VOLUME IV | NO 3 - Loyola Schools

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Waste trade market turns
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Remembering Doreen in an exhibit and lecture page 9
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VOLUME IV | no 3 | february 2009
we build community we nurture hope
Honoring the best of the best
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ASPAC awards for outstanding teachers SY 2008–2009 by erlinda eileen G. Lolarga
Council (ASPAC), held its eighteenth Gabi ng
Parangal at Pasasalamat in December 2008.
Recognized as outstanding teachers for schoolyear 2008–2009 were Vicente P. Reventar III
(Outstanding Part-time Teacher) of the John
Gokongwei School of Management, Michael
Ner E. Mariano (Outstanding Junior Teacher)
of the School of Humanities, and Dr. Emilyn
Q. Espiritu (Outstanding Senior Teacher) of the
School of Science and Engineering.
The ASPAC is headed this year by Marietta
M. Zee Se Ki. Its academics committee, which
screens and selects outstanding teacher awardees,
is chaired by Daisy E. Mendoza. The awardees
each received a cash prize as well as a specially crafted glass sculpture by acclaimed sculptor Ramon
Orlina, who was also present during the affair.
Members of the university community were invited to the celeReventar, who comes from
bration, and festivities included
a family of teachers, says
a short program,
“Teaching is in my blood.”
the customary
Tree of Excellence ceremony, song numbers by
the Ateneo Glee Club, and dinner. In keeping
with the heartwarming spirit of the Christmas
season, ASPAC officers and other parents game-
Joanna Ruiz
To honor and give thanks to “the best
among the best” teachers of the Loyola
Schools who have made a significant difference in the lives of their students, colleagues, and the university community
as a whole, the Ateneo Schools Parents
Daisy E. Mendoza; Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng; awardees Michael Ner E. Mariano, Emilyn Q. Espiritu,
and Vicente P. Reventar III; Marietta M. Zee Se Ki, and Fr Bienvenido F. Nebres
ly performed choreographed song numbers and
Christmas carols to the delight of the awardees
and their special guests.
Vicente P. Reventar III, Outstanding Part-time Teacher
Vicente P. Reventar III, lecturer and chairperson of the JGSOM’s Department of Quantitative
Methods and Information Technology, belongs to
the fifth batch of Management Engineering graduates (1973) and comes from a family of teachers.
“Teaching is in my blood,” he says.
He cites mathematics professor Dr. Mari-Jo
Ruiz as his role model for effective teaching, having enjoyed the beauty continued on page 2
A Day of Remembrance for the dear departed
Fr. Bobby Buenconsejo, SJ blesses candles offered by friends and
family of the departed.
The Campus Ministry Office held a Day of
Remembrance on November 18, 2008, to remember and pray for departed members of the Loyola
Schools community. Especially remembered were
Lorenz Tan, Joey Carlos, Gabby Doller, Angelo
Brillantes, and Ruth “Scarlet” Ferrer, who passed
away under unexpected and tragic circumstances
during the first semester. Candles were lit during
the day at the college quadrangle. The rosary was
prayed and mass followed in the early evening at
the College chapel.
Excerpts from the homily delivered by
Fr. Bobby Buenconsejo, SJ:
The reality of death, with all its pain and
sense of loss, still confronts us at this moment.
Whatever reasons we think of, there seems to be
no sufficient explanation that can make death intelligible; much less, no amount of healing words
can assuage our pain once and for all. Laging kulang and mga salita at hindi maibsan ang kalungkutan, lalo na sa mga namatayan.
Sa katunayan nakaranas ang ibat-ibang guro,
mag-aaral, at mga kasapi ng komunidad na ito ng
malalim na kalungkutan at nagkaroon ng mga katanungang hindi madaling masagot. I for one went
through a dark night of sorrow and doubt: may
personal akong mga katanungan: “Nasaan ako nuon
. . . bakit hindi man lang ako nakatulong?”
One of the parents expressed his feeling as an
“endless falling in a tunnel of darkness.” He said
“It would have been better if I finally hit rock bottom because I could move on from there.” The
endless falling and drifting in a sea of turbulent
thoughts is unimaginably grueling.
The passing on of people close to us, especially those in the prime of youth, is a mystery.
Questions breed further questions. The anguish
of grieving is never taken away in the manner that
medicine relieves physical aches. You who were
close to departed kin and friends have to shed
your tears during the long dark nights when God
seems to be so cold,
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distant, and aloof, although he is truly near. It is
so difficult to trust a God who seems absent or too
quiet. And yet in the morning his tender hands
wipe our tears dry. We have to wait quietly, painfully, trustingly. God’s time heals.
The Book of Ecclesiastes speaks of the various
times and seasons of contrasting images which depict the lights and shadows, the flow and ebb of
life. For many of us, in this interim season of absence, it is the time to grieve, the time to mourn,
the time to be far from embrace, the time to be
angry even at loved ones and God. But even as
Honoring the best of the best
we grieve, we believe that there awaits a season of we ought to carry the torch of our dear Scarlet,
gladness: the time to heal, the time to rejoice, the Lorenz, Gelo, Gabby, and Joey. They would
time to dance.
have lived in vain if we ourselves give up and
In a paradoxical way, during these past months abandon our stations, as it were. We have to
or weeks, you have experienced a generous outpour- complete the tasks unaccomplished, symphoing of care, concern, and comfort from relatives and nies unfinished, stories unwritten. Hindi tayo
friends. The friends of Gelo from
Tanghalang Ateneo, the friends of Our faith assures us that all that is good
Joey all the way back from grade and godly becomes eternal. All that love
school and high school, Scarlet’s
friends from Philo and the Ateneo does not go to waste but is elevated
Law School, Lorenz’s friends, also and perfected by the mighty and eternal
from the Philo circle, Gabby’s hands of the Creator, the Lover of us all.
fans from ASLA and friends from
Youth for Christ—they are all constantly with you hihinto sa kalung­kutan. Tinatawag tayo sa hain their prayers and their current projects in mem- mong ipagpatuloy ang buhay.
ory of their departed comrades. Our hearts need to
We who loved them can only ask the Father
be receptive to this sincere offer of love.
that he receive them into his everlasting abode.
When Jesus ascended to his everlasting glory, It is our solid faith that happy memories do not
he breathed His Spirit on his apostles. He be- die and end in our earthly journey. Because of
queathed not only his divine mission but also his the power of the Resurrection, our love for them,
values, his attributes, his dreams. People who die our love for each other, every memory of goodbequeath a wealth of memories to those who are ness, indeed, every good thing, does not die in
left behind. I am very sure that everyone in this vain. Our faith assures us that all that is good and
chapel has his own memorable story, one that ap- godly becomes eternal. All that love does not go to
propriately describes Gabby, Gelo, Scarlet, Joey, waste but is elevated and perfected by the mighty
and Lorenz. The common thread that binds and eternal hands of the Creator, the Lover of us
our stories is the heart of gold that each of them all. The great Lord and giver of life will receive
Scarlet, Gabby, Gelo, Lorenz, and Joey and welshowed through in everything they did.
Each one of us has a mission to accomplish; come them to Paradise.
Science and chair of the Department of
Biology. Espiritu began teaching at the Ateneo
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shortly after completing her doctoral degree
in Belgium in 1994. She helped establish the
of mathematics, linear algebra, and operations reEnvironmental Science Program together with
search under her tutelage. Upon the invitation of
Dr. Fabian Dayrit, dean of the School of Science
Fr. William Kreutz, SJ, he began teaching part- Michael Ner E. Mariano, Outstanding Junior Teacher
time after graduation and kept up this academic Michael Ner E. Mariano is an instructor of the and Engineering. Her training in the field of
commitment despite a heavy work schedule with Department of Philosophy. Born and bred in near- environmental science began as a student at the
such organizations as Meralco, the Development by San Roque, Marikina, he proudly acknowledges University of the Philippines–Diliman where
Academy of the Philippines, and the Home Mutual his parents’ steadfast diligence and humility in rais- she obtained a bachelor of science degree in maDevelopment Fund (PAG-IBIG). Angelo Ramon ing their family despite life’s hardships such as run- rine science (1982). She completed her masters
and doctoral degree, magna
cum laude, at the University
From his Ateneo high school teachers Mariano learned that a good teacher should
always love two things: the subject that you teach and the people you are teaching. of Ghent, Belgium, specializing in environmental saniTanchoco, tasked to introduce Reventar, quipped, ning a sari-sari store and doing household tasks to- tation (MS 1990) and applied biological sci“perhaps if the Americans had taken their lessons gether: “Laba, linis, luto, at leksyon ng mga anak.” ence (PhD 1994). Prior to the Ateneo, she
in the Philippines and learned the ways of love
High school, college (AB Philosophy 1995) and taught at the University of Santo Tomas.
[referring to PAG-IBIG], we would not have seen graduate studies (MA Philosophy 2001; and doc- Her recent research activities and publications
the mortgage crisis and the financial debacles that toral studies in Philosophy at present) were all at involve studies on integrated water resources
the whole world is suffering from.”
the Ateneo. He credits the Tulong Dunong pro- management, environmental assessment, and
Currently Reventar is also an independent con- gram of Fr. James O’Brien, SJ for bringing him to an interdisciplinary team study on the envisultant, using his modeling and computational the University: “I miss Fr. OB. Sana’y narito siya ronment, among many others. The National
skills to help local and international clients in de- ngayon para maipaabot ko sa kanya ang taos-pusong Academy of Science and Engineering has recogcision-making and problem-solving. His practice pasasalamat.” A scholar in the honors section of the nized her excellent research activities by awardcomplements his classroom teaching, keeping him Ateneo High School, he learned from O’Brien nev- ing her twice in the best poster category.
abreast of developments in information and com- er to envy his well-off classmates. From O’Brien he
As a teacher, the soft-spoken and petite Espiritu
munication technologies, as well as their appli- also learned the sacredness of human dignity and is highly regarded and well-liked by both students
the importance of setting priorities in life.
and fellow teachers. She reveals that when she first
He shares a number of lessons he learned started teaching, she vowed to treat her students
about the value of education and the art of teach- the way she hoped her own children’s teachers
volume 4, number 3 ing from his own mentors. From his San Roque would treat them—with patience, perseverance,
Office of the Vice President for the Loyola Schools Elementary School mentors in science and mathe- and love. She says her growth and development in
matics: “Tinuruan nila akong maging makapal ang the university was nurtured by the intense dediEditor Joanna Ruiz Art and layout Exie Abola Contributing writers Ricardo Abad, Enrico Paolo C. Bugarin,
balat, nang hindi isuko ang paninindigan na may cation and excellence she saw in her fellow facJonathan O. Chua, Gary C. Devilles, Chay Hofileña, Maitel Ladrido,
halaga ang pag-aaral bagaman minsan malupit at ulty members, as well as by the administration
Michael Liberatore, Erlinda Eileen G. Lolarga, Jozon Lorenzana,
magulo ang mundo.” From his Ateneo high school and support staff ’s commitment to providing the
Sri Mulyani, Rick Olivares, Joanna Ruiz, J. Sedfrey S. Santiago
teachers he learned that a good teacher should al- best possible environment for learning and spiriPhotos courtesy of Exie Abola, Frances Alcaraz, Ateneo Library
of Women’s Writing, Bianca Benavidez, Leovino Ma. Garcia,
ways love two things: the subject that you teach tual growth. Having been educated outside of the
Interdisciplinary Studies Department, Michael Liberatore, David
Ateneo, she admits that she did not know what
and the people you are teaching.
