Vol. LXXXVII, No. 4 • November 27, 2015

Volume LXXXVII, No. 4 • Novemeber 27, 2015 THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSIT Y OF SANTO TOMAS Manila, Philippines
2 News
Editor: Dayanara T. Cudal
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
New exam policy trims scholars
UST HAS trimmed the number of scholars this year
after a large increase in 2014, official data showed.
Following a hike in the number of scholars last
year to 3,850 from 3,223 in 2013, the total number
of scholars this academic year went down to 3,263,
according to the latest Rector’s Report.
Hazel Maye Reyes, president of Becarios de
Santo Tomas, the Thomasian scholars’ association,
said the decrease could be partly attributed to a
new requirement—high school valedictorians and
salutatorians must first pass the Scholarship Qualifying
Examination.
“I think the examination required for Santo Tomas
scholarship is one factor for the decrease of scholars
this academic year,” Reyes said in an email to the
Varsitarian.
The qualifying exam, implemented last academic
year under the Santo Tomas scholarship program,
is administered by the Office for Admissions and is
separate from the UST Entrance Examination. It is an
achievement exam aimed at ensuring the quality of
applicants.
UST has four scholarship programs, namely Santo
Tomas for high school valedictorians and salutatorians;
San Lorenzo Ruiz for students willing to work in UST
offices and belonging to families with gross incomes
of not more than 300,000 pesos; San Martin de Porres,
a 50-percent scholarship for students who belong to
families with gross incomes of less than 300,000 pesos;
and Santo Domingo for athletes and musicians.
In previous years, high school valedictorians and
salutatorians were automatically accepted once they
applied for scholarship.
Reyes said the qualifying exam has both
advantages and disadvantages.
“It has a two-pronged effect. First, it may
intimidate students who are applying for scholarship.
But the other effect is reasonable. The exam ensures
the quality and excellence of the scholars and scholargraduates that UST produces,” Reyes said.
Office for Student Affairs Director Evelyn Songco
for her part said the exam was only a “revival” of the
scholarship procedure in the 1990s.
“When I started with the scholarship, there was
already a qualifying test. Before, we decided to remove
the qualifying test so that many will have access to [the
scholarship], but we saw that some scholars were not
able to adjust and maintain their [slots] by the second
[year]. Kapag ang bata ay nagdaan sa qualifying
test, mas malaki ang probability that they will sustain
[their academic performance],” Songco said in a phone
interview.
At any rate, a “balance” between scholarship
programs is maintained since unused slots under the
Santo Tomas program are opened for the San Martin
Scholars PAGE 5
HEIGHTENED ALERT. Security personnel from the Philippine National Police guard the main entrance of the University on the first day of the 2015 Bar
examination last Nov. 9.
ALVIN JOSEPH KASIBAN
Campus hosts Bar exams for fifth time
UST HOSTED the yearly Bar
examinations for the fifth time this
month, with thousands of law graduates
trooping to the campus amid tight
security.
The total number of registered
examinees from all over the country
reached 7,146, 12.6 percent higher than
last year’s 6,344. The UST Faculty of
Civil Law fielded 49 examinees this year.
The UST Main Building, along with
the Benavides, San Martin de Porres and
St. Raymund de Peñafort buildings were
designated as testing venues. The exam
committee also used the Tan Yan Kee
Student Center as its office.
Last Nov. 8, the subjects covered were
political and labor law, while civil law and
taxation subjects were tackled last Nov. 15.
The Nov. 22 exams covered commercial law
and criminal law. The last day of the exams
on Nov. 29 will cover remedial law and legal
and judicial ethics.
Heightened security was implemented
on campus by the UST security office and a
multi-agency force.
The Philippine National Police (PNP),
the Manila Police District (MPD), the Metro
Manila Development Authority, the Bureau
of Jail Management and Penology and the
National Bureau of Investigation provided
manpower on the first day of the exams.
A total of 107 PNP personnel were
deployed around the campus on the first day,
said Supt. Mannan Maurip of the Sampaloc
Police Station.
Chief Supt. Rolando Nana of the MPD
told the Varsitarian that the implementation
of security measures was “according to
plan.”
A liquor ban was implemented around
UST, with beer and other alcoholic beverages
prohibited between 4 a.m. and 8 p.m. during
examination days.
The 114th bar exams is chaired by
Associate Justice Teresita Leonardode Castro. KATHRYN V. BAYLON AND
CLARENCE I. HORMACHUELOS
UST Simbahayan Paul Ricouer remembered ‘Student-centric’
extends help
in international conference curriculum for Senior
to typhoon victims
High School pledged
in Central Luzon
COMMUNITIES devastated by Typhoon “Lando”
will benefit from cash donations raised by the UST
Simbahayan Community Development Office
under the “Tulong Tomasino para sa Luzon”
project.
Simbahayan Director Mark Abenir said
the project was meant to address the disaster
rehabilitation and recovery needs of Simbahayan
partner-communities in Tarlac and Nueva Ecija.
“Dahil sa nagdaang bagyo, nasira ang
mga kabahayan at pananim na nagsilbing
pangkabuhayan ng mga nasalanta. Ang perang
ating nalikom ay gagamitin upang maiayos ang
kanilang bahay at pangkabuhayan,” Abenir said in
an interview.
Typhoon “Lando” (international name:
“Koppu”), which hit the country in October,
damaged P6.57 billion worth of infrastructure
and agriculture in provinces across Central and
Northern Luzon.
With the help of student organizations and
student councils, Simbahayan collected donations
from Oct. 26 to Nov. 6 and raised a total of
P172,979.25.
Central Student Council President Anna Mariz
Mangalili said the project was a call for Thomasians
to be compassionate.
“Through Tulong Tomasino, Thomasians
are able to extend help to communities who are
in need,” Mangalili told the Varsitarian, adding
that Tulong Tomasino provided assistance to the
communities beyond financial support.
“More than the financial or in-kind support
we provide, it is the moral and spiritual help that
matters most to them. Tulong Tomasino helps the
communities beyond UST to recover, not only
physically, but also spiritually and psychologically,”
Mangalili said. ALHEX ADREA M. PERALTA
BEYOND the complexities of
philosophy, the human side of
the late French philosopher Paul
Ricoeur served as the central
discussion of an international
conference co-presented by UST
and Ateneo de Manila University
last Nov. 21-23.
Leovino
Garcia,
former
dean of the Ateneo School of
Humanities, delivered a plenary
speech on Ricoeur’s two early and
untranslated works on philosophy
and human beings.
Garcia extended his discussion
to the role of philosophers in
analyzing Ricoeur’s unpublished
1936 essay “The Risk.” In the essay,
Ricoeur said philosophers must
use their experience to share their
knowledge and guide the people
toward becoming more human.
“He’s a very ecumenical
philosopher. He’s famous for the
interpretation of texts, so he would
be important to the people of
literature, history, human sciences
and religious study,” Garcia said in
an interview with the Varsitarian.
Garcia, also a philosophy
professor at the UST Graduate
School, said philosophers have a
distinct duty of leaving an impact
on society and history, in contrast to
the tendency of most philosophers
to isolate themselves from society.
Garcia
also
discussed
Ricoeur’s 1948 work with
existentialists Karl Jaspers and
Gabriel Marcel, which linked
transcendence and the meaning of
human freedom to the essence of
being human.
The former Ateneo dean
used the French philosopher’s
1950 work titled, “Freedom and
Nature: The Voluntary and the
Involuntary,” in raising hope within
humanity despite the presence of
evil and the lack of faith in God.
Garcia hopes his plenary
speech would spark interest on
Ricoeur, especially among the
youth. “[Ricoeur is] known in the
[field] of philosophy, but [not yet]
outside its circle,” he said.
Meanwhile, Thomasians Gian
Carla Agbisit and Elaine Lazaro
presented papers in the panel
sessions.
Agbisit, a faculty member
at Department of Philosophy,
talked about how language leaves
an impact on the memories of
individuals and on their futures,
referencing Ricoeur’s take on
symbolization and language as a
tool for human connection.
Lazaro, a student of the
UST Graduate School who also
represented De La Salle-College
of Saint Benilde, tackled Ricoeur’s
writings on hermeneutics and
human essence.
Ricoeur, who is regarded as
one of the most important 21stcentury philosophers, influenced
modern-day
philosophers
including
Jacques
Derrida,
Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Richard
Kearney, John Caputo, Don Ihde
and Michel Henry. This year
marks the philosopher’s 10th death
anniversary. R.A.D.R. NARRA
THE UST Senior High School
(SHS) has improved its
curriculum to make it “studentcentric,” in time for the first
batch of Grade 11 students in
2016.
Newly installed Principal
Pilar
Romero
said
the
curriculum was “streamlined,”
and copies of the six-track
“academic strands” had been
sent to the Academic Senate,
composed of all deans of the
University, for approval.
“In so far as the curriculum
is concerned, we are good, we
are prepared,” Romero said in an
interview with the Varsitarian.
“At this time, we have already
streamlined the curriculum. [We
will] have cluster meetings to
further enhance the curriculum,”
she added.
In the UST-SHS curriculum,
a student can choose among
six academic strands, namely
the
Science,
Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics
Strand; the Liberal Arts,
Education and Social Science
Strand; the Accountancy and
Business Management Strand;
Music and Arts Strand; the
Physical Education and Sports
Strand; and the Health-Allied
Strand.
The academic programs
will have common core subjects
aligned with the Department of
Education’s curriculum guides,
as well as contextualized subjects
or those that are common to all
strands but are given a particular
“bend” based on the nature of
the strand, according to the UST
website. Each strand will have
specialized subjects to prepare
students for the tertiary program
they intend to pursue.
There are seven learning
areas under the core curriculum,
namely: languages, literature,
communication,
mathematics,
philosophy, natural sciences and
social sciences. The Filipino
subject however is in question
following
the
temporary
restraining order issued by the
Supreme Court in April, halting
the removal of Filipino from
tertiary education and transferring
it to senior high school under the
K to 12 educational reform.
UST earlier said in an
official statement that the
opening of the UST-SHS was
the University’s response to
the call for a curriculum that
meets the Asean Qualifications
Framework and the Philippine
Qualifications Framework, which
classify the levels of education
and qualifications needed for
different types of jobs.
Romero said UST-SHS would
be a “seedbed of innovations as
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Assistant Editor: Danielle Ann F. Gabriel
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
News 3
Growling Tigers back in UAAP finals
By PHILIP MARTIN L. MATEL
UST GROWLING Tigers are back in the
chase for the elusive UAAP title for the third
time in four years after dethroning defending
champions National University Bulldogs, 64-55
in the semifinals of the UAAP Season 78 men’s
basketball tournament at the Araneta Coliseum
last Nov. 22.
UST was up by double digits for most of the
final frame, with their largest lead at 16 points,
following Kevin Ferrer’s baseline jumper off a
crossover that put former Tiger Cub Kyle Neypes
down on the floor with 6:40 remaining.
NU resorted to fouling Jon Sheriff, a
48.9-percent free throw shooter, to try to eat into
UST’s lead. The fourth-year guard nailed only
three of his 10 attempts as UST’s lead dwindled
to seven, 62-55, with 27 ticks left.
Marvin Lee then nailed the insurance
freebies to seal the game.
UST led from the get-go and raced to a
13-point lead, 15-2, after Louie Vigil’s jumper
with 4:33 left in the first quarter. The Bulldogs
came storming back with a 10-0 run to cut the
deficit to three, 12-15, at the end of the period.
The Tigers kept their defensive tight in the
second period as they limited the Bulldogs to
eight points and led 30-20 at the half.
In the waning moments of the third frame,
UST relied on an 8-3 blitz led by Vigil to push the
Louie Vigil leads the Growling Tigers in dethroning defending champion NU in the semifinals of the UAAP
men’s basketball tournament last Nov. 22 at the Araneta Coliseum.
ALVIN JOSEPH KASIBAN
lead to 15, 44-29.
Vigil led the Tigers with a season-high 19
points on top of 11 boards and seven assists.
Ferrer added 11 markers and 7 boards.
