Spearheaded and hosted by
the National Board of Direc-
tors and Philippine Institute
Of Civil Engineers (PICE) -
Cebu Chapter, the 36th Na-
tional Convention entitled,
“PICE: Engineering for a
Better Philippines” was held
at the Cebu International Con-
vention Center last November
25-27, 2010.
The convention aims to:
(1) encourage young engi-
neers to try harder to build a
better future for the country;
(2) enhance leadership; (3)
address present engineering
problems in the Philippines;
(4) prepare the students on the
board exams; and most im-
portantly to (5) develop cama-
raderie and rapport to their
fellow PICE members.
Five students from CLSU
-PICE participated in the said
event, namely: Roma Angelie
Figueroa, Nareste Faith
Franada, Bienvenido Magtuto
Jr., Lea Angela Mayo and
Rommel Novesteras.
Continue to page 8.
1000 Coloring Books and Crayons Gift Giving Leslie Joy A. Vizcarra
CEBU CONVENTION: “PICE Strives for a Futuristic Cause” Roma Angelie D. Figueroa
The Philippine Institute
of Civil Engineers - Student
Chapter (PICE-SC) have
given 1000 coloring books
and crayons to kindergar-
tens and elementary stu-
dents in selected schools of
San Jose City and Science
City of Muñoz Nueva Ecija
for the month of January
2011.
The activity with a theme
“Let’s express ourselves: We
draw, you color it”, aimed to
share the artistic skills of the
members, similarly, small
children will convey them-
selves through coloring.
It was one of the members
who have thought, that since
most of the activities con-
ducted are art related, it
would have been nice if col-
oring books are especially
hand drawn by the PICE-SC
members to small children
and will be better if crayons
are included.
The coloring book was
made by PICE-SC members
from sketching the pictures
(animals corresponding to the
letters in the alphabet) to
printing and binding out all
1000 copies, while crayons
were collected from donations
given by the members,
alumni, political individuals,
owners of establishments, and
other concerned people early
last December 2011.
The activity was planned
to be given for Christmas but
due to lack of fund for meet-
ing the 1000 quota and to
long printing process, the
coloring books and crayons
are scheduled to be given on
the month of January as a new
year’s gift.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
DOST Scholarship Grant to Shift
Engineering Course to BS Mete-
orology (2)
Fees obligations taken for
granted (3)
“Uncomfort Room at CEn (4)
The man behind Back drafts (5)
Overlapping activities (6)
Picean Lantern Grab the Awards
for Student Organizational Lan-
tern Category (7)
PICE-SC’s Newly Set of Officers
(7)
PICE CLSU on its 14th anniver-
sary (7)
Bridge Building Competition has
been revived (8)
PICE Conducts Feeding Pro-
gram (8)
Back to Back Seminar Before
Moratorium (9)
The Picean Lantern (10)
The gift giving was sched-
uled in five days, January 11,
14, 25, 26, and 30, on five and
eight day care centers and ele-
mentary schools of Science
City of Muñoz and San Jose
City respectively.
“We are very thankful that
you have chosen our school to
give such wonderful gifts, hope
you’ll be back,” said Habitat
Elementary Master Teacher
Andrea M. Mamaed.
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Kindergartens and teacher from Maligaya Day Care Center
pose for a picture with PICE-SC members
NOV. 2010-FEB.2011
DOST Scholarship Grant to Shift
Engineering Course to BS Meteorology
Job security and job bene-
fits, these are the reason why
an individual goes abroad and
neglects his own country.
The scenario is true and
this idealism is well escalated
to the Philippines today par-
ticularly to the needy and
even to the upper class. It is
also the reason why the gov-
ernment through the Depart-
ment of Science
and Technology
(DOST) and State
Universities and
Colleges (SUC’s) offers of
Bachelor of Science in Mete-
orology to students of BSCE
and BSAE.
To shift to a new course is
a great risk and wastage of
time and money as it exposes
you to new environments.
People and facilities and eve-
rything new requires adapta-
tion (mentally, emotionally
and socially) and adjustments.
DOST, on BS Meteorology,
removes the word “great”
from the risk and wastage of
time and money because they
will be offering scholarships
for students who are qualified
and for those who will pass the
scholarship exam.
For needy stu-
dents, scholarships
are good and so is
the assurance (total) of his or
her future occupation. It’s like
having an apple when all you
wanted is an arathilis. It is not
giving up to your previous
course or being a quitter but
just a way of being practical.
Shifting students to other
courses have a negative image
to our society because of
some personal reasons of not
liking or finding such difficult
courses.
But what if the students
don’t like this idea of shifting
course, find it difficult and
actually fail on it? Why it is
not offered to everyone? Why
does BSCE and BSAEn stu-
dents are qualified for it?