Lozada, Office of Admission and Aid, Rick Olivares, Ed Ortega,
magis, cura personalis, or AMDG meant at the
Mike’s
secret
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Psychology Department, Joanna Ruiz, Alyson Yap According to Philosophy Department chair Dr. start of her teaching career in the University. By
With the assistance of Liane Alampay, Faiva Cimatu, Tim
Gabuna and Residence Halls staff, David Lozada, Jolly Morata,
Remmon Barbaza, it is his insatiable desire to now, however, she has imbibed all of these and is
Gemma Roces, Edgar Samar, School of Humanities Office of the
learn, fueled by Jesuit mentor Fr. Roque Ferriols, grateful for how the school has helped her mature
Dean, Milet Tendero, Racky Tizon, Brian Velasco SJ’s exhortation: “Huwag kailanman hayaang both professionally and spiritually. Now she can
mabansot ang isipan.” At work, he is doggedly se- truly say, “Atenista ako!”
Loyola Schools Bulletin © 2009 is published bimonthly by the
Office of Research and Publications, 2F Gonzaga Hall, Loyola
Beyond being a teacher and scientist, she is a
rious and efficient but can always be counted on
Schools, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola
to be there for his students and fellow teachers. mosaic artist in her spare time. She is also a deHeights, Quezon City
As Barbaza says: “Hayan si Mike. Modelong guro. voted mother of four children and wife to Lloyd,
Kaibigan. Katuwang. Seryoso sa gawain, habang a professor at De La Salle University. She happily
Telephone (632) 4266001 ext 5002 Fax (632) 4266096 Mailing address P.O. Box 154, Manila 0917, Philippines declares that her family has been fully supportive
hindi siniseryoso ang sarili.”
Email <[email protected]> Web <http://ls.ateneo.edu> of her work. She singled out her mother, Flora, a
Contributions To contribute stories, photographs, or ideas to
grade school teacher of 43 years, for setting her
Dr. Emilyn Q. Espiritu, Outstanding Senior Teacher
the Loyola Schools Bulletin, please get in touch with Joanna Ruiz
on the path of teaching—the path of service and
Dr.
Emilyn
Q.
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proat <[email protected]> or (632)4266001 ext 5002.
fessor of the Department of Environmental excellence. LSB
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cations in various industries. Invaluable insights
from the world of work are certainly a handy edge
he gives to his students to better bridge the gap
between the academe and the real world.
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SESQUI 500@150 NEWS
Law office donates P2.5M endowment to Loyola Schools
erty laws and who is willing to consider employment with the SVBB Law Offices, may apply for
the SVBB Scholarship.
The SOSE plans to conduct talks and seminars for its students to introduce and expand their
knowledge on licensing, patent law, and intellectual property rights, among others. The SOSE
and SVBB are already actively working together
as the former engages in research and development on many emerging technologies.
Off i ce o f Adm i ss i o n a n d A i d
On October 13, 2008, Sapalo Velez Bundang
& Bulilan (SVBB) Law Office, a top intellectual
property law firm in the country, donated P2.5
million pesos to the Ateneo de Manila University
to establish the SVBB Endowment in the Loyola
Schools.
A week earlier, SVBB Law Office and the Ateneo
had a memorandum-of-agreement signing at Xavier
Hall. SVBB was represented by its managing partner, Atty. Ignacio S. Sapalo (Ateneo BS ’63 LLB ’67)
and by Atty. Neptali L. Bulilan. The Ateneo was
represented by President Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres,
SJ and Dr. Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng, vice president for the Loyola Schools. Also present during
the MOA signing were Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit, dean
of the School of Science and Engineering (SOSE),
Fr. Nemesio S. Que, SJ, director of the Office of
Admission and Aid, and Atty. Anna Mariae Celeste
V. Jumadla, an Ateneo BS Chemistry ’98 alumni
scholar and SVBB lawyer.
The SVBB Endowment will support a minimum of two undergraduate or graduate students
in the SOSE beginning schoolyear 2009–2010.
Any junior, senior, or fifth-year undergraduate,
or graduate science or engineering major with
above-average grades, proven leadership skills and
integrity, who agrees to pursue his or her thesis
or research paper on an area or topic selected by
SVBB, who is inclined to pursue law studies and
to specialize, among others, in intellectual prop-
seated
Atty. Neptali L. Bulilan, Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ, and Atty. Ignacio L. Sapalo Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit, Dr. Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng, and Atty. Anna Mariae Celeste V. Jumadla
standing
An iconic structure rises: the new Rizal Library
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in November 2008 for the new Rizal Library.
Dubbed an “iconic structure,” the new library will be located behind the Leong and
De La Costa Halls, and across Quad 3 from the original Rizal Library. When completed, the five-story structure designed by Rchitects Inc., led by Arch. Bong Recio,
will be the tallest building on campus.
Present at the rites were Rizal Library Director Lourdes T. David with the library’s
board members, professionals and staff, Rizal Library project consultants, members
of the Ateneo Board of Trustees, other Ateneo administrators, professionals, and staff,
and special guests Manuel V Pangilinan of PLDT and First Pacific (and Ateneo chairman of the board as well) and Benny Santoso of the Salim Group and First Pacific.
In their remarks, Cuyegkeng called the new library a “cathedral of learning,” and
David described it as a “temple of knowledge.” Pangilinan and Santoso hailed it as
an enduring symbol of Ateneo’s pursuit of knowledge and an inspiration in educating future leaders.
The structure, composed of north and south blocks each five stories high, took
three years to plan. It will house books, electronic resources, reserve collections, periodicals, and multimedia materials. There will be study areas for graduate students
and faculty, multimedia viewing areas, and the so-called information commons, a
new concept in learning. Water elements both inside and outside the building will
enhance the scholarly atmosphere and give library users a feeling of tranquility and
intellectual space, according to David.
Below A perspective of the new Rizal Library
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New university dormitory inaugurated
The University Dormitory was formally inaugurated on December 6, 2008. The new dormitory, which opened its doors to students
in May 2008, accommodates 600 residents, with male residents quartered in the north wing and female residents in the south wing.
With the new dormitory in operation, the Residence Halls can now house 1,000 students, with Cervini and Eliazo Halls taking in
200 residents each.
right Vice
President for the Loyola Schools Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng,
Residence Halls Director Tim Gabuna, and Dr. Mari-Jo P. Ruiz
below President Bienvenido
F. Nebres, SJ and Vice President
for Finance and Treasurer
Jose M. Santos
Photos by Joanna Ruiz
Cash for trash at the Waste Trade Market
The Ateneo Environmental Management Coalition, in partnership
with the Ateneo Environmental Science Society, held a Waste Trade
Market in November 2008. Buyers of used paper, ink cartridges,
e-waste, scrap metal and plastic, and used batteries were present
on campus to purchase waste materials from students, faculty
members, parents, and offices. Photos by Bianca Benavidez
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A gentleman, and now an officer too
By Jonathan O. Chua Dr. Leovino Ma.
Garcia, an associate professor of the Department
of Philosophy and former dean of the School of
Humanities, recently received double honors. The
Republic of France, through its Ministry of Culture,
named him Officier of l’Ordre des Arts et Letres.
(Garcia had been previously named Chevalier, the
lowest of the three ranks in the order.) He was
also elected president of the Conference Mondiale
des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de
Philosophie (COMIUNCAP) at the association’s
third world congress held at the Ateneo.
1989 and met five great philosophers, all in the
space of one week: Levinas, Ricouer, Claude LeviStrauss, Jacques Derrida, and Maurice Godelier.
The visit with Levinas (“in his apartment, an entire
afternoon”) was particularly memorable. Levinas’s
son, a pianist, was playing in the background, as
Levinas questioned him about teaching philosophy in Filipino. Leaving the apartment, and obviously still entranced, he missed a step, and “I fell
flat on the pavement.”
And the perks of being a member of l’Ordre?
“It’s easier to get a visa.”
ship to Belgium,” he explains. He continues to
do the same for the junior faculty members of the
department.
Europe, Asia, Africa
At the last world congress, held in September
2008, Garcia was elected president, replacing
Philippe Capelle of the Catholic Institute of
Paris. (Garcia had been vice-president of the association.) He formally assumed the office the following month after the COMIUNCAP conference in Rome. There, he was introduced to the
A weakness for things French
The Order of Arts and Letters recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in culture and the arts. In his acceptance
speech during the ceremony held at the residence
of the French ambassador on September 17,
2008, Dr. Garcia humorously credited Fate for
his award, for his name, he said, is derived from
that of a French saint (St. Lubin), once bishop of
Chartres and now patron saint of wine growers.
“I profess a weakness for French wine,” he said, “a
weakness which can sometimes lead to more fluency in French and the shedding of inhibition.”
But Garcia began learning French, when he
was still too young legally to drink, by listening to
the records of Edith Piaf, which his Jesuit mentor,
Fr. Roque Ferriols, had given him. He later took
French lessons at the Alliance Francaise, then in
Intramuros (at that time Ateneo was offering only
informal French and German lessons, held in the
high school, with volunteer teachers). Then, there
was French cinema. (His love for things French
began, in fact, through cinema, when he watched
Leslie Caron playing a governess teaching her
wards French pronunciation.)
Bringing many worlds together
What has Garcia done to merit the advance to
Officier? He knows and speaks French, of course.
He delights in things French: the cuisine, the
cheese, the perfume, the cinema, the literature,
and always, of course, the wine. He specializes in
contemporary French thought, teaching courses in the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas and
Paul Ricouer. He has served on the board of the
Alliance Francaise. He has brought diplomats, academics, and artists together—this he sees as his
role, “bringing many worlds together.” He has organized conferences, the most recent being one
held at the Ateneo on the anniversary of the formal establishment of Philippine–French relations
and periodically lectures on antique maps—ac-
Dr Leo Garcia with Pope Benedict XVI
Pope. What was supposed to be a simple and
quick meet-and-greet, he recounts, turned out to
“Creating spaces” in philosophy
One need not have a visa to be part of the be a breach of protocol. He lingered in the Pope’s
COMIUNCAP, established nineteen years ago presence, stopping to give him a copy of his catain Rome. As its name implies, the association is logue of Lao Lianben titled Passion & Compassion:
a network of Catholic universities or institutions A Collector’s View and of Vicente B. Valdepeñas
with a philosophy department or faculty. At pres- Jr.’s Ateneo de Tuguegarao: The Jesuit School Up
ent it has 80 members from 35 countries. The North—A History of Generosity, and stalling the
line in the process. Garcia is unapologetic as he tells the story.