Bulldog star Gelo Alolino ended his UAAP
career in disappointing fashion, finishing with
just six points on a 1-of-17 shooting clip. Paolo
Javelona was the lone player for the Bulldogs with
in double-digits with 17 markers.
NU, which averages 66.8 points on 38.7
percent shooting, was held to a woeful 26.87 field
goal percentage by the Tigers’ suffocating defense.
The Bulldogs also boasts of 11.3 fastbreak points
per game but was held to two fastbreak points.
“‘Yung mga players talagang nilabas na nila
yung pusong ayon eh, sabi namin one game lang,
so from the start dumipensa hanggang sa dulo.
Basta one-on-one defense lang, kung sino ang
matapat dumepensa lang ng maayos. Then ‘yung
rotation namin nandoon. Na-execute namin ng
maayos,” Tigers head coach Bong dela Cruz said.
The Growling Tigers will face the Far Eastern
University Tamaraws in a best-of-three finals for
the first time since 1979. That time, the Tamaraws
prevailed over the then UST Goldies, 100-89.
Though the Tigers swept the Tamaraws
in the eliminations, dela Cruz admitted that the
previous two matchups are a different story from
the upcoming series.
The team hopes to control the pace to contain
FEU, the league’s best scoring team, which
averages 74.7 points per game.
“More on half court (defense) tayo sa FEU
kasi loaded sila sa tao. Actually naayos na namin
(ang defensive plays)dati eh, i-execute lang namin
ng mabuti.”
The second-year tactician added that the
team will not be complacent and will ride on
their momentum to draw first blood against last
season’s runner-ups and potentially end a nineyear title drought.
CHEd drafts framework for exchange programs
SCHOOLS should help promote the country’s vast human
resource as part of their internationalization and cross-border
learning programs, according to an official of the Commission
on Higher Education (CHEd).
CHEd will hold a public consultation on a new
“framework” for internationalization policies of the country’s
higher education institutions this November, said Lily Freida
Milla, CHEd director for international relations and linkages.
This will also be in line with the integration plan of countries in
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), she said.
“Internationalization is the buzz word right now, but
we need to identify what is our national interest in pursuing
international activities and international programs. We cannot
just have institutions send off [people],” Milla said in an
interview, referring to students and faculty members sent
abroad for scholarship grants and paper presentations.
“What we want to present is that we have very capable
human resource in the Philippines that foreign investors or
businesses that can tap into,” she added.
In 2014, CHEd released guidelines for internationalization.
CHEd Memorandum Order No. 11 states that the commission
is mandated to “oversee and guide higher education institutions
in participating in the internationalization process.”
The memorandum promotes the “mobility of students
among higher education institutions” through the Asean
International Mobility for Students or AIMS program, which
the University has been a part of since 2014.
Lilian Sison, head of the UST Office of International
Relations and Programs, said the University has comprehensive
internationalization guidelines of its own based on CHEd’s
memorandum, focusing on the mobility of students and
faculty, research, and other programs.
During the Rector’s Report last Oct. 16, Rector
Fr. Herminio Dagohoy, O.P., noted the increase in
the number of UST’s partnerships and linkages,
citing the collaboration with Curtin University of
Australia to establish a new post-graduate degree
program in metallurgical engineering.
Dagohoy said out of the existing 102 linkages the
University has with institutions abroad, there were 20 new
bilateral agreements forged in 2014.
Research in rehabilitation sciences, biology and
chemistry were made possible through grants from international
agencies such as the United States Agency for International
Development, United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, the International Foundation for
Science, and United States
Science Foundation.
Last year, the University
synchronized
its
academic
calendar
with other Asean
countries
in
preparation
for
the
economic
integration of the
Southeast
Asian
region at the end of
2015. KATHRYN JEDI
V. BAYLON with reports
from DANIELLE ANN F.
GABRIEL
UST seeks to improve Shell Eco-Marathon finish Mechanical Eng’g
THE UST Eco-Tigers are all set for the 2016
Shell Eco-Marathon Asia with improved
vehicles to boost the University’s ranking.
After a year of designing and fabricating
their entries, the Eco-Tigers, a team composed
of engineering students, will parade their
official entries “T400D” and “T400E” for the
prototype and urban concept categories.
“We are more prepared this year and
our aim is to top the competition. We are
100-percent confident that we can beat our
previous record,” prototype team manager
John Raymond Cornes said in an interview.
Last year, UST topped all Philippine
teams and placed fifth in Asia in the gasoline
prototype category, with a total distance of
172.27 kilometers per liter. The urban concept
entry of UST however failed to qualify for the
competition.
The prototype category is for threewheeled vehicles designed for maximum fuel
efficiency, while the urban concept category
is for four-wheeled and conventionally
designed vehicles.
Cornes said the major changes in
the prototype included upgrades in the
energy storage released by the vehicle, and
“freewheeling” or the ability of the vehicle to
glide even when the engine has already shut
down.
Urban concept team manager Joven
Talape said the improved vehicle would have
lesser drag than the previous model. The body
is made up of a lighter material called carbon
fiber, molded into a shape that improves air
flow and reduces weight.
Fifth-year
mechanical
engineering
students Talape and Cornes are joined by
Royce Leong, Kevin Uri Diaz, Adrian
Alemania, Dannie Baluyot, John Paul
Diongco, Jerome Richard Inson, Mia Jane
Reyes, Jason Faustino, Karl Enano, Hazel
Sigua, Eli de Arroz, Meg Celine Cruz,
Joseph Ignacio and Lance Pia Roda, along
with electrical engineering students Jason
Faustino and Karl Enano. The team advisers
are engineering professors Jeffrey Mercado,
Rogelio Almira and Raymundo Melegrito.
For 2016, the Shell Eco-Marathon will
have the first-ever “world cup” competition
for the urban concept category. Ten urban
concept vehicles in Asia will be chosen to
compete against 10 winners from Shell EcoMarathon Europe and the United States.
The UST team will compete on March
3 to 6 next year at Rizal Park to make a new
record in the diesel prototype category by
reaching its target mileage of 1,000
kilometers per liter.
Other participating schools
include Mapua Institute of
Technology, De La Salle
University, Adamson University
and Technological University of
the Philippines.
Shell
EcoMarathon is sponsored
by Dutch oil company
Shell,
challenging
“student teams from
around the world
to design, build
and drive the most
energy-efficient car”
by consuming the
least amount of fuel.
KATHRYN
BAYLON
JEDI
V.
From left: Cornes, Talape,
Cruz, de Arroz and
Alemania.
to implement board
exam review courses
AFTER recording the lowest passing rate in the
mechanical engineering licensure examinations in
the last 15 years, the UST Mechanical Engineering
Department will soon require students to take preboard examinations.
Faculty of Engineering Asst. Dean Nelson
Pasamonte said the exams would be a part of a
“correlation subject” and serve as a final requirement
before graduation. In previous years, taking the
mock board exams was optional.
“It served as our wake-up call to emphasize
the need for remediation and quality assurance, so
that when the University has once again achieved a
higher passing rate in the exams, we can sustain it,”
Pasamonte said in an interview.
The department plans to include the subject as
an elective, but it will be a part of the curriculum
in the future. Topics include general mathematics,
engineering economy and thermodynamics, which
are part of the licensure exams.
Pasamonte said the department also wanted
greater control over complacent students through
the correlation subject.
“I see no problem with the implementation,
especially that the department is doing this for
their sake. We have been reminding them that the
board examination affects not only the students and
their respective parents, but also the University,”
Pasamonte said.
This year, the University’s passing rate dipped
to 63.21 percent, with only 67 UST examinees
passing the test out of 106.
UST failed to make it to the list of topperforming schools and no Thomasian landed on the
top 10 list.
Pasamonte said the department was also looking
at external factors as reasons for the low passing
rate, such as “lack of visual representations of the
problems such as charts and tables.”
Review PAGE 5
4 Opinion
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Editorial
Hair-raising policy
IT IS appalling that while Thomasians have been
generally scarce on social media on such pressing
concerns as corruption in government, the future
of Philippine democracy, the persecution and even
massacre of Christians in the Middle East, and the
removal of crosses in China by communist Beijing,
they’ve suddenly become overzealous netizens
over the very petty subject of the good-grooming
policy of UST. It is likewise appalling that the UST
administration, which is otherwise mum on the
same urgent issues affecting the Church and society,
is fanatically pressing on the same. Now UST is the
butt of ridicule on social media for preoccupying
itself with the most trifling of matters.
The matter is not even about overall grooming
but about hair of all things!
In the University’s Code of Conduct and
Discipline, the issue is broadly stated: “Good
grooming includes the wearing of the prescribed
college uniform, authorized shoes, ID, the male
haircut and other considerations that are similar to
these.” The same guidelines state in so many words
that particular colleges and faculties may decide on
how to implement this provision.
But trust UST bureaucrats to widen their turf by
liberally interpreting such provisions for their selfaggrandizement and making supercilious demands
on students.
We commiserate therefore with former Acting
Dean Romeo Castro of the College of Fine Arts
and Design (CFAD) for being forced to dig his
heels because the local Student Welfare and
Development Board (SWDB) has usurped the local
administration’s prerogative over the issue and
suddenly issued a directive banning such hair styles
as “afro,” “undercut,” “funky,” “long hair,” “man
bun, “mohawk” and “rat tail”—some of which are
styles many lifestyle writers know nothing about and
which have raised speculation if the CFAD faculty is
really staffed by visual artists and designers and not
by Jessie Mendez, Jun Encarnacion, and your good
ol’ “parlorista” from Trabajo or Central Market.
We agree with Castro that, against the claim of
students whose activism cannot go beyond the petty
and puerile, the policy does not violate freedom of
expression and anyway, the expression of such right
should go beyond “outrageous hairstyles.” But we
don’t agree that “afro” and the other banned styles
are “outrageous” or run against the general definition
of grooming as “neat and clean.” An “afro” haircut
can be neater and cleaner than the army cut of a
person who is lice-infested, doesn’t cover his mouth
when he sneezes, or farts obliviously.
One would think that CFAD would interpret
the hair-regulation policy liberally since, after all, it
is a school of fine arts. As well for that matter, one
would think that CFAD would be concerned more
about the fact UST has been hardly figuring for
Editorial PAGE 10
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Reconciling print and online journalism
WITH the rise of online news
and the social media, print
journalists have learned how to
adjust to fast-changing times.
Most newspapers now
have their online sites where
they could easily post breaking
news and thus cater to the fastgrowing population of netizens.
Undoubtedly, the Internet
has been a great help for
journalists to become more
effective.
And with the widening
presence of the social media,
news reports whether on
print or online may be better
disseminated. To be sure, they
can easily gain attention through
the dynamics of the social
media—contributing to public
information, shaping public
opinion and fostering healthy
public debates on national and
international concerns.
At present, 44.2 million
Filipinos use the Internet and 90
percent of this figure have their
own social media accounts.
With timeliness as one
of the key elements of news,
it is the duty of journalists
to cascade the news to their
readers as soon as the story
takes place. This is why more
What is needed
these days is to
have a proper mix
of the new media
and the traditional
ways of responsible
journalism.
and more newspapers are
adopting the “digital-first”
strategy. The Varsitarian, the
foremost campus paper in the
Philippines, has taken such
approach.
Employing this strategy,
news articles are first released
online and later published—
in more thoughtful and more
comprehensive form—on print.
For years, the world of
reporting has been held within
a cycle—to write the news and
expect its publication tomorrow,
a week, or a few weeks later.
But now, the story is told
and reported as it unfolds or as
it has just unfolded.
Of course, if there is one
thing that journalists know
about, that is, the news cannot
wait.
The news needs to get out
as soon as possible to retain
its freshness, essence and
relevance.
Thus, the digital-first
policy is the key toward
fulfilling such a demand.
With the digital world
becoming
a
widespread
platform with almost no space
and reach constraints, stories
can be written no matter how
short or long they may be.
The online media is also
tool to make the news in a more
interactive and comprehensive
way, so that several links and
related stories can be included
and put in a single news article.
This new strategy is also
multi-faceted since it can
facilitate any attachments
such as photograph, video
and graphics, which may be
necessary for news articles
to be better understood and
appreciated.
