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“SUREPASS PRIDE” Artwork by Emmanuel Ian Enabe

AUGUST - DECEMBER 2014

Contents #TeamAugust

The Regulars

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Features

S i g a w ! T he R a g e I n d e x compiled by

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Buttlog Himself

S i n et c h I te y 1 5

by Bonggalicious Chuvanekus Varikus

F e a ture d C o urse ( E c E ) by

Gerald Turqueza

D e a r B utt l o g by

Buttlog Himself

Heavy Grinding - Pride by

Mark Daniel Lavarias

T he L i ter a t i - T he L a s a g n a F r i es

by Vanessa Dacumos

E sse Q u a m V i d er i - F a sh i o n by

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P ers o n a l i t y

Gamaliel Roi Aquino and Nathaniel Pasiliao

H a k u n a M a t a t a - T he F a u l t by

by Jan

Christian Mendoza

Ang Tamang Daan

by Joffa

Derricka raguindin and Corinne Andawi

S E A R e y n a s ( Q uee n s by

Gamaliel Roi Aquino and Nathaniel Pasiliao

O tt o H a h n by

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Gamaliel Roi Aquino

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Emmanuel Ian Enabe

S ee Y o ur P e a c o c k

O tt o H a h n by

Rowell Kristoffer Sotero

B l o w n O ut

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Ever-Awesome engr. Angelo Bacena

SIGAW! THE RAGE INDEX

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“Buti pa ang dinakdakan, may utak, kayo, WALA!” Narito uli ang mga sari-saring hinaing kuro-kuro at pauso na aming narinig sa iba’t-ibang palapag at pasilyo ng Otto Hahn.

“Dumarami ang pormahang kabute / floral polo shirts/ roshes sa SEA, at patuloy ang pagkawala ng mga long-hair disipulo at bigotilyo.

Sabay sa uso. Kamot ng ulo.

Patay na nga yata ang awiting Pilipino.”

Steeltoe Boy

“Ang dami ng nagko-complain sa D.O.T. Ang saya kayang magresearch, magsulat, magdrowting at magbasa. Lumalawak ang aking kaalaman, kaisipan at wit. Konti lang siguro ‘yung tiyaga ng mga complainers. I Love Physics!”

Tiyaga Sa Physics

“Maugong sa TLF! Madalas ang pagbabahagi ng mgat kwentong medyo pang-Bagong Tiktik. At ang mga ganoong klase pa ng kwento ang maraming basa! Pero sabagay, masarap ang bawal.

Yeah, Think Green. Live Green.

Tatak Louisiano.”

Green Peace Files

KathNiel Wanna Be

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R a g e I n d e x S c o re : B i tter

“Hanep ‘yung DongYan Wedding! Pakitang-Yaman!

Tapos bestman pa nila si Pangulong Benigno. Tapos ang lakas makaangkin ng katagang “Royal Wedding.”

Tapos ang daming hikaos sa buhay. Walang forever.”

“contents” photo by Buttlog himself “sigaw! rage index” photos from the internet

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ON THE BRINK: Don’t cry baby, don’t cry.

WITH STAIN-AWAY FORMULA HEAVY GRINDING

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ayabang ka.

Ako, siya. Tayo. Lahat mayabang. Maraming konsepto ang saklaw ng pride. Taasnoo. Taas-kilay. Dangal. Paninindigan.

Kumpiyansa. Lakas ng loob. Tibay ng dibdib. Kapal ng mukha. Tangos ng ilong. Hangin. Ego. Saltik. Titik ng pagkalalaki. Panindang gulay at sauce ng spaghetti. Medalya. Medyas.

Kulangot na dinukot nang dapit-hapon at naaaninag ng bukang-liwayway at maski kuliti si gilagid at panga.Para sa lahat, mapa-dalubhasa ng pilosopiya at

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PRIDE ILLUSTRATION BY KHIM LAURENCE TUGAS

siyensiya o tirador ng naiiwang payong, pride is the drive. Pride ang nagsisilang at isinisilang sa kagustuhang tapusin ang isang bagay. Pride ang nagpapaalab sa damdaming, “Kaya ko ‘to!” Pride din minsan ang ugat ng lakas, at sa pagsuong sa mapagmatang lipunan, pride ang kalasag at kahinaan. Ito ang ipangtutuligsa’t ipanghaharang laban sa mga ideyang gustong kumitil sa iyo. Ito rin ang unang hahanapin at susubukang tapusin ng mga kalaban sa iyo para ika’y bumagsak.

Mark Lavarias

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How ironic.

Parehong pride ang pampatay at papatayin para ika’y patigilin. Pride ang dahilan kung bakit ka, ako, siya, tayo, lahat mayabang. Punong-puno ng pagkamakabayan at Filipino pride si dating Pangulong Fidel Ramos kaya niya ipinagawang wall art sa lahat ng public school sa Pilipinas ang kanyang mga katagang, “Taasnoo kahit kanino: tayo ay Pilipino.”

Bukod sa malaking bayad, Filipino pride din ang dahilan ni Pacquiao kaya siya lumalaban at nananalo. Sa karaniwang madla na buong-buo ang paninindigan sa Panginoon at natural na pagkabayani ng Pilipino, sapat na ang dangal na pinanghahawakan sa hindi panggugulang at pagnanakaw sa kapwa na siya namang ginagawa ng kung mga sinumang takam na takam sa pag-ubos ng mahiwagang kamote. Pride ng sinuman ang kung anuman ang kanyang marapating ipagmalaki: unang tikim, unang pasok, unang putok, huling yosi, huling pot session, pagpapatawad, Lamborghini, 99 sa Fluid Mechanics, kuliti sa panga, mabahong CR, malagkit na pader: walang hanggan ang listahan ng kung anong pwedeng ipagmalaki. Pride din ang isa sa dahilan kung bakit isinulat ang artikulong ito. Kasi kaya ko. Pride din ang dahilan kung bakit ka nagengineering. Kasi kaya mo. Dangal.

Paninindigan. Kumpiyansa. Lakas

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ng loob. Bravo. Talco. Mallillin.

Engineering.

Pero minsan hindi rin. Ilusyon lang ang baon mong pride. Kumbaga niliteral mo ‘yung sabong panlaba, “All you need is pride.” Parang lobo na hangin lang ang laman at ang gaan-gaan kahit halos pumutok na kasi masyadong maraming karga.

Pero hangin lang talaga. Delusyonal ka lang kaya mo nasabing kaya mo.

