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VOLUME VI | NO. 3 | DECEMBER 2010 

The Questions of Objectivity, 

in Plagiarism: 

Intent & Formation 

The LS Statement 

On October 12, 2010, the 

Supreme Court issued its 

decision on am No. 10-7- 

17-SC (In the Matter of the Charges of 

Plagiarism, etc. against Associate Justice 

Mariano C. Castillo). In explaining 

its decision regarding the questionable 

passages used by Castillo in the matter 

of Vinuya against the Department of 

Foreign Affairs, the high court indicated 

that “plagiarism presupposes intent, and 

a deliberate, conscious effort to steal 

another’s work and pass it off as one’s 

own.” 

On its face, the statement of the high 

court forebodes problems for academic 

institutions where the evaluation of the 

integrity of essays, research papers, and 

the like are of daily fare and primary 

importance. Despite the fact that the 

practice in the Loyola Schools has always 

been to treat plagiarism cases as a matter 

of fact (the original and questionable 

documents speaking for themselves), 

and even with the publication of 

a detailed Guide to the Code of 

Academic Integrity this schoolyear, the 

confrontation between the existent code 

and the Supreme Court statement was 

inevitable. 

Objective indeed 

In a memo dated November 4, 2010, 

Vice President for the Loyola Schools 

Dr. John Paul C. Vergara clarifies 

that regardless of the statement of the 

Supreme Court, the ls will continue to 

adhere to standards which characterize 

plagiarism as matter which is identifiable 

through the act itself. It quotes the 

ls Code of Academic Integrity which 

states that “the objective act of falsely 

attributing to one’s self what is not 

one’s work, whether intentional or out 

of neglect, is sufficient to conclude that 

plagiarism has occurred.” This, the vpls 

reiterates, has not changed. Cases will be 

regarded as they have been. 

Intent as a matter for sanctions 

A more stringent reading of the memo 

clarifies that lack of intent is not without 

value in the deliberation of a disciplinary 

case such as plagiarism. Contrary to 

being dismissive of anything other than 

the objective act, awareness, willfulness, 

and acknowledgement of wrongdoing 

actually are important considerations, 

it says. This is presumably part of due 

process which demands that the accused 

be heard and the context respected. Intent 

as part of context, however, is a matter 

to be considered in the deliberation 

of sanctions, where the gravity of the 

offense factors in. Perhaps it would be 

fair to say that while plagiarism remains 

plagiarism, from a formative perspective, 

a person who consciously harbors the 

words and eloquence of someone else 

as his own is qualitatively different from 

one who misses a footnote out of neglect 

and carelessness. 

A larger context 

Beyond the details regarding the 

use of quotation marks or acquisition 

of permissions, the ls makes a bold 

statement in the last part of the November 

4 memo. Here it is emphasized that 

academic honesty is a matter of personal 

discipline and moral character. In its 

resolve to form persons-for-others, the 

continuing expectation of the highest 

standards of ls students is necessary, the 

vpls reminds us, with the practice of 

giving credit where it is due going to the 

internalization of such values as truth, 

respect, gratitude, integrity, and justice. 

New presidents in Naga, Cagayan de Oro, & Davao 

Fr. Primitivo Viray, SJ Fr. Roberto Yap. SJ Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ 

The Society of Jesus’ Philippine 

Provincial Superior Fr. Jose Cecilio J. 

Magadia, sj announced in recent weeks 

the election of new presidents for Ateneo 

de Naga University, Xavier University, 

and Ateneo de Davao University. 

Fr. Primitivo E. Viray, Jr., sj will 

succeed Fr. Joel E. Tabora, sj as president 

of the Ateneo de Naga University. Fr. 

Viray is at present the rector of the 

Loyola House of Studies. Fr. Tabora, 

who was Ateneo de Naga president for 

11 years, will be moving to Davao to 

assume the presidency of Ateneo de 

Davao University. 

Fr. Roberto C. Yap, sj will succeed Fr. 

Jose Ramon T. Villarin, sj as president of 

Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro. At 

present, Fr. Yap is the Province Treasurer 

for the Society of Jesus. Fr. Villarin, after 

3 Peat!!! 

The first semester’s uaap triumphs still give the campus 

a feel-good atmosphere. The Blue Eagles and Blue 

Judokas took home three-peat wins in the uaap Season 

73 basketball and judo competitions, and the Blue 

Tankers gave outstanding individual performances in the 

swimming meet. Turn to pages 15 and 16 for the stories. 

One big fight! 

five years of leading Xavier University, 

will be moving to Manila to assume 

the presidency of Ateneo de Manila 

University. 

Fr. Joel E. Tabora, sj will succeed Fr. 

Antonio S. Samson, sj as president of the 

Ateneo de Davao University. Fr. Tabora 

will move to Davao from Naga, where 

he is the current president of Ateneo 

de Naga University. Fr. Samson has 

served as president of Ateneo de Davao 

and Xavier University for the last 24 

years—first at Ateneo de Davao, then 

Xavier University, and back to Ateneo de 

Davao, with his present stint in Davao 

beginning in 2005. 

The three new university presidents will 

assume their positions at the start of the 

next academic year. 

Class 2010 valedictorian is one of TOSP page 3 

The Loyola Schools Professionals page 7 

18 Ateneans are now licensed Chemists page 11 

Kritika Kultura is now in Thomson Reuters page 12

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News 

LS holds 

Staff Day 

Specializing in the art of giving 

seamless support, the Loyola Schools’ 

non-teaching staff, technicians, and 

maintenance personnel are a quiet but 

indispensable sector of the college. 

They form the backbone of the unit’s 

administrative system, and provide the 

muscle for its day-to-day life. 

The ls Staff Day held on October 

2, 2010 was a day for these quiet and 

dedicated workers to get updated on 

programs being developed for them 

and to discuss their concerns with one 

another and with administration. It was 

a day for serious business handled in a 

lighthearted and positive manner. 

In his remarks, vpls Dr. John Paul 

Vergara emphasized his focus on systems, 

measures, and problem-solving. He 

explained the importance of measures 

“para alam natin ang ginagawa natin.” 

He further remarked that everyone’s 

work can be measured to contribute to 

efficiency and effectiveness. “Let’s start 

paying attention to the details of our 

work. When we know our work, when 

we know what we do, it helps us plan, 

and it helps in our mission.” 

Vergara also encouraged the gathering 

to voice their concerns, remarking that 

it is better to discuss these matters in the 

proper venue. He said that once concerns 

are properly aired, “I commit to you 

that we will attend to them.” Later that 

morning, breakout sessions were held to 

discuss concerns, followed by a plenary 

discussion and synthesis. 

Continuing with staff development 

matters, the Office of Administrative 

Services’ (oas) Lucia Chavez gave 

an overview of the existing ls staff 

development plan, which has the threefold 

objective of upgrading knowledge 

and skills, building community, and 

strengthening faith. Workshops, talks, 

and masses have already been held in the 

summer and first semester, and more are 

planned for the rest of the schoolyear. 

oas Director Joy Salita assured the 

staff of the Residence Halls, Physical 

Education Program, and Rizal Library 

that similar staff development plans are 

also being made for their units. 

Photographs by Vicky Calderon 

Oscar M. Lopez 


conferred 


Doctor of Humanities, 

honoris causa 

Dr. Oscar Lopez and his wife Ma. Consuelo flanked by Ateneo president Fr. Bienvenido F. 

Nebres, SJ and Vice President for Planning and Administration Dr. Edna P. Franco 

Ateneo in 307 th place in 

QS World University 

Rankings for 2010 

The Ateneo de Manila University 

has been ranked 307 th in the World 

University Rankings for 2010 published 

in September by Quacquarelli Symonds 

(qs) on the website www.topuniversities. 

com. The Ateneo was ranked 234 th in 

2009, 254 th in 2008, and 451 st in 2007. 

Other Philippine universities that 

were ranked among the top 600 in the 

world for 2010 were the University 

of the Philippines (314), De La Salle 

University (between 401-500), and the 

University of Santo Tomas (between 

501-600). 

The top ten places in the rankings 

were taken by universities in the United 

Kingdom and the United States, with 

the University of Cambridge, Harvard 

LS Bookstore 

formalizes professorial 

chair donation 

As a sales outlet for all things related 

to learning and student life, the Loyola 

Schools Bookstore has met with 

tremendous success in the few years 

since it opened in 2006. With clientele 

from all sectors of the Ateneo, including 

alumni and foreign guests, the ls 

Bookstore has proved to be a successful 

experiment in student entrepreneurship 

as well, with many items designed and 

produced by student-owned companies. 

On October 5, 2010, World Teachers’ 

Day, the ls Bookstore formalized 

another kind of contribution to the 

Ateneo community with its donation 

of a non-restricted professorial chair, 

the Ateneo Loyola Schools Bookstore 

Professorial Chair. 

University, and Yale University placing 

first, second, and third, respectively. 

The qs World University Rankings, 

as stated in their website, are a “a league 

table of the world’s top universities 

embracing aspects of research quality, 

teaching quality, graduate employability, 

and internationalization.” The rankings’ 

stated purposed is to give stakeholders, 

especially prospective students, a way of 

shortlisting universities in which they 

may be interested. The criteria used by 

qs to rank universities are as follows: 

academic peer review (40%), recruiter 

review (10%), faculty-student ratio 

(20%), citations per faculty (20%), and 

international orientation (10%). 

Dr. Armand Guidote, ls Associate 

Dean for Research and Creative Work, 

related that the donation of the ls 

Bookstore Professorial Chair came after 

a “long journey” which began during the 

term of former vpls Dr. Ma. Assunta C. 

Cuyegkeng. 

The ls Bookstore, which by that 

time was already supporting a number 

Teya Sabado 

For the year 2010, Ateneo de 

Manila University has conferred 

the degree Doctor of Humanities, 

honoris causa, on Mr. Oscar M. Lopez, 

known for his business achievements, 

cultural leadership, philanthropy, and 

contributions to environment and 

history. 

The Board of Trustees of the Ateneo 

de Manila recognized the pioneering 

work of Lopez with Philippine Business 

for Social Progress on an Integrated 

Community Development Program in 

Cavite, as well as the livelihood programs 

in Guimaras after an oil spill in the area. 

The Mobile Eye Surgicenter that he set 

up has served 2,500 indigent patients 

through free eye care clinics and cataract 

operations. 

According to the memo released by 

the Office of the President on September 

1, 2010, the initiatives of Lopez on 

values reaffirmation, good governance, 

corporate social responsibility, 

continuous learning and improvement, 

and corporate wellness serve as 

inspiration to many organizations in the 

country. 

“This recognition is also for his 

visionary outlook of Ateneo’s initiatives 

that impact on national development 

and the arts, specifically the School of 

Medicine & Public Health, School of 

Government, the Law and Business 

Schools in Rockwell, and the Ateneo 

Art Gallery,” said Ateneo President 

Bienvenido F. Nebres, sj in the memo. 

The award was conferred on Mr. Lopez 

at a Special Academic Convocation on 

November 18, 2010. www.ateneo.edu 

of student scholars, still had additional 

funds for donation. With students 

already benefiting from the bookstore’s 

profits (the ls Bookstore supports eight 

scholars to date), it seemed time to 

open up some opportunities for faculty 

members as well. From the initial idea of 

augmenting existing professorial chairs, 

Cuyegkeng and ls Bookstore director 

William Mallari came to the decision of 

creating a new professorial chair. 

The new professorial chair will enable 

the ls Bookstore to support the work of 

faculty members who would not benefit 

from other chairs, which are normally 

governed by restrictions on their use. 

Being a “non-restricted” chair, it may be 

continued on page 3 

Seated: Fr. Nemesio Que, SJ, Ateneo Scholarship Fund Executive Director; University President 

Fr. Bienvenido Nebres, SJ; VPLS Dr. John Paul Vergara; LS Bookstore Director William Mallari. 

Standing: Romeo Dalandan, Jr. (OUDAR); Victoria Sison (OUDAR); Dr. Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng, 

Rose Banzon (President’s Office), Hector Guballa (OUDAR), Dr. Armand Guidote, LS Associate 

Dean for Research and Creative Work. 

Teya Sabado


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Class 2010 

valedictorian 

is one of 

tosp 

Jose Ma. Joaquin B. Buñag (bs 

psy 2010, magna cum laude, class 

valedictorian) has been named one of 

the Ten Outstanding Students of the 

Philippines (tosp) for 2010. Better 

known as Kim, Buñag is now a novice 

at the Society of Jesus’ Sacred Heart 

Novitiate. 

A student leader during his school 

days, Buñag’s love for social development 

work was reflected in his involvement in 

the Sector-Based Cluster of the Council 

of Activities (coa), and with Kythe- 

Ateneo, the Ateneo Student Catholic 

Action, and the Handog na Oras Para sa 

Edukasyon arm of Pathways to Higher 

Education. This commitment to social 

justice no doubt also played a part in his 

religious vocation which he was called to 

before he graduated from college. During 

the awarding ceremonies, Buñag’s Jesuit 

brothers came in full force to celebrate 

with him. 

The other winners were: Mohammad 

M. Ben-Usman (Mindanao State 

University-Marawi), Philippe Jan L. 

de la Cruz (University of St. La Salle), 

Raymund Siegfrid O. Li (University 

of the Philippines-Diliman), Nestor T. 