Websites and social media
pages of newspapers are also
not hard to monitor.
In fact, daily statistics can
be accessed by the newspapers’
online facilitators to determine
the number of people who
have viewed and read every
single article, and how many
online users have visited the
newspaper websites and their
related social media accounts.
As
chief
technology
officer of the British Guardian,
Tanya Cordrey, said in 2013,
embracing digital is the only
way for media organizations to
survive.
Despite this great leap,
journalists should still make
that every article they publish
online is of great quality and the
result of responsible journalism.
The biggest challenge
will always be how to beat
Excelsior PAGE 5
Are NPA, militia behind ‘Lumad cleansing’?
THE BRUTAL killings of
Lumad leaders allegedly by the
paramilitary Magahat-Bagani
as well as by the communist
New People’s Army (NPA) in
Mindanao seem not to have
generated any public outrage,
much less firm government
response to check them and
prevent similar incidents from
happening.
In an article published
by the Varsitarian last
Nov. 7, Dulphing Ogan,
secretary general of the
Kusog sa Katauhang Lumad
sa Mindanao, said the killings
started when the Lumad,
as the indigenous cultural
communities are collectively
known,
resisted
mining
operations and expansions of
agricultural plantations in the
northeast area of Mindanao.
Republic Act No. 8371 or
the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Act (IPRA) of 1997 ensures the
protection and the promotion
of the rights of indigenous
cultural communities, stating
that “the State shall protect the
rights of indigenous cultural
communities or indigenous
peoples to their ancestral
domains to ensure their
economic, social and cultural
well-being and shall recognize
the applicability of customary
laws governing property rights
or relations in determining
Despite the efforts of
various human rights
groups, religious
organizations, and even
the Catholic Church
to help the Lumad,
Lumad killings continue
unabated.
the ownership and extent of
ancestral domain.”
With this, the Lumad
are endowed the right to be
protected in their ancestral
domain.
But the Philippine Mining
Act of 1995 has allowed foreign
companies to conduct mining
operations in the country,
enabling them to acquire
lands, many of them ancestral
domain of the Lumad, for the
commercial mining of gold,
nickel and copper.
Evidently mining interests
have co-opted the paramilitary
and even the NPA to wrest
the ancestral domain away
from the Lumad. It is wellknown that that the NPA
charges “revolutionary tax”
from any commercial interest
in territories it claims to
control; this makes the NPA
a mercenary of capitalism,
which is not surprising since
China is socialist only in
name; it’s actually capitalist
in economic practice and
authoritarian and even fascist
in political practice.
But is the Philippine
government doing its part in
implementing the law to protect
indigenous
communities
supposedly crafted by its own
legislators? Alas the state
itself is mercenary to mining
interests. At the least it has
chosen to implement more
the mining law rather than the
indigenous rights law.
Thus, despite the efforts of
various human rights groups,
religious organizations, and
even the Catholic Church
to help the Lumad, Lumad
killings continue unabated.
In a conference held by
the Lumad datus in 2008, it
was revealed that the NPA
killed 357 Lumad from 1998
to 2008. Last September, three
datus and several other Lumad
were killed. The killings
have uprooted the Lumad
communities who have fled to
Manila to escape harassment
and violence.
Manila Archbishop Luis
Antonio Cardinal Tagle visited
the Lumad camp in Liwasang
Bonifacio last November
11 to show his support for
the indigenous people. The
Lumad started to camp out in
several places in Manila last
November 2 to send a message
to the government they want to
secure their ancestral lands.
Some Lumad have asked
UST and other universities
for support. Last November
4, UST organized a forum for
the Lumad, which became
an avenue for the cultural
communities to voice out their
sentiments. UST’s Lumad
Advocacy Photo Exhibit is
also being displayed until
Dec. 8 along the covered walk
near the Quadricentennial
Pavilion. All this should raise
public awareness of how the
Philippine state, paramilitary
groups, and the NPA’s have
wittingly or unwittingly been
conducting what amounts to an
ethnic cleansing of our Lumad
brothers. May God have mercy
on them.
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Amid Apec woes, gains for the Philippines
While many Filipinos
were disgusted
by heavy traffic,
we cannot deny
the diplomatic and
economic benefits of
hosting the Apec.
ORDINARY Filipinos endured
the travails and encumbrances
that came with the week-long Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation
(Apec) summit last Nov. 16 to
20. Because international flights
were cancelled, many travelers
were inconvenienced. Domestic
flight passengers were likewise
displaced since roads to and from
the airports were closed to traffic.
Many had to walk for kilometers
to catch their flights or, for those
coming from the provinces and
disembarking in Manila ports,
to get to their destinations in the
metro. Thousands of commuters
likewise had to endure traffic jams
because major roads were closed
or huge portions of them set aside
solely for unimpeded use by Apec
vehicles.
The public exasperation was
understandable but should be held
in check. It could be said that all
of these would be the wages of
hosting an important international
gathering like the Apec.
With the theme “Building
Inclusive Economies, Building a
Better World,” the Apec summit
was a perfect avenue for the
Philippines to create stronger ties
with other countries. For example,
Russia agreed to enhance trade
and economic cooperation with
the Philippines and even vowed
to fight against illegal drug
trafficking. The country was
likewise listed as Canada’s priority
for its development assistance
among many other vows by other
countries.
The Apec also allowed
Filipinos to shine or for them
to connect with outstanding
foreigners. Filipino engineer Aisa
Mijeno showed her invention,
the salt-powered lamp, to US
President
Barack
Obama.
Meanwhile, she also got to
meet entrepreneur Jack Ma, the
second richest man in China, who
offered her a scholarship to an
entrepreneur school in his country.
Formed in 1989, Apec is
composed of Australia, Brunei,
Canada, Chile, People’s Republic
of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Peru, the Philippines,
Russia, Singapore, Chinese
Taipei, Thailand, United States,
and Vietnam. Together they
comprise 40 percent of world
trade and over 50 percent of the
global gross domestic product.
Hosting the summit of the
member-economies of Apec was
therefore a singular moment for
the Philippines as an emerging
economy and a democratic
showcase.
Of course, the Apec likewise
was an occasion for Filipinos to
show their shallowness on the
social media. Canada’s Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau and
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena
Nieto were compared to Disney
male characters. Also trending on
social media was a hashtag titled
#APECHotties where the two
are became the main subjects.
Meanwhile, our President was
likened to a minion from the film
Despicable Me.
Just the same, the Philippines
was able to shine in the global
arena. Aside from government
meetings, there were also privatesector meetings to foster the proper
business climate as well as propel
greater economic integration in
the Asia-Pacific.
While many Filipinos were
disgusted by heavy traffic or
just simply enjoyed a one-week
vacation, we cannot deny the
diplomatic and economic benefits
of hosting the Apec. To be sure,
the country was able to generate
a huge amount of respect and
goodwill which she could use to
come up with better trade with
other countries as well as generate
more foreign investments.
Scholars
Curriculum
Laure
FROM PAGE 2
FROM PAGE 2
Review
de Porres program, Songco said.
In previous years, most
scholars were in the Santo Tomas
scholarship scheme, she noted.
Songco said opening more
slots for the San Martin de Porres
scholarship program showed that
UST provides access to education
for marginalized families.
Stricter policies are also
being implemented in other
scholarship schemes such as San
Martin de Porres and San Lorenzo
Ruiz, where scholars must avoid
a grade of 3.0 in all subjects.
we aim not only to ensure, but
also enhance the quality of
education that we are giving
in the University.”
“We want our students to
have a cutting-edge advantage
over students of other senior
high schools,” Romero said.
The
Varsitarian
previously reported that USTSHS was eyeing at least 5,000
students to enroll in 2016. The
UST-SHS will be housed at
the Buenaventura G. Paredes
O.P. Alumni Center Building.
Excelsior
JEROME P. VILLANUEVA
FROM PAGE 4
the deadline, but being the first
one to break a scoop will never
be worth it if the story will be
written out of haste rather than
careful construction.
What is needed these days
is to have a proper mix of the
new media and the traditional
ways of responsible journalism.
Having the imperative to
release the news to the online
public as fast as possible must
not mean that journalists will
no longer apply the traditional
ways of verifying the facts
and interviewing multiple and
credible sources. It should not
mean setting aside the strenuous
editing process.
With a wider audience reach
online, it must be a prerogative
for news publications not to
make mistakes because a single
error can easily create confusion
and disturbance in just a few
minutes—or even seconds.
Being a journalist of this
FROM PAGE 3
FROM PAGE 11
JEROME P. VILLANUEVA
In 2014, UST placed fifth
on the list of top-performing
schools with a 92.03-percent
passing rate.
Nico Andro Capiral of
Batch 2014, who finished
10th, was the last Thomasian
to secure a place in the top
10. It was in 2002 when
the University last topped
the mechanical engineering
board exams. That year, 61
out of 68 examinees passed,
equivalent to an 89.71-percent
passing rate. KATHRYN JEDI
V. BAYLON
For Eya, elevating her play
for the Junior Tigresses is not just
about fulfilling her role as team
captain but also an act of giving
back for those who support her on
and off the court.
“[Kay Ate] ko nakita kung
paano maging matapang sa court.
Kahit ‘nung teammates pa kami,
binibigyan niya akong mga tips
kung paano maging matatag and
kung ano ‘yung mga dapat gawin,”
Eya said.
The older Laure is expected
to anchor the Golden Tigresses’
quest to the Final Four this season.
era is challenging more than
ever. Sometimes, journalists
may think about abandoning the
traditional way of publishing
newspapers because of what the
online media can offer—having
no constraints.
Journalists should realize
that these same constraints are
the same reasons why printed
newspapers shall and will
remain relevant.
With the heavy online news
traffic every day, readers may
have the tendency to be buried
under the flood of information.
However, with the help of the
printed newspapers, information
and stories are significantly
filtered.
The gate-keeping function
of the news media should
remain.
Both print and online media
have their own advantages and
disadvantages and it is just up to
us, journalists, how to make the
two work in a complementary
way, not only for our benefit
but also for the benefit of the
audiences that we serve.
Book
Papelismo
FROM PAGE 7
FROM PAGE 7
and art enthusiasts. Isidro, an
abstractionist and a former
fine arts dean of the Philippine
Women’s University, said
that the publication was
“overwhelming.”
“Although there were
books published before,
this is different as it takes
on a personal and intimate
relationship with the artist,”
Isidro said.
Meanwhile,
veteran
watercolorist
Edgar
Doctor said that this book
is a breakthrough in the
Philippine art scene because
it gives recognition to local
artists.
“It’s always the art more
than the artist, and now
the Filipino artist is given
recognition,” Doctor said.
“Filipino
Artists
in
their Studios” is available
in
leading
bookstores
nationwide.
hellfire.
Renato Habulan, the exhibit
curator, told the Varsitarian that
he wants to change the mindset
of people who think of paper as
a second-class artwork.
“We want to challenge the
market, that paper is as durable
as canvas,” Habulan said.
Ali Alejandro, director
of Nova gallery and also a
practicing artist, emphasized
how paper is a staple in the art
scene and how it will always
hold a purpose despite arising
forms of new mediums.
“Working on paper is a
one-act job which requires
perfection because committing
one mistake will mean you
have to start all over again,”
Alejandro said.
The group has expanded to
12 artists for this year’s show
from the initial five in their
2012 exhibit originally titled
PapelMismo.
Opinion 5
How my ‘special’
brother has made my
family extra-special
I BELIEVE our family is extra-special.
At first blush, we are just an
ordinary family. Both of my parents go
to work. A brother and I are in college.
But what sets us apart from other
families is my youngest brother: He’s a
“special child.”
His name is Emilio and he has
Down Syndrome (DS). Of course,
we did not know what to do when we
first learned about his condition. To
be honest, I felt sad about what was
about to come and how to adjust to
the situation, but there was nothing we
could do but to accept it—whole-heartedly.
Down Syndrome is the most common known cause of
intellectual disability. People with DS experience some delay in
their development, especially cognitive and learning development.
While some people with DS may need relatively little support to lead
an ordinary life, others may require a significant level of support.