Maaaring napilitan ka o kasi uso kaya mo sinabing kaya mo. Pero, mahusay, dahil sa puntong iyon nagkaroon kayo ng sarili mo ng isang matinong usapan na kaya niyo. Ngunit matanong lang, nasaan na ang usapan? Pangako sa magulang na mag-aaral ng maigi ngunit araw at gabi nasa UG? Tapos sa pagsusulit hindi nakapaghanda kaya kapit sa katagang, “ang hindi kasya sa maliit na utak ilagay sa maliit na papel”? Tapos pagkabigay ng papel pumasa magyayabang sasabihin sa tropa, “ganito ang henyo ‘tol!”. Masasanay sa ganitong sistema kaya uulit-ulitin at kapag merong nanita magbibigay ng rasong, “parte ng pagiging estudyante ‘to, bro.”

Nakakamura. Dangal? Pwe.

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Ilusyon din ulit ang baon mong pride. Ilaw ng Nilaga. Bulalo kumbaga. Ang ganda ng advertising.

Nangingibabaw daw sa lahat ng nasa labas ng kabisera. Ngunit kung hihimasukin ang karga, wow, sa lakas ng phallic worship mapapasubo ka ng pagkadismaya. Sa panghi ng mga nasa dulong kwarto mapapagas-mask ka.

Mga aparatong since nayntinkopong-kopong, binabanderang sentro ng kagalingan nagmimistulang kasinungalingan. Gising kumpadre! Patunayang hindi ilusyon ang sinumpaang pangako ng inyong sarili! Madaling magmalaki ng sarili upang ibenta ang sarili, ngunit ang maliitin ang sarili upang wastuhin ang sarili, mahirap. Parang pag-inom ng green tea na may halong ampalaya at labanos. Ngunit ito ang kailangan ng nakararami paminsan-minsan.

Pagiging totoo sa sarili. Lifestyle and attitude check. Defying one’s self once in a while. Renewal of vows to the self. Tutal mayabang naman tayo lahat, kaya umpisahan na natin sa mga sarili natin.

“ Pride

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Mayabang ka.

“Happiness is how you make it happen.”

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ng saya ‘di ba?

Matalinong malakas na medyo mayabang na hindi madaling sumuko pero medyo mayabang talaga at madalas, maganda at gwapo pero may amoy ang ilan.

Isang maiksing paglalarawan sa mga mag-aaral na makakasalamuha sa loob ng maalamat na gusali ng alamat na si Otto Hahn. Magaling na sayantipiko si Otto Hahn, siya ang tinaguriang “Father of Nuclear Chemistry” pero hindi natin alam kung hindi rin siya naliligo gaya ng mga namamahay sa kaniyang gusali.

Humuhuni na ang mga ibon sa kakahuyan ng Bakakeng.

PHOTO BY JENIFFER BELGA

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A bomb threat story…

A Bomb Threat Story

MGA DELUSYON ‘NUNG ISANG DAPIT-HAPON By

By Jan Jan Christian Christian Mendoza Mendoza

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apon noon. Lumabas na ako dahil napansin ko na hindi productive ang pagtitig sa magandang kalangitan at iyong

silhouette (wow, umaasenso sa English) na nabuo noong mga sanga ng puno. Bakit nagmamadali ang mga tao at kunwaring nagpapanic habang iwinawagayway ang kanilang buhok sa saliw ng “Haba ng Hair”? Ewan ko kung

iniiwasan nila ang Angelus o sadyang nagmamadali lang sila.

Nakasalubong ko ang dalawa kong kaklase na tagaktak ang pawis; habang bumubula ang bibig sinabi nilang “May bomb threat daw. Kaya uwi na ang lahat.” “Ah, okay,” sabi ko. Medyo nakakainis ‘yung nag-threat ah.

Bakit hindi niya ginawang umaga para 7:30 pa lang, wala ng klase? Siguro busy siya at inaabangan niya ang paborito niyang palabas sa TV , ang Princess Sarah. Bakit hindi rin noong tanghali para sakto ang putukan sa labasan at pasukan? At bakit hapon kung kailan medyo kaunti na ang tao?

Siyempre hindi kami nagpatalo. Nakisama kami sa trend. Hawak-kamay kaming humakbang ng mabagal habang tumutugtog ang “Isang Pangarap” ni Angeline Quinto.

Dali-dali kaming naglakad, nag-tumbling, gumulong, nag-tumbling ulit, tumapak sa nagbabagang uling, gumapang sa mga bubog, nag-tumbling ulit at tumalon. Dapat ganoon ang drama kasi nga mala-action film ang tema at kailangan naming magmadali para hindi masabugan. Papalapit na kami sa main gate nang kami ay magpanic. Waaah! Malapit ng mag-six! Mag-i-angelus na! Hala! Titigil din ba ‘yung bomba? Baka masabugan tayo sa loob. Hindi ko pa naman tapos ang DOT ko. Paano na ang magandang bukas ahead?

Paano ko na ipapa-crush shout-out ang sarili ko? Paano na ako magla-like sa TLF? Paano? Waaah! (Mag-su-zoom in ang bidyo sa ngalangala ng kaklase ko at dahan-dahang masisilayan ang kanyang apdo at iba pang laman-loob.)

Ay bakit hindi nag-angelus? Ah basta, kailangan mo pa rin umalis para maipagpatuloy mo pa ang inyong lahi. Hindi rin

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Kailangan ko na bang kompyutin ang maximum horizontal at vertical displacement na mapapadparan ng mga lamang loob ko partikular na ang aking appendix using projectile motion?

Teka, selfie muna ah kasi maganda itong i-share sa friends online. Kailangan rin siyempre natin ng memorabilia bago masabugan; para sa burol may mapag-didiskitahan; at para may pang-throwback ang mga kamag-anak kasabay ng caption:” In memory of Pablo Print.

We miss you so mats. Mwah mwah tsup tsup. t Pakamusta kay San Pedro”.

Nakalabas na kami ng ligtas, kumpleto, walang galos at hindi naging gula-gulanit ang katawan. Pero bakit ang dami pa ring tao sa labas? Pati ba ang pagsabog blockbuster at kailangang pilahan? Ano yun, pagkasabog magsisigawan sila ng “Number one! Number one! Number one!”

BOOM PANIS: Yun nga napanis ‘yung boom. o kaya “Sana may part two”?

mawawala sa eksena ang mga Peeniss (Peeta & Katniss) loveteams o ‘yong pemepeg-ebeg na mga nilalang.

Lalake: Kahit anong mangyari, ako pa rin dapat ang papakasalan mo, oh sinta ko.

Babae: Kahit ano ring mangyari ikaw pa rin, oh aking iniirog, ang magiging taga-laba ng lampin ng mga anak natin.

Mabalik tayo sa pagpapasabog. Medyo naisipan kong bumalik at tulungan ang ating mga guwardiya sa paglilibot ng buong campus. Bakit? Para makalibot lang. Isama mo rin ang tsansang baka ‘pag nahanap ko ang bomba at napatigil ito sa pagsabog, gawaran ako ni Father President ng “Mr. Foundation Day 2014” award. Pero hindi eh.

