The university con-

ducted its 39th Com-

mencement Exercises

last April 29 at the DL Umali Freedom Park

and nineteen among

the graduates in the

degree of Electrical En-gineering were from

UPLB SELES.

John Carlo Aringo,

one of the 19 SELES graduates, was a re-

cipient of the CEAT

Alumni Association

Medal for Academic Ex-

cellence. He graduated

as cum laude and is one of the three recipi-

ents from the Electrical

Engineering Depart-

ment. Aringo is joined by

other 18 SELES mem-

bers in the roster of

UPLB graduates in this year‟s commencement

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19 SELES members march at

UPLB graduation rites

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CEAT organizations welcome new freshmen

introduced the CEAT administrators

and faculty. Prof. Marion Lux Y.

Castro, CEAT College Secretary,

discussed the academic policies and procedures for CEAT students.

The speakers were followed by

intermission numbers from UPLB

Filipiniana Dance Troupe and UPLB Street Jazz Dance Co. Also, an au-

dio visual presentation of the CEAT

Academic Programs was streamed.

The next part of the program was an open forum, wherein the

students can ask their questions.

Afterwards was the brief messages

from two CEAT Freshman Represen-

tatives—Katherine Louise Miller (BSIE) and Joshua Candaza

(BSChE).

The DChE Chair, Dr. Jovita Mo-

villon, gave the closing remarks. The latter part of the program was

the singing of „Kolehiyong Mahal‟

and „UP Naming Mahal‟ ■

UPLB Society of Electrical Engi-

neering Students (UPLB SELES),

together with other 11 CEAT-based

organizations, welcomed the new freshmen of this academic year dur-

ing the Convocation Program held

last June 8 at the Electrical Engi-

neering auditorium. Supervised by the CEAT Student

Council, each organization was des-

ignated in their own booths to en-

dorse their fund-raising activities and to give treats for the new

freshmen. CEAT Student Council

Chairperson Abegaille dela Cruz

also made sure that the organiza-

tions would not perform any method of recruitment to the new

freshmen.

The administration officials of

the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology were present

in the said program. CEAT Dean,

Dr. Arsenio N. Resurreccion, first

delivered his opening remarks and

DESPITE the heavy rain, the SELES

members enthusiastically welcomed the new freshmen during the CEAT

convocation program.

THE thick crowd of new freshmen on

their way out of the EE auditorium was made jam-packed by the different CEAT

organizations giving treats and

endorsing their products.

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SELES holds its biannual orientation

Testimonials were given by Charley

May Dorado (Signals) who did a fash-ion show with the special participation of Russel Villatuya (Flux), and shared her experiences in the org as well as

being the first ever Ms. Engineering in UPLB; Jeffrey Manio (Multiplexer) also talked about his experiences in the En-

gineering Meet and for winning the title Mr. EngMeet 2009; and Engr. Reiniel Daren Sangalang (Rectifier) asked the

students why did they choose EE as their field of study and shared his ex-perience when he was still a student until now that he is a faculty in the de-

partment.

Free dinner was served to the ori-entees while an intermission number

was performed by batch Insulators. Also, audio-visual presentations made by VP Andreo Lozada II and Therese

Anne Espiritu (both from batch Trans-ducer) were played.

A photo booth was set-up at the back with Manuel Lester Niere as the

official photographer for the night.

At the end of the program the Membership and Discipline Committee

Head, Manuel Luigi Niere, gave his closing remarks.■

To promote the organization‟s ser-vice, academic excellence, and leader-

ship while preparing its members to be of service to the society through Electri-cal Engineering, the UPLB SELES con-ducted its biannual orientation for the

undergraduate EE students of the Uni-versity of the Philippines Los Baños last June 16 at the EE Auditorium.

Members of the organization, advis-ers and alumni were present in the event. Also, there were thirty orientees.

The invocation was led by Jerdan Bu-

quid (Insulators) and the national an-them was performed by Ma. Theresa Pauline Fandiño (Flux).

