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Volume I. Number 9. February 2006
http://www.ateneo.edu/
photos by Chinkin Coruña
SOSE students and faculty reap awards and honors
Ateneo teams win top honors in 2nd SWEEP
Two teams of fifth year ECE and PsCE students won top honors during
the recently concluded 2nd Smart
Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP) Innovation and Excellence Awards held last February 3
and 4 at the Megatrade Hall 2, SM
Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
David Peralta and the Ateneo contingent (l-r) Nina Rosario L. Rojas, Ph,D., Chair, Department of Chemistry;
finalist Varsolo Sunio; Rafael Guerrero, Ph.D.; and Benjamin Chan, Ph.D., of the Department of Physics
David Peralta awarded 3rd place in BPI-DOST
Research Awards for work on ginger
David P. Peralta, IV BS/MS Chemistry, placed 3rd in the Project of the Year
Competition of the BPI-DOST Science Awards held last January 24 at the
Bank of the Philippine Islands headquarters in Makati.
Every year, the BPI and DOST select six projects from over thirty
projects of the current BPI-DOST
Science Awardees nationwide. The
six projects are presented orally to a
board of judges.
His worked, entitled “Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of a 25-35kDa
Glycosidase from Ginger (Zingiber officinale),”
involved the characterization of an enzyme
that is able to convert some plant compounds from an inactive form to its active
form. He undertook the project for his BS
Chemistry thesis under the guidance of
Nina Rosario L. Rojas, Ph.D., Chair of
the Department of Chemistry.
Two of this year’s six finalists came
from the Ateneo. Aside from David,
Varsolo C. Sunio of the Department
of Physics was selected to present his
work entitled “Volume Holographic
Storage and Animation Based on Phase
Multiplexing Using an Elastomer Phase
Mask Formed Via Self-Assembly.”
His mentor was Raphael Guerrero,
Ph.D.
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The SWEEP contest required teams
to develop novel wireless service applications that can be accessed via the
Smart network using SMS, MMS,
WAP, GPRS, SIP, voice, or Bluetooth.
Ateneo’s team Atlas bagged the first
place with an integrated system that
provides commuters precise information regarding directions to a selected
destination both by public transport
and by car. Based on the texted keywords, the service provides the client
with either an SMS or MMS reply.
Team Atlas is made up of Benjamin
Rafael Intal (V BS ECE), Angela
Cherie Aninao (V BS Ps-CE), Marvin
Boni Go (V BS Ps-CE), Antonio
Nicolas Nuñez (V BS Ps-CE) and
Alfonzo Miguel Sabado (V BS ECE).
Third place went to Ateneo’s team
SmartCalendar, a wireless application
downloaded via GPRS that automatically updates the client’s mobile phone
calendar. It also comes with the
SmartUpdater where subscribers are
informed via SMS of any changes
made to their downloaded calendars.
Team SmartCalendar is made up of
three 5th year BS ECE majors: Rod
Michael P. Coronel, Cathleen Anne S.
Paras, and Ma. Ella Preciosa C. Yap.
Both teams were mentored by Engr.
Maria Leonora Guico of the ECCE
Department.
Chemistry instructor receives
DOST outstanding MS thesis award
Lorna de Leoz receives the Outstanding
Thesis Award from DOST Secretary Estrella
Alabastro as other officials look on
Lorna Arao-de Leoz, an instructor and
MS Chemistry graduate of the Department of Chemistry, won the award for
Outstanding Thesis in Advanced Science and Technology from the Philippine Council for Advanced Science and
Technology Research and Development (PCASTRD) of the Department
of Science and Technology (DOST).
The awarding ceremony took place last
December 9 at the PHIVOLCS Auditorium at UP Diliman.
De Leoz’s MS thesis entitled “A Modified Synthetic Method for Mitoxantrone, An Anti-cancer Drug” was cho-
sen among many contenders in the field
of chemistry from various universities.
Her thesis adviser was Modesto T.
Chua, Ph.D., of the Department of
Chemistry and Executive Director of
the Philippine Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry (PIPAC). De Leoz did
her research in collaboration with Mary
Ann Endoma, Ph.D., of UP Diliman
Institute of Chemistry and Gisela
Concepcion, Ph.D. and Lourdes Cruz,
Ph.D., both from the UP Marine Science
Institute.
Team Atlas: First Prize winner
This is not the first time that de Leoz
has received an award for this research.
In March 2005, she also won first place
in the SOSE Awards for Outstanding
Student Research, Graduate Level.
De Leoz completed her undergraduate education at the Ateneo with a BS
Chemistry in 1994 and a BS Computer
Engineering in 1995. She was recently
accepted to the PhD Chemistry program at the University of California,
Davis.
Team SmartCalendar: Third Prize winner
The 15th ASPAC Parangal at Pasasalamat
(to read more on ASPAC, turn to page 9)
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Freshman AMF major is Philippine
Statistics Quiz National Champion
Ateneo places second in the Clash of the Brains
The Mathematics Department is proud
of Monzenn Carlo Mallari. This freshman BS M Applied Math Finance major
won the national championship in the
14th Philippine Statistics Quiz National
Finals last December at the Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas, Manila.
(l-r) Eric Vidal, contest organizers, Gil San Pedro, Ealden Escanan, Jan Vincent Liwanag,
and Randolph Espinosa
Monzenn, who represented the National
Capital Region (NCR) in the national finals, bested seventeen other regional finalists. He received a trophy, certificate,
and P25,000 cash. His coach was Ramil
Bataller of the Mathematics Department.
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This nationwide competition is conducted by the Philippine Statistical Association.
Monzenn Mallari
19th Annual Stat-is-Eeks winner
The Ateneo-AMS A team won First
th
Place in the 19 Annual Stat-is-Eeks, a
statistics quiz competition held last September at NISMED, UP Diliman, organized by the UP Statistical Society. The
Ateneo-AMS A team was composed of
Seigfried Baluyot (III BS Ma), Malerie
Dy (III BS AMF) and Neil Ivan Lee (III
BS Ma).
The Ateneo Mathematics Department sent
five teams consisting of Mathematics and
Management Engineering majors to the
competition. All of them qualified for the
final round. The awardees of the individual
competition received medals while the
team awardees received cash, medals, and
a trophy. There were around 35 teams,
from colleges and universities in Metro
Manila and nearby provinces. Ramil Bataller
of the Mathematics Department was the
team coach.
he Clash of the Brains is an annual
computer science trivia contest held by the
De La Salle Computer Society. Ateneo
has dominated this competition, placing
first for five straight years. This year, the
Clash of the Brains has moved to a new
format in which a total of twenty-eight
trivia questions are given, grouped into
three levels of difficulty and presented to
the contestants in multiple-choice format.
This year, Ateneo placed second to the
University of the Philippines - Diliman
after a very decisive final round at the
contest held last November.
The Ateneo team was composed of
Randolph Espinosa (IV BSCS), Gil
Russell San Pedro (IV BSCS), Jan
Vincent Liwanag (III BSCS), and Ealden
Esto Escanan (IV BSMIS). The team was
coached by Eric Vidal of the Department of Informations Systems and
Computer Science.
Chemistry assistant professor does
post-doctoral research at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine
Biological compounds are generally divided into genes, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates. While genomics and
proteomics have achieved a certain level
of public popularity, knowledge regarding carbohydrates is usually limited to
simple sugars, such as sucrose and glucose.
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Ateneo-AMS A: (2 from left) Neal Ivan Lee,
Malerie Dy, Seigfried Baluyot, Ramil Bataller
Glycobiology is a relatively new field
of study that seeks to understand the
intricate and important role that various sugars have in biological systems.
Jennifer T. Aguilan, Ph.D., assistant
professor at the Department of Chemistry, is currently a post-doctoral research associate at the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in New York City,
conducting research in the field of
glycobiology. She is studying a fundamental biochemical process called
Jenny Aguilan, Ph.D. conducting research at
the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
glycosylation, which is needed to understand various congenital diseases,
immunologic conditions and muscular
dystrophies.
Dr. Aguilan completed her Ph.D.
Chemistry at Ateneo in 2005 working
on the structure of kappa-carrageenan,
the carbohydrate found in seaweeds.
Her research was recognized by the
SOSE Outstanding Student Research
and CHED Republika awards.
(l-r) Pablo Manalastas, Ph.D. (coach), Michael Tan (III BSCS) and Neill Li (III BSCS).
involved converting alphanumeric
phone numbers to standard form, and
determining duplicate numbers by
sorting or using hash tables.
been first placer at the UP Manila programming contest. This year, the
Ateneo team, consisting of Neill
Wilbert Li and Michael Joseph Tan, both
III BSCS, again won first place at the
contest held in January. John Patrick
Manalo (I BSCS) was alternate contestant.
The Ateneo team garnered 200 points out
of 200. De La Salle University made 125
points to come in at second place. UP
Diliman came in third with 100 points.
The contestants were given two
problems to be solved in three hours.
One involved string-to-integer mapping using BigInteger, while the other
Neill is with team <G at the ACM-ICPC
contest. Michael is with team Persistence
at the ACM-ICPC contest. Ateneo’s top
team, The Linden BoyZ, is staying away
from local competitions, as they prepare
for the ACM World Finals in April,
2006, in San Antonio Texas.
Mark Punzalan:
Positive exposure
Mark Punzalan spent much of his senior year looking for pictures. Given a
large database of images, he tried to
develop an efficient way of searching
for images using visual examples. Instead of describing pictures using key
words and other text-based classifiers,
a user can query his system using a
color scheme or spatial layout. For this
achievement, he was named one of the
2006 BPI Science Awardees of the
Ateneo de Manila University.
Mark has done the Ateneo proud in
numerous computer science contests,
the most prestigious of which is the
ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition (ACM ICPC).
Mark is one of the three Linden BoyZ
representing the Ateneo and the Philippines in the ACM ICPC World Finals that will be held in San Antonio,
Texas in April 2006.