From November 1 to 4, 2010, thirteen 

faculty members and administrators 

from the Loyola Schools joined a 

three-days silent retreat with the theme 

“Ignatian Leadership” at the Cenacle 

Retreat House. The retreat was directed 

by Fr. Karel San Juan. 

On the first day, the group was asked 

to pray and reflect on their own life as 

a leader and how God called them to 

lead and to share in his mission. The 

second day touched on the theme of 

following and discerning God’s lead. 

The last day focused on surrendering to 

God’s lead and care. Themes for prayer 

and reflection were shared by Fr. Karel 

during conferences and homilies in the 

daily Eucharist. The group gathered in 

the evenings for silent adoration in front 

of the Blessed Sacrament. Individual 

consultations with Fr. Karel and Sr. Reylie 

de Guzman, rc were made available. For 

the participants, the silent retreat was a 

Necesito (University of the Philippines- 

Visayas), Rankine Ruel G. Novabos 

(University of San Jose-Recoletos), 

Nadia Bianca Nicolette L. Ong (De 

La Salle University-Manila), Camille 

B. Remoroza (San Pedro College), 

Jihan Santanina J. Santiago (Visayas 

State University), Marc Louie J. Yap 

(University of San Carlos). 

The ten winners were chosen from a 

field of 187 regional nominees, narrowed 

down to 94 national nominees, and 

narrowed down to 31 finalists. A total 

of 64 schools made it to the national 

search. The Board of Judges for 2010 was 

composed of Renato Garcia (comelec), 

Federico Macaranas (Asian Institute 

of Management), June Cheryl Cabal 

(pldt), Luis Lorenzo (Filipino Integritas 

Development Institute), Emily Abrera 

(McCann World Group), and Rosalinde 

Wee (Pearl S. Buck Foundation 

Philippines). 

Begun in 1961 by Jose S. Concepcion, 

Jr. of the rfm Foundation, the tosp has 

evolved into a so-called “laboratory 

of leaders” which has produced 

outstanding contributors in the fields 

of governance, business, the academe, 

LS faculty and administrators join retreat focused on 

Ignatian Leadership 

great opportunity to quiet down, pray 

and reflect on their role as leaders in the 

Loyola Schools community. 

The participants were Marlu Vilches, 

Dean of the School of Humanities, 

Sonny Mendoza and Michael Liberatore 

of the Theology Department, Andrew 

Soh and Mark Calano of the Philosophy 

Department, Nicco Vitug of the 

English Department, Glenn Mas of 

the Fine Arts Program, Roden David 

of the Mathematics Department, Jackie 

Santos of the Chemistry Department, 

Chris Castillo, Director of the Office 

of Student Activities, Ann Manapat, 

Director of the Office of Social Concern 

and Involvement, Mico Vilchez from 

the Office of the Associate Dean for 

Academic Affairs, and Carla Siojo from 

the Vice President’s Office. 

What follows is a poem written by 

Dr. Marlu Vilches during the retreat. 

Retreat participants with Fr. Karel San Juan, SJ and Sr. Reylie de Guzman, rc 

Buñag (4 th from left) with Fr. Xavier Olin, SJ, Mr. Eduardo Calasanz, Dr. Edna Franco, his mother 

Mrs. Cora Buñag, Fr. Catalino Arevalo, SJ, his father Mr. Mon Buñag, and Mr. Hector Tagaysay 

church, and civil society. tosp alumni 

make their contributions for the purpose 

of spreading the tosp credo—learning, 

leading, and serving for life. 

Being recognized as the tosp is only 

the start of a lifelong journey for the 

winners, and it is not a journey that only 

members of their distinguished tosp 

community take. As Buñag remarks, 

“There is nothing extraordinary about 

being a tosp finalist. What we are called 

to do is in fact the most ordinary thing a 

typical Filipino is called to do: loving the 

country in the best way possible using 

our unique gifts. tosp is a realization that 

it is only the beginning of more projects, 

more creative solutions, more concrete 

actions, more authentic loving.” 

Silence and God’s Presence 

Marlu Vilches 

Silence is the breathing space of God’s 

creation. 

It folds the air into petals of pink 

and yellow and green 

and rustles the leaves, 

dancing in wonder. 

It twiddles the cadence of the rain – 

tiny drops on rooftops, 

in syncopated rhythm. 

It sprouts the weeds 

that trace the shapes of stones, 

knitting the cobbled walk. 

It chases the river, 

slithering through crevices of rocks, 

in fits of laughter! 

It is the pleated sheets of the waterfall – 

hopping on pebbles, 

rushing to meet the stream. 

It is the goldfish circling the rocks – 

gliding along, 

trailing their wiggles 

with blissful abandon. 

It is the softened rock, 

pillowed by moss, 

blending with the grass. 

It is the clinging vine, twirling the bend, 

coiling with grace and pleasure. 

It is the meandering breeze, 

teasing the chime with a tinkle – 

singing an echo to the wind 

prancing with the butterflies. 

In this garden of prayer 

Under the mantle of the gentle sun 

I stand beside my shadow – 

tall and free. 

Awed by the tapestry around me. 

[At the Ignatian Leadership Retreat, 

2 November 2010, The Cenacles] 

LS Bookstore... 

continued from page 2 

applied to areas of research which suffer 

from a lack of funding support. 

The memorandum of agreement 

for the professorial chair was signed 

by Mallari, along with University 

President Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, sj, 

Vice President for the Loyola Schools 

Dr. John Paul C. Vergara, and Ateneo 

Scholarship Fund executive director Fr. 

Nemesio S. Que, sj at the ls Bookstore 

premises within the mvp Center for 

Student Leadership. 

With its support for students, and 

now faculty members, the ls Bookstore 

continues to prove its commitment to 

the objectives of both the Loyola Schools 

and the University as a whole. 

loyolaschoolsbulettin 

Volume VI, Number 3 

December 2010 

EDITOR 

Joanna Ruiz 


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Features 

Celebrating ocho-ocho: 

by Erlinda Eileen G. Lolarga 

Photographs by Rani Jalandoni 

The Department of Psychology 

celebrated the 88 th birthday of its 

founding father, Rev. Jaime C. Bulatao, 

sj, or Fr. Bu, as he is fondly called, on 

September 22, 2010 with a programme 

Dubbed “Fr. Bu’s Ocho-Ocho Birthday 

Celebration,” that also commemorated 

the 50th anniversary of the Department 

of Psychology itself. The event was held 

at the Leong Hall Auditorium. 

In her welcome remarks, Department 

of Psychology chair Dr. Lota A. Teh 

mentioned some of the plans of the 

department (which is a ched Center of 

Excellence) for the second semester of sy 

2010-2011, saying that they would like to 

focus more support to research activities 

such as lectures by faculty members and 

research awards for graduate students. 

Although it was in part a 

celebration of 50 years in the 

life of an academic department, 

the event was also very much a 

family reunion, with past and 

present students and faculty 

members gathering to celebrate 

a most important family 

member’s special day. 

She also appealed for support for the 

Golden Bu Fund which supports many 

of the department’s research activities 

and scholarship awards. To date they 

have been received scholarship pledges 

from local and overseas benefactors. A 

year-end status report on the fund is 

forthcoming. 

Fr. Bu lectures 

The Fr. Bu Lectures have the become 

a tradition in the eight years since they 

was first held. This year, faculty lecturers 

were Dr. Ma. Elizabeth Macapagal and 

Dr. Ma. Lourdes Ramos. Macapagal 

spoke on the project “Motivated Identity 

Construction of the Filipino Youth: A 

Longitudinal Study;” which finds that 

internal characteristics are most salient 

and important in defining the Filipino 

youth’s identity while relationships with 

others and social group membership are 

less important. 

Ramos spoke on “Finding Rhythms 

of Peace with Mother Nature.” She 

shared insights on finding peace, unity, 

and healing by communing with nature 

and cultivating one’s inner world and 

“inner garden.” 

Launching of books 

A birthday celebration with a difference 

The latter part of the program saw 

the launch of two books. Consciousness 

Mapping: Exploring Your Relationships 

Through the Star Matrix is co-authored 

by Bulatao and Ms. Gilda Dans- 

Lopez, and Therapeutic Tales: Healing, 

Hypnotherapy and Father Bu, is a 

collection of stories by Bulatao’s students 

edited by Ms. Margarita Ramos. The 

books are a celebration of Bulatao’s 

own research work, his outstanding and 

indelible impact on his students, and his 

life as a teacher and healer. (The books 

are featured in the New Books section.) 

A family celebration 

Obvious throughout the celebration 

was the Department of Psychology’s 

deep respect and love for Bulatao. 

Although it was in part a celebration 

of 50 years in the life of an academic 

department, the event was also very 

much a family reunion, with past and 

present students and faculty members 

gathering to celebrate a most important 

family member’s special day. 

The celebration was capped by a mass 

Psychology Department faculty proudly 

wearing their 50 th anniversary t-shirts 

presided by Frs. Bienvenido Nebres, sj, 

Asandas Balchand, sj, and Arun Kumar, 

sj, followed by lunch at the Leong Hall 

Roofdeck. 

Fr. Bu surrounded by contributors of the 

‘Therapeutic Tales’ book 

Ganito tayo noon… The life and times of the IPC 

The Institute of Philippine Culture 

(ipc) celebrated its 50 th anniversary on 

September 15, 2010 with activities at 

the Social Development Complex. The 

day began with mass celebrated by Fr. 

Noel Vasquez, sj at the ipc Conference 

Room. A communal story telling activity 

and homecoming party followed in the 

afternoon and into the evening. 

Oral history was the order of the 

day during the communal story telling 

session dubbed “Ganito tayo noon…” 

It was a veritable family reunion of 

different generations of ipc denizens all 

eager to reminisce about the life and 

times of the pioneering institution, 

from its beginnings in 1960 to its 

present incarnation under the Ateneo’s 

School of Social Sciences. The session 

was moderated by Dr. Ricardo G. 

Abad. There were no guide questions 

nor agendas, thus the discussion had 

a freewheeling, time-traveling quality 

to it. As Abad noted, the story would 

be “constructed in fragments, as most 

stories begin in media res—in the middle 

of things.” 

The ipc was founded in 1960 by Fr. 

Frank Lynch, sj. First housed in a single 

room in Bellarmine Hall, the group was 

composed of a secretary, Lynch, and 

Mary Hollsteiner (now Racelis), Fr. 

John Carroll, sj, recalled. Carroll further 

recalled Lynch working on “excavations 

in Batangas,” before making a shift from 

physical to social anthropology.“From a 

small start, ipc has moved to influence 

the nation,” Caroll noted. 

Many of the recollections were of 

specific projects and the ups and downs 

of field work. Someone remembered 

“counting copra all the time” as a research 

assistant on a summer job. National 

Artist Abdulmari Imao recalled shooting 

photographs in the Sulu archipelago. 

Carroll told of an unusually luxurious 

encounter with a wealthy caretaker 

of artifacts from Calatagan involving 

speedboats and private lifeguards. “This 

is no way to treat anthropologists,” he 

laughed. 

The flipside of field work was the 

more mundane world of the office 

setting. Temay Padero worked in the 

finance section, where she earned her 

ph.d. or “paper handling degree.” Esther 

Pacheco was part of the publications 

staff and recalled ten people sharing one 

teabag during merienda. Jae Estuar, who 

is still with the ipc, said that although 

times are now different, they still share 

teabags in the pantry. 

For the most part, recollections were 

of good times and good beginnings 

with the ipc. Many in the group have 

moved on to different professions and 

organizations. But the dominant feeling 

throughout the afternoon was of having 

learned valuable lessons at ipc and of 

having been part of a group that has been 

of use to society. There was also a feeling 

of satisfaction about work well done and 

about being with kindred spirits. “We 

worked hard, but we were very happy 

working there,” Pacheco summed up. 

Many more stories were shared, and 

we can look forward to a book on the 

ipc which acting director Dr. Melissa 

Macapagal said will be published in 

2011. 

For more information on the ipc’s activities 

and publications, please visit their website 

at www.ipc-ateneo.org. 

1. IPC founder Fr. Frank Lynch, SJ, Dr. Mary 

Racelis, and Dr. Wilfredo Arce in the 1960s 

2. Fr. John Caroll, SJ during the communal 

story telling session 

3. IPC Mass celebrated by Fr. Noel Vasquez, 

SJ 

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Pagdiriwang ng buwan ng 

Gary C. Devilles 

Mga letrato ni Mitch Cerda 

Taun-taon ipinagdiriwang ng 

Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila ang 

Buwan ng Wika at sa taong ito minarapat 

nilang bansagan ang pagdiriwang na 

kabanata bilang paggunita sa kasaysayan 

at bisa ng kulturang popular mula sa mga 

pahina ng Liwayway magasin hanggang 

sa mga naging popular na nobela at mga 

kuwentista natin ngayon. 

Sinimulan ang pagdiriwang noong 

ika-3 ng Agosto sa isang exhibit para 

sa Liwayway Magasin na dinaluhan ng 

mga piling manunulat ng Liwayway, 

ni Dr. Efren Abueg, ng Pangalawang 

Pangulo ng mga Paaralang Loyola na si 

Dr. John Paul C. Vergara at ng mga guro 

at mag-aaral ng Kagawaran ng Filipino. 

Ginugunita sa payak na pagtatanghal 

na ito ang naging ambag ng Liwayway 

magasin sa kamalayang Filipino at sa 

posibilidad ng isang pag-aakda ng bansa. 

