College and University Campuses in the Philippines - Compiled Threads [Archive]

tyronne

November 12th, 2004, 03:34 AM

The campus looks like a wide garden with all the academic buildings and structures scattered everywhere. i remember having our history class on a building along the slope of the mountain (Mt. Makiling), Math at the Vet Med Lecture Hall, then Chem at the Economics Lecture Hall. That probably explains why it's a must for instructors to dismiss the class 10 minutes ahead.

id disagree with that pasttime @ amras. probably, a lot of students do that, but not all. and i hate it when people stereotype it that way. pero maraming kwento tungkol diyan. you heard of the "fertility tree"? at mga kababalaghan pang nangyayari sa likod/side ng main library. this is a campus where you can do almost everything you want. maximum tolerance daw (thus, the nude oble). ah ewan ko sa kanila. ordinary student lang me. uso din ang gang wars sa Freedom Park. Me mga naging classmates akong na involve dun. I think that was bet Eagles and Upsilon? frats. At Tau gamma and another frat. buti na lang medyo goodboy pa ako dati. bec if not, at kung kagaya ako ngayon, wala na. bk di pa ako nk graduate. so that's the downside of UPLB. it's a nice school, pero marami din ang di ok.

There are a lot of things to discover, a lot of nice places to go, but I was too preoccupied with my studies that i missed a lot of things. I only had the chance to do it after graduation. O kayo, kwento naman kayo sa mga skuls niyo.
Weirdo, wento ka about DLSU. Mukhang di gaano malawak ang campus niyo, but it looks real neat, hi-tech and structures are considered masterpieces. At mga taga UST jan. gusto ko dati mag UST, kaso mahirap daw ang entrance exam esp sa English vocabulary, so natakot naman ako. As for DLSU,the reason is very obvious. It's not the school for poor guys like me. I also considered SLU Baguio, because the acad buildings are tall (mas mataas, mas masaya, i thought) at comparable lang sa UP ang tuition. Pero ayun, bumagsak ako sa UPLB. Wala na ako magawa, kc fitted din dun ang scholarship. Yun lang. Kayo naman. I'll post more pics of the campus next time.

i'll make kwento about SLU since i went there kahit hindi ako naggraduate don. the campus is ok. the buildings and facilities are also fine, though some buildings are really old. but based on the pictures i posted earlier they look newly renovated/repainted. classroom airconditioning is not a big problem, thanks to Baguio's cool weather. most of the time, windows are open allowing even the thickest fog to get in. the campus is not really huge compared to UPLB so walking from one bldg to another is not really a problem. and some bldgs are connected by foot bridges for easier access. my only complain is that the campus is not really flat, so expect stairs everywhere. these steps can get really slippery during rainy season especially the ones on the main gate kaya daming nadudulas hehehe! the Charles Vath Library, which is the tallest bldg in the campus, has an elevator but was not functioning (im not sure if it's working now). student population is increasing and halls are really crowded during class dismissals.

however, there were also some not so good things happening around the campus. SLU has this small park beside the Giant Steps where students can hang out. pero pag malapit na ang bayaran ng tuition fee, expect more girls (well even boys) to hang out in those places. they just need money badly that they resort to... you know what i mean :D

i miss the fishball/kikiam stalls outside SLU's main entrance :D

ronnaveth

November 12th, 2004, 11:20 AM

it's like a real jungle out there, it's either you eat or be eaten. it reflects the real world :)
very true...sa UP may culture of fraternity...as in lahat ng org sa UP may physical hazing kahit club, society, o anu pa nakalagay sa pangalan niya....and the culture pressure is too strong...eventually every one is force to join an organization sooner or later....as amras have said....it's a real jungle at UP, it's either you eat or be eaten :)

Francis20

November 12th, 2004, 01:01 PM

Francis20

November 12th, 2004, 01:18 PM

o nga pala...there's UP Baguio, what do you think about it @ Tyrrone. A very close friend studied there - Econ + Physco.

Nyway, here are some more photos, not mind. I forgot where i stole these.

