113 years Towards A Progressive Campus Press | vol. LXXXVii No. 23 | thursday, FEbruaRY 11, 2016

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. Ma. Encarnita C. Blanco-Limpin, a doctor in pulmonary medicine, lectures on facts about cancer during the Cancer Awareness Forum organized by the SUSG and SUPTSA held last Feb. 6 at the Luce Auditorium. PHOTO BY Santia Onnycha Ursabia SUSG Assembly approves 12 resolutions By Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza Brian Villamil also made a resolution Gil Alcoran to place a kiosk in front authored by Reps. Andre Joshua honorarium is Php 23 per hour. specifying the date of turnover of of Pulido Hall was also approved. Aniñon and Ayla Veremeika Gaudiel. The resolution requests university THE SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY the current SUSG administration The resolution aims to request the “Based on my experience as a previous administration to “equalize the student to the next administration. College of Business Administration Vice-Chair for [Advocacy Committee] assistants’ honorarium rate in all offices STUDENT GOVERNMENT (SUSG) Student Assembly approved Antiquina said that he thought and the SU Buildings and Grounds and a current Vice-Chair for Finance, and departments” to Php 25 per hour. 12 out of 14 resolutions presented by the about this resolution because there Department for a kiosk that will be I’d say it really takes time to fully endorse “I’m not comparing, but I think representatives last Feb. 7 at Oriental Hall. are “some student government nearer to the SU Medical School. what are the dos and don’ts of running an that it’s just right that we push for this Two of the approved resolutions were administrations that have very late Alcoran said that medical students executive committee,” said Buenavista. resolution to give just compensation authored by the Institute of Clinical turnover ceremonies,” and it “hampers have “limited options” with the The assembly also agreed that the for our student assistants who are Laboratory Sciences Reps. Cedrick the processes of the [incoming] Pulido Hall cafeteria and Bossing’s operations manual should be available really working hard balancing their Louis Antiquina and Stacey Lu Castor. student government administration.” Tempura stand near their building, by the time of the turnover ceremony. academics and all their work in Antiquina and Castor proposed The resolution states that the and have no time to go to other food Meanwhile, an issue raised in their respective offices,” said Elleso. resolutions to install water fountains at turnover ceremony should not be shops because of their schedules. a ‘USpeak’ event by the Students’ Authors for the resolution the Ethel Chapman Hall and on the later than April if the outgoing Another approved resolution Rights and Welfare committee on the on the honorarium rate are second floor of the Angelo King Building. SUSG President is a graduating was the resolution to establish an honorarium of student assistants was Reps. Macion, Elnar, Antiquina, Antiquina and his co-authors, student, and not later than June if operations manual for all basic executive addressed in an approved resolution. Elleso, and Shahadat Samsurin. Reps. Moh’d Ryane Bogabong, Xenia the president is a continuing student. committee processes and operations. The regular honorarium rate for A resolution to repair the green Faye Gadayan, Maria Ina Elnar, Meanwhile, a resolution by Silliman The resolution was authoredstudent assistants is Php 20 per benches along the east and west Renz Macion, Josh Elleso, and Kim University (SU) Medical School Rep. by Rep. Gil Buenavista and co- hour, but in the SU Library, the continue to page 4... Misunderstanding caused financial statement removal, says SG COA head By Ray Chen S. Bahinting expect” the financial statement to be between us because I did not know posted because she had not signed what she wanted from me and she ‘MISUNDERSTANDING’ IS or audited the financial statement did not know what I wanted from THE reason the financial statement from Joyce Pino, chair of the SUSG her,” Kitane said. for the first semester was removed Finance Committee. On the other hand, Pino online and on bulletin boards around “When [ Joyce Pino] came back admitted that there was also a the campus, according to Silliman with the financial statement, I miscommunication between her and University Student Government thought she would let me sign all the Kitane. (SUSG) Committee on Audit Head financial statements that she lost, so Pino said that together with the Jahdielle Keemmah Kitane. ako rang gi-sign and I trusted in her affidavit of loss for the lost receipts On the second week of January endorsement ba nga this is what you of the Php 58,000, she submitted 2016, the SUSG Finance Committee lost and [I] just have to resign [sic] it,” the financial statement for the first posted the financial statement for Kitane said. semester to Kitane. RUN FOR ADVOCACY. Various fraternities and sororities of SU organize the the first semester of the school year Kitane added that Pino was “in a However, Pino said: “When first Anti-Hazing run held last Feb. 7 at the “I Love Dumaguete” sign, Rizal 2015-2016. hurry”. Kitane said that she thought Keemmah asked me to remove the Boulevard. PHOTO BY Babe Jocelie Isaga However, it was immediately taken that the paper she was signing was for financial statement, she told me that down a day after it was posted. the lost financial