000
Dean’s Awards for Service and Excellence, Most Outstanding Student Organization
Alliance of Chinese Filipino Students (AFICS) Sportsfest, Overall Champion
HPAIR Union
Guillame and Jim, French students, with Elaine
and Donna at TASA (Tulong aral sa Ateneo)
Evert and Lily, the Belgians, playing with strings
ASEC's Bowling Bonding Session
The Harvard Project for
Asian and International
Relations (HPAIR) is an
official international
student organization
formed in 1992 as a
network club of the
Harvard University in
Massachusetts. To date, HPAIR has
organized fourteen annual conferences to
bring together the top university students,
professors, business leaders, and renowned
statesmen to dialogue on global issues.
As one of the pioneer affiliated clubs of
the HPAIR network, the Ateneo
HPAIR Union is an academic, studentrun organization that focuses on youth
empowerment, awareness, and
leadership training in the field of local
and international affairs by organizing
summits, conferences, and other venues
for the discussion of issues. An
organization driven by Ignatian values
of excellence and service, Ateneo
HPAIR strives to initiate and cultivate
positive change in our society.
Major Conferences Held / Major Org Achievements:
The Assembly
The Assembly is a community of Ateneans
driven to be catalysts
for political awareness
and involvement. It
provides media for discourse between students and the most
prominent leaders and organizations of
the country. The Assembly actively campaigns for change, from apathy to involvement, from being reactive to being
proactive. As future leaders, it is essential for Ateneans to develop a passion
Celadon
2002-2003
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Awards, Best ICE Organization
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo Awards, Best Inter-Organization Project:
Stephen Speaks Concert
ASEC
Now in its 38th
year, the Ateneo
Student Exchange
Council is once
again welcoming a
new year of learning and discovery
through our various projects and student
exchanges. ASEC aims to create an avenue
to discover the diversity of different
cultures by allowing the students to
experience these cultures first-hand. ASEC
makes this possible through interaction
between Filipino and foreign students,
interaction with those from provinces
around the Philippines, and through
various cultural projects. In ASEC, we
invite people from different backgrounds
to come and experience the world.
Volume I. Number 8.
October 2005, Inquirer Seminar Series: SUPERFEST! held at the University of the
Philippines Diliman
January 2005, National Conference - On the Path to a Sustainable Future, held at the Ateneo
Professional Schools Rockwell Campus
October 2004, Generation Why: Linking the Barangay to the Global Community - New
Challenges for the Filipino Youth, held at the Ateneo de Manila University
for improving the state of our nation,
and The Assemby provides a vehicle for
promoting socio-political awareness
through projects such as the Kapihan Sessions, Politalks, and its official newsletter,
“The Citizen.”
November 2003, Generation Why: Tatak Pinoy, held at the University of Asia and the Pacific
October 2002, Generation Why: Identity of the Youth in the Changing Philippines, held at
the University of Asia and the Pacific
January 2002, National Conference - Vision 2020: Designing the Blueprint for Philippine
Sustainable Development, held at the Ateneo de Manila University
January 2006
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Ateneo Commission on Elections
What is the big deal about elections?
In a country where every national election
is loud and colorful – enlivened by celebrity
song and dance, loudspeakers blaring with
campaign jingles, walls splashed with
campaign posters, and barangay roadshow
stops – one can comfortably say that
elections in Ateneo are never comparable
to such grand and noisy undertakings.
Yet in a student government where every
elections was a struggle to reach the 50%+1
requirement so that someone can be elected
in office; where election candidates
campaigned primarily to ask students to
cast their ballots, rather than vote for
himself/herself, we might have had to
reconsider. For the past years, voter turnout
in the Ateneo was always near the 50%
mark. Many positions remained vacant
because of failure to reach the minimum.
Elections in the Ateneo were generally quiet
affairs, bordering on a perceived “apathy.”
It is with this backdrop that the Ateneo
Comelec forwards its mission. The Ateneo
Commission on Elections is the official
electoral arm of the Sanggunian ng Mag-aaral.
It is the body in charge of the administration
and facilitation of all elections, plebiscites, and
referenda of the student body. The
commission is composed of the five
commissioners appointed by the Student
Judicial Court. It also includes the associate
commissioners, the staff, the members
and the volunteers.
However, more than the routine task of
facilitating elections and counting the
ballots, the Ateneo Comelec believes in a
vision of a student government that is
formative and participatory. To achieve this
goal, it responds with a proactive and
responsive electoral system. It forwards a
system that not only elects new officers,
but also actively involves and informs the
student electorate. The Ateneo Comelec
believes that the students can have a
Sanggunian that they can identify with only
to the point that they feel that they are
responsible and that they are in control.
