Astig! na Student Dyaryo August 8, 2007
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Between Numbers and Letters:
A Feature Article on the SPECTRUM
The Official Publication of the PUP College of Engineering
“Engineering the Human Soul…”
Truly, the Spectrum’s popular catchphrase carries a colorful meaning. The PUP College of Engineering does not only teach their students how to construct structures of sophisticated magnificence but also build the edifice of pride and excellence into their hearts and minds.
The Spectrum offers these future engineers an instrument to share their thoughts and ideals and at the same time, to inform their fellow CEAns and PUPians of the hottest updates in and out of the campus. The college publication welcomes every CEAn to a world of letters in a dimension where numbers rule their lives.
Content
The Spectrum articles encompass and reflect the different realities of human life. These can be divided into the social, cultural, political, technological and scientific aspects. Articles about the bitter consequences of poverty in the lives of a PUP student and common people are the best examples of social realities exposed in their articles. Cultural calls for the preservation of Filipino traditions and customs as well as the historic places in the Philippines. Then, the political area comes up largely on the Opinion section of the newspaper where CEAns are free to speak and comment about our national leaders and the role of the youth state affairs. Finally, the technological and scientific aspect, which carries essential and the interesting part for the CEAns for this part, reveals their specialization and expertise.
The Spectrum topics concern the individual CEAn, to the college, the university up to the national issues. The newspaper tells the typical even the most unusual stories of the engineering students of their 5-year stint in the campus. In that case, serves as a venue for CEAns to share their experiences and ideologies. More than that, it serves as an instrument of communication to air the grievances of the CEAns for the College and University administration to be heard and at the same time to inform other PUPians of their accomplishments. At the national level, CEAns stay foot of the latest updates while having the opportunity to speak out of their views an suggestions regarding the most recent issues.
The Spectrum maintains its uniqueness and sets the trend when it comes to campus publication. One of these unique variation is coming up with a “Circle” page. This section make up the “barkada and gimmick” section of the paper. Here we can read and see band gigs inside the campus, students’ “trips”, and some other cool and fun stuffs.
Astig! na Centennial Employee July 16, 2007
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Listening with the tune of modern music, singing along with the songs or chatting with the students are some of the past-time activities of the secretary of the Department of Economics, Ma’am Lau. This employee seems to be an ordinary public servant but amidst her humility and simplicity is a prestigious award she received on 2004. She was one of the five most outstanding centennial employees in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
Laura Dino Galit was also a product of our alma mater. She took a baccalaureate degree in Business Teachers Education and earned units in Masteral in Business Education. She is married and is a mother for three wonderful kids.
Ma’am Lau has been consistently serving the College of Economics, Finance and Politics for twenty-five years and being awarded as one of the five most outstanding centennial employee made her feel good and proud because out of many employees in our university, her contributions and services were recognized.
Working in a public university, for her, is more than just a job but a passion, fulfillment and at the same time dedication to help students in their needs. “Although you can’t please everyone” as according to her, she tried her best to comply with the tasks she have for what matters most for her is the achievement she feels in assisting and helping students. She finds it touching when she came across with students and former students smiling and recognizing her.
If time will repeat itself, she would love to stay as a PUP employee and serve the cradle of scholars.
She addresses her co-workers to learn to love their work and set a true and good example of being a public servant.
She advises us, the students, to be proud that we became PUPians, we need to learn to live as PUPian and prove people that we are all worthy of being subsidize by their taxes and the taxes of every Filipino through studying hard and achieving our goals in life for education is an intangible treasure that we are going to have for the rest of our lives.
Finally, for the PUP community, according to her, “we all should stand out and don’t be ashamed that we are in PUP. We have faced many trials and obstacles yet we remain intacked and fighting. We should feel honored because out of many who aspired to belong in our community, only few are chosen to be a part of our big family.
Indeed, the “Polytechnic University of the Philippines stands for quality education”. And behind this are the effective and efficient squads of employees, such as Ma’am Laura D. Galit, who are giving their best to provide the best service for the best students of the Philippines.
writtten by Jonnel A. Manlapas
Astig na PUPian Millionaire July 10, 2007
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By Ms. Abby Balendo
“Poorman’s University of the Philippines” is one of the common stereotypes for PUP.
The university accommodates students who are not belonging from a well-off family, a household that earns adequate income only for simple living. Rightfully so, PUP has the lowest tuition fee in Metro Manila; a student may enroll paying only P300 to P500 per semester, very affordable.
However, what make student’s life complicated are other expenses aside from tuition fee; transportation fare, everyday allowance, lodging, and school projects.Though technically living in difficulties, many of PUP students excelled in their fields after graduation; became rich and prominent individual of the society. Lloyd Abria Luna is one of them – a successful PUP alumnus, a millionaire at the age of twenty-five (25).Lloyd Luna took his Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Communications Engineering at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines from 1999 – 2004. During his stay at the university, he was the President of the College Editor’s Guild of the Philippines and was cited as an Outstanding Student in 2002. At the age of 22, Lloyd gained experiences a professional journalist could have. He works for “The Manila Times”, one of the major broadsheet newspapers in the country, and he also ventured website engineering. Read on
Astig na Summa Cum Laude June 11, 2007
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By Abby Balendo
“After twenty years, finally, we have the fourth Summa Cum Laude, coming from the College of Economics, Finance and Politics —— Ms. Mary Grace P. Ronquillo.”
These are the words that roared the four corners of the World Trade Center during the 2007 Year End Commencement Exercises of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in the presence of a very distinguished guest speaker, Vice President Kabayan Noli De Castro.
Mary Grace Reyes Pestanio Santos Ronquillo sternly opposes the common knowledge that the fourth summa cum laude of PUP is a genius-type of person accessorized with large and thick eyeglasses, carrying bulgy encyclopedias and aloof to everybody. She’s actually the exact opposite of the common perception for a “genius person”. She barely brings books, without “thick” eyeglasses and rich with many friends.
For her, “genius” which comes from the word “genes”, means “it runs in the blood” and due to their inborn talent, they do not have to study hard in order to pass their subjects. On the contrary, Grace has to study hard or else, she will fail. She humbly describes herself as a simple student with a very deep passion for learning.
“I think we’re all ordinary persons, what gives us an edge to others is our passion on the things that we are doing. If we are committed, dedicated and possesses the right attitude, we’re deemed to be excellent.” Grace enthused.
Her intelligence was not inherited and this prestige is a product of a little hard work, a little patience, a little perseverance plus God’s guidance. Those “little” things made a “big” difference. Yet, she believes that it should not make an enormous borderline between her and the graduates. Those who have really work hard to strive far more than mediocrity also deserves recognition. Read on
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