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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2007 RECORDED WITH FACTS | RAISED WITHOUT FEAR TIP VOICE By Paul John G. Pederio T HE PHILIPPINE As- sociation of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) will ac- credit four programs in TIP-Quezon City on the second semester of this school year. After being a candidate for the Level I Formal Accreditation, the TIP-QC sets up for Accreditations IN THIS ISSUE By Joemerlyn Cabug-os T HE YEAR 2001 gained momentum due to the abolition of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), a compulsory military training for college students. After almost six years of prosperity among the stu- dents, a menace of reinstating the ROTC has come. Awakening from a deep siesta, ROTC’s Catastrophic Restoration Accreditation...|4 programs BS Architecture (BSARCh), BS Commerce Major in Financial and Management Accounting (BSC- FMA), BS Information Technology (BSIT), and BS Information Man- agement (BSIM) can now apply for a higher level of accreditation (Level I formal) from the said accrediting organization. As per Article V of ChEd Memorandum Order No. 1 (CMO 1), series of 2005, as these programs turn Level I or II, they can have “(1) a full administrative deregulation, provided that the reports of promo- tions of students are available for the review of ChEd; (2) a financial de- regulation in terms of setting tuition and other school fees; (3) author- ity to revise the curriculum without ChEd approval, provided that the re- vised curriculum is submitted to the ChEd Regional Office (ChEdRO); (4) authority to graduate students from accredited courses without prior ap- proval of ChEd; (5) priority in the awards and subsidies of ChEd fund; and (6) the right to put on its publi- cations the word ‘ACCREdITEd.’” BS Computer Engineering (BSCOE), on the other hand, will have its Level III Accreditation within ISSUE 5.2 shall be established and maintained Reserve Officers Training Corps units of such arm and service as he shall specify where every physically fit student shall be required to pursue a course of military instruction.” It was on February 8, 1967 when President Ferdinand Marcos promulgated Ex- ecutive Order No. 59 that made ROTC a mandatory course in all colleges, universities and other institutions. e bills are now on the pipeline for approval in the House of Repre- sentatives and the Senate. Senate Bill 2224 by Senator Alfredo Lim, former police chief and Manila Mayor, makes the ROTC mandatory for male and voluntary for female college stu- dents. House Bill 5460 by Cebu Rep- resentative Eduardo Gullas wants to prepare both genders for possible military, personal and civic services. As an initial reaction to both pending bills, militant groups and youth organizations show their ob- jection in passing the bills into a law. According to them, the ROTC’s ob- jective to instill discipline and make students responsible and dependable citizens is a “big crap”. It will again be the source of corruption, fear and aggression. Beginnings of ROTC e first ROTC instruction started on July 3, 1922 which was conducted by U.S. Army officers after the University of the Philippines Board of Regents made a representation of their military fighting techniques and squads to the U.S. War Department. Consequently, the Ateneo de Manila University, the Liceo de Manila, and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran formed their re- spective ROTC units. On 1936, the Of- fice of the Superintendent, prevailing ROTC Units, and the Philippine Army were triggered to administer, super- vise and control all ROTC units existing throughout the country. e Commonwealth Act No. 1, commonly known as the National Defense Act, provided the legal basis to conduct ROTC instruction. It stated that “at such colleges and universities as the President may designate, there ROTC...|4 TIP Bus Features p. 10 Beauties & Brawns News p. 3 Carinderia Run Features pp. 6-7 The Wheel of Life Opinion p. 14 New Curricula implemented By Dan Arthur L. Calaycay, Jennylyn Reyes V ARIOUS departments of the Technological of the Philip- pines-Quezon City campus (TIP-QC) have revised their cur- riculum for the academic year 2006- 2007. According to the chairpersons of each respective department, the New Curricula...|3 DESIGN: YSHMAEL CABAñA ILLUSTRATION: DONNIE TEODORO

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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2007 RECORdEd wiTh faCTS | RaiSEd wiThOuT fEaRTiPVOiCE

By Paul John G. Pederio

The PhiliPPine As-sociation of Colleges and Universities Commission on

Accreditation (PACUCOA) will ac-credit four programs in TIP-Quezon City on the second semester of this school year.

After being a candidate for the level i Formal Accreditation, the

TiP-QC sets up for accreditations

in ThiS iSSuE

By Joemerlyn Cabug-os

The yeAr 2001 gained momentum due to the abolition of the reserve

Officer Training Corps (ROTC), a compulsory military training for college students. After almost six years of prosperity among the stu-dents, a menace of reinstating the ROTC has come.

awakening from a deep siesta,

ROTC’s Catastrophic Restoration

Accreditation...|4

programs BS Architecture (BSARCh), BS Commerce Major in Financial and Management Accounting (BSC-FMA), BS information Technology (BSIT), and BS information Man-agement (BSIM) can now apply for a higher level of accreditation (level i formal) from the said accrediting organization.

As per Article V of ChEd Memorandum Order no. 1 (CMO

1), series of 2005, as these programs turn level i or ii, they can have “(1) a full administrative deregulation, provided that the reports of promo-tions of students are available for the review of ChEd; (2) a financial de-regulation in terms of setting tuition and other school fees; (3) author-ity to revise the curriculum without ChEd approval, provided that the re-vised curriculum is submitted to the

ChEd regional Office (ChEdRO); (4) authority to graduate students from accredited courses without prior ap-proval of ChEd; (5) priority in the awards and subsidies of ChEd fund; and (6) the right to put on its publi-cations the word ‘ACCREdITEd.’”

BS Computer engineering (BSCOE), on the other hand, will have its level iii Accreditation within

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shall be established and maintained reserve Officers Training Corps units of such arm and service as he shall specify where every physically fit student shall be required to pursue a course of military instruction.” it was on February 8, 1967 when President Ferdinand Marcos promulgated ex-ecutive Order no. 59 that made ROTC a mandatory course in all colleges, universities and other institutions.

The bills are now on the pipeline for approval in the house of repre-sentatives and the Senate. Senate Bill 2224 by Senator Alfredo lim, former police chief and Manila Mayor, makes the ROTC mandatory for male and voluntary for female college stu-dents. house Bill 5460 by Cebu rep-resentative eduardo Gullas wants to prepare both genders for possible military, personal and civic services.

As an initial reaction to both pending bills, militant groups and youth organizations show their ob-jection in passing the bills into a law. According to them, the ROTC’s ob-jective to instill discipline and make students responsible and dependable citizens is a “big crap”. it will again be the source of corruption, fear and aggression.

Beginnings of ROTCThe first ROTC instruction started

on July 3, 1922 which was conducted by U.S. Army officers after the University of the Philippines Board of regents made a representation of their military fighting techniques and squads to the U.S. War Department. Consequently, the Ateneo de Manila University, the liceo de Manila, and the Colegio de San Juan de letran formed their re-spective ROTC units. On 1936, the Of-fice of the Superintendent, prevailing ROTC Units, and the Philippine Army were triggered to administer, super-vise and control all ROTC units existing throughout the country.

The Commonwealth Act no. 1, commonly known as the national Defense Act, provided the legal basis to conduct ROTC instruction. it stated that “at such colleges and universities as the President may designate, there

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Beauties& Brawns

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Carinderia Run

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The wheel of Life

Opinionp. 14

New Curricula implemented

By dan arthur L. Calaycay,

Jennylyn Reyes

VAriOUS departments of the Technological of the Philip-pines-Quezon City campus

(TIP-QC) have revised their cur-riculum for the academic year 2006-2007. According to the chairpersons of each respective department, the

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“WhAT’S YOUR STARFISh STORY?” This is the title of an essay

writing stint organized by Star-fish Magazine which intended to let students inspire others through their personal experi-ences and achievements. it was participated by various colleges and universities from all over the Philippines.

entries were screened by Zo Aguilla, editor-in-Chief of Cos-mopolitan Magazine, and Mari-toni Ortigas, editor-in-Chief of Ayala now. Among the entries that made it to the top were “The Wheel of life” by TIP-QC’s Maria Charlemagne lacsamana (IT II) [see winning essay on page 14], and “The Writer in Me” by Con-rado Macapulay, Jr., (CE III) from TIP-Manila.

Ayala Foundation-Center for Social Development supported the said event together with the PhIlIPPInE STAR, PhIlIPPInE DAIlY inQUIRER, STAR WEEk, MAnIlA BUllETIn, ABS-CBn, UnIvERSITV, And gMAnEWS.Tv.

The winning entries were an-nounced on July 27 at the Grand Ballroom hall of the interconti-nental hotel, Makati. The finalist essays were published on the spe-cial edition of the Starfish Maga-zine, released on July 2007.

By Jomar Samson

On AUGUST 3 the Seminar room B was filled with EE, ECE and COE students for the seminar entitled “Powering Future Microprocessors.” TIP officials also graced the event.

indon prof presents Microprocessor seminar

Dr. Taufik presents his lecture on Microprocessor.

VIRGILIO CAMORAL, JR.

Dr. Taufik

Mrs. Adelina Ranga, together with two other Manila of ficers of the Social Orien-tation Community Involvement Program (SOCIP) shows a tree sapping during their initial visit to the Ipo dam on August 24. PHOTO cOurTesy Of EXTENSION SERVICES OffICE

Three for Tree

2 TiPiansgrab Starfishfinalist spots

By Paul John G. Pederio

A MeMOrAnDUM of understanding (MOU) for the “Adopt a Watershed”

Project was signed by Technologi-cal institute of the Philippines (TIP) with the local government unit of norzagaray, Bulacan, and water companies, on September 14 at the TIPQC Seminar room B.

Manila Water Company (MWC), Manila Water Sewerage System (MWSS), Department of en-vironment and natural resources (dEnR), and norzagaray local gov-ernment unit are the new partners of TIP in their environmental pro-gram in saving the ipo dam.

TIP is to make visits three times a year on the dam. in ipo dam’s five-hectare area with 400-450 initial number of trees planted, 350-square meter lots are allotted for each of the participating TIP department.

TIP President Dr. elizabeth Q. lahoz said that she is so glad that TIP is now starting to contribute for the betterment of nature.

new partners ally with TIP to save Ipo dam

Moises h. Butic, dEnR region III representative, said that they are in full agreement with TIP. MWSS repre-sentative Vicente elefante explained, “Ang kalikasan ay hindi nagsasalita. Mapupuna mo na lamang [ito] ‘pag bumabaha na. Saka mo itatanong, ‘Saan kaya ako nagkamali?’” he be-lieves that what TIP does right now is one of the steps to achieve a better environment.

MWC representative engr. noel Abisamis stated that the project is for the assurance of the growth of trees in the area. he gave reports that it has been 11 years that Philippines suffers the warmest climate in the history which made him proud of what TIP does to save the environment.

The said contract signing was participated by several departments —Marine engineering (MARE), Civil engineering/Sanitary engi-neering (CE/SE), Social Orientation Community involvement Program (SOCIP), human resources Depart-ment ), Office of Student Affairs (OSA), and other non-teaching de-partments.

Dr. elizabeth lahoz, TIP President, opened the event with her message. Afterwards, Ms. nieves C. Villamin, introduced the guest speaker. Ms. Villamin, a TIP alumna and a proprietress of the eden Canyon Vineyards, was also at the forefront of pursuing this seminar.

Dr. Taufik, an associate professor of electrical engineer-

hOPeFUl applicants composed of graduating students from vari-ous courses and alumni ventured their luck as they took the pre-em-ployment exam of Accenture, one of the well-known call centers in the Philippnes, in the CISCO labo-ratory on September 12.

The activity includes a com-pany presentation and a one-day application process comprised of a computer-based pre-employment test and a series of interviews.

Alan Matubaran, the as-signed team leader of Accenture, headed the recruitment in TIP- QC as a continuation from TIP Manila

Call center company opens job opportunities

on May 15-16 with Jasmin nigu-idual as the coordinator.

Accenture coordinated with engr. Alexie Ballon, TIP-QC Alum-ni Coordinator, to set another pre-employment in the TIP-QC CAMpus. According to engr. Ballon, this event will hopefully be held twice every semester.

Since TIP is one of the schools that have a good passing percentage of applicants in our company and have been a partner in industry, our have decided to set a recruitment directly in the campus.” Mr. Ma-tubaran said in an interview. dan Calaycay

Dr. Elizabeth Q. Lahoz and Dr. Hernando Perez shake hands after the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between TIP and University of Batangas on September 11. VIRGILIO CAMORAL, JR.

Joint Venture

By dan arthur L. Calaycay

in reSPOnSe TO the call for global competitiveness in educa-tion, high officials from University of Batangas (UB), headed by Presi-dent hernando Perez visited TIP for an informative seminar held on executive room on September 11. engr. Jemuel Castillo, Assist-

univ. of Batangas ties up with TIP for research, outreach

ant Vice President for Quality and Planning (AvPQP) discussed about the standards of the school and its accreditation by international Standards Organization (ISO).

UB and TIP decided to have a joint educational research project. TIP President Dr. elizabeth Q. lahoz and Dr. Perez signed a Memorandum of Agreement

(MOA) on August 14 in accordance with the said project and agreed to share in research facilities and to have faculty exchange.

As a response to the present environmental concerns, a re-search planning session was also held on August 21, headed by engr. Cynthia llanes of TIP and her counterpart from UB Dr. Florencio reyes. The project aimed for the rehabilitation and management of the Calumpang river, which flows into Batangas Bay, to Verde island Passage and to the open South China Sea.

ing at the California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly) in San luis Obispo, started the pres-entation with a brief description about CalPoly as a primary un-dergraduate or teaching univer-sity in the USA. it was followed by an overview of the College of engineering at CalPoly. The pres-entation focused on the electrical engineering program, the current curriculum and their facilities.

The seminar on microproces-sors commenced with a discussion on how future microprocessors will be run and powered. Chal-lenges in designing future micro-processors were also discussed. eventually, Dr. Taufik tackled on how CalPoly addresses the is-sues of powering microprocessors with the ongoing ac/dc converter projects.

Questions from students regarding the presentation were answered by Dr. Taufik. Then, Ms. Villamin shared her life and studies in the United States in her short talk. The event ended with vPASS, engr. Severino P. Pader’s closing remarks.

in reCOGniTiOn OF the importance of physics in everyday life, the Math and Physics Depart-ment (MAPd) together with ACE-Q, launched the second Olymphysics on September 24 at the Congre-gating Area.

Olymphysics is a competition, among teams of secondary schools, which mainly involves activities and challenges that require the direct application of physics con-cepts.

Sixteen schools participated in the competition. They were Antipolo national high, Carlos P. Garcia high, Center for Positive Future (Banaba-Montalban-San Mateo), Antipolo high (Muntin-dilao extension), Camp Gen. emilio Aguinaldo high, Com-monwealth high, Diliman Pre-paratory School, J.P. laurel high, la immaculada Concepcion high, nuestra Señora De Aranzazu Pa-rochial School (nSdAPS), Quirino

nSdaPS, ’07 Olymphysics Champhigh, ramon Magsaysay (Cubao) high, rizal national high, Saint Matthew College, Sta. elena high and Don Quintin Paredes high.

After completing all the chal-lenges in the elimination round, five teams advanced to the final round. They were Antipolo na-tional high, nSdAPS, Quirino high, Antipolo high (Muntindi-lao extension) and Don Quintin Paredes high. Out of them, only 3

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Pageant highlights ME/iE day

AUgUsT 2—“Attaining Progress through Unified Actions” was this year’s theme of the Mechanical engi-neering/industrial engineering (Me/ie) day held at the Pe Center.

