ncmb to settle hau cba deadlock
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ncmb to settle hau cba deadlock
d SU Photo by John Matthew Esteban E M LU VO I IS I V XL h T E1 k in eL on y e B ise m pro m co Un ruth T d HAU Management secures University property grounds as tension between HAUTEU and HAU Management escalate. This occured amidst preparation for HAU’s 80th aniversary celebration. NCMB TO SETTLE HAU CBA DEADLOCK . By Ron Julius Espada and Aaron Rivera NEWS CASEd wins UA Quiz Bee Page 10 HAU Extends Juan Flores Exhibit Page 5 Management: Fence is HAU’s Statement of Preparedness Page 6 Mga Mag-aaral ng AB Comm, Namamayagpag Page 8 FEATURES LOLO POP! Page 14 Y Kalaryot ampo ing Kulturang Kapampangan Page 14 The ABPSY Experience Page 8 National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) is set to settle HAU Management and HAU Teachers and Employees Union (HAUTEU) Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) deadlock. On the other hand, the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) is expected to settle isues regarding the Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) case filed by the Union. NLRC quasi-judicial agency attached to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and is mandated to adjudicate labor and management disputes involving workers through compulsory arbitration and alternative modes of dispute resolution. While the NCMB is an angency designed to facilitate mediation and voluntary arbitration on labor issues. The deadlock issue was raised to the NLRC after the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) failed to mediate both parties to settle CBA issues. Last September 21, 2012, HAUTEU declared CBA negotiations deadlocked after 2 months of dialogues. According to Philippine Labor Code, CBA is “a negotiated contract between a legitimate labor organization and the employer concerning wages, hours of work and all other terms and conditions of employment in a bargaining unit, including mandatory provisions for grievances and arbitration machineries.” HAUTEU spokesperson Veronica Pangilinan explained that they are trying to negotiate and create a new CBA together with the University Management because the previous CBA expired last May, 2012. Edna Marriza Santos, Chair of the Management Panel in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) talks, on the other hand explained that the current CBA will still be in effect because both parties have not yet agreed upon a new CBA. Pangilinan states that the primary reason for the deadlock was because of issues with the year-end re-computation of the 70% allocation of the Incremental proceeds (IP) during the CBA negotiations. According to Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order Turn to page 7 HAU Psych Tops 4th in PAPJA QuizBee Tensions Rise as HAUTEU Conducts Prayer Vigil HAU Psychology students bagged the 4th place in the recent Psychology Association of the Philippines Junior Affiliates (PAPJA) National Psychology Quiz bee among 116 schools. On January 08, 2012, the HAU Management issued a memorandum addressed to HAUTEU board of directors on the “unauthorized use of equipment and facilities”. By Ron Julius Espada “Since we got the 7th place last time, we’ve seen the student’s lapse. The lapse would be that we are not that early in terms of doing the review. What we’ve done is as early as November, I’ve asked Sir Charlie (Prof. Carlos Buan) to form our official team for this year’s PAPJA quizbee. He was able to form the team by November and since December to January the students have been reviewing”, Psychology Program Coordinator Howell Calma said. Calma also got Mr. Daryl Malonzo to co-mentor the participants. “Yung mgasumali last time, sina April Joy de Leon and Edmar Pineda.Kennylyn Indiongco were included because of her academic standing. For the 3rd year Gaea Laquindanum and Vinnie Marie Cruz qualified and were selected.” HAU Psychology Academic Team smiles for their supporters before competing. Photo from PsychSoc Teacher Ed Establishes New Student Clubs Teacher Education (TED) UNESCO Club (HAU Chapter) and Human Kinetics Society are two newly-founded clubs for students enrolled in the Teacher Education program of HAU. Turn to page 8 Turn to page 10 No Summer Classes for Education Sophomores Due to Education Sophomores’ morning schedules, Mr. Arlan dela Cruz, TeacherEd Chairperson, decided to move their Catechetical... Turn to page 5 By Joyce Sarmiento This is in response to HAUTEU’s prayer vigil last January 07, 2012 which was conducted in front of the Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angel, Piazza. The memorandum gave HAUTEU three days to provide an explanation as to “why no disciplinary action … be imposed.” of the Management Panel in the CBA talks, said, “We did not reprimand them. What we expect is for them is to inform the university by following the process”. Santos added that page 61 of the HAU’s Non-Teaching Personnel Handbook states, “failure to follow established procedures” is an offense with a corre- Turn to page 11 The HAUTEU responded claiming that in holding a prayer vigil at the piazza, they are being charged, albeit erroneously, for improper/unauthorized use of school facilities. Edna Marriza Santos, assistant of the HAU president and Chair HAUTEU members and officers gather in front of HAU Chapel to conduct Prayer Vigil. Photo by Trojan Castro CASEd Convenes to Cancel Socialization Night A cancellation of the proposed CASEd Night 2013 has been made. The activity was supposed to be held on January 12, 2013. Turn to page 5 HAUTEU Rejects Proposed Amendment on Retrenchment Policies HAUTEU rejects HAU Management’s proposed amendment to include performance as its criteria in its collective bargaining .. Turn to page 6 2 & EDITORIAL Apathy Curiosity With the unfolding events concerning issues with the HAU Management and HAUTEU, it is considerably shocking that students know little to nothing about it. What we see, the black eyesore fence, the chatters of our instructors and the sudden increase of security guards are nothing more than small reflections of what is truly happening. The concerning part is most students see them nothing more than what they are – tension between HAU Management and HAUTEU. Instructors have expressed their discontentment with their students, but not the common displeasure from poor grades or uncooperative students. This time they’ve boldly expressed their discontentment with how HAU Management has been handling their salaries and benefits. This started as vague expressions of displeasure to what now has led to blatant megaphone screeching speeches of disgust and disgruntlement. The university on the other hand has taken immediate action by calling for numerous meetings with students. Meetings organized by the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) have earnestly tried to explain to students HAU Management’s side of the story. A considerably admirable move if not for their inability to answer a simple question of why HAU Management has continually declined to do a re-computation of the 70%incremental proceeds from the recent tuition fee increase. Students have asked why HAU Management has declined to do a recomputation of the 70% IP which is supposed to go to teachers and employee’s salaries and benefits. HAUTEU is clearly having doubts if the 70% IP is actually going to their salaries and benefits. But let us not forget, there wouldn’t even be any 70% IP if there was no tuition fee increase to begin with. This money comes from us, the students. We are the major stakeholder of this institution. It is only right for us to ask how our money is spent or at least allocated. Some experts suggest that universities’ sociopolitical landscapes may be a reflection of the general sociopolitical landscape of the society. This is not difficult to understand because most of the influential movers and thinkers of our generation have had experienced university life at one point or another. If we recall, majority of the major HAU strikes and boycotts of the past have had transpired during the pre and post EDSA Revolution period of our history. The active demonstrations and boycotts in HAU’s history may have been influenced by the general tone of activism of that period. This is a far cry from the current peaceful negotiations between HAU Management and HAUTEU. Based on our interviews and observations, we infer that behind the black fence still lies the willingness of both parties to settle issues peacefully. Why settle things with force when it can be resolved with diplomacy? We cannot deny the fact that the results of the collective bargaining agreement between the Union and HAU Management would eventually affect the students. Today, it has already penetrated the consciousness of many us. And yet, there seems to be a little to no clarity of what is truly happening. Are students just apathetic to what is happening? Are we not interested as to why most of our teachers are in a state of pure discontentment while new instructors are not? There is no heavy price for being inquisitive. Indifference is deadlier than curiosity. Indifference may steer you away from direct conflict but it’s your inquisitiveness that will secure your rights. In the recent years, HAU has increased its tuition fees, and yet it seemed that there was a little consultation with students. The university has maintained its position that they have indeed followed proper legal process in increasing tuition fees. This process includes consultations with student leaders who would serve as the voice of the students. Why then do we know nothing of these consultations? HAU Management has said that they’ve placed posting regarding this matter. If this is true, does this outcome indicate that for the past few years,we, the students have accepted tuition fee increases without question? Or does this indicate that our elected leaders have failed to voice our side and have unwittingly signed papers that would allow the university to increase tuition? Perhaps,are we simply afraid to ask? In an educational institution, fearing one’s inquisitiveness is an irony. A university should be a safe place for a meaningful discourse and not absolute dogma. We must not allow our idealism to be watered down by the fear of being called to the OSA to explain. Mr. Adviento, the current Dean of Student Affairs, is a relatively approachable person. He would answer any query with the best of his understanding. Our teachers are not afraid to voice out their concerns as well. But have you tried asking your classmates, class presidents, org leaders, the CSC and the USC about the issue and what they think their role in it is? Your classmates and your class president would probably be quick to joke about the current problem that is plaguing the university, the heightened security, the hush-hush talk, and the gates that have arisen. Ask your org leaders and they’re probably waiting for other leaders and students to start moving to see what their next move is. How about your local CSC or the USC? They are probably more than willing to share recent developments with their respective College Days or University Days Celebration, a task which they are not required to do, but are compelled to, having placed the University Days above their responsibility of protecting the rights of every student. Let us not forget that the primary responsibility of these student leaders is to represent the students, not to organize concerts and beauty pageants. Have you even heard of a recent USC President who rejected an- The Nexus:Editorial Board sjh 102, holy angel university cell. nos. 09167161200 or 09277004493 email: [email protected] Ron Julius Espada Editor-in-Chief Joyce Sarmiento Associate Editor Diane Mendoza News Editor Joselito Salazar Jr. Features Editor Paulo Marcelo Literary Editor Paul Pangan Senior Layout Artist and Senior Cartoonist Illustrated by Aaron Rivera other tuition fee increase? While student publications are dying because of the lack of subscribers, student councils are steadily gaining more budgets as student population grow. What action has the USC done to truly address the needs of the students? Do they even listen to each other? Or have they opted to keep quiet as political tensions beleaguer their leadership? In a situation such as a conflict between HAU Management and Union, it is the responsibility of our student leaders to help bring clarity and peace. They cannot achieve this if they themselves are oblivious to the realities of both parties. It is also our responsibility to be aware of what is happening around us. We should not remain standing and wait for our leaders to feed us with the latest scoops but we must make some moves. Let us refrain from being ignorant and let us be informed. Projections and Rationalizations Ron Julius Espada bring forth pride and to condemn actions that prove detrimental to stakeholders. We cannot deny that our responsibility as journalists is to provide ronjulius espada@gmaiL. our readers information that will enable them to understand current sociopolitical com issues within and outside the HAU community. Unlike national newspapers, our Aneurism of a goal as student volunteers is not to earn Student money or pride, but to inform and enlighten. As idealistic as it may seem, it Journalist is the truth. I have seen my staffers and co-editors sacrifice their time and effort have learned in my four short to publish regardless of the financial and years of working for the Nexus technical difficulties we encounter. to never stop asking the right I remember a particular inciquestions. The very essence of journalism dent wherein I was asked to comment via calls for the truth to be told. One issue that a video interview on a particular issue. I has concerned me for a long time now is may seem as an outgoing person, but I how agenda-driven stories influence readhave a low self-esteem when it comes ers. It is undeniable that news stories into how I appear to others. I declined fluence readers and even motivate them to the camera interview. A reliable source act. In civic journalism, we are taught to told me that the interviewer was apparwrite stories that will bring forth actions; ently got upset and was surprised that actions that will hopefully give benefits the Editor-in-Chief of the Nexus would to the community. The agenda motivating decline an opportunity to be popular. As writers behind these kinds of stories is their a writer, it is not my goal to be seen, but willingness to call for a change, especially to be heard; to be heard and understood when change is needed the most. But when through my writing. It is not my goal to an established education institution such be seen and to become a local celebrity. as Holy Angel University undergoes rapid That petty ambition should be left for change over a short period of time, then it is a journalist’s responsibility to critique Turn to page 4 these changes – to commend efforts that I Layout Artist: Patricia Lenon Catoonists: Arvin Cunanan & Bernadette Daplas Senior Photojournalists: John Matthew Esteban & Trojan Castro Photojournalists:Pauline Anne Espiritu Axel Writers: Aaron Rivera, Charisel Dela Peña, Charlene Razon, Edrome Austria, Gaea Laquindanum, Gallen Villanueva, Gayzel Dalusung, Genesis Aquino, Kareen May Mauring, Katreen Catap, Paula Jane Simbillo & Ysabl Dobles COLUMNS Journey Joyce G. Sarmiento jhoyce_3d4w@ yahoo.com.ph Role Strain W hile thinking of a topic to write for this column, it suddenly came across my mind how pre-service teachers, most particularly the fourth year have gone through what we call a “role strain” in the course of taking few more steps towards their ambition of becoming future educators. I realized that we haven’t played only one role for this current semester. We aren’t only in the character of a student, and this is where I got my inspiration for this piece of writing. Our field study courses give us three roles at a time—we are students, at the same time, we are student-observers and facilitators. Likewise, when we were teaching the elementary pupils for our catechetical teaching instruction program, we were playing two roles then— students and student catechists. Several roles have been put on our shoulders for the past semesters and this current semester, not to mention of course the role conflict which we are experiencing with the extra-curricular activities that others are fulfilling like those who are part of the student council and publication and those who are working students plus the roles and responsibilities that we have at home.Well, adding to those academic responsibilities is the role