New LS Strategic Plan Presented - Loyola Schools

ORSEM 2007 p.6
NSTP gets a PLUS p. 3
Remembering
Manuel Colayco
TA’s 29th season
Sports p. 8
p. 5
June - July 2007
Volume III
Number I
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New LS Strategic Plan
Presented
New vision to adopt Asian perspective, pursue internationalization
A NEW FIVE-year strategic
plan for the Ateneo Loyola
Schools was presented by Dr.
Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng,
Vice President for Loyola
Schools, during the Faculty
Day held last 22 June 2007.
This was the product of a
Strategic Planning Workshop
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on 19-20 April 2007 with
Loyola Schools administrators, Chairs, and Program Directors.
The new vision states that:
“The Ateneo Loyola Schools
is a Filipino, Catholic, and
Jesuit center of excellence of
higher learning that is globally
FACULTY DAY 2007. Faculty members discuss ways to improve
student services during the Faculty Day held last 22 June 2007.
competitive while Asian in
perspective; a community
that transforms society
through its research and
creative work, its leadership
in service, and its formation
of persons-for-others.”
Dr. Cuyegkeng pointed out
the new elements of the
vision: adopting an Asian
perspective, pursuing internationalization more vigorously, and emphasizing the
transformative nature of the
work done by the Loyola
Schools in the areas of teaching, scholarly work, and
service.
With an Asian perspective, the Loyola Schools will
see itself and its work through
a regional perspective. “Even
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“Moving to New Levels
of Excellence andService”
DURING THE FACULTY Day held last 22 June 2007,
University President Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ,
challenged the Ateneo faculty to set their sights towards
moving on to “the next level”.
“As we approach our Sesquicentennial, we are also at
some kind of turning points of change in the major units
of the Ateneo,” Fr. Nebres said, citing that the Grade
School and High School are pushing to new academic
levels through benchmarking with top Singapore schools,
while the Loyola Schools have been going through a
continuing process of self-review and improvement.
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Results of LS Restructuring, Core Curriculum
Review Presented
EACH OF THE four Loyola
Schools has been able to
pursue its goals more vigorously and better address the
concerns of its respective constituencies because of the
restructuring. On the other
hand, the revised core curriculum has not been efficiently implemented.
These were among the
findings of the two committees tasked to review the restructuring into the Loyola
Schools and the core curricu-
MVP
Annual
Leadership
forum
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lum revisions, respectively.
These were presented during
the Faculty Day held last 22
June 2007.
Despite the benefits of the
restructuring, the committee
recommended that the Loyola
Schools deans should be given
greater autonomy while
making them more financially
accountable. The committee
recommended that administrative procedures be reviewed to allow Deans,
Chairs, and Directors to
make certain decisions
currently made by the Vice
President for Loyola Schools
(VPLS), and to decentralize
current budgeting process,
remembering that the VPLS
became the “enforcer” of the
non-negotiable principles and
preserved uniformity across
Schools.
“Administrative processes
are now implemented by
Deans, but in many cases, they
require the approval of the
Vice President for Loyola
Schools,” said Dr. Darwin D.
Yu during his presentation of
the committee findings.
“There was a ‘delegation of
oversight’ to the Deans as
opposed to a delegation of
authority.”
At the same time, the
committee noted the decline
in community spirit within
the Loyola Schools. “Faculty
members tend to identify
more with their school rather
than with the Loyola Schools
as a whole.”
The need for a stronger
structure for graduate programs and the creation of an
Office of Research was also
highlighted.
With regard to the core
curriculum revision of 2000,
its review committee found
that implementation lacked
efficiency, with lack of
involvement of many faculty
members as well as weak
oversight.
While the number of units
was reduced as planned, to
allow for more studentcentered
learning
approaches, its rationale was
not fully understood. “The
present confusion in this
matter might lie in the
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University President Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ, shares how
Ateneo can move on to "the next level" during Faculty Day.
The Ateneo School of Government is also moving to
new levels of involvement and leadership in governance.
The Law School has been working on a partnership with
the National University of Singapore. The Graduate School
of Business is now moving towards accreditation with
PAASCU and EQUIS. The School of Medicine and Public
Health opened this school year.
“What will bring us to the next level?” Fr. Nebres cited
the Environmental Scan of the Strategic Planning
Workshop of the Loyola Schools held on 19-20 April 2007,
which identified worldwide trends that will challenge and
stretch us. “Our response to them,” he said, “may well
determine much of what we will become in the next 10
years.”
These trends include globalization, the rise of China
and India, increased migration, multidisciplinary academic
fields, and the internationalization of higher education,
including international competitors.
For the Loyola Schools, Fr. Nebres offered his own
reflections on directions that may stretch it and bring it
to new levels.
For the School of Management, he suggested
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Notable Achievements
2007 Graduate Named Outstanding
Student of the Philippines
LUIS ANDRES R. ABAD, a 2007 Summa
Cum Laude graduate of Ateneo’s AB Economics-Honors Program, president of
the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-Aaral for
2006-2007, and a champion debater,
was named as one of the 2007 Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines
(TOSP).
The TOSP program, a project of the
RFM Foundation, is a nationwide search
for outstanding youth who have displayed academic excellence, exemplary
leadership, community involvement,
and good moral values. The awarding
ceremony was held at Malacañang Palace last 5 July 2007, with President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Guest of
Honor.
“We need to teach one another the
value of generosity, of sacrifice, of service, and of justice,” said Abad in the
essay he submitted to the TOSP screening committee. Before serving as president of the Ateneo student council,
Abad with his TOSP trophy after the awarding
Abad was a volunteer faculty member ceremony in Malacañang
MA. ASSUNTA CUYEGKENG
for three years of the Sibol Hesus
Tutorial and Summer School for Public High School Students.
In December 2006, Abad was also named as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Jose
Rizal Model Students of the Philippines in ceremonies held at the International Headquarters of the Order of the Knights of Rizal.
