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In commemorat ion of the Universi ty of the Phil ippines' centennial , the Phil ippine Collegian looks back on one hundred years of his tory.
SUMMING UP
Ika-86 taon • Blg. 24 • 6 peb 2009
O p i s y a l n a l i n g g u h a n g p a h a y a g a n n g m g a m a g - a a r a l n g U n i b e r s i d a d n g P i l i p i n a s - D i l i m a n
Philippine Collegian
February 4 , 1971UP students formed human barricades to prevent the entry of armed forces into the
UP Campus. This was a project against drastic oil price hikes during the Marcos regime, and became the start of a series of radical demonstrations collectively known as the Diliman Commune
05 kULTURA 08 LATHALAIN
Budget Constraints
Fair Grounds
Pagpili sa bagong Student Regent,
tuloy na
Mayorya ng mga estudyante, pabor sa CRSRS
Marjohara Tucay
Nakatakda nang hirangin ang susunod na Stu-dent Regent (SR) gamit
ang 13 taong-gulang na Codi-fied Rules for Student Regent Selection (CRSRS) matapos itong ratipikahin ng mayorya ng mga estudyante sa buong UP System
sa isang referendum.Ayon sa pinal na tala ng opisina ng SR, mahigit 55
porsyento o 26,118 ng kabuuang 47,365
bilang ng mga estudyante sa
buong UP
System ang lumahok sa referen-dum na isinagawa mula Enero 26 hanggang 31, kung saan namili ang mga estudyante kung pa-bor sila o hindi sa CRSRS bilang batayan sa pagpili ng SR, na tang-ing kinatawan ng mga estudyante sa UP sa Board of Regents (BOR), pinakamataas na lupong tagapag-pasya sa pamantasan.
Mahigit 73 porsyento o 19,068 estudyante ang bumoto ng “yes” upang panatilihin ang kasaluku-yang CRSRS, samantalang halos 26 porsyento o 6,747 naman ang
pumili ng “no” laban dito. (Su-mangguni sa sidebar 1)
Ani Student Regent Shahana Abdulwahid, “Isang kolektibong tagumpay ang naganap na ref-erendum. Muling pinatunayan ng mga estudyante na hindi sila apathetic at handa nilang pro-teksyunan ang mga institusyong sila rina ang nagtaguyod.”
Alinsunod sa bagong UP Char-ter, bago magpatuloy ang paghi-rang sa bagong SR, kailangang
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Philippine Collegian | Biyernes, 6 Peb 200902 Balita
Patricia Aireen Sarmiento
Maglalaban para sa iba’t ibang posisyon sa Uni-versity Student Coun-
cil (USC) ang 72 kandidato pag-dating ng halalan sa Pebrero 25.
Binubuo ang USC, ang pinaka-mataas na konseho ng mga mag-aaral sa isang yunit ng UP, ng tagapangulo, pangalawang taga-pangulo, 12 konsehal at 18 kina-tawan ng iba’t ibang kolehiyo.
Ayon sa opisyal na listahan ng University Student Electoral Board (USEB), tatakbo ang 23 kandidato mula sa Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral Para sa Panlipu-nang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (AL-YANSA), 19 mula sa Nagkakai-sang Iskolar para sa Pamantasan
72 kandidato maghaharap sa halalan sa USC
at Sambayanan (KAISA), at 25 kandidato sa ilalim ng partidong Student Alliance for the Ad-vancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP). Lima naman ang tatakbo bilang independent candidate.
Mula sa ALYANSA, si Niña Marie Angela Acasio, nasa ikaap-at na taon sa industrial engineer-ing, ang lalaban sa posisyon ng tagapangulo, at si Joseph Miguel Guttierez, kasalukuyang konse-hal ng USC, bilang pangalawang tagapangulo.
Sa ilalim ng partidong KAISA, tatakbo bilang tagapangulo si Ti-tus Chua Tan mula sa College of Science, na tumakbo para sa po-sisyon ng pangalawang pangulo noong isang taon, at si Ramon
Miguel Abeleda, kasalukuyang konsehal ng student council ng College of Engineering, bilang ikalawang tagapangulo.
Si Airah Cadiogan, kasalu-kuyang pangalawang tagapan-gulo ng USC at tagapangulo ng STAND UP, ang ihaharap ng partido sa pagka-tagapangulo. Susundan siya ni Jaqueline Joy Eroles, kasalukuyang konsehal para ng USC, bilang pangala-wang tagapangulo.
Kumpleto ang mga kandidato
ng KAISA at STAND UP para sa 12 posisyon ng pagkakonsehal, ha-bang siyam ang mula sa ALYAN-SA, at dalawa ang walang partido. Magmumula naman sa STAND UP ang 14 na kandidato bilang kinatawan ng iba’t ibang kolehiyo, 12 sa ALYANSA, walo sa KAISA, at tatlo ang walang partido.
Samantala, kapwa may tatlong kandidato ang STAND UP at ang KAISA na hindi pinahintulutang tumakbo ng USEB dahil sa mga kulang na dokumento.
Ayon sa dalawang partido, naghain na sila ng mga apela sa USEB at hinihintay na lamang ang mga kulang na dokumento mula sa mga kolehiyo. Nakatak-dang ilabas ng USEB ang resulta ng kanilang deliberasyon sa mga apela sa Pebrero 6.
Magsisimula ang opisyal na pangangampanya para sa ha-lalan ng USC sa Pebrero 9 at matatapos sa Pebrero 24, kung kailan gaganapin ang Miting de Avance. n
Dianne Marah E. Sayaman
An Upsilonian sophomore was attacked in class by two members of the Sig-
ma Rho fraternity in the Depart-ment of Electronics and Electrical Engineering building on January 28.
Office of Student Affairs Coor-dinator Oscar Ferrer confirmed that the incident was fraternity-related and involved the frater-nities Upsilon Sigma Phi and Sigma Rho.
Two unidentified men at-tacked sports science major Al-fred Tanunliong and injured him
Sigma Rhoans attack Upsilonian in EEE
on the head with a short pipe in the Science, Technology and So-ciety class at around 12:20 pm in the said building.
According to eyewitnesses in-terviewed by the Collegian, two men in casual clothes entered the class and left shortly after, carrying the pipe. The police blotter indicated that the men left in a silver Toyota car with plate number ZEW 112.
A Collegian source privy to the incident claimed that Tanun-liong is a member of Upsilon and that the attackers are from Sigma Rho.
Ferrer told the Collegian that
Staying on Top
nmaroon Booters forward jose adonis santos strikes the ball towards the goal in a free kick during their game with the University of the east on February 1 at ateneo erenchun Field. the maroons won, 1-0, and took the solo lead in the overall football standings in the first round of the tournament. om narayan a. VeLasco
Pangunang pagdaluyongLagay ng pilipinas sa unang hagupit ng pandaigdigang krisis-pampinansya
Marjohara Tucay
pagbungad pa lang ng taon, ram-dam na sa iba’t ibang bansa ang paglala ng pandaigdigang krisis-pampinansiyang nag-ugat sa pagka-lugi ng malalaking kumpanya sa es-tados Unidos noong nakaraang taon. maraming higanteng korporasyon tulad ng microsoft, disney at toyota ang nakararanas na ng pagkalugi, sa-mantalang libu-libong mga mangga-gawa na ang nawalan at mawawalan pa ng trabaho.
sa taunang global economic fo-rum sa davos, switzerland noong nakaraang linggo, inihayag ng iba’t ibang lider ng mga bansa ang ka-nilang pagkabahala sa kasalukuyang krisis, na ayon sa World Bank at in-
ternational monetary Fund ay mas malala pa ang magiging epekto kaysa great depression noong 1920’s at sa krisis-pampinansiya sa asya noong 1997.
ngunit ayon sa talumpati ni gloria arroyo sa nasabing pagtitipon, “the philippines is on a path to permanent economic growth and stability.” ipi-nagmalaki pa niyang may “sound fun-damentals” umano ang ekonomiya ng bansa kaya handa ito sa anumang epekto ng krisis.
sa isang bansang inaangkat maging mga pako’t turnilyo at may ekonomiyang patuloy na umaasa sa kitang panlabas , tila isang napakalak-ing mito ang iginigiit ng gobyerno. ihahayag ng sumusunod na mga tala ang tunay na lagay ng pilipinas sa pangunang pagdaluyong ng krisis:
SUMA
TOTALPandaigdigang kalagayan
tinatayang pagbagal ng paglago ng pandaigdigang gross domestic product (gdp) mula 2008 patungong 2009, ayon sa european Union: 3.3 porsyento tungong 0.5 porsyento
porsyento ng pagbaba ng kita ng disney themeparks sa buong mundo noong isang taon bunsod ng krisis: 24
porsyento ng pagbaba ng kita ng chrysler, general motors at Ford dahil sa pagkaunti ng bumibili ng kotse sa estados Unidos: 48
Bilang ng inaasahang mawawalan ng trabaho dahil sa krisis sa buong daigdig sa pagsapit ng kalagitnaan ng taon, ayon sa World Bank: 40 milyon
Kabuuang populasyon ng argen-tina noong 2008: 39.7 milyon
tagal nang aabutin bago makaraos ang pandaigdigang merkado sa kasa-lukuyang krisis-pampinansiya, ayon sa national Bureau of economic re-search ng estados Unidos: isang taon o higit pa
tagal nang aabutin bago makaraos ang pilipinas sa krisis, ayon sa national economic and development author-ity: dalawa hanggang tatlong taon
Pagbulusok ng ekonomiyaporsyento ng paglago ng gdp ng
pilipinas sa unang kuwarto ng 2008: 7.1
porsyento ng paglago ng gdp ng bansa noong ikatlong kuwarto ng 2008: 4.6
porsyento ng gdp ng pilipinas na nanggagaling mula sa pakikipagka-lakalan sa ibang bansa, ayon sa na-tional statistical coordination Board (nscB): 98.9
porsyento ng exports ng pilipinas na napupunta sa mga bansang labis na tinamaan ng pandaigdigang krisis gaya ng Us, japan, singapore at tai-wan, ayon sa nso: 84
Kasalukuyang populasyon ng pilipi-nas, ayon sa taya ng national statistics
office (nso): 92.2 milyonBilang ng mga pilipinong walang
trabaho noong 2008, ayon sa nso: 4.14 milyon
Bilang ng mga pilipinong walang trabaho noong taong iyon, ayon sa taya ng ibon Foundation: 10.7 milyon
Bilang ng mga pilipinong walang trabaho noong panahon ng krisis-pampinansiya sa asya noong 1997: 7 milyon
Hagupit sa sektor ng paggawa
Bilang ng mga pilipinong nawalan ng trabaho sa loob at labas ng bansa dulot ng pagtitipid ng mga kumpan-ya mula noong oktubre 2008 hang-gang sa kasalukuyan, ayon sa de-partment of Labor and employment (doLe): 23,485
Bilang ng mga nawalan ng tra-baho sa industriya ng paggawa ng kotse at elektrisidad mula noong ok-tubre 2008, ayon sa Kilusang mayo Uno: 19,422
Bilang ng mga mawawalan ng
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03BalitaPhilippine Collegian | Huwebes, 7 Ago 2008 03BalitaPhilippine Collegian | Biyernes, 6 Peb 2009
ratipikahin ng mayorya ng mga estudyante ang CRSRS sa isang referendum.
Pabor ang lahat ng yunitNagwagi ang “yes” sa 13 yunit
ng UP sa Baguio, Cebu, Diliman, Iloilo, Los Baños, Manila, Miag-ao, Mindanao, Pampanga, Ta-cloban, mga extension campus sa Baler, Aurora at Palo,Leyte at sa Open University.