that we play as demo teachers whenever we have teaching demonstrations in our subjects. Sometimes, I tend to think that we are like Super humans for having been able to surpass all the struggles that we have come through. Of course, those things mentioned are all part of becoming Education students and they are all part of the battle for our dream that we have to get through. For that, I can say that we have gone far enough. Some students may not really understand what Education students taking up Field Study courses do whenever they are observing. They may not really have an idea what it takes to be a student-observer. Well, let me give you a little idea on that. Our field study courses require us to complete 20 or 40 or 60 hours of observation in a real classroom setting giving us the opportunity sometimes to facilitate class activities when asked by our cooperating teachers. And because we are student observers, we are required to have our observation wearing our school uniform which means a “uniform day” if we have a scheduled observation on a Wednesday which in our case, we really do have Wednesday observations since our schedule runs from Mondays to Fridays. Now, you probably already know why we keep on wearing our school uniform during wash days, FYI only. I vividly remember how other students stare at us, especially when we are inside the jeepney, when we wear our school uniform on a wash day. Well, they probably are thinking that maybe we forgot that it’s a wash day that is why we aren’t wearing a civilian outfit or maybe we have nothing more to wear that’s why we are wearing our uniform. Well, that is not just asupposition since some of my friends and acquaintances are really telling me those things. Sometimes, all I want to do is to place a huge tag on my chest saying “I am a student-observ- er!” just to get away from those looks and judgments. I also remember one of my diary entries during one of my observation days which I wrote: “Today is Wednesday, which means that it’s a wash day. Most of all, this day is the first day of the University Days. That’s why I really hate to have my observation and most especially to wear my uniform on a wash day and on the first day of the University Days. But who cares? I will have my observation and proudly wear my uniform and I don’t care what people will say against me for a real teacher can do anything just for the sake of accomplishing whatever she needs to accomplish, even sacrificing not to wear a good civilian outfit and wear school uniform on a day where in no uniform is supposed to be worn.”How’d you like that? Of course, our struggle does not end in completing the required hours for our observation but we also have to accomplish a number of worksheets and make our entries for our portfolio. If I remember it right, I had 40 pages for my Field Study 1 portfolio and 125 pages for my Field Study 3 portfolio. And mind you, we are required to make not only one portfolio in a semester, but more than one. In fact, there was a semester wherein we were required to make three portfolios which we had to submit at nearly the same time. One among those three portfolios contains 132 pages and the other also contains more than 100 pages. Aside from those things, we also have our thesis, oral defenses and presentations and other requirements in other subjects which are too many to mention, plus the feeling of allotting all your life to school since every day, you have to wake up early in the morning to attend to your observation in your assigned school, finish in the afternoon and get back to the university to attend to your classes until evening, arriving at home every day at 10pm, feeling ex- hausted. Is it easy for us to surpass all these things? Perhaps, no. But I believe that there’s no easy way out in life. There’s no shortcut in achieving our ambitions. We all have to get through a lot of hardships before we reach the peak of success. That’s how it goes. It’s really a wonderful feeling when you have successfully surpassed all the things that you need to get through. After everything gets done, you will certainly feel proud of yourself and fulfilled. No matter how demanding your role and your sub-roles could be as a student struggling to be the man or woman you see yourself to be in the future, just accept and face the challenges for those will make you equipped enough in your future careers. We have gone far, and we are more than halfway towards our dreams and this we owe a lot to all the people, our teachers most of all, who have been walking with us through the seemingly ceaseless road towards success. Our deepest gratitude goes to our teachers who have been arming us with the necessary competencies that we must possess and who have been supporting us all the way. All the struggles that we have gone through may be called as burdens for others. But for us, we call them fulfillments. Our role as students may have been so demanding but the roles and the responsibilities that we have on our shoulders are just making us prepared enough once we are already immersed in our own fields. We may have been close to giving up but we are closer to the end of this long road. All the workloads and hardships are all what we need to become fully-equipped for our future careers. To all the teachers and pre-service teachers out there, kudos to all of you! RH bill proceedings due to the CBCP’s interference. He was taken away by officials shortly thereafter and spent the night locked up in jail, posting bail the following day. This audacious tour guide became a public figure overnight. His stunt elicited disapproval from the Catholic Church and admiration from people who supported the same advocacy. The passing of what was then, the RH bill was at a dead stand-still in congress. It was no wonder it urged Celdran to voice out his plight in public, although he claims that heintended to protest outside the church and merely entered to take shelter from the rain. He initially had no intentions of bargingin amidsta religious rite and was as a matter-of-fact surprised to see high ranking members of the Church during the Ecumenical Service. Two years after the incident that made him the headline on various national broadsheets. Last January 28, 2013 he was found guilty on account of “offending religious feelings”by the Metropolitan Trial Court to serve a minimum jail sentence of 2 months and 21 days to a maximum of one year, 1 month and 11 days of imprison- ment. A verdict which insinuated an uproar from his supporters and the general public, who believe that his conviction will be a springboard for further incarcerations against the exercise of the “freedom of speech”. Though as preposterous as the law on “offending religious feelings” may sound, albeit passé, Article 133 states that “who, in a place devoted to religious worship or during the celebration of any religious ceremony shall perform acts notoriously offensive to the feelings of the faithful”, thus legally labeling Celdran’s outburst at the Manila Cathedral as a crime under the Revised Penal Code. While legal sanctions must be enforced, the sentence of 3 months to over a year is rather severe as opposed to verdicts for other debilitating crimes. It is without a doubt that he had made a destructive move that tarnished his reputation yet affirmed his stand on one of the major social issues of our generation that sorely needed to be addressed. One may vehemently argue that the judgment was downright unreasonable, as it is every individual’s right to express freedom of speech, but his discourteous interruption during a religious service held at a place of worship was fairly unwar- ranted as well.I believe Celdran should be penalized; reprimanded, fined and possibly serve mandatory community service perhaps, but not to the extent of serving time for 13 months. With far more ongoing and pressing issues at hand such as the colossal amount of damages on the Tubattahareef, why is everyone so riled up regarding his conviction? Celdran was a martyr for his cause. He catapulted a movement that shed light on an issue which some lawmakers daren’t touch upon because of the age-old dogmas we had been born into and raised with. He was a crucial image behind the RH Bill. He had a voice that echoed the pleas of those women throughout the country who were suffering from HIV and sexually communicable diseases, of conceiving young girls who wished that they were equipped with information that could have steered them off the path they had treaded and of mothers suffering from the yoke of an unending cycle of pregnancy and childbirth. To his detractors, he is nothing but a nuisance. To his supporters, he is a man who changed Manila, just as he said he would. He was the man with the bowler hat whowhen all legal forums failed, sparked controversy in attempt to be heard. His act stirred an indifferent nation to take a standand take action. With the RH bill’s approval, and now being Republic Act 10354, it can be said that the ‘DAMASO’ stint was not done in vain. It has achieved its ultimate purpose. Celdran may have lost this battle... but hehas certainly won the war. No room for Mediocrity diane mendoza i_diane_ini@ yahoo.com Celdran, Without the Bowler Hat A performer, tour guide and activist, the moment Carlos Celdran fused his passion for the arts, history, culture, music and comedy, and attributed it into his work, he was unstoppable. His seamlessly executed one-man, multi-venue tours have become one of Manila’s go-to places for vacationing tourists (and locals). Although what made him become (in) famousfor the past few years is his advocacy for the Reproductive Health Bill. Clad in a 19th century suit similar to Jose Rizal’s signature ensemble – bowler hat included -bearing nothing more than a placard that screamed the word ‘DAMASO’ in glaring black ink, plus the courage of a madman, Carlos Celdran stunned the nation last September 30, 2010,by storming the Manila Cathedralduring an ongoing Ecumenical service attended by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Edward Adams along with other bishops. He managed to shout “Stop getting involved in politics!” protesting the lack of progress regarding the 3 COLUMNS 4 FROM PAGE 1 Malutu Pusad Aneurism of a Student Journalist those with entertainment qualities. As student journalists, we are not paid. Our goal is not to earn money. That is why I do not see the point of having us collect for publication fees when having a running student publication is a requirement for accreditation. The Commission on Higher Education requires universities and colleges to have their own student publications. We cannot and will not commercialize our system simply because the purpose of student publication is to inform and enlighten and not to profit. We cannot deny the fact that there is pressure for us to meet standards in journalism that professional journalists have followed for decades. This daunting task often intimidates a lot of students from joining student publications. Many of them join student publications with the aim of learning and harnessing their skills. This is a concern. Our primary responsibility is to serve students by producing quality articles. Harsh as it may seem but ideally, we cannot sacrifice principles of journalism over our own interest of self-improvement. Some sources have had and still continue to intimidate us. While others like Ms. Edna Marizza Santos of HAU Management and Prof. Elvira David of the HAUTEU have graciously respected us as student journalists. They have treated us with the utmost respect and have allowed us to interview them even with their busy schedule. I’ve noticed that when people have a clear conscience, they are not afraid to be questioned. Often, they are more than willing to present their side of the story while those who have something to hideact guilty; they would strike and respond aggressively in an effort to rationalize their mistakes. In the October 2002 issue of the Nexus, the editorial expressed that the real enemy of student publications are political groups within and outside the HAU in the community. It notes that publications are at constant a struggle to identify its friends from enemies. Back then, the problem was not directly in administration but also in political groups, publishing houses and fellow journalists within and outside the publication. Today is a different story. The greatest problem the publication is facing is not directly on issues with the administration and publication fee collection, but also the apparent apathy and indifference of students. They know so little of the real facts and happenings that directly influence their lives here in HAU. In a perfect world, students are at a constant hunger for the truth and publications have the means to satisfy this craving. But reality is far too cruel. We must remain vigilant while still safeguarding ourselves from the possibility of being sacked or kicked out. We continue to strive in pushing students to ask, to talk and to criticize what must be criticized. Perhaps our efforts of moving from print to digital may reach more students. Perhaps this move will once again ignite the fire of curiosity and inquisitiveness that eventually leads to movements of change. We will still continue to print and issue copies of the Nexus for those who still share our passion for printed materials. The allure of text printed on paper will never cease as long as readers hold on to the bittersweet nostalgia of reading from paper. As the saying goes hope comes from hopelessness. I’m feeling this way probably because I’m about to reach the end of my term as the Editor-in-Chief. I’ve started as a humble staff writer and eventually an editor under Mr. Jay-R Valerio, Ms. Kerlyn Palo and Ms. Megan David. I’ve recently reviewed our archives. Seeing old issues of the paper ignited a passion in me I though I’ve lost. Perhaps this culture of apathy has affected the publications as well. But seeing old issues of the Nexus has given me and my staff a new perspective, a hope, like bright light from the past that reminds us that the publication will exist as long as there are students who share the passion of serving the community through journalism. Through ad-libs and aspirins. topic for another section. Right now, here, our country of ours, it’s at a crossroad. We are standing in front of these two roads and I guess it would be both accurate and ironic to call Paulo Marcelo them “Angmatuwidnadaan” and the “Baluktot” one. paulomarcelo_ It seems like this is an [email protected] amazingly easy choice. But when you factor in the differing opinions of millions of Filipinos—the many ”Oh to be poor and the few rich—it becomes dumb and an extremely difficult one, with proud of it.” more intersecting roads and opin- T he RH Law, The Freedom of Information Act, The Sin Tax Law, The K to 12 programs and the losing battle of the revisions to our Cyber laws, yes. It looks like more and more like this little country of ours is finally in the progress of getting its act together and finally moving forward. Granted we could’ve done this sooner rather than now. still, better late than be stuck forever. All you naysayers shouldn’t worry so much though. You still have reasons to smile. Tito Sotto’s still a senator and Senate President.Enrile’s probably going to give him more money that he can spend. Yes. All those bad, bad politicians are still in their honorable seats. Also, it seems like our school is crumbling into pieces, but that’s another ions than one can count. Further, it hardly feels like it’s our choice, right? In the end, our leaders are the ones who will determine where this country of ours will go. We’re all pawns and the kings will make the moves. Fortunately, it will be the pawns that will choose their king, and we are getting close to the time that we’ll have the chance to choose our readers, but I sincerely hope that we vote for who’s right to lead. So we’re in front of these roads— one leads to progress and the other leads to people getting into jail for offending the religious right, online or in person. See Carlos Cedran. It’s not a mass turnover of our laws and culture that will do it, I don’t think joselito salazar jr. salazarjr joselito @gmail.com Letter to Angelina O ne morning, I saw my cousin playing with his geometry puzzle toy. I saw him fitting the pentagon shape into the circle hole. I watched him force the pentagon shape into the circle hole then after a couple of minutes, he finally was able to somehow fit the piece into the hole. But suddenly, the piece fell and my cousin called for my help. I told him that he picked the wrong piece for the hole and