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CONFRONTINGNATIONAL ISSUES IN TALAB 2018

LOYOLA SCHOOLSBulletinBuild community. Nurture hope.vol 9 ■ no 2 ■ 2nd sem 2017–18 ■ ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY

INthe days leading to the EDSA revolution, the Ateneo community was active in the movement against the dictatorship, and in efforts to monitor the snap presidential elections. In the aftermath of the elections,

amidst accounts of massive cheating by the Marcos regime, Ateneo student leaders, including Karel San Juan (now a Jesuit priest, and President of Ateneo de Zamboanga University) organized a mass walkout from classes. They protested the Ateneo administration’s intent to return to academics as usual. They clamored for opportunities to channel school time toward activities that help students understand and participate in national life.

This led the administration to approve the ACP, or Alternative Class Program, in early 1986. The entire school took at least a day off from regular classes, to give way to activities which aimed to inspire Ateneans to contemplate and confront pressing issues. It became an annual event, and was held until 2006. It was then discontinued, as its effectiveness and relevance faded over a two decade run. The ACP was revived in 2009, in time for the celebration of the Ateneo sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary. It failed to take root.

But changing times have pressed Ateneans closer to the issues of the day. On February 21, 2017 the ACP came back to life as TALAB,

or Talakayang Alay sa Bayan, led by Dr. Leland de la Cruz, Director of the Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI). It was a rousing success. TALAB 2017 was even popular enough to merit an unprecedented follow up in the next academic year.

This academic year, 2017-2018, TALAB ran a few sessions on October 17, 2017 and carried out the rest on February 21, 2018—both featuring the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations.

Government and industry leaders, experts, and other key figures engaged students, faculty, and alumni on and off-campus. TALAB 2018 featured field trips, films, performances, talks, panels, and workshops on topics that included Tax Reform, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Justice, Social Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Violence.

Facebook Live videos of many TALAB 2017 and 2018 sessions are available online at facebook.com/AteneoTALAB.

Associate Justice Marvic Leonen and PDI columnist John Nery answer questions from students in the class, “An Inquirer Conversation on the Rule of Law: Consensus and Dissent in the Supreme Court” Students at the Leong Hall Lobby sign into their TALAB class

TALAB 2017 and 2018 revolved around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations

Ed Lingao, TV5 broadcast journalist; Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) columnist and National Book Development Board chair; and Rambo Talabong, Rappler contributor receive certificates of appreciation as guest speakers for the class, “Youth for the Philippines: Media as Propagator of Peace and Justice” hosted by AIESEC-ADMU

A volunteer documentor’s mobile phone streams the class, “The Anti-Poverty Programs of the Administration

of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte” live on Facebook. Select TALAB classes were beamed live to reach

more people and bring the discussions online.

These videos are still available via TALAB’s Facebook page facebook.com/AteneoTALAB.

DBM Sec. Benjamin Diokno (right) discusses how the Duterte government allocates funds for international commitments such as the SDP in the class “Budgeting for the SDGs” moderated by Jaime Hofileña

Gloria Jumamil-Mercado, Undersecretary of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, answers audience questions in the class, “The Anti-Poverty Programs of the Administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte” moderated by Ateneo VP for Social Development Jaime Hofileña

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When the Supreme Court ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Friday, May 11, an uproar rose among Ateneo de Manila teachers and students, and many gathered at Ateneo Gate 2.5 for the 5pm indignation rally organized by the student councils and student political organizations from Ateneo, Miriam College, and the University of the Philippines Diliman. Here is an Atenean’s account of her experience.

Anger, frustration, apprehension and disgust—I was a complete mix of emotions upon hearing the outcome of the votes. As I began to read the messages of our reputable politicians, I became indignant and felt driven to take a stand.

Gratefully, I found out about Ateneo’s indignation rally through Twitter and I made it a point to be there. The atmosphere was encouraging and inviting with the diverse attendees. There were priests, teachers, and many students. The majority were in black and a number were waving flags. We were calling out to drivers to honk their horns for justice, while yelling chants. I particularly liked, “Ang tao, ang bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban!” It felt uplifting and energizing to yell out my indignation about the dismal situation.

A few moments later, we heard an increasing roar coming from the Miriam College area. A crowd of UP students was coming to join us, waving flags and chanting as they marched along Katipunan. We cheered as they arrived. The energy was picking up as we were increasing in number. The chants were getting louder and the beeping more frequent. Several media personnel were present. A few speeches were given, with a spotlight directed on the speaker. I bumped into a friend from UP who came from Padre Faura that morning. She went straight to her class afterwards only to find out that her professor called off classes so students could join the rally. Senators Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan were present as well, showing their support.

Seeing the Philippine flag being waved, listening to the chants, and meeting strangers with similar beliefs gave me hope that CJ Sereno’s ousting would only add wood to a burning flame.

Congratulations to the Loyola Schools Valedictorian of Class 2018Vanessa T. Siy Van

Bachelor of Science in health ScienceS and Bachelor of artS in economicS, summa cum laude

from left Dr. Marlu Vilches, Vice President for the Loyola Schools; Van Siy Van, 2018 Class Valedictorian; Fr. Jett Villarin, Ateneo de Manila University President; and Dr.Jo Hofileña, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

INDIGNATION RALLYphotos by romar chuca

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STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES IN

THE DUTERTE ERA

GARCIA ON CHARTER CHANGE A

teneo de Manila held a forum on charter change on January 29, 2018 in the Eduardo J. Aboitiz Sandbox Zone, Areté. The forum featured experts in the realms of constitution, law, and

governance: Edmundo Garcia (Member, 1986 Constitutional Commission and Parangal Lingkod Sambayanan Awardee 2015), former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, and Ateneo School of Government Dean Ronald Mendoza.

In his talk, Edmundo Garcia encouraged Ateneans to confront charter change: “Today, on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the people’s approval of the 1987 Constitution, I wish to share a simple message that is direct and to the point: No to a new Constitution, not now! And, no to Federalism, not at this time! My hope: together to take a stand; and, together to take action.”

He continued to discuss possible charter change in 2018. “It might be helpful for our purpose to focus our thoughts on just three key issues: context, process, and preparation.” He went on to explain the issues. “Context: Without understanding context, the draft text will just be pretext. What then are the main challenges and priorities in our country?” The second issue was process. “Why is trust in the process critical?” Then finally, the third issue. “Preparation: How can we better prepare? What are preconditions for charter change and the sine qua non for level playing field? Why put the cart before the horse?”

He concluded with, “The most important actor in a democracy is the citizen. And, we are citizens all. What we need at this time is Ignatius of Loyola’s gift of discernment and the moral courage of a soldier turned saint.”

On March 16, 2018, the Department of History and the Ateneo de Manila University Press jointly hosted a talk by Dr. Patricio Abinales, faculty member of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, entitled State and Society in the

Philippines in the Duterte Era. The talk was held in Escaler Hall, and focused on the relevance of Dr. Abinales’s book State and Society in the Philippines in the context of the present Duterte Administration. Though a relatively serious topic, Dr. Abinales maintained an informal atmosphere presenting his slides with much candor and humor.

Dr. Abinales shared that the impetus for the book was his desire, which was shared by his late wife, to write a history of the Philippines that did not follow the traditional periodization of eras (i.e. pre-Hispanic period, Spanish colonial period, American period, etc.). These delineations, he said, often favored the national narratives that centered on Manila while marginalizing the rest of the archipelago. Their efforts resulted in the publication of State and Society, wherein the couple wrote an inclusive Philippine history by framing it in the context of how different individuals and communities across the archipelago related

to the state. These relations could vary greatly, from violently resisting state power to actively assimilating into the system.

The book’s relevance today was discussed with two key points. First, that President Duterte did not represent a sudden resurgence of populism, since past Presidents like Ramon Magsaysay, Cory Aquino, and Erap Estrada also portrayed themselves as populists during their campaign runs. Second, the book provided insight on the divide between local and national government practices or behavior of politicians. These insights allowed Dr. Abinales to argue how Duterte represented the adoption of local governance on the national level. This stood directly opposite the usual pattern of politicians shedding their local image upon rising to the national government.

Dr. Abinales presented these ideas to a packed room, with several audience members coming forward with questions during the open forum. Maintaining his candid humor, he responded energetically to each one. Overall, the talk provided new perspectives and much food for thought for many in the community, educators and students alike, as well as guests from outside Ateneo.

STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES IN

THE DUTERTE ERA

above Edmundo Garcia speaks of charter changebelow forum speakers Ed Garcia, Ronald Mendoza, and Florin Hilbay

Program Awardees of Class 2018School of humanitieS

■ KATYA SOFIA MAXINE M. GOMEZ, Humanities

■ KING REINIER P. PALMEA, Philosophy

■ BEATRIZ ANN V. RAMOS, Interdisciplinary Studies

■ ANGELICA S. MUKHI, Information Design

■ REINA KIMBERLY J. TAMAYO, English

John GokonGwei School of manaGement

■ JUSTINE THERESE R. MALABANAN, Management

■ ERICKSON C. MARIÑAS, Legal Management

■ LOUISE JENESSY C. TEC, Communications Technology Management

■ KATRINA L. CHAN, Management Engineering

School of Science and enGineerinG

■ JULIENNE HANNELORE T. BORJA, Biology

■ PATRICIA MAY P. SULIT, Environmental Science

■ PETERNI G. COLOYAN, Life Sciences

■ VANESSA T. SIY VAN, Health Sciences

■ MAGIN BENEDICT F. FERRER, Chemistry

■ ALIENA MARI P. MIRANDA, Materials Science and Engineering

■ EZEKIEL ADRIEL D. LAGMAY, Computer Science

■ JONN ANGEL L. ARANAS, Mathematics

■ EDRICK L. CHENG, Electronics Engineering

■ RAVEN D. ICO, Applied Mathematics with Specialization in Mathematical Finance

■ RICHMOND C. SIM, Computer Engineering

■ ALIENA MARI P. MIRANDA, Applied Physics

School of Social ScienceS ■ BRIANE B. DELA PEÑA, Communication

■ JASMIN ALTHEA A. SISCAR, Political Science

■ ANGELA MARIE R. GARCIA, Development Studies

■ MARJORIE A. CHAN, Economics

■ SHANNEN JUSTINE M. CAINTIC, Management Economics

■ DANA ALYSSA J. MACARILAY, European Studies

■ JOHN MACNEIL A. MENDOZA, Diplomacy and International Relations with Specialization in East and Southeast Asian Studies

■ ARIANA DENISE A. DEE, Psychology

■ MATHEU A. MACATANGAY, Social Sciences

volume 9 ■ number 2 ■ 2nd semester 2017–2018 ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY 3

BISHOP DAVID LEADS A FORUM ON THE DRUG WAR AND EJKSM

embers of the Ateneo de Manila University community gathered in Leong Hall on February 28, 2018 to discuss the extrajudicial killings hounding the country in a forum

entitled, “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”His Excellency, Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio

“Ambo” S. David, DD, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Kalookan and Vice President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Ateneo alumnus 1978, shared stories and insights on the government’s anti-drug campaign, and how it targets poor communities.

According to Bishop David, drug addiction should be addressed as a health issue. He continued to say that most of the casualties come from poor communities.

“Wala akong narinig na Tokhang sa Forbes Park. (I have not heard of Tokhang in Forbes Park.) These victims,” he added, “are often

marked as addicts and pushers. People were being arrested without warrants.”

His diocese covers the areas of South Caloocan, Malabon, and Navotas, where some of the most notorious drug killings have occurred, including those of teenagers Kian Loyd delos Santos and Raymart Siapo. Following the relaunch of Tokhang II in March 2017, Bishop David also recalled how photojournalists sent him daily messages inquiring about people being killed in his diocese.

He pointed out that the challenge now was that many Catholics favor these killings. “Most of our parishes have become very parochial and are focused on church concerns,” but he explained that the church should focus on serving society.

The forum was presented by the offices of the Vice President for Social Development and the Vice President for the Loyola Schools.

THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES: A PUBLIC FORUM ON DRUG USE AND RECOVERYGinA HecHAnovA, PHD

For almost two years, the issue of illicit drugs has been at the forefront of the government’s efforts. Even the President who launched this ‘war’ has recently admitted that it is a problem that may not be easily solved. With more than a million Filipinos reported to have

surrendered, one question that does not have a clear answer just yet is ‘How do we help them?’

International guidelines advocate both supply reduction and demand reduction, and using evidence-based interventions. Unfortunately, there is little published data on drug use and its treatment, and the science of addiction has yet to take root in the country.

To address this gap, the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) in partnership with the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Psychology, International Society for Substance Use and Prevention Philippine Chapter, Civika, and Lost Sheep Initiative sponsored a public forum entitled “Drug Use and Recovery: What’s the Evidence?” The event was hosted by the Quezon City local government.

Academe encourages us to generate publications, but in journals most people will never read. We create an echo chamber and knowledge never reaches those who could apply them.

So our motivation was simple—to disseminate knowledge to those who could use it most. We called on Filipino psychology faculty and students to share their studies with the public. We invited the various stakeholders involved in drug recovery and asked our presenters to convey their results in a manner laymen would understand.

There were 25 studies that were presented, clustered around various sessions. In the session on social attitudes, researches share why some Filipinos support punitive measures towards drug users, how media exposure shapes attitudes towards drug users and why pushers and users are not seen as human. The session on the nature of drug use described the factors that lead to substance use and the journey of recovering users. The session on community-based drug recovery showcased the experiences of various LGUs. For example, Dr. Boboy Alianan of ADMU shared how the Katatagan Kontra Droga sa Komunidad (KKDK) intervention resulted in a significant increase in coping skills, relational skills, problem solving skills, stress management skills, and a significant reduction in substance use compared to non-participants.

The session on drug rehabilitation featured studies on various approaches to rehabilitation. The prevention session showcased the impact of a drug prevention and life skills program. Other sessions featured the experience of recovery and the role of the family and those helping recovering users.

Happily, more than 200 participants from academe, local government units, government organizations such as PNP, DOH, DDB, DSWD, non-profit organizations, and church-based groups accepted our invitation. Before the forum ended, we invited our participants to share their thoughts on how to improve policy, treatment, prevention, community-based drug recovery, church and citizen engagement, law enforcement, training and education, and research.

It was this coming together that made the forum meaningful. It was a time to listen and understand the struggles of the various sectors. It was a time to build on each other’s ideas. There was certainly debate, but despite the varying perspectives, there was also a shared intent to address the problem. And you know there is reason to hope when even the police give you insights on further research.

The exchange made me appreciate how looking at problems through different lenses is so important when it comes to solving sticky problems. Because even as the problem of drugs is so complex, we came away with a little bit more hope that maybe, just maybe, future solutions can be more scientific, effective, and humane.

DR. MARIA REGINA M. HECHANOVA is a professor at the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Psychology, Executive Director of the Ateneo Center for Organization Research and Development (CORD) and the head of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) Special Interest Group on Substance Use Prevention and Treatment.

Attendees to the PAP Public Forum came from various organizations such as DDB, PNP, DOH, DSWD, LGUs, civic society, the church, and academe

from left QC Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, who hosted the event, welcomes participants; Dr. Boboy Alianan presenting Katatagan Kontra Droga sa Komunidad; the event ended with World Café Discussions, where participants talked about implications on prevention, training, advocacy, research, security, and others


On February 23, 2018, 2018, in observance of the Season of Lent, the Ateneo de Manila community

did the University Way of the Cross. It took place on the grounds of the Loyola Schools, beginning with the celebration of the Eucharist at 4pm. The presence of the pilgrim image of the Nazareno from Quiapo drew in more participants. The visitation of the Nazareno in the Grade School and the Church of the Gesu gave members of the community more time to spend in reflective prayer and pious veneration.

The Campus Ministry enlisted security and traffic directing personnel, and employed

volunteers from all units to be readers, musicians, banner bearers, or mamamasans (image bearers). The stations were confined to the Loyola Schools area so that the walk would not be too taxing for older participants. Prayer leaflets and lyric sheets were distributed, as well as candles at the 13th station.

Of the many student athletes and employees who participated in the event, the entire men’s volleyball team, in particular, carried the Nazareno from the fourth to the ninth station. Throughout the Way, the carrying of the Nazareno was enriched with prayer, Scripture reading, and reflection.

The University Stations of the Cross and the Black Nazarene as Popular ReligiosityMArk cAlAno

The University Stations of the Cross is an annual Lenten activity for the Ateneo de Manila community.

Often organized around specific themes, the stations of the cross make possible praying over the different, and yet familiar, stations or stops of Jesus on His way to Calvary. These show us constant love amidst the growing darkness of tribulation and death. Popularized by the Franciscans and shared by the Universal Church, the devotion is present in almost all Roman Catholic churches in two varied forms: the traditional fourteen stations and the more Scriptural one.

During this year’s stations of the cross, the Loyola Schools Office of Campus Ministry led us in praying over the traditional way of the cross. It is considered traditional because it traces itself to the via cruces of pilgrims in Jerusalem. It also incorporates some stations that are only intimated in the Bible. An example of these are the details of Jesus’ first, second, and third fall. But beyond the question of historicity, we pray the stations of the cross to encounter Christ in our very own way of the cross and as He expresses constant and faithful love.