Ayun at nakauwi na nga ako. Dali-dali ko itong kinuwento sa aking mga kaibigan at inabangan sa bintana ang pagsabog; ngunit, wala. Buti na lang at walang nasaktan. Salamat sa Poong Maykapal, sa producer at director ng mala-pelikulang ito, sa pitong dragonball, kay Elsa at sa armpit thermometer na ang sabi maghanda ng chicharon pagkatapos gamitin.

May bomb threat talagang naganap.

October 10, 2014. Pinalabas lahat ng estudyante ng SLU-Main alas-sais impunto.

Pramis, lahat kinabahan kahit walang sumabog.

No to terrorism. Yes to free Journalism.

ILLUSTRATION BY ROWELL KRISTOFFER SOTERO

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THE LASAGNA FRIES THE LITERATI

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nonimity.

In our generation today, it seems that it’s not that difficult to voice out whatever thoughts are in one’s head.

And we have social media to thank, of course. From viral videos to trending topics, these have become means of self-expression and opinion generation.

However, this freedom of outlooks has its downside, which is criticism. No matter how right you think your judgments are there would always be people who’d contradict you in every way they can.

This is one of the reasons why some, if not many, prefer to hide their identity and remain anonymous through the help of technology. Okay, so let’s get straight to the point here.

This article’s actually about these infamous Facebook pages of different universities, wherein one can share, confess, and rant about whatever with the benefit of anonymity. For many, it has been a free pass to reveal whatever deepest, darkest, and dirtiest secrets they have without having to endure direct judgment and ridicule.

You’d be amazed as to what extent these secrets could get.

There’s no denying that these pages have already affected some aspects within the universities one way or another.

These social network pages have become places for intellectual discussions, selfenlightenment, and engagement in sociopolitical relevant issues, or so I’ve read.

But I think what these particular pages are trying to do is to reflect the stories, in any category, say, personal issues, or faith, love that affects and shapes the school’s community. They somehow give light on the not-so-mainstream culture of each school. One very good example is that it broke the ‘heterosexual stereotype’ of relationships, which of course made the

community, which is primarily composed of students, more gender sensitive So what’s the negative aspect of these pages? For one, it somehow encourages confessors not to think before they post.

The promise of secrecy in their identities gives them guts to speak out whatever they want to without even having to think twice. Who’s going to judge them anyway right? From petty problems to stupid rants, they all post ‘em. Again, who’s going to judge? Oh right, there are readers and there are those who comment. Although these people remain unknown, it cannot be helped that there are people who mock and even end up cyber bullying others. Even some administrators of these pages take part.

Another, some serious rants and complaints are also posted. Instead of going to the right authorities, people would rather post them in social media. Who would help or fix the problem? The page admins?

They are merely moderators who bridge your woes and dilemmas for the world to read and remark on. These pages are not entirely bad but not entirely good as well. It’s just that some thoughts are far better said out loud, some are better kept. Those who hide under pseudonyms or behind computer screens hide contemplations bigger than their identities. Those who choose to express freely and not anonymously are bold and worth listening to, although some are fools who cannot even “Google first before Tweeting”.

What’s my point? Well I could have posted all these as a confession in Facebook, but I chose to write it here simply because I can.

Vanessa Dacumos

worse “ What’s is that you may end up being bashed and judged

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This may be my last article as a Butthead. I would simply like to thank everyone who had been part of my journey in college. I’m also glad to have been part of this awesome publication in this awesome school. Bibo SEA!

“A d a y o f s i l e n c e i s f a r b e t t e r t h a n a m o u t h f u l o f t r a s h ta l k s . “

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HUWAG LAGING MCDO: Sa paligid ng SLU, maraming masasarap na kainan mula sisigan hanggang siomaian.

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ANG TAMANG DAAN SA KUNTENTONG TIYAN The mega top destination places

By CORRINE ANDAWI & JOFFA DERICKA RAGUINDIN

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iiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! Ang sabi ng pamilyar na tunog ng batingaw. Ayan na. Sunud-sunod nang nagigising ang mga dalubhasang matulog sa klase. Napabuntong-hininga ka na rin kasi hindi ka natawag sa recitation gamit ang class card. Oo, matapos ang ilang oras ng pagpapainit ng upuan – sa wakas, nakalaya ka na rin. Natapos na rin ang kalahating araw. Nabagsak ka sa quiz? Hindi tinanggap ang pinaghirapan mong group report? Lima ang quiz mo bukas at may mga kasama pang pahirap na assignment times 2 times 2 times 2? Who cares? Gutom ka na at ang tangi mo lang naiisip ay si Ellen Adarna ay este pagkain pala.

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Mhmmmmmm, malinamnam, makatas, magata. Mga makapigil-hiningang mga pagkain. ‘Yan ang hanap ng kumakalam mong tiyan. Maamoy mo man ang “langhap-sarap” na panghi ng palikuran ng mga lalaki o ang anghit ng mga hindi naliligong nakatambay sa hallway, who cares? Gutom ka na nga talaga eh.

Pero ‘nung palabas ka na ng Otto Hahn, teka. Aguray Pards. Pause. Bigla mong tinanong ang iyong sarili. Saan? Saan ako pupunta? Sa dinami-rami-rami-raming kainan sa paligid ng ating mahal na Unibersidad ng San Luis, saan ko mahahanap ang pinakamasayang unang subo at lamutak ng ooooh, pagsabog ng sobrang kasarapan? Hindi ka makapagpasya kung saan dahil sa oras, layo, badyet, lasa at haba ng pasensya mo. Gumagalaw ang oras.

Baka maabutan ka pa ng susunod mong asignatura na huli ka lang ng isang minute pagkatapos tumunog ng unang batingaw ay deretso na agad sa SAO. Kung pwede lang humingi ng pabor kay Lord na: ‘Paki-hinto po muna ang takbo ng oras, please?’ pero, saan nga ba?

Kung nagpapanic ka na kasi wala ka talagang maisip at magwawala na ang halimaw mo sa tiyan, huwag ng mag-alala. Hindi namin sagutin ang iyong isang linggong labada! Andito na ang sagot sa iyong mga katanungan: JJ Option A+) SOLEDAD’S (Ang Food Initiation sa Pagiging Full-Pledged SEAn) May GG sa mga grado – check. ‘Di marunong magdrawing pero nag-engineering – check. Naranasan magdala ng T-Square, Tech pen at triangles – check. Humablot nalang ng kahit anong damit dahil mahuhuli na sa unang asignatura – check. Isa na lang ang kailangan para maging full-pledged SEAn, at ‘yun ay ang unang tikim sa Soledad’s!

Sure pass ka talaga sa lasa ng bawat subo ng pork chop, at sa sobrang sarap hindi mo aakalain na magiging lubos na ang iyong

pagkahumaling matapos ang ilang dine-in.

Siksikan man kapag titignan sa labas, pagpasok mo naman ay ready to serve you na ang mga staff. Sabi nga sa isang article noong nakaraang magazine, para kang pinatawad ng Diyos ang lasa sa Soledad’s.