He knows and speaks French. He delights in things French: the cuisine,
His plans as president of the asthe cheese, the perfume, the cinema, the literature, and, of course, the
sociation include making Asian
wine. He specializes in contemporary French thought, teaching courses in
philosophy more visible. The study
and teaching of philosophy is althe philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas and Paul Ricouer. He has brought
most always focused on Western
diplomats, academics, and artists together—this he sees as his role, “bringing philosophy. “The West,” he remarks, “needs to learn from us and
many worlds together.” He has organized conferences, the most recent
also from Africa.” It was Garcia, in
being one held at the Ateneo on the anniversary of the formal establish­
fact, who had lobbied for the last
world congress to be held in the
ment of Philippine–French relations and periodically lectures on antique
Philippines (the first two had been
maps—activities which promote interest in arts and culture.
held in Paris and Mexico). The next
tivities which promote interest in arts and culture COMIUNCAP promotes teaching and research world congress, in 2012, will be held in Africa.
among members of the Loyola Schools commu- among professors of philosophy, holds regional He is also working to attract more institutions in
nity and those beyond.
conferences, and holds a world congress once ev- the Philippines, which has only three representatives, into the association (Ateneo, De La Salle
But all this was done spontaneously, without ery four years.
the eye on the prize, which came, at the moment
What does it take, if not a visa, to be its presi- University, and the University of Santo Tomas).
An advance in rank in l’Ordre and the preswhen it did, as a surprise and in hindsight, when it dent? Garcia likes to think that he has “created
was received, as natural conclusion. “The irony,” spaces” in philosophy for young people, which idency of COMIUNCAP—Garcia is an officer
Garcia notes, is that “I never studied in France. I simply put is networking on their behalf. “I helped indeed, and given his efforts at giving voice to the
studied in Belgium.”
Tonette [Dr. Antonette Palma-Angeles, academic voiceless (philosophy in Filipino, an Asian perThrough a grant, Garcia did go to France in vice-president of the university] obtain a scholar- spective in philosophy), a gentleman as well. LSB
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Bulatao one of Quezon City’s Most Outstanding Citizens
Fr. Jaime C. Bulatao, SJ, Psychology Department
professor and one of the founding fathers of
Philippine psychology, was honored as one of
Quezon City’s Most Outstanding Citizens for
2008 in a ceremony held at Crowne Plaza Galleria
in October 2008. He was recognized for his outstanding achievements in the field of psychology
in the Philippines. Bulatao, an expert in clinical
psychology, is co-founder of the Psychological
Association of the Philippines (PAP) and the
Philippine Guidance Counseling Association
(PGCA). He was one of the first Filipinos to explore the phenomena of human consciousness in
the local setting.
Bulatao is also a National Social Scientist, an
honor conferred upon him by the Philippine
Social Science Council (PSSC). The book
Phenomena and Their Interpretation: Landmark
Essays 1957–1989, published by the Ateneo de
Manila University Press, showcases several of his
notable and popular contributions to the field.
In 2006, he received a President Emeritus Award
from the PGCA for his “invaluable contributions
to the organization . . . and for his sustained efforts in upgrading the competencies, credibility,
and integrity of guidance professionals.”
Bulatao, who turned 86 last year, continues to
actively teach psychology courses and counsel the
poor and the disabled. Psychology Department
faculty members and students celebrate his passion for psychology by annually sponsoring the
“Bu Eagle” series of talks (on its fifth round in
Fr Bulatao celebrating his 86th birthday with colleagues from the Psychology Department
2008) which showcases faculty research. The talks
are held in September, Bulatao’s birth month.
Psychology students also celebrated Psychology Week 2008, titled
“Think Psych!”, in September 2008. Erlinda Eileen G. Lolarga
English teacher cops Free Press award
exie abola
By Jonathan O. Chua The annual literary awards
of the Philippines Free Press, one of the country’s
oldest and most lucrative literary prizes, are not
unfamiliar territory to members of the English
Department. The latest to receive one is Lawrence
Ypil. His essay “Impermanent Residencies” won
second prize at last year’s contest. The ceremonies
were held on August 27, 2008 at the Mandarin
Oriental Hotel.
In this essay, published in the January 27, 2007
issue of Philippines Free Press, Ypil recounts his experiences growing up in Cebu, dramatizing and
reflecting on the process of self-differentiation.
Larry Ypil
In its river-like run of images and the easy sliding of the imagined into the real, the past into
the present, and the self into the external world,
the essay might remind readers of Virginia Woolf,
who transformed thinking aloud into an art form.
Sensory impressions, memories, reflections, and
disjointed facts are woven together into flowing,
lyrical, languid prose.
For instance, after describing the crash-andburn games in the boy’s play room, from which he
could derive no pleasure, Ypil envisions “always, the
house. There. At the corner of the room. The dollhouse, with its teeming flock of guests at a party, and
the napkins folded, and the food
served, and everyone waiting for
the host to arrive. Only the host
couldn’t get in. He, who owned
this pink two-storied doll-house.
Because it was locked; the windows closed. And no one was allowed to approach its porch, not
especially that young boy in the
corner holding the trucks with
such dainty fingers, thinking the
point of the game was to have
the wheels as clean as they had
started, and the bumpers flawless, and the cars arranged in neat
lines to form a village. In play
time. On a bright Wednesday
morning. For the boys.”
In awarding the essay second
prize, the judges (Dean Francis
Alfar, Vince Groyon, and
Katrina Tuvera) observe that
the essay “resonates with the
pain of exile. In it, we meet an
outcast, a child many times removed from the world he is in:
alienated, first, from his playmates, boys who ‘presume pleasure from destruction’; from his
family, with whom trips to the
zoo feel like a badly acted ‘re-
staging of a play,’ and finally, even from his own
body that in speech and movement betrays his
‘inherent sense of otherness.’ ”
Ypil is better known for his poetry (he is firstprize winner at the 2006 Carlos Palanca Awards),
but teaching a freshman class on the essay and
reading Geoff Dyer’s book on D. H. Lawrence,
In its river-like run of images and the easy
sliding of the imagined into the real, the
past into the present, and the self into the
external world, the essay might remind
readers of Virginia Woolf, who transformed
thinking aloud into an art form. Sensory
impressions, memories, reflections, and
disjointed facts are woven together into
flowing, lyrical, languid prose.
Out of Sheer Range, made him want to try his
hand at the personal essay. An essay, Ypil says,
“really meant to ‘essay forth,’ to discover. [It is]
very different from the usual way we’re expected
to write (or teach) the essay, which is: ‘Write a thesis statement.’ ‘Support your main thesis.’ ” While
lyric poetry moves more inwardly (“the voice that
speaks to itself ”), the essay allows him more room
to be discursive (“the self in a more social/historical frame”). In the personal essay, “image and
sense meet exposition and discussion.”
The image in this case is a room with flowered
wallpaper; the exposition, “what it means when we
say ‘family.’ Or what it is when we consider a place
‘home.’ Or really, what it means when we say that
we have come to love the place, the space, and the
time from which we come from. What it means
when we say ‘we belong,’ or ‘we don’t belong.’ ”
But all that is a paraphrase of the essay, which
like all paraphrases falls short of the original expression: “And although nothing here belongs to
you in their proper names, you know them all too
well: the red roof, its high beams, the door’s edges.
The room at the corner where the sun at dawn hit
it brightest. The house. This one.”
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notable achievements
Tanghalang Ateneo wins at Aliw Awards
Awards that one theater group won awards for best production and best direction
at the same time. “I am elated,” Abad said, adding that “it affirms what Ateneo students have done all these years to create a theater of substance. It’s a wonderful gift
for our thirtieth season. It’s also a fine example of creative collaboration between
students and faculty of the Fine Arts/Theater Arts program.” The Death of Memory
centers on four people trapped in a purgatorial prison seeking to free themselves
from their paralyzing pasts.
Dennis Teodisio
Dr. Ricardo Abad, artistic director of Tanghalang Ateneo (TA) and theater arts coordinator of the Fine Arts Program, and Glenn Mas, playwright and faculty member of the Fine Arts Program, won major theater awards from the Aliw Awards
Foundation during ceremonies held at the Manila Hotel in November 2008. TA
earned two trophies: one for Best Production of the Year for its staging of The
Death of Memory by Mas, and another for Abad who was named Best Director for
his work on the same play. It was the first time in the 31-year history of the Aliw
ABOVE BJ Crisostomo, BFA Theater Arts major
and TA company manager, Dr. Ricardo Abad,
and Glenn Mas at the Aliw Awards ceremonies
brandishing their trophies
Left A scene from ‘The Death of Memory’
Alum becomes first Filipino to win Man Asian Literary Prize
Filipino author and Ateneo alum Miguel Syjuco
became the first Filipino to receive the Man Asian
Literary Prize for the novel. His novel Ilustrado, a
story about a young Filipino caught up in a notorious scandal spanning many decades in Philippine
history, won the 2008 prize.
The prize is a double win for Syjuco. Ilustrado
also won the grand prize for the novel category in
last year’s Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
for Literature.
In their citation, the panel of judges for the Man Asian Literary Prize wrote:
“The shortlist for the Man Asian prize testifies
to the great vitality of the novel in Asian societies undergoing hectic and unexpected transformations. In the end, we had to choose; and
Ilustrado seems to us to possess formal ambition,
linguistic inventiveness and sociopolitical insight
in the most satisfying measure. Brilliantly conceived, and stylishly executed, it covers a large
and tumultuous historical period with seemingly effortless skill. It is also ceaselessly entertaining, frequently raunchy, and effervescent with
humour.”
Syjuco graduated with a degree in English
Literature from the Ateneo. In 2001, he went
to the United States to pursue a degree in MA
Creative Writing at Columbia University. He is
presently based in Montreal where he works as a
copy editor at the Gazette newspaper.
The Man Asian Literary Prize was established
in 2006 to bring greater worldwide attention to
Asian writing and authors. The inaugural prize
was awarded in November 2007 to Wolf Totem
by Jiang Rong, which was published in English
to great acclaim in early 2008. Several works
shortlisted and longlisted for the 2007 Prize have
since been published. This year’s judges include
Adrienne Clarkson, former governor general of
Canada; Nicolas Jose, writer, scholar and former cultural counselor at the Australian Embassy
in China; and Pankaj Mishra, acclaimed Indian
writer and thinker.
During the recently concluded celebratory
dinner at The Peninsula Hong Kong, Syjuco was
awarded a $10,000 prize.
