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by Eileen Q. Sorela
HE University of San JoseRecoletos celebrated its 25th
anniversary as a university on
September 21 with the theme
“Celebrating 25 Years as a University.”
School administrators headed by
Rev. Fr. Enrico Peter A. Silab, OAR
recognized the individuals who worked
to achieve the school’s university status
during the Recognition Rites at the Center
for Performing Arts (CfPA).
Dr. Edgar R. Detoya, Dean of the
College of Commerce and Chairman
of the Awards committee said that the
awardees were chosen from the former
deans and lay administrators during Fr.
Cabarles’ administration.
“Rev. Fr. Rafael E. Cabarles, OAR
was the president when Colegio de San
Jose-Recoletos became a university,”
Dr. Detoya said. He also mentioned that
there were four categories of awardees:
Past University presidents, Posthumous
Awardees, Committee members and
former religious and lay administrators
and the Steering committee. Awardees
were given plaque of recognitions. The
families and relatives of the respective
posthumous awardees accepted the
awards.
Former university president Reverend
Fr. Rafael Cabarles, OAR led the Steering
Committee list of honorees. The list
is composed of Dr. Mariano M. Lerin,
CPA (Former Dean of the College of
Commerce), Dr. Carmen M. Eturma
(Director, RPSC) and Dr. Milagros C.
Espina (Former Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences),” Dr. Detoya added.
The lay and religious administrators
and guests were welcomed through the
Arrival Honors at the Main Campus
quadrangle. Before the awarding rites,
a Holy Mass was celebrated at the CfPA
then dinner followed at the main library.
USJ-R Sports fest
2009 kicks off
by Jan Patrice V. Lim
teams were: San
Jose team -Dr. Venus
M. Empuerto, San
Agustin team - Mrs.
Grace Arcano, San
Nicolas team - Mrs.
Mila
Baclayon,
Mrs. Hermenegilda
Rosinto and Mrs.
Doreta Omandac for
the Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel team and St.
Ezekiel Moreno team,
respectively.
San Jose team’s Dr.
Empuerto
sashed the
THE FOREFRONTS. USJ-R faculty and staff proved that
Ms.
Sports
fest 2009
they, too, can be the forefronts of the game.
title.
In celebration of the feast day of St.
During the cheer
Ezekiel Moreno on August 19, the lay and dance competition, St. Ezekiel team won
religious administrators, faculty, staff and 1st place, San Agustin team placed 2nd,
non-teaching personnel of the university San Nicholas team positioned 3rd, Our
opened the Sports fest 2009 at the USJ-R Lady of Mt. Carmel team placed 4th and
Basak Campus.
San Jose team ranked 5th.
Five different teams composed this
To showcase the faculty and staff’s
year’s sports fest; the San Jose team talents, an MTV show was held at the
(Green Team), the San Agustin team USJ-R Open Gym. Our Lady of Mt.
(Blue Team), San Nicolas team (Pink Carmel team with its Pussycat Dolls
Team), Our Lady of Mount Carmel team performance was hailed champion.
(Yellow Team) and the St. Ezekiel team
St. Ezekiel team bagged the 2nd prize
(Red Team).
with its Madonna presentation, San Jose
The sports fest highlighted the following team received the 3rd place with the
events: Ms. Sports fest 2009, cheer dance Britney Spears MTV, San Agustin team
competition, MTV competition, and got 4th place with Black-Eyed Peas
Pinoy parlor games and ballgames.
performance while San Nicholas team
After the Holy Mass, the selection of placed 5th in Michael Jackson MTV.
muses followed. Muses of the different
CHRONICLERS. Past university presidents received recognitions
for helping engrave history in the Josenian community.
THE HONOREES:
PAST UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS
Rev. Fr. Rafael E. Cabarles, OAR
- 1982-1988
Rev. Fr. Emeterio D. Buñao, OAR
- 1988-2000
Rev. Fr. Walthrode B. Conde, OAR
- 2000-2003
Rev. Fr. Constantino B. Real, OAR
- 2003-2006
Rev. Fr Anthony A. Morillo, OAR
- 2006-2009
POSTHUMOUS AWARDEES
Engr. Joaquin R. Alix, Jr.
Rosenda C. Mendres
Dr. Concepcion B. Azarcon
Eulalio J. Minerva, CPA
Bro. Sergio P. Damazo, Jr.
Felix L. Paglinawan
Atty. Marcelo B. Fernan
Juan Eligio J. Yap, Jr.
