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Go out and Vote USC Elections 2009 Ika-86 taon • Blg. 26 • 19 peb 2009 Philippine Collegian Opisyal na lingguhang pahayagan ng mga mag-aaral ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas - Diliman GO OUT AND VOTE USC elections 2009 February 19, 1999 SUMMING UP 2009 UPCAT Nagbabagong applicants down mukha Fraternity violence erupted as a senior journalism major, Niño Calinao, was shot ng UP dead along the AS walk by an alleged hired gun of Sigma Rho. A week before, Sigma Rho by 5 percent members had clashed with Scintila Juris, and Calinao had apparently been mistaken for a member of the rival fraternity. In commemoration of the University of the Philippines' centennial, the Philippine Collegian looks 02 BALITA 08 KULTURA back on one hundred years of history. 02 Balita Philippine Collegian | Huwebes, 19 Peb 2009 TechnoHub buildings almost finished Sectors fear S&T park to benefit only foreign companies Pauline Gidget R. Estella plied research” and will offer for starting IT companies that nies still cover the greatest office Aside from the office build- spaces for companies focusing employ mostly UP alumni usually area, with HSBC renting 18, 559 ings, TechnoHub also consists on call centers, animation, soft- from the colleges of science and square meters and Manulife with he UP-Ayala Land Tech- ware development and account- engineering. Yet, foreign compa- 10,000 square meters. Continued on p.10 nohub along Common- ing services. Twealth Avenue is nearing However, the project only All Ears completion, yet sectors still fear aims to generate income for the project will bring profits only foreign companies while using for foreign investors instead of research and development pur- developing research facilities. poses as pretext, said Clodualdo Six of the 10 office buildings Cabrera, spokesperson of the All in TechnoHub, developed by Ay- UP Workers Union. ala Land Inc. (ALI), have already been completed while four are Plans in full-steam targeted for completion within For 2008, UP earned more the year, two of which are nearly than P9 million from the Tech- done. noHub land rentals. ALI will have The TechnoHub is a 20-hect- to pay for land use again three to are parcel and phase 1 of the five years after its initial payment 98.5-hectare UP North Science of P100 million as more build- and Technology Park (NSTP). Ac- ings become operational, Alonzo cording to UP and ALI’s 25-year- said. agreement that commenced in UP’s income from the rental 2006, the university will receive fees signifies a “land-earned more than P4 billion, roughly the fraction” for the university, said total annual government subsidy, Sonny Africa, head researcher of in return for leasing its land. independent think-tank IBON Foreign-based companies Foundation Inc. The university such as IBM and Hong Kong and offers only land as the base to Shanghai Banking Corporation maximize corporate profits and (HSBC) have started operations leaves the task of developing the nUniversity Student Council standard bearers (from left to right) Airah Cadiogan (Stand-UP), Titus Tan, (KAISA) and Niña since January 2008, followed by site to ALI, he added. Acasio (ALYANSA) listen to the question directed to them by dorm residents during their mudslinging session on February CitiBank and PointWest Tech- ALI Senior Vice President 17 at the Ipil Residence Hall. Aside from explaining their platforms and projects, candidates from each party also parried nologies, a BPO company for US Marivic Anonuevo earlier said questions regarding tuition fee, state subsidy and education, and student representation. OM Narayan A. VELASCO and Japan. The said companies the TechnoHub aims to “pio- pay rent to ALI as sub-lessees in a neer business process outsourc- Kabayaran para sa promosyon period agreed upon negotiation. ing campus development” in the According to UP Vice Presi- country. dent for Development Ruperto Alonzo said ALI leases its “in- ng mga guro at kawani ng UP, Alonzo, NSTP is mainly for “ap- cubation facilities” in TechnoHub ipinamahagi na Legal attacks vs. Pamantayan sa UPLB, binatikos Abigail C. Castillo Taguiwalo, natuwa naman ang na promosyon lamang ang itaas mga guro at kawani sa paglabas upang mapagkasya ang naka- activists intensify in ng kabayaran para sa promosyon laang badyet, dagdag niya. atatanggap na ng noong 2008. Ngunit aniya, “A lot Noong Enero lamang nasimu- S. Tagalog ilang kaguruan at more should have been promoted lan ang pagsasaayos ng nasabing kawani ng UP ang by several steps kung hindi dahil Dianne Marah E. Sayaman many sectors. M kabayaran dahil Disyembre 24 In Calapan City, Mindoro, 72 kabayaran para sa kanilang pro- sa problema sa budget.” lamang inilabas ng DBM ang activist leaders dubbed as ST 72 mosyon noong 2008, samanta- Dagdag niya, may mga kolehiyo memorandum para dito, saad ni lang nakabinbin hanggang Pe- sa Diliman kung saan pinipili ng ctivists in Southern Taga- were charged with multiple and UP President Emerlinda Roman. brero 