Why PAG-ASA does have a
slowly diminishing number of
employees? It is because of
the benefits working abroad.
Is there a chance that those
students would not end up the
same way?
Courses having basic sub-
jects would not be a problem
to students even though it has
different applications. It may
not be offered to everyone for
three reasons: (1) It is not the
best student they want but the
best student with a needy life;
(2) They do not want too
many graduates of BS Mete-
Editorial
The Picean
orology because they don’t
want it to go obsolete like
nursing; and (3) job opportu-
nities recedes the number of
graduates.
The reason why engineer-
ing students qualifies in it is
because they do not just
know the basic theories of
mathematics and physics.
They can also apply it to eve-
ryday life.
The issue of PAG-ASA
against diminishing employ-
ees calls for the reason of
greater benefits attainable
abroad and definitely bigger
salary that assures his/her
family’s future. The Philip-
pines has been endowed with
colonial mentality and the
chance of passing it to the
new generation is high. And
for that reason, everything
may repeat itself over and
over again.
R.DC.N.
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The PICEAN
PICE CLSU SC CLSU Science City of Muñoz, N.E.
Editor in Chief: Leslie Joy A. Vizcarra
Associate Editor: Rodel DC. Natividad
Managing Editor: Pennylane S. Manalo
Section Editors: Whilly G. Corpuz
Sarah Jane L. Ortiz
Aaron B.
Staffs: Aiviji D.R. Baluyo
Raymond Jay Bergonio
Christian R. Costales
Victor Carlos F. Dela Cruz
Roma Angelie D. Figueroa
Kenneth E. Francisco
Roma Jane G. Garcia
Remus O. Luzadas
Charisse Joy P. Urbano
Lay-out Artist: Emmanuel R. Cochingco
Graphic Artist: Jonathan O. Felipe
Cartoonist: Cristian L. Garcia
Advisers: Engr. Jose A. Matutino
Engr. Ritchie C. Malasan
Engr. John C. Udarbe
President: Cristian L. Garcia
Second Sem A.Y. 2010-2011
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F e e s O b l i g a t i o n
Ta k e n f o r G r a n t e d By Leslie Joy A. Vizcarra
Being part of an organization lies an ob-
ligation to participate in the different activi-
ties conducted by an organization. Even
though it’s a minor or a major activity, it
always requires fees and mostly these fees
came from the contributions of the mem-
bers.
Before entering the organization, every
member was informed about the advantages
and disadvantages of being a member. And
most of all who joined have a motive for the
advantages, not bothered with the disadvan-
tages.
Paying contribution for the activity, I
think is a disadvantage for a student organi-
zation member since you have to share
some of your allowance or savings
just for the organization to conduct its activ-
ity. However, this disadvantage of paying
fees is worsening from those who don’t
mind their obligation on paying their fees.
They enjoy the name of the organization yet
they don’t mind paying the fees required for
the organization to keep on progressing.
A member will not pay his/her contribu-
tion; later on another member will not pay
his/her contribution and for some time many
will not pay their contributions. With this
thinking, the loyalty with the organization is
tainted since there is no willingness left to
be part of the progress in an organization.
Because of accumulated debt, the organi-
zation has to limit the activities they have to
conduct. Then who must be blame?
For some reason the one who is blamed
is the officer in charge of collecting fees.
They have blamed him/her for not continu-
ing on asking for their payment. The mem-
bers who do not pay are just looking for
someone to blame. Why not blame them?
A member may face financial problem
and can have this as an excuse. They can
pay their contribution in later time but they
must keep in mind that they must pay it
once they have their money.
Now, the PICE-CLSU is in its
14th year of continuous serving and
maintaining the good and respected
name of the organization and being
one of the luckiest to join conven-
tions make it admired by most of
the civil engineering students.
There are many services and rules
that they have to follow before they
have to be a certified PICE member.
And all of these are already experi-
enced by the 16th batch of applicants
where as is the PAPA – batch. They
began their service since July 15
2010 and they must comply with the
assignments and tasks members
asked them to do.
They need not to know only the
members but as well as their co –
applicants, too. Wearing their PICE
identification card and for boys they
must tacked their shirt in since it is a
way on how the members will recog-
nize them.
For some activities, applicants had
their own designated works helping
and assisting the members. Every
applicant must experience to eat in a
“boodle fight” and to dress up differ-
ently (insects, businessmen, engi-
neers, and portraying fictional char-
acters) which is named as “Hell
Week”. They have one week of early
morning meetings and one last week
of hard work to show how much they
are dedicated to be a PICE member
and to the organization itself.
Through hardships and services,
some of them make it up to the
screening but some of them do not.