Engr. Benedicto M. Mantos
Victorina V. Yap
Miguel A. Mendres, CPA
SAN AGUSTIN TEAM members:
College of Engineering
College of Nursing
School of Law
Main Clinic staff
SAN NICOLAS PINK TEAM members:
Office and Personnel Staff
Main Maintenance department
CPA Review Center staff
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
FORMER RELIGIOUS AND LAY
ADMINISTRATORS
Francisco B. Amparado, CPA
Manuel B. Rosales, CPA
Atty. Alicia E. Bathan
Josefina A. Sabado
Dr. Lucila S. Bonilla
Brenda V. Saliendra
Dr. Victoria L. Digao, CPA
Engr. Ernesto P. Tabada, PME
Remedios M. Estella
Dr. Lourdes H. Torrefranca
Dr. Evangeline C. Evangelista
Rev. Fr. Hernando D. Coja, OAR
Dr. Victoria D. Gabison
Rev. Fr. Walthrode B. Conde, OAR
Dr. Gloria H. Longakit
Bro. Joaquin V. Jamelo, OAR
STEERING COMMITTEE
Chairman:
Rev. Fr. Rafael E. Cabarles, OAR
- President
Assisted by:
Dr. Mariano M. Lerin, CPA
- Dean, College of Commerce
Dr. Carmen M. Eturma
- Director, RPSC
Dr. Milagros C. Espina
- Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
SAN EZEKIEL
members:
MORENO
TEAM
Grade School department
High School department
Basak Maintenance Department
Talavera Personnel
Basak Clinic staff
OVERALL CHAMPION:
SAN NICHOLAS
1ST RUNNER-UP:
ST. EZEKIEL
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL TEAM 2ND RUNNER-UP:
members:
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL
3RD RUNNER-UP:
College of Arts and Sciences
SAN JOSE
Center for Religious Education
4TH RUNNER-UP:
Graduate School
SAN AGUSTIN
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FORWARD on the move
Youth for Jo participants C o m p E r e t u r n s t o
College of Eng’g
double
by Nikkah C. Lubanga and Faith Clovell T. Lisondra
with reports from Riza M. Letrago
• 3, 369 Josenians attended
• CMO gathered 450 volunteers to facilitate the event
ALL FOR CHRIST. Josenians danced animation songs during the overnight vigil.
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his year’s Youth for Jo doubled
its participants compared to
last year’s. There were a total
of 3, 369 Josenians from both
the college and high school departments
who attended the celebration compared to
last year’s more or less 1, 500 participants.
Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS)
enrollees and higher year level students
dominated the attendees who gathered in
the USJ-R main campus quadrangle last
September 4 and 5.
Reaching Out Society (ROS) Vice
President (Internal) Cherie Pepito said
this year’s Youth for Jo was livelier than
last year because of the bigger population.
She added that due to the increase in
student population, there were more
Campus Ministry volunteers present.
Headed by its new Director Reverend
Fr. Randolph P. Castillo Jr., OAR, the
Campus Ministry Office enlisted 450
volunteers to facilitate the event. Most
of them were from Liturgical Yodelers
Recoletos (LYRE), Reaching Out Society,
Recollect Augustinian Youth (RAY),
Catholic Charismatic Youth Ministry
(CCYM), Lector’s Guild (LG), and
Confraternity of Augustinian Recollect
Altar Servers (CARAS).
This year’s Youth for Jo theme is “Si
Kristo mismo, Siya ang totoo.” USJR’s
president Reverend Fr. Enrico Peter A.
Silab, OAR said during his speech that all
the activities must center to Jesus as the
way, the truth, and the life.
Pepito further said that many students
joined because of the new activities
offered such as the Wonder Girls Jingle
Contest and the Body Band Contest.
The Wonder Girls Jingle Contest was
based on a Korean pop group’s song
“Nobody”. Each student organization in
the university presented its own version
of the song. The groups must compose
their own lyrics to the tune of “Nobody”
but still related to the theme.
“It is a way for us to realize unsa’y
gifts nga gihatag sa Ginoo nga magamit
nato,” said Jemma Operiano, a Catholic
Charismatic Youth Ministry volunteer.
The participants of the Body Band
Contest, also from the different student
organizations, produced sound effects
using the different parts of their bodies
such as beat boxing with their mouths,
stomping their feet, or snapping their
fingers.
USJ-R Masscom tops
Campus Patrol
by Jane Martha U. Almacen
Contest. USJ-R’s Rachel Puray and Leo
• Won the Best News Casting team, Neil Pintor landed 2nd place for the said
Best News Coverage
• One from the team is Reporter of contest.