To relax, Mark strums his guitar, reads
Isaac Asimov, shoots hoops, or plays
table tennis. He can also solve a Rubik’s
cube in less than one minute.
photo by Bj A. Patiño
Ateneo wins first place at
UP programming contest
For several years now, Ateneo has
David Peralta awarded 3rd place... (from page 1)
Final judging of the projects was based
on the scientific merit, commercial
potential, and national impact. Judges
included BPI and DOST officials and
invited experts. The BPI-DOST
Awards of the Ateneo de Manila will
be given at a ceremony on March 8.
Aside from being a candidate for
magna cum laude honors this March,
David heads the Ateneo Chemical
Society (ACheS) and sings with
Kinema. He looks forward to the
study tour this summer of the advanced German class. David can be
considered a second generation BPI
Science Awardee because his thesis
mentor, Dr. Rojas also received a BPI
Science Award in 1990. He will stay
for another year at the Chemistry
Department to complete a BS/MS
Chemistry five-year degree program.
Mark Punzalan
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photo by Bj A. Patiño
Felix Muga, Ph.D. Mixing mathematics and nationalism
Felix Muga, Ph.D.
From his vantage point, Felix Muga
of the Mathematics Department is in
a perfect position to look back as well
as forward.
In nearly thirty years of an academic
career, he has taught, done research,
won awards, and been able to inject a
healthy dose of activism into his
work. “Fulfilled” is how he feels when
he looks back at the years between
graduating magna cum laude from
Silliman University in 1979, and today, when he finds himself firmly ensconced in the Ateneo de Manila University, with a doctorate from the University of the Philippines, and with a
1998 Outstanding Young Scientist
Award from the National Academy
of Science and Technology (NAST)
under his belt.
At present, he is involved with Outstanding Young Scientists Inc., the
computer science and operations research section of the National Research Council of the Philippines
(NRCP), the TeX Users Group Philippines (TUG-Phils.), the Computing
Society of the Philippines (CSP), the
CHED Technical Sub-Panel in Mathematics, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society, the Association of
Computer Machinery (ACM), the
Mathematical Society of the Phil-
ippines, and the Southeast Asian
Mathematical Society.
Outstanding Scientific Paper Awards
given by the NAST.
A former student activist, Felix has
evolved his brand of national consciousness and activism to fit his
present roles as teacher and researcher. In class, he makes sure to
give his students problems rooted in
real world situations involving business economics, the environment, and
social and economic inequality. In selecting research areas, he considers the
needs of the school and the country.
A specialist in the area of applied
math in computing and programming
languages, he applies this to studying
political systems, voting methods, and
electoral engineering, as evidenced by
recent research papers on the seat allocation methods of Republic Act
7941 (otherwise known as the partylist system.)
Giving talks and attending conferences both locally and internationally
are regular activities. He has fulfilled
stints as visiting researcher at Academia
Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, Fordham University in New York City, and at the
University of Aizu in Japan.
Apart from this, combinatorial network theory and graph theory are also
at the top of Felix’s list of favorite
research topics. His papers have appeared in journals such as Matimyas
Matematika, Science Diliman, IEEE
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed
Systems, Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics, and the Loyola Schools Review.
For his research work, he received the
Dean’s Awards for Faculty Research
from the Ateneo in 2001 and the 2002
Given all his interests, activities, affiliations, and contributions to the university and the country, Felix can gladly
look back at a full career in which he
has clearly lived as a man of science
and a man for others. The future looks
equally good, with many more years
of worthy work with his colleagues and
students at the Loyola Schools and
enjoyment with his family. jpruiz
His leisure interest in history is no less
intellectual than his professional pursuits. Martial history takes priority as
he views his favorite Japanese samurai movies. Korean movies also score
a high rating from Felix. Time spent
with his wife Amy, and daughters
Raisa and Regina round out his days.
Raisa is starting college, and Regina,
well-known to Math Department
habitués as the cute little girl with ringlets in her hair, is a pre-schooler.
Australia, and seven years of postgraduate studies at the Technische
Hochschule Darmstadt in Germany,
Jose Marasigan has spent his entire career at the Ateneo de Manila University. Asked his reason for staying at
the Ateneo, he says providence partly
had a hand in it. He had finished his
graduate studies in Germany and was
back at the Ateneo, waiting to leave
for a teaching position in Canada,
when martial law was declared in
1972. Not only was travel prohibited,
but schools had been closed, leaving
him jobless for a time. On the day he
was to accept a job offer at the operations research division of San Miguel
Corporation, the Ateneo reopened,
and Joe found himself back in front
of a blackboard.
Apart from providence, it was gratitude to two Jesuits that drove Joe to
teach. Wallace Campbell, S.J. and
Nicholas Kunkel, S.J., then Chair of
the Department of Mathematics and
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, respectively, took Joe under their
wing when he entered the Ateneo for
the first time as a San Pablo, Laguna
boy on his own in Manila. They advised him to think of teaching at the
Ateneo when Joe asked them how he
could repay their kindness.
Thus began an academic career that has
now spanned more than forty years.
Through the years, Joe, fondly known
photo by Bj A. Patiño
Jose Marasigan, Ph.D. What’s up, Doc?
Apart from fellowships in Japan and as Doc Mara to students and colleagues,
has been a cornerstone of the Math
Dept, dividing his time between his
duties as a teacher, researcher, math education advocate, textbook writer and
editor, and coach and leader of countless Philippine teams to international
Mathematics Olympics.
He recalls how then Arts and Sciences
Dean Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J., (now
President of the Ateneo), decided that
teaching should be an Ateneo faculty
member’s focus over research. And
so they taught, and how they taught!
By Joe’s reckoning, their original goal
of producing a critical mass of doctoral degree holders in the Philippines
has been more than successfully
achieved. He says their efforts have
paid off, as evidenced by the large
number of faculty members with doctorates that have emerged from their
care, who are devoted and committed to mathematics and math education. Were he and other Math Dept
stalwarts like Mari-Jo P. Ruiz, Ph.D.,
and Norman Quimpo, Ph.D., to retire, he believes the department tradition would remain strong, thanks to
the new generation of hardworking
educators and mathematicians they
have mentored.
Along the way, awards have come. In
1982, Joe received the Outstanding
Young Scientist Award in Mathematics from the National Academy of
Science and Technology (NAST), in
Jose A. Marasigan, Ph.D.
recognition of his work and contributions to mathematical education in
the Philippines as a professor, author,
and researcher in mathematics, and
member of the Executive Committee, Faculty Development in Pure and
Applied Mathematics Project of the
Ateneo-UP-DLSU Consortium. He
was the Most Outstanding Senior Lay
Teacher for SY 1992-93 of the
ADMU. In 1993, he received the Dr.
Juan Salcedo Jr. Science Education
Award for the Tertiary Level.
Joe continues to commit himself, this
time in setting up the Financial Math
Program, which, in his opinion, has
attracted the “best” students. Among
his goals for this program is to build
a steady faculty base, which may take
several years yet. For now, he enjoys
teaching the program’s students. At
times, he says his students complain
of the demands he makes on them.
He believes, though, that this is the
only way they can be motivated to perform well. He remarks that during his
student days, teachers demanded just
as much, and even more, than he now
does of his students.
His advice to students continues
along these lines. He encourages them
to develop a culture of excellence, one
of doing and giving one’s best, and
to do away with the “puwede na iyan”
attitude. This may partly be the influence of his years in Germany, and his
emulation of the “German way,”
which he characterizes as thorough,
with no half-measures tolerated.
From the Germans, he learned the
importance of strong foundations
and the search for deeper knowledge
about one’s area. He shares that during his studies in Germany, “I acquired a depth of understanding
about things that I thought I already
knew.”
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contributions, which include establishing Ateneo’s BS Applied Math program in Computational Science, writing textbooks, and reviewing papers
for the journal Zentrablatt für Mathematik und inhre Grenzgebiete. But his activities transcend math. Dr. Quimpo
was chair of the volunteer NGO Local Initiatives in S & T, which, among
others, campaigned against the Bataan
Nuclear Power Plant and lobbied for
legislation to control high-risk scientific experiments.
Tribute to math faculty at the
Algebra and Combinatorics
Conference, Manila 2006
On March 31 to April 2, 2006, the Ateneo’s Department
of Mathematics will host a conference on algebra and combinatorics, in honor of its faculty members, Jose A.
Marasigan, Ph.D., Mari-Jo P. Ruiz, Ph.D., and Norman F.
Quimpo, Ph.D., who have worked in these areas. More than
a hundred researchers from the Philippines, Japan,
Singapore, and other countries, including faculty, students,
industrial mathematicians, and computer scientists, will exchange ideas and findings.
Jose A. Marasigan
Dr. Marasigan, who specializes in
Geometric Algebra, is best known for
problem solving. He established the
Program of Excellence to train talented high school students for the In-
ternational Math Olympiad. He received the Outstanding Scientist
Award in 1982 and the Dr. Juan
Salcedo Jr. Science Education Award
in 1993. He developed the BS M
Applied Mathematics major in Mathematical Finance program. Together
with some Japanese colleagues, Dr.
Marasigan organized the International
Conference on Algebraic Combinatorics and Related Topics held in
1994, which was the first international
conference on algebraic combinatorics held in Manila.
Dr. Ruiz, who specializes in Graph
Theory and Operations Research, is
well known not only to Math, but also
this | month
March 8, 2:00 pm
BPI-DOST Science Awards 2006
with officials from BPI, Bienvenido
F. Nebres, S.J. and ADMU administrators, and awardees Mark
Punzalan (IV CS), David Peralta (IV
Chem), and Varsolo Sunio (IV Physics)
At the Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex, AdMU, Loyola
Heights, QC
March 10, 4:30 pm
SOSE Awards for Outstanding Student Research, Science Writing and
Science Photography
At the Escaler Hall, Science Education
Complex, AdMU, Loyola Heights, QC
What’s up, Doc? (from page 3)
To the non-scientific outsider’s perennial
question, “So what is it about Math anyway?” he replies, “If you have a logical
mind, you will love math.” He says it is
hard to explain this to a non-mathematical or a non-scientific person, but to him,
there are aspects of mathematics which
are beautiful, such as proofs and ideas.
He says “When you’ve solved a problem,
you feel happy.” Furthermore, he believes that all aspects of culture and industry are governed by math. He explains that even financial math, which
others may equate only with accounting and interest rate computations, is
governed by a very deep, very heavy
mathematics.