Some quits, while some remains. It
has become part of the tradition that
every applicant should be screened
before they have to be initiated in
order to be a member.
N a k e d T r u t h By Sarah Jane Ortiz
What will happen if proper information,
a key to success, is not practiced? What is
the need for a business correspondence and
office communication seminar if it is not
practiced? Will it hinder success? Will it
make a difference? Will it make partitions
in a supposedly rigid structure?
Undeniably we never get drained of
rumors, complains and justifications every
time we got an encounter to an informa-
tion. We are vigilant and we shed hunger
for truths. We even go to this school for
this purpose to gain knowledge based on
collaborative information.
The problem starts when this informa-
tion are disorganized or not delivered
through a medium where it can be fully
utilized. There will be a disorder and worst
is failure. Failure for a just and humane
society where people should be fed by
what they are hungry for.
How to see the truth in information?
Proper information can be disrupted
through illogical distributions, incorrect
medium or media, insertion of personal
opinions and critiques, incapacity of a per-
son to fully utilized and distributes infor-
mation.
Proper information provides or intro-
duces a “thing to know” to a person which
will benefit oneself or others in extension.
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What is your stand? What must be done
to those who are continuously not paying
their organizational fees?
B e i n g a P i c e
A p p l i c a n t By Aiviji Baluyo
The Philippine Institute of Civil En-
gineers of Central Luzon State University
Student Chapter (PICE SC- CLSU) being
established and founded in the year 1996
has its yearly membership hiring and tradi-
tion. What are these traditions and how do
the applicants be able to overcome with it?
For comments and suggestions for
the opinions please text us your
feedback:
Name/course/year/message to
09165169709 or 09055091490
or email: [email protected]
A sPice in College Life
By Aaron B.
Friends my name is Aaron, a stu-
dent member of the Philippine Institute
of Civil Engineers at Central Luzon
State University. I am proud to be part
of CLSU, one of the country’s best In-
stitutions.
Many people say college is the hard-
est stage of student life. It is because
many of the college students start to
live alone. Far from what we actually
experienced while we are in elementary
and high school.
College shows us to live life on our
own way. To choose what we want to
be for our future. Being far from our
parents is hard. It feels like you are start
learning to stand at your feet.
CLSU is recognizing different kinds
of student organizations and each or-
ganization are aiming to help the CLSU
community in achieving its goal. Peo-
ple behind the success of CLSU’s most
prestigious events are with the help of
student organization. Joining a student
organization is a great risk: (1) parents
approval; (2) conflict with study; (3)
time management; and (4) ability to be
active in the organization’s activities.
And I had to experience all that.
A lot of things change in my life
when I join PICE-SC, one of the coun-
try’s best student organizations. It
teaches me on how to motivate myself,
to learn and to create something that
gives me purpose and meaning to oth-
ers. So many people walk around with
meaningless or say doesn’t have spice
in their life. Others seem half asleep
even doing things they think are impor-
tant while others don’t mind at all.
Being in a student organization, I
noticed that some complain about doing
many things however they don’t notice
the good things it will provide.
We grumble about having too much
work while others don’t have to. We
complain waking up early in the
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“Uncomfort”
Room at CEn By Charisse Joy P. Urbano
Two years have passed since I enter
the College of Engineering and I never
seen the comfort room in the college
without spider’s web, trashcan full of
waste, and continuously dripping water.
Even students of this college go to
other college just to use comfort rooms.
The comfort room which must be one
of the most cleanest and convenient part
of the college turned out to be the oppo-
site. The foul smell in the men and
women C.R. spread outside the college
lobby.
Then with this comfort room as nui-
sance in the college, who must be
blame?
Most of the students blame the jani-
tors who neglect their duties especially
on cleaning the CR. I noticed that they
indeed clean the CR after class before
5pm but they did not monitor the needed
supplies in the CR for maintaining the
cleanliness. Sometimes, they don’t mind
cleaning the CR at its fullest when I saw
a sanitary napkin in the cubicle for a
week. The mirrors is not clear at all and
always blurry.
Next, the students, the blame can’t be
morning conducting such activities while
others have no reason to be early and
just care to study.
But I think it’s the twist of being with
an organization, you are now a family. A
family can argue, complain and fight
with problems yet later on there will be
answers with each help.
The PICE-SC gives me a lot of op-
portunity to learn something new to
manage myself to experience different
kinds of activities and to enjoy my col-
lege life. Joining a student organization
teach me on how to devote myself to
loved others, myself and the community.
In your opinion, would it be interest-
ing to have a spice in college life?
always on the janitors since the students
must take good care and use of the college
comfort room. It is student’s duty to put
their waste on proper trash bins as well as
drain of the cubicle after use. Students must
be aware of keeping the CR clean.