Nakapagtala ng pinakamataas na botong “yes” sa UP Mindanao kung saan mahigit 98 porsyento o 737 ng mga estudyante ang sumang-ayon sa CRSRS, habang apat lamang ang bumoto ng “no.”
Umabot naman sa 54 porsyento ang voter turnout sa UP Diliman (UPD), kung saan lumahok ang 12,097 estudyante mula sa ka-buuang 22,348. Mahigit 65 porsy-ento o 7,962 estudyante ng UPD ang sumang-ayon sa pagratipika ng CRSRS, habang 33 porsyento naman ang bumoto ng “no”.
Nagwagi ang “yes” sa 18 kole-hiyo sa UPD habang lumamang ang botong “no”sa Asian Institute of Tourism, School of Economics, National College of Public Admin-istration at sa mga kolehiyo ng Law at Business Administration.
Samantala, pinakamataas ang naging voter turnout sa UP Ma-nila (UPM) School of Health Sci-ences extention campus sa Palo, Leyte na nagtala ng halos 97 porsyentong voter turnout o 154 sa 159 nitong estudyante.
Nagtala naman ng pinakam-ababang voter turnout ang UP Open University na nakakalap lamang ng apat na porsyento o 84 na boto mula sa 1,916 nitong estudyante.
Mahigit isang porsyento o 277 balota sa buong UP System ang hindi isinama sa bilang dahil “spoiled” o may labis na guhit at marka ang mga ito.
Samantala, may 26 “chal-lenged votes” dahil hindi umano kabilang sa opisyal na listahan ng mga botante ang may-ari ng mga ito, at nakatakdang talakayin sa isasagawang opisyal na canvass-ing sa Bulwagang Recto sa UPD
sa Biyernes.
Pagpili sa bagong SRAyon kay Abdulwahid, magla-
labas umano ng memorandum ang opisina ng SR sa susunod na dalawang linggo upang ihayag ang pagsisimula ng nominasyon para sa bagong rehente.
Kaugnay nito, aniya, maglulun-sad umano ang mga kolehiyo ng mga pagtitipon upang imbitahan ang mga estudyante na magno-mina ng kandidato para sa SR.
Maaari umanong tumagal ng
Mayorya ng mga estudyante, pabor sa CRSRS
Pagpili sa bagong Student Regent, tuloy na
Proseso ng pagpili sa Student Regentayon sa codified rules for student regent selection na pinagtibay ng mayorya ng mga estudyante ng Up sa pamamagitan ng naganap na referendum, narito ang mga susunding hakbang upang makapili ng bagong sr:1. NominasyonBukas ang nominasyon sa kahit sinong estudyanteng naka-enroll sa Up sa oras ng nominasyon; namalagi o may residency sa pamantasan na isang taon, kabilang na ang leave of absence; mamamayan ng pilipinas; at may track record na sumasalamin sa kanyang dedikasyon sa pagsisilbi sa mga estudyante. matapos tanggapin ang nominasyon, kinakailangang magsumite ang nominado ng vision statement, curriculum vitae at biodata sa college student council (csc) ng kolehiyong kinabibilangan niya.
2. Pagpili sa kolehiyomatapos ang nominasyon, pipili ang mga miyembro ng csc na bubuo sa college search committee for sr selection ng hanggang dalawang nominadong i-eendorso sa general assembly of student councils (gasc). gayon din ang gagagawin sa autonomous nay unit kung saan sa halip na csc, University student council ang pipili ng hanggang dalawang nominado.
3. Prosesong System-wide Bubuo ng isang gasc ang lahat ng mga Usc at csc sa buong Up upang pumili ng sr. matapos magpakilala at maghain ng plataporma ng bawat nominado mula sa bawat yunit, pipili ang gasc ng tatlong kandidato at mula doon ay hihirang ng magiging susunod na sr.
yunit ng Up Bilang ng mga estudyante
Bilang ng bumoto porsyento Bilang ng
bumoto ng yes porsyento Bilang ng bumoto ng no porsyento
Baguio 2,216 1,708 77 1,680 98 14 1
Baler 61 58 95 54 93 3 5
cebu 1,161 846 73 767 91 74 9
diliman 22,348 12,097 54 7,962 66 3,995 33
iloilo 925 562 61 532 95 23 4
Los Banos 9,748 5,063 52 4,025 79 982 19
manila 4,975 2,754 55 1,500 54 1,243 45
miag-ao 1,348 979 73 878 90 71 7
mindanao 871 749 86 737 98 4 1
open University 1,916 84 4 54 64 18 21
palo 159 154 97 105 68 42 27
pampanga 570 408 72 371 91 29 7
tacloban 1,067 656 61 403 61 249 38
Kabuuan 47,365 26,118 55 19,068 73 6,747 26Sanggunian: Opisina ng Student Regent
Sidebar 1: Pinal na resulta ng Student Regent referendum
dalawang buwan ang proseso ng pagpili, mula nominasyon hang-gang sa muling pagdaraos ng General Assembly of Student Councils (GASC) na hihirang sa bagong SR, ani Abdulwahid. (Su-mangguni sa sidebar 2)
Dagdag niya, wala pa umanong naitatakdang pinal na araw para sa GASC ngunit maaaring sa Abril ito ganapin upang hindi sumabay sa mga pagsusulit. Ma-
nanatili umano siyang rehente hanggang hindi pa nahihirang ang hahalili sa kanya.
Magsisimula ang isang taong termino ng bagong SR sa Abril sa oras na mahirang siya ng mayorya ng mga kasapi ng GASC, aniya.
Susunod na mga hakbangAyon kay Airah Cadiogan, pan-
galawang tagapangulo ng Uni-versity Student Council, magsasa-
gawa muli ng information drive ukol sa SR selection process kasa-bay ng panahon ng nominasyon upang lubos na maunawaan ng mga estudyante kung ano ang nilalaman ng CRSRS bago piliin ang susunod na SR.
Ani Abdulwahid, kasabay ng information drive, nararapat na rin umanong magpasa ang mga student council ng kanilang mga panukalang rebisyon sa CRSRS
upang masimulan nang maaga ang pagtalakay hinggil dito.
Saad niya, naiparating na sa administrasyon ng UP ang resul-ta ng referendum at wala naman umanong naging pagtutol dito.
Nairaos kahit kulang ang pondo
Sa taya ni Abdulwahid, kung isasama ang pagkain at iba pang gastusin para sa mga kagamitan noong referendum, aabot ng P1 milyon ang kabuuang gastos, bagaman P60,000 lang ang ib-inigay ng administrasyon ng UP.
Napunan, aniya, ang kakulan-gan sa pamamagitan ng ambag ng mga dating SR at boluntaryong tulong mula sa mga estudyante.
Dagdag pa niya, malaking tulong ang naibigay ng mga estudyanteng boluntaryong tumu-long magbantay ng mga presinto at nagpalaganap ng impormasyon ukol sa CRSRS para maging matagumpay ang referendum.
Para kay Cadiogan, kailangang manatiling mapagmatyag ng mga estudyante hanggang sa makahi-rang na ng bagong rehente. n
Final Countnstudent regent shahana abdulwahid holds the last batch of official results from the technology management center to complete the final computation for ratification of the codified rules for student regent selection on February 3.(left) officials pack up after the tallying of the student referendum votes at the Vinzons hall precint on February 2. the referendum is a success with a 55% voter turnout, 73% of which voted “yes” while 26% voted “no”. Final results will be officially announced at the claro m. recto hall on February 6. timothy medrano
SR.. mula sa p.1
Philippine Collegian | Biyernes, 6 Peb 200904 Balita
Richard Jacob Dy
The UP men’s volleyball team has secured a slot in the final four after win-
ning a thrilling match against the Adamson University (AdU) Falcons in the 71st season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines at the Far Eastern University (FEU) gym last Janu-ary 31.
Fearless spikes from UP’s Dominico Ramon Lucindo, Gi-ancarlo Ramos and captain ball Jan Paolo Martinez, and nonstop kills from Lloyd Arden Belgado marked the early strength of the UP Fighting Maroons to end the first set in their favor with 25-21. “Mas focused kami ngayon. Yung dating [gameplan] ng team, malaki ang difference ngayon,” said Martinez.
The Falcons posed a threat at the middle of round two after Lucindo’s failed dive led the play to a tie, 13-13. The back-to-back scores from the Falcons were, however, trampled by Belgado’s spike and Martinez’s block as the second period ended in favor of
Fighting Maroons destroy AdU Falcons, secure final four slotLady Maroons suffer ninth loss to Lady Falcons
the Maroons, 25-21.The third round proved that
the Falcons did not lie resting as they worked with impres-sive switches, spikes and nearly endless attacks overshadowing impressive showings from UP’s Gerald Magtoto and Luis An-tonio Aguilan to end the game with 18-25, in favor, this time, of the AdU Falcons.
Streak of spikes from both Maroons and Falcons opened the fourth round. After a dive from UP’s Luis Miguel Apostol to save the ball, Belgado killed two to break a tie in favor of the Maroons, 7-6. UP’s Michael Jor-dan Arda’s spikes and Magtoto’s dink ended the game with a UP win, 25-23.
Vip Isada, head coach of UP men’s volleyball team, said, “We are experimenting in a new for-mation for a strategy on how to beat [frontrunner University of Santo Tomas] and we are trying to aim for first place [this sea-son].”
According to the UP varsity office, the men’s volleyball team currently ranks fourth with only
Katherine Elona
In accordance with the Presi-dential Task Force on Educa-tion’s (PTFE) curricular reform
proposal, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) sug-gested a five-year college system, which students and other groups say will still be ineffective in im-proving the country’s education system and solving its problems.
The five-year college system, consisting of a two-year pre-university program followed by a three-year specialization course in place of the present four-year scheme, is currently being studied, said CHED Executive Director Julito Vitriolo during a dialogue with different student organizations on February 2.
This system, which will be sub-jected to consultation with school administrations once finalized, is a resolution to the “relatively short [10-year] basic education program” in the country, as other nations have 12, added Vitriolo.
However, this move shows
‘5-year college system fails to address education problems’
how the government misses the point of granting quality edu-cation as it could instead train teachers and improve school fa-cilities and review the “mediocre [academic] programs” of certain schools, said Jaqueline Eroles, chair of the University Student Council student rights and wel-fare committee.
National Union of Students of the Philippines Chair Alvin Pe-ters said the government should instead pay attention on basic education reforms such as mak-ing Philippine education dem-ocratically-accessible by giving state universities and colleges sufficient subsidies.
For foreign purposesIn a statement, CHED said the
proposed education system will produce “internationally compa-rable” and “globally competitive” graduates as well as improve the quality of education in the country.
Nursing and education subjects are to be “spread out” as these are “cramped up in 4 years and 3 summers,” said Vitriolo. Being
some of the “in demand” profes-sions abroad, these courses have to be prolonged since the current 10-year basic education program is not “recognized globally,” add-ed CHED in a statement.
The comparatively short length of education is not a coherent jus-tification for the one-year exten-sion, said Alliance of Concerned Teachers Chair Antonio Tinio.
It also proves how the pro-posed education reform simply aims to satisfy the “need of the global market, of multi-national
companies and of foreign coun-tries,” said Peters.
Eroles added that this global-oriented education also covers up for the failure of the government to generate more jobs in the country.
Added burdenStudent Regent Shahana Ab-
dulwahid said the additional year will only be a burden to Filipi-nos considering the country’s economic status which makes it hard for families to afford even a four-year course.
Furthermore, another school
year will mean more expenses, and the lack of enough income to support the increasing cost of education will consequentially force more students out of col-lege, he added.
