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PhilippineCollegian
13 Hunyo 2006
Martes
Tomo 84
Isyu 01
We enemy
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interrogation, even summary execution.
The true journalist, clearly, is now deemed an
“enemy of the state.” And rightly so, for in the context
of a regime brazenly maintained by a widening
spectrum of intensified violence, the only option
is to resist.
These turbulent times expose the limitations of
writing—the kind that proclaims to be “pluralist”
and “non-partisan.” For pluralism is impossible in a
society wracked by economic inequality and political
domination, conditions that make it downright
unjust to wield a “neutral” pen, which ultimately
sustains the status quo. Moreover, to allow for a
“plurality of views” is to propagate even the regressive
prevalent discourse, further marginalizing emergent
discourses.
The decision to write is in itself a subjective act,
reflected in one’s mere choice of topic, words and
images. The influence of the campus press is wide
jether amar
here is no safe side—only passivity
or resistance. We choose the path of
dissent.
In these violent times, to dissent is
tantamount to death. Opposition is
now met with a rain of bullets. And so the massacre
of journalists and activists continues. For every time
metal tunnels into innocent flesh, so pours forth the
true color of struggle: a warm, bloody red.
The same grim tone stains the campus press.
Many college publications in Diliman alone have
remained silenced for many years. Due to the
inadequate protection under the Campus Journalism
Act of 1991, publications elsewhere are restricted
by administrative intervention and non-mandatory
collection of publication fees. Editors and staff are
under constant threat of censorship, libel, suspension
and expulsion. In extreme cases in the provinces,
some are subjected to military surveillance,
in scope, circulating not only within the academe
but also throughout whole communities and larger
sectors. It is imperative, then, that publications never
be ignorant of the condition of the broader population
which they necessarily serve—even if it entails the
threat of physical assault, or possibly, death.
Here, in this most perilous position, begins the
Philippine Collegian 2006-2007.
This term delineates itself from its predecessor,
which chose brusque rhetoric over concrete action. For
the Collegian 2005-2006 bannered activism, advocacy
and dissidence in its pages, so they said—but in the
same breath, increased hierarchy in the physical
office structure, widened disparities in honorarium
configuration and erratic presswork procedure. Editors
and staff resigned, and organizational development
suffered, compelling many to cast doubt on the
institution’s journalistic integrity.
Activism, advocacy and dissidence should not
be reduced to mere rhetorical embellishment.
Revolutionary rhetoric is a convenient tool for those
with progressive pretentions, and the state tolerates
unless otherwise threatened. To genuinely rally behind
these principles, however, is a matter of life and death.
The Collegian experience is a testament to the danger
in choosing the side of the oppressed: under the Marcos
dictatorship, three Collegian editors died for these
very ideals, proof that concretizing these aspirations
is no trivial matter.
Today, in the face of renewed state tyranny, the
path of dissidence cannot be taken sitting down. This
year’s Collegian is aware that history is written on the
streets, not in the comforts of an airconditioned office.
Change cannot be achieved through the printed page
alone. The Collegian can only provide the blueprints
for defiance.
Ultimately, it is the people who will prove decisive.
You, our readers, will be the ones to make history. You
are the true writers of our time, armed not with pens
but with the collective power to draft a new route in
our nation’s history.
In the same way, this Collegian will not hesitate to
go beyond writing and brave into the fray, into struggle
itself. The path of change will transcend the twelve
pages of newsprint, the Ivory Tower of the academe,
and the confines of the cities.
The path of defiance is paved with the blood of
fellow journalists and activists who did not compromise
even in the face of death. It is the path of those who
articulated the discourse of the marginalized: the
workers, peasants, women, students and national
minorities. It is the path of those who stood firm in
their advocacy but did not live to see the fruit of their
cause. Their deaths shall not be in vain.
If being an “enemy of the state” means taking a stand
for the marginalized and demanding what is just, then
this Collegian shall indeed be an adversary.
This is the road less travelled. This is the path we
choose.
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E d i t o r y a l
03 Balita
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
Sa muling pagkakapasa ng ‘05 nat’l budget
UP, balik budget cut
Antonio Tiemsin Jr.
K
ukulangin ng mahigit
tatlong bilyong piso ang
matatanggap na budget
ng UP dahil sa muling
pagpapatupad ng 2005 pambansang
budget.
Nagsara ang Kongreso noong
Biyernes nang hindi napipinal ang
deliberasyon sa P1.06 trilyong panukalang pambansang budget ngayong
taon, kaya muling ipatutupad ang
General Appropriations Act (GAA)
ng 2005 na naglalaman ng alokasyon
ng gobyerno sa lahat ng departamento at programa nito.
Nais bawasan ng Senado ng P31
bilyong pondo ang Opisina ng Pangulo kaya hindi nagkasundo ang
dalawang Kapulungan sa bicameral
conference.
Sa ilalim ng 2005 GAA, P4.45
bilyon ang napunta sa UP System,
kasama na ang pondo ng Philippine
General Hospital. Mataas ito kaysa
P4.16 bilyong panukala ng Department of Budget and Management sa
2006, ngunit malayo sa P7.82 bilyong
kailangan ng unibersidad ngayong
taon ayon sa administrasyon ng UP.
Bawas
Maituturing pa ring may budget
cut sa muling pagpapatupad ng 2005
budget, ani Alvin Peters, pangkalahatang-kalihim ng National Union of
Students of the Philippines (NUSP).
Aniya, maaaring hindi man nabago
ang nominal na halaga ng budget,
nabawasan pa rin ang tunay na halaga
nito dahil sa pagbaba ng halaga ng
piso at pagtaas ng bilihin.
Tatanggap ang UP ng P3.75
bilyon para sa personnel services,
P91.14 milyon para sa capital
outlay, at P609.71 milyon para sa
operating expenses.
Ayon kay Assistant Vice President for Planning and Finance
Arthur Cayanan, problema pa kung
maibibigay talaga ng pamahalaan
ang buong alokasyon. Hanggang
ngayon halimbawa, nakabinbin pa
rin umano ang pagpapalabas ng
P3.5 milyon para sa isang equipment outlay.
Sa pag-iral ng 2005 GAA, magkakaroon ng “realignment” kung
saan maaaring ilaan ang pondo ng
mga natapos nang proyekto noong
2005 sa mga bagong poyekto ngayong taon.
Dagdag-bawas
Sa GAA ng 2005, P102.58 bilyon
itutuloy sa p.11
For three consecutive years
Mulat na pagsusulat
Admin intervention mars
Perspective EIC selection
J e r r i e M . Ab e l l a
F
Nagtipun-tipon ang ilang miyembro ng League of Filipino Students sa
harap ng Bulwagang Vinzons upang tutulan ang mga ipinatutupad na
pagtaas ng bayarin ngayong pasukan at patuloy na humingi ng mataas na
bu dget.
april deevian mosquera
or the third time in a row,
allegations of administrative
intervention hound the selection of the editor in chief (EIC)
of UP Los Baños’s (UPLB) official
student publication, the UPLB
Perspective.
UPLB Chancellor Luis Rey
Velasco appointed second placer
Samuel Jay Pasia as EIC instead of
first placer Christian Ray Buendia.
This was after Velasco’s decision to
hold a second interview on April
4, a deviation from the original
guidelines set by the selection committee (SC).
The initial editorial examination process was composed of a
written test, which is 85 percent
UP ChaCha sa Senado
Demokratisasyon sa pamumuno
ng UP, isinusulong pa rin
Melane A. Manalo
N
aipasa na sa Mababang
Kapulungan ang panukalang pagbabago sa Saligang
Batas ng UP, ngunit hinihingi pa
rin ng iba’t ibang sektor ang representasyon sa pinakamataas na
pamunuan ng unibersidad.
Inaprubahan ng Kamara ang HB
5008 o “An Act to Strengthen UP
as the Premier State University”
noong Abril, na nagkonsolida na sa
iba pang panukalang-batas na may
kanya-kanyang bersyon ng pagpapalit sa UP Charter ng 1908.
