The Featinian Issue 2 2011-2012

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FeatiniaN2PRESIDENT’S CORNERThe Values of Our Founders By Dr.-Ing. Adolfo Jesus R. Gopez

We have celebrated Founders’ Day once more, on the 105th birth anniversary of Doña Victoria Lopez de Araneta. Doña Victoria was born on March 6, 1907. FEATI Institute of Technology was founded on June 6, 1946 by Don Salvador Z. Araneta and Doña Victoria. Don Salvador was the President of FEATI Tech as it was then known, until 1951 when he left to serve as the Secretary of Economic Coordination in the cabinet of President Elpidio Quirino. He handed over the presidency to Doña Victoria. On August 10, 1959, thirteen years after its establishment, FEATI was recognized as a University by the Department of Education. We therefore celebrate three important dates; March 6 as Founders’ Day, June 6 as Foundation Day, and August 10 as University Day.

By looking at our Founders’ work and writings, it is possible to get valuable insights into their lives and what their values were. How would their values compare to the FEATI University Core Values: Integrity, Scholar-ship, Accountability, Equality and Patriotism?

Don Salvador was a lawyer, having passed the Bar in August 1922. He is described as a nationalist, states-man, constitutionalist, civil servant, businessman-industrialist, and philanthropist. He served in the only two Constitutional Conventions of the Philippines, in 1935 and in 1971. He served as cabinet secretary for two presidents, Secretary of Economic Coordination of President Quirino and Secretary of Agriculture of President Magsaysay. He founded the Philippine Constitution Association, serving twice as its President, and he was co-founder of the National Economic Protectionism Association. Together with Doña Victoria he founded FEATI University, and set up pioneering industrial corporations, Republic Flour Mills, FEATI Industries, Republic Consolidated, AIA Feed Mill, AIA Biologicals and FEATI Bank. Doña Victoria was called “First Lady of Phil-ippine Society” by the President of the Commonwealth, Manuel L. Quezon. She could rightly be described as a nationalist, educator, industrialist, philanthropist and devout Catholic.

The first prevailing theme in Don Salvador’s professional life is Nationalism. He viewed the Filipino as the equal of any person in the world and he envisioned a progressive Philippines making its own products for the use of its own people. The main objective of the National Economic Protectionism Association (NEPA) was to promote Philippine-made products. In our present FEATI Core Values, this is the same as Patriotism. Doña Victoria shared this passion with him, because she founded the Women’s Chapter of the NEPA.

Viewing the Filipino as the equal of any person in the world also meant that Don Salvador valued Equality, another of our Core Values. Husband and wife, Don Salvador and Doña Victoria were both born into affluence. They did not need to work; they did not need to earn a living. And yet they established so many companies. Right after World War II, they saw the destruction left by war. They believed that the establishment of industrial companies was the key not only to recovery, but to economic progress. The companies they established also provided opportunities for their fellow Filipinos. They believed in providing equal opportunities for as many countrymen as they could. This is the same reason that led Doña Victoria to establish a free school for girls, Victoneta School and an institution for children orphaned by the tuberculosis of their parents, the White Cross in the 1930’s. Most people easily think this is just philanthropy, but it was also to give more opportunity to the unfortunate and to “level the playing field” for them that she did this. It is most likely for this same reason that Don Salvador established the Araneta Institute of Agriculture (AIA) as a foundation, endowing it with one-sixth of his wealth. AIA became the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation. In addition in his writings, Don Sal-vador indicated that he wanted to “uplift the moral and social values of [Philippine] society” through “property ownership and capitalism for all”.

The value of Scholarship is well-illustrated by the fact that husband and wife founded several educational institutions, two of which have grown into universities and which are still in existence today, FEATI University and Gregorio Araneta University Foundation. It must be pointed out however, that the establishment of these universities was premised on the couple’s unshakeable belief that economic progress could come only with the supply of properly trained and capable technicians, technologists and engineers.

Doña Victoria was a devout Catholic; taking the time and the effort to visit the Pope in Rome. She received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal Award in 1947 and in 1952 was awarded the Sovereign Military Order of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, as well as the Cross of Merit of the Order of Malta. This devotion is very visible in the form of the Cross in our university seal today. Beyond religion and Catholicism, however, this devotion and compliance indicates Integrity, which both Don Salvador and Doña Victoria were to show ev-eryone by refusing to work for a government that declared Martial Law in 1972. Rather than live in a country without freedom and equality, they chose to go into self-exile and stay in Canada. The direct consequence of this action was that in 1980, Doña Victoria relinquished the presidency of “her cherished FEATI University”, handing it over to her son-in-law and long-standing Dean of Engineering, Prof. Jose M. Segovia.

Finally, our Founders accepted the consequences of their act of integrity by staying away from the Philippines as long as it was under Martial Law. Don Salvador died in 1982 and Doña Victoria in 1988, without seeing the Philippines again. If this is not the ultimate in Accountability, what could it be?

When we reviewed our Vision and Mission and selected our Core Values in 2005, our Founders were no longer around, and yet, somehow, the five values we chose above the rest aptly describe how Don Salvador and Doña Victoria lived, dreamed and worked. They would be proud of FEATI University today!

THE FEATINIANEditorial Staff

Academic Year 2011-2012

SAXS GABRIELLE P. SANTOSEditor-in-Chief

MELVIN T. BESINAssociate Editor

MARK JOSEPH E. MENDOZANews Editor

MARIE JOY P. MOLINAFilipino Editor

MARY JANE A. YONZONFeatures and Literary Editor

JUAN CARLO B. CHANCHICOSports Editor

StaffGINZA S. CHAVEZ

DARWYNE G. ALONSABEJERWIN BRUZA

EARLY JOY R. DE SAN JOSE

ContributorsVEN ALBERT S. GEDUCOS

MARY RUTH D. ISIDROMICHAEL M. MANCENIDO

DR. DIVINE L. REYESFilipino Technical Consultant

PROF. GLAIZA ROSE BLANCAEnglish Technical Consultant

PROF. SALVACION T. SACAGUINGAdviser

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In pursuit of fair, honest, and responsible journal-ism, The Featinian maintains that all views expressed herein are exclusively those of the authors alone and not necessarily reflect those of the entire publication.

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Editorial Cartoon by Michael M. Mancenido

“Love and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss. Truth will spring from earth; justice will look down from heaven”

Today, Philippines is facing crisis in the judiciary department – the very first impeachment trial of a chief justice. Chief Justice Renato Corona is facing the im-peachment court due to his alleged graft and corrup-tion, culpable violation of the constitution, and betray-al of public trust.

This issue is a great challenge for us to seek for the truth: truth that will give justice and hope, justice that soon will revive and rebuild public’s trust to our gov-ernment. As young Filipino leaders and aspirants, we should be pro-active instead of being reactive to the issues in our society. We might think that we are still young to play a part in it; however, we can actually do something with these issues. FEATI University is our learning home. Whatever we do in our campus, whatever we encounter in this institution makes who and what kind of leaders we will be in the future. Our life experiences in this university bring us challenges that test our critical thinking and our moral values

that later form our whole persona. Honesty, trans-parency and obedience should be our foundation as future leaders. These values must be honed as early as now. It is never too late for us to practice it, what matters most is the taking of responsibilities and act-ing with integrity.

Dear Featinians, the incidents in our government should be an inspiration in doing what is right. We should learn from it and pay attention to it; for all we know we could be the next in line to be judged. Let us therefore live the core values of FEATI Univer-sity:| Integrity, Scholarship. Equality, Accountability, and Patriotism. The future lies in our hands. Our decisions and choices will affect our future. LOVE, TRUTH, JUSTICE and PEACE are the main ingre-dients for us to move forward and, together, face the challenges that are going to come along our way. We can do anything with HIM who guides us. In Him, nothing is impossible.

“JUSTICE and POWER must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful and whatever is powerful may be just” – Blaise Pascal

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FeatiniaN 3NEWSSectionTHE FOUNDERS’ DAYBy Mary Jane A. Yonzon

The Founder’s Day Celebration was held last March 6, 2012 in commemoration of FEATI University’s honorable founders: Don Salvador Araneta and Dona Victoria Lopez-Araneta. The special day was also meant to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Dona Victoria, also known as VLA.

The event commenced with a thanksgiving mass and a tribute prepared by the FEATI University Chorale. Presi-dent Dr.Ing. Adolfo Jesus R. Gopez addressed the audience by giving a Founder’s Day Message which became the highlight of the day’s celebration. The students were serenaded by the talented ladies and gents in the campus who showed a perfect Featinian moves. An audio-visual presentation entitled, “The Golden Age: Don Salvador Araneta and Dona Victoria Lopez-Araneta,” was presented to give a brief history of the university’s founders; their venture towards a quality educational foundation for the Filipinos. The presentation was followed with the blowing of cake for VLA’s 105th birth anniversary. A photo exhibit and a trivia contest were also held for the students to participate in so they would be informed about the significant endeavors of the founders.

The Founder’s Day Celebration has become a tradition ever since the university was established in 1946. It is definitely essential for the students to know and to acknowledge the people behind the quality, solid, and substantial education provided by FEATI University.

inSPiRA: A GROUP ART EXHIBITBy Mark Joseph E. Mendoza

A Group art exhibit entitled “Inspira” was organized by Feati students who are members of the FEATI Art Group, FEATI KAMERADARE and the School of Fine Arts. This was un-der the supervision of their Adviser, Mr. Neil Dela Cruz.

The launching day of these exceptional masterpieces of the Fine Arts students was last February 24, 2012 at the Gale-ria de las Islas in Intramuros, Manila. The public viewing has been opened from February 24, 2012 to March 16, 2012.

The launching which was participated in by many FEATI SFA students, faculty, and many other onlookers, became more extraordinary as the exhibitors held a nude painting session. This bustle of activity hailed the works of Louis Marlon Virtusio and Rizza Arales, as theirs stood out from the many other paintings. As a reward, both received art ma-terials sponsored by PEBEO.

After which, Ms. Janice L. Young, the dean of the School of Fine Arts, together with her staff, led the ribbon cutting ceremony. Stunned viewers obviously admired the whole exhibition. They either kept coming back to view such works, or bought unique pieces as the exhibit showcased artworks that were not usually for trade.

The exposition of their artworks was a milestone for the exhibitors. Congratulations to the FEATI University School of Fine Arts and to its students: Rey Lacap, Ronante Mara-tas, Marilou Solano, Lance Kirby Yaneza, JDarwin Sanay, Philip Gare, Marius Andrew Tan, Mary Praxidio, Leon Miguel Ruedas, Kristopher Paguirigan, Jenevive Fresado, Judie Lae Comia, Averil Paras, Roi Benjamin, James Batac, Mark Elic, Airom Gimotea, Beverly Mabalon, Gilmae An-tolin, Kris Gavino, Marlo Virtucio, Rizza Jean Arales, Mi-chael Mancenido, Filbert Samonte, Khrizna Gabrielle Ta-lastas, and Vincent Roleda!

PAGUIRIGAN AND GARE - tHe 1St AnD 3RD FinALiStS in SininG-LAnGAnBy Saxs Gabrielle P. Santos

It was not much of an ordinary day as FEATI Univer-sity School of Fine Arts has once again brought the ba-con home by gaining the 1st and 3rd finalist ranks in the “Sininglangan” an inter-school on-the-spot ball pen art competition that was held at the Tan Yan Kee Academic Building in the University of the East-Caloocan Open Field last February 23, 2012.

Sininglangan, headed by the University of the East’s Col-lege of Fine Arts and Office of Cultural Affairs, in coop-eration with the National Commission for Culture and Arts, was organized in celebration of the U.E.’s Philippine Arts Festival 2012. “Sininglangan” was also used to give tribute to the late UE-CFA’s Lito de Guzman- who popularized ball pen as a medium of art.

At least 50 students from various universities and col-leges in the country, including our very own FEATI Univer-sity School of Fine Arts participated. Out of the 50 schools, FEATI University’s Philip Gare ended up as the 3rd finalist, while Kristopher Paguirigan came out as the 1st finalist.

PHiLiPPine inteRnAtionAL Hot AiR BALLoon FieStA @ 17 By Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

The annual Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta which happens every second week of February has always been one grand event every year in Clark Field, Pampanga. This 2012, the PHIHABF organizers, in no doubt, had once again hit the spotlight with a bang in celebrating its 17th year.