The elections, the most fundamental
exercise in any participatory democracy,
gives students the power to direct the
course of their own government.
The thrust of the Ateneo Comelec 2005
was geared at institutionalizing the
structures and the mission-vision of the
commission. We had planning, evaluation,
and visioning seminars to accomplish this
goal. We have also expanded the member
and volunteer base of commission to
around 75. With the tagline “Your
Sanggunian, Your Vote,” we have focused
on intensively promoting the elections,
from the traditional tarps and posters to
room-to-room campaign during election
days. The General Elections achieved a
(l-r) Charles Anthony Yeung, Kimmee Rae Pineda, Denise Marie Africa, Ramon Fernando Fuentebella
66% voter turnout, while the Freshmen
Year Council elections garnered 72%, both
of which are among the highest turnouts
in the recent history of the Sanggunian.
Ateneo Comelec 2005 also facilitated the
plebiscite for the ratification of the new
Sanggunian constitution last November.
and Teambuilding Se-minars, and Miting de
Avance are in line prior to the election days.
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This year, the Ateneo Comelec continues
with its mission as we facilitate the
Sanggunian General Elections on February
9-10, 2006, the first elections after the
ratification of the new constitution. Almost
a hundred new Sanggunian officers, from
the Central Board to the different School
Boards, are expected to be elected. The
election season has commenced this January;
activities such as the Discernment Talks,
Campaign Period, Member Recruitment
Ateneo COMELEC 2005
Charles Anthony Yeung
Chief Commissioner,
Secretariat & Finance
Marie Denise Africa
Human Resources
Ramon Fernando Fuentebella
Promotions
Kimmee Rae Pineda
Logistics
Make your decision count. Exercise
your right and responsibility to vote.
Inter-Cultural Exchange
Cluster Executive Boards
ALAC Executive Board
ASEC Executive Board
NAME
POSITION
Grace Therese A. Ablaña
President
Sheen P. Fukushima
Executive Vice President
Charmaine Hilary B. Basubas
Secretary General
Annette A. Ferrer
Project Management Officer
Margeret B. Cordero
VP - Cultural Affairs
Ma. Concepcion Camila C. Quintos VP - External Affairs
Jane Ira H. Inquimboy
VP - Human Resources
Therese Ann C. Cua
VP - Promotions & Publications
Jan Matthew L. Estrada
VP - Finance & Marketing
Mr. Renán S. Prado
Moderator
Celadon Executive Board
NAME
ICE Executive Board
NAME
The Assembly Executive Board
POSITION
NAME
POSITION
Edward Cheson U. Sy
President
Bernice Jane Y. So
Ginnii Rose U. Sua
Vice President for
Communication and Publication
Justin Jireh B. Fung
Asst. Vice President for
Communication and Publication
Winilyn C. So
Vice President for Corporate
and Financial Affairs
Tenylle Y. King
Corporate and Financial Affairs
Julie Anter T. Chua
Vice President for Cultural
Affairs
President
Lyra Miragrace C. Flores
President
Hannah Audrey Y. So
Vice President
Manuel Jose M. Vargas
Vincent H. Chong
Cultural Affairs
Sheryll Ann Y. Sobremonte
Treasurer
Paula Mae L. Laureano
Secretary General
Kai-Lan Lin
Secretary General
Luis Martin V. Tan
VP - Externals
Iris Veronica G. Lim
Organization Development Deputy
Dean Jason N. Arriola
VP - Academics
Charmaine Hilary B. Basubas
Member Development Deputy
Rizel Joy L. Cabagnot
VP - Human Resources
Marta Luisa Maria B. Garcia-Morera Marketing Deputy
Chiara Maria Francesca M. De Castro
VP - Promotions and Logistics
March Richmond C. Cu
Finance Deputy
Jason Rainier M. Mendoza
VP - Marketing
Alvin Joseph C. Laddaran
Publications Deputy
Rizsa Rose S. Baer
Finance Officer
John Peter Joseph Y. Pineda
Documentations Deputy
Dr. Benjamin T. Tolosa Jr.