Abad is also the valedictorian of his high school and grade school classes. He is the
son of former Education Secretary Florencio Abad and former Batanes Representative Henedina Abad.
Ateneans Win in National
Health Research Competition
TWO ATENEO RESEARCH projects bagged the first and
third places in the 8th Health Research for Action
National Forum. The forum was sponsored by the
Department of Health and was held from 19-20 June
2007, at the Diamond Hotel.
Avian Loren T. Co (BS Health Sciences ‘07) and
Marian F. Concepcion (IV BS Health Sciences) won the
top prize for their research entitled, “A Cost-effectiveness
Study of a Multi-drug Resistant TB Patients Monitoring
System”.
In third place are Hannah Paula V. Doromal (BS
Health Sciences ‘07) and Muriel Tanya L. Go (BS Health
Sciences ‘07) for their study, “A Cost-benefit Analysis of
an Automated Drug Inventory System for Public health
Facilities”.
The students, who bested medical practitioners and
public health administrators and were the only students
to qualify for the poster presentations, were mentored
by faculty of the Health Sciences Program, led by Dr.
John Q. Wong. The Department of Electronics,
Computer, and Communication Engineering gave
technical support.
The Multi-drug Resistant TB Patients Monitoring
System study was also presented in a poster session
during the 3rd WACBE World Congress on
Bioengineering 2007 held in Bangkok, Thailand last
9-11 July 2007.
LS Faculty Receive National Science Awards
FIVE MEMBERS OF the Loyola Schools faculty were among the recipients of this
year’s National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Awards, held during the
NAST Annual Scientific Meeting at the Manila Hotel last 12 July 2007.
Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit, Dean of the School of Science and Engineering, and Dr. Ma.
Louise Antonette N. Delas Peñas, an associate professor in the Department of
Mathematics, each won for outstanding scientific papers.
A distinguished and multi-awarded chemist, Dr. Dayrit received his masteral and
doctorate degree from Princeton University. He was also named one of the Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in the field of Chemistry by the Philippine Jaycees in
1993, and received the presidential Lingkod Bayan award
for government service in
1988.
Dr. Delas Peñas, a product of the University of the
Philippines, is actively involved in research on the use
of technology in mathematics. Her recent work in this
area includes technologybased manipulatives and
strategies in maximizing the
use of technology in Philip(L-R) Winners all: Palmes, Dayrit, Akpedonu, So, and Delas Peñas
pine schools.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF THE VP FOR LOYOLA SCHOOLS
Dr. Paulito P. Palmes, an
assistant professor at the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science,
was named “Outstanding Young Scientist in the field of Engineering”. He received his
doctorate degree from the Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan.
Dr. Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, an associate professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, was awarded as an “Outstanding Young Scientist in the field
of Sociology”. She is president of the Philippine Sociological Society and Secretary of
the Board of the Research Committee on Science and Technology of the International
Sociological Association.
Dr. Regina C. So, an assistant professor with the Department of Chemistry, won
the NAST DuPont Talent Search for Young Scientists. A graduate degree-holder from
the University of Connecticut, Dr. So has also been chosen to participate in the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 44th General Assembly and 41st
congress in Torino, Italy.
Marian Concepcion (left) and Avian Loren Co (right)
MICHELLE CORREA , www.ateneo.edu
OSCI Professional Part
of Philippine Team to China
OSCI PROFESSIONAL ADOR R. Torneo was part of a three-man team
representing the Philippines in the 1st Youth Innovation Competition
on Global Governance (YICGG) in Shanghai, China, on 10-14 July
2007. The competition was organized by Fudan University and the
United Nations Development Program-China.
Torneo joined Paolo A. Ante (BA Public Council President) and
Diona A. Aquino (Office of the President, Presidential Management
Staff) in representing the country.
The three Filipinos were part of the inter-country world team that
won the trophy for the Most Innovative Project in the YICGG World
Team Competition. Their project, following the theme of building a
global cooperative system to control greenhouse gas emissions,
featured a local government-driven environmental campaign
supported by an international framework. It also involved the adoption of international standards for greenhouse gas emissions, coupled
with a marketing campaign for environment-friendly products and
the subsequent labeling of all products that emit these.
The team competed with over 70 participants from 15 different country teams,
including from the US,
Canada, Germany, Turkey, France, Italy, Tanzania, India, South Korea,
Indonesia, Vietnam,
Japan, Philippines, and
China.
Philippine Team members (L-R) Torneo, Aquino,
and Ante at the closing program of the YICGG
Competition in Shanghai.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ADOR TORNEO
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VOL. III NO.1
Ateneo’s NSTP Gets a PLUS
BY Christine Mallion
THE NATIONAL SERVICE
Training Program (NSTP)
received a “plus” from Ateneo
and became the NSTP Preparatory Leadership Undertaking for Sophomores, or NSTP
PLUS.
NSTP is a nationwide
required course for university
and college students that aims
to develop civic consciousness
and defense preparedness
among the Filipino youth by
deepening the values of patriotism and ethics. NSTP includes
the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps, the Literacy Training Service, and the Civic
Welfare Training Service.
The PLUS in Ateneo’s NSTP
is the involvement of various
Loyola Schools formation
offices: the Office of Student
Affairs (OSA), the Campus
Ministry Office (CMO), the
Office for Social Concern and
Involvement (OSCI), and the
Loyola Schools Guidance
Office (LSGO).
OSA is responsible for
resources, while CMO organizes the send-off masses and
Sophomores: Waiting to hear about NSTP Plus
recollections. OSCI handles
the implementation of the
social and civic formation
activities including the logistics for the formation sessions.
LSGO provides technical
expertise in creating process
questions for the various program activities and orientation
of the facilitators.
NSTP PLUS was developed
from a series of discussions
among the Loyola Schools formation offices and Dr. Ma.
