NEWS
DECEMBER 2017 | PAGE 2
VOLUME 32 ISSUE 3
Br. Gus to launch ‘School for Governance,’ complete Ayuntamiento by Yna Marisse Sodoy After a decade of planning, DLSU-D Brother President Augustine Boquer FSC is targeting to launch his project “School for Governance, Public Service, and Corporate Leadership” along with the Ayuntamiento building completion next academic year (AY) 2018-2019. The 10-year project Br. Gus explained that the “School for Governance, Public Service, and Corporate Leadership” is a certificate program where leaders such as local government officials, some of whom were once his students, will serve as speakers in workshops and seminars offered by the said program. “When I arrived here, I was planning it already. It (School for Governance) was not easy,” Br. Gus said. The project originally started in 2007 composed of sessions with local leaders, councilors, and even street sweepers with the Br. President. They formed small group discussions, following a program for all members in the society coming from various demographics. He furthered that the certificate program in the upcoming school is a single course program with a “laddered” structure wherein enrolled students will be put into a team to discuss various topics along with the workshops and seminars included in the program. After completion of the course, a certificate will be granted which will serve as additional credit to your current degree. “You have a team and different topics. And when you’re done with that, a certificate that’s going to your BA or MA, we can credit that (certificate) to your degree so it becomes a plus-plus for you,” Br. Gus said. Initially, the certificate program was to be graduate program. However, Br. Gus saw the potential of offering the
said program to undergraduate students who wish to be trained as corporate leaders in the industry. “I’m working it out to see how it can be done as an enrichment certificate before a student graduates, because ultimately when all of you are looking for jobs, when you’re being interviewed by your potential employer, they will look at you and ask, ‘Does this person have common sense?’” Br. Gus expressed. “Those are skills that can be found in the heart of this particular facility program that we would like to do.” Mentioning the need for this “unique Lasallian program,” Br. Gus highlighted how this could help make the students’ studies “relevant”. “If you, as a student, would do very well academically, you know all the theories, but your feet are not grounded on the floor, and [then] that is what this program is all about, [for] your feet to be grounded,” he furthered. As of press time, the program is in its “applying” stage, wherein Br. Gus and the University administrators involved will be conducting “time-testing” and other assessments. The said stage includes the materials needed for the program and as well as “looking at how would the program be” as described by Br. Gus. The offices involved in the program are the Office of the Br. President, the Presidential Management Office, and the
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academics and Research. Ayuntamiento completion Clarifying the target date of his program’s launch and the Ayuntamiento completion, Br. Gus said, “We’re working it out very well. I don’t want to rush it and I think that’s something all of you (students) will be proud of.” He confirmed that the Ayuntamiento building has already finished construction and only finalizing interior design elements is needed, such as tiles, dividers, ceilings, and electrical lines. As to whether the Ayuntamiento building will serve as the new administration building, Br. Gus confirmed that “The [student] admissions [office] will be there, the registrar, finance, scholarship will be there, the major offices, board rooms, a gallery for exhibits, and then the School for Governance, Public Service, and [Corporate] Leadership,” he explained. Moreover, Br. Gus said that the building will be fully operational by the next AY if they manage to acquire the last remaining necessary funds for the completion of the Ayuntamiento construction in time. “The amount is not big, and it’s not small, and it is possible for me to find a very capable donor to do one donation for the whole period. And I’m meeting the person during the next two to three weeks,” he said at the time of the interview in mid-November.
#BANTRUMP. A series of protests from November 12 to 17 by several militant groups and organizations were held in opposition to US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Philippines for the 31st ASEAN Summit. Protestors engaged in tense confrontations with the Philippine National Police as groups pushed past the barricades and others burned the American flag and effigies of Trump.
Photo by Justine Bea Bautista
NEW PARTIES from page 1 TATAG Lasalyano Chairperson and former SENTRO La Salle member Cesar Gayo said, “As specifically mentioned in our official statement, SENTRO encountered challenges internally as far as management is concerned and it is on this ground that TATAG Lasalyano would want to come.” However, TATAG Lasalyano clarified that the new political party is not entirely a “solution” to SENTRO La Salle’s suspension since it is in the members’ personal interests to form the new political party TATAG Lasalyano. “It is a collective decision of the members of the party (SENTRO La Salle) to pursue the same principles and objectives with different approach and leadership,” Gayo said. TATAG Lasalyano, headed by Jahanara Osman, Louise Gabriel Alonzo, and Cesar Gayo, shares the same political beliefs and ideologies with SENTRO La Salle, such as giving importance to the “students’ rights and welfare, nation-building, and democracy.” In coming up with the name of the TATAG Lasalyano, “We (TATAG) want to be that political party who would embody firmness in our stances regardless if it is unpopular, dependability to produce some projects, and toughness to represent the students in the best way possible,” Gayo emphasized.