Allan Soriano (Flux) and Czarina Colegio (Transducer) hosted the orienta-tion and introduced the speakers. They

also interviewed the orientees.

UPLB SELES President, John Davis Mangubat, gave his opening remarks. Prof. Roderick Catriz, organization‟s Sen-

ior Adviser and Chairman of DEE, dis-cussed the history of the organization.

The orientees with their free food while

watching the audio visual presenta-

tions. PHOTO BY: Manuel Lester Niere

Prof. Roderick L. Catriz retells the very clas-sic history of UPLB SELES during the orienta-tion. PHOTO BY: Manuel Lester Niere

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exercises, namely: Ericson O. Andrade, Zara Jane A. Baisas, Ryan Adolf A.

Bambase, Benjamin Jonas V. Beltran, Eddyrose B. Castillo, Mark Roland G.

Caynila, Arjyl C. Cobilla, Jerome C. Evangelista, Janmark Joseph D. Garcia,

Johnray Anthony V. Go, Crispin A. Lantay III, Kristoper Gil A. Pagkaliwan-

gan, Wilhelmina M. Pleto, Genev Yesiree M. Rodriguez, Arvee G. Roxas, Charlot Jennifer R. Velilia, Maricar D. Villareal and Kristel Mae V. Villasin. ■

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SELES and ERG-LB team up in department orientation

Two organizations—the UPLB

Society of Electrical Engineering

Students (UPLB SELES) and UP En-

gineering Radio Guild-LB (UP ERG-LB)—sponsored the annual EE De-

partment Orientation for New

Freshmen, which was held last June

14 at the Electrical Engineering Auditorium.

The program was carried out by

scheduling it in the EE10 class of

the new freshmen. There were 90 new freshmen students in the

event. Also, the EE department fac-

ulty were present.

The opening prayer was led by

Grace Calub from UP ERG-LB and

the national anthem was performed

by Ganyfer Dorado from UPLB SE-LES.

Prof. Roderick L. Catriz, Chair-

man of the Electrical Engineering

Department, gave the opening re-marks for the program. He intro-

duced the curricular program of

electrical engineering, discussed the

fields of specializations that can be taken and the future careers of elec-

trical engineering graduates. There

was also an open forum wherein the

students may ask their questions

and Prof. Catriz will answer them. Testimonials from selected EE

students were delivered after the

discussion with Prof. Catriz. Allan

Soriano (UPLB SELES), Danne Marie Realuyo (UPLB SELES) and Ephraim

Labrador (UP ERG-LB) shared their

experiences as EE students in the

university. The end of the program was

marked by a raffle from the two or-

ganizations—two old, limited edition

EE shirts from UPLB SELES and Php100 worth of cellphone load from

UP ERG-LB. ■

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Prof. Roderick L. Catriz (right) during

the open forum with the new freshmen in the Electrical Engineering Department

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University of the Philippines Los

Baños did it again!

The University's strong hold in aca-

demic excellence in the field of electri-

cal engineering was affirmed once again by having a consistent 100 percent

passing rate in the April 2011 Regis-

tered Electrical Engineer Licensure Ex-amination administered by the Profes-

sional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Thirteen out of thirteen BSEE gradu-ates from UPLB passed the electrical

engineering board exam held last April

17 and 18 at Manuel L. Quezon Univer-sity, Quiapo, Manila.

Engr. Mark Jaim, one of the thirteen passers from UPLB, belonged to the

topnotchers and ranked 8th.

Among the new electrical engineers

from UPLB SELES consisted of Engr.

Eddyrose B. Castillo, Engr. Mark Roland G. Caynila, Engr. Arjyl C. Cobilla, Engr.

Crispin A. Lantay III, Engr. Arvee G.

Roxas, Engr. Charlot Jennifer R. Velilia,

and Engr. Kristel Mae V. Villasin.

The oathtaking ceremony of the suc-

cessful examinees in the said examina-

tion, as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Profes-

sional, was held last June 4 at the SMX

Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City. ■

UPLB proves excellence anew

Javier, new UPLB USC Councilor

health issues. Her resig-

nation was deliberated

on and approved by the

UPLB USC body during

their General Assembly

last June 9.