Assunta Cuyegkeng, Vice
President for Loyola Schools.
The Loyola Schools
believe that administrators, faculty members, and professionals should work together to make this
formation program
an effective means of
preparing Ateneans
to be good leaders
who are actively involved in the community.
The NSTP PLUS,
whose coordinator
is Dr. Washington
Garcia, is part of the
Loyola Schools’ fouryear formation program. Freshmen take
the Introduction to
Ateneo Culture and
Traditions (InTACT),
which seeks to equip
them with the knowlAteneans at the NSTP Plus and Pabaon orientations edge, skills, and atti-
tudes needed to cope with the
demands of college life.
Third year students go
through the Junior Engagement Program (JEEP), formerly known as the Ateneo
Labour Trials Program, which
deals with identifying workers’
issues and the development
of integration skills and critical thinking with worker
issues, as well as respect for
workers themselves.
Ophalle Alzona, OSCI
Student Affairs Professional
and JEEP coordinator, says
JEEP aims to “provide students with experiences to
awaken in them the need to
grow in social engagement
and responsibility.” JEEP is
integrated in the Philosophy of
the Human Person course.
Pabaon, a non-academic
integration program, is the
final formation program for
graduating students. According to CMO director Fr.
Roberto Buenconsejo, SJ,
Pabaon “aims at integrating
the personal, social, and spiritual features of Jesuit education,” through immersion
programs, recollections, and
retreats.
With NSTP PLUS, OSCI
Director Mary Ann Manapat
says that the Loyola Schools
will better help Ateneans heed
the call “to develop themselves
to the fullest and truly become
men and women for others”.
Ateneo Alumni Scholars Association
Establishes P2.4M Endowment Fund
The Ateneo Alumni Scholars Association (AASA) has established a P2.4 million endowment fund under the name, Fr.
William H. Kreutz, SJ-Ateneo Alumni Scholars Endowment,
in honor of the priest who founded the Scholars-for-Scholars
Scholarship Fund in August 1987 while serving as Director
of the College Office of Admission and Aid at the Ateneo de
Manila University.
The purpose of the endowment is to provide scholarships
to deserving Ateneo college students. AASA raised the
amount largely from alumni scholars’ donations, augmented
by non-scholars’ and corporate institutions’ financial support over the past two years.
The turnover ceremony was held at the Ateneo Loyola
Schools Campus last 26 May 2007 with the AASA Executive
Committee, headed by its President, Ferdinand O. Sia, handing over the ceremonial check to Dr. Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng,
Vice President for Loyola Schools, and Fr. Daniel L. Huang,
SJ, Jesuit Provincial. The event was also graced by Fr. Kreutz.
AASA is under the umbrella of the Ateneo Scholarship
Foundation, and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
It has graduated a total of 72 scholars and will be supporting
eight scholars starting schoolyear 2007-2008.
Quality education has been made possible to gifted but
financially handicapped students because former scholars
chose to pay forward the blessings they have received to the
present scholars. The AASA supports the Ateneo College
Scholarship Program, which in 2006, supported a total of
926 scholars in college.
The Ateneo Alumni Scholars Association (AASA) has established a P2.4Million Fr. William H. Kreutz, S.J. Ateneo Alumni Scholars Endowment
for the Ateneo Loyola Schools. Front row behind the check (L-R): VP for
Loyola Schools Dr. Ma. Assunta C. Cuyegkeng, Jesuit Provincial Fr.
Daniel P. Huang, S.J., AASA founder Fr. William H. Kreutz, S.J., and AASA
President Ferdinand O. Sia. Others in the photo are (L-R): Jerome Casipit,
May Ann Madarang, Marilou Flores-Mercado, Rica Salazar, Andrea Teran,
Richard Gocuay, Grace De Jesus, Jolly Morata, Puri Espeleta, and Abigail
Manalastas.
Office of theVice President for the Loyola Schools
Jet Damazo
EDITOR
Mira S. Mendoza
LAYOUT ARTIST
Christine Mallion, Eeya Litiatco-Martin, Rick Olivares
WRITERS
SOSE Partners with Smart for IT Elective
THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP
with Smart Communications,
the School of Science and
Engineering is now offering
an integrative elective that
trains students for real-life
information technology
projects in a telecommunications company environment.
The partnership also
involves the donation of a
laboratory with 20 computers. Each workstation is installed with software applications that run on Eclipse
and J2SE, and is linked to the
database application Oracle
(L-R) Dr. Fabian Dayrit (Dean, SOSE),
Dr. Nathaniel Libatique (Chairperson,
Dept. of ECCE), Mr. Ramon Isberto
(Head, Public Affairs, Smart), Ms.
Wilma Cruz (CIO, Smart)
or Linux Redhat.
Through interactive lectures and casework, the
elective’s participants are
taught the rudimentary of
systems integration and
analysis as well as programming and testing. It is
expected that by the end of
the course, students will be
ready to assume developer
roles.
The donation was
marked by a ceremony last
26 June 2007, at the PLDTCTC building. In attendance
were Smart’s Chief Information Officer Wilma D. Cruz,
Public Affairs Department
Head Ramon Isberto, and
Community Partnerships
Senior Manager Darwin
Flores.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF:
Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng, Nono Felipe, RJ Remulla,
Henson Wongaiham, Rani Jalandoni, Roderick Seruelas, Philip Sison
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF:
Carla Sison-Siojo, Office of the Vice President for Loyola Schools;
Engr. Maria Leonora Guico, Department of ECCE; Connie C.
Camacho, School of Humanities; Marivi Cabason, School of Science
and Engineering; Anna Galvez, John Gokongwei School of Management; Milet Tendero, School of Social Sciences; Mico Vilchez,
Assistant to the ADSA for Services; and Joanna Ruiz.