Moderator
NAME
POSITION
Gretchen Gail T. King
President
Jonathan N. Ang
Adler Aaron G. Santos
VP for International
Exchange and Relations
Donna Olivia M. De Jesus
AVP for International
Exchange and Relations
Jihan Jo C. Saab
VP for Finance and Marketing
Regina Noelle D. Gonzales
AVP for Finance and Marketing
Tristan Miguel S. Osteria
VP for Local Tours and Relations
Jose Francisco E. Castañeda
AVP for Local Tours and Relations
Sheryl Marie T. Gotauco
VP for Human Resources
Marie Francesca L. Abrahan
AVP for Human Resources
Michael Gerard D. Jarantilla
VP for Documentations and
Publications
Rachanee C. Munar
AVP for Documentations and
Publications
Ms. Debbie Marie Y. Bautista and
Mrs. Concepcion L. Rosales
Moderators
HPAIR Union Executive Board
NAME
POSITION
Celine Marie S.Esguerra
President
Michael T. Austria
Sam Gregory T. Lim
Associate Vice President
for Logistics
Luis Martin V. Tan
for Internal Communications
Lawrence Benedict C. Ang
Co-Vice President for
Human Resources
Toni Rose F. Ang
Co-Vice President for
Human Resources
Ryan Albert D. Serrano
for Finance
Vice President for External
Affairs
Lariza Nieves G. Suan
for Marketing
Ted Angelo T. Chua
Asst. Vice Presdient for
External Affairs
Sharmila A. Parmanand
Vice President for Research
and Academic Training
Daphne Kinberly G. Uy
Vice Presidetn for Human
Resources
Lyra Miragrace C. Flores
Associate Vice President for
Research and Academic Training
Terry L. Ang, Jr.
Human Resources
Joy Vanessa C. Sebastian
Vice President for External
Affairs
Fr. Aristotle C. Dy, S.J.
Moderator
Mr. Leland Joseph R. de la Cruz
Moderator
POSITION
Elaine Florence Y. Ong
Ateneo COMELEC 2006
Ramon Fernando Fuentebella
Chief Commissioner, Finance
Adrian Ada
Logistics
Earl Winson Keh
Secretariat
Kimmee Rae Pineda
Human Resources
Immanuel Santos
Promotions
Joyce Karen Y. Tan
10| loyolaschoolsbulletin
Volume I. Number 8.
notable achievements
SoSS launches
country’s first
student-run social
sciences journal
Last November 14, 2005, the School of
Social Sciences launched the inaugural issue
of the Ateneo Student Review for the Social
Sciences. Conceptualized, edited, and run by
some of Ateneo’s top social sciences
students, the ASR-SS is the country’s first
student-run social sciences journal. It serves
as a venue for the undergraduate and
graduate social sciences students of the
Ateneo de Manila University to contribute
to academic discourse. With the publication
of the ASR-SS, the Ateneo joins the ranks
of top social sciences institutions that actively
promote a research culture among students.
Focusing on the theme of globalization,
the inaugural issue features articles that
serve to dispute the notion that
globalization is something distant and
impersonal. On the contrary, the articles
emphasize that globalization is lived
everyday. Thus, while globalization may be
spoken of as a contradictory process of
complex connectivity and fragmentation
involving capital, technology, and
governance, it is also about people finding
their place, voice, and identity somewhere
between the contradictions.
Efforts to launch an
exclusively studentwritten social sciences
journal began two
years ago when a
group of students led
by Bobby Benedicto
Bobby Benedicto
(AB PoS ‘04) and
Mary Anne Fajardo (AB PoS ‘05), with
the support of the Department of Political
Science, were given approval by Jose M.
Cruz, S.J., Dean of the School of Social
Sciences, to begin compiling some of the
best student papers. Although the initial
proposal was for an undergraduate political
science journal, the project has since
expanded to include graduate students and
other social science fields.
graduate students to publish their
research.” As such, it enables students
to contribute to disciplinary debates
about social phenomena. In addition, the
journal actively encourages multi-, inter, and even anti-disciplinary forms of
inquiry that capture the intricateness
and tensions of social life.
For his part, Benedicto emphasizes that in
addition to “showcasing the quality of
student research at the Loyola Schools,” the
ASR-SS aims to “assist in the strengthening
of an academic culture among Ateneans
and Filipino students.” With the quality and
volume of student papers written annually,
the School of Social Sciences is in a natural
position to lead efforts to foster a deeper
appreciation for student academic work.
As of the moment, the ASR-SS team is
preparing to work on its next issue. With
the theme “Revisiting Gender and
Sexuality,” the second issue is slated for
release in June 2006. Part of its preparatory
activities include planning and target-setting,
resource mobilization, recruitment, skills
training, and paper selection. The team is
likewise working on improving its
circulation inside and outside the Ateneo,
with a select list of institutions and offices
receiving copies of the inaugural issue. In
the international scene, the ASR-SS will
soon be available in the libraries of the
followinginstitutions:NanyangTechnological
University, Durham University, International
Christian University, University of Tokyo,
Undergraduate Psychology majors
participated in the 19th PAPJA Annual
Convention, held at La Consolacion
College in Manila last November 2005, and
returned with the following achievements:
Two top places in the Outstanding Student
Research Competition for their senior
Beyond academic
discourse, the ASRSS is set to embark on
a series of activities
that would emphasize
the social and political
embeddedness of
knowledge producResto Cruz I
tion. These activities
include student conferences, policy dialogues,
roundtable discussions, and research projects.
