2401 (twen´te fôr´,o, wun) is a landmark number along Taft Avenue. It is the location ID of De La Salle University, home to outstanding faculty and students, and birthplace of luminaries in business, public service, education, the arts, and science. And 2401 is the name of the offi cial newsletter of DLSU, featuring developments and stories of interest about the University. 29 MARCH 2010. VOLUME 41. NUMBER 20. 12 PAGES KA PEPE DIOKNO AWARD PRESENTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION See page 3 Ambassador gives lecture FIELD NOTES: Lasallian Catechetical Center on German politics Of war and heroes holds symposium on “Ama Namin” 4 5 1100 BOOK ON ASIAN ENGLISHES LAUNCHED The monograph of the Department of English and Applied Linguistics Chair Dr. Danilo Dayag was launched by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing last February 17 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Center Auditorium, University of Santo Tomas. Titled “Metadiscourse, Argumentation, and Asian presentation of the fi ndings. Here it is the linguist in Prof. Dayag Englishes: A Contrastive Rhetoric Approach,” the book who takes over, paying careful attention to the macrostructure describes metadiscourse strategies in newspaper editorials in and the microstructure of the newspaper editorials under study. varieties of English used across six Asian countries, namely, the Finally, the last chapter brings the different concerns of the study Philippines, India, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and China. together – theory and practice, linguistics and pedagogy, culture Within the framework of Contrastive Rhetoric, it proposes a and writing, ESL and EFL, the researcher and the teacher.” model highlighting the similarities and differences in written Meanwhile, Dayag was invited as guest speaker at the argumentation in these editorials. Pan-Pacifi c Association of Applied Linguistics International In her Foreword to the monograph, DLSU Professor Symposium on World Englishes, held at the Regional Language Emeritus Ma. Lourdes Bautista writes: “This slim monograph Centre, Singapore, last February 22-23. In his paper titled “Code- offers several riches. Among them is the clearly written and switching in Magazine Ads in the Philippines,” he described the comprehensive review of literature. Both the novice and code-switching patterns in the print ads and argued that they the seasoned scholar will benefi t from the exposition of the manifest innovations in and nativization of the Philippine variety different themes in the current literature on discourse analysis of English. and contrastive rhetoric. Another of its riches is the detailed The seminar was attended by students and professors from description of the methodology employed in the study to arrive participating universities in the Asian Cyber College including De at answers to the research questions. Here the experienced thesis La Salle University. DLSU was represented by two BSE-English and dissertation adviser in Prof. Dayag shines through. The majors, Jan Ralph Nuñez and Phillip Rentillo. heart of the monograph lies in the analysis of the data and the KA PEPE DIOKNO AWARD PRESENTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION Recognizing former Senate President Jovito Salonga’s contribution to human rights and public service, De La Salle University conferred upon him the Ka Pepe Diokno Award of Recognition as Champion of Human Rights last February 27 at the Marilen Gaerlan Conservatory. Salonga’s career in government began in In 1992, after an unsuccessful bid for 1961 when he won as congressman in the second the presidency, Senator Salonga retired from district of Rizal by an overwhelming margin. He government service. Nonetheless, because of his then became a Senator in 1965 and earned the genuine love of the country, he continued to involve monicker “the Nation’s Fiscalizer” for his exposés himself actively in nation-building programs on the abuses and wrongdoings of the Marcos through Kilosbayan, the Bantayog ng mga Bayani administration and for his legal defense of Benigno Foundation, and Bantay Katarungan. “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. Due to his relentless opposition The award, named after La Salle alumnus to the Martial Law and to Marcos, he was arrested and former Senator Jose “Pepe” Diokno, is given to in 1980 for subversion. exemplary men and women who stood as champions After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, he was of human rights. Previous awardees were the late appointed by President Corazon Aquino as head of Judge Voltaire Rosales in 2005, the late Sr. Mariani the Presidential Commission on Good Government Dimaranan SFIC in 2006, and human rights lawyer (PCGG), before serving as senator anew from 1987 Augusto Bobit Sanchez in 2007. to 1992. He assumed Senate presidency in 1990 and led the Senate’s historic rejection of the US Bases Treaty. AMBASSADOR GIVES LECTURE ON GERMAN POLITICS Last March 9, the European Studies Association and the International Studies Department invited German Ambassador to the