Gusto mo ng thrill? Just add ketchup on your soy and kalamansi. Pangako, ibang antas ng nirvana ang iyong matitikman lalo na kapag ang paborito mong pork chop ang ulam. May bonus soundtracks ka ring maririnig kapag sa Soledad’s ka kumain. Saaaaabbbaaaww! Maysa nga bopis ken mountain deewww! Saaaaabbbaaawww!

JJ Option A) LAXAMANA’S DINER (Ang upgraded na kainan) Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner (BLD) availability ang Lax’ Diner. Tabi ito ng Zagu at kailangan munang mag-ninja moves sa upuan dahil sa kakulangan minsan ng upuan sa dami ng mga parokyano. Sizzling sisig ang langit dito, pero ingat lang, baka mapaso sa hotness. Hindi didikit ang amoy ng sisig sa iyong damit dahil na rin sa magandang ventilation ng kainan – so walang dapat ipag-alala ang mga jeproks con jologs. Dito mo rin mapapansin na may Extra Rice Scheme na nangyayari dahil kay daming ulam pero ang kanin ay konti lang! Bas-sit ti inapoy! Mababasa niyo rin ang linyang, “The new life starts from every day” – pampagana pa sa buhay.

JJ Option B) TITA MEL’S (Filipino Hospitability and Honesty) Mura ang mga pagkain at walang kailangang kunin. Feeling hari at reyna ang peg dahil lahat ibibigay na sayo, siguraduhin lang na makahanap ng pwesto dahil overpopulation din ang matinding drama sa kainang ito.

Ika’y sisilbihan with a smile that will make you forget the 65’s, the heartbreaks, the carelessness and the hunger. Lutong bahay ang mga ulam pero hindi pahuhuli sa sarap. For ventilation

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purposes din, may electric fan na hindi mo alam kung nananadyang ilipad ‘yung tissue mo sa plato ng katabi mo para lang mabitin ka sa bawat lamon mo. Makaka-order ka rin ng extra rice with sarsa and toppings. Sa’n ka pa?

Sa sobrang hospitable nila, kakain ka lang sa kanila, may mainit-init kang “Thank you” ka pang matatanggap kahit sila ang kumikita.

JJ Option C) BETOLANYO 7 FOOD HAUZ (The Long Line) Dito masusubok ang haba ng iyong tiwala sa sarili at pasensya dahil sa haba ng pila pero sa huli sulit naman. “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet”, sabi nga ni Jean Jacques Rousseau. ‘Di patatalo ang Buttered Chicken nila na nagpapatigil ng oras – naubos man ang ginintuang oras mo sa pila. No worries. No worries. Ngunit kung sa second floor ka kakain ay iyong mapapansin ang dambuhalang teddy bear na mukhang ‘di na nilalabhan. Out of place ba ka mo, lalo na kapag gabi at kayo lang ang nasa second floor - it seems like the bear is staring at you with its black eyes and gives you the feel, “I’m watching you.”

Option D) GATE FOUR (Pantawid Gutom) Badyet mo ba ay ‘di mabadyet kahit budget meal na nga? Walang problema. Andyan ang tagtipid meals na nagbibigay ng laman sa kumakalam na tiyan – ang siomai, corndog and the likes na pwede ng ulamin kasama ng kanin. May choices pa – mapa-Japanese, pork, sharksfin, o mapa-chicken? Gorabels! Corndog or super corndog? ‘Yung malaki na ah. May burger din – subukan mo. Buy one take one para sa’yo at sa anino mo.

Gate Four always to the rescue – hindi na kailangan lumayo para mag-main gate o canteen!

Burrrp! Ayos na ba ang mga kilabots sa tiyan? Mabuti naman! Dapat nga lang tandaan, wag idaan lahat sa lamon, kung ayaw mong ang pitaka mo naman ang magutom!

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ello sa jubelita! Ariana Grande na to the max ang pag-Julanis Morisette sa pang-ookray, pangtetembangbang, at pag-iintriga ng inyong Mother Beki, ang reyna ng mga Bekimon sa bagong Thomas Edison ng SINETCH ITEY. Sa sobrang lupet ng mga eyes ng Mother Beki niyo, mas malaki pa sa Anaconda ni Nicki Minaj ang na-Julie Andrews ng mudra niyo.

Handa na ba kayo mga juding sa mga bu-Bulgar-Tiktik sa mga eyelets niyo? Hala, sige!

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INETCH ITEY isang instructor na Jumajanno Gibbs ng calling card para magbigay ng Liberty OJT sa mga klasmarurut mong girlaloo. In fairness, ang da moves ng instructor na itey ay pa-impress sa mga Bruhilda Koronel na nag-kakanda ugaga na sa OJT nila. Pero don’t forget froglet na modus nitey na instructor ay ang pumickup-sticks ng majojowabells.

Kaya jingat jingat lang mga beki ha, wag papaTouch Mobile, majirap na!

Tawagin na lang natin siya sa pangalang, Mr. Call Me Maybe.

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INETCH ITEY mga jubelitang SEAn na nagdekwat ng sign na “STOP & PRAY THE ANGELUS”.

Julie Andrews ang mga vaklitang itey na nagDora the Explorer sa isang guard house at dahil Cathy Molina ang peg ng hands, slowly but surely na nai-Lydia de Vega ang signsung. Sa mga jubelitang itey, ano namang Lady Gagawin niyo sa itey, pamaypay a la Nina Ricci lang teh? Yung totoo?!

Tawagin na lang natin sila sa pangalang, Baguio Angels.

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INETCH ITEY mga SEAn na pa-B.I. lang ang peg. Paano ba naman, etong mga juding na itey, gawing big time ash tray ang Otto Hahn after nilang mag-bugarette sa 6th floor.

Aney gumora sa mindsung ng mga bakla at alam na ngang No Subaratchi ang school eh. Ang malupet pa mga bakla, ginawern nila itey nung sembreak kaya waley jutaw sa 6th floor.

Problemado ba kayo mga vading? Sige, push mo yan at nang maha-vern ang lungsung niyo! Tawagin na lang natin sila sa pangalang, Ashton Kutcher.

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INETCH ITEY isang estuding leader kuno at feelingsung lider lideran kuno pero waley naman ang powers. Ka-irita Avila itong estuding na itey kasi di man maistanbul ang isang happening sa SLU. Luz Valdez lalo ang powers nung nag-alitaptap ang past na beki queen. Thank you biri mats ala Mommy D ang mga vaklush sa SLU dahil havemos fafam ang beki queen sa org nila.

Itago natin ang Luz Valdez sa linyang Moon Crystal Power dahil sa waley nung gabi para magpabongga by night. Codename? Bebelove.

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INETCH ITEY facundo sa SEA na natsitsismis na magfoforgora bells na raw sa Game of Thrones niya.