Javier is also a mem-

ber of student political

organization MOVE U.P.

and UPLB GABAY Volun-

teers Corps. ■

UPLB SELES Member

Gamaliel Javier III is now

one of the Councilors of

the UPLB University Stu-

dent Council for the aca-

demic year 2011-2012.

The 11th place Coun-

cilor in the recent 2011

USC-CSC Elections took

the place of Gabrielle de

Juras who resigned due to The 18-year-old Gamaliel

Javier III is now one of the UPLB USC Councilors.

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UPLB’s new set of electrical engineers in a

wacky shot during their oath taking and in-duction ceremony last June 4.

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“Feeling mo kilala mo siya, pero hindi”

How do people quantify a per-

son‟s abilities? How do they judge a face? Is it base mainly on what they see and notice? How do peo-ple tend to view others? How do they make a seemingly sound measure of who really is, say a man in front of them? Was there

any criterion encompassing the so called fundamental “benefit of the doubt” that extremely overwhelms someone‟s knowhow and in turn, results to the making up of end-less assumptions of what to ex-pect from a person based mainly

on expression and with the way he is acting and the way he carries and expresses himself? I guess there is. That stupid thing called “feeling mo kilala mo siya, pero hindi”, that notion of believ-ing that actions speak louder than

words holds true, as always, even when the topic in question is a man‟s character. Well, I believe, with much conviction attached to

it, that this is a kind of BULLSH*T.

Thinking that you can judge a person simply by his actions, fa-

cial expressions and his gestures are futile and vague, that is verbal language being vain and mislead-ing for most of the times. And as what was I saying from above, this is bullsh*t. Why so? Mainly because, oral communication is at

many points far way better than what actions could actually offer, for when you want to sincerely and deeply know people, it is most effective to talk to them and listen to them not just through your ears but with an open mind and

an understanding heart.

Lately, I have told a girl friend of mine that I have loved her since the time in memorial that we have met, that I miss her eve-ryday, even so we see each other often. Now, guess what she has

replied to me after all the confes-sions I have made. Oh well, her reply was “Are you joking?”, gig-gling and laughing out loud in front of my face. I was neither joking, nor was I even trying to make her laugh with what I have

to say. At that instant, I am trying

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Editorial Board

Nahdiya Zaheer Betonio

editor-in-chief

Therese Anne Espiritu

associate editor

Arjon Valencia

managing editor

Malcolm Jayson Calicsihan

Miguel Principe

Dianne Romyl Ruedas

business managers

Katrina Marie Ayado

Julius Cesar Cunanan

Jhunna Jane Torrecampo

news editors

Rea Aileen Antenor

Karla Janine Capuno

feature editors

Andrea Caguete

Ma. Theresa Pauline Fandiño

literary editors

Andreo Lozada II

Michael Joseph Samson

contributors

Danver Ramos

Jan Sergio Arato

lay-out artists

Andreo Lozada II

Jonathan Ong

cartoonists

Engr. John DG. Agsalud

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to be serious, and yet she has

judged my actions reversely. It hurts a lot, it is such a pain in the ass, having to know that your efforts are never recognized even when you are forcefully pushing too hard in order to be taken no-ticed of. As I see it, her reply has

extremely insulted my personal capacities as an individual; it has severely slurred my capacity to comprehend and sternly affronted my faculty to be serious. Because in the first place, I know by heart that I wasn‟t trying to be funny at

all, even if as she explains “Nakatawa ka kasi habang nagta-tapat sa akin”. Again I repeat, actions, however big they maybe, do not necessarily articulate and

sound louder than words.

Seriousness is a big word to

define; to give meaning to it, as

associated to someone, already

requires an intrapersonal connec-

tion that only genuine people

could share. Now, I ask. Who are

you to judge a person base on

what you just see in the outside?