Also, the staffs who are responsible in
renovating the college CR must take neces-
sary action. Until now, I don’t know who’s
in the position to make such action, isn’t the
college student council? Or the college staff
itself. But the problem with the CR can’t
resolve quickly. Water lines in the sink and
cubicle are not normal and the tiles are de-
stroyed already.
When will be the “uncomfort” room be-
came a true comfort room? Who must take
action? Whose fault is this? Now, you an-
swer?
“PABATI” SECTION
“gsto qng greet ung mga tropa q,,sa tambay ba-
hay ni cathy, ung mga KAPUSOyan q, ung mga
bordm8ts q at lhat ng klasmeyt q xa philo,hahaha”
- Danyel (BSCE4)
Sa aking BF. Tsaka pla lhat ng ksama sa aming
association sa flirting.. ung teachers dun.. tsaka
estudyante.. ahahapati mga alumni ..
- Janine Biendima (BSCE3-1)
Happy GIFTS day! Hi din kay Eugene.
Sa lahat ng BSCE3-1 keep it up. If we hold on
together… Leyzlie (BSCE3)
Hi to Mika Payumo (BSCE2) and Zez Soriano
(CFY) at kina christian agustin, jonatan ricoperto,
tuzon, aldrin,guya,galapon,ariel, sanepa, rodiel,
kenny, diana, rona, maryrose
- Billy Bugayong (BSCE3-2)
CE department accreditation. Fighting!! =)
" binabati ko ang aking sarili ng belated happy
bday(feb3), pati sa mga tropang "tukmolz explicit"
at "wapakz", sa mga juliet at kilo batch at sa mga
bagong halal, gudlak..."
-Daniel Sarmeinto (PICE Alumnus)
hi s mga past and present boardm8s ko..sa mapa-
logs at s lht ng sib..at s BSCE4-2
-Anna Marie Reyes BSCE4-2
BSCE2 gogogo… galingan ninyo sa drawing
Mga kumare binabati ko kayo.. Airens, hello din.
Kilala niyo kung sino kayo..
Chukahamnida PICEAN!! =)
“CE is not EC. If it is EC, then it is not CE.”
The Man behind Back Drafts Pennylane Manalo
PICE is known as “back draft master” since he came. Defi-
nitely, he’s all responsible for the design layouts. I don’t know
how he acquired such great talent but we’re proud and grateful
to have him as our PRESIDENT.
For the first
months of being a
member of this
o r g a n i z a t i o n ,
mostly of the ac-
tivities are back
drafts on different
shows, contests,
pageant, and even
seminars. All we’re
doing is to sketch
on Styrofore, to cut
Styrofore, to paint
Styrofore, and to
add designs to Sty-
rofore. We admit
that this kind of
activity will not
give us the title of “BEST STUDENT ORGANIZATION” but
then, I realized that this is where we are great.
When I’m still an applicant, it’s our task to know all the
members of the organization, not just knowing but memorizing
their names. That time, he’s an inactive member because he
needed to work so it’s quite hard for me to remember whose
Cristian Lucquias Garcia was. I just notice him because of his
curly hair
I don’t even think that he will be this responsible as a leader of
an organization and I don’t even think that he will be our presi-
dent. I asked him why he accepts
the position, “I just want to try,
I’ve never been a leader or head
of anything” he said.
He did his best to improve the
organization, especially in devel-
oping the unity of each member.
He managed to handle the mem-
bers, we follow his instructions
and he always guides us with eve-
rything we do. He improved the
documentation and completion of
activities on his term with the
help of Sib Leslie and Sib Victor.
He’s an effective president.
We had a lot of activities, we even
won the best SO lantern in all
categories last Lantern Festival. We also had community ser-
vices, feeding programs, coloring books and crayons gift giving
program in different elementary schools, bridge building compe-
tition and many more. Now, we can say that we’re not just the
best in back drafts but also in different aspects of activities
mainly concern in helping other people in the best way that we
can.
Papa Batch as a Student Picean Ramond Jay Bergonio
First week of July 2010 when 60 applicants with the batch
name of PAPA have shown interest in joining the Philippine
Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE-SC CLSU), a recognized
organization in the College of Engineering and last September
2010, after all the dedications, courage and services , 18 de-
serving civil engineering students came part of the organiza-
tion.
This batch is now experiencing the benefits of being a mem-
ber of PICE-SC CLSU. They experienced to enjoy and to learn
through activities. Being able to call the other members “sibs”
like they were siblings set their attachment stronger. They were
able to maximize their skills and talents in art related activities
and they were given help as much as sibs can.