Upang maging malinaw sa mag-aaral 

ang ambag ng Liwayway sa panitikan 

at sa mismong pag-akda ng bansa, 

nagbigay ng panayam si Dr. Patricia May 

Jurilla mula sa Pamantasan ng Pilipinas- 

Diliman hinggil sa kasaysayan ng aklat 

sa Pilipinas noong ika-10 ng Agosto. Si 

Dr. Soledad S. Reyes, Emeritus Professor 

wika at kultura 

ng Pamantasang Ateneo, ang nagbigay 

ng panayam sa mag-aaral hinggil sa 

kontribusyon ng Liwayway sa panitikang 

pagtatanghal kay Ruth, ang kontrabida sa 

pelikulang Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara. 

Ang mga nagwagi sa mga timpalak gaya 

Tagalog. Sinusugan ang mga serye ni Jek Buenafe sa kanyang awit na Pila, 

ng panayam na ito ng isang malayang 

talakayan ng mga manunulat noong ika- 

17 ng Agosto. Dinaluhan ito ng mga 

batikang nobelista gaya nina Jun Cruz 

Reyes, Alvin B. Yapan, at Genevieve A. 

Asenjo. 

Sa pagdiriwang ito, itinaon ng Ateneo 

Institute of Literary Arts and Practices 

ni Mark Kevin de Guia sa kanyang 

natatanging slogan na “Kinabukasan 

harapin, pagbabasa ugaliin,” ni Arron 

Paul Sese sa kanyang blog na “Ang Diwa 

ng Pagbasa,” at Ramon Enrico Custodio 

Damasing sa tulang “Hininga,” ay 

pinarangalan noong ika-25 ng Agosto sa 

isang taunang ka: Poetry Jamming. 

(ailap) at ang National Commission for 

Culture and the Arts ang paglulunsad ng 

14 na aklat ng ubod New Authors Series 

ii. Si Dr. Soledad S. Reyes ang naging 

pangkalahatang patnugot ng serye ng 

mga aklat ng ubod. 

Hindi magiging ganap ang 

pagdiriwang ng buwan ng wika sa 

Ateneo kung wala ang inaabangang 

Sagala ng mga Sikat kung saan 20 klase 

sa Filipino 11 at 14 ang nagpapaligsahan 

at nagpaparada ng kanilang napiling mga 

tauhan o eksena sa panitikan at kulturang 

popular. Sa taong ito napagpasyahan 

na itanghal ang iba’t ibang kalaban o 

kontrabida. Nagwagi ang klaseng Fil 14 

R ni Dr. Michael Coroza sa kanilang 

1. Unang gantimpala sa Sagala ng mga Sikat; 2. Pagbibigay ng plake para 

sa Liwayway Magasin na tampok sa isinagawang eksibit noong unang linggo 

ng Agosto: Dr. Maria Luz Vilches, Dean, SOH; Dr. John Paul Vergara, VPLS; 

Dr. Jerry Respeto, Chair, Kagawaran ng Filipino; Vangie Perez, Managing 

Editor, Liwayway Magasin; Dr. Efren Abueg, novelist, Liwayway Magasin; 3. 

Talakayan ng mga manunulat: Edgar Samar, moderator ng panayam; Alvin 

B. Yapan, guro sa Kagawaran ng Filipino; Dr. Genevieve L. Asenjo, guro 

sa De La Salle University-Manila; Dr. Jun Cruz Reyes, guro sa UP-Diliman. 

4. Panayam ni kay Dr. Patricia May Jurilla tungkol sa kasaysayan ng 

paglilimbag ng nobela sa Pilipinas sa ika-20 daantaon; 5. Panayam ni Dr. 

Soledad Reyes tungkol sa kontribusyon ng Liwayway sa panitikang Tagalog 

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5 

Asian News in Pictures hits the road 

To mark its tenth year, the Konrad 

Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism 

(acfj) at the Ateneo de Manila 

University has mounted its first exhibit 

of news photography. Dubbed “Asian 

News in Pictures,” the exhibit is now on 

a roadshow around the Philippines. 

The exhibit kicked off on September 

13, 2010 at the The Block, sm North edsa, 

and since then has stopped by Shangri- 

La edsa Plaza Mall, The Podium, and sm 

Megamall. On November 22, it moves to 

sm City Naga, with the Ateneo de Naga 

University as host. Before its mall tour, 

the exhibit was shown at the Ateneo de 

Manila’s Loyola Schools, High School, 

and Grade School. 

On display are six photo essays 

and 25 single pictures—all of them 

compelling images focusing on social 

issues. The pictures were culled 

from the works of students of acfj’s 

photojournalism programs, many of 

whom are among Asia’s most talented 

and audacious photojournalists. Among 

them are Rogelio Luis Liwanag, until 

recently chief photographer of Xinhua 

News Agency in Manila, VJ Villafranca, 

winner of the 2008 Ian Perry Award 

for Photojournalism, Indonesian 

photographer Rony Zakaria, winner of 

the 2010 National Press Photography 

Award, and Philippine Daily Inquirer 

photographers Emilyn Hope Rillon, 

Remar Zamora, and Rafael Lerma. 

The show is a response to repeated calls 

for acfj to feature Asian photographers 

following its successful hosting of the 

annual international World Press Photo 

exhibition over the past three years. 

Asian News in Pictures aspires to the 

standards of the international exhibition, 

a project of the renowned Dutch media 

organization World Press Photo which 

co-founded and continues to support 

acfj’s photojournalism program. 

1. A steady stream of viewers 

is drawn by the exhibit 

Asian News in Pictures 

Above: 

API Fellows during the closing 

program 

Below: 

Panel on Identity: Taufik Abdullah, 

Benedict Anderson, Arnold 

Azurin, Azyumardi Azra 

photographs courtesy of ACFJ 

2. Dr. Richard Kuenzel of the 

Goethe Institute, Anthony 

Cuaycong of BusinessWorld, 

Liza Vengco of Unilever and 

Millie Dizon of SM Malls join 

VPLS Dr. John Paul Vergara 

at the opening of the photo 

exhibit Asian News in Pictures 

at The Block, SM North Edsa. 

3. Photographer Luis Liwanag 

poses beside his work 

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Features JGSOM hosts 

Arturo A. Valencia 

Asian business ethics 

conference 

Alyson Yap 

Social entrepreneurship 

takes root in the Ateneo 

Arturo A. Valencia 

Tuesday evening on campus: a 

motley group of young students and 

professionals, start-up entrepreneurs, 

and established business-owners brave 

the rain to converge at the mvp Center 

basement lobby to discuss business— 

with a social twist. The conversations go 

far into the night. The group agrees to 

meet again Tuesday. 

Welcome to csi nights. 

csi is the Center for Social 

Innovation, the latest brainchild of the 

Gawad Kalinga (gk) movement. It aims 

to hatch new ideas that will provide 

concrete on-the-ground solutions to gk’s 

long-term goals of alleviating poverty 

and nation-building. It comes at a point 

when gk is undergoing a renaissance of 

sorts, refining and redefining its original 

targets and steering its advocacies to new 

paths. 

Strictly speaking, csi is not an Ateneo 

activity, but the John Gokongwei 

School of Management (jgsom) has 

unreservedly agreed to host the csi 

nights in the light of parallel thrusts in 

social entrepreneurship. 

gk enters “period of social artistry” 

One recalls that the last seven years 

of gk—beginning in 2003 when it was 

still a unit of the lay ecclesial group 

Couples for Christ (cfc)—focused on 

social justice. With cfc support, gk built 

communities that made available “land 

for the landless, homes for the homeless 

and food for the hungry,” as the csi brief 

explains. The cfc-gk housing advocacy, 

achievements and awards, supervised by 

gk head Tony Meloto, are well-known 

and well-documented. 

As it charts new directions on its 

own, gk defines the next seven years 

(2010 to 2017) as the period of social 

artistry, providing sustainable livelihood 

and welfare in the same communities 

it helped shelter, serving as localized 

Ateneo Center for Social Entrepreneurship (ACSEnt) director 

Rico Gonzalez 

platforms for development. This phase it describes as “reimagining, 

re-painting, re-inventing” its perspective on 

community-building, thus the term “social innovation.” The 

campaign will cover such key community aspects as small 

enterprises, employment, education and health. 

One of the planks in its campaign platform is the csi, with 

focus on small businesses. 

Blending bayanihan economics with business pragmatism 

At the core of csi is the concept of “bayanihan economics” 

where the cooperative spirit of the Filipino, exemplified by the 

bayanihan ideal, blends with the rigors of a typically pragmatic 

business concern. It seeks to convince big business to have a 

more sensitive social conscience so as to establish enterprises 

that do not leave the poor behind, says Frank Lester Chiu, 

gk-Ateneo program officer for social enterprise development. 

This, Chiu believes, is congruent with the long-term 

three-fold challenge that the gk has chosen to face squarely: 

(a) creating a first-world Philippines, (b) launching globallycompetitive 

Filipino brands, and (c) making local raw materials 

competitive for business sourcing. 

The Tuesday night discussions in the campus serve as 

sounding boards for ground-level ideas that can, in the 

aggregate, help achieve these lofty ideals. It is a first attempt at 

organizing what will eventually be the csi Foundation, which 

is intended to maintain a business-idea bank and operate a 

Rani Jalandoni 

The John Gokongwei School of Management (jgsom) 

played host recently to an educational seminar for teachers 

and practitioners of business ethics in East/Southeast Asia with 

some 30 delegates from China, Japan, Australia, Singapore, 

Indonesia, and the Philippines. Held August 20 and 21, 2010, 

the conference was attended by university faculty teaching 

business ethics courses and ethics officers of businesses 

operating in Asia. 

Prescinding from the assumption of pervasive corruption in 

Asia, the conference aimed to sharpen the skills and discipline 

of teaching ethics courses in schools, exchanging views on 

“best practice” teaching methodology and using it as platform 

for longer-term strategies to combat corruption and develop 

sustainability—all within the context of the unique Asian 

mindset. Understanding various Asian philosophies was seen 

as critical to defining the set of international ethical values 

underpinning such present-day issues as consumer rights, 

intellectual property, and environmental protection. 

With the theme “Implementing International Business 

Ethics in an Asian Context,” the two-day conference discussions 

saw the presentation of 18 papers, grouped into four main 

topics: (1) teaching business ethics in an Asian context; (2) 

methodology of business ethics teaching; (3) Asian wisdom 

and business ethics, focusing on Confucius and Gandhi; and 

(4) case studies in business ethics teaching. Among the wide 

spectrum of topics discussed were: incorporating ethics in 

teaching leadership, cultural challenges, use of metaphors and 

symbols in teaching ethics, Confucian ethics and loyalty, the 

bioethics in Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha, and case studies in 

dealing with corporate crises and codes of conduct. 

The closing statement was delivered by the eminent 

professor Henri-Claude de Bettignies of the China European 

International Business School. The delegates were then treated 

to a social tour of the Ayala Museum and dinner at Ateneo at 

Rockwell in Makati. 

The Manila conference was the first leg of a multi-stage 

seminar on the topic, with succeeding regional meetings to 

be held in 2011 and 2012. The event was a result of joint 

organizing efforts of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and 

Universities, represented by Fr. Joel Tabora, sj, president of 

Ateneo de Naga University, the Gov. Jose B. Fernandez Jr. 

Ethics Center, represented by Dr. Antonette Palma-Angeles, 

the Center for International Business Ethics (cibe) at the 

University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, 

represented by Dr. Stephan Rothlin, sj, and jgsom represented 

by its dean Rudy Ang. 

business-incubation-and-monitoring program, as well as 

training camps and workshops for start-up entrepreneurs. 

For the long-term, csi envisions what it calls “business 

hubs” all over the country, each hub being a self-sustained 

community with allocated sectors for gk-type housing, minifarms 

and gardens for food production, small enterprises and 

larger businesses employing the residents, and a community 

leisure center. Already, it is developing a 15-hectare lot donated 

by a gk benefactor in Angat town in Bulacan, as an experiment 

in applying the new idea. 

JGSOM-GK collaboration 

Besides the hosting function, how does jgsom figure in all 

of these 

The first major step in jgsom-gk collaboration was a 

specially-designed Strategy track for management seniors. The 

program followed the syllabi of the capstone 2-semester senior 

course of Strategy Formulation and Strategy Implementation 

but integrated the social dimension in the logic of the 

enterprise. 

Thus, business projects conceived and formulated by 

student teams were designed for application in the context of 

a gk village by way of resources, logistics and financing (labor 

and materials), if not the market itself. The program, started 

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7 

The Loyola Schools 

professionals 

A sector on the rise 

Christopher F. Castillo 

Photographs by Homer Galido 

and Joanna Ruiz 

In the past decade, a sector of the 

Loyola Schools community has been 

growing. Silently, yet with steadfast 

dedication and solid commitment, 

the Loyola Schools professionals have 

been providing specialized services that 

contribute to the holistic development 

that the Ateneo aims to consistently 

provide to its students. 

To date, there are a total of 92 

professionals based in nine offices at the 

Loyola Schools. Six of these offices are 

primarily formation based: the Office of 

the Associate Dean for Student Affairs 

(adsa), the Office of Campus Ministry, 

the Office of Guidance and Counseling, 

the Office of Placement, the Office for 

Social Concern and Involvement (osci), 

and the Office of Student Activities 

(osa). The other three offices are service 

based: the Office of Health Services, 

the Office of Management Information 

Systems (mis), and the Rizal Library 

(rl). 