As it was in the previous years, a familiar image enriched the performance of the University Way of the Cross. The Black Nazarene remains the most common and popular face of Christ for us Filipinos. Often understood as the image of Christ burdened by the weight of the cross, the Black Nazarene is also the image of Christ standing up after the fall. The image, the swaying of the ándas (the Nazarene's wooden platform), and the colors add up to the mood. When understood in relation to the devotion, our remembrance of our Lord’s passion, death, and resurrection allows us to recognize our personal and our neighbor’s shared passion, death, and resurrection. Not only then should we see the Black Nazarene as the image who is with us through each of the fourteen stations, and carried by athletes, students, faculty members, and staff, but as the God who is with us in the different stations of our daily lives—during our own falls, mournings, tears, and crucifixions.

During the stations of the cross, then, we not only contemplate our Lord’s paschal mystery, but we also allow Him to participate in our personal, collegial, and national experience of the paschal mystery. Perhaps we can then understand why the stations of the cross as well as the performances to the Black Nazarene are considered popular religiosity.

By “popular,” we can see the devotions as our communal attempt to be with Christ, as they also reflect Christ’s attempt to be isa sa atin (one with us), making sense in the different stories of our lives. And by “religiosity,” we can understand it to mean our human longing to seek Him and to be with Him in the most ordinary and even soiled places of our everyday lives.

The UniversityWay of the Cross


Promoting Conscious Consumption

SHAwntel nicole M. nieto MS SuStainability ManageMent

Today’s human population and consumption rates have been continually increasing. This is alarming especially when viewed through the lens

of sustainability. If we are to address this at the individual and institutional levels, then there is a need to understand the various motivations behind consumption. This

is the main idea behind Dr. Madhavi Venkatesan’s lecture, “A Lifecycle Evaluation of Consumption: Promoting Conscious Consumption” delivered on March 6, 2018.

Dr. Venkatesan is a Fulbright-Sycip Distinguished Lecturer for 2018,

with a PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University, a Master’s in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University, and a Master’s in Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

In Dr. Venkatesan’s lecture, she asked the audience to evaluate the sustainability of their consumption behaviors. Then she discussed the various motivations

behind and the economics of today’s state of unsustainable consumption. She also talked about the various drivers that stimulate current consumptive behavior such as manufactured wants that stem from marketing, advertising and the media, and cultural values that constantly promote consumption as a leisure activity.

Dr. Venkatesan also showed how the concept of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) can be used to drive production and consumption beyond what is sustainable. She likewise presented case studies on the various social and environmental externalities that are often overlooked when valuing a good and a service. In analyzing these cases, she determined the difference between the marketed prices of the goods and their actual costs when negative externalities are taken into consideration.

Dr. Venkatesan gave an insightful lecture and provided the audience with key insights on both the link between economics and sustainability as well as the multitude of possible underlying motivations behind current consumer consumptive behaviors.

Pursuing Profitable Sustainability

Sustainability is fast becoming a mantra with more individuals and corporations pushing for environmentally friendly and sustainable practices. Driving

more money into sustainable business practices may yield significant, positive impacts on the environment but not all companies are on board with this effort. Enterprises, after all, have to think of their profits and financial security.

Pursuing sustainability and still making a profit was the topic of a panel discussion held on February 21, 2018 in Escaler Hall. The discussion “Can You Work towards the SGDs and Still Make Money?” was part of the 2018 Talakayang Alay sa Bayan (TALAB), which afforded students with an opportunity to reflect on various issues confronting the nation.

Organized by the Ateneo Institute of Sustainability (AIS), this particular forum featured three individuals who talked about integrating sustainability into their business core.

JoSe teodoro limcaoco

The first speaker was Jose Teodoro Limcaoco, the Chief Finance Officer of Ayala Corporation. According to Limcaoco, Ayala takes pride in its rich heritage. As the Philippines’ oldest and largest conglomerate (existing for over 100 years), Ayala has diverse interests in real estate, telecommunications, financial services, water infrastructure, power generation, transport, healthcare, automotive, and education.

“When we make management decisions, the thinking is how we ensure that Ayala Corporation survives for another 183 years,” he said. To ensure its survival, Ayala

has anchored itself in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs). A collection of global goals, the 17 SGDs cover development issues such as poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, gender equality, water, sanitation, environment, and social justice. The SGDs replaced the Millennium Development Goals, which ended in 2015.

Limcaoco stressed that survival was not just about profitability. “It means we have to consider everything that the company touches. It means being aware of the community that you serve. For every company that we have, we serve the communities,” he said. He also stressed that a company’s sustainability was only as good as the community around it.

Though sustainability is a new concept in the corporate world, Limcaoco said it was one that needed to be adopted: “People have to make sustainability the reason for being in the corporation; otherwise, the corporation will not last beyond the next quarter.”

maria antonia odelia arroyo

The second speaker, Maria Antonia Odelia Arroyo, talked about impact investing.

A biologist, entrepreneur, and professor, Arroyo is a biotech broker—linking biotechnology entrepreneurs with investors to create technology that will improve the lives and health of people.

Because the Philippines is a nation teeming with natural resources, “it makes sense that you want to preserve this for other people,” Arroyo said. Preserving the country’s resources and ensuring that future generations will get to benefit from these resources is Arroyo's dream for the country.

According to Arroyo, corporations and individuals focus on technology development, business development, and communication development because these are the keys to effective impact investing. “It is the fine art of doing good by doing well,” she said.

“This is the one planet we have. It is not about the earth, it is about saving humanity. If you don’t invest now, you will not survive,” she stressed.

emmanuel hugh VelaSco

The final speaker, Emmanuel Hugh Velasco, said his journey into sustainable farming began after he had a health scare. “I was hypertensive. I was a ticking bomb. I had two young children then. The doctor said, ‘If you want to live, you have to change your lifestyle.’ So that’s what I did—I divested my interest.”

From a harried business executive, Velasco became an agripreneur (agriculture entrepreneur). Together with his wife, they collaborated with entrepreneur Mike Melendres to co-found OrganicOptions in 2013. Today, it is the largest marketer and distributor of natural and organic produce in supermarkets across Metro Manila.

Velasco also started the Alamana Farm Academy which is a hands-on training school for young farmers who want to pursue sustainable farming.

ateneo SuStainaBility rePort

Capping off the event was the launch of the second Ateneo Sustainability Report. The report detailed the various initiatives of the university that resulted in significant economic, social, and environmental impact. The report is available at ateneo.edu/ais.

from left Limcaoco, Arroyo, and Velasco speak about profitable sustainability; Patrick Valentin, AIS Director Dr. Achoot Cuyegkeng, Ateneo President Fr. Jett Villarin, and Abby Favis launch the second Ateneo Sustainability Report

Dr. Madhavi Venkatesendelivers her lecture

in Escaler Hall


Contemporary Filipino Studies: Predicaments and Possibilities

The Ateneo de Manila University Kagawaran ng Filipino (Department of Filipino), with the Commission

on Higher Education (CHED) held the conference-workshop Contemporary Filipino Studies: Predicaments and Possibilities on May 11-12, 2018 at the PLDT Convergent Technologies Center. Keynote speakers

were historian Danilo Madrid Gerona and Philippine Women’s University president José Francisco Benitez.

The conference-workshop was co-convened by critics J. Pilapil Jacobo and Gary Devilles of the Kagawaran ng Filipino, and featured scholars Alvin Yapan, Jocelyn Martin, Agustin Rodriguez, Jozon Lorenzana, Marita

Concepcion Guevara, Stephanie Coo, and Oscar Campomanes.

Fr. Jett Villarin Launches Weeded, a Book on Discerning God’s Word

Jesuit Communications Foundation (JesCom) launched Weeded: Listening for God’s Word to a Messy World, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. In front of

a packed Faber Hall audience, Weeded author, Ateneo de Manila University President Fr. Jose Ramon T. Vilarin, SJ, fondly reminisced about his childhood memories that inspired the book’s unique title. “Saturdays were a time for house chores. We planted Bermuda grass in the garden and each week, weeds would appear. My role was to take out the weeds, but clumps of grass were removed with it,” recounted Fr. Villarin.

“When I first heard this story in the Gospel, I realized how true this was. The parable always spoke to me—let the weeds be, there will be time for reckoning,” recalled Fr. Villarin. “I thought it was a nice way to title this book, a nice image especially now in this world we ask, ‘Is there still hope?’”

Expounding on Weeded’s distinct caption, Fr. Villarin talked about his encounter with an elder Jesuit’s poignant teaching on prayer: “When we were young, we used to ‘talk at’ God.

As we grow a little older, we begin to ‘talk to’ God. By the time we reach adulthood, we stop using so many words and we ‘listen to’ God. When we’re past midlife, we then ‘listen for’ God.

“This book reveals a series of struggles and questions, to discern God’s word especially in a world that is messy, where there is much woundedness,” Fr. Villarin added.

Present to deliver her reaction was Dr. Charlotte Kendra Z. Gotangco, Class of 2004 Valedictorian and Chair of the Department of Environmental Science, who focused on Weeded’s personal message of discovering an abundance of grace in the ordinary.

“It suggests that God is there, trying to speak to us in the messiness of our lives. It’s about looking for grace in things we already encounter, seeking vocation in things we are already doing,” indicated Dr. Gotangco. “This book reminds me to pay attention, to be mindful of instances when grace is permeating one’s life. There is beauty in the messiness of every day.”

Renowned Theology professor and Associate Dean for Student Formation, Dr. Roberto Conrado O. Guevara, shared his stirring commentary based on various anecdotes from Fr. Villarin’s collection of homilies and reflections in Weeded.

“Weeded invites me to three things: magnanimity and greater solidarity; patience, humility, and trust; and finally, to live in God’s love,” explained Dr. Guevara.

“As mentioned in Fr. Villarin’s homily ‘Trinity’, the love of the triune God is a love that creates, redeems, inspires—and I found Weeded to be this way.”

The opening remarks and introduction were by JesCom Executive Director Fr. Emmanuel Alfonso, SJ, and the opening prayer “Hesus ng Aking Buhay” was sung by JesCom sound engineer and acclaimed singer-songwriter, Toto Sorioso.

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leftFr. Jett Villarin

signs a copy of Weeded

rightDr Kendra Gotangco,Fr. Jett Villarin, and

Dr. Bobby Guevara

Ateneo to Organize International Conference on World Englishes

The International Association for World Englishes, Inc. (IAWE) and the Ateneo de Manila University Department of English expect more than

200 participants consisting of scholars, teachers, students, and language enthusiasts to attend the 23rd IAWE Conference this year, scheduled for May 31 to June 2, 2018 in Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall, Ateneo de Manila University. The conference will tackle the contact between English and other languages in the rich multilingual contexts, where language ecologies of English and other languages develop and evolve. This year’s theme is “World Englishes and Multilingual Realities: Evolutions, Interfaces, and Trajectories.”

For 23 years, the IAWE Conference has drawn members and attendees from different

countries. The event features distinguished scholars across the globe as keynote speakers: Kingsley R. Bolton (Nanyang Technological University), A. Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University), Nobuyuki Hino (Osaka University), and Danilo Francisco M. Reyes (Ateneo de Manila University). IAWE, together with the Department of English, aims to establish links among those who are involved with any aspect of World Englishes in research and/or teaching. The conference is for all teaching levels.

We invite everyone to join us in our sessions for engaging conversations with our plenary speakers and paper presenters.

For more information, contact Dr. Priscilla Angela T. Cruz, conference chair ([email protected]), or Dr. Alona U. Guevarra, conference co-chair ([email protected]). You may visit the conference website at iawe2018.net.

clockwise from top leftKingsley R. Bolton (Nanyang Technological University)A. Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University)Nobuyuki Hino (Osaka University)Danilo Francisco M. Reyes (Ateneo de Manila University)


Blue Symphony Stages 10th Anniversary Concert kAi BArtoloMe preSident, ateneO blue SyMphOny

Preparing the Ateneo Blue Symphony Orchestra’s 10th anniversary concert was no easy feat. Much

time was poured into ensuring an excellent night: holding longer rehearsals, creating a repertoire designed to showcase a variety of genres and soloists, contacting sponsors for the event, designing the promotions, and working to gain a full house, among many other tasks. It was daunting for everyone involved, given that it was the organization’s 10th anniversary.

Indeed, the concert, entitled “Beating the Odds,” sought to celebrate the orchestra’s

10-year journey of struggle and triumph as it made a name for itself, and grew from a group of four to the orchestra it is today.

“Beating the Odds,” would not have been possible without musical direction from conductor Maestro Rodel Noreli E. Lorenzo, whose guidance and passion served to ignite the passion for music in the orchestra’s members. This was especially vital in a place where one has to balance academics (or work, in the case of alumni) with a 4 hour rehearsal schedule, 5 days a week. His commitment and love served as an example to the organization.

All concerts are collaborative efforts, and “Beating the Odds” was our biggest collaboration to date. It saw not only current members, but also Blue Symphony

alumni, and members from the ABS-CBN Philharmonic, who dedicated time and effort. Many more must be thanked: arrangers, for the pieces; production members, for working to create a great evening; choir members, for a special number; the Rizal Library, for being a valued rehearsal venue; maintenance and guards at ISO, the Rizal Library, and Irwin Theatre. And of course, we thank the audience, for attending and continuously supporting Blue Symphony.

More than a concert, “Beating the Odds” showed how far the orchestra has come and how far it will still go. We invite you to continue supporting our events and endeavors.

Department of Communication holds 18th Raul Locsin Awards for Student Journalism GilBert JAcoB S. Que

The Department of Communication held the 18th Raul Locsin Awards for Student Journalism on April 13, 2018 in the Lopez Center TV Studio. This ceremony is held annually to award outstanding works by student journalists in the Ateneo de Manila University. This year, after a rigorous screening process, eight students from The Guidon were awarded under six categories.

NEWS

“LIQUOR LICENSES FOR FOUR ABADA

ESTABLISHMENTS MAY NOT BE RENEWED IN 2018”

Joie Celina L. Menchavez (3 AB Economics) and Loreben L. Tuquero (3 AB Communication)

FEATURES

“WHEN ART FIGHTS BACK”

Bea C. Constantino (3 BFA Creative Writing) andRia E. Roldan (3 BS Health Sciences)

EDITORIAL/OPINION

“MORE THAN JUST PWD NA”

Franco M. Luna (3 AB Communication)

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

“STAND THE TEST OF TIME”

Beatrice O. Gruta (4 BS Biology)

EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM

“THE GOVERNMENT HITS THE BOOKS”

Liam C. Lu (4 AB Economics)

PHOTOJOURNALISM

“MIRACLE SHOT”

Zachary Brian G. Garcia (5 BS Management)

The opening remarks were delivered by Dr. Estelle Marie M. Ladrido, chair of the Department of Communication. The ceremony also invited Ms. Victoria Camille

Tulad as their guest speaker. Ms. Tulad is currently with GMA News and Current Affairs, and was a former Locsin awardee and an Ateneo de Manila University MA Journalism graduate. She talked about the importance and challenges of the field of journalism and encouraged the young journalists to pursue the field.

Photo of Blue Symphonyat the Irwin Theatre

by Airon Velasco

Zach Garcia’s winning photograph, “Miracle Shot”

18th Raul Locsin Awards for Student Journalism awardees and guests


Christian Benitez: Makata ng Taon 2018

Christian Jil R. Benitez, faculty member of the Department of Filipino, was awarded the title, “Makata ng Taon” by

the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, Office of the President of the Philippines, in connection with Araw ni Balagtas. His poem “Sapagkat Pag-Ibig ang Tuod sa Pinakamahabang Bugtong sa Kasaysayan” won first place at the 2018 Talaang Ginto awards.

“’Sapagkat Pag-Ibig ang Tuod sa Pinakamahabang Bugtong sa Kasaysayan’ is a meditation on history and myth, which nominates the difference between these as the capricious desire,” explained Benitez. “Composed of over a hundred rhyming lines, the poem interweaves a riddle and a creation myth, and attempts to question the ‘logical.’”

It was mostly his curiosity that pushed Benitez to join the competition. “Partly on my own potency as a writer not inclined to write in rhyme and meter, and partly on the degree of openness of the competition for poems to approach the prompt,” he said.

When asked how he felt about winning, he gave these inspiring words, “It is my joy to be named Makata ng Taon 2018, which I believe to be an honor that is also a responsibility, especially in the present times when the urgency of creativity is suppressed. For in these times, there is a greater impetus to emphasize a critical form of interrogation of and resistance against the violent every day. The poem is also a weapon.”

MAritA concePcion cAStro GuevArA

Why buy another book on doing research? Published by Blue Books (an imprint of the

Ateneo de Manila University Press), Jose Eos Trinidad’s Researching Philippine Realities: A Guide to Quantitative, Qualitative, and Humanities Research responds to the need for doing research that is contextualized, interdisciplinary, and cognizant of how Millennials and Post-Millennials acquire knowledge.

Ateneo de Manila University students, staff, professionals, faculty members, and administrators, as well as off-campus guests attended the book launch of Researching Philippine Realities held at 5 PM of Wednesday, 25 April 2018, in the Faura Hall Audio-Visual Room. The event was co-organized by the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, the Ateneo de Manila University Press, and the Ateneo de Manila Institute for the Science and Art of Learning and Teaching (Ateneo SALT Institute). Mr. Trinidad is Instructor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and Coordinator for Research and Outreach of the Ateneo SALT Institute.