Naisalang naman sa Senate
Committee on Education, Arts and
Culture ang Senate Bill (SB) 1833
o “An Act to Strengthen UP as the
National University” bago matapos
ang nakaraang taon.
Itinatampok sa HB 5008 ang
pagkakaroon ng UP System Assembly (UPSA), na bubuuin ng
mga halal na kinatawan ng mga
mag-aaral, guro, administrative
staff at alumni mula sa pitong
constituent university ng UP. Ang
UPSA ang magiging tagapayo sa
Board of Regents (BOR), na siya
pa ring magiging pinakamataas na
lehislatura sa UP.
Halaw ang UPSA sa HB 2327, isa
sa panukalang-batas na pinag-isa sa
HB 5008, kung saan nilalayong ganap na palitan ng UPSA ang BOR.
Isinulong ang pagpapalit sa BOR
ng iba’t ibang sektor sa unibersidad
para sa representatibong pamama-
hala ng UP.
Ngunit hindi kinikilala ng SB
1833 ang UPSA. Gaya naman sa
HB 5008, panukala nitong gawing
tatlo mula sa lima ang appointee ng
Pangulo ng bansa sa BOR.
Tungo sa
demokratisasyon?
Bagamat kinikilala ng HB 2327
ang UPSA, hindi pa rin nito “tunay
at tuwirang” naisasangkot ang
iba’t ibang sektor sa pagpapasiya
sa mga tunguhin ng UP, ayon kay
Clodualdo Cabrera, tagapangulo
ng All-UP Workers’ Union.
Ngunit para kay Faculty Regent Roland Simbulan, bukod sa
magiging magastos para sa UP
itutuloy sa p.10
of the examinees’ total grade, and
an interview conducted by the 5
judges, which is 15 percent.
Buendia topped the written
part but ranked last in the first
interview, both of which were
conducted on March 11. Pasia, on
the other hand, placed second in
both categories.
“No significant difference”
Student Regent Raffy Jones
Sanchez revealed that in a dialogue,
Velasco said he decided to hold a
second interview because statistically, he found “no significant
difference” between the scores
of Pasia (85.30) and first placer
Buendia (87.83).
Velasco said he applied the Ttest, a method of statistical analysis
aimed at determining credibility
of measurements, in forming his
opinion.
Buendia contested that such
test can only be used when there
is only a small difference between
the scores. He added that “common
judgment” shows that a 2.53 margin is not small. Further, Sanchez
believed such method should be
used for their raw scores instead
of their average scores.
Velasco also explained that the
SC submitted a report without
a recommendation for the top
examinee’s appointment, so he
believed it was up to him to select
who among the examinees should
be appointed.
The Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Perspective,
however, states that the examinee
obtaining the highest average in
the editorial examination shall be
recommended to the chancellor by
the SC for the EIC position.
Redundant interviews
Sanchez questioned the conduct
continued on p.10
Prozac Nation
I’ve never been into those
rah-rah team sports, which
seems to infect half of collegiate males. I would rather
play email chess with a virtual
friend than watch the World
Cup on the idiot box. I am
obsessed, however, with the
abomination that infects the
other half – video games.
Oooh, don’t let me get started
on this. Or maybe I’m just over
generalizing.
So when my shrink told me
to “go out and keep myself
busy,” I stayed home the
whole summer and exhausted
my video game collection.
Having been diagnosed as a
manic-depressive just before
the second semester ended,
I must have lived up to it and
wallowed in self-pity. I was indeed busy, but I never did go
out. Not even Mitch, my girlfriend, could persuade me.
Not that she tries hard,
either. She’s always busy with
her rallies and discussions and
all that activist stuff. Humph.
That pompous, self-righteous
– er, I shouldn’t use expletives
in this column.
I guess my life as a recluse
might have gone on for who
knows how long, until one of
my editors personally visited
me and told me that I’ve been
tasked to write a front page
column every week for an
entire year.
Why would I want to go out
anyway? I have everything I
need at home. My notebook
computer is filled with more
games than I can handle. My
newly purchased N91 has
more songs in it than I can
listen to in a day. The television is perpetually on, albeit
on mute most of the time. I
have a cupboard filled with
microwaveable food. I bought
my medication for two months
all at once. My pets, Mary Kate
the cat and Ashley the guppy,
keep me company.
Maybe I’m just moping. I’m
supposed to be an Industrial
Engineering senior now, but
a couple of DRPs and INCs in
my record during the past year
seem so threatening. I might
be put on probation (again), or
even kicked out of the college.
The last day of late registration
isn’t until next week. I still have
a few days to think.
Meanwhile, I procrastinate.
I’ll be using my wireless broadband service to email this
column, despite my editor’s
insistence that I go to the
office. I have more important
things to do. A new custom
expansion pack of my favorite
Dungeons & Dragons incarnation was just released. 
Noel Pacis Hernaiz
P.S.
I still haven’t thought of a
name for this column. Maybe
next week : )
04 Balita
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
Sa lumalalang pamamaslang ng estadong Arroyo
43 kabataan patay
Wendell Mollenido Gumban
K
ahit mga kabataan
ay hindi sinasanto ng
pasismo ng estado.
Mula nang manungkulan si Gloria Arroyo sa puwesto
noong Enero 2001, umaabot na sa
43 kabataang may edad 25 pababa
ang napapabilang sa kaso ng extrajudicial killings, ayon sa National
Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP).
Maituturing na extra-judicial
ang pamamaslang kung ang maysalang pinaghihinalaan pa lang ay
hindi na pinaabutan ng akusasyon
o paglilitis at agaran na lamang
pinapatay.
Patay kang bata ka
Pinakahuli sa mga ito sa hanay
ng kabataan si Pedro Angcon,
limang taon nang organisador ng
militanteng organisasyong Anakbayan, na pinaslang noong Mayo 16
sa Guihulngan, Negros Oriental.
Nagtamo ng 38 tama ng bala si
Angcon, edad 25, mula sa mga di
kilalang lalaking sakay ng motorsiklo. Ayon sa mga saksi, nagpanggap na kostumer ang mga salarin sa
vulcanizing shop na pinapasukan
ni Angcon.
Iginigiit ng mga kaanak ni Angcon na may pulitikal na motibasyon
ang pagpatay.
Nauna na umanong nailagay sa
listahan ng Order of Battle (OB) ng
ika-11 Infantry Batallion si Angcon,
kasama ng apat na iba pang kasapi
ng mga militanteng organisasyon
sa kanilang bayan.
Ang OB ay talaan ng mga personalidad sa mga organisasyong
itinuturing ng militar na prente
ng mga komunista, na layon nilang
sugpuin. Kaya nagiging pangunaghing target ng pamamaslang ang
mga progresibong organisasyon,
pahayag ng Anakbayan.
Nauna nang pinaslang si Cris
Hugo, kasapi ng pambansang
konseho ng League of Filipino Students, noong Marso 19 sa Legazpi
City, Albay.
Isang lider naman ng Anakbayan sa Zamboanga del Sur, si
Brian Macalisang, ang hindi pa
rin natatagpuan matapos umano
itong dukutin sa bayan ng Tukuran
noong Abril 30. Sa edad na 16,
siya na umano ang pinakabatang
biktima ng mga “di maipaliwanag
na pagkawala” sa ilalim ng admin-
Nang maabot ang Mendiola
Bilang tugon sa panawagang wakasan ang pamamaslang
at karahasan ng estado, dahas pa rin ang ipinambuwag
sa demonstrasyon noong Hunyo 09.
Candice
Anne Reyes
Kung ‘di lilipat sa mamahaling kiosks
istrasyong Arroyo, ayon sa pahayag
ng Anakbayan.
Lagot kang bata ka
Ayon sa NUSP, marami pang
kabataan, kahit pa mga lider ng
konsehong pang-mag-aaral, ang
kasama sa OB ng militar.
Halimbawa nito ay si Mike
Malano, pangulo ng University
Student Council ng Bicol University, kung saan nag-aral din si
Hugo. Ani Malano, isang kakilalang
nakahawak ng mga dokumento
ng militar ang nagsabing kasama
umano siya sa OB.
Inulat ni Malano ang pagmamanman sa kanya ng mga ahente
ng militar sa burol ni Hugo noong
Marso.