Who are you to determine

whether a person is being serious

or not? Who are you to consider

one‟s actions and expressions as

the ultimate summation of the

man‟s being? One may be smiling

almost all of the time that you

happen to see him, but that does-

n‟t mean he is no serious with his

life, that he has no direction or

path to lead into, and has no fac-

ulty to be deeper than that. You

have two options, the least you

could do is that to give these peo-

ple the benefit of the doubt and

perhaps a little understanding and

consideration or worst let your

own view of the world eat you out

as it eventually overwhelms your

cerebral facility. You may think

you know them very well, but in

reality ay baka feeling mo lang

„yun, dahil hindi, dahil hindi mo

naman pala talaga sila ganun

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Strengthening the Foun-dation of Today’s Heroes

The first session was about LIFE - Leadership, In-tegrity Faith and Excellence - whose speakers are from Victory Los Baños. Jerry de

Sagun, BSCS 2005 Alumnus, presented the essence of leadership and faith. Mean-while, Lianne Angeline Sitta—BSDC 2009 Alumnus— dis-cussed about a leader‟s true

character. She also pointed out three truths about integ-rity. The last speaker for this session was Prof. Fatih Ma-ranan — IBS, CAS, UPLB

assistant professor. She pointed out three ideas about excellence. Heroes for Upholding Quality Education

Through a video docu-mentary presentation, the UPLB educational situation was elucidated by the UPLB USC 2011-2012 Chair, Pura

Beatriz Valle. Heroes for the Environ-ment A project proposal entitled ECO-Rev: A 3-pronged Ap-

proach to Environmental Conservation was presented by Anna Mae Lamentillo, UPLB USC 2011-2012 Coun-cilor.

Finding the Heroes Within Dr. Vivian Gonzales—Director of OSA, UPLB—discussed the VIP Framework for Understanding Human

Dignity. Also, she gave de-tails on the dimensions of human nature. Innovative Heroes

The new process of org

As a requirement for rec-ognition of student organiza-

tions, the Student Organiza-tions and Activities Division (SOAD) and the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) spear-headed the Leadership Train-

ing Seminar for Student Leaders last May 30 at the Makiling Ballroom, Student Union Building, UPLB. It is a whole-day confer-ence with six sessions that

involves group discussions and activities designed to hone the students‟ leadership skills and potentials. The LTS had for its theme

“Harnessing Effective and Responsible Organizations of Excellent Scholars for the nation, Rekindling Individual Zeal for Active Leadership,” in line with the celebration of

Rizal‟s 150th birth anniver-sary. Organization heads were highly encouraged as partici-pants for the LTS. For UPLB

SELES, I was authorized by the President, John Davis Mangubat, to attend this since his work schedule was in conflict with the said activ-ity.

I was really privileged actually and it made me cling to an opportunity for wisdom, coerced with a leadership paradigm which can be used

for communal growth—since this seminar would be all about leadership and hero-ism. Heroes are made famous by their deaths and not how

they lived their lives—a sad truth I may say. Usually, we associate leadership out of our heroes, but hardly ever leaders associated to hero-

ism.

recognition, now online, was underscored by its developer

— Juan Miguel Carlos Abriol-Santos. He called this online platform for recognition of student organizations in UPLB as orgsUP. He is a member of

the CDC Web Development Team and also the developer of matchUP & dreamUP. Leading Heroes Mark Lester Chico, SOAD-

OSA Head, discussed the activities of SOAD for this academic year, towards pro-viding a more efficient and effective student service.

For this whole-day semi-nar, I realized that we are leaders in our own rights and we are heroes in our own terms. Everyone could be a

leader and a catalyst of change. The new leaders of this generation must learn from their predecessors that it isn‟t about doing your

best. Rizal‟s will to perfection is synchronized to the life of a student leader, a student activist, or just a mere stu-dent. It is synchronized to

the life of every Filipino. His challenge to all of us is that it‟s our responsibility to re-vive his nearly passing princi-ples and idealisms. Rizal

fought for our sovereignty; thus, it is our duty to pre-serve it. We shall be re-minded of his noble service and dedication to uphold equality and impartiality.

Being a student leader itself is actually a heroic plight. Together, we should act responsibly to the call of leadership. ■

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