Hmm...Palm Drive ata ito. Note tho that these royal palms are not really bent in real life:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p9b1727ded1e47242c5260a326633973f/fca55b2f.jpg

The famous Baker Hall
There are rumors that there's a tunnel connecting the dorms to this building. Nway, this building used to be a garrison during the japanese occupation.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/pbb755b5c2f82b1d0c6884f060be82e4c/fca55b34.jpg

The greenery is part of the Freedom Park (you can do whatever you want here, thus the name) and that structure is Student Union Bldg. Its base is partly hidden, bec it's beside a creek. the architect of this is Leandro Locsin. Pati Main Library.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p0afbe678a99594e9c8ca006578a52c80/fca55b2d.jpg

Physical Sciences Bldg, medyo malawak itong complex na ito. First wing houses Stat and Physics dept., And the 2nd, 3rd and 4th wings ay sa Chem. Yeheyy...There are several lecture halls. 4 large lecture halls ata. na parang orchestra ang dating (yung 2).
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p7eef3e5c5499abcce6477702bf6aa451/fca55b30.jpg

Agronomy. We used to have Physics lecture in one of their lecture halls.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p3cc499ce49bdd59f76c71ef98f1f535b/fca55b32.jpg

tyronne

November 12th, 2004, 07:28 PM

sabi niyo eh. so was i eaten up? di naman siguro.
as for SLU, one uncle graduated EE from there, and a cousin, Banking and Finance.
there are a lots of 'what ifs' playing in my nutshell. what if i studied at SLU, or sa Central Luzon State U? wala lang.

SLU's specializations are in the fields of engineering, nursing, and accounting kaya naman those colleges have the most number of students every year. SLU ranks high (top 5 or top 10 in the category they belong) in terms of board exam passers in those areas.:D

as for UP Baguio, i've been there twice lang--when i took the entrance exam (UPCAT?) and when i inquired about TOEFL. i passed the entrance exam but most of the courses they have in UP Baguio are in the fields for philosophy and psychology and education i think. that's why i went to SLU. the campus is not that big; they have the oble, as any other UP campuses do. i have not much to say about UP really, aside from their activist nature, as everyone knows already :D

mhe-ann

November 13th, 2004, 02:16 AM

i have not much to say about UP really, aside from their activist nature, as everyone knows already :D
Oo nga. A very good friend, na workmate ko rin, is a UPLB grad. Dami nya kwento about UPLB. Pati un ugali nya sa UP dala nya sa work. haha. Ala nga magawa mga boss sa kanya. :weirdo: Another friend is teaching in UPLB...mayabang pa rin minsan. grrr!

ronnaveth

November 13th, 2004, 04:48 AM

UPLB is well known for science courses...science city nga yung LB mismo...

Francis20

November 15th, 2004, 06:05 AM

Francis20

November 15th, 2004, 06:10 AM

eto nga pala yung carillion tower, inaugurated by Ramos nung freshman ako.
me bells sa taas. computer operated daw. they play tunes every hour, or half an hour ata. o baka nga 15 minutes. functional pa ba ito @ Ronna?
at yung canopy on the left is the famous fertility tree. it's an ordinary bauhinia (acacia) tree.
i counted the floors of Carillion tower, and it would make a 15-20 storey building.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid144/pb748a5f9963cdf10e7bb1bd9db2e7a5d/f67f92c8.jpg

Di ko alam kung aling puno itong kinuhanan ko
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid144/pcc3135d30cd3ca6c235bdf07c4e41a79/f67f92da.jpg

Baker Hall ulit
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid144/p3dc08a89711a23e6f16cd738d71646c6/f67f9307.jpg

tyronne

November 15th, 2004, 06:22 AM

@ tyronne, sana tumuloy ka pa rin sa UP. you can transfer to some other campus after your first year. and yes, all UP campuses have oble. identical. iba iba lang ata ang tone ng skin. hehe...

oo nga mayayabang mga taga UP. exception na lang siguro ako. hehe...pero me workmate ako taga Ateneo, sobrang yabang din. ang inglisera. pati yung kaibigan niya. akalain mo ba nman, nung ipakilala ako, di man lang ako pinansin. pacencia na lan siya, she missed the chance of having one of a kind friend.hahaha...
nyway, parepreho lang naman tayong tao. my admiration doesn't depend on what school you are from. ok, given, you may ace a job if you're from a good campus. pero pagdating sa trabaho, everyone starts from a scratch, dun ka na lang mg b build n g reputation mo. i know some colleagues who didn't fared very well at work, kahit pa taga UST, Ateneo or UP sila. boss ko galing La Salle, pero yung position above him, galing yata sa wala lang. so the point is...nasa determination yun at sipag pag nasa work ka na. eh pakialam ba ng client mo pag cum laude ka nung college at valedictorian nung HS, kung di mo naman siya na sasatusfy. di ba?