Resto S. Cruz I (AB DS ’05 / MA Global
Politics), current ASR-SS executive editor,
explains the rationale behind these activities:
“Knowledge is never produced in a vacuum.
On the contrary, its production always
involves social and political contexts. To act
as if no such contexts exist raises important
political and ethical questions. With these
activities, we recognize our embeddedness
and make explicit our commitment to the
broadening of the horizon of human
possibilities.” The team envisions that the
successful completion of these activities
would lead to the realization of its goal of
being “a gift to a country in need of new
ideas, and to a world in need of much
explanation.”
Copies of the ASR-SS inaugural issue are
still available for PhP 100 each. Please
contact Jan Bunag, ASR-SS Managing
Director, through mobile number
+63(918)8236363 and e-mail address
[email protected] The team
also welcomes inquiries on membership
and possible article submissions.
Call for papers: June 2006 issue
revisiting gender and sexuality
Gender may be viewed as a social category
– a basis through which society defines
the identities, roles, and attributes of
individuals. Regardless of whether one
perceives gender as essential or culturally
constructed, it is undeniable that its
practice and performance are influenced
and conditioned by social structures and
processes. Conversely, gender also
informs social structures and processes. As
such, the upcoming issue of the ASR-SS
seeks to revisit gender and view it from
the varied perspectives of the social
sciences and hopes to provide a holistic
view of the constructive interaction
between society, gender, and sexuality.
15th edition and must have an abstract of
not more than 300 words and at least five
key words indicating the main topics
discussed.
The ASR-SS invites all currently enrolled
undergraduate and graduate students of the
Loyola Schools to submit for publication
their social sciences papers dealing with
gender and sexuality. Essays must be
written in English and produced in MS
Word – Garamond, point 12, 1.5 spacing.
Authors are required to submit one
hardcopy and one softcopy of their work
(CD preferred) in a short brown envelope
labeled “ASR-SS Essay Submission.”
Other information must be submitted
separately in a plain white envelope
labeled “ASR-SS Essay Submission.”
Inside it, a sheet of short bond paper must
contain the following information:
While works on gender and sexuality shall
be preferred, other contributions on any
topic in the social sciences are still highly
encouraged. Works must be between
6,000-8,000 words, with the word count
indicated at the end of the essay. Articles
must follow the Chicago Manual of Style,
Fajardo, one of the editors of the
inaugural issue, points out that the ASRSS is in fact “a response to the notable
absence of venues for undergraduate and
PAPJA WINNERS
Kyoto University, and the Islamic
Institute of Malaysia.
Aside from papers, the ASR-SS also
welcomes images, illustrations, and other art
work dealing with the theme or any other
relevant social phenomena. Book review
articles are also welcome. Reviews, however,
should be between 1,500 to 2,000 words.
Submissions must have no indication of
the author’s identity. Hence, the title page
must contain only the title of the essay /
artwork and the author’s pseudonym.
-
Author’s real name, year, major, ID number
Contact numbers, e-mail address
Pseudonym
Title of the Essay / Artwork
Course to which essay was submitted as a
requirement (if applicable)
Submissions and white envelopes must be
dropped at the ASR-SS pigeon hole at the
Department of Political Science, 3/f Social
Sciences Building. Deadline for submission
is March 3, 2006. For more details or
inquiries, email [email protected]
research theses, besting seventeen other
entries from schools nationwide.
First Prize was won by Jasmin M. de la
Cruz, Marvin V. Tan, and Christcel T.Tatel
for their thesis entitled “Relationships
between Acculturation Styles, Metaperception and Political Attitudes among
Third-Generation Chinese-Filipino
Adolescents.” Alma de la Cruz, Ph.D.,
was the group’s thesis adviser. All three
(l-r) Katherine Joyce L. Yu, Shirlyn J. Trillanes,
and Celestine Hana A. Tan
students received their BS Psychology
degree from the Ateneo in 2005.
Third Prize was won by Celestine Hana A.
Tan, Shirlyn J. Trillanes, and Katherine
Joyce L. Yu for their theses entitled “WorkFamily Conflict, Life Satisfaction, Coping,
and Gender in Filipino Dual-Income
Households.” Mira Ofreneo was the
group’s thesis adviser. The three graduated
with their AB Psychology degree from the
Ateneo in 2005.