In the course of his studies, he has also
glimpsed the higher order in math, the
relatedness between its different forms.
“What I find interesting is that some
fields, which seem unrelated, turn out
Mari-jo P. Ruiz
to Management Engineering majors.
She was instrumental in establishing
and maintaining the standard of excellence that the Management Engineering Program is known for. She is
a member of the editorial board of
the international mathematics journal,
Graphs and Combinatorics, and of the
UNESCO team that produced the
traveling exhibit “Experience Mathematics” to promote mathematics
awareness and appreciation. She was
president of the Southeast Asian
Mathematical Society from 1991 to
1993. Dr. Ruiz won the 1992
Metrobank Outstanding Teacher
award and was honored by the same
body in 2004 for continuing excellence and service.
The three professors, all former chairs
of the Math Department, have been
recognized as outstanding teachers by
the Ateneo School Parents Council
and for their work in Mathematics by
the National Research Council of the
Philippines. qnlchua
Dr. Quimpo, whose expertise is in
Graph Theory, has made invaluable
Norman F. Quimpo
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
March 10 - 12
Philippine National Chemistr y
Olympiad:
- March 10
Arrival of participants from high
schools all over the country
- March 11
Elimination rounds
8:00 am to 12:00 noon, at CTC 201
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at SEC C206
- March 12, 8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Final rounds and awarding ceremonies
At Escaler Hall, Science Education
Complex, AdMU, Loyola Heights,
QC
The PNCO is sponsored by Metrobank.
to be very related,” he says, going on
to explain how the answer to a practical problem about the height of waves
in shallow water can actually be found
in the “very abstract” realm of algebraic geometry. “This is what amazes
me about math.”
On the flip side of all the higher reasoning entailed by mathematics, is the solid
earth of Joe’s garden. He smiles when
he says that his future plan is “to garden.” He finds gardening therapeutic,
and loves trees in particular. He buys
books on gardening and landscaping to
improve his knowledge and skills. “I have
fruit trees, narra, and even had an apple
tree once.” He traces his love for gardening back to his childhood in San
Pablo, where his parents cultivated a garden that shielded the family from the
busy city.
What’s up, Doc? For Doc Mara, a lot.
jpruiz
March 11
8:00 am to 12:00 noon
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
SOSE Open House
Freshmen accepted into the science and
engineering programs are invited to listen to talks on science and engineering
at the Ateneo and are given a tour of
the science and engineering facilities.
March 13, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Informational meeting for prospective Junior Term Abroad CS and MIS
students
DISCS will give students and parents an
overview of the Junior Term Abroad
program.
For incoming CS and MIS juniors and their
parents
At CTC 313, PLDT-CTC, AdMU,
Loyola Heights, QC
March 31 to April 2
Conference in Algebra and Combinatorics 2006
(see related article above)
At the Escaler Hall, Science Education
Complex, AdMU, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
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The Chemistry Department at 40
The Chemistry Building (now renamed Schmitt Hall) is
There are many things to celebrate at
the Chemistry Department—the
achievements of its students, alumni,
faculty, and staff; innovative new programs and evolution of old ones; new
research directions; and renovations in
its infrastructure.
In the Jesuit tradition of “not many,
but more,” the department has grown,
but remains a focused group of dedicated chemists with a strong tradition
of excellence and leadership – a legacy
from the late William J. Schmitt, S.J.,
the late Armando F. Kapauan, Ph.D.,
the late Ana Maria Javellana, Ph.D., and
Modesto T. Chua, Ph.D.
During the late 1980s, the department
identified four key areas in research in
which it wanted to make a difference –
analytical and instrumental chemistry,
materials and polymers, bioactive compounds – and chemistry education.
These remain to be the key growth areas in chemistry in the 21st century. This
growth is also mirrored by developments in these areas within the Department of Chemistry.
Analytical chemistry is allied with all the
other disciplines and with environmental science research. It is supported by
the National Chemistry Instrumentation
Center, home to the country’s only
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Spectrometer and a high resolution Mass
Spectrometer. While these are commonly used in research for structural
analysis of compounds, they also have
applications for more mundane uses,
such as determining the tax rates for imported ingredients for plastics or assessing the export quality of soy sauce.
Materials and polymers research generated the new MSE program (see separate article), as well as collaborations with
The first chemistry grand alumni homecoming
On the 17
th
of December 2005, the
Ateneo de Manila Department of
Chemistry and the Ateneo Chemical
Society (ACheS) co-presented the first
ever Grand Chemistry Alumni Homecoming, with the theme, “Ateneo
Chemistry at 40: Building on Schmitt’s
Legacy.” The event aimed to gather
past and present Chemistry majors of
the University to celebrate forty years
in the life of the Chemistry Building,
which was inaugurated on November
28, 1965, and later renamed Schmitt
Hall. The celebration honored those
who contributed significantly to the
growth of the department, especially
William J. Schmitt, S.J. and Amando F.
Kapauan, Ph.D.
Members of the Chemistry Department
and ACheS welcomed the alumni at the
department for some refreshments and
a tour of the building. A mass, co-presided by Jesuit chemists Arsenio Nunez,
S.J., Antonio Samson, S.J., and Mario
Francisco, S.J., was held at the Church
of the Gesù.
Dinner and a program followed at
PLDT-CTC 201. Fabian M. Dayrit,
Ph.D., Dean of the School of Science
and Engineering welcomed the guests,
while the university president, Bienvenido
F. Nebres, S.J. shared memorable personal experiences with Fr. Schmitt and
Dr. Kapauan, and credited them for
starting and fostering the culture of
scholarship, discipline, and mentoring
that the department keeps alive today.
Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng, Ph.D. shared
her fond memories of Fr. Schmitt and
Dr. Kapauan. Professor Gen Sato recalled his fruitful dealings with the Department and shared what he knew of the
genius of Dr. Kapauan. Nina Rosario L.
Rojas, Ph.D., Chair of the Chemistry Department, gave an overview of the
Department’s current offerings, its programs, and its plans for the future.
The William J. Schmitt Foundation and
Amando F. Kapauan Chair were re-introduced that night with a recap of the
various pledges already made. The William J. Schmitt Foundation was instituted with a threefold purpose. First,
to promote and encourage research in
the field of Chemistry and other related
sciences with the end of realizing tangible results that meet specific human
needs. Second, to conduct, sponsor and
publish results of scientific/technical
research to benefit the public and to establish scholarships and professorial
chairs in chemistry or related sciences.
Finally, to provide financial support to
the chemistry faculty doing research, to
junior researchers, and to the researches
of retired faculty members. The
Amando F. Kapauan Chair was established in 2000 for the use of scholarships, research grants, and awards to
Filipino institutions or individuals that
have made a distinguished contribution
in analytical or instrumentation chemistry or related field.
Guests enjoyed watching videos showcasing Ateneo Chemistry through the years
and musical performances by chemists,
young and old. Games such as “How well
do you know Fr. Schmitt?” livened up the
night. Testimonials of different batch representatives of fond moments and on how
their numbers diminished from first year
to graduation amazed the younger guests.
“Sole survivors” shared on how they
would start out as a group of more than
twenty freshmen, and end up with only a
handful of graduates— perhaps an indication of the discipline needed for a
chemistry degree in Ateneo. The night
was capped by dancing led by members
of the Ateneo Chemical Society. The
homecoming was a memorable event
that brought together chemists of all ages
to celebrate the place and the people that
formed them as great chemists and
Ateneans. ACheS
Chemistry alumni gather at the Church of the Gesù
the paints and coatings industry, the
semiconductor industry, and others.
Bioactive natural products and biochemistry research work is behind
some herbal medicine products as well
as new directions in molecular medicine in collaboration with The Medical City; the upcoming Ateneo School
of Medicine and Public Health; and the
Department of Biology.
Chemistry education research is highlighted by faculty involvement in national educational policy formulation
and by classroom innovations. For example, an MS Chemistry Education
thesis by Chona Maderal of the Makati
Science High School evolved into Science beyond the Classroom: A TeleCollaborative Link between the School
and the Global Community, involving
high school students from as close as
Indonesia to as far away as Finland.
Through the years, the department has
also lent its members as leaders for the
university, such as the Dean of the
School of Science and Engineering,
Fabian M. Dayrit, Ph.D., and the incoming Loyola Schools Vice President,
Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng, Ph.D.
Some recent department highlights include awards such as the DOSTPCASTRD award of graduate student
and instructor Lorna Arao-de Leoz, the
BPI Award of undergraduate student
David P. Peralta, and the Outstanding
Part-time Teacher Award from ASPAC
of Mary Jocelyn Ang.
All these are part of the culture of service and excellence that the department
seeks to nurture in its students, faculty,
and staff: living the call to be personsfor-others by also being professionalsfor-others. nrlrojas
Physicists muse about the universe
Physicists slumber under the blanket of the
universe and the lullaby of the stars, until
the morn heralds wonders and mysteries
awaiting their agile minds and nimble touch.
With nary a sigh, they arise from sleep, ready
to caress daunting instruments and wrestle
with unwieldy equations, prodding them in
their quest to push scientific bounds. Such a
quest borders on the quixotic; yet, given their
depth of talent, Ateneo physicists have managed to conquer the heavens while winning
numerous awards along the way.
This year, Varsolo Sunio added another laurel wreath for physics by becoming one of
the Ateneo’s three BPI Science Awardees. His
thesis (together with Nikka Baterina) on a
novel high-capacity data storage device was
selected as one of the six finalists of the BPIDOST student awards.
The Photonics laboratory, through a generous endowment from PCASTRD-DOST,
houses the only elastomeric optics facility in
the Philippines. It has pioneered numerous
researches on gold-coated elastomeric diffraction gratings and self-reconstructing
Bessel beams. Across the hall in the Materials Science laboratory, research is focused on
artificial muscles, diffraction gratings, lenses,
conducting paths and fluid channels, which
use elastomers. In the Vacuum Coating laboratory, with its ethereal purring of the vacuum
pump, highly reflective mirrors for telescopes
Materials Science
and Engineering
Program
The Materials Science and Engineering Program of the Chemistry and Physics departments is now on its second year and has
eleven incoming 5th year MSE majors. During their fifth year, the students take courses
on materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, and
composites), innovation and technology issues, and entrepreneurship in the materials
field. They can also specialize in a field of
their choice such as polymers, electronic and
optoelectronic materials and devices, instrumentation and characterization, and materials design (simulation).
