TheCrusader August Tabloid 2014

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The official student publication of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan Vol. 41 No. 2 Sept 2014

The people of Cagayan de Oro City watched fireworks splash the night sky with bright colors during the Kagay-an Pyro Festival.

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Magna Carta for scholars, SAs, athletes to be made By Lorenzo A. Botavara

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round two years ago, the rights and responsibilities of all students were outlined in the “Magna Carta of Undergraduate Students of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan,” otherwise known as Magna Carta. As written in the student handbook, it encompasses general rights such as the right to participate in policy-making, create student organizations, and evaluate their courses. It also includes general guidelines against discrimination: that students will be accepted regardless of ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and

whether they are pregnant or are reformed substance abusers. Today, the students’ rights are still based on the said Magna Carta but a new Magna Carta, which will cater to the needs of specific sectors in the University, will be enacted. As requested by several groups, particularly of the scholars, student assistants (SA), and athletes, the CSG initiated the legislation of a more categorical Magna Carta. As of press time, CSG and the offices supervising these sectors hold sectorial hearings to further address general concerns.

The narrow down The call for change aptly began in the form of complaints voiced out by members of these sectors, thus prompting the CSG to classify them into divisions to better address their concerns. “Kato’ng general [Magna Carta] is too broad. So wala gyud didto na-specify ang rights sa isa ka scholar, sa isa ka athlete,” stated CSG President Harold John Laborte. He cited possible cases of athletes who, despite bringing the name of the University in interschool competitions, are marked absent if games fall on schooldays.

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CdeO celebrates Higalaay Festival 2014 By Jose Luis Martin D. Amador and Mary Isabel M. Meneses

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n its second year, the month-long celebration of the Higalaay Festival brought out the joyous spirit of Kagay-anons on August 28. Higalaay, which translates to “friendship” in English, is the central theme for Cagayan de Oro City’s fiesta. With the place being known as the City of Golden Friendship, the festival is a time when Kagay-anons are reminded to seek out friends or make new ones, abandon selfishness in favor of celebrating friendships, and honor the city’s patron saint, Saint Augustine. Eileen San Juan, chairperson of Higalaay

Festival 2014, expounded on the theme, “Higalaay is a new branding that the fiesta committee has just thought of.” She added that, prior to Mayor Oscar Moreno’s administration, the city fiesta was tagged only as Kagay-an Festival. Last year, the fiesta committee resolved to hold a festival that would better live up to CdeO’s name as the City of Golden Friendship. More festive than ever This year’s celebration became bigger and bolder because of the presence of more partner organizations which collaborated

with the fiesta committee. San Juan took this as a sign that people are becoming more active in the festivities. Any individual who attended the festival could see the extent of the Kagay-anons’ involvement in different events. Children and adults enjoyed the annual Kagay-an Pyro Festival at SM City Mall as colorful fireworks decorated the night sky. The Street Dancing: Cagayan de Oro Carnival was also a sight which perfectly exuded a fiesta feel. The committee chose a carnival theme for street dancing, one of the main events, to pay homage to the city’s cultural roots.

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XU revises mission,vision By Rezza Mae B. Tolinero

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avier is a Filipino, Catholic and Jesuit University forming leaders of competence, conscience and commitment serving the Church, the global community and the Filipino people.” This is the recently revised University mission summary statement approved by the Board of Trustees on March 1. The revised XU mission and vision statement will be formally launched on the Feast of the Nativity of our Blessed Virgin Mother on September 8 at the University Church. The marker of the vision and mission summary statement will be erected beside the statue of St. Francis Xavier in front of the Science Center. It will be followed by a parade set to end at the Covered Courts where the new mission and vision will be showcased. On that day, classes at 4:00 pm will be suspended and the mass at 5:30 pm will be cancelled. A new goal in mind During the faculty convocation on July 23 at the Little Theater, University President Fr. Roberto C. Yap, SJ explained that the revised mission statement applies not only

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