that the circle piece should be placed on the circle hole and the pentagon piece should be placed on the pentagon hole. Then I realized one thing if you force something to fit in—sometimes it will somehow fit but not perfectly and most of the time it will not. From then, I just thought an incident wherein this one teacher was given a subject to teach which he didn’t want to teach. For him, the subject was not his area of expertise. Well, kudos to him. At least he admits that he can’t be good teacher in that particular subject. I guess, instructors have the right to decline an offer if they themselves know that they cannot teach the subject well and that they are not comfortable with the subject. On the other hand, in the past semester, I experienced a teacher wherein the subject that he was teaching was far different from the degree he a sensitive country filled with easily offended sensitive people can just change the way they think and live in just a snap. It will take years to change, it will even take longer to stay changed, but then again, we’re in a positive motion right now. We can use these positive things to hasten this painstakingly long and slow progress, a snowball effect of progress perhaps. Let’s take these wins and use them to get even bigger ones. As I’ve said it’ll take a long time, so there’s really no point in wasting anymore of it... On the topic of our school falling apart now, I can only say that knowledge is a very powerful thing, and before people make their assumptions, opinions and actions, it’s important that we know what’s happening and know all the sides of a story. We, here at The Nexus, will try to provide all the information about this situation that we can get. What we hope though, is before people scream their murmurs, they should stop and try to see what’s happening first. If there’s a need for screaming, I’m sure it will happen. But right now, what should happen is that the information should be shared to everyone affected by this situation, and surely as students we are one of the ones affected the most. It’s kind of hard to learn when your teacher isn’t happy teaching. It’s harder to focus on class discussion if everyone is has. He was repeatedly mentioning his degree while we were having our class with him. He was constantly telling us that he has a degree in Economics but he is teaching Arts. I understand that the subjects belong to one department but the thing here is, if the degree of the instructor is in Economics, then he should teach a subject related to Economics and I guess, there is a large line between the two subjects. I understand that there is a lack of instructors in our university. In fact, one department recently experienced that. But please, do not force someone to teach a subject which is not related with his or her degree and do not let teachers to teach outside the area of their expertise so that the “quality” of education students will receive will not be sacrificed. THE TRAIN GOT OFF THE RAIL A teacher must possess high qualifications for the subjects that he teaches. He himself should know that he knows the subject very well and that he can teach it very well. But the case here is, our teacher was always giving us sermon before starting our class. Well, it is alright for us to be preached by him if we ourselves know that we did something wrong. But what’s wrong with that is, whenever he starts preaching, he always tells us that Philippines is not a progressive country because of our unaligned chairs unlike the other countries. After we had our subject with him, we asked his past students about his way of teaching and they all said that they also experienced the same scenario. With this incident, if there is something wrong with our teachers, our student leaders are there to help us in raising our concern to the proper office that is assigned to help us with the problem. talking about a boycott. It’s harder to go to class when you’re not sure if it’s going to happen. Right now, the getting together of both parties is what’s important, balance should be restored and we have to get things back to normal. The people responsible should get together and start hashing at the details. To find a way, the two camps should be in a situation where they both can and are free to do their respective jobs. For the betterment of the school, things have to go back to normal . To the students out there, please be aware. Start reading your college paper. A paper is a much better place to find the information about what’s happening in our school than the internet. Facebook posts are not nearly credible enough to base your opinion on. It’s not a bad thing that they’re trying to spread the information. But the credibility of their info is hardly the most credible. So read the paper, and think. Actions are important but the decisions behind them are what really count. Blindly going into action is wrong, try and see the path before you walk it. Look at how stable the bridge is before you cross it, and know that understanding and knowing is more important than becoming famous on the internet and being in the know first. This University is on the wrong side of the road right now, and this publication hopes it steers itself into the right one before everything becomes too late. NEWS No Summer Classes for Education Sophomores Education sophomores following the BSEd S.Y 2011-2012 curriculum will no longer take their Logic, PhiGov and Expowr courses this summer as stated in their curriculum. The said courses will be distributed into three consecutive semesters. This will make Education students, who follow the new curriculum, overloaded for three consecutive semesters. Dean Marga Carreon said that before the 1st semester of this academic year has ended, many education students especially working students had been asking whether the said summer class will pursue. “Kasi definitely, hindi sila makakapagsummer. So if that will be the case, dadami yung mga irregulars”, the dean added. To consider those education students who cannot afford enrolling for summer classes, Dr. Carreon, after consulting the chairpersons of different departments, decided to drop the summer class. Following the cancellation of the summer classes for education students, education sophomores are now currently taking Logic course. Phigov and Expower courses, on the other hand, will be taken in the 1st and 2nd semester of 3rd year, respectively. Dr. Carreon, when asked if the current freshmen will also have the same change in curriculum, answered, “pag na-ammend yung curriculum, ‘yun na rin ang susundin.” This decision, in general, received both positive and negative feedbacks from students. John Aldria Realm Cruz, a working second year education student, said “Mas okay na mag-overload kesa gumastos pa ng summer. ‘Pag summer kasi, mas maraming babayaran at saka masyadong rush yung klase sa totoo By Rowin C. de Leon lang, pag summer”. Another working second year education student, Dave Lorenz Suboc, conversely, has mixed feedback regarding the cancellation of the said summer class. “May mga advantages yun. Yung advantage niya, hindi na kami magbabayad ng tuition fee, kasi hindi yun cover ng scholarship. Yung disadvantage niya, na-overload tayo. Ang tendency nun, maraming ginagawa pero konti ang nalalaman,” he said. “Well, aside from walang baon sa summer at walang ginagawa, disadvantage din kasi overloaded tayo ngayon. Super dami ng ginagawa and instead na nabawasan na yung mga units for 3rd year, nadagdagan pa. Syempre, yung mga schoolworks nun, magsasabay-sabay. Idagdag mo pa yung catechetical instruction and dalawang Field Studies next sem,” said Recy Mae Aquino, an education sophomore student. One student who wants to remain unknown, however, remains very positive regarding the cancellation of the summer classes. He said, “Okay na wala tayong summer at least makakapagpahinga, makakapag-prepare tayo for our third year. Sa tingin ko after this semester, we really need a break. Iwas-gastos pa ang summer, at least may time para makapag-save parents natin for our miscellaneous fee the next sem. Regarding sa pagiging overloaded natin, syempre, noong una nagulat ako pero I think, nasa sa atin na yun kung paano natin ima-manage yung time natin. We need to be more flexible, siguro.” The CASEd dean agrees that this decision has advantages and disadvantages but according to her, there are more advantages than disadvantages. She also said “Nasa estudyante na rin ‘yun” on how he will take the extra three unit load, “kesa naman magbayad pa kayo ng miscellaneous fee, again, for summer”, she ended. CASEd Convenes to Cancel Socialization Night By Charlene Razon A cancellation of the proposed CASEd Night 2013 has been made. The activity was supposed to be held on January 12, 2013. The Chairman of the College of Arts, Sciences and Education Jayson Amcid said, “We respected whatever the decision of our dean.” Based from the lineup of activities submitted last November, CASEd’sSociaization Night was approved by the college’s dean. This, Amcid explains was under the condition that the event does not interrupt academic schedules. During one meeting with the President’s Council on the University Days (U-days), CASEd Socializa- tion Night was considered to give way to ease the preparations for the coming U-Days. There was no communication with the dean’s office duringthe Christmas vacation but the College Student Council (CSC) tried to plan for the event. Amcid explains that the dean’s office was closed throughout the Christmas break and the only chance they’ve got to meet the dean was last January 9, 2013. This, Amcid explains is because of the dean’s tight schedule. The meeting between the CSC and CASEd organization heads dealt with the rescheduling of the University days which made CASEd Socializa- HAU Extends Juan Flores Exhibit By Edrome Austria 5 Holy Angel University is extend- first in Pampanga, his home proving the exhibit of well-known ince. sculptor from Betis, Guagua, Pampanga, the late Juan Flores. Flores was also about to be declared as a national artist until the 1986 The exhibit was supposed to have EDSA Revolution broke out and been pulled out since early January. started. The Center for Kapampangan studies has decided to extend it up to Before the event proper, former Presearly February. ident and Pampanga congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo went to The exhibit, titled “Juan C. Flores: the exhibit before it was opened for Carving a Niche in History”, has an earlier view and left thirty minutes been opened last September 29, afterwards. 2012 at the University’s Kapampangan Center. The exhibit is open from Former first lady Imelda Marcos was Mondays to Saturdays for public also part of the program, but was not viewing. able to make it to the event. Juan Flores, who was born in 1900 in Sta. Ursula, Betis, went to Manila to join Maximo Vicente, Isabelo Tampingco, Eulogio Garcia and Graciano Nepomuceno, the greatest sculptors and artists of their time. At the start of the event proper, the University President, Dr. Arlyn SicangcoVillanueva, gave her speech, acknowledging the late Juan Flores with her words “Maybe you will see his works and feel the prestigious image, but greater than that, is the Flores is famous because of his emotion it brings to us”. woodcarving arts. Former Philippine Presidents, Manuel Quezon and Fer- Also according to her, Flores was dinand Marcos helped him start his about to be declared as a national career. His works included carving artist, only 26 years overdue. doors and decorations in and round Malacañang Palace. This includes “He deserves it then, so he deserves the world’s famous wood chandelier it more now”, Villanueva said on her of Malacañang Palace speech. In 1971, he bested 40 artists in an international competition in the United States. He made an image of President Richard Nixon as his entry which he later presented to him as a gift. Because of this, the former US President said, “Of all of my faces, this is the best”. His works have been put at the National Museum, Malacañang Museum, NCCA Gallery, Development Bank of the Philippines and the House of Representatives. The exhibit of his works at HAU will be the tion possible to conduct on January 19 or January 26. During the meeting, the dean argued that holding a CASEd Night would be redundant. This, she explains is because the Psychology Society and the Communicator’s League have already been preparing for their own respective socialization night. CSC CASEd Vice Chairman JansellSimbulan said, “As representatives of theCASEd students, ginagawanaminitoparasakanila, parasa requestnila. Kasingafor the past 2 or 3 years, wala pangCASEd Night”. The primary reason why the CSC wanted to conduct the CASEd Socialization Night was to shoulder the expenses of the coming University Days. Amcid explains that after two or three years, they think it is about time to have a socialization night. This, the CSC CASEd explains is to cater to CASEd’s growing student population. Then it was followed by ALE Party list Representative Catalina Bagasina and she is proud that she still buys woodcrafts of Betis, where Juan Flores came from and had been the pioneer of wood crafting in his time in Betis town. The event was also joined by the Arculator of the National Museum in Manila, Nicanor Legazpi, and the son of the late Juan Flores, Daniel Flores. The two also did the ribbon cutting of the said exhibit. If approved the event would go alongside the plans of the Psychology Society and the Communicators’ League who, for several year have been holding Socialization Nights for their respective members. The CSC shared that they wanted to push for this activity to allow CASEd students from different courses to mingle. The CSC have since instead proposed for an Education Night for Education students and alumni. This, the CSC explains is to allow other CASEd students to experience a socialization night. Amcid, an Education student notes that the possible Education Night is still a subject for approval. He explaisn that the CSC is looking forward to having it since Education is the only course from CASEd who does not have a socialization night. 