Philippines Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch for a lecture regarding German politics. Weber-Lortsch has been the Federal Republic The ambassador opened the talk with a short of Germany’s ambassador to the Philippines introduction of German politics and immediately since August 2007, after serving several years opened the fl oor to answer the audience’s questions. as ambassador in various cities such as Athens, He gave substantial insights regarding the German Peking, Kuala Lumpur and Hanoi. Dr. Julio position on issues such as the “no bailout” policy Teehankee, chair of the International Studies of Germany to the Greek recession, environmental Department, opened the lecture and introduced the policy, and the repercussions of the Fall of the Berlin ambassador. Wall. CBE FACULTY PASSES FINANCIAL RISK MANAGER EXAM A faculty member of the Financial Management Market Operations Trader) for the Treasury Department of the Department recently passed the prestigious Global Association of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). He earned his Master of Risk Professionals’ (GARP) 2009 Financial Risk Manager (FRM) Science in Financial Engineering (MSFE) degree in 2009. certifi cation-examination. FRM exam passers were offi cially DLSU is one of the Philippine universities recognized by announced by GARP in its website during the fi rst week of GARP to support its fi nancial risk management initiatives and January this year. the FRM program. For the 2009 examination, there were about Part-time lecturer Christian Paolo E. Romagos achieved 14,000 candidates in 87 sites, with only about 44.1% passing rate. remarkable scores within the fi rst quartiles in the areas of Founded in 1996, GARP is the professional association of Foundations of Risk Management, Quantitative Analysis, fi nancial risk managers from around the world. It is dedicated Valuation & Risk Models, Market Risk and Credit Risk to the advancement of the risk profession through education, Measurement and Management. training, and the promotion of best practices globally. A two- A graduate of the University of the Philippines-Los Banos year fi nancial risk management-related practice merits an exam (UP-LB) in 2002 with a degree in BS Mathematics, Romagos passer the designation, Financial Risk Manager (FRM), joining joined the Financial Management Department as a part-time the exclusive more than 24,000 fi nancial risk professionals faculty in 2007. At present, he is also Bank Offi cer II (Open worldwide. FIELD NOTES. What is going on in the world? We ask our facultyy members to make sense of what we need to knowowo , understand, and refl ect upon. They agree to share insightghghthtssa andnd oobsbbsservere vatiaatttiiononsonnss ababoutouou their respective fi elds or speeciec aal interests. Field Notes serves as a window to differentenentnt wwoorldrlrlldds whherheerereew weea alll belbebelongonongng. This speech was given by Jovito Salonga after he was given the Ka Pepe Diokno Award of Recognition as Champion of Human Rights last February 27 at the Marilen Gaerlan Conservatory. Bayaan po ninyong magsalita ako sa wikang Ingles at I got my grades from a clerk and noted with satisfaction that I had Tagalog—yong tinatawag na Taglish para maunawaan ng lahat. obtained a perfect rating of 100% in several subjects. First and above all, I would like to express my deep But going home to Taytay proved to be quite diffi cult. appreciation to those in-charge of giving the Ka Pepe Diokno American planes suddenly appeared over Manila and its environs, Award on behalf of De La Salle University presumably because of and Japanese military installations were bombed. I sought cover my human rights activities, just like my dear friend Pepe Diokno. in some houses along the way—in Sta. Ana and Makati—along Ngunit mas maraming katangian si Pepe Diokno na higit sa akin. with a high school classmate from Taytay, Isoseles del Rosario. It was nighttime when we reached Taytay. Topping the bar exams Arrival of Yamashita Sometime in October 1944, I sensed that some good news was coming following an inexplicable experience. The next day, Following the fall of Premier Tojo and his cabinet, General the radio blared forth the news: I had obtained fi rst place in the Tomoyuki Yamashita, the well-known “Tiger of Malaya,” was bar exams, tying with Jose W. Diokno, the son of former Senator yanked out of Manchuria to relieve Lt. General Shigenori Kuroda. Ramon Diokno. Both of us obtained the same rating—95.3%. Yamashita arrived in the Philippines around October 7, 1944, The results were also published in the Tribune. There was an shortly before the landing of U.S. forces in Leyte. This historical announcement we could get the results from a certain place in fact, by the way, disposes of the ridiculous claim of former Peñafrancia, Manila. President Marcos before his death in September 1989 that their Dahil sa aking kahirapan, after an early breakfast, I rode an fabulous wealth came from the so-called “Yamashita Treasure.” old bicycle with solid calesa tires from Taytay to a certain number As former Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile told me, Gen.