According to the most recent report of the Department of Edu-cation, only seven out of 10 high school students are able to finish their secondary education. Of high school graduates, Tinio said, barely 20 percent continue to col-lege and only about 14 percent of which are able to graduate. n
Late goal pushes Maroon Booters past UE
Stalled Victory
nrey reduccion, 42, has served the Kowloon house restaurant at West avenue as a waiter, laundryman and utility man for 22 years. he is one of the 73 workers who were terminated last september because of the picket-protest they held to fight for wage increase. just recently, the national Labor relations commission (nLrc) released its decision to reinstate the workers with full back wages. the picket-protest has been ongoing for 5 months now, but the management has not yet acted on the decision despite the passing of the 10-day grace period and repeated calls for action. chris imperiaL
Glenn L. Diaz
The UP men’s football team rose above several botched attempts, includ-
ing an overshot penalty kick, to score a dramatic goal via a cut-back in the dying minutes of their game against the hapless University of the East (UE) squad to finish on top of the standings after the first round of the UAAP football tournament.
Forward and left winger Jose Adonis Santos took advantage of a chip from midfielder Stephen Permanes to score their lone
goal in the game, enough to beat the UE 1-0, at Ateneo’s Erenchun Field in Quezon City, February 1. The win is UP’s fourth.
Touting a 4-0-1 win-loss-draw card after five games, the Ma-roon Booters now take solo lead with 13 points, followed by De La Salle University with 10 and de-fending champion University of Santo Tomas with 8.
UP men’s football team head coach Frank Muescam attributed the win to longer preparation time for the team and more solid teamwork.
“Dominated naman natin yung game,” he said. “More on
mental composure ang kailangan nating i-improve, especially now that we have the momentum. At least our hard work has paid off.”
Indeed, much of the game was played on the Maroon’s of-fensive side with UE constantly struggling to push back a team that got several open looks at the goal, including a penalty kick early in the first half.
Left winger Santos got his first decent look at the goal during the 40-minute mark and had several more attempts, until finally scor-ing the squeaker courtesy of a pass from Permanes inside the
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05kulturaPhilippine Collegian | Biyernes, 6 Peb 2009
Page DesignBianca Bonjibod
IllustrationNico Villarete
ArticleAstrid Acielo
The month of Feb-ruary is electric with the promise
of a week of music.The Sunken Garden becomes
a portal to the current rock scene, where people possibly from all over the country gather to par-take in an event that has more or less defined the inclinations of students of the university – unapologetic liberty.
Walls, however, have bur-rowed into the grounds sur-rounding the UP Fair area while corporate sponsors lay out large banners, tarpaulines, and booths. A condom brand takes advantage of hormones running amok, telecom companies rub in the fact that they’re the only companies that can send your
SMS to someone, and junk food firms tell you that
the open grounds is the perfect place
to chew glu-tamates.
A n d t h e
music gradually recedes into the background.
Free spaceHistorically, the UP Fair was
held not merely as a music fes-tival, but also as an event where social issues were discussed given that the spectacle tended to attract a large number of stu-dents and bystanders
While there are no particu-lar documented records on the origins of the Fair, it is generally construed as a post-Martial Law triumph, enabling the students
to once again gather without the oppressive watch of a militarist state. Since the UP Fair emerged from the victory of the demo-cratic movement which toppled the Marcos dictatorship, its thrust was bent towards social awareness.
In 1984, for instance, the fair organized by former USC vice chair Maria Lourdes Almazan also served as a fundraising event for the “Fund of Justice” which was used to help victims of human rights violations un-der the Marcos regime.
The same t h r u s t ,
w h i l e o v e r -
shadowed by the necessity to look for funding from corporate sponsors, is still noticeable today. Isa Artajo, 04-05 UP Fair Head, relates that “during the two fairs that I handled, the main reason why the fair was being held was to campaign a certain issue, may it be national or a local one. Our council recognized that con-certs, such as the UP Fair, are a very effective form to reach out to the most number of students and other people.”
Specifically, the cited inclina-tion to foster social awareness is manifest in the themes adopted by the University Student Coun-cil. The 2006 UP Fair, to cite, was themed “No FAIRmit, No Rally”, which was a pun against the Calibrated Pre-emptive Re-sponse measure of the Arroyo administration. The said mea-sure violently crushed peaceful demonstrations that criticized the regime.
A concert in this year’s Fair is titled “Meant FAIR each other”, an affirmation of the commit-ment of UP students to serve the people and involve themselves in various social issues.
Serving musicWhile the Fair has indeed
seen the evolution of various ganres in Filipino music, social engagement appears as a com-mon thread among the bands that have performed in it.
Veteran UP Fair bands include Asin, Juan de la Cruz Band, The Jerks, The Dawn, Buklod, The Wuds, The Next, Sinaglahi, and Local Brown. The said groups based their music on concrete Philippine situations such as poverty, war, and injustice. Asin’s "Ang Bayan kong Sinilangan", Buklod’s "Tatsulok", The Jerks’ "Warning", and The Next’s "Ano ba ito?" are some of the songs
which have reverberated in the Sunken Garden during
Fair time. All the songs urge its listeners to
become more critical of Phil-
ippine soci-ety.
The Eraserheads, a UP-born and bred band, also shared the stage with these bands during the late 80s. Marcus Adoro, for-mer lead guitarist of the influen-tial band, noted that the UP Fair became an event where students could be free through music.
Present tenseMeanwhile, Romeo Lee, a vet-
eran host of the UP Fair during the 80s, explains that the Fairs in the past were held to serve the community. “Dati, paramihan ng relief goods,” he recalls. “Ngayon masyadong commercialized…negosyo na…” And with a wry smile, he comments on the bands currently frequenting the Fair: “feeling mga rockstars sila.”
Adoro added, “noon, hindi sponsored by companies at cor-porations ang UP Fair.” Bands, he cited, performed voluntarily. As such, there was more variety in the kind of music being per-formed since bands were more predisposed to make music in-stead of selling it. Currently, bands seem to be a package deal depending heavily on the ar-rangements between the Fair’s host and the band’s manager or label.
Under the former system,
moreover, more UP-based bands, such as the Eraserheads, were given more opportunities to in-troduce their music to the com-munity. The Eraserheads’ songs, for instance, specifically recounts the lives of UP students in clas-sics such as "Minsan." Eventually, however, the songs poured over the boundaries of the university, influencing not only a large pop-ulation, but also a whole genera-tion.
Since the UP Fair did not rely heavily on corporate sponsors and labels before, the stage was also opened up for more radi-cal and progressive bands which have eluded corporate attention and intervention.
While much has changed in the way that the UP Fair is con-ducted and organized, its po-tent thrust still manages to echo amid the booths, the rides, and the music. As seen, the event is also a product of a democratic struggle. The event, flooded with a barrage of commercial inter-ests, continues to struggle to sow social awareness among its spec-tators.
The music returns to the fore-ground only when the commit-ment to listen to it reemerges. n
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Nak
asis
igur
ong
gam
ot a
y la
ging
bag
o.”
So p
rocl
aim
s a
sign
at a
pop
ular
nei
ghbo
r-ho
od d
rugs
tore
, whe
re a
lin
e of
peo
ple
can
usua
lly b
e fo
und
wai
ting.
Man
y of
them
she
ll ou
t hu
ndre
ds o
f pe
sos
for
phar
mac
eutic
al p
rod-
ucts
whi
ch a
re b
rand
ed in
stea
d of
gen
eric
, as
pre
scri
bed
by d
octo
rs. O
ne w
oman
, cl
utch
ing
a pr
escr
iptio
n fo
r th
e im
-po
rted
syr
up V
ento
lin —
whi
ch,
at P
300
a bo
ttle,
is
one
of
the
coun
try’
s to
p-se
lling
dr
ugs
—
com
plai
ns,
“Bag
o ng
a an
g ga
mot
, m
ahal
na
man
.”T
his
p
re-
dic-
am
en
t is
ech
oed
by m
illio
ns
of
Filip
inos
. D
rugs
in
th
e Ph
ilipp
ines
ar
e 40
to
70
pe
rcen
t m
ore
expe
nsiv
e th
an
in
neig
hbor
ing
coun
-tr
ies
such
as
Th
aila
nd
and
Indo
nesi
a,
acco
rdin
g to
th
e N
atio
nal
Econ
omic
an
d D
evel
opm
ent
Auth
ority
. Ec
onom
ic re
sear
ch a
genc
y IB
ON
F
ou
n-
datio
n ad
ds t
hat
the
mon
opol
istic
st
ruct
ure
of t
he p
harm
aceu
tical
ind
ustr
y ha
s m
ade
drug
s be
yond
the
reac
h of
ord
inar
y ci
tizen
s.
Dru
g D
epen
den
tTh
e cu
rren
t pro
blem
s of
the
drug
indu
stry
can
be
trac
ed to
the
Amer
ican
col
onia
l per
iod.
As th
e Ph
ilipp
ines
foug
ht o
ff S
pani
sh ru
le, F
ilipi
nos
bega
n de
velo
ping
a n
atio
nal p
harm
aceu
tical
indu
s-tr
y, w
hich
had
a s
tron
g fo
unda
tion
in t
he c
ount
ry’s
educ
atio
nal
syst
em a
nd r
ich
natu
ral
reso
urce
s. Fo
r in
stan
ce, a
pha
rmac
y co
urse
was
est
ablis
hed
in 1
871
by th
e U
nive
rsity
of S
anto
Tom
as. B
y 19
00, p
harm
acy
grad
uate
s ha
d es
tabl
ishe
d th
e co
untr
y’s
first
pha
rmac
eutic
al la
bora
tory
, Lab
ora-
tori
o H
izon
. One
bre
akth
roug
h w
as th
e di
scov
ery
by p
harm
acis
t Man
uel Z
amo-
ra o
f a fo
rmul
a ag
ains
t ber
i-ber
i, th
en a
le
adin
g ca
use
of in
fant
mor
talit
y.D
espi
te su
ch in
itiat
ives
, the
loca
l dru
g in
dust
ry d
id n
ot fl
ouri
sh, f
or U
S co
lo-
nize
rs s
tunt
ed d
rug
rese
arch
by
orie
nt-
ing
phar
mac
y ed
ucat
ion
tow
ard
mer
e ap
plic
atio
n of
tec
hnol
ogy,
says
med
ical
an
thro
polo
gist
Mic
hael
Tan
. H
e ad
ds,
“It
was
not
to
the
inte
rest
of
the
US
to
crea
te a
n in
depe
nden
t dru
g in
dust
ry o
r an
inde
pend
ent s
cien
ce a
nd te
chno
logy
sy
stem
that
wou
ld fo
rm th
e fo
unda
tion
for e
cono
mic
pro
gres
s in
the
coun
try.”
Furt
herm
ore,
afte
r Wor
ld W
ar II
, the
re w
as a
n in
-flu
x of
fore
ign
phar
mac
eutic
al fi
rms
into
the
Phili
p-pi
nes,
as th
e go
vern
men
t enc
oura
ged
fore
ign
inve
st-
men
ts to
hel
p th
e w
ar-t
orn
econ
omy
reco
ver.
Man
y sm
all
Filip
ino
com
pani
es w
ere
unab
le t
o co
mpe
te w
ith t
he m
ultin
atio
nals
, an
d th
ey e
ither
cl
osed
dow
n or
wer
e bo
ught
by
fore
ign
com
pani
es.
Soon
, fo
reig
n co
mpa
nies
and
loc
al m
ultin
atio
n-al
s co
ntro
lled
all c
ompo
nent
s of
the
indu
stry
, fro
m
owne
rshi
p to
man
ufac
turi
ng t
o di
stri
bu-
tion
and
reta
il.