statement. she has not audited everything [in Engineering students join first According to Kitane, she “did not “It was really a miscommunication continue to page 4... inter-university renewable Specialist talks on cancer awareness SU Painting and prevention majors display energy design competition By Paulynne Joyce R. dela Cruz actually develop cancer,” Limpin said. By Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza Sayson III, Josue Santos, and Dean Limpin added that there is thesis projects By Rhobie A. Ruaya and John Rey L. Villareal Alvin Macasilhig; one fifth year DR. MA. ENCARNITA LIMPIN, 14.8 percent risk of getting cancer electrical engineering student: a member of the Philippine College before the age 75, and the more STUDENTS FROM THE Frederick Cas and one computer of Physicians (PCP) Board of abnormalities experienced in the body, SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY (SU) College of Engineering and Design engineering student: Marc Cabilan. Regents, lectured on cancer and the more likely it is to develop cancer. Fine Arts painting major students presented their projects in their Senior pitched their entry in the Sikat The team adviser is Engr. George its preventive measures in the “This is one of the most important Thesis Exhibition that officially Design Challenge of the Sikat Bernard Carlos and his assistant Cancer Awareness Forum last things that you should know as Feb. 6 at the Luce Auditorium. young individuals, so that you’ll opened last Feb. 5 at Silliman Hall. Solar Challenge Foundation, Inc., adviser is Engr. Johnson Diputado. The first batch of the Senior Thesis PCP is an organization of really be able to prevent the the country’s first inter-university “We [proposed] to make a Exhibition is composed of works by development of cancer,” Limpin said. competition on renewable energy project about renewable energy physicians that sets the standards three senior students: Hans de Barras, solutions, last Feb. 3 at the to help uplift lives in rural and ethical ideals in the practice In 2009, cancer was the third Ramon Adonis Catacutan, and Dolly Manansala Tower, Makati City. areas,” said Manuel Sayson III. of internal medicine and promotes leading cause of death with Jane Sordilla. The second batch of Out of 12 universities from The SU Sikat team proposed relevant health policies in the country. approximately 50,000 cases in exhibits by another three senior students, Luzon and Visayas, the Silliman the “SOLAREF” project, a Cancer, as defined by Limpin, is the Philippines and the leading Jed Canaan, Ramsid Labe, and Vina University (SU) Sikat team solar-powered, absorption type a disease which is “characterized cause of death worldwide with 8.2 Paullete Tejanowill open on Feb. 16. made it to the Top 6 finalists. refrigerator that uses the heat of the by abnormal or out-of-control million deaths in 2012, according Hans de Barras said that he wanted to play with visual forms and explore indexes The team was composed of sun to “produce a cooling effect.” cell growth” that harms the to World Health Organization. body through forming lumps or In 2012, 59,000 out of 100,000 and the forms they would make. De three fifth year mechanical Sayson explained that in the Barras has a total of 27 works using rocks, engineering students: Manuel project design, there will be a solar masses of tissue called tumors. Filipinos had cancer, which was continue to page 4... continue to page 4... “From head to toe, you could continue to page 4... the weekly sillimanian the weekly sillimanian 2 twsopinion February 11, 2016 February 11, 2016 twsfeatures 3 Look for the Heart Living the Torpe Life his week is the official start of campaign period for By Junelie Anthony Velonta who tend to love implicitly: the torpe. Music sways the lives of many; even in the whole of the city. After you When you have bled your heart out Concerted Actions for the Upliftment of Students’ The torpe takes the most common the unnoticed pianist in a grandiose consumed half of your coffee, you And shed all your tears Endeavors (CAUSE) and Students’ Union for Reforms To my dearest Darlene, forms, from the caring best friend to restaurant has made music that has see two silhouettes: that of a labor- Only to see that she is gone (SURE).T These are the two long-standing parties that have the unknown stranger. Their stories been the catalyst of great pieces bent old man and his grandson, been competing against each other for positions in the Silliman The wind whispers and I am ever lonely. are heartbreaking tragedies in their of literature. The pianist himself is both unfortunately living in the When all comes to the worse, University Student Government (SUSG) through the many years of I’ve never ceased to remember you, even own right and their feelings are best unimportant to the ears of many and streets. Minutes later you see that when he or she has to leave and the university’s history. right now when my heart bleeds its last. written in poems. very few recognize his existence until the old man is blind and tired; he one is left alone, are their efforts The 2016 SUSG elections itself is interesting; this year, SU Every time I close my eyes, I remember his music climaxes and slowly turns may not live to see the morning, thrown to the void of forgetfulness? How painful is it to just watch Commission on Elections Rules and Regulations states in Sec. 3 your beauty and, with it, the fact that to a fade. Few applaud, but has