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September-October 2012
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Alumnus features Spanish music Far Eastern University (FEU) Civil Engineering graduate and Flamenco guitarist Adolfo Toyoda performed last September 12 at the FEU Auditorium. Flamenco is a type of Spanish music, song and dance that comprises of singing, guitar playing, dance and handclaps. To y o d a p l a y e d several Flamenco guitar number like Soleyn and Islon and Capodastro and Burgilos. Toyoda’s music was also a ccom panied by his Flamenco dancing partner Jameela Perez. The event was facilitated by President’s Committee on Culture in collaboration with the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management.
Former literature prof presents work in FEU Former professor in Department of Literature Joni Cham had her debut novel “In My Mother’s House” published to contribute in strengthening literature in the contemporary world. On her book launch organized by Far Eastern University (FEU) Literary Guild and held in LAP Hall, Law Building last September 27; Cham said that the novel is about a Philippine-born daughter who went back to her Chinese mother’s house as she found out that her mother was diagnosed with cancer. In My Mother’s House, a novel on domesticity, has won the Special Jury Prize during Premio Tomas, the Quadricentennial Literary Prize sponsored by the University of Santo Tomas. The novel is published jointly by Central Books and De La Salle University (DLSU). Apart from being a professor at Far Eastern University and DLSU, Cham also worked as a China analyst for over four years.
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Leonard I. Agustin News Editor
Comelec, FEUCSO promote voting rights By Gladis D. Morales
To involve students in nationwide voting, Far Eastern University Central Student Organization (FEUCSO) facilitated a month-long voting caravan. Titled as ‘iBOTO Manila (District IV) residents “This will also bolster a Caravan: Voter’s Registration who are at least 18 years old big part of every registrant to be and Education,’ the caravan on or before May 13, 2013. socially abreast and politically covered room-to-room “Once a student has astute,” Badile added. campai gns encour aging already registered, he will be The number of students to register in their able to maximize his suffrage. registrants will be reported own municipalities from By doing so, he’ll be entitled to to FEUCSO by November. September 24 to October 31 choose who he wants to serve Students who will present and a mobile registration last for his country,” FEUCSO their acknowledgement receipt September 27. at the FEUCSO office on or President Jayvee Badile said. C o m m i s s i o n To i n c r e a s e t h e before November 14 will be on Elections (Comelec) awareness of the students in given reward kits and will have officials facilitated the mobile social issues is also an aim of a raffle entry to be drawn on registration of Sampaloc, the caravan. November 15. iBOTO Caravan. Comelec officials facilitate the mobile registration inside the University for the 2013 National Election. (Photo by Kevin Victor J. Torres)
DLSU director clarifies accountancy’s role
Accountancy education should not only be focused on licensure examinations according to an economic expert during his talk for the 4 0 th N i c a n o r Reyes Memorial Lecture Series last September 14 at the University C o n f e r e n c e C e n t e r. “Accountancy education in this country [is] too focused on the licensure examinations,” De La Salle University-Angelo King Institute for Economics Research and Development Director Dr.Tereso S. Tullao Jr. observed. Tullao emphasized that beyond the classification and analysis of business transactions; accountancy has a ‘social function’. “Accountants serve as guardians of society in ensuring transparency and narrowing the information gap among all parties of business transactions,” he said. He added that the accountants’ roles are linked with measures addressing the problems of information asymmetry, arise of knowledge-based economy and pressures of globalization. Tu l l a o stressed that accountancy programs should prepare students to the knowledge-based
2 fine arts studes win in painting contest By Justin Royce Z. Baluyot
Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) proclaimed two Tamaraw Fine Arts students among the 12 winners of its annual calendar painting competition at PNOC Energy Center in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. Bachelor of Fine Architecture and Fine Arts (BFA) major in Painting Arts (IARFA) sponsored a student Isadore Gabriel Lerio preliminary contest within the and BFA major in Advertising Institute to make the students Arts student Marc Aran Reyes more aware of PNOC art both won in the annual art competition. The preliminary contest. Their works will be contest was judged by IARFA featured on the company’s faculty members Manuel calendar for 2013. Billoso, Candido Manarpiiz, Lerio’s entry shows John Paul Olivares and a naked woman who has Bernard Temporosa. tattoos of different kinds of From about 15 flowers around her neck, Tamaraw BFA students who breast, arms and shoulders. submitted their artworks, only On the other hand, Reyes’ eight were chosen by IARFA art piece shows a lady who to sponsor for the main is covering her mouth by her competition. The chosen left rose-tattoed hand. students received 5,000 “[My entry is] about pesos each. modern Filipina. I see most When asked why he of Filipina women today thinks his art piece became as leaders, liberated, one of the chosen entries strong, tough, confident by PNOC, Lerio said that his and independent,” Lerio unique interpretation of the explained. flower might have made his “ ‘ F l o w e r s ’ ‘ y u n g entry stood out as others’ tema ng PNOC ngayong entries depicted the flower t a o n … K i n u m p a r a k o only literally. ‘yung modern Filipina sa Each of the 12 isang bulaklak, bale ‘yung winners received 25,000 mga bulaklak na tattoo ay pesos from PNOC. sumusuporta sa kabuuan ng PNOC is an energy tema ko (The theme of this company that provides and year’s PNOC art contest is maintains an adequate about flowers… I compared and stable supply of oil that the modern Filipina to continues to serve as a key a flower, thus the tattoo institution in the exploration, flowers support my theme),” development and utilization he added. of indigenous oil and non-oil Prior to the main energy sources (www.pnoc. competition, Institute of com.ph).
economy that focuses on concepts, manipulation of symbols and acquisition and utilization of knowledge and working in teams. “Emphasis on passing the licensure exam may deny our accountancy students... in true education, that will prepare them for the future,” he said. In addi ti on, he sai d that Far E astern U ni versi ty (FE U ) founder D r. N i canor R eyes S r. has been i nstrumental in professionalizing accountancy in the P hi l i ppi nes. “ G i v e n t h e c r u c i a l role played by D r. R e y e s , i t i s s a f e t o say that FEU can be considered as the cradle of accounting education in the Philippines,” Tu l l a o s t r e s s e d . The tal k i s the fi rst l eg of the l ecture seri es w hi ch ai ms to commemorate the l i fe of the U ni versi ty’s founder by provi di ng students w i th l ecture seri es that w i l l i nspi re them to conti nue hi s mi ssi on of upl i fti ng the Fi l i pi no communi ty. -GDM
FTG stages ‘Usapang X’
Presenting personal and social issues, Far Eastern University Theater Guild (FTG) performed last September 14, 24 and 27 at the Far Eastern University (FEU) Auditorium. Titled ‘Usapang X,’ the production showcased incidences on comfort rooms and struggles with topics on youth, gender issues and sexuality issues. “Pinapakita sa play kung ano ‘yung mga ginagawa sa CR [comfort room] na hindi nakikita ng ibang tao. Kumbaga, aware tayo sa mga bagay na ‘yun pero ayaw lang nating pag-usapan (The play shows what we do in the comfort room which are not seen by other people. We are aware of these but we just don’t want to talk about them),” FTG Artistic Director Eduardo ‘Dudz’ Teraña shared. The production has caught the attention of the FEU community and was talked about because of the symbol ‘X’ which is commonly used for materials with adult contents. “Para sa akin kasi, depende sa interpretasyon n’yo kung ano yung kahulugan ng ‘X’ (For me, it depends on your interpretation of how do you define ‘X’),” Teraña answered when asked if what is the meaning of Usapang X. He also emphasized that it depends on the person
Eye-opener. FEU Theater Guild uncovers social and personal issues encountered by the most of the college students. (Photo by Marione Paul G. Infantado)
on how he will view the play. “Kung bastos ka mag-isip, eh ‘di bastos din yung play para sayo (If you think in an indecent way, then you view the play as indecent too.),” he explained. FTG members view their play as ‘different’ compared to their previous productions. “What makes Usapang X different from FTG’s past productions is the theme itself. Usapang X was a lot more crucial since group’s audience were mostly students,” FTG member Vien Villagarcia shared. Though different, the play is positively accepted by the students.