6 Management: Fence is HAU’s Statement of Preparedness By Ron Julius Espada and Gallen Maine Bryn Villanueva Edna Marriza Santos, Chair of the Management Panel in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) talks, expressed that HAU is preparing for any eventuality. This response came amidst tension between HAU management and HAUTEU over bargaining deadlock in the collective bargaining agreement. Veronica Pangilinan, HAUTEU’s official spokesperson, said“We’ve been without the barricade for a long time, pero bakit ngayon itinayo? Bakit itinayo ang barricade right after the strike vote?” Pangilinan concluded that she personally feels that the erection of the barricade is related to the Union’s strike vote. Santos emphasized that not all the fences were built in response to HAUTEU’s strike vote. She clarified that HAU Management do not consider the structures erected outside HAU as barricades. She explains that the first fence built on December 8, 2012 was to enclose the area in front of the main gate. “There is this place which used to be Funeraria Angelina, which is being cleaned up. There is this wall with a digital boardalong construction area. So the fence facing Sto. Rosario is used to enclose said area when the wall with digital board will be demolished”, Santos said. She clarified that the fence built in front of the main gate was to secure the safety of construction workers and students. She notes that she has heard remarks on the transfer of HAU’s digital board. This, she explains will require construction in the area near former Funeraria Angelina and HAU main gate. Pangilinan argues “Nag-strike vote kami ng December 7, 2012 … it was an overwhelming 304 votes vs. 24 votes in favor. Then in the morning of October 8, 2012 early in the morning, someone texted me who passed by Holy Angel at nakatayo na raw yung barricade. Kung ordinary citizen kang community ng Angeles… at may makikita kang barricade, ano ang maiisip mo?” When asked regarding the other several fences built around the vicinity of HAU’s side gate, Santos explained that HAU management is preparing for “any eventuality”. “So the point is, it is a statement of preparedness of the institution for any eventuality. Because we may not know, kapag nag-strike vote ang isang Union, what does that mean? That any date, after the strike ban has been filed, the strike may commence. … you will see there is written, “University Property” so it is a statement that the university is stating its property line.” Santos said. Santos explains that one of the reasons in building the fences was to guard HAU’s property and safety of the students, employees and other stakeholders should there be a strike. Turn to page 10 Human Rights Film Fest Awakens People’s Awareness By Charisel Mae Dela Peña A Human Rights Film Festival titled “Truth Cinema” was held last December 7 at AC Library in line with the celebration of Human Rights Day. The event was sponsored by Kabataan Party List and Tudla Productions. The event’s aim is to reach out to demoted areas and to show the people what is happening concerning human rights cases in the country. The event was attended by students and some residents from Barangay Pampang. “Ora pro nobis” by Lino Brocka, a political film that transpired after the Martial law, was presented. The film is popular for human-rights activists and for those who are against “Counter-Insurgency” operations. The film was also banned during its first release; nevertheless, it still got to enter the Cannes Film Festival. “58” by Kiri Dalena and Patricia Evangelista is a documentary that gives an upsetting view of the Maguindanao massacre. Lingao’s “Maguindanao Massacre: One Year after Massacre” was also presented which was also all about the the Maguindanao Massacre that happened back in 2009 where 58 people were killed. “Nakakagising kumbaga yung mga videos naipinalabas kasi normally hindi siya topic na talagang nabibigyang pansin”, replied a student from City College of Angeles when asked on how the presentation made an impact to her. NEWS HAUTEU Rejects Proposed Amendment on Retrenchment Policies By Diane Mendoza HAUTEU rejects HAU Management’s proposed amendment to include performance as its criteria in its collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on retrenchment provisions. were presented to secure quality education for the students. “They [HAUTEU] preferred the status qou. Sabi namin hindi, dapat kasama ang performance. Kasi isali natin ang Philippine Labor Law states that “re- performance kasi mismong members trenchment is an economic ground to nagtatanong bakit hindi kasama ang reduce the number of employees.Re- performance. Tayo as an institution of trenchment is sometimes also referred learning, we owe it to our students to to as downsizing. It is aimed at saving really give quality performance kapag a financially ailing business establish- nagtuturo.”, Santos elucidated. ment from eventually collapsing.” Santos explains that the discussion Veronica Pangilinan, HAUTEU on retrenchment policies have already spokesperson, explained that there been resolved. is a current provision in the CBA that protects employees who have longer “As of December 27, 2012, binigay na tenure from being retrenched. namin”,mentioned Santos. Pangilinan explains, “Kung magkakaretrenchment in any given company last in first out ang policy.Yung sa existing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations naming ganun din yunlast in first out. Santos quoted the manifestation dated December 27, 2012: “led by former Union president Allan Magat, a much improved counter-offer which included maintaining the status quo for the retrenchment provision, and that in fact such improved terms of settlements “Halimbawa, kung sino yung pinaka given by the management without bago yun ang tatamaan ng retrench- even favorably given any considerment. So protected yung matagal na ation by the Union panel now led by its nag tatrabaho sa company. Even our new president.” CBA provides the policy na last in first out”, she added. Both Santos and Pangilinan expressed that a heated exchange transpired When asked why HAU Management during the discussion of the retrenchproposed to amend the provisions on ment provisions. retrenchment, Edna Marriza Santos, assistant of the HAU president and “Nung pa lamang discussion ng reChair of the Management Panel in trenchment talagang mainit ang exthe CBA talks, said that the provisions Turn to page 10 Students Complain about Consistently Faulty Elevators By Charisel Mae Dela Peña CASEd and CICT students complain about SJH building’s elevators which have been in and out of service for the past few years. Students whose classes take place on higher floors noticed this constant dilemma and no one really knows what is really causing the elevator jam. Some are pointing at the students and of course the students deny this. According to a security guard in charge of patrolling the building, the elevators have only been going off during black outs and although the machines had conked up a couple of times, it only lasted for a short period. “Nakaka-bother na kasi umaakyat ng stairs. Bawal pa naman akong mapagod kasi asthmatic ako baka bigla akong atakihin ng asthma ko. Tsaka yung instance na na le-late ka na tapos lalo ka pang male-late dahil sira yung elevator? And‘ pagpasok mo pawis na pawis kana first subject pa lang”,complained Donita Ann Dela Cruz, a first year Psychology student whose classes take place in the 5th floor. The customary delay of the elevators that caught the attention of the students who use the elevators has caused a set- back amongthem.Although the students on lower floors didn’t really bother about it, some can’t help but to feel sorry for those affected by the constant elevator jam. “Nakakaawa naman kasi nakikita ko sila everytime I climb the stairs and they were always in a rush to go up kasi under maintenance yung isang elevator”, said an education student who refused to reveal his name. When faculty member who wished to remain anonymous was asked about the problem elevators, the answer was that it may be due to power failure and the building consumes more energy as compared before since the installment of the projectors. “In the course of the preventive maintenance check-up of Schindler Elevators, supplier of the elevator, a computer was found to be in need ofa replacement. This part has to be sourced outside of the country”,explained Engr. Dhon Dungca who is in charge of the technical operations around the University. “To ensure the safety of the users, the defective elevators have to be kept closed until the supplier gives it a clearto-operate order.” NEWS FROM PAGE 1 NCMB TO SETTLE HAU CBA... No. 14, Series of 2005, Article V, Section 13, a Certificate of Compliance (COC) must be signed and submitted to the CHED testifying that “seventy percent (70%) of the previous year’s incremental proceeds from the tuition fee increase were used for the payment of increase in salaries, wages, allowances and other benefits of its teaching and non-teaching personnel and other staff… twenty percent (20%) of the same was expended for the improvement of modernization of school buildings, equipment, and other costs of operation”. “The law provides that 70% of the incremental proceeds from tuition fee increases should go to salaries, wages and benefits of the faculty and other employees, 20% for physical development and 10% for return of investment.” Pangilinan said. “Yung 10% bumabalik yun sa school. Hindi yun kinukuha ng board”, Santos clarified. According to Santos, the 10% return of investment goes back to the university because it is non-stock nonprofit. CHEd documents revealed that HAU raised tuition for school years 20102011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. It also submitted certificates complying with the 70-20-10 percent proceeds. In a counter manifestation submitted to the Nexus, HAU management notes that during negotiations, former HAUTEU President, Allan Magat was “satisfied of the proper computation and allocation of the 70% (IP).” This, the manifestation notes is an indication that during Magat’s leadership of the HAUTEU, both parties had gone into the final settlement of the economic issues which would have led towards acceptance by both parties. The manifestation notes that acceptance from both parties did not progress due to “the termination of Mr. Allan Magat as President of the Union.” Pangilinan explained that the Union has made its own analysis based on available documents and data. She notes that they thought that something was wrong. This led them to ask the University Management to do their own computation to compare both parties’ analysis. “Kung may discrepancy, ipaliwanag nila (the HAU Management) sa ’min kung bakit. Since sila naman ang record keeper, hawak nila ang lahat ng data. They can easily do that. So it is a simple question na parang may kulang yata. Tanong lang yun na naging duda, yung duda lumalim pa kasi they refused to do a recomputation”, Pangilinan said. Santos on the other hand said in an interview that HAU Management is not avoiding a recomputation but rather its decline to recompute is based on “the exercise of [HAU Management’s] prerogative to handle the business operations and processes of the university according to its best judgment and guided by the prescription of the law.” She further explained that disclosing such information is tantamount to removing HAU Management from exercising its prerogative to handle business operations. Santos explains that prior to the start of the academic year (AY) a consultation was called with former Union officers with regards to how the 70% IP will be allocated. She notes that both parties agreed that 70% will be distributed to the salaries and benefits of teachers and employees. She added that during the consultation, the Union officers were given the chance to inquire on how the management arrived at the 70% and that their inquiries were answered. “We keep good faith dito, that we give the 70%. If we go beyond the 70%, dahil ang university nakita nya na may expenses pa rito, expenses pa dun. But we are true to our educational institution. Sa kamay namin, yung law ang syang pinangangalagaan namin. Meron din kaming prerogative na ‘pag sinabi namin na eto na yung 70% ninyo, you have to take it, in good faith”, Santos explained. When asked on how “in good faith” can be verified, Santos explained that the University Management has for decades followed the same procedure of presenting the computation of the 70% IP to the union prior to the implementation. She notes that “management prerogative, yun yung pinangangalagaan namin. Inside that prerogative, nandun lagi yung ‘in good faith’ natin.’ Santos also explained that HAU Management cannot violate labor principles on deducting salaries in the case that a recomputation would indicate that they’ve extended more than 70% IP. “Ibibigay namin sa kanila … pero saan namin yun kukunin?”, Santos said. She admits that in the case that the recomputation would indicate otherwise, no violation would be committed if the management provides the 70% IP to teachers and employees. She explains that as an educational institution, the management has the responsibility to follow the law. She explains that for several years they’ve followed the same formula and procedure. She notes that three presidents, former and current, followed an agreed formula and procedure on the 70% IP. Santos explains that HAU Management is confident that 70% IP is given to employees. “During the year, meron pa binabayaran na substitutes, regularization, improvement in ranks, lahat yan. Kung tutuusin nung mag-compute kami ng para sa 70%, hindi pa yun kasali … although we set allowances. We’re confident that the 70% talagang binibigay s’ya”, Santos clarified. She explains that if HAU Management commits a specific increase in salary, they cannot diminish it if there is a decrease in the number of enrollees for the second semester. This, she explains, is a clear violation of labor principles which the management is preventing. “These are just estimates. Paano kung bumagsak ang enrollment?”, Santos said. Because of the two years added by K to 12 Basic Education Program of the government, there is an expected drop in the number of college enrollees for two 7 consistent years. Citing HAUTEU’s actions of filing an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) case, declaration of deadlock, and filing of the notice of strike, HAU Management states in their January 14, 2013 Counter Manifestation that, “without a shadow of doubt… the Union representatives with their current Panel, headed by President Dr. Edmond Maniago, have no intention … to settle the CBA issues amicably.” It notes that the University Management Panel will direct all of its efforts towards meeting and answering the ULP chargers filed by the HAUTEU against the university. This, it notes is to vindicate the University’s position that shall “clearly, transparently and definitely” resolve all issues raised against the University. Transparency and Accountability Pangilinan cited HAU President Dr. Arlyn Sicangco-Villanueva’s advocacy on Transparency and Accountability. Pangilinan explains, “The president herself, advocacy niya ay transparency and accountability. Us in the HAUTEU are also adapting that. Humihingi kami ng kwenta dun sa 70% IP. Of course, one would want to make sure na naiibibigay nang maayos. Mali ba yun?” Santos said “Confident kami sa management na yung 70% na iyon ay ibinibigay namin sa employees kasi imagine kung magba-violate kami, mako-call ang attention namin.” 3.6 and 5.2 Million Pangilinan shared that after the management allocates the increase for the salaries, there would still be excess money. She notes that this excess should go to employees’ s salary benefits. “Originally, 3.6 million yun. Pag-uusapan kung saang benefit idi-distribute yun… But when we presented yung formula for the 70% ,medyo nagkahirapan kami because they were saying na yung formula na ginagamit has been used for a long time”, Pangilinan said. She explains that the HAUTEU has presented an updated version of the formula used to compute for the 70% IP. During one of the CBA negotiations, she explains that the management tried to use its formula. This, she explains, revealed significant discrepancies. “Yung formula na yun for the 1st semester, nag-agree sila na actual number of students times actual number of units enrolled. Yun pa lang ang ginawa nila, nag-improve na yung 3.6 million to close to 5.2 million”, Pangilinan explains. When asked on the school’s response to this, she said, “Palagi naman daw nang-aabono ang school… How will we know? Ayaw nila mag-recompute.” Strike Vote Last December 7, 2012, HAUTEU board of directors called for a strike vote. Results showed an overwhelming 304 votes vs. 24 votes in favor of a strike. Pangilinan explains that HAUTEU has yet formally submitted the strike vote to the NCMB. This, she explains, is to give HAU Management a chance to reconsider HAUTEU’s concerns. “Kung kami ang intension namin ay guluhin ang university strike na kaagad. Pero dinadaan namin sa dasal”, Pangilinan said. HAU Management Panel on the other hand notes in their official Counter Manifestation notes, “Up to this time, the Union has not submitted formally to the Honorable NCMB the strike votes result that it obtained last December 2012 with the presence thereat of NCMB representatives – which all proves what Management Panel has manifested before this Honorable NCMB that the current Union Panel’s intent is negotiating in bad faith.” Santos explains that no matter what explanation HAU Management provides, HAUTEU still finds it insufficient. “Ang (decision) namin is to face their questions and their charges in proper legal fora. Kasi it is that legal fora that will tell us, ito ang tama at ito ang dapat namit gawin”, Santos explained. Netizens React Holy Angel University alumni and students have voiced their concerns and opinions regarding the recent issues through online social networking. HAU Waterproof Students Facebook page reposted a status expressing that “[students] should and must be aware.” It added that “[students’] acads (sic) must not be affected … teachers are members of the union, they might not be able to be in class or worst, they might not be allowed to enter the school.” “The admin said, they have contingency plans about this but I doubt if they can provide you teachers who are as good as your current teachers. They even said that even them (sic) will teach if necessary. You are there to study, to learn, and to grow as individuals with the service that the University must cater. But with what is happening, it’s (sic) NOT conducive to learning anymore”, the post concluded. It also posted an alleged message from a former HAU employee who expressed that “HAUTEU’s courage to contradict to the admin is very risky. They chose to take the risk, for their principles and rights. Hope (sic) students will also have the courage to voice out what they see”. This is based on the HAU Waterproof Students’ Facebook page with around 3600 “likes”. “As a student council officer, the best advice I can give to everyone regarding the current hiatus bet, the HAU management and the Union: KNOW the real issue first before arriving with conclusions and making some MOVES. Refrain from DOING things impulsively”, posted CSC-CASEd Vice-chairman Jansell Iris Simbulan on her Facebook account. The official Facebook page of HAUTEU has also gathered significant attention from netizens. It received more than 1000 “likes” in a span of two days since it was created. “They are preparing for an explosion of disastrous proportions. They have taken every precaution and put into motion every contingency plan that they could possibly think of. Their zeal and dedication would be admirable if not for one minute detail. That what they have firmly grasped between their fingertips… is the detonator.” “Huwag muna nating husgahan ang HAU Admins. Gusto ko marinig din natin sila nang harap-harapan para magka-alamanan na! Kung mananatili lang silang tahimik at puro bulletin lang, naku, ewan ko na lang”, posted an anonymous admin from HAU Waterproof Students. 