i totally agree with you. though, there are some instances, especially during hiring, that the name of school matters. for the jobseeker, it's one way to impress. for the employer, it depends really. just like what you said, we all start from a scratch.

anyway, i decided not to study in UP Baguio kahit i passed their entrance exam kasi wala talaga akong gusto sa offered programs nila. i also thought of doing what you suggested--transferring after a year, but i didn't really want to go as far as manila just to study. but how ironic it was! after 2 and a half years in SLU, i came here in san francisco, CA to continue my studies. mas malayo pa tuloy ang narating ko hahaha!

bagel

November 15th, 2004, 06:49 AM

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid144/pb748a5f9963cdf10e7bb1bd9db2e7a5d/f67f92c8.jpg

The dark forces of Sauron have left the land of Mordor, defeated by a hardy band of hobbits.

But to the east, far to the east, the dark lord's minions gather again at another tower, where from deep within the sounds of metal chime Middle Earth's impending doom.

tyronne

November 15th, 2004, 06:55 AM

The dark forces of Sauron have left the land of Mordor, defeated by a hardy band of hobbits.

But to the east, far to the east, the dark lord's minions gather again at another tower, where from deep within the sounds of metal chime Middle Earth's impending doom.

ha ha! i just love lord of the rings. i made sure i had to see all 3 of them :)

JudeD

November 15th, 2004, 07:13 AM

tyronne

November 15th, 2004, 07:25 AM

Kawawa naman alma mater ko, UP Manila, wala man lang pumapansin! Kasi naman, karamihan ng former buildings namin inagaw ng Supreme Court, NBI, and Department of Justice. Di bale, one day babawi din ako sa pag-post ng pics.

please excuse my ignorance :bash: pero iba ba yung UP Manila sa UP Diliman or you're talking about same one campus?

ronnaveth

November 15th, 2004, 08:40 AM

please excuse my ignorance :bash: pero iba ba yung UP Manila sa UP Diliman or you're talking about same one campus?
iba may 10 campuses ang UP

ronnaveth

November 15th, 2004, 08:58 AM

gumgana pa siguro francis

tyronne

November 15th, 2004, 09:02 AM

iba may 10 campuses ang UP

oh ok, thanks! :)

jbkayaker12

November 15th, 2004, 10:08 AM

thomasian

November 15th, 2004, 11:01 AM

Ok, thanks for that jbkayaker12. :colgate:

Do you have any pictures of Schloss Sansoucci?

JudeD

November 15th, 2004, 12:14 PM

UP Manila was the original campus of UP. It encompasses the Philippine General Hospital and all the colleges for the health sciences (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, etc). It spans the entire block bounded by Pedro Gil to Padre Faura, Taft Avenue and Ma. Orosa streets in Ermita, Manila. UP Diliman might have more courses but the hardest courses to get into are in UP Manila, such as the Intarmed program, where they only accept the top 40 students who apply to UP every year, isa na ako dun. :)

Francis20

November 15th, 2004, 12:23 PM

The dark forces of Sauron have left the land of Mordor, defeated by a hardy band of hobbits.

But to the east, far to the east, the dark lord's minions gather again at another tower, where from deep within the sounds of metal chime Middle Earth's impending doom.

haha...they've built another tower at QC Memorial circle.

Francis20

November 15th, 2004, 12:26 PM

i agree with that @ Jude. each campus actually has its own specialty course. and those courses at UP Manila are ones of the more critical ones - Med, Dentistry, etc. I wanted to enter UP Manila, but it will take you another exam, i guess to get there. Good job for Jude.

jbkayaker12

November 15th, 2004, 08:17 PM

weirdo

November 16th, 2004, 03:02 PM

ah. ganun pala. so up manila rin ung supreme court etc. kala ko dati pgh lang. ganda rin naman campus nio. lapit pa sa rob place (at st paul).

ung campus namin ok lang. maliit lang siya pero napakaconvenient pag iba ibang hall ang classes. tatalon ka lang asa next building ka na. hehe. ung buildings di naman ganoon kagandahan. ung ls hall un ang astig. kaya lang naluluma na. at di siya ganun kagandang magluma. ang maganda lang sa campus namin sa tingin ko ay ung location niya kasi sobrang close sa ibang areas- sa malate siya so close sa ermita, intramuros at ibang districts sa taas ng ilog, sa pasay at makati rin. lapit pa sa manila bay kaya nakakaaliw na rin. marami rami rin akong nalalaman kasi nga sa isang super busy siya na part ng city. sarap maging street smart. and bagay sa hilig ko kasi mas more into city stuff ang trip ko.

ang ganda ng pics nio jan. may isa pang aliw na uni sa visayas. ung siliman. balita ko may beach pa sila. wow.