Itong voltron papa na kahit Portugal na, eh close to our heart pa rin, ay natsitsismis na mage-Elsa ang peg dahil Let It Go na raw. Is it real, is it real? I don’t knowables yet for sure, pero maeexchange gift daw si Voltron Papa ng isang pudra-bells sa same department. Note mga bading, tsismis pa lang itey. Pero if ever trulaloo itern, I’ll text yo mama!

Let’s call him na lang, Ang Huling Berdugo.

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subject was known as radio engineering, and it was only in the late 1950’s that the term electronics engineering started to emerge.

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magine your everyday routine.

Your smartphone begins to alarm like your nagging mom at exactly six. You immediately open your custom-gaming laptop to continue an unfinished homework you have last laid your eyes upon last night. You blast on your high-fidelity speakers in the bathroom while dancing to pop and hip-hop. Then you grab your latest G-Shock just before going to school as part of your daily necessity.

You are living in a fast-paced world. You learn that technology is pervasive. Change is rapid. Gadgets get smaller and smaller by the minute, yet becoming more and more powerful.

This is the future. Limitless. This is Electronics Engineering.

ECE, NOT EASY Dubbed as one of the courses in the Philippines that prides the hardest Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) board exam, this five-year degree program directs an individual to impulsively “play the future”.

Electronics engineering is one real flexible engineering discipline. A degree holder can even breach the fields and subsets of electrical and computer engineering, including information technology, software development, and computer science.

STARTUP Electronics engineering first sprang from subsequent leaps on technological advancements in the radio, telephone, and telegraph back in the 1800’s. People were fascinated by radio transmission back then, and the power “broadcasting” has brought in the period before World War I. The modern discipline encompasses the development of radar, sonar (sound), communication systems, and advanced ammunitions and weapon systems. The

“If it’s technology, it’s definitely electronics engineering.”

The discipline uses theoretical and practical knowledge concerning the development of electronic components, devices, systems, or equipment, such as in printed circuit boards (PCB’s), transistors, resistors, and integrated circuits (I.C.’s), that uses electricity as part of its driving force.

The local profession was originally termed to as electronics and

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communications engineering (EcE), and was contracted to electronics engineering in accordance with the 2015 ASEAN Integration, but the program still inherently impulses “communications engineering”.

A degree in EcE promises to equip knowledge within the subfields of extensive engineering, including those that deal with the design of electronic and communication circuits, in broadcast and acoustics technology, computer networks and hardware, instrumentations engineering, telecommunications systems, and industrial automation.

MAFIA OF THE HI-TECHS IEEE, pronounced as “eye-triple-e”, stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It is the world’s largest professional association “dedicated

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to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity”.

The IEEE claims to produce 30 percent of the world’s literature in electrical and electronics engineering, has over 370,000 members, and holds more than 450 IEEE sponsored or co-sponsored conferences worldwide each year.

In the Philippines, the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP), Inc. surges the empowerment of local electronics engineers to be globallycompetitive and showcase their technical development towards the paradigm of excellence.

WORTH THE FUTURE Electronics Engineers are in great demand in industries locally and internationally, particularly in the United States, the bulk of Europe, and the Middle East.

In the Philippines, an entry-level engineer in the maritime industry earns 50,000 PhP monthly as starting salary. A newly graduate product or test engineer, and network specialists are paid around 35,000 PhP monthly in greater Manila, and are promised great leaps in career growth and promotion, including benefits and cumulative bonuses.

In the U.S., average instrumentation and control engineers earn an average 74,000 USD (275,000 PhP monthly), a telecommunications engineer 92,000 USD (350,000 PhP monthly), and senior engineers and consultants can break the glass up to 500,000 PhP monthly, excluding taxes and other work bonuses.

Three distinctions are given by the PRC to viable electronics and communications enthusiasts in the Philippines. Registered Electronics Technicians (EcT), Electronics Engineers (EcE), and Professional Electronics Engineers (PEcE) are awarded to successful examinees who have proven their dedication and specialization in at least 2-year study, 5-year study, and 7-year practice as a registered EcE, respectively.

Sources: IEEE.org, indeed.com, payscale.com, eee.upd.edu.ph, iecep-national.org, RA 9292

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QUEENS THAT TURN THE TIDES

by Gamaliel Roi Aquino & Nathaniel Pasiliao

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re you thinking what I’m thinking? Yeah I know— “Sirens”, those creatures that are so hot and beautiful even their voice makes you crave for more. Unfortunately, those who don’t really know who the SEAreynas are might be thinking the same thing by now. But the truth is, they are the SEA Men’s Volleyball Team, and they have come to bring the same in the seas of the volleyball court.

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The SEAreynas are known for their uniqueness and what they can do on the court. Unlike the sirens who swim the seas, they swim the court. One of the most unique and unusual things that happen every game on the court is whenever all of their frontliners hold their hands high and pitch their screams high.

Other teams consider this as an annoying act and may somehow be meant to; but for the SEA community, it’s awesome. The team does not only make the game more exciting but also strives to lift the burdens and remove the stresses and sorrows of their co-SEAns as they watch them play their hearts out. Everybody in this team is significant. From Michael Jordan’s principle, said; “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships”, this team became a team who’s playing inside the court that it’s no longer the spiker or the setter or the libero who is recognized but rather a play of collaborative effort.

DOWN THE DEEP WATERS As we all know SEA has been winning most of the games in most of the past intramurals until now, one of those games is volleyball and our representatives really gives their best. The SEAreynas have been triumphant ever since and have been claiming the team name since last year’s intramurals. The name doesn’t really imply that the team has similarities with “Sirens” but is actually based from the song

by Filipino artist Gloc9 when it hit the OPM billboard. However, we all know that the song’s title eventually became a bully-word towards gays and this led the Team captain to convert it into a name worth standing for that in many ways will empower their mindset and courage as complements of their existence. Since they represent the School of Engineering and Architecture, the name became SEAreyna from the words “SEA” and “Reyna” totally improving the meaning and brings most to their benefit. Although the name directly hints superiority, the team says that it was not meant to, only that queens are beautiful persons and they think that SEA, too, are beautiful in their own ways.

The Intramurals this year have already been concluded, and the SEAreynas have failed to reach the surface. The tides have been low this time. There is no one to blame, for we all know that the

BLOOD & GOLD: SEA VS SABM will always be classic and superb.

SEAreynas have yet again showed their prowess in the games and even got the upper hand, but the tides didn’t agree with it. The team has accepted the defeat and acknowledged that SABM played better this time, which is very disappointing in everyone’s part.

The good thing that happened here is that it was a good game, where the SEAreynas played at their best only that SABM did better. For the SEAreynas, the important thing is that the SEA crowd roars every time they make points. It also tells us that by the number of SEAns who sacrificed their time to watch and cheer, there is unity in SEA. “There is ONE-SEA kahit walang forever!”