8 NEWS/FEATURE Teacher Ed Establishes New Student Clubs By Rowin de Leon Teacher Education (TED) UNESCO Club (HAU Chapter) and Human Kinetics Society are two newly-founded clubs for students enrolled in the Teacher Education program of HAU. The recently founded TED UNESCO Club HAU, after passing all the necessary requirements as UNESCO Club, is now part of a global grassroots movement that develops understanding and support for UNESCO and its programs. This was confirmed when the Teacher Education program Chairperson, Mr. Arlan Dela Cruz, received a letter from National Association of UNESCO Club in the Philippines, Inc. (NAUCP). The letter informs the said club’s president, Zoraida Nacpil, a second year Education Student, that the newly-established club for Teacher Education students of HAU is now recognized as an accredited UNESCO Club. In line with this, Nacpil is invited to attend the awarding ceremony in conjunction with the 2nd national Innovation Conference on Education (NICE 2013) on January 26-29, 2013, at the Sol y Viento Mountain Hot springs Resort, Brgy. Pansol, Calamba city, Laguna. The idea of forming a college-based UNESCO Club within the Department of Teacher Education here in HAU came at a time when peace education started to be integrated in its teacher education courses in 2008. Since then, education students enrolled in HAU receive peace education lessons in their Social Dimensions of Education course. This follows the idea that every future teacher is a future peace educator. This student organization will serve as an extracurricular training ground for pre-service teachers to be advocates of peace education and organize more peace initiatives. This student organization is open for all teacher education students of HAU. On the other hand, Human Kinetics Society (HKS), the newly-founded student organization for MAPEh majors, is now moving with their various activities headed by their founder-president Joseph Lobo. Joseph Lobo said that their club’s foundation is not merely for self-fulfillment but for the unification of the entire MAPEh majors in our university. When asked about their activities, Lobo answered, “Most of the activities are tied-up with other organizations, pero some of the activities kami naman ang gagawa”. Recently, HKS had an outreach program (Laro ng Lahi para sa mga Kabataan 2012) at Brgy. Sapangbato, Angeles city and they also participated at the anti-drugs rally of Angeles City Hall. Currently, the said club is still waiting for the accreditation of their club by the Office of the Students’ Services and Affairs (OSSA). English, Social Studies and Filipino majors have also announced their eagerness to establish organization for their area of specialization last 1st semester of this academic year. When asked regarding the current status of their planned organization, they said that they are still working on the requirements needed for the foundation and accreditation of the organization. The current CSC-Cased Chairman, Jayson Amcid, shows his support to these students who are currently founding an Mga Mag-aaral ng AB Comm, Namamayagpag Ni Gayzel Dalusung Nagpamalas ng angking galing ang mga mag-aaral ng departamentong AB Communication matapos nilang magkamit ng parangal mula sa iba’t-ibang kompetisyong kanilang nilahukan sa nakaraang taon. Hindi lamang sa larangan ng pamamahayag nanging ibabaw ang mga magaaral ng AB Comm kundi maging sapagandahan. Sa naganap na Mr. and Ms. CASEd 2012, nakamit ni Ashley Nicole Singh ang titulo bilang Ms. CASEd 2012 habang nakamit naman nina Jason Paolo Amparado ang titulo bilang Mr. CASEd 2012 first runner-up at Klarrence De Dios bilang Ms. CASEd 2012 3rd runner-up. Sagaganaping UDAYs 2013, si Singh ang magrerepresenta sa Kolehiyong Sining, Agham at Edukasyonparasa Mr. and Ms. HAU. Nakamit naman ni Earl Patrick Policarpio ng A3BJ ang titulo bilang pinakamahusay na aktor sa CineKabalen ‘12 noong ika-01 ng Disyembre 2012. Ito ay para sa kanyang mahusay napagganap sa pelikulang “Matas” ni Paulo Marcelo na isaring mag-aaral sa CASEd. Ang CineKabalen ay naglalayong hikayatin ang mga lokal na “filmmakers” upang sila’y maeng-ganyo na lumikha ng mga pelikula na magtataguyod ng kultura, tradisyon at leng gwahe ng mga Kapampangan. organization. “It’s a better avenue for them to really go for...At least napagtutuunan din nila ng pansin yung kanilang extra-curricular activities. That would be a great help sa kanila ‘pag nag-apply na sila ng trabaho”, Amcid said. The former student activity coordinator, Nagkamit din ng parangal si Kelvin Aguilar ng A3BJ ng 1st Student Quill Awards noong ika-12 ng Nobyembre 2012. Ito ay para sa kanyang dokumentaryong “Yagit” na ukol sa isang batang nagtitindang pandesal upang matutustusan ang pangangaila ng ang kanyang pamilya. Nakamit nito ang mga parangal na “Best in Communication Campaign” at “Best in Audiovisual.” Ayon kay Gizelle Maniago, president ng CommLeague, “All I can say as a Pres. of CommLeague, I’m very grateful that Comm. students made noise this year. Their success is a sign na kaya nating makipagsabayan. And also they serve as an inspiration to other Comm. Students, a proof to all that if there is hardwork plus determination, it is possible to achieve success. Kudos to all Commstudents.” “I felt so elated and proud. I am very happy that the Comm students are showing everyone what they can do. Our hard work is paying off”,wika ni Bb. Leslie Manalo, tagapayo ng Comm League. Ang mga nasabing kompetisyon na nila hukan ng mga mag-aaral ay naganap hindi lamang saloob ng paaralan kundi maging sa panrehiyunal at nasyunal na antas. Ms. Rovie Anne Matic, commends the students who have the willingness to build an organization. To date, there are four education students’ organizations that are accredited by the Office of Students Affairs. They are Scienzophiliacs, Sped-Soc. BeedSoc and EMC. The ABPSY Experience By Gaea Laquindanum Probably one of the most interesting, exciting, yet challenging classes a psychology major will consider in his entire life as an Angelite is Abnormal Psychology(AbPsy). Nevertheless, upon conquering AbPsy, a psych major may say triumph is at reach as there is so much supplement to the learning gained from the field in the end. How is AbPsy exciting, have you wondered? Who would not be thrilled to be able to find out and understand how a disorder starts, persists, and eventually is given treatment? What even fuels the excitement is how you discover the most accurate psychological disorder through reliable and valid means. All these await students who take the said class as one is required to come up with a comprehensive report that will deal about a possible case. Among the Angelites who took up AbPsy in the last two academic years and those who have had a taste of what the disorders are—through lectures and the exposure trip, not to mention the cases studied and formulated with reports—here are their reports of the most challenging and brain-teasing psych disorders to determine among all other disorders. Dissociative Disorders. This category of disorders have the main feature of a defense mechanism called dissociation, an act of separation or disconnection from the self (depersonalization) or from the reality in the environment (derealization). Such disorders can be brought about by psychological trauma. A disorder falling under this category, called the Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a very attention-grabbing one to discover and study, but the person who experiences it can be devastated as it may cause significant impairment in a person’s areas of functioning. In DID, a person may claim various identities that coexist. These identities, adopting varying behaviors, can be as many as a hundred, all existing in an individual. Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders Perhaps the most common words associated to Psychology is Schizophrenia and psychotic behavior. What is schizophrenia, really? Schizophrenia is a complex disorder greatly affecting cognitive and emotional functioning of a person. It comes along with false, irrational beliefs (delusions) and sensations that are not brought about by real external events (hallucination). This category of disorders is difficult to determine when little information is gathered. Also, it may be confusing to figure out as criteria must be taken into account very well so as not to mismatch them with the different types. Personality Disorders Among the disorders classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the bible of Psychology students and practitioners, personality disorders are probably the most interesting. It is interesting in a way that as you go along discussions and lectures about the topics, you find yourself checking criteria which seem appropriate to you. The terms narcissistic, histrionic, and OC (obsessive-compulsive) are actually labels of personality disorders. These disorders are challenging because it must be given emphasis that such maladaptive behaviors are exhibited in a wide scope of personal and social context of the individual because personality disorders occur in pattern of thoughts relating to the self and to others. No matter how difficult it may be for Psychology students to determine a disorder present in an individual, with proper training and more intense exposure and much attention to the subject, every diagnosis can be as accurate and comprehensive as it can be. Judging and labeling disorders to people is unethical and must always be avoided. In cases that it brings doubt and confusion, the perfect thing to always do is to know what the experts have to say for they are the authorities to be considered in the field. NEWS Catechetical Instruction to be Moved Next Semester By Rowin de Leon Due to Education Sophomores’ morning schedules, Mr. Arlan dela Cruz, TeacherEd Chairperson, decided to move their Catechetical Instruction program from this semester to the next. “That was the only reason for such decision of not to allow second year students to have their catechetical instruction”, dela Cruz added. He also clarified that “the ten-hour training consumed by the second year students during the one-day training shall be credited.” When asked if there will be refresher trainings on catechetical instruction next semester before student catechists are deployed, he answered, “Definitely there will be a day of re-orientation of the catechetical ministry for next school year.” To disseminate the news regarding the said discontinuation of catechetical instruction, dela Cruz asked the help of the class beadles from his Esocdimed classes earlier this semester. Consequently, mixed reactions were gained from the students regarding the said announcement. When asked about what he can tell the supposed-to-be catechists regarding their reaction on the cancellation of the said program this semester, he said that he has no comment on this as his office has not received any complaints, formal or informal, regarding the discontinuation of the said program. One involved student who wished to remain unknown said, “It’s a bit upsetting for me that the catechetical instruction had been postponed because we should FROM PAGE 1 HAU Psych Tops 4th in PAPJA... Calma explained that the actual team who competed comprised of Laquindanum, de Leon and Pineda. Pineda and de Leon were selected because of their prior exposure to the PAPJA quiz bee. Calma notes that Pineda and de Leon’s standing as seniors also gave them an advantage. Laquindanum on the other hand was selected over Cruz because of her higher grade point average (GPA). “They are five in the team pero dapat isa lang ang backup pero dahil we want to prepare for the worse kaya meron pa ring dalawang backup”, Calma said. HAU’s psychology academic team members were provided with PowerPoint presentations on psychological concepts. These presentations included several questions to be answered by the team. One PowerPoint presentation consisted of 400 items. De Leon and Indiongco shared that the team met once a week and were constantly given 400 to 500 item exams. These exams include topics from General Psychology to Psychological Measurements. “It was mind boggling, it was mind stressing… It was a good thing that every time we had our review we had food with us. We were instructed to bring sweets as well”, De Leon explained. De Leon and Indiongco recall that the team underwent hypnotherapy as one of their preparations for the competition. Hypnosis sessions were provided and facilitated by Daryl Malonzo. “We had longer preparations this year”, De Leon mentioned. De Leon was exposed to last year’s PAPJA quiz bee where she served as a substitute. She explains that there is little pressure to maintain or exceed HAU’s 7th place record last PAPJA 2012. “I did not think that getting into the top ten would be as promising as before… For us, getting into the top ten was already enough”, said de Leon. Around 11:30, participants were called for registration. By 12:45pm, all 143 participating schools together with each of their three members were distributed to take individual tests.After taking the prequalifying test, scores were tallied according to school. The top ten highest scoring schools then moved to the next round. The top ten schools were announced after that convention’s afternoon plenary session. The schools were called in no specific order. Holy Angel University secured its spot in the top ten together with Far Eastern University, University of Santo Tomas, Centro Escolar College,Saint Louis University Baguio, University of the Philippines Tacloban, De la Salle University and Ateneo de Manila University. “Holy Angel University and Saint Louis University Baguio yata are the only two schools na nakapasok sa top ten from Northern Luzon … Angeles University Foundation, UP Clark and the University of the Assumption did not participate”,Calma said. “Nagnenerbyos ako syempre. Then the quiz master said ‘from Pampanga…’. Tayolangnamanang from Pampanga. I was so happy”,Calma explicated. The top ten schools then took their respective places in the stage for the actual quiz bee. HAU was able to successfully answer the first few questions but lagged later on in the competition. Five points were deducted for having no and wrong answers. Each correct answer was equivalent to ten points. Twenty questions were presented. The questions came from, General Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Theories of Personality, Abnormal Psychology, Psychological Testing and Industrial Organizational (IO)Psychology. Calma notes that majority of the questions came from Industrial Organizational Psychology. “The questions were really difficult, hardcore talaga sila. Hindi natin nakuha yung 9 have been able to take the advantage of our present schedules which have long hours of vacant period. They should have let those students whose schedules can allow them to join the said program. To those who have conflicting schedules, they could join next year. I just feel that there’s a lot of time that we could have spent productively. It should have been a big minus on our commitments.” “May mga disadvantages yan, meron din namang mga advantages. Bago naman siguro ikinansela ito ni Sir (Arlan Dela Cruz), pinag-aralan niya muna”, Karen Lazaro commented. Despite the cancellation of the catechetical instruction program this semester, the Junior Education students will pursue theirs and they are currently having it at Angeles Elementary School and Sta. Teresita Elementary School. Furthermore, Mr. dela Cruz commends the group leaders of the said catechetical instruction for working