Ove
rdo
seTh
e Ph
ilipp
ine
drug
indu
stry
is
valu
ed at
alm
ost 1
04B
peso
s as o
f 20
07. A
t pre
sent
, 16
of th
e to
p 20
pha
rmac
eutic
al c
orpo
ra-
tions
in
the
coun
try
are
fore
ign
mul
tinat
iona
ls,
acco
untin
g fo
r m
ore
than
70
pe
rcen
t of
the
tot
al d
rug
sale
s, ac
cord
ing
to
the
Phar
-m
aceu
tical
&
Hea
lth-
ca
re
Ass
oci
a-tio
n of
the
Phil-
ippi
nes
Fact
book
. U
nite
d La
bora
to-
ries
(U
nila
b),
the
prod
ucer
of
Biog
esic
tabl
ets,
is th
e la
rges
t Fil-
ipin
o-ow
ned
drug
com
pany
, co
n-tr
ollin
g 23
per
cent
of
the
loca
l mar
-ke
t. H
owev
er, t
he h
ealth
gro
up H
ealth
Al
lianc
e fo
r D
emoc
racy
(H
EAD
), ca
lls
Uni
lab
a “l
ocal
mul
tinat
iona
l.” T
houg
h it
is
base
d in
the
Phili
ppin
es, n
otes
HEA
D, U
nila
b al
so h
as la
rge
oper
atio
ns a
nd s
ales
abr
oad,
in
coun
trie
s lik
e C
hina
and
Tai
wan
.O
n th
e ot
her
hand
, sm
alle
r lo
cal
drug
com
pa-
nies
onl
y ha
ve a
mar
ket
shar
e of
abo
ut t
hree
per
-ce
nt. L
ocal
dru
g m
anuf
actu
ring
, mor
eove
r, is
larg
ely
cont
rolle
d by
the
Euro
pean
com
pany
Inte
rphi
l Lab
o-ra
tori
es, s
ays
HEA
D D
eput
y Se
cret
ary
Gen
eral
Gen
e N
ispe
ros.
The
man
ufac
turi
ng p
roce
ss i
n th
e lo
cal d
rug
in-
dust
ry la
rgel
y in
volv
es ju
st re
pack
ing
im-
port
ed d
rugs
int
o do
sage
for
ms.
Of
the
Wor
ld H
ealth
Org
aniz
atio
n’s
list
of 6
00
esse
ntia
l dru
gs, o
r th
ose
that
sat
isfy
the
ne
eds
of th
e m
ajor
ity, o
nly
200
are
mad
e by
loca
l com
pani
es. T
he o
ther
400
mus
t be
impo
rted
. Pr
oduc
tion
is l
imite
d be
caus
e lo
cal
drug
com
pani
es c
anno
t pr
oduc
e th
e ac
tive
subs
tanc
es n
eede
d fo
r dr
ug p
ro-
duct
ion,
and
thus
impo
rt 9
5-98
% o
f the
ch
emic
als
or
sem
i-fin
ishe
d pr
oduc
ts
from
ind
ustr
ializ
ed c
ount
ries
suc
h as
th
e U
S. M
any
of th
e ne
cess
ary
raw
ma-
teri
als
can
be a
cqui
red
loca
lly, a
ccor
d-in
g to
IBO
N, b
ut p
rodu
ctio
n is
not
vi-
able
sin
ce t
he c
ount
ry la
cks
an “
orga
nic
chem
ical
in
dust
ry.”
Afte
r the
dru
gs a
re m
anuf
actu
red
and
pack
aged
, th
ey a
re d
istr
ibut
ed t
o dr
ugst
ores
and
hos
pita
ls
thro
ugh
a di
stri
buto
r, w
hich
cha
rges
a fi
xed
dis-
trib
utio
n fe
e to
the
man
ufac
ture
r. In
terp
hil’s
sis
ter
com
pany
, Zue
llig
Phar
ma
and
Filip
ino
firm
Met
ro-
lab
Indu
stri
es c
ontr
ols
70 p
erce
nt o
f the
indu
stry
’s di
stri
butio
n co
mpo
nent
, IBO
N s
ays.
Even
the
reta
iling
of
med
icin
es is
mon
opol
ized
by F
ilipi
no-o
wne
d co
mpa
ny M
ercu
ry D
rug,
whi
ch
has
mor
e th
an 6
00 o
utle
ts n
atio
nwid
e. V
ivia
n Q
ue A
zcon
a, th
e pr
esid
ent o
f Mer
cury
dru
g,
rank
s 13th
in th
e Fo
rbes
Top
40
Rich
est i
n th
e Ph
ilipp
ines
. Th
e m
onop
oliz
atio
n by
tr
an-
satio
nals
of
the
drug
ind
ustr
y gr
ants
the
m t
he p
ower
to
dict
ate
pric
es a
nd e
rode
co
mpe
titio
n.
One
ta
ctic
em
ploy
ed
by
tran
sna-
tiona
ls
is
the
pad-
ding
of
tran
sfe
r pr
ices
, w
hich
i
s th
e am
ount
loca
l co
un-
terp
arts
pay
for
the
im
po
r-ta
tion
of
the
prod
uct
from
its
m
othe
r co
mpa
nies
abr
oad,
sa
ys IB
ON
.D
rug p
rice
s, no
tes
Nis
pero
s, ar
e no
t any
whe
re
near
the
cos
t of
prod
uctio
n bu
t are
“ba
sed
on w
hat
the
mar
ket c
an b
ear.”
Fu
rthe
rmor
e, a
ggre
ssiv
e m
arke
ting
and
prom
o-tio
ns ja
ck u
p dr
ug p
rice
s. As
ide
from
med
ia a
dver
-
tisin
g, d
rug
com
pani
es “
win
e an
d di
ne”
doct
ors
and
heal
th p
rofe
ssio
nals
, a p
ract
ice
whi
ch “
undu
ly in
flu-
ence
s th
e pr
escr
ibin
g ha
bits
of
doct
ors,”
say
s N
is-
pero
s. Ill-
pres
crib
edPr
ogra
ms
and
law
s im
plem
ente
d by
the
go
vern
men
t, ho
wev
er,
have
on
ly
“in-
tens
ified
our
im
port
-dep
ende
ncy
and
stre
ngth
ened
tra
nsna
tiona
l co
ntro
l,”
says
non
-gov
ernm
ent
orga
niza
tion
Cou
ncil
for
Hea
lth a
nd D
evel
op-
men
t Cha
ir E
lean
or Ja
ra.
For
inst
ance
, tw
enty
yea
rs
afte
r th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he G
ener
ics
Law
of
1988
, ge
neri
c dr
ugs
still
acc
ount
for
onl
y a
mea
sly
four
to fi
ve
perc
ent
of m
edi-
cine
s so
ld in
the
Phil
ippi
nes
. N
isp
ero
s ex
pla
ins
that
the
la
w,
wh
ich
pro
mo
tes
the
use
of
chea
per
gene
ric
drug
s, w
as
neve
r pr
oper
ly im
plem
ente
d.
Anot
her
law
, the
For
eign
In
vest
men
ts A
ct, a
llow
s the
par
-tic
ipat
ion
of fo
reig
n in
vest
ors b
y up
to 1
00 p
erce
nt i
n th
e ph
arm
aceu
tical
in
dust
ry, p
artic
ular
ly in
the
man
ufac
ture
an
d di
stri
butio
n of
ove
r-th
e-co
unte
r-dr
ugs.
Furt
herm
ore,
the
abs
ence
of
a Pr
ice
Regu
-la
tory
Boa
rd a
llow
s fo
reig
n co
mpa
nies
to
dict
ate
drug
pri
ces,
acco
rdin
g to
HEA
D. T
his
is e
vide
nt i
n th
e pa
ssag
e of
the
Uni
vers
ally
Acc
essi
ble
Che
aper
an
d Q
ualit
y M
edic
ines
Act
of 2
008,
whe
rein
a p
rovi
-si
on c
reat
ing
a re
gula
tory
boa
rd w
as s
crap
ped
“afte
r in
tens
e lo
bbyi
ng o
f pr
ivat
e co
mpa
nies
,” sa
ys N
ispe
-ro
s. “Man
y ar
e st
ill
unaw
are
that
ge
neri
c eq
uiva
-le
nts
are
as s
afe
and
effe
ctiv
e as
bra
nded
, exp
ensi
ve
drug
s,” a
dds
Jara
.Po
ster
s pr
omis
ing
chea
p dr
ugs
are
plas
tere
d on
th
e w
alls
of
drug
out
lets
. TV
adv
ertis
emen
ts a
ired
in
sta
te-r
un s
tatio
ns t
rum
pet
the
gove
rnm
ent’s
ef-
fort
s in
bri
ngin
g do
wn
the
pric
es o
f dru
gs. T
he ty
pi-
cal m
edic
ine
pres
crip
tion,
how
ever
, tel
ls a
diff
eren
t st
ory.
Hea
lth is
con
tinuo
usly
ped
dled
in th
e fo
rm o
f ex
pens
ive
syru
ps, c
apsu
les
and
tabl
ets
— a
nd t
his
real
ity i
s a
bitte
r pi
ll to
sw
allo
w. O
nly
by b
reak
ing
the
dom
inan
ce o
f ex
pens
ive,
TN
C-c
ontr
olle
d co
m-
pani
es o
ver t
he in
dust
ry c
an m
edic
al d
rugs
bec
ome
mor
e af
ford
able
. n
Refe
renc
es:
IBO
N F
ound
atio
n (2
001)
. Dru
g In
dust
ry in
the
Phili
ppin
es. Q
uezo
n Ci
ty: I
BON
Boo
ks
Tan,
Mic
hael
(198
8). D
ying
for d
rugs
: Pill
pow
er a
nd p
oliti
cs in
the
Phili
ppin
es. Q
uezo
n Ci
ty: H
ealth
Act
ion
Info
rmat
ion
Net
wor
k
Health is
Their Wealth
: The Leading Pharmace
utical C
ompanies in th
e Philippines
based on va
lue (as of S
eptember 2007)
company
country
% compound annual
growth rate 4-y
ears
United Laborat
ories
philippines
10.24
glaxosmith
Kline
United Kingdom
2.57
pfizer
United stat
es (Us)
10.72
Wyeth
Us
11.46
sanofi-aventis
Us
8.60
abbott
Us
13.88
astraZ
eneca
sweden
5.61
novartis
switzerlan
d
5.73
roche
switzerlan
d
16.41
johnson & johnson
Us
8.41
Source: PHAP Fact
book 2008
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agination. Specks
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around the place like orange fireflies suspended in air. W
hen she stretched out her hand, how-
ever, the fireflies quickly vanished from sight.
Slightly dismayed, she brought the lighted
weed back to her lips and shoved the sm
oke dow
n her throat. She held it for a w
hile inside her mouth then
released a cloud of smoke into
space. Then she raised her lighted roll and adm
ired its magic. The air
was getting heavy, but it reeked of
supposed freedom.
It was a night w
hen they needed a dose of their ow
n theories built on pillars of clouds and felonious ram
blings and dreams. The days
were all about space and tim
e and deadlines but it w
as in their nights that the w
orld and its maladies
were reduced to the cadence of inhaling and
exhaling fumes, w
here time and space lost its
meaning. And suddenly the participants of the
secret act became both subjects and spectators,
in a ritual that is real and imagined at the sam
e tim
e.
Pop ren
dition
Drug use, indeed, is a taboo that is venerated
and condemned at the sam
e time, pointing to
the sheer ambivalence of the spectators and
subjects of popular culture. It is an ubiquitous practice that has pervaded the them
es of songs, literature, artw
orks, and movies.
Filipino bands from the rock scene, to cite,
have often included subtle hints of drug use in som
e of their songs. Rivermaya’s Elesi and
Eraserhead’s Alapaap, as well as Kam
ikazee’s rendition of D
oobidoobidoo are among the pop-
ular songs that have covertly or not-so-covertly extolled the freedom
from various constraints –
social, psychological, or physical – accorded by herb-induced euphoria.