At the launch, copies of the book were presented to the author, the Vice President for the Loyola Schools Dr. Maria Luz C. Vilches, the School of Humanities Dean Dr. Jonathan O. Chua, the Ateneo SALT Institute Director Fr. Johnny C. Go, SJ, and the Rizal Library Director Dr. Vernon R. Totanes.

The program was moderated by Dr. Rofel G. Brion, Professor of the Department of

Interdisciplinary Studies. In her Opening Remarks, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies Chair Dr. Marita Concepcion Castro Guevara recalled how Eos Trinidad, as an AB Interdisciplinary Studies undergraduate, already displayed “outstanding and impressive” research and writing skills which were further honed by his graduate studies focused on quantitative sociological research at the University of Chicago. In pointing out what is remarkable about this book, Dr. Guevara said: “In addition to guiding students and scholars along the basics of research—from forming research questions and arguments, to writing a literature review, to writing a results and discussion section—Eos’s book ... takes into consideration the realities, challenges, as well as opportunities of doing research in the Philippine context.” Moreover, the book “has a strong interdisciplinary orientation,” providing as it does “practical tips on how to pose an interdisciplinary research problem and how to adeptly answer such a question using the concepts, theories, and methodological tools of two or more disciplines.”

In her Publisher’s Message, Ms. Maria Karina A. Bolasco, Director of the Ateneo de Manila University Press, made a strong pitch for giving “textbook[s] the social and academic standing [they have] long deserved.” She explained thus: “For so long, as my years in publishing have shown, the textbook, as basic as it is to schools, as widespread as it is in reach, and as captive as its users are, has for the most part been treated in this country as a cut-and-paste project that follows a course outline to become an equipment like rulers and beakers.... It is not considered scholarly when the writing of it should require knowledge, learning and devotion, and undeniably, it is what has greater impact on learning.” She described Trinidad’s Researching Philippine Realities as “[a] real well-thought out, well-mapped, and well-written book that is also a strategic tool

for learning and teaching.” According to Ms Bolasco, “If continually assessed and adapted to the times, this book will have a long, long life and can become a classic humanities and even social science textbook.”

In her Author’s Introduction, Dr. Nikki B. Carsi Cruz, Assistant Professor of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, described how Eos Trinidad was able to do his book fast (in four months, from December 2017 to April 2018) “not because he took short cuts, but because he was driven, disciplined, determined, dedicated and devoted,” seeing as he did a “gap that he could fill, a need the world had for which he had a response.” Dr. Carsi Cruz also lauded Mr. Trinidad for his prodigious scholarly output: He produced “one book and 7 articles in less than a year in a university where the batting average of faculty is one publication every two years.” As the etymology of the name “Eos”—”en Theos” or “in God”—suggests, “Eos flies because he is fueled by the divine, and his sails are propelled by the very breath of God,” concluded Dr. Carsi Cruz.

In his Concluding Remarks, Dr. Jonathan O. Chua, School of Humanities Dean, pointed out that the noteworthy contribution of Trinidad’s book is that it takes into consideration how Millennials and Post-Millenials (Generation Z) acquire knowledge. For these individuals who are heavily reliant on digital communication tools and platforms, Researching Philippine Realities incorporates a discussion of the latest technological tools—like Zotero, free and open-source software—as a means of organizing and citing one’s research references.

Researching Philippine Realities: A Guide to Quantitative, Qualitative, and Humanities Research by Jose Eos Trinidad can be purchased at Ateneo de Manila University Press outlets for PhP295.

Eos Trinidad’s Researching Philippine Realities

Jose Eos Trinidad, with Dr. Marlu Vilches and Karina Bolasco


The Ateneo de Manila University Martial Law Museum held the first Martial Law Museum Awards (MLMA) on February 24, 2018. The MLMA is a national competition for high school students that aims to foster national memory through literature and art.

Thirty-one finalists were selected among participants from all over the country in the categories of poetry, essay, storytelling, visual art, and infographic design. Each category had finalists for both English and Filipino works.

The MLMA consisted of a whole-day formation program. In the morning, finalists toured the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Memorial, where they listened to stories from Martial Law survivors and learned more about Martial Law through various exhibits.

Bantayog performers staged Ramces M. Dili’s Bayani Lubid at ang Dekada ng Martial Law, which portrayed the injustices of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos’s Martial Law through the experiences of young activists and their families.

The Bantayog tour concluded with a rose-laying ceremony at the Wall of Remembrance. Bantayog staff sang “Bayan Ko” as finalists paid tribute to those who had died fighting for democracy.

In the afternoon, finalists underwent intensive workshop sessions for their submissions for the competition. Finalists collaboratively discussed the merits of each other’s work and possible avenues for improving their craft.

Finally, an awarding ceremony was held in the evening, with a champion announced

for each category. Champions presented their work to the audience. Dr. Jo-Ed Tirol, faculty member of the Department of History, gave the keynote address on the importance of social memory today.

Finalist for poetry Cena Gillana said, “The Martial Law Museum Awards pushed me not only to become a better writer, but also to become a better Filipino citizen who is determined to speak out. Before joining MLMA, I didn’t see myself as someone who was politically active. Thanks to MLMA, I now see myself as an active Filipino citizen who will not hesitate to use my talent in literature to fight against issues such as dictatorship and historical revisionism.”

Finalist for storytelling Danica Lim summed up her takeaway from the experience: “It is up to the youth to continue fighting for what is right.”

Martha Balagat, champion for poetry in English joined as an individual and not as her school representative because she felt strongly about Martial Law. “Our institutions have failed us before and can fail us again,” she said. “It’s really best that we ourselves take on the responsibility of ensuring that democracy and human dignity are being upheld by those in power.”

The winning works may be viewed at martiallawmuseum.ph/manindigan-page.

The Martial Law Museum aims to deepen national memory and promote engaged citizenship through comprehensive and engaging storytelling about Martial Law in the Philippines. It is jointly housed under the Office of the Vice President for the Loyola Schools and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. You may visit the Martial Law Museum martiallawmuseum.ph, the Bantayog ng mga Bayani site bantayog.org, and the Heights Ateneo site heights-ateneo.org.

THE FIRST MARTIAL LAW MUSEUM AWARDS

MLMA finalists after the rose-laying ceremony to honor the lives of those who fought tyranny

MLMA finalists raise questions after watching the play Bayani Lubid at ang Dekada ng Martial Law

MLMA finalists at the workshop for poetryMLMA finalists visit the Hall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Memorial

MLMA finalists at the workshop for art and infographic design

Dr. Jo-Ed Tirol of the Department of History delivers the keynote address

MLMA finalists learn about the lives of those who fought Martial Law


2018 MARTIAL LAW MUSEUM AWARDS CHAMPIONS & FINALISTSESSAY (English)judges Butch Dalisay, Ferdinand Llanes, & Martin Villanueva• John Nikolai Villaroman,

The Seed Montessori School QC, “Towards the Creation of Our Philippine History” champion

• Andrea Salvador, St. Paul College Pasig, “Would I Still Want to be a Writer?”

• Nica Glorioso, The Seed Montessori School QC, “The Iron Fist and the Reign of Silence”

ESSAY (Filipino)judges Luna Sicat-Cleto & Paolo Tiausas• Ian Piolo Mirandilla, Saint Agnes’ Academy,

“Demokrasya sa Panahon ng Diktadura” champion• John Aaron Diolazo, De La Salle

Santiago Zobel School, “Mana m4n@”• Alyssa Marie Agustin, De La Salle

Santiago Zobel School, “Alaalang Nakalibing”

STORYTELLING (English)judges Rica Bolipata-Santos & Angel Yap• Dorothy Tiu, Immaculate Conception Academy,

“To the Lost and the Found” champion• Carlo Nepomuceno, De La Salle

Santiago Zobel School, “Never Again”• Vynce Ong, De La Salle

Santiago Zobel School, “Preservation”• Aileen Gamallo, St. Paul College Pasig, “Build”

STORYTELLING (Filipino)judge Allan Derain• Angelica de Guzman, De La Salle Santiago Zobel

School, “Tatu Harasi Ga Hukom Tamo” champion• Danica Lim, St. Paul College Pasig, “Idol ko si Ate”• Cielo Olavario, St. Paul College Pasig, “Si

Superhero Jun at ang Kanyang Gitara”

POETRY (English)judges Gemino Abad, Carlomar Daoana, & Regine Cabato• Martha Balagat, Philippine Science

High School (Main Campus), “Outcry” champion• Karmella Tapia, PAREF Woodrose School, “Sincerely,”• Sofia Andal, De La Salle

Santiago Zobel School, “General”

POETRY (Filipino)judges Allan Popa and Christian Benitez• Esther Joy Tabungar, De La Salle Santiago Zobel

School, “Kandilang Walang Puntod” champion• Josemaria Alipio, Lourdes School QC, “Nasaan”• Cena Gillana, St. Paul College Pasig,

“Taos-Pusong Pilipino, Lusubin Man ng Sansinukob”

INFOGRAPHIC DESIGNjudges Analyn Yap, Jo-Ed Tirol, Joshua Uyheng, & Roxy Navarro• Kisha Serafin, Kathlene Getubig, Marisol Funelas,

De La Salle Santiago Zobel School, “10 Reasons Why Millennials are Martial Law Victims Too” champion

ARTjudges Fr. Jason Dy, SJ & Arianna Mercado

• Cloe Sison, St. Paul College Pasig, “#NeverAgain Series” champion

• Deji Eclarin, Ateneo de Manila Senior High School, “Sanayan Lang ang Pagpatay/Butiki”

• Alexie Tungol, The Seed Montessori School QC, ”Bb. Pilipinas”

• Sabine Gochuico, Sofia Trinidad, Kaitlyn Roque, The Seed Montessori School QC, “How the Marcos Regime Killed the Economy”

• Kayla Balneg, Adrian Matias, Kobe Vitug, San Beda College Rizal, “PH Human Rights Under Conjugal Dictatorship”


TAGPO VALUES RESEARCH CENTER LAUNCHES WITH

HALAGAHAN: PANANALIKSIK SA MGA PAMANTAYANG FILIPINO

Made possible through a grant from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Tagpo is

envisioned “as a center to foster and facilitate research on values in Philippine contexts.” The first session, held on February 10, 2018, gathered academics and graduate students in a day of pakikipagtagpo (encounter).

“The idea,” said Dr. Jesus Principe, main convenor of Tagpo, in his introductory remarks, “is simple: to come together, to be present to each other, and to explore and celebrate together what we value.” The launch is designed to be in three parts: colloquia, conversation, and conference. “We start respectfully and gratefully by acknowledging and learning from pioneering work that had already been done,” moving onto informal dialogue between different sectors in society

in March, and concluding in a conference collating research and findings in May.

In the first session “Kahalagahan (Values),” National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera, professor and Balagtasan advocate Michael Coroza, pop culture essayist Soledad Reyes, and philosopher Manuel Dy, Jr. spoke about their work.

Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, in his talk “Tungo sa Pagtuklas (Toward Discovery),” relayed how he wrote his first essay in Filipino and how he became a politicised writer in, also, Filipino. “Wala akong pakialam noon sa pulitika, (I did not care about politics then)” he said, adding that even then, he felt as though something was missing in his life. That thing would come by way of a casual question posed by writer Rony V. Diaz on his dissertation topic—originally on Indian fiction in English. “Bakit

hindi Philippine literature? (Why not Philippine literature?)” And the rest, perhaps, is history.

Dr. Michael Coroza's session “Hulog, Hulugan, Kahulugan: Panimulang Pagpansin sa Kabuluhan ng Ibig Sabihin (Falling, Installments, Meaning: A First Look at the Relevance of What We Mean to Say)” interspersed with stunning verses in song, discussed the importance of the meanings of words, especially in our vernacular. He emphasised the value of etymology—how different hulog ng langit can be from pagkahulog ng loob.

In her talk entitled “Isang Pagsasalo-Salo sa Dulang ng mga Salita (A Feast at the Table of Words),” Dr. Soledad Reyes spoke about growing up as a reader of Liwayway and Philippines Free Press, and finding her niche in studying Philippine popular culture, Tagalog novels, and komiks. She discussed how valuable our own literature is, especially when it is in our own language—the rendering of a story in Filipino, in Tagalog, is what makes it distinctly ours.

Finally, Dr. Manuel Dy, Jr. in “Halagahan: Isang Paglalakbay Mula sa Kosmolohiko Patungo sa Kosmopolitanismo (Values: A Journey from the Cosmological to the Cosmopolitan),” anchored his address in the ideas of the late Ramon Reyes, and posed the question of whether there exists a uniquely Filipino kind of philosophy, as well as what makes us different from other Asian natures.

The period of pakikipagtagpo, however, did not end there—after the last questions and answers of the day, participants were encouraged to continue the activity that the past few hours had been dedicated to. And after that, until they meet again.

TAGPO CURRENTS: RESEARCH ON VALUES IN A CHANGING WORLD

On February 24, 2018, TAGPO held “Currents: Research on Values in a Changing World,” a set of talks on

issues in the social sciences. Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, Dr. Anna Marie Karaos, Dr. Mary Racelis, and Mark Lawrence Cruz led the presentations.

In his opening remarks, Dr. Principe summarized the previous colloquium, and announced upcoming conversations to be held between scholars and different sectors, aiming to answer the question, “What do Filipinos value most?”

In his talk “What Drives Us, What We Value Most, What We Can Learn from our Neighbors,” Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ, former President of Ateneo and a key leader of Gawad Kalinga, shared, “I am not interested in research, but more about seeing what works.” He talked about what was made clear to him in his time with GK communities: how important faith and family were to Filipinos, and how this shaped our values. He said that like our East Asian neighbors, our society was very communal, as opposed to individualistic, which was typical of Western societies. The challenge to us, however, came with the hybridity in our culture—we have, according

to Fr. Nebres, a deep sense of self but articulated in an individualistic way.

Dr. Anna Marie Karaos, Associate Director of the John J. Carroll Institute on Church and Social Issues (JJCICS), discussed the link between civic engagement and democracy in the Philippines. She argued about active citizenship being at the core of democracy, a political system that is pointless unless implemented and practiced properly. According to a Civil Society Index survey in 2011, Filipinos were most active in religious organizations, and only a small percentage took an active part in political groups. Surveys from the late 1990s to 2012 revealed that people who self-identified as middle class had been growing in number, and that interest in politics had increased. The class category that had gone up most had been the lower class—they had grown increasingly politicised in the span of a decade. However, this interest did not necessarily translate into public engagement, as a low percentage of Filipinos participate in political action. The survey also found that there was a tendency for people to favor autocratic rule while also supporting a democratic political system.

Dr. Mary Racelis, former Director of the Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC) and Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, gave a lecture on “Studying Values in a Changing Society from the 20th to 21st Centuries.” Speaking candidly about her own work as a woman in socio-anthropology since the 1960s, she outlined the history of the institution from its beginnings as it faced criticism from philosophers and theologians this side of Katipunan as well as scholars from the University of the Philippines. She recognized that in the 1970s, there was a decline in values research, but noticed a resurgence of it in the 21st century. Poverty continues, and the challenge is how to address it through empirical methods.

Mark Lawrence Cruz of the Ateneo School of Government ended this series of talks with “Flipping the Pyramid: Listening, Learning, and Being Led by the Poor.” Also an active volunteer of Gawad Kalinga, Mr. Cruz talked about his involvement in the community of Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija and how a real encounter left one disturbed.

He shared success stories of students in Gabaldon. One of them, Micelim Geloso, was caught stealing bananas. She is now a social entrepreneur whose product, ‘Friendchips’ banana chips, is on its way to being enjoyed by passengers of Philippine Airlines. Mr. Cruz also introduced the concept of the flipped pyramid, based on the social class pyramid, with the poor at the bottom, and the privileged at the apex. Daring to flip it, “is a reminder,” he said, “to let the minority rich carry the weight and burden of the poor majority.” It is a call, ultimately, to end poverty.

At the close of the colloquium, Dr. Principe remarked that from the lively discourse and debate, as well as the interesting and thought-provoking points, “marami pang dahilan para magtagpo (there are many more reasons to hold this kind of meeting.)”

from left Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, Dr. Soledad Reyes, Dr. Manny Dy, Dr. Michael Coroza; Dr. Jesus Principe; Halagahan participants in discussion

from left Currents participants; Mr. Mark Lawrence Cruz, Dr. Mary Racelis, Fr. Ben Nebres, and Dr. Anna Marie Karaos


TAGPO: VALUES RESEARCH CONFERENCELast May 4, 2018, scholars from various

disciplines and institutions gathered to share their research projects among

each other in the Tagpo: Values Research Conference. Coming from the social sciences and the humanities, these researchers put forward their ideas on topics that featured an exploration of values within a Philippine context. In some instances this meant defining values expressed in literary works, or considering aesthetic or moral value judgments, or discerning contested values in socio-political contexts, or engaging in semantic and linguistic explorations. There were two plenary lecturers and 16 shorter presentations divided into two parallel sessions.