the worse, you have no idea how many Sometimes, the awful truth of you are gone. You may never return, but And rot with all your feelings intact? pianist even applauded himself? He days ago he’s had his last meal. You forgetting gets the better of most. that online campaign is allowed. Students may see parties’ political But you just can’t look away I pray to the heavens that you will, as I plays music to fulfill the hearts of see the security guard is unmoved For the torpe, this is the moment of platforms and programs online, and candidates may solicit votes Because it would hurt even more recall how sweet and loving you were, others, but has he satiated himself? by this and so are the rest of the few his or her death in the eyes of the directly through email and social media sites. and how painful it was when I lost you. Many write anonymous letters but people inside the shop. Will you subject who has never known the Unnoticed and sometimes As election day is fast I may dabble in my own fantasy, and I none of them as charming and as care to give or buy them donuts, or identity of the ever-loyal phantom. completely left out, they are unsung approaching, two opposing parties may choose to live in it, but every breath loving than that of the works of the will you be unmoved like the rest This is the moment when all hope heroes who do the littlest and will do their best to win students’ editorial I take reminds me of the reality that is unknown writer, which in Filipino of the people? You have become the has purportedly left the scene, and sometimes unnoticeable things that vote. Students will soon decide you. I may stop longing for your voice, we jeeringly call torpe. These torpe watchful stranger, and they were all that’s left are misery, sorrow, could make anyone smile. They have who to entrust positions in the SUSG. your ever loving voice, but every drop wish to remain anonymous as a result never approached, not until you and regret. The torpe has probably the devotion and loyalty to serve and In Philippine politics, credentials and level of brilliance matter. of tear I shed imposes on me the fact that of both will and fate. They say life is stood up to buy them an amount spent 30 minutes in the shower, expect nothing in return save a lady or you are there, somewhere, living in your unfair, but none is as unfair to have of food that is equivalent of your crying it all out, or standing in the Even the existence of a master’s degree is a concern. And there man fully blooming with their most paradise without me. the letter you’ve written associated to remaining 35 pesos. You ran and rain, hoping it would relieve them is nothing wrong with having expectations and standards on sincere smile. They watch, lovingly someone who is the dream boy or girl hastily but most sincerely gave them of their sadness. At this time of candidates. In a university setting, the usual kind of student voter and endlessly, even if it means they Have you ever looked at someone of the one you’ve devoted your talent the food. They are flabbergasted but a torpe’s life, you may find him or also weighs the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate and base would hurt themselves just to see and, finding a liking to him/her, you to. These dream partners have the grateful. You walk away and you her in the boulevard on a Sunday his/her decisions on capabilities and past leadership experiences. the happiness of their lives. They are, just say “Why hope? I don’t have attributes that, sometimes, you could feel the tears involuntarily flowing noon, whispering to the wind, However, the Weekly Sillimanian would like to remind every perhaps, the most unmoved by the a chance anyway?” Have you ever never even hope to have. Sometimes, down your cheeks. You return the hoping their most cherished might swaying of time as their emotions student voter that more than the achievements and intelligence, a admired someone who barely notices you just have no other choice than to next morning but did not find the hear it in some form of miracle. flow into various forms of art which leader has to have a heart to sincerely serve and lead effectively. you, and not mustering enough bleed. two strangers, though you see an Sometimes, one just has to rely on It Is Done! is music to the ears of the universe. Perfection or being spotless is not a requirement in taking courage within, you just look from empty plastic bag, clean and robbed miracles. Behind every broken heart are the best experience any person can not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, They don’t look away, even when leadership positions. We are in a university that has many different a distance and smile to yourself How painstaking could it be? of even the smallest crumbs. You The torpe life may not be the the unheard forlorn melodies relish, yet we have this mental list of and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love forced to, as they have mastered the avenues to learn, and SUSG is one of these. What the student body whenever he/she is happy? Have you To look away, only to look again cry as your heart overflowed with life led by many, and it may be the of perpetual hope — hope that an ideal person to fall in love with does not delight in evil but rejoices pain as much as Chopin played in his needs are student leaders whose desire is to advance student welfare would somehow bridge the gap as if we’re creating a person that we with the truth. It always