At the seminar Room A, a Course Appreciation seminar entitled “Merg-ing of Technology and science” had Orlando Asiddao, Ph.d. as the speaker. Meanwhile, at the seminar Room B, Leslian Ramirez (ie V), delbert Rono (ie V), dave Velicaria (Me V) and Fran-cisco Antonio (Me iV) were proclaimed as the champions of the Ultimate Quiz Bee.

The heat of the afternoon be-came blazing as the participants for the

Amazing Race excitedly and energeti-cally ran for victory. The race, which is said to be the ‘tatak’ of Me/ie, was held at the TiP-QC grounds. The racers who got their sweat’s worth were com-posed of two teams as champions: the team of engr. Jaypee Tenerife, engr. Flezzzurdeliz Lindo, Christian Fuentes, Robert Liu and Leslian Ramirez, and the team of Meryll escamillas, Verna-dette Almedilla, Faith Tenio, Cindy La-gang and dianne iza Bastasa.

The Mr. and Ms. Me/ie pageant served as the highlight of the day. The panel of judges was composed of Ms. Ciber Charm Raquipso (VP-Operations, Kar Optima Phils. inc), Mr. Kristofferson Catala (Operations Manager, safety House inc.), engr. Manuel Mendoza (Chair, Me/ie department), engr. Ro-salia gabuya (ie Coordinator), engr.

Jaypee Tenerife and engr. Fleurdeliz Lindo (Me/ie Faculty).

There were ten students who competed yet only two were crowned as Mr. and Ms. Me ie. Venmar sali-nas (Me iii), who was also hailed as Mr. Congeniality, and Laiza Yalung (ie ii) were this year’s Mr. and Ms. Me/ie and Mr. and Ms. infinite. The first runners-up were Jare Tomoling (Me iV) and Kristine Macariola (ie ii). The second runners-up were Alfred estrella and Arriane Asas, who were also given special awards for Best in Corporate Attire and Ms. Congenial-ity, respectively. Princess Kwin Tolentino

Olimpo crowned Ms. CBE 2007

new Curricula implemented

guidelines, as mandated in CMO 03, S. 2007. Major subjects in this course will now become six units. A general average of 85% is required for high school applicants, and a 2.25 gWA is to be maintained on accounting subjects for retention. The degree BSC (Bachelor of Sci-ence in Commerce) was changed into BSBA (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration) for the courses human resources Devel-opment Management, Marketing Management, Financial Manage-ment Accounting and logistics Management.

new Programs Every four years

every four years, the College of information Technology edu-cation (CITE) revised their cur-riculum based on the guidelines by the ChEd. The latest revision was in compliance with CMO 53, S. 2006. A consultative assembly was held last summer where the CMO 53 was discussed. The CITE Department is now abiding with the said CMO as a basis for their curriculum.

Enhancement Program for future Ship Officers

The Marine engineering De-

partment is now following CMO 13, S. 2006. in line with this, engineering and nautical Pro-grams were merged, and subjects such as introduction to Marine Surveying (MARE 223), World Geography (MTWg 313) and Sta-bility and introduction to naval Architecture (nvAR 322) were added to their curriculum. Fur-thermore, a Bridging Program was approved by ChEd for other engineering students in TIP Ma-nila. This program is intended for Mechanical engineering gradu-ates, with or without license, to apply for a 6-month schooling followed by a 6-month appren-ticeship on board to be able to take the Marine engineering licensure exam. For electrical engineers, one-year schooling and 6-month apprenticeship are required before becoming a ship electrician.

To Be Patterned GloballySome departments are still

using their 2003 and 2005 cur-riculum. however, they added and changed some subjects to their curriculum to exceed ChEd’s requirements. A board committee, composed of indus-try experts, alumni and faculty are the ones who review and rec-ommend such changes and revi-sions for the betterment of the course.

CiTE Studes Enliven their department day

september 11—it was a big day for the College of information Technolo-gy education (CiTe) students as they celebrated their annual department day at the Pe Center with the theme, “Redefining Academic Life through Technology Revolution”.

Prof. Lorena W. Rabago, Col-lege of information Technology edu-cation Chairperson formally opened the program. she thanked the iTe students for choosing TiP as their partner in education.

it was then followed by the bas-ketball championship game between the iTe Hotz and dotA Boys, where the players proved their stamina and showed their sportsmanship in the hard court. subsequently, selected students from their department proved their wits as they participated in the quiz competition that focused on some of the iTe subjects and other related general information. Out of six groups which competed, the group composed of daniel Pang, Jazzmine Ruth siga, eugene dajac and Mary Luz Orquesta grabbed the first place.

The celebration continued in the afternoon with CiTe’s version of “On-the-spot” from the noontime show eat Bulaga. Out of twenty stu-dents who joined in the game, only seven were chosen to be on the spot. in the end, Ann Kimberly A. Ventura of CX11KB1 was announced as the winner when she answered the question, “What does CiTe stand for?” she received a flash drive and a php installer from the organizers.

Three groups contended for a dance competition: iT Crew, Jr. Beat guys and Hyper impact. After the judges’ deliberation, Hyper im-pact, an all girls group composed of Almira Cercado, irene Cercado, Abegail Claro, Rose Cortez, Jianne giray and Klysa salcedo was an-nounced as winners. it was followed shortly by the awarding ceremony to acknowledge the most valuable player, the selected mythical five and the champion team in the bas-ketball tournament. The winners in the computer quiz bee about C Pro-gramming, C++ Programming, Ms Visual Basic 6.0, Oracle 1–sQL Pro-gramming, Oracle 3–Form Builder Programming and On-the-spot Web design held last August 13-14 were also acknowledged.

Late in the afternoon was the

CiTe “supah Party” which was one of the highlights of the affair. Per-formances from various bands, Tal-ents guild and JPCs Officers added color to the program. Cercado sis-ters also entertained the crowd as they rendered songs, especially the song “Paraiso” from their newest al-bum released by Viva Records. After that, dr. Bartolome T. Tanguilig iii, College of information Technology education dean, presented them a plaque of appreciation for being the Junior division Champion in the World Championship of Performing Arts 2006 held at California, U.s.A.

The iTe students once again proved their unity and cooperation to the iTe- dsg and JPCs officers who spearheaded the affair as they successfully celebrated their depart-ment day. Marrah O. Lagang

Camaraderie: EE’s rationale in dep’t dayThe electrical engineering-depart-ment student government, in coordi-nation with the electrical engineering network (een), celebrated its de-partment day on August 7 at the Pe Center, with the theme, “Camaraderie for Continuous Academic Quality and excellence.”

The ee sportsfest basketball championship between Megavolts and Ballast commenced the event. Richard santos of Megavolts self-lessly rendered his basketball skills in the championship game, hailing him as this year’s MVP.

The electrical engineering stu-dents proved their competence in circuit designing and assembly on the skills Olympics. The participating teams must construct the specified circuit within a period of time in or-der for them to advance to the next round. On the final round, the green Boys composed of garpar Tomolin, Joel Pedro, and Adelbert Mardhee, defeated the Para sa Plus Five team, which consists of euel Von Asuncion, Rogelio Bugayong, and Ramil Rafer.

Fun games and intermission numbers served as entertainment for the participating ee students. The live band performance concluded the event. Peter John Eclevia

ECE studes enjoy dep’t dayThe electronics and Communications engineering (eCe) department with

Page design: dan Emerson Escresa

AUgUsT 13—The College of Business education (CBe) celebrated its depart-ment day at the Congregating Area bearing its theme “enhancing Compe-tence and integrity through Responsible Leadership”.

“We, in the College of Business ed-ucation, firmly believe that our students are the future business leaders.” dean Celis said in her welcome remarks.

The new Business ideas (nBi) ex-position final judgment was held. From 18 participants, only six surpassed the semi-final round on August 7. From that six, “Meaty Rice Balls,” “sa Banana Flour,” and “Mr. Bharp’s siopao” bagged the first, second and third place, respec-tively. They were awarded cash prizes from the CBe dean and professors.

The department day was high-lighted by the Ms. CBe 2007 pageant in the afternoon. There were 13 candi-dates, mostly participated by freshmen and sophomores. special awards were given to Mary Jane Ong, Miss Catwalk; Honey Angeli Olimpo, Best in Casual Wear and darling of the Crowd; Riza Jade Maravilla, Best in Corporate At-tire; diana dacir, Best in evening gown; Mary Kriz Alex, Miss Congeniality; Jen-nivie Mateo, Miss Talent; and Justine sosa, Miss Photogenic. Honey Angel Olimpo, a freshman LM student, grabbed this year’s Ms. CBe title. Riza Jade Maravilla, diana dacir, Jacqueline day, and Justine sosa, won as runners-up. The winners in the inter-CBe dance and singing competitions, along with the Talents guild, participated and ren-dered intermission numbers.

dean Celis looked forward for an-other Ms. CBe on the next department day. she said that this beauty pageant is in preparation for this year’s upcom-ing search for TiP model students. “The student leaders actually convinced me that they can lead an organization. We received comments from the other [year levels] that they were satisfied…” the dean said in an interview. Paul John Pederio

freshman shines aglow in CoE nightWiTH THe THeMe “Looking forward to

globally competent engineers of tomor-row,” the Computer engineering (Coe) department celebrated its day on sep-tember 28 at the Pe Center. The event aimed to search for Ms. Coe who will represent the department on the up-coming TiP student Model search.

The day started with champion-ship games in volleyball and basketball. it was succeeded by a friendly game be-tween the Coe-TiPMla and Coe-TiPQC.

Coe students from different year levels competed in the Papaya dance Contest. The crowd became lively as the Coe-dsg launched its version of “game KnB?” Ten players participated in the game and only five qualified for the final round. The winners who an-swered most of the questions regard-ing their professors also played for their rendition of “deal or no deal”. it shook the stage as the 26K composed of men carrying brown envelopes with cash prizes. One thousand is the highest prize and one peso is the lowest. The player decided to take home the prize amounting to thirty pesos.

engr. Leah Belaya was given a plaque of appreciation for being the most outstanding Coe instructor-ad-viser. To entertain the crowd, a set of Coe students who are the counterparts of the Talents guild, performed dance numbers.

The Coe night was highlighted by the Ms. Coe pageant, participated by finely chosen beauties from the department. dannielyn Chiombon bagged four special awards – Best in sports Wear, Best in Casual Wear, Best in evening gown and Ms. Photogenic. Meanwhile, Jonalyn Aladano grabbed the Best in Uniform Award. After the awarding, only three were chosen for the final round and they were Jonalyn Alabano, dannielyn Chiombon, and Margie Rose Tabor. dannielyn Chiom-bon proved that she doesn’t only pos-sess beauty but also wit, as she was crowned Ms. Coe 2007.

The Coe-dsg, integrated Com-puter Organization (iCon), and genuine networking society (gns), with the cooperation of the Coe students and faculty members had marked the day a success. Rose Ann Piad

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Ms.CoE G. Marino Ms. ME/iE Mr. ME/iE Ms. CBE

Accountancy to Reopen

Winning Smiles

Commission on higher edu-cation (ChEd) dictates such changes for the programs to become more globally competi-tive and to give students updat-ed lectures in their respective courses.

Tours for arki Students The College of Architec-

ture and Drafting Technol-ogy (Arch/dT) has now added Fieldtrips and Seminars (AR 310P2) and other subjects to their new curriculum, based on ChEd Memorandum Or-der (CMO) 61, series of 2006, effective this school year. The proposal filed by Arch. Ma. Antonia Jennifer e. nardo, department chair, last semester has already been approved. This is to integrate plant visits and educational tours to some sub-jects, such as Building Tech-nology 1-4 (AR 213, AR 222S1, AR 312S1, AR 322S1, AR 412S1) and evaluation of Architecture Design (AR 543)

BS accountancy to Reo-pen

The application for the reopening of BS Accountancy program in TIP-QC for the next school year was passed last March. The program has new

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Toward the same goals:D-Days ‘07 feted in unison

the society of electronics and Com-munications students (seCes) and the department student government (dsg) celebrated their department day on september 18 at the Pe Cent-er with the theme, “excandescence for excellence”.

eCe sportsfest basketball championship match between sOH-CAHTOA and LaFlash and the exhibi-tion match between the eCe and the Mechanical engineering/industrial engineering (Me/ie) departments opened the event.

The battle of the brains of the Just-in-Time enhancement doable intervention (Jedi) Conquerors heats up the day as they compete and out-wit each other on the eCe Quizbee Competition.

eCe students, as well as some faculty members, had some fun with the parlor games prepared by the dsg and seCes officers. some of which were “Makulay ang Buhay sa sinungabang gulay” and Cheese Ring Relay. The participants also en-joyed the eCe’s version of “1 vs. 100”

in which they competed against a faculty member in a series of general information questions.

intermission numbers from the Talents guild and from Jenicia Ramirez, last year’s first placer in TiP idol also entertained the participated students and faculty members. Band performances and the awarding cer-emony for eCe sportsfest formally concluded the event. Peter John Eclevia

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Para sa Bayan

TiPQC accredited Programs

Accredited Programs Level Validity until

Bs Computer engineering**Level ii

(1st Reaccreditation)(new Classification)

April 2012

Bs electrical engineeringLevel ii

(1st Reaccreditation)(new Classification)

March 2012

Bs Civil engineering*Level ii

(Old Classification)september 2007

Bs electronics & Communications engineering

Level ii(Old Classification) January 2008

Bs Mechanical engineeringLevel i Formal

(new Classification)March 2009

Bs ManagementLevel i Formal

(new Classification)March 2009

Bs Computer scienceLevel i Formal

(new Classification)March 2009

Bs industrial engineeringLevel i Formal

(new Classification)March 2009

Bs Marine engineeringLevel i Formal

(new Classification)March 2009

Bs information ManagementCandidate status

(new Classification)May 2009

Bs information TechnologyCandidate status

(new Classification)May 2009

Bs ArchitectureCandidate status

(new Classification)June 2009

Bs Business Administration major in Financial & Management Accounting

Candidate status(new Classification) June 2009

* waiting for the result of the first reaccreditation level** candidate for level iii within the next two years

the next two years. A program having this accreditation may have “(1) all the benefits for the levels i or ii; (2) authority to offer new courses allied to the accredited course, provided that ChEd is also informed; and (3) privilege to apply for authority to offer new graduate programs, open learning/distance education, extension classes and to participate in the transnational education.”

“The award given by the PACUCOA to TIPQC as the second school with the highest number of accredited programs [Category A] in 2006 is a proof that we are achieving our goals in line with the program accreditations,” engr.

Accreditation...|1

This aerial view shows the expansion lot located in front of Building 5 where a four-storey building is to be built according to Mr. Angelo Lahoz, Assistant Vice President for Administration. SANDRA LAROCO

Development Site

Cynthia llanes (Dean of College of engineering and Architecture) and the over-all in-charge of school accreditation said in an interview.

The accredited programs in TIPQC are BSCOE and BS electrical engineering (BSEE) which are now in level ii, first reaccreditation, BS Civil engineering (BSCE) and BS electronics & Communications engineering (BSECE) are in level ii while BS Mechanical engineer-ing (BSME), BS Computer Science (BSCS), BS Management, BS in-dustrial engineering (BSIE) and BS Marine engineering (BSMARE) are in level i Formal.