In recent years, the Physics, ECCE and
Chemistry departments have developed flex-
and specialized diffraction gratings are produced.
The Physics research laboratories, together
with LeAPS, the Physics home organization,
provide the environment to harness students’
gifts through challenging and stimulating
projects that blur the distinction between
work and play. They spearheaded several
projects for the Philippine launch of the International Year of Physics, which garnered
international recognition.
The ceasing of the hum is a prelude to twilight.
But it is here, in the gathering darkness, that
physicists await the happiness that only those
who probe the enchantment of the shadows
can enjoy.
photo courtesy of Benjamin O. Chan
forty years old. To celebrate the anniversary of the building
and the department, a Grand Chemistry Alumni Homecoming was held last December.
A glass prism separates light into its spectrum
of colors. Researchers at the Department of
Physics have developed flexible elastomeric
materials that improve on this process using a
flexible elastomeric grating coated with gold.
This technology can be used to develop new
optoelectronic devices.
ible devices ranging from artificial muscles,
diffraction gratings, lenses, conducting paths
and fluid channels.
The basic materials used in flexible devices
are elastic materials called elastomers, such
as rubber and latex. Flexible conductors can
be developed into flexible electronic connections and circuits, which can be attached to
the skin. Fluid channels may find applications
in controlled drug delivery systems.
Diffraction gratings and lenses find applications in optical communications systems.
They are used to steer beams and focus them
on particular optoelectronic devices.
Material science and engineering has significant potential in diverse fields of biomaterials,
which lead to medical applications, and electronics and optics, which are the leading edges
in IT.
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Volume I. Number 9.
ECCE launches MS in Electronics Engineering
T
he Department of Electronics,
Computer, and Communications Engineering once more unites the academe, industry, and government,
through the offering of a master of
science degree program in Electronics
Engineering (MSEE).
Biology majors at the Biology Night 2005
The Department of Biology rocks!
With their active participation in scien-
tific, academic and social activities, this
has been a busy year for the faculty and
students of the Department of Biology.
The school year started with Sweet Bio
High: Biology Night 2005, a gathering of
all biology majors, sponsored by the
department and the Biological Organization eXplore eXperience eXcel (BOx).
Biology majors participated in competitions and national examinations
where they have performed creditably.
Jose Mariano T. Tan II (VI BS Bio) was
an official delegate in the 7th National
Ayala Young Leaders Congress.
In the conference scene, a number of
papers from the department have garnered citations for their high quality.
MS Biology student Elaine Anne Y.
Lim and her adviser Vivian Panes,
Ph.D., received the Best Paper Award
during the 7th Annual Philippine Society
for Mycology Conference held at UP
Los Baños last April, for their paper
entitled “Genetic Diversity and Species
Identification of Philippine Rice Wine
Making Yeasts: DNA Fingerprinting
Analysis.”
Biology undergraduates Maribel Co and
Justine Uy won 3rd Best Poster in the
2nd Annual Bioinformatics Conference
and Convention of NIMBUS held at the
University of Santo Tomas, Manila in
October 2005. Their paper was entitled
“Evaluation of Biofilm formation of
Candida albicans using Bioinformatics
Tools.”
MS Biology students Francis E. Ansing,
Maricel Q. Corpuz, Joanna V. Flores,
Gervert Pascasio-Fonceca, John Henry
H. Sagun, Immaculate B. Tolentino with
their adviser Vivian S. Tolentino, Ph.D.,
won Best Poster Presentation in the 5th
ASEAN Microscopy Conference held
at the Holiday Inn Galleria, Pasig City
last November. Their paper was entitled
“Anatomical Characterization of
Selected Philippine Medicinal Plants
Using Light Microscopy.”
Growth and development of the
Health Sciences Program
Faithful to its mission of being an active research and development partner
of the government and industry, this
research-based graduate program was
developed in consultation with the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries
Association of the Philippines, Inc.
(SEIPI) and the Philippine Council for
Advanced Science and Technology Re-
the Department of Environmental Science
went on an investigatory trip to San Pablo
City, Laguna. Its objective: to find out
how the department can be of assistance
to the local community in establishing
an environmental management program
for its most treasured and unique resource, the Seven Lakes of San Pablo.
Fishing, the main source of livelihood
in the community, is supplemented by
small scale agriculture. However, the
rapid pace of industrialization in the
Calabarzon area threatens the sustainability
of their resources. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, the ES depart-
The ES team of faculty and students performing water quality monitoring in one of the
Seven Lakes of San Pablo
The departments of Mathematics and
the Health Sciences Program, conceived
as the course that offers the seamless
curriculum that leads to the Ateneo
School of Medicine and Public Health.
Today, it continues to grow and develop
as it strives to provide undergraduate
training and formation for the “Doctor
of the Future.” Medical doctors with
specialization in the various fields teach
the Health Sciences electives. Among
them is Alvin Marcelo, MD. who is a
recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young
Men Award for medical informatics.
One of the Health Science program’s
early initiatives is the Avian Flu Preparedness Plan of the university.
The Health Sciences program is proud
of this schoolyear’s freshmen – its first
batch. Twenty-five percent of them are
in the Dean’s List.
When asked why he took the challenge
of enrolling in the Health Science program, Carlo Lenon, a straight-A student
who turned down an opportunity to get
into the Intarmed program of UP, had
this to say: “Becoming a doctor in a third
world country entails training that goes
beyond the knowledge of how to cure
a person.”
Anna Mae de la Cruz, a freshman Merit
Scholar and consistent honor student
and leader in her high school says: “The
prog-ram will allow me to become not
just an outstanding clinician, but a dynamic manager and social catalyst as
well.”
The MS EE program is Ateneo’s contribution to the commitment in which
industry upgrades its engineers through
graduate studies, while the government
provides the grants for graduate studies, and the academe provides the
graduate programs. The aim of the
program is to develop a pool of engineers with advanced skills and cuttingedge research experience. rsjreyes
A continuing commitment to environmental protection
In 1998, a small group of faculty from
DepEd’s partner in
mathematics and
biology teacher
education
The Loyola Schools’ youngest baby is
search and Development (PCASTRD).
The MS EE program seeks to support
the Philippine semiconductor and electronics industry in its drive to increase
exports, create more jobs, and move up
the value chain.
Biology continue to be the Department
of Education’s (DepEd) partner in
strengthening mathematics and biology
teacher education in the Philippines at
the graduate level.
For six years now, DepEd has been
sending public high school mathematics and biology teachers from all regions of the country to the Ateneo de
Manila University to pursue their
master’s degrees under a fourteenmonth scholarship program.
The program, which was a brainchild
of the late Bro. Andrew Gonzales when
he was secretary of DECS, began in
1999, ended temporarily in 2002, and
resumed in 2003, and is now ongoing.
The first five batches of scholars received additional funding from the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP). This schoolyear’s
scholars are the first batch to receive
scholarships from the Tan Yan Kee
Team of ES faculty and students with Diana Aga,
Ph.D. of the University of New York (standing left)
and representatives of the fisherfolk organization
headed by Mang Pando (seated at the front)
ment committed itself to providing technical assistance to the community.
Since then, the small group of faculty has
grown into a network of students and
scientists from as far away as the State
University of New York at Buffalo and
the University of San Francisco who have
generously shared their time, resources,
and expertise in helping the community
learn how to manage and protect their
environment. True to the university’s
mission of forming men and women for
others, the ES department strives to provide excellent technical training in environmental science, tempered with a deep
sense of social responsibility. eqespiritu
Foundation in addition to the DepEd
funds. For all six batches, the scholarships cover full tuition and fees and
travel, living, and book allowance.
The fourteen-month customized graduate scholarship program of the DepEd
is just one of its many efforts to provide further training to its secondary
school teachers in the fields of mathematics, basic sciences, and English. The
departments of Mathematics and Biology were tapped to provide teacher
training in their respective fields. The
customized programs are quite demanding.
The departments take pride in the
achievements of its graduates. Two of
the graduates of the Mathematics program, Allan Canonigo, now principal
of Ormoc National High School, and
Maylani Galicia of Ligao National High
School, won the Most Outstanding
Teacher Award, Secondary Level given
by Metrobank Foundation in 2004 and
2005, respectively, while Genersol
Monton from the Biology program
won the MetroBank award in 2004.
Many other graduates of the programs
are also successful and now occupy
important positions in their respective
schools. cpvyu
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Recent visitors of the Math Dept
Tim Robles in Goa, India
UNITeS volunteers return from
six-month assignment
People talk about the Digital Divide.
Karen Michelle S. Padilla (MIS’05)
and Timothy Robert S. Robles II
(MIS’05) decided to do something
about it.
nam, where she taught both
students and teachers basic computer literacy skills and web site development. She also helped plan the
school’s local area network.
Returning from six-month assignments abroad as volunteers to the
United Nations Information Technology Services (UNITeS), Karen and
Tim recount how the experience
changed their lives. The UNITeS
mobilizes volunteers in projects that
promote information technology for
development. It is administered by the
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
program.
Tim was assigned to work under a
non-government organization called
the Knowledge Initiative Trust. His
duty station was a village school in
Goa, India where he and his fellow
volunteer from Spain helped the
school maximize its computer resources. Their tasks included teaching teachers how to use open office,
fixing computers, and assisting students with special exhibits. Tim said
that his last task was to teach ninth
grade students web page design.
In schoolyear 2004-05, the Ateneo
entered into a memorandum of
agreement with the UNV to enable
BS Computer Science and BS Management Information Systems graduates to work as UNITeS volunteers
with UN partner institutions within
and outside the Philippines.
DISCS recruited and screened applicants from among the graduating seniors and submitted a shortlist to the
UNV. After a series of interviews
with the UNV officers and telephone
interviews with prospective UN partners, Karen and Tim were selected
for the program.