This batch learned how to socialize in other organizations as
part of the participant organization in Triangular and Quadran-
gular Match with JBEES and Kappa Phi Mu respectively; as co
facilitators in the Fun Run with the Library staffs; as back
draft makers and stage preparation organizers in different events
in CLSU and many more. Through the development of socializa-
tion of this newly members it made them closer to the members
of the other organizations.
Second semester is near to finish, soon PAPA will no longer
be the youngest batch and they may face new experiences. PAPA
batch as a whole were happy and satisfied for being a part of the
organization. They wish and expect to have more activities that
they will enjoy and participate to be more productive. They also
said that they will make the activities better and successful for
them to experience the best college based organization in CLSU.
PICE-SC President -Cristian L. Garcia
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For those who are interested to be a Picean student
in CLSU. You can apply next semester , June 2011.
Open to all 2nd year and above CE students. Feel
free to ask some questions in our office at the col-
lege of Engineering. See you there future sibs.
This man really thinks on having a job as soon as he graduate to pay
the debt of his family. He said that he will not take the board exam yet
but to find any job as much as possible and preferably overseas. He
will do everything to make his family well off and I think this man will
be successful for he got amazing skills. Job will find him.
Overlapping activities Leslie Joy A. Vizcarra
The month of February in CLSU is
packed up with events and activities.
Since moratorium is near, every or-
ganizations or groups have to beat the
deadlines to fulfill all the required
number of activities just to be recog-
nized or maybe they just believe in a
saying ”Save the best for last,” as they
are competing for the best organiza-
tion. So where was PICE at that time?
With the weapons being prepared-
brush, cutter, and pencils, the Philip-
pine Institute of Civil Engineers mem-
bers seems like in a battle of beating
the deadlines. Members are rushing in
front of PICE office doing the cutting,
lay-outing,
putting glit-
ters and
painting with
some speed.
All of these
works are
done in a
large scale
since the
venue or
stage for
most of the
activities or
events are
full-sized.
This kind
of work is
not new for
PICE-SC and it seems like the mem-
bers are already used to it. The skill of
the president, who is the real talented
one with this kind of stuff, is already
acquired by the members. Members
were able to do the “fading effect” in
which the colors of the cut-out letters
are painted from dark at the bottom till
fade in the end. Glitters are done the
same.
For some time, the members will
be seen holding a saw, a hammer, a
shovel or any tool use for digging.
Setting up a stage or arcs for starting
and finish line of a marathon are al-
ready part of PICE-SC activities. The
skill of a civil engineer to be is taken
advantage of by other organizations
or groups.
With the activities and events
popping up in February, these kinds
of works are simultaneously done by
PICE along with the activities they
want to fulfill aside from back drafts
or stage preparations. For PICE to
keep on progressing as a student or-
ganization, they must accept the re-
quests given by other organizations or
groups to earn funds for other PICE
activities.
The members must be divided to
accomplish activities since there are
some times when the schedules for
events are overlapping.
Some members may be seen in Mali-
gaya Elementary School feeding se-
lected malnourished grade 1 students, a
few may be seen in a supermarket in
San Jose City looking for the materials
needed for the back drafts (styrofores,
paints, and glitters), others is with
Aiviji, who is the PICE representative
for CLSU Most Beautiful Face looking
for the dress and clothes to wear on the
main event , some are in the stage (most
commonly in the CLSU Auditorium)
putting up
the cloth to
have a nice
background
of the stage,
and the rest
are in front
of the office
making use
of the excess
materials
doing cut-
outs for the
back drafts.
Would you
believe these
were done in
one day! Not
only once but
many times with different activities in
the month of February.
Many completions are to be passed
in the Office of Student Affairs but al-
most all looks the same- back drafts and
stage preparations. To prove that PICE
could conduct quality activities, the
members must face the overlapping
schedules for the activities.
“For PICE to keep on progressing
as a student organization, they
must accept the requests given by
other organizations or groups to
earn funds for other PICE
activities.”
ACTIVITIES AS REQUESTED: A request for back draft (left) and a request to build the arc for start
and finish line for fun run (right).
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The Picean lantern won all
the titles namely: Most Radi-
ant, Most Symbolic, Most
Creative and Best Lantern
for Student Organizational
Lantern Category in the Lan-
tern Festival held last Decem-
ber 17, 2010 at the University
Grandstand Central Luzon
State University.
The festival is comprised
with different events such as
float parade, façade, street
dancing, lantern making, bat-
tle of the comedian, dance
craze, singing contest, and
Mr. and Ms. Lantern focused
on the theme: “One Beat,
PICE on its 14TH
ANNIVERSARY By Roma Jane G. Garcia
PICE together with its
alumni members celebrated
its 14th anniversary last Feb-
ruary 5, 2011 at Bluewaters
resort located at Science City
of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija.