“i’m very positive that we will meet the target, which is the ac-creditation of almost 75 per cent of the school programs, in 2012,”

By alyssa aviles, Jessica Lopez

FreShMen STUDenTS of TIP-QC were welcomed through the Freshmen Day on September 25 at the Congregating Area with the theme: “Proud to be TiPians.”

Different sections in Civic Wel-fare Training Service (CWTS) subjects were grouped into five: Green (Mon-day) Group which is composed of sec-tions A1, A5, B1, and B6; Pink (Tuesday, A2, B2, B7); red (Wednesday, A3, B3, A6, B6); Black (Thursday, A7, B4, B9); and Blue (Friday, A4, A8, B5).

The program started with a mass celebrated by Fr. Joey evange-lista. After the mass, freshmen had

TiPQC debuts freshmen daytheir course familiarization wherein all the students with the same course toured around the campus with their guide explaining everything they want to know about their chosen career and at the same time, to be familiar with the school.

Meanwhile, students who were left in the Congregating Area played parlor games and joined in the raffle draw with prizes from Maggi, lucky Me, Mr. Softy ice cream, Kiss juices, and Ovaltine. in the afternoon, the dance competi-tion among the five groups began.

The winners were the following: Green Team, A1; Pink Team, A2; red Team, A6; Black Team, B4; and Blue

Team, B5. The Pink Team garnered the highest point and was declared the over-all champion.

Dr. elizabeth Q. lahoz, TIP President, showed her support and told the freshmen to study very hard. The Cercado sisters entertained the students with their rendition of “Queen of the night” and “Anak.”

The event was organized by the Arts and Cultural Affairs (ACA), Admissions and Marketing Office (AMO), Civic Welfare Training Serv-ice (CWTS), Guidance and Coun-seling Center (gCC), Office of Stu-dent Affairs (OSA), Supreme Student Government (SSg), and Department Student Government (dSg).

Participants battled up for words during the Catastropspell competition during the English Day celebration. VIRGILIO CAMORAL JR.

ROTC has diminished its use-fulness and turned out to be a rep-resentation of violence among the students as it was still continuing enforcement and many approved to organize protests to push for its termination. On 2001, Mark Wilson Chua, member of the Stu-dent intelligent network (SIn) of the ROTC unit in the University of Santo Tomas, was found dead. According to the investigation, it was a counterattack of Chua’s en-emies because he revealed the bru-talities and corruption of the ROTC officers. This triggered a public outrage that lawmakers need to investigate, and eventually, push

for its abolition. As a result, no less than seventeen bills and reso-lutions were generated -- in both houses of Congress -- in response

such a hostile training can never enhance the patriotism that was believed to be fading in every filipino’s heart.

ROTC...|1 to the dispute. The national Service Train-

ing Program (nSTP) or the REPUB-lIC ACT 9163 answered the clamor for changes in the ROTC program. RA9163 was signed into law on January 23, 2002. it removed ROTC as a prerequisite for gradua-tion for male college students. The new program provided all stu-dents with two options other than ROTC: literacy Training Service (lTS) and Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS).

Resuscitating from the Grave The government’s revitaliza-

tion of the anti-insurgency cam-paign will benefit from the pas-

sage of the bills. lim and Gullas both expressed their beliefs that ROTC remains the most effective tool to instill the values of service,

Words-maker discipline and patriotism among the youth.

The government had some good points in restoring ROTC. But, such a hostile training can never enhance the patriotism that was believed to be fading in every Filipino’s heart. it will only pro-mote fear and intimidation for the trainees. Many labeled the mandatory ROTC a cancer. youth organizations said that reviving ROTC will cause harm in some of their operations and actions inside the campus. Through the Student intelligence network, who initi-ate surveillance and investigation, the meetings privately held inside the campus will be monitored, or probably, spies will be roaming around the area.

Those who had experienced ROTC confirmed that it was noth-ing but an epitome of harassment and torture.

The COMPUTer enGi-neerinG (COE) department launched its second Student research Colloquium and 12th exhibit for the first se-mester at the Congregating Area on October 1 with the theme: “COE Project Design towards its Actual imple-mentation.” engr. Arturo Sudlon, Marketing Officer and CWTS Coordinator of TIPQC, headed the organiza-tion of the exhibit.

There were six project designs presented – Al-ternative electrical Out-let (an automated power controller and monitoring device), CISCO networking Tool (an interactive cable tester), interactive Digital Viewer (an advertisement system using bluetooth technology), Simulating

PowerPoint Presentation (an affordable system unit), Biometric Fingerprint Ac-cess (a unified identifica-tion system for student and online enrollment), and MCU-Based Communica-tion System for the Speech impaired (a gesture-acti-vated mechanism).

Aside from the panel of judges, students, teach-ing- and non-teaching personnel, and high school students from Angono Private high School were also among those who judged the presentations. The winners in the special categories were CISCO networking Tool (Most interactive Prototype); MCU-Based Communication System for the Speech impaired (Most Useful Prototype); Simulat-ing Power Point (Best Project Design, Faculties’ choice); in-

CP Project design on its 12th year By Jessica Loraine Lopez

teractive Digital Viewer (Best Project Design, Guests’ choice); interactive Digital Viewer (Best Project Design, Alumni choice); Alternative electrical Outlet (Best Project Design, high school students’ choice); interactive Digital Viewer (Best Project Design, non-teaching employees’ choice); Alterna-tive electrical Outlet (Best in Documentation).

This year’s over-all best project design was the interac-tive Digital Viewer. Biometric Fingerprint Access and Alter-native electrical Outlet ranked second and third place, respec-tively. Jeffrey Sorreda and lov-lie Balorio were awarded as the best presenters in the second colloquium. On the other hand, in the 12th exhibit, lucky Vega and lovlie Balorio were the best presenters.

Ipinahayag ng mga piling mga mag-aaral ng LM11FA1 ang kanilang pagmamahal sa sariling wika sa pamamagitan ng malayang sabayang-pagbigkas kasabay ng selebrasyon ng Araw ng Wika na ginanap noong ika-24 ng Agosto sa pangnguna ng Departamento ng Humanidades at Panlipunang Agham (HSSD) at ng organ-isasyong Buklod Diwa na may temang “Maraming Wika, Matatag na Bansa.” Ang LM11FA1 ang nagkamit ng unang pwesto sa kategoryang ‘Malayang Sabayang-Pagbigkas.” SANDRA LAROCO

For your comments and suggestions, please mail us at [email protected]

Dean llanes stated.

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By Marrah Lagang

The UniVerSiTy of the Philippines Circle of industrial engineering Majors (UPCIEM) organized a seminar entitled “ieshikawa: Know the Bones 2” on August 25 at the UP engi-neering Theater, Melchor hall, UP Diliman. The meet was at-tended by the students from the Technological institute of the Philippines-Quezon City, De la Salle University-Taft, lipa and Dasmariñas, Mapua institute of Technology, new era Universi-ty, University of Perpetual help-las Piñas and University of the Philippines-los Baños.

Dr. Maria Antonia Tan-chuling, UPd Associate Dean for Students and industry linkage encouraged the students to take graduate courses in the future to have in-depth knowledge with their chosen major.

Prof. lourdes P. Santos-Tankia of UPd gave an overview on the Six Sigma Process that

iE studes join 2nd IEshikawa

aims to make general improve-ments in producing products by reducing variability and defects. Afterwards, Mr. Allan roberto Del rosario Mauricio of MAU Business Consulting gave advice on how to put up and manage a business. he stressed that a per-son must be able to define his objectives in putting up his own business and he must also learn to listen to his customers.

Mr. Washington roqueza from the accounting firm Sgv & CO. discussed the integrating function of Supply Chain Man-agement that involves planning of what is to be sold, sourcing and acquiring the specified in-puts through buying, making and monitoring the movement of such inputs through the conver-sion and delivery process.

lastly, Mr. John Paul l. Macasling and Mr. ericson Del rosario Forteza of Toyota Mo-tor (Phils.) provided information regarding the company’s produc-tion system, particularly “Just-in Time.”

Unang taon ngayon ni roy* sa Teknolohikal na instityut ng Pilipinas (TIP). Sabik siyang mapabilang sa anumang organisasyong tatanggap sa kanya at mag-aangat sa

kanyang katayuan. Bagaman batid niya ang sakit na mararanasan sa pagpasok sa isang fraternity, tumuloy pa rin siya sa paanyaya ng nanghihikayat. Mas mahirap, mas masarap. Pangangatwiran niya sa tradisyon ng pisikal na pagpapasakit sa mga aplikanteng tulad niya upang maging ganap na kasapi sa isang kapatiran.

ng loob at determinasyon ng isang neophyte upang maging kaanib. “They have to live to the culture of the frat whether they like it or not,” dagdag pa niya.

Sa isang programang magasin sa telebisyon, nakuhaan ng video ang Final rites ng iba’t ibang fra-ternity. Dito inilahad ang ritwal ng pagpapasakit sa pamamagitan ng paghambalos ng paddle sa binti ng aplikante. Bukod pa rito ang mga

ng mga kapatiran kundi pati ng mga taong nasa labas ng kanilang makikitid na alyansa. Pitong taon na ang nakararaan nang aksiden-teng namatay si Dhian ray na-varro, estudyante ng mechanical engineering, kasama ang 43 taong nasugatan sa pagsabog ng isang granada sa loob mismo ng kam-pus ng TIP. hinatulan ng korte sa salang pagpatay at tangkang pag-patay ang akusado—isang estudy-anteng hinihinalang miyembro rin ng fraternity. Taong 2005 naman nang masaksak sa gitna ng irin-gan ng dalawang fraternity ang isa ding estudyanteng napagkamalang target.

nito lang semestre, namatay si Cris Anthony Mendez, isang lider-estudyante sa Unibersidad ng

Tradisyon Panahon ng Batas Militar

nang umusbong ang iba’t ibang mga fraternity sa bansa. Bilang mga lihim na organisasyon, naglalayon sila na isulong ng karapatan ng mga mamamayan laban sa paniniil ng pamahalaan. Bago pa man ang panahong ito, mahaba na rin ang kasaysayan ng mga fraternity. Kasa-bay ng pagkakatayo ng mga unang pampublikong-unibersidad sa ilalim ng mga Amerikano naitatag ang mga unang Greek-letter fraternity. lumipas ang ilang dekada, ngunit ‘di nagbabago ang kanilang mga si-nasaaad na layuning maglingkod sa sambayanan at paunlarin ang kani-lang pamunuan.

Gayunpaman upang matang-gap sa isang kapatiran, kailangan munang dumaan ang isang aplikante sa isang proseso ng pagpapahirap ng mga miyembro. Ayon kay Gng. renelyn Belen, direktor ng Guid-ance and Counseling Center, sinu-subukan umano ng hazing ang lakas

ysh Cabaña

Pagpatid

sa Kapatiran

Frat Violence at ang Pagmata ng

Komunidad sa mga Frat

salik ng patuloy na karahasan sa loob at pagitan ng mga fraternity sa TIP ayon kay Solis.

Paliwanag ng direktor ng OSA na si Gng. Veronica Alfonso, hindi pa mabibigay ang opisina sa madaling panahon. ngunit, ani Alfonso, sa kawalan ng CFS ng opisina, “they really have learned to police themselves.”

Para sa mga kabataang tu-lad ni roy, kahit pa marami nang naitalang binawian ng buhay bun-ga ng karahasan, hindi nito mapi-pigilan ang pag-anib sa anumang kapatiran. hindi rin umano ma-bubuwag ng mga panuntunan ang mga kapatiran—maaaring patuloy nilang tatangkilikin ang kanilang tradisyon kahit hindi irerekognisa ng administrasyon.

Ayon kay Belen, kahit pa ma-sama ang nagiging imahe ng isang miyembro ng frat ay napapantayan naman ito ng ganansya sa pagiging kasapi. “They could land a job with greater opportunity,” aniya sapagkat mas nakatutulong umano ang mga kaugnayan para mapunan ang pag-hahanap ng trabaho.

Marahil ang patuloy na pag-kakadawit ng mga fraternity sa karahasan at pagkukulang sa mga makabuluhang gawaing nakapag-lilingkod sa sambayanan ang sanhi ng negatibong sapantaha sa kanila at kanilang mga kapatiran. Subalit ang solusyon ng pagbuwag sa mga fraternity at sorority ay hindi dapat ituring na isang opsiyon bagkus pagtalikod ng administrasyon sa problema ng pagpupulisya.

sAnggUniAn:TIP Student Handbookwww.eskwelahan.net inakses set-yembre 19.

*di niya tunay na pangalan

Marahil ang patuloy na pagkakadawit ng mga fraternity sa karahasan at

pagkukulang sa mga makabuluhang gawaing nakapaglilingkod sa sambay-

anan ang sanhi ng negatibong sapantaha sa kanila at kanilang mga kapatiran.

paraang pinahihiya ang neophyte para lubusang ipasailalim sa mga kasapi ng fraternity.

damayan sa dahasAng pagpalo ng karahasan

ay hindi natatangi sa mga kasapi

Pilipinas, makalipas magbata ng hirap sa ilalim ng mga brod mula sa umano’y sinalihan na Sigma rho fraternity. Bunsod ng pagka-sawi ni Mendez, nanawagan si Se-nador Miriam Defensor-Santiago sa mga kapwa mambabatas tungkol sa pagbuwag ng mga fraternity at

balikat pa rin ang sagot ng OSA sa kanilang hinihiling. itinatakda ng ChEd Order nO. 4 S. 1995 ang mandato sa anumang fraternity na magsagawa ng “internal policing” sa mga miyembro nila bilang pag-iwas sa karahasan. Sa gayon, ang kawalan ng CFS ng lugar na kini-kilala ng pamantasan ang isang

Sipat-tanaw na pinagmamasdan ng isang estudyante ang “Vanguard of Freedom” isa sa mga likhang-sining na inilahok sa ITIM (Itinerant Image) eksibit mula sa Kagawaran ng Arkitektura. Itinampok ang iba’t ibang sining sa Seminar Room A mula ika 10-14 ng Setyembre.

VIRGILIO CAMORAL, JR.

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“FAShiOn BeTWeen jour-ney and imagination,” that was itinerant image’s (ITIM) abstract presentation in their exhibit. After ITIM’s successful art show entitled “Perception”, the band of ITIM artists launched their second ex-hibit at the Seminar room B with the theme “insights.”

The group of ITIM artists were invited to demonstrate their works with their masterpieces in oil on canvas, photography, mixed media and others. The group in-vited two guest-painters, Arch. Katrina Baluyot, Architecture graduate of the University of the Philippines and a freelance paint-er, and Mr. Mael de Guzman, also a freelance artist and a member of the Angono artists. Ms. Baluyot contributed two works “The Pet-als” and “The Wings.” She also had an exhibit in TIP-Manila with her favorite media – canvas, paper and mixed media.

Other contributors were Dr. rebecca Andrade, Arturo Sanchez, Arch. Joeffrey Cardenal, Arch. edu Cortez, Arch. rosauro Jamandri, Arch. Pat Quiboquibo,

“insights” displayed in ITIM exhibit

sorority sa buong bansa. Sinupor-tahan naman ito ng 160-miyembro ng Philippine Association of Col-leges and Universities (PACU), kung saan kabilang ang TIP nito lang bu-wan ng Setyembre.