They left Manila in July 2005 and returned in January 2006. Karen was
assigned to the Hung Yen Teachers
Training College in Hung Yen, Viet-
Both Karen and Tim said they joined
UNITeS because were looking for an
opportunity to serve. Karen, who
lives in Pampanga, said that she was
“grateful to have graduated from the
Ateneo and wanted to give something back.” Tim said that working
for UNITeS was a chance to “do
something that was not for myself.”
Their work did not make many technical demands on them, but they were
challenged to adjust to living independently in a new environment. They
said that the experience was fulfilling
and recommend it to their fellow
graduates. Karen advises prospective
volunteers to be versatile and openminded. “Expect to learn a lot,” Tim
says, “The experience changes you.”
(l-r) Ms. Lan, an English teacher; Karen Padilla; Ms. Ha, Karen’s co-teacher in computer subjects
Ateneo-DepEd Masters scholar Maylani
Galicia, MS MathEd 2004 (second from
right), was selected as one of the
MetroBank Outstanding Teachers for
Secondary Education for 2005. Allan
Canonigo, MS Math Ed 2003 (far right),
also won the MetroBank award in 2004.
Joining them are Catherine Vistro-Yu,
Ph.D. and Manuel B. Dy, Jr, Ph.D., who
is himself a MetroBank awardee. The
awarding ceremony was held last
September.
(see Vol. I No.4-5)
Prof. Jin Akiyama
Peter Howard, Ph.D. of the Australian Catholic University visited
the Mathematics Department in
January. He gave two talks, the first
one was on “Mathematics in Australian Schools” on January 19 and
“Enhancing Mathematical Learning:
the voice of the community people”
on January 24. Faculty members
and MS Mathematics Education students of the Mathematics department attended his talks.
On January 20, Prof. Jin Akiyama
of Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan
also gave a lecture in the History of
Mathematics class of Mari-Jo P.
Ruiz, Ph.D. His talk was attended
by faculty members, graduate students and undergraduate students.
Peter Howard, Ph.D.
Nurturing world-class ICT
knowledge workers
The Department of Information
Systems and Computer Science
(DISCS) prides itself in creating an
environment that nurtures worldclass IT talent.
In the spirit of cura personalis, Pablo
Manalastas, Ph.D., John Paul Vergara,
Ph.D., Proceso Fernandez, Joselito
Olpoc, Eric Vidal, and Christine
Amarra dedicate their personal time
to coach and mentor students in
preparation for various competitions.
As a result, the Ateneans consistently
excel at local and international contests such as the ACM International
Programming Competition (ACM
ICPC), Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation Young IT Entrepreneurs Award, the UP Diliman Java
Cup, the De La Salle University Clash
of the Brains, and the UP Manila Programming Contest.
Through its faculty, curricula, and industry partners, DISCS is able to provide students with the technology,
practical experience, and employment
opportunities to become world-class
professionals and researchers. The
department’s close ties with industry
also provide students with the latest
technologies, practitioner inputs, and
career opportunities. Through the
Ateneo Java Wireless Competency
Center (AJWCC), students and graduates are involved in the design and
development of commercial wireless
applications and services. These
products are made available through
SMART Communications.
Linkages with Oracle, Microsoft, and
Sun Microsystems enable DISCs to
provide the latest database and software development tools. The faculty
builds courses on advanced databases,
embedded systems programming,
mobile applications development,
and advanced networking on top of
these technologies, exposing students
to platforms they can expect to use
as professionals.
Practitioners from Hewlett Packard
and other members of the Philippine
Software Industry Association regularly offer electives on topics such as
supply chain management, change
management, and outsourcing. These
electives enrich the CS and MIS curricula by showing students how industry applies the theoretical frameworks discussed in class.
Our industry partners also help students with practicum placement and
employment. Many students find
work as interns or regular employees
in major corporations such as
Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Canon,
IBM, Headstrong, Accenture,
SMART Communications, and
Globe Telecom.
Our industry friends have only one
complaint: we do not have enough IT
graduates for them to hire! mtrodrigo
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Volume I. Number 9.
Ateneo Science Guild (ASG)
ASG is the cluster of the five accredited
science and environment orgs of the Ateneo
sharing one vision – that of creating a
community that is aware and active in
spreading the beauty and wonders of science,
health, and the environment.
Environmental Science Society
The Environmental Science Society provides a venue
for students who want to be dynamically involved with
the environment. It initiates various environmental
advocacies in the Ateneo, offers first-hand experience
through ecotours, and promotes volunteerism
in participating in environmental issues.
Executive Board
N AME
Z harina A hne M . Corpuz
Executive Board
PO SITIO N
Margareth F. Maguad
President
Allan M. E spinosa
Internal VP
Peter June M. Santiago
E xternal VP
Jenna Riz D. Pasco
Secretary
James Michael L. Araneta
Finance
N AME
Secretary G eneral
F inance O fficer
A nna M arie M . Hufemia
M oderator
Loyola Mountaineers
Seeking the preservation, appreciation, and
welfare of God’s creation through the promotion of mountaineering as a sport and
as a medium for environmental concern is
the mission of the Loyola Mountaineers.
PO SITIO N
David P. Peralta
President
Abbey L. Weston
E xecutive VP
Ma. Rowena Grace Q. Predas
VP for Academics
Clarissa E ileen B. Sabulao
Treasurer
Camille Anne S. Paras
Internal VP
Richard Alpert J. Bautista
VP for Publication and
Documentation
Christine Joy U. Querebillo
E xternal VP
Jesus Ramon A. Ronquillo
Secretary General
Kendricks S. Lao
Carole M. Loable
Upperclassmen
Representative
Lowerclassmen
Representative
Philippine Association of
Chem Students Rep (1)
Philippine Association of
Chem Students Rep (2)
Ar mando M. Guidote, Jr., Ph. D. Moderator
Ateneo Mathematics Society
Awards
2005 Special Citation, LS Awards for
Service and Excellence
Executive Board
N AME
E rick Jason D. Latorre
Ann Judith I. Tapiador
Anna Raia Car mela P. Casugbu
Ma. Denise T. Verastigue
Ma. Jobelle E . Tayawa
Paolo Fransisco B. Camacho
Maria Angelica U. Veloso
E ldridge Julius Gamboa
Jackyn Desiree Chua
Maximino U. Pulan, Jr.
PO SITIO N
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Public Relations O fficer
E ducational O fficer
E nvironmental O fficer
Physical Fitness O fficer
Quarter master
Moderator
Pre Medical Society of the Ateneo
The Pre Medical Society of the Ateneo gives its members
a first-hand chance to participate in socially oriented
activities, such as medical missions, medicine drives and civic
based health programs. The organization also provides its
members with career talks, activities, medical school tours, and
other programs designed to help prepare pre-medicine students
for medical school and deepen their passion to become doctors.
Executive Board
N AME
M a. Victoria Carmela B. D ela Paz
Awards
2005 Awarded a three-year accreditation status
2005 Nominated for Best Project, Best New
Project, Most Outstanding Organization,
COAAwards
Executive Board
NAME
P O SITIO N
PO SITIO N
President
M artha Julia G. Romero
Internal VP
Jose Antonio J. Gavino
E xternal VP
M arc E dsel C.Ayes
Secretary General
M iguel Rafael D. Ramos
Treasurer
Paola Cristi P. Tolentino
Academics Head
Camille T. O nglao
Formations Head
Kathrina M elissa J. Lasam
M ed Schools Head
Clarissa Anne C. Kaw
M ed M issions Head
Mark Anthony A. E daño
President
Joseph Adrian D Capuno
M ed M issions D eputy
Randolph M. E spinosa
E xecutive Vice President
Nicole Angeline M . Cacnio
Pub Head
Nikki P. Fernandez
Secretary General
D iane C. Bernardo
4th Year Representative
Alvin A. Altarejos
3rd Year Representative
Joan Jett R. Alvarez
VP - Academics
Christian Robert C. Canlas
VP - Finance and
Promotions
Carmela D. Pangilinan
3rd Year Psy Representative
Deboraj M. Cir ujales
VP - Membership
Ramiro E ugenio E . Benavidez
2nd Year Psy Representative (Y )
Jaedis Kenneth C. Flores
VP - Research Applications
Christian John D. Rigor
AVP - Academics
Patricia D. Gonzales
Nicole D. Fernandez
2nd Year Psy Representative (Y 2)
AVP - Finance and
Promotions
M iguel Angelo M . Vicente
2nd Year Bio Representative
M a. Consuelo Imelda A. Lopez
Sec-Gen D eputy
Francine E lizabeth C. Tan
AVP - Membership
Joanne B. Ang
Academics D eputy
Mari Toni S. Bautista
AVP - Research
Applications
M icole O . O ng
Publications D eputy
Debbie Marie Y. Bautista
Moderator
Norman D ennis E . M arquez, M .D.
M oderator
SCIesta! – Science Fiesta!
These are just some of the things
featured at the SCIesta! – a weeklong affair celebrating science at the
Ateneo. Held last January 16-20,
SCIesta! was organized by the
Camille J. V illasin
Hannah Paula V. D oromal
Executive Board
Mitchell Angelo J. Cabrera
An interactive tradeshow
Techno games
The latest gadgets and inventions
E xternal V ice-chair
Awards
2000 2nd Runner Up PACSiklaban
(Inter-collegiate chem quiz bee)
2002 Awarded a three-year accreditation
status
2005 Awarded a three-year accreditation status
2005 Most Improved Organization,
COA Awards
Julienne E ve D. Algabre
We define what real passion for math is
and prove it.
We maximize friendships and minimize
conflicts.
We choose to make a difference.
We let the limit of our excellence approach
positive infinity.
We set no bounds for our service.
We are the inverse of mediocrity and apathy.
We make the complex real.
We integrate minds.
We differentiate individuals.
We count.
Excellence + Service + Camaraderie =
Ateneo Mathematics Society.
D ante G. Crisostomo, Jr.
As a Loyola Mountaineer you will go to
places where you can swim in pristine lakes,
relax on summits in the clouds, and sleep
beneath clear night skies with stars made
brighter by the thin mountain air.
Ateneo Chemical Society
Members participate in seminars, exhibits,
quiz bees, company tours, sales, sports
festivals, parties, and interschool activities.