Despite DS being a lifelong condition, children who have it
can grow up to have healthy, happy, productive lives with the proper
care and support from their family and friends.
At first, when we learned about my brother’s disability, we
became depressed. But we thought wrong, because the disability
of my kid brother enabled our family to rally. DS made our family
stronger and happier.
Moreover, people with DS are not fundamentally different
from anyone else, since they have the same needs and aspirations in
life as those who are “abled.” These include the opportunity to enjoy
the company of friends and family and having a role in the society.
Our duty is to make sure that Emilio will have such opportunities.
As the eldest child, I feel having a sibling with special needs
is a huge responsibility. It demands a lot of time and effort because
I am glad that our society has
become more welcoming to
people with Down Syndrome,
recognizing that each person is
unique in his own way.
I have to be there always—for him. It has been challenging as well
for my other brother, who like me has to attend to his studies and
work, while setting aside quality time for our youngest brother.
As for my parents, they have to work hard to meet all the needs
of Emilio.
So I have never taken my responsibility to Emilio as a burden.
Putting him to bed and taking him to school in the morning are
things that I will not be tired of doing.
Emilio is now six years old. Taking care of him as he grows
up, I have learned to be more caring, patient, responsible, and
understanding. I have become a better person.
Now, I can say that I know how to be there for the people I love
and how to stick to them no matter what.
Our family has learned that there is more to us than just being
relatives—we are a team. We have assured ourselves we will always
be there for each other.
Other families who are also experiencing the same situation
should not fear nor be saddened. Speaking from experience, I must
say everything is going to be hard in the beginning. But as soon as
you learn how to fully accept it, you will be able to deal with it at
your best.
I am glad that our society has become more welcoming to
people with DS, recognizing that each person is unique in his own
way, with his own share of talents, abilities, thoughts and interests.
With appropriate health and education services, and livelihood
opportunities, people with DS can look forward to long and fulfilling
lives. They can be valued members of society who contribute to the
general welfare.
For this to happen, children with DS need to be treated with
care and love, not only by their own families but also by other
people. They should not feel that they are any different from us.
And although they have what may be seen as an “impairment,”
they actually allow other members of the family and society to
improve themselves. In effect, they allow us to repair our broken,
selfish selves, so that we can become more loving, more caring and
yes, more human.
6 Sci-Tech
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
New frontiers in food development
FOOD scientists were encouraged to
use creative inventions and methods
in visionary food development at the
Food Conference on Innovation and
Advancement last Nov. 11.
Spearheaded by UST Food
Technology alumnus Richmond Victor
Ejanda, the conference highlighted
innovations in food manufacturing,
retail and services,such
as
reverse
food
engineering,
deformulation,
and the use
of
nanoencapsulated
flavors.
“[Reverse food engineering] is an
interesting field that is booming right
now [to the point] where companies
hire food technologists to disassemble
their food products,” Ejanda said. “It
can divide food in different ways to
obtain substantial (physical, chemical
and
nutritional
characteristics)
information about the product.”
Non-alcoholic beer with a
30-percent chance of inebriation,
chicken nuggets made out of what
chickens eat instead of pure chicken
and pizza dough without the use flour,
oil, water and eggs were some of the
innovative products presented.
“This means we can create
[products] and adapt [to trends] at the
same time,” Ejanda said. “Innovation
happens when we get to create exciting
new products from the ones we already
see out in the market.”
Ejanda also said deformulation
aids food manufacturers to compete
with each other by producing similar
yet innovative products.
“The process is a [back step] where
you may be able to learn everything
on the existing products and then you
[move forward for improvements] and
future developments” he added.
New age of gourmet
UST Food Technology alumna
Kristine Villaruel, now a technical
account executive of McRitz
International
Corporation,
and
nutrition and dietetics professor Jess
Adaya of the Technological University
of
the
Philippines
Ejanda
also shared new trends in food science
and the Philippine food manufacturing
industry.
Villaruel focused on gourmet
sauces, condiments and dressings,
reintroducing enhancers such as
hydrolysed vegetable protein from
plants such as soy and corn, autolyzed
yeast extract that can create buttery
mouthfeel for chicken and beef, and
disodium guanylate that can intensify
flavor without using much salt.
Stevia, a sugar substitute, was
featured for its efficiency as a sweetener
and its potential anti-carcirogenic
properties. It is extracted from leaves
of the plant Stevia rebaudiana, and is
getting popular for being 200 to 300
times sweeter than table sugar.
“We only place five grams of
Stevia in a liter of soft drinks and
it’s just as sweet as a liter of soft
drinks with the usual sugar content,”
Ejada said, adding that mastery of
flavor optimization using different
enhancers will unlock a food
product’s potential.
Adaya focused on the
importance of proper usage of
tools and research to ensure the
stability of nutritional content of
food products.
“One must be able to use
the tools around him in order
to be effective
in work,” he said. “Tools and methods
such as visual inspection, texture and
viscosity measurements aid subjective
analysis and help determine what can
make a certain food product better.”
The conference was attended by
food technology students from several
colleges and universities along with
professionals from different food and
flavoring companies.
“This is to help me adjust on
the advancement in food industry,
especially in baking where my forte
is,” said entrepreneur and UST alumna
Winifred Gonzales in attending the
conference. JULIUS ROMAN M.
TOLOP
Conversations Does your blood type determine your personality?
in the digital age
WHEN he realized his friends took more pictures of their food
than talk to each other during lunch, Bien Desingaño could not
help but frown.
The Chemical Engineering senior had been planning to have
lunch with his friends for weeks but the beeps of notifications
from his friends’ smartphones told him that it did not go as
planned.
“I was gone for a while because of my training with my pep
squad,” Desingaño explained. “But now that I’m here everyone
seemed to be too focused with their phones.”
His situation was reminiscent of the photographs published
by London-based photographer Babycakes Romero in 2014. His
“Death of Conversation” captured a series of images showing
people “plugged in” to their devices instead of talking with their
company.
Romero’s series went viral and evoked various reactions on
social networking sites. Some expressed guilt, some commented
that smartphones are taking a toll on social etiquette, while some
agreed that oral conversation might indeed be “dead.”
“Human beings are required to communicate with each
other, [but] the manner in which we communicate changes,”
psychiatrist Edilberto Gonzaga, M.D. said.
Age of multitasking
Data from global mobile sample and technology provider
On Device Research showed that mobile penetration in the
Philippines for the year 2014 reached up to 101 percent, parallel
to the 28 million mobile phones sold in the country in 2013 versus
a population of 97 million people.
Gonzaga said this dependence on technological innovations,
particularly smartphones changed how people behave and interact
nowadays.
“The activity we do now requires less physical effort than
things we do before,” he said. “Before, the way we conduct
speeches can influence people. Now, we rely on machines to talk
for us.”
For some people, gadgets create “covers” where they can
immerse themselves without minding the company of others, said
Gonzaga.
“Our gadgets, become our reason—our escape—not to have
a conversation,” he said.
To sociologist Clarence Batan, this is an unfolding
phenomenon on human communication.
“It’s the birth of being multi-tasked,” Batan said. “[Though]
the question [of] what may be considered as a quality conversation
is a different realm entirely,” noting that the challenge for netizens
is to be able to navigate their smartphones and be engaged in the
real world at the same time.
In a report by the European Commission, a lot of people share
positive and negative feedback towards technological innovation.
Some believe that innovations are “truly designed to help people”
while others think that machines will soon replace humans.
“[What is] most feared is lack of control,” the report told.
‘Death’ of conversation
According to Gonzaga, getting hooked on technology really
Conversations PAGE 10
TESTS such as the Rorschach
and the Myers-Brigg Type
Indicator
(MBTI)
have
been commonly used by
psychologists and people in
general in determining one’s
personality, but in the 1920s,
a Japanese professor theorized
that blood types can also do the
same.
Takeji Furukawa of Tokyo
Women’s University introduced
the blood type personality
theory (ABO theory) in a
paper published in 1927. His
“A Study of Temperament
and Blood-Groups” stated that
the four blood groups—A,
B, AB and O—may work
similarly with Hippocrates’s
Four Temperaments, and that
each blood group may hold
characteristics unique from the
other three.
While the relationship of
blood types and personality
has been the topic of numerous
studies, the phenomenon of
personality tests and why
people tend to follow this trend
is also a popular subject in the
field of psychology.
‘Scientific racism’
Renz Christian Argao,
supervising psychologist of the
UST Psychotrauma Clinic, said
the ABO theory took its roots
during the period of World War
II because of the prevalence
of scientific racism during the
early 1900s.
While the topic on racial
classification started to decline
after the war, there are still
scientists and some post-war
anthropologists like William
Boyd attempted to find more
“valid and objective” racial
classification using blood
group technology.
Though the theory was
debunked due to his lack of
credentials and the paper’s lack
of scientific backing, popular
reception from the Japanese
and a broadcaster named
Masahiko Nomi revived the
theory in the 1970s.
Theorists view Type O,
the most dominant of the blood
types, as a “hero” because of
its members’ tendencies to be
natural leaders. They are also
said to be the most expressive,
flexible, easygoing and honest
of the blood groups.
However, Park DongSun, author of the “Simple
Thinking About Blood Types”
also described Os as cold,
competitive, self-centered and
stubborn.
Meanwhile, Type A are
believed to be “role models”
for their Zen-like personality
and the “most industrious”
among the blood groups.
Wendy Watson, doctor
in family therapy and author
of “Blood Type & Your
Personality” suggested that
these people have “subtle and
delicate personalities,” though
they also tend to be obsessive
and uptight.
Type B, opposite of As, are
known to be rebellious for their
strong will and personality.
They also tend to be charming,
charismatic and assertive.
Lastly, Type AB possesses
both qualities of Types A and
B. They are said to be the most
generous and tend to think
outside the box.
In 1961, a hematological
study published by Raymond
Cattell and his colleagues from
the University of Illinois and
Harvard University said that
the findings in the psychiatric
field contributed to the
development of the theory on
blood type personalities.
Cattell’s study suggested
that primary personality factors
appearing with certain blood
types formed roots for blood
type association even though
these relationships can be
purely coincidental.
‘Self-fulfilling prophecy’
Edilberto Gonzaga, M.D.,
resident psychiatrist of the
UST Psychotrauma Clinic,
added that unlike standardized
tests, theories on personality
like the ABO theory are hard to
assess because they rely simply
on association.
“The Myers-Briggs, for
example, is a standardized test
with a predictive value,” he
said. “Unlike the blood type
personality theory [which] is
not 100-percent scientificallybased.”
The ABO theory and
similar concepts such as those
found in astrological signs
are what psychologists call
examples of “self-fulfilling
prophecies,” which is defined
as “a belief that becomes true
because a person is acting as if
it is already true.”
Gonzaga echoed this
by saying that people easily
believe what they see in the
Internet, especially if it is
convenient for them.
“You read something
good about your blood type
and you would believe it’s true,
but you hesitate to believe it
when it says something bad
or negative about your blood
type,” he said.
In 2002, Akira Sakamoto
and Kenji Yamazaki from
Ochanonizu
University
published a paper that proved
that blood type personality
theory did not show any
relationships between blood
types and personalities.
According to the paper,
individuals who are unfamiliar
with the theory may simply
“choose” a blood type, while
some may be influenced by
family traditions and cultural
traits.
“People would define
themselves based on [these
tests], but in reality personality
is complex,” Argao said. “It is
so fluid and diverse that even
psychologists have a hard
time doing tests that determine
personality.”
According to Gonzaga,
while blood type may be
genetically
linked
with
personalities, more studies
should be made because of the
conflict it presents.
“Blood types are fixed and
permanent. If you say that a
personality is linked to a blood
type, then personality is also
fixed,” he said.
Gonzaga also said the
ABO theory may help people
justify or rationalize their
personalities, but it might be a
good or a bad thing depending
on how people would let the
theory affect their lifestyles.