Nasa OB rin ng militar sa Silangang Visayas ang dating bise-presidente ng NUSP para sa Visayas, ani
Marco delos Reyes, pambansang
pangulo ng NUSP.
“Only this fascist government
has the resources, opportunities
and motives to conduct a systematic ‘neutralization’ of progressive
organizations and people,” ayon
naman kay Delos Reyes.
Dagdag pa ng NUSP, maging
ang mga estudyante at opisyal ng
paaralan ay ginagamit para magmanman sa mga lider-estudyante at
mga militanteng grupo sa paaralan.
Halimbawa umano ang pagpapasapi sa mga piling estudyante
sa Student Intelligence Networks
bilang bahagi ng Reserve Officers
Training Program.
Ani Delos Reyes, karaniwang
nakikipagsabwatan ang militar sa
mga opisyal na tanggapan ng mga
unibersidad upang makakuha ng
impormasyon.
“It is unfortunate for any society
when its government devours on its
own children. Rest assured that the
youth will not be cowered but will
Itutuloy SA p.10
M
aaring mawalan ng
kabuhayan ang mga maninindang nasa paligid
ng Academic Oval kung igigiit ng
administrasyon ng UP ang kanilang
paglipat sa mga bagong tayong
kiosk.
Bukas na ang itinakdang huling
araw ng pagbabayad ng mga manininda ng apat na libong piso bilang
paunang bayad sa paglipat sa mga
nasabing kiosk. Ani Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Ida La’O,
ang mga hindi makapagbabayad ay
tuluyan nang paaalisin sa kampus.
Itinakda ito sa inihapag na contract of lease ng administrasyon sa
mga manininda noong Hunyo 5,
na unang napag-usapan nooong
Agosto ng nakaraang taon.
Kasama sa paunang bayad ang
tig-dalawang libong pisong cash
deposit at isang buwang advance
rental fee.
Ayon kay Narry Hernandez, pangulo ng Samahang Manininda sa UP
Campus Inc. (SMUPC), napagkasunduang itakda sa dalawang libong
piso ang upa noong Enero mula sa
orihinal na tatlong libo.
Members of college publications
nationwide gathered on May
19 to 23 for the 66th National
Student Press Convention of
the College Editors Guild of the
Philippines in Sto. Domingo,
Albay. Among the activities was a
caucus which aimed to determine
the state of press freedom in
each school. Resolutions passed
during the plenary included calls
to oppose Charter Change and
remove President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from power.
k a r l f r e d r i ck m . c a s t r o
CHEd fails to curb tuition hikes
V i ct o r G r e g o r L i m o n
D
espite its regulatory
m easures, the Commission on Higher Education
(CHEd) failed to prevent higher
educational institutions (HEIs)
from implementing tuition hikes
this school year.
For all state universities and
colleges (SUCs), CHEd issued a
memorandum on March 30 ruling
out tuition and miscellaneous fee
increases.
For all private HEIs, CHEd
issued Memorandum Order No.
14 (CMO 14) on May. It set the
prevailing inflation rate, currently
at 7.6 percent, as the ceiling for
increasing tuition fees in private
HEIs without prior consultation.
Schools planning fee increases
higher than 7.6 percent have to
request permission from CHEd
after consulting concerned parties,
including the students.
Violators
However, in the National Capital Region (NCR) alone, 97 out
of 292 private and public schools
increased their tuition fees as early
as May. This, in spite of the said two
CHEd memoranda.
According to Carl Marc Ramota, vice president of Kabataan
youth sectoral party, they received
reports that several state schools
increased tuition.
“[There] are SUCs in Bicol, Panay and other parts of the country
that are implementing a ladderized
tuition hike. [Many] state schools
are actually charging exorbitant
processing fees which are even
higher than the basic tuition,”
Ramota said.
The ladderized tuition hike is
a scheme wherein schools impose
higher fees on incoming freshmen
UP Manininda, nanganganib mapaalis
V i ct o r G r e g o r L i m o n
Pressing issues
Nababagabag ang karamihan
sa mga manininda dahil hindi nila
kakayanin ang upa. “[Wala kaming kita] dahil bakasyon nitong
nakaraan,” daing ni Linda Ahito,
may-ari ng fishball stand malapit
sa Main Library. “‘Di rin naman
malaki ang kinikita namin kahit
[may pasok].”
Lugi sa upa
Ani La’O, ang relokasyon ng mga
manininda ay bahagi ng tungkulin
ng pamunuan ng UP. “[Nais] naming pagandahin ang Academic Oval
at siguraduhing malinis, masustan-
while maintaining the rates for upper class students. A similar system
was imposed in UP this academic
year. (see related article on p.5)
Meanwhile, 54 private HEIs in
the NCR increased their tuition
beyond the allowed 7.6 percent.
Examples include the Far Eastern University (33 percent for
Nursing and 12 percent for the rest
of its courses) and the University
of the East (20 percent for business administration courses and
25 percent increase for incoming
freshmen).
De La Salle Araneta University
(DLSAU) also increased tuition by
10 percent in most of its courses,
St. Joseph’s College 20 percent, La
Consolacion de Paro 15 percent
and La Consolacion Manila 15
percent.
A DLSAU official, who requested anonymity, told the Collegian
that their school was permitted
by CHEd to increase tuition by 10
percent in most of its courses.
Lip service
siya, at mura ang mga produktong
ipagbibili sa mga estudyante ng
UP.”
Ngunit ayon kay Hernandez,
marami silang nais ipatanggal sa
nilalaman ng kontrata. Isa rito ang
pagtaas ng upa hanggang P2,500,
hindi pa kasama ang Value-Added
Tax, pagdating ng ikalawang taon.
Kinukondena rin ng mga manininda ang ilang panuntunan sa paggamit ng mga kiosk, tulad ng pagbabawal sa paggamit ng LPG tank.
Pahihintulutan lamang umano ang
mga kagamitang de-kuryente tulad ng
itutuloy sa p.11
According to National Union of
Students of the Philippines President Marco delos Reyes, the two
CHEd memoranda were forms of
“lip service” by the government.
“It [appears] that the memoranda are only recommendatory
in essence rather than obligatory
since they can be forgone,” delos
Reyes said. “They are just instruments of the Arroyo administration
to appease the students, to create
the false image that they are doing
something to help the students in
their plight.”
The Kabataan Party also concontinued on p.10
05 Balita
F
reshmen hopeful of
UP’s low tuition were
in for a grim surprise as
many tuition and other
fee increases were implemented
this semester.
Last summer, the Board of
Regents (BOR), UP’s highest
policy-making body, approved
several tuition and miscellaneous
fee increases affecting various
UP units.
According to UP Diliman (UPD)
University Student Council (USC)
Chairperson Paolo Alfonso, most
of the increases were not consulted by the UP Administration
with students currently enrolled in
the university as they only applied
to freshmen. (see related article
on p12)
Given the increases, Student
Regent (SR) Raffy Sanchez expressed fear that UP is becoming
less accessible to underprivileged
students.
(Fee)ling the illness
Incoming UP College of Medicine (UPCM) freshmen were
struck by widespread fee increases
in UP as tuition in the college increased from P11,500 to P20,000, as
approved by the BOR on April 27.
Outgoing UPCM Dean Cecilia
Tomas said the increase would help
augment UPCM’s budget, which
mostly goes to the personnel.
But for Faculty Regent Roland
Simbulan, the increase was unwarranted as half of the UPCM
student population come from
low-income families. He also said
the increase would be detrimental
to UP students already affected by
the spiraling cost of living.
Meanwhile, UPCM Representative to the UP Manila USC Donn
Valdez said the increase would
also adversely affect the already
dwindling number of doctors in
the country. “Sabi ng Philippine
Medical Association, isa sa mga
rason kung bakit kumokonti ‘yong
mga nag-dodoktor ay dahil sa
pagtataas ng medical education,”
he said.
Master revision
Meanwhile, the UP Extension
Program in Pampanga (UPEPP)
also implemented a tuition fee
increase from P500 to P1,500 per
unit for incoming students of the
revised Masters in Management
(MM) program. According to
Sanchez, the increase that the
BOR approved on May 25 would
also affect 40 students who would
shift to the program.