The morning plenary lecture was by Dr. Fernando N. Zialcita, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His lecture, “Orienting Indigenous Values to a Broader Common Good,” used the Hegelian concept of Aufhebung, to invite listeners to reflect on how we could take a long-examined and long-contested Filipino value—such as pakikisama—and try to think of it anew by considering how it may be properly “elevated” towards higher ends, where the local and the universal intersect.

The afternoon plenary lecture was by Dr. Genevieve Balance-Kupang, Institutional

Research Head of St. Paul College Pasig. Her lecture was entitled, “In Search of Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Honoring Indigenous Traditions, Protecting the Sacred and Creating a Culture of Peace.” She spoke on behalf of indigenous persons worldwide, sharing from her own Kankana-ay tradition, as well as enlightening listeners on other cultural sources. She presented a sobering realization of the challenges confronted by indigenous people, as well as an impassioned plea for the protection of the land in line with an inclusive, even cosmic, world-view.

The 16 shorter presentations were:

■ MR. ALPHONSUS LUIGI E. ALFONSO: “On an Ethical Framework for Biographical Research”

■ DR. MARIA TERESA ASISTIDO: “Constructed Models of Semantic Categories in the Lyrics of Ismael E. Java’s Anagas Musical: The Negrosanon Values Systems”

■ DR. RICA BOLIPATA-SANTOS: “Women Writing Creative”

■ MR. NOEL CLEMENTE: “Kahulugan and Ibig Sabihin as Distinct Notions of Meaning”

■ MS. DAPHNE DAÑO: “Kababayenhan sa Taboan: A Study on the Striving Women of the Sabong Culture in Tabango, Leyte”

■ MS. JODEL KATRINA FERNANDEZ: “Filipino Diaspora and Third Culture Kids”

■ MR. PAOLO GALANG: “Akrasia and Commitment to Values”

■ DR. ALONA GUEVARRA: “Pakikisama in the Bilog Subculture: Reading Rey Ventura’s Accounts of Illegal OFWs in Japan”

■ MS. LOURDES GULA: “Tambalan sa Matalom: Unveiling the Life of Traditional Healers in the Modern World”

■ MR. ALBERT LAGLIVA: “Panlipunang Puhunan Bilang Pangunahing Halaga ng mga Komunidad”

■ MR. JOSHUA AMIEL MARASIGAN: “Pangangatawang Digital: Teolohikal na Pag-aaral sa Pagpapahalagang Pilipino sa Social Media”

■ MR. MICHAEL NER MARIANO: “Traditional Filipino Cosmology and the Navigation of Contemporary Day-to-Day Life”

■ MR. MARC OLIVER PASCO: “Filipino Values in the Age of Social Media”

■ MR. BEAUJORNE SIRAD A. RAMIREZ: “The Novel as a Source of Values”

■ MR. GERARD MARTIN SUAREZ: “Metaphors in Children’s Lit: Uncovering Underlying Values”

■ MS. REESE UNGSON: “Utang na Loob and the Colonial Narrative”

It was a day of collegial give-and-take of constructive commentary and advice, of discovering common points of interest and possibilities for collaboration, and of taking interest in others’ research interests.

More information on Tagpo and its various activities may be found at tagpovaluesresearch.wordpress.com.

from left Dr. Fernando N. Zialcita, Dr. Genevieve Balance-Kupang, TAGPO participants listen to a plenary lecture and pose with their certificates of participation

TAGPO-CONVERSATIONS

In a series of informal dialogues, we listen to the

stories of people from various sectors to know

what they value, “Ano ang mahalaga?”

Outside the BOx: A Queer PinOy’s stOry

RESILIENCE OF THE HEART AND RESOURCEFULNESS

of the human spirit, words that capture the first Tagpo-Coversation with Bam, Ice, Gids, and Aives, guests from the LGBT+ Community, held on March 15, 2018. Present was a mother who came to listen so she could better understand her son who is also gay.

MAy LALiM: FisherFOLk FrOM BinAngOnAn

IN THE SECOND CONVERSATION, HELD ON MARCH

19, two fishermen from Barangay Kalinawan, Binangonan, Rizal—Ernie and Igos—were invited to share their stories of joys, hopes, and struggles. Albert Lagliva, the facilitator, said that fisheries was the poorest in the agricultural sector; and Tagpo aimed to know the world and values of these fishermen.

serBisyO-PuBLikO: dOOn PO sA AMin

THE THIRD CONVERSATION, HELD ON APRIL 6,

invited public servants—including Kagawad Ares and Public Safety Officer Edrick—from Barangay Bagumbuhay in Project 4. The goal of the dialogue was to listen to the often overlooked stories of public officials from the smallest unit of government in the country, in order to learn their values.


Areté is the creAtivity And innovAtion hub of the

Ateneo de MAnilA university.It has spaces and programs designed to foster collaboration across disciplines and among different sectors in the hopes of developing solutions to the problems of today and to realize the innovations that will shape our tomorrow.

It houses in its facility the Ateneo Art Gallery, Hyundai Hall (an 850 seat proscenium theater, The Doreen Black Box (a space for more experimental productions), the university’s Fine Arts Department, the Ateneo Laboratory for Learning Sciences, SALT (Science and Art of Learning and Teaching) Institute, and the Eduardo J. Aboitiz Sandbox Zone, a co-working space, incubator, and workshop for the realization and implementation of research projects.

Its programming is all about brokering reinvigorated pursuits of significant objectives as well as unforeseen aspirations for exciting outcomes.

Areté is the platform for those working on projects that require the intervention of

those from other disciplines as well as from industry and government.

The one thing we require from our partners is openness—to sharing ideas and to the ideas of others, to working with those complementary and to those who may not always be.

Ultimately, Areté is an invitation if not a dare—a challenge to realize the possibilities that can only be unlocked by deliberate play, collaborative experimentation, and thoughtful processes that are never exempt from constant reimagining.

SandBox ProgramS launched

Areté recently launched three Sandbox Programs: Sandbox Residencies, Sandbox School, and Sandbox Conversations.

Sandbox Residencies

Sandbox Residencies are awards of space and resources given to groups spearheaded by Ateneo faculty members working on projects that they believe would benefit

from access to individuals from different sectors and disciplines. Areté helps these groups achieve specific objectives and also brokers previously non-existent or loose relationships towards knowledge exchange and collaboration.

The first Sandbox Residency was awarded to the Coastal Cities at Risk (CCAR) project spearheaded by Dr. Emma Porio of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SA). CCAR is a collaboration between SA, Manila Observatory, Ateneo Innovation Center, and several stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. Its primary concern is to address issues of disaster risk and resiliency through capacity building.

As part of the first activity for the Residency, Areté worked with CCAR to create an exhibit that communicates the concern as well as related inroads made in research, in policy, as well as in technology. The exhibition is currently on view at the Eduardo J. Aboitiz Sandbox Zone, third floor, George SK Ty Learning Innovation Wing.

Three groups in total have already been awarded Sandbox Residencies.

Sandbox School

Sandbox School is the mechanism by which Areté enables faculty to expand their repertoire of creative tools. The first such opportunity was REMIX: Cities, a three-day workshop run by the School of Slow Media.

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The workshop encouraged a new kind of collaboration where participants work in small teams to create “powerful micro-documentaries that showcase everyday human stories.” The School of Slow Media has done similar workshops across the region with the belief that the collaborative process of documentary filmmaking may be used to impart important lessons in embodied empathy.

Student groups are also provided opportunities to reimagine and subsequently realize projects that represent the interdisciplinary, collaborative, and innovative spirit that Areté espouses. Two student organizations are currently participating in Sandbox School. They have been participating in Sandbox activities and conversing with groups with Sandbox Residencies towards a revision of their initial project ideas. Areté will then fund the actualization of these ideas.

Sandbox Conversations

Sandbox Conversations are platforms through which Areté brings individuals from different sectors and disciplines together to discuss an issue that one of the Sandboxes Residency groups is working on or a topic that is the focus of interest of several groups in the university. The hope is that these will lead to an exchange of knowledge, possible collaboration, future projects, and ultimately

concrete solutions to pressing and complex problems.

The first Sandbox Conversation was held on March 19 in the Eduardo J. Aboitiz Sandbox Zone around the topic of substance use prevention and recovery as prompted by a Sandbox Residency group led by Dr. Regina Hechanova and the Ateneo Center for Organization Research and Development (CORD).

The conversation brought together psychologists, medical practitioners, environmental scientists, filmmakers, theater artists, and computer scientists. It was an interesting exchange between individuals with different perspectives and experiences, providing input to the CORD project that may not have been seen before. The conversation also allowed individuals to connect to start discussions of possible future projects together, several of which Areté intends to support and incubate.

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In celebration of the 2018 National Arts Month in February, the Ateneo Art Gallery (AAG) launched three exhibitions to formally inaugurate its newest home in Areté.

Love It and Leave It: A Legacy of Gifts to the Ateneo Art Gallery is a year-long exhibit in the upper ground floor galleries (Mr. & Mrs. Chung Te Gallery, Mr. & Mrs. Ching Tan Gallery, and Ernesto & Susan Tanmantiong Gallery)

featuring AAG’s permanent collection. This exhibit highlights the role of philanthropy which not only sustained the growth of AAG but also made possible the realization of the newly-constructed Areté.

Located at the Wilson L. Sy Prints and Drawings Gallery on the second floor, Elmer Borlongan Draws the Line invites visitors to view a retrospective of the artist’s works on paper from the 1970s until the present. The show is on view until May 13, 2018.

AAG has introduced Philippine Art by the Decade, a new program series which aims to explore new perspectives in Philippine art history. For the first of the series, AAG invited Ringo Bunoan to curate an exhibition showcasing art practices in the 1970s. Occupying the Elizabeth Gokongwei, Alicia P Lorenzo, and Ambeth Ocampo Galleries on the third floor, The 70s: Objects Photographs & Documents focuses on experimental photography and installation art. This exhibit is open to the public until July 2, 2018.

With an average of 250 visitors daily, AAG has already recorded a visitor count of more than 7,500 since its opening in February. AAG also recently adopted new viewing hours, opening on Sundays to accommodate more families and other individuals who would like to drop by on a traffic-free day. For more information, and to book group tours, you may visit ateneoartgallery.org/visiting, email [email protected] or call 426-6488

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DalisayanThe 25th Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts

DalisayanTHE 25TH LOYOLA SCHOOLS AWARDS FOR THE ARTS

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LORENZO AUGUSTO LL. ESCOBER, IV AB Literature (English)MA. CECILIA ROSARIO B. LAMUG, V AB Literature (English)

JOSE CARLOS JOAQUIN W. SINGSON, IV BFA Art ManagementNATALIE ANN ISABELLA L. UNSON, IV AB Literature (English)

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GABRIELLE THERESE R. MESINA, IV BFA Information DesignCYRIL JOHN V. SINDAC, IV BS Communications Technology Management

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GEENE SABRINA S. BASILIO, IV BFA Creative WritingMARGARET C. CRISOSTOMO, IV AB CommunicationJAN REY S. ESCAÑO, V AB Diplomacy and International Relations/BFA Theater Arts

JOSEMARIA ECEQUIEL N. LEDESMA, IV BS PsychologyALECX S. LORICA, V BFA Theatre Arts/AB Communication

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DIANNE MANSELLE L. AGUAS, IV BFA Information DesignCHRISENBEL W. ALEJO, IV BFA Information DesignMA. CECILIA ROSARIO B. LAMUG, V AB Literature (English)ROSARINA MARIA B. SEVILLA, V BFA Information DesignMARCO EMMANUEL T. TORRIJOS, IV BS Management

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MARIA PATRICIA M. BERNAS, IV AB PsychologyJOSEPH LAWRENCE A. MORABE, IV BS Health SciencesMIGUEL ENRIQUE S. ROA, IV BS Health SciencesLEXXEL JJ U. TANGANCO, V BS Environmental Science

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KATRINA ISABELA A. BARTOLOME, IV BS Management Engineering PATRICK JOHN M. FERNANDEZ, IV BS Mathematics VINCENT JOSHUA D. IÑOLA, IV AB Political Science PAOLA BETTINA C. MAURICIO, IV BFA Information Design THEA MIKAELA P. PANAGUITON, IV AB Development Studies BERNARD PATRICK L. PINGOL, IV BS Health Sciences

LEONA MARIE FRANCESCA S. REBOSA, IV BS Health Sciences LANCE SALAZAR G. SALAZAR, IV BS Psychology AUSTIN GUILIANO P. TAN, IV BS Communications Technology Management

This year, 28 students were honored at the Dalisayan 2015: the Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts (LSAA) held May 8, 2018 at Escaler Hall.

Now on its 25th year, the LSAA recognizes students who have made significant contributions in the fields of creative writing, theater, music, visual

arts, graphic design, and film.

“The arts can be liberal and liberating because it brings us together,” said University President Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ at the ceremony. Arts, he

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Portrait photography by Ma. Cecilia Rosario B. LamugDalisayan program cover design (above left) and dance illustrations by Marco Emmanuel T. Torrijos

Chapbook design (above right) by Dianne Manselle L. Aguas, flower illustrations by Chrisenbel W. Alejo


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the human spirit that is touched by the God of creativity.

On May 9, 2018, the 25th Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts were presented to the winners for school year 2017-2018. The event, Dalisayan 2018, was held in Escaler Hall. In her closing remarks, Dr. Maria Luz C. Vilches, Vice President for the Loyola Schools, talked about how the Awards for the Arts evolved into what it is today:

Once upon a time, when the Loyola Schools hadn’t even been dreamt of, this Ateneo de Manila campus was known as the School of Arts and Sciences. It was

headed by a Dean—the highest administrator in the School. In 1994, the philosopher and man of letters Dr. Leovino Ma. Garcia, the first non-Jesuit, non-priest Dean of the school, gave out the first awards, honoring 8 students in the field of Literature—in what was then called the Dean’s Awards for the Arts.

During her stewardship, Dr. Mari-Jo P. Ruiz, the mathematician dean that succeeded Dr. Garcia, expanded the awards to recognize other art forms. It is of note that Dr. Ruiz also draws and paints and writes books that show the creative aspect of mathematical thinking.

In 2000, when the School of Arts and Sciences became the Loyola Schools—with Humanities, Management, Science and Engineering, and Social Sciences under this umbrella, the Dalisayan became the Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts. Under the leadership of Dr. Miren Intal, the first VP for the Loyola Schools, the annual program received encouragement to evolve as a festive showcase of legacies in the humanities. As a psychologist, Dr. Intal was delighted to see in this event some achievements of the human potential.

The next Vice President for the Loyola Schools, the scientist and poet, Dr. Assunta Cuyegkeng, encouraged quality control and process development while boosting the production budget for the program. In her suitable Filipiniana, she graced the occasion, also with her well-crafted speeches.

Fr. Ben Nebres was a constant active presence in the awards. You could see the glitter in his eyes in the joy of experiencing the transformation of students from being one among classmates in the classrooms to being one of a kind in their program performances.

In the last few years, when Dr. John Paul Vergara became the VPLS, he felt at first like an awkward theoretical mathematician surrounded with these right-brain moves. But eventually he found a way of bringing artistic creativity into his world of algorithms! His continuing education in the arts made him team teach, with a Fine Arts teacher, a hybrid course that tried to integrate computer science and information design. I hear he had fun!

Also in the last few years, Fr. Jett Villarin—climate scientist and poet—has added inspiration for Dalisayan, especially with his championing the creation of Areté—which is not just that iconic structure near Gate 3, but also, and most importantly, the challenge of forming that invisible iconic structure of creativity and innovation that can respond to the call of the mission of service and building the nation.

The program celebrates exuberant talents in many genres: dance, literature, music, screen arts, theater, and visual arts. In my role, first as Dean of the School of Humanities and now as VP, I must say that I’ve been privileged to have witnessed the many artistic talents of our students. I can only say, thank you to all! That thanksgiving often leads me to a religious experience—by that I mean, not a pious religious experience. But that the experience of these talents leads me to a deeper understanding of the tenacity of the human spirit that is touched by the God of creativity.


The Loyola Schools recognized the efforts of individuals and groups who have exemplified excellence in sports, socio-civic engagements, and leadership and service

through Paghahandog: A Celebration of Student Leadership and Service. It was held on May 7, 2018, in the Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall Auditorium. The students were recognized for their outstanding contributions to nation building and for being symbols of hope.

The awarding ceremony had four categories: the Loyola Schools Awards for Sports comprised of the Ambrosio Padilla Athlete of the Year Award and The Guidon-Moro Lorenzo Awards for Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year; the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo (COA) Awards; the Ateneo Socio-Civic Engagement for National Development (ASCEND) Awards; and the Loyola Schools Awards for Leadership and Service (LSALS), comprised of the awards for the Most Outstanding Project, Most Outstanding Student Group, and Most Outstanding Individual.

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The Ambrosio Padilla Athlete of the Year Award recognizes a student athlete who excels in his or her chosen sport while maintaining an exceptional academic performance. Marquis Riley P. Alindogan of the baseball team was hailed the Ambrosio Padilla Athlete of the Year. Alindogan helped the baseball team win the Season 79 Baseball championship and a back-to-back 2016 and 2017 Hong Kong International Baseball Open championship.

Male and female athletes who excelled in a particular sport were conferred The Guidon-Moro Lorenzo Awards for Sports. Rookie of the Year and MVP Kirsten Chole Y. Daos of the FAST Ateneo Swimming Team was named Sportswoman of the Year, and five-time Men’s Volleyball MVP Marck Jesus P. Espejo was named Sportsman of the Year.