protects, ever been devoted to someone that And be an ever watchful stranger joy. Much like the anonymous subject of criticism of most. Some Nocturne Opus 9 Number 2. Their and emptiness that we have always think we can live with for the rest of always trusts, always hopes, and you have written the best literary Who’s unsung and never approached romantic, you took great pains to would say that no one is truly torpe in the campus. At the same time, they must be people who admit heart moves through each note of longed to fill. Behind every memory our lives, a person who’s fully capable always perseveres. Love never fails…” pieces with all your effort, only to be provide avenues for your affection. for the person they really love, but mistakes and would still choose to do the right thing when no one is that we either treasure or regret is of meeting our expectations. But we True love goes beyond the physical fate as if it were their own. watching. the yearning for someone to truly have failed to consider the “I” when we attraction, it defies the eye and it kept hidden or, more often than not, Not many people live to stay the No one else sees the phantom lover, sometimes we just have to know If a candidate has the genuine heart to serve, then wise, selfless love and care for us not just because utter the sweetest of every expression never fails to reach out to the ones buried together with your deepest How hurt can you be? night in the streets; some beg for a but his every step is heroism in his their side of the story before we of how beautiful and charming we ever possible to declare, “I love you.” who needed it the most. True love secrets? Have you ever loved only to living and some have grown old and own right; sacrificing what may be jeeringly label them as cowards. decisions will follow. The deceitful-hearted candidates, however, will When you just blend with the are, but simply just the way we are. unites. True love waits, no matter become afraid? background died. Imagine yourself late at night his for the sake of another. You were Knowing how the phantom and only look forward to possessing the power and perks of having the In Search for We have often sought to find a how long, no matter how far the Many songs fit the lives of those in Unnoticed and unimportant in a donut shop and right across you a hero, and only the likes of you will anonymous admirers live may be person to be that hope, the hope journey may take you. True love is positions and uplift their own political parties and agenda. Assess Truth love or those that are broken-hearted, As your heart bleeds from its deep see a dark alleyway full of what you understand. the first step knowing why there is wisely.~ to somehow fix our shattered and also not limited to February because wounds ~ broken pieces and repair the parts it will always protect, always hope, but too few are sung for the people may call the most useless materials How dead can you be such a person called TORPE. that makes us who we truly are. and always persevere; it doesn’t come Most of us have tried to take our LJ Zaphan Lamboloto and go, but it rather stays and remain chances, roll our dices, and just say for everyone to treasure forever. sillimaniansspeak yes to the promises that love upholds, Do we persevere to be the right What we think of as love is such a but are blinded to the heart-breaks person for the right person waiting devaluation of what it truly is, it is a The Chinese Art of Feng Shui Compiled by Lizbeth Mae B. Andaya lurking on the other side of the line. for us on the right place and the limitation that closes the borders of We have sometimes tried to hasten right time? Do you think that the “I” what it can become in our lives, our the journey into intimacy without when you say “I love you” contains communities, and our relationships. By Shane Marie K. Canono their homes from calamity disasters, placements, windows and a lot more. how to appreciate the things around With that, they will be able to create a “Is it too late to launch a judiciary knowing why we love in the first every single part of you, nothing The implication of it is wide and such as winter storms and floods. But Nowadays, people apply this them. The website Inspired Everyday safe, healthy and better environment. place, hence damaging once more is left on other things and other infinite not because of how well we branch when it is almost the end of the the already shattered-precious hearts people; undivided and restlessly tried to love in truth, but because of his Chinese New Year, we as the practice of Feng Shui started tradition for many different reasons. Living has stated that the best way for Another reason is to release stress or current SUSG administration’s term?” that we are barely hanging into. seeking to see beyond the physical? what Christ did on the cross. When welcome the year of the negative energy. For Terah Kathryn Love is not just a word that we Can you love without having to he cried from the bottom of His lungs, Fire Monkey. Chinese New Collins from Western School of can simply utter with our lips and put up a list of reasons as to why “It is done!” Our hearts have been Year is one of the most imperative Feng Shui: “When you’re open and “It might be for the future purposes. The concern is if they people they put into the position are forget about the next day, rather you fell in love with a person? Can healed, there will be no more pain reliable and efficient enough for their