In its proposal, the UPEPP
Administration said the increase
would be used to improve facilities
and teaching materials needed by
the new MM program.
UPEPP Student Council Chairperson Buenalyn Galura, however,
said the increase was too high for
a state university, especially since
the new program is trimestral.
“Tatlong buwan lang ang preparasyon ng isang mag-aaral upang
makaipon para sa susunod na
trimester,” she said.
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
First
Day
Hike
Fee increases
welcome UP
freshmen;
system-wide
tuition hike mulled
M a . A n n a K ry n e s s a L . R i v e r a
(Book)ed increase
Meanwhile, access to UP’s libraries had become more costly
for UPD and UPEPP students as
the library fee in both units was
increased from P400 to P800 for
undergraduate freshmen students,
and from P800 to P1,200 for incoming graduate students.
According to UP President
Emerlinda Roman, the increase
would support the modernization
program of the libraries.
Alfonso, however, said the libraries’ expenses should not be
shouldered by the students as they
are part of UP’s basic service to the
students as a state university.
According to Sanchez, the large
number of fee increases imposed
only to freshmen has alarming
implications. “Pwede na tayong
mag-increase ng iba’t ibang fees
yearly without student consultation
on the ground that incoming students naman ang maaapektuhan,”
he said.
Massive attack
Students from other year levels
were not spared from fee hikes as
well, like UPD College of Mass
Communication (CMC) students
who felt the blow of CMC’s laboratory fee hikes this semester, as approved by the BOR in December.
The increase was highest in the
Broadcast Communication department, where almost all lecture
courses hiked their fees from zero
to P200, and the Film department,
which raised their fees to as much
as 100 percent. There were 49 CMC
courses that increased lab fees.
In its proposal, the CMC Administration said the increase was
for maintenance of facilities and
purchase of new equipment needed
by the college’s lab courses.
Former SR Ken Ramos contested the implementation of lab fee
hikes especially in lecture courses,
but the CMC Administration said
lecture courses use equipment such
as computers and LCD projectors
that require lab fees.
Ramos also said the lab fee hikes
only make CMC education less
affordable.
Momentary relief
Meanwhile, UP students could
be momentarily relieved from these
fee increases as the late registration
fee (LRF) was waived in all UP units
for this semester, as decided by the
BOR on May 25.
The LRF is stipulated in Article
332 of the University Code as fine
for students who enroll after the
regular registration period.
But Sanchez said the LRF had
become an income-generating
scheme for the university as flaws
in UP’s enrolment process force
many students to register late, like
lack of subjects offered.
Political organization Student
Alliance for the Advancement of
Democratic Rights in UP, which
conducted campaigns for the
scrapping of the LRF, also said in a
statement that the LRF was cruel to
students who already find it difficult to pay tuition in time given the
country’s current economic crisis.
Danger ahead
Still, danger looms ahead for
UP students as the committee
formed by Roman to review UP’s
tuition policy recently proposed
to increase undergraduate tuition
for future incoming freshmen in
all UP units.
If passed, Sanchez revealed that
tuition will increase from P300 to
P1,000 per unit in Diliman, Los
Baños and Manila and from P200
to P600 in Baguio, Mindanao,
Pampanga and Visayas.
The proposal was submitted to
Roman last March and will still
undergo further study, according
to Sanchez.
He also said that such a proposal
is bound to make UP education
more biased towards those who
are well-off, and thus more commercialized.
On the other hand, Roman said
UP is not increasing tuition to generate profit. “We are raising tuition
because we need to augment our
limited financial base so that we
can offer better education to our
students,” she said.
Alfonso, however, said the UP
Administration can intensify its
fight for greater state subsidy instead of financially burdening the
students. “‘Pag kumilos naman
ang mga estudyante, napatunayan
natin, magtatagumpay tayo,” he
said, referring to the February
14 mobilization that successfully
slashed about P100 million in UP’s
budget cut in 2000. 
06-07 Kultura
Kuya Doy
Sit-in sa FA noong 80’s si
Alfredo Bres na ngayon ay naghahanapbuhay sa harap ng University Arcade. Sa halagang 400 pesos
pataas, si Kuya Doy ay gumuguhit
at nagpipinta ng mga portraits o
kung minsan pa’y mga class projects ng mga estudyante.
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
Isaw sa Ilang-Ilang
Iisa yata ang likaw ng bituka
ng mga taga-UP dahil pagpatak
ng alas dos ng hapon, tatambay
na sila sa may Ilang-Ilang upang
pawiin ang gutom sa isawan ni
Aling Angie. Dinarayo rin ito ng
mga estudyante mula sa iba’t
ibang paaralan, pati ng mga artista
at anawnser.
Macario Sakay
Si Arnel Jaca ang dakilang
tanungan ng direksyon, manininda ng dyaryo, kendi, yosi at
inumin sa Ilang-Ilang shed. Dahil
sa mahabang buhok na ayaw
niyang paputulan at sa mala-rebeldeng katauhan daw niya kaya
siya binansagang Macario Sakay.
Kilala rin siya bilang Long Hair at
Newsboy.
Edna Sinoy
Mang Romy
Dating pangulo ng Samahan ng Manininda sa UP Campus, nakapuwesto si Ate Edna
sa tapat ng Vinzons. Suki niya
ang mga tambay ng Vinzons
at ang mga nag-oopisina dito,
tulad ng Kulê, USC at OSR.
Manalo man o Campos, ayon
kay Mang Romy, siya raw ang
may-ari ng Vinzons. Kapag nakasalubong mo siya, asahan
mong tatanungin ka niya ng
kanyang trademark na “Meron
ba tayo diyan?”
Narry Hernandez
Si Kuya Narry ang kasalukuyang pangulo ng SMUPC.
Nakapuwesto siya sa may Main
Lib, at paboritong pit stop ng
mga mahihilig mag-jogging.
Benjie
Matatagpuan si Benjie sa Sunken
Garden, mag-isang hinaharana ang
mga nakatambay doon. Madalas
niyang kantahin ang mga kanta ng
The Beatles at iba pang mga lumang
awitin.
Manininda sa
tapat ng Narra
Allan
Palaging bihis at naka-postura,
iniikot ni Allan ang Balay Kalinaw,
Ilang-Ilang, University Arcade
at International Center upang
makipag-usap sa mga kaibigan
o sa sarili. Maaaring masalubong
mo siyang may pinupulot sa daan
o nagsasalitang mag-isa.
Mula sa murang mga silog meals
hanggang sa burgers at fries, ang
nokturnal na tindahang ito ang
sagot sa gutom ng mga taga-Narra
kapag malalim na ang gabi. Isang
mobile na tindahan, sa likod ng isang
pick-up truck nakalagay ang mga
pagkain nila.
Aling Remy
Mang Cecilio
Siya ang lola ng bayan sa Filipiniana section ng Main Library.
Dagdag-aliw sa pagbabasa ng
readings mo ang blue, yellow at pink
na mga kulay ng papel sa kanyang
photocopy corner. At para di ka
maligaw ng landas, may pabaon
siyang Bible quote on post-it notes
kasama ng readings mo.
Kapatid siya ni Mang
Nestor na isa ring fishball
vendor. Dahil naka-pwesto sa
may Vanguard, dinudumog
ang kanyang mga paninda
ng bawat daraan. Mabenta
ang mga pagkain ni Mang
Cecilio dahil sa kakaibang
timpla ng sauce.
Manang Sol
Ka Omeng
Tuwing 4:30 ng hapon, inaabangan na ng mga taga-CHK si
Manang Sol para sa mga tindang
pagkain nito. Kilala rin ni Manang
Sol kung sino ang mga miyembro
ng kung aling varsity. Pinakamabenta sa mga estudyante ang
penoy, itlog-pugo, at toge dahil
sa masarap na suká nito.
Saan ka pa makakakita ng CR
na may tindahan sa loob? Sa unang
palapag ng AS, naroon ang munting
tindahan ng janitress na si Ka Omeng
na nang ireklamo’y nakapuno ng isang
buong yellow pad ang petition para
wag tanggalin. Pangarap daw niyang
mag-Emeritus.