“You will become the
person you think you are,”
he said. “The things people
believe will become their
reality.” K.J.V. NAPARAN
Editor: Daryl Angelo P. Baybado
Circle 7
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Artists and their ateliers featured in book
By AMIERIELLE ANNE A. BULAN
and MA.. CZARINA A. FERNANDEZ
A NEW coffee-table book on Philippine art
by former Varsitarian artist and photographer
documents through beautiful photography and
informative text the ateliers or work studios of
75 of the country’s foremost artists, what critics
have described as a very helpful “archival”
project to record the creative process that goes
into masterpieces of the visual arts.
“Filipino Artists in their Studios”
is published by the Manila Bulletin and
conceptualized and photographed by visual
artist-photojournalist Jose Vinluan “Pinggot”
Zulueta, a BS Fine Arts in Advertising Arts
graduate of the old UST College of Architecture
and Fine Arts.
“Our goal is to give a glimpse of the artists’
lives, not just a usual profile presentation of
them with their artworks,” Zulueta told the
Varsitarian during the book launch last Oct. 30
at the Fiesta Pavilion of the Manila Hotel.
The 324-page book is not only a compilation
of photographs by Zulueta that originally
appeared in the C’est La Vie or lifestyle section
of the Bulletin. It is also accompanied by
insightful texts and captions written by writers
and journalists such as Paul Zafaralla, Barbara
Dacanay, Dennis Ladaw, and Isabel de Leon.
“Usually, the audience see just the artwork
alone, mounted or framed in an exhibit,” said CJ
Tañedo, one of the artists featured in the book.
“But once they get to see the studio, they can
see the artists in a new light, and they can see
his work habits and the natural setting in which
he works.”
Tañedo, a winner of the Metrobank art
awards back in the late 1990’s, himself is a
Thomasian.
De Leon, a News staffer of the Varsitarian
during her student days and now the news
editor of the Bulletin and a former Malacanang
assistant press secretary, compared an artist’s
studio to a bedroom which is “not accessible to
anyone.”
“We were very humbled when they allowed
us to enter their spaces,” De Leon said. “Not
everyone can be granted the opportunity to enter
an artist’s sacred space.”
Art enthusiasts like Silvana Diaz, who owns
Galleria Duemila, the country’s longest running
gallery, said the book gives new perspective on
Philippine art.
“He [Zulueta] brings the client and the
public who are not well versed in art into an
intimacy and place where they see the artist in
their environment. When you don’t have art
education or study art history, you may penetrate
into their intimate life this way,” Diaz said.
25 alumni artists
Among the 75 artists featured in the book,
25 are notable Thomasian alumni mostly
products of the old College of Architecture and
Design. Sculptor Ramon Orlina, National Artist
for Visual Arts Arturo Luz, the late abstractionist
Romulo Olazo and father of Philippine
conceptual art Roberto Chabet are featured
along with Antonio Austria, Manuel Baldemor,
Gabriel Barredo, Andres Barrioquinto, Salvador
Ching, Fil Delacruz, Danny Dalena, Mideo
Cruz, Igan D’Bayan, Edgar Doctor, Alfredo
Esquillo Jr., Raul Isidro, Prudencio Lamarroza,
Julie Lluch, Sofronio Y Mendoza, Mario Parial,
Mario de Rivera, Jose Tence Ruiz, CJ Tanedo,
Zulueta launches his first coffee-table book about Philippine art last Oct. 30 at the Manila Hotel.
BASILIO H. SEPE
Ronald Ventura, and Juvenal Sansó.
Ruiz, who was part of the creative team
behind the Philippine Pavilion in this year’s
Venice Biennale, recalled the time when the
book was still an idea.
“Why don’t I make a more active
documentation of what’s happening in our art
scene?” was the question asked by Zulueta to
Ruiz back in 2008.
According to Ruiz, Zulueta was given the
go-signal by the Manila Bulletin to start the
project, and from there started a weekly feature
in the newspaper that puts the spotlight on a
local artist and his or her works.
“He would bring a young writer, and he
himself was the photographer. Little did we all
realize that that would be a book seven years
later. It was all a happy accident,” Ruiz said in
an interview.
The book has long been awaited by artists
Book PAGE 5
Colorful, reader-friendly
DBM booklet makes
proposed 2016 national
budget understandable
The Heir 2 by Daquioag, Patakam sa kung ano ang kinain...bago kumain by Culaba and Garden Delight by Cabrera
More Thomasians
featured in ‘Papelismo’
By MA.. CZARINA A. FERNANDEZ
Knowing Francis Bacon by Zulueta
ABAKADA Series by Daquioag
THE PAPER as a premier medium in
Philippine art was the focal point of
Papelismo 6, a group exhibit at the
Nova Gallery, Makati City.
Thomasians Thomas Daquioag,
Pinggot Zulueta, Benjie Cabrera
and Melvin Culaba were among
a dozen artists who explored the
creative possibilities of paper as an art
medium.
Daquioag, a Painting alumnus
of UST, shows social realism in “The
Heir” and “The Heir 2,” which portray
a child on the floor and a woman
sitting on a couch.
His other featured work, a
watercolor on arches or air-dried
paper titled “ABAKADA Series”
features a family making their way
through a flood.
“Working on paper as compared
to other mediums presents a more
difficult challenge,” Daquioag said.
“Paper requires a degree of perfection
that you don’t necessarily employ in
other mediums.”
Meanwhile, Pinggot Zulueta’s
black-on-white-ink-on-paper works,
reflect his life as an illustrator and
newspaper cartoonist back in the
1980s.
Zulueta’s “Talking to Basquiat,”
“Knowing Francis Bacon” and
“Dialogue with George Condo” are
explorations of faces and portraits
using the forms and shapes of artists
like Picasso and Condo.
“I borrowed art styles from
renowned artists and incorporated
them with my own style,” Zulueta
said. “It’s like a conversation of art
between my style and the style of
others.”
Zulueta also expressed his
preference for paper as a medium
since he is known for sketches and
illustrations.
“With paper,” he said, “art is
boundless. You can sketch, cut, fold,
or literally do anything that doesn’t
limit your art.”
Meanwhile, engraving artist
Cabrera’s works titled “Unexpected
Visitor,” “Garden Delight” and
“Erratic Self-Reflection” deal with
themes of creation, preservation and
destruction.
“My works in this edition of
Papelismo tell the story of evolution
where spectators can see the process
of life growing and decaying,”
Cabrera said.
Despite using engraving in most
of his works, Cabrera does not mind
using other mediums such as paper,
which to him is special if not superior
to other mediums.
Culaba’s charcoal-on-paper
works delve on religious themes.
“Patakam sa kung ano ang kinain…
bago kumain” depicts the Crucifix
mounted on a wall, among various
framed religious icons like the Virgin
Mary holding the Infant Jesus.
Culaba’s “Patatawarin po”
shows a capped face, resembling the
figure of Martin Luther, leader of the
Protestant reformation, flanked by a
horde of demon-like creatures in the
background, in what seems chaos and
Papelsimo PAGE 5
A DEPARTMENT of Budget and
Management (DBM) booklet seeks
to inform and educate the public in
lay-friendly terms the intricacies
of the proposed 2016 General
Appropriations Act (GAA) in the
interest of public transparency.
The proposed 2016 GAA is
P3.002 trillion.
The 2016 People’s Proposed
Budget (PPB), as the booklet is titled,
aims at comprehensibility and clarity,
said BS Fine Arts in Advertising Arts
alumna Adrienne Ponce.
Ponce, a freelance, graphic
designer tapped by DBM to design
the booklet, said she and her design
team sought to make the public action
visually appealing and inviting.
“Since this was going to be a
booklet filled with a lot of charts
and numbers, we needed to present
everything in an attractive and
engaging way, otherwise the readers
might become bored with plain
presentations of the text,” Ponce said.
The 52-page booklet’s art and
design team included Dan Matutina,
a designer and illustrator of local
and international magazines, and
DBM information designer Emmie
Albangco as the layout supporter.
The booklet features graphic
illustrations of infrastructures, houses
and landscapes accenting the bold
face and blue “2016” center text on
its cover. The PPB title is emphasized
by a background of washed-out
graphics of mountains and lakes in
the rural setting and buildings and
roads presented in the urban setting,
depicted in varying palettes of
yellow. P
Color
schemes
of
the
infographics, charts and tables
representing the booklet’s content
circulate around different palettes of
primary colors.
The booklet also features
graphics of the budget dimensions
analyzed through divisions by
sector, by expense class, by region,
by top 10 executive departments,
by department and special purpose
funds.
The booklet acquaints the reader
on the priority programs of the
proposed 2016 budget, such as social
protection, managing disaster risks
and basic education.
Social protection, for example,
consists of the anti-poverty Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program, which
the book shows has been raised to
P59.38 billion from this year’s P57.4
billion. The Department of Public
Works and Highways meanwhile has
been proposed to receive an increased
fund for flood control and drainage—
P59.84 billion.
A budget cycle, shown at the
concluding part of the booklet,
gives the public a view of the fourstep process of preparation to
accountability. AMIERIELLE ANNE
A. BULAN
8 Witness
Editor: Marie Danielle L. Macalino
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Candles lit for Dominican Jubilee
FILIPINO Dominicans marked the eighth centenary of the Order
of Preachers with the opening of the Jubilee Door at their mother
church Santo Domingo last Nov. 7, ushering in a year-long
celebration.
Reflecting on the Jubilee year’s theme “Go and Preach,”
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle led the celebration
and called on Dominican friars, sisters and laity to continue their
mission of “spreading the light” of Jesus Christ.
“The Order of Preachers was given official confirmation for
two reasons: to preach and to save souls. That has not changed to
this day,” Cardinal Tagle said in his homily during Holy Mass. “All
of our preaching, including the preaching ministry of the Order of
Preachers, must always go back to Jesus who is the Word.”
He urged the Dominican community to live up to the
responsibility of proclaiming the word of God and fulfilling it,
stressing the importance of obedience and simplicity of life.
“Our way of life should not negate the message we wish
to proclaim. The word of God is not just read, proclaimed and
preached. It is fulfilled,” the prelate said.
Before the Eucharistic celebration, the cardinal led the “Rite of
Opening of the Jubilee Door,” which represents Christ’s openness
to pilgrims seeking for His mercy.
Fr. Filemon de la Cruz, O.P., socius of the provincial of the
Dominican Province of the Philippines and vice rector for religious
affairs of UST, started the celebration by reading a message from
Fr. Bruno Cadore, O.P., master of the Order of Preachers.
“The resurrection of Christ is the revelation of the mercy of
God for the poor. Preach the resurrection to preach a new path of
friendship with God,” Fr. Cadore said in his message.
After the Holy Mass, candles were lighted and members of
the order sang “Tell the World of His Love,” the 1995 World Youth
Day theme song.
“Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare,” the official theme song of
the global Dominican Jubilee celebrations composed by Filipino
Dominican Fr. Guiseppe Arsciwals, O.P., was also sung.
Plenary indulgence
Pope Francis has granted a plenary indulgence to those who
will take part in the Dominican Jubilee events, including those who
will hold pilgrimages to Dominican churches.
“The experience of mercy, indeed, becomes visible in the
witness of concrete signs as Jesus himself
taught us. Each time that one of the
faithful personally performs one
or more of these actions, he or
she shall surely obtain the Jubilee
Indulgence,” the Pontiff said in a
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle holds the candle symbolizing the guiding light of Saint Dominic de Guzman during the opening
of the 800th anniversary of the Order of Preachers at the Santo Domingo Church last Nov. 7.
ALVIN JOSEPH KASIBAN
letter last Sept. 1.
Fr. Ivan Obando, O.P., provincial secretary, said more
activities were lined up for the Jubilee year.
“This is a spiritual
year; we have started it
by celebrating the
thanksgiving
Eucharist, and
the
granting
of
plenary
indulgences to those people who will be coming to our churches
and joining us for the celebration,” he told the Varsitarian.
Family retreat
Prior to the Jubilee opening, Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, O.P.,
former master of the Order, led the Asia-Pacific Dominican
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Cardinal Tagle and Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco beam with Dominican friars Fr. Filemon dela Cruz, O.P., Fr. Gerard Timoner III, O.P. and Fr. Jesus Prol, O.P.
Pope Francis names legate
Archbishops Palma, Valles on Synod
to Cebu Eucharistic Congress results: ‘No change in Church teaching’
THE FIRST cardinal of Myanmar
will represent Pope Francis in
the 51st International Eucharistic
Congress (IEC) to be hosted by
Cebu City in January 2016.