task.” T sensitive to energy, you are often the to love is to leave mediocrity, it is we really love unconditionally? because by His stripes and wounds, and biggest celebrations in Chinese Jai Dev Soledad, Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering III first to wilt in an unpleasant place. to excel and progress with all the In 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 it says, we are healed. But it’s up to us to culture. Because the Chinese follow Your energetic sensitivity emphasizes might to pursue relentlessly and “Love is patient, love is kind. It does choose whether to let Him bridge and~ the lunar calendar—instead of the “It might be too late. Soon enough, the administration will have to undergo changes and the sem persistently the apple of our eyes. not envy, it does not boast, it is not fill the emptiness that we all share. more common Gregorian calendar— the importance of knowing how to is almost ending. For now, it might just be a waste of time. Although, it could be written down as To love and to be loved is probably proud. It does not dishonor others, it is a pointer for the next administration for a fresh and fair start.” the celebration usually begins from maintain your balance, especially in Casper Sapio, Bachelor of Science in Sociology II New Year’s Eve and will keep going an environment that could cause you Unique in Our Own Way for around 15 days. Prior to the stress.” In an article by the Feng Shui expert “Yes, it’s too late to launch a judiciary branch because the current administration’s term is almost Finding out “who you are” and accepting and some are probably If there’s anything I know that I’ve festivity, the Chinese would normally over and launching a judiciary needs enough time and firmness of the people who will be on that Rodika Tchi, there are five signs of a office. It would be better to launch it on the next administration so that the judiciary will be very discovering “what you are” are just irked and indifferent about it.learned in class or in church is that by clean their houses and beautify them well managed and regulated.” two of the endless lifelong questions Other times, people overgeneralize. nature, people are different. We are with New Year decorations. And good Feng Shui house. She narrated Jeb Bacang, Bachelor of Science in Political Science IV that most of us ask ourselves. Among They have their own beliefs and unique in our own way and with that for them to attract good luck, they that a good Feng Shui house has clear other things, waves of new experiences, principles but the thing is, it is their own we have different sets of values and practice Feng Shui. and powerful flow of energy from the emotions, relationships and expectations truth. They just can’t expect others to principles we believe in to work for us. Feng Shui is defined by the website main door, and has no presence of low energy around it. According to Next Issue’s Question: can be overwhelming for anybody, follow what they preach or to make other To be able to live within a person’s Lucky Path Feng Shui as the practice but they shape up what we are and people their own kind which means, own personal truth without giving others “If you will become the SUSG president next school year, what of arranging one’s environment in her, a good Feng Shui house has good who we are going to be as we journey turning queer people into the “straight” any justification is the kind of freedom I order for the energy to flow smoothly Feng Shui attached in the bedroom, will be the first concern or issue that you will address?” through life and all its complexities. people’s conception of being “normal.” guess most of us strive to have. That is, through the home or even in the kitchen and bathroom. She believes But if you add the subject of gender into But then, a person, sometimes the right to be respected in the same way business area. The ancient Chinese that the strength of Feng Shui the mix, it could get more confusing, not brought about by insensitivity and as any person with the same courtesy art of Feng Shui is literally translated energy in those places affects deeply For your answers, just text the Circulation Manager (09068874424). to mention complicated. For some people, Delving into and without passing any judgments Indicate your full name (with middle initial), course and year. as “wind and water.” It has become on the quality of Feng Shui energy their gender identity does not match Deeper Feelings to others’ personal beliefs and actions. their physical body. Their bodies may be The problem is, some take things too well-known throughout the world as inside the house. However, even male or female but on the inside, they feel literally from the books that they read. people believe that their environment after creating a strong Feng Shui that they are the opposite sex, attracted For some, they just follow the heck is the source of resources which foundation in the house or office, to the opposite sex or questioning. Angelica Mae D. Gomez what others are telling them to believe could be used to improve their lives, Rodika said personal hard work must However, we should have in mind without even evaluating the morals that according to Feng Shui Natural. not stop. “In order to create good that one’s gender identity is every lack of awareness, cannot sympathize they are absorbing at the end of the day. Moreover, “Feng shui consultants Feng Shui in a house, start small and person’s concept