The word tatag is a Filipino term which refers to strength, solidity, or the state of being strong. In preparation for the 2018 University Student Elections, TATAG Lasalyano plans to create a screening process for candidates, wherein they will be educated and informed on the status of the student council leadership and other relevant issues inside and outside the University; trained through programs and activities; and willing to widen their understanding of leadership by establishing partnerships with outside student organizations, emphasizing TATAG Lasalyano’s tagline “empowering the ordinary.” YUGTO LASALLE Meanwhile, YUGTO LASALLE President Aya Funaki, the only remaining member from R.E.D. Alliance in the new political party, headed the formation of the new political party along with the R.E.D. Alliance alumni. “We felt the need to continue what R.E.D. Alliance started and what it is standing for, so ito na po ‘yong YUGTO [LASALLE],” Funaki said. With the organization’s aim to continue what R.E.D. Alliance started, the name of the new political party is rooted under the same principle. As the Filipino term yugto means “fundamental transition”, Funaki furthered that R.E.D
Alliance is transitioning to YUGTO LASALLE. Funaki mentioned that YUGTO LASALLE started with the objective to foster student leaders within the University and to get them involved in socio-political discourse outside the university. Using the ancient Filipino script Baybayin in their logo, Funaki shared the advocacy of YUGTO LASALLE, which is to “re-introduce” the roots of the Filipino culture and relive the Filipino values such as being hardworking and perseverant. “We tend to forget the roots of our traditional writing. We wanted to introduce, re-introduce to them the roots of the Filipinos,” Funaki said. Recruiting new members Given that TATAG Lasalyano and YUGTO LASALLE are newlyestablished political parties, the need to recruit members to sustain their plans for the student body is still present. As for YUGTO LASALLE, they started recruiting members even before the suspension of R.E.D Alliance as students have been aiming to join their political party, Funaki mentioned. On the other hand, TATAG Lasalyano has yet to start their ‘official’ recruitment. However, Gayo said that the political party began their online recruitment.
R e ac t Various stores located near DLSU-D Gate 1 are eyeing to implement a 9:00 PM curfew for the students’ safety. With that, The Heraldo Filipino asked DLSU-D students and dormers whether they agree or disagree with the said curfew. “Disagree po ako ‘don kasi ‘yong ibang students may ibang inaatupag na other stuff before ng curfew. Kung ganon kaaga ‘yong curfew, ‘di na nila maaasikaso ‘yong gawain nila. Nasa labas na rin po sila ng school, mayro’n na silang freedom sa sarili nilang time.”
“Maganda ‘yan para safe ‘yong mga bata at saka para mabawasan din ‘yong crime. Sobrang aga [nga lang], sana [ginawang] mga 10 [PM].”
“For me, hindi ako apektado kasi 9 PM din curfew ko. Pero mas maganda [na may curfew] para sa akin kasi nababawasan ‘yong mga estudyanteng nakatambay sa labas nang sobrang gabi na. Much better, I think.”
Nina Kiara Gisala Third year AB Psychology
Al-Khaizar Que Third year Criminology
August Jill Destreza Fourth year Architecture
“I disagree kasi hindi naman lahat ng estudyante nasa bahay na, kasi mayro’n din namang mga tao na talagang mas effective sila sa pagwo-work late at night. At saka siguro naman mga college [student] naman na ‘yong mga nagdo-dorm diyan or nagwo-work na, so mga responsible enough naman siguro sila para mag-manage ng kanilang mga time at para ingatan ang sarili nila sa gabi.” Marx Voltaire Basco Third year AB Psychology
“Paano kung late na talagang umuwi, tapos kailangan ng papeles or emergency? ‘Diba wala nang computer [shop]. More on disagree talaga ako eh kasi masyadong maaga for the curfew, dapat mga 10:30 PM.”
“Disagree ako sa curfew ng mga food store outside, because, ‘yon nga, gawa no’ng may night persons talaga na mga tao: sa umaga natutulog muna, nagpapahinga, tapos gumigising na ng mga madaling araw o kaya gabi para mag-aral, kasi minsan mas tahimik.”
Andro Isao Aquino Fourth year Physical Education
Aldrine Enard Vergara Fourth year Environmental and Sanitary Engineering
“I disagree. Kasi kung safety purposes naman, okay lang since for the sake naman ng students. Pero pagdating sa mga…halimbawa may kailangan ka sa gitna ng gabi, so ‘di maiiwasan kailangan mong bumili sa labas, eh curfew na so ‘yon ‘di puwede.”
“Naga-agree ako na magbigay sila ng curfew ng 9 PM dahil sa panahon ngayon, laganap na ‘yong mga krimen. Mas safe kasi sa estudyante lalo na sa mga dormers ‘di lumabas ng mga gabi. So, naga-agree ako na dapat silang mag-impose ng 9 PM na curfew sa stores.” Ericka Joice Manaloto Third year Operations Management
“For me, mas agree ako d’on sa may curfew na 9 PM kasi siyempre, as a Bio[logy] student, siyempre marami kaming ginagawa. At saka mas safe, para, kasi siyempre nagkalat na rin ‘yong mga holdaper, or kung anu-ano, mga criminal. So, mas safe na rin na mag-stay na lang sa loob ng dorm after 9 PM.”
Ellinor Fernandez Third year Tourism Management
Jacqueline Grace Sunga Fourth year Human Biology