PICE as a well known
college based organization in
CLSU gave out a full blast of
activities for this month long
celebration of its anniversary.
This year’s PICE presi-
dent, Cristian L. Garcia
headed this event together
with the rest of the officer of
the organization.
All of the members have
their shares to make the cele-
bration memorable.
The PAPA batch was the
one who prepared the foods
for the occasion and the
OSCAR batch was charged
for the hall and preparation of
the place. The rest was taken
care of the other batches.
The foods that were pre-
pared by the PAPA batch are
chopsuey, chicken and
menudo for lunch, gelatin for
dessert and some liquors to
spice up the moment of cele-
bration.
The whole day was spent
in swimming, singing , and
playing games such as long-
est line, finding the pin and
bubblegum star.
Members said that they
have enjoyed that day and
somewhat made it memorable
for each of the members that
PICE has really gone thru a
long time.
P I C E - S C ’ s N e w l y S e t o f O f f i c e r s Christian R. Costales
The Philippine Institute
of Civil Engineers-Student
Chapter (PICE-SC had
elected their newly set of
officers last February 18,
2011, 6:30 in the evening at
room 405 College of Engi-
One Heart, One Celebration
Moving in Harmony this
Christmas Season.”
PICE-SC, TAU (Tau Alpha
Upsilon), APE (Alpha Phi Epsi-
lon), GE (Gamma Epsilon),
JODERA and Rodeo Club are
the participants in the student
organizational lantern category.
All the lanterns are made of
indigenous non-plastic materi-
als and are judged on its ap-
pearance, description and on
how it is constructed.
PICE-SC members said that
they have to work overnight for
the lantern to beat the submis-
sion and judgment day which
was a day before the lantern
festival.
The participants made a de-
scriptive essay about the lantern
as a requirement for judging
last December 16, 2010. The members took for a picture for winning the best lantern
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Picean Lantern Grab the Awards for Student O r g a n i z a t i o n a l L a n t e r n C a t e g o r y
Whilly G. Corpuz
neering, CLSU.
The said program was
started with an opening prayer
led by Neil Aldrin Villesco,
former PICE-SC Vice Presi-
dent External followed by the
remarks given by one of PICE-
SC advisers, Engineer Ritchie
C. Malasan. “Elect those who ,
you think would be the right
one to every particular posi-
tion,” he said.
The former PICE-SC presi-
dent, Cristian Garcia opened
the election for presidency by
letting the members cast their
votes in a piece of paper which
led Anna Marie Reyes, Sarah
Jane Ortiz, Kenneth Francisco,
and Daniel Perez as nominated
candidates for presidency.
Anna Marie Reyes domi-
nated the other candidates gar-
nering 23 votes from 41 possi-
ble votes by the members.
Continue to page 9 The new set of officers for PICE-SC CLSU SY 2011-2012
PICE Conducts
Feeding Program Whilly G. Corpuz
The PICE-SC facilitated
a nine-day feeding program
to selected grade I students
at Maligaya Elementary
School from February 14-18
and 21-24, 2011.
PICE, through this activ-
ity showed their support to
the DOH with their bout
against malnutrition.
They chose 24 of the
lightest pupils among grade
I, and monitored their con-
dition from the 1st day up to
the 9th day.
Everyday, the school can-
teen prepared meals for the
students with one boiled egg
to sustain each child with
right amount of nutrients
they need.
On the last day, the pu-
pils will be checked if there
is an improvement on their
body mass index.
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Bridge Building Competition has been revived Remus O. Luzadas
The bridge with the highest
strength to weigh would be
t h e w i n n e r .
The awarding of the winners
will be held on February 24,
2011 at Water Resources and
Management Center in
CLSU.
The winners of the 2nd
Bridge Building Competition
using uncooked pasta are:
Lennielyn Ariane Sinchioco,
Ervin Jake Cristobal,and Ha-
zel Jade Ordanel who gar-
nered the first place, Aldrin
De Leon, Kenny Peria, and
Christian Pimental for the
second place and Criseldo
Calderon, Lyndon Corpuz,
and Dahn Mark Credo for the
third place.
For the barbecue stick
category, the winners are:
Isael Arquero, Angel Flores,
Aurelio Corpuz , Jomel Gon-
zales, and Alvin Tangonan
having a bridge that carries a
ratio of 346.62 for the first
After three years, the Phil-
ippine Institute of Civil Engi-
neers revived its long-awaited
activity - the 2nd Bridge
Building Competition last
February 17-21, 2011 held at
the College of Engineering
Central Luzon State Univer-
sity.
The competition was di-
vided into two categories:
using uncooked pasta for
bridge design contest and
using barbecue sticks for
bridge building designed for
strength.