20 ang para sa mga nasa ilan na huwag na munang magpa- log (ST) are now targets frustrated murder last Septem- kampus ng Los Baños (UPLB). taas ng ranggo upang mabigyang Dagdag niya, ngayong Pebrero of government’s legal as- A ber. The group was released on Walumpung porsyento ng pagkakataon ang ibang matagal lamang nailabas ang pondo para saults, as key leaders of peoples February 5, after the court admit- kabuuang P20 milyon badyet nang naghihintay ng promosyon. sa Diliman, Manila at Los Baños organizations in the region face ted to violating due process in ang nakalaan para sa 1,041 Habang sa ibang kolehiyo ay Sundan sa p.10 series of criminal charges. releasing warrants of arrest, said kaguruang tumaas ang rang- napagkasunduang isang hakbang “Legal offensives” against de Guzman. go, habang 20 porsyento nito activists increased in ST, said The respondents to the case ang mapupunta sa 137 REPS Visit http://collegiannews.multiply.com for Glendyll Malabanan, deputy included Kilusang Mayo Uno at 1,227 kawaning adminis- secretary general of Karapatan- legal counsel Atty. Remigio Sala- tratibo. ST, a human rights alliance. In dero, the secretary generals of Mayroong kaukulang dagdag the last six months, around 80 Bayan, Anakbayan, Gabriela and na sahod ang bawat hakbang TRACKING THE BALLOT: sa pagtaas ng ranggo ng mga key progressive leaders in Rizal, other progressive groups. The ST guro, kawaning administratibo, Mindoro, and Batangas have 72 was accused of participating at research, extension and pro- been charged with crimes such in an alleged ambush by the New fessional staff (REPS) na naka- The Philippine as arson, frustrated murder and People’s Army which occurred in batay sa Salary Standardization multiple murder. Puerto Galera on March 2006. Law. Collegian coverage While legal attacks against Malabanan said charges Mula sa Department of Bud- activists are not isolated in the against activist leaders are based get and Management (DBM) of the University region, Eleanor de Guzman, na- on false testimonies. “Maaaring ang P20 milyon bilang kara- tional secretariat of Bagong Aly- gawin sa ibang regions ang gina- gadagang pondo para sa pro- and College Student ansang Makabayan (Bayan), said gawa sa ST,”she added. mosyon, ayon kay Vice Presi- the situation in the region is un- “[Nagsisilbing] testing ground dent for Planning and Finance Council Elections precedented due to the “sweep- (VPPF) Ma. Concepcion Alfiler. Ani Faculty Regent Judy ing arrests” of activists from Continued on p.11 [ ] 03 Philippine Collegian | Huwebes, 197 Ago Peb 2008 2009 BalitaBalita 2009 UPCAT applicants down by 5 percent gust, parents expressed doubts families cannot shoulder ex- Marjohara Tucay private schools in the UPCAT is qualifiers. (See sidebar 2) on sending their students to penses for college education. a manifestation that UP educa- Bolibol explained that though UP mainly because of fraternity tion, which is now comparable more public school students marked decrease in the rumbles and student activism. Private school passers to that of private universities, has qualify for UP compared to last still dominating number of applicants and “I have not heard them com- become “too expensive to even year, there is no assurance that Qualifiers from private schools qualifiers for the UP Col- plain about the tuition,” Roman be considered” by the families they will enrol. A decreased nominally by 198 lege Admission Test (UPCAT) has added. of students from public high Meanwhile, the passing rate from 6,309 last year, though they been recorded by the Office of But Vanessa Faye Bolibol, chair schools. for public school students has continue to outnumber public Admissions, indicating that few- of the National Union of Stu- The number of students from also increased by almost two school passers, comprising more er high school students intend to dents of the Philippines-NCR different public high schools percentage points to 24.4 percent than half of the total passers. study in UP this year. said the downward college ap- who qualified for UP has a mini- this year. This is higher than the Student Regent Shahana Ab- According to the data obtained plication trend in UP and other mal increase of only 75 students. passing rate for private school dulwahid said that the continu- by the Collegian, the number of state universities and colleges The total figure comprises a little ing dominance of students from high school students who applied (SUCs) shows that more Filipino more than 49 percent of the total Continued on p.10 for the UPCAT decreased by al- most six percent from 66,570 in Sidebar 2: Sidebar 1: 2008 to 62,111 this year. Similar- 2009 UPCAT results Changing Demographics: UPCAT qualifiers over the years ly, the number of qualified exam- Number of Number of Qualifying inees diminished by almost one High school type examinees qualifiers rate 2007 Percent 2008 Percent 2009 Percent percent from last year’s 12,234 to Number of 12,129 this year.
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