The event, as always, started early in the morning, but this time with the Philippine Army jumping high above the clouds skydiving, and one soldier jumping with the flag wrapped around him while people on ground were looking up and were singing the Philippine National Anthem. It was then followed by the launching of the stars of the fiesta, the hot air balloons from countries around the globe. They have all came to the open fields of Clark to take part in this yearly balloon festival held in our country. First to set off was the hare-designed balloon. The rest followed suit.

At Mid day, many different attractions appeared. One was the Aeromodelling where a Japanese native showed his skill off and controlled his RC plane, which was designed like the Cessna152 plane, using a 100cc engine, that is usually used in motorcycles. Another was the choreographed kite-flying which was made even more splendid as the Kite Team Philippines and the Philippine Kite Association teamed up and showcased marvelous, best of the best, kite flying styles and maneuvers never have been seen. Furthermore, there were paragliding and skydiving which were two gigantic must sees in the event because men from the Air Force of the Philippines were joined by parachute experts from the Philip-pines and other countries, who jumped above the clouds. They wowed the crowd with their death defying stunts.

It was a magnificent weekend for everybody who witnessed such things at the Clark Airfield Pampanga. Truly, it was an outstanding; attention-grabbing event.

Last February 23, 2012, the Philippines ranked 8th place on the Facebook Top 10 Chart with 27,594,420 registered users.

According to Pinoy Social Media the 92.91% of Filipino Face book users are com-prised of young people like us. Be it for social networking, advertising, on line gaming, broadcasting, and the likes: we hook ourselves in to the fast growing, largest, and the leading social networking site, Face book.

These 27M Filipino Face book users are linked to the internet for many hours ev-eryday. They do many posts and shout outs that rapidly spread across the universe. It could be almost about anything under the sun! For this reason, an organization, recently, promoted the “Think Before You Click” campaign – an advocacy promot-ing INTERNET safety, cyber wellness and responsible use of the social web in the country. But despite its efforts, many of us seemed not willing to observe responsible

social networking. Voicing out, giving away, jerking around, and bragging about or scaring off – all of these have completely invaded Facebook. Nevertheless, others would say that it’s one’s own freedom of expression to speak out whatever he has in mind because that’s what we Filipinos have been practicing for many years now: the Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution states the freedom of speech. But, it’s not about completely not expressing nor posting at all! It’s not even about expressing and posting anything and everything in just a snap! It’s about assessing what’s worth and what’s not, what’s right and what’s wrong, what’s morally-accepted and what’s morally offensive. It’s not too much to ask for some sort of a mature content, a more decent way of expressing thoughts, opinions and postings. At the end of the day, what we simply want is to express ourselves! Why don’t we do it in a way we still show respect for others as well as ourselves?

FEATInians!You are invited to join Corporate Games Manila 2012 (March 22 - 25)Featured Games are: Running,Dragon Boat,BadmintonCycling,Volleyball,Swimming, Basketball,Poker,Soccer,Tennis

Free registration to the first 100 students who’d like to join.. If interested, drop by at Events and Promotions Dept., 4/f Corporate Center or call our direct lines: 7367441 or 7342170. You may also call 0923-8259621 / 0922-4691306. Look for Myla or Del.

FAceBooK: PERFECT PLACE TO POOP PERSONAL ISSUES?By Saxs Gabrielle P. Santos

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POWER CORRUPTS Melvin T. Besin, Associate Editor

It was late in the afternoon when Ma’am Salve, our ad-viser, dropped by at the Featinian office to check on what Mark and I were doing. There and then, she gave us some tips on newspapering and reiterated to us the objectives of the Featinian Publication. She also com-mended us for working so hard to produce a good paper. Our conversation with her encompassed a number of topics which revealed that she is a humanist as a person and that she adheres to humanism. She actually gave me the idea that this subject in my column (Power Cor-rupts) is such an excellent topic to write about.

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” –- Lord Acton

In a society or a community, there’s always someone trusted upon or counted on to lead the group. This chosen

leader holds power and influence. There are two forms of power: Socialized power and personalized power. The dif-ference between the two – Socialized power is power used to benefit others while personalized power is using power for personal gain. A leader may use socialized power but still engage in behavior that is morally wrong. A leader may also be intoxicated with power. Thus, power corrupts.

Meanwhile, a leader must serve his people selflessly and must be willing to sacrifice. He is not someone who just commands, but someone who makes it evident that growth and progress happens throughout his lead-ership. In our campus, we, student leaders hold power and influence. The power has been bestowed to us to work hard for the betterment of everybody. Our work must be marked with equality, accountability, and integ-rity. We do not hold power merely to exploit the weak

and to betray the public’s trust. We should always show outstanding behavior. True humility should always be in our pockets. Great leaders nowadays had really been blinded by position, wealth, and power – This is some-thing appalling. But it’s even worst or sickening when the truth is trampled to achieve personal goals.

“With great power comes great responsibility.” Pow-er must be coupled with love for humanity. Power turns bad when it fills up one’s head. Power is morally wrong when used in shenanigans.

We, leaders, should bear in mind that our power is equal to a great responsibility. This power given to us by our peo-ple should only be used for a just cause. Now is the time to show great leadership. Let us do away with our egocentric desires. If we are leaders of integrity, accountability, trans-parency, and patriotism, then we’re on the right tract.

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WHAT WE NEED IS FAITH Mark Joseph E. Mendoza, News Editor

“ Yahweh I know You are near, standing always at my side” said a Christian song. He is always there and by our side. But do we notice Him? Do we observe Him? In this world full of distractions can we feel God’s presence in our lives?

I will share with you a short story. There was a pris-oner in an island and he was abandoned / put inside a cell. Since there was no guard, he prepared to escape. The next day he started to destroy the lock, but the lock was really hard to break. After hours of trying, he could

not break the lock. He fainted towards the door, and then the door suddenly opened because the door wasn’t really locked at all.

Most of the time, we failed to see the things that are already given to us. Maybe because we don’t know how to appreciate the things that we have or we are just too busy searching for what we don’t have. The story only tells us that there is a right time for everything. We only need to be patient and observant. We have to work hard to achieve our goals.

God said “I will give you everything you need”. But note that need is different from want. Sometimes we are simply so demanding. We are envious of people who have the things that we don’t have.

Featinians, what we need is love and faith at all times. We should learn to value the things that we have. We should know how to count the blessings that we re-ceive. In that sense, we can be a true servant of the Lord.

Be contented with what you have, for He has said “I will never leave you nor forsake you” -Hebrews 13:5

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CURSE VS. LOVE Marie Joy P. Molina, Filipino Editor

Sendong, a terrifying typhoon that flashed away thousands of lives in the area of Visayas and Mindanao last December 2011 was one of the most traumatic tragedies that hap-pened in our country. While watching the news, I had mixed emotions. I felt lucky for not being one of the victims at the same time I felt sorry for those who lost their belong-ings and their loved ones. I wish I was so rich to be able to donate a big amount of money to help the affected fami-lies. This feeling of deep sympathy for these casualties was replaced with shock upon seeing these posts in a public, social networking site, Facebook.

“According to the news, almost all of the victims are poor families, so it’s better that they die this early… What’s the point of living a life which is full of hunger? At least they are now resting in peace… They are worthless, they are unproductive, and their lives have no value at all… They are just problems in our society so as I said it’s better that they have died this early… They don’t deserve a chance to

live because they are poor; they are not VIPs anyway. I even wish sendong to come back and flash away those remain-ing poor families over there… That’s the only thing that will never happen here, because we’re not poor.” – C.A.

“Sa mga nasalanta, at namatayan. Hindi ako naaawa sa inyo! Haha! Ung mga namatayan na hinahanap ang bang-kay ng kanilang mga pamilya, ‘wag ninyo na lang hanapin. Gawin na lang un pataba sa mga lupa.” – A.B.

First, these statements or ideas from the posts are really cruel. I believe that money is not the basis of a meaningful life. I don’t think that it should be the standards in order for people to be valued by us. But with these statements it seems that those who died were worthless just because they did not have money. It’s not their fault anyway that they were born poor.

Nevertheless, why do the rich and powerful people commit suicide? It is because they are still unhappy. So, why value moneyed people only. Who said that money can make us completely happy? Remember, money is the root

of all evil. Besides, when we die, we can never take our money with us in our grave. It’ll just be as rubbish as a shit.

Well, I am neither a godly person nor a kind one. I may have failed others too, but I NEVER EVER WISH/DID SOME-THING THAT CAN HARM ANYONE.

We always have a choice to be good or to be bad. We have the freedom to choose which one will rule our minds and our hearts. At the end of the day, I hope that we learn not to wish for other people’s death or harm. Poor people may be perceived worthless, but who are we to judge them? Who are we to utter such bad omen? Will their death make us happy?

People have different lives, different strategies, different situations, different problems, different standards and dif-ferent views, but they have one thing in common - that is to fight for their lives to the very end. Life in this world is a continuing struggle to overcome difficulties.”

“He who gives to the poor will never want, but he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.” -Proverbs 28:27

MAJESTY’S WORDS

A REGULAR OCCURRENCE Mary Jane A. YonzonLike the many other semesters that have gone by, this semester is about to end. The wave of goodbyes to the ending semester is the signal for the approaching S.Y. 2012-2013. But for many of us, it will always be like this semester, last semester, and the other semesters before. Same routine: we wake up early in the morning, have breakfast, take the busy and crowded LRT, run to the classroom so as not to be late, study lessons, visit the library, research, and pay the matriculation. This entire same-old, merry-go-round college life might seemingly be tiresome for us now, but looking at it in a new per-spective will make us find ways to stay as enthusiastic as we were when we first got into college.

To stay fervent, we must expect to be in dilemmas. Don’t be surprised. It’s part of being human. Each has loads of problems in life so let’s take them easily; charge them to experience – experience that makes us strong If problems come our way, just say, “Hey problem, I know you’re coming but you aren’t staying.” This way we stay positive in life. I guess, this is how we all should take any circumstances we encounter.

Second, we always keep in mind that tomorrow is a present from God. Imagine how we feel when we’re about to open a gift. Surely there’s excitement, joy and gratefulness as the present is about to unfold. Have this attitude and face each school day with competence and

passion.Let us love our duties, embrace the day and trust God.

Third, look for an inspiration. This is the most ef-fective way to elevate our spirits. Think about God, our family, friends, and loved ones – anyone who makes us feel that tingling sensation of being totally inspired. Our success and happiness would be theirs too.

Studying is just a stepping stone towards facing the real life out there. However, learning is a life-long pro-cess. This school year has taught us a lot of things. Next school year is another learning episode for us. Routines might be old and dull but that’s how life is. All we have to do is know the new but preserve the old.

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COFFEE BREAKJuan Carlo B. Chanchico, Sports Editor

“Imagine we are all the same. Imagine we all agree about politics, religion and morality. Imagine we like the same types of music, art, food and coffee. Imagine we all look alike. Sounds boring, right? Differences need not divide us. Embrace diversity. Dignity is everyone’s human right.” -Bill Brummel

Famous lines from the book, “How Starbucks Saved My Life”. It featured a man whose life was saved by working in a coffee shop. The experience gave him a lesson that he would never forget. This is just an ex-ample on how coffee affects a person’s life.

From North to South and East to West, wherever you go in this world, you’ll find coffee as one of the people’s favorite drinks.

Every morning, a cup of coffee makes your day com-plete. It gives you positive energy to wake up from a good, long sleep. It helps you start the day!

It has a variety of flavors coming from different places. Tastes of coffee beans vary based on the place where they were made. Every person has a specific favorite coffee: He may like it strong or just mild.

Anyhow, the sensation that coffee brings is just un-believable.

A typical day for a New Yorker is to pass by a nearby Starbucks shop and buy a Venti Americano to start the day off. It’s not always about the caffeine that’s inside the cof-fee but also the fun and excitement it gives to the person in every sip he takes.

Students today drink coffee to awaken themselves during the late nights when they cram time for tomor-row’s exams. Sometimes, drinking coffee is just a way to turn a simple day into a great day, to invite friends to come over, or to just go out and grab a cup of coffee. The experience of bonding with your friends transports you to an unusual atmosphere and offers you a special level of conversation.

A coffee completes everyone’s day in simple ways that’s just hard to explain. It was and it will always be an essential part of your daily life. The amazing experience with just a simple sip will always make you feel extra special, extra serene.