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Leadership is
Not a Goal;
it ’s an
Opportunity
“W
HEN I WAS elected to the highest office of my country, I did
not consider it as a goal by itself but as a new opportunity to enhance better
chances and greater opportunities for my compatriots. I wanted to unite
people and give them a brighter perspective,” said Aleksander Kawasniewski,
President of Poland from 1995-2005.
President Kawasniewski was speaking at the 2nd Ateneo Manuel V.
Pangilinan Center Annual Leadership Forum held last 3 July 2007 at the
Henry Lee Irwin Theater.
Ateneo Board of Trustees Chairman and PLDT Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan formally opened the event while
University President Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ, introduced
President Kawasniewski. Newscaster Tina Monzon-Palma
served as the forum moderator.
Unlike how it is with many of our politicians today,
Kawasniewski’s track record will show that these are not
mere words thrown out for the sake of grandstanding; these
are principles he lives by.
As a young political leader in the late 1980s,
Kawasniewski understood the value of dialogue. At the time,
civil war was threatening to destroy his country, as the popular non-communist trade union Solidarity movement was
gaining strength in communist Poland.
“We approached Solidarity leaders and influential Catholic Church representatives and organized an unprecedented
conference in the early spring of 1989. That event is known
as the Round Table Conference,” Kawasniewski said.
“I devoted all my efforts to overcoming natural differences because I was convinced that the desire of both negotiating sides to save our country from a disaster and to start
fundamental democratic reforms was much stronger than
political differences.”
That Round Table led to the peaceful transfer of power
in September of the same year to the first non-communist
government in Eastern Europe after World War II, where
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa served as the new President.
This event fueled anti-communist movements throughout
Central and Eastern Europe, ultimately leading to
the fall of communism in the continent.
“The principles of dialogue, democracy
and conciliation demonstrated at the
Round Table Conference have guided me
in my political activities ever since,”
Kawasniewski said.
Six years after that Round Table
Conference, Kawasniewski was elected
as President and went on to serve for
two five-year terms.
“My election campaign slogan,
‘Let’s Choose the Future’, reflected my
preoccupation with helping the Government create a strong democratic political and legal system,
as well as a foundation for a sound economy,” he said.
That goal was gradually accomplished. On the 2nd of April 1997, the
Parliament adopted the new Constitution of Poland that Kawasniewski coauthored, which a month later was approved by a national referendum.
“For me… it was a great success. Poland received a legal foundation for its
"Politics is a process
of making decisions.
Those decisions are
sometimes very far
reaching and we should
always keep in mind
that we make them in
the name of the people
and for the people who
have elected us."
(From top-clockwise) Newscaster Tina Monzon-Palma
interviews President Kawasniewski and his wife; The
forum was held at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater; An
open-forum with President Kawasniewski attended by
students was held afterwards with PLDT Chairman
Manuel Pangilinan (left) and Fr. Ben Nebres (right).
democratic system with strong protection of
human rights and freedoms, a well-balanced division of power among the legislative, executive,
and judicial branches of the government,” he said.
“While drafting the Constitution, we also took
care of creating state institutions friendly to
people, of helping the Polish people to build a
civic society, and to increase the scope of selfgovernment of local communities.”
The once communist country now enjoys
liberty, democracy, and the rule of law.
Under Kawasniewski’s leadership, Poland was also admitted to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1999 and to the European Union in
2004. His administration also launched important initiatives aimed at developing better relations both with the Vatican and with Jews, and with neighboring European nations.
“The world today is developing very quickly. The changes in the international arena and on the domestic fronts are often too difficult to comprehend
and follow. It is thus the duty of politicians and scientists to inform the people
and to give them direction,” Kawasniewski said to the Ateneans who
gathered to listen to him.
“Politics is often defined as an art of solving concrete problems in
concrete situations. It is also an art of [having] the right response to the
challenges of a concrete time. My experience proves that politics is also a
process of making decisions. Those decisions are sometimes very far reaching and we should always keep in mind that we make them in the name of the
people and for the people who have elected us.
“As the great Chinese philosopher Confucius said: a ruler should learn
self-discipline, should govern his subjects by his own example, and should
treat them with love and concern.”
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VOL. III NO.1
The Timeless Legacy of
BY Eeya Litiatco-Martin
Manuel Colayco
IN THE MIDST of the three dark years the country suffered under the
Japanese occupation emerged a man of conviction; a man whose faith
and courage served as an illuminating light penetrating the cruel darkness around. Though the war had destroyed Manila’s buildings and its
people’s spirit, Manuel Colayco stood steadfast, fighting for God and country, until an enemy grenade brought death upon him.
But there is more to what makes this man worthy of celebration. On
the 23rd of July, 2007, University President Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ,
led the Ateneo community in paying tribute to Colayco. Held at the MVP
roof deck, “Manny” was duly recognized not only as a war hero, but as the
hard-working mason who laid the foundation of The Guidon, the servantleader, the champion of the Catholic faith, and the eloquent orator who
had the remarkable ability to hold his audience captive.
A man whose actions never betrayed his principles, Manny was the
embodiment of the Atenean spirit. He aimed for nothing short of excellence in his intellectual and spiritual pursuits. Thus, it was fitting to honor
his memory and, perhaps more importantly, to make his story known to
the Ateneo community, thus keeping his
legacy burning within the halls of his beloved Alma Mater. He is a timeless role
model whose memory has borne and
hopefully shall for all time bear fruit in
the lives of Ateneans.
The blessing of the Colayco
Memorablia at the
MVP Center was a
poignant occasion to
not only the Ateneans
and student-leaders
present, but most
especially to his children who stood witness to the event: Ma.
Teresa, Emma, Manuel
Jr.,
Carlos,
Ma.
Consuelo, Jaime, and
Francisco. The delicately
prepared
memorabilia – a collection of articles written by Manny - was
unveiled and presented in all its nostalgic glory. It was a poA memorabilia to honor
tent testament to the
Manuel Colayco's legacy
diligence of the prowas unveiled last 23 July
at the MVP hall roof deck.
lific wordsmith and
In attendance were
the first editor of The
Colayco's family, Ateneo
Guidon.
faculty, and student
leaders.
