Tagalog: ‘Naming CSG as a puppet is not correct’ By Alexa Kim K. Bacong and Mary Antoinette M. Magallanes
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e understand that there are concerns that dili ma-address sa students because of administrative matters bitaw so I think that naming CSG as a puppet is not correct,” remarks Central Student Government (CSG) president Jrold Tagalog. Issues that the current administration has not been doing its job properly continue to perturb the CSG. This problem has led some students to think that other units in the University have stepped in to carry out what CSG has failed to. As such, XU Buklod Ambassador turned vicepresidentiable Jean Marlo Sepe has given deep insight towards the issue. “The thing is there are many activities that OSA, sila na ang gabuhat, which is supposedly, pwede man unta buhaton sa CSG. For example, kanang sa mga filing of cases, OSA is actually encouraging students to file cases in OSA but to be honest, it’s actually
the CSG’s job to collect these complaints. Things like that ba,” said Sepe, adding that they need to set their boundaries. “They are supposed to fix that difference.” With the confusion of where the students should get what, the issue of the widening gap between the students and CSG has also been said to be growing. “Ganito yan eh… anything the students need, nga ma-give, they can find it sa ilang co-curricular [organization], extracurricular [organization] and own [college] councils. So CSG has to find another way nga dili mahatag sa tulo ka organizations,” Sepe vents out saying that what CSG has done did not breach into the territory of the students. He also mentions that branding the students as apathetic is quite the broad and wrong term as well. “That’s not the problem. It is about how CSG is not doing anything about it. They already know nga the students
are apathetic, so what are they supposed to do? They are supposed to reach out,” he adds. Xavier International Students’ Association (XISA) President Rajesh Pandey is following this line of perspective. “They (CSG) should avoid the politics or bureaucracy or whatever they have there (because) for me, CSG is supposed to be grounded to the earth, the students should be the top priority. I mean, in a democratic basis what happens is, the people actually rules the government not the government ruling the people.” Not the admin’s dog
Tagalog has mentioned that CSG has been very keen in matters when it comes to making plans with OSA - SACDEV. He has also emphasized that the relationship between the two has been handled well, giving both parties an avenue of growth.
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Turnstile breakdown causes inconvenience at SEC Mall gate By Raizah L. Bagul & Kevin Paul P. Mabul
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adio Frequency Identification (RFID) gates, located at the Student Entrepreneurship Center (SEC) Mall entrance has experienced a long-term breakdown which led to considerably long lines that inconvenience the XU community. According to the Physical Plant Office (PPO) Director Ramil L. Pajo, the malfunctioning of flap type turnstiles situated at the SEC Mall entrance was caused by problems with its power supply and worn components of the circuitry. What complicated the problem is the
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fact that reliable repairs come only in the form of replacing the entire circuit board. Pajo attributed the internal damages to the recurring brownouts last October 2015. Because of the multiple daily brownouts lasting as much as two hours, the turnstile’s Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) were drained, requiring it to reinitiate the entire startup procedure which contributed to the wear on its internals. The office also received reports from the University security of misuse among students, citing incidents where students
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tailgate to avoid swiping their own ID, deliberately and non-deliberately hitting the flaps, and applying excessive force on the RFID module despite it not needing physical contact in scanning IDs, thus contributing to the damage of the turnstiles. The situation has already been addressed and the PPO is currently awaiting the arrival of parts from the Malaysia-based service provider. However, there have been delays due to the congestion in Manila and the process of screening foreign parts by the Bureau of Customs – as was the case with
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Admin aims for 20% less costs, urges collective micro-efforts By Nikki Gay Louise P. Amores & Lorenzo A. Botavara
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niversity President Fr. Roberto C. Yap, SJ broke the news of the current financial crisis of the University through a published memorandum dated back October 7 of last year. In the wake of this, various initiatives were taken to increase enrollment and reduce costs. Cost-cutting without jeopardizing quality challenged the different clusters as they were commissioned to devise plans on its implementation. Following the call of Yap, various recommendations were then collected and grouped according to target areas. The Office of the President released a memorandum on January 18 further detailing the cost-cutting initiatives and their accompanying recommendations which were divided into four target areas: Facilities and Utilities, Materials and Supplies, Academics and Research, and Human Resources. The memorandum enumerated various recommendations on the aforementioned target areas. Recommendations on facilities and utilities emphasized the regulation of electronic facilities in offices. Electricity consumption is one aspect that needs immediate action, being the most consumed and easily wasted resource. Regulating operations of office facilities and University resources mandated during non-working days/hours is
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