Eng’g Photocopy
Ladies
Manang Pilar
Sila ang pinakamagagandang
photocopy ladies tuwing may
exam sa College of Engineering. Halos pagkaguluhan sila sa
pwesto nila sa ikatlong palapag
dahil bukod sa murang photocopy, may mga sample exam sila
na kung di mo makita’y tutulungan ka pa nilang hanapin.
“Manang Pilar” ang tawang
ng iba sa kanya, pero hindi dahil
bininyagan siyang Pilar nung bata
pero dahil sa harap ng Pilar Herrera Hall ng AS nakapuwesto ang
photocopying machine niya.
Kuya Bong
Nang gibain ang tambayan
sa tapat ng Faculty Center dahil
sa pagpapatayo ng kiosk, isa ang
tindahan ni Kuya Bong sa mga
muntik nang mawalan ng puwesto.
Pero ngayon ay buhay pa rin ang
tindahan niya at madalas na tambayan ng mga siklista.
Ate Edith
Itinanghal na Best Actress para sa isang sexy role sa
isang student short film si Ate Edith. Kasing benta ng
tinda niyang pisbol at siomai ang mga chika niya tungkol
sa buhay niya. Lilipad na raw papuntang Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia ang bibong tinderang ito.
Mang Nestor
Manong Kuli
Si Manong Kuli ang gwardiyang
nakatoka tuwing gabi sa College of
Mass Communication. Pinarangalan siya
noong nakaraang taon sa pagkakahuli
niya sa isang magnanakaw ng mga kable
sa CMC Media Center na halos sampung
taon nang ginagawa.
Shimra
Ang bundat na chow-chow na
pag-aari ng theatre stalwart na
si Tony Mabesa. Madalas siyang
makikita sa Acad Oval tuwing
Linggo, kasama minsan ang amo
niyang propesor.
Dudz
Matinik na askal si Dudz lalo na
sa mga babaeng aso sa FA. Mahilig
itong matulog sa girl’s CR. Pinapakain siya ng mga estudyante ngunit
bali-balitang nilapa nito ang isang
pusang nagngangalang Batik. Galisin na ito ngayon dahil napabayaan
ng dating amo nitong gwardiya na
sa may checkpoint.
Sa mga taga-Fine Arts, siya
si Manong Fishball na handa
kang pautangin kung gutom
ka’t kapos. Paborito rin siyang
artista ng mga estudyante sa
FA, maging sa short film man o
sa docu. Sa maniwala’t sa hindi,
450 ang friends n’ya sa Friendster na gawa ng mga taga-FA
para sa kanya. Bukod sa fishballs,
marami rin siyang tindang ulam
na nanganganib mawala dahil
sa nakaambang pagbabawal
ng paggamit ng LPG sa UP
Manininda.
Zorro
Suot ang maskara at kapa,
madalas makita si Zorro na naglalakad o tumatakbo sa Acad
Oval pagpatak ng hapon. Kahit
na maraming estudyante ang nagigimbal kapag nakakasalubong
siya, apir naman ang bati sa kaniya
ng mga suking joggers sa UP.
t e k s t o : k u lt u r a s e ct i o n . d i s e n y o n g pa h i n a : g r a p i k s s e ct i o n .
A
ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Diliman ay
hindi lamang kampus – isa rin itong komunidad. Sa pagpasok ng mga bagong
Isko at Iska sa pamantasan, samu’t-saring mga
karakter din ang inyong makikilala bukod sa mga
kaklase at propesor. Maaaring hindi mo alam
kung saan ang E. Jacinto St., ngunit malamang
alam mo kung sino si Kuya Narry. O kaya’y nakalimutan mo na ang pangalan ng propesor mo sa
Kas I ngunit suki ka pa rin ng isaw ni Aling Angie.
Karamihan sa kanila ay maaaring mawala nang
bigla na lang, tulad ng mga manininda, mga
guard, at mga manggagawa. Ito ay mapa ng
mga personalidad sa kampus na naging bahagi
na ng ating komunidad.
Fishballs sa FC
Isa sa mga fishball stand sa gitna ng FC Parking Lot
at AS ay kakaiba dahil sa metikolosong paggugupit ng
fishball, squidball at kikiam na binebenta dito gamit ang
old reliable kitchen shears ni Manong. Espesyal rin ang
footlong hotdog nila dahil may choice of coleslaw and
pickle relish ka pa.
08 Lathalain
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
Dire Arithmetic ConCom’s Proposed Revisions
Subtraction
Chartering
Neglect
• Article II, Sec. 13. The State recognizes the vital role of the Youth in nationbuilding and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being.
• Article II, Sec. 17. The State shall give priority to education, science and
technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster patriotism and nationalism,
accelerate social progress, and promote total human liberation and development.
• Article II, Sec. 9. The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order
that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free the
people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services,
promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life for all.
Charter
Change
and its
Implications on
Philippine
Education
Addition
• Art. XII, Sec. 12. …Citizenship restrictions are hereby lifted relative
to the ownership and lease of alienable lands of the public domain
which include agricultural, residential, commercial and reclaimed
lands, development of natural resources, ownership of franchises
and of public utilities, mass media, education insurance and
advertising, unless otherwise provided by law. Parliament shall
provide for limited foreign ownership in regard to franchises
granted to corporations involving public utilities of large scale.
(Proposed amendments to the said provision as proposed by
Speaker Jose de Venecia, Representatives Prospero Nograles,
and Miguel Zubiri directly lift citizenship requirements in the
ownership of the said sectors)
• Article XVI, Sec 3. Educational institutions at the preschool, elementary and high school levels, other than
those already established by religious groups and
mission boards, shall be owned solely by citizens
of the Philippines, or corporations or associations
at least sixty per centum of the capital of which is
owned by such citizens. Parliament may, however,
require increased Filipino equity participation in
all educational institutions. (The qualifying phrase
“pre-school, elementary, and high school levels,”
however, opens up higher education institutions to
foreign ownership)
Frank Lloyd Tiongson
SOURCE: Government Neglect of Education: Exacerbated by the Proposed Constitution, CODAL (2006)
Come July, at least according to Arroyo
and her allies, the government will be able
to launch the national plebiscite, which will
consecrate the proposed Charter Change
(ChaCha). Proponents highlight the shift from
a presidential form of government to parliamentary-federal, lauding primarily the latter’s
advantages in speedy and decisive legislation
due to the merger of legislative and executive
powers in a parliament. ChaCha supporters
also claim that the said change will ensure a
more faithful democratic representation.
A closer look at ChaCha’s drawing board,
however, reveals dubious details not normally
pronounced in the administration’s praise releases. It incorporates revisions and deletions
of salient provisions in the current constitution, which would make the systematic neglect
of education seem like clockwork.
Absolving Abandonment
Generally, the proposals of the Constitutional Commission (ConCom), a consultative
assembly headed by former UP president Jose
Abueva, involves the removal of key provisions
from Article II of the current 1987 Constitution. Among the said provisions are sections
9, 13, and 17 (see sidebar).
ChaCha absolves the government from its
responsibility of providing adequate social
services as seen in the deletion of Section 9
under the said Article of the current constitution. For one, the administration’s skewed
priorities translate to a proposed P721 billion
allotment to debt servicing, seven times more
than the proposed education budget for 2006.
Moreover, while Malacañang has allotted a
measly P2 billion for classroom construction,
it has reserved P6.4 billion for ChaCha.
From the deletion of section 13 alone, Marco delos Reyes, president of the nation-wide
alliance of student councils National Union of
Students in the Philippines, maintained that
ChaCha “completely realigns the perspective
of government” in terms of promoting the
development of the youth mainly through
education. ChaCha, evidently, gives more
leeway for military and debt servicing.
With the removal of Section 17, the ageold assertions to the “right to education” and
“increased state subsidy to education” will no
longer hold any constitutional basis. As such,
Delos Reyes said, “[ChaCha] totally legitimizes
state abandonment of education.”