(l-r) Alma de la Cruz, Ph.D (thesis adviser), Christcel Tatel, Jasmin de la Cruz, Marvin Tan
The seniors’ theses were nominated by the
Department of Psychology for the
nationwide competition as they were also
among the top three winners in the
department’s own Seniors’ Research
Conference last year.
Team Ateneo from the Department of Psychology won Second
Place in the 2nd PAPJA InterSchool Psychology Quiz Challenge
(ISPQC), participated in by more
than twenty schools nationwide
during the 19th PAPJA Annual
Convention last November. The
team was made up of Kenneth
Javate, IV BS Psychology; Girlie
Costales, IV AB Psychology; and
Daphne Uy, III AB Psychology;
and was coached by Mira
Ofreneo.
January 2006
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notable achievements
NCCA bares 2005 Writers’ Prize winners
Donato Karignal, a lecturer on
technical theater, finds postmodern
expressions in light design while
Dexter Santos, a lecturer on stage
movement, fashions his own mix of
the old and the new in crafting the
choreographic moments. The same
artistic team worked together in 2004
to mount the critically acclaimed
production of A Midsummer Night’s
Dream. They bring back the same
creative synergy in Romeo and Juliet. Both
productions are staged by the newly
formed theater company, the
Metropolitan Theater Guild (MET).
Two Ateneo acting talents take on the
roles of Romeo and Juliet. Yan Yuzon
– Dean’s Awardee for Theater Arts in
The Mathematics Department
congratulates Monzenn Carlo
Mallari, I BS M AMF, for
winning as National Champion in
the 14th Philippine Statistics Quiz
National Finals. This competition,
conducted by the Philippine
Statistical Association was held
last Decemeber 6, 2005 at the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas,
Manila. Monzenn represented the
National Capital Region (NCR) in
the National Finals after winning
the Regional Competition which
was held last November. There
were seventeen National Finalists
representing the different regions
in the country. Monzenn received
a trophy, certificate and a cash
prize. Ramil Bataller of the
Mathematics Department was the
coach.
2000, lead guitarist of the rock band
Pupil, and part-time directing teacher –
plays Romeo. Ina Feleo – a senior BFA
Creative Writing major, and Bayanihan
dancer – essays the role of Juliet. Other
Ateneo-bred actors in the cast include
Ronan Capinding as Friar Lawrence,
Katski Flores as the Nurse, Leonard
Tiongson as Benvolio, Chiqui XerezBurgos as Lord Montague, and Leo
Rialp as Lord Capulet.
Steven Uy, Dean’s Awardee for Theater
Arts in 2001 and founder of the MET, is
executive producer. As part of his effort
to win students to the theater, he has
teamed up with the rock band
Spongecola to publicize the play with the
hit song “Gemini.” He has also organized
the Metropolitan Academic Partnership
Program for student audiences. Under
the program, students who come to
watch Romeo and Juliet get to participate
in the MET’s theater development
program of workshops, festivals, and
production grants. Student response to
the MAP has been superlative, resulting
in high box office turnouts for the
January-February 2006 shows. Plans are
being made to extend the run when
school reopens in July.
Thanks to the lead taken by Ateneo
talents, the MET’s Romeo and Juliet is an
artistic and entrepreneurial feat. Shows
will run from January 13 to February
4. Contact 0928-4001219 for details.
photos of Romeo and Juliet by David C. Fabros
The School of Science and Engineering is
proud to announce that Lorna Arao-de
Leoz, MS Chemistry graduate of Ateneo,
was one of the awardees of the PCASTRD
Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation award in
Advanced Science and Technology. Her
thesis entitled “A Modified Synthetic
Method for Mitoxantrone, An Anti-cancer
Drug,” was chosen among many
contenders from various universities in the
field of Chemistry. Her thesis adviser was
Modesto T. Chua, Ph.D., of the Ateneo
Chemistry Department and the Philippine
Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(PIPAC). She did her research in
collaboration with Mary Ann Endoma,
Ph.D., of UP Diliman, Giselle Concepcion,
Ph.D., and Luly Cruz, Ph.D., both of MSI.
The awarding ceremonies were held last
December 9 at the PHIVOLCS Auditorium,
UP Diliman. De Leoz also won first place
in the School of Science and Engineering
awards for Outstanding Student Research
- Graduate level in March 2005. She
currently holds a faculty position as
Instructor at the Chemistry Department.