Danny Boyle’s 1996 cult-classic, Trainspotting,
meanw
hile, disturbingly illustrates the extremes
of substance abuse. A myriad of teen com
edies also continue to rely on junkies to provide com
-ic relief through slapsticks and confusing, pun-filled dialogues.
Apparently, drug use has gradually etched its ow
n niche in the spectators’ imagination w
hich regards the act w
ith disdain and disgust only to later laugh at it or even venerate it. The prim
e tim
e news constantly talk of buy-busts and drug
enforcement w
hile movies respond w
ith dia-logues about one’s high or trip.
The said vice even transcends the boundaries
of class, albeit subject to varied persuasions: a source of incom
e and escapist formula for the
poor, a subversive posturing for some m
iddle-class intellectuals, and a lucrative side dish for hooked elites.
Narcs an
d politics
National attention has once again been di-
rected towards the spectacle of drug use and
trade. The drug case of the so-called “Alabang Boys” and allega-tions of bribery lodged against certain prosecutors of the D
e-partm
ent of Justice have once again
prompted
government
officials to launch a large-scale w
itch-hunt against drug addicts and syndicates. The D
epartment
of Education, for one, has heed-ed the call by initiating random
drug tests in schools despite re-sounding opposition from
hum
an rights advocacy groups and agencies.
The high-profile
case involved
high society kin Richard Brodett, Jorge Joseph, and Joseph Tec-son, resuscitating the public’s suspi-cion
on the
collusion of
the bureau-
cracy with the
multi-m
il-lio
n
peso n
ar
-cotics
trade. A
2004 D
angerous Drugs Board
survey record-ed that there are 6.7 m
il-lion drug users in the country. The trade is val-ued at around P500 to P600 billion – m
ore than one third of the national budget. That m
uch m
oney cannot possibly elude the hands of gov-ernm
ent officials, in a bureaucracy famous for
rampant corruption rather than exem
plary ser-vice.
Still, the official slogan is “say no to drugs” w
hile press releases portend an on-going cru-sade against the trade. Ironically, officials are am
ong the first personalities to be dragged into controversies involving it.
The relationship between the bureaucracy
and the illegal drug trade is symbiotic, in w
hat has com
e to be known as narcopolitics. Popu-
lar Culture scholar and Filipino Professor M
i-chael Andrada notes, “Sa Pilipinas, ang kapang-
yarihang nagpapainog sa narcopolitics ay ang naghaharing uri...na sila rin nam
ang nakaupo sa m
ga lokal at pambansang posisyon
sa gobyerno, na nakatali sa malalak-
ing narco-negosyo at drug syndicate sa buong m
undo.”
Two
-faced proh
ibition
The seriousness
of governm
ent prohibition, m
eanwhile, is seen as
two-faced. Film
Professor Roland Tolentino stated that “ang double standard
ang nananaig,
na ang
estado lang
ang m
aaaring gum
amit
ng ilegal
na d
ro-
ga.”
An
anti-d
rug
campaign, for
one, is one of the safest
and easiest
advocacies, populat-
ing campaign posters and
vandalizing the metropolitan
space. The president
herself has
donned the title of anti-drug czarina to boost her credibility, failing to acknow
l-edge the fact that bribery allegations are direct-
ed towards the office of one of her staunchest
allies, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales.
Yet the official position is markedly silent in
posh and exclusive spaces while it echoes loudly
within the labyrinthine expanse of the cities’ slum
s. Andrada claim
ed, “kapag mga taong m
aimplu-
wensiya o di kaya’y bahagi ng m
as mataas na ba-
hagi ng
nar-copolitics
ang nahuhuli ng batas, nagagaw
ang isalba ng mis-
mong narcopolitics ang m
ga tagapagtaguyod nito. Kaya kadalasan, kapag naririnig natin ang iligal na droga, agad na ikinakabit ito sa m
ga iskw
ater at mahihirap na silang m
alaking ba-hagi ng tagakonsum
o ng iligal na droga.”“Ang m
asa na maliliit na drug pushers at drug
users, silang ginagawang pantaw
id-gutom ang
paglalako ng iligal na droga at pantawid-araw
ang paggam
it ng iligal na droga para takasan ang kahirapan, sila ang nagiging puntirya ng pagm
amarka ng gobyerno,” Andrada added.
Correspondingly, the cam
paign against drugs is no less than a signpost to lure the public’s at-tention tow
ards the convenient suspects – petty and anonym
ous criminals as w
ell as unwitting
students suspected of succumbing to the rash-
ness of youth – far away from
the real economy
of the drug trade involving real people and real institutions of governm
ent. The point is to cite the drug trade as a flim
sy societal ill instead of a real, viable, and striving indus-try – the stuff of cam
paign materials instead
of genuine inquiry. W
hile popular culture continues to dazzle its spectators tow
ards ambivalence. n
References:
Tolentino, Rolando. Sa loob at labas ng mall kong saw
i kaliluha’y siyang nangyayaring hari: ang pagkatuto
at pagtatanghal ng kulturang popular. Quezon City:
University of the Philippines Press, c2001.
Drug use, indeed, is a taboo that is venerated and condemned at the same time, pointing to the sheer ambivalence of the spectators and sub-jects of popular culture
DRUG SPOTTING: Notes on Narcopolitics and Popular Culture
Page DesignBianca Bonjibod
IllustrationJanno Gonzales
ArticleMila Polinar
Philippine Collegian | Biyernes, 6 Peb 200908 Lathalain
There is bitter irony in the grandios-ity of last year’s centennial celebra-tions. The administration allotted
some P150 million for the centennial activities, projects, and media gimmicks, while in the Office of Scholarships and Student Services, more and more students are lining up for loans, as they are unable to afford the cost of education.
Yet, even as the centennial year drew to a close, the posturing remains. New build-ings are being constructed, modifying the geography of the university. In the north-ern section in Commonwealth Avenue, the end result of the UP administration’s tie-up with giant real es-tate firm Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is a hub of build-ings that caters to the services and outsourcing business. Meanwhile, within the academic core, partnerships with oil and energy multi-national corporations – Chevron Philippines Inc. and TOTAL (Philippines) Corp – have provided funding for the National Science and Engineer-ing Complex, and the Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineer-ing Building.
Each year, state fund-ing for UP diminishes by millions of pesos. Instead of condemn-ing state abandonment, however, the adminis-tration turns to the pri-vate sector for addition-al funding while concurrently denying its explicit role in commercialization. Yet, no matter how vehement the denial, the mas-sive constructions attest to the increasing hand of the private sector in directing what are supposedly academic, nonprofit, university affairs.
Unmasking grandeurDespite the spate of renovations and
construction, students continue to suf-fer from substandard facilities like run-down chemistry laboratories and obsolete equipment. Currently, 38 percent of the student body comes from outside Metro Manila, but only 15 percent of the student population can avail of accommodations in all of ten dormitories in UP.
This dearth in services in the univer-sity is an indication of budget constraints. Every year, the approved budget for UP is consistently lower than the actual amount needed for the university’s expenses and operations (see sidebar 1). For instance, of the P15.35 billion budget proposed by the UP administration for 2009, the Con-gress only approved P6.41 billion, a mere 42 percent of the original sum needed to meet university needs.
Under the limited budget, UP allots
problems and prospects of
state,subsidized education
Sidebar 1:Scarce resources
0
5
10
15
20
2006 2007 2008 2009*
ApprovedBudget (inbillions)
ProposedBudget (inbillions)
*Yet to be approved by the Office of the President Source: Philippine Collegian Archives
P653 million for the maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE), and P1.7 billion for capital outlay (CO). While the MOOE covers upkeep costs – such as phone bills, security agencies, gasoline, new equipment and land rentals – the CO is used for the construction of new infra-structure and buildings.
With the reduction in MOOE, mainte-nance costs are shouldered by students, usually through added fees. In the De-partment of Mechanical Engineering, for instance, a proposal for laboratory fee in-crease of 60 to 400 percent has just been submitted to the administration this year.
The College of Mass Communication also passed laboratory fee increases in more than 10 subjects in 2008. And in 2006, the 300 percent tuition fee increase was approved despite strong opposition from the UP community, increasing the base tuition of P300 to P1,000 per unit.
Faculty Regent Judy Taguiwalo explains that the money obtained from tuition and other fee increases is placed in the “revolv-ing fund,” a type of reserve supply that has no fiscal year limitation, and is used to fi-nance specific activities. Because of insuf-ficient funds, the administration channels a portion of the revolving fund towards the MOOE. This way, “students pay for the MOOE when it should be provided by the state in the first place,” explains Student Regent Shahana Abdulwahid.
Along with the students, others sec-tors in the university bear the brunt of low state subsidy. A report by UP School of Economics Prof. Emmanuel De Dios notes that faculty members put up with salaries ranging from P7,000 to P14,000, lower than the salaries offered in other universities.
Through the years, the administration has resorted to various mechanisms to fill the serious gaps in state subsidy. This year, instead of addressing the root of the prob-lem, the administration has permitted the private and commercial sector’s blatant penetration of university affairs.
Commercial schemesThe Techno Hub is the 37.5 hectare ex-
panse of restaurants, gaming centers, and multinational corporations such as Inter-national Business Machines (IBM) along Commonwealth Avenue. Roman describes the park as “a venue for the transforma-tion of innovative ideas into cutting-edge commercial products.” Yet, instead of lab-oratories and research facilities, compa-nies engaged in services and outsourcing dominate the hub.
Estimated to earn P4 bil-lion at the end of the 25-year lease period to ALI, the hub is expect-ed to augment the university’s finances. The Techno Hub is the first of three phases in the development of the 98.5 hectare UP North Science and Technol-ogy Park (S&T Park).
In a report, ALI ad-mits that it plans to turn UP Diliman into a “business process outsourcing (BPO) campus.” Alvin Pe-ters, president of National Union of Students in the Philippines, a na-tionwide student alliance, points to this proposal as a mechanism to “commodify educa-tion,” in which learn-ing is treated as a commodity from which to generate profit, instead of as a basic right.
Peters adds that the c o m m o d i -fication of education is a prob-lem en-
countered, not just by UP, but by other state universi-ties and colleges (SUCs). As state subsidy continues to dwindle for higher educa-tion, more and more SUCs resort to commercial schemes that transform the academe into a profit-making entity.
Nationwide
Budget constraints:
Sidebar 2: Corporate measures: Conten-tious provisions of the LTHEDP1. reduce number of state universities and colleges by 20% and manage six sUcs as “semi-corporations”2. engage 20% of sUcs in income-generating projects by the selling of intellectual properties.3. increase the tuition fee of 70% of the sUcs4. tie up 60% of sUcs to multinational corporations
Source: LTHEDP (2001-2010)
extensionThe systematic and systemic decrease
in state subsidy among SUCs can be traced from government policies such as the Long-Term Higher Education Devel-opment Plan (LTHEDP) 2001-2010, says Peters.
Under the LTHEDP, budget cuts have become a legitimate government plan, with two long-term objectives: one, to reduce the number of state universities and colleges (SUCs) by 20 percent through mergers with companies; and two, to en-gage SUCs in income-generating mea-sures, such as selling intellectual proper-ties and implementing fee increases by 2010 (see sidebar 2).
In the LTHEDP’s eight years of imple-
mentation, the number of SUCs in the country dwindled from 264 to 112. This year, the approved budget for SUCs is only P18 billion, P5 billion short of the pro-posed P23 billion budget. Under such re-stricted resources, more SUCs are bound to close.