“Sa mga napanood kong pagtatanghal ng FTG, ang Usapang X ay isa sa mga pinakamaganda... Nakakatawa, nakakaiyak… Makakarelate ka sa story at kapupulutan ng aral (Among FTG’s production that I watched, Usapang X is one of the best [productions]… It made us laugh, cry… You can relate with the story and you will learn a moral lesson),” Mass Communication sophomore Solomon Macatiag shared. -Kliezl Joie S. Demasuay With reports from Leonard I. Agustin
Leadership confab empowers aspiring student leaders Potential student leaders learned about role modeling and youth empowerment from three speakers in a forum last September 13 at the University Conference Center. Titled “University Young Leaders Forum,” Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, former Far Eastern University Central Student Organization (FEUCSO) President Jeffrey Mora and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino talked before prospective student leaders. Lim talked about preparation of oneself to become a leader. He said that being a leader is not just about doing the right thing but serving as a role model. “It’s not the title or the position that you are carrying, but your character and integrity in what you’re doing,” Lim furthered. He reminded the students to honor and acknowledge debt of gratitude to parents by saying “All of you are nothing; you will not be
successful without the help of your loving parents.” Meanwhile, Mora addressed school’s role in shaping up a leader. He enumerated few prominent FEU graduates as example of students who ‘stood up and made a difference’. “We have a thousand reasons to be proud of our school. We should start creating
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Battle plans Meanw h ile, t wo Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF) programs BS Accountancy and BS Business Administration already have Level III accreditation status from PACUCOA. Department of Business Administration Program Head Nenita Junio said she focuses on faculty development as she wants the entire faculty in her department to have doctoral degrees. “Since there are not so many regular faculty members, I want 100 percent [of faculty to have] doctoral degrees,” she furthered. Junio also plans to sponsor more seminars and trainings on management strategies for her faculty to
“We just need to sustain and enhance our achievements and practices in the other items of the instrument because as of now, DepComm has already met [CHEd’s] minimum requirements,” Castro said. However, he said that his department’s target application date is Academic Year 2014-2015, later than Quinto’s expected date for DepComm to attain COD. AB English, AB Literature and AB Political Science are to apply for Level I accreditation this year while BS Medical Technology and AB International Studies are “still too young” to apply for any accreditation, Quinto added.
this concept of ‘green-and-gold passion’ among our students,” he emphasized. Mora believes that the University should instill a sense of history and pride among students if it truly want to become the best school in the country. “Reveal the Tamaraw spirit within you,” he said. Moreover, Tolentino explained students’ role in
Piece of advice. Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim shares his side on becoming a young leader during the leadership forum at the University Conference Center. (Photo by John Armen T. Bongao)
respond to students’ doubts and complaints on some professors’ teaching methods. “I think [attaining COD and COE citations] is very important for all universities.... I believe it is really [going to be] a feather on our shoulder,” Junio said. She added that she expects her department to attain its first COD in 2013. Meanwhile, Junio said that IABF Dean Celito Macachor has plans to offer Doctor of Business Management program next year to boost the roster of graduate programs of the Institute. However, plans to offer other undergraduate degree programs are still not on the priority list. For Institute of Education (IE), one of the main factors that hinder them to have
nation building. “When it comes to nation building, learn as much as you can at this point in your life. Dapat ‘yung pag-aaral, walang katapusan, pang-habambuhay (Learning must be a never-ending process.),” he said. The pursuit for nation building demands more than mere academic excellence, according to Tolentino. “One must have a heart, mindset, and readiness for nation building. You must get to know your country well, love it with all your heart, and resolve to work for it,” he said. Tolentino urged the student leaders to be productive not only in FEU, but also in their respective communities. “Do your share in nation building, in being part of our society,” he said. The forum, organized by FEUCSO, aims to produce more student leaders with confidence and assertiveness who will serve as role models to the students. - Ma. Karlota S. Jamoralin
COD and COE citations is CHEd’s requirement of having at least 80 percent passing rate in Licensure Examinations for Teachers (LET). “[Our LET passers] range from 50 percent to 70 percent,” IE Undergraduate Studies Unit Coordinator Elisa Mañalac reported. Mañalac said that COD and COE citations would be “very important” for the Institute and to the University upon maintaining autonomy. “We are already in Level III accreditation so we would want that our programs have Center of Excellence or Center of Development citations from the accrediting [bodies],” she added. Continue to page 10...