Outside Interference
As if by twisted providence, the ConCom’s
proposal opens colleges and universities to
foreign ownership under Article XVI, Section
3 (see sidebar). Several lawmakers, among
them Representatives Prospero Nograles and
Miguel Zubiri, even posed the direct removal
Chartered Interests
Delos Reyes, meanwhile, added that ChaCha “does not, in any way, reflect the interest
of the people, especially the youth.” Clearly,
Palatino stressed, ChaCha is merely meant
for the “political survival” of the present
administration in light of the broad clamor
for Arroyo’s removal from office. Transitory
provisions in the proposed ChaCha open the
prospect of Arroyo’s stay in power until 2010,
ditching the supposed 2007 national elections
while eluding impeachment for various issues
hounding her regime such as the Hello Garci
controversy among many others.
Allowing the Arroyo administration to prolong its reign only means the perpetuation of
present education policies, which the ChaCha
conveniently affirms. Among such policies are
the Medium and Long Term Higher Education
Plan and Philippine Agenda for Educational
Reform, all of which systematically legalize
state abandonment of education. Concrete
manifestations of the said policies are reflected
in the gradual decline of state support for the
public education sector by means of opening it
to private investments or, as presently seen, the
escalation of student fees. Millions of youth,
evidently, will continuously find themselves
forced out of school every school opening.
Delos Reyes urges students to intensify
protests against ChaCha through information campaigns that necessary lead to massive demonstrations. CODAL, meanwhile,
currently addresses the issue through the
legal arena but nonetheless calls for the active and bold involvement of the youth and
the academe to “thwart attempts to further
marginalize the youth and education.”
Behind all the acclaim accorded by the
administration to the ChaCha, the brewing
resistance fueled by the youth will be its death
sentence. 
a r t w o r k : k e n d r i ck b a u t i s ta . pa g e d e s i g n : c h e s k a m o n t e s .
W
hen it seems unlikely that the sorry state
of Philippine education has any room
left for worse scenarios, leave it to the
master artist of worst-cases, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
herself, to exceed all expectations.
of citizenship restrictions on the ownership of education
institutions.
Considering
the ConCom’s proposed ammendments, Delos Reyes anticipated
the intensification of commercialization and
privatization schemes in the education sector.
According to Raymond Palatino, president
of Kabataan, a youth partylist participating
in the coming elections, around 85 percent
of tertiary schools in the country are already
privately run. This is a clear manifestation
of the government’s disregard for accessible
quality education.
In light of the proposed revision, Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (CODAL), a
lawyers’ group campaigning against ChaCha,
maintained in a position paper that “if transnational corporations will own our universities and colleges, profit becomes a primary
concern while education and learning takes
secondary importance.”
CODAL, moreover, added that under
such set-up, curricula will be surely “geared
to the needs of foreign markets” rather than
tailor-made for the needs of the country. For
instance, the sudden emergence of information technology-centered education institutions during the 90s and the current boom of
nursing schools clearly reflect an education
system configured to satisfy the needs of the
foreign market.
To visualize the possibility of foreign ownership of education institutions, Delos Reyes
suggested “reviewing history textbooks” and
see how the country’s education system merely
served and affirmed the American colonial
regime instead of producing social critics
and professionals geared towards national
industrialization.
09 Opinyon
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
Silid 401
k at r i n a m a c a pa g a l
t’s been almost a year since I last
stepped foot in this office. The walls
were painted white, far from the dirty
green shade I was accustomed to. The
rooms and the furniture were arranged differently. I tried to look for familiar graffiti
on the conference table and found none,
for they were now neatly covered with dark
brown paint. Worse, the beloved blue couch,
where countless late-night conversations
took place, was nowhere to be found.
I grieved for memories that were buried
underneath all that was new in the place I
grew up in. Yes, I grew up here, literally,
emotionally, socially. If these walls could
talk, it would speak of days and nights of
necessary agitations, eureka moments,
shared tragedies, and everything else that
challenged my comfortable truths.
The memories written on the walls of
this office, however, go beyond my personal
recollections. These walls speak of how week
after week since its establishment, student
writers and artists strived to produce Collegian issues that would remain true to its activist tradition. It would speak of the students
whom it housed and how they continuously
struggle to live up to the institution’s history
of alternative journalism.
The Collegian’s history as an institution is
engraved on these walls.
If these walls could talk, they would hark
back at some of the Collegian’s most tumultuous times. These walls would condemn
the repression of campus press freedom
during the Martial Law years, when the
Collegian struggled to produce issues even
as mainstream publications were seized
by the dictatorship. The walls of this office
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These walls stand as firm as the fact that the Collegian
has never been a neutral institution. These walls saw how
every term was different from the other, in terms of style,
professionalism, and most importantly, in their principles.
would also remember the times when the
political contradictions among the editors
and staff of the Collegian were seen in the
opposing views written on the editorials and
columns published simultaneously. In recent
history, these walls would tell stories of the
controversies and protests surrounding the
editorial examinations, which indicate that
there exists widespread recognition of the
significant role the Collegian plays in campus
and national politics.
These walls stand as firm as the fact that
the Collegian has never been a neutral insti-
Fresh Meat or
New Dissident?
Frank Lloyd Tiongson
here are two possible ways
of seeing how we will eventually
turn out to be in this university.
One, as tenderized meat softened
through comfortable surrender to the institutions we were taught to worship – ready
for consumption as soon as we step out of the
university. Two, as dissidents toughened by
the sharpest principles and commitment to
uncompromisingly serve the people – considered poison to the rotten system.
We can all trace our first steps in the
university’s busy avenues, administration
offices, and classrooms for our GE subjects.
Eventually, however, our map transcends the
geographical to the ideological. The fresh
meat strictly limits his/her route inside the
comfort zone of the academe, rushing from
one classroom to the other, occassionally
going to rock concerts inside the campus,
anything that would enhance and affirm all
illusions that would protect him/her from the
hazards of knowing plight and destitution.
The dissident, meanwhile, is no less different. Like the fresh meat, the dissident
tution. These walls saw how every term was
different from the other, in terms of style,
professionalism, and most importantly,
in their principles. Each term produced
issues that exposed their stances, even as
some terms, time and again, refused to acknowledge their biases. If these walls could
lay down judgment, they would recognize
which terms truly stood by their advocacies,
as well as those which did not go beyond
their claims.
As I look around this office and try to
recreate the memories that seem to have already been lost, I later pick up bits and pieces
in the office that I still recognized. The old
Graphics table is still here, and the antique
refrigerator is still running. The small table
where “US TROOPS OUT NOW” is written has not been painted over. These things
make me remember that despite the physical
had grandiose plans for his/her own future.
Sticking to the books before meant a brighter
future, a large house or two, luxurious salaries, or, heaven help us, a career in government. The only difference is the dissident
dared to stare at reality straight in the eye,
rife with all the intricate details of inequality
and poverty, and from then on, never chose
to shut his/her own eyes. Next thing you
know, the dissident has extended his/her
changes, the tradition that this office signifies
has no yet been lost.
This is probably my last year in the Collegian. I have been here long enough to realize
that one can never stay within the confines
of this office, for these walls are also limitations in themselves. Ultimately, I say, break
these walls, tear them down, brave through
them. Because even though it is true that
the Collegian’s history began within these
walls, it ought to persist more so outside
of them.
The fresh meat thinks s/he always has the
right answers because s/he seems to get all
the highest grades, while the dissident only
knows how to ask the right questions. The
dissident’s contentment, however, lies not in
getting unos in his/her subjects, but in being
able to serve the people. Even when the dissident is scorned for his/her beliefs, which the
fresh meat merely sees as disturbing his/her
hollow and illusory peace, s/he will never
hesitate to trumpet the chants of discontent,
raise the banners of struggle, and raise the
fists of swift and decisive justice.
As such, whatever we do has never been
the simple trick of circumstance. Being accorded the tag Iskolar ng Bayan, with all the
“glory” attached to it, does not automatically
reserve us a place in history. Nor does it
imply any sort of privilege. It implies a challenge posed to all freshies to live up to its
true meaning, which is the service we owe
The tag, Iskolar ng Bayan, ultimately,
is a call for dissidence
route from the campus to the outskirts of
Metro Manila and beyond – to the striking
workers of Cavite to the farming communities of Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac.