This year, took part in Kimika Mahika
(magic show), the Chemistry Alumni
Homecoming, and ACheS Week.
Chairperson
Sheryl Joy A nne S. G uttierez Internal V ice-chair
N AME
The Ateneo Chemical Society (ACheS) is
the co-curricular student organization of
the Chemistry Department but is not an
exclusive org of chem majors. Anyone
with the heart and curiosity for chemistry
can join!
PO SITIO N
Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral School of
Science and Engineering Council and
the Ateneo Science Guild. Its aim was
to package science and technology as
interesting and enjoyable things that
we encounter in our everyday lives.
Each ASG organization held its own
event, such as exhibits, demos, and
quiz bees to show how much fun one
can get from doing science. The organizing group also came out with a
magazine featuring articles, org profiles, literary pieces by SOSE students,
and a survey on how other schools
view Ateneo sci-eng students.
The Office of the Dean sponsored a
Student Conference on Science and
Technology entitled “ExSciTE! – Extraordinary Science and Technology
Experience!” on January 17. Top
junior high school students from
various schools in Metro Manila
were invited to view the SCIesta exhibits, join the tour of the science
and engineering labs, and listen to
talks on various interesting topics
in science and engineering.
To cap the week-long event, a concert was held at the Tiendesitas in
Pasig featuring some school bands.
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The 15th ASPAC Parangal at Pasasalamat
of Humanities, an assistant professor
from the School of Social Sciences, and
a lecturer from the School of Science
and Engineering joined the list of outstanding teacher awardees of the
Ateneo Schools Parents Council
(ASPAC). They are Tomas G. Rosario,
Ph.D. (senior category); Jose Cecilio J.
Magadia, S.J. (junior category); and Mary
Jocelyn Y. Ang (part-time category).
They were formally honoured at the
Gabi ng Parangal at Pasasalamat, which was
held on February 3, at the PLDT-CTC
Building, Ateneo de Manila University.
The search for outstanding teachers
began in 1991 and has given awards
to thirty-two faculty members. The
annual search is spearheaded by the
academics committee of ASPAC. Diego
Poblete, Jr. and Daisy Mendoza, this
schoolyear’s president, and committee
chairperson, respectively say that the
award “is ASPAC’s way of giving recognition to the people who have
helped in moulding the students to
be competent men and women for
others.”
Each awardee receives a cash prize, a
glass trophy by artist Ramon Orlina,
a certificate, a plaque of recognition,
and a set of the Illustrated History of
the World Encyclopedia.
Teaching and the wealth of friendship *
Tomas G. Rosario, Jr.
Tonight, I find myself necessitated to
talk about the life of teaching again
in view of this award I just received.
Looking back, I realize that I have
been teaching and serving students
for almost thirty years. In terms of
personal honor and achievements, the
first twenty years were relatively uneventful except for the fact that I
served for sixteen years as dorm prefect and later as director of the
Ateneo Residence Halls.
Assuming the role of their [the dormers] second parent or of their big
brother, my patience was constantly
challenged in my efforts to guide them
and even to discipline them. But today,
it is an uplifting and lasting joy that certain dormers coming from distant provinces throughout the country continue
to communicate with me and even visit
me in order to re-affirm and to renew
the elevation of our prefect-dormer relation, or, of our teacher-student relation to the solidarity of friendship. In
fact, some of them are here tonight,
coming from as far as Pampanga and
La Union.
It seemed to me now that fate and
destiny has prescribed on me to remain single so that I could care for
many, not to have a family of my own
so that I could share most of my time
with unburdened generosity. I continued to serve in the Residence Halls
eventually assuming the dual duties of
director and head prefect. I was not
only the over-all administrator of the
dormitories, head guardian, and chief
disciplinarian, but I even found myself serving as the dorm driver with
regularity and frequency especially
during the season of illnesses in order to bring the sick dormers to UP
Infirmary or to a hospital if their illness is serious. Furthermore, there were
periods of time-consuming tutorial
services for junior and senior students
for their traditional final oral exams
in philosophy. And, most of all, there
was the task of attending to and guiding provincial dorm scholars so that
they could adjust to the culture of intellectual excellence in the Ateneo.
But what is significant to note in this
narrative of my services to resident
students is that they confirm the validity of my belief that to invest patience, sacrifice, and generosity in our
students is to propagate good will,
which clearly generates mutual good
will. I am convinced that teaching involves something much more than
training in intellectual skills. It involves
more the formation of what
Mortimer Adler calls “the educated
heart,” or what I see as the formation
of good will. In fact, I will never forget my Jesuit mentor, the late Fr.
Francis Reilly, for educating my heart,
for constantly instilling good will in
me by believing in me and by his patience in guiding me not only during
the years when I was his student but
also during the early years of my
teaching in this university.
When I returned to full-time teaching in schoolyear 1996-97, it marked
the beginning of the full blossom of
my scholarship although, in relation
to my age at that time, we can say
that it was already late. Pushing myself to a high level of research discipline, my scholarship for the last nine
years has yielded personal benefits
like travel opportunities, and major
awards. On hindsight, it never
crossed my mind during the earliest
years of my teaching in Ateneo that
I would be able to travel to certain
countries in Asia, Western Europe,
and even to Russia to participate and
to read papers in international conferences. Nor did I dream to win such
major awards like the Outstanding
Scholarly Work Award sponsored by
the Loyola Schools Awards in its initial year in December 2001, the National Book Award in August 2004,
and culminating in tonight’s award as
Outstanding Senior Teacher.
In all honesty, I am not really a big
dreamer when it comes to awards and
personal honors. In fact, when the late
Fr. Reilly invited me to teach here in
Ateneo in 1976 after my master’s degree, it took me three years to make
up my mind because I knew that
The awarding ceremony was attended
by Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J., President
of the Ateneo de Manila University;
Anna Miren Gonzalez-Intal, Ph.D.,
Vice President for the Loyola Schools;
Diego E. Poblete, Jr.; the deans of the
four Loyola Schools; the faculty and
administrators; the ASPAC Board of
Directors, its officers and members;
and students.
The ceremony was also occasion for
ASPAC to honor outgoing Vice
President for the Loyola Schools,
Anna Miren Gonzalez-Intal, Ph.D.,
herself an Outstanding Junior
Teacher Awardee for SY 1997–98.
to be an Ateneo teacher demands a
high level of competence. For me,
it was already a great achievement
and a great honor to become a
member of the Ateneo faculty.
This award that I receive tonight is another testimony to my effort to excel as
a teacher and as a scholar. This is truly
one of the priceless benefits of teaching. And yet, what I will also cherish as
the lasting benefit of teaching is the
wealth of friendship, the solidarity in
good will with my former students
Dr. Intal was given tribute for being
“a wonderful person who has been
with us through the years, our source
of inspiration, the pillar of support
in our endeavors, the member of the
family who is always there, never imposing but always encouraging.” She
was presented with a live orchid plant
as a reminder of her “nurturing spirit
and love” so that ASPAC will “continue to bloom as you would want…”
; a picture with her Orlina Trophy
in recognition of her being an outstanding teacher and person; and a
Plaque of Appreciation, as an expression of ASPAC’s gratitude.
and with my colleagues. As I noted
above, I believe that there is a deep
sense in which my teaching vocation
is to instill good will in my students,
to work with them in building
solidarity in good will, and to
propagate good will through good
deeds for them and with them. And
this award as outstanding senior
teacher will permanently remind me
to continue the task of expanding this
solidarity in good will.
[*shortened version of acceptance speech]
photo by Bj A. Patiño
An associate professor from the School
Tomas G. Rosario Jr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
School of Humanities
Outstanding Senior Teacher 2006
Tom Rosario has always been surrounded
by students since he joined the Ateneo de
Manila University in l979. He actually lived
with students in Cervini Hall for seventeen years.
His delight in being with students is legendary. Students remember him for addressing them by their first names although
some of us recall that Tom also referred
to them as “pretty boys and pretty girls”,
most likely a clever ploy to conceal the fact
that he couldn’t remember their names at
that moment.
But, Tom takes the art of nomenclatures
seriously. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on his namesake, Sto. Tomas de
Aquino at the University of Sto.Tomas, and
his public lectures are mostly on Thomas:
St. Thomas on Capital Punishment, St.
Thomas on the Common Good, St.
Thomas’s Natural Law Ethics, St. Thomas
on Rebellion, etc. His fidelity to Thomas
was publicly acknowledged recently when
he received the National Book Award
from the Manila Critics Circle in 2004 for
his translation of St. Thomas’s works in
Ethics.
His most current scholarly works, however,
are taking us to new landscapes as he explores bolder topics even if he remains
faithful to the perspectives of his angelic
master: “Thomism and Process Theism,”
“Beyond Metaphysics Towards a Liberal
Culture,” and “Richard Rorty’s Agitating
the Thomists.”
He is in fact at the threshold of publishing
a ground-breaking book entitled “Towards
a Finite God: Between Thomism and Process Theism.”
One wonders how Dr. Rosario achieved all
these in such a short time after earning his
doctorate in 1990. His inspiration is venerated on his desk in the department of philosophy: the pictures of his beloved students
at the Ateneo.
Tomorrow, on his desk will also be Orlina’s
trophy, ASPAC’s testament to his devotion
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Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
School of Social Sciences
Outstanding Junior Teacher 2006
If there is someone who exemplifies the
Jesuit ideal of total availability in the context of one’s calling and mission, it is Fr.
Jojo Magadia. He joined the Political Science Department as a full-time faculty
member soon after he finished his Ph.D.
in Political Science from Columbia University in 1999. Never one to turn down
assignments or requests wherever his help
and presence were needed, that semester
he agreed without hesitation to teach three
classes of the introductory core course,
Politics and Governance and an MA
course, Demographic and Population
Policy.
The following year, he accepted the position of executive director of the Ateneo
Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs,
which he has headed until the center’s integration this year into the Ateneo School
of Government of which he is now associate dean. In 2001, he was appointed rector of the Loyola House Studies. In 2002,
he became concurrent executive director
of the Center for Community Services. In
the same year, he was elected to the
university’s Board of Trustees.