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The winners of the recently concluded COA Awards were also acknowledged during the event. The COA Awards recognize organizations and leaders who have exemplified service and excellence, and have exerted great effort in fostering collaboration and unity within the community of accredited organizations.

Project of the Year was given to A Special Café by the Ateneo Special Education Society (SPEED). The president of the Ateneo Chemistry Society, Magin Benedict F. Ferrer, was named Leader of the Year. Executive Board of the Year was given to Ateneo Blue Repertory while Organization of the Year was awarded to Ateneo SPEED.

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The ASCEND Awards are given to students whose work not only demonstrates mastery of subject but also contributes to national development.

There were two finalists for the Group Project in the Undergraduate Category namely “Isla Verde Microbiological and Ecological Assessment” by BS Life Sciences sophomores Liam Gabriel I. Bautista, Matthew Louis C. Lazaro, Rachelle Anne S. Nolido, Rosalina Anne P. Tagle, and Anil Colby U. Vega. Their co-finalist was “P3D Model” by AB Development Studies juniors Trixia Lariz R. Caraos, Isabella Louise Faith D. Raz, Dominique Marie N. Salcedo, and Ram Joseph S. Zaragoza.

Finalist for the Seniors Individual Research Category, Denise A. Ramallosa, IV BFA Information Design was also awarded the ASCEND Excellence Award for her project “FURUN: Contextualizing Early Literacy Instructional Materials for the Ichananaw.”

Another finalist for the Graduate Category, Sharijay M. Concepcion, received the ASCEND Excellence Award for her work “Moringa Oleifera Plant Extract Profile (PEP) Kit.”

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The Loyola Schools Awards for Leadership and Service give distinction to the efforts of individuals and groups who have worked towards being of service to others, especially marginalized sectors and communities.

There were four finalists for Most Outstanding Project namely, the Alay Ni Ignacio (ANI) Summer Program 2017, Ateneo ENterteyment para sa TAo, Bayan, LAnsangan, at DiyOs (ENTABLADO)’s Ang Pitong Gunggong, Barefoot Philippines’ Area Engagements, and Ateneo Management Economics Organization (MEcO)’s Save! Campaign and Culminating.

MEcO’s Save! Campaign and Culminating emerged as Most Outstanding Project for its efforts in equipping public school students in Marikina with the necessary skills to save, and to practice money management.

The finalists for Most Outstanding Student Group were Ateneo ENTABLADO, Ateneo SPEED, Barefoot Philippines, and the Computer Society of the Ateneo (CompSAt).

The premier information technology organization of Ateneo, CompSAt, was recognized as the Most Outstanding Student Group for their projects and activities, which offered more avenues for service to the greater community, through competence in information technology.

Ateneo ENTABLADO received a special citation for fostering discourse and involvement in socio-political issues through innovative theatrical productions staged for communities inside and outside the university.

The finalists for Most Outstanding Individual were Robbin Charles M. Dagle (4 AB Communication), Hazel B. Gatdula (4 BS Management), Bea Camille A. Ruiz (4 BS Management Major in Communications Technology Management), and Dasha Marice S. Uy (4 AB Communication). Sanggunian SOSS Representative Dasha Uy was named Most Outstanding Individual for her work in pushing for student rights, particularly in the areas of gender equality, violence against women, and mental health.

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Marquis Alindogan, Athlete of the Year (photo by Norman Macasaet)

COA Project of the Year: Ateneo SPEED’s A Special Café

ASCEND awardee Denise A. Ramallosa with her winning project

LSALS Most Outstanding Project, Ateneo MEcO’s Save!

Ateneo ENTABLADO’s Ang Pitong Gunggong received a special LSALS citation

LSALS Most Outstanding Student Group, CompSAt

Dasha Uy, LSALS Most Outstanding Individual


JAiMe S. kAtiGBAk, the guidOn

The Ateneo de Manila University athletic community came together for a night to honor the achievements of several Blue and Lady Eagles at the Athletes Night Awards 2018 on Saturday, May 5,

at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater. Organized by the University Athletics Office (UAO) and co-presented by The Guidon Sports, the event celebrated both individual and team accomplishments at the culmination of Season 80 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

Hosted by UAAP Season 80 Courtside Reporter Martie Bautista and Jhofer Eleria, this year’s Athletes Night paid tribute to a number of Ateneo’s sports heroes while highlighting some of the year’s most iconic moments. With UAO Director Emmanuel Fernandez and College Athletics Office Director Benjo Afuang in attendance, nine awards were conferred on some of the year’s best and brightest.

The Ateneo Men’s and Women’s Lawn Tennis Teams earned the Most Improved Team Award, rising from the groundwork of previous lackluster seasons to slam silver finishes in their respective divisions on the collegiate courts this year.

Honoring team players often hidden in the shadow of athletic superstars, the

Unsung Hero Award was granted to Tina Deacon from the Women’s Basketball Team. On the other hand, the Step-Up Award was given to Deanna Wong from the Women’s Volleyball Team for winning UAAP Season 80 Best Setter after a successful transition from libero. To recognize a student-athlete who has served the country through their own athletic craft, the Makabayan Award was bestowed upon Lady Eagle Chloe Daos for international achievements in swimming. She most recently won silver in the 200m butterfly event at the 41st SEA Age Swimming Championships in Brunei last November 10-12.

The event also cemented some of the year’s most defining moments into Ateneo memory. The Game of the Year Award went to Drei Buhain, Jethro Chua, Brandon Sing, and Paolo Mutuc for an incredible comeback in the 4x100m relay event during the UAAP Season 80 Men’s Swimming Championships. In similar fashion, Marck Espejo’s record-shattering 55-point performance against Far Eastern University (FEU) in the Final Four of the UAAP Season 80 Men’s Volleyball

tournament scored him the Performance of the Year Award.

The Student Manager of the Year Award was handed to Victor Datu, Chelsea Aguirre, Gian Diaz, Anya Ramos, Ryo Rodas, and Andrea Manalang of the FAST Ateneo Swimming Team (FAST). With the FAST managers taking the award for the second consecutive year, the team earned the title through successful organization and logistical planning during the season as well as their initiatives outside the scope of the collegiate league including the annual Ateneo Aquathlon and Faster with FAST.

Finally, the highest individual awards were handed to two Most Valuable Players (MVPs) from two different sports. Chloe Daos earned the distinction of Lady Eagle of the Year while Marck Espejo took home the Blue Eagle of the Year. As the heart and soul of FAST in a redemptive campaign, Daos sealed her bid for the award as the Women’s Swimming tournament’s MVP and Rookie of the Year in UAAP Season 80, while Marck Espejo was awarded for winning his fifth straight MVP award in the UAAP Season 80 as the Men’s Volleyball tournament.

Some of the athletes and student managers of the FAST Ateneo Swimming Team (FAST) (photo by Zach Garcia)

Lady Eagle of the Year Chloe Daos (photo by Zach Garcia) Blue Eagle of the Year Marck Espejo (photo by Zach Garcia)

The Company of Ateneo Dancers (CADS) (photo by Jason Mariano)

The stage is set for the 2018 Athletes Night Awards at the Henry Lee Irwin Theater (photo by Janine Torre)


INTERLINKS and SOSE Outstanding Student Research Awards 2018The School of Science and Engineering (SOSE), care of Ateneo Innovation Center, held this year’s INTERLINKS on Friday, May 4, 2018 in the MVP Roofdeck.

INTERLINKS is Ateneo’s fully integrated research showcase and culmination event, that is geared towards industry-academe collaboration, to create products and services of value and/or significant social impact. Its goals are to inspire a culture of science and technology in the Philippines by actively supporting and nurturing the next generation of technologists, scientists, and engineers; to integrate various professions and fields to create a multidisciplinary and collaborative culture of solving the country’s problems; and finally, to innovate our way into a sustainable and prosperous nation.

Collaborative projects, research, and theses of SOSE students, faculty members, and staff were featured during the event. The winners were awarded during the SOSE Outstanding Student Research Awarding Ceremonies afterwards.

INTERLINKS People’s Choice AwardsTHE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE

thesis/project that garnered the most number of votes from the students, faculty members, and guests that participated in the Interlinks.

1 JOHN RAPHAEL FAUSTINO, RAMON RICHARD

LUISKING, AND DIVINE- KIA TAN

“Raising Awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder via Adventure Game” ADVISER Mr. Walfrido David Diy

2 JOHN BENEDICT DU AND MARK PEREA

“A Study of Nao and its Application in OCR” ADVISER Mr. Carlos Oppus

BPI-DOST Science Awards FinalistsTHE BPI-DOST SCIENCE AWARDS IS AN ANNUAL

competition where two of the best SOSE students chosen for academic excellence, leadership, and research are nominated for the awards and confirmed by a Committee composed of executives from Bank of the Philippine Islands and the Department of Science and Technology. The Grand Awarding ceremonies will be held in the Mind Museum on June 5, 2018.

3 ALIENA MARI P. MIRANDA

“Creating Sustainable Energy Storage: Green Synthesis of Hematite/Graphene Nanocomposite Electrode for Supercapacitors” (see feature on facing page) ADVISER Dr. Erwin P. Enriquez

4 KARIZ MARIE A. BAUTISTA

“Biodegradable, Magnetic Adsorbent from Water Hyacinth for Lead (II) Ion Adsorption ADVISER Dr. Jose Mario A. Diaz

SOSE Outstanding Research AwardsTHIS WAS STARTED IN 2001 BY THE FORMER DEAN OF

SOSE, Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit. The tradition of excellence in research has continued, and has given rise to recognition of research both in the basic sciences and in technology innovation, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. The research works were judged on the basis of scientific quality, originality, and significance to the discipline or field.

undergraduate BaSic reSearch category

5 first place ZEITONI M. NARVAEZ (5 BS CH-MSE)

“Adsorption of Lead (II) by Alginate Gel Beads with Entrapped Nanocellulose” ADVISER Dr. Jose Mario A. Diaz

6 second place JOHN MICHAEL H. BERNIL,

ALLAN CHRISTOPHER COPUYOC,

HANNAH JACQUELINE KATIGBAK,

AND ISABEL PERALTA (5 BS BIO/4BS LFSCI) “Determination and Validation of the Presence of Stipitatic Acid Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Aspergillus oryzae using Systematic Combination of Four Bioinformatic Algorithms” ADVISER Dr. Crisanto M. Lopez

undergraduate innoVation category

7 first place PETERNI G. COLOYAN

AND DANIELLE CLARICE REYES (4 BS LFSCI)

“Biocompatibility of Electrospun Cellulose Acetate-Poly (Lactic Acid) Nanofiber Mats ADVISER Dr. Crisanto M. Lopez

8 second place ALAN RACOMA JR. (4 BS CH)

“Design and Development of a Low-Cost Raspberry Pi Visible Spectrophotometer” ADVISERS Mr. Carlos M. Oppus and Ms. Danielle B. Lapinig

graduate BaSic reSearch category

9 first place GERALD P. DICEN (MS ES)

“The Role of Reactive Iron in the Long-term Sequestration of Carbon in Mangroves” ADVISER Dr. Ian Navarrete

10 second place ANGELA MONINA T. MAGNAYE (MS AS)

Investigating the Sea Surface Temperature Representation and its Regional Climate Influence in Southeast Asia” ADVISER Dr. Gemma Teresa T. Narisma

graduate innoVation category

11 first place SARAH MAY R. SIBUG (MS CH)

“Design and Fabrication of a Multi-Stationary Phase Thin-Layer Chromatography System for the Rapid Chemometric Fingerprinting of B. balsamifera and V. negundo” ADVISER Dr. Erwin P. Enriquez

12 second place MIGUEL ZENON AND NICANOR ZAAVEDRA (MSCS)

“Developing a Framework for Horizontally Scalable Network Flow Analytics on the Hadoop Ecosystem” ADVISER Dr. William Emmanuel S. Yu

13 special award MELODEE T. PACIO (MS MATH ED)

“Learning Mathematics by Using Cordilleran Cultural Music in the Study of Patterns: A Case of Ethnomathematics in Primary School” ADVISER Dr. Catherine P. Vistro-Yu

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Ali Miranda wins MSE Research Fair Award in UP DilimanQuirino SuGon, Jr.

Aliena Mari P. Miranda (5 BS Applied Physics with Materials Science Engineering (MSE)) was awarded Best

in Oral Presentation (undergraduate cluster) at the Materials Science and Engineering Summit 2018 Research Fair held on March 16 and 17, 2018 in the Engineering Theater of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Miranda’s research was entitled, “Green synthesis of Fe2O3/graphene and MnO2/graphene nanocomposites for supercapacitor electrodes,” under the supervision of Dr. Erwin P. Enriquez of the Department of Chemistry. Of five participants in the Research Fair, four were from Ateneo de Manila. The two-day summit, “Sinagtala: A Focus on the Innovations of Philippine Materials,” had four events: Olympiad, ProdExpo, Career talks, and Research Fair.

Below is an interview by Ateneo Physics News, ateneophysicsnews.wordpress.com:

How did you arrive in Ateneo de Manila University from high school?

I’m from Pasig City Science High School. I entered the Applied Physics/MSE program because I was interested in working on nanotechnology. Studying in a science high school helped cultivate my interest in the sciences, and luckily I was granted a scholarship.

What is the significance of your research?

With rampant pollution and limited resources, there is high interest in producing energy storage using environmentally-friendly methods and abundant materials.

Is this research a continuation of your BS Applied Physics thesis?

This research isn’t a continuation of my BS Applied Physics thesis, so the toughest

part was getting used to the lab protocols for working in a chemistry laboratory. That taught me to be more meticulous, especially since the reagents and tools could be expensive.

I did my Applied Physics thesis under Dr. Christian Mahinay at the Vacuum Coating and Plasma laboratory, where I worked on the characterization of DC-magnetron argon plasma using a Langmuir probe that I designed. I decided to start a different study for my MSE thesis because I was interested in Dr. Enriquez’s work on supercapacitors. Luckily, Mark Cabello, a previous graduate student, had been working on creating metal oxide graphene nanocomposites, but they were designed for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dr. Enriquez advised me to work from there to develop supercapacitor electrodes.

What motivated you to join the contest?

I was motivated to join the contest because my friends and I joined the quiz bee in the same summit two years ago. Our professor in an MSE class, Dr. Jose Mario A. Diaz, told us we’d get bonus points if we won. Unfortunately, we didn’t win, so I kept my eye on the summit and decided my MSE thesis was good material for the research fair. A block mate and an org mate joined the research fair as well, so we cheered for each other during the oral presentations.

Students should be encouraged to talk about their work with others so that they can get feedback from people other than their peers and teachers in their school. We got to interact with students from different universities and learn about their work. It helped build this sense of community, knowing that science is alive and well all around the country, although it could be better if more support was given and more resources were shared. One of the professors commented that I could approach them

to use their facilities. Events like this MSE Summit give me hope that science can flourish in the Philippines.

Were you able to make it to the BPI-DOST awards?

Yes, I was one of the two awardees from Ateneo at the BPI-DOST Science Awards. They decided to cut the nominees from three last year down to just two this year so the competition was tougher. I thought I wouldn’t make it because one of the panelists commented he didn’t understand my methodology, but somehow it worked out. The other awardee is Kariz Bautista, a fourth year BS Chemistry/MSE student who worked on modified nanocellulose derived from hyacinths under Dr. Jose Mario Diaz. The awarding ceremony is on 5 June 2018.

What are your future plans?

I’m currently waiting for the results of my application for the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. My block mate and I have passed the second screening, under the university we’re applying to, and now we’re waiting for the results of the third screening, under the Japanese Government. In the meantime, I plan to finish my reading list and pick up a few online classes. If I don’t get the scholarship, I plan on working in construction.

What advice do you have for those who want to follow in your footsteps?

Getting started seems tough but it’s a crucial step. Don’t let your inhibitions get the best of you. I started studying physics not really knowing what I got myself into, but I braced myself for the ride. I can’t say I’ve always been passionate about physics, but sometimes you just have to grit your teeth and work through it.

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Philippines—happening in various sites of Areté.

CW seniors, on the other hand, launched and sold their chapbooks featuring their poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction pieces during the event, “Tahanan.” Every day during the course of the festival, the seniors held an hour-long reading of excerpts from their chapbooks. CW seniors who specialized in Playwriting worked with actors, directors, and production staff to see their works come alive through a series of stage readings, collectively called “Bunyi,” held in the Gonzaga Theater.

Presenting their works in the lobbies and hallways of the Learning Innovation Wing, ID seniors highlighted their design solutions addressing various issues and concerns—from environment conservation to HIV stigma to adoption—in the exhibition,

“Frontiers.” They walked the guests through their respective projects.

Finally, TA seniors worked with Professor Emeritus Dr. Ricardo Abad in various capacities—as playwrights, actors, designers, or as part of the production team—for the staging of Lysistrata ng Bakwit, which was staged in the Doreen Black Box Theater.