Workshop on Ignatian leadership 

As part of the Loyola Schools’ efforts 

to produce and develop leaders, a 

three-day workshop was put together 

for the ls professionals. A brainchild 

of ls Coordinator for Special Projects 

Lillian Vergara, the “The ls Professional 

as Ignatian Leader” workshop was 

spread across three days in August and 

September, 2010 and was held at the 

pldt-ctc. 

The goals of the workshop were for 

the ls professionals to gain a clearer and 

deeper understanding of their roles in 

the community, to provide opportunities 

for them to interact with each other, and 

to discuss development plans for their 

group. Facilitators included Rene San 

R. Andres, Associate Dean for Student 

Affairs, Christopher F. Castillo, Director 

of the Office of Student Activities, Sr. 

Reylie D. de Guzman of the Office 

of Campus Ministry, and Lourdes C. 

Sumpaico, Vergara’s predecessor at the 

Special Projects office. 

History of the professionals category 

Former vpls Dr. Ma. Assunta C. 

Cuyegkeng gave an overview of the 

history and evolution of the professionals 

as a sector, and explained the rationale 

behind the classification. In the past, 

guidance counselors and librarians 

were classified as faculty, while campus 

ministers and nurses were classified as 

non-teaching staff. It was in early 2000 

that guidance counselors, librarians, 

and campus ministers were classified 

as professionals. Soon after, particular 

personnel from adsa, osa, osci, and 

Health Services were also classified 

as professionals with mis personnel 

following in 2009. 

Cuyegkeng pointed out that a 

professional, by definition, is someone 

with specialized and certifiable set of 

skills. Furthermore, they perform tasks 

that are distinct from those of faculty 

and administrative staff. The specialized 

work they do complement the efforts of 

the other sectors in the community in 

developing the students holistically. 

Spirituality of leadership 

Fr. Karel S. San Juan, sj, gave input 

on Ignatian leadership and spirituality 

during the second day of the workshop. 

San Juan was himself once an osci 

formator, a job he took after graduating 

from the Ateneo in 1986. He guided 

the plenary in revisiting the life of St. 

Ignatius de Loyola through the animated 

film “St. Ignatius and the Two Wolves,” 

then proceeded to discuss general 

leadership and management concepts. 

He deepened the discussion by sharing 

with the group the qualities of Ignatian 

Leadership: mission, transcendence, 

discernment, companionship, interiority, 

humility, and magnanimity. With his 

guidance, the group reflected on these 

qualities and looked at how these were 

present in their respective contexts. The 

session was concluded with Fr. Karel 

emphasizing the importance of spiritual 

intelligence and how Ignatian spirituality 

is a spirituality of leadership. 

Time for reflection and sharing 

During all three days of the workshop, 

time was given for individual reflection 

followed by small group discussions. 

These served as opportunities for the 

professionals to exchange questions and 

insights with each other. There were also 

testimonials from several professionals: 

Marivic S. Flores from the Office of 

Health Services shared how the ls 

community and the spirituality she 

learned from Ateneo helped her cope 

with heavy trials; Joey R. Mercado from 

the Office of Campus Ministry narrated 

his journey from his explorations of 

religious life to finding his ministry 

as a family man; Ophalle R. Alzona 

from the Office of Social Concern and 

Involvement shared how leadership is 

essential in work settings as well as in 

one’s personal life; and Fernan R. Dizon 

from the Rizal Library shared how he 

believes that God’s guiding hand lead 

him to the Ateneo where he truly feels 

accomplishment and growth. 

On the third and last day of the 

workshop, Dr. John Paul C. Vergara, 

Vice President for the Loyola Schools, 

expressed his appreciation for the efforts 

and contributions of the professionals. 

In a very candid open forum, the 

professionals were able to dialogue with 

Vergara regarding various concerns. 

He acknowledged and responded to 

the points raised and expressed his 

desire and plans to further develop the 

professional sector. As a fitting close to 

the workshop series, University President 

Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, sj, celebrated 

the Holy Eucharist. 

To date, the outputs from the 

workshops, as well as other plans, 

are being designed, processed, and 

transformed into tangible systems aimed 

to fortify and sustain the development of 

a valuable sector in our community, the 

Loyola Schools professionals.

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Si 

Features 

Pilandok 

Leadership Circles: 

Managing 

Conflict & 

Change 

Miguel Martin R. Vilchez 

As part of the Leadership Circles 

series under its Program for Leadership 

Development, the Office of the Vice 

President for the Loyola Schools held a 

session on September 13, 2010 entitled 

“Managing Conflict and Change.” Dr. 

Antonio G. M. La Viña, Dean of the 

Ateneo School of Government, served as 

resource speaker. 

La Viña, throughout his sharing of 

insights and tips on managing conflict 

and change, drew from his experiences 

as undersecretary of the Department of 

Environment and Natural Resources, as 

well as his understanding of dealing with 

the government and handling of public 

disputes. 

He began by discussing the nature 

of conflict, remarking that conflict as 

a driver of change may have different 

outcomes. He also added that in 

managing conflict, personalities and 

ideas do matter and that clear processes 

are critical. 

“Learn from the past, 

carry on the best, leave 

behind what is not 

important, what did not 

work.” 

He briefly discussed the four types 

of conflict: data conflict, relationship 

conflict, interest conflict, and value 

conflict. He pointed out that the type 

of conflict determines what kind of 

solutions, whether technical or adaptive, 

are required to answer it. He discussed 

a list of characteristics of adaptive 

solutions such as a clarification of values 

in a real setting, bridging the gaps 

between values and new situations, and 

overcoming resistance. In the end, he 

says that listening is the key. 

He shared some of his experiences 

with change management in the Ateneo 

School of Government. He narrated 

how a re-arrangement of the office 

space leads to better transparency and 

performance. He also shared how they 

moved from property management to 

ideas management. 

La Viña mentioned that being too 

slow, always wanting detailed solutions, 

the use of toxic words, and being 

indecisive were the barriers that could 

hamper reaching a consensus. He added 

that in principled negotiations, the four 

basic points are: to separate people from 

the problem, to focus on interest and not 

on positions, to generate options before 

deciding what to do, and that objective 

standards is the basis of the negotiations. 

In the end, he emphasized on the 

importance of failure and how we can 

learn and adapt from it. He reminded 

us to “Learn from the past, carry on the 

best, leave behind what is not important, 

what did not work.” 

at ang Bayan ng Bulawan 

by Gary C. Devilles 

Sa ika-28 taon ng Entablado 

itinanghal ng grupo noong Agosto 2010 

ng ang dulang-awit na Si Pilandok at 

ang Bayan ng Bulawan na sa panulat 

ni Christine Bellen at direksyon nina 

Dr. Jerry Respeto at Jethro Tenorio. 

Binigyang buhay ang nasabing dula ng 

mga orihinal na komposisyon nina Dr. 

Christine Muyco at Jema Pamintuan at 

ng koreograpiya nina Edwin Maestro at 

Joyce Villanueva. 

Banayad at nakaaaliw ang daloy ng 

dula dahil tulad ng anumang kuwentong 

bayan, tunggalian ito ng isang 

karaniwang mamamayan na si Pilandok 

(ginampanan nina Victor Robinson iii 

at Gio Gahol) laban sa makapangyarihan 

at ganid na si Datu Usman (ginampanan 

nina Jesus Ignacio at Mike Cuepo). 

Mababatid at ihahayag ni Pilandok ang 

pagnanakaw ni Datu Usman kasama 

ang kanyang mga utusan at alalay gaya 

ni Orochimaru (ginampanan nina 

Jason Barcial at Mark Legaspi) upang 

sa dakong huli maipagkaisa ni Pilandok 

ang mga bayan ng Iraya at Ilawod. 

Sa kapayakan ng daloy ng dula, 

mababatid hindi lamang ang galing ng 

pagsayaw at pag-awit ng mga piling 

nagsinaganap kundi maging ang bisa ng 

pagtatanghal ng isang kuwentong bayan 

sa panahon ngayon ng makabagong 

teknolohiya, ang paglipana ng mga 

Inday jokes, ang popularidad ni Manny 

Pacquiao, at maging ang pagsikat ng 

jejemons. Ayon kina Tenorio at Respeto, 

nagkakaroon ng saysay ang jejemons o 

si Pacquiao kapag tinitingnan natin ito 

sa siste ng katutubong kamalayan, gaya 

ng kamalayan ng isang pilandok na 

mapamaraan at tuso. Para kay Bellen, 

maaaring makita rin sa kuwentong bayan 

ang isang uri ng pulitikal na pakikibaka 

Photographs by manila-photos.blogspot.com 

na hindi nalalayo sa pakikibaka gamit 

ang cellphone at ang internet ngayon. 

Nagkaroon ng maraming imbitasyon 

ang Entablado sa pagtatanghal ng dulang 

Si Pilandok at ang Bayan ng Bulawan sa 

Going beyond vital signs 

The physician’s work begins and ends with examining and 

treating a patient’s body when it is suffering from a disease. 

This is a good enough notion of health care delivery to some 

doctors and patients. However, for a new generation of 

physicians and physicians-to-be, the practice of medicine not 

only means getting to know a patient’s body, but getting to 

know the patient’s context as well. 

In a talk given on September 6, 2010 at the Leong Hall 

auditorium as part of the Department of Sociology and 

Anthropology’s 50 th anniversary “Sociology and Anthropology 

Beyond the Academe” lecture series, Dr. Michael Tan discussed 

how the social sciences and humanities can inform and enrich 

the practice of medicine. Tan is the dean of the up College 

of Social Sciences and Philosophy, coordinator of the Medical 

Anthropology Unit of the up College of Medicine, and a 

lecturer at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health 

(asmph). 

The field of social medicine has been 

around since the 19 th century. Dr. Rudolf 

Virchow, a German physician and 

anthropologist, is credited as one of its 

founders. Virchow, with whom national 

hero Dr. Jose Rizal corresponded, often 

focused on the fact that disease is never 

Ilang eksena sa dulang-awit 

by Joanna Ruiz 

Dr. Michael Tan 

purely biological, but often socially 

derived. 

In his talk, Tan enumerated how the 

different social sciences and fields in 

the humanities could affect the delivery 

of health care in the Philippines today. 

Anthropology can shine a light on our 

tulong na rin ng I am Ninoy I am Cory 

Foundation. Itinanghal din ang dula sa 

Adamson University at Meralco Theatre 

sa buwan ng Setyembre. 

How the social sciences & 

humanities can inform the 

practice of medicine 

concepts about self, body, and nature, 

and show how the cognitive becomes 

embodied. The area of health psychology 

has evolved from the simplistic “change 

knowledge and behaviour follows” to a 

deeper understanding of the role of peers, 

social cues, and personal experiences in 


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9 

Ocampo 

Ateneans win in 

receives 

Palanca Awards 

Blue Harvest 

Order of 

Philosophy Department’s 

Calano wins first prize in 

Lakandula 

UNESCO Wisdom Stories 

Contest 

Three Ateneans were named winners 

in the 60 th Carlos Palanca Memorial 

Awards for Literature in ceremonies held 

September 1, 2010 at The Peninsula 

Manila. 

Jay M. Crisostomo won first place 

in the Full-Length Play category with 

God of the Machine. Crisostomo is a 

senior Fine Arts Program student doing 

a double major in Theater Arts and 

Creative Writing. He was among those 

honored at the ls Awards for the Arts 

for Theater Arts and Creative Writing 

(Play). 

Rafael Antonio C. San Diego took 

second place in the Poetry in English 

category for My Name in Reverse. San 

Diego graduated in 2005 with an AB 

Literature (English) degree. 

Anton Raphael S. Cabalza took 

second place in the Kabataan Essay 

category with A Shot at Perfection. 

Cabalza is a grade 7student at the Ateneo 

Grade School. 

Mark Joseph Calano, faculty member 

of the Philosophy Department, won first 

prize in the unesco Wisdom Stories for 

Sustainable Development contest for his 

story “Aran and the Crab.” The story 

is a retelling of an Isneg tale. Calanog’s 

work was interpreted philosophically by 

Dr. Napoleon Mabaquiao of De La Salle 

University’s Philosophy Department, 

and commented on from a pedagogical 

perspective by Dr. Ethel Valenzuela, 

head of the Southeast Asian Ministers 

of Education Organization’s Research 

Division during the Philippine Wisdom 

Stories Conference held October 

26, 2010 at the Social Development 

Complex Auditorium, Ateneo campus. 

Ocampo at Malacañang with former President Gloria Arroyo and members of his family 

For his contributions in the fields 

of: history, education, and cultural 

administration Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo, 

Chairman of the National Historical 

Commission and Chairman of the 

Department of History, Ateneo de 

Manila University was conferred the 

Order of Lakandula, Rank of Bayani 

(Grand Cross), in Malacanang on June 

23, 2010. 

The Order of Lakandula is awarded 

for political and civic merit in memory 

of Lakandula’s dedication to the 

responsibilities of leadership, prudence, 

fortitude, courage and resolve in the 

service of one’s people. It is one of the 

highest honors given by the Philippine 

Government. 

While his research and popularization 

of Philippine history are well-known 

it came as a surprise to many when 

the citation referred to Dr. Ocampo’s 

dedicated and sacrificial service in various 

government institutions. Laughter 

people’s health behaviours. Sociology 

helps deconstruct relationships between 

patients, health care providers, and 

family members, and allows us to look 

into how broader social relationships 

and norms affect health. Political 

science helps us understand how politics 

affects the delivery of health care. The 

time context of our health beliefs and 

practices can be understood through 

the lens of history. The field of history 

can also serve as a reminder of how 

ideas change over time. Geography and 

demography are useful in studying and 

planning for outbreaks and epidemics. 