Edgar C. Samar
Three Ateneo faculty members have won
in the 2005 NCAA Writer’s Prize. Edgar
Calabia Samar, instructor of the
Kagawaran ng Filipino for his Walong Diyosa
ng Pagkakahulog (Novel); Alvin B. Yapan,
instructor of the Kagawaran ng Filipino,
“Sa Paghahanap ng Bagong Anyo para sa Moda
ng Panlipunang Realismo: Isang Proyekto ng
Labinlimang Kuwento” (Short Story); and
Danton S. Remoto, associate professor
of the Department of English, for “Awit
Para sa Tuyong Dahon” (Translation).
The NCCA Writers’ Prize is a biennial grant
awarded to five writers, one for each of
the following categories: novel, essay, short
story (including children stories), poetry,
and translation.
Yan Yuzon and Ina Feleo viewing a stage
model with Ricky abad
Romeo (Yan Yuzon) and Juliet (Ina Feleo)
Alvin B. Yapan
”This grant, which was first awarded in 2002,
is designed to support both amateur and
professional writers toward the development
of Philippine literature and is in line with
our mission to encourage the continuing
development of a pluralistic culture by the
people themselves,” Alvarez stressed.
Four faculty members of the Ateneo’s
Theater Arts Program mesh their talents
to stage a dazzling version of Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet at the AFP Theater (Teatro
Aguinaldo.) Ricardo Abad, Theater Arts
Coordinator of the Fine Arts Program,
directs the play with his flair for fusing
classical and contemporary presentational
styles, and treating Romeo and Juliet as
archetypes of passionate lovers caught in a
maelstrom of hate, violence, and death.
Joining him is Salvador F. Bernal, National
Artist for Theater Design, who conjures a
mythical Verona with costumes that blend
Elizabethan and modern modes, an
explosion of color on a set painted in white
and flanked by poles of light.
NCCA Executive Director Cecile Guidote
Alvarez said each winner will receive a grant
assistance of P250,000 for one year during
the writing stage of the project. The
output/manuscript will then be submitted
to the NCCA for possible publication or
may be produced for staging, telecasting,
broadcasting, cinema or in any other
exhibition.
Ateneo talents
grace the Met’s
Romeo and Juliet
Danton S. Remoto
Aside from the three Ateneo faculty, the
two other winners are Rebekah
Marahombsar Alawi, associate professor of
the English Department at MSU-Marawi
City (Essay) and Joel M. Toledo, faculty
member of Miriam College (Poetry).
Trophies and certificates will be handed over
to the winners in an awarding ceremony at
the NCCA’s Bulwagang Leandro Locsin on
February 24, 2006 in conjunction with the
National Arts Month Celebration.
Psychology faculty is UNICEF consultant
on juvenile delinquency
Liane Pena Alampay, Ph.D., assistant
professor of the Department of
Psychology, recently served as a
Consultant for UNICEF (United
Nations International Children’s
Educational Fund), in which capacity she
developed a rights-based framework for
the prevention of juvenile delinquency
in the Philippines.
The development
of this framework is
in accord with local
initiatives promoting
the passage of a
Juvenile Justice Bill
(which the Senate
had unanimously
Liane Alampay, Ph.D. passed in November
2005; enactment of the bill into law is
expected in early 2006). The objective of
the Juvenile Justice Bill is to fully protect the
rights of children in conflict with the law
and make the detention of these children as
the last resort. It introduces the concept of
restorativejustice,ratherthanpunitivejustice,
as the framework for the juvenile justice
system and includes as a crucial component
the implementation of juvenile delinquency
prevention programs at the local level.
The purpose of the framework is to
guide the conceptualization, planning,
and implementation of systematic and
effective initiatives for the prevention of
delinquency at the local government/
barangay level. The framework is
founded on the following principles: the
human rights of children, the ecologicalcontextual paradigm of human
development, theory and research on the
causes and correlates of delinquency,
principles of prevention science, and the
best practices in delinquency prevention
and child-rights programming. The
document that resulted from Dr.
Alampay’s research, entitled “A RightsBased Framework for the Prevention of
Juvenile Delinquency in Philippine
Communities”, is the first of its kind in
the Philippines, and represents a
landmark effort to bridge the gap
between research in human development and practices that will improve the
welfare of Filipino children at risk. It
will be published by UNICEF and
disseminated to partner local government units and NGOs.
Dr. Alampay is also the Program
Coordinator of the Department’s MA
in Developmental Psychology. A wellpublished researcher and consultant, she
received her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies at the
Pennsylvania State University.
Volume I. Number 8. January 2006
The season of dreams
Miguel Fernando S. Siojo, Defenden/Mid-fielder, Men’s Football Team
I
t’s a warm and slightly humid Saturday
afternoon at the Ateneo de Manila. The
campus is free of the busy-ness of a regular school day. Most students and
university personnel are enjoying the
weekend off. The parking lots are empty
and the grassy football fields are quiet, as
if resting for the big day tomorrow. In a
white triangular edifice facing Bellarmine
field, a small group of people are slowly
walking in. Some are laughing and talking casually, while others seem elsewhere,
pensive and meditative. They are thinking
about the big day tomorrow.