The first category which
used uncooked pasta was
joined by four groups consist-
ing of three members and
each have one week to make a
bridge made up of uncooked
pasta in their homes.
The bridges were submit-
ted on February 17 and dis-
played at the lobby of College
of Engineering on the 18th and
21st for the students to vote
their desired bridge. The
bridges were judged accord-
ing to the following criteria:
durability, creativity, com-
pactness, presentation, and
people’s choice.
The second category was
held in the afternoon of Feb-
ruary 21, 2011 at room 405 of
College of Engineering which
used barbecue sticks to build
bridges that will be judged
according to strength by car-
rying the provided weights by
the PICE-SC.
Seven groups took part in
the 2nd category consisting of
five members each. Barbecue
sticks, cutter and a roll of yarn
were provided and each group
was given three hours to make
the bridge they planned.
place followed by second place
winners with a bridge that carries
a ratio of 189.83 by Jhumer Bal-
doz, Gilbeys Cabral, Roel Dela
Peña, Kelvin Del Rosario, and
Ritz Cesar Valdez for and the
third place winners with a
bridge that carries a ratio of
173.51 by Ervin Jake Cristobal,
Melvin De Vera, Rodel Nativi-
dad, Lenielyn Ariane Sinchioco,
and Cris Anne Viernes.
The first place winners in the
barbecue stick category does not
expect to win and statement
quoted, “Hindi namin inaasahan
na ganun ang kalalabasan ng
ginawa naming bridge dahil wala
kaming plano sa umpisa pero
bigla nalang nagkaroon ng ideya
habang ginagawa namin.”
First place winners receive
P1,500 for 1st place, P800 for
the 2nd placers and P500 for the
third placers. All the contestants
received certificates for partici-
pating in the said activity.
The WINNING BRIDGES: The upper part are the bridges made up
with barbecue stick which are judged to strength and on lower
part are the bridges made up with uncooked pasta judged accord-
ing to appearance.
Cebu Convention…
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The 3-day National Con-
vention consisted of several
activities including the 13th
National Civil Engineering
Student’s Conference which
tackled about leadership,
entrepreneurship, and pre-
sent engineering profession
and also, the 10th National
Bridge Building Competi-
tion, in which the said stu-
dents, also took part.
PICE National Conven-
tions are usually held twice
a year at different cities all
over the Philippines.
engineering were discussed by Engr.
Ananias C. Gloria Jr. Different tech-
niques and hints for solving problems
possible for board examinations are
shared.
To wrap up the seminar, Engr.
Wilfredo Andales, one of the boss of
Review Innovations, encouraged the
attendees of the seminar to review for
their board examination and he espe-
cially endorsed their review center
through the achievements they have re-
ceived from the success of aspiring CE
students who have top or passed the
board examination.
Transit versus Total Station Seminar
Engr. Bienvenido M. Magtuto, Sr.
served as the resource speaker for the
Transit versus Total Station Seminar to
115 second year CE students in the after-
noon of February 24, 2011.
Engr. Magtuto is a geodetic engineer
having his own land surveying business
in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija. With his
staffs, they shared information regarding
transit and total station method, two of
some methods used in land surveying.
Equipments and tools concerning
land surveying were brought by Engr.
Magtuto to let the 2nd year students ex-
perience to use the two land surveying
methods, moreover, to let the students
see equipments especially used in land
surveying since the equipments available
in the college aren’t enough.
The plotting of points in field survey
was also discussed.
The seminar was closed by Engr.
Joseph Frank Nagal, instructor for the
2nd year course subject, Elementary Sur-
veying in the College of Engineering
CLSU, who hoped that his students have
learned and experienced transit and total
station methods.
PICE-SC CLSU conducted two
seminars: Geo-technical Engineering
and Civil Engineering Board Examina-
tion Seminar (in the morning) and
Transit Versus Total Station Seminar
(in the afternoon) last February 24,
2011 held at Water Resources and
Management Center Central Luzon
State University.
Geo-technical Engineering and the
Civ il Engineering Board
Examination Seminar
Review Innovation (RI), a review
center in the Philippines for Civil Engi-
neering and Geodetic Engineering, con-
tacted PICE-SC CLSU to be the organ-
izer for the seminar regarding the
course subject related to geo-technical
engineering and also to promote their
review center to 4th civil engineering
students in CLSU.
The three-hour seminar was attended
by 87 fourth year (4th) and fifth (5th)
year CE students. Started at eight in the
morning, Engr. Ariel P. Santos, one of
RI lecturer, shared and discussed infor-
mation regarding to geo-technical engi-
neering which is similar to soil mechan-
ics, a course subject taken by CE stu-
dents.