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The publication’s issue for this month sig-naled the birth of The Dialogue Box. This segment will serve as a shout box of the two sides on various issues. This supports and upholds our goal of giving just and balanced news writing to the academic community of FEATI University.

This pioneer issue includes three con-cerns:

* When Integrity Is Questioned* Tours and Field Trips Policy* The No Permit, No Exam Policy

When Integrity Is Questioned A leader must have integrity as one of his

qualities. This quality makes people trust him. Mutual trust between the leader and the led is absolutely vital. A leader or a person who deliberately misleads people by telling lies sooner or later forfeits their trust. Once a leader loses integrity, it becomes dif-ficult for him to re-establish it. (J. Adair, 2009) Hence, as leaders in our own little way, we simply have to work to preserve our integrity by NOT deceiving ourselves and other people. Let’s have strict adherence to truth.

In the social networking site, Facebook, many Featin-ians have seen / read disreputable posts that question the ability of our supreme student council, FUSSC, to lead. The posts speak of doubts on the integrity/sincerity of our student leaders in terms of handling funding and budgeting the costs of school activities and events, and their inability to function as the voice of the student body. This issue was supplemented by repeated complaints on their failure to address immediately students concerns and pleas. With this, Featinians began to have misgivings on their leader-ship and integrity.

The Featinian publication, in the spirit of fair play and in its quest to give unbiased news reports, sent a letter to the FUSSC Office last February 24, 2012, Friday, to get their side of the issue. (scanned copy of the letter)

Unfortunately, there was No single response from the FUSSC leadership. Despite being ignored, The Featinian Publication is still open to the FUSSC’s side of the story. The

FUSSC is invited to share to the publication its side of the issue. Tours and Field Trips Policy

There have been uncertainty and confusion in terms of conducting tours and field trips for many years now. Students and faculty are somehow disoriented with the SSIF fee and the standard protocol for conducting tours and field trips.

In a dialogue with the administration – Pres. Adolfo Je-sus R. Gopez and Engr. Gabriel P. Intengan – it was stated and clarified that professors must enlist the intention of con-ducting a tour or a field trip in their syllabi. The plan has to be proposed through their respective colleges, to the admin-istration before it can be implemented or realized.

Any form of tour or trip unapproved by the university administration will not be recognized as a school activity. Therefore, Instructors and professors must have their activi-ties approved by the administration so as to avoid sanctions or being sanctioned by the university officials. The No Permit, No Exam Policy

The beginning of 2012 did not go well for most of the

Featinians. It was due to the sudden im-plementation of the No Permit, No Exam Policy dated January 15, 2012, Sunday, but announced on January 24, 2012, Tuesday. The ten-day delay of announcement caused a shock on the part of the payers: the stu-dents, and of course, the parents, as it was announced Tuesday of the week before the midterm examinations. This event caused poor statements of the students on the uni-versity.

As student leaders, let us welcome con-structive criticisms at all times and not be pessimistic with the chances of transpar-ency knocking on our doors. Let us listen to the students concerns and let our actions be felt. We are in a position to voice out their concerns, to be pillars of their desires to be heard. Let us be good models at all times as we are placed in power in the belief that we are capable of leading them well. Let’s have the virtue of obedience too. For good leaders are usually good followers.

For our school administrators, they should also be pragmatic enough to realize

that changes must be done in a gradual manner. Proper preparation always results in successful implementation. Procedures and processes must be properly outlined and clearly disseminated not in a rush to all concerned.

As Featinians, let us honor our duties and obligations to the university. Our failure to remit required fees on time has increased the insurmountable amount of collectibles of the university. Let’s not use our matriculation allow-ance to support our whims and gimmicks if ever. Let’s directly hand over to the Cashier our matriculation so that our payables are settled every grading term. As such, we lessen the burden of our parents and at the same time help the university in operating smoothly.

The university publication did not fashion this segment to make any form of disparagement nor denunciation. It only seeks integrity, accountability, and equality from all the members of the FEATI Family who form part the ideals of FEATI as a highly-esteemed educational institution.

Heads up, Featinians, because things are looking up!

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The No Permit, No

Exam Policy

When Integrity Is Questioned

Tours and Field Trips Policy

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6 FEATURES AND LITERACYSection

We must do all we can, to give the children the best in education and social upbringing - for while they are the youth of today, they shall be the leaders of tomorrow. This maxim of John F. Kennedy is somehow puzzling – half true, half not.

Is it the right education that the Filipino youth lack? Who should be blamed about their sad plight? Should it be their parents? Should it be each of us, our society, and our government?

If you have heard the news last March 2, 2012, five teens, aging from 10 to 16, attacked a bus along Quezon City. Two of them were seized by the bus driver and the conductor for robbery snatching and smashing the bus’ windshield. These young boys are known to be “Batang Hamog”. They are known to attack motorists, day or night, rain or shine, often under the influence of rugby. One of the two was able to escape after stabbing the conduc-tor’s hand. The other one was left with the two outraged men, who smacked, pounded thrashed and hand-tied with a nylon cord the boy until the police arrived. The Children and Women’s Desk confirmed that the minor was caught months ago for a stabbing inci-dent. It also confirmed of the minor’s positivity on Marijuana usage. Way back then, he was detained for a month-long community service by the Department of Social Welfare and Development and pledged to keep away from bad doings, but, in less than a month, he was, again, caught but not jailed. He is 16: a minor; that’s why. His parents, like the many others, would simply bring a proof, a birth certificate for one, to prove that he is minor and withdraw him from the DSWD custody. That’s how simple these young boys robbed people. Then, they are caught, detained, and withdrawn. It has become a habit or a routine for them. Yet, on a follow up news, the parent of this unruly boy who was caught, and detained at the Molave Youth Center, is on to filing a case against the two outraged men for maltreating his son.

Situations like this fall on the ostensible abuse of exercising humans rights laws and the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 stating that no child 15 or younger may be charged for a criminal act—no matter how grave. Minors above 15 but below 18 may be held criminally liable only if they are shown to have acted with discernment. For most, the RA 9344 only provides an avenue for syndicates to use minors in their wicked schemes. It has become a training ground for these young people to master wrong doings and criminal acts. These minors are waylaid by bad guys maybe because of the society, their commu-nity, which taught them and led them to such immoralities. Moreover, their parents who have neglected them may have pushed these minors away to the streets. Another thing, it could be these minors own choosing to engage in such fraudulent; atrocious activities. A choice which, consciously or unconsciously, they make. It could also be because we, Filipinos, are becoming more and more abusive of our rights, as such, we tend not to be afraid of committing criminal acts as we have these rights to depend on.

With the existence of these Batang Hamog guys in our midst, we then ask ourselves who created them. We all are blameworthy because every one of us is part of this society. In short, we are liable for all that happens, happened, and will happen in our country.

If we truly care for our fellowmen and country, then let’s be mindful. Let’s all be partisan. Let’s practice patriotism by heart.

“Come back to me, with all your heart. Don’t let fear keep us apart. Trees do bend, though straight and tall. So must we to other’s call. Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life.” This inspired song from the Book of the Proph-et Hosea captures the spirit of Lent.

Lent is the time of preparation for Easter, the great-est feast of the Church. The term Lent comes from an old English that means springtime. Like the season of spring, Lent is a time of renewal. During this season the Church encouraged the faithful to pray, fast and give alms or work of charity. In Matthew 6:1-18, our Lord Jesus recommends Lenten disciplines of helping the needy, prayer and fasting. If the faithful choose to give up something for Lent as a way to witness to Jesus way of saving us by His suffering and death on the cross, then it is strongly encouraged. However, it is good to be reminded that these disciplines are not ways to please God in order to forgive us. Lent is not about letting go of something to please God. But, Lent is about what CHRIST gave up as a ransom for our sins – His life. Therefore, it is after all about God’s unconditional and unlimited Love. Our Father who is With Us and For Us.

Lent last for forty days, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday. Although no one knows why forty days became the norm, it was probably meant to recall Christ’s forty-day in the desert during which He prayed, fasted and was tempted by Satan. In the des-ert, he rejected the offer of Satan for pleasure, power and surrender of his responsibility. Instead he put his total trust and obedience to His Father. We can say that

these forty-day ordeal of Christ prepared Him to carry the cross and eventually gave up His life for us.

Now, how about us? How do we live this forty days today? Are we willing to follow Jesus so that we can be prepared to carry our cross? When Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow

me.”, Jesus is giving us the common sense wisdom of human life. It is an insight into life itself: there are no free rides. No crosses mean no growth; no pain, no gain, as they say. But Christianity goes further. It teaches that, as a mark of true discipleship, there are three types of crosses: the cross of inconvenience, the cross of witness, and the cross of martyrdom.

The cross of inconvenience means that praying alone is not enough to bring about changes but to put into action even it will bring inconvenience. Let’s put this on a personal level. If one of our friend is sick and pray that he/she gets better, but we have not vis-ited him/her, we have not prayed as a cross-bearing Christian. Our prayer needs a level of inconvenience to back it up. It needs the cross to be fruitful.

The second cross deals with bearing witness under pressure. We know this kind of cross, when a student for example goes against peer pressure in the school to the point of putting a student to a shameful situation.

The third cross is martyrdom. We have two cate-gories. The first is what we called “wet” martyrdom which means shedding your blood for truth, for justice, for faith, for Jesus. Then, there’s “dry” martyrdom-no bloodshed, but a wounding of spirit. The martyrdom of surrendering your security for Jesus, the martyrdom of grace under pressure. People of honor who will hold onto principles even sacrificing jobs and livelihood.

In this season of Lent, we are all challenge to fol-low Jesus on the cross. For you, Featinian – Look Up Young Man, gaze at Jesus on the cross who gave up His life for us.

chaplain’s cornerA LENTEN REFLECTIONFr. Hermie Garcia, SSS

FiLiPino YoUtHBATANG HAMOG?

By Saxs Gabrielle P. SantosEditor-in-Chief

“Come back to me, with all your heart. Don’t let fear keep us apart. Trees do bend, though straight and tall. So must we to other’s call. Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life.”

These minors are waylaid by bad guys maybe

because of the society, their community, which

taught them and led them to such immoralities.

Moreover, their parents who have neglected

them may have pushed these minors away to the

streets. Another thing, it could be these minors own choosing to engage

in such fraudulent; atrocious activities.

MY 420 SPEECH

Saxs Gabrielle P. Santos

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MARUPOK NA HALIGIMelvin T. Besin

“Itay, bumalik ka na sa bahay natin. Naghihintay na sa iyo si inay. Matagal ka na niyang pinatawad sa nagawa mong kamalian. Sige na, itay!”

Karamihan sa atin ay naghahanap ng kalinga nang isang ama. Naghahanap nang maaaring matawag na “Itay”. Nangangarap nang isang matibay at mapag-mahal na haligi sa tahanan. Subalit salungat sa aking nabatid, kami minsa’y may haliging matatag, mati-bay, ngunit ng lumao’y naging marupok na.

Ang bawat isa sa atin ay may kalakasan at kahi-naan. Hindi ito maiwawadli sa ating mga sarili sa-pagkat ginawa tayong ganito, hindi perpekto. Ang pagkakasala dulot ng tukso ay mahirap malimot ng isang pamilya lalo’t ang bawat kasapi nito’y nagdu-rusa. “Nagdurusa dahil nang-iwan si itay at respon-sibilidad ay tinalikuran”.

Sariwa pa sa aking alaala ang kanyang masakit na pag-alis. Hindi man lang nagpaalam at sumama agad sa iba’t umalis. Tanging winika’y kanyang paninindigan ang nagawang mali. Masakit para sa akin na mawalan ng itay at maiwan kami ni inay na mamuhay na walang kaagapay. Namumuhay na puot at galit ang dumaramay. Namumuhay ng hindi normal sapagkat sa kanyang pag-alis, halos sumuko si inay sa hamon ng buhay.

Naiingit ako minsan sa mga kaklase kong kasa-kasama nila ang kanilang mga tatay. Tatay na ang iniiisip ay ang bawat kapakanan lamang ng pamilya at hindi nang sa iba. Ang saya nilang tingnan, kahit hindi marangya sa pamumuhay ay magkakasama at matibay parin sila. Buo dahil sa pagmamahalan.