Linguistics helps in understanding the 

nuances behind patients’ words. 

Phenomenology, which delves into 

meanings, experiences, and narratives, 

takes into account what doctors and 

patients feel about healing. Tan also 

recommended the exposure of medical 

practitioners to literature by doctors, 

citing the books “Surgeons Do Not 

Cry” by Dr. Jose M. Tiongco and “The 

broke out when it was mentioned that 

he served as Chairman of the National 

Historical Commission (2002-present), 

and concurrently as Chairman of the 

National Commission for Culture 

and the Arts (2005-2006) without 

compensation. As then President Gloria 

Macapagal Arroyo hung the royal-blue 

sash and imposed the breast star of the 

Order of Lakandula she remarked, “This 

is your compensation” 

Previously honored with decorations 

from the Kingdom of Spain (2007) 

and the Republic of France (2008) Dr. 

Ocampo said, “I share these honors 

with the nhcp and ncca staff who, 

collectively, deserve it more than I 

do.” He added, “While the Order of 

Lakandula is of higher rank than the 

controversial and much-coveted Order 

of National Artist, it unfortunately does 

not come with a monthly pension and a 

State Funeral.” 

Going beyond... continued from page 8 

Men Who Play God” by A.B. Rotor. He 

reflected on how doctors today need to 

“recapture the humanity of medicine,” 

and to “have an ability to feel, and not 

be ashamed to feel as the patients do.” 

Given the value, then, of inculcating a 

multidisciplinary perspective in medical 

practitioners and students, Tan was 

happy to note that both the up and 

Ateneo medical schools do have social 

medicine components in their curricula. 

The asmph requires its students more 

than 40 hours of social medicine subjects 

(among them “Introduction to social 

medicine,” “Concepts of health in the 

Philippines,” and “Folk pharmacology”). 

Across town, the up College of Medicine 

has had a social medicine unit since 

2002. 

With insights from social medicine 

enriching their practice, our future 

physicians are on their way to delivering 

a more well-rounded, more human 

brand of medicine to their patients. 

Hechanova receives 

TOWNS, Catholic Mass 

Media awards 

Dr. Gina Hechanova of the 

Psychology Department 

and the Ateneo Center for 

Organizational Development 

and Research (cord) recently 

received double honors for 

her work. 

On October 13, 2010, Hechanova 

received a Cardinal Sin Book Award 

(Ministry category) for the book “For 

the People, With the People: Developing 

Social Enterprises in the Philippines” 

of which she is the editor, during the 

Catholic Mass Media Awards. Published 

in 2009, the book celebrates hope in its 

stories about empowering urban women, 

providing families a home, turning 

garbage into gold, improving employees’ 

quality of life, and building capabilities 

of people and organizations. 

On November 5, 2010 Hechanova 

was honored as one of The Outstanding 

Women in the Nation’s Service (towns) 

for 2010 during ceremonies held at 

Malacañang Palace. The towns Award is 

presented by the towns Foundation to 

outstanding Filipino women who have 

contributed positively to strengthening 

national capability and in shaping the 

nation’s future. towns awardees also 

serve as catalysts for economic, social 

and cultural development by providing 

their time, talent and resources to 

government, business, media, the 

arts, the academe, sports and nongovernmental 

organizations. 

Dr. Hechanova 

(far right) during 

the awarding 

ceremony with 

search committee 

head Dr. Emy Villar, 

TOWNS president 

Dr. Carmina Aquino, 

and President 

Benigno Aquino III


Ateneo professor receives 

Ralph K. White 

Lifetime Achievement Award 

Dr. Cristina J. Montiel, a professor of peace/political 

psychology who has been teaching at Ateneo de Manila 

University for more than 30 years, brought honor not only 

to the Ateneo but also to the Philippines when she became 

the first non-American to receive the Ralph K. White Lifetime 

Achievement Award this year. 

The award was given by the American Psychological 

Association, Division of Peace Psychology (Society for the 

Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence). She will address 

the American Psychological Association at its convention in 

Washington, dc in August 2011. 

The award, launched in 1992, recognizes individuals “whose 

theoretical and applied research in peace studies, including 

topics such as cooperation, social justice, war and aggression 

and/or conflict resolution, has inspired yet another generation 

of psychologists around the world.” 

With the White Lifetime Achievement Award, Dr. Montiel 

joins the ranks of inspiring peace experts Ralph K. White, 

Jerome Frank, Milton Schwebel, Morton Deutsch, Anatol 

Rappaport, Herbert Kelman, Ethel Tobach, Brewster Smith, 

Dorothy Day Ciarlo, Elise Boulding, Ervin Staub, Doris K. 

Miller, Paul Kimmel, Marc Pillisuk, Richard Wagner, Fathali 

Moghaddam, Michael G. Wessells, and Thomas Pettigrew. 

Montiel, who holds a phd in Social Psychology from the 

Ateneo de Manila University, is known for leading peace 

activism and scholarship in the Philippines. During the 

Marcos dictatorship, she was active in the social democratic 

political organization kasapi and was chair of Lingap Bilanggo 

(Care for Prisoners), a movement for the general amnesty 

of all Filipino political prisoners. She likewise coordinated 

nationwide grassroot seminars on structural change for pdplaban. 

Montiel currently serves as managing editor of the 

Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology (Wiley-Blackwell) and 

member of the editorial board of the Peace Psychology Book 

Series (Springer Press). Her teaching and research experiences 

include academic visits to Xiamen University (China), 

National University of Malaysia, University of Hawaii, Ohio 

State University, Georgetown University, Whitman College, 

Chakraborty receives 

Pacifichem 2010 

Young Scholar Grant 

Dr. Soma Chakraborty of the Chemistry Department has been given a Pacifichem 

2010 Young Scholar Grant for the 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific 

Basin Societies set for December 15 to 20, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Her grant includes an award 

of usd 2,500, complimentary 

registration, and complimentary 

accommodations throughout 

the conference. The Young 

Scholar Awards will be given 

during a special luncheon for 

Young Scholars and Student 

Poster winners on December 

19 at the Sheraton Waikiki in 

Honolulu. 

Dr. Chakraborty has been 

an assistant professor since 

2005 and has been working on 

synthesis of functional polymers 

utilizing indigenous materials 

Dr. Soma Chakraborty 

such as coconut coir and 

chitosan. 

Technical University of Chemnitz (Germany), and The 

Australian National University. She was also in the first group 

of senior research fellows of Nippon Foundation’s Asian Public 

Intellectuals program. 

She is also a recipient of the Distinguished Contribution 

Award from the Psychologists for Social Responsibility of 

the American Psychological Association “for her unwavering 

commitment to social justice in her personal and professional 

life.” The apa Division of Peace Psychology also bestowed on 

her the Outstanding Service Award in 1998. 

Lee-Chua receives 

TWAS science prize 

Dr. Queena Lee-Chua of the 

Mathematics and Psychology 

Departments was honored by the Third 

World Academy of Sciences (twas) 

with the Regional Prize for Public 

Understanding of Science in the East 

and Southeast Asia and the Pacific in 

October 2010. Lee-Chua was cited for 



Physics Department 

faculty members 

form part of awardwinning 

UNESCO 

program 

The unesco program Active Learning 

in Optics and Photonics (alop) has 

received an award from spie, the 

international society advancing lightbased 

research, honoring its work in 

promoting optics education around the 

world. 

alop has been training trainers around 

the world to increase understanding of 

science through optics and photonics 

since 2005. Project leader Minella 

Alarcon is a former faculty member 

of the Ateneo de Manila University’s 

Physics Department. 

Other members of the alop 

International Facilitator Team are Joel 

Maquiling and Ivan Culaba of the admu 

School of Science and Engineering’s 

Physics Department (Philippines), Alex 

Mazzolini of Swinburne University 

of Technology (Australia), Zohra 

Ben Lakhdar of Université El Manar, 

Tunis (Tunisia), David Sokoloff of the 

University of Oregon (usa) and Vengu 

Lakshminaryanan of the University of 

Waterloo (Canada). The team developed 

the learning modules and hands-on 

activities, and assisted with the design 

and fabrication of workshop materials. 

The award was presented by spie 

President Ralph James (Brookhaven 

National Lab) during the Optics 

Education and Outreach conference on 

August 1, 2010 in San Diego, California. 

alop receives financial support from 

unesco, spie, and ictp (the Abdus Salam 

International Center for Theoretical 

Physics) and has held 13 workshops and 

trained more than 400 teachers. Program 

participants are encouraged to follow up 

with additional local trainings. 

Alarcon noted that alop has been 

particularly successful in Morocco, where 

local follow-up alop trainings have been 

held for more than 1,000 teachers. She 

went on to say that the need for these 

training programs is great. An estimated 

additional 1.9 million more teachers will 

be needed around the world by 2015, 

according to a 2007 report by the un 

Institute of Statistics. 

her work of encouraging the public’s 

interest in science and math through her 

Philippine Daily Inquirer (pdi) column 

“Eureka.” She shares the award with 

Mahaletchumy Arujanan of Malaysia. 

Arujanan is the executive director of the 

Malaysian Biotechnology Information 

Centre and is a trained microbiologist, 

biochemist, and biotechnologist. 

Lee-Chua, who also teaches 

Psychology courses at the Ateneo, has 

been writing the “Eureka” column since 

1991. The column comes out in the pdi 

Learning section every Monday. 

twas is an organization founded 

by scientists in 1983 in Trieste, Italy. 

Its vision is to promote scientific 

excellence and the capacity for “sciencebased 

sustainable development” in 

developing countries. Today, the group 

is administered by unesco and has 942 

members.

18 Ateneans 

are now licensed 

Chemists 

VOLUME VI | NO. 3 | DECEMBER 2010 11 

On September 7 and 8, 2010, 603 Filipinos who have at least a Bachelor of 

Science in Chemistry (or Biochemistry, or similar) took the Chemist Licensure 

Examination at the Manuel L. Quezon University in Quiapo, Manila. The exam is 

given by the Board of Chemisty of the Professional Regulation Commission (prc). 

Out of the 603 examinees, 19 were Ateneans. The examination consisted of four 

major parts: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and 

Physical Chemistry. 

The following day, September 9, prc announced that 338 out of the 603 (56.05%) 

passed the examinations. Ateneo was able to gather a passing rate of 94.74% (18 out 

of 19), with two takers, Haydee Agustin Dalafu and Elvis Chua, making it to the top 

ten. Below is the list of our new licensed chemists: 

• Agarrado, Gabrielle Ann Chuatico (bs ch 2009) 

• Agbayani, Patricia Teresa Flor Cruz (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Alivio, Theodore Emmanuel Gatmaitan (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Brion, Miguel Antonio Martir (bs ch 2009) 

• Chua, Elvis Teng- Rank 10 (bs ch 2009/bs acs 2010) 

• Chuacokiong, Steven Jao (bs ch 2009/BS bs mse 2010) 

• Dalafu, Haydee Agustin- Rank 7 (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Elnar, Katrina Jean Sarabia (bs ch 2009/bs acs 2010) 

• Ibabao, Marlon Jose Pua (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Lee, Angela Lisandra So (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Mejia, Anthony Victorio Yumul (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Melgar, Zara Kryzel Alejandro (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Nepomuceno, Ma Cristine Martinez (bs ch 2009/bs acs 2010) 

• Remollo, Jo Margarette Wan (bs ch 2010) 

• Rosales, Hermund Mercado (bs ch 2010/bs mse 2010) 

• Saliba, Carmegie Caparida (bs ch 2010) 

• Wong, Maurice Yu (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

• Yap, Evan Bernhard Jacinto (bs ch 2009/bs mse 2010) 

7 th placer Haydee Agustin Dalafu 

10 th placer Elvis Teng Chua 

We Remember 

Dr. Jose Manuel 

M. Tejido, retired 

faculty member 

of the Theology 

Department and 

former Associate 

Dean for Student 

Affairs, passed away 

on September 12, 

2010 at the age 

of 64. Dr. Pablo 

Manalastas of discs 

remembers his friend: “Dr. Tejido was Associate 

Professor of Theology at the Ateneo at the 

time of his retirement four years ago. He wrote 

several books and articles, and did a translation 

of St. Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica 

in Filipino. He was in theology, and I am in 

mathematics and computer science, so we 

were worlds apart in our teaching and research. 

However, we were very close in our interests. 

We were both married and our children were 

about the same ages. We were both interested in 

life and religion. We spent many hours talking 

about God and our relationship with Him. 

I did most of the asking, and he did most of 

the answering. What exactly is original sin, and 

why are we born with it Why do we need a 

savior (like Siddharta, Kong Zi, Jesus, and 

Mohammed) to go to heaven After reading 

Anne Rice’s novel about Jesus, Christ the Lord: 

Out of Egypt, I asked him when Jesus came to 

the realization that he was special, that he was 

God I know that Lito is up there in heaven, 

where good people go. God bless Lito, and 

may he rest in the peace of our Creator, and 

may perpetual light shine upon him!” (Dr. 

Manalastas’ full post may be read at pmana. 

multiply.com.) 