The SEAreynas do not fear failure; instead they turn the negative situation into a positive one. Amidst the defeat and disappointments, it is still a good thing to think about that the SEAreynas still reached that far.

They may not have won the game, but they won friends.

Now that SABM holds the crown, the SEA community can hold on to their hopes and expect a better game next year. It would surely be a game worth watching as we see our SEAreynas avenge themselves of what was taken from them.

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ng marunong magmarunong at ang magaling magmagaling, andito upang harapin ang mga katanungang kahit sa Google, ‘di mahanap ang kasagutan. Mga isyung walang kasiguraduhan, mga hinaing na walang kinikilingan at mga usaping walang katuturan, sasagutin ni Buttlog, ang hermitanyo ng Otto Hahn!

Dear Buttlog,

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anggang ngayon, ‘di pa rin ako sigurado sa course ko. Si Papa at Mama kasi parehas na engineer, kaya pine-pressure nila ako na gayun rin ang maging course ko. Eh sa totoo lang mahina po ako sa math. 2nd year na po ako at parang nahihintakutan ako sa mga kwento ng higher years tungkol sa majors. Alam ko sa loob ko na hindi ko kaya. Ano po gagawin ko?

Lubos na nalilito,

Boy Diskarte Patatas

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uttlog: Kausapin mo ng mabuti ang mga magulang mo, hijo.

Kinabukasan mo ang pinag-uusapan dito, hindi kanila. Walang magulang ang itatanggi ang kaligayahan ng kanilang anak.

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isoPilosopo: Sang-ayon ako kay Buttlog, ngunit naniniwala akong hindi makatarungan na aminin mo sa sarili mong mahina ka sa isang bagay, o na hindi mo ito kaya – gayong ‘di mo pa ito nasusubukang gawin.

Kung simula palang suko ka na, hindi ka magtatagumpay sa kahit anong asamin mo sa buhay.

NAINIS, NATUWA, O NATUTO KA BA SA’MIN? LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! (fb.com/thebuttress)

Dear Buttlog,

Dear Buttlog,

akapila na naman ako sa Guidance ngayong enrolment. Dami ko nanamang bagsak. Pero ang masakit sa lahat, yung subject na limang beses ko nang kinukuha sa parehas na instructor. Nag-aaral naman ako.

Nagsa-submit ng requirements. Bihira na nga lang absent ko. “It’s not you, it’s me” ba yung issue? Help!

no pong masasabi nyo tungkol sa forever? Meron po ba talaga o wala? I need an answer please, para matahimik na akoooo.

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uttlog: Baka kulang pa ang effort mo. Naibigay mo na ba ang lahat?

Try mo mag-alay ng kambing kay San Miguel. Baka pumapasok ka nga, late naman. O present ka physically, pero nagta-time travel isipan mo. Try mo pumasok, kahit holiday. O ‘pag nagsubmit ka ng requirements yung kahit ¼ piece of paper lang, may cover page at sliding folder pa. Ganun.

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isoPilosopo: Walang matigas na tinapay sa mainit na kape. Walang mahirap ipasang subject sa mapagpursigeng estudyante. Pero wag ka namang pumasok ng holiday. OA na yun. Sayang lang ligo mo, hija.

MUNGKAHI? ISTORYA? REKLAMO? IMENSAHE MO KAMI! thebuttress@gmail.com

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uttlog: Sabi nila dati, ang mundo ay patag. Hanggang sa pinatunayan ni Copernicus na ang mundo ay bilog. Sabi rin nila dati, mundo ang sentro ng Universe.

Ngunit napatunayan ni Galileo na ang araw ang sentro ng solar system at hindi ng Universe. Walang makapagsasabi kung meron o wala ngang forever, sa kadahilanang wala pang nakapagpapatunay kung meron o wala nga ito.

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isoPilosopo: Pero kung paniniwalaan mo si Ed Sheeran, wala talagang forever.

Hanggang 70 lang. Nasa sa’yo na kung nais mong patunayan ang existence ng forever. Unahan nalang tayo – hanapin mo ang forever, hahanapin ko ang pitong Dragonballs.

GUSTO MO NG MINU-MINUTONG CHIKA? Sorry wala pa kami sa twitter.

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LOVE EVERY STEP: Find the right person who will love you no matter what.

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etter arrive late than ugly. I mean, right? You wouldn't want to get all those stares from people in the campus and see the looks on their faces that say, "I don't think anyone can be uglier" or "Ew. Why'd she wear that?" So maybe you'd rather spend five more short minutes on your lipstick, or your concealer, or your foundation, or your eyebrows, or your eyelashes, or maybe your shirt doesn't look so good with your jeans, so you change again, and oh, the shoes, the shoes are a disaster with those jeans, so you look for another pair, and oh you forgot to brush your teeth, so you do, and you re-apply your lipstick, and wait you forgot to conceal that small dark spot on your cheek, and your hair, omigod your hair, and the five short minutes become ten, then fifteen, and then, well, you're late for class. But who cares? At least you look good when you enter your classroom's door and

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close it noisily and you interrupt the whole class but you make up for it by providing them an actual piece of work that they can look at as you stand by the door for three seconds longer than necessary. Really, right?

Who cares?

Actually, I care. I care too much that it annoys me that there are people like this who go to college. How many likes do your pictures get on Facebook? Instagram?

Your captions and status updates are even wrong in sentence construction. Do you think that for every 300 likes on your profile picture, you get 5 more units to your intelligence quotient? I don't think it works like that. So tone down the number of selfies, hon, because my newsfeed is so full of your face and I'm not liking any one of them anymore.

Okay, that was harsh (was it?). I apologize, but I still get disappointed by people who go to school for fame's sake-

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-girls and boys and LGBT members alike. I just do not understand why you let your parents pay your XX,XXX worth tuition fee and aim to make the Otto Hahn and Perfecto corridors your own runway. Why not the library's corridors? Anyway, how are your grades? Did you promise your parents you'd do well when they bought you that pair of Nike Roshe, or that pocket tee you bought and brought all the way from Manila? Or was it that iPhone 6 you're sporting, or that oversized tablet that you're carrying by your arms? Or maybe it's the Jansport, the red one? Or the one with the galaxy print? Or the one you used last week? I don't know, but maybe all those are not enough for you to do well on your academic subjects.

Why's your haircut like that, anyway?

You look like an oversized mutilated pineapple.

I'm not blaming these people for wanting these things. I mean, they're trends. I want those things too, and I don't want to be a hypocrite about it, but at least I don't want them that bad that I don't contribute financially to our group projects just so I can save me some money for my own pair of Janoski. To be honest, I really have no problem with people who dress very nicely in school. It's just that there are those whose personality are so poor that they had to make up for it through their physical appearance. Sad thing, right? If only our personalities and characteristics were directly proportional to our appearances, maybe then we would have a relatively easy time in understanding how directly proportional forces are presented graphically.