Miguel Syjuco,
a literature
graduate, with
his trophy
Ateneo takes 2nd place at finance competition
The Ateneo team garnered second place in
the recent tenth Inter-Collegiate Finance
Competition (10-ICFC) organized jointly by the Financial Executives Institute of the
Philippines (FINEX), Citi Foundation, CFA
Institute Philippines, and the Asian Institute of
Management. The questions are based on the
Level 1 body of knowledge for the Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA) accreditation, with topics covering financial statement analysis, quantitative methods, equity, debt, economics, derivatives, and ethics. For the first time since this
competition was held, questions on ethics were
included in the Final round. More than 80 col-
leges and universities competed in the elimination round held simultaneously in five cities in
September 2008—Quezon City, Cebu, Baguio,
Iloilo, and Davao. The elimination round for
Metro Manila and Southern Luzon schools was
held at UP–Diliman. Ateneo de Manila and
UP–Diliman tied for first place on a nationwide
basis in the elimination round.
The Ateneo team is made up of Leonard Chua
(IV BS ME), Charles Ang (IV BS ME), Carlos
Esquerra (IV BS Mgt-H), Jon Ma (IV BS ME),
and Lester Yee (IV BS AMF). Only the first three
participated in the Final round of the competition,
held in October 2008 at the BSP Auditorium,
Pasay City. The top twenty local schools from the elimination
round competed with four schools from the Southeast Asian region:
the Assumption University of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University,
National University of Singapore, and Singapore Management
University. It was a close fight, with the final outcome determined
only in the very last question, the 50th, of the whole day competition. UP–Diliman came out first, Ateneo second, and DLSU–
Manila third. The scores of the three teams were separated by only
one question.
For the past three years, Ateneo de Manila has been in the first
or second place in this prestigious finance competition.
The team is coached by Dr. Darwin Yu assisted by Dr. Dennis
Sandoval, both from the Finance and Accounting Department of
the John Gokongwei School of Management. Darwin D. Yu
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Metrobank recognizes Ateneo educators anew
The Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) recognized the Ateneo de Manila University and three
Loyola Schools faculty members for continuing excellence at a ceremony held on January 22, 2009 at
the Metrobank Plaza Auditorium in Makati City.
The Metrobank Foundation Award for
Continuing Excellence and Service (ACES) was given to past Metrobank OutstandingTeacher awardees
Ricardo G. Abad (2001), Ma.
Assunta C. Cuyegkeng (1997),
and Queena Lee-Chua (2004).
The Metrobank Aces, first given in 2004, is a distinction bestowed on past winners who
have continued to stand out in
their respective fields after having been honored by the foundation for their achievements.
Joanna Ruiz
from left Awardees Cuyegkeng,
Lee-Chua, and Abad with ADMU
trustee Mari-Jo Ruiz (herself
a Metrobank Outstanding
Teacher in 1992) and ACES (2004)
awardee, who received the
Ateneo’s PEACE award on behalf
of Fr. Bienvenido Nebres
research Embodying a lifelong commitment to the pursuit
of excellence, the awardees continue to make substantial contributions to their chosen discipline
and have bequeathed a legacy of achievement to
the peers and community as a whole.
This year’s 30 honorees were selected from
among the foundation’s roster of awardees in the
Search for Outstanding Teachers; Metrobank Art
and Design Excellence (Made) national competition; the Search for Outstanding Journalist;
and the recognition program for members of
the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 1984
to 2004. According to MBFI President Aniceto
Sobrepeña, “These individuals represent the best
of what Filipinos can become, symbolizing the
heights of personal and professional excellence
that we all can strive for.”
The Ateneo de Manila University was also honored as a Metrobank Partner in Empowering and
Advocating Excellence (PEACE). The PEACE
awards recognize Metrobank’s institutional partners from the government, civil society, business,
and academe. Joanna Ruiz
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School of Humanities Oppression and Liberation in the Discourse of
Family in South East Asian Women’s Writings by Sri Mulyani The new PhD
School of Social Sciences Tabloids, Elections, and Democracy: News
Frames and Frame Building by Chay Hofileña, Maitel Ladrido, Anjo Lorenzana
English Language and Literature (PhD ELL) program of the Ateneo de Manila English
Department has attracted scholars from various universities in the Asian region. Of the
first group of eight students, three were from overseas and I am one of them.
My decision to study at the Ateneo de Manila was largely influenced by the relevance of the PhD ELL courses to my research interests. The ELL program allows me
to widen my worldview, while acquiring a critical knowledge of both the Eastern and
Western worlds. Such perspective is essential to my dissertation research about the
discourse of family in Malaysian, Philippine, and Singaporean literature by selected
ethnic Chinese women writers of English.
In South East Asia, the family plays a very important role in cultural, social, and
religious lives and rituals, not only in the private spheres, but also in the larger public
sphere such as in the national interest. My study is an attempt to foreground the articulation of the female voices in general and the marginalization and oppression of women
in the Chinese family under the large patriarchal Chinese culture and tradition.
In essence, my study employs the feminist perspective that, in the words of renowned feminist Myra Marx Ferree, views the family as “a site of gender and generational struggles, crucibles of caring and conflict, where claims for an identity are
rooted, and separateness and solidarity are continually created and contested.” Thus,
in this notion, the family becomes significant and central to both the oppression and
liberation of women. Accordingly, the family
is also important and central to the feminist
theory.
Such notion of family as oppressive and liberating is pervasive in the literature of Chinese
women writers in Malaysia, the Philippines, and
Singapore. In my study of the Southeast Asian
family and of ethnic Chinese women writers,
I argue that as female writers, ethnic Chinese
women use and appropriate ‘family’ with its patriarchal discourse as the very weapon to challenge the domination of the ‘phallogocentrism,’
or the practice of male domination in any culture or society. Chinese women writers use the
family as an arena of contestation and representation to rethink the concept of the family.
This family discourse allows the women writers
to articulate their voices and rewrite the history
of the family and the nation through the female
perspective. Thus, as a result, they also redefine
‘the family’ and produce, not history, but ‘herstory’ to voice out the experiences and lives of
Sri Mulyani
the muted groups of varying ethnicity, class, and gender in Malaysia, the Philippines,
and Singapore of the past and present.
During my PhD study of English language and literature at the Ateneo de Manila,
I was very fortunate to have been provided relevant knowledge and criticism, as well
as supportive guidance and suggestions concerning my study by competent professors and kind classmates. To them, I am the smiling lady from Sanata Dharma
University who loves to pamper her friends with good cooking and generous laughter.
I try to be optimistic even in the midst of difficult and trying graduate school studies. Taking Ph.D. courses at the Ateneo de Manila University may be a challenging
task, but it is also an opportunity to return to my Asian roots and acquire a critical
understanding of the family as re-presented in Chinese women’s writings.
Media has the power to educate the electorate about issues and shape or sway public
opinion. Our study sought to establish whether mass circulated tabloids—long neglected in academic research—provided information and framed election issues in such
a way that voters were equipped to vote wisely in the 2007 elections. We asked whether
or not tabloids could be regarded as instruments of democracy. Our specific research
questions were (1) what kinds of news frames were used by top-selling Philippine tabloids in their coverage of the 2007 senatorial elections, and to what extent were they
used; and (2) what factors influenced tabloid journalists in the construction and use
of news frames during the 2007 senatorial elections. We looked at three top-selling
tabloids: Bulgar, which was tagged as nonpartisan; Abante, which was tagged as opposition; and People’s Tonight, which was tagged as administration-friendly.
We employed the theory of framing which Entman defines as: “(selecting) aspects of a perceived reality and (making) them more salient in a communication
text.” Framing thus provides the news media with the ability to direct how audiences
should think about issues. We limited ourselves to the construction of frames and the
interplay between organizational pressures, ideologies, attitudes, etc., and the resulting frames that emerged. This was accomplished through quantitative and qualitative
means. First we content analyzed headlines and news stories published by the three
tabloids from February to May 2008. To discover the factors that influence framebuilding, we interviewed twelve journalists—two reporters, one editor or publisher
per tabloid, and one former publisher.
The dominant frames that emerged in the stories and headlines were: issues, human interest, strategy, horse-race, conflict, wrongdoing exposed, reaction, economic,
finger-pointing, and straight news. We discovered eight factors that influence how
headlines and stories are framed during elections: the political position or orientation of tabloids, journalistic practices, journalistic values, news values, institutional
values, ownership and personal ties of journalists, economics, and individual biases or
personal values. Further, we found that in the case of each tabloid, of the eight influential factors, some were more influential than others, leading to the the dominance
of certain frames in election reportage.
Our results showed that tabloids could be regarded as instruments of democracy
when they are financially secure and stable as in the case of Bulgar, and if, as in the
case of all three, there is a recognition of their responsibility to educate voters about
candidates and issues during elections. It is less likely when the tabloid is on survival
mode and needs to maintain political and personal relations to survive. Further, we
found that tabloids cannot be stereotyped as scandal-driven papers that peddle only
sex, crime and entertainment. In reporting election-related events, tabloid editors
and reporters alike regard their audience as voters who deserve and need information
to make intelligent choices.
Chay Hofileña, Maitel Ladrido, and Anjo Lorenzana are faculty members of the
Department of Communication. The research reported here was supported by the Institute
of Philippine Culture (IPC) Merit Research Awards Program.
john gokongwei school of management Artists’ Economic and Other
Rights: A Triptych by J. Sedfrey S. Santiago This article discusses the three basic
rights of the artist under the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, namely copyright, moral rights, and rights to proceeds in subsequent transfers. Originally written as
three separate papers for the forthcoming issue of the Loyols Schools Review, the papers
were put together to form a triptych akin to a painting consisting of three panels.
“Originality” is one essential requirement for the copyrightability of a literary or
artistic work, the other being fixation or expression. To expound on this concept, I
borrow significantly from American jurisprudence
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Doreen’s feast: an exhibit and lecture
By Jonathan O. Chua Six years since her
passing in New York, the papers of Doreen G.
Fernandez, former chair of the Department of
Communication, are finally deposited at the
Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (ALiWW).
The donation was marked by a ceremony (the 14th
Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture) held last
November 24, 2008 at the Escaler Hall and an
exhibition of memorabilia titled “Doreen’s Feast”
at the Pardo de Tavera Room of the Rizal Library.
The family of the late professor, through her
sister, concert pianist Della Besa, turned in the
papers in July 2008. The materials consisted of
1,220 personal and professional documents, 331
photographs, 68 cassette tapes, and 10 books.
Among the documents are letters to and from
her, clippings of her columns and articles, drafts
of her writings (including those of her dissertation The Iloilo Zarzuela: 1903–1930, later published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press),
instructional materials (syllabi, exams, course
notes), conference papers, invitations, and notes.
Items of special interest to literary historians are
her correspondence with other writers, including Carlos Angeles, NVM Gonzalez, Alfrredo
Navarro Salangga, Bienvenido Santos, and Jose
Garcia Villa.
Exhibited at the Pardo de Tavera Room were a
small sample of this vast collection, which showed
Fernandez’ various interests (Philippine culture,
food history, literature, theater, and teaching).