The opening ceremony of the FA Festival Week was graced by Vice President for the Loyola Schools Dr. Maria Luz Vilches, School of Humanities Dean Dr. Jonathan Chua, Areté Executive Director Yael Buencamino, Fine Arts Chair Martin Villanueva, administrators, faculty members, parents, FA students, and members of the media. President Fr. Jose Ramon Villarin, SJ made the rounds of “Frontiers,” talking to students about their projects and design processes.

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Seniors of the Fine Arts (FA) Department took center stage during the FA Festival Week as they showcased their theses, translated into various creative works. They presented them to the Ateneo community and the

public from April 16 to 25, 2018 in Areté. With the theme, “Launch,” the festival opened with a simple ceremony on the ground floor of the George SK Ty Learning Innovation Wing—the first time that the festival was held in Ateneo’s creativity and innovation hub.

Students in the four tracks of the department, namely, Art Management (AM), Creative Writing (CW), Information Design (ID), and Theater Arts (TA), participated. Their works ran the gamut of genres, projects, and executions—from design solutions to stage readings, from exhibitions to performances—offering a glimpse of what they have learned in the university and what they can contribute to the world after graduating.

AM seniors presented their theses in a full-day conference that took place in the Arts Wing’s Ben Chan Art Suite, with concurrent exhibitions—from the exploration of craft in fine arts to a survey of sound art in the

Fine ArtS DePArtMent HolDS SucceSSFul FA FeStivAl week

fineartsfestivalphotoS by roxan b. cuacoy

Events from the four tracks of Ateneo Fine Arts

clockwise, from top left AM majors at their exhibit launch, CW majors with their chapbooks, TA productions, special guests view the ID exhibit

Fr. Jett Villarin makes the rounds of the ID thesis exhibit

from top guests at the FA Festival events, AM student-curated exhibits


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The PAASCU Exhibit featured in the Loyola Schools Bulletin Volume 9, Number 1 was curated, laid-out, and photographed by Roxan B. Cuacoy of the Department of Fine Arts. Special thanks to Roxan for her generosity and

creativity, and for her photographs, which grace many of our other featured articles.

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The inaugural production of the Doreen Black Box theater at Areté, Lysistrata ng Bakwit, premiered on April 17, 2018, as part of the Fine Arts Festival Week. Presented by Tanghalang Ateneo, Miriam College, and Ateneo Fine Arts, under a CHED Salikha Creative Grant, the play was a contemporary take on Lysistrata, Aristophanes’ classic Greek satire on

love and war. The Filipino adaptation was written by Gerald P. Manuel and Sabrina Basilio under the mentorship of Guelan Varela-Luarca, and directed by Dr. Ricardo G. Abad, Artistic Director of Areté. Set in an imaginary war-torn Philippine province, Lysistrata ng Bakwit follows the revolt of women bakwit (evacuees) in a man’s world rife with wars fought over ancestral land, blood ties, and tribal differences. Kapitana Lysistrata urges the women from two rival tribes to withhold sex from their partners to protest the unending, almost annual cycle of war and peace.


Dr. Jerry Respeto wins Philstage Gawad Buhay’s Outstanding Translation Award for Ang Pag-uusig

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On April 12, 2018, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino or Little Theater, the winners of

the Gawad Buhay’s industry awards were announced. Jerry C. Respeto, PhD, Associate Professor at the Ateneo de Manila University Departments of Filipino and Fine Arts, won Outstanding Translation or Adaptation for Ang Pag-uusig (The Crucible).

Dr. Respeto’s translation and adaptation of classic plays have been staged by major theater organizations in the country. He has also delivered lectures and papers on Philippine Theater in the United States, Australia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and major regions in the country.

In this interview, he shares with us his thoughts on winning, his translation process, and the challenges he faced as he worked on his award-winning translation.

Can you tell us a little bit about translating and adapting Arthur Miller’s The Crucible into Ang Pag-Uusig?

Ang Pag-uusig is a project commissioned by Tanghalang Pilipino (TP)—a resident company of the Cultural Center of the

Philippines. In consultation with the Artistic Director of TP, Nanding Josef, and the director of Ang Pag-uusig, Dennis Marasigan, I decided to do a translation of The Crucible (Ang Pag-uusig) into Filipino instead of an adaptation because the original material already echoes the present political situation in the Philippines. I thought that a faithful translation into Filipino of The Crucible would by itself lead the audience to read the play in the light of what is happening in our society right now.

Did you expect to win the Outstanding Translation Award of the Philstage Gawad Buhay?

I did not expect to win the outstanding translation award of the Philstage Gawad Buhay since the plays of my co-nominees were all praiseworthy too—Eurydice by Guelan Luarca (CCP Tanghalang Pilipino) and Galileo by Allan Glinoga (PETA). Guelan, who also teaches with the Ateneo Fine Arts Department, has written award-winning plays, while Allan, before he died, was one of the resident translators of PETA during the 1980s. So, until the awarding rites in the CCP Little Theater, I really had no sense of who would win the award. However, since Ang Pag-uusig got citations in almost all the categories during the third quarter deliberations of

the Philstage as published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer in November 2017, I still made an outline of a possible thank you speech just in case I win the award. It was a very heartwarming experience receiving an award from respected colleagues. It was like a pat on the

back as encouragement from your theater family.

What do all the awards mean for the Ang Pag-uusig team?

The awards given by Philstage to the Pag-uusig team mean a lot to CCP Tanghalang Pilipino and to all our committed artists. It signified Philstage’s support for TP’s efforts to showcase materials that are relevant to what is happening right now in Philippine society. The awards testified to effective direction of the play (Dennis Marasigan’s aural and visual orchestration of all the elements of the play) as well as the outstanding ensemble acting of the Actor’s Company of TP.

What were the challenges that you faced? How did you overcome them?

Translating plays is a never-ending search for the equivalences of words and ideas coming from two cultures through a specific process. This process involves several stages: PAGSISINOP (collecting), PAGSALAT (sensing), PAGSUBOK, (testing), and PAGSALA (refining). This is the process I observed in my many years of translating plays. Tedious as it is, I follow this process because I know how crucial the dialogue of an actor is in the creation of his/her character. Also, translating metaphors and idiomatic expressions is very challenging, especially if it involves a particular time, place, religion, and social class. In this situation, I do more research, sometimes archival, to find out how these words and phrases were used in the original script, particularly the context and nuances of these words during the period in question. Then I proceed to study how these idioms and metaphors can be translated or adapted into Philippine situations and sensibilities, which may also require further research (etnography, if needed). Lastly, translating plays is a challenge because it is a continuous study of our languages—their power, strength, nuances and adaptability.

How long did it take to finish?

With my usual full-time teaching and administrative load, it takes five to six months to translate a commissioned play. I started to translate The Crucible in January 2017 and finished a draft in May 2017.

What are your upcoming projects?

I will be directing a play for Ateneo Entablado this coming season. Entablado will also stage Batang Rizal at Ateneo de Zamboanga in July 2018. And most importantly, I am hoping to launch a long overdue book project on rituals and performances within this year.

ANG PAG-UUSIG will have a rerun on October 5 to 28, 2018. For tickets and information, visit ticketworld.com.ph or call Tanghalang Pilipino at 832-1125 local 1620.

CAST AND ARTISTIC TEAM MEMBERS FROM TP'S ANG PAG-UUSIG WITH THEIR GAWAD BUHAY AWARDS from left Marco Viaña (Male Featured Performance in a Play), Dr. Jerry Respeto (Translation or Adaptation),TP Artistic Director Nanding Josef (Ensemble Performance, Outstanding Play), Dennis Marasigan (Stage Direction), JV Ibesate (Male Lead Performance in a Play)


Books by Sol Reyes LaunchedMAritA concePcion cAStro GuevArA

Soledad S. Reyes, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of the School of Humanities, and eminent literary and Philippine

Studies scholar, launched two new books on Thursday, 8 March 2018, in the Faber Hall. The event was sponsored by the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in collaboration with the Office of the Dean of the School of Humanities, the Ateneo de Manila University Press, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Publishing House, and the Ateneo de Naga University Press.

Auspiciously held on International Women’s Day, the launch featured two books by Dr. Reyes honoring women. The first of these is Retrieving the Past / Recuperating the Voice (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2017), a book that aims “to bring to the consciousness of present and future generations the immense wealth of insights that can be culled from the works of some of the nation’s most significant writers.” This anthology includes a lengthy essay on the voluminous and varied works of female writers such as Genoveva Edroza-Matute, Lina Flor, Liwayway Arceo, and Rosario de Guzman Lingat. It also has essays on Jose Rizal, the most influential voice from the 19th century,

and on popular novelists who wrote in the first half of the 20th century such as Patricio Mariano, Teofilo Sauco, Antonio Sempio, and Macario Pineda. Indeed, central to Dr. Reyes’s commitment as a literary scholar is the retrieval of the works of writers lest these remain “buried by a forgetful present.”

Also launched on March 8 was The Star of Panghulo, a translation by Soledad S. Reyes of Patricio Mariano’s Ang Tala sa Panghulo (first printed in 1913). Published by the Ateneo de Naga University Press in 2018, The Star of Panghulo (Ang Tala sa Panghulo in the original 1913 edition) has, for its central character, a remarkable woman named “Berta, the daughter of Sinay forcibly separated by her rich father from Pedro, her poor lover. To support her two adopted children and a woman who took care of her after her mother’s death, Berta peddled native cakes and jars of honey from her village of Panghulo all the way to the busy streets of Manila.... A resourceful young woman and a kind neighbor, Berta was for the village fold a luminous `star.’ “

The book launch had the color purple as its theme, the latter being the color associated with International Women’s Day. Moderated in Filipino by Dr. Marita Concepcion Castro Guevara, Chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department, the program featured the presentation of copies of the books to the

author Dr. Soledad S. Reyes, the Vice President for the Loyola Schools Dr. Maria Luz C. Vilches, the former Chair of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Dr. Patricia B. Licuanan, the School of Humanities Dean Dr. Jonathan O. Chua, the Associate Dean for Research and Creative Work Dr. Emilyn Q. Espiritu, and the Rizal Library Director Dr. Vernon R. Totanes.

Publishers’ messages were delivered by Ms. Ailil B. Alvarez, Director of the UST Publishing House which published Retrieving the Past / Recuperating the Voice; and by Ms. Maria Karina A. Bolasco, Director of the Ateneo de Manila University Press, who read the message of Fr. Wilmer S. Tria, SJ, PhD, Director of the Ateneo de Naga University Press which published The Star of Panghulo. Dr. Jonathan O. Chua, Dean of the School of Humanities, wrote the Closing Remarks which were read by Mr. Danilo Francisco M. Reyes, Assistant Professor of the Department of English. Two intermission numbers, “Bituing Marikit” (Nicanor Abelardo and Servando De los Angeles), and “Gulong ng Palad” (Jerome Sala) were provided by Interdisciplinary Studies Department faculty members Mr. Jonathan Arevalo Coo (voice) and Mr. Danilo Francisco M. Reyes (keyboard).

In concluding her Author’s Response (boxed text below), Dr. Soledad S. Reyes recognized and honored women’s quiet and unstinting acts of service and heroism amidst the hardships and uncertainties they experience in society.

DR. SOLEDAD S. REYES was conferred the rank of Professor Emeritus in 2009. In the 40 books she has edited/authored, and in over 50 of her articles included in books, Dr. Reyes has critically engaged texts in Filipino, resulting in seminal contributions in five areas: literary criticism, the Tagalog novel, Philippine popular culture, Filipino women’s writings, and translation. Among her works are Ang Nobelang Tagalog (1905-1975)(1982), Reading Popular Culture (1991), The Romance Mode in Philippine Popular Literature and Popular Culture (1991), Narratives of Note: Studies in Popular Forms in the 20th Century (2012), Lina Flor: Collected Works (2000), and Rosario de Guzman Lingat (1924-1997): The Burden of Self and History (2012). Since 2012, she has embarked on the translation of the works of Macario Pineda, Rosario de Guzman Lingat, Antonio Sempio, and Roque Ferriols, SJ, among others.

from left Karina Bolasco, Director of the Ateneo de Manila University Press; the author, Dr. Soledad S.Reyes;and Ailil B. Alvarez, Director of UST Publishing House

“At hayaan ninyong sa araw na ito ay bigyan ko ang kababaihan (tayong lahat, mga kapwa manunulat, mga asawa, ina, mga anak, mga lola) ng karampatang pagpaparangal para sa kanilang tahimik subalit masugid at matapat na paglilingkod sa pamilya at sa bayan, sa gitna ng kahirapan at kawalang-katiyakan. Kailangang-kailangan ang ganitong selebrasyon lalo na sa panahong ito na ang mga makapangyarihang sistema sa lipunan—ang ehekutibo, ang korte, ang kongreso, ang militar (na hawak sa leeg ng mga kalalakihan)—ay walang habas sa pag-alipusta at panggigigipit sa kababaihan. Personal ko itong pagpupugay sa kababaihan, isang tugon sa nakapanlulupaypay na kalagayan ng bansa, dala ng di-makatwirang paggamit ng puwersa ng mga makapangyarihan. Ngayong Araw ng Kababaihan, sa harap ng nagbabantang unos, makabubuting humugot tayo ng mga katangian mula sa mga babaeng manunulat, at mga tauhang babae, na itatapat natin sa namamayaning kultura ng kamatayan, karahasan, at kawalang-galang, lalo na sa kababaihan. Ito ang kultura ng pagmamalasakit, pagkakawanggawa, pagbibigay-buhay, at pagiging makatao, sa “isip, sa salita at sa gawa.”

“Allow me on this day to duly honor the women among us (my fellow

writers, those of us who are wives, mothers, children, grandmothers)

for their quiet, fervent, and faithful service to their family and nation, in

the midst of hardship and uncertainty. Today’s celebration is greatly needed,

especially during these times when powerful systems in society—the

Executive, the Courts, Congress, the Military (which are controlled by

men)—wantonly degrade and abuse women. Launching my books today

is not only my way of saluting our women, but also my response to

the abject situation of our country debilitated by the irrational use of

power by those in authority. Today, International Women’s Day, before

the gathering storm, it would serve us well to emulate the traits of our female writers and female literary

characters, such as being charitable, being life-giving, and acting humanely

in thought, word, and action.”

AUTHOR’S RESPONSESOLEDAD S. REYES


Loyola Schools Outstanding Scholarly Work Awards 2018

The Loyola Schools honored the winners of the 2018 Outstanding Scholarly Work Awards on Tuesday, May 8 in CTC 413. The Outstanding Scholarly Work Awards recognize the scholarly work of full-time faculty members that is high quality and has strong and extensive impact. Here are this year’s winners:

“tungo Sa dalumat ng Bayan: iSang metonomiya” By chriStian Benitez

An intensive and thorough examination of Philippine concepts of nation, through the Tagalog keyword bayan and its cognates in several Philippine languages (from Ayta and Ibaloy to Ifugaw and Tausog, and from Ilokano and Kapampangan to Bikolano and Cebuano). Benitez’s work is highly commendable for putting Philippine vernacular studies in close dialogue with western literary and critical theory, bridging the institutional chasms between them, and breaking the intellectual self-insularity of each, in a fine effort of cross-cultural analysis and sustained philological investigations.

may TikTik sa BuBong, may sigBin sa silong By allan derain

An exemplary accomplishment in editorial curation, gathering in one place various creative works on the aswang, works which trouble the boundaries between fact and fiction, historical realities and imaginary realms, and research and creative writing.

Weaving culTures: The invenTion of colonial arT and culTure in The PhiliPPines 1565-1850 By rene B. JaVellana, SJ

For the breadth of its scope and the wealth of its sources, reflecting the author’s substantial research over a span of three decades, and for being a fine example of interdisciplinary research. Weaving Cultures sheds light on creative moments that have long been in the shadows and clears the path for a revaluation of our artistic and cultural heritage from that period.

“agency-driVen PoSt-diSaSter recoVery: a comParatiVe Study of three tyPhoon waShi reSettlement communitieS in the PhiliPPineS” PuBliShed in the inTernaTional Journal of disasTer risk reducTion By J. Sedfrey S. Santiago, wilfred S. manuela Jr., marion lara l. tan, Siegfried Kiel B. Sañez, and aldo zelig u. tong

A comparative study of three Typhoon Washi resettlement communities in the Philippines. The paper evaluates three agency driven resettlement communities following the devastation caused by Typhoon Washi (local name: Sendong) in Cagayan de Oro in 2011. It argues that the agency-driven approach that encourages participation of recipient individuals and community make post disaster recovery more transformative.

“health and water quality BenefitS of alternatiVe Sewerage SyStemS in metro manila, PhiliPPineS” By roSalina Palanca-tan

The results of a survey on the current sanitation and sewerage conditions in Metro Manila. The paper included a choice modelling exercise undertaken to determine people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in the water quality of Metro Manila rivers and reductions in the incidence of waterborne diseases.

“a SuPPly chain frameworK for characterizing indirect VulneraBility” By charlotte Kendra gotangco, aBigail marie faViS, aileen guzman, and marion lara tan

Proposing a definition for “indirect vulnerability” that recognizes the transboundary and teleconnected nature of vulnerability arising from resource networks among cities and communities. It was completed based on the outcomes of the project “An Application of Supply Chain Analyses to Assess Indirect Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Pilot Study of Metro Manila,” which was funded by the University Research Council from 2014-2015.The project was implemented by faculty members from the Department of Environmental Science of SOSE and from JGSOM.