Mary Jocelyn Ang
Lecturer
Department of Chemistry
School of Science
and Engineering
Outstanding Part-time teacher
Despite all the administrative assignments
and apostolates, he has made himself available to teach a wide range of courses in
political science, including contemporary
issues and problems in Philippine politics,
comparative politics, and research methods.
What is truly remarkable is that the everbusy Fr. Jojo rarely comes across as harassed, never calling attention to himself
nor his difficulties. His students love his
pleasant disposition and down-to-earth
manner. The female students say he has
the most soothing and reassuring voice that
makes every 7:30 am class worth attending. He is known for making complicated
things simple, leading his students toward
maximum comprehension and seeing to it
that all unclear points are clarified. Students
often wonder how he can make so much
sense of the readings for class without
sounding too technical. His lectures are
always neatly outlined, which makes for
trouble-free note-taking and effortless reviewing. When debates ensue in class discussions, Fr. Jojo is always ready to accommodate all sides and calm the eager disputants with a more holistic perspective. Students also appreciate the wealth of experiences he shares in class coming from his
many socio-political involvements outside
the academe. Last year, the graduating seniors voted him as the “wisest teacher”
during the Blue Roast celebration.
photo by Bj A. Patiño
Jose Cecilio J. Magadia, S.J.
Mary Jocelyn Ang – or Gigi, as she
is fondly called by colleagues and
friends – was recognized as this
year’s ASPAC Most Outstanding
Part-Time Teacher.
Gigi joined the faculty of the
Chemistry Department in 1990
after completing her MS Chemistry. Before outside commitments
took more of her time, she played
an active role in research in electrochemical analysis and was associate chair of the Department of
Chemistry. Today, despite her busy
schedule running the family’s rubber footwear business, she still
takes time to teach her trademark
General Chemistry II class and
laboratory for chemistry majors.
Her humor and ability to explain
complex chemistry in terms of
simple analogies was evident in the
response she gave during the ASPAC
The teacher fantastic
Jose Cecilio J. Magadia, S.J.
A teacher, if he is to be true to his
trade, is someone who never stops
to get to know his matter more and
more – he studies it well, reviews it,
turns it on its head, and some might
even memorize, as to be able to give
back everything in his brain, wordfor-word.
But a good teacher is more than just
someone who knows his stuff. A
good teacher is someone who has
gotten to such depth and breadth of
knowledge that he is able to be flexible about how he delivers his message, without changing the matter.
He knows his stuff so well that he
can adjust himself according to the
needs of those he is given to teach.
A teacher carries books; a good
teacher can more easily drop the
books, and speak from the heart.
But there is a third level, and that is
the fantastic teacher. A teacher
teaches from his book; a good teacher
drops his book and speaks from the
heart; a fantastic teacher often need
not even speak at all. His very life is
his teaching – his actions, his movements, his lifestyle, the choices he
makes, the commitments he lives, the
way of proceeding, his total being is
his teaching. His actions truly speak
Today, we honor the teaching profession. Many of us here in the
Ateneo are real teachers, because, at
least we try to get to know even
more what we had earlier began to
study. There are also some, I believe,
who are already good teachers, but
only a countable few will qualify as
fantastic. But I would like to think
that we are all trying, and tonight, I
thank ASPAC for this initiative in
giving these awards to us who continue to try to do our best.
I thank the Ateneo community for
helping create the conditions for
learning to happen. I thank my Jesuit
family for being my support and my
inspiration. And I thank our families
and friends, for giving us the space
to give of ourselves, in this most
noble of professions, where we have
the distinct privilege and opportunity
to come in contact with the human
mind and the human heart, to form
and transform for the better.
Chemical states
T
his award comes as a pleasant surprise at a time when I have thought of
myself as being in a state of chemical
equilibrium. A system is said to be in
a state of chemical equilibrium when
all opposing reactions are occurring at
the same rate. Such a system is DYNAMIC, but since the rate of the forward reaction is equal to the rate of
the reverse reaction, NO NET
CHANGE can be observed.
I have been BUSY; but life has been
CONSTANT. Lately, two events have
started to disturb my equilibrium. Last
week, I finally fulfilled one goal of an alchemist … I turned GOLD. Today, I am
being described as OUTSTANDING for
something that I just love to do.
award ceremonies, when she compared the award to thermodynamic
stress that disrupted the equilibrium of her life, and her giving as a
teacher as the conservation of energy: just as she expends energy to
illuminate her students, she hopes
that her students, in turn, will do
something for society.
louder than his words because he
needs to open hearts and minds once
more, especially when worlds have
become a little too tight and narrow,
when styles become too cramped,
when choices turn out to become
more restricted and the pickings lean.
These two events are STRESSES to
my equilibrium. When a stress is applied to a system in a state of equilibrium, the system will always react in
the direction that will tend to REDUCE the stress until equilibrium is
established again.
As years are added to my system, my
system would look for ways to re-
Mary Jocelyn Ang
duce the effects of the added years.
Does this mean that I might also
fulfill the other goal of an alchemist
and … find my FOUNTAIN OF
YOUTH? Not bad at all! How about
the outstanding part … does this
mean favoring reactions that would
lead to a NET LOSS OF ENERGY
and become LESS outstanding?
Well, I really don’t mind. When a
system is allowed to interact with its
surroundings, energy lost by the system
is gained by its surroundings. Isn’t that
what teaching is all about? … losing
our energies to our students, so that
someday, they too will lose their energies to their surroundings!
While it is a privilege to be called upon
to teach, I am forever grateful to the
chemistry department for accommodating me almost every second semester of the school year. I am also thankful to have family and friends who have
supported and, in many ways, subsidized my teaching. While it is true that
I do part-time teaching, it is NOT my
part-time job. Thank you so much for
this recognition!
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notable achievements
Ateneo Debate Society is sole Asian team
to reach the Worlds Final Series
The Ateneo Debate Society continued
its record of international debating success as it reached the Final Series of the
26th World Universities Debating Championship held in the University College
in Dublin, Ireland from December 27 to
January 3.
Jake de Leon as Nilalang
Jean Pierre Reniva as Pusa
Nikki Paqueo as Justine
TA ends season with Frankenstein
Tanghalang Ateneo closed its 27
th
season with Ang Nilalang ni
Victor Frankenstein, a play about the consequences of playing
God. The play, a Filipino translation of Neal Bell’s Monster,
takes off from Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein.
Nilalang chronicles the tale of Victor
Frankenstein, a promising young physician, who becomes obsessed with creating human life. Using the remains of
various corpses, he crafts a creature and
brings it to life after jolting its body with
bolts of lightning drawn from a kite
string and a Leyden jar. But the creature
is distraught with his resurrection: he
suffers from isolation and extreme loneliness, and begs Victor to make him a
bride. Victor rejects this request. The
creature strikes back by first killing
Victor’s servant, then in succession, and
with every rejection Victor makes, his
brother, best friend, and eventually his
newly wedded wife, Elizabeth. The crea-
ture then disappears, leaving Victor in a
pit of guilt and remorse for having created a monster. Victor promises his own
revenge. He searches for the creature to
the ends of the earth, and finds it in the
cold bareness of the North Pole.
Caught in a winter storm, both creator
and created confront each other, ready
to strike, but only find tragic warmth in
each other’s company.
Ronan Capinding translated and directed,
while Gino Gonzales designed the set
and costumes. Jonjon Villareal was in
charge of lighting design, while Reamur
David worked on the sound design.
Ang Nilalang ni Ron Capinding
Ronan Capinding, a brilliant and talented actor, director and translator, directed Tanghalang Ateneo’s final play
of its repertory season—Ang Nilalang
ni Victor Frankenstein. The play is an
adaptation of the Mary Shelley’s classic, Frankenstein, and had its run in late
January to early February.
Ron graduated with a degree in Philosophy from the Ateneo and holds an
MA in Educational Administration. He
is currently a member of the Filipino
Department of the Ateneo de Manila
High School and a lecturer in basic acting for the Theatre Arts Program of
the Loyola Schools.
He has received numerous awards, including the Dean’s Awards for Service
and Excellence, Best Actor of Galian ng
Sining at Kultura, both from the Ateneo.
He is affiliated with theater organizations such as Bulwagang Bughaw, the
Metropolitan Theatre Guild, and
Tanghalang Ateneo where he is currently the company’s acting moderator,
filling in for the TA’s resident moderator and artistic director, Ricardo Abad,
Ph.D, who is on sabbatical leave.
lowing junior students from the John
Gokongwei School of Management who
won First and Third Prizes at the First Chinese-Filipino Business Club Business
Writing Competition held on February 8
at the CFBC Auditorium, Binondo, Manila.
LOYOLA SCHOOLS
March 1, 10:30 am
LS Ash Wednesday Mass
Church of the Gesù
March 3, 4:30 pm
LS Awards for Leadership & Service
At the Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex,
AdMU, Loyola Heights, QC
March 4, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Pabaon 2006
A seminar for the graduating students,
with Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ, Anna Miren Gonzalez-Intal, Ph.D.,
Consolacion Concepcion and Washington Garcia, Ph.D.
March 8, 4:30 pm
LS Scholarly Work Awards
At CTC 201, PLDT-CTC, AdMU,
Loyola Heights, QC
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
Ronan Capinding
Ron began the 27th season of TA with
Bayan-Bayanan, a play that he says is very
close to his heart. His latest directorial
project, Ang Nilalang ni Victor Frankenstein
posed a new challenge being a period,
modernized classic, poetic, and horror
play rolled up in one. While he felt BayanBayanan was his best, he now feels that
Nilalang is the best play he has directed.
Ron sheds his inhibitions and unleashes
his artistic beast by taking more risks
thematically and directorially both with
Bayan-Bayanan and Ang Nilalang ni Victor Frankenstein. He hopes that after
watching Nilalang, people would have
come out with a new appreciation of
life and relationships.