“Oh, itay, nasaan ka na at bakit ika’y nang-iwan? Naiisip mo pa ba kami ni inay? Naiisip mo ba ka-ming naiwan sa bahay at ikaw sa iba’y tumutulong upang lagyan ng haligi ang kanilang tahanan? Naii-sip mo ba kung sa panahon ng kalungkutan, may isang amang sa amin ay nagpapasaya? Kung ku-makain pa ba ang iyong mag-ina at kung nag-aaral pa ba ang iyong anak? Naiisip mo ba ang mga iyan, itay? Naiisip mo ba?”

Tatay, ngayong si inay ay sa iyo’y naghihintay, sana ay iyong pagbigyan ang asawang nakaratay. Magiging panatag na sana ang kanyang kalooban kung ang nagawang kasalanan ay pinagsisihan. Ka-hit ang minsang tahanang pupunuin sana nang pag-mamahalan ay nakaranas ng agos ng kabuktutan.

THE GIFT OF A FRIEND Mary Ruth Isidro

Before I entered college, I used to bother myself and think of the things that will happen to me as I begin my studies in a university. I thought I’ll probably stay in the library, eat outside alone in some fast-food chains, play, and just walk, and walk, and walk around the campus. Maybe I won’t have friends because I simply do not go out of my way to make friends because I am not a sociable person. I am never used to crowded places because I’m tight-lipped, or perhaps, just too shy. I was even curious with what was in-side this university, at the same time; I was scared as it was my first time to stay far from home. Well, I guess, that’s all part of the feeling of being a neophyte or a freshman.

When I entered FEATI’s blue-colored gate, my college life began. Walking alone along the corridors all the way to room B3301, I went to my first class, sat in a chair near that huge, glass windows, plugged my earphones in and listened to my favorite tunes, and reclusively waited for my profes-sor. After some really awkward moments, a pretty professor came, oriented us, and asked us to arrange the chairs and sit right next to each other. A tall, good looking guy, an Archi-tecture student like me, who was supposed to sit on a vacant chair, shared the seat to me like a really gentleman guy. He was Ven. He insisted of sharing the chair with me, but I said, “thanks na lang”. Feeling really awkward that moment, I went away from Ven and sat beside another cute guy, a Mass Communication student named Justin. He greeted me with a wide smile, talked with me, and that’s where the awk-ward moments began to fade away. Then the professor asked us to get to know one another as we all were new to FEATI University. So on and so forth, the whole class started with the introduction. We got to know, and befriended all mem-bers of the class. Afterwards, Justin, who was beside me, shared time with some more chitchat. Then I recognized a pretty, tall girl beside him. She said she’s an Architecture stu-dent named Joyce. Suddenly the professor asked a guy, seat-ed in front, to introduce himself. He was nice-looking, kind of a quiet man. He said he’s an Architecture student too. His name was Isis. After him was another Mass Communication student. She looked kind of mature, but looked really nice. She said her name was Ronalyn. After some more minutes, the professor dismissed us. We stayed a little longer inside that room and that’s when I met that pretty, sexy, Architec-ture student named Jessica.

These people: Ven, Justin, Joyce, Isis, Ate Ronalyn, and Ate Jessica, which later on was joined by Majoy, whom we knew through her funny, little bewilderment with her class schedule; Kaye, who was once a pretty, snobbish, Architecture stud; Aldane, Mariane, and Don, all Geodetic Engineering studs; and Carol, an Electronics and Commu-nications Engineering student; and to add, Marilen, Kuya Flip, and Kuya Arman: were the first people I’ve shared my young and blissful first semester with.

Months really went so fast that the second semes-ter came in. Ate Ronalyn left to migrate with her hus-band. But as the saying goes, “When one leaves, another comes”, a transferee was heard to have enrolled as a Mass Communication student. Majoy and Justin introduced her to us. She’s a kind of a mature, cute woman named Saxs. With a newbie on the group, we did not let her feel inept. We spent days of food-tripping at the activity area, picture taking, outing, loafing at our HQ (the old, spooky Archi-tecture room at the 2nd flr.); we even called our group as Valorous Featinian, from the word valor, meaning brave, coz we have this strong bond with each other despite the differences and dissimilarities. We talk almost about any-thing, teased one another; we even discussed something that’s really very “nakakakilig” until now.

All of them and those that I just cannot write down any-more as it will occupy this whole newspaper, have always and will always be in my mind as fresh as always. These people, who have laughed, cried, leaned, stood, depended, defended, and have been the great contributors of the story of my college life are my friends. Friends that, despite the fact that some are graduating and others are focused still on their career paths are those that I want to thank. Buddy Ven, Buddy Juz, Inxan, Bro, Te Ronalyn, Te Jess, Kisses, Sis, Chubezt, Kapatid, Bok, Inzan, Barbie Doll, Puruntong, Kambal, and Mallow: for the thoughtfulness that you have done, I appreciate all of you. . Let me have this opportunity to thank you all, for being part of my life. Thank you my dearest friends. Do remember that friendship is boundless to neither time nor distance. We will cherish this friendship until the end. Friendship is a form of love, a gift from God.

I want to dedicate to all of you this song by Demi Lovato entitled, The Gift of a Friend:

The world comes to life and everything is bright.From beginning to end,when you have a friend by your sideThat helps you to find the beauty of all.When you open your heartAnd believe in the gift of a friend.

HAPPY GRADUATION!!!BATCH 2012

The month of March has started. I noticed that each day quickly passes

by and it seems to me that April 20, 2012 is fast-approaching.

I am a graduating student. I am the editor-in-chief of the school pub-

lication. I am an eager-beaver of the Mass Communication program

of FEATI University. I am a scholar of Caritas Manila. But apart from

these, I am a grateful daughter.

Like all graduates, I want to be the Summa Cum Laude of the batch.

It’s the best achievement I want to earn. I want to have the honor of

going up on stage, facing the whole-wide audience, and delivering my

graduation speech:

Members of the faculty, parents, guests, and graduates, a pleasant day

to all of you. First, I want to greet my co-graduates a happy, happy, hap-

py graduation day. Let’s give ourselves a round of applause.

I do not wish to give a long, boring speech. I do not wish take much

of your time as we all want to celebrate ASAP our graduation. Tapos na

tayo sa FEATI, finally!!! I just want to stand, in front of you, because I

am so proud. It’s not about any achievement, but because I want to show

how proud I am for what I’ve become now. I want to show you, your

parents, our teachers, and everyone in here, how proud I am because I

finished college through the efforts of my mother.

Like many of us, my mother works as a mother and a father. She

works for us, earns for us, borrows for us, she gives us all what we need,

what we demand from her. She doesn’t think for herself. She would go

overtime to earn more for us so that my brothers and I can continue with

our studies. Even if she’s sick and doesn’t feel okay, she would go to the

office on Saturdays and Sundays. She would go home from work late,

and would wake up at 5 o’clock in the morning to prepare for breakfast,

for our baon to our school. Like any other parents out there, who have

been working so damn hard to earn for the education of their children,

thank you is never enough for all that you’ve provided for us. We, your

children, can never find the exact words to say our deepest thanks and

appreciation to your sacrifices, your hard work, your guidance, and your

love for us.

Actually, I do not wish for any honor anymore, I just want to stand in

front of you because I find this way the best way to show how proud I am

having been raised by my mother, Gina.

Thank you very much, Ma. I can never thank you enough for every-

thing that you’ve done for me and my brothers. You are the wind be-

neath my wings, Ma. I love you.

MY 420 SPEECH

Saxs Gabrielle P. Santos

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Science and Technology Expo is such a big event here at Feati University. Featinians always wait for this Science Expo with great anticipation mainly because it gives them the opportunity to showcase their projects and inventions. Besides, it allows them to win the prestigious Zara Cup.

This year’s S&T Expo was spearheaded by the Office of the Research and Development Exten-sion (ORDE) with Dr. Rogelio Panlasigui as the chairperson. It was held at the Activity Center last February 16-17, 2012 with its theme “Teknolohi-yang Kagalingan, Pakinabangan.”

As early as nine in the morning of Febru-ary 16, all the university officials, Featinians and guests gathered at the FEATI University Activity Area for the thanksgiving mass orga-nized by the Campus Ministry. The solemn mass was then followed by the opening ceremony. Dr. -Ing. Ad-olfo Jesus Gopez, the University President, delivered the opening remarks, while Dr. Leopoldo V. Abis, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, gave the wel-come remarks.

Dr. Rogelio Panlasigui, Dean of the College of Engi-neering and the event chairperson, introduced the keynote

speaker. Congressman Angelo Palmones, representative of Agham Party list - 15th Congress. The message of the guest speaker delved on the state/status quo of science and technology in the Philippines. He also mentioned the need for more advancement in these fields. He concluded his speech with the quotation, “Learn all about science and technology, but never forget your common sense.”

Cong. Palmones, together with the other university of-

ficials, initiated the ribbon cutting that signified the official opening of the research exposition.

Delegates from metro manila high schools were given a chance to tour the FEATI buildings and fa-cilities. They also participated in the different ac-tivities prepared for them by FEATI University.

While these high school students were enjoying their exploration of the FEATI Campus, the CASE faculty members presented their research projects at the Audio Visual Room. Moreover, the student researchers too were convened to defend their re-search papers to the panel of judges. All had only one goal - winning the Zara Cup.

The viewing of research projects continued on Feb-ruary 17, the second day of the exposition. After which, the event committee prepared the awards and certifi-

cates for the winners. The awarding took place in the after-noon. Winners received trophies, medals, certificates, and cash prizes. The announcement was made by Ms. Natividad Ladip, the head of Students Assistance Services Office.

S&T Expo 2012 was a success. Congratulations to all the winners. Those who didn’t make it this year, S&T Expo 2013 is already waiting for you. Indeed, Teknolohi-yang Kagalingan, Pakinabangan!

It was a fun filled day as Featinians crammed full the Mass Communication Laboratory to behold an event pioneered by the Global English Proficiency Program Society (GE-PPSOC), in coordination with the College of Arts, Sci-ences and Education (CASE). This event, which gained a number of spectators, who were students from English subjects handled by Ms. Sarena R. Corral, Mr. John Flores and Prof. Salve Sacaguing, was none other than the very first FEATI debate competition held last January 26, 2012.

The program started with the opening remarks given by the GEPPSOC Co-Adviser, Ms. Sarena R. Corral who spoke on behalf of GEPPSOC Adviser, Prof. Salve T. Sacaguing. Miss Corral also introduced the panel of judges of the de-bate competition: Dr. Araceli B. Ayuyao, Dr. Dorisday E. Revilleza and Prof. Glaiza Rose S. Blanca, Chairperson of

the Science and Math Dept. This was followed by the intro-duction of the competing teams by the GEPPSOC President, Mr. Jeffrey Manalo, (2nd Yr. Geodetic Engineering student) and GEPPSOC Vice President, Cariza Jane Soriano (2nd Yr. Geodetic Engineering student).

With the theme, “An afternoon with the FEATI De-baters”, three teams enthusiastically exchanged insights, perspectives, and arguments on questions: “Should the K-12 basic education program be implemented or not?” And “Should Chief Justice Renato Corona be impeached or not?” The participants’ logical reasoning and critical thinking skills were intensely exercised – this is the rea-son why the whole pack inside the Mass Communication Laboratory just got glued to their seats.

Finally, the team hailed as winners, and considered best

FEATI debaters of the year, was the team comprised of Ms. Penelope Anne Torres, Mr. Melvin Besin and Mr. Ro-drigo Dones who were tapped by Mr. John Flores to join the contest.

“Hopefully we’ll be facilitating an event like this every year.” “This contest helps our students achieve their English Proficiency as well as let them acquire correct thinking which they need to succeed in life,” said GEPPSOC Adviser, Prof. Salve Sacaguing, Head – Arts and Comm. Department.

Inevitably, the GEPPSOC culminating program was a life-changing experience for FEATI students; enabling them to enhance and to cultivate their verbal abilities, cor-rect reasoning, and knowledge. A great day was definitely spent sensibly in “AN AFTERNOON WITH THE FEATI DEBATERS.”

FEATI-SAGEHoSteD conGee R&D 2012 Darwyne G. Alonsabe

It was a Happy Valentines Day for lovers, but for the FEATI University Students’ Association in Geodetic Engineering (SAGE), it was a remarkable day as they hosted the “2nd National Congress in Geodetic Engineering Education, Research and De-velopment” held at the G.E. Theater, University of the Philippines – Diliman last February 14, 2012.