Bunga din nito nanawagan si Gonzalo Duque, pangulo ng PACU, na muling masuri ang republic Act 8049 o Anti-hazing law na higit sa isang dekada nang naisabatas. idinadahilan niya na maluwag ang mga awtoridad sa pagpapatupad nito at bigo ang mismong batas sa pagpigil sa hazing at frat violence. Ayon sa batas, itinuturing na haz-ing ang pagsasailalim sa isang neo-phyte, rekrut o aplikante sa pisikal o sikolohikal na pagpapahirap.

Pagtatangi at Pagtatanggi Ayon kay Allan Solis, presi-

dente ng Council of Fraternities and Sororities, matagal na nilang hinain sa Office of Student Affairs (OSA) ang panukalang mabigyan ng opisina ang kanilang konseho batay sa kanilang konstitusyon. Aniya taong 1996 pa naaprubahan ang kanilang saligang-batas ngu-nit hanggang sa ngayon ay kibit-

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i know you know how it goes and i bet you sang it. The line above is a jingle from a promi-nent coffee brand in the country. now, you may ask why i mentioned it. it is because coffee is drunk all over the world, every day, by both young and old but like many other things we enjoy in our everyday life, we sometimes ques-tion whether it is good for us or not. To help dispel a few of the misconceptions, here are the latest findings on some of those health related benefits of drinking coffee.

Sleepless nights Some blame coffee for disturbing their

sleep and refrain from drinking it in the evening. We are all aware that coffee gives us a boost during the day and of its well known immediate effects on keeping us alert. This may mean it takes longer for us to fall asleep.

One study showed that drinking up to seven cups of coffee a day is not associated with us enjoying any less sleep and the dream phase of sleep remains unaffected. in another survey, involving 760 nurses, results showed that other factors such as age and family issues were more important in keeping us awake. in a study in-volving elderly women, there was no difference in caffeine consumption between good and poor sleepers. So, just enjoy your coffee habit.

headache relieverGood news! A new research suggests that

a cup of coffee may help relieve the symptoms of headache. in a recent study, 301 constant headache sufferers took a combination of a recognized painkiller (ibuprofen) and caffeine. eighty percent of the patients saw a significant improvement within six hours compared with 67% of those taking only the painkiller.

Many claim that the caffeine in a strong cup of coffee can help relieve migraine or even end it if consumed in the very early stage of a headache. it is because caffeine helps the body to absorb headache medications more quickly, bringing faster relief. in addition, substances that dilate blood vessels, like alcohol, can cause vascular headaches. Substances that constrict blood vessels, like caffeine, can help counter the painful effects of blood vessel dilation in the head.

Can coffee cause dehydration? The caffeine in coffee is a mild diuretic.

it can increase the volume of urine excreted, but moderate consumption of coffee, up to 4/5 cups a day, has no greater effect than that seen with plain water.

Many people, including athletes and those traveling long haul flights, are often recom-mended to abstain from consuming caffein-ated beverages. it is assumed that caffeine will worsen the dehydration and lead to impaired athletic performance or health, although there is no scientific evidence to support this assump-tion. in relation to athletes, nine studies, which have looked at the effects of caffeine consump-tion on the volume of urine, have recently been reviewed.

Scientific findings confirmed that athletes and recreational sport enthusiasts would not incur detrimental fluid-electrolyte imbalances if they consume caffeinated beverages in mod-eration and eat a healthy diet. Official govern-

a cup in hand, you know it’s worth a while, a cup in hand let’s sit and stay for a while. Let minutes turn to moment.

Let’s sit, let’s talk. One moment, one (place your coffee brand here).”

naty Jean G. Ebay

ment advice for long haul travelers is to ensure a regular fluid intake to help reduce the risk of deep veined thrombosis or the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein. Coffee can contribute significantly to that recommended daily fluid intake of at least 1.5 to 2 litres.

heart burner heartburn, or acid indigestion, is a very

common and uncomfortable condition for which there are many possible causes from eat-ing spicy food, dry food like peanuts or fatty food such as ice cream. in a study involving 394 patients with heartburn, neither the acidity nor the strength of the coffee was associated with their reported heartburn. Some people do re-port suffering heartburn after drinking coffee, but it is thought more likely to be associated with the meal eaten previously, rather than the coffee. There is also no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee is bad for the stomach or in-volved in the formation of peptic ulcer caused by acidity.

Coffee helps manage asthma The incidence of asthma as a respiratory

disease has increased significantly worldwide during the past twenty years. in some indus-trialized countries, the incidence is now as high as 10% (United Kingdom) and 14% ( Japan) of the population. The beneficial effect of coffee on asthma was known over a hundred years ago and it has been used to treat this condition in Scotland since at least 1859. This benefit is confirmed by recent research findings. An ital-ian study of 72,284 people showed that the in-cidence of asthma fell by 28% when they drank three or more cups a day.

Similar results were observed in the sec-ond national health and nutrition examina-tion Survey where, in a group of 20,322 Ameri-cans, the incidence of asthma fell by 29% and the incidence of wheeze fell 13%, when regular coffee drinkers were compared with non-coffee drinkers.

is coffee addictive? no. Whilst enjoying drinking coffee regu-

larly may be described as a habit, and coffee is known to act as a stimulant and keep us alert, in no way should this be confused with it be-ing addictive. regulatory agencies such as the World health Organization, has stated that, “There is no evidence whatsoever that caffeine use has even remotely comparable physical and social consequences which are associated with serious drugs of abuse”.

evidence to support the claim that cof-fee drinking is not addictive was confirmed in a recent study, which showed caffeine did not act on the brain areas responsible for reward, motivation and addiction in the same way as amphetamines and cocaine. likewise mild withdrawal symptoms, such as headaches and exhaustion, experienced by some coffee drink-ers, do not seem to relate to the quantities con-sumed daily.

Whew! now, you know the truth behind coffee. So, have a coffee break. Until next is-sue… tata for now!!!

Coffee BreakfOR yOuR hEaLTh OnLy

illustration: donnie Teodoro

Carinderia Run

Hay! Talagang nakakapagod ang maglakbay para lang ku-main at magsaya ngunit sa ating mga estudyante ito ang sagot sa hirap na ating dinaranas sa pag-aaral.

Para kang karind-erya na bukas sa kahit sinong gustong ku-

main”, isang sikat na linya sa isang pelikula na muli nating lit-eral na babalikan at bibigyang kahulugan dahil dadalhin namin kayo sa usapang “CHIBU-GAN”.

Iba-iba talaga ang panlasa nina TIPoy at TIPay may pihikan, na hindi mahilig kumain sa tabi-tabi o turo-turo, at mayroon na-mang kahit saan na may kainan mapunan lang ang gutom na nararamdaman. Tulad na lang nang iba’t-ibang restawran sa paligid ng eskuwelahan. Lahat sila may kanya-kanyang suki, gimik at putahe na ibinibenta.

Likas talaga sa ating mga TIPian ang maghanap ng masa-rap na kainan at swak sa bulsa. Sa katunayan di lang nagsis-ilbing kainan ang mga karind-eryang ito, nagsisilbi rin itong tambayan ng mga estudyan-teng gustong magpalipas ng oras.

Unahin na natin ang Aurora Plaza kung saan matatagpuan ang dating tanyag na borokyo (sa totoo lang wala ng borokyo, matagal na itong nagsara, na-kasanayan na nga lang talaga ng mga TIPian na tawagin itong borokyo). Sa lugar na ito matat-agpuan ang tatlong karinderya na talagang dinudumog at pin-upuntahan. Kaya kapit, “Tayo na sa Food Trip!”.̀

Potsdam Food ManiaPotsdam, isang kalye sa tapat

ng TIP na marami ding karinderya. Sa lugar na ito talagang makakatipid ka bukod sa mga kainang naunang nabanggit dito rin tiyak na masisiya-han ka dahil sa maraming pagpipil-ian na putahe. Maihahalintulad nga rin ito sa Eastwood ng Libis dahil paboritong hang-out o tambayan din ito, kung may bar doon, sa Potsdam may “turow-turow”. Sa halagang P15 hanggang P25 mabubusog ka na. Kaya kung naghihigpit ka nang sin-turon pasyalan mo lang ang Potsdam para sa mura at masarap na kainan.

Ga Nasi: Kuwentong Sinangag

Isa sa pinakasikat na bersyon ng nakikilala nating “Rice in a Box” ang “Fried Rice Atbp” ito ay matat-agpuan lang sa gilid ng TIP. Sa kani-lang maliit na tindahan akalain mong dinadaig pa nito ang ibang kainan na katabi nila dahil sa dami ng gustong matikman ang kanilang sari-saring uri ng sinangag. Ilan sa mga ito ang Nasigoreng, Chinese Rice, Plain Fried Rice at Garlic Rice. May mga pagpipilian pang mga ulam tulad ng longganisa, siomai, beef steak at embutido lahat ng ito ay mabibili mo mula P20 hanggang sa P25 depende sa gusto mong kombinasyon. Tiyak na sulit din ang inyong mararanasan sa kainan ni “Ga” bukod sa mura na siguradong mainit pa ang ihahain sa iyo.

Kung may iba ka ring trip tayo na sa “Allysa Gabrielle Canteen. Isa sa mga gimik nila ay ang pangungo-lekta ng mga larawan ng mga suki nila. Sa ganitong paraan bumabalik ang mga estudyante upang muling masulyapan ang mga alaala ng ma-sayang kainan.

Bukod sa lechon paksiw, pork BBQ, pork adobo, beef caldereta, meron din silang merienda meal na tiyak na abot kaya para sa mga nagtitipid.

Hindi rin naman nagkakalayo ang presyo nila kumpara sa ibang karinderya. Meron silang gulay tu-lad ng chopsuey, ginatang sitaw, o di kaya ginisang togue na aabot la-mang mula P18 hanggang P25 piso.

Malinis din ang paligid at ti-yak ang ganda ng serbisyo. Naaangkop rin ang lugar para sa magba-barkada o kahit magkasintahan.

Allysa Gabrielle Canteen

Tita Suzy Food ExpressSino ba naman ang hindi maaakit

kumain sa “Tita Suzy Food Express? Bukod sa TIPid meal na sizzling sisig, pork chop, at hotdog and egg, may-roon pang libreng gulaman o juice, na panulak at tiyak di ka mabubulu-nan.

Bukod dito mayroon silang ulam na matitikman at mabibili sa hala-gang P18.00 hanggang P36.00. Isa pa sa kanilang atraksyon ay ang ku-lay luntiang upuan, lamesa at kutsara na sinasabing may dalang suwerte sa negosyo. Nabibigyan pa nila ng maaliwalas na paligid ang mga es-tudyante lalo na sa ikalawang pala-pag ng karinderya na nilagyan nila ng telebisyon at videoke para na rin sa mga gustong maglibang, di mawa-wala ang serbisyong tapat at mag-iliw ni Tita Suzy.

Neon Cove CaféIsang bagong bukas naman

na kainan ang Neon Cove Café na matatagpuan din sa Aurora Plaza, alas-sais pa lang ng umaga ito’y bu-kas na sa kanilang mga kostomer. Tamang-tama naman iyon sa mga estudyanteng gustong mag-almusal at maghintay para sa unang klase.

Nag-ooffer sila ng value meal na binubuo ng gulay, karne at kanin na mabibili mo lang sa halagang P15 at P40. Pero kung hindi ka naman masy-adong malakas kumain, puwede ka ring makakain ng tingi o tig-kalahati. Mayroon din silang breakfast meals kagaya ng tocilog, tapsilog, longsi-log, bursilog, hotsilog,hamsilog, at embusilog na may libreng kape.

Makakabili ka rin sa kanila ng mga merienda at desserts kagaya ng saging con yelo, leche plan, puto, siopao, siomai, at fruit shakes sa ha-lagang P8-P15.

Sa lahat ng kainan stuff, si-yempre pahuhuli ba naman ang TIP canteen. Kung medyo tamad ka maglakad lumabas at me-dyo madatung ka, siguradong tamang-tama sayo ang sisig (P45.00) at kare-kare (P36.00) ng canteen. Mula 7:00 ng umaga hanggang 6:00 ng hapon ay may pagkakataon ka para matikman ang mga ulam na inihain. Meron din silang ginatang labong, gina-taang sayote, diningding at chop-suey na mabibili mo sa halagang P23.00. Pero kung sawang-sawa ka na sa gulay ito ang bagay sayo, fried fish tulad ng galung-gong at tilapia na nagkakahalaga ng P25.00. Maliban sa mga pag-kaing ito, siguradong makokom-pleto ang busog mo dahil sa bottomless nilang… malamig na tubig, oh di ba san ka pa? Eh di sa TIP canteen na!

Cantina EscolarCarinderia Run

Titik: Cyntril Manglugay, Marrah Lagangguhit: donnie Teodorograpiks: dan Escresa Lapat: Jess Granada

Marineros, valorous in d-day

The Marine engineering (Mare) de-

partment celebrated its department day on september 19 to 21 at the Congregat-ing and study Area. its theme “We dream, we believe, we conquer,” sets out the mes-sage of TiP for quality maritime education.

The event started with the wel-come remarks by engr. Mark Jamisal (gi-noong Marino, 2001) on september 19, followed by basketball exhibition match. On september 20, Mare organized an exhibit at the study Area, which portrayed dif-ferent kinds of miniature ships, engines and vessels. The exhibit was open to all students, and aimed to show the replica of real ships and to foster familiarity of the equipment.

On the last day of the celebration, september 21, engr. greville Magpantay (Mare-dsg Adviser) gave inspiring mes-sage to start the program, followed by a Fancy drill exhibition of the Marine Offic-ers Candidate Corps (MOCC) headed by Jonas Llamasares (ex-O Commander).

The search for el Marinero 2007, a show-down of brawns and brains, crowned Rodrigo A. Blanca iii (2nd year) as this year’s ginoong Marino. darwin Quizon (1st year) was hailed first runner-up while Jhun Ashly Adolfo (3rd year) was pronounced second runner-up and snatched other awards such as Best in Cas-ual, Rave and Flip gear wear. Other awards were also given to Teofilo Ronnel (Mr. Pho-togenic), Hennessey Alo (People Hunk Awar-dee), and sarah Joy dela Cruz (Best Muse).

Mare-dsg with the sponsorship of stu-dio Retrato, Flip gear, Philippine seafarers Union (PsU) and nutrilicious joined forces in making the event possible. darwin Singh

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Excellence aimed in aCE-Q day

TeCHniCAL ABiLiTies plus mathematical skills is equal to excellence among students. it was Abstract Combination and emotional-Quo-tient’s (ACe-Q) rationale on its day on septem-ber 13 at the Pe Center, with the coordination of the Math and Physics department (MAPd).

engr. Oligario T. suaiso, Head of Math and Physics department, commenced the event with his opening remarks. The newly elected ACe-Q officers were inducted in the celebration; noel s. Bitoren Jr. (eCe ii), President; Krister Bill U. Umoso (Ce iV), Vice-President; Jasmine J. Ancheta (iT ii), secretary; ian R. Casinilio (iT i) and ephraim P. Halog (Ce iii) Treasurer; Anthony R. Pan-taleon (Ce ii) and Mark John Louis g. Cain-gat (Coe), Auditor; Reynaldo e. Arilla (Coe iii), Aldin d. Calubaquib (eCe ii), Jefferson M. Villaraza (Ce iii) and Michael A. Bandivas (Ce iii), Public Relations Officers. The ACe-Q advisers were Ms. donata d. Acula, Ms. Carolina P. sangga and. nicasio Chuck Liwag.