An open forum with ABS-CBN’s
the Year
reporters, Carine Asutilla, DX Lapid,
USJ-R Mass Communication students Carmi Cavanlit, and Vera Lae Lasam was
bagged major awards during the Campus one of the highlights of the said event.
Patrol held last August 21 at the St. ABS-CBN TV Patrol Central Visayas
News Anchor, Atty. Haide Acuña acted as
Theresa’s College.
USJ-R’s News Casting team composed the moderator of the open forum.
Six other schools participated during
of Eda Marie Enclonar, Girem Alberio,
Ryan Sorote, Grace Melanie Lacamiento, the said event. They were the Cebu
Jose Lewis Gachalian, Alfred Quirante Institute of Technology (CIT), University
and Kimberly Clark Pasu-it won the Best of the Visayas (UV), St. Theresa’s College
(STC), Cebu Normal University (CNU),
News Casting Team.
Meanwhile, USJ-R’s News Coverage University of the Philippines (UP) and
Team with Nico Ivan Velasquez, Patrick South Western University (SWU).
Campus Patrol is an annual event
Tabada and Da Vinci Maru grabbed the
Best News Coverage. Maru was also organized by ABS-CBN Cebu. This
year, ABS-CBN partnered with
the
awarded as the Reporter of the Year.
This year, Campus Patrol launched Cebu Alliance of Mass Communication
another competition which showcased Students (CAMS), the official student
the Masscom students’ singing, dancing organization of all Masscom students in
and acting skills – the CAMS Got Talent Cebu.
by Agnes B. Alpuerto
Bachelor of Science in Computer
Engineering (BS CompE) is back to the
College of Engineering after the former
was with the College of Information,
Computer
and
Communications
Technology (CICCT) for the past six
years.
The university decided to return
the CompE degree program to the
College of Engineering in accordance
to the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) Memorandum No. 25 of 2005
which provides that the BS Computer
Engineering is part of the Engineering
Education.
Before the transfer, College of
Engineering Dean Dr. Antonieto P. Flores
said meetings and consultations were held
to ensure the official transfer of the degree
program. Dr. Flores already planned the
transfer last school year.
The degree program was originally
offered in the College of Engineering in
1995, but because of the implementation
of the realignment, all computer – related
degree programs were offered in CICCT
at the Basak campus in 2003.
Engr. Anthony N. Jagures, Chairman
of the Electrical Engineering (EE)/
Electronics
and
Communications
Engineering (ECE)/CompE said that all
subject offerings of BS CompE are now
in the main campus. He added that all the
programs and activities of CompE will
continue despite the transfer.
College of Nursing
celebrates 5
by Rachel Anne M. Umpad
Josenians.
As part of the
celebration, some
selected
Nursing
students, together
with the dentists
and doctors, held
free dental, medical
and optical services
in Quiot, Pardo.
The said services
were part of the
CON’s community
outreach program.
CON
also
organized
a
GIVE ME 5. Fr. Silab (left) and Dean Borromeo (right)
symposium
on
officially opened the 5th Nursing Founding Anniversary.
medial
tourism
After the degree program was opened
in coordination with Philippine Nurses
in 2004, USJ-R’s College of Nursing
Association (PNA) Cebu Chapter.
(CON) celebrated its 5 years anniversary
During the last day of the celebration,
on October 1-3.
a fellowship night transpired and was
The CON displayed health facilities to
attended by CON faculty and staff, priest
simulate hospital services in the lobby.
administrators and nursing alumni.
Adjacent improvised rooms were built and
“CON: Celebrating 5 years of
dummy patients were placed inside the
Commitment to Academic Excellence” is
rooms. Nursing students also conducted
the theme of this year’s celebration.
free blood pressure (BP) taking for the
CoE holds ELOQUEST ‘09
by Jed Ian D. Bacarisas
In the pursuit of excellent speakers
among students, the College of Education
once again held Eloquest 2009 on August
8 at the Basak Campus Auditorium.
Sets of contestants from different
Education courses showed off their skills
in storytelling, oration, declamation and
extemporaneous speaking. The annual
activity, which started way back in 2001,
was made possible by The Language
Enthusiasts officers.
Teresita Salomeri, BSEd - English 3
was awarded as Storyteller of the Year;
Maria Norches Teofilo, BSEd - English 3
medalled the Orator of the Year; Sandra
Marie Nellas, BSEd - English 3 won the
declamation contest while Regie Villaces,
BSEd - Math 2 was awarded as the
Extemporaneous Speaker of the Year.
Full time CoE faculty member, Dr.
Mardy Verano, said Eloquest is one way
of enhancing students’ speaking ability.