This year’s theme, “Are the G.E. graduates ready to face the demands of the in-dustry?” aims to recognize the competencies and skills acquired by G.E. students from their schools and determines the competencies needed to comply with the re-quirements of the industry. Next, the speakers, participants from various sectors, and faculty members cited out some problems faced by their schools. They also brain-stormed, and formulated many solutions that would better afford the demands of the industry and of the learners.

The ConGEE R&D 2012 opened the door for all participants to experience ca-maraderie with fellow enthusiasts. Now, we can say that the Geodetic Engineering sectors are united. Go G.E.!

KAHit iSAnG ARAW LAnGUNITY RUNMark Joseph E. Mendoza

It was 3:00 a.m. of January 22, 2012 at the SM Mall of Asia, when runners, who soared up to 12,000, gathered for a noble activity organized by Mr. Daniel Razon. The activity was called “Kahit Isang Araw Lang: Unity Run.” The event aimed to raise funds to help students with financial problems pursue their dreams.

The unity run had three categories: 10K, 5K, and 3K run. The 10K run started at 4:30 a.m. followed by the 5K run at 5:00 a.m. and the 3K run at 5:30. Various orga-nizations, schools and institutions, like our university, which was represented by the 275th NROTC unit, participated actively.

The event went well, especially when Mr. Daniel Razon gave a talk, and headed the ceremonial run. The announcement of winners, who won prizes from the event’s generous sponsors, was done thru/by UNTV.

Kahit Isang Araw Lang: Unity Run has proven that Filipinos, indeed, can make things possible through unity and cooperation. Kudos to us, Featinians! And to all Filipinos!

MASSCOMM STEPPING UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL Saxs Gabrielle P. Santos

As 2012 hit the country with a boom, the year of the Water Dragon signaled another year of success and happiness to the Mass Communication students of FEATI University. The opening of the year welcomed them with a blast of activities coming here and there to support and to advance their media education. Seminars and workshops from notable people like Sir Paulo from IT-EDP Dept. Seminar on the proper use of the latest gadgets and Mr. Louie Tabing, DZMM Radio Announcer of “ Sa Kabukiran” –A Developmental Communication Program - were facilitated to better educate the Mass Comm students with the media industry; tour of Eat Bulaga noontime show and stage production of PETA – Shakespeare’s King Lear - filled up their schedules to give them hands-on learning; and of course, in-house events were also realized to show the Featinians that the Mass Comm students are moving on.

Apart from these sizzling, hot endeavors, the Mass Comm studs had successfully joined in and roared in the recent Science and Technology Expo 2012. With the goal of puffing their course to fellow Featinians, guests, and other visitors, the Mass Comm studs bragged the swag of their newly - equipped Mass Communication Laboratory, by having an Open House of its newly installed gadgets and facilities, and compilations of books, recordings, videos, movies, and a photo booth inside. These had obviously amazed and pleased its onlookers and pulled the group’s goal up the hill.

With the mass students full; united efforts, the College of Arts, Sciences, and Educa-tion’s Mass Communication Program surely attains, attained, and will attain all what it is up for! Congratulations to all!

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S&T EXPO 2012, SUCCESSFULLY HELD Mark Joseph E. Mendoza

An AFteRnoon WitH FeAti DeBAteRSCASE GEPPSOC CULMINATING PROGRAM Mary Jane A. Yonzon and Melvin T. Besin

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SFA’S YANEZA AND PAGUIRIGAN LAND ON TOP IN DSWD POSTER DESIGNCONTEST! Source: facebook.com/feati-ueventsandpromotions

The FEATI School of Fine Arts (SFA) is composed of many fine and artistically-gifted students like Lance Kirby Yaneza and Kristoffer Paqui-rigan. Both men may seem painfully shy and distant on the surface but once the ice had thawed, you will discover a friendly and warm person-ality that’s fun to hang with. They’ve got the social skills but it’s their tal-ent that continue to earn notice. Re-cently, Lance and Kristoffer once again scored hugely for themselves and placed SFA in the spotlight when they won 1st and 2nd place in a post-er design contest that was sponsored by the Department of Social Wel-fare and Development (DSWD). For placing 1st, Yaneza’s interpretation of the theme “Quality Social Protec-tion Statistics for Focused Target-ing: Improving Outcomes, Changing Lives” has been immortalized in the official poster of the 22nd National Statistics Month. He and Kristoffer received trophies and cash bounties for their submissions.

Making up the panel of judges were representatives from the Na-tional Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB); Department of Social Wel-fare and Development (DSWD); Bu-reau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS); Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES); Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP); National Statistics Office (NSO); Statistical Research & Training Center (SRTC);Department of Budget & Management (DBM); Department of Education (DepEd); Department of Environment & Natu-ral Resources (DENR); Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA);

Department of Health (DOH); Department of the Interior and local Government (DILG); Department of National Defense (DND); Department of Science & Technology (DOST); Department of Tourism (DOT); De-partment of Trade and Industry (DTI); National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA); Philippine Com-mission on Women (PCW); Techni-cal Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA); University of the Philippines School of Statistics (UPSS); University of the Philippines Institute of Statistics (UPlnStat);University of the Philippines Baguio; University of the Philippines in the Visayas; Mindanao State University-I ligan Institute of Technol-ogy (MSU-IIT); Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP); and, Philippine Statistical Association, Inc (PSA).

Congratulations, Lance and Kristoffer! Your spot-on relevance to the theme, creativity, presentation, and originality are all worthy of recognition. Your FEATI family and SFA mentors are very proud of you!

LET’S SUPPORT THE CONCAVE BANDAs David Khan Laydia, Mac Regualos, Jecon Jesh-er Clemente, and Karl Garcia

strive for the top in theCool Kapag My Torque Battle of the Bands on

April 28, 2012 @ Metrowalk!

2nd Olymphysics Champs, defended turf by AERO-AMT Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

Physics, as we all know, is really a very challenging subject for many of us, es-pecially those who have difficulty under-standing it. It’s a general science subject be-ing offered every semester by the College of Arts, Science, and Education. To change the way students think about the subject, to convert their hesitations and uncertainties, and to practice their knowledge in Physics and, of course, to train the students in the art of sportsmanship and camaraderie, the

ever brainy and young Prof. Glaiza Blanca spearheaded, for the second time around, the 2nd OlymPhysics in FEATI University.

The 2nd OlymPhysics was held last March 7, 2012 at the 6th flr. Open Area of FEATI University. This special activity was attended by a pile of excited and elated Physics students who grouped themselves up into four groups: the IT and Archi pink team, the GE blue team, the AERO-AMT red team, and the mixed-engineering stu-

dents green team. They all competed in different game categories: Quiz Bee Chal-lenge (Winner: GE); Mass Dance Contest (Winner: IT & Archi); Human Bait Game (Winner: AERO-AMT); Magnet Relay (Winner: GE); and lastly, the epic, Fliptop Debate Battle (Winner: AERO-AMT).

The prestigious title, the 2nd Olym-Physics Champion, was once again nabbed by the AERO-AMT group. Con-gratulations, AERO-AMT studes!

FEATI alumni celebrate on unforgettable night of remembering high school life! Source: www.facebook.com/featiueventsandpromotions

FEATI University High School (FUHS) is long gone from the modern structure housing the university as we see it now but to the hundreds of FEATInians who had the good fortune of going to a quality high school like an academic institution now known as FEATI University, high school life will always be worth savoring and remembering. Thus on February 18, 2012, on a cool and breezy night at 1 Esplanade, Manila, hundreds of alumni belonging to Class 1959 to 1985 from all around the world, converged to celebrate a grand re-union that was made all the more sentimental with the presence of the high school registrar and other high school officials who, despite their frail state, made sure to celebrate with the kids from yesteryears. It was an exclusive Php-1,000 per plate party that gave the alumni the opportunity to catch up, take pictures, share stories, show that they can still “boogie, woogie, woogie ‘til they just can’t boogie no more” which meant more lively chitchats and photos. The alumni showed that it was high school all over again despite a little gray in their hair and a few aches here and there. Joie de Vivre was in the air that evening but there were short bursts of sentimentality when Mr. Michael Chiu, president of the FUHS Alumni Association expressed a tinge of sadness for their defunct high school but hope is high that somewhere in FEATI University’s future a revival might come to pass. Mr. Chiu rallied everyone to support FEATI by encouraging them to send their children and grandchildren. Ditto, cascade the message to their friends, relatives and associates. That night was an opportune time to launch the 1000 freshmen campaign which aims to get 1000 college freshmen students into FEATI University for AY 2012-2013. The campaign was explained by Ms. Melanie P. Florentino, FEATI U’s head for Events and Promotions. Ms. Florentino’s message was echoed by Dr. Gloria Mateo-Alberto, FEATI U’s EVP for Development and Compliance as she made her rounds getting acquainted with alumni members.

FEATI president Dr.-Ing. Adolfo Jesus R. Gopez a.k.a. AJRG made his presence felt through a personally-written welcome message delivered verbatim by Ms. Florentino. A part of his message exhorted the alumni to promote FEATI University and ensure its continued success by recruiting capable students.

FEATI University, with its modernized and updated facilities, certainly has the room to welcome thousands of freshmen this AY 2012-2103. Perhaps the night of February 18 is just the night to make this goal underway. It is about time that others enjoy a FEATI education the way the alumni did!

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Napansin ko ang maganda niyang mata, ang matangos niyang ilong, ang manipis at map-ula-pula niyang labi. Biglang umikot ng ma-bagal ang mundo ko, naririnig ko ang tibok ng puso kong halos sumabog dahil sa kaba. Hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko, bababa na ba ako sa sasakyan na ito, o baka naman siya na rin ang matagal ko ng hinihintay. Habang patuloy akong nag-iisip kung ano ang gagawin ko, bigla naman gumunaw ang mundo ko nang sabihin niyang:

“Hoy chaka, sino ka ba? Bigla-bigla ka na lang pumapasok sa car ko! Hala ka, bumaba ka nga at darating na ang dyowa ko! Hala girl, wag ka umambisyon!” Ang akala kong regalo ng Disyembre, nagmistulang biro ng Disyembre sa akin. Dali- dali akong bumaba at pumunta na nga sa sasakyan ni Amy.

“Saan ka pa ba nagpunta, ang tagal mo ata?” wika niya. “Ahh, umihi lang, medyo

mahaba ang biyahe baka abutan pa ko”, sabi ko naman. Hindi pa rin maalis sa isip ko ang nangyari kanina. Nasabi ko na lang na nakakainis dahil parang pinagtabuyan pa ako ng lalaking iyon. At ang masama pa, ang lalaking akala ko babago na sa bu-hay ko, bakla pa pala. Hay, ‘pag minalas ka nga naman.

Lumipas ang pasko kasama ang pami-lya ko, pero parang ang tumal pa rin ng hinihingi ko. Malapit na rin pala akong magtapos, dalawang taon na lang. magsi-simula na naman ang bagong panahon ng buhay ko.

Lumipas na rin ang bagong taon. Ano kaya ang magandang New Year’s Resolu-tion? Ah! Alam ko na! Mag-aaral akong mabuti, pagkatapos non bibigyan ko na rin muna ng panahon ang sarili ko. Hindi ko na muna iisipin yang lovelife na yan.

Papasok ako ng school ng pagsakay ko sa jeep ay may nakita akong matabang babae, medyo may edad na, maitim, kulot ang buhok, pango ang ilong, makapal ang kilay at sa kasawiang palad ay matatawag mong pangit. Ngunit laking gulat ko ng bi-gla siyang akbayan ng lalaki niyang katabi na, malaki ang katawan, maputi, matangos ang ilong, artistahin ang hitsura at ‘yung tipong hahabulin mo. At mas nasuya ako nung nakita kong magkaholding hands sila. Naku po! Sa isip isip ko, maganda naman ako, may talento, pero daig pa ko nitong ba-baeng ito. Hanep! Buhay nga naman, tala-gang napakadaya!!!!!! Sa sobrang sama ng loob ko, napatingin ako sa labas ng biglang may lalaking sasakay na nakangiti habang nakatingin sa akin. Ano ba to? Parang kini-kilig ako, gwapo ang lalaki ngunit hindi ko kilala. Ngingiti rin ba ako?