and walking closely with him to successfully accom- mga questions na yun”,Calma added. “After the 15th question, nahinaan na ako ng loob. Hindi na yata tayo makakapasok. I told Daryl (Malonzo) nakahit mag-top 6 lang tayo okay na. This is because I want to exceed our last year’s PAPJA record of 7th place. Surprisingly, Daryl told me na nakakapasok pa raw tayo”, Calma said. When the scores were tallied, HAU was revealed to be on the 3rd spot together with UP Tacloban and De la Salle University. A tie-breaker-question was called and all three schools were able to answer correctly. For the 2nd tie-breaker-question, none answered correctly. It was the third tie-breaker-question which made the fate of De la Salle, HAU and UP Tacloban, putting them on the 3rd and 4th spot. “Nung sinabing top 3 at magta-tie-breaker pa, umaalis na kaming tatlo. Sabi namin, ‘ayaw na namin, sige sa inyo yan. ’Masakit na kasi sa ulo. Tumayo na talaga kami, pero andun na sayang naman”, Pineda exclaimed. When the answers were revealed, only UP Tacloban got the correct answer, thus, securing the 3rd spot; HAU and De la Salle shared the 4th spot. University of Santo Tomas secured the top spot next to Far Eastern University. plish their goals for their group members and their pupils. He also shows his gratitude and appreciation to the Campus Ministry Office, to Ms. Lorna Tyson and Ms. Ria Ignacio of the Christian Living Department as well as Motorpool for the implementation of this program and the two partners in DEPEd headed by its two principals: Dr. Agnes Manabat of Angeles Elementary School and Mrs. Edna Tongol of Sta. Teresita Elementary School. Catechetical instruction is a compulsory activity for all teacher education students. This consists of receiving training and providing catechetical instruction among grade school children in public schools around Angeles City. “Definitely, participating in this ministry is not an easy task. But I would like all teacher Education students to take this as a challenge as a pre-service teacher. This program is a big stepping stone towards becoming the kind of educators I dream them to be in the 21st century”, said Dela Cruz. Teachers and students from different schools were seen congratulating team HAU after the event. “Nakaka-proud lang na nakikilala tayo”, Pineda said. “We saw it as a learning experience; we really didn’t pressure ourselves to win. Hindi namin inisip na dapat mapunta kami sa top. We experienced this, we became a part of it, that is good enough for us”, explained de Leon. When asked regarding the secret of possibly getting the top spot next year, de Leon said, “It is more of the dedication to learn and not to win. It was more of learning by the heart … reviewing by the heart”. Plans for Next Year Calma explained that he is coordinating with Mr. Carlos Buan, the official coach of HAU’s psychology academic team. “I’ve told them about the ‘halimaw’ thing of UST. The secret of UST is one year ang kanilang preparations”, Calma mentioned. He notes that Buan has already instructed him to scout for possible new academic team members for the next convention. “Among the 20 questions, they (UST) only got one wrong question yata. Halimaw talaga sila”, Calma mentioned. Dark Horse of the Competition “I think they(young psychology majors) can make it. Kasi if we were able to get into the top ten, kaya rinnila”, Pineda said. HAU was labeled as the “dark horse of the competition” because it was able to penetrate into the top 5. The top 10 of the PAPJA quiz bee has traditionally been dominated by popular schools such as UST, Ateneo and De la Salle. He explains that he heard rumors that the juniors, sophomores and even freshmen Psychology majors are showing great promise academically. “People were asking, ‘What is Holy Angel? Where did they come from? Who are these people?’ Well, tayolangkasiangkakaibasalahatngmga schools nanagsi-salisa PAPJA … kamuntikna raw natingmaabutanangLa Salle”, said Calma. More than 4,300 students attended this year’s PAPJA Convention. This is the biggest PAPJA since its first convention. The event was held at the SM Mall of Asia last January 18 and 19, 2013. “We will not limit it to five. This time, we’re going to prepare ten participants”, Calma mentioned. He explains that the new screening system will follow a process of elimination. He adds that the review will also be in preparation for the psychology board exams. “Possible kasi na yung mga magtetrain might be part of the topnotchers sa board exams ng psychology,” Calma predicted. 10 FROM PAGE 6 Management: Fence is HAU’s... “Merong ii-impose na strike ban, which is 7 days, and then we expect a strike any day from that after the 7th day. When asked for HAUTEU’s reaction, Pangilinan said, “May nag sabi sa amin na they (HAU Management) are preparing na raw for the strike. So kung in the event of a strike daw maliit lang yung space naiwan sa amin so pupuntahan na lang yung mismong street. Eh ‘di itinaboy kaming Angeles City Traffic Enforcement Group (ACTEG).” Santos explains that the university is not just preparing for a strike. “It may not only be the strike, it may be another. I don’t know what can happen, pero if you will look at signage, ‘University Property, Post No Bill’. It is the property of the school, and since it is the property of the school, sine-secure natin ito”, Santos explained. When asked if HAU management foresees danger or threat to the school, Santos said that they do not see any sudden threat at this point. Satos further noted “They’re (HAUTEU) connecting this to the strike vote, syempre the institution has to be prepared, syempre, aantayin mo pa ba na mangyari FROM PAGE 6 Pangilinan said, “Noong pinag-uusapan namin ang retrenchment policies muntik na kaming magka-deadlock noon. There is a law that protects an employee, yung security of tenure”. In a letter submitted to the Nexus, HAUTEU explained that one of their main demands or issues was that “security of tenure be upheld in the University Retrenchment program. In the Management’s proposal, the provision of last in first out (LIFO) was replaced by work performance which can be subjective and may contravene Seniority rights”. Santos clarified that LIFO was not going to be replaced by work performance. She further explained that work performance was simply going to be included as a criterion for retrenchment. She explained “educational qualifications, performance, last in first out,ang performance is just one among the criteria. In-explain ko rin ito sa Union”. Panglinan on the other hand expressed that their concern is that performance was placed as a primary criteria for retrenchment. “There is performance evaluation sa regularization process. Once regularized ka it means na-provide monaang performance nakailangan. Performance evaluations should be included in regularization and not as a primary criterion in retrenchment. It should assist the students... there is an hour na sabay-sabay lalabas yan, kaya yung guards, they see to it na nandoon sila, and their alertness to assist the kids … lahat yan sine-secure ng school.” na bago ka mag-act? Cased Students Give Their Take Safety of Students “I think the admin is just protecting the school’s properties and the people inside it”, Ms. CASEd Ashley Singh commented. Should there be a strike Santos notes that the fence will help in safeguarding students and employees. “Yung passage ng mga bata could be also another thing that we have to secure. Not only the students, but also the employees”, Santos said. On the other hand, Pangilinan explains that HAUTEU also puts into consideration the safety of the students. “Kasi may specific time na lumalabas ang mga bata, so kung heavy load ang traffic ng pedestrian coming out of the school, syempre kung maliit na lang ang [passage way]. Mag-i-spill over sila sa road mismo na dinadaanan ng mga vehicles. How can that be now for the safety of the students?” “Personally hindi ko makita yung security reasons … it is posing a risk pa nakasi lumiit na yung dadaanan”,Panglinan added. In response, Santos said “Even when the fence was installed, the guards were given the instructions on how they HAUTEU Rejects Proposed Amend... change. Mainit yung sa retrenchment. That’s how important the provisions are to them”, Santos explained. NEWS may become a venue for abuse.” She explains. A Case from the former College of Nursing Santos gave an example by citing an exchange when several instructors from the former College of Nursing (CON) were retrenched. “Nag-retrench natayo last summer kasi lumiit na yung enrollment natin. Nagkaroon kami ng meeting with the Union officers. There was one faculty member who joined us in the meeting … kasi before we do any retrenchment we inform the Union na dahil lumiitang enrollment natin may mare-retrench na faculty.” Mr. CASEd Jastin Pangilinan also shared his opinion. He explained, “ I am not against the HAU’s action of putting fences or barricades”. He further added, “I think those fences will just add another expense for the school … maybe another expense from the students.” Jansell Simbulan, CSC Vice-Chairman explained that a lot of students were caught off guard when the fences were erected. “Especially I think itinayo sya the day after na mag-strike vote”, she observed. She commented that students got a notion that there is indeed an impending rally because of the fences. “Nakakalungkot lang din kasi laging naging controversial ang issue between the Union and the management dun sa pagpapatayo [ng fence]”,Simbulan said. Simbulan also echoed the concerns of retrenchment to address this concern. “Since nagka-performance incentives ang mga employees, talagang na kita namin na nag-improve ang aming performance from all of us, so we included it as a criterion in retrenchment. So nung mag-submit kami ng counterproposal sa Union, kasali siya.” Students React “Paano yun? Kahit magaling yung teacher matatangal parin siya dahil may mga na nauna sa kanya? Parang hindi naman yata tama yun. Basehan dapat ay kung gaano sila kagaling magturo”, said a 4th year Psychology student who wished to remain anonymous. many students on the safety concerns caused by the fence. “Nagpatawag sila ng meeting with the student councils, ang sabi nila intended daw yun para sa safety purposes ng mga estudyante. “Kaso nga lang, few days after s’ya maitayo, mayroong mga insidente na kamuntik nang may masagasaan kasi sobrang kipot na lang ng pagitan mula sa talagang daan dun sa tabi na pagdadaanan mo”,Simbulan said. Simbulan notes that the CSC-CASEd requested for another way. She clarified that they are aware that they cannot simply request for the removal of the fence. “Hindi naman pwedeng magmula sa atin yung desisyon… naipatanggal na [ang fence] dahil sa nangyari. Sana makagawa tayong way para ma-prevent natin yung mga ganoong kaso”,Simbulan said. When asked for his opinion,CASEd student council Chairman Jason Amcid said, “Those barricades seem to protect the students, right? But they (HAU Management) are really not helping students from passing by. [The passageway] became too narrow for us to walk over especially by 9 pm. Most of the students are protesting about it. Also it becomes a total eyesore when you look at it. I hope they will remove it as soon as possible”,Amcid added. “I think tama lang yun. Of course you would want to secure your career. Kapag matagal ka na sa pinagtatrabahuhan mo hindi ka naman matutuwa kung maunaka pang matatanggal kesa sa mga recently hired”, expressed a 3rd year Education student who also wished to remain anonymous. Retrenchment occurs when there is an economic ground to reduce number of employees. In the case of HAU, this may occur when there is a significant decrease in the number of enrollees. Because of the two years added by K to 12 Basic Education Program of the government, there is an expected drop in the number of college enrollees for two years. CASEd wins UA Quiz Bee By Edrome Austria “In one of the two meetings we had,may isang faculty natin anong niya kung kasali ang performance as criteria. Ang sagot ko based sa dating CBA which is still in effect kasi hindi pa kami nag-sign ng bago. Sa college, it is educational qualifications and last in first out … educational qualifications and tenure or years of service. So sabi niya, ‘Ma’am sa mga batang faculty maraming magagaling compared po doon sa mga naunasaamin na nagtuturo sa Holy Angel.’” Holy Angel University bagged first place in University of Assumption’s quiz bee, “Pa-SocPsychan” which were also joined by six other academic institutions around Pampanga, namely Somascan Fathers Seminary, Republic Central College, Mother of Good Counsel Seminary, Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University, and San Fernando City College, as they battle head-to-head for the competition last January 8, 2013. “May katotohanan naman. There is a percent of truth sa sinabi niya, pero angsagot namin ay hindi pweding maging criteria ang performance kasi wala yun sa existing CBA. We have to respect the stipulations of the CBA”, recalled Santos. The representatives, Helen Moreno, Aljean Montao and Mel Cruz who are taking BEED Major in Mathematics, BEED Major in Social Sciences and Psychology respectively, won the competition together with Ms. Janett Reyes as their coach. Santos further explained that HAU Management reviewed provisions on “We were actually reminded days before the competition, kung baga short notice lang sya. Yung last minute review namin sa bus na lang talaga, dun na lang yung mga final review namin, and yung lahat ng nireview namin, some of them came out of the test, so I think na para sa Holy Angel talaga yun”, said Ms. Reyes. On the other hand, Helen Moreno, one of the representatives of HAU in the competition, said “Actually di talaga kami ready. At nung nandun na kami, parang di rin ako makapaniwala na nanalo kami. Talagang nagulat ako noon,” as she commented about their victory. CASEd teachers and staffs are encouraging CASEd students to join more competitions, especially in the coming University Days in February. NEWS FROM PAGE 1 Tensions Rise as HAUTEU Conduct... sponding sanction or disciplinary action. HAUTEU explained in their official response that “[they] do not need to ask authority from anyone to pray. This is within the mantle of our constitutional right to peaceably assemble and the right to freedom of expression. More importantly, it is an exercise of our right to freedom of faith and religion. Instead of receiving show-cause memos, we should even be commended for initiating and setting example in holding a Prayer Vigil”, they added. Santos clarified that “ang issue namin dun ay yung unauthorized use of the fa- cility. Yung focus is not the prayer, it is the authorized use. Kaya kung titignan yung concern ang unauthorized use of facilities ang naging problema”. When asked as to why the HAUTEU did not follow the proper process of holding a prayer vigil, Veronica Pangilinan, HAUTEU spokesperson, said “Yung bang mganagpa-practice dun nang hihingi ng permission? Yung bang car owners nag-a-ask ng permission to park there? …It is common knowledge na yung sa piazza na anything goes there. You will see students rehearsing, you will see students practicing their drama play and HAUTEU and HAU Management: “Students Must Not Be Involved” By Aaron Rivera Despite tensions between HAU Management and HAUTEU due to the labor issue, the management and the Union stated that students must not involve themselves in the issue. “Regular classes will still remain. There will be no extension of academic calendar.” Edna Marizza Santos, assistant of the HAU President and Chair of the Management Panel in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) talks said. She explains that is still HAU Management’s duty to provide quality education and services to the students. She notes that in case that there will be “abnormalities”, it is their responsibility to take care of the students. “It is not their (students) concern”,said Santos pertaining to the issue between the Management and the HAUTEU. “If any of these abnormalities happened, Chairperson’s Corner FILIPINO 101 ni Gng. Alma M. Natividad “Ika-pito; pinaka-una; pagkaka-isa; kawang-gawa”. Ito ay ilan lamang sa mga halimbawa ng maling paggamit ng bantas sa mga pasulat na patalastas sa mga tarpaulin at billboard particular ang bantas na GITLING. Ito ay batay sa lumabas na resulta sa proyekto ng mga mag-aaral sa asignaturang FILMAS ( Masining na Pagpapahayag) sa Kolehiyo ng mga Sining, Agham at Edukasyon. Ito ay resulta ng pag-iikot nila sa palengke at mga komersyal na lugar sa Lungsod ng Angeles. Ano ang layunin sa nasabing proyekto? Ang proyektong ito ay may kinalaman sa paksang gramatika at retorika sa asignaturang nabanggit. Ang retorika ay hindi lamang nakatuon sa kasiningan ng pahayag kundi ito rin ay may kinalaman sa kalinawan at katiyakan ng pahayag. At isa sa mga sangkap upang matamo ang kalinawan sa pahayag lalo na kung ito ay sa paraang pasulat ay ang tamang paggamit ng mga bantas. Ang maling paggamit ng bantas ay nagdudulot ng kamalian sa mensaheng nais ipahayag. At hindi nag-iisa sa kamaliang ito ang mga gumagawa ng mga pasulat na patalastas sa mga tarpaulin at billboard na ipinapaskil at inilalagay sa mga komersyal na lugar. Madalas ding maging kamalian ito ng mga manunulat ng mga balita sa mga pahayagan at mga nakasulat na patalastas o pahayag sa telebisyon.Ito ay batay sa mga naunang pananaliksik. Ito ay malimit ding maging suliranin ng mga mag-aaral sa anumang gawaing pasulat na kahingian sa bawat asignaturang may kasangkot na pagsulat. Kahit ang araling ito ay isa sa mga paksang tinatalakay sa loob ng silidaralan mula elementarya hanggang kolehiyo, hindi maipagkakaila na hindi pa rin natatamo ang masteri at tamang paggamit sa mga ito. Sa kadahilanang ito, minarapat kong ipabatid na muli sa mga baguhang manunulat at mag-aaral ang mga tuntunin sa tamang gamit ng gitling ayon sa 2009 Gabay sa Ortograpiyang Filipino na binuo ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Narito ang mga tuntunin sa tamang gamit ng gitling (- ): 1. sa pag-uulit ng mga salita.