USJ-R champions “Bangga sa
Kinaadman 2009”
by Eileen Q. Sorela
Alvin Pahati (BSHM-4), Allan
Quiñanola (ABPolSc-4) and Jun Niño
Nalipay (ABMC-4) championed during
the inter-school “Bangga Sa Kinaadman”
on July 24 at the Department of Education
Conference Hall. The three contestants
competed with other students from
different colleges and universities in
Cebu City. Student Affairs Office Director
Atty. Jesus Velez and Mr. Antonio Soria
were the coaches of the university’s
representatives.
After various elimination rounds, Pahati
and Quiñanola grabbed the first and third
places, respectively. They also received
plaques of recognition and cash prizes.
The Cebu City Youth Development
Commission sponsored the said contest
annually.
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FORWARD on the move
SSC
launches
Talents
Network
USJ-R marks
Buwan ng
Wika
Two offsite registrations
USJ-R register 710
by Jan Patrice V. Lim
by Philip A. Lapinid IV
USJ-R observed Buwan ng Wika 2009
with a theme “Mula Baler hanggang
buong Pilipinas.”
The event exhibited Filipino products
such as delicacies and native goods from
different places of the country. Native
baskets, hats, bayongs, and other products
were also displayed.
Some products were made by Josenian
students enrolled in Filipino subjects.
“We want to remind the students
that they should be nationalistic at
least through patronizing the Filipino
delicacies and products,” said Mrs. Percia
Leyte, Chairperson of the Department
of Communication, Languages, and
Literature who attended the opening
ceremony.
A presentation of the Filipino culture
was also presented and was witnessed
by Vice President for Academics and
Director of External Affairs Reverend Fr.
Edwin Macmac, OAR and Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Teoddie
Dumam-ag.
“We just want the Filipino culture to be
highlighted,” said Buklod Wika President,
Enrique Felisario. “The theme is trying to
emphasize the identity of the Filipino.”
The closing ceremonies culminated last
September 1 at the Center for Performing
Arts (CfPA).
During the ceremony, both third year
MassCom students Alley Tulabing and
Omar Sahibbil acted a dialogue depicting
the importance of Filipino Language.
Some Josenians also presented songs and
dances based on the different timelines of
Philippine music and entertainment.
The event was organized by Buklod
Wika, the official Filipino organization of
the school, and Filipino advisers.
by Riza M. Letrago
Supreme Student Council (SSC) 28th
Congress launched the SSC Talents
Network (STN) last August 10.
Organized for the first time, STN serves
as the mother organization among the
talents guild of the organizations in the
university.
SSC 28th Congress Vice-President Jynx
King Chanjueco, CAS HR Alvin Ybañez,
CAS HR Evina Michaela Lupango,
and College of Engineering HR Ruby
Amethyst Ceniza were appointed to
facilitate STN. The facilitators together with STN’s
core group will tap the different student
organizations to gather Josenian singers
and dancers.
SSC President Bryan Pulgade said
that his Congress came up with STN to
have a better linkage with other student
organizations.
STN’s core group is composed of Girem
Alberio, Mariz Atillo, Vergel Boyles,
Melchor Bunado, Liezel Ann Llanos,
James McJel Lota, Ace Angeli Ortega,
Shiela Reyes, Joceybel Tan, and Kimberly
Ycong.
On December 4, STN’s members will
showcase their first stage performance
to be dubbed as “Center Stage: A night
of Josenian Talents” at the Center for
Performing Arts.
Moreover, Pulgade said STN is in lieu
with the annual Students’ Night which
won’t be realized this year. “Though there
is a budget, but we (SSC officers) see
the waste of Php40000 which will only
benefit a thousand of students.”
Aside from the financial and audience’s
considerations, Pulgade added that they
see the possible malpractices of students
during Students’ Night. “Ang uban
morason nga mogawas kay kwaon sa
parents nya uyab diay.”
Besides, Pulgade added that there was
a voting done by all the SSC officers to
decide whether or not Students’ Night
will push through. Majority of the officers
favored not to have the event.
25 Jos win
1 VS 100
by Faith Clovell T. Lisondra
Twenty-five Josenians bagged the price
at stake in 1 VS 100 Josenians last August
10 at the Audio-Visual Room, USJ-R
Basak Campus.
The winners who came from the
different colleges of the university
shared the Php 1,500 cash prize among
themselves.
“I am grateful and happy nga I’m one of
the winners. I was just there for fun, but
fortunately nakadaog ko,” Ahdzleebee L.
Formentera, a BSIT-1 student expressed.
The Supreme Student Council 28th
Congress Vice President Jynx King R.
Chanjueco was the single player who tried
to beat the mob.