GUiLtY KA BA?Paalala: Ang mga pahayag na nakapaloob sa sulating ito ay sinigurado ng publikasyong na maging pribado upang mai-

wasan ang anumang kaguluhan.“Grabe naman yung event, sobrang gulo. Napaka disorganized and masasabing kulang sa paghahanda at pag-uusap. Kaya yung

iba nawawalan na ng gana pumunta sa mga events kasi walang mapapala. Imbes na mag-enjoy, nasisira pa yung araw nila. Sana ayusin lang, kasi binabayaran yung mga events na yun hindi libre.”

“With all the things that have been happening to our university, we, students are in much need to take part, and make efforts on what’s worth and not make efforts just for second best priorities. Let’s uplift the image of our university by means of critically thinking about the effective and more significant efforts we can do to bring better changes to our university.”

“Let’s not be contented with petty, childish events, duh! We are college students, grow up!”“Anu ba yan? Prepared na ung mga participants pero yung mga organizers, hindi pa!”“Clean up drive, clean up drive, eh sariling lugar mukhang junksh0p.”Ang mga pahayag na ito ay nagmula sa kapwa natin Featino na may masidhing pagnanasa sa mas mabuti at mas produktibong

kaligiran ng unibersidad. Inilabas ang mga pahayag na ito sa pagnanasang maipabatid ang masidhing paghahangad ng mas maka-buluhan at mas makatwirang pamamalakad ng sino mang nasa katayuan at hindi upang lumikha ng anumang ‘di pagkakaunawaan.

Sa labis na pagkawili sa kauna-unahan sa Pil-ipinas, at world class epic seryeng “Amaya” na pinalabas ng GMA Network, mas lumalim ang aking interes na mas maunawaan ang mayamang kasaysayan ng ating bansa. Ang programang ito na ilang buwan kong inan-tabayanan tuwing gabi ay naipakita sa akin ang masagana at malalim na pinag-uugatan ng ating paniniwala’t gawi, ang masagana at malalim nating kultura Pilipino. At, tulad rin ng Amaya, ilan sa mga dokumentaryong pro-gramang gaya ng “Ang Huling Prinsesa” ng I-witness na ipinalabas sa telebisyon, ay mas lalong nagpaigting sa aking labis na pagk-abighani sa yaman at kamangha-manghang kultura at paniniwala ng ating bansa.

Si Amaya, tulad ng mga nadokumentong huling binukot na sina Lola Elena at Lola Isiang, ay pawang mga binukot. Ang salitang ito ay isang pang-uri na nangangahulugan ng kinumutan o tinakpan sa pamamagitan ng kumot at nag-ugat sa kultura ng ating mga katutubong ninuno na naninirahan sa mga

malalayo at liblib na kabundukan ng Panay.Mga magaganda at mapuputing anak na

babae, karamiha’y nagmula sa mga angkan ng mga datu at sultan, at mga mayayama’t may kapangyarihang pamilya ng isang nay-on, na pagsapit ng ikatlo hanggang ikalimang taong gulang ay hinahanda, ay ang siyang mga taong ginagawang binukot. Sila’y nag-susuot ng magagarang mga kasuotan, ku-makain ng mga espesyal na pagkain tulad ng binukod na manok na sila lamang ang tang-ing maaaring makakain. Sila’y itinuturing na mga kahanay ng mga datu kung kaya’t sila ay binibigyang respeto gaya ng sa mga datu at sumisimbolo ng kasikatan at karangalan ng kanilang mga pamilya. Ang mga binukot na ito’y tinatago at ihinihiwalay sa espesyal na lugar ng isang tahanan, kung saan tang-ing ang pamilya at mga taga-silbi lamang ang tanging nakakakita at nakakalapit sa kanila. Wala silang ibang gawain kundi manahi, magburda, at magdisenyo ng mga kasuotang pandigma ng mga kalalakihan. Bukod doo’y

magagaang na gawain lamang ang maaari nilang gawin at hindi sila maaaring tumapak sa lupa o maglakad upang mapanatili ang ka-gandahan ng kanilang kaanyuan.

Ang mga binukot marahil ay isa sa mga pinakapinahahalagahan ng isang tribo o nay-on. Sila kasi ang tanging nakakaalam at na-kakapagsalin ng mga epiko at mga kuwento ng kanilang mga ninuno na kanilang natutu-tunan sa pamamagitan lamang ng pagsasalin sa bibig. Sila ang daan upang mapangalagaan at mapanatili ang kanilang tradisyon at kau-galian at maipagpatuloy ang kanilang pagsa-saling-lahi.

Ang kulturang pagbibinukot ng mga taga-Panay ay isang pagpapatunay na ang ating mga ninuno’y may matinding pagpapahalaga sa ating kultura at paniniwala. Sana’y ang mga kaugaliang ito’y patuloy pa ring maisalin sa mga susunod pang henerasyon upang ang mga tulad kong estudyante’y makita, mamangha, at maipagmalaki ang kulturang makabayan, ang dugong Pilipino. Mabuhay, Pilipinas!

FieStAnG PiLiPino, tAtAK PinoY Ni Early Joy de San Jose

Tayong mga Pilipino ay mahilig sa mga kasiyahan. Isa na ito sa masasabing tatak natin bilangmga Pinoy. Isa rin sa tatak na-tin ay ang pagiging relihiyoso kung kaya nama’y hindi na nakapagtataka kung bakit marami tayong kapistahan sa ating bansa.

Ang pista ay bahagi na ng kulturang kinalakihan ng bawat isa sa atin. Isina-sagawa ang mga ito sa iba’t-ibang kada-hilanan, dahil sa paniniwala natin na dapat tayong magpasalamat sa masaganang ani, o kaya nama’y sa paggunita sa mga ka-panganakan o kamatayan ng mga santo. Narito ang ilan sa mga kapistahan na isi-nasagawa nating mga Pilipino:

• Pahiyas Festival. Tuwing ika-15 ng Mayo sa Lucban, Quezon ay isinisagawa ang isang makulay na kapistahan na ti-natawag na Pista ng Pahiyas, o Pahiyas Festival sa wikang Ingles. Sinasabing ang pista na ito ay isinasagawa upang mag-bigay pasasalamat kay San Isidro Lab-rador dahil sa kanilang masaganang ani. Tampok sa pistang ito ang makukulay na dekorasyon gamit ang kanilang ani katu-lad ng mga kiping, tangkay at butil ng bi-gas, manipis at maliit na biskotso at mga bulaklak.

• Pista ng Moriones. Kilala ang kapist-ahan na ito dahil sa mga maskarang gi-nagamit habang umiikot sa bayan. Sa Marinduque, tuwing Semana Santa, ay ipinagdiriwang ang kapistahan na ito. Ang Morion ay nangangahulugan ng “maskara”, na parte ng armor ng Ro-mano na ipinapantakip sa mukha noong panahong Medyibal. Ang Moriones ay ang mga taong nakasuot ng maskara at nakagayak, na nagmamartsa paikot sa bayan. Isang lingo isinasagawa ang pag-diriwang na ito.

• Flores De Mayo. Kilala ito sa tawag na “Bulaklak ng Mayo” o kaya naman ay “Bulaklak ni Maria”. Isinasagawa ito bilang pagbibigay papuri kay Birheng Maria sa pamamagitan ng pag-alay ng mga bulaklak. Sinasabing nagsimula ang kapistahang ito ng ang Vatican ay nag proklama ng doktrina kay Imakulada Concepcion noong 1854. Unang pinag-diwang ito sa lalawigan ng Bulacan at kumalat sa lalawigan ng Batangas, La-guna at Pampanga.

• Pista ng Saging. Ika 18-19 ng Marso isinasagawa ang kapistahan ng saging sa lalawigan ng Oriental Mindoro upang ipagpasalamat ang kasaganahan ng sag-ing sa kanilang lugar. Kasabay nito’y ang pagdiriwang ng pista para kay San Jose. Samantalang isinasagawa rin ang kapist-ahan na ito sa Davao del Norte tuwing unang linggo ng Hulyo. Ipinagdiriwang ito para magpasalamat sa kasaganahan ng kanilang produkto – ang Saging.

• Pista ng Kalabaw. Ika 15-16 naman ng Mayo ipinagdiriwang ang kapistahan ng kalabaw kasabay sa araw ng paggunita kay San Isidro Labrador, ang patron ng magsasaka. Dito ipinapakita at ginugunita ang kahalagahan ng kalabaw, ang mal-aking naitulong nito sa mga sakahan sa Angono, Rizal, San Isidro, Nueva Ecija at Pulilan, Bulacan. Tampok rito ang pa-gluhod ng mga malilinis at may pintang kalabaw sa harap ng simbahan upang tanggapin ang bendisyon ng pari gayun-din ang karera ng kalabaw.

Tunay ngang kahanga-hanga ang mga Pilipino pagdating sa pagbalik at pag-tanaw ng utang na loob sa mga Santo, sa Panginoon na tumulong sa kanila, at sa mga biyayang kanilang tinatamasa at maging masagana ang kanilang buhay. Ang gawing ito ng mga Pilipino ay sadya nga naming isa sa mga dahilan upang makilala ang Pilipinas sa buong mundo bilang mga masasayahing tao.

Nang una kong beses na mapanood ang Choose Philippines music video, sady-ang napukaw nito ang aking atensiyon. Nung una’y naisip ko, baka itong music video na ito ang pangtapal sa pamoso at pinag-usapang, “It’s more fun in the Philippines”. Mali pala ako. Ang kawili-wiling tunog at indak na naihahatid ng ngayo’y pinag-uusapang “Choose Philippines” o “Piliin and Pilipinas” ay isang kampanya pala upang mapalakas at mapagtibay ang mga pagsisikap para sa turismo ng ating bansa. Ang music video, na pinagbidahan ng El Gamma Penumbra at ginamit ang mga tinig nina A ngeline Quinto at Vince Bueno, ang bagong music video ng kampanyang ito. Pinakikita sa kampan-yang ito, sa pamamagitan ng malikhaing paggamit ng mga anino o shadows, ang mga natatanging senaryo at tanawin, mga katangi-tanging kayamanan na sa Pilipinas lamang matatagpuan.

Kaya naman napa-isip ako, bakit nga ba dapat piliin ang Pili-pinas? Piliin ang Pilipinas, dahil ba sa chocolate hills ng Bohol? O dahil sa Palawan Underground River? O dahil sa pagkatamis-

tamis na mangga at pagkasarap-sarap na lechong baboy? O baka nama’y da-hil sa mayaman, malalim, at kamangha-mangha nitong kasaysayan?

Para sa akin, I choose Philippines dahil sa mga Pilipino. Ang bansa ay

biniyayaan ng mga kayamanang sadyang pang-world class na. Ngunit upang mapanatili at mapalago ang mga biyayang ito, ang mga Pilipino na ang dahilan nito. Ang mga Pilipino, na likas ng masipag, matiyaga, magiliw, at may malalim inklinasyon sa kultura’t paniniwala nito, ang siyang kaakit-akit at tila magnet na nagdadala sa bansa ng mga turista at mga bisita. Bukod dito’y ang pagiging likas na masiyahin ng mga Pilipino ang mas lalo pang nakakainganyo sa mga dayo upang bisitahin, at tangkilikin ang mga maipagmamalaking yaman ng bansang Pilipinas.

Lahat tayo’y magkakaiba. May kanya-kanyang opinyon at kanya-kanyang dahilan bakit nais piliin ang Pilipinas. Ngunit isa lamang ang ating layunin, isang maunlad na bayan, isang mapalad na Pilipinas. I choose Philippines!

Ang Pagtutuloy Marie Joy P. Molina

An AFteRnoon WitH FeAti DeBAteRSMary Jane A. Yonzon and Melvin T. Besin

AnG BinUKotNi Saxs Gabrielle P. Santos

cHooSePHiLiPPineS

Ni Saxs Gabrielle P. Santos

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCEIllustration by Michael M. Mancenido

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FeatiniaN 9The Values of Our FoundersBy Dr.-Ing. Adolfo Jesus R. Gopez

We have celebrated Founders’ Day once more, on the 105th birth anniversary of Doña Victoria Lopez de Araneta. Doña Victoria was born on March 6, 1907. FEATI Institute of Technology was

founded on June 6, 1946 by Don Salvador Z. Araneta and Doña Victoria. Don Salvador was the President of FEATI Tech as it was then known, until 1951 when he left to serve as the Secretary of Economic Coordination in the cabinet of President Elpidio Quirino. He handed over the presidency to Doña Victoria. On August 10, 1959, thirteen years after its establishment, FEATI was recognized as a University by the Department of Education. We therefore celebrate three important dates; March 6 as Founders’ Day, June 6 as Founda-tion Day, and August 10 as University Day.