To add some spice to the event, MAPd fac-ulty and staff grooved to the tune of Because of You. Math Race proceeded afterwards in which the Black Team reigned supreme among the other two groups, the green and Purple team which were the first and second runners-up, respectively. The Black Team members were Christopher Arcilla, Jesimiel Abinal, Joren Bello, Christine Castaneda and erwin Tortal.

ACe-Q sportsfest came after the Math Race. The games that were played include Basketball and boardgames (damath, Chess, Chinese checkers, games of the generals, and snakes and Ladders). The winners in vari-ous competitions were as follows: Marie Kris galoria (Chinese checkers); Christian Palo-mares (Chess); Francis Resuena (damath); William Roger Rivera (snakes and Ladders); and Monciar erick Tacuyan (games of the generals). in the basketball tourney, the Hot-ness Boys won over the salsweet players. The mythical five were dean Villalobos, May Rende Padecio, Judy Rod Vicente, Ariston idio and Alexis Cruz. Joemerlyn Cabug-os

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year’s champion garnering 50 points. While Quirino high and the last year’s champion, Antipolo nat’l high both earned 40 points. in the tie breaking challenge named “Tro-jan War,” Antipolo nat’l high placed first runner-up and Quirino high second.

Admission and Marketing Officer engr. Arturo Sudlon together with the Math and Physics Department Chairperson engr. Oligario Suaiso handed the awards to the winners. They received cerificates, cash prizes and medals. They are also entitled to scholarships in TIP upon enrollment next school year. Prof. Denisia Villaos of MAPd served as the game master for the competi-tion.

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Bitin??!!ni Paul John g. Pederio

Kung bitin ang baon ay ‘wag mangamba,sapagkat ‘yan ay natural, nangyayari talaga,

Magtipid lamang tayo, mga ate at kuya,At sa susunod na araw, ang ‘increase’ dadating na.

Kung bitin ang pantalon ay ‘wag mahiya,Matutong magmalaki, “tumatangkad ka yata?”

di maglalaon mapapalitan din ‘yan,Kung gusto mo dalawa pa, mag-ipon ka lamang.

Kung bitin ang iyong height, maging proud pa rin,“small but terrible”, sabi ng nanay natin.Cherifer ang sagot ng mga may budget,

Tulog lang naman sa mga sinturong mahigpit.

Kung bitin ang nakuhang grade sa exam,Better luck next time ang sabi ni ma’am.

Mag-aral ka kasi! iwasan muna ang paggala,Basahin ang libro, di naman masama.

Kung bitin ang blouse na iyong suot,At ang likod ay nakikita, pati ang pusod,

Mas mabuti pang palitan mo na ‘yan,sapagkat ang mata ni Kuya, kung anu-anong tinitingnan.

Kung bitin ang kinain sa almusal,Kumain ng crackers na may palaman.

Makatutulong ‘yan, iwas sa sakit ng tiyan.‘Pag wala nang klase tsumibog ka naman.

Kung bitin ang pamasahe sa sinasakyang jeep,Aba! Mahiya ka’t matututong maghalukipkip.

Maawa ka na lang kay manong drayber,nagtitiyagang magtrabaho, isang sweet lover.

Kung bitin ang medyas na iyong suot,Hayaan mo na at tuluyang itago.

Ayos na ang bitin, wag lang may amoy,Pagkat nakakahimatay kung sa ilong dadaloy.

Minsan sa buhay, may bitin talaga,Pagsubok lang ‘tol, di dapat mangamba.

Ang dapat sa ngayon ay magtiyaga ka munaAt bukas dadating ang maliwanag na umaga.Isang

Pagtatanggol sa kangkong

ni shinichi

Maraming nagtatanong kung bakit hilig ko ayKAngKOng.

Marami kasing luto saKAngKOng,

May adobo, nilaga, o hindi kaya pritongKAngKOng.

Masustansya at malinamnam angKAngKOng.

Kaya nagtataka ako kung bakitKAngKOng,

Ang ginagamit para ilarawan angKabiguan sa buhay;

Kaya nagtataka ako kung bakitKAngKOng,

Ang ginagamit para ilarawan ang KALAsWAAn..

Ang akin lang naman, huwag gamitin angKAngKOng

sa ano pa mang bagayMaliban lang sa panlaman-tiyan.

Sa Recto…ni Paul John g. Pederio

sa Recto makikita mo ang lahat ng kailangan,“name it, we have it!”, motto ng tindahan.Pamasahe’t pagod lang ang iyong puhunanAt presto! ang project, ipasa mo na kinabukasan!

istayl ng estudyante ‘pag si sir may sinabi,iisip ng paraan upang lahat mapadali.Bibili ng instant, magbabayad lang sandali.instant din ang grade, wala ng pasubali.

sabi nila, taga-Maynila ang mahihilig sa gawang Recto (ehemM..)Taga-Maynila, kanilang mga parokyano.Pero dito sa atin, mukhang di uubra (naks!)dahil si prof, sa simula palang, nagbabanta na.

Lahat na yata makikita mo ‘dunBirth certificate mo, halughugin roon.At pag nakita mo, bibilib kang talaga!At sabay sisigaw, “kakambal!! nasan Ka?”

Kung sa bagay tama si sir sa kanyang payo:‘wag ka nang bumili ng instant sa Recto.Mas maganda kung paghihirapang totoo,Ang sarap isigaw, ginawa ko ‘to, e kayo?”

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Ang aking mga kaibiganAy mahilig sa katuwaan.ngunit minsan ang mga sarili nami’y nalalagay sa kahihiyan.Minsan, ang isa’y nadulas sa study area.Ang isa nama’y muntik nang mabunggosa posteng malapit sa klinika nakatayo.sa cellphone kasi nakatungodi tinitignan ang nilalakaran kung siya ba’y mabubunggo.Ang isa ko pang kaibigan, kilos ay laging katawa-tawa.Mga gawain niya’y lubhang kakaibasapagkat sarili niya’y kanyang ipinapahiya.At ako, muntik nang mauntog ang aking ulo.Kaibigan kong maganda ay nakuhang musa.Bihis ay kaakit-akit.ngunit pagharap sa ami’y baliktad ang damit.gayunpaman, di ko sila kinakahiya na maging kaibiganMga nakakatawang katangahanna sabay naming pinagtatawanan.ganyan talaga ang bawat arawKaya kahit katawa-tawadahil sa simpleng katangahan,Tuloy pa rin ang ligaya.dahil tao ka lang minsa’y sumasablay.

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healthier nails and cuticles as well as quit-ting a nasty habit.

Feet TwitchingBoys commonly do this. Th e com-

mon scenario where this mannerism can be observed is during a class discussion. Look at one of your classmate’s legs. You can observe that his legs shake. And that’s twitching. Buddies, better stop doing this habit because it is a form of seduction of animals. Besides, doing this is defi nitely not good at girls’ eyes.

Hair SuckingSeeing someone sucking her hair

is disgusting. Th is action is just a result of one’s stress. Hair sucking is a form of how a person releases her worries on

every burden that she has. Th ey often fi nd satisfaction doing this, therefore, transferring their problems to this unusual act.

Teeth GrindingTeeth grinding is the forcible

gnashing, grinding, clicking, or clench-ing of teeth. It occurs during sleep, and the person is usually unaware of the problem. Episodes are typically brief, lasting 8-9 secovnds, with audible grinding noises. However, teeth grind-ing is observed in 5-20% of children. Th e frequency increases during child-hood, peaking at 7-10 years of age and decreasing after that. It is common in children and adults. According to a study more females grind their teeth, but the number of males and females who engage in teeth clenching are equal. In addition, resulting dysfunc-tion of the temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD), or the locking jaw, may be more common among female adolescents than male adolescents.

Wearing fi tted mouthpiece at night will cease you from teeth grind-ing. However, if the habit seems to be caused by stress or anger, try to remove the habit causing factors from your life

Th e origins of most habit disorders are not well established or understood. But surely, you can fi nd ways to stop these mannerisms. Remember, there won’t be a taste, a mannerism, or a hu-man act which is not revealing.

Mga Piling-piling

Ni Jessica Lopez at Alyssa Aviles

Sa tuwing darating ang araw ng pagsusulit, pasahan ng proyekto at tuwing absent ang estudyante, may katapat yang alibi! Pero teka!

Alam niyo ba ang mga yun? Maaaring gi-nagawa ninyo ang ilan sa mga ito pero hindi nyo lang napapansin.

Situation 1:Tuwing may quiz“Isa para sa lahat, lahat para sa isa.”-

Kadalasan sa loob ng isang klase, nagka-kasundo-sundo ang mga estudyante na umisip ng dahilan para makalusot sa itinak-dang araw ng exam at sabay-sabay na mag-sasabing, “Ma’am/ Sir may test ba? Wala ka pong sinabi! Promise!” Ang iba naman, “Ma’am/ Sir, fi ve minutes review pa po!!!” hanggang sa tapos na ang isang oras eh, hindi pa rin tapos ang pag-rereview nila. Ang karamihan naman, “Ma’am/ Sir sa isang araw na lang po! Di pa po tapos yung report eh… at saka wala pang handouts yung ibang grupo!!!” Oh di’ ‘ba? Astig!

“Chika Minute!”- Kapag ang prof ay hindi “terror”, yung tipong parang kaibigan mo lang sa oras ng exam ay asahan mong makikipag-chikahan lang ang mga estudy-ante hanggang umabot sa time at presto! Wala nang quiz.

“Sir, hectic ang sched ko..”- Kadala-sang palusot ng mga estudyanteng napakad-aming sinalihang extra curricular activities. Kunwaring natapat ang miting ng isang org na kasabay ng klase kaya hindi nakakuha ng exam. Ang iba naman nakukuha pang sisi-hin ang ibang subjects nila. Magdadrama pa ang mga iyan nang, “Ma’am/ Sir next meeting na lang po yung quiz kasi naman may ipapasa kaming projects sa ***… parang siya lang ang teacher namin…” Hmmmp!!!

Situation 2: Pasahan ng Project“Masyadong mahirap! Extend na-

man!”- Kapag di kinayang matapos ang project dahil sa lakwatsa, handa na ang tag line ng mga pasaway nating estudyante. “Ma’am/ Sir ang hirap naman po talaga eh! Pwede extend pa natin ang submission?”

l palusot lKahit ang totoo ay dalawang buwan na itong dapat naipasa. Hay!

“Prof, nawarak.. di’ sadya..”- Kadala-san mo ring maririnig ito sa mga batikang estudyante. Kunwari ay umulan kagabi, nai-wan sa terasa ng bahay, pagkakita kinabu-kasan ay nasira na kaya dapat ulitin. May iba rin itong bersyon tulad ng pinaglaruan ng kapatid na bunso kahit na ang totoo ay nag-iisang anak lamang siya.

“Nagka-amnesia yata”- Kapag sub-mission na ng project, pihadong sasabihin ng estudyante ay nakalimutan ito sa bahay o nakalimutang iyon na pala ang araw ng pasahan nito pero sa totoo lang… wala ta-laga siyang nagawa at ultimo pangalan niya, hindi niya naisulat.

Situation 3: Kapag absent“Sir, pasensya na! Nagkasakit po eh.”-

Sa lahat siguro ng palusot ng estudyante sa buong mundo, ito na ang pinaka gasgas ngunit hanggang ngayon ay epektibo pa rin. Lalo na kapag may dala ka pang medical certifi cate na may pirma ng inyong family doctor. Para sa mga aberids na tao, pwede na ang excuse letter… na kaklase mo ang pumirma dito. Panalo!

“Namatayan po ako.”- Kunwari ay namatayan ng kamag-anak kahit ang totoo ay si bantay lang ang namatay o ang hin-liliit sa paa dahil kinutkot ito ng kinutkot ng manikurista. Minsan nga ginagawang double dead ang lolo o lola… maawa naman tayo!!!

“Financial problem…kuno”- All time paborito na palusot. Wala daw pamasahe at pang-baon. Yun pala nasa computer shop… makikita mo na lang na dumudugo na ang mata nila sa harap ng computer dahil sa kakalaro ng DotA.

“AKO ANG BATAS!”- Sa lahat ng mabangis na palusot, ito ang mabangis. Simple lang. Tinalo pa nila ang ibang mga bayani… kasi naman, nagdeklara lang na-man sila ng sarili nilang legal holiday kaya siya umabsent.

Hay! ang buhay nga naman nating estudyante, maraming dahilan at di man natin aminin ilan sa mga ito ay nagawa na natin. Kaya konting preno sa mga ito baka isang araw matulad ka sa “prof ” mo.

TIP on wheels, Why Not?

Joemerlyn Cabug-os

WWhat comes to your mind when you hear the word mannerism? If you’re

thinking that it’s the strange or weird things people do, well you’re partly cor-rect. But there is more to it. Mannerisms are those unique little gestures, aff ected style or habit and movements we make that set us apart from those around us. Th ey are ingrained into our subconscious mind and we rarely realize we’re doing them. Some experts call it habit disor-ders. So, let us talk about some of the most common mannerisms on earth.

Fingernail Biting Have you ever seen your classmate

biting his fi ngernails during a major exam or before delivering a speech? You may look at him as a non-hygienic person (often in high school and college students) But do not judge them. Th is manneri sm indicates that the person had never, become satisfi ed, spending his oral stage (from being an infant up to two). For example, at an age of one, his mother forcibly stopped him from breast-feeding and the like. Th is is mainly observed from preschool age to adolescence and the prevalence is as high as 45%-60% and tends to be more common in females than in males.. Moreover, biting fi ngernails is usually a refl ection of an oral fi xation: perhaps that person is stressed out or recently quit smoking.

If you’re a nail biter, there are several techniques you can use to stop biting your fi ngernails, including the use of bitter tasting substances and regular nail care. If you can successfully stop biting your fi ngernails, you will enjoy

Paul John Pederio

Th e origins of most habit disorders are not well established or understood. But surely, you can fi nd ways to stop these mannerisms.

When a habit When a habit is is notnot just a habitjust a habit

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WHOA TIPIANS! Four years from now TIP is celebrating its 50th Founding An-niversary; and the fulfi llment of the school’s current mission and vision will soon be real-ized. Towards this, TIP continues to increase the level of services to its primary clientele, us students. TIP’s latest move towards increasing its level of services is getting a school bus. Yes, we fi nally have a school bus. WHEELing to ride our school bus?

The Bus’ General SpecsTh e Isuzu bus was acquired from Florida

Bus Lines, whose owner incidentally, has three sons studying at TIP. Th e bus is clad in TIP’s trademark yellow color with the accom-panying school logos and markings. It is fully air-conditioned. Th e seats were reconfi gured to seat 40 passengers comfortably. It also has a

TV and VCD player.