Being a dissident is the last thing your
parents would want you to be. Because the
dissident is an acrobat, constantly waiving
his/her future to walk the tightrope, while
the fresh meat is a mere audience, safe in
his/her own seat.
to the people, our benefactors. It implies
a scholarly understanding of the plight
of the people, the quandary the status
quo have the gall to call normality, and,
subsequently, the commitment to end its
grim narrative. The tag, Iskolar ng Bayan,
ultimately, is a call for dissidence.
In this note, we welcome the freshies of
academic year 2006-2007. 
Gusto mo bang maging bahagi ng Philippine Collegian? Umakyat ka lang sa Rm 401 Vinzons Hall! Bukas na bukas ang lahat ng seksyon.
News/Balita, Features/Lathalain, Culture/Kultura: Magdala ng bolpen at dalawang bluebook. Grapiks Illustrator: Magdala ng bond
paper at art materials of your choice. Photographer at Layout Artist: Magdala ng bluebook at maikling portfolio ng mga gawa. Online
staff: Magpakilala at mag-email ng portfolio sa [email protected] Kitakits! Huwag kang matakot, di kami nangangain ng tao.
Call for Contributions
The Philippine Collegian is now opening its
pages for contributions from student writers,
subject to the approval of the Editorial Board
(EB). You may email your compositions to
[email protected], or send them to our office at Rm 401, Vinzons Hall. Please encode your
works (maximum length: 900 words / two pages
of single-space text) and sav them in a diskette
or attached as an .rtf extension file.
Contributions approved by the EB may be
edited for brevity and clarity.
Below are segments open to contributors:
First Person – If you feel you can no
longer contain verses and sentiments within
the sanctuary of your anonymity, the segment,
actually, the whole UP community, shall be your
confidant.
Class Struggle – Tales of triumph or
mishaps within the four walls of the classoom. Tell
us about your struggles against terror teachers,
crazed classmates, and skewed philosophies.
Under Pressure – Campus journalists
of the world unite! You have nothing to lose
but your chains. As an institution committed to
the advancement of press freedom, the Philippine Collegian welcomes true-to-life stories on
the perils of writing for the campus press and
advocating change through the power of the
pen: libel, withholding of poublication funds,
and the classic tale of administration intrvention.
Members of various college publications are
encouraged to share their sob stories.
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10 Grapiks
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
Demokratisasyon...
mula p.3
43 kabataan...
mula p.4
CHEd...
FROM p.4
S ipa t
j u a n pa o l o
s. verzosa
Uhaw. Dalawa lang sila sa mahigit 250 mag-aaral ng Pundakit
Elementary School sa Zambales.
Dito, bawat libro ay pinaghahatian
ng dalawang estudyante. Limang
piso kada buwan ang kanilang bayad
sa kuryente. Iisa lang ang kompyuter
ng paaralan na ginagamit lamang ng
natitira nitong siyam na guro.
Isinanla sa isang dayuhan ang
lupain ng paaralan. Limampung
libong piso lamang kada taon ang
upa, at ang munisipyo ang siyang nakikinabang sa halip na ang paaralan.
Ngayon, malaking bahagi ng lupa ang
kinatatayuan na ng isang high-class
beachfront resort.
Admin...
from p.3
11 Lathalain
Philippine Collegian | martes | 13 hun 06
UP, balik...
mula p.3
Philippine Collegian 1986-2005
E
ighty-four years and no single Philippine Collegian. The
building where the newspaper holds its office – along
with other student institutions – is named after one of its
first editors in chief, Wenceslao Vinzons. The beginning years
of the publication saw its having sponsored Miss Collegian, and
publishing photos of the most popular students.
During the Marcos years, the Collegian published what
mainstream newspapers cannot – or will not – publish. RASP,
or Radical Activist Student Paper, was the dominant framework.
In the last 20 years however, the newspaper’s thrust vacillated
from term to term. The RASP framework has been twisted,
played with, appropriated and made to respond to “the needs
of the times,” with more contentious terms like “pluralism,”
“objectivity” and “postmodernism” entering the fray.
1996
The Collegian editorial exam captured the
interest of the nation when second placer
Voltaire Veneracion filed a complaint
against winner Richard Gappi, claiming the
judges were biased. The case was junked,
but Veneracion still became editor due to
a technicality. Months later, the Rebel Collegian was published with an anonymous
editorial board.
2002
Ellaine Rose Beronio vowed to crumble
the Collegian’s ivory tower. The Collegian,
along with the rest of the university, condemned the US invasion of Iraq. During
the USC elections, the Alpha Phi Beta
fraternity allegedly hoarded copies of the
Collegian.
1997
Lourdes Gordolan, a former USC councilor,
was hounded by a complaint regarding
her citizenship before assuming the post
of editor in chief. Articles discussing sex
were abundant.
Post-EDSA I
1986
The Collegian editorial board, headed by
Dean Karlo La Viña, echoed the Left’s call
to boycott the national elections.
1987
Ma. Cristina Godinez’s term sought to
expose the newly installed Aquino administration. Readership was down.
1988
This term saw the inclusion of light news articles, campus scene and similar features.
The editorship of Patrocinio Jude Esguerra
III also denounced the murders of 13 farmers in the Mendiola Massacre.
1992
Beset by problems regarding honoraria,
food subsidy and absenteeism, many
resigned from Pablo John Garcia’s Collegian.
1993
Again, the RASP framework was reinvented in Bernard Cobarrubias’ editorship.
The battle cry was pluralism, and more
weight was given to local issues, consigning matters of national interest into the
periphery.
RASP and its various
incarnations
1998
The Collegian was published in full color
during Jeanie Bacong’s editorship, which
some of its staff described as having no
thrust at all.
1999
After four years of a broadsheet Collegian,
Seymour Sanchez downsized it once again
to tabloid format. Like Ac-Ac, Sanchez’s
term was described as hard-line RASP.
For the first time, the masthead only
read Kulê.
The Arroyo Years
1989
Ruben Carranza Jr.’s term was among the
first to espouse pluralism as a framework.
Circulation staff Donato Continente was illegally abducted in front of Vinzons Hall for
the alleged killing of an American military
officer. He was released only in 2005.
1990
Francis Ronald Perez’s Collegian was beset
by internal problems. Despite this, the
term called for the university to respond
to the crisis of democracy.
2003
Sherwin Mapanoo continued the previous
term’s thrust, and adamantly opposed
the proposed UP charter change through
Senate Bill 2587. Senate guards attacked
and detained Rafael Lerma, Collegian
photographer and graphics editor, while
covering a mobilization against SB 2587.
The Textback segment was also launched,
enabling readers to send feedback
through SMS.
2004
Jayson Fajarda’s editorship saw the election of a new UP president and a new
Diliman chancellor. When articles about an
alleged hazing by the Upsilon Sigma Phi
fraternity were published, members of the
fraternity inserted photocopies of a statement from the victim’s father inside the
Collegian’s pages and allegedly hoarded
copies of the newspaper.
1994
Michael John Ac-Ac’s term downsized the
Collegian from broadsheet to tabloid. This
was also when the Graphics section was
formally created. The term was considered
“hard-line” in its interpretation of RASP.
2000
Herbert Docena almost resigned near
the end of his term due to the staff’s defiance against his dictatorship. The term
also saw the ouster of former president
Joseph Estrada.
2001
1991
The editorship of Alecks Pabico refused
to take a stand in the move to expel the
US bases from Philippine soil. He also
instituted the Filipino language policy in
the Collegian.
1995
Ibarra Gutierrez, who was elected Chairperson of the University Student Council
after his editorial term, reverted to the
pluralist framework and the broadsheet
format.
Perhaps the weirdest Collegian format in
its time—neither broadsheet nor tabloid
but somewhere in between—can be attributed to Duke Bajenting’s term. As with
Docena, Bajenting claimed to be “objective” and “non-partisan.”