By looking at our Founders’ work and writings, it is possible to get valuable insights into their lives and what their values were. How would their values compare to the FEATI University Core Values: Integrity, Scholarship, Accountability, Equality and Patriotism?

Don Salvador was a lawyer, having passed the Bar in August 1922. He is described as a nationalist, statesman, constitutionalist, civil servant, businessman-industrialist, and philan-thropist. He served in the only two Constitutional Conventions of the Philippines, in 1935 and in 1971. He served as cabinet secretary for two presidents, Secretary of Economic Coordination of President Quirino and Secretary of Agriculture of President Magsaysay. He founded the Philippine Constitution Association, serving twice as its President, and he was co-founder of the National Economic Protectionism Association. Together with Doña Victoria he founded FEATI University, and set up pioneering industrial corporations, Republic Flour Mills, FEATI Industries, Republic Consolidated, AIA Feed Mill, AIA Biologicals and FEATI Bank. Doña Victoria was called “First Lady of Philippine Society” by the President of the Commonwealth, Manuel L. Quezon. She could rightly be described as a nationalist, educator, industrialist, philanthropist and devout Catholic.

The first prevailing theme in Don Salvador’s professional life is Nationalism. He viewed the Filipino as the equal of any person in the world and he envisioned a progressive Phil-ippines making its own products for the use of its own people. The main objective of the National Economic Protectionism Association (NEPA) was to promote Philippine-made products. In our present FEATI Core Values, this is the same as Patriotism. Doña Victoria shared this passion with him, because she founded the Women’s Chapter of the NEPA.

Viewing the Filipino as the equal of any person in the world also meant that Don Salvador valued Equality, another of our Core Values. Husband and wife, Don Salvador and Doña Victoria were both born into affluence. They did not need to work; they did not need to earn a living. And yet they established so many companies. Right after World War II, they saw the destruction left by war. They believed that the establishment of industrial companies was the key not only to recovery, but to economic progress. The companies they es-tablished also provided opportunities for their fellow Filipinos. They believed in providing equal opportunities for as many countrymen as they could. This is the same reason that led Doña Victoria to establish a free school for girls, Victoneta School and an institution for children orphaned by the tuberculosis of their parents, the White Cross in the 1930’s. Most people easily think this is just philanthropy, but it was also to give more opportunity to the unfortunate and to “level the playing field” for them that she did this. It is most likely for this same reason that Don Salvador established the Araneta Institute of Agriculture (AIA) as a foundation, endowing it with one-sixth of his wealth. AIA became the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation. In addition in his writings, Don Salvador indicated that he wanted to “uplift the moral and social values of [Philippine] society” through “property ownership and capitalism for all”.

The value of Scholarship is well-illustrated by the fact that husband and wife founded several educational institutions, two of which have grown into universities and which are still in existence today, FEATI University and Gregorio Araneta University Foundation. It must be pointed out however, that the establishment of these universities was premised on the couple’s unshakeable belief that economic progress could come only with the supply of properly trained and capable technicians, technologists and engineers.

Doña Victoria was a devout Catholic; taking the time and the effort to visit the Pope in Rome. She received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal Award in 1947 and in 1952 was awarded the Sovereign Military Order of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, as well as the Cross of Merit of the Order of Malta. This devotion is very visible in the form of the Cross in our university seal today. Beyond religion and Catholicism, however, this devotion and compliance indicates Integrity, which both Don Salvador and Doña Victoria were to show everyone by refusing to work for a government that declared Martial Law in 1972. Rather than live in a country without freedom and equality, they chose to go into self-exile and stay in Canada. The direct consequence of this action was that in 1980, Doña Victoria relinquished the presidency of “her cherished FEATI University”, handing it over to her son-in-law and long-standing Dean of Engineering, Prof. Jose M. Segovia.

Finally, our Founders accepted the consequences of their act of integrity by staying away from the Philippines as long as it was under Martial Law. Don Salvador died in 1982 and Doña Victoria in 1988, without seeing the Philippines again. If this is not the ultimate in Accountability, what could it be?

When we reviewed our Vision and Mission and selected our Core Values in 2005, our Founders were no longer around, and yet, somehow, the five values we chose above the rest aptly describe how Don Salvador and Doña Victoria lived, dreamed and worked. They would be proud of FEATI University today!

President’s CornerFEATURES AND LITERARY SECTIoN

“Come back to me, with all your heart. Don’t let fear keep us apart. Trees do bend, though straight and tall. So must we to other’s call. Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life.” This inspired song from the Book of the Prophet Hosea captures the spirit of Lent. Lent is the time of preparation for Easter, the greatest feast of the Church. The term Lent comes from an old English that means springtime. Like the season of spring, Lent is a time of renewal. During this season the Church encouraged the faithful to pray, fast and give alms or work of charity. In Matthew 6:1-18, our Lord Jesus recommends Lenten disci-plines of helping the needy, prayer and fasting. If the faith-ful choose to give up something for Lent as a way to witness to Jesus way of saving us by His suffering and death on the cross, then it is strongly encouraged. However, it is good to be reminded that these disciplines are not ways to please God in order to forgive us. Lent is not about letting go of something to please God. But, Lent is about what CHRIST gave up as a ransom for our sins – His life. Therefore, it is after all about God’s unconditional and unlimited Love. Our Father who is With Us and For Us. Lent last for forty days, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday. Although no one knows why forty days became the norm, it was probably meant to recall Christ’s forty-day in the desert during which He prayed, fasted and was tempted by Satan. In the desert, he rejected the offer of Satan for pleasure, power and surrender of his responsibil-ity. Instead he put his total trust and obedience to His Father. We can say that these forty-day ordeal of Christ prepared Him to carry the cross and eventually gave up His life for us. Now, how about us? How do we live this forty days today? Are we willing to follow Jesus so that we can be pre-

pared to carry our cross? When Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.”, Jesus is giving us the common sense wisdom of human life. It is an insight into life itself: there are no free rides. No crosses mean no growth; no pain, no gain, as they say. But Christianity goes further. It teaches that, as a mark of true discipleship, there are three types of crosses: the cross of inconvenience, the cross of witness, and the cross of martyrdom. The cross of inconvenience means that praying alone is not enough to bring about changes but to put into action even it will bring inconvenience. Let’s put this on a personal level. If one of our friend is sick and pray that he/she gets bet-ter, but we have not visited him/her, we have not prayed as a cross-bearing Christian. Our prayer needs a level of inconve-nience to back it up. It needs the cross to be fruitful. The second cross deals with bearing witness under pressure. We know this kind of cross, when a student for ex-ample goes against peer pressure in the school to the point of putting a student to a shameful situation. The third cross is martyrdom. We have two catego-ries. The first is what we called “wet” martyrdom which means shedding your blood for truth, for justice, for faith, for Jesus. Then, there’s “dry” martyrdom-no bloodshed, but a wound-ing of spirit. The martyrdom of surrendering your security for Jesus, the martyrdom of grace under pressure. People of honor who will hold onto principles even sacrificing jobs and liveli-hood. In this season of Lent, we are all challenge to follow Jesus on the cross. For you, Featinian – Look Up Young Man, gaze at Jesus on the cross who gave up His life for us.

Chaplain’s CornerA LENTEN REFLECTIONBy: Fr. Hermie Garcia, SSS

Stone, stone in the sky, when you’re hit, don’t say

ARAY!!!

It’s More Fun in the Philippines!Find 20 words that’s anything andeverything about the Philippines!

An AFteRnoon WitH FeAti DeBAteRSMary Jane A. Yonzon and Melvin T. Besin

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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling tech-niques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay thai, kick boxing, jiu-jitsu and many more other techniques.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport and produces events worldwide. Based in the United States, the UFC has seven weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Each division has its own champion. Dominick Cruz (Bantamweight), Jose Aldo(Featherweight), Benson Henderson (Lightweight), Georges St-Pierrer (Welterweight), Anderson Silva (Middleweight), Jon Jones (Light Heavyweight) and Junior dos Santos (Heavyweight).

Matches end in their submission, knockout, (T.K.O. or K.O.) or by judges’ decision. A fight can also end in techni-cal decision, technical submission, disqualification, forfeit, technical draw, or no contest. The latter two outcomes have no winners.

The best fighters in the world fight in the UFC cage where different styles and techniques are employed in order to beat the opponent. If a player only knows one style, i.e. boxing, he will have difficulty winning this competition for it will be hard for him to avoid all the grappling and kicking methods of the enemy.

In our country, UFC is also famous to fight fans with its local counterpart, the Universal Reality Combat Champi-onship (URCC) being the first professional mixed martial arts event based in the Philippines.

The most powerful team in the URCC is Team Lakay which is based in Baguio. They currently hold 4 champion-ship belts in the Pin weight, Flyweight, Lightweight and Welterweight divisions.

Truly, MMA is a really exciting and a fast uprising sport!

UFC 145 is an upcoming Light Heavyweight Championship between Jon “Bones” Jones and “Sugar” Rashard Evans that will be held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on April 21, 2012. The championship shall define the fate be-tween the young and strong mixed-martial arts fighter, Jones, to either be able to defend his title after his epic win against Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, or name his rival, Evans, as the game’s new champion.

Prior to this upcoming event, Evans’ first defense of the UFC light heavyweight title against his challenger, Lyoto Ma-chida, ended in a brutal knockout. During a flurry of punches from Machida, Rashad started trash talking his opponent, telling him that his hands were made of pillows’. Machida continued his onslaught, knocking Rashad out. This was the first loss of his career and the 15th win of then defeated Lyoto Machida’s career.

Jones and Evans were former teammates under Grey Jackson’s Camp and were supposed to fight at UFC 133, but Jones was sidelined due to his hand injury that required surgery.

Now, Evans is back to regain his title. Will his strength and talent be enough to defeat the defending champion who previously decapitated former light heavyweight champions, Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua?

ALcAntARA AnD LoPeZ:BEST PINOY EU TEAM PLAYERS Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

Before the exploits of former Chelsea youth players, Phil and James Younghusband, and Neil Etheridge, of the Philip-pine Azkals made head-lines, Filipinos already made a mark on the top European football teams:Spanish Giants and archrivals, FC Barce-

lona and Real Madrid.Many Filipino football aficionados are aware of Pau-

lino Alcantara, who is arguably the country’s best player of the sport in history. Alcantara, born in Iloilo in 1896, played for Catalan and for FC Barcelona from 1912 to 1927. In 1916, Alcántara returned to the Philippines and played for the Bohemian Sporting Club. He helped the club win two Philippine Championships: in 1917 and 1918. During this time, FC Barcelona failed to win the championship title due to his absence.

He remains to be the youngest player to play for the club and the highest goal scorer in the club’s history with 357 goals in 357 games, between the seasons 1912-1927 (215 goals in friendly games, 5 in the Spanish Cup, 98 in the Catalonian Championship, 35 in the Spanish Cham-pionship, 3 in the Pyrenees Cup, 1 in the Copa Barce-lona). Alcantara made his Barca debut at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 18 days. His debut was on February 25, 1912 in the game FC Barcelona 9 – Catalàn 0 in the Catalonian Championship where he scored three goals.

“His ability to hit the most powerful of shots crossed frontiers on the 30th April 1922 when, in a game between Spain and France, he hit a shot so hard that it ripped right through the net. For many years after, children from Bar-celona would recall that moment and would wish to do the same as the man from the Philippines,” FC Barce-lona’s official website says.

Alcantara, who won 15 titles for the Blaugrana, also saw action for the Philippines in the 1917 Far Eastern Games, helping the Nationals bring home a silver medal.

The Philippines defeated Japan with 15–2 in the games, the country’s biggest win in the international football. Alcantara also won 2 titles for the Bohemian Sporting Club in the Philippines Championship in 1917 and 1918.

At age 31, Alcantara retired in 1927 to become a doctor. He also later served in FC Barcelona’s board of directors from 1931 to 1934.

While “El Romperedes” (The Net Breaker) was terrorizing FC Barcelona’s opponents, another Filipi-no was manning the goal for archrivals Real Madrid. Eduardo Teus López-Navarro, or simply Teus, was the goalkeeper for Los Merengues from 1913 to 1918. He won 7 titles with Real Madrid, including a Copa del Rey (King’s Cup).