( ang pag-uulit ay maaring pag-uulit ng pantig o buong salita). Halimbawa nito ay sama-sama, masaganang-masagana at araw-araw. 2. kapag ang panlapi ay nagtatapos sa katinig at ang salitang nilalapian ay nagsisimula sa patinig. Halimbawa ng mga ganitong salita ay ang mga pag-asa, mag-ina, mang-aawit. 3. kapag ang salitang nilalapian ay pangngalang pantangi. Halimbawa, ay ang maka-Rizal, maka-Filipino at mag-Colgate. 4. sa pagsulat ng pangalan ng isang babaeng may asawa upang ipakita ang kanyang apelyido noong dalaga pa siya. Halimbawa nito ay Alma Miranda- Natividad, Genoveva Edroza-Matute. 5. na panghalili sa nawawalang kataga o salita sa isang tambalang salita. Halimbawa ng mga ganitong salita ay lakad-takbo ( mula sa lakad at takbo), pamatid-uhaw ( mula s pamatid ng uhaw) at araw-gabi ( mula sa araw at gabi) 6. kapag ang panlaping ka- ay sinusundan ng numero. Halimbawa nito ay ika-30 ng Agosto, ika-5:00 ng hapon, ika -11 ng Mayo. 7. kapag isinusulat nang paletra ang mga yunit ng praksyon. Halimbawa nitoay isang-kapat (1/4), isang-kapulo ( 1/10) at tatlong-kapat (3/4). Nawa sa artikulong ito ay maging mulat at maging maingat na ang mga manunulat, baguhan man o hindi sa paggamit ng mga bantas lalo na ng gitling. 11 you can even see cars parked there. Nung ngang Christmas party ng Holy Angel it was even used as the party’s venue. Meron bang na-question? Why then yung prayer vigil na ginawa namin dun is being questioned?” Santos clarified that in such event, HAU Church Ministry Office (CMO) must be informed. She further explained that if the event was forwarded to the CMO, it could have even been a university wide event if the CMO feels that the event is needed. wala kaming permission ibabalik ko lang yung mga nagpa-practice dun, do they need permission? ”Why then are they (HAU Management) being selective? Dahil Union-initiated activity ba ito? Santos explained that even without the tension between HAU Management and HAUTEU, the management will still impose its rules and policies on reserving and using campus facilities. “Actually, may tensyon o walang tensyon, our procedure must be upheld”, Santos explained. Panglinan on the other hand noted that HAUTEU cannot help but feel that they were issued a memo because it was a union-initiatedactivity. “Kunwari apat tayo rito, if we decide to pray, do we go to CMO (Church Ministry Office) to ask permission before we can pray? Kung In a letter submitted to the Nexus, HAUTEU expressed that “[they] respect the stand of the school owners and the management with regards to the use of school facilities”. students should still do their responsibilities in school, go to class and do what they were required to do.” place on the grounds of Holy Angel University. Santos also stated that the University Management is ready for all the possibilities that may happen and she also clarified that University operations will continue in spite of all the issues. Holy Angel University’s history is filled with student boycotts and according to Santos, student activity is one the things that the University Management is preventing as much as possible. In 1994, a huge boycott, which was lead by Kapit-Bisig Mag-aaral (KBM), took “It should not happen again”, Ms. Veronica Pangilinan, HAUTEU spokesperson, stated in the interview. She said that students should not involve themselves in the issue. “We both (management and HAUTEU) love the institution (HAU)”, Pangilinan said. Pangilinan also stated that the union is still hoping for a peaceful negotiation that is why as much as possible, there is no need for demonstration and boycotts. Learning Beyond the Four Walls of the Classroom By Rommel C. Combis It has been accepted that the teachinglearning process is not just confined in the four walls of a classroom. In fact, several alternative learning modes have been utilized by the Social Sciences department of HAU and one of which is the Outbound Educational Programs (OEPs) held every semester on almost all programs. OEPs aim to expose the students enrolled in Social Science subjects in experiential learning. The department has adopted this method since the OEP also gains the participation of world-class artists and renowned personalities as guest lecturers/speakers. The clamor to have OEPs this 1st semester of the current school year comes from both faculty members as well as students. Unfortunately, several factors have made it difficult for the Social Science department to execute these trips. For one, the department, as a whole, thought that with the recent onslaught of weather disturbances and their unwanted consequences, parents of some students may need their finances to answer more pressing needs. Although, prior arrangements with the tour provider have already been made, the economic, emotional and psychological impact of these calamities must be considered. The social science department believes that out of school activities require much preparation to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the participants, and to see to it that learning is achieved. Everything must not be taken lightly. Hence, faculty handling Rizal, Sociology, History and Government were required to submit the accomplished form as a way of monitoring and of evaluating any outbound educational activity. For the past five consecutive semesters of holding the OEP, feedback coming from the participants had been very encouraging. That is so because the department had always assured that the OEP at- tained its aims and objectives in spite of some factors that had, somehow, tried to hamper the smooth conduct of the activity. The other key factor that contributed to the success of the OEPs is the professional handling facilitated by the partners of the department. These are the service providers from within and outside HAU. Before forging a partnership with a service provider, the Social Sciences department sees to it that transparency and proper discretion (delicadeza) is upheld in order to protect not just the interest of the university but also of the participants. That is why, in the occurrence of any untoward incidents, the department does not hesitate to cancel or amend any arrangement made with the service provider. Some of the significant outcomes of the past OEPs are: 1. Lecture–forum with Lolo Peping, the oldest among the direct descendants of Dr. Jose P. Rizal at the less famous but equally historically significant residence of Paciano Rizal 2. forum-discussion with Dr. Jose Abueva and Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, both national artists’ awardees 3. forum-discussion with the Senate Director and Senators separate from the attendance in the Senate plenary sessions, and 4. forum with Malacanang historians and political analyst. Hence, the OEPs contribute to the personal knowledge on how the participants may view life through their first-hand EXPERIENCE with the PEOPLE, EVENTS AND PLACES which they only see and read in books and heard in the news. While momentarily halted this semester, the department assures that OEP will continue to complement the learning processes as vowed by social sciences faculty. Only, it must be done with the right participants at the proper time and at the right place to ensure that OEP is truly educational. COLUMNS 12 Purple Literature and there were even worse pictures. Just a year ago, I searched for the meaning of Pro-Ana on the Charisel Mae internet and I was unbelievably stunned that such movement Dela Peña would have existed. I mean, I never thought that they would actually admit and be anorexic just to lose weight and be supermodel thin! “Anonymity Pro-ana groups claim that it’s just and Deception” a way for anorexic girls to discuss their disorder and give support to each other but the effort has gone wrong for all the right reasons and ocial Networking is a great has been misinterpreted as time went way to express, share moby. ments, daily experiences The point is, why would you and countless other stuff that you post something that would disrespect want to tell the world. Everyone has your own persona? his/her own ways of expressing Surely sometimes, we can himself/herself through the freedom just be happy about some things given by the internet. But someand post about them on our social times, aren’t you expressing too networking sites just to share them much? to the world and to your friends and One time, I was just playthere’s absolutely nothing wrong with ing around tumblr and saw a tagged that—sharing your cheerful thoughts suggestion saying “Thinspo” which and glad instants. However, in my Urban Dictionary describes as a opinion, there are also things and “thin Inspiration” wherein people stuff you shouldn’t really post on your use pictures of other people who are Facebook, twitter and other social dead thin to motivate others to lose networking sites. Things that do not weight. Out of curiosity, I clicked on really matter should be kept only beit and saw photos of some girls in tween two people or more at times. just tiny, triangular garments which For me, the most annoying show their bones protruding from and distracting thing is when people their skin. The list and pages of have this album of their faces with like similar pictures went on endlessly three hundred pictures of just them- S Vis-A-Vis Gallen Maine Bryn Villanueva Englishan Time with the Angelites “W e prepare you for life”—the famous slogan of Holy Angel University. There is no doubt that HAU indeed prepares its students in championing the ideals of the modern day society the moment they step out of the campus grounds, but I believe that dear HAU has not listened to the way its students talk lately. “However, we also have students who are having a hard time in expressing themselves not only in speaking, but in writing as well.” This statement struck me during my interview with the English coordinator Ms. Leslie Manalo and what’s more striking is that, a lot of people share the same sentiment. I started noticing this dilemma since – let me think – oh yes, the first day of classes during my first year in this university. I find it funny that some professors seem to join students in this predicament. An English instructor told me that most Angelites are having difficulty in accomplishing not so complex activities like constructing simple sen- tences. After being asked about his/ her comment on the English proficiency of HAU students, the professor straightly stated, “They’re not proficient”. Now, this is very bothering. The same professor told me a story that some visiting entrepreneurs commended the hard work, and patience of the university’s graduates. However, they are very dismayed in their English speaking skills. I started asking some Angelites about their personal opinion on the English proficiency of their schoolmates: “It’s ok ‘coz we hear some Angelites host, some write, and I think they’re good naman in using the language. Actually, di naman natin talaga mape-perfect always, kaya, I think we have a satisfactory English skill”, said a student from CASEd. “So low…I think that the English proficiency of Angelites is very low because we all see and we all hear how Angelites express themselves in English”. This is according to a student from CBA. Another student from CASEd said “Feeling ko nasa course naman ‘yan eh. If your course, kunware ikaw ComArts ka, requires you to be good in English, then be good in English, di ba?” “I think, in general, Angelites are still struggling to be English proficient, but we should consider the fact that we have good students who use the language well”, a student from CHM explained. Seriously, incompetence in writing, speaking and reading English is more of an epidemia in Holy Angel. Ms. Leslie mentioned that it is not only in Holy Angel University selves most of the time with the album title “me myself and I”. That’s not the worst part. Each photo is identical with every single photo in the album or maybe with different angles but is pretty much the same pout and forehead knot. Familiar, right? Another aggravating thing that would make you leave your news feed is sharing this certain post telling you that you just won this cash Oprah Winfrey has and that you won an iPhone. You know what those are, and so are the other five hundred millions of people in the world. Also, when this certain song came out and everybody is practically singing it through his/her keyboard and Facebook statuses. Aside from those are the pictures where you are tagged in but you’re not even there and those posts on your wall telling you to post them to other people’s profile otherwise you’ll get hit by a truck full of kittens in an hour. I for once believe that these are just few of the thousand things that we shouldn’t be really doing on social networking sites. There are really good posts that are worthy to be shared but there are also these things that don’t really fit the social networking scene. We should post what we think is appropriate and sometimes it’s for the better if we don’t post personal information because many had become victims of different crimes because of the convenience given by the internet. A lot of times, they can track missing persons through their Facebook accounts but their accounts can also be used by delinquents to track down who they want to track. Teens and children have been victimized by saying that they are ‘Home Alone’ on their statuses. Putting ‘Single’ as your new relationship status can make you an item for stalking. Adding people you don’t know is an error considering that they will get to know you more and you don’t even know what their motives are. So, we must all maintain a certain degree of secrecy, facelessness and inconspicuousness. Social Networking is a great idea. But then again, it has been a too good idea for a lot. The internet is not a deemed reliable source. Paolo Coelho once said “People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they’re much more open.” It’s just a veracity that most of us probably don’t notice that much. It’s true that the internet has been both a blessing and a curse. So let’s make it all a blessing and learn to use it prudently. The internet has things you never thought would have existed. It can make anything happen with its immensity and extent. It’s a big box of anything, so anything can happen. that we experience this dilemma. She stated that other colleges are suffering from the No-good-English virus. The coordinator blames the loss of interest in reading of our generation. Well, I have to agree with her on that point. Reading must be a ‘hobby’ and not an occasion for you to celebrate only once in a blue moon or an opportunity that gives you the bragging rights because you are the only one who shows off that you could actually read. The world today is filled with preoccupations and stuff that the youths lack the ability and support to truly develop their totality during their formative years. But let us keep in mind that this is not a trend that could be made exc u s a b l e because ever yone does it. This institution must be aware that outside its gates, is a world of competition, where those who are well prepared in every aspect are the top predators. Of course, we cannot lay all the blame to our dear university; we have a lot of factors to consider. Still, it is in this university where we are supposed to be “prepared for life”. I hope, in the near future, students and the school would work hand in hand to finally end this intolerable disease. And for all the students, let us not settle in the mediocre English skills we have. If it is in communication we are weak, then it is in communication that we must work. Let us be partners with the school in preparing ourselves f o r the bigger stage. It is in ‘I’ where change begins. COLUMNS Action Potential Gaea Laquindanum gaeasl@ yahoo.com Where’d all the good people go? H ow do you answer quite a cynical question like that? It appears as though this oblate spheroid planet has run out of people with good, big hearts of gold. Where could they have gone? Or are they to ap- pear only on certain times of the year—Christmas, International Day of Peace, election period, etc.