Her passion for her work and her joie de vivre
were evident in such documents as her personal “teacher’s prayer,” handwritten on a page of
Cattleya booklet, the multiple drafts of her dissertation, and the binders containing her columns
on food, for which she was best known by the
public and which continued to be published even
for some time after her death. The appreciation
of colleagues, students, friends, and even the medical staff of the
Makati Medical Hospital, is equally manifest in the various awards
and citations (the Gawad CCP para sa Sining, the CCP Centennial
Honors for the Arts, the Metrobank Outstanding Teacher Award),
the letters of condolence sent to her relatives, and the spate of eulogies published both here and abroad shortly after her death, all
describing a woman most loving and much beloved.
On display, too, were pages of her girlhood slumbook and yearbook, as well as various photographs, showing her in her various roles
(and sporting different hairstyles), as wife to designer Wili Fernandez,
teacher, scholar, and friend—a feast of memories indeed.
Present at the ceremony were members of Fernandez’s family,
ALiWW honorees Gilda Cordero Fernando and Eugenia Apostol
(also Dr. Fernandez’s “best friend bar none”), Patricia B. Licuanan,
granddaughter of Paz Marquez Benitez, and ALiWW co-founders
Edna Z. Manlapaz and Soledad S. Reyes, among others. After the
invocation by Dr. Carolina Nuñez, assistant professor at the English
Department, Dr. Leovino Ma. Garcia, former dean of the School
of Humanities, introduced the mission of ALiWW and enjoined
the audience to donate memorabilia of women artists in their possession. Ambeth Ocampo, associate professor at the Department
of History, delivered the lecture. Mark Escaler was the master of
ceremonies.
In his lecture, Ocampo emphasized the value of keeping records
and the lack of them in the Philippines, citing the case of Asuncion
Lopez Bantug, grandniece of Jose Rizal, whose diaries of fifty years
were unceremoniously thrown into the refuse heap by an overzealous helper (the help, it must be said in her defense, was merely
doing her job); hence, the value of such a collection as there is at
the ALiWW. Ocampo also recounted memories of Fernandez as
teacher and later as colleague. As her student, he was encouraged
to write, even if his knowledge of grammar was far from expert, and
more importantly to be open. “You have to try everything at least
once,” he recalls her saying. And that meant, for example, tasting
an “exotic” dish in a remote barrio, with Fernandez clicking away
with her camera, documenting every stage of the cooking and eating process.
In her response, Besa remarked that the lingering effect of the
shock of her sister’s death prevented her initially from responding to ALiWW’s invitation to have the effects and
papers deposited. “All I knew was that we were
“Doreen’s Feast,” an exhibition of memorabilia of the late Doreen
going to see Broadway plays. I did not expect to
G. Fernandez at the Pardo de Tavera Room of the Rizal Library
come home carrying an urn,” she recalls. Having
to part with her sister so unexpectedly, she was
reluctant to part with what her sister left behind.
Further, the family believed in “keeping what
is private, private.” After consulting with family and close friends, however, she was eventually
convinced that she would be doing right by her
sister if she were to deposit the papers in ALiWW.
Donating her sister’s papers to the Ateneo, she
also brings her sister “home.”
Rica Bolipata Santos, director of ALiWW, finds
much value in the donation. “There’s so much researchers can work on with the materials given,”
she says. “Materials given also reveal a complex
woman who was gifted not just with an excellent
mind but a truly generous heart.”
Dr. Fernandez was the author (or co-author) of
over ten books: The Iloilo Zarzuela, 1903–1930,
Sarap: Essays on Philippine Food, Lasa (three volumes), Writers and their Milieu (two volumes),
Kinilaw: A Philippine Cuisine of Freshness, Tikim:
Essays on Philippine Food and Culture, Fruits of the
Philippines, Face to Face: The Craft of Interviewing,
Palabas: Essays on Philippine Theater History, and
Palayok: Philippine Food through Time, on Site,
in the Pot. She was a faculty member of several units of the Ateneo: English, Japanese Studies,
Interdisciplinary Studies, and Communication,
where she was also chair. In 2000, a festschrift in
her honor was published by the Office of Research
and Publications of the Ateneo de Manila
University titled Feasts and Feats, with contributions by Nick Joaquin, Francisco Arcellana,
Salvador F. Bernal, Resil B. Mojares, and Nicanor
G. Tiongson, among other writers.
The Paz Marquez Benitez Memorial Lecture/
Exhibit, named after a woman whose story “Dead
Stars” is considered the first Filipino short story
in English, is held every year in honor of a woman writer. Past honorees include National Artist
Edith Tiempo, Ophelia Dimalanta, and Virginia
Moreno. LSB
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IS Dept breaks into song for Puccini’s 150th birthday
A year to the 150th foundation day of the Ateneo de Manila, the
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies celebrated another sesquicentennial. “Puccini al dente,” as the celebration was called, marked
the 150th birth anniversary of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini
(1858–1924), famous for his operas Madama Butterfly, La Boheme,
Tosca, and Turandot, among others works.
“Puccini al dente” consisted of a lecture and two concerts.
Antonio Hila, contributor to the Philippine Daily Inquirer and
now music columnist of the
Philippine Star, delivered the
lecture at the Natividad Galang
Fajardo Conference Room on
September 8, 2008 to inaugurate the celebrations. Showing
excerpts from the operas, he
noted the symphonic quality
of Puccini’s operas, which distinguished them from those of
his predecessors. The dramatic
quality of his operas, he said,
comes from an integration of
music and text to a degree that, say, Verdi did not achieve.
The two concerts were held at the Escaler Hall. The first, on
September 15, featured tenors Glenn Gaerlan and Randy Gilongo
and sopranos Camille Lopez Molina and Naomi Paz Sison. They
performed arias and duets from Tosca, La Boheme, Madama
Butterfly, Turandot, La Rondine, and Gianni Schicchi—a standard
Puccini program. The encore was “Nessun dorma” rearranged for
four voices. Peter Porticos, who teaches an introductory course on
the opera at the IS Department, was the collaborating artist.
The second concert, held a week later, aimed to show continuities between the opera and modern musical theater. La Boheme
and Madama Butterfly have been reincarnated as Rent and Miss
Saigon, and the afternoon’s program highlighted the correspondences. This concert featured Sison again and Seattle-based
tenor Gary del Rosario singing the arias and the
duets; and The White Coats, a group of medical practitioners (Rebecca Feliciano, Frederick
Hawson, Maria Lourdes Berioso, Rodney Jimenez,
Monique Yabyabin, and Joanne Bravante) from
St. Luke’s Medical Center, singing the songs from
the musicals. Farley Asuncion was the collaborating artist, and the Broadway segment directed by
Rhea Rosales.
As an extra, Del Rosario and
Sison sang the arias from La
Boheme in Tagalog, following
the translation of National Artist
Rolando S. Tinio, founder of the
school’s Filipino Department.
For the encore, Del Rosario
sang “ ’Sang Patak ng Hamog”
from Ang Palabas Bukas, a musical by National Artists Lucio
San Pedro and Bienvenido
Lumbera, who was in the audience. The number also anticipates what, according to department chair Concepcion Rosales, the
IS Department is planning for next year: a concert
of Philippine music.
Both Gaerlan and Del Rosario were to sing the
part of Rodolfo (on alternate nights) at the Philippine
Opera Company production of La Boheme at the
Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
The IS Department has been hosting music
events since 2005, when it hosted “Mostly Mozart,”
commemorating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s
250th birth anniversary, with the Department of
Modern Languages. Last year, it produced “Music
and Poetry,” which featured mostly German lieder performed by Gilongo and Porticos and hosted the “Romantic Piano Concerto” of Ingrid Sala
Santamaria and Reynaldo Reyes. These events,
says Rosales, “bring the classics closer to the
Ateneo community.”
And apparently, they bring the community at
large closer to the Ateneo. In the audience were
not only students and faculty of the Loyola Schools
but also alumni like writer Greogrio Brillantes and
visitors, including music critic Pablo Tariman and
singer Irma P. E. Potenciano.
“Puccini al dente” is the Department’s most
ambitious and also most difficult musical event
to orchestrate, involving as it did various parties
(artists, sponsors, students, office staff, and administration) and tasks. Recounts Rosales, “We
got help from our IS alumni and the dean’s office
[of the School of Humanities] to raise funds. . . .
Peter [Porticos] got the artists together, Dr. Hila
managed to get Gary del Rosario, who was going to perform at the CCP, to sing for us. But
then there were the souvenir program to be designed and written, the invitations, . . . making
sure there’s an audience. . . .”
That it was done in the teeth of such financial
and logistical constraints? “That makes it al dente,
indeed.” Jonathan O. Chua
The Battle of
A biannual activity, the Battle of Bellarmine Field is participated in
by sophomore students and teachers from the Western History and
Ancient and Medieval History classes of the History Department.
It simulates weapons, armor, tactics, and military strategies of
armies from the ancient, classical, and medieval worlds.
This page The Theban Sacred Band Opposite page The Spartan army inset, left The
inset, right The Carthaginian army
Photos by David Lozada
Athenian army
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Dy-Liacco, MAR; Pagtuturo Ng Hen 1 Gamit Ang
Paghahambing Nito Sa Enuma Elish: Ang Diyos Na
Lumikha And Siyang Magliligtas Sa Atin, Rachel
Joyce Marie O. Sanchez; Paglikha At Pagkakasala:
Ang Pagturo Ng Hen 2–3 Batay Sa Mga Palaisipan
ni Jean Louis Ska, SJ, Roberto O. Guevara, PhD
Human Person and Community: Creation and
Church Social Teaching, Michael J. Liberatore,
MA; Imaginative Silence: Employing Ignatian
Contemplation as a Pedagogical Tool, Sch. Ulysses S.
Cabayao, SJ; Worshipping the Lord in and through
His Creation, Joseph L. Roche, SJ; and Creation and
(Cand.); Creation and Relationality in Genesis
1:27, Arnella Francis D.Clamor, PhD; Creation
and Evolution, Edilberto C. Jimenez, MA; God as
Sustainer: Teaching Creation through Video Games,
Raymond B. Aguas, PhD; Male And Female: Two
Modes of Reflecting God, Michael D.H. Asis, PhD;
Theological Foundation for Ecological Stewardship,
Amalia Teresita B. Rosana, PhD; Creating a New
Liturgy, Ma. Lucia C Natividad, PhD.
By the end of the course, each attendee had participated in four different sessions. The Eucharist
celebrated by Fr. Dacanay capped the two-day program. Based on participant evaluations and feedback shared with faculty, the refresher course was
once again a success, not only for the participants
but for the faculty of the Theology Department as
well. The Department looks forward to
offering the third refresher course next
year. Michael Liberatore
B u dsk i P h o t o gr a phers
In October 2008, the Theology Department sponsored a two-day
refresher course for Christian life education (CLE)/theology/religion teachers to update their knowledge and skills. The two-day
series of talks and discussions was designed to meet the need for
ongoing teacher formation, especially for those who are unable to
take advanced theological studies. This was the second consecutive
year that the refresher course was offered, and the
theme this year was Theology of Creation.