But if one were to
try to pick his crowning glory, one would have to dig through a treasure chest of prized jewels. Manny reaped awards one after the other, but the medals in the
memorabilia were an understated representation of his intelligence and
talents. Manny was the consummate leader. As a student, he headed debating societies, organizations like ACIL, and the Ateneo Cadet Corps,
among others. In 1939, he led the Philippine delegation to the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest. During the war, he served as
chief of the Allied Intelligence Bureau in Manila.
An excellent steward of his God-given gifts, Manny was evidently
revered by his distinguished contemporaries. Among the memorabilia
displayed are articles written about him by the likes of H.R. Dela Costa,
who recounted the stirring tale of a brave warrior who risked life and
limb and chose to live a life of modest means for the noble cause he so
brazenly pursued until the very end.
But to his children, the most heart-rending of all was the reproduction of a prayer he wrote within the confines of his prison during the war.
The sight of the prayer scrawled at the back cover of the imitations of
Christ once again roused a sense of admiration for their father, who
continued to be consumed by faith even at his most trying times.
Manuel Colayco left a lasting imprint in the Ateneo he dearly loved.
Perhaps, no amount of material recognition can give due credit to Manny,
but by exemplifying and championing his ideals, we best honor his
legacy.
I thank Thee, Lord,
for the Faith
thou hast given me —
therewith to hope; wherewith
to love my fellow men,
even the foe.
A prayer written by Manuel C. Colayco
as a prisoner of war at Camp O’Donnell
in Cabanatuan.
To the new Ateneans
Brother Ateneans —
I am almost moved to ask you to take pride in your being Ateneo
students. But I see you must first love her before you can be proud of your
Alma Mater. And to love her is a thing that remains for you to do. Time alone,
God leading us, will show what the Ateneo will have been to you. You will find
that you have entered a school that demands all you can give to help her, all
that will redound to the happy consummation of your life’s objective, and
gives you all that you need to prepare you as God-fearing, right-thinking and
right living Filipinos.
Until only a few years ago, there had prevailed a very sad misconception
of the Ateneo’s mission. Outside of her scholastic and athletic activities, some
people knew her as a “praying school”, a belief which, even if it had been a fact
(and we don’t deny that we prayed – we still do now, and we are proud to do
it), would only enhance the favor and laudation of our thinking men. Today
many realize that our so-called system of public education without Religion
is a misnomer and a failure, and many, too, are those who attach the credence
to the only possible conclusion that the training of the will to love God as
well as the instruction of the intellect to absorb material knowledge must go
hand in hand in order to mould and form Education in its only true sense.
Many, likewise, are those who, dissenting with this position, at least have
expressed that institutions of the Ateneo’s type, or the Ateneo alone to take
an example, can proudly stand side by side with her sister public schools and
colleges. We have shown that we go farther than that. In the Ateneo is found
harmony and concord, and with the love of God above it, love of country is
expounded and encouraged, for, in the words of an eminent American educator: “I find more Filipino nationalism in the halls of the Ateneo than in the
classrooms of other schools.”
And more. No admiration on the part of a Filipino veteran of the Revolution, no matter how great it was, could have actuated one to step out of the
line and exclaim, after he was told that it was the Ateneo Battalion, almost
with tears in his eyes: “Nasa inyo ang pag-asa ng Bayan! – in you is the hope
of the Country!” except only because of his conviction that the Ateneo trains
her charges FOR GOD AND OUR COUNTRY!
Manuel C.A. Colayco
High School Batch ‘26
Source: The Ateneo Monthly, Vol. 4 No. 1, July, 1925, pp.26-27.
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Volume
In Tune
with C
ollege Lif
e
College
Life
BY Christine Mallion
The Ateneo 2007 Orientation Seminar (OrSem) readied around
2,000 freshmen to groove to the music of college life with its
theme “Soundcheck,” last June 7-9 at the College Covered Courts.
The John Gokongwei School of Management welcomed 775 new enrollees, while the School of Social Sciences had 573
new students. The School of Science and Engineering had 444 freshmen, and the School of
Humanities had 229.
OrSem 2007 Head Jonathan Christopher
Pascual said they chose the theme
“Soundcheck” because, in the same way that
performers check whether or not their instruments are in harmony with each other, as well
as the venue’s acoustics prior to their performance, in OrSem, “freshmen will check their
different cultures and harmonize it with the
acoustics of Ateneo culture.”
This year, freshmen were introduced only
to their course blockmates, unlike before when
they had to spend one day with their English
blockmates. Pascual said the change was made
to give students “a more effective and
efficient bonding time with their course
blockmates.” It also benefited the organizers
because it simplified logistical arrangements.
To enable a more effective discussion of the
four schools and the university’s policies, additional venues such as the Henry Lee Irwin
Theater and MVP Center for Student LeaderAteneo freshmen
ship were used. Instead of addressing all 2,000
show their style
PHOTOS BY RJ REMULLA
freshmen students together, the administration
AND HENSON WONGAIHAM
presented to two batches of freshmen students
over two days.
Despite mobilization and operations difficulties, OrSem’s Soundcheck was deemed a
success. The freshmen enjoyed being introduced to their blockmates and the Ateneo
community through various activities, such as group dynamics, organizational and administration talks and presentations, and campus tours.
A celebration concert called “O Night” capped OrSem. It showcased popular bands,
such as Spongecola, Kuan, Brigada and Chicosci. The concert also included the finals of
the three-day OrSem Idols contest, where the winner was given an Apple Ipod.
Parents Get Oriented Too
The Loyola Schools held a half-day orientation seminar for
around 800 parents of Ateneo freshmen students last 30
June 2007 at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater.