When the government fails to deliver funding for services, such as education, there should be no room for tolerance or apathy. For, clearly, the inaction of the UP administration on a matter as crucial as state abandonment ultimately amounts to its complicity. Meanwhile, the students shall continue to collectively clamor for state support for education, a right that is, in the first place, legitimately theirs. n
(A)PolitikaLouise Vincent B. amante
diana Kaye precioso
Survival of the Fittest
A last word
09OpinyonPhilippine Collegian | Biyernes, 6 Peb 2009
Dear Raysalaysa tagumpay escandor
...that's also how i understand our relationship... Like yin and yang, Water and Fire, you and i
Bakit ba napunta sa Up ang batang ito nang hindi man lang nagbabasa at nakikinig?
Natapos na ang pagboto natin ukol sa Codified Rules on Student Re-gent Selection (CRSRS) referen-
dum, kung pabor pa ba tayo o hindi rito. At habang sinusulat ang kolum na ito, nag-aabang tayo sa magiging resulta.
Mababanggit ko rito na may mga pang-kat na nasa panig ng Yes at ng No. Nag-ing mainit na usapin ito sa loob ng mga kampus ng UP, pati sa Multiply. Kesyo ang pagboto ng Yes ay isang bulag na pag-sunod na status quo at isang kabobohan ang pagboto ng No. Madali lang naman ang sagot dito: aralin ang kasaysayan ng pagkakaroon ng SR sa Board of Regents (BOR). At mula rito’y tingnan natin ang nagawa ng mga SR hanggang sa kasalu-kuyang si Hon. Shahana Abdulwahid.
Mahalagang tungkulin ang nakapasan sa isang SR dahil siya ang inaaasahan nat-ing magtatanggol sa mga mag-aaral sa anupamang polisiyang ipapatutupad ng BOR. Subalit dapat banggitin ritong ang SR ay hindi lang para sa mga mag-aaral. Mangyari pa’y bitbit din niya ang isyu ng mga non-academic employees, maninin-da, at kahit ang tinaguriang “informal set-tlers” sa mga lupain ng UP. Wala naman kasi silang kinatawan sa BOR kaya ang SR na ang umaako niyon. Kaya napakahalaga rin ng nakaraang CRSRS referendum para sa mga sektor na ito.
Nakaaawa nga lang ang ilang estudyan-teng hindi nakaboto, lalo na iyong mga sinadyang hindi bumoto. Dahil panahon ng midterms kaya subsob sila sa karere-byu. Pinakakaraniwang rason ito. ‘Yun nga lang, pinakamatagal na ang isang minuto na pagtagal sa polling precint para sa refer-endum. May naringgan nga akong mas nanaisin pa ni-yang mag-aral kaysa bumoto sa isang bagay na hindi niya alam. Hindi pala niya alam ang CRSRS. Ang ibig sabi-hin lang nito, hindi siya nagbabasa ng mga poster sa bulletin boards sa AS, sa CS, sa CAL, saanmang kolehiyo (Bakit ba kasi tinanggal ang bulletin boards sa mga sakayan natin?). Hindi siya nakikinig sa mga naga-RTR na mga pangkat, mapa-Yes o No man iyan. Hindi rin siya nagbabasa ng Kulê o ng college paper nila (Ilan nga bang college paper ang aktibo pa sa Dili-man?). Bakit ba napunta sa UP ang batang ito nang hindi man lang nagbabasa at na-kikinig?
Karaniwan nang sinasabi na nasa UP ang pinakamagagaling na mag-aaral. Magaling ka nga sa akademiks, walang duda. Pero kung hanggang diyan lang, dapat iyang lampasan. Nakasasawa mang pakinggan, ngunit totoong iskolar tayo ng
bayan. Buwis ng sambayanan ang nagpa-paaral sa atin. Kung bakit naging P1000/unit ang dating P300/unit ay hindi ko na masasagot. Nagpabaya kaya ang maram-ing UP students ng nakaraang tatlong taon?
Naaalala ko ang akdang “Kuwentong Alay sa isang Kuwago.” Isang propesor ang subsob sa kanyang saliksik habang nag-babarikada ang mga estudyante sa check-point. Pakikiisa ito sa mga tsuper at pagtu-
tol sa pagtaas ng P0.02/litro ng diesel, mula sa P0.29 pa-tungong P0.31. Lumusob ang Metrocom upang buwagin ang barikada. Nagpaputok sila. Pinagbabato sila ng mga estudyante gamit ang mga bato’t silya. Idineklara nilang isang malayang komunidad ang Diliman noong Pebrero
1971. Tumagal ang barikada ng ilang araw. Subalit ang propesor, walang pakialam sa labas. Nakakulong siya sa kuwarto para sa saliksik.
Mag-aapat na dekada na iyong Dili-man Commune. Tila malayo sa hinagap pero naganap. Sa solidong hanay ng mga estudyante, may ibayong lakas na su-miklab. Sa panahon ngayon, hindi maaari ang pagkakawatak-watak. Kung isang in-stitusyong mag-aaral ang nasa panganib, sino ba ang dapat magligtas nito? n
Nagpapasalamat ang manunulat kay Dr. Fanny A. Garcia para sa maikling
kwentong binanggit; kay Prop. Reuel Aguila para sa datos ukol sa
Diliman Commune.
there were some interesting de-velopments in the Student Re-gent referendum, which should help shape the ways in which the battle for the seats in next
year’s student councils will be waged.And yes, it is a battle. Anyone who
doesn’t think so hasn’t been in UP when the candidates go from room to room, countering their opponents’ lines with determined cheer; he hasn’t attended a miting de avance, when the barbs fly and each party starts claiming credit for all that was accomplished in the past year; he hasn’t seen a smear campaign con-ducted online, when fake e-mails and harsh statements circulate the forums and social networking sites.
Still, some things about the recently concluded referendum — which the students handily won, as over fifty percent of the student body cast their ballots with the “yes” votes constitut-ing a majority — should provoke a few thoughts.
The zinger is that UP Diliman had one of the lowest turnouts in the entire UP system. The conventional wisdom is that when it comes to activism and po-litical involvement of the youth, all roads lead to UP Diliman — a lesson drawn from the turbulent seventies. However, when once students marched to Men-diola waving banners, today nearly half of the Diliman students didn’t bother to vote at all. I mean, all they had to do was stop by the precinct in their college, cast their vote, and mark the ballot with a thumbprint. The process took less than five minutes, but thousands of students didn’t make the effort.
Clearly, the demographics are shifting.It was also evident that while the
propaganda surrounding the SR ref-erendum was intensely partisan, with political parties dividing along the dis-tinction of yes versus no, the voters were more independent. Some colleges, expected to vote with the political party which had dominated their councils for the past few years, broke with the party line in casting their votes.
In short, the parties shouldn’t be complacent. The candidates like to call specific colleges “blue,” or “red,” or “yel-low,” but it’s very possible that the stu-dents won’t vote as expected.
Another point is that, if the referen-dum is any indication, the Internet will play a big role in the upcoming USC elections. The Collegian, along with the systemwide campus publication alliance Solidaridad and other college papers, covered the SR referendum in real time, and their sites racked up a large amount of hits, links, and comments. Each side was defended passionately online, and bitter controversies about the referen-dum erupted in the “blogosphere.”
These all carry grave implications, and it’s uncertain how things will turn out. But I voted yes, and I do believe that the outcome of the SR referendum was a victory for the students. So I’ll vote in the upcoming USC elections as well. n
I guess I’m the only one who calls you that – Rays. You introduce yourself to people as Aya (or Aia, depending on
where and when you met them), but I’ve stubbornly stuck to Rays. I suppose it’s more fitting that way, it’s a nickname that only you and I understand, and the label fits you well: Rays, beams of sunlight.
I’ve called you that since we were chil-dren, when we dreamed together of a life of comfort and general security. In a way, our collection of Barbie dolls encouraged those dreams. We enjoyed dressing them up, fighting over whose doll was prettiest. The idea seems silly now, it’s a wonder why Mom even bothered to buy us those unrealistically slim-waisted, big-boobed figures of mythic urbanity. But oh, we felt like rock stars then, we were the only kids on the entire dirt-poor, dusty neighbor-hood in Sorsogon who actually owned a Barbie set. At a young age, our middle class mentality understood too well how status symbols worked.
We were always close and protective of each other. Like clockwork, I turn to you whenever something of relative impor-tance or drama occurs. You know exactly how to address my usual hysteria – with a dose of calm and composure. Unlike me, you never entered a rebellious stage, you did not break rules, you obeyed Mom and Dad, even in their most irrational. You were sensible where I was impulsive.
Unity of opposites, Jane once told me. That time, Jane and I were talking about ideology, but that’s also how I understand
our relationship. Like Yin and Yang, Water and Fire, You and I. Despite the “unnerv-ing” similarities in our appearance, our temperaments cannot be anymore differ-ent.
I think we’re closer now than we’ve ever been. How was your day, we typically ask each other, exchanging stories and juicy gossip before sleep. You mention Empoy, Yana, Ali, Anton, Ana, Dan, Mico and other people I don’t usually meet, but I now feel as if I know. I can describe, for instance, how Ali is when love struck, and how manic Anton is in a mob. I can re-call your first US embassy mob, and your first speech in front of workers in Kowloon. I was amused when you wore a skirt for an RTR day, jokingly explain-ing that it was for “pang-aakit” purposes. That explanation, of course, spread like wildfire; I’m sure by now you’re laughing-grimacing at the memory. I don’t think you’ll hear the end of it from those in Anakbayan.
You won’t agree, I’m sure, but you cry so easily Rays. During your first noise barrage in Philcoa at the height of the oil crisis, you were teary-eyed, moved at the support shown by passing Jeepney drivers. After inviting Mila to watch Orapronobis in our room, both of you emerged emo-tional and resolute – while you decided to make your membership official in Anak-bayan, Mila set her eyes on Kule. You cried
after watching “Sa Ngalan ng Tubo” with me, I noticed although you tried to hide the tears. A week ago, you came home sobbing after campaigning hard for the CRSRS Referendum and finding out that a sizeable number of students in Eng’g were voting no. And now, here you are again, dejected at the news of thousands of workers laid-off from special economic zones and abroad.
“Tibak na tibak,” Jase declared after your first compo team experience, surprised as he was by what he called your “radical transformation.” But to me, it was only natural. At the onset, you didn’t really like the label “tibak,” fraught as it is with politi-
cal underpinnings. You were at pains at the beginning, es-pecially when some of your high school friends started keeping their distance. But to some extent, you were already a tibak even during high school. After all, you fearlessly opposed Pisay’s dormitory manager for rul-
ing the dorm like a despot. Before the end of that year, she resigned. I suffered the same dorm manager when I was in Pisay, and when you broke the news at home, I felt so proud of you.
As I write this column, you and Mila are asleep beside me. The headlines tomorrow, I’m sure, will be about charter change. Of course, there will be massive protests from Anakbayan, and you, I’m equally sure, will be there. It may turn violent and bloody, and judging from this regime’s despera-tion, it probably will. So be careful, my dear Rays. I understand the demands of political dissent, and the dangers you have to face alone. But I’m still your older sister, and if I can take all the blows, there will be no hesitating. n
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PHySICS MONTHThe UP Physics Association
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CAN yOU FEEL THE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE?
The UP Communication Re-search Society invites you as it cel-ebrates its 32nd year of living and loving research. With the theme ‘I h32rt UP CRS’, the week starts off with the opening of the UP in Love-exhibit on Monday, February 2, at the CommRes Lobby in CMC. On Tuesday, February 3, at lunch time, Eat Your Heart Out at the CMC Sky-walk! And on Wednesday, February 4, be a lover, not a fighter! Play The Game of Love at 4.30 in the after-noon in the CMC Auditorium. See you there!
THE GAME OF LOVEThe UP Communication Research
Society on it’s 32nd Anniversary in-vites everyone to join THE GAME OF LOVE on Thursday, February 4, 2009, 4:30 pm at the College of Mass Communication Auditorium. Questions will cover anything and everything about romantic love.