Yangon Archbishop Charles
Bo, the first cardinal from Burma,
has been appointed by the Supreme
Pontiff as papal legate to the
eucharistic congress, organizers
announced last Oct. 25.
Cardinal Bo was one of the 20
new cardinals appointed by
the Pope in February
2015. He served
as president of the
Catholic Bishops’
Conference
of
Myanmar for six
years.
The
cardinal
is
an
advocate of
harmonious
relationships
b e t w e e n
Myanmar ’s
diverse religious
groups.
With the theme
“Christ in You, Our
Hope of Glory,”
the
international
congress will be
held from Jan. 24 to 31
next year. An estimated
15,000
people
are
expected to attend the
religious event.
This will be
the second
time the Philippines will host the
IEC, which is held every four years.
The last time was in 1937 in Manila
during the pontificate of Pope Pius
XI, the first time the IEC was held
in Asia.
Apps launched
For its 51st edition, the
IEC is taking advantage of
digital technology. Two mobile
applications have been launched:
the IEC 2016 Guide and the Real
Presence. Both were made by Cebubased developer InnoPub.
IEC 2016 Guide serves as the
official app of the IEC, featuring
a comprehensive guide to the
heritage structures of Cebu, which
will be part of the IEC’s Visita
Iglesia activity. The Real Presence
was initially launched to introduce
the IEC hymn and disseminate the
schedule of the event.
Digital presence however is
not only what makes the 51st IEC
different from its previous editions.
According to Cebu Archbishop
Jose Palma, the 2016 IEC’s theme
“Christ in You, Our Hope of Glory,”
is true to the IEC’s goal of showing
to the faithful the nature of the
Eucharist as mystery and mission.
The theme of the upcoming
congress seeks to encourage
Catholics, especially the laity,
to reawaken their faith in Christ,
Palma said in a phone interview.
“To come to the Eucharistic
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But divorced Catholics and homosexuals should be treated with compassion
THE RECENT Synod of Bishops
on the Family remained firm on the
Church’s teaching that the divorced
and remarried cannot receive the
Sacrament of the Eucharist, but
stressed that they are among the
baptized and should be “more
integrated
into the Christian
community,” while “avoiding every
occasion of scandal.”
Granting access to the sacrament
for the divorced and remarried,
proposed by European bishops
reportedly with encouragement
from the Pope himself, encountered
stiff opposition from African and
some American prelates, who
claimed that such change condoned
adulterous relationships and would
be contrary to the teachings of
Christ.
“They must not only not feel
excommunicated, but they can live
and mature as living members of the
Church, feeling that she is a mother
who always welcomes them, takes
care of them with affection and
encourages them in the walk of the
life of the Gospel,” Paragraph 84 of
the final synod document stated.
Pope Francis is expected to issue
an apostolic exhortation, drawing
from the synod’s recommendations,
next year.
Davao Archbishop Romulo
Valles, one of the Filipino
participants, said divorced and
remarried individuals should be
treated as members of the Church.
“The practice of the Church
remains, but we need to let these
people know that they are still part
of the Church, in the spirit of
mercy and compassion. [Their
situation] does not mean that
they are no longer members
of the Church,” he told the
Varsitarian.
The Davao prelate said
that in general, the results of
the synod discussions “did
not go beyond what is already
practiced in the Catholic
Church.”
The
synod
document
encouraged the divorced and
remarried to examine their
conscience and reflect on “how
they behaved toward their children
when the marriage entered into
crisis,” and on the “consequences
of their new relationship on the rest
of the family and the community
of faithful.” They were also urged
to direct their discernment to “the
awareness of their situation before
God.”
“Conversation with the priest,
in the internal forum, contributes to
the formation of a correct judgment
on what hinders the possibility of a
fuller participation in the life of the
Church and the steps that can foster
it and make it grow,” the document
stated.
Pope St. John Paul II’s
“Familiaris Consortio,” promulgated
following the 1980 Synod of
Bishops,
held
that giving divorced and remarried
individuals
access
to
Holy
Communion would lead the lives of
the faithful to error and confusion as
regards the Church’s teaching on the
indissolubility of marriage.
This year’s event had the
theme “The vocation and mission
of the family in the Church and
the modern world,” and followed
2014 extraordinary synod on the
family, which focused on pastoral
challenges involved in family life.
The recent “ordinary” synod
ran from Oct. 4 to Oct. 25 and was
Archbishops PAGE 10
Patnugot: Maria Koreena M. Eslava
Tawiran
Matapang kong nilakad ang kalye ng Dapitan.
Hindi na alam ng baga ano ang pagkakaiba
ng usok na nakasasakal sa hingang pagal.
Iisa na rin ang sigaw ng busina ng mga sasakyan
sa tawag ng mga nangangailangan ng tulong
paganahin ang kanilang kompyuter.
At ang basa sa karatula ng mga dyip?
Hindi na “LRT Tayuman” kundi “LRT Tayuan.”
Umilaw ng pula ang stop light.
Nalimutan ko na kung paano iangat
ang kaliwang binti upang maglakad.
Natakot na rin yata ang kanang binti
sa nakaambang panunuot ng mga ugat
pagkasakay sa LRT.
Nagpaalon na lang ako sa daluyong ng taong patawid
Dahil nakapara na pala ng dyip
ang anino ko sa kabilang kalye.
JASPER EMMANUEL Y. ARCALAS
Jubilee
FROM PAGE 8
Family Retreat last Oct. 12-14 at the
Quadricentennial Pavilion, where
he reiterated the importance of
forgiveness, humility, and concern for
others.
“If we believe in God’s
forgiveness, then even in the desert of
our lives, God could bring fertility,”
he said before 1,200 religious and lay
people who took part in the retreat.
Fr. Radcliffe said true happiness
could be attained through selflessness.
“Happiness starts when we
stop caring just about ourselves. The
culmination of our freedom and joy is
when we give away our lives just like
what Jesus did,” said Fr. Radcliffe,
who was awarded the Santo Domingo
Preaching Award by the Institute of
Preaching.
Calendar
FROM PAGE 11
momentum and strengthen their
championship bid going to Season 78.
Sand court powerhouse Tiger
Spikers, Lady Jins, Male Paddlers and
Salinggawi Dance Toupe settled for
runner-up finishes this season. The
Female Paddlers picked up a bronze.
With an additional month for
preparation due to time adjustment,
Salinggawi showcased an almost
flawless routine at the 2015 cheerdance
competition.
However, last year’s beach
volleyball champions Cherry Anne
Rondina and Rica Jane Rivera slid to
Renewal begins with humility,
Lingayen-Dagupan
Archbishop
Socrates Villegas, president of the
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of
the Philippines and member of the
Dominican Clerical Fraternity of the
Philippines, said.
“Kneel down for mercy and
adoration. Kneel down to wash one
another’s feet. We cannot wash one
another’s feet without kneeling down.
The goal of all preaching is service,”
Villegas said in his homily during the
retreat’s opening Mass.
The Dominican Family Leaders’
Conference was held after the retreat to
allow Dominican superiors to discuss
various ways to celebrate the eighth
centenary of the order.
Domnet turns 20
Youth from Dominican schools all
over the country meanwhile marked the
Jubilee as well as the 20th anniversary
fifth place this season, their worst finish
in five years.
The UAAP beach volleyball
tournament was usually held in August,
the month when Rondina and Rivera
apparently “peaked” this year.
They were untouchable last August,
sweeping the pre-season tourney Ibalong
Cup with a 10-0 win-loss card against
the same opponents who beat them in
the UAAP two months later. Last year’s
UAAP beach volleyball games were
also held in August where they were
undefeated en route to a championship.
Rondina, however, downplayed the
idea that the calendar shift had an impact
on their conditioning and peaking.
“Hindi naging rason ang calendar
shift. Kasi kung nilarong tama at
IKA-27 NG NOBYEMBRE, 2015
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Usapang Uste
Aktibismo noong ‘Unang Sigwa’
NOON PA man, matunog nang usapin
sa Unibersidad ang kahulugan at
hangganan ng kalayaan para sa mga
Tomasino.
Dati nang binigyang-diin ng dating
dekano ng Faculty of Civil Law na si
Andres Narvasa ang kahalagahan ng
mga limitasiyon sa kalayaan ng mga
mag-aaral sa pagpapahayag at pagkilos
sa loob ng paaralan.
Sa isang simposyo na pinamagatang
“Freedom in a University” noong 1969,
sinabi ni Narvasa na “there can be
no liberty without restraint; restraint
produces freedom.”
Kaugnay ng usapin ukol sa
kalayaan, laganap rin sa Unibersidad
noong taong iyon ang mga tinaguriang
“student rebels.” Sa kaniyang inambag
na artikulo sa isang isyung inilabas
ng the Varsitarian, ipinaliwanag ni
Hernando Gonzales II ang kanilang mga
ipinaglalaban na mailalarawang may
malaking pagkakapareho sa situwasiyon
ng Unibersidad sa kasalukuyan.
“While the majority of Thomasians
are expectedly more interested in
basketball, movies, dating, and making
out in school, radical elements are busy
sowing seeds of discontent,” aniya.
Binigay na halimbawa ni Gonzales
ang mga student rebels ng Faculty
of Arts and Letters na nagdeklara ng
war of attrition laban sa Unibersidad.
Sinalubong nila ang ikalawang semestre
sa isang programang nakadirekta
laban sa college council, sa mga
pasibong mag-aaral, sa Varsitarian at sa
administrasiyon.
“There is an exchange of manifestos
and counter-charges in the hit-andrun battle between the council and the
radicals. The rads seem to be doing most
of ‘the hitting’— and the council doing
most of the running,” ani Gonzales.
Sa parehong isyu, naglabas ng
pahayag ang dating punong patnugot ng
Varsitarian na si Hernando Magsangkay
na pinabubulaanan ang mga umaakusa
sa pahayagan ng pagkakalubog nito sa
sensura ng administrasiyon ng UST.
“Lest we be misunderstood and
labelled as lackeys of the Administration
because of our editorial, we would like to
stress at the outset that we have nothing
against students activism. In fact, we
welcome it. We would even be willing to
lead the fight against the Establishment
[UST] if we could honestly see the cause
is unquestionably valid,” ani Masangkay.
Paliwanag naman ni Narvasa
kaugnay ng academic freedom
para sa mga miyembro ng fakultad,
ito ang pagiging malaya na ituro
ang pinaniniwalaan nilang tama
at magsaliksik sa kung anong
pinaniniwalaan
nilang
balidong
panukala; samantalang para sa mga
mag-aaral, nakabagay ito sa layunin nila
sa Unibersidad.
Patungkol sa student power, sinabi
ni Narvasa na hindi na ito bago. Sa
katunayan, nagsilbi pa silang hamon
para sa mga propesor sa Unibersidad
para pag-ibayuhin pa ang kanilang
pagtuturo at nang makapagbahagi ng
mas maraming kaalaman.
Naniniwala si Narvasa na nais lang
ng mga mag-aaral na mapakinggan.
Gayunpaman, pinaalalahanan niya
ang mga ito na maaaring malagay sa
alanganin ang buong Unibersidad kung
ito ay sumosobra.
“If students are now very freedomconscious, it is because teachers have
shown them the way,” ani Narvasa.
Naging punong hukom ng Filipinas
si Narvasa mula ika-1 ng Disyembre
1991 hanggang ika-30 ng Nobyembre
1998.
of the Dominican Network (Domnet)
during the second installment of
“Adonai” youth rally at Colegio de San
Juan de Letran in Calamba last Nov. 14
to 15.
Schools that took part in the event
were UST, Letran-Calamba, Dominican
College of San Juan, Holy Rosary
College, Gerona Catholic School,
Dominican School of Sta. Rita, Sta.
Catalina College of Manila, St. Rose
Catholic School, St. Mary’s Dominican
School, Dominican School of Apalit,
Sta. Catalina Laguna, Siena College
of Quezon City, and the Dominican
Academy of Unisan.