The Inventionof Colonial Artand Culture in the Philippines, 1565–1850rené b . javellana , s . j .

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weaving cultures: the invention of colonial art and culture in the philippines (1565–1800) reads the emergence of a unique art and culture in the Philippines during the colonial era from the optic of communications theory and the emerging theoretical discourse from information design. It views colonial exchange not primarily as an exchange of cultural goods, tangible or intangible, but as a negotiation forged by the communication between sender and receiver. In such a process, the cultural good is ineluctably transformed as it leaves the context of the sender and is transferred to the context of the receiver, who may be antipodes of each other—physically, psychologically, and culturally—as was the case of Filipinos and Europeans. Exchanges in the areas of space, the biota, the visual, literary, performative, culinary, and sartorial arts are traced. How messages are transmitted, decoded, and transformed to create the new reality of colonial art and culture are documented. A controlling metaphor is that of weaving: where strands of thread, placed at right angles to each other and woven in and out in patterns of skips, create the almost endless

variety of textiles. Because emerging new cultural expressions involve communication, both sender and receiver interact in the creation of a new culture. Although there may be a power differential between the two, as in the case of colonized culture, unless sender and receiver interact, no communication occurs. Communication becomes a leveler because either side in the cultural dialogue can fail. But then again, failure is not catastrophic because either side has an opportunity to find something exotic, novel, and unexpected, or to create something completely new. These two meanings of “invention,” as discovering and creating, weave in and out in the discourse of this book.

rené b. javellana , sj is currently associate professor at the School of Humanities, Ateneo de Manila University. He was director of Fine Arts and coordinator of its Art Management track. After teaching at the Ateneo’s Department of Communication, he continues to be involved with media as chair of the Board of Trustees of Jesuit Communications. For two terms, 2011–2016, he sat as member of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the Philippines, and is doing research on the 18th-century Jesuit naturalist, Bro. Georg Kamel, after whom the camellia is named, for an exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History. He was assistant area editor and writer for architecture and the visual arts of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (1994) and is working as area editor for its forthcoming revised edition. Among his most recent publications of scholarly and popular works on the arts, culture, and heritage conservation is La Casa de Dios: Filipino-Hispanic Churches in the Philippines (2010), which is a finalist for the National Book Award.

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Vol 29(2): 567–580. DOI: 10.1177/0956247817718402 www.sagepublications.com

Health and water quality benefits of alternative sewerage systems in Metro Manila, Philippines

ROsalIna PalanCa-Tan

AbstrAct This paper presents results of a household survey on the current sanitation and sewerage conditions in Metro Manila. The survey included a choice, measured in terms of the marginal willingness to pay (MWTP), between two alternative domestic wastewater treatment systems: 1) a sewerage system connecting individual households to a treatment plant through sewer lines; and 2) a combined drainage–sewerage system in which wastewater effluent flows with rainwater through flood canals and is intercepted for treatment only at a certain point in the waterway. With the second, the health improvement effect may be limited, but the cost can be significantly lower. The finding in favour of the combined drainage–sewerage system lends some support to this new approach in municipal wastewater treatment, which some other increasingly congested metropolises in Asian countries are likewise adopting, as an alternative to the more costly individual household sewer connections.

Keywords choice modelling / combined drainage–sewerage / domestic wastewater / individual household sewer connection / marginal willingness to pay / Metro Manila / waterborne diseases / water pollution

I. IntroductIon

In many Asian countries, sewerage systems consisting of sewer lines connecting households and establishments to sewage treatment plants are uncommon.(1) In the Philippines, only about 4 per cent of the population have a sewer connection. Even in the most developed urban centre of Metro Manila, sewer line system coverage remains about 8 per cent.(2) This means that less than a tenth of the wastewater in Metro Manila undergoes complete treatment before disposal to water bodies. The rest of the wastewater either flows into septic tanks that only provide primary treatment (solids remain on septic tank floors while the liquid portion overflows into drainage canals); or, in the absence of septic tanks, as is common in informal settlement areas, households’ used water from toilets goes directly to drainage/flood canals without any treatment. Most septic tanks are installed by the households or builders employed by them, not by government agencies. Many of the septic tanks are suspected to be substandard and they are not desludged on a regular basis. When full septic tanks are not desludged, household wastewater along with the solid portions overflows into the drainage canals.

rosalina Palanca-tan, Professor in the department of economics, Ateneo de Manila university, obtained her Phd in economics from sophia university in tokyo, Japan. she was a post-doctoral fellow at the environmental economics unit of Gothenburg university (sweden), and a visiting research fellow at the Institute of environmental studies of tokyo university (Japan), the Institute of comparative culture of Kobe university (Japan), and the university of Amsterdam. she has published in the areas of environmental and natural resource economics and Philippines–Japan economic relations.

Mailing Address: department of economics, Ateneo de Manila university, Loyola Heights, Quezon city, Philippines 1108; e-mail: [email protected]

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1. Cairncross, s (2003), “sanitation in the developing world: Current status and future solutions”, International Journal of Environment and Health Research Vol 13, no 1, pages 123–131.

2. Palanca-Tan, R (2013), “Efficiency and environmental effects of privatizing waterworks and sewerage

Benitez / Tungo sa Dalumat ng Bayan 363

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AbstractIn the attempt toward a preliminary dalumat (deconstruction) of bayan, critical is the bordering of bayan and its associated words. Adapting from its metonymic topography as an archipelago, the particular time of the Philippine bayan is essayed through simultaneous bordering of Filipino as a language and as a name assembling various languages. Metonymic association becomes significant through this in order for an event of a semblance of a semblance of a whole: a dalumat of bayan.

Keywordsarchipelago studies, bayan, dalumat, metonymy

About the AuthorChristian Benitez is a faculty member of the Kagawaran ng Filipino, Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated with an AB-MA in Filipino Literature. The locus of his research is time, as ecological and mythological assemblage, tropically articulated through history as metaphor.

TUNGO SA DALUMAT NG BAYANIsang Metonimiya

Christian Jil R. BenitezAteneo de Manila [email protected]

top, from left Allan Derain; Fr. Rene Javellana; J. Sedfrey S. Santiago

bottom, from left Fr. Jett Villarin, Dr. Toby Dayrit, the authors of “A supply chain framework for characterizing indirect vulnerability,” and Dr. Marlu Vilches

“Tungo sa Dalumat ng Bayan: Isang Metonomiya” by Christian Benitez

May Tiktik sa Bubong, May Sigbin sa Silong, edited by Allan Derain

Weaving Cultures, by Fr. Rene B. Javellana, SJ

“Agency-driven post-disaster recovery,” by J. Sedfrey S. Santiago, et al.

“Health and water quality benefits...,” by Rosalina Palanca-Tan “A supply chain framework...,” by Charlotte Kendra Gotangco, et al.


Ateneo de Manila University Excellence Awards 2017-2018

On April 5, 2018, in the Singson Hall of the Ateneo Grade School, the Ateneo de Manila University Excellence Awards for Administrators, Professionals,

and Staff, together with the Reverend Henry Lee Irwin, SJ Memorial Teacher Award, were presented.

The host of the evening, Christopher F. Castillo, Assistant to the Associate Dean for Student and Administrative Services for Campus Events Management, announced the criteria for the awards. “The Ateneo de Manila University strives for excellence in the pursuit of its mission,” he said. “The quality of excellence distinctive of Ateneo personnel includes outstanding professional abilities and high quality performance. We award excellence to Ateneo personnel for their embodiment of the Ignatian values of service, magnanimity, and magis.”

Ateneo de Manila University president Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ presented the awards while Fr. Jose M. Cruz, SJ, Vice President for University and Global Relations, introduced the recipients of the Excellence Awards for Administrators.

the reV. Joaquin g. BernaS, SJ awardS

■ Mrs. Maria Lourdes A. Benito, Assistant to the Dean, School of Medicine and Public Health

■ Dr. Josefina D. Hofileña, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Michael Jacinto F. Mallillin, Director, Office for Student Services, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Ralph Jacinto A. Quiblat, Director, Office of Student Activities, Loyola Schools

the oScar r. ledeSma award

■ Mr. Christopher Glenn N. Año, Assistant Director and Information Systems Group Head, Information Technology and Resource Management Office

the reV. BienVenido f. neBreS, SJ awardS

■ Mr. Gregory Paul Y. Daza, Communications Officer, Office of the Vice President for Basic Education

■ Ms. Miriam R. Delos Santos, Director, Office for Mission and Identity

■ Mr. Regidor B. Macaraig, Director, Central Purchasing Office

■ Ms. Jenny C. See, Head, Talent Management and Organization Development Section, Office of Human Resource Management and Organization Development

■ Atty. Jaime G. Hofileña, Vice President for Social Development, introduced the recipients of the Excellence Awards for Professionals.


■ Mr. Tommy M. Dela Cruz, Rizal Library, Loyola Schools

■ Mrs. Bernadette M. Garilao, Rizal Library, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Janny S. Surmieda, Rizal Library, Loyola Schools

the oScar r. ledeSma awardS

■ Mr. Rafael C. Papelleras Jr., Office for Social Concern and Involvement, Loyola Schools

■ Mrs. Antoinette Sunday C. Santos, Office for Social Concern and Involvement, Loyola Schools

■ Mrs. Maria Christina I. Sollorano, Office of Campus Ministry, Loyola Schools

the reV. filoteo a. mangulaBnan, SJ award

■ Mrs. Almasita L. Mojados, Professional Schools Library

the reV. edmundo m. martinez award

■ Mr. Lito M. Nillo, Office of Guidance and Counseling, Loyola Schools


■ Mr. Jeffrey M. Balbin, Junior High School

■ Mr. Tristan Jeffrey P. Sunga, Junior High School

Dr. Antonette P. Angeles, Vice President for the Professional Schools, introduced the recipients of the Excellence Awards for Staff.

the Benguet corPoration awardS

■ Mrs. Genevieve V. Lopez, Department of Leadership and Strategy, John Gokongwei School of Management, Loyola Schools

■ Ms. Leah E. Padoginog, Office of the Dean, John Gokongwei School of Management, Loyola Schools


■ Mrs. Jeraline D. Asuncion, Grade School

■ Mr. Timoteo B. Batalla Jr., Junior High School

■ Ms. Irene S. Chavez, Graduate School of Business

■ Mr. Vincent U. Cosmiano, Office of Facilities and Sustainability, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Jonald A. Dela Cruz, Office of Facilities and Sustainability, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Kennard N. Dula, Grade School

■ Mr. Gabriel L. Garbo, Rizal Library, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Sherwin L. Garbo, Information Technology Resource Management Office

■ Mrs. Kristina L. Garcia, Office of the Dean, School of Humanities, Loyola Schools

■ Mrs. Rosalinda M. Gatchalian, Office of the Dean, School of Humanities, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Jovel R. Macapanas, Residence Halls, Loyola Schools

■ Ms. Riezl B. Mendoza, Graduate School of Business

■ Mr. Therence A. Pabaya, Office of Management Information Systems, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Argel Joseph S. Pascual, Grade School

■ Mr. Flaviano Inocencio R. Rabena, Junior High School

■ Mr. Regie Jhun B. Ramos, Office of Facilities and Sustainability, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Domingo R. Raza, Central Facilities Management Office

■ Mr. Manuel B. Rodriguez, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Loyola Schools

■ Mr. Timothy James C. Sto. Tomas Jr., University Athletics

■ Mr. Eric Jhone D. Santos, Rizal Library, Loyola Schools

■ Mrs. Kristine A. Sendin, Department of History, School of Social Sciences, Loyola Schools

the oScar r. ledeSma award

■ Mrs. Madelaine Diane B. De Torrontegui, Office of Health Services, Loyola Schools

the reV. edmundo m. martinez awardS

■ Ms. Mary Monette B. Caceres, Office of the Vice President for the Professional Schools

■ Mr. Jay D. Catalan, Central Accounting Office


■ Ms. Janice V. Rivera, Center for Educational Development

■ Mr. Rommel P. Talamayan, Senior High School

■ Ms. Nikki T. Valenciano, Office of Human Resource Management and Organization Development

Dr. Maria Luz C. Vilches, Vice President for the Loyola Schools, proudly introduced the Staff Excellence Awardees now elevated to the Hall of Fame. “The Hall of Fame,” said Dr. Vilches, “which was established in 2012, recognizes unwavering outstanding performance of non-teaching staff who have been awarded five times or more in the past.”

the reV. edmundo m. martinez award

■ Mrs. Nancy M. Torres, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Treasurer


■ Mrs. Editha V. Bagtas, Department of Mathematics, School of Science and Engineering, Loyola Schools

■ Mrs. Imelda A. Estrelles, Department of Filipino, School of Humanities, Loyola Schools

Lastly, Dr. Vilches awarded the Reverend Henry Lee Irwin of the Society of Jesus Memorial Teacher Award. It was “established by a group of anonymous donor-friends of Fr. Irwin’s to honor and preserve the memory of a Jesuit priest who dedicated almost 50 years of his life to the Ateneo de Manila,” she explained. “It is an annual award that is rotated among the faculty members of the Grade School, High School, and the Loyola Schools who teach in the Humanities, in recognition of the faculty member’s dedication to the teaching profession and service to the Filipino youth.”

From the Basic Education Unit, the recipients of the 2017-2018 Reverend Henry Lee Irwin, SJ Memorial Teacher Award for the Humanities were:

■ Ms. Grace Valerie S. Almagro, English Faculty member, Junior High School

■ Mrs. Eden D. Rabena, Grade 1 Faculty member, Grade School

Awardees celebrate the 2017-2018 Ateneo de Manila University Excellence Awards for Administrators, Professionals, and Staff in Singson Hall

Fr. Jett Villarin with the benefactors of the 2018 Excellence Awards


ALiWW Celebrates International Women’s Month

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a WOMan a DaY SerieS

THIS MARCH 2018, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S

Month, in an effort to bring the remarkable women represented in the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writing (ALiWW) Collections to a wider audience, the A Woman A Day Series was launched on the ALiWW Facebook page. Quotes and images of women from the archive were featured each day in March, giving readers a hint of what can be found in the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings. Thumbnail images are on the left sidebar of this page. You may visit facebook.com/ALiWWpage for a closer look and for more information.

“CalliOpe auStria: WOMen in SOCietY, Culture anD SCienCe” anD “paMana: piOneering pinaYS Of the 20th CenturY”

AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL

Women’s Month, the “Calliope Austria: Women in Society, Culture and Science” and “Pamana: Pioneering Pinays of the 20th Century” joint exhibit on Austrian and Filipino women took place in the First Pacific Hall of the Rizal Library. The activity was a collaboration of the Austrian Embassy with the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings, in partnership with the European Studies Program and Rizal Library.

Running from March 13 to April 13, 2018, the exhibit provided a platform to introduce women of significance in the fields of the arts, literature, politics, science and social science in the Austrian and Philippine nations, respectively. It also brought attention to common challenges such as the struggle for suffrage and recognition, and women’s contributions in times of war and adversity.

Austrian women featured included actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, physicist Lise Meitner, humanitarian Hildegard Burian, authors Marlen Haushofer and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and three women who fought against anti-Semitism—Irene Harand, Dorthea Neff and Ella Lingens. Among the Filipinas highlighted were artist Anita Magsaysay-Ho, dancer Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa, physician Fe del Mundo, historian and suffragist Encarnacion Alzona, social scientist Mary Racelis Hollnsteiner,

Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma, comfort woman Rosa Henson, media maverick Eugenia Apostol, and writers Edith L. Tiempo and Lualhati Bautista.

The joint exhibit will be brought by the Austrian Embassy to other educational institutions in the Philippines after Ateneo.

aWarDing CereMOnY fOr the 1St virginia Benitez liCuanan aWarD fOr hiStOrY Writing

MARY DOROTHY DL. JOSE, A FACULTY MEMBER OF

the University of the Philippines Manila, was the 1st Prize Winner in the recently concluded “Women in Philippine History” Essay Writing Contest for her entry “Race, Gender and Photography: Images of Filipino Women at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition.” The contest served as the launching event for the 1st Virginia Benitez Licuanan Award for History Writing, which honors the memory of Virginia Benitez Licuanan, a prolific columnist and book author. The award is geared towards widening the space for historical writings by women which cater to a popular audience.

The awarding ceremony took place on March 24, 2018 in the Pardo de Tavera Exhibit Room. Context for the event was provided by the personal recollections shared by Patricia B. Licuanan, regarding her mother, Virginia Benitez Licuanan, and the brief lecture by guest speaker Maria Luisa T. Camagay, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of the Philippines, on “Women and Documentation in Philippine History.”

Deanna Troi C. Gacia garnered 2nd Prize for her essay “Leaping for Philippine Ballet: Lisa Breaks the Barriers of Classical Ballet in the Philippines,” while Mary Josefti C. Nito, faculty of the University of Asia and the Pacific, won 3rd Prize for her piece “The Historian as Woman: A Biographical and Historiographical Essay on Guadalupe Fores-Ganzon.” The winners each received a certificate and a generous cash prize of P40,000 for 1st Prize, P30,000 for 2nd Prize and P20,000 for 3rd Prize.