Teus, who was born in Manila in 1896, served as head coach of La Furia Roja, the Spanish national team, from 1941 to 1942. Alcantara and Teus faced each other twice in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. The strik-er (Alcantara) won the first clash, 2-1, in favor of FC Barcelona. The goalkeeper (Teus) emerged victorious in the second encounter, 4-2, in favor of Real Madrid, according to Filipino footies.

Teus won a total of 6 Campeonatos Regionales Parti-dos and a Copa del Rey with Real Madrid.

The most emotionally moving photo of Teus which can be found in the internet has to be the Filipino-Span-iard and the Philippine national flag during an exhibit at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu.

A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES 2011 - 2012

The Official Publication of the feati University Student Body

[email protected]

UFc 145:JONES VS. EVANS

Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS:FASTEST RISING

FIGHT SCENE Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

Before the exploits of former Chelsea youth players, Phil and James Younghus-band, and Neil Etheridge, of the Philippine Azkals made headlines, Filipinos already made a mark on the top European football teams:Spanish Giants and archrivals, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Many Filipino football aficionados are aware of Paulino Alcantara, who is argu-ably the country’s best player of the sport in history. Alcantara, born in Iloilo in 1896, played for Catalan and for FC Barcelona from 1912 to 1927. In 1916, Alcántara re-turned to the Philippines and played for the Bohemian Sporting Club. He helped the club win two Philippine Championships: in 1917 and 1918. During this time, FC Bar-celona failed to win the championship title due to his absence.

He remains to be the youngest player to play for the club and the highest goal scorer in the club’s history with 357 goals in 357 games, between the seasons 1912-1927 (215 goals in friendly games, 5 in the Spanish Cup, 98 in the Catalonian Cham-pionship, 35 in the Spanish Championship, 3 in the Pyrenees Cup, 1 in the Copa Bar-celona). Alcantara made his Barca debut at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 18 days. His debut was on February 25, 1912 in the game FC Barcelona 9 – Catalàn 0 in the Catalonian Championship where he scored three goals.

“His ability to hit the most powerful of shots crossed frontiers on the 30th April 1922 when, in a game between Spain and France, he hit a shot so hard that it ripped right through the net. For many years after, children from Barcelona would recall that moment and would wish to do the same as the man from the Philippines,” FC Barce-lona’s official website says.

Alcantara, who won 15 titles for the

Blaugrana, also saw action for the Phil-ippines in the 1917 Far Eastern Games, helping the Nationals bring home a silver medal.

The Philippines defeated Japan with 15–2 in the games, the country’s biggest win in the international football.

Alcantara also won 2 titles for the Bo-hemian Sporting Club in the Philippines Championship in 1917 and 1918.

At age 31, Alcantara retired in 1927 to become a doctor. He also later served in FC Barcelona’s board of directors from 1931 to 1934.

While “El Romperedes” (The Net Breaker) was terrorizing FC Barcelona’s opponents, another Filipino was manning the goal for archrivals Real Madrid. Edu-ardo Teus López-Navarro, or simply Teus, was the goalkeeper for Los Merengues from 1913 to 1918. He won 7 titles with Real Madrid, including a Copa del Rey (King’s Cup).

Teus, who was born in Manila in 1896, served as head coach of La Fu-ria Roja, the Spanish national team, from 1941 to 1942.

Alcantara and Teus faced each other twice in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. The striker (Alcantara) won the first clash, 2-1, in favor of FC Barcelona. The goalkeeper (Teus) emerged victorious in the second encounter, 4-2, in favor of Real Madrid, according to Filipino footies.

Teus won a total of 6 Campeonatos Re-gionales Partidos and a Copa del Rey with Real Madrid.

The most emotionally moving photo of Teus which can be found in the internet has to be the Filipino-Spaniard and the Philip-pine national flag during an exhibit at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu.

A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES 2011 - 2012

The Official Publication of the feati University Student Body

[email protected]

ALCANTARA AND LOPEZ:BEST PINOY EU TEAM PLAYERS

By Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full con-tact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, includ-ing boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay thai, kick boxing, jiu-jitsu and many more other techniques. The Ultimate Fighting Champi-onship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport and produces events worldwide. Based in the United States, the UFC has seven weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Each division has its own champion. Dominick Cruz (Bantamweight), Jose Aldo(Featherweight), Benson Hender-son (Lightweight), Georges St-Pierrer (Welterweight), Anderson Silva (Middle-weight), Jon Jones (Light Heavyweight) and Junior dos Santos (Heavyweight). Matches end in their submis-sion, knockout, (T.K.O. or K.O.) or by judges’ decision. A fight can also end in technical decision, technical submission, disqualification, forfeit, technical draw, or no contest. The latter two outcomes have no winners.

The best fighters in the world fight in the UFC cage where different styles and techniques are employed in or-der to beat the opponent. If a player only knows one style, i.e. boxing, he will have difficulty winning this competition for it will be hard for him to avoid all the grap-pling and kicking methods of the enemy. In our country, UFC is also fa-mous to fight fans with its local coun-terpart, the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) being the first professional mixed martial arts event based in the Philippines. The most powerful team in the URCC is Team Lakay which is based in Baguio. They currently hold 4 champion-ship belts in the Pin weight, Flyweight, Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. Truly, MMA is a really exciting and a fast uprising sport!

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: FASTEST RISING FIGHT

SCENEBy Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

Paulino Alcantara – Best Filipino who ever played football

UFC 131; Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin

UFC145:JONES VS. EVANSBy Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

UFC 145 is an upcoming Light Heavyweight Championship be-tween Jon “Bones” Jones and “Sug-ar” Rashard Evans that will be held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Geor-gia on April 21, 2012. The champi-onship shall define the fate between the young and strong mixed-martial arts fighter, Jones, to either be able to defend his title after his epic win against Lyoto “The Dragon” Machi-da, or name his rival, Evans, as the game’s new champion.Prior to this upcoming event, Evans’ first defense of the UFC light heavy-weight title against his challenger, Lyoto Machida, ended in a brutal knockout. During a flurry of punches from Machida, Rashad started trash

talking his opponent, telling him that his hands were made of pillows’. Machida continued his onslaught, knocking Rashad out. This was the first loss of his career and the 15th win of then defeated Lyoto Machi-da’s career.Jones and Evans were former team-mates under Grey Jackson’s Camp and were supposed to fight at UFC 133, but Jones was sidelined due to his hand injury that required surgery.Now, Evans is back to regain his title. Will his strength and talent be enough to defeat the defending champion who previously decapitat-ed former light heavyweight cham-pions, Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua?

Before the exploits of former Chelsea youth players, Phil and James Younghus-band, and Neil Etheridge, of the Philippine Azkals made headlines, Filipinos already made a mark on the top European football teams:Spanish Giants and archrivals, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Many Filipino football aficionados are aware of Paulino Alcantara, who is argu-ably the country’s best player of the sport in history. Alcantara, born in Iloilo in 1896, played for Catalan and for FC Barcelona from 1912 to 1927. In 1916, Alcántara re-turned to the Philippines and played for the Bohemian Sporting Club. He helped the club win two Philippine Championships: in 1917 and 1918. During this time, FC Bar-celona failed to win the championship title due to his absence.

He remains to be the youngest player to play for the club and the highest goal scorer in the club’s history with 357 goals in 357 games, between the seasons 1912-1927 (215 goals in friendly games, 5 in the Spanish Cup, 98 in the Catalonian Cham-pionship, 35 in the Spanish Championship, 3 in the Pyrenees Cup, 1 in the Copa Bar-celona). Alcantara made his Barca debut at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 18 days. His debut was on February 25, 1912 in the game FC Barcelona 9 – Catalàn 0 in the Catalonian Championship where he scored three goals.

“His ability to hit the most powerful of shots crossed frontiers on the 30th April 1922 when, in a game between Spain and France, he hit a shot so hard that it ripped right through the net. For many years after, children from Barcelona would recall that moment and would wish to do the same as the man from the Philippines,” FC Barce-lona’s official website says.

Alcantara, who won 15 titles for the

Blaugrana, also saw action for the Phil-ippines in the 1917 Far Eastern Games, helping the Nationals bring home a silver medal.

The Philippines defeated Japan with 15–2 in the games, the country’s biggest win in the international football.

Alcantara also won 2 titles for the Bo-hemian Sporting Club in the Philippines Championship in 1917 and 1918.

At age 31, Alcantara retired in 1927 to become a doctor. He also later served in FC Barcelona’s board of directors from 1931 to 1934.

While “El Romperedes” (The Net Breaker) was terrorizing FC Barcelona’s opponents, another Filipino was manning the goal for archrivals Real Madrid. Edu-ardo Teus López-Navarro, or simply Teus, was the goalkeeper for Los Merengues from 1913 to 1918. He won 7 titles with Real Madrid, including a Copa del Rey (King’s Cup).

Teus, who was born in Manila in 1896, served as head coach of La Fu-ria Roja, the Spanish national team, from 1941 to 1942.

Alcantara and Teus faced each other twice in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. The striker (Alcantara) won the first clash, 2-1, in favor of FC Barcelona. The goalkeeper (Teus) emerged victorious in the second encounter, 4-2, in favor of Real Madrid, according to Filipino footies.

Teus won a total of 6 Campeonatos Re-gionales Partidos and a Copa del Rey with Real Madrid.

The most emotionally moving photo of Teus which can be found in the internet has to be the Filipino-Spaniard and the Philip-pine national flag during an exhibit at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu.

A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES 2011 - 2012

The Official Publication of the feati University Student Body

[email protected]

ALCANTARA AND LOPEZ:BEST PINOY EU TEAM PLAYERS

By Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full con-tact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, includ-ing boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay thai, kick boxing, jiu-jitsu and many more other techniques. The Ultimate Fighting Champi-onship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport and produces events worldwide. Based in the United States, the UFC has seven weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Each division has its own champion. Dominick Cruz (Bantamweight), Jose Aldo(Featherweight), Benson Hender-son (Lightweight), Georges St-Pierrer (Welterweight), Anderson Silva (Middle-weight), Jon Jones (Light Heavyweight) and Junior dos Santos (Heavyweight). Matches end in their submis-sion, knockout, (T.K.O. or K.O.) or by judges’ decision. A fight can also end in technical decision, technical submission, disqualification, forfeit, technical draw, or no contest. The latter two outcomes have no winners.

The best fighters in the world fight in the UFC cage where different styles and techniques are employed in or-der to beat the opponent. If a player only knows one style, i.e. boxing, he will have difficulty winning this competition for it will be hard for him to avoid all the grap-pling and kicking methods of the enemy. In our country, UFC is also fa-mous to fight fans with its local coun-terpart, the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) being the first professional mixed martial arts event based in the Philippines. The most powerful team in the URCC is Team Lakay which is based in Baguio. They currently hold 4 champion-ship belts in the Pin weight, Flyweight, Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. Truly, MMA is a really exciting and a fast uprising sport!

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: FASTEST RISING FIGHT

SCENEBy Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

Paulino Alcantara – Best Filipino who ever played football

UFC 131; Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin

UFC145:JONES VS. EVANSBy Juan Carlo B. Chanchico

UFC 145 is an upcoming Light Heavyweight Championship be-tween Jon “Bones” Jones and “Sug-ar” Rashard Evans that will be held at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Geor-gia on April 21, 2012. The champi-onship shall define the fate between the young and strong mixed-martial arts fighter, Jones, to either be able to defend his title after his epic win against Lyoto “The Dragon” Machi-da, or name his rival, Evans, as the game’s new champion.Prior to this upcoming event, Evans’ first defense of the UFC light heavy-weight title against his challenger, Lyoto Machida, ended in a brutal knockout. During a flurry of punches from Machida, Rashad started trash

talking his opponent, telling him that his hands were made of pillows’. Machida continued his onslaught, knocking Rashad out. This was the first loss of his career and the 15th win of then defeated Lyoto Machi-da’s career.Jones and Evans were former team-mates under Grey Jackson’s Camp and were supposed to fight at UFC 133, but Jones was sidelined due to his hand injury that required surgery.Now, Evans is back to regain his title. Will his strength and talent be enough to defeat the defending champion who previously decapitat-ed former light heavyweight cham-pions, Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua?

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