Fr. Christopher Jeffrey Aytona,
O.P., national adviser of Domnet, said
the 800th year of the Dominican order
was a source of pride and a call for the
renewal of the Dominican mission.
“This is our original calling,
preaching. How we can renew, how
we can respond to the challenges of
this time, especially on how we preach
the Word of God—that’s the greatest
challenge,” he said.
Fr. Lauro de Dios, O.P., chairman
of Domnet Western Visayas, said the
main reason behind the order’s 800
years of existence was God’s presence
in its ministry.
“We stayed this long because
we are faithful to our mission. From
the very beginning when the Order
was founded it’s really clear that we
have to preach the Word of God as
Jesus commanded his apostles. At the
same time, we do this preaching for
the salvation of souls,” he said in an
interview with the Varsitarian.
binuhos ng todo kung paano [dapat]
maglaro, [‘yung] resulta magiging
basehan. Dapat handa lang every time,
part naman ‘yun ng pagiging athlete.
In-accept lang naming ang lahat kahit
sobrang masakit sa kalooban but I know
[there’s’ a good reason why it happened,”
Rondina said.
With the general championship
race tied at 137 between UST and the
De La Salle University, the University
could still snatch the first place should
the Growling Tigers win the title and La
Salle’s women’s basketball team settle
for second place. UST would then finish
the first semester with 152 points while
La Salle would be trailing with 149
points. C.A. CASINGCASING and J.C.P.
Judokas
FAJARDO
mga mahahalagang saliksik sa larangan
ng Biology.
Kinilala rin siya bilang honorary
fellow ng Indian Mycology Society.
Tinanggap rin ni Dela Cruz ang mga
susumunod na parangal: Mycological
Society of America-Martin-Baker
Research Award, UNESCO Man and
Biosphere Programme-Young Scientist
Award, at American Society for
Microbiology-UNESCO Leadership
Grant for International Educators.
MARIA KOREENA M. ESLAVA
Tomasalitaan
Ta n g o n g i t i k
(PNG) - pangakong
hindi natutupad.
Hal. Malapit na ang
eleksiyon. Kaliwa’t kanan na
naman ang tangongitik ng mga
pulitiko.
Mga Sanggunian
The Varsitarian: Tomo XL
Blg. 24, Enero 28, 1969
TOTAL Awards Souvenir
Program 2011
Tomasino Siya
Alam n’yo bang isang Tomasino
ang patuloy na gumagawa ng ngalan sa
larang ng siyensiya?
Bilang
isang
microbiologist,
personal na layunin ni Dr. Thomas
Edison dela Cruz, pangulo ng UST
Department of Biological Sciences,
na mapalawig ang fungal biodiversity
conservation sa bansa. Kabilang sa
kaniyang mga hangarin ang maturuan
ng agham ang mga bata sa murang edad.
Taong 1996 nang magtapos si
Dela Cruz ng BS Microbiology at taong
1999 ng MS Biological Science sa
Unibersidad. Nagtapos naman siya ng
Doctor of Natural Sciences sa Technical
University Braunschweig sa Germany.
Bukod sa pagiging isang senior
faculty researcher, si Dela Cruz rin
ang kasalukuyang pinuno ng Fungal
Biodeivesity and Systematics (FBS)
group ng Research Center for the Natural
and Applied Sciences ng Unibersidad.
Ginawad kay Dela Cruz ang
Third World Academy of Sciences
(TWAS) Prize for Young Scientist in
the Philippines noong 36th Annual
Scientific Meeting of the National
Academy of Sciences and Technology
(NAST) bilang pagkilala sa kaniyang
Founding of the order
The Order of Preachers was
founded by St. Dominic de Guzman of
Caleruega, Spain in the 1200s, and was
confirmed in 1216 by Pope Honorius II.
The first Dominicans to arrive
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all three matches. The Male Judokas
would have been crowned champions
for the second straight time if they
won at least two of those matches.
In those gold medal bouts,
Male Judoka Jolo Atienza (-90kg)
suffered an Ippon throwdown by
Ateneo’s Ramon Santiago, while
teammates Robert Quito (-81kg) and
Joaquin Miciano (-100kg) lost via
penalty and Waza-ari(half a point),
respectively.
Only Russel Lorenzo (-55kg),
who edged out fellow Thomasian
Daryl Mercado in the opening day,
in the Philippines were Cristobal
de Salvatierra and Domingo de
Salazar, first bishop of Manila, in
1581. A larger group of Dominican
missionaries arrived in 1587.
Filipino Dominicans formed
their own province in 1971, separating
from the Spanish missionary province
of the Holy Rosary.
The Filipino Dominicans run 16
convents, including the Priory of St.
Thomas Aquinas in UST and Santo
Domingo Convent in Quezon City.
They administer the Shrine of Our
Lady of Manaoag in Pangasinan,
which was recently declared a
basilica minore and an affiliate of the
Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in
Rome.
The Dominicans also run more
than 10 educational institutions in
the country, including the Pontifical
University of Santo Tomas. K.N.A.
SEVILLA AND L.M.P. VICENCIO
managed to claim a gold medal.
Karl Navarro (-66kg) also
settled for silver while Dither Tablan
(+100kg), Renzo Cazeñas (-90kg),
Nikole Ong (-81kg) and Lucky
Flores (-73kg) all took home bronze
medals.
Last year’s MVP and three-time
gold medalist Al Llamas (-60kg)
settled for bronze after suffering an
Ippon defeat against UE’s Khalid
Macadagdag in the semifinals.
“Mataas ‘yung expectation,
pero wake-up call ito para sa akin,”
Llamas said.
The Male Judokas still lead
the overall-title tally, with 10
titles, followed by Ateneo’s seven
championships.
10 Limelight
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Art Director: Ava Mariangela C. Victoria
BEN N' VIDES BY KIRSTEN M. JAMILLA
USTIPS BY FREYA D.L.R. TORRES
TOMAS U. SANTOS BY IAIN RAFAEL N. TYAPON
Editorial
FROM PAGE 4
several years in the Shell, MADE,
AAP Annual, GSIS, Petron and
other important art contests. Heck,
UST has not been winning even in
its own UST On-the-Spot Painting
Contest! But CFAD has chosen to
dig its heels on such paltry matters
as hair style.
It is laughable that the local
SWDB mentions afro as one of the
banned hairstyles for two reasons:
one, the name of the style obviously
draws from “African,” thus making
fun of the kinky hair of our African
brethren, and also thus betraying
the SWDB’s lack of “political
correctness” or at the least, Catholic
“intercultural tact.” (Whatever
Conversations
FROM PAGE 6
has a significant effect on the “art
of conversation,” especially in
a generation which is seemingly
dependent on smartphones.
“Confrontations,
talking,
using your vocal chords, using
your body to communicate is now
becoming a lost art because of
[our dependence to technology],”
he said.
Aside from the blurring lines
of social etiquette in using phones
while in the company of others,
people are also losing their ability
to narrate, Gonzaga said.
“The way we do it at present
becomes impersonal compared
from before,” he said. “It takes
courage to talk face to face. The
medium (smartphones) could
create a buffer that could shield
you from mistakes or if you’re
showing signs of insecurities.”
However, Batan explained
Congress
FROM PAGE 8
congress is to realize that indeed in
Christ is our hope. Christ is present
in many ways, but above all in
the Eucharist. We will realize the
social dimension of the Eucharist.
We are needed to engage in a
mission through dialogue with the
poor, youth, with culture and other
religions,” Palma said
Why Cebu was chosen
For the year 2016, the Church
has happened to the contextual
theology supposedly promoted by
the Dominicans!). And second, if
one would look at the Thomasian
Yearbooks of the 1970’s, one
would find graduates from the UST
Central Seminary sporting the afro
and other “groovy” styles. Many
of those graduates with un-“neat”
and un-“clean” haircuts have since
become bishops, such as Fr. Oscar
Solis, now the auxiliary bishop of
the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and
the first Filipino priest to be elevated
to the American episcopacy.
Come to think of it, Jesus Christ
wore long hair!
The Lord’s example should
indicate that hair styles are
determined by age, aesthetics, taste,
history, and the generations—a
gamut of issues that should
preoccupy more Ricky Reyes’ hair
institute rather than the Pontifical
University.
Moreover, while the SWDB
declares ex-cathedra certain hair
styles as anathema, it asks the
security guards of CFAD to enforce
its capricious policies. Blue guards
have more pressing security matters
to attend to, but in having been given
the responsibility to decide which
haircut to ban and corollarily, which
students to refuse admittance, they
have been practically authorized to
classify students as “security risks.”
But students are not criminals or
terrorists. In addition, students are
clients of UST; their parents and
guardians have paid tuition. For
UST to ban tuition-paying students
from attending their classes just
because certain administrators and
teachers don’t like their hair style
smacks of estafa!
Ironically enough, over at the
Faculty of Arts and Letters, Dean
Michael M. Vasco has outdone
CFAD as far as “painting” is
concerned by saying he would allow
outlandish hair colors as blonde,
burgundy and brown, and would
allow male students with long
hair, as long as they look “neat.”
His pronouncement hasn’t exactly
shaken social media, but at least he
has followed the “liberal” tradition
fostered by his predecessors who
by and large have applied wisely to
UST’s student grooming policy the
spirit of the English idiom sired by
George Eliot in her immortal novel,
The Mill on the Floss: “Do not judge
a book by its cover.”
that
personal
conversations
cannot be romanticized in such a
way to consider them as “dying.”
He added that to argue about the
“death of conversation” would
strike a lengthy discussion in
the academe, especially whether
or not a person’s dependence
on
technology
can
“kill”
conversations or simply enhance
them.
“One cannot really say what is
happening, because it’s an issue of
meaning. One can have different
views of what is happening to the
world, but yes, we [are starting to
have] shifting [lifestyles],” Batan
said.
Admittedly, Desingaño said
that he himself cannot refrain
from checking his phone every
once in a while because important
messages or announcements might
arrive.
“I need this, too,” he said.
“No one can survive without
a smartphone nowadays.” MIA
Archbishops
It also denounced moves by
international
organizations
to
pressure countries into introducing
laws allowing marriage between
people of the same sex.
“The Church repeats that every
person, independently of his sexual
tendency, is to be respected in his
dignity and welcomed with respect,
careful to avoid ‘every sign of
unjust discrimination,’” Paragraph
76 stated, quoting the Catechism.
Valles called on the faithful to be
Christ-like in treating homosexuals
and to constantly remind them that
they are still members of the Church.
“There were very strong
reminders that they are still part of
the Church community. In many
aspects, we should do our best to be
Christ-like, and not be condemning
and discriminatory, but to allow
them in many aspects of the life of
the Church,” Valles said.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma,
another synod participant, said
homosexuals should be treated with
friendship and guidance.
“The people within the
community and the Church should
give them the non-judgmental
attitude and the accompaniment,
and should become their friends
and their guide as they search for
meaning in their life,” the Cebu
prelate said in a phone interview.
According to the Vatican’s
documents
on
IECs,
reevangelization was the central
objective of the 33rd congress,
which was attended by 1.5 million
pilgrims from all over the world.
A report by Fr. Lawrence
Bunzel, S.V.D. posted on the blog
philippineromancatholic.blogspot.
com narrated how communists tried
to undermine the Manila IEC in
1937.
“The communists of Tondo told
the people to boycott the Congress
by not decorating their houses. The
communists threatened to burn all
houses that would be decorated.
The people were afraid to decorate,
except one family in the heart of the
suburb,” the priest wrote. Fire later
destroyed Tondo, except the house
that had decorations.
The first eucharistic congress
was held in the 19th century, amid
advances by Protestant missionaries.
Organized by Gaston de Segur, a
French bishop, it was held in Lille,
France on June 21, 1881. The
congresses were originally meant to
gather local residents, but eventually
grew in importance in the universal
Church. M.D.L. MACALINO
ROSIENNA P. MALLARI
decided to hold the IEC in an Asian
country.
Palma said the capacity to
organize and welcome delegates
from other countries in an open
manner was among the reasons
Cebu, the country’s “cradle of
faith,” was chosen by the Vatican to
hold the event.