The Freshman Parents’ Orientation, hosted by the Ateneo
Schools Parents Council (ASPaC) Representative Ms. Daisy
Mendoza and Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral President Karl
Satinitigan, aimed to encourage parents and guardians to
be partners of the Ateneo community in the education of
their children.
Loyola Schools Vice President Dr. Ma. Assunta
Cuyegkeng explained the school’s integrated approach
to learning through its non-academic formation
program as part of the Ateneo’s thrust of excellence
and service. The Loyola Schools Deans - Mr. Rodolfo
Ang of the John Gokongwei School of Management,
Dr. Fabian Dayrit of the School of Science and
Engineering, Fr. Jose Cruz, SJ, of the School of Social
Sciences, and Acting Dean Dr. Benilda Santos of the
School of Humanities – talked about Ateneo’s academic
programs and standards. Dr. Ma. Emma Concepcion
Liwag, Associate Professor of the Department of
Psychology, gave a supplementary presentation on the
role of parents in their children’s college education.
The orientation also included the election of
Freshmen Parent Representatives to the Board of ASPaC
led by ASPaC President Mrs. Josephine Perez-Ang.
After the open forum, University President Fr.
Bienvienido F. Nebres, SJ, closed the event and thanked
the parents for attending the orientation. The
orientation was also attended by key officers of the
Loyola Schools and faculty members. — by Christine
Mallion
Moving to New Levels... from p.1
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?
Ateneans write out their answers
after the Pabaon 2007 orientation.
New LS Strategic Plan... from p.1
as the Loyola Schools engages nity should grow in spiritual maPhilippine society, it will attend to
the concerns of the region and participate in the articulation of Asian
identity and in placing Asia on the
agenda of global forums,” Dr.
Cuyegkeng said.
The Loyola Schools will also
benchmark itself against international standards. According to the
strategic plan, the vision is for the
Loyola Schools to be internationally recognized as having output
and quality standards comparable
to other internationally recognized
higher education institutions, to be
globally networked in both
academic and professional fields,
and to give its students a global perspective.
Through its teaching, research,
formation, and service, all members of the Loyola Schools commu-
turity, academic excellence, social
involvement, cultural rootedness,
and emotional maturity, as well as
in their ability to use their skills
and talents in the service of others.
The strategic plan was developed in response to challenges in
the environment identified during
the Loyola Schools Strategic Planning Workshop, such as globalization, migration, advances in information and communications technology, and increased competition
among higher education institutions. At the same time, it recognizes the persistent poverty and inequality prevalent in Philippine
society, the new trends in ICT, competition among higher education
institutions, changes in the environment, and the need for technology
innovation.
LS Restructuring...continued
from p.1
pervading impression among
many that student-centered learning had to do mainly with less
lecturing, rather than with the
mode by which students today
learn,” said Mr. Eduardo Jose E.
Calasanz, who presented the report.
The committee recommended
that Loyola Schools reevaluate
structures for the implementation
of policies to improve efficiency. A
more systematic discussion of the
student-centered learning, uniform implementation of six units
of free electives, and revisiting the
idea of interdisciplinary approach
were also recommended.
“Communication is critical, to
and from faculty members, within
and across Schools,” Mr. Calasanz
said.
leadership in finance for the corporate track, to make the
Philippines competitive as a financial services center.
“Together with the Math Department, perhaps offer two
tracks in the Management Engineering Program,” he said.
For the School of Science and Engineering, Fr. Nebres
suggested that they should attract more students to
Mathematical Finance; set sharper goals in emerging areas
of life sciences with the School of Medicine, such as
medical computing and oncology research; and strengthen
environmental risk management and partner with PAGASA
on weather forecasting.
For the School of Humanities, a major goal should be
defining Ateneo’s niche in the Arts. A major opportunity
is the setting up of an Art Museum in partnership with
PLDT. He also suggested researching the role of the arts
in empowering the youth among the poor.
For the School of Social Sciences, Fr. Nebres suggested
stronger partnerships with management organizations for
economic and political environmental scans and
forecasting, as well as the cultivation of leaders.
“The work of the Ateneo of School of Government with
Pampanga and four other provinces, helping them in the
management of transition, is a laboratory for ‘positive
psychology’ – what works in developing and guiding public
leaders in the Philippines,” he said.
In the choices to be made by each of Ateneo’s units
towards moving to the next level, Fr. Nebres said that
Ateneo’s core values of excellence and service, alignment
with Ateneo’s mission and vision, and Ateneo’s competitive
advantages should serve as determining principles.
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VOL. III NO.1
Tanghalang Ateneo
Seeks the
August 27 - September 7
CIMPA-IMAMIS-Philippines School on Numerical Methods for Partial
Differential Equations
Hosted by the Mathematics Department, this school belongs to a series of
schools organized/supported by CIMPA (International Center for Pure and
Applied Mathematics, Nice, France) in developing countries. It is also part of the
Asia Link program IMAMIS (International Master in Applied Mathematics and
Information Sciences). Participants will be graduate students, young
researchers, teachers and practitioners from the Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Philippines.
Truth
this Season
August 28
“Cubao Ibabaw, Cubao Ilalim, Ang Daigdig ng Dilim sa Mga Katha
ni Tony Perez”
Panayam ni G. Edgar Samar
4:30-6:00 pm, Faura, AVR.
August 29
Book Launch of “John L. Gokongwei Jr.: The Path of Entreprenuership”
4:30 pm, Escaler Hall
August 30
“What is art for? Reflections on the sense of art and creativity for
human beings”
Talk by Karin Hutflötz, cand. Ph.D.
4.30-6.00 pm, for Philosophy department only
Faculty and Staff Lounge, 3rd Floor De la Costa Hall
Quiz Bee-Bo
Quiz Show on literature and pop culture hosted by the Filipino Department
4:30-6:00 pm, Escaler Hall.