Dayrit 

Philippine 

Development 

Foundation 

award 

School of Science and Engineering dean Dr. Fabian 

M. Dayrit was honored by the Philippine Development 

Foundation-usa with an award for “Excellence in Science 

and Technology.” The award was given at the Philippine 

Development Forum gala dinner on September 25, 2010 at 

Fairmont Hotel, California. The forum had as its guest of 

honor President Benigno C. Aquino iii, and was attended by 

Philippine government officials as well as business, civic, and 

thought leaders from both sides of the Pacific. 

Dayrit also joined a distinguished panel of speakers in the 

open discussion on strategic policies and programs in education, 

science and technology, and business competitivenes aimed 

at addressing the Philippines’ most pressing development 

problems. 

receives 

The Agencie 

Dr. Marissa P. 

Justan, former 

faculty member of 

the Mathematics 

Department and the 

Ateneo Computer 

Technology Center, 

passed away on 

September 25, 

2010 at the age 

of 46. She died of 

injuries sustained 

in a vehicular accident in Texas, where she had 

been working for the past two years. Maris, as 

she was fondly called by friends and colleagues, 

obtained her ms (1989) and phd(1999) in 

Mathematics from the Ateneo. 

Andre Masangkay 

Marana (5 ab 

ec) passed away 

on October 3, 

2010 following a 

vehicular accident 

which occurred as 

he was on his way 

home to Laguna. 

Social entrepreneurship 


in 2009, is a three-party joint project, 

with the Philippine office of worldclass 

McKinsey Consulting as the third 

collaborator. 

Rico Antonio Gonzalez, director 

of the new Ateneo Center for Social 

Entrepreneurship (acsent), sees much 

promise in the jgsom-gk tie-up. 

Clearly, he says, there is an overlap in 

the objectives and thus opportunities 

for collaboration. In addition, with 

jgsom’s academic character and gk’s 

make-up as a social movement, there 

should be opportunities for synergy and 

complementation. 

To be sure, there are differences in 

service scope for now. gk’s definition 

of social enterprise is focused on the 

poor in the gk village and it welcomes 

any enterprise that provides stable 

employment to the residents. In this 

way, gk would be open to profit-seeking 

businesses (not just socially-oriented 

ones) so long as they employ the poor. 

On the other hand, acsent’s 

perspective of social enterprise considers 

a wider scope of capability-building for 

society, involving what Gonzales call 

“specific verticals.” These verticals include 

initiatives that develop sustainable skill 

sets (with Hapinoy and Rags2Riches by 

Ateneo alumni as examples) and projects 

that deliver essential service to the 

community, like water and electricity. 

acsent’s more inclusive posture allows 

it to engage social enterprises that target 

more sectors than just the poor, like 

firms that deal with weather and the 

environment. 

But the mission overlap is large 

enough to address full-time. “We help 

gk whenever we can and part of the 

challenge is finding where we can help 

meaningfully,” says Gonzalez. The Angat 

project, he says, provides conditions 

where the school’s business strategy 

advice can help make gk’s undertaking 

a viable and practical reality, though 

there may be humps in the journey (and 

quite literally too). In time, he sees, 

collaboration will lead to convergence. 

But first, it begins with Tuesday night 

conversations.

12 

loyolaschoolsbulletin we build community we nurture hope 

Research Notes 

Ensuring the 

Quality of VCO 

Jaclyn R. Santos & 

Ian Ken Dimzon 

Virgin coconut oil (vco) has become 

the newest iconic product from the 

coconut. However, for vco to remain 

successful in the market, it must 

address a number of challenges. In 

order to prevent it from turning rancid, 

the moisture level must be kept low. 

This is the latest findings of a team of 

researchers at the National Chemistry 

Instrumentation Center (ncic) headed 

by Dr. Fabian M. Dayrit. 

vco is a vegetable oil that is extracted 

from fresh coconut meat, and can be 

processed only using physical and other 

natural means (apcc 2006). These 

methods can include washing with 

water, settling, filtering, centrifuging, 

and natural fermentation. 

The vco industry is seen as the country’s 

new niche and sunshine industry which 

will potentially increase the coconut 

industry value to P100 billion (Aguiba, 

2004) and most importantly, vco has a 

great potential to provide livelihood for 

the rural population. However, most 

of the small and medium enterprises 

(smes) that produce vco are rural people 

and businessmen who do not have the 

expertise and capability to conduct 

the needed research to develop their 

products and compete with players from 

other asean countries. 

Since 2005, chemists at ncic have 

been involved in studying vco: its 

production, quality parameters and 

degradation. In the latest study, the 

research group examined the different 

physico-chemical and microbiological 

parameters in vco product quality. The 

group was particularly interested in the 

relationship between the volatile organic 

components of the oil to its sensory 

characteristics and in the processes that 

lead to oil deterioration. 

The aroma quality plays an important 

role in consumer acceptability. The 

volatile organic compounds (vocs) 

present in vco determine its aroma 

to a significant extent. In the study, 

commercial vco samples were analyzed 

for their vocs and subjected to sensory 

evaluation by a trained panel. Specific 

compounds were found to be strong 

contributors to the rancid aroma. The 

Using positioning theory and 

conversation analysis, we analyze 

the political debate over the failed 

2008 peace agreement between the 

Government of the Republic of the 

Philippines (grp) and the Moro Islamic 

Liberation Front (milf). Data sources 

consisted of 220 news articles published 

in national and local newspapers, and 

the website of the milf (Luwaran) at the 

Kritika Kultura Roy Tristan B. Agustin 

is now in Thomson Reuters 

After a nail-biting year, Ateneo de 

Manila University’s maverick online 

journal, Kritika Kultura (kk), is now 

included in the Thomson Reuters 

(formerly isi) index. This makes kk the 

most widely indexed humanities journal 

in the university. 

kk’s recent inclusion in the Thomson 

Reuters index follows last year’s feat when 

it was included in the Scopus database, 

an equally celebrated achievement given 

that the journal only began in 2002. This 

recent inclusion makes kk the only arts 

and humanities journal to be indexed 

in both of these prestigious databases 

and confirms how kk has consistently 

held academic journal publishing in the 

Ateneo to high standards. It also attests 

to the quality of the critical reflections, 

scholarly essays, and creative works 

which kk has published over the years. 

Aside from its relative youth, kk is 

also known as a pioneer in the country 

as the first online, peer-reviewed 

journal published in the Philippines in 

literary, language and cultural studies, 

as envisioned by Dr. Maria Luisa T. 

Reyes, its founding Editor-in-Chief. 

Since 2002, the journal has steadily 

flourished, quickly gaining a reputation 

for quality and integrity, nationally and 

internationally. 

The journal is hosted by the 

English Department of the School of 

Humanities, and is currently staffed by 

the department’s young, talented scholars 

The KK Staff: Standing, from left: Mark Cayanan, Gino Dizon, Francis Sollano, Roy Agustin 

Seated, from left: Ivery de Pano, Dr. Ma. Luisa Reyes, Gabriella Martin 

Not in Photo: Pam Punzalan, Mary Thomas (on Leave), Ralf Acuna (on Leave) 

volatile composition and sensory data of 

vco can be used to differentiate between 

vco produced by different processes. 

To stay competitive, it is important to 

extend the shelf life of the vco product 

by controlling the processes that lead to 

its deterioration. The team investigated 

the most important conditions that 

influence the physico-chemical and 

microbial degradation of vco. They 

found that coconut oil is more stable 

compared to other vegetable oils, but is 

susceptible to microbial degradation. 

Intergroup positioning in the 

political sphere: 

Contesting the social meaning of a peace agreement 

Cristina J. Montiel & Judith de Guzman 

height of the public debate. Groups like 

the President’s Office, the government 

peace panel, local governments, the 

political opposition and the milf 

are discursively positioned as each 

collectively unfurls their own storyline 

in a volatile political landscape. We 

discovered that the meaning of a peace 

agreement (a) varies across different 

political groups; (b) changes across time, 

The ncic, in cooperation the vco 

Producers and Traders Association of the 

Philippines and with funding from the 

Department of Science and Technology, 

has been at the forefront of vco research. 

In 2007, the ncic developed the essential 

parameters in vco product quality which 

led to the revision of the Philippine 

National Standards for vco. These 

recent developments will encourage 

more farmers, even the poorer ones, to 

practice the technology at less cost but 

with improved profits. 

as the public debate intensifies; (c) and 

may morph to discourses about group 

victimization and negative collective 

identities of the low-power group during 

conflict escalation. Our findings also 

suggest that a wider sequential lens 

during intergroup political conversations 

may reveal episodes where avenues for 

social justice for the low power group 

are blocked, and are then followed by 

eruptions of so-called terrorist acts. 

This paper is now available online 

in the Journal of the Theory for Social 

Behaviour. It is expected to be printed in 

March 2011. The study was funded by a 

Loyola Schools Scholarly Work Grant. 

and writers themselves, who teach either 

part-time or full-time/contractual. The 

past and present members of the kk staff 

have worked patiently and quietly as a 

team, often at a feverish pace in order to 

beat deadlines, to help ensure that every 

issue of kk is up to par with the best in 

the country and the world. kk has an 

International Board of Editors consisting 

of prominent personalities in the fields 

of literary, language and cultural studies 

worldwide. It has grown rapidly from 

what can be called a “rag-tag” beginning 

to become a top-rated and the bestindexed 

journal of the university. 

Kritika Kultura today refers not only 

to the Kritika Kultura eJournal (kkj). 

kk also regularly sponsors lectures by 

internationally noted scholars and artists 

from here and abroad through the Kritika 

Kultura Lecture Series (kkls), some of 

whom have contributed articles to the 

journal. kk has also most recently begun 

a website (kkw) which proudly hosts the 

kk e-Journal, kkls video-archive, and 

the kk eBooks/eMonographed Series, 

which is slated to be accessible soon only 

through PayPal. Through the online 

journal, lecture series and the website, 

kk has seen many bridges built between 

Ateneo and other institutions, and 

has helped in furthering research and 

academic dialogue across borders. 

Aside from Thomson Reuters and 

Scopus, kk is also covered by the 

International Bibliography of the 

Modern Language Association (mla), 

ebsco, the Directory of Open Access 

Journals (doaj), Philjol, and many 

others. 

References 

Aguiba M. 2004. Virgin coco oil 

becomes big RP niche market. The 

Manila Bulletin Online. http://www. 

mb.com.ph/. Accessed 3 Aug 2007. 

[apcc] Asian And Pacific Coconut 

Community. 2006. http://www.apccsec. 

org/standards.htm, accessed Nov. 2, 

2006. 

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to make a more stable dispersion of the 

nanoparticles of TiO 2 

,” Dr. Enriquez 

adds. This research is a two-year project 

currently funded by the Department 

of Science and Technology through the 

Engineering Research and Development 

for Technology (erdt) Program. 

1 

http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/ 

(last visited 20 July 2010) 

2 

O’Regan, B. & Grätzel, M. A low-cost, 

high-efficiency solar cell based on dyesensitized 

colloidal TiO 2 

films. Nature 

353, 737–740 (1991).


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Printable and paintable 

Solar Cells 

S i l i c o n - 

based solar 

cells have been 

around for 

more than 50 

years and yet 

they are still 

not widely 

used today, 

David So, a researcher for even when 

the project, demonstrates p e t r o l e u m - 

a DSSC device based energy 

cost and demand are rapidly increasing. 

This scenario is very much unlike the 

computer chip, which was discovered 

at around the same time as silicon solar 

cells, but whose development had been 

quite rapid. Today, computer chips are 

ubiquitous in today’s common devices 

such as computers, cell phones, displays, 

sensors, and many others. Well, the 

simplest explanation is that the cost 

of silicon used for solar cells remains 

too expensive for common folk, and 

this is largely attributed to the cost of 

manufacturing the material. Thus, one 

of the grand engineering challenges 

of this century 1 is to make solar cells 

affordable. While there are still advances 

in improving the efficiencies of siliconbased 

solar cells to improve the cost-toefficiency 

ratio, there is also widespread 

research in alternative types—the newest 

are the third-generation solar cells which 

are not based on silicon. 

At the Chemistry Department of 

the School of Science and Engineering, 

Dr. Erwin P. Enriquez and his group of 

Chemistry and Materials Science and 

Engineering students are doing research 

on the so-called dye-sensitized solar cells 

(dssc). This dssc is a third-gen solar 

cell that was discovered by Michael 

Grätzel at the Swiss Federal Institute 

of Technology in Lausanne in the early 

1990’s 2 . This amazing invention, which 

has gained much attention and recently 

won Grätzel Finland’s 2010 Millennium 

Technology Prize, promises to provide a 

cheaper alternative to silicon-based solar 

cells. 

What makes dssc so attractive is the 

fact that the fabrication process for this 

solar cell can use simple procedures such 

as printing or painting—and this makes 

it amenable to roll-to-roll printing such 

as what is used in the newspaper industry 


Dr. Erwin P. Enriquez 

for affordable mass production of solar 

cell modules, and one can also imagine a 

future where rooftops are painted or glass 

panes are laminated with these devices 

to harvest the energy from sunlight that 

constantly impinges us year-round in the 

Philippines. The components of the cells 

are also generally cheaper than silicon. 

Worldwide research and development 

on this device is rapid, and there is a rush 

towards finding the right ingredients (or 

“ink”) either to improve the efficiency 

(currently, the highest reported is 11% 

and it is estimated that 15% efficiency 

makes it very competitive), to further 

lower cost and improve stability. 