“We are now Eucharistic
apostles who can bring the love for
the Eucharist in other countries.
Filipinos have become missionaries
who must not only think of growing
as Catholics in the country but also
disciples of Jesus and sharers of
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attended by 200 bishops from all
over the world.
At the conclusion of the synod,
Pope Francis said the gathering
was not about settling issues about
families, but attempting to see them
in the light of the Gospel.
“Surely it was not about
finding exhaustive solutions for all
the difficulties and uncertainties
which challenge and threaten the
family, but rather about seeing
these difficulties and uncertainties
in the light of the Faith, carefully
studying them and confronting
them fearlessly, without burying
our heads in the sand,” Pope Francis
said.
No ‘unjust discrimination’
The Synod also called for
openness to homosexual individuals.
The document emphasized the
importance of each person regardless
of his or her sexual orientation.
faith to other people,” he said.
The Philippines had the most
number of delegates in the 2012
IEC in Dublin, Ireland. Palma, then
president of the Catholic Bishops’
Conference of the Philippines,
headed the Philippine delegation.
1937 IEC in Manila
The Philippines is no stranger
to IECs. The country hosted the 33rd
International Eucharistic Congress
on Feb. 3 to 7, 1937 at Luneta
Park in Manila, with the theme,
“The Eucharistic Apostolate in the
Mission.”
Tigresses
FROM PAGE 11
The Tigresses missed the services
of sharpshooters Shanda Anies, who
was out with a head injury, and Jhenn
Angeles, who is still hampered by knee
and foot problems.
Team captain Cortes, who had
a prolific season as a double-double
machine, said their missed chances that
may have changed the outcome of the
season.
“Para sa akin, masakit, sobrang
sakit (ang pagtatapos ng season). Kasi
siguro naman, nasa amin (graduating
players) ang pagkakamali, dahil buong
season, hindi namin naibigay ang buong
kakayahan namin o nagkamali. Dahil
kami ang veterans, dapat kami ang
aasahan ng team,” Cortes said.
Filipino perspective
Manila
Archbishop
Luis
Antonio Cardinal Tagle reiterated
the importance of preserving the
family in a theological forum on the
synod at Ateneo de Manila last Nov.
10.
“The Synod realized the
fragility of the contemporary family.
And at the same time, the Synod
celebrated the strength, the nobility
of families,” he said.
“I emphasized the socioeconomic context, and even the
political battles being waged in
different countries and how they
impacted the family. This is not
an external context when you come
from a developing country. Poverty
hits the heart of the family,” the
cardinal added.
Acting Editor: Delfin Ray M. Dioquino
Sports 11
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
Lady Judokas still queens of UAAP
By JOHN CHESTER P. FAJARDO
THE LADY Judokas took home their second straight title with
a landslide victory over the University of the East in the UAAP
Season 78 championships at the La Salle Greenhills from Nov.
17 to 18.
But their male counterparts were dethroned by Ateneo.
The Lady Judokas won six out of 10 gold medal matches and
added four silver and three bronze medals against the UE Warriors,
who placed second with 24 points.
UST has won five of the last six women’s title and now has a
total of eight championships.
The Lady Judokas are the second winningest squad behind
the University of the Philippines which has 12 championships. UP
finished third this season.
“Inspiration namin ‘yung natalo kami. Coming from a threepeat, noong season 76 lumagapak kami sa fourth [place.] Kailangan
naming bumaba sa lupa para ma-realize namin kung ano ‘yung
mga pagkakamali namin,” Lady Judokas coach Gerard Arce said.
Philippine National Games medalist and Rookie of the Year
awardee Miam Salvador (-44kg) opened the gold-medal haul for
UST with an Ippon (whole point) victory over UE’s Regine Laudino
in the first day.
UST then secured the -52kg and -48kg titles as Sueko Kinjho
and Season 78 Most Valuable Player Khrizzie Pabulayan defeated
their teammates Almira Ruiz and Kimberly Pantoja, respectively.
Lorelie Tolentino (-57kg) bagged another gold in the second
day in another all-Thomasian championship match after outhustling
Tracy Jean Honorio.
Lady Judoka Eunice Lucero (-70kg) secured another top-ofthe-podium finish with an emphatic Ippon takedown over University
of the Philippines’ Dywnlyn Keith Gimena, while Aislinn Agnes
Yap edged out University of the East’s Bianca Estrella to rule the
-78kg category.
Jamaika Ponciano (+78kg) added a silver while Judokas
Ednorly San Andres (-63kg), Khrisna Lynd Rotairo (-78kg) and
Alexis Belen (-48kg) bagged bronze medals.
The Male Judokas finished with 45 points; Ateneo had 61.
UST faced the Blue Eagles thrice for the gold medal and lost
Judokas PAGE 9
Tracy Homario (right) trashes her opponent en route to an all-Thomasian gold medal game. The Lady Judokas bagged six gold medals.
ALVIN JOSEPH KASIBAN
Growling Tigresses miss semifinals berth UAAP calendar shift
benefits UST teams in
overall title defense
By PHILIP MARTIN L. MATEL
THE UST Tigresses failed to notch a
semifinals spot for the first time in three years
following a 53-64 overtime loss in their door-die game against the Ateneo Lady Eagles
in the UAAP Season 78 women’s basketball
tournament held at the Ateneo Blue Eagle
Gym last Nov. 18.
The Tigresses finished fifth place with
a 6-9 record.
After
forcing
overtime, the Tigresses
ran out of steam
and blew
their chance to take the lead after missing all
of their four fastbreak layup attempts.
The Tigresses trimmed Ateneo’s
16-point lead to six at the start of the fourth
quarter, 34-40, after a furious 17-7 run led
by Misaela Larosa and team captain Maica
Cortes.
The momentum continued
The UST Tigresses succumb to Ateneo Lady Eagles in a do-or-die
match and landed at fifth place, their worst finish in three years.
to shift toward the Tigresses who tied the
game at 44 with 5:08 remaining in the
fourth quarter courtesy of Bettina Peñaflor’s
putback.
Hazelle Yam gave the Lady Eagles a 5048 lead after a fastbreak layup with 1:21 left
in the game. Peñaflor banked a game-tying
shot with 4.7 ticks remaining in regulation to
force an extra period.
Yam took charge for Ateneo, scoring
10 straight points in overtime, including two
consecutive three-pointers, to give the
Lady Eagles a 60-51 lead with under a
minute remaining in the game.
“‘Yung momentum, nasa atin
na. Kung naka-abantetayo kahit
isa lang sa apat na layup, atin
ang laro. Exhausted na rin sila
noong overtime,” Tigresses head
coach Chris Cantonjos told the
Varsitarian.
Peñaflor
paced
the
Tigresses with 18 points and 12
rebounds. Graduating players
Cortes, Candice Magdaluyo, and
Sofia Felisarta scored 10, 4, and 3
markers, respectively.
Yam led Ateneo with 26 points,
while Danica Jose had 15 points and
19 rebounds.
Tigresses PAGE 10
Laure sisters make waves in collegiate, HS volleyball
By CARLO A. CASINGCASING
SISTERS EJ and Eya Laure
proved bloodlines could be a factor
in breeding top-caliber players
as they both provide firepower to
their respective teams.
Playing as a sophomore
for the UST Golden Tigresses,
EJ played like a veteran and led
her team in scoring in the 12th
Shakey’s V-League Collegiate
Conference with 190 points in
14 matches for the second Best
Open spikeraward behind Most
Valuable Player Alyssa Valdez.
EJ finished the tournament
with 13.6 points per game and
had her season-high game after
torching the College of Saint
Benilde Lady Blazers with 23
points last Aug. 25. Veterans
Pamela Lastimosa and Carmela
Tunay averaged 8.2 and 11.5,
respectively.
Junior Golden Tigresses
captain Eya did wonders for her
team and bagged the MVP award
even if UST finished second
behind defending champions
National University (NU) Lady
Bullpups.
She led the charge for the
Junior Golden Tigresses with
241 points in 15 matches played
including the semifinals and finals
series.
Eya averages 16.06 points
per game and recorded a gamehigh 27 points in a four-set loss
against NU in the eliminations
round last Sept. 13.
Golden Tigresses and Junior
Tigresses head coach Emilio
Reyes Jr. said the Laure sisters’
will to win and innate leadership
play a pivotal role in boosting the
team morale for their respective
squads’ success.
“Pareho
silang
may
magandang pundasyon. Si Eya,
mas kumpleto, puwedeng magset at puwedeng pumalo. Si EJ,
maasahan naman sa depensa at
atake,” Reyes told the Varsitarian.
The open hitters are daughters
of former Adamson Falcon and
PBA player Eddie Laure, who
suited up for Alaska Aces.
“Nasa dugo rin kasi nila
[ang pagiging athlete]. Bukod sa
akin, pag-uwi sa bahay andoon
si Eddie para mag-guide—kung
paanong disiplina ang gagawin,”
Reyes said.
Aside from being the go-togirls of their teams, EJ and Eyaalso
became part of the in-transition
national team. EJ played in the
Asian Volleyball Championships
(AVC) Under-23 competition last
May while Eya showed her wares
in the AVC Under-17 tournament
last October.
At their young age, EJ and
Eya’s volleyball career are already
decorated. EJ was the Best Scorer
in the 11th Shakey’s V-League
Collegiate Conference, Rookie of
the Year in the UAAP Season 77
women’s volleyball tournament,
Season 76 girls’ volleyball MVP
and Best Attacker, Season 75
Best Receiver and Season 74 Best
Server, while Eya was named
Season 77 Best Attacker and
received the Best Setter award in
Season 76.
EJ said aside from her
passion for the sport, her desire
to win drives her to be relentless
inside the court.
“[I think of] my love ones
kasi they always motivate me in
everything I do and I want to make
them all proud of where I am right
now,” the 5-foot-9 open spiker
said.
EJ also recognized her
sister’s MVP-caliber showing in
the girls’ tournament.
“She is doing great. I think she
can play in the collegiate level and
she has a heart and determination
of a champion. She isn’t afraid of
any challenge,” EJ said.
Laure PAGE 5
THE SHIFT in academic calendar, which also adjusted the UAAP
schedule, provided extra training and recovery time for UST athletes,
who now sit at the top of the overall ranking.
With five out of eight participating schools adjusting their
academic calendars, host University of the Philippines moved the
schedule of the UAAP Season 78 two months later than the usual July
opening.
If last year’s schedule was adapted, the basketball championships
should have been done by now and the second semester tournaments
should have started already.
This change proved pivotal in UST’s overall championship
campaign especially for the men’s basketball team, which is now in
the Finals after an injury-plagued season 77.
The Growling Tigers would have entered the season without
the services of two-time Mythical Five member Karim Abdul, who
suffered a knee injury last summer, if the tournament commenced in
July.
“[Noong] July, si Karim (Abdul) hindi pa makatalon at
makatakbo,” UST Growling Tigers conditioning coach Kris Anthony
Agarao told the Varsitarian.
The two-month layoff gave extra recovery time for other injured
Tigers like veterans Kevin Ferrer (ankle), Louie Vigil (hip), and Ed
Daquioag (ankle), Renzo Subido (knee), and rookies Jeepy Faundo
(knee), Kyle Suarez (knee), and Mario Bonleon (knee).
“Sa pananaw ko siguro iba ang posisyon natin in terms of
standing [kung nag-start ang season ng maaga,]” Agarao said.
‘On the right track’
Rodrigo Sambuang, UST athletic moderator, commended the
athletes for adjusting well with the academic calendar shift.
“As of now, tingin ko maganda naman ‘yung tinatakbo natin
despite the schedule adjustment, kaso leading pa rin ang La Salle.
Maganda naman ‘yung performance especially ng men’s taekwando
and poomsae. We are on the right track pa rin naman sa UAAP,”
Sambuang said.
The Tiger Jins also benefited from the adjustment as they grabbed
gold medals in the men’s taekwando and poomsae championships.
The champions dominated various pre-season tournaments,
including the Hangnadam Taekwando Meet in South Korea and the
National Poomsae Taekwando Championship 2015 where poomsae
captain Jo Ninoblawon gold medals.
These events helped the Tiger Jins
set
their
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