The course’s objectives are to provide ongoing
education and development to primary, secondary, and tertiary teachers of CLE/theology/religion; allow faculty to share the fruits of their research and expertise; continue the development
of the Theology Department as a resource for the
Philippine Church; and to develop and expand
networks for education and knowledge dissemination and communication.
Participants traveled from Cagayan de Oro,
Davao, Cebu, Bicol, and the Northern Visayas, in
addition to Metro Manila, representing secondary
and tertiary institutions. More than 80 participants
in all took part in the course, manifesting a real desire on the part of the nation’s CLE/theology/religion teachers to expand their knowledge and capacity to bring young
people to a deeper awareness of and engagement with the faith.
Opening and welcoming remarks were given by Ateneo President Fr.
Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ and Theology Department Chair Fr. Adolfo
N. Dacanay, SJ, respectively. Nebres reminded the participants that all
religious education begins with a relationship with Christ. The participants chose from among the following sessions: Jesus Christ and the
Meaning of Creation: The New Testament Creation Passages, Rafael S.
Bellarmine Field
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Ballet Manila’s ‘Lola Basyang’ visits Ateneo
By Jonathan O. Chua The Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies, Ballet Manila, and Anvil
Publishing held twin events in November 2008 in
anticipation of Ballet Manila production Tatlong
Kuwento ni Lola Basyang: “Pages to Pirouettes:
Exploring Visual Literature in Ballets,” a forum
with the creative team behind the production at
Janolo. Macuja-Elizalde recounts that she had
been thinking of mounting a local production of
The Nutcracker. But when she discovered the Lola
Basyang books, authored by Christine Bellen (faculty member of the Kagawaran ng Filipino, director of the Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and
Practices (AILAP), and an authority on Severino
about staging a Filipino ballet?” Macuja-Elizalde
thinks she has found the right material in the stories of Lola Basyang—which are “iconic and very
Filipino”—and is contemplating adapting more
stories in the future. She also hopes that children
who watch the show will recognize the figures in
the books and be encouraged to read.
For illustrator Alcaraz, it has been an enriching
experience working with Ballet Manila. “I hope,”
she says, “that people will be excited to see the actual ballet. It’s rare that a dance company has really
tried to be faithful to the visual source material.”
From picture books to ballets
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, Jonathan Janolo, Frances Alcaraz, Luz Fernandez, Michael Albay, and Concepcion Rosales
the Natividad Galang Fajardo Conference Room,
and “From Picture Books to Ballets,” an exhibition of the costume and set designs for the production, at the basement lobby of the Manuel V.
Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership.
Pages to pirouettes
The speakers at the forum were illustrator Frances
Alcaraz, faculty member of the Interdisciplinary
Studies Department, choreographer and Ballet
Manila artistic director Lisa Macuja-Elizalde,
and choreographer, and set designer Jonathan
new books • • • Filipino Family Surviving
by Ma. Lourdes “Honey” Carandang and Queena
Lee-Chua The Filipino family today faces many changes, both
within itself and in the larger society. Carandang and Lee-Chua
place the family at the moral center of society—as the place where
values are learned and role models emulated. They posit that in order to rebuild the nation, we must first take care
of the family.
Parents, teachers, and counselors today have a great responsibility—to develop children’s potential, and to ensure
that children become emotionally, socially, and morally healthy. The impact
of such developments as failing grades,
giftedness, household violence, stress,
miscommunication, excessive TV, and
negative media portrayals on parents,
teens, and children, is discussed, and
coping methods are suggested. The authors point out that in any
situation, the bottom line is respect and self-worth. Parents must
respect each other and their children as well, and treat everyone
with dignity.
the World
Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog by Edgar Samar Binubuksan
ng nobelang ito ang panibagong yugto sa pagsusulat ng nobela.
Malayo na ito sa tradisyon ng mga
romantisista at modernista, na laging mabigat sa dibdib ang paglalahad
ng naratibo. Sa akdang ito wala nang
imposible sa materyal at maging sa
pamamaraan ng paglalahad nito . . .
Tinatangka nitong lampasan ang wika
ng isipang malay, at nagtatangkang isulong na posibleng ikuwento ang wala o
hindi nangyari . . . Ikinakatuwa ko ang
mga akdang tulad nito na nangangahas
magpakilala ng pagbabago sa paglalahad ng naratibo. Jun Cruz Reyes
Reyes) which adapted the originals by Severino
Reyes and which were illustrated by Alcaraz, she
thought of adapting these instead. Since she could
not possibly adapt all the stories (some were “utterly un-danceable,” she remarks), she selected three:
Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon, Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong
Maria, and Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin. The result is
an ambitious three-part ballet, each part with its
own team of musicians and choreographer.
Such a production, of course, was bound to be
fraught with difficulties. The burden of making
three separate but related sets and costumes landed on the shoulders of designer Janolo. It was an
exercise in patience and friendly negotiation, he
recounts, as each part of the ballet has a look and
feel of its own. Adding to the challenge was that
Macuja-Elizalde insisted on reproducing the illustrations in the books as much as possible. (The set
for one story consists of a giant reproduction of
the book from which it came.) Adjustments, of
course, had to be made; the long native skirts depicted in the books, for instance, had to have slits
to allow the dancers more leg room.
What does such a production hope to accomplish? “We have the classics,” says MacujaElizalde, “like Giselle and Swan Lake, but what
Meanwhile, the exhibition “From Picture Books
to Ballet” documented the process of adaptation.
Explains Alcaraz, “The exhibit aims to help students
and professionals catch an educational glimpse into
the production of a picture book and a ballet.” On
display were the original illustrations by Alcaraz,
sketches of sets, rehearsal photos, and costumes.
At the opening ceremony, Concepcion Rosales,
chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies, remarked how the production was in line
with the department’s mission, as it was a collaborative endeavor involving artists from different
fields and translating a vision from book to dance.
Bellen then gave a brief history of the Lola Basyang
stories. The Lola Basyang stories first appeared in
1925 in Liwayway magazine. Since then, they
have been adapted for stage and the television
screen, and Lola Basyang herself has become synonymous with storytelling.
With radio and television personality Luz
Fernandez, who played Lola Basyang on television, Macuja-Elizalde invited guests to the show,
reminding them that telling stories was the oldest form of amusement, practiced long before the
days of computer games, iPods, and other electronic gadgets.
It was fitting, then, that Ray Escasinas of the
Alitaptap Storytellers should assume the role of
storyteller. He read Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin very
much as a real-life Lola Basyang, had there been
one, would have, impersonating the characters
and interacting with his listeners.
After the reading, Ma. Luz Vilches, dean of the
School of Humanities, Gwenn Galvez, marketing
manager of Anvil Publishing, and Macuja-Elizalde
formally opened the exhibition. The exhibition,
remarks Alcaraz, “highlights the role of the illustrator in making stories come to life. I hope that it
inspires young artists to become illustrators.”
Present in both events was Robbie Reyes,
teacher at the Department of Theology and great
grandson of Severino Reyes.
Pioneer batch of University for Peace
Dual Campus Program graduates
The University for Peace’s Masters of Arts Dual
Campus Program in International Peace Studies
graduated its first batch in October 2008. The
commencement ceremonies were held at the
Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall auditorium at
the Ateneo de Manila University.
On hand for the rites were University of
Peace Rector John Maresca, Ateneo de Manila
University President Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ,
Yohei Sasakawa of the Nippon Foundation,
Undersecretary Franklin M. Ebdalin of the
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and
Victor Valle, head of the University for Peace’s
Department of Peace and Conflict Studies.
Twenty-eight students from ten countries—
Bangladesh, the People’s Republic of China,
Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, the
Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, and
Vietnam—made up the pioneer batch of graduates
of the innovative masters degree program aimed at
developing young Asian leaders in the field of international peace and conflict studies.
The program was a collaboration between the
University of Peace, based in Costa Rica, and
the Ateneo. Over the course of the intensive
19-month program, the students took courses
at the University of Peace headquarters in San
Jose, Costa Rica, and at the Ateneo. They also
worked as interns in various parts of Asia. The
program was accomplished in three terms. Each
student was generously given a full scholarship
by the Nippon Foundation, which allowed them
to devote themselves on a full-time basis to their
studies.
The program is designed primarily for students from Asian countries where English is not
widely used, such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, although students from other Asian countries may also apply. It is hosted by the Department of Political
Science, School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de
Manila University. For more information, visit
the University for Peace website at <www.upeace.
org/academic/masters/SIPS.cfm>.
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Ateneo hosts conference on Southeast Asian cinema
In November 2008 the School of Humanities
hosted the fifth Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas
Conference (ASEACC). Scholars, film producers, directors, and students from the Philippnes,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,
Switzerland, England, and the
United States participated in
the conference. Renowned filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik gave the
keynote address, and closing
remarks were given by scholar
Benedict Anderson. Anderson
shared his thoughts on the direction of film scholarship and
the future of independent film.
Dubbed “States of Inde­
pendence,” the conference
sought to address the specific
aesthetics of independent films,
the role of technology in the
creation of an alternative mediascape in the region, and the
historical aspects of dependence
and independence, eg, the colonial legacies of
some European countries in Southeast Asia.
The first ASEACC was held in 2004 at the
Asia Research Institute–National University of
Singapore. An organizing committee composed
of young scholars and film practitioners was
formed shortly thereafter and a decision made
to make it an annual event that would be hosted
throughout the region. Since that first conference in Singapore, the ASEACC has been held
in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Jakarta. From
Manila, the conference will move to Saigon in
2009. ASEACC aims to raise the level of film
discourse in the region as well as to promote
global awareness about Southeast Asian cinema
as a diverse field of study within film studies and
area studies.
The unique feature of the ASEACC is its interdisciplinarity and combination of theory and
practice: it is a place where film scholars, anthropologists and sociologists and
cultural activists mingle with
filmmakers, critics, programmers, archivists, and other film
practitioners. The conference
usually includes academic panels focusing on issues facing
contemporary filmmakers, history, genre, gender and other
identities, among others. Also
on the agenda are film screenings and dialogue with film
practitioners.
Past conference themes have
focused on curriculum building
(how to teach a field as diverse as
sorship. With studio systems faltering, the introduction of digital technology, and the emergence
of new cinemas, defining “independent” film becomes a complex and interesting undertaking.
Three faculty members from the Filipino
Department of the Ateneo read their papers at
the conference. Aristotle Atienza discussed the
queering of cinema space, Alvin Yapan talked
about the effect of a meandering camera in independent films’ aesthetics, and Gary Devilles
shared his views about the pornography of poverty in some independent films. Dr. Rolando B.
Benedick Anderson gives the closing
remarks. above Conference participants pose
for a group shot. left Kidlat Tahimik speaks
during an open forum.
far left
Southeast Asian cinemas), national, transnational
and diasporic Southeast Asian cinemas, queer representations, the ethics of film making, and cen-
Tolentino, Dr. Sophia Harvey,
Dr. Gaik Cheng Khoo, Dr.