For the application, sample prob-
lems related to geo-technical and civil
Back to Back Seminar Before Moratorium Victor Carlos F. Dela Cruz
PICE-SC’s Newly Set of Officers
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Other newly set of officers were as
follows: Vice President (Internal) -
Emmanuel R. Cochingco; Vice President
(External) - Fatima Buenconsejo; Secretary
-Leslie Joy Vizcarra; Asst. Secretary -Victor
Carlos Dela Cruz; Treasurer- Roma Jane
Garcia; Auditor -Christian Costales; Public
Relation Officers- Whilly Corpuz and Ray-
mond Bergonio; Business Managers- Cha-
risse Joy Urbano and Rizalino Badua; Mas-
ter Initiator- Remus Luzadas; Lady Initiator-
Catherine Solayao; and 5th, 4th and 3rd year
representatives for Daniel Perez, Pennylane
Manalo, and Herson Herrera respectively.
The newly elected president said that she
will try to be an effective president but with
the full cooperation and support of every
member.
With the guide of the former president,
the newly elect president will conduct the
remaining activities before the scheduled
moratorium in preparation for her role next
semester.
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Engr. Wilfredo Andales promoting Re-
view Innovation
1000 coloring books…
- - - from page 1
PICE-SC President Cristian Garcia said
that the first gift giving of coloring books
and crayons was much appreciated. “I hope
that you will continue the gift giving for the
next years with better coloring books and
more school supplies,” he said.
“Let’s express ourselves: We draw, you
color it”
ANGEL IN DISGUISE
By Kenneth E. Francisco
Life seems to be a death,
Boredom is what I feel
in every breath,
Life seems to be colorless,
Nobody offers caress.
Until one day you came into my life,
Add color to my lonely, deadly life,
You gave me the brightest star,
Which makes me forgot my
problems for a while.
You’re an angel in disguise
that fell from the sky,
Yet no wings for you to fly,
Still you’re the best gift
God gave me,
Coz’ you showed me
how life was meant to be.
A moment with you
seems to be forever,
And I promise to leave you never,
You’re the greatest thing I
received from my Lord.
The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Student Chapter presents a lantern,
empowering the heart of Christmas with harmonious relationship among the colleges of
CLSU.
The corners of the lantern represent the eight colleges of Central Luzon State
University. Each corner possess same brilliance from the light that symbolizes the calm
yet harmonic relationship among the colleges having the same aim of making their fields
excel and so with CLSU.
The center of the lantern depicts the main theme of Christmas. A globe is re-
volving in the center of the lantern with the heart beside it. The globe portrays the CLSU
community. The globe moves in a cyclic way symbolizing “no stop” and means harmo-
nious relationship in the university. Inside the heart is a red light. The globe and heart
unites to bring harmony. The light that gives the symbol of love sharing, and unity…
depicting Christmas.
As a whole, The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Student Chapter portrays
the lantern like a body. The center is the heart that beats and moves in such a way the
other parts of the body which are the corners of the lantern representing the colleges will
be in harmonious relationship celebrating Christmas.
Different indigenous materials are used. Tall grass remains firm and rigid among
other grass and as with CLSU it symbolizes its strong foundation among other universi-
ties. Grass seems like a mediocrity as a material that has no use at all but as it remains
firm to be stepped up and avoided paved its way to be noticed and serve its purpose.
Behind the flat surfaces of the carton, is the corrugated texture which we cannot see be-
forehand. This corrugated feature serves its purpose to be recognized as a designed mate-
rial other than a box. The fruits or flowers of hardwoods, which are all came from a shell
depicts warmth protecting its main core giving the symbol of caring and love.
-description of the Picean lantern submitted last Lantern Festival 2010
THE PICEAN LANTERN
THE DIFFERENCE By Aaron B.
I got up early one morning And rushed right into the day I had so much to accomplish That didn’t have time to pray
Problems just troubled upon me And heavier it came each task
I wondered why God didn’t help me He answered, but you didn’t ask.
I wanted to see joy and beauty
But the day toiled on gray and bleak I wondered why God didn’t show me
He answered, but you didn’t seek
I put myself into God presence And I used my entire key to the lock I wondered why God didn’t take me
He said: My child but you didn’t knock
I woke up early this morning And paused before entering the day
I have so much to accomplish That I need take time to pray
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DID YOU KNOW…
PICE CLSU was founded by fifteen 4th year and 5th year CE students in 1996.
PICE-SC CLSU grabbed the champion and 1st runner up in Bridge Building Competi-
tion in BACOLOD PICE CONVENTION and BAGUIO PICE CONVENTION respectively.
PICE CLSU is the only PICE student organization who call each other “sibs” (sibling)