Reaffi rming the school’s BrandingTh e tag line “Trip mo ba ang Engineer-

ing?”, “Tayo na sa TIP!” is printed on the side of the bus. Initially, some students had a negative reaction to the tag line considering that TIP off ers other courses not just Engi-neering. Th e school’s management explained that the tag line is there as part of school’s ef-fort to reinforce its branding as an Engineer-ing School.

Mr. Angelo Lahoz, TIP AVP – Admin-istration and head of the school’s Marketing explained – In our marketing activities, we of-ten encounter people who do not know what the core off erings of TIP are. Some people say its purely IT, some say its Accountancy. I’ve even been told by one person that he thought TIP’s forte was Liberal Arts! Clearly, a lot of

people out there are still confused as to what TIP’s primary off erings are. So things like the tag line on the bus have to be used to clar-ify the school’s branding.

Mr. Lahoz added, “UE is known for Accountancy; CEU for its Nursing, Dentistry and Medicine; Mapua for its Engineering. TIP must be clearly known for its engineer-ing. After all, the founder, Demetrio Quirino, was a Civil Engineer, the fi rst courses ever of-fered by TIP were engineering, and majority of TIP students are enrolled in engineering courses.”

“We are not discounting the fact that TIP excels in other courses as well namely IT, Business, and Education, but right now, the school really has to reaffi rm its branding”, Mr. Lahoz concluded.

Surely, many people on the road will encounter our TIP School Bus as it goes to its diff erent destinations in and around the metro. It will indeed be a good marketing tool for this purpose.

Future PlansTh e TIP community was very glad to see

the bus because it’s the fi rst vehicle that carries the School Logo. Some students reportedly even clapped when they fi rst saw bus parked inside the campus.

TIP plans to acquire more buses as the funds become available. Mr. Lahoz explained, “We only have one bus at the moment which is shared by TIP Manila and TIP QC. In the future, we plan to buy at least one more bus so that each campus would have its own bus.”

The PassengersGiven that there is only one school bus

at the moment, the usage of the bus is limited to the following in this order of prioritization: Athletics Teams, TIP Administrative and Academic Offi cers, Admissions and Market-ing trips to and for high schools, TIP Quizz-ers, other offi cial school organizations such as the Student Governments, organizations un-der the Arts and Cultural Aff airs Offi ce, and lastly Inter-TIP intramurals fi nalists together with their teachers and supporters.

Th e applications for reservation of the TIP School Bus are available at the offi ce of the VPASS (Vice-President for Administra-tion and Student Services).

ARE YOU CAPABLE ENOUGH TO BE-COME ONE OF US?

NOW, IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW YOUR SKILLS. TIP VOICE IS LOOKING FOR STUDENTS WHO POSSESS THE PASSION AND THE ATTITUDE FOR THE FF POSI-TIONS:

- Staf f Writers- Staf f Artists- Staf f Photographers- Layout Artists- Web Moderators

INTERESTED PARTIES MAY VISIT THE VOICE OFFICE AT G/F, Student Personnel Services Building.

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Jomar samson

i like these parts of the poem “Any-way” by an anonymous poet: “People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. LOVe them anyway. if you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. dO gOOd anyway… The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds. THinK Big anyway…”

* * *i am already exhausted of people who

do nothing but to overpower those who just sit and keep silent of what they know is right, for they’ve already lost hope of making the system in perfect shape. And i am speaking in behalf of those many that are downtrodden.

i was vexed through words i dare my-self not to hear. i chose not to be silent yet i am so ashamed of myself for not speaking out what’s within me. i’m at a loss for words. nonetheless, it was said that “the less you talk, the lesser you will PROBABLY commit mistakes.” if they need more elaboration, then will i only butt in the things that have been waiting to burst out in me. And only time will assure that only then will i talk more yet commit less mistakes.

Outrage still fills me when i recollect those days. it was a war of nerves. Those cynics never lost psychological tactics, as bluff, threat, or intimidation, to provoke con-fusion, indecision, or breakdown of morale.

They were so mean. They never realized that they were also antagonizing themselves with their doings.

enough of this. i’d rather choose to forgive them than to curse. Remember that if you have been wronged by people, wish good things for them – even if you don’t feel like it. Also, as King Creon said to Antigone: “god knows, i have things enough to do to-day without wasting my time on an insect like you.” i’ll just leave them to Him. May peace be with them.

* * *Am i pushing myself to the limit? it’s

been quite a while since i started to be very patient with a lot of things. Whenever i get mad or something, i’ve been feeding my mind with these three thoughts: “Patience is a virtue,” “Be patient,” and “Be more pa-tient.” Yes. Patience is really a virtue. But, patience in excess, in one way or another is somehow not. Here’s why.

Annoying it may be, i still try to keep my cool despite late submission of articles of our writers. As much as possible, i want to be as gentle as i can be whenever they mutter their usual alibi: “i am so busy with this-and-that so i cannot do that on time…” it’s as if they were all alone being busy. i think nobody have a life that’s not busy. Memos? it would be of no effect to them. They’d just pay no heed to it. so here i am, the consider-

ate editor, giving very ample time for them to finish their works. And then final quizzes and assignments and all that jazz came into the scene. And so they would pass their articles along with the chaos.

Among others are tons of things that i have been patient with that seem not to fit in my column if i would narrate them one by one (like my groupmates in Physics1 lab, every day’s traffic, annoying siblings or profs, etc.).

* * *One to two hours in the bus and i have

sniffed almost all the smoke of gen. Luis, nLeX, and edsA. Then 10 to 30 minutes in the jeep and migraine attacks for the smoke along Aurora fills my lungs. Arrived late at school and some student- and non-student-smokers pass my way (or i pass their way), as though they’re very proud of puffing out suffocating smokes out of their noses and mouths. When will all of these smoke-sniff-ing blues tend to end?

This smoke, among others, contribute to global warming. The crisis is worsening yet we are not taking it into consideration. When will we act? do we have to wait for the drastic effects of the crisis? We can save our environment and ourselves a lot by doing lit-tle things – by not smoking cigarettes, by not burning plastics, styrofoam, etc.

global warming should not be allowed. it should be prevented.

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naty Jean ebay

MetamorphosisMany reacted on how i wrote my very

first column in this publication. They said that my column was ‘pa-cute’. Being ‘pa-cute’ is not my intention; it’s just that many people are really born as modern critiques and some think that they’re better. Well, as we all know, no two things or individuals are alike. if i did not satisfy your standards, to tell you, it is not my obligation to reach out to you. if you don’t like my style in writing or what i have written, you should have told your comments at my face not on other peo-ple who can only understand your side!

* * * * *i felt i was a criminal for doing some-

thing illegal unintentionally. Last week my id was confiscated for the first time for wear-ing pedal pants. i was shocked to discover that it was not allowed anymore. When? Just

a week ago after the incident, according to the guard who confiscated my id. i asked her if OsA posted an announcement about it or not and she told me they didn’t. she just commanded me to ask OsA if i could be excused about it. When i got there, i found a long line of students who have the same violation. Then, Ms. sonia Peñano, the dis-cipline coordinator explained that wearing pedal pants or any kind which is not consid-ered as long pants is prohibited and that it is in our student manual. But in spite of her explanation, all i know is that it was unfair.

i reviewed the manual and yes, it is writ-ten there that the prescribed outfit during wash day is the never-outdated long pants and decent t-shirt. But as to what i have ob-served for the past three semesters of my stay here, many wear PedAL PAnTs and in-

deCenT blouses or t-shirts during wash day. Moreover, it is only now that OsA started to apprehend those who violate the rules which they should have done years ago. even my classmates, colleagues and professors were surprised on this matter. What’s more an-noying was that i saw some who are wearing those forbidden outfits still have their ids.

it was unjust because of two things. First, OsA did not give any notice to the students that wearing such is forbidden so it ended up with the confiscation of our ids. second, ‘may mga nakakalusot.’ should i say more? good thing it was not recorded as a violation. For if it was, i won’t wonder that after sometime, we will be asked to wear clothes that even our faces won’t be allowed to be exposed.

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Rep. Gullas is propos-ing a bill to revive the mandatory two semester Reserved Officers Train-ing Corps (ROTC) to col-lege students. what can you say about this?

inalis na nga ibabalik pa!!! dapat hindi mandatory un. it is the s2dents right to choose whether we like it or not!!! —tipaklong

Aanhin naman namin yan eh may P.e. na? dagdag bayarin. Re. gullas, gising! gusto mo lang mapag-usa-pan.—kanbungs

Ok lang. Para hindi lalampa lampa ang mga lalake. dapat makaranas ang bawat isa sa tin ng ganon para na rin mabawasan ang pagdami ng bakla sa Pilipinas!!! —babu

The Physical Plant Management Office (PPMO) has already started constructing a four-storey building for freshmen as well as a covered court. if you were to decide, how would you like to develop the expan-sion lot?

Maganda sana kung may auditorium tayo kasi ver-satile sya. Pero ok lang din ung 4-storey building. Kaya lang, bakit for freshmen lang? so off limits yun sa higher year levels? Tsaka sana may mga quarters na din ng mga orgs para hindi sila pakalat-kalat kung saan-saan, like bleachers or study area. nga pala, bakit di niyo gawan ng artcle yan?—jms

Quarters/place para sa mga student org.. para madali mag-aasembly.—enzo

Obviously, ginagawa nila yan para makahikayat ng estudyante esp. highschools. Pero sana naman, ang magbayad nun, yung admin, hindi kaming mga malapit ng grumadweyt. di naman namin mapapakinabanga yun eh.—kaloy

addiTiOnaL COMMEnTSUng mga guards sana bigyan muna nila ng warning

ang mga mahahaba ang buhok bago nila kumpiskahin ang id ko!—eiriko

Pkipost naman ung dean’s list. At pwede po bang palitan ang uniform kc napagka2malan kaming guard o sales clerk sa mall.—asymptote

sana lumakas yung tubig sa drinking fountain sa bldg. 5 5th floor.—nemo

For our next poll question:naTiOnaL WHAT CAn YOU sAY ABOUT THe eXeCUTiVe CLeMenCY OR PARdOn giVen TO FORMeR PRes. esTRAdA? inSTiTuTiOnaL dO YOU THinK OUR TUiTiOn Fees ARe UTiLiZed WeLL BY THe sCHOOL?

You can send them through text key in: <Voice><name/Course/Message> to 0928.260.5125 or 0916.494.7367

The national Broadband network (nBn)

is the latest project of the Arroyo’s adminis-tration that will help improve communication capabilities in terms of providing easier link-ages within government offices in the coun-try. The so-called deal became a scandal when some government officials are indicted of corruption and bribery. is this only an issue of who accepts more money or a real con-cern that we need to question its legitimacy? Let’s try to look the ZTE broadband project ambiguous background.

On April of this year the department of Transportation and Communications (dOTC) secretary Leandro Mendoza and ZTE Corpo-ration Vice President Yu Yong entered into a $329.5 million contract of broadband project. The venture became controversial when former iloilo representative Rolex suplico and Amsterdam Holdings inc. (AhI) major stockholder Jose “Joey” de Venecia iii filed a case to the supreme Court (SC) accusing that the contract was approved without public bidding and it also violated Telecoms Policy Act that requires privatization of all telecom facilities. As a result last september 11, the SC issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the contract between the government and ZTE. Therefore, the court gave ZTE 15 days to counter the ruling. On september 27, ZTE petitioned the SC to lift the TRO because the injunction was caused the company millions. The agreement became more contentious when nueva Viscaya Rep. Carlos Padilla filed administrative cases to some dOTC officials and the ZTE in the Office of the Ombudsman. Padilla wanted to sue them for violating the Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act, Build-Operate-Transfer Act and the government Procurement Act. during Rep. Padilla’s privi-lege speech last August 29, he pointed out Commission on elections (COMElEC) Chair-man Benjamin Abalos who met with ZTE of-ficials in China weeks before the April 2007. Abalos was allegedly broker for the conceal-

ment of the contract and accused of accept-ing money favoring ZTE to win the govern-ments’ broadband project. On september 22, due to a lot of scandals that has been brought to her administration, Pres. gloria Arroyo decided to suspend the million dollar contract with ZTE.

The senate Blue Ribbon Committee headed by sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, had already started their probe and summons to testify different personalities like Commis-sion on Higher education (ChEd) Chairman, Romulo neri, Chairman Abalos, iloilo Vice-governor Rolex suplico, columnist Jarius Bondoc and the so-called ZTE whistleblower

Joey de Venecia. de Venecia confirmed that he was with Abalos when they went to China to meet with some ZTE officials and appar-ently Abalos bribed money to ZTE. Abalos denied the accusations to him that his unof-ficial trips to China were merely for socials and playing golf with ZTE officials. He dis-carded the issue that he accepted money in exchanged of ZTE’S contract. Moreover, the rest is history, Again!?

The credibility of the persons involved in this million dollar anomaly is still unclear. First was Jose “Joey” de Venecia iii, who claimed that the bidding took place between the government and ZTE Corporation was il-

legal. eventually de Venecia’s company, the AhI, turned loser in the said proposition, then now he confessed the irregularities of the contract. second, Chairman Abalos who assumed himself as innocent of not lobby-ing the contract despite that he admitted that he knew some ZTE officials. Third, the ZTE Corporation had their glitches in other countries such as Mexico, ecuador, ethiopia, indonesia, Liberia, Libya and Burma. This was according to the column written by Jar-ius Bondoc in the Philippine star. The scan-dal will not occur if the government assures

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TACT i: LiFe“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” soren Kierkegaard

it is something that you did not choose yet you obtained. something that you may or may not like depends on what situation you are in. Life; A cursed word, but for others is like heaven on earth.

Many people defiled life because they are not living it according to their comforts. They make decisions that in-stead of pulling them up it only push them down.

Another face of life is like being in a

beautiful rose garden. The surrounding is good; the smell is like a sweet perfume, very soothing. The kind of life most peo-ple dream of.

However, in spite of all the luxury, in the depths of our heart we still wish that we experience what so called “death”.

ACT ii: deATH“The killing was the best part. it was the dying i couldn’t take.” Craig Volk

Fact is that in the subconscious part of the heart lies a sadist nature of the humans. Although technology is on its

peak, but the primitive nature of people still hides in the very corner of his system, waiting to be unleashed.

We love the winning part. We never ceased to grin if we’re getting what we want, but when everything turns upside down, we wish that it would just end.

Hatred occurs. Revenge took placed. decisions that we made to get even with those who hurt us, then death.

Only few take courage to accept the fact that the only constant thing in this cruel world is change. Only few stand up and try to recover from the death they ex-perienced. Only few want to be reborn.

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tion’s office. some things flashed back in my mind as i roll my eyes in this room. Well, it’s been two years since i first ease myself on this chair i’m lying on right now.

Year 2005 when i transferred here in TiP for a reason i don’t know. All i remember is that one day, i’m wearing that gray uniform and roaming around the campus. Well, i can say that its one of the most enormous regrets i had in my life; transferring in another school, shifting to another course, and simply trashing what i’ve started before. if only i had the patience and stayed in my previous school, i might be working in a company right now. But here i am, i still have to extend another year in this institution to fin-ish my core curriculum. Hmmm…

However, looking on the brighter side, i must admit that i enjoyed my two years tenure here and still i’m an-ticipating for more. i had the chance to meet other people from different walks of life. i’ve got to explore a broader world. especially when i fortunately passed the exami-nation and series of interviews and became part of TiP VOiCe – our official school and student publication. i felt very excited during that time. i pictured out in my mind how i will share my ideas and thoughts to other students through writing.