I'm not judgmental. Okay, maybe I am a little bit. It's just that these people who put too much attention on their appearance and allot very little time on their academic performance repulse me whenever I see them along the corridors of our school buildings.

And one more repulsing thing is they become the worst cases of narcissism ever encountered by mankind, so what happens is that they think they are better than everyone else because of the greater advantage they have on physical attractiveness.

But how's that going to help you five, or perhaps ten years from now? You'll lose your looks when you get older. How will you make up for all the time you lost when you were deciding what to wear or where to party so you can show off your very nice and expensive get-up, when you should have spent that time studying or making your assignments or takehome quizzes so you can actually learn something in your chosen course?

I hope that you are not shallow enough to not understand what this article is about. One day people wouldn’t care about your looks or the way you dress up. Maybe now you still get flattered when someone expresses their attraction to you, but that’s all there is. People don’t fall in love with your physical appearance.

They fall in love with the totality of you as a person. They only get attracted with your looks, but that’s your disadvantage. You don’t know

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when someone says they love you just so they can get under your pants, or just because they want to share with your fame (or Facebook likes). But one day, the right person will accept you for who you really are, even without all those layers of makeup or expensive clothes or six-pack abs. They will see you beyond all that. They will see the person hiding behind that beautiful mask, and they will see all your flaws, and they will still love you because you are still worth loving. And that is how this article tragically turned into something about love.

Okay, no. Just no. It’s not my problem whether you find the right person. My problem is if you can actually contribute something to our knotty society besides your edited pictures on Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and wherever else you post them. There are more important things to think about than how you’ll know if that person will be the one to give you a forever, like, say, your stability five or ten years from now.

Are you going to be that person who still depends on his or her parents at 25 years old? What do you want to achieve in life besides getting a thousand likes on your latest profile picture, or getting three boyfriends or girlfriends at a time? Maybe it’s time that you prioritize things and start thinking about getting a real life.

Okay? Peace out. LOL.

time “ It’s to think things through

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WAKASAN ANG PORN

SUPILIN ANG DAMDAMING HAYOK SA LAMAN.

Tigilan na ang pagdepende sa panandaliang kaligayahan.

Tama na ang pagsasayang ng enerhiya sa pagnanasang garapalan.

We can rise above the lust.

We can rise above sexual immorality.

Dahil ang kapangyarihan ay nasa ating mga kamay.

“ Wh e n l i f e k n o c k s y o u d o w n , r o l l o v e r , a n d l o o k a t t h e s ta r s ”

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CONNECTING THE CLASSIC TO THE SEAN PRIDE

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tto Hahn. I don’t know him too, but maybe every engineering student who has an imaginary degree in philosophy will say “Duh, he’s that person in the painting and is named for the building”. If you say so then how come Otto Hahn was for the engineering building when Ferdinand Porsche is more appealing? We all know that most SEAns survive without taking a bath, then can we even assume he does too? Ha! Now you’ve got yourself wondering.

Most of you have seen him in that painting like the ones in every other building. Some know him, several don’t. Others just don’t care, others, worse. But to be fair, Otto Hahn a.k.a. “The father of nuclear chemistry” was a German chemist, researcher, a pioneer, Nobel Prize winner and is even an influential man during World War II. Sounds like a celebrity huh? Well more like a SEAn then. But like some of us, Otto Hahn at the age of 15 already became interested in chemistry and continued to journey

on until he received his doctorate in Organic Chemistry. His father actually wanted him to take Architecture but Otto decided to follow what he likes and that makes one quality we SEAns have. After discovering some new radioactive elements, Otto discovered a phenomenon that would someday be the basis of great power. That is of course the discovery of Nuclear Fission.

Then he won the Nobel Prize in 1944 and became a well-known person.

Now that you know a simple background about the man, one thing

you should know is that he is a scientist specifically a chemist and not an engineer. Most scientists seem more of a loner and geeky than engineers that tinker. Scientists will say “Hm, that’s weird. I want to understand why that happens.”

Engineers will say “Hm, that’s a problem. I bet I can make this better.

However, there are lots of similarities that Otto Hahn and we SEAn’s share. One of the most obvious trait about engineering students is being sociable.

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That’s right, we have friends and not just same engineering buddies but also friends from other Schools and courses. Although history may not mention Otto Hahn as the sociable type, he still had friends and they were a significant part in all of his discoveries.

You think Otto discovered nuclear fission alone? Well that shouldn’t be a big deal but his friend Fritz Strassmann was with him and together finally came something big. Seems like Otto was not a loner after all and admit it, you can’t always work by yourself and be successful especially in engineering. One of the characteristics we have that makes us distinct from others is our sense of humor and Otto did too. Otto Hahn having a good common sense also had an impish humor according to his friends. Imagining Calculus under Professor Hahn maybe interesting with his kind of humor.

In engineering, students will find themselves at one point being a nerd and a geek especially when it comes with our mathematical and scientific abilities. When we explain some processes that includes terms too deep, people start thinking “this one’s a nerd” and then we realize it’s true. There’s no problem to that actually. Look at Otto and his fission madness, doesn’t neutrons and proton stuff sound geeky to you? In reality, Otto may seem to be like us.

Whenever SEA is mentioned in a conversation, others think about that hipster looking guy holding a T-square, living a subtle and solitary life. However, this was not the case for Otto. Like a normal SEAn, he was also an active man and joined different groups. His personality is not limited to just being a scientist, because he also had other talents which he chose to offer in the organizations he served. Just like SEA, we are not limited to our mathematical prowess but we also have several different skills that makes us very creative in solving our problems. One is a musician, another an athlete, some join clubs while some draw or paint, some even sculpt and some write. The quality that makes an engineer is his ability to solve problems creatively.

An engineering student can never be called an engineer someday if he/she is lazy. is personality is not limited to just being We usually procrastinate and even forget about taking a bath a scientist, because he also had other for a while, and Otto was just as same before. He was never talents which he chose to offer in the a lazy person and his work was simultaneously successful. organizations he served.”

Studying somehow gets dull and hopeless especially for 5(or more) years and you were never really interested in the first place.

That’s why Otto chose Chemistry over Architecture because its more interesting for him.

At some point in our college life, all those 5 years of perseverance and hard work will somehow bear their fruit someday if we choose to be like Otto Hahn who followed what he liked. You can call an engineering student a nerd or a geek, but who’s the boss after 20 years? Look at Otto who was obsessed with chemistry during his teenage years but eventually became famous because of his discovery. Otto was not just remembered but also became significant, not because of his achievements but for his character as a whole. We will become engineers someday because of our unique personalities that helped us surpass college with creativeness. Life in school may be like hell and those five desperate years to get a degree may be too much, but remember to start looking at the painting on the wall for a moment and remember that Otto Hahn made it out successfuly. Maybe after finishing 5 or even more years of hell, Heaven might actually be for real.