September 3
Music and Poetry: An Aesthetic Union
An afternoon of music and art songs with Randy Gilongo (tenor) and Peter
Porticos (pianist). On the programme are Ravel, Schubert, Respighi, Schumann,
and Duparc
4:30-6:30 pm, Escaler Hall
RSVP Irene or Cherrie (426-6001 loc. 5340)
September 7
Living Rosary in honor of Our Lady’s Nativity
September 8
“Revisiting Student-Centered Pedagogy: Teaching for Understanding
in Language and Literature Classrooms”
38th ACELT Bi-Annual Conference
8:00-5:00 pm, Escaler Hall
September 10
SOSE Faculty Symposium
4:30-6:00 pm, PCI Bank Lecture Hall
September 10-14
Cervini & Eliazo Dorm Open House
September 10-17
John Gokongwei School of Management Week
September 15-16
Ateneo College Entrance Test for SY2008-2009
September 22
The Emy M. Pascasio Memorial Lecture
c/o Linguistic Society of the Philippines
venue to be announced
October 4-5
JGSOM Business Accelarator Program Expo
JGSOM Garden
October 8-13
Final examination week for college and graduate students
“WHAT ELEMENTS OF biography lead people to a moment of truth? What historical contexts provide the conditions for people to act out their particular moment? What are the
consequences of enacting a decision for self and society?”
Tanghalang Ateneo, now on its 29th Season, seeks the answers to these questions through
plays that deal with people finding their moment of truth and facing the consequences of that
choice on their future life.
“To speak about a moment of truth is to show how a decision affects the course of a
personal or collective life,” says the theater company directed and moderated by Ricardo
Abad.
Called “The Season of Truth”, the season began with the staging of Bertolt Brecht’s The
Caucasian Chalk Circle, or Litisang Bilog ng Caucasus in translation, in July.
The play contains three major defining moments of truth: the decision to award a piece of
land not to its original owners but to the collective that made that land productive, the maid
Grusha’s decision to keep an abandoned baby, and the judge Azdak’s decision to award custody of the child to the stepmother and not to the natural mother.
“These three decisions underscore the truth, the playwright’s truth, that justice stems
not from rank or privilege but from good works. Does this make sense? We urge students to
discuss this issue,” they say.
Their second play slated for November, Glenn Mas’s The Death of Memory speaks of
another moment of truth: Juan’s decision to escape from the limbo of time and space.
Seemingly trapped in a cage of painful memories and paralyzing pasts, what choices do
Juan and people like him have for liberation? Four characters trapped in a purgatory of the
mind locate the escape hatch, and their moment of truth enables them to move on and
transcend evil. “Can students who are similarly imprisoned find their own freedom?” asks
TA.
The third production scheduled in January 2008, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, reads like a
modern telenovela involving authoritarian parents and feisty children, family
misunderstandings and separations, long-lost brothers, loves, jealousies and rivalries, all of
these set in the context of a grudge war between Britain and Rome.
The defining moments of truth are many, chief of which is King Cymbeline’s own
realization of the harm he has caused his daughter and the good he has lost – at least for a
while. The admission of error — a true I’m sorry — healed a family and a nation as well.
Their fourth production, a student drama revue called Pandora’s Box will feature works
by students, and also acted out, directed, stage managed, and staffed by students. To many
incoming trainees, this involvement in stage production will also be a moment of truth — a
way to find out if the theater loves them as much as they love the theater.
“The defining moments of truth in this season’s productions are also occasions for hope,”
says TA. “And so, in this election year, with all its trials and tribulations, our theater offers a
bit of hope, the hope echoing from inside the Caucasian Chalk Circle, namely that what there
is – the state and all its institutions – shall belong to those who are good for it. For only then
shall it, the state, bear fruit.”
Floy Quintos’ Fluid Debuts at the Aten
eo Theater Scen
e
Ateneo
Scene
THE ATENEO DE Manila University
Theater Arts Seniors 2008 presents
a new production of Fluid, as the
fundraising project for their creative thesis showcase which will be
staged in November. The play runs
for three weeks starting August 30
at the Fine Arts Studio Theater.
Art is center-stage in this
Palanca-winning full-length play by
celebrated playwright/director,
Floy Quintos. This play is given a
The cast of
Floy Quintos'
Fluid
fresh twist as a young cast of
actors steps in to relive this shining
moment in Philippine theater.
Art brings together the lives of
three couples as they grapple for a
life of compromise. Amir is a talented painter on the fringes of a
breakdown when he meets Mira, a
rich art collector, who challenges
him and his belief in art. Jom and
Alben are struggling theater actors
debating on the struggle between
high art and popular art while
trying to make their relationship
work. Renata is the coordinator for
an orchestra whose passion for
“real art” drives the domineering
events coordinator, Simone, crazy
in a series of wacky affairs.
At the opening of Amir’s
one-man-show, all discover true art
in the midst of a pandemonium
that looks into hypocrisy and the
awakening of exhausted creative
spirits.
Heading an all-Atenean cast is
Missy Maramara who plays the
worldly art collector, Mira Albano,
alternating with Jasmine Mendiola
and Pia Bonalos. Paolo Galia and
Jio Javier alternate as Amir
Montano, a struggling painter.
Alben and Jom, two theater actors,
are played by alternates JJ Ignacio
and Nikko Atienza, and alternates
Gerauld Rivera and RX 93.1 DJ, Jake
de Leon, respectively. The playful
events coordinator, Simone, is
played by Jorja Hung, Diega
Villanueva and Jean Pierre Reniva
while Trency Caga-anan gives life
to Philharmonic coordinator,
Renata.
The playwright also directs the
play with the set design of Monica
Sebial and costumes design of
Mahar Mangahas. Voltaire de Jesus
handles the lights.