REGISTER FOR CHANGE. The Josenians are now making a small step towards
their big challenge in the 2010 elections.
In preparation for the 2010 presidential
poll,
Commission
on
Elections
(COMELEC) conducted two offsite
registrations at the USJ-R main lobby.
The off-site registrations only catered to
South and North districts registrants.
A total of 83 Josenians and 236 outsiders
from the North district registered on July
8 while 384 Josenians and 71 outsiders
from the South registered on July 31.
The Supreme Student Council (SSC)
28th Congress took the initiative of
inviting COMELEC in the university.
The COMELEC in coordination with
the SSC also accommodated outsiders
who are not from the two districts.
SSC House Representative, Rex
Donald Vadal, voiced out the registration
of Josenians in the university is just one
form of making a change in the country.
“There are around 11 million youth all
over the country today, and this offsite
registration is just a way to exercise or to
practice the rights and responsibilities of
the Josenians in nation-building.”
Before the registration took place in
the university, a survey, as required by
the COMELEC, was conducted first in
order to test if the university can attain the
required minimum number of registrants.
The COMELEC needs to have more or
less five hundred registrants before it can
hold the off-site registration.
The SSC officers conducted the survey
last May 19 among students. For the South
district alone, SSC listed 338 Josenians
who wanted to register, 54 were from
Basak. This made the school qualified
to hold offsite registrations. COMELEC
also held forums and voter’s education
seminar.
During the actual registration, ABSCBN and GMA reporters came to the
university to cover the event.
Vadal concluded that the offsite
registration was successful “kay di gubot
og daghan ang ni-participate.”
CICCT hosts another
programming competition
by Jennifer L. Anor
Freshmen and sophomore students of
the College of Information, Computer and
Communications Technology (CICCT)
showed off their JAVA programming
skills during the Computer Programming
Contest on September 23 at the Basak
Computer Laboratory 8 (BCL8).
After an elimination done before the
University Days and Intramurals, 14
students qualified to compete for the final
“[At first], sure jud ko sa akong answer,
pero sayop diay,” Chanjueco expressed.
“Ganahan man ‘ta ko na padugayon ang
show para mas dako ang madawat sa
people,” he added.
The game flowed smoothly until the
third question not until when the fourth
question which divided the players into
two.
At this time, Chanjueco had to use one of
his lifelines to call for a friend. However,
Chanjueco gave the wrong answer.
The game show, hosted by Carl Dave
Ang, was one way for the SSC to reach
out to the students in Basak Campus.
The 1 VS 100 Josenians was based on
the hit TV game show, 1 VS 100. The
event was one of the activities in stored
for the SSC Organizational Week.
competition. The qualifiers were formed
into seven teams in which each team was
given six problems to solve.
Winners for the said competition were
Kevin Jude Deloria and Alpha Mac
Simbajon (1st Place); Abel Visitacion
Jr. and Mike Amonte (2nd place); and
Karl Robin Miro and Ardy Abarquez
(3rd Place). All the winners and other
participants received awards and freebies
from Intel and Globe.
This CICCT yearly competition happens
every University Days and Intramurals
and during the CICCT Week in February.
Mrs. Ma. Lorna D. Miro, head of the said
competition’s organizing committee said
that organizing computer programming
competition is the college’s way of
scouting for possible participants for
national and international programming
competitions.
USJ-R donates goods to
Ondoy victims
by Riza M. Letrago
As of October 6, the Institute of NonFormal Education and Community
Outreach Program (INFECOP) of
the university headed by INFECOP’s
Supervisor Ms. Elizabeth Sestoso has
donated a total of 179 sacks and boxes of
relief goods to the victims of the typhoon
Ondoy in Luzon.
On September 29 and 30, 111 sacks and
boxes of relief goods were sent to San
Sebastian College-Recoletos (SSC-R),
USJ-R’s sister school in Manila. SSC-R,
through its COP, will be the one to
distribute the goods directly to the victims.
Forty-five sacks and boxes were sent to
ABS-CBN Cebu on October 1 and another
23 were handed to the Commission on
Service of the Archdiocese of Cebu on
October 6. As of October 13, there were
17 boxes to be donated to typhoon victims.
The donations which were composed
of used clothings, canned goods, noodles,
rice, biscuits, etc were donated by the
students, faculty and staff and other
individuals.
The INFECOP was also able to collect
Php46, 548.00 which was deposited to the
SSC-R account.
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CAS Words and Music goes ‘Bisdak’
by Philip A. Lapinid IV
Singing and dancing “Bisdak” songs
and music, Josenian performers caused
the audience pandemonium during the
annual CAS Words and Music last August
27.