of how s/he views enough with the struggles that people As a result, it hampers their chance Editor-in-chief Andrea D. Lim generally apply this art to improve do not get overwhelmed with all the Associate Editor John Rey L. Villareal The Weekly Sillimanian is published every himself/herself as male, female, both, or in the LGBT+ community are facing. to open their minds to a broader and week by the students of Silliman University, with health, the income, the ability to amount of Feng Shui info out there. News Editor Jameela Antoniette I. Mendoza editorial and business addresses at 1/F Oriental neither. It also means that one’s gender A few of these are being discriminated, more liberated horizon because in Feature Editor Christian Renz M. Torres study or to find better relationships First and foremost, you have to trust Hall, Silliman University, Hibbard Avenue, identity can be the same or different disgraced, bullied, or ridiculed by society some ways, they don’t really apply their Business Manager Eric Gerard D. Ruiz Dumaguete City 6200, Philippines. SU PO Box your senses and go at your own pace,” from his/her sex assigned at birth. in the community, school or workplace. leanings properly into the real world. whether personal or for business, and 24. Telephone number (35) 422-6002 local 243. she explained. News Writers Leslie J. Batallones, Rhobie A. Ruaya, It is also important to know that This is due to a lack of trying in their Fortunately, in times like this, it is many others. For the wise Taoists Paulynne Joyce R. dela Cruz, Ray Chen S. Bahinting https://www.facebook.com/pages/ Feng Shui has its own framework Although these are superstitious Feature Writers Alissa Z. Lacson, Shane Marie K. The-Weekly-Sillimanian-2014-2015 people have a lot to learn about gender part to understand what it is really encouraging to know that more and Canono, Ronelyn Faith C. Vailoces, Junelie Anthony [email protected] identities and sexual orientations to like to be in their shoes for a minute. more people are paving their own for action, which falls within what is practices, Feng Shui can actually help Velonta be able to fully understand just how That is why it could be very hard way in changing people’s perception called ‘luck of the earth,’ that is to say in maintaining your home just in Photojournalists Babe Jocelie B. Isaga, Cheri Lian V. Opinions expressed in the columns are Ansale, Santia Onnycha D. Ursabia those of the columnists and not of tWS or of being human is complex and therefore indeed, being queer and all, to come out of about genderorientation and sexuality. the influence of the environment on time for Chinese New Year. Whether Cartoonist Hervey Angelo F. Avenido Silliman University. Comments, questions, and suggestions are highly appreciated. All needs thorough understanding. the closet and tell their families and their As a realization, we don’t necessarily people’s lives.” good or bad luck comes along, the Circulation Manager Lizbeth Mae B. Andaya submitted manuscripts become the property For one thing, it is not easy being friends knowing that they do not have have to have the same lives to have most important thing is to remain Office Manager Angelica Mae D. Gomez of tWS. Manuscripts will be edited for brevity The practice of Feng Shui was Layout Artist Gloria Gem T. Lumayag and clarity. considered as what other people call the power or control over what might the same rights. Being different is developed in China, as stated in positive. Remember that your best Web Manager Mariana G. Varela the “other gender.” Opinions vary, that “coming out” will bring them once what makes us all the same. We’re Member: College Editors Guild of the Philippines Lucky Path. At first people wanted to grow, people also began to deem Aside from believing it could attract people to guarantee positive energy is lucky charm is your own mindset of of course. Some may be open and their true identities will be discovered. every color of the rainbow.~ ~ Adviser Warlito S. Caturay Jr. to create principles that would protect on architectural features like the fire positive things, they could also learn for them to love their surroundings. never giving up your goals. the weekly sillimanian 4 twsbackpage February 11, 2016 theRANDOMspace: INTERNATIONAL LOVE.There are several ways to celebrate love. Different cultures have different ways of celebrating love on a particular day. Here are a few of them: Japan England Iceland Wales Traditionally, Japanese In England, single On “Museum Night” During St. Dwynwen’s women give homemade women place five bay (Feb. 12) people dress up Day (Jan. 25, equivalent chocolates to various men leaves in the pillow, in fun costumes. They to Valentine’s Day) the in their lives. On Valentine’s recite poems and songs Day, only one special man with the belief that and they also have a Welsh would carve will receive the honmei- it would bring them “Love walk” wherein they intricately decorated choco or the prospective their dream future walk along the Reykjavik spoons of wood and give winner chocolate. husbands. Pond. them to their ladies. Compiled by: Ronelyn Faith Vailoces via Source: http://afkinsider.com/42291/unique-ways-of-expressing-love-around-the-world/10/ roundup ikaw na Misunderstanding caused.. from page 1 the financial statement]. She told me ways nga maka-strengthen ko in that nga she thought kuno nga kato rang weakness,” Kitane said. liquidation nga akong nawala ang pa- Meanwhile, Kitane said that she has signan.” not approved the financial statement Moreover, Kitane admitted her to be posted again until Pino “settles mistake and apologized for what everything.” happened. Kitane also said that as of Feb. 3, she “As an audit chair, I should have is letting Pino finish the liquidation of read it, not signed it lang jud, because the presidential and vice-presidential that is part of my responsibility…I’m discretionary fund.