Tilman Baumgärtel, and Bono
Olgado were among the main
organizers of ASEACC, together
with the Loyola Film Circle, the
Society of Filipino Archivists for
Film, the National Commission for Culture and
the Arts, and the Tisch School for Arts Asia in
New York University. Gary C. Devilles
AtSCA asks, what is the state of the urban poor?
In a country beset by crisis upon crisis, the Ateneo
Student Catholic Action (AtSCA) stressed the
importance of listening to those who are hit the
hardest by these difficult times with the State of
the Urban Poor Addresses held in December 2008
at the Leong Hall Auditorium. The event featured
speakers who have actively worked to better the
plight of the urban poor.
The first speaker was Dr. Anna Marie Karaos,
executive director of the John Carroll Institute on
Church and Social Issues (ICSI), who discussed
the definition of the “urban poor” as those who
have incomes which cannot fully sustain their
families’ needs, as well as those who have no tenure
of residence. Counted among the urban poor are
household helpers, drivers, maintenance and security personnel, and the like whose labor may be
poorly compensated and whose efforts contribute
to the comfortable lifestyle of the upper classes.
The second speaker was Dr. Portia FernandezMarcelo, an associate professor at the University
of the Philippines–Manila College of Medicine,
who shared her experiences in dealing with the
health situation of the urban poor. She also suggested ways in which students can respond to urban poverty.
The final speaker was Ms. Rosal “Osang” Palma,
president of Malayang Tinig ng mga Kababaihan
sa Komunidad, a people’s organization based in
Tatalon, Quezon City. Using the vernacular, she
described the ways in which poverty affects the
depressed community in which she lives, in particular the ways in which it impacts the health of
many women.
Anna Marie Karaos, Portia Fernandez-Marcelo, and Rosal “Osang” Palma answer questions during
the open forum of AtSCA’s State of the Urban Poor Addresses.
Accenture partners
with Ateneo CORD
From October 2008 to January 2010, the Ateneo Center for
Organization Research and Development (CORD) partners with
Accenture to launch the very first human resources (HR) academy
in the Philippines. Locally, Accenture employs approximately 16,000
employees and continues to grow.
The Accenture HR Academy is a development program directed
at developing and advancing the competencies of HR analysts and
senior analysts in the areas of: (1) strategic contribution to the organization, (2) flawless delivery of HR service, and (3) strengthening
business knowledge. The program is composed of: (1) strategic HR
and development courses highlighting the strategic and leadership
role of HR in organizations, (2) HR management courses focusing
on the maintenance and management aspects of HR, and (3) legal
and business courses directed at developing the business acumen
of HR professionals in the Philippine context. At the end of the
program, participants are expected to review, design, and present
required outputs for each course.
The diploma program, called the Strategic Human Resource
Management & Development Program (SHRMD), is comprised
of eight certificate courses: Strategic HR Partnering, CompetencyBased HR, Organization Development, Strategic Training and
Development, Talent and Career Management, Workforce Planning
and Staffing, and Employee Engagement & Well-Being. The certificate courses are facilitated by a pool of highly qualified professionals from both academic and corporate backgrounds. The program’s courses have been designed specifically to suit BPO environments, and will combine classroom sessions with on-the-job training through the Adult Learning Experience Methodology.
The first Accenture HR Academy was launched in India in 2005
and was hugely successful in creating a talent pool for its entire
HR business unit. The Manila-based HR Academy is situated in
Accenture’s Manila Delivery Center.
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Paradigm shift continued from page 16
A singular unit
The change in the team has been noticeable. They’ve become more
of a singular unit as they’ve found common ground and a goal to
aim for. Before their game against UST, they did something they
had never done before: scout their opponents. After practice or
games this season, they eat together and discuss what they just went
through. “It also means a change in attitudes,” adds team captain
AJ Pareja, who knows a thing or two about heartbreak. “We’re concentrating on winning games one at a time. Wherever we go from
here . . . well, that’s a long way from now.”
Even during the Christmas break the team kept up their workouts. In years past, the team would win their games before the break
and fall apart at the turn of the new year and the resumption of hostilities. “We’re conscious of our mistakes and shortcomings,” notes
Pareja. “We want to break the cycle.”
The tournament is a long way from being settled, and the race is
still pretty much wide open despite UST being a heavy favorite to
repeat. Yet new pickups in Duane Teves, Rey Africa, Vian Seranilla,
and Xavier Senoren have provided valuable support to Timmy Sto.
Tomas, Pareja, Ed Ortega, and the vastly improved JR Intal. Tyrone
Judes Casumpang, Leonard Christian Loo, Phillip Ian Layno, Kyle
Matthew Ong, and Justin Tec round out the Blue Spikers. The team
would be even stronger had Mike De Joya and Julborg Africa suited up. As it is, both are in the freezer because of academics. “That
shows that you cannot take anything for granted,” says Almadro
with a touch of regret about the unavailability of the two.
These trying times continued from page 16
can be. It’s gut-check time where they cannot afford mistakes or slippage.
The Lady Spikers have endured their forever
version of the Dark Ages and have gone through
a revolving door of coaches in the last couple of
years. But they’re out there competing in front of
an audience of mom and pop, three cheerlead-
ers, members of the men’s volleyball team, and
the odd fan or two.
Yes, these are trying times fraught with daunting
challenges and tough foes, but remember how a wise
man once said that the journey is in fact the destination? The willingness to embark on that journey,
sometimes, is all we can ask of one another. LSB
Making history
The Blue Spikers are sailing in previously uncharted waters. In the
past, they had to learn how to win. Now that they’ve tasted a little
success, it’s a matter of learning how to keep it going.
“Take note, kahit hindi pa tapos ’yung season,” says Almadro,
“what will make this year historic is not just what they are doing and
trying to accomplish, but their newfound winning attitude.”
Now it’s time to make some history. LSB
Research continued from page 8
because of the dearth of Philippine cases on the topic, although there is a 2005 decision by the Philippine Supreme Court, Ching v. Salinas, which defines the concept
of “originality.” The court’s definition of original—something that is not copied—is
also derived from American cases. In my paper, I establish the kind of originality laid
down by American courts; ie, only an “unmistakable dash of originality” where “high
standards of uniqueness in creativity are dispensed with.” To quote the words of Justice
Malcolm, copyright extends protection “to the mundane as well as to the works that
would find their way into places like the Philadelphia Museum of Art or the libraries
of the erudite” (Paul Morelli vs. Tiffany, 2002) for as long as they are original.
I also discuss the moral rights of artists which are not transferable to other people, unlike copyright. Using the NPC-commissioned mural controversy as a takeoff point for
discussion, I distinguish one moral right from another. The right of integrity, or droit au
respect de l’oeuvre, is the right that was violated by the NPC when it asked another artist
to make changes on the mural created by the Neo-Angono Artists Collective without
the latter’s permission. This right entitles the author “to object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to, his work which
would be prejudicial to his honor or reputation.” According to a number of scholars, the
right of integrity is “the oldest as well as the best known” and “most essential” of the artist’s moral rights. I clarify that such right remains with the artist despite payment of his
work by the client. Despite this right to integrity, the artist does not have a right, however, to prevent the client from destroying his work as was experienced by the Japanese
sculptor Isamu Noguchi and Filipino glass sculptor Ramon Orlina. The reason for the
difference is that destroying the work of the artist will not lead to the same prejudice that
he suffers when his work is deformed or distorted and presented as the artist’s own. Patry
argues just the same that there should be no difference in treatment since “destruction
of a work shows the utmost contempt for the artist’s honor or reputation.”
“The Third Right” is about the right of artists to collect from the proceeds in subsequent transfer of their works enabling the painter, the sculptor, the writer, and the
composer to benefit economically—specifically five percent (5%) of the gross price—
from “every disposition of his work after it has left his possession.” Also known as
droit de suite, this right is the least known of the artist’s rights and is yet to be meaningfully implemented in the Philippines. It allows the artist “to participate in gains
which are really the fruits of his labor and hard-earned fame.” One famous case cited
is that of Degas who sold his work Repetition de Ballet to a dealer for only one-hundred US dollars, a work subsequently resold for $401,000.
An interesting development is the obligation of Christies, the auction house, under European Union Law to pay royalties to artists whose works are sold through its
auction sales. Christies’ website explicitly mentions Filipino artists as among those
who have a right to collect royalties from its sales. The catch is that the auction house
does not pay directly to the artist but would do so only through an artist’s collecting
society. This makes it practical for artists to create such a society, if it does not yet exist, so as to benefit from droite de suite.
School of Science and Engineering
On Color Groups of Bravais Colorings of Planar Modules with Quasi­
crystallographic Symmetries by Enrico Paolo C. Bugarin Since the discovery
in 1984 of crystals with forbidden symmetries (the icosahedral aluminum manganese quasicrystals), new areas of research have been opened in mathematics as well
as in the solid-state sciences. The most important manifestation of quasi­crystals is
their implicit long-range internal order that makes itself apparent in the beautiful
and perfect diffraction patterns associated with them. The mathematics used to
model such objects and to study their diffractive and their remarkably self-similar
internal structures turns out to be highly interdisciplinary and includes algebraic
number theory, theory of lattices, linear algebra, Fourier analysis, tiling theory, the
study of self-similar structures and fractal measures, and dynamical systems. More
specifically, color symmetries of quasicrystals continue to attract great attention because so little is known about their classification. Particularly interesting are planar
cases because, on the one hand, they show up in quasicrystalline T-phases, and, on
the other, they are linked to the rather interesting classification of planar Bravais
classes with n-fold symmetry.
In this work, we study the properties of quasicrystals by looking at algebraic structures in higher dimensional space (called planar modules) through their color symmetries that appear in quasicrystalline T-phases. This is done by projecting some
points of the planar module onto the plane, appearing as a discrete set of vertex points
of nonperiodic tilings, exhibiting quasicrystallographic symmetries. In particular, the
Penrose tiling, Ammann-Beenker tiling, and a tiling generated by Weber, serve as
model sets for planar modules possessing egiht-, ten-, and twelve-fold symmetries.
The vertices are colored according to how points in the planar modules are partitioned. This partitioning is determined by what we call a “principal ideal” and thus,
the colored tilings have characteristics similar to their respective planar modules. The
problem of characterizing important algebraic group structures of color symmetries
has been solved and studied extensively for the crystallographic cases, and in this
work, the same problem is addressed and answered for the more general cases, that is
for the quasicrystallographic cases.
As a result, we have obtained for each planar module determined by a given principal ideal, the color group structures associated with the colorings. This work answers the important problem of characterizing and classifying color groups associated
with planar modules corresponding to lattices in four-dimensions that demonstrate
quasicrystalline symmetries. The results in the work provide a springboard to answer
the broader question of characterizing color groups of planar modules in general,
corresponding to lattices in higher dimensions. Moreover, the approach in this work
hopes to generate a general method of studying multiple planar coincidences site lattices and modules, another new area of study in mathematics brought about by the
emergence of quasicrystals.