The dssc works like an electrochemical 

cell wherein sunlight is converted into 

electricity by the combination of the 

dye, nanoparticles of titania (TiO 2 

), 

and electrolyte in a layered structure 

sandwiched between two conducting 

electrodes (one of which is transparent 

to light). The dye is a colored pigment 

that absorbs sunlight thus raising its 

energy (it gets “excited”). Analogous 

to water that flows from higher level to 

lower level, an electron from the excited 

dye readily “flows” down into the lower 

energy level of the nearby nanoparticles 

of titania, which in turn allows the 

electron to flow into the external circuit 

through the transparent, conducting 

electrode. In effect, the device generates 

a voltage much like a battery does, that 

can generate electrical current, but in 

the dssc case, there is no consumption 

of any of the chemical components, and 

there is continuous electrical generation 

on exposure with light. 

The research that Dr. Enriquez’s 

group is doing consists of making the 

inks that could be used in inkjet printing 

of the device. Why inkjet printing 

“Because, inkjet printing saves ink, and 

it can pattern the deposition as well,” 

Lance Go, a researcher of the project, 

explains. “But we are also considering 

other techniques for fabricating the 

device, although our focus now is to 

innovate on the formulation of the 

inks for the different components of 

the device: the dye, the titania, or even 

the electrolyte. For example, we found 

that incorporating a polysaccharide 

extracted from Philippine seaweeds can 

stabilize the electrolyte or even be used 

Inkjet printing of nano-TiO 2 

using a common printer 

(LEFT), scanning electron 

micrograph of micron-sized 

droplets of TiO 2 

nanoparticles 

(LEFT INSET), and a green 

nanomaterial that can be a dye 

substitute synthesized at the 

Ateneo Chemistry Department 

(RIGHT). 

Potentials of “Lumut” 

Microalgae, commonly called 

“lumut,” are the primary producers in 

bodies of water. They sustain the life of 

other of organisms in this habitat. Alson’s 

Aquaculture Inc. produces tons of these 

microalgae to feed bangus and tilapia. 

Lately, the microalgae is being studied 

Teresita R. Perez 

for its potential for biodiesel production. 

We have been conducting experiments 

with Chorella vulgaris, Chlorococcum 

humicola and Spurina platensis in the 

laboratory, where they are stressed to 

produce more lipids. These lipids are 

potential sources of biofuel. 

Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo 

Building Educational Software with 

Cura Personalis 

Rosalind Picard of the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology defines affective 

computing as “computing that relates 

to, arises from, or deliberately influences 

emotions.” With this vision in mind, we 

at the Affective Computing group of the 

Department of Information Systems and 

Computer Science (discs) aim to build 

systems that are sensitive to student 

moods, feelings, and motivations. We 

are interested in emotions that are related 

to learning—confusion, boredom, 

frustration, and engagement. We are 

interested in how these emotions express 

themselves through student interactions 

with intelligent tutoring systems, 

educational games and simulations, and 

integrated programming environments. 

Through the Ateneo de Manila, the 

Department of Science and Technology’s 

Philippine Council for Advanced 

Science and Technology Research 

and Development (pcastrd) and the 

Engineering Research and Technology 

for Development (erdt) program, 

the Affective Computing group has 

received in excess of p6 million in 

funding since 2007. In that time, the 

group has developed a track record for 

publication in international conferences 

and journals and has established linkages 

with researchers from Carnegie Mellon 

University, Worcester Polytechnic 

Institute, the University of Sussex, 

the London Knowledge Lab, and the 

Laboratorie d’Informatique de Grenoble. 

These microalgae are useful as 

sources of vitamins and nutriceuticals, 

and for removal of heavy metals in 

waterways. Spurulina tablets are rich 

sources of vitamins and the “Chlorella 

growth factor,” which are advertised 

as vitamins for children, are obtained 

from lumut. Microalgae also have 

the ability to absorb excess nutrients 

in bodies of water, including heavy 

metals such as cadmium, so they can 

be utilized for “bioremediation.” These 

organisms are being grown in the Algal 

Culture Collection of the Department of 

Environmental Science. 

Most of the group’s findings support 

teacher intuition: Students who are 

bored tend to stay bored. Students who 

are bored, confused, or frustrated are 

more likely to engage in off-task behavior 

or system misuse or abuse. Students who 

are engaged are most likely to score well, 

to try more challenging problems, and 

solve these problems in a minimum 

number of steps. 

The work’s contribution is in 

quantifying these phenomena and 

expressing them in models that a 

computer can respond to. Emotions 

have to be expressed in numbers— 

number of correct items solved, number 

of cursor keys pressed, time between 

program compilations, number of 

errors. As additional input, the group 

invested in two brain computer 

interfaces—Brainfingers and the Emotiv 

Epoc. Brainfingers detects and records 

the wearer’s electroencephalogram 

(eeg), electromyogram (emg) and 

electrooculogram (eog) signals. The 

Emotiv Epoc on the other hand semiprocesses 

these signals, informing the 

software of the wearer’s cognitive and 

emotional state, as well as his facial 

expressions. 

The Affective Computing hopes 

to contribute to the design and 

development of cognitive or emotional 

interventions to help students maintain 

productive affective states, improve 

achievement, and provide students with 

a satisfying learning experience. 

Microalgae in the algal culture collection of 

the Department of Environmental Science

New Books 


UBOD: New Authors 

Series ii 

The ubod: New Authors Series ii launched by the National 

Commission for Culture and the Arts (ncca) and the Ateneo 

Institute for Literary Arts and Practices (ailap) is a creative 

endeavor which had its beginnings in 2005, when the chapbooks 

of 40 new authors from different parts of the Philippines were 

launched at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. For this year, 

14 authors from different regions were chosen to have their literary 

works published as chapbooks. 

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1. Dagiti Babassit nga Alipugpog-Sherma Espino Benosa (Short 

story, Iluko); 2. Paglalayag Habang Naggagala ang Hilaga at Iba 

Pang Kuwento-Christoffer Mitch C. Cerda (Short story, Tagalog); 

3. Pasakalye-Mar Anthony Simon dela Cruz (Short story, Tagalog); 

4. May Mga Dumadaang Anghel sa Parang-Marlon Hacla (Poetry, 

Tagalog); 5. Oda sa Tadik asin iba pang Bersong Bikol-Jerome 

M. Hipolito (Poetry, Bikol); 6. Ha Salog ug iba pa nga mga Siday- 

Leonilo D. Lopido (Poetry, Waray); 7. Duha Ka Tingog-Jay Gallera 

Malaga (Poetry, Hiligaynon); 8. Ayaw Pagpudla an Tuog Ug Iba pa 

nga mga Siday-Phil Harold L. Mercurio (Poetry, Waray); 9. Pagluluno 

at Iba Pang Tula-Francisco Arias Monteseña (Poetry, Tagalog); 

10. Ang Mga Anak Sang Montogawe-Kag Iban Pa J.V.D. Perez 

(Short story, Hiligaynon); 11. Ini an Sakuyang Hawak Asin Iba Pang 

Bersong Bikol-Adrian V. Remodo (Poetry, Bikol); 12. Siso Sakradang 

Ug Iba pa nga mga Siday Han Tagoangkan-Janis Claire B. Salvacion 

(Poetry, Waray); 13. Panagbiahe-Aida Campos Tiama (Poetry, Iluko); 

14. Tanang Namilit sa Hangin-Noel P. Tuazon (Poetry, Binisaya-Sugbuanon) 

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1-800-Philippines: Understanding 

and Managing the Filipino Call 

Center Worker 

by Ma. Regina Hechanova 

This book 

d o c u m e n t s 

the yearlong 

research that 

involved doing 

i n t e r v i e w s , 

d e s k t o p 

r e s e a r c h , 

obser vations 

and surveys 

with call center 

workers in the Philippines. It describes 

the nature of call center work—both 

its benefits as well as the issues raised 

against it. It looks at the emotional 

labor requirements of call center work 

and night work and their impact on 

the wellbeing of workers. It tackles the 

practice of culture masquerading and 

its impact on worker’s identity and 

organization commitment. The book 

examines the factors that influence 

burnout and turnover among agents. 

It also suggests strategies to buffer the 

negative effects of call center work and 

means to retain and engage call center 

workers. Intending neither to paint a 

rosy nor a bleak picture of the call center 

world, it reveals that nothing is ever black 

or white—more often, we live in shades 

of gray. The book allows prospective call 

center workers to enter this world with 

their eyes wide open and provides leaders 

of call center organizations insights on 

how to better understand and manage 

Filipino call center workers. 

Ateneo Tankers 


Meanwhile, Ong contributed 55 

points as she reaped five gold medals, one 

bronze, and set three new uaap records. 

The most recent one she established 

was in the 50-meter freestyle where she 

timed 27.24 seconds, breaking former 

lady tanker Heidi Gem Ong’s time of 

27.65 established in 2008. Swimmer 

Roanne Florence Yu also came close to 

breaking the record and finished second, 

timing in at 27.71 seconds. 

The mvp titles were awarded to 

Atenean tankers. Swimmers Evan Brian 

T. Uy and Denjylie Cordero were hailed 

Most Valuable Player for the men’s and 

women’s categories, respectively. Uy’s 

superb performance in all of his events 

summed up to a total of 54 points. 

Uy won three gold medals, three silver 

medals and one bronze medal, and 

established two new uaap records. 

Cordero, last year’s Rookie of the 

Year, brought home the mvp trophy after 

winning five gold medals and one silver 

medal and setting two new uaap records, 

one of which was in the 200-meter 

breaststroke set in the final day of 

competition. Cordero beat the time 

of up’s Jenny Guerrero by almost five 

seconds, finishing at 2:38.70. Cordero 

contributed a total of 57 points to the 

Ateneo women’s Swim Team. 

Another new record was also set by 

top butterfly swimmer Anna Celina 

M. Gonzalez in the women’s 200-meter 

butterfly. Gonzalez once again broke the 

record of up’s Luica Dacanay and timed 

ROYs Lawin Dacera, Jasmine Ong, Christine 

Mendoza (UE), Alberto Batungbacal 

Consciousness Mapping: Exploring Your Relationships 

Through the Star Matrix 

By Fr. Jaime C. Bulatao, SJ and Gilda Dans-Lopez 

Consciousness maps, according 

to Fr. Jaime Bulatao are “maps of 

human relationships, especially of 

relationships that come from the 

distant past and are deeply etched in 

our heart and mind. It begins to take 

form at birth as a baby reaches for his 

mother’s breast” and becomes more 

varied and intense as the child grows. 

If one is to understand a person 

fully, one must tap into this person’s 

consciousness. Every page of this book guides us on how this 

can be done. 

—From the foreword by Dr. Edna P. Franco 

Prowess and Grace: A Festschrift for Edna Zapanta 

Manlapaz 

Edited by Maria Luz C. Vilches, Rica Bolipata-Santos and Ana 

Marie O. Fernandez 

Prowess and Grace honors Edna 

Zapanta Manlapaz—perceptive 

scholar, great teacher, wise mentor, 

creative thinker, gentle feminist— 

through essays, poems, and short 

stories written by students, colleagues, 

and friends that depict woman in 

her various aspects and expriences as 

well as portray thr stimulating world 

of scholarship, teaching, learning, 

growth and becoming. 

Therapeutic Tales: Healing, Hypnotherapy, and Father Bu 

Edited by Ma. Margarita A. Ramos 

The book is a compilation of articles 

written by therapists, counselors, 

teachers and students of Psychology. 

All the contributors have, at one time 

or another, been students in Father 

Bulatao’s classes... We, the authors 

have all, in our own ways, taken the 

lessons we learned from Father Bu 

and incorporated them into who 

we are and who we are becoming— 

therapists, counselors, teachers, 

psychologists. We have taken up his challenge to discover and 

to produce our own ways of bringing about healing in this 

world. These are our stories. —From the preface by the editor 

in at a strong 2:24.47 seconds. Gonzalez established new meet 

records in all the butterfly events of this year’s uaap season. 

Teammate Angelica Enrile-Inton won third place at 2:32.60 

seconds. 

The Blue Tankers gave their last big fight as swimmers 

Luis Laurenzo Dapat, Sean Paul Tan, Michael Contreras and 

Benjamin Ramos won the gold medal in the men’s 4×100 

meter Medley Relay. The Lady Tankers placed third in the 

same event, after exerting a persistent effort to make it to the 

medal place. 

Overall, the Ateneo Men’s Swim Team finished 2nd runner 

up, behind the ust Tiger Sharks and this year’s champions, the 

up Men’s Varsity Team. 

The Ateneo Women’s Swim Team came in 1st runner up 

after putting up a great fight with the up Women’s Varsity 

Team who also took home the championship trophy. 

In the high school division, the Ateneo junior swim team 

won their sixth straight uaap title. Gabriel Lorenzo Castelo 

was named mvp, while Alberto Batungbacal won the race for 

Rookie of the Year. 

This uaap Swimming season, the Ateneo Blue Tankers 

may not have landed on the top spot, but by and large, their 

performances this year are definitely one of the best. 

Joseph Angan


15 

Judokas bag 

3-peat 

By Franch Baja, 

www.goateneo.com 

Photographs by Mikee Rodriguez, www.goateneo.com 

Sports 

Three is the lucky number for Ateneo 

champions in uaap Season 73, as the 

men’s judo team won their third straight 

championship on October 10, 2010 at 

The Arena in San Juan. 