~ not an accounting student, so I also admit my limitations and look for Engineering students.. from page 1 collector aimed at the sun which They found out that most of their will then heat up when it collects interviewees cannot afford refrigerators enough sunlight. The solar collector or if they had refrigerators, they would will be heated until the refrigerator often unplug them because they inside would be vaporized towards the cannot afford to pay electricity bills. SUSG Assembly.. evaporator, which is the cooling box. Five universities from Visayas from page 1 “From the cooling box, it will expand, joined the competition: SU, which will cool the surrounding then Foundation University, Negros quadrangle, authored by Reps. Macion, depend on the university. “We cannot However, there were two resolutions go back to the collector,” said Sayson. Oriental State University, St. Elnar, and Antiquina, was also approved. demand the university. Any amount that were not approved by the assembly Sayson said that he and his Paul University Dumaguete, Macion said that the benches “are will do, as long as it can help,” he added. and are subject to revisions by the authors. teammates looked for a community and University of San Carlos. not serving their purpose” because they Rep. Aniñon agreed and said that One resolution that was not in a rural area with a problem The team from Mapúa Institute of “are not in good condition anymore.” sometimes, “artists get devalued approved was a resolution “restoring so that they can provide a Technology won the grand prize, while Macion also said that the green with their work” and that financial the efficacy of the student’s discount solution using renewable energy. the teams from Ateneo de Manila benches can be unsafe because support is important for artists. on the radiology test for the first “Our community is the GK 2, Gawad University and De La Salle University- of the rusty nails on the benches. Moreover, four of the approved semester” by Rep. Buenavista. Kalinga Two, Bajumpandan, which is a Manila were awarded as runner-ups. Another resolution authored by resolutions were made by SU High Buenavista said that the problem housing project by the Gawad Kalinga The Sikat Solar ChallengeReps. Macion, Elnar, and Antiquina School (SUHS) Representatives with the radiology test requirement to provide houses for those who Foundation, Inc. is a duly- is a request to the university to provide Amidala Gabrielle Quisumbing, Carissa to enroll for the first semester was can’t afford [a] house,” Sayson said. registered and accredited science additional funds for the winner Araco, and Ayla Veremeika Gaudiel. that although it was announced that According to Sayson, they went foundation by the Department of the Silliman Film Open “for The resolutions for the SU Junior students who enrolled for summer to their chosen community and of Science and Technology. It is further national and local endeavor.” High School (SUJHS) proposed classes would pay 50 percent less, some interviewed around 20 families. dedicated to “promote and develop The resolution aims to “encourage for new plastic tables in the SUJHS students who paid the discounted more students to venture into campus, bag hooks to be installed in Php 140 were still charged in their Specialist talks.. from page 1 filmmaking” and “[empower] student all cubicles of SUJHS comfort rooms, accounts for the remaining Php 140. directors to spread awareness on various and a clock for the SUJHS canteen. The second resolution that was higher than 51,000 in the previous years. of 100 percent smoke-free policy social issues through their work” with There was also a resolutionnot approved was the request for Top 10 leading cancer will encourage people to promote the amount that will be awarded to to request the administration to the “utilization, beautification, or According to Limpin, there are a ‘conducive’ environment. the winner of the Silliman Film Open. extend the benches in front of SU renovation” of the Science Complex 200 types of cancer and 10 of these “This policy definitely does not prohibit Macion said that the amount will Elementary School to SUHS. Park by Rep. Christdell Ragay.~ types are leading in the Philippines. people to smoke; it will only tell people SU Painting.. Limpin identified it as breast, lung, to smoke in a proper place where the from page 1 liver, cervical, colon, thyroid, rectal, non-smokers are protected by exposure charcoal, pencil, and imported fabric. spiders and the art of spider fighting. experience is very stressful but I [coped] ovarian, prostate, and non-Hodgkin to second hand smoke,” Limpin added. De Barras started working last June, Catacutan used coffee, ink, and with my stress with humor and sarcasm lymphoma cancers, respectively. Preventive Strategies and said that his exhibit, entitled “Trace,” pencil for his ten works and he said and after now, I feel relieved,” said Sordilla. “Breast cancer as of 2010 has The following are ways to prevent is his way of showing his obsession it