Being a staff writer in this publication is such a de-manding work. We are liable in updating the students with the things happening in and outside the school. i’ve learned to express my self in diverse manners. in this or-ganization, i figured out many things that could help me in my future ventures. At the same time, we are blessed because aside from the chance given to us being the mouthpiece of the students, TiP administration is com-pensating us (the VOiCe staff) with the advantage of be-ing a scholar, we don’t have to pay our tuition fee. We are also provided our own office so we can concentrate on our work without any distractions. it is also equipped with our needs like computers, and other office supplies, for us staffers to come up with a good output. With these benefits, i can say that TiP Voice is an avenue to lend a hand for the less opportune students who have the jour-nalism skills. They can still continue their schooling with no worries when it comes to their tuitions.

But despite of all these, i am very disappointed with some people digging up hole to disengage the founda-tions of VOiCe. What’s more disheartening is that, these people’s names were once printed on the by-lines of some articles of our paper. i started to ask why? What’s wrong with you guys? Why do you have to turn out like this? Why do you opted to deviate in a more complicated path?

i can’t help but murmur, “sayang!” i still remember the times that everything’s going well between us. But now, because of the faction you’ve started, everything messed up and were spoiled.

Then again, i’m still hoping that we, you will real-ize the adverse steps that we take. All my advice is that we should broaden our minds and hinder ourselves for thinking senseless stuffs. not all of you readers can un-derstand what i’m trying to imply. But some of you guys definitely know what i’m saying.

i consider the four walls of TiP Voice office as my sanctuary. in here, i can laugh as hard as i can just by merely yakking with my co-staffs. This is my world away from the mind-boggling thesis and head-wobbling case studies. This is the place where i can find complete sol-ace simply by lying in here. Bizarre and peculiar as it may seem, but this is the way i want it to be. since i stepped in this organization, i don’t remember any instance where any of us was repressed. Before i end this column, i want to give you, my dearest colleagues a piece of advice. do not believe in any attention seeker person telling lies about us. if some of you would like to question anything about TiP Voice, we are very pleased to sincerely answer them.

rhetorical [email protected]

Martin Valenzuela

darkest Semesterit’s too hard for an easygoing per-

son like me to face the fact that i’m al-ready in the middle of my junior year. At first, i thought that everything will turn out just like what happened on my first two years in this institution, but i was absolutely wrong. subjects give more pressure than before (even minor sub-jects seem to be a major subject now), professors have turned into inconsid-erate monsters (figuratively), and aca-demic situations seems to bring me to my final destination. if before, i can’t af-ford to go to the library, now my library card is almost worn out. Truly, i’m on my darkest semester, so far.

***My academic experiences this

school year has led me to a realization that education plays an important role in the life of an individual, as well as in a country. i often ask myself, “Why i need to endure college life if i can just relax and enjoy life away from school?” However, every time i ask myself this question, i end up with its obvious answer: to be an asset to the country once i graduated. But unfortunately, despite our efforts to study hard, the government seems not to give us prop-er attention in our need to be educated and trained well. instead, what they prioritize more is the campaign against

terrorism. “Libro hindi bala, edukasyon hindi giyera!” And what’s even worse, the system of education in our country is still colonial, commercialized and re-pressive.

***History revealed that education

should receive top priority particularly in developing nations. At the end of the second World War, while many coun-tries were almost completely devas-tated, european countries like Finland, denmark, Poland and many others gave education the highest priority. Their attention to education proved to be very effective. A generation later, these countries had recovered com-pletely from the ravage of war.

it is a known fact that after a long drawn-out war, south Korea lay supine and had to be reconstructed. There were two options for them: first to harness foreign firms to re-build Korea and second, to delegate the job of reconstruction to Korean firms but to bring in foreign compa-nies to teach them how. Korea decid-ed on the second option — to train and educate its people in the correct and effective technology.

This option paid dividends later. in its decision to prioritize education and skills development of its people, not

only the country itself is reconstructed, but also its human resource is equipped with competent skills. Today, south Ko-rean construction firms compete with the best construction firms all over the world. This proves that education is a path to development.

isidro Cariño said that the Philip-pines should learn from history of na-tions in development. Only responsible, mature and dedicated human resourc-es can sustain economic development and only education can provide us with this kind of human resource. if only the government will prioritize education more than anything else, Filipinos will not just be mere caregivers and call center agents. Filipinos will also not be treated as mere commodities neces-sary for satisfying foreign countries’ needs.

***i would like to share this column

with those whom i have offended with my actions these past few months. With you guys, i’m very sorry. My de-sire now is to move on and forget what had happened in the past. i’m hoping this is also your desire. However, if cir-cumstances will bring us in a different path for another time (hopefully not), rest assured that i will never be hostile towards all of you.

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ephraem Jerusalem

ironic Thoughts…Critical ViewsProud! All i can say after Manny

Pacquiao defeated via unanimous deci-sion Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico. Once again, he proved that Filipinos can never be known as the usual people of the world but citizens with high spirit to live despite of different hardships in life. As expected media had been in the coverage for quite some time, the mile-age became a culture when business really is the priority and the purpose of informing us sometimes been ne-glected. We know how important this endeavor could be but i hope it may not be a “monopoly” for others who only use communication as means of trans-lating money. Well, a salute we can give to Manny for at least a single day we became united again for one reason. Congratulations, to all of us!!

* * *Unfair! This was my answer to

those people who only manipulates gullible mind to do such thing which they are not really aware off or concern to. As the editor in Chief of this publica-tion i strongly condemn, some allega-tions that Voice is being repressed or suppress by some TiP officials. This was due to the articles that had been published to UP’s Philippine Collegian and Ateneo de Manila’s Matanglawin. i believe that it was the right of the school to know at least what has to be written in the paper since it was the school and student publication. By all means, there is no such “censorship” or any kind into the articles that had been published. The new editorial Board is duly recognized by its members and the TiP administration as well. For us, it is inequitable to use the TiP Voice as an

avenue of proliferation of campaigns or propagandas that will provoke unlawful actions such as protest and assertion.

TiP Voice has always been fair to what is campus press freedom it never failed to bring out students’ concerns and suggestions. Moreover, just like any other student publications we also brought out several national issues through investigative report-ing, opinions and even headlines, that sometimes some students are reacting because it should not be more on this issues, it is enough that they already been informed through other news-papers and in the television. TiP Voice remains for the benefit of the students and the school community; it is only limited to equal rights that had been given to everybody.

The liberty of the publication re-mains uncertainty to other people but us the new editorial Board understood, the formation of the TiP Voice is meant to shape the students’ skills in writing and providing assistance by means of scholarship and allowances.

sometimes as a person it is easy for us to become prejudiced to our judgment without looking to the other side of the picture; though it was not in-tentional, later on it will affect our cred-ibility and reputation.

i want to share this to my fellow students that it is our right to be heard and consciousness should be inherent with us. True! We have the right to say “yes” or “no” without controlling our mindset neither giving us choices. Just be precise and objective to what really is the problem by having both sides scrutinized and be heard to make the

system more appreciative and impar-tial, Fairness comes along.

* * *Whoa! Our long wait is over! The

TiP basketball varsity is back with a new name that will fire up our student spirit in the coming years. i’m sure that were all been into the games of UAAP, nCAA and nCRAA especially the teams that took part and made it interesting to watch. Our TiP engineers is looking forward to that goal and the school is in the development of the team by provid-ing its primary needs. The school want-ed to hone first our basketball team and later on some other sports discipline as what before with CUsA (Colleges and Universities sports Association). TiP is now in the process of renovating the Big Court in Casal campus, with state-of-the-art materials such as the court floor made of maple wood and electronic scoreboards. The players are provided with dormitories built also inside the campus. Later on, it will be known as the home of the engineers.

i hope we support the team in eve-ry league that they’ll be joining and be enthusiastic to cheer for them. Last Au-gust, our team had taken the champi-onship trophy against the alumni teams of Ateneo de Manila University. As of now, the engineers are in the Father Martin’s Cup competing with other var-sity teams from san Beda College, Far eastern University, Arellano University, san sebastian College, University of the Philippines and others.

so! TiPians compose our team yell now and be on their side win or lose. good Luck!

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Section Editorsnews editor Jomar Samson

Fetures editor naty Jean EbayLiterary editor Lovlie Balorio

CreativeHead Photographer dennis Teodoro

Head Artist donnie TeodoroHead Layout Artist yshmael Cabaña

Web dereck CasteñedaAssistant Photographer Virgilio Camoral jr.

Assistant Artist Jeffrey SeldaAssistant Layout Artist Jess Granada

Assistant Web Erickson PiscanoManagement

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the role of her parents”.of Life

Maria Charmagne C. Lacsamana

“life gives man all the opportunities to find out what it really means to be

a person”. i still remember this line of my friend named

Marielle, who distinguished the brightness and darkness of life.

Marielle is from a broken fam-ily. her mother and father sepa-rated when she was seven months

old only. She grew up only with her mother and grandmother. She never had the chance to know her father. She never experienced the feeling of having a friend. her mother, who she thought to be responsible and caring, seemed to hate her. That made her life more complicated and miserable. But God is good; despite having ir-responsible parents, her grandmother tried her best to fill in the roles of her parents. She provided Marielle’s needs and sent her to school. in turn, Mari-elle studied hard and really acted as a responsible and hardworking student. But an unexpected incident happened.

away and she firmly believed that there will always be a comfort for every sor-row and failure in life, whatever the circumstances maybe.

We are blessed with countless gifts from God: the sun that warms us, the air we breathe, the bounties of nature from which we draw food and water and the beautiful sights that sur-round us. God’s greatest gift is life it-self. life is so precious that everyone needed. God is so wise that he brings problems to our lives to make us strong rather than to be foolish and weak. We have to expect the unexpected in meet-ing the challenges in life. everything happened for a reason and i firmly be-lieved that life is full of surprises; no one knows what will happen next.

her grandmother died of heart attack and Marielle was not able to continue her studies. She found herself alone and realized loneliness. She was only 15 years old then and she didn’t know what to do. When she confronted her mother, she discovered that she was somebody else. Trials and temptations came her way, she never expected all of the miseries but they came anyway. There are times that she was really disappointed with what’s going on in her life but she never gave up because she knew that God was with her. At the age of 17, she continued her stud-ies while working and with the help of some relatives. it is true that prayer is a strong instrument which guides a per-son to live a meaningful life. Marielle is an intelligent person. She gradu-ated high school with flying colors and because of that, lots of opportunities came her way. At present, she is tak-ing up Computer Science. She is filled with contentment and happy for she knows that the tears had been wiped

liFe iS liKe A rOller COASTer. There are ups and there are times when we are down.

life is sometimes peaceful, full of joy, sometimes full of beads of tears, yet life is sometimes harsh as well in this world. We are on a journey in which we can neither expect a perfect anticipation of God’s love nor stop to look lazily at the sky.

(in reference with an article written by Ms. noemi gonzales of The Philippine Collegian

***i salute all the student Assistants (s.A.) of TiP. Two

thumbs up for your hardwork!!! i just want to address this particular reminder to one female s.A. in library, Building 1. Your primary duty is to assist the students in all their queries. next time, please be more careful with the words you utter. Be more approachable and love your work. Laugh out loud gurl!

***Thanks for hanging up with me… ‘Till next sem…!!!

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in behalf of the students who have the same concern, we would like OSA to hear our voice regarding this matter and we appreciate your efforts to keep us good followers of the rules in the campus.

* * * * *“Beware, beware, walk with care or Mumbo-Jumbo will

hoo-doo you!”i developed a phobia whenever i see security guards af-

ter my awful experience on the Id issue. Frankly, i call them modern ‘gwardia civil’ because they are scattered every-where in the campus. You should be aware of your acts or they are just around to catch you.

* * * * *i have always intended to use the shower room located

at the side of the P.E Center. Unfortunately, it is always una-vailable because the maintenance employees in charge are always not around. According to a friend, sometimes their lunch break extends until 2pm specially when they have a meeting to attend with some TIP officials. i just wish, before i graduate in year 2010, i could make use of that shower room even just for once.

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the legalities of the contract despite of its good purpose. nBn contract is not the only project the Philippines intervene with China. The bi-lateral relationships of this countries should not be affected and damage by issues that we usually have here in the Philippines.

This is not the first time that the government entered a transaction that is not inflicted with controversies. Filipinos are already exhausted to many inquiries and hearings in the con-gress and senate, and some of this did not turn into a solution or even persecuting people. The government should not be biased and act fairly to the betterment of the people and not to some people who only uses power as means of enriching their pocket.hollywood releases so many

movies ever year, and liter-ally, it is no surprise that

they are often full of clichés. This is a list of the ten we see most often in movies. (A cliché is a phrase, expres-sion, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel – Wikipedia)

1. Villains have Bad Shotshow many times can action he-

roes dodge dozens of bullets and never get hit? They have obviously never heard of target practice.Seen in: Virtually every action film ever made!

2. Cracking in important filesit appears that these days all you

need to crack into government files is a laptop and a local library. never mind the fact that a lot of government data is still on paper and is not electronic; if you need it in a film, you will find it. And it will take just a few seconds less than you need to save the day.Seen in: The Bourne Supremacy, en-emy of the State, Mission impossible

3. Third person ShooterThe bad guy is just about to kill

the good guy when a shot rings out… But the hero doesn’t fall. Suddenly the camera swings to reveal a savior - the third person shooter - who just shot the bad guy!Seen in: Die hard, A history of Vio-lence, independence Day,

4. Playing Deadhow many times have you seen

this in a film? The good guy kills the

bad guy (or he dies

by some other means) and the good guy lets out a sight of relief (and often turns his back on the killer). Suddenly the killer jumps up and the action start again. There is a good side to this cli-ché - if we were ever in a position in which we needed to kill someone to survive, we would check the pulse!Seen in: halloween, live Free or Die hard, The Matrix, The Terminator

5. Stylish as everSome men like James Bond

emerge from any beating looking as fresh as a daisy. This has a counterpart in 80’s soap operas - every woman in soap woke up with perfect hair and makeup.Seen in: Demolition Man, Predator, Casino royale

6. Sliding Doorsit seems that every action hero,

at some point, will need to dive under or through sliding doors. This is espe-cially true when you are a hero on a spaceship.Seen in: Terminator 3

7. Lame DisguisesThe worst disguise of all is the

oxygen mask. how many times have we seen this in a film? The hero - or the bad guy - gets himself out of a very sticky situation by sticking on an oxygen mask. in one variation on this cliché, the bad guy put the mask on a

dead guy so he could escape.Seen in: Silence of the lambs, Ocean’s 11

8. The Car Won’t StartCars are incredibly reliable ma-

chines - except in movies! you are al-most assured of a breakdown once the action starts. This can have particularly bad consequences for the good guys (e.g.: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).Seen in: 28 Weeks later, Children of Men, house of Wax

9. The Gun is out of BulletsJust as the moment of truth ar-

rives, you run out of bullets. This one usually results in the hero running from barrier to barrier to escape the gunfire from the enemy.Seen in: Desperado, Face/Off, Mr & Mrs Smith

10. Love is Sweeter the second time around

There is nothing like having your ex-wife kidnapped to help you realize just how much you love her and vice versa. This also has the amazing effect of completely changing both of you so that the problems that caused the break-up in the first place are no longer a problem. Maybe we should all try it?Seen in: Black rain, Die hard, run-ning Scared

Clichés in the Big Screen and Down

ACT iii: ReBiRTH“Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.” Christina Baldwin

- Acceptance is a vital part of recovery. some things are not meant to be. You strive so hard to make things the way you want it to be. Things work out and it made you happy. it’s the fruit of your labor. You celebrate and enjoy. You called it life. But the coin has another side. some things will not work especially if it’s not meant to be. no matter how much effort we exert still no result. You called it death. But the best part is that you decided to rise again after falling. We put the broken pieces back and move for-ward, thinking that there is always a next time. We come across with renaissance. You called it rebirth.