From the 200 Josenians who auditioned
and underwent four eliminations, 9
contestants for the singing contest (solo),
5 for the celebrity impersonation and 4
for the dance contest completed the lists
of this year’s performers.
Third year AB Psychology student
Evina Micheala Lupango won the first
place in singing contest while Rochelle
Cañeda championed the celebrity
impersonation. Chupapi boys, on the
other hand, won the dance contest.
Bisdak (Bisayang Dako) is this year’s
PAPA PIOLO. Rev. Fr. Dexter Palagtiosa, with Ms. Gweendolyn Crescencio, made CAS Words and Music theme. CAS
organizers wanted the singers and dancers
a surprise appearance in CAS Words and Music 2009.
to sing and incorporate Cebuano songs
College of Eng’g
congrats new PECE
by Riza M. Letrago
Five Josenian faculty members from
the Electronics and Communications
Engineering (ECE) Department took oath
as Professional Electronics Engineers
(PECE) at Marriott Hotel, Cebu Business
Park on May 2.
The new PECE are Engr. Anthony N.
Jagures, Chair of ECE, EE, and CompE
Department, Engr. Henry Y. Ventic, OIC,
ECE Laboratory, Engr. Romar L. Batulan,
Engr. Shiela P. Añora, a full time faculty
member of ECE DepEd, and Engr.
Leopoldo Q. Din, a part time instructor.
“It is an honor and a pride to be identified
as one [PECE],” Engr. Jagures said.
Before they are acknowledged as PECE,
they went through a long process of
application, examination, and interviews.
Engr. Jagures invited his ECE colleagues
to submit application requirements to the
Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC) in Cebu. Some of the requirements
were certification of seven years of
working experience in USJ-R signed by
Rev. Fr. Anthony A. Morillo, OAR (the
University President upon the year of
their application) and must be an ECE
Board Examination passer.
After their applications were validated,
they took a nationwide examination
(held at different parts of the country) in
Casino Español de Cebu on November 29,
2008. The venue of the examination was
determined by the Institute of Electronics
Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP).
INFECOP trains Bible
sharing facilitators
by Nikkah C. Lubanga
University of San Jose-Recoletos
Institute of Non-Formal Education
and Community Outreach Program
(INFECOP) conducted a Bible sharing
among faculty and staff last August 15 at
the USJ-R main campus.
Spearheaded by the Center for
Religious Education faculty member
Mr. Mauro Olamit, the activity aimed to
prepare the faculty and staff for their visit
every Monday to Cebu City Jail Female
Dormitory in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu
City.
As facilitators for the Bible sharing,
the faculty and staff started their visit on
the same month. Their visit will end in
December.
One of the INFECOP staff, Mr. Jose
Peace Fuentes said that the Bible sharing
just started this year as a response to the
university’s mission to be community
oriented.
Religious Affairs Vice-President and
INFECOP coordinator, Reverend Fr.
Emmanuel A. Bolilia, OAR said that the
purpose of the training is to share God’s
word and to inculcate to one another its
value.
FORWARD on the move
and music so as to promote them most
especially to the students.
CAS
faculty
also
had
their
performances in all the three runs of the
show – 9am, 1pm, and 6pm. Lady Gaga
inspired costume was the highlight of the
Mathematics and Sciences Department’s
faculty dance number.
The awarding of winners transpired
in the evening with ABS-CBN reporter
and CAS professor Mr. Rico Lucena and
History teacher Mr. Lindzey Romero as
the hosts.
CAS Dean Dr. Teoddie B. Dumam-ag
said he’s happy with the consistent good
result of the annual event.
Aside from aiming camaraderie among
students and teachers, the event also
objected to generate funds for the CAS’
athletes during the intramurals. Thousands
of students availed P50 entrance ticket,
thousands of students avail which caused
the CfPA jampacked.
DCE-ALLEF stages
‘Chorusline’
by Jan Patrice V. Lim
THE CHARACTERS. The ALLEF scholars made a spoof performance out
from a famous Broadway play – Chorus Line.
The University of San Jose-Recoletos
Dramatics and Cultural Ensemble Amparito Llamas-Lhuillier Educational
Foundation (USJ-R DCE-ALLEF) staged
a ‘spoof’ on characters and ‘caricatures’
called the Chorusline.
In collaboration with the College of
Arts and Sciences (CAS) talents, the
presentation was held at the main Audio
Visual Room on September 2 and 3.
According to ALLEF Adviser and
play director Dr. Milagros S. Espina, the
play was intended for the development
of confidence and improvement of
articulation and pronunciation skills of the
actors. She added that it is also necessary
for the students, as audience, to learn how
to draw comments out of the presentation.