Last January 14, at the Church of the Gesù,
the Ateneo men’s and women’s football
teams kicked-off their 68th season of the
UAAP with family, friends, and the Lord.
That Saturday afternoon both teams, along
with close relatives and administrative supporters celebrated a mass of thanksgiving
for their upcoming season. The send-off
mass was presided by Fr. Carmelo Caluag,
former University VP for Planning and Development. Being an avid supporter of the
football squads himself, Fr. Caluag, in his
inspiring homily expressed much hope and
excitement for this year’s campaign for the
title. He reminded the boys and girls to
just “let go” and “let God.” After all the
hard work and training, he added that what
matters most are really the team, each
other, and giving it your best shot. These
words of encouragement were also heartily
felt through the presence of Loyola Schools
officials that joined the teams in prayer and
support.
Some of the administrators who attended
the gathering were Anna Miren GonzalezIntal, Ph.D., Vice President for the Loyola
Schools; Concepcion Rosales, Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs; Jose Capistrano,
Director for University Athletics; Richard
Palou, Director for Varsity Sports Development; and Eddie Go, Vice Chairman for the
Board of Trustees.
The mass was then followed by a merienda
cena graciously sponsored by Dr. Intal. The
Cervini recreational hall was host to the
small get-together, which instantly filled the
room with a light and jovial atmosphere.
As the velvety sounds of a guitar played in
the background, the players, with their
coaching staffs and families took time to
enjoy each others company. Afterwards, the
teams expressed their gratitude to all who
this | month
School of Humanities
January 27, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Special Topic Lecture:
“Ako, Ako, Lagi Na Lang Ako!
What is There for Me in A Life of Self-Giving?”
by Manuel Francisco, S.J.
Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex
AdMU, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
January 27, 4:30 pm
Booklaunch:
Philippine Studies: the new edition and literary
issue
Natividad Galang Fajardo Conference Room
G/F, Horacio de la Costa Hall
February 3, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Two Special Topic Lectures: “The State of
Philosophy in German-speaking Universities”
and “Classical AristotelianPhilosophy”
by Prof.Edmund Runggaldier, Ph.D., Director of the
Institute of Philosophy, College of Theological
Faculty of the University of Innsbruck
Natividad Galang-Fajardo Conference Room
February 3, 5:00 pm
Reception in recognition of the published works
of faculty members of the Theology Department
under the patronage of the
Vitaliano Gorospe, S.J. Fund
Faculty & Staff Lounge, 3/F, Horacio de la Costa
Hall, AdMU, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
February 7, 4:30 pm
Artspeak Lecture (also the 6th Helenica Lecture)
“Anita Magsaysay-Ho: An Artist’s Story for All
Time” by Lourdes Montinola, Chair, Far Eastern
University Board of Directors
Ateneo Art Gallery, AdMU, Loyola Heights
Quezon City
“Philosophy and Poetry Today”
by Robert Badillo, Ph.D., of Sacred Heart Philosophical
College in Aluva, Kerala, India
Social Sciences Audio-Visual Room, Social Sciences
Building, AdMU, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
“On Business & Tourist Trips to Argentina”
by a representative from the Embassy of Argentina
Milestones in Literature Lecture Series 1
by Dr. Gémino Abad of the Department of English
February 11, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Conference:
ACELT’s 35th Bi-Annual Conference on the
theme, “Critical Practices in the Language
Classroom: Teaching Students to Think”
with a Keynote Address by Isagani Cruz, Ph.D.