2005
Juan Paolo Colet’s term was attacked
from all sides, including some members
of the Journalism Department. Midyear,
the format changed from broadsheet
to tabloid, the masthead was changed,
and several members of the staff and the
editorial board resigned. In the midst of
the impeachment complaint filed against
President Arroyo, the Collegian published
a special UAAP issue. One of the largest
single-term deficits was also incurred,
amounting to about P250, 000. 
UP Manininda... Mula p.4
Ngunit lingid sa kaalaman ng
nakararami, tuwing bakasyon din
nagpupulong ang Board of Regents, ang pinakamataas na lupong
tagapagpasya sa mga polisiya ng
UP, upang magdesisyon ukol sa
mga bayarin ng pamantasan. At
dahil iilang mag-aaral lamang ang
nasa pamantasan upang makapagmatyag sa mga planong ito, hindi
agarang nailalantad ang mga planong ito ng BOR.
Nitong bakasyon lamang, kumalat ang isang text message sa
mga mag-aaral ng UP Diliman na
tumaas raw ang halaga ng matrikula kada yunit. Hindi man totoo
ang balita, hindi rin ito malayong
mangyari sa hinaharap kung susuriin ang mga naganap na pagtaas
ng bayarin at iba pang pagpaplano
nitong summer.
We know what you
did last summer
Maraming tataas ng bayarin sa
pagpasok ng Hunyo. Batay sa datos
ng mga bayarin mula sa Office of
the University Registrar, tumaas
ang library fee ng freshies mula
P400 tungo sa P800 sa lahat ng
kolehiyo ng UP Diliman, samantalang P800 tungo sa P1,000 naman
ang babayaran ng mga mag-aaral
Lathalain
na papasok sa graduate studies.
Bukod tangi naman ang College
of Business Administration na
nagtaas mula P700 tungo sa P1,200
na library fee.
Samantala, taong 2004 ng Setyembre nang magmungkahi ang
mga kawani sa College of Mass
Communication ng UP Diliman
na itaas ang mga laboratory fee sa
kanilang kolehiyo. Inaprubahan
ito noong bakasyon ng Disyembre 2005. Nitong summer 2006,
nagpasya ang BOR na ipataw ang
mga nasabing bayarin, na nagpataw
ng laboratory fee sa Broadcasting
Communication at Journalism.
(sumangguni sa artikulo sa p.5)
Kabilang din ang iba pang yunit
ng UP sa mga nagtaas ang bayarin.
Halimbawa, sa UP Pampanga,
ginawang P1,500 mula P500 kada
yunit ang trimestral na matrikula ng Masters in Management.
Samantala, sa UP Manila, inaprubahan ang pagtaas ng matrikula ng Kolehiyo ng Medisina mula
P11,500 tungo sa nakalululang
P20,000. Ayon sa dokumento ng
pulong ng BOR noong Abril 2006,
iginiit ito ng administrasyon ng UP
Manila sa kadahilanang ang mga
magulang at mag-aaral na lamang
P h i l i pp i n e
Collegian
martes
13 hun 06
ang stakeholders na hindi pa nakapag-aambag para sa operasyon
ng kolehiyo.
Tila may basehan rin ang pagkalat ng nabanggit na text message
nitong summer. Sa pagpupulong
ng BOR noong Mayo 27, 2006,
pinagpasyahang patuloy na pagaaralan ng naatasang komite ang
posibleng pagtaas ng matrikula
mula P300 kada yunit hanggang
P1,000 kada yunit sa mga susunod
na semestre.
Summer breakaway
Maituturing na estratihikong
hakbang ng BOR ang pagtataas ng
bayarin noong summer. Ani Student Regent Raffy Sanchez sa isang
pulong ng Katipunan ng mga Sangguniang Mag-aaral sa UP, “Ayon sa
administrasyon, hindi kailangang
ikonsulta pa ang planong pagtataas
ng bayarin sa mga mag-aaral ng pamantasan sapagkat ihahain naman
ang mga ito sa mga bagong papasok na Iskolar ng Bayan.” Aniya,
batay sa kilos ng adminstrasyon,
maasahan ang taun-taong pagtaas
ng bayarin at ang tuluyang pagpapaliban sa karapatan ng mga magaaral para sa isang demokratikong
konsultasyon hinggil sa anumang
isyu ng UP.
artikulo: mini u. soriano.
Ayon pa kay Sanchez, sa ganitong pagpapasya ng BOR, kinaliligtaan ng administrasyon ang
mga mag-aaral bilang sektor ng
pamantasan. Sa proseso ng demokratikong konsultasyon, kailangang malinaw na ilahad ng
administrasyon sa mga mag-aaral
ang kalagayan ng pamantasan at
mga planong kaugnay dito. Para
kay Sanchez, kailangan kabilang
ang mga mag-aaral sa pagsusuri at
pagpapasya ukol sa mga isyu, imbes
ns ipinapaalam na lamang kapag
napagpasyahan na ng BOR.
SummerFeever
T
uwing tag-init, nag-uunahang pumunta sa kani-kanilang bakasyunan
sina Isko at Iska, habang may iilan lang na pinipiling pumasok sa
summer classes. Ang bakasyon ay panahon ng pagpapahinga ng mga
mag-aaral, hindi lamang mula sa mga akademikong gawain kundi mula rin
sa mga gastusing karaniwan na nilang kinakaharap bawat semestre.
d i b u h o : k e n d r i ck b a u t i s ta .
d i s e n y o n g pa h i n a : n o e l pa c i s h e r n a i z .
The summer of all fears
Sa malawakang pagtingin, maiuugat ang pagtaas ng mga bayarin
ng UP sa komersyalisadong kalagayan ng edukasyon sa bansa.
Lumiliit ang regulasyon ng pamahalaan sa edukasyon at napapasailalim sa operasyon ng pribadong
sektor ang maraming eskwelahan.
Nagkakaroon ng pagtaas ang mga
bayarin sa State Colleges and Universities dahil lumiliit ang pondo
na naibibigay ng pamahalan.
Ayon kay Raymond Palatino,
pangulo ng Kabataan sectoral
party, itinuturing na negosyo ang
edukasyon sa Pilipinas kaya’t tanging ang mga mayroong kakayahang
magbayad na lamang ang nakapagaaral. Dahil sa hagupit ng komersalisasyon, napapalitan ng korporatisadong oryentasyon ang dapat
sana’y makabayang oryentasyon ng
mga pamantasan tulad ng UP.
Isang halimbawa nito ang pagpapaupa ng UP sa lupa nito upang
gawing Technopark ng Ayala Corporation. Pinopondohan ng korporasyon ang mga pag-aaral ng mga
estudyanteng may kursong nasa
linya ng agham. Dahil dito, kung
maglaon, malayang magagamit ng
korporasyon ang mga pag-aaral sa
kanilang negosyo imbes na sa pagpapaunlad ng siyensa sa bansa.
Ani Carla Co ng Education and
Research Committee ng University
Student Council, kailangang patuloy na ipaglaban ang pagtataguyod
sa makabayan at makamasang
edukasyon lalo na sa kolehiyo. Sa
kalagayan ng UP, dapat igiit ang
pagbibigay ng pamahalaan ng
karampatang budget sa pamantasan at pigilan ang pagkaltas dito.
Dapat suportahan ang mga pagkilos ng mga mag-aaral ng UP na
naninindigan laban sa taun-taong
pagkaltas ng badyet sa UP, at sa
lumiliit na pondo sa edukasyon ng
Pilipinas sa kabuuan.
Sa muling pagpasok nina Isko at
Iska ngayong Hunyo, sasalubungin
sila ng mas mataas na matrikulang
nakasaad sa kani-kanilang Form 5.
Tapos na nga naman ang bakasyon,
at muling iingay at sisikip ang
pamantasan sa pagbabalik ng mga
mag-aaral. Bagamat tapos na ang
tag-init, hitik naman ang panahon
sa itinaas ng mga bayarin. Ang
katapusan ng summer ay simula
lamang ng mas mainit na pagtutol
sa kawalan ng konsultasyon sa
mga mag-aaral ukol sa patuloy na
komersalisasyon ng edukasyon. 