“I feel very fulfilled,” Dr. Espina said.
She was a CAS dean for over 27 years and
is now a professor of the graduate school
in this university.
One of the actors and an ABMC – 3
student, Nico Ivan Velasquez, said he
learned a lot on the presentation. “After
more than two months of rehearsals,
everything really paid off.”
Another actor and an ABMC - 3
student, Rachel Puray, also said that she
learned values such as time management
and being focused.
An amateur in the group, Lanielyn
Cabardo, also expressed her feelings in
being part of the ALLEF group for over
one year. “Wala ko nagtuo na maabot ko
diri kay grabe kaayo ko kahadlok atong
pag-audition,” she said.
ALLEF Chairman, Ms. Amparito L.
Lhuiller, was one of the audience and was
impressed by the students’ performance.
“It was really well-acted and I see good
stars,” she commented.
There are only 17 ALLEF scholars in
the university this year, a lesser number of
what is the expected number of scholars.
“Usually, we have 25 scholars,” she said.
Ms. Lhuiller added that ALLEF only
grants scholarships to talented third and
fourth year students. She even mentioned
that despite the busy practice and
performance schedules, academics is still
ALLEF’s top priority.
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FORWARD on the move
Newslets INTRAMURALS SNAPSHOTS
The Department of Mathematics
and Sciences in coordination
with the Biological Society of the
College of Arts and Sciences held
a nutrition month symposium last
July 30 at the Audio-Visual Room.
The symposium was organized
for the awareness of the students
on the proper lifestyle to have a
healthy body.
*****
The LIACOM Circle emerged
as overall champion in the SSC
Organizational Week on August
10 - 15 .
*****
Junior Philippine Institute of
Accountants (JPIA) won the
Hinambugay, Magdaog Tah and
Laugh All You Can contests which
took place at the main lobby
last August 13. In Hinambugay,
Magdaog Tah, Erwin Dilao of JPIA
got 1st place, Maria Fe Empinado
of Reaching Out Society (ROS)
-2nd place and Jennifer Rivas of
Liacom Circle won 3rd. JPIA
also won in Laugh All You Can,
followed by Liacom Circle and
ROS.
*****
The College of Education
(COE) reigned champion once
again as Most Colorful Contingent
and Most Lively Contingent in the
parade. The parade was one of the
opening events held at the Basak
Campus last September 21 for the
University Days and Intramurals
2009.
*****
The USJ-R Junior Philippine
Institute of Accountants (JPIA)
held its annual sports fest at the
main campus last August 21.
Accountancy students from each
year levels competed in basketball,
volleyball, chess, soduku, scrabble,
Amazing Race, and Bingo. The
juniors ranked overall champion.
OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR THE 25TH UNIVERSITY DAYS AND INTRAMURALS 2009
SPORT
Badminton
Basketball
Chess
Dance Sports
Football
Lawn Tennis
Table Tennis
Track and Field
Scrabble
Volleyball
Dance Palabas
Total Points
Overall ranking
Men
30
7.5
50
25
25
50
15
538
CAS
Women
30
70
5.5
25
xx
30
20
50
15
60
30
Men
COE
Women
50
xx
xx
35
0
Xx
7.5
40
xx
xx
xx
25
40
xx
30
20
247.5
CICCT
Men
Women
35
60
35
30
25
60
xx
20
25
30
17.5
30
30
25
25
20
20
487.5
Commerce
Men
Women
25
25
70
25
35
25
30
xx
30
35
20
30
70
70
30
35
70
35
Engineering
Men
Women
660
525
60
30
25
25
70
xx
35
60
35
xx
xx
35
60
30
40
20
Law
Women
xx
40
6
xx
xx
0
xx
Xx
xx
15
0
xx
xx
xx
xx
10
xx
Nursing
Men
Women
35
50
4
5.5
30
40
xx
xx
xx
7.5
17.5
xx
xx
15
20
50
25
71
299.5
Men
xx
Points System – systems applied to determine the overall champion and downward
Major event: track and field, basketball, volleyball, football
Score: 70-60-50-40-30-20-10
Minor event: Dance Palabas, Dance Sport, Table Tennis, Badminton, Lawn Tennis, Chess, Scrabble
Score: 35-30-25-20-15-10-15
Note: The volleyball results are still tentative due to some technical circumstances. However, possible changes of the results would not affect the over-all ranking of the
colleges.