Feb 24 & Mar 1, 7:00 pm
Feb 25 & Mar 4, 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Feb 26 & Mar 5, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
Comfort Woman: Slave of Destiny
A play based on Lola Rosa’s autobiography
Adapted and directed by Missy Maramara, with a film by
Trinka Lat
At the Fine Arts Theater, 3/F Gonzaga Building,
AdMU, Loyola Heights, QC
February 24 to March 7
Exhibition
Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s personal papers and
research materials for the book, Anita Magsaysay-Ho:
In Praise of Women, which were donated to the
Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings
At the Pardo de Tavera Room, 2/F Rizal Library,
AdMU, Loyola Heights, QC
March 1, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Special Topics Lecture: French Cooperation
Policy
by Francois Blamont of the Embassy of France in Manila
At the Natividad Galang-Fajardo Conference
Rooms, G/f de la Costa Hall, AdMU, Loyola
Heights, QC
Third Prize: Gabe Domingo, Kristl Go,
Lalaine Ong, Aimee Pua, Johann See, and
Therese Syling
March 3, 2006, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Milestones in Literature Lecture Series: On
Banaag at Sikat
by Benilda S. Santos, Ph.D., Professor, Kagawaran ng
Filipino
At the Natividad Galang-Fajardo Conference
Rooms, G/f de la Costa Hall, AdMU, Loyola
Heights, QC
Enrico Osi and Dickie Soriano, faculty
members of the Department of Marketing and Law Department were advisers
to the student groups.
March 4, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
SOH Open House for Prospective Freshmen
At Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex,
AdMU, Loyola Heights, QC
First Prize: John Lery Chik, Marco David
Domingo, Chloee Ysabelle Lopez, Roselle
Jean Nonato, and Patricia San Diego
Stephanie Co (II BS Psych) also displayed
world-class adjudicating skills as she qualified among the sixty best adjudicators in
the world and judged in the best rounds
of the tournament. She was one of the
youngest adjudicators to make it to the
final series of the championship.
This recent victory of the ADS is a testament to Ateneo’s continuing dominance
in the region and its growing prominence
in international debating. In the past year,
the society has won the National and Asian
championship titles, and reached the grand
finals of the Australasians,the second largest debate tournament after the Worlds.
This May 2006, the ADS will be hosting
the Asian Universities Debating Championships in Manila. alalisan & rfuentebella
this | month
March 15, 4:30 pm
Awarding Ceremonies
Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts
At Escaler Hall, Science Education
Complex, AdMU, Loyola Heights, QC
JGSOM Juniors win first and third place at the First
Chinese-Filipino Business Club Writing Competition
The Loyola Schools congratulates the fol-
After nine grueling preliminary rounds
in which they faced top teams from Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, and Sydney,
ADMU Team B composed of Sharmila
Parmanand (III AB POS) and Charisse
Borromeo (II BS ME), and ADMU
Team A, composed of Lisandro Elias
Claudio (III AB Com) and Roland Glenn
Tuazon (III AB Com), emerged octofinalists, outclassing over 600 debaters
from the best debate institutions around
the world. They were the only Asian
teams to reach the final series. This is
also the first time that two Ateneo teams
have reached the octo-finals, thus showcasing the ADS pool of talent.
March 10, 2006, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Milestones in Literature Lecture Series:
On King Lear
by Maximo Pulan, Assistant Professor,
Department of English
At the Natividad Galang-Fajardo Conference
Room, G/f de la Costa Hall, AdMU, Loyola
Heights, QC
March 18-20
Roundtable Discussion:
Philosophical Reflections on Globalization in
the Asia-Pacific Context
by the members of the Asia-Pacific Philosophy Education
Network for Democracy
At the Natividad Galang-Fajardo Conference
Room, G/f de la Costa Hall, AdMU, Loyola
Heights, QC
JOHN GOKONGWEI SCHOOL
OF MANAGEMENT
February 26, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
JGSOM Open House
At Escaler Hall, Science Edcuation Complex,
AdMU, Loyola Heights, QC
March 21, 6:00 pm
JGSOM Testimonial Dinner for Honor
Graduates and Outstanding Students
At the JGSOM Garden, AdMU,
Loyola Heights, QC
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING (see page 4)
March 6-17, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Certificate Program in Training and
Development
The Strategic Training and Development
Program is a certificate course aimed at
developing the competencies of HR professionals
and managers in designing, facilitating, administering, and evaluating training in their organization.
For more details, e-mail teneocord@admu.edu.ph
At Ateneo CORD, 3/F Höffner Bldg., Social
Development Complex, AdMU, Loyola Heights,
QC
March 17, 3:00 pm
Department of Sociology-Anthropology SA
Congratulations Ceremony
At the SSAVR, Social Sciences Building, AdMU,
Loyola Heights, QC
March 22, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Trendwatcher Series: Emerging HR Roles,
Structures and Technologies
This learning session features research/case studies
in Emerging HR Roles, Structures and
Technologies. Gods Lanuza will be sharing his
research on emerging HR competencies; Annette
Santiago of SMART will be sharing their HR
journey and innovations; and Tita Boluso will be
sharing the experience of Accenture in
implementing shared services.
For more details, e-mail ateneocord@admu.edu.ph
At the Astoria Hotel
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Volume I. Number 9. February 2006
The Second Round: Still a clean slate
Miguel Fernando S. Siojo
Defendant/Mid-fielder
Men’s Football Team
futboleros then showed great persistence
and even bigger hearts versus the FEU
Tamaraws. In game 3, a technically
sound FEU side threatened to deal us
our first loss or draw using pin-point
passing and dizzying build-ups. The
Blue Booters kept their composure
and patience pushing forward ever
more so. The fatal blow came in the
dying seconds from the relentless
attacks rained down by our boys in
blue. From the jaws of defeat Ateneo
soared winning 1-0.
outlasting the last of the elimination
round - the Ateneo Blue Booters remain
undefeated.
Looking back at the second round
of UAAP football action, it’s difficult
to put the ovations to rest. After a
heated battle almost ending in an allout rumble, facing an impending
shut-out game saved by a miraculous
last minute goal, surviving an
unforeseen postponed match, and
The pressure coming into the second
round, with all opponents seeking to
break our clean slate, was slowly eased
as each game ended in sweet victory. In
the first match, the UP Fighting Maroons
came back with bitter retribution. They
held the game scoreless until a hand-ball
penalty against them was awarded and
made, pushing the Blue Booters
ahead. Following an astonishing
piece of goalkeeping that secured
the Ateneo win, tempers flurried
from both camps due to
controversial officiating and diehard fans. That round was not for
the faint-hearted.
In perfect championship form, the
Blue Booters showed no hint of
slowing down. A desperate UST squad
would try to sidetrack this winning
run in an odd protest that had game 9
eventually deferred. This proved
unfavorable to them. Fixture 9
resumed four days after. The men’s
football team mocked UST burying
them deep and out of contention,
annihilating them 4-1.
Headstrong and focused, the Blue
Booters quickly put away secondgame rivals UE, and in confident
fashion bettered their last round
efforts whipping them 2-0. The
In the last elimination game, the Blue
Booters failed to seize the crown
versus the Green Archers. Nonetheless, a well-fought battle left the
game 0-0, keeping the historic ‘no loss’
record intact. All eyes now turn to the
finals, where the Ateneo men’s
football team enters with a twice-tobeat advantage.
The Ateneo football fields are flushed
with the setting sun, retiring after a
hard-worked season. A cool early
evening breeze sweeps the pitch,
rolling empty water cups and ruffling
the blue and white tarpaulins. The
cemented benches and walkways and
the fields are bare. Only the echoes of
cheer and jubilation remain. As this is
being written, we look toward the
championship round, carrying hopes
for a three-peat, knowing that the
finals is a stage like no other. It is where
heroes are tested and champions
survive. As we band together like a sea
of blue filling the flanks and chanting
our song, we hope and pray for the
happy ending – and win or lose, it’s
the school we choose.
photo by Dane Umali
photo by Dane Umali
for the Championships. They decisively crushed UST 1-0 in a brilliant
display of quality football. A poised
Ateneo team finished strong, dominating ball possession and securing
the win, rightly ending the first
round of soccer action on an exciting and remarkable note.
and body, and humble in spirit. Facing the last matches of the second
round, training intensifies and clear
focus is restored. The first half has
been laid to rest as a new battlefield
emerges.
In the women’s division, the Ateneo
Women’s Football team continues to
fight for their first win. They remain
in contention for a well-seeded spot
in the overall rankings, sticking close
and making life impossible for rival
teams. The second round promises
that never-say-die attitude and solid
performance from our futboleras.
“Walang magrerelax (No one will relax)” the players constantly recite, to
remind everyone of a mission not
yet completed.
In the quiet crossing of the season,
the football teams are strong in mind
photo by Erwin Cabbab
photo by Erwin Cabbab
Coming off the impressive handling
of the UP Fighting Maroons in
game one, the Ateneo futboleros
wasted no time in gaining more
ground and momentum. In the
much anticipated battle versus the
green boys of La Salle, the Blue
Booters were relentless in their attack and rock-steady on defense
outclassing and trouncing the
photo by Scott Kho
air as the football season reached its
halfway point. The shades of championship history that were witnessed
in the last two weeks brought an extreme rush of excitement. At the
end of the exhilarating first round,
the Ateneo men’s Blue Booters are
five-for-five in 68th season of the
UAAP.
highly-rated contenders with a 2-0
beating. Winning form was taking
shape. A sluggish Sunday, then, saw
the Football team scrabbling for
points before finally putting away the
UE Red Warriors. Composure and
patience was Ateneo’s key to unlocking the pesky stronghold of the opponent, which rendered a relieving
1-0 win. Hardly slowing down, the
fourth fixture victory against FEU
propelled the already soaring football squad much higher in points
standing. Staring at a 3-0 massacre,
the young Iloilo players of FEU
painfully yielded to our experienced
Booters. Last season, UST held
Ateneo at bay only folding under
pressure in the dying minutes of a
penalty shootout in the finals. This
year the Blue Booters would not wait
photo by Scott Kho
There was a restless mood in the
Miguel Fernando S. Siojo
Defendant/Mid-fielder
Men’s Football Team
photo by Erwin Cabbab
Umali
photo by Dane
photo by Dane Umali
Shades of Blue Glory
“Back to zero!”
Once again the fields will fill with
eager spectators, banging drums, and
cheering fans. Come rain or come
shine the deciding second round will
unfurl and the gladiators of football
will take their places on the pitch.