—when goodness of heart seems expected and necessary? How do we define what good is? What is goodness? Perhaps the most common definition we may have for goodness is a kindly feeling, and a sense of generosity; an act of doing the right thing, with pure intentions, of helping others. But could it be that good people appear only in certain situations? It is disheartening, yes. However, it seems true in the present time. Worse, they initially do a good deed in expectation that something in their favor must be returned. Is that how one is defined a good person? Just this year, another Filipino has been hailed a part of the roster of saints in the Catholic Church. Following the canonization of Lorenzo Ruiz, Anyare!? Edrome Austria red.austria @hotmail.com Lumalanding Kabataan, Sino ang may Kasalanan? P aiksi nang paiksi ang mga palda. Pasikip nang pasikip ang mga damit. Mas maaga ang mga edad na nagkakaroon na ng mga boyfriend o mga girlfriend. ‘Di kaya mas maaga nang “lumalandi” ang mga kabataan ngayon? Sa kultura natin ngayon, puro mga pasaring, mga parinig, o ibang mga tawag ang naririnig. Kumbaga, ‘pag sinabi mong “Pare magpa-canton ka naman” o kaya nama’y “Tatagal ka pa ba?”, alam mong hindi pansit o pagja-jogging ang ibig nilang sabihin. “Oo, lumalandi na talaga sila, masyado kasing madali ang buhay ngayon na nagagawa mo na lahat sa technology kaya madaling kumalat yung mga kalokohan na ‘yan sa internet, nababasa na kung saan-saan ‘di ba?”, ang sabi ng isang magulang na ayaw magpakilala. “Yung mga damit ng mga bata ngayon kung makasuot sila parang yung nasa billboard! Konti na lang lumabas din yung mga kaluluwa nila”, sabi naman ni Maria Rosal, isang nanay. Pero maliban sa mga katanginang nakikita ng mga mata natin sa arawaraw, may mga pagtutunay rin naman ito ayon sa mga pag-aaral ng mga istatistika. Ayon sa Young Adult Fertility Study ng UP Population Institute and the Demographic Research and Development Foundation o UPPI – DRDF, noong 2002, mahigit sa 23% ng mga kabataan 15 to 24 years old ay nakaranas na ng pre-marital sex. Ayon din sa kanilang pag-aaral, mas naging liberal na rin ang paningin ng mga kabataan tungkol sa sex. Ayon din sa pag-aaral nila, mahigit sa 40% ang nagsasabi na ayos lang ang pre-marital sex para sa mga lalaki, at 22% naman para sa mga babae. Ayon din sa kanilang survey, 79% ng mga first-time sexual intercourse ay walang gamit na proteksyon, gaya ng condoms. Mahigit-kumulang 162,000 o 10% ng mga nanganganak ay mga teenage moms na produkto ng pre-marital sex, 15 to 24 years old. “Eh syempre, umiibig eh, wala silang magawa sa bahay, puro katamaran ang pinaiiral, pero ‘pag sa kalokohan ayan ang sisipag! Nako, ayan umiibig nang umiibig, nakagagawa ng kalokohan, ayan nabubuntis. Tapos, ipapalaglag nila nang ganoon na lang?”, sabi ni Emilia Gundran, isang single mom at part-time service crew sa isang fastfood chain. At eto pa ang malala. Sa 400,000 abortions na nangyayari taon-taon, 36% ay mga teenagers. Ayos, ‘di ba? Only in the Philippines! “Kung sino man ang gumagawa ng mga laglag-laglag na yan eh mga sira ang mga magulang nila”, sabi ni Roel Robles, isang pulis. Pero sa mga bagay na ganito, sino nga ba ang dapat sisihin? Mga malalaswang DVD? Mga nababasa nating malaswa sa mga front page ng mga tabloid? Mga napapanood sa TV? Peer pressure nga ba? Mga malalaswang websites na madaling puntahan? “Eh ganyan talaga sa Pilipinas, it’s a free country.You can do what you want. Kaya puro porn din yung Cellphone ko eh. ‘Wag kang maingay ah”, sabi ng isa kong kaibigan na ayaw ding magpakilala. Pero, may mga magagawa nga ba ang mga magulang? “’Di ko alam eh. Madalas kasi parang natatakot na yung mga magulang sa mga anak nila. Kahit ayaw namin eh wala naman din kaming magagawa. Nasa kanila pa rin naman yung desisyon kung gagawa sila ng kalokohan o hindi”, sabi ng isang inang ayaw magpakilala. Ano? Sila pa ang natatakot? Depende yan sa magulang. Kaunting diskarte lang naman nila yan eh. Pwede na- 13 the first Filipino saint, in 1987, the Philippines now has its second—the martyr, Pedro Calungsod. This is not mentioned for lecture on martyrdom and preaching of religion for I am not the right person to do that. My point is more importantly, for this to serve as a reminder to us all, that once, there were in fact, good people in this planet. They lived in the tough times and their names have survived the passing of time because of their remarkable actions. Their deeds are not just for us to recognize and be proud of. Through their genuine acts of goodness, we are encouraged, invited, and—I think the best word to use is—challenged to emulate them. No, you are wrong if you think that what this means is to live like martyrs and make miracles like they did. I believe you understand that this is not the sole basis of being good. I have always believed that even in simple ways, we can start living good lives, for ourselves and ultimately, of course, for others. That is how the drill is. Even if we start in tiny things, it is important that our end is to eventually create a huge impact. Yes, I have always been a fan of progressive change. This time, I mean it for each one of the members of this community. Before the flames keep burning, it is vital that something ignites within us at least. Why wait for situations that may call for goodness when even in your day to day lives you can try to be a blessing? How about if we strive to be good people now, and in the long run become better and better? Through that, no one will even have to bother ask, “Where’d all the good people go?” because the answer is that they have always been everywhere. mang mag set ng curfew. Pag lumampas sila, grounded for some valid reasons naman yun. Kung may computer set sila, pwede namang i-set sa High ang web protection level ng paggamit ng internet, o maglagay ng web page blocker o key logger para namo-monitor nila yung mga ginagawa nila. Pero may naalala lang akong joke sa internet. Ang sabi, “Who needs a meaningful relationship when you have a wifi connection?” Oo, ang mga magulang natin ay nandiyan palagi para sa atin, at hindi nila tayo pababayaan pero kung tutuusin, sila na lagi ang nabubugbog sa mga bintang kung bakit tayo nagkakaganito. Palibhasa kasi, masyado lang tayong naghahangad ng independence. Parang pakiramdam natin Superman tayo pag naiisahan natin sila sa mga simpleng mga lakwatsa natin. Feeling natin superior tayo pag napapayagan tayo sa mga luho natin. Oo, may mga part na kasalanan nga nila, pero, di kaya’y ginagawa nating tanga ang mga sarili natin? Noong pangalawang sabado ng Agosto lamang, lahat ng may NSTP class sa Holy Angel University ay pumunta sa isang seminar na pinamagatang “Teenage Sexuality” at hinati pa sa tatlo ang program presentation nila—ang “Created by love, Created to love” at “A life without love”. Sa Created by love, ipinakita nila ang simula ng buhay ng tao, magmula sa fertility ng egg cell hanggang sa pangaganak ng isang ina. Nasabi rin nila ang kahalagahan ng buhay sa pamamagitan ng isang activity na ipinagawa sa mga taong dumalo. Kung ano man yun, ‘yun na ‘yon. Basta importante raw ang buhay eh. Sa Created to love, ipinakita naman ang mga bagay na dapat nating malaman tungkol sa pagpili ng magiging katuwang natin sa buhay. Inilarawan din ang mga maaaring mangyari sa isang relasyon. Makikita natin na marami ang naka-relate sa nangyaring discussion tungkol sa bagay na ito. At may sudden realization pa yung iba nating mga mag-aaral. Syempre, sino nga ba naman ang hindi makaka-relate sa mga bagay na tungkol sa “pagmamahal” na sinasabi nila, ‘di ba? Eh sa klase, pag “love” ang topic, buhay na buhay pa silang nagshe-share ng mga karanasan nila. Lalo naman ‘pag magkakausap na sila ng mga kaibigan nila. Usapang tropa kumbaga, lahat talaga ng maririnig mo tungkol sa mga ex nilang hayop daw, mga manliligaw nila, kung paano nila binasted at kung anu-ano pang mga kalokohan. Sa “A world without love”, pinag-usapan ang tungkol sa abortion, sa mga contraceptives, sa virginity ng isang babae, mga pananaw ng parehong kasarian tungkol sa sex at marami pang iba. Napaka-active kung tignan ang mga taong dumalo sa meeting, na makikita natin na halos lahat nagpa-participate. Ang mga comments ng mga estudyante o mga sagot nila pag may tanong ang speaker sa harap ay naa-appreciate naman nila at tila nakaka-ride sila sa mga pinagsasasabi ng bawat isa. Ang saya, ‘di ba? Tila ba masyado na ngang independent ang mga kabataan ngayon. Natatakot na raw ang mga magulang? Sabi nga sa kantang “Anak” ni Freddie Aguilar, “Ngayon nga ay malaki ka na, at nais mong maging malaya, di man sila payag, walang magagawa”. Kung titignan natin sa lyrics, “Malaki ka na”, ang ibig sabihin ay alam mo na dapat ang tama at mali, kung ano ang dapat gawin at hindi dapat. Hindi man sila payag, pero binigay nila ang tiwala nila sa atin dahil nga malaki na tayo. Pero ngayon, ano nga ba ang malaki sa atin, katangahan ba, kabalastugan, kamunduhan, kaga… wag na nga. O baka naman, para lang tayong naging dahon na lumalaki at lumalaki habang nakakabit sa puno at nang matanggal ay pinababayaan na lang natin ang hangin kung saan man tayo dalhin? In the long run nga, tayo pa rin talaga ang may kasalanan. Ang kabataan, hahanap at hahanap talaga ng mga lusot o mga paraan ‘pag di nila mapigilan yung mga bagay na hindi naman talaga nila dapat na ginagawa. Masyado na tayong sumasabay sa bilis ng takbo ng teknolohiya at gusto natin na mas mabilis pa tayo sa wi-fi connection ng kapitbahay natin ‘pag gusto nating maranasang umibig o gumawa nang gumawa ng kung anu-anong mga kabalastugan. Talagang disiplina lang sa sarili natin ang dapat pairalin. Sabi nga ni Pepe, “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan”. Pero,kung mas malakas pa ang hatak ng mga malalaswang DVD, mga front page ng mga tabloid gaya ng Tiktik at Toro, at kung anuano pa, anong klaseng pag-asa ka? FEATURES Y Kalaryot ampo ing Kulturang Kapampangan Nang Gallen Maine Bryn Villanueva Pampanga, metung a balen na e paytawli king pamanusbung ning modernisasyun ampong urbanisasyun. Eya paysawul kareng mabilis a pamagpasikan da reng aliwang balen. Etamu asalikut na makasabe ne king pulayi ning yatu. Jang pakanita na mumunlad ne ing keka tamung balen, e ta mu atanggi na uling king modenisasyun, atin metung a mamamate. Metung ya kareng ating makwaltang kultura kanita ing Pampanga. Kareng piyesta ampong tradisyun, lulbug y a ing balen na iti. M e - tung kareng magpasigla king kulturang kapampangan e ding istorya na na menibat pa kareng impun tamung kapampangan. Oneng etamu asalikut na mimina ne ing api na ning kultura ning kekatamung balen. Iti ing buri nang ibalik ning Uyat Artista, ing pamanyiklab na pasibayu ning kultura ning indu tamung Pampanga! Metung kareng istoryang megpakilabut kareng anak king Pampanga kanita e ing kwentu na ning metung a tawung, e man tune dayang Kapampangan, oneng liguran ne ing balen a linugud mu naman kaya. Ing kwentung ayni, gewa deng pamanakut kareng anak kanita keti Angeles. Atin mo kanung metung a kaladwa ning matas a lalaki na eh mipaynawa angga ngeni uling pan- tunan ne ing kayang luluguran a babayi. Eda balu, ing istoryang ayni, menibat ya king biye na ning metung a tawung tutung linakad king gabun ning Angeles. Ing istorya ning lalaking ayta ing pekabyayan da reng artista ning Uyat Artista anyang Disyembri 2011 king Holy Angel University Theater. Migpalabas lang metung a Kapampangan a zarzuela. King dereksyun nang Dir. Jayson Pabalan, pasibayu yang meramdam ing metung a istorya ning lugud, ning giyera, ning kataksilan, istorya nang, KALARYOT! Y Kalaryot, eman dayang kapampangan, oneng linaban ya para king lugud na king metung a babayi, lugud na kareng kayang pengari, lugud na para king baleng Pampanga. Dakal tinagun king zarzuela, karengan tinagun, deng kayanakan deng panwalan na ning grupu a pekamayalaga uling ing karelang henerasyun ing ena meyabutan kareng kwentung anti kanini. Metung ya y Kalaryot kareng dakal a tawu na dapat kilala tamu angga ngeni uling ding kwentu da ring misan kabyayan na ning keka tamung kultura. LOLO POP! Keng aldo-aldo na gewa ning mika upaya, pa misan-misan balaus emu no apapansin deng akakasalubung anggang kaluguran me pa iti, emu na la din apapansin deng taung akakit mu pane keng aldo-aldo keng dalan. Oneng atin metung a taung apansin mu na siguru nya ita ala ka pa mu rin masabal kaya, apin iya I Angelito Gino-Gino, maralas awsan dang “lolo” “lolo-pop”. Uwa, apin ya itang matuang atin Styrofoam makasakbit keng keyang batal, nung nukarin la maka tusuk deng tinda ng lollipop, apin ing legal ng lagyu yan na makasulat kareng ID na, ining anam apulu at apat a banuang matua (64), manibat ya pa keng Bulacan nung nukarin no ibat deng tinda ng lollipop. Habang ela pa magigisan deng tinda, matutud ya mu iting matua keng arap ning metung a tindahang panulu malapit keng AUF mumuli ya mu potang kagisan da reng tinda na pero ining matuang ini mapalyaring dakal ta pa e balu kaya at arene reng aliwa. Lolo Pop, megobra yang “aguador” o mamuat danum anyang kainakan na; iti ing metung kareng obra na na niang kainkan na keng Navotas non nokarin ya meragul. Manatad yang danum kareng siping ng bale, kayari bayaran de, anya ngeni nung lawen tamu matiaga ya pa mu rin mag-obra, uling ing pamag-obra ya mu kanung bisyu na. Dati ya namang megpedicab keta mu ring keng Navotas. Anya namang atui pa keng high school me opera ya ing kaili ng balugbug kaya ngeni mayna ya iti. Deng Lagi kung isipan, y Kalaryot apaglaban ne ing balen ku kantang giyera da rng Amerikanu. Siguru eya mitaimik angga ngeni uling ing peglaban na, atsu ya ngeni king mas maragul a giyera. Manwala ku, na ika tamu, atin ta pa rin giyerang lalabanan. Ngeni mu pin, mas dakal la ring bisang manangkin king nanu ing tune keka tamu, iti ing keka tamung KULTURA. Sana dakal la pa reng grupu na atin misyung managuyud king kekatamung kultura uling ing kultura ing daya ning metung a balen. Aliwa sana ing kwentu ng Kalaryot ing tawli tamung damdaman. Magparamdam ya pasibayu king Pebreru 2012 y Kalaryot, at sana, suportan taya ing Uyat Artista king misyun nang pamagpasikan king api ning kekatamung kultura. Mibayit, dinagul, mikayisip keti Angeles. Oneng maniwala ku anggat eya pa pasibayung dinagus ing daya kareng kakung uyat, eku pa tuneng kapampangan. “LABAN!”,anang Kalaryot. Lumaban tamu ngan para king kekatang balen. Kekatamu ya iti anya galo tamu para pasibayu yang sumigla. Miyabe-abe tamu king laban ayni. LUID TAMU NGAN KAPAMPANGAN! Nang Joselito Salazar kayang titinda naman ibat la kareng siping ng bale keng Marilao, kaya bawat metung sasalwan mu kaya aliwa mu iya ing masuelo pati reng kayang siping bale. Bayu ya pa miras keng Angeles meg-tinda keng aliwang-liwang lugal; mumunta ya kareng pyesta ampo kareng kareng palengki. Niang miras ya keng syudad ning Angeles, keni na kanu ikit ing masanting a kapanintuan. Ali mu uling buri do reng istudyanti reng mayumu ng lollipop nune mas mayumu reng tinggap keti. Nung kaya ana, ene bisang mamako para magtinda, uling atin yang asawang masakit. Nung iya mu, buri na sang mika tindahan karela anggang malati mu para ene mamako. Bangkanita a sesen ne ing keyang asawa, makanyan mu naman kaya angga ngeni ing matua eya pa mu rin tutukanng mag-obra para keng keying asawang masakit, at para keng pamilya na. Misan tiki na ing kayang anak para magtinda oneng aliya meka pisali ing anak na kalupa kaya, uling iyang pantunan da ana. Apin ita ing maliaring magpaltutu na higit pa keng tinda kaya atiu pa keta ing matua. Uling deng tau liguran da ne. Makanyan mu naman deng tau liguran na nala . Keng istorya ng iti, dapat tamung I bie ing matas tamung respetu kaya ali mu uling matua ne, nune uling keng keyang gagawan, eya dapat kaluluan uling matua ne, bagkus dapat tayang lawen matas uling keng keyang edad pamilya pa mu rin ing keng kayang isipan.