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FORWARD on the move
Commerce champions
Intramurals ‘09
by Riza M. Letrago and Faith Clovell T. Lisondra
• Commerce won 3 out of 4 major
events, took 4 out of 7 major events
• CoE grabbed the championship title
from the High School department in the
Dance Sport Competition
• Still, CoE was awarded as the Most
Lively and Most Colorful team
C
hamped nine events, the
College of Commerce emerged
as the overall champion for this
year’s 25th University Days and
Intramurals.
Commerce also seized 3 out of 4
major events which were the basketball,
volleyball (women) and track and field
(men and women). They also took 4 out
of 7 minor events which were the women
chess, women lawn tennis and women
scrabble.
For the first time, Commerce bagged
the Dance Palabas first prize trophy and
grabbed the title from the two-timed
Dance Palabas champion, College of Arts
and Sciences.
The College of Engineering and
College of Information, Computer, and
Communications Technology ranked
2nd and 3rd in the overall standing,
respectively.
The College of Engineering won the
football, men scrabble, and men and
women table tennis. CICCT
won
this year’s men badminton and men chess.
The College of Education (COE)
retained its title as the Most Lively and
Most Colorful during the parade. COE
also grabbed the championship from the
High School department in the Dance
Sports Competition.
For this year’s 25th University
Intramurals, the Athletics Department
applied the points system in determining
the overall champion wherein the college
who garnered the highest points would be
recognized as the overall champion.
The sixth University president, Rev. Fr.
Enrico Peter A. Silab, OAR, opened the
Intramurals at the USJ-R Basak Campus
last September 22. The events successfully
ended last September 26.
ALL OUT. CAS dancers gave their best shot to grab the grand slam. However,
COC broke their record.
Commerce breaks
CAS reign in Dance
Palabas ‘09
by Faith Clovell T. Lisondra
The College of Commerce football team bagged the gold after winning the
game against CICCT by 1-0.
HMS beauty is Muse
of the Parade
by Riza M. Letrago
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT. COC amazed the crowd with their great dance moves.
For the College of Arts and Sciences
dancers, one more win and they’ll bag the
grand slam. Nevertheless, the College of
Commerce performers who never placed
in the past contests didn’t allow the
defenders to celebrate.
The College of Commerce is declared
champion in this year’s Dance Palabas
competition. CAS placed second and
College of Nursing ranked third.
“Ever since the Palabas started, we
never won a place, but with prayers
and teamwork, we were able to make it
even as champion,” Commerce Palabas
Coordinator, Edman P. Flores, CPA said.
On the other hand, Commerce
choreographer, Julius Alferez said the
team just based its pop dance performance
on the mechanics.
For the last two consecutive years, CAS
topped the competition. CAS Dean Dr.
Teoddie B. Dumam-ag said CAS dancers
held practices more often to notch the
grand slam this year. He further said he
was not discouraged by the loss.
“It’s fine with me because more
importantly, we gave our best performance
ever. We never lack in anything. I guess it
just wasn’t good enough for the judges,”
Dr. Dumam-ag said. “We are just hoping
to make another championship next time.”
Meanwhile, Palabas 2009 Chairman
Mr. Rafael G. Matutinao admitted that
advisers of the different departments still
have to settle whether the competition
will continue next year.
“It is not yet sure. It is still under
evaluation,” Matutinao said. He stated
further that it was suggested that the
Palabas be changed from a contest to a
dance show.
The lack of funds to support the event
is the main factor why such concern was
brought up.
A Hospitality Management (HM) acquaintance party held last August 22.
sophomore is this year’s Intrams Muse of
Bacalla is another beauty titlist from
the Parade.
the Tourism and Hospitality Management
The 17-year-old Keisha Marie A. Department (THMD) after Tourism
Bacalla who represented the Hospitality students Hyacinths Diva Mantalaba and
Management Society outshined the other Mischelle Latras were crowned Miss
19 muses who represented their respective USJ-R 2008 and 2007, respectively.
organizations. “I had no preparations for
Bacalla was awarded at the Basak
this event…I just had my make up by Coliseum during the opening of the
myself at home,” Bacalla said.
University Days and Intrmurals on
Bacalla also said she did not anticipate September 22.
to be captured by the judges’ eyes because
she stayed back and was barely noticeable
during the opening
dance number.
“I guess trying my
best to show off is
an edge among other
muses. I also want my
family, especially my
dad, and my friends
to be proud of me,”
she expressed.
Aside
from
winning this year’s
Muse of the Parade,
Bacalla, a 5’ 7 ½”
lass, also won as
BEAUTY AND POISE are their tickets in grabbing titles
this year’s Miss HM
during the Muse of the Parade Competition.
during the HMS