Just form a team of three people to participate in the contest and bring a registration fee of Php 120.,but first five teams to register get a discounted fee of Php100.Prizes are as follows: Php 3000 (1st),Php 2000 (2nd ) and Php 1000 (3rd). Contact Rej at 09276284866 or email us at [email protected]. Join and H32rt UPCRS!
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tend an intercollegiate short film competition, the 5th Piling Obrang Vidyo (POV5) on February 18, 19 & 20, from 1:00-5:00pm at Mag;net Cafe Katipunan Q.C.
Ticket rates are P70 for student and P100 for non-students.For tick-et reservation or inquiries, contact Jed at 0915.9875323, or drop by at College of Masscom, Plaridel Bldg. UP Diliman.
FORUM ON CHARTER CHANGEUP Samahan Tungo sa Progresi-
bong Administrasyon, invites you to attend Resolve: Is Cha-Cha the Answer to Philippine Development? a forum on Charter Change which will be held at the NCPAG Assembly Hall at 1pm-5pm on February 6.
For details please contact Anna Lopez at 09214777048 or Karla An-tonio 09064789409.
get free publi city! email us your press releases, invita-tions, etc. don’t type in aLL caps and, go easy on... the punctuation!? complete senten-ces only. dnt use txt lnguage pls. please provide a short title. Be concise, 100 words maximum.
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ANO ANG MASASABI MO SA ONLINE/REALTIME COVERAGE NG COLLEGIAN SA STUDENT REFERENDUM?
ayos ung real time/online coverage ng kule mbilis n na-uupdate ang mga studnts s ngyyrng studnt referndum.Ü tama rn ung pg utilize nla ng multiply xe s dmi ng studnts n membrs nun mas marami nrreach ang balita.Ü 07-14617
Naks naman ang Collegian, kumo-coverage! lol. Anyway, na-check ko ‘yung site online, at ‘pwede’ na rin sa tingin ko. Hehe. Sana lang may partial results reports (or meron ba?), at mga video updates din para TVng-TV na ang dating! Ü 07-21400
KUNG HAyOP KA, ALIN SA CHINESE ZODIAC AT BAKIT?
Kung ako ay magiging animal sa Chi-nese Zodiac, ako ay isang puta, este tupa pala. 07-00777 BS ECE
aq e MoNKeY,. kc z0diac q un tska sgis-ag 2 ng katalnuhan,creatvnes at advn2r0us, ndi bsta2 nlo2ko at nhu2li ng trap,, sb nga ni o8-5o374,png up tlg! =] 08-50448
Dragon para tawagin ako ni recca! Ha-haha! 05-45745
Snake, kasi puro forward lan, walang backward. Hehe 06-56136 King
DrAg0n!! Wait lan, haup b un? ‘Hayup’ naman ang drg0n 4 xur. Mighty na, elegant(in a way) at legendary pa. At xempre, asteeeg. 08-24801
daga. Kxe daga c yuki (fruits basket). :] 08-33880
DOG! Kasi ilang beses nrn ako nahabol ng aso. Habulin eh. XD 07-24449 law engg
kung hay0p ako sa chinese z0diac...
Gus2 k0ng magng drag0n. Para pwd k0ng kainin c UP-President para mwala na xa at sana isama nya ang t0fi sa pagkawala nya. Hwahahaha! 07-10761, d0ng
i’l be a snake coz i am sizzling sSssSS HOT! 05-36018, engineering
kung hayop aq gsto qng mging sssnake! Pra slytherin, hekhekhek. Tska malkhain, tuso at mtalino dw ang mga letseng ahas! 08-78643 dain
kung hay0p ako,ak0 ay isang drag0n,kasi s0brang h0t ko at da-hil dito,di k0 mapigilang bumuga ng ap0y.drag0n din ak0 kasi muka ak0ng ganun. 06-35194
dragon padn forever!mbagsik kc,pwdng mkalipad sa sky,bmubuga p ng apoy!and guardian cla db?pra mbantayan at mg-gabayan q ang mga mhal q sa buhay!yihee,! 05-14252 pinkdragon bse-sped
COMMENTS Disappointd ako s voter turnout bg UP
Tacloban. Akala ko aware cla s issue on ref-erendum! Most of the graduating students, wlang pkialam. Porke aalis na cla s uniber-sidad na 2, ndi na cla magvovote! They’re showing their stupidity! 08-43915
bkit wla ng pakialam ang mga isko-lar ng bayan. Bkit mba2 ang voter turnout ng referendum. Anu b ang nangyari s UP? 06-60766
Nkakadisapoint nman.. Article about FR-elect Judy Taguiwalo sa last issue, 9th paragraph yata.. “..even if she has not yet took her oath of office”. “taken,” not “took”. Proof read nyo nang mas mabuti. Thanks. =) 03-43200
nkaka2wa namang habang bnabasa ko ang c0lumn ni ms rosa dela cruz na ‘dreams’ ay prang bnabasa k ang sarili kong kwento. astig ndi lng pla ako ang nagkakaganto, wala lang. 06-13674
Ang labo ng “DREAMS”.. It’s kinda ‘un-gettable’, hirap magets.. Parang “blogpaper” na tong kule ah.. 03-43200
i always read diana precioso’s column 1st thing wen i get a copy of kule. Love her columns and writing style. Keep it up! 07-43522, migz
Ano bng prob u diana.Akala q p nman the column bout boxing & pacman ws d start of nice & meaningful writings frm u, pero until now npk-bloggy u parin. Hmpp nkk-irita lng 2loy! 08-36019, cssp
Nk2hya ang dmi2ng mga tgaUP ang walang pakialam sa Campus ixus,nsan na ang mga mapanuri at kritikal n isko,palibhsa ung ibang tga UP pmsk d2 dhl lang sa prestige..pero tanungn ntn mga sarli ntn tagaUP nga b tlg tau o hanggng sa yabang lng?pa2nayan ntn! 05-91288
PANAWAGAN d b ngr0llbAck n ung pamasahe s up-
philc0a, up-SM, at up-pntrnc0?, sna mgr0ll-bAck n rn ang ik0t at t0ki.., =] 08-53096 yZh ncpag
gusto ko lng sana mgreklamo at ip-aalam ang pamimilit na pagbenta sa amin dito sa kamia residence hall ng council ng dalawang loverage tickets para sa u.p. fair. hindi kami pormal na tinanong kung gusto namin. hindi nmn ito academic at mas ma-hirap pa kasi hnd ksama sa bnibgay ng am-ing magulang ang pmbayad sa mga tickets na ito. sakto lang at minsan kulang pa ang pera nmn d2 para sa pagkain. tapos ngayon, bigla lang kmi i.require na bumili ng 2 tick-ets. hnd ito ang unang pagkakataon, last december, required dn kmi bumili ng ticket para sa ploning.hnd tlga kmi tnatanong ng council kng gus2 nmn bumili. may right ba kaming umayaw sa pgbayad at pagbili ng mga tickets na ito? para sa akin, hnd po tlga ito dpt gnagawa ng house council. 08-52534 kamia dormer
Xa mga ikot at toki jips..kelan kau mg-bababa ng pmasahe..helo? 30pesos n lng halos ang gas ah. 06-57113
SAGUTAN To 08-41170: hindi lahat ng nasa art col-
leges ang nagddrugs.don’t assume;outside art colleges,marami rin!btw,Bat d nlang cor-ruption atupagin nila,no? 06-06004
To 08-41170: Hndi ka artist kung ke-langan mo pa ng droga para lang makalikha ng sining. Isa pa, Jamaican ka ba? At anong napakaliit na porsyento lng ang epekto ng droga sa isang estudyante na knabukasan ng bayan? Baka tinutukoy mo vitamin C. Ü 08-78695
To 08-41170: u r ryt,govt ofixals shud undrgo drug testng,but i d0nt agri wit ur
take on d case of student users.first,we r not in jamaica.second,ther is a dfrnce between usng drugs cnciusly to achiev liminal-ity state,w/c accdg to u is dne by artists,nd usng drugs habituali,or tryng it once,w/c s d case of studnts.artists earn m0ney.pr0ouctiv,cntributng ctzens.s2dents r just d oposit.b4 they bcme productiv,they r olredy cnsumed by drugs. 05-21074
To 08-02374: tama ang sinabi ni tu-cay na “bumagal ang paglago ng GDP..” patuloy na lumalago ang ekonomiya pero bumagal ito noong ‘08. Kapag bumaba ang GDP, ibang usapan na yun gets? 07-23225 bs econ
To 06-45935: i cudnt agree m0re wd your c0mment 0n dkprecioso’s writing style..nd gven her last artcle, i thnk we nid n0t say anythng m0re.. pro i stl luk 4wrd 2 her future artcles.. sna nga lng nxt tym ung ms mkkarelate nmn tyo.. 05-70930 ba cw
To 08-41170: Isa kang twisted freshie. Sabihin mu yan sa mga drug addict at pami-lya ng drug addicts na nasira ang mga buhay dhil sa drug abuse. ANG TOTOONG ART-IST, HNDI KAILANGAN NG DROGA PARA MAKAGAWA NG MATINONG ART. And wat dd u say about rehabilitation centers?.. May epekto sa psychological dev’t? MAS MALAKI EPEKTO NG DROGA. U r a disgrace. Ma-hiya ka sa sinabi mo. 03-43200
To 08-41170: ADIK KA MEN!!! Wasak ka!!! Hndi dr0ga ang lunas sa mental bl0ck. Mag mem0-plus ka. Kung sabik na sabik kang magdr0ga nang wlang ccta sau, lumi-pad ka sa jamaica m0. At wag ka nang bu-malik. ADIK. 07-10761, d0ng
To 08-41170: tama bang ipangjustify ng kahayukan sa paggamit ng iligal ng droga ang art?di ako naniniwalang utak UP ginag-amit mo.think pre. 04-46454 levs engg
To 06-70986: sa pgka2alam q dti p my LWD ksma un dun s bnbyarang 300 pRa s lab fee, ngaun eh hiniwalay lng ung 200 f0r LWD fee there4 300 p rn ung b2yaran, nxt tym kc alamin munaang lhat2..Ü 05-70216, bs che
TANONG:1. Ano ang masasabi mo sa pagkapasa ng
ChaCha sa house of reresentatives?2. Ano ang gusto mong ending ng Eva
Fonda?
the two fraternities have already formed a truce. The Collegian source added that the two fraternities agreed on conse-quences for the party who will initiate another violent incident.
The Collegian contacted Grand Ar-chons Eric Pasion of Upsilon and Ron-ald Chua of Sigma Rho to comment on the matter. Pasion declined to com-ment while Chua said that the Collegian should ask the administration instead on the matter.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Elizabeth Enriquez also refused to com-ment on the matter, saying, “The inci-dent is still under investigation.”
Trials on Mendez case delayedMeanwhile, law suits are still pend-
ing related to the death of Cris Mendez, a public administration student killed in a hazing incident allegedly conducted by Sigma Rho in August 2007.
The hearing for an P8-million civil case against Dr. Franscico Cruz, who brought Mendez to the Veterans Me-morial Medical Center, in the Que-zon City Regional Trial Court is set on March 30. Mendez was declared dead upon arrival in the hospital.
The Mendez family filed the civil case in November 2007 against Dr.Cruz, his wife Myrna and their son Francisco Miguel, a Sigma Rho member, for fail-ing to inform Cris’s family of his death.