The event was organized by the Ateneo Library of Women’s Writing in partnership with the Department of History, School of Social Sciences. It capped off the archive’s celebrations of women’s month.

from left Vernon R. Totanes (Director, Rizal Library), Isabel Nazareno (Executive Director, ALiWW), Her Excellency Bita Rasoulian (Austrian Ambassador), Marissa A. Paderon (Director, European Studies Program), and Fernando T. Aldaba (Dean, School of Social Sciences)

from left Olivia Anne M. Habana (Chair, Department of History), Mary Josefti C. Nito (3rd Prize Winner), Mary Dorothy DL. Jose (1st Prize Winner), Deanna Troi C. Garcia (2nd Prize Winner), Patricia B. Licuanan, Maria Luisa T. Camagay (guest speaker), Isabel Nazareno (Executive Director, ALiWW)


FROM M.E. TO HISTORY: CONTINGENCY AND GRACE IN A DEVIANT CAREER

FILOMENO AGUILAR, PHD, PROFESSOR OF THE

Department of History and Chief Editor of Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints, talked about what he referred to as his deviant career. “I apply this framework in historical sociology to narrativize my unplanned career that formally started with Management Engineering in college; transitioning to Social Planning in a master’s program and Development Sociology in doctoral studies; and eventuating in a professorship in History and a career as a scholar and journal editor. This journey has borne fruit in interdisciplinary research and teaching. In addition to secular theory, my coeval journey of faith sustains another layer of meaning in my deviant career that relies on the abiding presence of a loving God.”

HOW ARE SAINTS MADE? MIRACLE OR ART CONUNDRUM

FR. FRANCESCO PALLIOLA, SJ, A NEAPOLITAN WHO

volunteered for the Asian mission, hoped to follow in the footsteps of Francis Xavier and Marcelo Mastrilli, a fellow Neapolitan who died as a martyr in Japan. Fr. Francesco was killed in Ponot, Zamboanga del Norte, and for decades, the site of his martyrdom has been a point of pilgrimage. Fr. Rene B. Javellana, SJ, Associate Professor of the Department of Fine Arts, talked of how a mysterious portrait led to the rediscovery of this long forgotten Jesuit and the process of making him a saint. He lectured on the cause of sainthood, the search for historical documents and their evaluation prior to submission to the diocesan historical, theological, and medical tribunals. He also spoke about legislation on beatification and canonization in the Church in order to clarify why the process takes so long.

TINY BIG ON NANOTECHNOLOGY

ERWIN P. ENRIQUEZ, PHD, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY

and Materials Science and Engineering, talked about nanotechnology from a nanotechnologist’s perspective. He also discussed the implications of nanotechnology on Filipinos’ lives, saying that although it appears to be old and familiar, it is now more efficient, faster, cheaper, and environmentally friendly. We can find it in computer chips, energy generation and storage, disease diagnosis and therapy, intelligent systems, information technology, food and drugs, structural materials, and so on. It has important implications in maintaining competitiveness in the global arena, as well as sustainability of emerging markets such as that of the Philippines.

clockwise from top left A slide from the lecture, issues of Philippine Studies, Dr. Aguilar delivers his lecture

clockwise from top left Fr. Javellana’s art, the mysterious portrait of Fr. Palliola, some of Fr. Javellana’s books, Fr. Javellana delivers his lecture

Professorial LecturesIn January, February, and March of 2018, the Loyola Schools Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Creative Work and the

University Research Council organized three professorial lectures. The first, From M.E. to History: Contingency and Grace in a Deviant Career, was given by Filomeno Aguilar, PhD on January 31 in Faber Hall. The second, How are Saints Made? Miracle or Art Conundrum, was delivered by Fr. Rene B. Javellana, SJ, on February 27 in the Ben Chan Suite of the Arts Wing of Areté. The third, Tiny Big on Nanotechnology, was a lecture by Erwin P. Enriquez, PhD on March 22 in Faber Hall.

clockwise from top left Models of molecules, the SOSE exhibit, a whimsical model of a computer chip, Dr. Enriquez prepares to lecture

Daisy Avellana Memorabilia at the ALiWW“daiSy aVellana: Portrait of the artiSt aS filiPina” the 14th nativiDaD galang fajarDO

exhiBit anD leCture, 21 feBruarY 2018

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The Ateneo Library of Women’s Writings (ALiWW) was honored to receive papers and memorabilia of

National Artist for Theater Daisy Hontiveros Avellana from her daughter, visual artist Ivi Avellana-Cosio. The turnover ceremony took place on Wednesday morning, 21 February 2018 at the Pardo de Tavera Exhibit Room.

Three National Artists are now represented in the archive. The other two are Leonor Orosa Goquingco (National Artist for Dance) and Edith L. Tiempo (National Artist for Literature).

The items donated included a scrapbook of news clippings and articles compiled by Daisy (containing her scribbled notes), her autobiography The Drama of It: a life on film and theater, her personal script (with her

marginal notes) for her role of Medea in the play The Trojan Women, all contained in an ornate prop box from the same play.

The substantial program featured a thought-provoking lecture delivered by Nikki Carsi Cruz, faculty member of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, entitled “Daisy H. Avellana, Portrait of the Filipina as Artist” followed by a dramatic reading by Ivi Avellana-Cosio of “The First Act,” a chapter from Daisy’s autobiography The Drama of It: a life in film and theater. A poignant rendition of “Ugoy ng Duyan” by soprano Pia Calisag of the Ateneo Glee Club and Jonathan Coo, faculty member of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, on keyboards preceded the turnover of memorabilia. The occasion also opened the exhibit on the life and work of Daisy, which ran simultaneously in the Pardo de Tavera Exhibit Room and the ALiWW Reading Room up to April 6, 2018. This event served as the ALiWW’s 14th Natividad Galang Fajardo Exhibit and Lecture and appropriately took place during National Arts Month. The program and exhibit were organized in partnership with the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies. The event was also considered a TALAB activity.

from left UP Professor Emeritus Tony Mabesa, Daisy’s grandchildren Kathy Avellana-Asuque and Dana Cosio-Mercado, Isabel Nazareno (Executive Director, ALiWW), Christine S. Bellen (Chair, ALiWW Boad of Directors), Maria Luz C. Vilches (VPLS) holding the box containing the donated memorabilia of Daisy Avellana memorabilia, Daisy’s daughter artist Ivi Avellana-Cosio, great-granddaughter Mariella Asuque, Ivi’s husband Allan Cosio, Nikki Carsi Cruz (Department of Interdisciplinary Studies), and An Mercado Alcantara


On April 14, 2018, ten business families were recognized in the first Philippine Family Business Awards. Held in partnership

with Union Bank, the Ateneo de Manila University’s Family Business Development Center (AFBDC) wanted to shine the spotlight on families that—according to Queena Lee-Chua, PhD, of the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Psychology, Board Member of AFBDC, and author of the book All in the Family Business—“do not only excel in their enterprises, but also manifest positive traits and practices in their service to their families, communities, and the nation.”

In her closing remarks, she talked about the different families: “I am amazed at the range of awardees, from all over the Philippines—from the privately-owned Tarlac Electric of the Mercado family to the highly-diversified Ropali Group of the Alingog family. But did you know that four out of the ten awardees are in the food and drink industries? Their products are

household names: Lemon Square-Vergel de Dios. Novellino Wines-Quimbo. Café Laguna-Urbina. House of Lechon-Pages.”

She also highlighted the two families whose focus is education: “The Buhain-Fontalera family of Rex who have made education their priority, and the David family, who also oversee, among many other businesses, Mary the Queen College Pampanga.”

She closed her remarks with the practices and values that have brought these families where they are today. “I am Filipino-Chinese,

proudly Tsinoy,” she said. “A lot has been said about the best practices of Tsinoys, particularly those on the Forbes list. But the two Tsinoy families honored today, the King family of Asia Glass and the Sio family of Sanitary Care Products, exemplify the traits of the many Tsinoys who quietly continue to work for their families, their communities, and our nation: commitment to quality, continuous innovation, honest dealings with customers, stellar relations with employees. Which of course are the practices of everyone else recognized today.”

First Philippine Family Business Awards

Ateneo administrators, Unionbank officers, and representatives from the ten families honored during the Philippine Family Business Awards in Escaler Hall

PAGES FAMILYPages Holdings, Inc.

QUIMBO FAMILY • Bel Mondo Italia Corp. Calabria Company Ltd.

SIO FAMILYSanitary Care Products Asia, Inc.

URBINA FAMILYLaguna Group

VERGEL DE DIOS FAMILYBig E Food Corporation (Lemon Square)

ALINGOG FAMILY Ropali Group of Companies

BUHAIN-FONTELERA FAMILYRex Group

DAVID FAMILY • House of DavidInvestment and Management Corporation

KING FAMILYAsia Glass Group

MERCADO FAMILYTarlac Electric, Inc.

BS Biology Sophomores Bag Best Project Award at LS-NSTP Service Learning ConferenceFloY v. SoriAno

Five sophomores represented the Department of Biology and showcased their immersion experiences in Isla

Verde of the Municipality of Batangas. This was named the best project of this year’s Loyola Schools National Service Training Program (NSTP) Service Learning Conference held on May 5, 2018. They were Liam Gabriel I. Bautista, Matthew Louis C. Lazaro, Rachelle Anne S. Nolido, Rosalina Anne P. Tagle, and Anil Colby U. Vega. The panel of judges was composed of Mr. Ivan B. Culaba from the Physics Department; Ms. Norlie Q. Corneby, Assistant to the Vice President for Social Development for Community Engagement and Director of Gawad Kalinga Ateneo; Ms. Noelle Flores, Coordinator for NSTP and the Junior Engagement Program (JEEP); and community partners present during the occasion. The panel found their project most

relevant in addressing needs and had the greatest impact on the community. They were also able to demonstrate how concepts and theories in Microbiology and Ecology courses could be applied to NSTP.

Meanwhile, five BS Health Sciences students took home the best presenters award: Carlo Franco de Leon, Kathryn Fajardo, Henry Jung, Matthew Pineda, and Maryneil Tarriela.

Dr. Maria Luz C. Vilches, Vice President for the Loyola Schools, and Atty. Jaime Hofileña, Vice President for Social Development, handed certificates of recognition to the winners. Recognized at the same time were participants from the Ateneo Innovation Center; the Development Studies Program; and the Departments of Communications, Environmental Science, Political Science, and Psychology.

The Department of Psychology is the newest addition to the conference, which

was first held last year. “This is our thrust. To invite more departments to employ service learning”, emphasized Dr. Vilches.

She stressed during her closing remarks that “Service learning is important (for students) because (they) are learning beyond NSTP or even inside the classroom. This teaches (them) to become citizens. It is about learning while doing service.”

The best project awardees were given a special Ateneo Socio-Civic Engagement for National Development (ASCEND) Citation during the annual Paghahandog: A Celebration of Student Leadership and Service awards night held on May 7, 2018.

The conference was organized by the Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI) through the NSTP Team and co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Social Development, the Loyola Schools Bookstore and Cello’s Doughnuts and Dips.


Parents Council Awards Outstanding Teachers

Three teachers were given the Outstanding Teacher Award by the Ateneo Schools Parents Council

(ASPAC) this year. Outstanding Full-time Teacher was awarded to Dr. Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Professor of the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science. Outstanding Part-Time Teacher was awarded to Ms. Rizalina T. Simpas, Lecturer of the Department of Theology. Outstanding Moderator was awarded to Dr. Agnes D. Garciano, Moderator of the Ateneo Mathematics Society (AMS) and Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematics.

The ASPAC Search for Outstanding Teachers, undertaken every two years, recognizes the distinctive place of teachers in the University in molding the students to become competent persons for others, in pursuing the larger vision and goals of the University in different areas of expertise and scholarship, and in radiating the Ignatian spirit that animates the inner life of the University.

The awards, given to teachers of distinction, serve to inspire and empower them in their calling and vocation and to recognize them as exemplary models of vision, competence, and virtue grounded and inspired by the Jesuit Catholic tradition.

outStanding full-time teacher dr. ma. mercedes t. rodrigo on her teaching philosophy

WHAT I TRY TO DO IS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT

that is conducive to learning. I make an effort to provide content, activities, assessments. Plus I also make an effort to make the learning experience positive.

I try to give my students something useful, something that they might conceivably use outside of the classroom, either as professionals or just as human beings in general. One of the subjects I teach, for example, is Human-Computer Interaction. Not everyone is going to work in the realm of HCI, but the subject has principles that apply to everyday life. HCI asks you to consider the design of things that you use, the stuff you

choose to own, and how the experience of ownership or use makes you feel.

I therefore try to keep my course materials updated. I try to use different activities, different examples or case studies every year. I try to give weird examples if I can find them, something out of the ordinary, or something that applies to people who are very different from our students. I’m OC about returning test papers within one week and being very explicit about requirements and grading criteria. I can’t stand to hear myself talk for very long, so I try to give activities within class. And I try to elicit at least one emotional reaction per session—I try to make them laugh or I share a story that’s touching but relevant.

outStanding moderator dr. agnes d. garciano on moderating the math society

ANY TEACHER KNOWS THE AXIOM THAT HE OR SHE

should always prepare for class. But the most important thing is to guide the students to think and learn on their own. In terms of moderating the Ateneo Mathematics Society, I realize that I need to support students’ initiatives and give them enough room to make their own decisions while reminding them to always keep the goals of the organization in mind.

outStanding Part-time teacher ms. rizalina t. simpas on teaching

TEACHING IS A VOCATION AND A PRIVILEGE TO

educate and form the minds and hearts of our students, to touch and influence their lives in the direction of faith, freedom, and generosity. I am grateful to have been called to be part of this enterprise. I am grateful for the many inspiring teachers and mentors I was blessed to have, for the many wonderful students who taught and inspired me so much, and for the dedicated colleagues and friends with such passion for this mission. I will never forget what Dr. Onofre Pagsanghan said: “If it is a Jesuit classroom, the teacher is the pointer. The big superstar in the class, the focal point, the center of interest, is never the teacher. It is the Christ who we point to.” This is my hope and prayer.

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P U B L I S H E R S Dr. Maria Luz C. Vilches Dr. Rica Bolipata-Santos

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Dr. Regina Hechanova

Guelan Varela Luarca

Aina Martin

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Isa Nazareno

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Pauline S. Percil

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The Loyola Schools Bulletin is published every semester by the Office of the Vice

President for the Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University.

You may send your questions, comments, corrections, and suggestions to

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LOYOLA SCHOOLSBulletinBuild community. Nurture hope.

clockwise from left Dr. Rodrigo with her dog, Drogo; Dr. Garciano; Ms. Simpas; LS Administrators and ASPAC with the awardees

Members of the Ateneo Programming Varsity (ProgVar) teamwith Dr. Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, one of their managers

Dr. Agnes D. Garciano with members of the Ateneo Mathematics Society


Build community. Nurture hope.LSB

On the morning of May 2, 2018, the Ateneo de Manila University community received a valuable gift: a first edition of Dr. Jose P.

Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere. The 131-year-old first edition—published in Berlin—was acquired by the late National Scientist, historian, and educator Dr. Encarnacion Alzona in the 1950s. University president Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ received the gift from Dr. Alzona’s family, who are also relatives of the Rizals.

“On behalf of the Ateneo de Manila University, I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the family of Dr. Alzona for your significant addition to our humble collection of Rizal memorabilia and artifacts. It is an especially fitting donation considering that our library is named after your ancestor and our alumnus, Dr. Jose P. Rizal,” said University president Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ.

In her opening remarks, Vice President for the Loyola Schools, Dr. Maria Luz C. Vilches said, “I understand that there are probably fewer than a thousand copies of the first edition of the Noli that exist. This donation makes the Rizal Library among the few that

now has a copy of the first edition. In 2017, Ambeth Ocampo’s column in the Inquirer made a note that in an art and antiquities auction that year, ‘a first-edition Noli Me Tangere sold for P3.2 million, down from the record-breaking P5 million’ of the year before.

“From our end, this is an opportune time for this donation as the Rizal Library is celebrating its 50th foundation anniversary during this school year 2017-2018, along with the 140th anniversary of Jose Rizal's graduation from Ateneo in 1877, and the 130th anniversary of the publication of the Noli in 1887. All these historical landmarks make the donation of this 1st edition of the Noli particularly significant and most welcome.”

Family member Paulino Reyes spoke on behalf of the Alzona family. “I’m certain that Encarnacion Alzona would be very pleased that her Noli has found a new home in the Ateneo library. At a time when the forces of despotism, corruption, and violence are threatening our freedom, Rizal’s writing remains relevant.”

First Edition Noli Me Tangere Donatedto Rizal Library

Paulino Reyes and his mother, Felicidad Zafra Reyes present the 131-year-old first edition Noli Me Tangere to Ateneo President Fr. Jett Villarin, LS Vice President Dr. Marlu Vilches, and Rizal Library Director Dr. Von Totanes

left Ateneo ENTABLADO performs "Pahina ng Alaala" a song from Christine Bellen’s musical Batang Rizal, with music by Allan Elgar; right The family of National Scientist Dr. Encarnacion Alzona with their valuable gift

Fely Zafra Reyes, niece of National Scientist Dr. Encarnacion Alzona, with Fr. Jett Villarin

“At a time when the forces of despotism, corruption,and violence are threatening our freedom,Rizal’s writing remains relevant.”—paulino reyes

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