Framed within the context of sex,
love, money, commerce and power,
witness the three couples’ game of
Art and Compromise at the Fine Arts
Studio Theater (G-306), 3rd floor
Gonzaga Hall, Loyola Schools, Ateneo
de Manila University on August 3031, September 1-2, 4-9, and 11-16, at
7pm with additional 2pm shows on
Saturdays and Sundays. For inquiries,
contact 0920-5574558 or the Fine
Arts Program at 426-6001 loc. 5331.
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BY
Rick Olivares
D
ON’T BE SURPRISED, but we are at
where everyone thought we’d be.
In the last two years, the Blue
Eagles wrapped up both first rounds of
the UAAP Men’s Basketball competition with 7-0
slates. But the 2005 team crashed in the second
round and was rudely dumped by De La Salle in
the Final Four, ending LA Tenorio’s dreams of leading the team back into the championship round.
The following year, the team lost a taut three-game
thriller to the University of Santo Tomas, effectively
ending the era of the last holdouts of the 2002 title
team.
This year, well, the team is at 4-3, ending the
first round of eliminations with a two-game slide.
So does a reversal of fortunes mean that the team
will do well in the second round and beyond?
Not necessarily. The University of the East, winners of almost every pre- and post-season tourney
running in the last two years, is atop the standings
with a 7-0 slate. Perennial title-favorite DLSU,
which bludgeoned the opposition on their way to
a pair of summer leagues, is in solo second. Ateneo,
although at a logjam with UST and Far Eastern
University at 4-3, is fifth because of the losses incurred against the two. National University is at
6th, Adamson has a 1-6 score, and UP at 0-7 brings
up the rear.
The standings, however, are no indication of
the battles waged out on the court. Each game has
been closely fought, with a few upsets here and
there.
A look at the list of the Top 10 Scorers of the
first round will only show one Atenean - Chris Tiu
- in the leader board with 12.6 points an outing.
Outside the bracket, the graduating Ford Arao,
who is enjoying his finest season so far, is the
only other Blue Eagle
in double figures with
11 markers per game.
Again, these statistics do not a complete picture paint.
Following
his
“spread the wealth”
philosophy, head
coach Norman
Black said in the
pre-season that
he’s looking at a
Top-scorer
total team effort
Chris Tiu in action
to ease the load
on Tiu, whom opposing defenses have been geared
to stopping.
Jai Reyes has been a sparkplug of sorts, especially in that titanic battle against La Salle where
he torched all his guards for a team-high 18 points.
Reyes has chipped in 8.6 points per game while
Jai Reyes torched the Green Archers guarding him to score 18 points in the ADMU-DLSU game. (Right side) Rookie Kirk Long
proved his worth in the first round; Graduating Ford Arao with Coach Black; Fr. Ben Nebres cheering with the Ateneo crowed.
passing for 2.6 assists. The twin tower combo of
Rabah Al-Husseini (7.7 ppg & 7.6 rpg) and Jobe
Nkemakolam (7.4 ppg & 7 rpg) has placed Ateneo
second in total team rebounds. Eric Salamat, Zion
Laterre, Eman Monfort, and rookies Kirk Long and
Nonoy Baclao have also been significant contributors for Norman Black.
The team’s bane has it been its turnovers, a statistic the team dubiously leads the league in with
18 an outing. If it weren’t for that and a bunch of
missed free throws at the worst possible time –
crunchtime – the team should be, at the very best,
at 6-1.
Fortunately for the team, there’s the second
round where they can make adjustments. But no
battle will be a given, even against hapless UP,
which always raises their game when up against
Ateneo.
At the start of the year, the Blue Eagles were
seeded fifth or sixth (depending on who you
were talking to). They started out the season
with a pair of rousing wins that suddenly had
everyone hanging once more the “title-favorite”
tag on the team. But the two early wins were
UAAP Season 70 Men’s Basketball
ROUND 2 SCHEDULE
August 12
4 PM - UE vs Ateneo
Araneta Coliseum
* UE won, 73-68
August 18
2 PM - Ateneo vs UP
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
August 25
4 PM - FEU vs Ateneo
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
August 30
4 PM - UST vs Ateneo
Araneta Coliseum
September 2
4 PM - Ateneo vs La Salle
Araneta Coliseum
September 6
4 PM - Ateneo vs NU
Araneta Coliseum
against the bottom feeders. The true test came with
the rest of the schedule that, with the exception of
NU and the 1986 title of UP, featured the teams
that have divided up the Men’s Basketball crown
for the last 30 years.
That means in spite of the 4-3 record, we’re
still in the thick of things and giving that tireless
One Big Fight.
The opposition clearly knows that it’s our guards
(Above) Rabah Al-Husseini towers over FEU
(Below) Coack Black with the Ateneo men’s
basketball team.
ROUND 1 RESULTS
JULY 8
Ateneo defeats Adamson, 69-63
JULY 12
Ateneo defeats UP, 79-55
JULY 15
UE defeats Ateneo, 76-73
JULY 21
Ateneo defeats NU, 66-65
September 9
Cheerdance Competition
JULY 26
Ateneo defeats La Salle, 80-77
(The second round match-up
between Ateneo and Adamson,
originally scheduled for August 9,
was postponed because of a typhoon.)
JULY 29
FEU defeats Ateneo, 77-64
AUGUST 4
UST defeats Ateneo, 87-74
Chris Tiu, Jai Reyes,
and Eman Monfort –
who
drive
the
team.The first two
have been shadowed
relentlessly; their
every shot challenged. With the two
stymied, our other players have at times been
reduced to setting picks or watching the lead
guards extricate themselves just to make something happen. Unleashing Eric Salamat, Kirk Long,
Zion Laterre, or even Jobe Nkemakolam on foes
would help as they’ll find themselves embattled on
all fronts. We have some of the speediest and most
athletic players, and we’re second in the league in
rebounds. We should run every chance we get and
finish. And yes, we should minimize those turnovers.