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ducation is a staple part of the average person’s life. Unlike in the Middle Ages, when education was only for the select few and privileged individuals, nowadays, education might actually be thought of as a right – a Godgiven right that every man came to possess by virtue of their birth. As it is, however, every right has a responsibility attached to it.

An obligation. Seeing things in this light, we can say that education is something that we actually owe to this world. Something that we owe to our forefathers as well as to our progeny. We are ‘obligated’ to preserve our ancestors’ hard-earned achievements, and along with it, eradicate the wrong they’ve committed. We are to pass along the secrets of survival to the next generation and with it, a chance to undo the things we have done, are doing, and will do in the future. We are the middle ground – the mediators between the days past and future beyond. We are expected to be better than the previous generation and be good enough for the next ones to lay their foundation on. We must be. Should be. But how?

History would teach us that the more intellectually cultivatted a civilization is, the more likely it will flourish. And that’s why the concept of education has become an institution that no sane society could bear to part with. Education – learning – that’s the key to survival.

Which finally brings us to the point of all this rambling – what then, is education?

We willingly exchange time, money, and every available resource there is in order to acquire it. Those hard-earned points. Those

line of 9’s that are worth more than just a few sleepless nights. That diploma. That certificate that enunciates to the world that you are an educated being. A qualified individual.

But did you learn anything? Do those papers accurately measure your worth as a person? Those numbers in your Transcript of Records must account for something, right? Maybe yes, maybe no. But either way, you’re just scraping the tip of the iceberg. Seemingly, the superficials and the fundamentals are being interchanged and the essence of true education is shrouded by the absurd practice of minimalism.

You review. You study. Just to pass.

Just to get that diploma – that license. Just to get a job.

Just to survive.

That’s not so wrong – after all, survival is the most basic, most primal end game of the human race… but it isn’t entirely right either. This is what being a minimalist means. You settle for less even though you have all the potentials in this world to be the best – all because of your own twisted interpretation of the relatively simple concept of education.

To learn.

That’s all there is to it. To know the answers to our questions. To understand for the sake of enlightenment. To absorb knowledge as part of ones’ self and not just as part of school work. To be better. To reach and break through one’s potential. In an ideal world, that is – would be, learning.

And everything else shall follow - the merits, the diploma, the dream job.

Sad thing is, people of the present are

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too hard-pressed by the demands of society. So much that we no longer care about the process, as long as we get the end result. That diploma. That dream job. That’s why learning loses substance.

Learning becomes just another means to an end goal, instead of it being the goal itself. That is reality.

But why should we let that stop us?

We define our reality, and not the other way around. We set our own standards.

We set our own ideals. The only way to move forward as a race is to keep on raising the bar, bit by bit and overcome it as we go.

And we can only do this once we break out of the shackles of our ignorance – through understanding the real concept behind education.

Learning.

“ E v e r y t h i n g c o m e s t o y o u at t h e r i g h t m o m e n t. B e pat i e n t. “

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volume 19 issue no. 1 The Buttress is the Official Student Publication of the School of Engineering and Architecture of Saint Louis University, Baguio City. The Buttress magazine is regularly published once every school year. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner in whole or part in English or other languages is prohibited. Member of the College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines (CEGP). Printed by Crystal Printers & General Merchandise, Room 300, 3rd floor, Dangwa Terminal Bldg., Baguio City 2600. Funded by KASAMA/SSC 2014-2015.

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Staffwriters Riezee Mae Dela Cruz Ruth Chris De Vera Miguel Martinez Kurt Russel Cayabyab Ramil Ferrer Jr.

Junior Staff Photojournalists Krizia Ann De Peralta Katrina Martinez Layout Artists Rowell Kristoffer Sotero Diego Antonio Castro John Rhey Pengosro

Cartoonists Joren Remiendo Dan Lawrence Calixto Pia Corazon Estillore Antonie Labasan Dranreb Karl Manzano Ane Janelle Muena Aaron James Tiangco Ernest Jude Amparo Glen Comeda Khim Laurence Tugas

Staffwriters Alexandra Janine Caranto Nathaniel Pasiliao Joffa Derricka Raguindin Gamaliel Roi Aquino Corinne Andawi Cartoonists Alexandrea Lean Galvez Kimberly Rodriguez Noel Renan Domingo Jomar Ulanday Jerlyn Talosig Senior Staff Photojournalists Hannah Grace Galban Kriskyrill Dann Martinez Shaira Vinoya Jesson Madugay Yzel Glen Acevedo Lauren Klein Estrada May Christelle Gagaoin Jan Kelly Tabile

Section Editors and Heads

Head Photojournalist Jennifer Belga Head Layout Artist Margarette Faith Cayao Head Cartoonist Emmanuel Ian Enabe Sports Editor Gerald Turqueza Features Editor Joven Cancino Literary Editor Jan Christian Mendoza DevCom Editor Vanessa Dacumos Entertainment Editor Shackile Ally Asuncion News Editor Mae Camille Manangdang

midst all the pain, to University President Rev. we will all find a Father Jessie M. Hechanova, handful of bliss to CICM; to SEA Dean Engr. carry on where our dirtBonifacio I. Dela Pena and stained faces will be washed to motherly Associate Dean on and our smelly clothes Engr. Cynthia L. Posadas, fabcon-ed.

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by Dean Mr. Gil S. Espiritu, accomplishing this magaAssociate Dean Mr. Andrew zine; to our parents, because S. Macalma, and Associate we will never look this good Dean Mrs. Triceayn Prestouif not for you; to our siblings sa; to KASAMA/SSC ExeCom because if not for you true headed by extremely solid beauty and handsomeness Carrie Underwood fan Mr. will never be distinguished; Jan Darren Sanchez; to

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Upper Editorial Board

Circulations Editor Krystal Gail Urbano Managing Editor Silver Nicolai Suing Internal Associate Editor Sherwin Nico Emiliano External Associate Editor Virjo-Anne Lacasandile Chief Editor Mark Daniel Lavarias

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Layout Artists Kathleen Jerrell Ramos Sydney Lapena Josef Franz Fuertes Alec Quibric Likigan Natalie Grace Aquino Efren Rosario Jr.

KASAMA/SSC SEA Assembly headed by Pokemon Master Mr. Nikko Manlapaz; to the University Libraries; to SLU Accounting Offices; to Castro and Sotero families; to fellow University student publications and organizations, White & Blue, Gasera, Tangkew, Hard Copy, The Pinion, Hot Spring; to all the Leftists and Conformists; to CEGP Baguio-Benguet Chapter; to SEA League of Leaders; to Crystal Printers & General Merchandises; to Pope Francis; to Jason Mraz, Mozart, and Siakol for providing us non-illuminati music; and to Xander Grande and Agnes Calay.

Bridging gaps, reinforcing the truth. We always drink responsibly.

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