Enrico Paolo C. Bugarin teaches mathematics. In 2008, this research received two
awards, namely the LS–SOSE Most Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, and
the DOST–PCASTRD Most Outstanding Thesis Award , Mathematics Category. The results discussed in this research were also presented in the 10th International Conference in
Quasicrystals held in July 2008 in Zurich, Switzerland; and a manuscript based on this
research is to appear in a special issue of the Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie, devoted to
current developments in the study of quasicrystals. This work is supported by the CHED–
COE through the Mathematics Department of the Ateneo de Manila University.
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When one asks if there is one cial for the system to work,” explained the many-time champion Team, they talk about how their defense won a
championship. That is true. And we have to do
true great offensive/defensive formation in foot- mentor.
ball, let it be known that there is none. As straight
For the uninitiated, football simply involves lots of running the same. Of course, we need to score.” He’s gone
and true as a Steven Gerrard strike from outside around and trying to blast the ball into the back of the net. Yet per- to school in South America and Asia. He is perthe box, teams win and lose playing their own sys- haps like baseball, it is far more intricate than it seems at first. You haps the coach we need in the national team, but
he has chosen to stay with Ateneo.
tems that flex and change as the games demand. could almost say there is a science to it.
In Euro 2004, Greece won (a pro sports shocker
There is a defensive mindset in which a team hopes to steal the
Praise be to God. Opponents aren’t as thankful.
if there ever was one) playing a combination of an ball up high deep into enemy territory for a quick counterattack.
There are few dangerous scorers in the UAAP
ultra-defensive 5-3-2 scheme and a looser 4-3-3. But even if they think so, they still want to pass the ball back to that inspire more fear in defenses and goalkeepers
Behind their back four, Coach Otto Rehhagel in- create space and form those small and big triangles, find open team- than Gerard Cancio (the others are FEU’s Jovanie
stalled either Michalis Kapsis or Traianos Dellas as mates, and thread the ball through defenses. It is a symmetrical and Simpron and UP’s Andoni Santos). Blessed with
a sweeper, making it even tougher for opponents logical reason to field four forwards where even the playmaker can good speed, skills to weave and ditch defensive
to score. They frustrated foes with their defensive double as a second striker. It is predicated on quick passing before stiffs, and a powerful right foot, Cancio is also a
brand of football (that would sometimes morph the defense can adjust. The back four adjusts to the offense; they superb passer who can set up teammates. Except
into other formations) then pounce with a swift form a box to augment the offensive or to repel any counterattack Cancio will not be playing upfront but in the
counter. Greece surrendered only four goals while by opponents. They are even flexible and can change to a flat 4-4-2 wings where with his speed and strength he can
scoring eight of their own. “If you want to win,” formation to protect their side of the pitch. Any coach will tell you do a lot of damage.
said the German coach
that it would be nice to dominate possession of the ball, but
The top striker position goes
of the Greek side,
to freshman Anton
“you must avoid
Amistoso, he with
monotony and
the rare combinconstantly
ation of toughsurprise
ness, field smarts,
opponents.”
and a winner’s
In Euro
attitude. In almost
2008, Spain won using
every game before the
a 4-2-3-1 formation
start of the UAAP seathat would have done
son, he scored a
the old Brazilian teams
goal. Perhaps the true
of Vicente Feola proud
heir to the three-peat
as they played an atteam’s Roger Lastimado
tractive brand of passwho, once he got inside
ing and attacking footthe box, made a goal
ball. “Talento y caracter
seem as likely as the sun
(talent and character),”
rising in the east.
as their manager Luis
The fearsome four
Aragones put it. “It is
forwards will be Jolo
a system that will make
Peralta, Cancio, and
the most of my players’
the returning Kurt
talents.” Incidentally, it
Alvarez in the wings.
is the same formation
Gab Siojo and Fred
that the Netherlands
Ozaeta hold the midunder Marco Van
field, ready to address
Basten, Real Madrid
any mistakes in the atunder Fabio Capello,
tack. The constants in
and Liverpool under
the back four are Migs
Rafa Benitez employ.
Tuason who replaces
If that’s the case,
Pat Ozaeta at the centhen why don’t more
ter and Team Captain
teams deploy these sysAlvin Perez. Rookies
tems? And if they do,
Paul Cheng (Xavier)
why don’t they win year
and Alejandro Rivera
after year? A system
(De La Salle- Zobel)
in which players are
will alternate with
aligned like chess piecDerrick
Candelaria
es on the pitch depends
and Luigi Meer in the
on the players that man
wings.
these positions. The
Also on the team
system helps the playare Gino Tongson (in
ers, and the players help the system. There’s the for a coach like Merida, it’s about the quality of their attack and his final playing year with Perez), James Arco,
argument that it’s the players and chemistry that overall game.
Juan Gabriel Faustino, Cesar Kapunan, Mikhail
makes teams win, and there’s truth in that.
Merida defies stereotypes. For those who have gone through him Andrei Manglapus (the grandson of the late
But the answer is more comsenator and Ateneo cheerleader
plex. Teams win because of severThe 4-2-3-1 formation is something that the Ateneo Men’s Raul Manglapus), Kiko Meily,
al reasons: the coach, the system,
and Benedict Tady. RS Mantos,
Football Team has perfected and employed for six years
the players, chemistry, general
last season’s best goalkeeper,
now. It first came as a suggestion from Coach Arnulfo
health, and the quality of their
remains Ateneo’s last line of
opponents.
defense.
“Ompong” Merida. He had skilled players, for sure, but
The 4-2-3-1 formation is
The memory of last year’s
he didn’t have the thoroughbreds that other schools
something that the Ateneo Men’s
finals loss to FEU is still fresh.
Football Team has perfected and
While this year’s Ateneo squad
routinely parade onto the pitch. It wasn’t an easy sell.
employed for six years now. It
is clearly a better unit than the
“You need smart players whose speed of thought is crucial one that got into the champifirst came as a suggestion from
Coach Arnulfo “Ompong”
onship round, there are no clear
for the system to work,” explained the champion mentor.
Merida who was looking for a
favorites this year. There is no
way to integrate the players coming up from the in high school Physical Education and as their football coach, he game one can take for granted. Every match will
Ateneo Football Center. He had skilled players for is an unlikely poet. Schooled in the Brazilian way of the Beautiful be a grind.
sure, but he didn’t have the thoroughbreds that Game, he is every bit a student who tries to hone and perfect his
“Playing the system is what got us to four finals
schools like FEU and UST routinely parade onto craft. He watches, listens, and soaks in information like a sponge. If appearances in the last five years,” summed up
the pitch.
you let him talk about football, life, and people, he’ll be your own Merida. “All these years we’ve lost a lot of players.
He recalls being sold on it when he saw France sports version of Paolo Coelho.
Siyempre meron mga talented na pumapasok. But it
use the formation with David Trezeguet atop the
He studies and reads not just football but everything. Life. is the belief in what we do and what we run that
attack. But even then it wasn’t easy selling it. “You Movies. Books. Magazines. Even basketball. “You can never stop will get us through. Now all we have to do is win
need smart players whose speed of thought is cru- learning,” he says. “If you look at the (Ateneo) Men’s Basketball on the field.” LSB
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For most teams, getting ready
for a season begins with training. But for the
Ateneo Men’s Volleyball Team, it began with a
reminder.
Too long have teams taken the court with
the mindset that “even if we lose it’s okay, we’re
Ateneans anyway,” which is ludicrous and smacks
of misplaced arrogance. First-year coach Oliver
Almadro, who once played for Letran, is all too
aware of Ateneo’s long and rich history. And he
isn’t referring to its sports heroes, but those of the
nation-building variety.
A few weeks before the start of the UAAP season last December, the entire team jogged the Bay
Area, from Luneta to
By Rick Olivares Baywalk, and all the way to the CCP complex.
Before commencing their three-kilometer run,
the team stood before the Rizal Monument. “It is
fitting that we start our season right at the monument of perhaps your most famous alumnus,”
opened Almadro, hoping to inspire his wards who
had assembled before six a.m. for the run. The
team had that look of wonder and “Oh, yeah.”
Little did they know at that time that they were
about to embark on something historic.
Underachievers no more
You have to love volleyball and be a sucker for
pain if you want to play for the team. You can’t
even hang the “under-
achievers” tag on them because they haven’t
achieved anything in more than two decades, unless four wins in two seasons counts. At the Blue
Eagle Gym, on home turf, supporters of opponents would outnumber the team’s fans twenty
to one. It didn’t help that the scores were somewhere in the same lopsided vicinity. They would
routinely get trounced, an automatic “W” for opponents.
Then strange things happened. Before the start
of the Christmas break, the team had won four
straight (they beat FEU for the first time in a decade, taking them down in three straight sets)
and their streak stopped only when they faced the
defending champions UST in a controversial match. Yet with two more matches to
go (at press time), the team can go one
up on their win total of the past two years
just in the first round.
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At the end of the first round of play, the Ateneo
Women’s Volleyball Team fell to 3–4, with back-toback straight-set defeats to De La Salle and UST.
Despite the setbacks, the team is still in good position
to grab a Final Four spot.
The Ateneo Women’s Volley­
ball Team is young, yet some think them to be
some parts old. It isn’t true because, of the holdovers from last year’s squad, only a couple saw
much playing time. So in reality it really is a young
team, one laden with potential in spite of a glaring
lack of ceiling to battle the statuesque frontlines
of opposing teams.
The Lady Spikers have shown that they can
hang with the best of them. They extended
Adamson and FEU to five sets before a lack of experience did them in. Yet at the same time, they’ve
surrendered sets to UE and NU when they should
have plastered them with brutal finality. And they
might have put up more of a fight when they lost
badly to DLSU and UST.
The team is like a diesel engine: it starts slowly, but once it gets going, it really gets going. At
times, the team just takes too long to heat up. In
some games opponents pull so far ahead that the
deficit is too much to overcome.
By Rick Olivares Wanting to win
Former football great Marcel Desailly once said
that an athlete’s performance is 50% skill and talent and 50% confidence. It’s true. Confidence is
born of playing time, which begets consistency
and toughness. After all, how do you know how to
react to situations when you’re hardly on the court
to effect what is taught in practice?
Wins make people overlook little details, but
losses magnify even the most minute flaw, and
nothing is left sacred or deemed trivial.
There’s an upside to this because, although the
losses sting, the attention shows that people care.
The newfound attention that volleyball has re-
ceived can only bode well for the Ateneo team in
terms of training and support.
And you have to like the fact that they so want
to win. They have a captain who cares for and
values the team deeply and who strives to be an
example. They have a squad that has come together after a troubled preseason where they planned
their own team-building session and have instituted among themselves ways to improve chemistry and bonding.
It’s not a perfect picture, yet even so, they’ve
proven themselves good enough to compete for a
Final Four spot. They know they have to beat one
of the upper-tier teams if they want to make it to
the postseason.
Gut-check time
The losses have been tough and serve as a jarring
reminder of the work and sacrifice that are required. Here is where they see what they are made
of and how good they continued on page 14