Meanwhile, an administrative case against Dr. Cruz is also pending at the Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC). Cristina Mendez, mother of Cris, told the Collegian that the pretrial was postponed on January 12 due to failure of the PRC to release a pretrial order and was resheduled on March 6. n
With reports From paULine gidget esteLLa
trabaho sa pagsasara ng kumpanyang intel na nakabase sa cavite ngayong abril: 1,800
Bilang ng mga manggagawang mawawalan pa ng trabaho sa pag-sasara ng 24 pang pabrika sa cavite ngayong taon: 17,000
Bilang ng mga pilipinong mawawalan pa ng trabaho sa susunod na anim na buwan, ayon sa doLe: 200,000
Kabuuang bilang ng mga pilipi-nong mawawalan ng trabaho ngayong 2009, ayon sa pagtaya ng citigroup, isang ahensyang pampinansiyang na-kabase sa estados Unidos: 470,000
populasyon ng probinsya ng an-tique, ayon sa 2000 census ng nso: 471,000Kapos na tugon
pondong inilaan para sa “economic stimulus fund” na sinasabing tugon ng gobyerno sa epekto ng krisis-pam-pinansiya: P56.1 bilyon
pondong ilalaan ng estado Uni-dos para sa kanilang sariling stimulus fund: P42.3 trilyon
pondong inilaan para sa “pantawid
pamilya pilipino program” ng depart-ment of social Welfare and develop-ment na naglalayong tulungan ang pinakamahihirap na pamilyang upang makaraos sa krisis: P10 bilyon
Bilang ng Ligo sardines na maipa-pamahagi sa bawat pilipino kung ip-ambibili nito ang nasabing halaga: 9
Bilang ng mahihirap na pamilyang masasaklaw ng nasabing programa: 640,000
Bilang ng pamilyang pilipino na itinuturing na mahirap, ayon sa nscB: 4.7 milyon
Bilang ng pamilyang pilipino na itinuturing na mahirap, ayon sa ibon: 13.9 milyon
halagang inilaan ng gobyerno sa adjustment measure program para sa mga mawawalan ng trabaho sa bansa dahil sa krisis, ayon sa doLe: P122 milyon
halagang matatanggap ng bawat pilipinong inaasahang mawawalan ng trabaho ngayong taon kung pagha-hati-hatian nila ang nasabing pondo : P260Lugaming manggagawa
Bilang ng mga napauwing over-seas Filipino Worker (oFW) mula sa
taiwan dahil sa malawakang tang-galan sa trabaho noong disyembre: 1,200
tinatayang bilang ng mga mapa-pauwi pang mga oFW sa susunod na mga buwan, ayon sa migrante: 100,000
halagang inilaan ng gobyerno para sa kanila: P250 milyon
halagang matatanggap ng bawat isang oFW na mapapauwi kung pa-ghahatian nila ang nasabing halaga: P2,500
halagang kailangan upang maka-pamuhay nang maayos sa Kamay-nilaan ang isang pamilyang may anim na miyembro sa loob ng isang araw, ayon sa nscB: P904
Bilang ng araw na itatagal ng na-banggit na dole-out ng gobyerno: mahigit dalawa n
Sanggunian: National Statistics Office, National Statistical Coordination Board, Department of Labor and Employment, National Bureau of
Economic Research, European Union, Citigroup, Ibon Foundation Inc., Migrante
International, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Pinoy Weekly, Bulatlat, inquirer.net, journal.
com.ph, aljazeera.net, at FT.com
Sigma Rho. . . p.2 Pangunang. . . p.3
three remaining games this season. The Maroons will have their next game against the FEU Tamaraws at the same gym on February 4.
Lady Maroons, no chance for final four
The UP Lady Maroons will have to hold on to dear life as they have no chance anymore to clinch a slot in the final four after suffering their ninth loss against AdU Falcons at The Arena in San Juan on February 1.
Captain ball Carmina Barcelon said, “Since we have three games re-maining, technically, these [games] have no bearing anymore... [Our players] are practically beginners and we have three players injured, but we are still doing our best and our goal is to end this [volleyball season] united.”
The first round of the game saw the Lady Falcons’ nearly flawless streak of attacks outdoing notable blocks and spikes from Marie Eileen Quejas, Rebecca Gail Montero and Barcelon. The round ended with a
dismal 11-25, in favor of the raging Lady Falcons.
Remarkable switches from UP’s Maan Panganiban, Patricia Nario and Princess Castellvi initially high-lighted the second round. But the rest of the set saw the UP players be-ing outdone by AdU’s teamwork as the round ended in favor of the Lady Falcons, 22-25. The game ended dur-ing the third round with UP losing, 21-25.
The Lady Maroons will have their next game against the FEU Lady Tama-raws at The Arena on February 7. n
11GrapiksPhilippine Collegian | Biyernes, 6 Peb 2009
The Kabisihan and Kabwisitan Edition
D2 na me, wer na u? oh, nand2 ka rin pala! Hallaw! Haggardness mode this past week talaga because of the OSR Referendum na isang “makasaysayang pagdadalumat sa kaibuturan ng hina-gap ng mga isko at iska sa buong tanikala ng sangkayupihan.” Ka-nose-bleed! Chos. Pero seriously, to the highest level talaga itetch with matching blow-by-blow ( job talaga namin ang to serve the people! Bwahahahaha!) updates pa ng poll sa http://collegiannews.multiply.com/. (Chekawt na!)
Kabisihan istatchu?1. Well, kabisihan blues talaga itong referendum na naganap at on going na bilangan, bilang
nakaka-tense at nakaka-pressure ang electing, voting, counting and everything, like, you know? Like, I know right?! And sa mga bumoto, yes lang na yes! Like, when you’re making sagot to ur boy-friend or girlfriend nung nanliligaw pa sila sa inyo at kahit na nung niyayaya ka na nya…*wicked laughter*. O di ba, yes lang ng yes! Gusto mo un?
2. May mga momentz na bonggang bongga ang kabisihan natin, pero merong isang tae este tao pala sa may gawing SC as in Sugar Camp na nagbabantay (yez, kamukha nya si Bantay the Dog) sa luntiang lungga na mistulang pasan ang lahat ng kamalasan sa mundo dahil sa kanyang pagiging super kasungitan. Wis naman siya ang boss pero mas mataray pa sa customer kung mambara. Kamusta ka naman? 2009 na teh, magbagong buhay na! Di ka yayaman nyan. :)
Kabwisitan, ako na toh!1. On the other hand, ang kabwisitan blues naman ay yung mga nag no-no-no—mga nono! You
know, the “nono sa ponso”! Char. Like, I know hirayt!? Tabi-tabi lang po… stone, stone sa heaven, ang ma-hit, don’t be angry… hihi. Haay na ko, basta ang nag no-no-nobena jan ng mga churvalu-lus…may the curse be with you! *parang ang harsh lang*
2. And by the way, Milky Way and My Way, isa pang kabwisitan na nasa UP na since forever ay si Money Kasukalan ng The Yupi na daig pa ang mga Panginoong May Lupa sa pang-aapi. Harhar. (Kung gusto nyong makita kung ano itsura nya, bumili kayo ng Lotsa Pizza at tusuk-tusukin ng ballpen ang cover ng box…voila! Portrait na!)
P.S. To 20187-40: I know how u are suffering from ur starrlker and I feel for u. Kaya
nga ipapatapon na namin siya sa asylum dahil its as if ure being so aping-api na and all. Like, ure so kawawa na talaga. Like emotional trauma. Like, huhuhu. Gum-aganon?
O sige na, baka kung ano pang masabi ko…chow! ^^
SIPAT Empty Treasure, Batad, Banaue -timothy medrano
penalty box with less than 10 minutes in the game.
Coach Muescam likewise said the team is already on top of their game skills-wise. After five games, the Maroon Booters have only conceded a single goal – a penalty kick from Far Eastern University after an accidental handball. The Maroons were
able to answer back with two goals during that game.
In the other game that day, the UP women’s football team was not as lucky, as it succumbed to the Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles, 0-1, courtesy of a goal very similar to UP’s on the men’s side. The Maroon Lady Booters are in last place after the first round with 4 losses and no wins so far. n
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12 OpinyonBiyernes, 6 Peb 2009
abusing Power
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With the threat of numerous plunder and HRV cases waiting at the end of her term, Arroyo is resorting to different means to extend her stay
Voting for your rights
considering this regime’s track re-cord, it comes as no surprise that a general known as
the “butcher” for his callous vio-lation of human rights could now be given the opportunity to con-tinue inflicting such tactics, in the name of law and order.
The possibility of appointing retired Major General Jovito Pal-paran to the Dangerous Drugs Board comes at a time when drugs has become a hyped issue, possibly to cover more pertinent, pressing national concerns.
For even as Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s final term draws to a close, issues of corruption and widespread poverty continue to plague her regime.
With the threat of numerous plunder and HRV cases waiting at the end of her term, Arroyo is resorting to different means to extend her stay. For instance, the proposal for charter change has already been approved in the Lower House, awaiting a plenary hearing.
Yet beyond these more obvi-ous moves, the administration’s increasingly desperate tactics to stay in power becomes more ap-parent in the recent attempts to infiltrate all government branches with Malacañang appointees.
The message of considering such a motion is clear: reward awaits those loyal to the Arroyo administration.
Not surprisingly, this planned appointment caused outrage
among many people’s organiza-tions and human rights advo-cate groups. Several years ago, Palparan gained notoriety as the government’s executioner at the height of the counter-insurgen-cy program Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL), which caused an alarming rise in the number of human rights violations (HRVs) in the country over the past few years.
With the 2010 deadline of the OBL’s second phase fast ap-proaching, the toll of HRVs has reached a total of 977 cases of ex-trajudicial killings and 201 enforced disappearances since 2001. Of these cases, only a handful has been legally filed and brought to justice.
The alarming increase in HRVs during the Arroyo regime has gained the attention of foreign institutions such as the United Nations, which linked the admin-istration and its military wing to the HRV cases. Even government agencies such as the Commission on Human Rights, the Melo Com-mission and the Court of Appeals has blamed the military as well as the police force as the primary culprit of most HRV cases in the country.
Ironically, however, many Mal-acañang appointees were previ-ously military personnel.
Palparan himself is blamed for the summary execution of Eddie Gumanoy and Eden Marcellana in Oriental Mindoro, where he was appointed commander of the 7th
infantry battalion in 2003 and 2004. These were only two of the many cases of political killings accounted against Palparan, and only a few of the hundreds of unsolved cases of HRVs in the country.
Arroyo’s allies, however, remain untouchable by
the law while she is in a position of power. Instead of holding him accountable to the HRVs filed against him, for instance, the gov-ernment gave Palparan an award after his retirement.
However, with the global spot-light bringing to the fore the in-creased number of HRVs in the country, the Arroyo administra-tion has decided to turn to the legal arena to conveniently quell opposing views. Instead of re-sorting to extrajudicial methods such as murder and torture, the government seeks ways to legally prosecute its enemies, as dem-onstrated by the recent filing of
cases against 72 known activ-ists, mass leaders and members of people’s organizations in the Southern Tagalog area. This latest tactic only further
proves the desperation of the Ar-royo administration to cover up its anomalous dealings and at-tempts to remain in power.
Palparan has already proved himself a loyal ally of the admin-istration in the past. His possible appointment to the DDB, then, bodes ill for Arroyo’s critics. Sev-eral groups expressed their con-cerns to the extent to which he will exercise his powers, possibly using drugs as an excuse to arrest those who oppose the govern-ment.
Appointing Palparan to the DDB can only be viewed as a stra-tegic move on the government’s part to counter its critics. With all legal bases covered, the so-called enemies of the state — activists and mass leaders alike — have nowhere else to turn to.
However, even as Arroyo seeks to secure her position beyond 2010 through charter change schemes and strategic govern-ment appointments, her regime continues to crumble with every economic and political strife that hits the country. Not even by re-appointing Palparan in a position of power can she counter the nu-merous criticisms of her regime. In the end, not even the most loyal of cronies and allies can pre-vent the inevitable downfall of the ruling tyranny. n