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Jessie Alcantara (ITIM organizer), Peter Don Alcazar, Julius law-rence Antido, Dann Martin Ber-cero, Genevieve Cardenas, Junevy llosa, Antonio Mahilum Jr., Christopher Macariola and Jeffer-son Padlan. The group is open to all interested students, employees, and faculty advisers for member-ship.

The Off-Coast performers from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) and eulogio “Amang” rodriguez institute of Science and Technology (EARIST) also graced the event with their presentations. The “Off-Coast”, composed of homar lalo, Ben laorillo, Dexter Cornillez, Albert Orpano and Amie, together with their manager louie Alfanta, ren-dered songs during the exhibit.

The exhibit centerpiece was “Pasang-Masid“, a military disci-pline formation representing the hardships of schooling together with the exposition of arts of the students.

The Architecture/Drafting Technology (ARCh/dT) Depart-ment, Arts and Cultural Affairs (ACA), Office of Student Affairs (OSA) and the Physical Plant Management Office (PPMO) col-laborated for the exhibit to be suc-cessful which ran from September 10 to 14. Joemerlyn Cabug-os

By Marrah O. Lagang

AS A PArT of the CITE day cel-ebration, the ITE-dSg, in coopera-tion with Junior Philippine Com-puter Society (JPCS), launched its annual sportsfest on September 10-11 at the Congregating Area. The sports played were basketball, badminton, and board games such as chess, Chinese checkers and game of the generals. The sports-fest aimed to promote unity and develop sportsmanship among the ITE students.

nine teams vied for the bas-ketball tourney. in the elimination rounds, the teams were divided into three brackets. Bracket A was comprised of Stealth, Skunkie and IT(CS); hoyas, ITE rookies and ITE hotz for Bracket B; and dOTA Boys, Wazalak and dnA for Bracket C.

CiTE unites through SportsOut of these teams, ITE hotz and DOTA Boys made it to the finals. in the end, the ITE hotz proved their power over the latter, claiming the championship title, 91-83.

Andrew Domagas, rober Villaver, Mamerto Samulde, ryan Christopher de luna and Jay Dominguiano were the selected mythical five. Domagas also received the Most Valuable Player award.

in badminton singles, Joel Ber-lada and Apple de Chavez grabbed the first places in men and women divisions respectively. Meanwhile, Stephen Carlo Cuyungan and John irvin natividad took the first place in badminton doubles. nina Aquino was also proclaimed as the champion in board games.

By PJ Eclevia

SePTeMBer 12 AnD 17—the ECE Sportsfest formally opened at the Congregating Area and at the Student Center. ECE students had to compete each other in the fields of basketball, badminton and chess.

ECE Signals, SOhCAhTOA, Mania-Kiz, ECE Warriors, intensi-ty, klP, ECE eagles, Shadows, la-Flash, 7 to 6 years and ECE Char-ings participated the basketball tourney. The teams were divided into two brackets in which they will have to undergo single round robin eliminations. The teams who defeated all the contenders in their bracket will face each other on the finals.

laFlash and Shadows on Bracket A, and ECE Warriors and SOhCAhTOA on Bracket B met each other on the semifinals. On the course of the event, laFlash defeated Shadows after showing their dominance against them, 45-30. After which, SOhCAhTOA showed off its supremacy after they sealed their close fight with ECE Warriors, 49-46.

eventually, laFlash and SOhCAhTOA emerged as mortal contenders for basketball champi-onship which will be held on Sep-tember 18 at the PE Center.

The clash of SOhCAhTOA and laFlash energized the audience as they faced each other on the hard court. led by Girard Fer Mariano, this year’s MvP, SOhCAhTOA van-quished laFlash after a series of retaliation of scores and strong de-fensive stocks against each other, wrapping up the game with only a three-point lead, 69-66.

Saints Pagalunan, infinni Portugal, John Aurelio, Sofia Perer, Bryan and ryan Tolentino and Vincent Tamano smashed each other on the badminton

tourney. The participants under-went a single round robin elimi-nation to advance to the semis and finals. After the elimina-tion series, Vincent Tamano and Saints Pagalunan faced each oth-er on the badminton court as they commenced the race-to-two final match up.

eventually, using his agil-ity, Tamano proved his dominance over Pagalunan after a series of smashes and drop shots.

Meanwhile, Mervin Que, Johnroel Sionillo, Myan Paul Voces, Angelo De leon, Jerome Dela Cruz and Johny hornido

contended each other for the chess play-offs. The participants went through race-to-two eliminations to advance to the semifinals and championship match.

in the long run, Que and Voces face each other for the woodpusher’s semis. Voces, show-ing his superbness all throughout the competition, defeated Que in the single elimination match up in semis to face hornido for the championship.

Voces, in his consistency, out-witted hornido in a race-to-two face-off to snatch the champion-ship trophy for the chess tourney.

MEChaTROniCS. An exhibition game from ME/IE team versus ECE team held at PE Center on ECE day, September 18, 2007.

VIRGILIO CAMORAL, JR.

On OCTOBer 6, institute of electronics and Communications engi-neers of the Philippines (IECEP) Sportsfest basketball championship game between Adamson University (AdU) and Technological institute of the Philippines (TIPQC) took place at the AdU Gymansium, ermita, Manila.

eighteen schools competed for the said tourney, namely, new era University (nEU), Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Manila,

gle elimination round took place to advance to the finals. Fortunately, TIPQC survived their bracket unde-feated to challenge AdU for the final match up that will be held at AdU Gymnasium on October 6.

AdU surprised TIPQC with fastbreaks on the opening quarter, leaving TIPQC behind by five points in the end, 19-14. impressive zone defense flaunted by AdU widened its lead against their opponent. But TIPQC have not yet surrendered its flag, making its run to tie up with AdU with only five minutes left on the first half. But AdU remained its remained its defensive prowess, finishing off the second quarter, 41-36.

Series of turnovers, missed free throws, and offensive re-bounds ‘Paved the way for AdU to sink TIPQC even deeper in the mire at the end of third quarter, 64-47. On the last minutes, TIPQC made its run to recover, but in vain. AdU won the championship tilt against TIPQC for this year’s, IECEP Sports-fest in Basketball, 82-76. Michael De Guzman of AdU declared as this year’s MvP. PJ Eclevia

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AdU defeats TIPQC, clinches championship trophy

Mapua institute of Technology (MIT), Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) Tagulg, Pa-mantasan ng lungsod ng Maynila (PlM), University of Santo Tomas (UST), Adamson University (AdU), Bulacan State University (BSU), University of the east (UE) Ca-loocan, Far eastern University-east Asia College (FEU-EAC), national University (nU), rizal Techno-logical University (RTU), las Pinas University (lPU), Ama Computer University (AMA) Quezon City, Si-ena College, University of Perpet-ual help Succor College (UPhSC), eulogio “Amang” rodriguez in-stitute of Science and Technology (EARIST), Pamantasan ng lungsod ng Pasig (PlP) and both campuses of Technological institute of the Philippines.

The teams were divided into two brackets to compete each other on the eliminations. nEU, PUP-Ma-nila, MIT, TUP-Taguig, PlM, UST, AdU, BSU, TIP-Manila, and nU con-tended each other on Bracket A; meanwhile, TIPQC, UE, FEU-EAC, EARIST, RTU, lPU, AMA-QC, Siena, UPhSC, and PlP on Bracket B. Sin-

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Michael Galvez (left) of IECEP-TIP team and Michael

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in the IECEP Sportsfest held at the homecourt of the Falcons, AdU

Gym, October 6.

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in line with the celebration of electrical engineering Day, the EE Sportsfest was held at the Congregating Area on August 3 and 6 and at the PE Center on August 7. Ballast, 13kv, Kuryente Boys, Megavoltz, Skada and Transformer participated in this year’s bas-ketball tourney.

The teams underwent single round robin

Megavoltz prevails in EE Sportsfesteliminations where two teams with the high-est number of wins will advance to the finals.

On August 7, the Pe Center witnessed the clash of Megavoltz and Ballast for this year’s championship title. The two teams were very eager to outwit each other by showing tight defensive mechanisms at the first half. however, the close fight and retaliation of scores ended in favor of Megavoltz, 36-29.

After the half time, Megavoltz prove its

By Peter John Eclevia

On SePTeMBer 1 at the Acropolis Gym in libis, Quezon City, the TIP engi-neers outwitted Cacho, Alumni team from Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) in the championship game in the Open Division of the MPg Ateneo Alumni invitational (MAAI). The Open Division of the basket-ball tourney was open to all colleges and universities.

The engineers was the only team from other school to join the tourney and it was their first time to play for other leagues after they pulled out from Colleges and Universi-ties Sports Association (CUSA).

There were six divisions in the said league, composing of six teams per division. in the Open Division (Division A), the en-gineers fought and defeated the other four teams from the Ateneo Alumni in the single elimination rounds, namely, Team yambao, Borres-Pineda, Chikka, and Bunuan. The engineers swept league as they emerged undefeatedly, facing Team Cacho for the championship game.

The engineers gave a good start with a 19-18 finish at the end of the opening quarter. The engineers maintained the lead with their defensive stocks and zone presses which made Cacho to commit several turn-

TiP’S BASKeTBAll pride is back! now armed with great winning styles and guts fit for champions. Known as TIP rangers before,

the basketball team underwent full transformation with the proud name of TIP engineers now! let us have an update on what is going on with our engineers.

a well -Known SportTiP participated in many

sports while still affiliated to CUSA. They joined volleyball, basketball, chess, table tennis and many more, both in men’s and women’s division. But as the administration decided to revive our sports enthusiasm, they chose basketball to be our main specialty. it is because bas-ketball, as everybody knows, is in demand and the most appeal-ing sport in the country where both men and women are fond of watch-ing. it creates school pride and unity.

The revival of basketball supremacy in the institution would be the main con-cern of the administration for about three years before reviving other sports.

The EngineersFrom the original 15 players of the

former team, only eight remained in the current team line-up and some were prod-uct of the try-outs last summer coming all from TIP Manila except for two who came from TIPQC but were asked to transfer in Manila to avoid time delays. The team is led by its team captains Jr De Vera (#10) and Kent lamique (#18). Of course, the team won’t be complete without the full ef-fort given by the other cagers: Greg Agui-lar (#7), Andrew Francesco Baltazar (#9), eric Bisquerra (#17), reynaldo Calingasin Jr. (#13), Prolan De Guzman (#5), helino Francisco Jr. (#16), raphael louie Garcia (#4), ruperto rañada Jr. (#12), Mark hil Sarmiento (#6), John Paul Tillano (#19), Jay Jade Torres (#15), Arnel llafred (#8), Jethron Duffort Dumlao (#11).

The team members are fortunate to experience the benefits a player could ever wish for. They have no fees to pay, free food from TIP canteen (breakfast to dinner), sponsorship of equipment, gear, lodging, shoes, vitamins and many more. All they’ve got to do is to go to school and play hard.

The Coach Behind the Team’s Success

What can we say with the team’s new coach? Well, just to give you brief information; Coach Bong Arroyo graduated in UP Diliman with BS Architecture and BS Sports Science degrees. he was a former player of UP Fight-

ing M a -r o o n s way back in 1987 and became the team’s coach dur-ing the Universities Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) sea-sons 2003-2005. Moreover, he was also the trainer and coach of several basketball teams such as the Ateneo Basketball league and the University of Asia and the Pacific.

“he is a systematic and organized type of coach,” Mr. lahoz affirmed. “The team, as well as the players, needs a coach who can double as father-figure,” he added. For a year or so, Coach Bong has a duty to shape up the players’ skills and condition them the best way he can.

Game LayoutAs of now, the team concentrates on a

one-year skills enhancement program where they would cultivate endurance and shape up to the desired players coach Bong expects them to be. But of course, they are bound to join different invitational leagues as their actual training ground. As of now, the team is a part of the Father Martin’s Cup where they clash on the court with other teams of prestigious colleges and universities in Metro Manila. The team aims to enter the national Capital region Athletic Associa-tion (nCRAA) two years from now and who knows, they might aim higher for the nCAA or even the UAAP. let’s not lose hope!

Search on the Go!The team is still looking for potential

players. One should be at least 6’ feet in height, have good academic grades and the passion and urge to play the game. The open-ing is available for TIP QC students also. So what are you waiting for? Join now!

As it was said basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. For the TIP engineers, always re-member “good, better, best. never rest until your good is better and your better is best.”

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league where it started as it pulled-out its membership from Colleges and Universities Sports Association (CUSA) because of two main reasons. One is that participation in a league is supposed to be a rallying point for the students. The league should bring unity and friendly competition to the students but CUSA failed to suffice that need. Another is the media mileage. Unlike UAAP and nCAA, CUSA does not have any media coverage which is a major form of marketing. That is the reason why most of us do not have any updates on the games they had before.

from Rangers to Engineersrangers as defined are a wanderer or

a rover. it is the former tag of our school’s basketball team. But have you ever won-dered how rangers are related in our school anyway? That is why the administration un-dergone the name change process. Finally, they’ve decide to name the team, engi-neers.

Many Students reacted on how the team was named. Some said it is a form of discrimination since the school offers other courses. But in an interview of vOICE with Mr. Angelo lahoz, Assistant Vice Presi-dent, he clarified that, “a lot of people are still confused as to what TIP really is. The school made its name with engineering, so let us stick to it.” So, there you have it. instead of keeping grudges because of our team’s name, let us just learn to support and cheer for our engineers.

overs. engineers concluded the first half with a six-point advantage of 39-33.

right after the half time, the engi-neers surprised Cacho with a series of fast-breaks and steals. led by eric Bisquera, engineers made a 15-2 run for the first three and a half minutes of third quarter, which made Cacho paralyzed at the score of 35. The third quarter ended in favor of the engineers with 66-44.

The running game of the engineers continued as they abandoned Cacho with a twenty seven-point final difference. in the end of the final quarter, the engineers, led by eric Bisquera, the Division’s Valuable Play-er, brought home the bacon as they sealed the championship game with 82-55.

dominance over Ballast with its fastbreaks and steals. eventually, Megavoltz grabbed the title from Ballast with only a five-point lead, 68-63.

The Mythical Five composed of Wil-cor romero (Ballast), Michael rubis (13kv), Dionar landoy (Skada), Aaron Jim Mendoza (Transformer), and richard Santos (Mega-voltz). Santos was also declared as the MvP for this year’s event.

A crucial play is instructed by Coach Bong Arroyo to the players of TIP Engineers against Ateneo alumni during their timeout. VIRGILIO CAMORAL, JR.

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