Social Sciences Audio Visual Room,
Social Sciences Building, AdMU, Loyola Heights
Quezon City
Milestones in Literature Lecture Series 2
by Mr. Renán Prado, Assistant Professor and Chair
Department of Modern Languages
SEC-C 201 (Lecture Hall 3), Science Education
Complex, AdMU, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
February 17 to March 5
Opening Night of Comfort Woman: Slave of
Destiny, a play by Raquel Villavicencio, under
the direction of Ms. Missy Marama and presented
with a film by Trinka Lat
Fine Arts Theater, 3/F Gonzaga Bldg., AdMU
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
John Gokongwei School of Management
January 25, 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm &
Junior Term Abroad Orientation
Speaker: Rodolfo P. Ang, Dean of the John
Gokongwei School of Management
Ching Tan Room, JGSOM Building
January 23 to February 13
1st JGSOM Sportsfest 2006
Main venue: SEC Field, AdMU, Loyola Heights
Quezon City
Participants: JGSOM students and faculty
January 30 to February 3
SOMBA Recruitment Week
JGSOM Building, AdMU, Loyola Heights
Quezon City
Business Ethics Workshop for JGSOM Faculty
Speaker: Antonette Palma-Angeles, Ph.D.,
Academic Vice President,
Ateneo de Manila University
CTC 201, AdMU, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
February 17& 18, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Family Business Forum Workshop
“Changing Hands”: Succession Planning in the
Family Business
Participants: members of the business community
Guest Speaker: Dr. Dennis Jaffe, Professor,
San Francisco State University
Guest Reactor Panelists:
Josephine Gotianun-Yap, President
Filinvest Development Corporation
Queena N. Lee- Chua, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics, School of Science
and Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University
Ricardo H. Mercado, Faculty, Leadership and Strategy
Department
John Gokongwei School of Management, AdMU,
JGSOM Open House for Accepted Applicants for
Schoolyear 2006-07
School of Science and Engineering
Symposium on Microbial Groups and Processes:
Applications in Industry, Agriculture and
Environmental Remediation
co-sponsored by Environmental Science
Department and Philippine Society for
Microbiology, Inc.
February 10, 7:30 am to 10:00 am
Ateneo Grade School Math Olympiad
organized by Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.,
Jose Marasigan, Ph.D., and Queena Lee-Chua,
Ph.D., of the Department of Mathematics,
together with the Ateneo Problem-Solvers Group,
AGS coordinators and Ateneo Mathematical
Society
Rev. Henry Lee Irwin Theatre,
Ateneo Grade School Complex, AdMU
School of Social Sciences
JSP Graduate Research Colloquium:
“Food Behavior of Filipina Migrants in Japan”
by Nota F. Magno
Conference Room 6, Social Sciences Building
continue to show their support by special
mentioning their sponsors and contributors.
The night was primed for football.
The 68th UAAP football season officially
opened with a blast the very next day at the
Ateneo college fields with the Blue Booters
running the UP Fighting Maroons to the
ground. The wicked 3-0 victory by the Blue
Booters signals a great start to their 3-peat
run that could make history.
The Gospel for this mass had a very
fitting verse: “Let the children come to
me, and do not prevent them, for the
kingdom of God belongs to such as
these.” As well as the message of Fr.
Caluag: “One must live with faith and
hope.” As athletes who haven’t forgotten
their childhood, we are reminded how
much we’ve worked for all the games to
come, and that with God’s grace, we shall
achieve what we deserve. Like children,
we will strive to do our best, play fair
and reach our goals, as we believe in
ourselves and in our teammates.
Kae Guerrero
Striker/Forward
Women’s Football Team
Asia Week in the Ateneo:
13 – 17 February
Asia Week of the Ateneo Center for Asian Studies
is the brainchild of Johanna Zulueta and Karl Ian
Cheng Chua. The purpose of Asia Week is twofold. The first is to create awareness among the students and faculty of the various schools with regards
to the Asian Studies courses and programs in the
Ateneo, such as the Japanese and Chinese Studies
Programs and the Asian History courses. The second purpose is to expose the community to various
Asian cultures.
The activities of Asia Week are varied depending
on the year’s theme. Some of the activities in the
previous years included poster-making contest, exhibits representing various Asian cultures, and film
showing.
One of the annual activities is a joint student conference with the University of Asia and the Pacific. Now on its third year, the Ateneo houses
the student conference with graduate and undergraduate students of the two schools presenting
papers on Asia-Pacific studies.
As part of this year’s activities, the Japanese Studies
Program, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of
the resumption of Philippine-Japan relations, will hold
a photo-essay contest. This contest is open to everyone and the photo entries will be exhibited during
Asia Week this year.
The 7th Raul L. Locsin
Awards for Student
Journalism
T
he Department of Communication is announcing the opening of the Raul L.Locsin
Awards for Student Journalism to undergraduate students whose work or photos have appeared
in regular campus publications between January
and December 2005.
Campus journalists who wish to vie for the awards
may submit entries in any of the following
categories: news, features, opinion, investigative
journalism, explanatory journalism, and
photojournal-ism. Entry requirements and forms
may be obtained from the secretary’s office at the
Department of Communication. The deadline for
the submission of entries is 5:00 pm, Friday, 17
February 2006.
The student journalism awards are named after
Ateneo alumnus Raul L. Locsin, founder of
BusinessWorld and the first Filipino to receive
the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism. A
project of the Department of Communication,
these awards aim to keep alive the tradition of
fearless, compelling writing and reporting that
has been the hallmark of journalism in the
Ateneo.

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