took him almost the whole school W Don Flores, adviser of the class, become the most common cancer cancer, according to Limpin: • of the texture and roughness of rocks. year to finish his show because said that it is the first time that the in the country,” said Limpin. Avoiding tobacco use and “Although I’m only tracing the index he wants it to have a great effect. students are getting a “really formalized Limpin added that lung cancer used exposure to cigarette second hand of the rock, I eventually end up making Catacutan’s first solo exhibit was exhibition space” because of the difficulty to be number one, but since the number and third hand smoke mistakes and these errors create paths held at Captain Ribbers last year. in finding a gallery space in Dumaguete. of women who have breast cancer has • Limiting alcohol intake • for more explorative, morphing patterns. Meanwhile, Dolly Jane Sordilla Flores also said that they are glad rapidly increased, it became the second. Limiting ultraviolet exposure This is what interests me: the forms that used a variety of mediums and had the administration allowed the Fine “The majority of this risk is primarily from the sun they project become my index on the a total of 19 works composed of 10 Arts department to use Silliman Hall. because of the lifestyle that we have, • Maintaining a healthy diet • work. These human glitch errors make paintings on wood, eight clay formations, He added that they will have more so it is very important now when you Seeking regular medical the work what it is,” said De Barras. and one audio installation which shows before the school year ends and are still very young not to engage in check-up On the other hand, Ramon she worked on the whole semester. another show during the summer. risky lifestyle behavior,” Limpin said. Adonis Catacutan, with his work The audio installation was based around “I’m very proud of them. We always 100 percent smoke-free policy The Silliman Universityentitled “Matchbox Warriors,” a recording of phases relating to stress. kind of assume that it’s just about painting The major risk factor of all types Student Government Students’ focuses on portraying spiders as Sordilla said that her work is about and the labor of it. But what many people of cancer mentioned is smoking. Rights and Welfare Committee samurai warriors and mythical beasts. the “honest and unapologetic thoughts don’t realize is that it takes a tremendous Limpin said that a cigarette contains and Silliman University Physical Catacutan’s work is influenced by everyone has” under intense pressure, the amount of cognitive labor also, not 7,000 chemicals and 70 of those Therapy Students’ Association ~ oriental paintings of samurai warriors and “overpowering anxiety” that one feels in just the physical labor,” Flores said. are known to be carcinogens. co-organized this forum. some Japanese landscape paintings which their last year of college, and the stress she **The SU Fine Arts Department of the She said that the implementation encouraged him to make his own versions got from her last year of college experience, College of Visual and Performing Arts while incorporating his love for spiders. thus, she called her work “Stress girl.” would like to invite more people to visit their Catacutan said that his “As I did not have the option to shows. They are also willing to sit down childhood memories inspired him abandon my thesis work, I have used this and talk about the different creations.~ to incorporate his fascination for as the subject for the exhibition. The whole Histo-PolSci Dept holds its first pinning ceremony By Ray Chen S. Bahinting enrolled in public administration who will a senior political science major who be doing their internship of this practice in proposed the ceremony, said: “[This THE HISTORY AND Political various government agencies in the city.” ceremony] symbolizes all my struggles, all Science Department held its first pinning Indab also said that the ceremony “marks the blood and sweat I have shed in order ceremony to honor 45 senior and junior hard work and dedication” of the students. to attain the level that I am in right now.” history and political science students last “The fact that you are all in your junior Cagandahan added that the Feb. 2 at the Udarbe Memorial Chapel. and senior year signifies that you are pin will symbolize his “good Jojema Indab, a professor of the moving towards a higher level of your grades throughout college.” HONOR THY FATHER. Stacey Bascon, associate producer of “Honor Thy Father,” department, said that some major academic pursuit, and we congratulate The guest speaker was Atty. Felipe entertains questions from the audience right after the film’s screening last Feb. 8 students suggested a pinning ceremony. you all for that,” Indab added. Antonio Remollo, alumnus of the History at the Luce Auditorium. The film is about a family trying to pay their debts from In Indab’s opening speech, she said: Indab also said that this ceremony and Political Science Department. their co-parishioners after being involved in a pyramid scam. It stars John Lloyd “For us in the department, adapting this aims to encourage students to Governor Roel Ragay Degamo was strive harder in their studies. also present to attend his nephew’s pinning Cruz, Meryll Soriano, and Tirso Cruz III. Photo by Cheri Lian Ansale innovation is a way of sending off our ~ history [and] political science majors Moreover, Edcarl Cagandahan, ceremony.