The competition was out to get the 

Blue Judokas, forcing them to lag behind 

in day one of the tournament. “Things 

don’t usually go the way you want them 

to. It was looking really dismal for us for 

quite a while,” said coach Ali Sulit. 

Ateneo, however, didn’t go down 

without a fight. Matthew Jao and JR 

Reyes slugged it out in the +100kg finals. 

Jao’s win gave Ateneo its first gold; Reyes 

finished with the silver. Andro Umali 

won the -100kg battle for third and 

added a bronze to Ateneo’s medal tally. 

In day two of the competition, 

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The Tamaraws came to play in Game 

Two as they tightened up their defense 

and led early in the game behind Paul 

Sanga’s three triples that gave them a 22- 

13 first quarter lead. 

Following a jumper by Rookie of the 

Year Terrence Romeo that gave feu at 24- 

13 lead, the largest double digit lead of 

the match, it was time Ateneo to make a 

stand or the series would go to a deciding 

third game. Ateneo responded and held 

the Tams scoreless for five minutes and 

13 seconds while unloading 14 points 

of their own. Coincidentally in Game 

1, Ateneo also dropped a crippling 14-0 

salvo on feu that helped them erect a 

huge lead in the first quarter alone. 

Buenafe was magnificent in the second 

quarter as he hit a fallaway jumper over 

feu’s Pipo Noundou and ditched former 

Smart Gilas teammate JR Cawaling with 

a nasty fake for a score off the window. 

He was in his element—playing big in 

big games. 

Although the Tamaraws led 31-30 

at the half, one could sense that it was 

just a matter of time as the Blue Eagles 

seized control of the game. Had Ateneo 

shot better from the free throw line (they 

were 10-16 in the first half), the game 

would have had a different complexion. 

As it was, the game was close. 

The Tamaraws returned to the court 

after the break without head coach 

Glenn Capacio who was suffering from 

a bout of hypertension following an 

argument with the referees over a call. 

If the Tamaraws were bothered by their 

coach’s absence they did not show it as 

Ateneo decided to turn things around in 

the eliminations as strong performances 

from dlsu and ust threatened to 

dethrone the defending champions. 

Coach Sulit reminded his team what 

was at stake, and what they needed to do 

to bag the three-peat, “I told them, ‘we 

can still do it but you’ve gotta fight like 

you’ve never fought before. It was really 

tough but these guys pulled through. Iba 

talaga pag Atenista–malaki heart,” added 

Sulit. 

Ateneans dominated the finals 

and won medals left and right to give 

them a clear shot at the championship. 

Captain Jhonel Faelnar grappled Kevin 

Movido for the gold in the -60kg finals. 

Faelnar described his team as a “band of 

brothers.” He said he never really liked 

they started the third quarter as they did 

in the first—by scoring first and inside 

with Reil Cervantes, Paul Sanga, and RR 

Garcia taking it strong. 

Ateneo went to its pair of wondrous 

forwards in Buenafe and Salva whose 

collective six points weathered the early 

outburst of the Tams. In the midst of 

the spurt, Buenafe once more made 

mincemeat of another former Smart 

Gilas teammate in Aldrech Ramos when 

he faked him for a deuce off the glass. 

At the 4:23 mark of the third quarter, 

Buenafe, sensing he would not get the 

offensive board with Reil Cervantes 

having better position, instead tapped 

a rebound to Emman Monfort who 

was lurking along the baseline. The 

diminutive point guard gathered the ball 

and in one motion lofted a floater above 

the flailing Cervantes. The ball settled 

into the net for a 43-42 lead the Blue 

Eagles would not relinquish. 

Although Ateneo was in the lead, their 

free throw shooting woes left a glimmer 

of hope for the flustered Tamaraws 

who were not only in foul trouble but 

couldn’t find points from their newlyminted 

mvp in Garcia (who Monfort 

gallantly held to a measly six points) and 

Romeo (two points). 

With 1:44 left in the game and 

Ateneo on top 61-56, an eerie scenario 

that recalled ghosts of championships 

past was brewing. Salva fouled Ramos 

and that put the big man who made the 

Mythical Squad for the second straight 

year on the stripe. Facing the north 

basket of the Araneta Coliseum, Ramos 

found himself staring at an entire sea of 

blue from the ringside section all the way 

going up against teammates but “at that 

point, it was a sweet moment knowing 

that win or lose, the points would go to 

Ateneo.” Having two Ateneans assured 

of a gold and a silver made coach Sulit 

proud. “You did your part for the team, 

now this is for your own personal glory. 

You should go for it,” he told them. 

Ateneo emerged as the best team 

with the best judokas. In the -81kg 

division, rookie Anjo Gumila threw his 

opponent from dlsu in under three 

minutes. Knowing that he had won 

another gold for his team, Gumila ran 

around the mat with arms stretched 

to the bleachers. 

In 1987, ue’s Vernie Villarias found 

himself in the same situation. He had 

buried many crucial free throws in the 

clutch in his career with the Warriors 

but he had never had to contend 

with hundreds of fans waving towels, 

umbrellas, placards, and their hands 

at him. He missed his free throws and 

Ateneo went on to win. 

Cut to today, Ramos split his freebies. 

Twenty-six seconds later, another 

Salva foul sent Cervantes to the fifteenfoot 

line. With the blue wave distracting 

him, the Tamaraws veteran center also 

split his free throws. 

Once more Ateneo was unable to 

score on their possession and a Frank 

Golla foul on a Sanga three-point 

attempt sent him to the stripe for three 

free throws. He made only his last one. 

The Sixth Man had done their part. Now 

it was up to the blue and whites to seal 

the deal. 

Twenty-one seconds later, Buenafe 

channeled JC Intal in 2006 when 

he found himself one-on-one with 

Tamaraws guard Jeff Chan outside the 

arc. Intal juked Chan with a crossover 

and laid the ball in over a phalanx of 

defenders for the heart stopping win 

that eliminated feu from Final Four 

contention. 

This time around, it was Buenafe 

out like an Eagle spreading his wings. 

Gumila was crowned Rookie of the 

Year. Veteran Daniel Velasco took down 

his ust opponent in the -66kg finals to 

win the gold. Velasco scored big points 

and was named Most Valuable Player. 

Meanwhile, Jamie Reyes, Char Custodio 

and Jackie Francisco each took home a 

bronze medal for the women’s team. The 

three-peat champions have a total of 

four golds, three silvers, and one bronze. 

Asked about his strategy coming into 

the season coach Sulit said, “I taught 

them how to fight well beyond Judo.” 

Ateneo tankers best in 

Louise Sarmiento, 

the UAAP 

www.goateneo.com 

Day 4 concluded the 73 rd uaap Swimming Championships, and although overall 

team standings did not favor the Ateneo Blue Tankers, Ateneo swimmers raked in all 

the individual awards the league had to give. 

Freshmen Lawin D. Dacera and Jasmine Veronica M. Ong were awarded men’s 

and women’s Rookie of the Year, respectively. Dacera won two gold medals, three 

silver medals and one bronze medal, contributing a total of 49 points to the Ateneo 

Blue Tankers. The rookie from General Santos won the gold medal in the 400-meter 

Individual Medley and the 1500-meter freestyle, leaving behind his opponents by at 

least five seconds. 


against Cruz with the game on the line. 

Buenafe, the 7% three-point shooter, 

then showed Sanga, the 30.2% threepoint 

shooter, how it is done. 

Bedlam. It was all net and Ateneo was 

two-and-done. 

The three-peat, the long-awaitedwho-would-have-thought-it-wouldhappen-in-our-lifetime-three-peat, 

had 

been secured. 

Animo Ateneo! 

Ateneo 65 – Buenafe 23, Monfort 

10, Salva 9, Long 7, Chua 7, Salamat 3, 

Golla 3, Escueta 2, Austria 1, Erram 0, 

Gonzaga 0, deChavez 0 

FEU 62 – Cervantes 15, Sanga 13, 

Ramos 9, Cawaling 8, Noundou 6, 

Garcia 6, Romeo 2, Exciminiano 2, 

Bringas 1, Cruz 0, Guerrero 

Notes: 

• Ateneo is the first team to 

accomplish a three-peat in both 

the ncaa and the uaap. 

• All three titles during the threepeat 

were accomplished on a 

Thursday. 

• This was Ateneo’s sixth win in 

nine finals appearances in the 

uaap. 

• This was the first year since 1997 

where no Blue Eagles won a 

Mythical Five selection. 

• This was Ateneo’s first title win 

outside ue and dlsu in the uaap 

Finals.

3Rick Olivares, 

www.ateneo.edu 

Photographs 

by Alyson Yap, 

loyolaschoolsbulletin we build community we nurture hope 

3“I was really going to take that three-point 

shot. When it left my hands, it felt good. 

I knew I was going to make it,” said the 

third year forward who was named Finals 

mvp. 

for 

www.fabilioh.com 

There were 32 seconds left in the game with Ateneo on top 

by a slim 61-59 lead over feu in Game Two of the uaap Finals 

when Ryan Buenafe got hold of the basketball after a hand off 

from Nico Salva. In the past two years, the third year forward 

has been suppressing different emotions inside of him. After 

a promising freshman year, he was relegated to the bench. 

And although he was every bit as integral to the success of 

the Ateneo Blue Eagles, he chafed at his role. “I’m greedy,” he 

said to a few close friends. “But it’s never about the statistics. 

It was about playing time and being on the court with the ball 

in my hands in the clutch.” He wanted the responsibility of 

taking the big shot. If the ball fell in then it was all good. If he 

missed then he wouldn’t mind taking the flak. It comes with 

the territory. 

He immediately noticed that it was feu Tamaraws rookie 

Carl Cruz in front of him. Cruz checked in for JR Cawaling 

who Buenafe burned badly on many a post up earlier in the 

game. Except the move backfired because Buenafe was out in 

A history lesson 

(Ateneo 65 vs. FEU 62) 

young. They weren’t even known as the Blue Eagles 

then but “the Blue and Whites.” Since then, other 

teams accomplished their own trifectas and raised 

the standard of excellence. 

The ust Growling Tigers accomplished the 

hat trick on four separate occasions. The ue Red 

Warriors won a record seven consecutive titles 

under former Blue Eagle Baby Dalupan. The San 

Sebastian Stags and the De La Salle Green Archers 

later pulled the trick as well. In the meantime, the 

ncaa and the uaap has been littered with many a 

carcass of Blue Eagle teams that attempted the feat. 

In 1953 and 1954, the Blue Eagles of head coach 

Bing Ouano stopped San Beda’s three-peat attempt 

and posted two straight title wins over their own. 

But the Red Lions stopped Ateneo dead in their 

tracks in the 1955 title game. 

In 1957 and 1958, Ateneo returned to the 

the perimeter. The Blue Eagle quickly waved off his teammates 

away for an isolation play. Thinking he was going to drive to 

the basket, Tamaraws center Al Ramos positioned himself 

behind Cruz to protect against the drive. 

Only Buenafe wasn’t taking it to the rack. 

With the shot clock winding down to five seconds, Buenafe 

instead threw up a trey. “I was really going to take that threepoint 

shot. When it left my hands, it felt good. I knew I was 

going to make it,” said the third year forward who was named 

Finals mvp. 

“Ryan has been shooting seven percent from three-point 

land,” said victorious Ateneo head coach Norman Black with 

a raised eyebrow. “I didn’t stop him, but I didn’t encourage it 

either. He had a lot of confidence that he can take that shot.” 

The shot—and what a big time shot it was—went in. It was 

three for three. And for the first modern three-peat for Ateneo. 

Before Game One, when informed about most predictions 

going feu’s way, Black simply said, “I guess they don’t think 

much of us, do they I guess we’ll have to show them.” And 

show them they did with a 72-49 blowout. 

After the loss, many still in media took feu to task for a poor 

game. They insisted that feu was the better team. “I guess we’ll 

have to do it all over again,” replied an amused team manager 

Paolo Trillo while at the 25 th Anniversary celebration of the 

Alaska Aces at the Dusit Thani Hotel the Tuesday before Game 

Two. “Let them keep talking. It just drives us all the more.” 

The road to a three-peat is long and perilous but it was 

Ateneo that first accomplished it back when the country was 

ncaa Finals and scored another twin killing. But 

the graduation of many of its stars—Ed Ocampo, 

Jimmy Pestaño, and Bobby Littaua among 

others—left a very young team to man the fort the 

following year and they didn’t even figure for the 

championship (although the core of that 1959 team 

returned to the Finals in 1961 to win another title). 

In 1975 and 1976, one of the strongest Ateneo 

teams ever fielded romped through the league with 

its bevy of national players led by Steve Watson, 

Fritz Gaston, and Joy Carpio. They returned to the 

Finals the following year against San Beda but when 

Pons Valdez’ last shot was waived off (he made what 

appeared to be the game winning basket but it was 

called off when he was assessed an offensive foul), 

the title transferred addresses to Mendiola. 

In 1989, Ateneo was the hands down favorite 

to cop its third straight title following its first uaap 

crowns in 1987 and 1988, but health concerns 

prevented center Danny Francisco from suiting up 

while other key players like Alex Araneta and Jay 

Gayoso were unable to suit up. With their finals 

lives on the line against the feu Tamaraws, the 

Blue Eagles came up short as gunner Joseph Canlas 

found the range from three-point distance a little 

too late. 

Twenty-one years later, Ateneo was in a rare 

position to complete the three-peat. 

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