Francis20

November 16th, 2004, 03:35 PM

talaga lang ah...talon ka lang nasa kabilang building ka na. bk tumbling ka lang galing classroom, nasa oval ka na. hehe...
Ang Silliman University sa Dumaguete sabi ng workmate ko na taga Ateneo. Dami daw foreigners dun, at malapit nga sa beach.Sobrang lapit. Pano ba naman, marine bio and specialty nila. Astig di ba? Parang mga school sa Miami. At and trend, the tanner your tone is, mas mababa grades mo. :D At pag umattend ka ng mga oath taking ng board exam, me mga taga dun n nagtotop sa Engineering. Eh and UP Tacloban kaya? at UP Visayas?
At MSU din.

kiretoce

November 16th, 2004, 03:40 PM

I've been to Silliman University many moons ago, and they do have their own beach and a scenic boulevard that winds its way along the waters edge. I read somewhere that Silliman University is the largest private Protestant college in the Philippines. :)

weirdo

November 16th, 2004, 04:20 PM

sarap. and stig ata writing wokshops dun. panalo.

@kuya francis. actually di na kailangan talunin ung iba. ung 2nd floor gokongwei hall connected sa 2nd floor miguel hall na konektado sa 2nd (or third) floor ng st joseph hall na may passage papunta sa william hall. ung sj building ay connected sa chapel na may covered walkway papuntang library. ung velasco hall naman may covered tawiran (na sobrang lapit lang talaga) from miguel hall. so ayun. walang exercise. hehe. at wala ata kaming oval. wah. isang napakaliit na ampitheatre lang at isang football field na mas maliit pa sa isang field ng uste (kita ito mula sa lrt). so ayun talagang matipid kami sa space. hehe.

bagel

November 22nd, 2004, 02:19 PM

The UP Board of Regents elected Dr. Emerlinda Roman as the
next UP President following President Francisco Nemenzo.
She is the first woman president of the University.

Congratulations to the new U.P. President!

Francis20

November 22nd, 2004, 04:36 PM

XetraDAX

November 22nd, 2004, 05:04 PM

oh ok. finally! the deadlock was finally broken. she deserves to be elected i guess.
weirdo, di ko maimagine kung kalaki field niyo. kasi kita nga from LRT but only part of it. so i assumed it was huge. but the buildings are nice. looks like they are newly always painted.

dlsu's field is very small compared to those of up, ateneo and ust's.

buildings also are pangit. maganda lang yung st. la salle hall (the one along taft, beside mcdonalds). and yung yuchengco hall.

http://bece.dlsu.edu.ph/images/yuchengco.jpg

ronnaveth

November 23rd, 2004, 09:47 AM

Francis20

November 23rd, 2004, 11:01 AM

o really? but she's the UPD Chancellor.

ronnaveth

November 23rd, 2004, 01:27 PM

o really? but she's the UPD Chancellor.
her undergrad is agriculture....
her post grad degrees are from up D

Miguel

November 30th, 2004, 07:16 AM

Ang Silliman University sa Dumaguete sabi ng workmate ko na taga Ateneo. Dami daw foreigners dun, at malapit nga sa beach.Sobrang lapit. Pano ba naman, marine bio and specialty nila. Astig di ba? Parang mga school sa Miami. At and trend, the tanner your tone is, mas mababa grades mo. At pag umattend ka ng mga oath taking ng board exam, me mga taga dun n nagtotop sa Engineering

I'm from Silliman, siguro not many of you are familiar with this school. Actually this is the oldest American School in the country, and the first university outside Manila, founded in 1901. Cross cultural ang setting dahil marami rin ang mga foreign students. Noong nag-aaral pa ako may mga na classmates ako na american, japanese, koreans, from congo, pero yung madali lang pakipagsamahan ay ang indonesians because we have the same features like them. Other foreign nationals came to take undergrad and doctorate courses of its world reknowned marine biology course. kasi 30 years ago, ang Apo Island, pinakaunang lugar sa bansa na na save from destruction of its marine habitat dahil sa effort ng SU, kaya ngayon maraming mga from foreign tourists ang pumunta para mag diving lamang at siyang naging model sa ibang diving spots sa bansa gaya ng Tubattaha, Palawan at Bohol. Siguro, very few have known this, sa sobrang impress nila sa abundance of marine life, ang Shedd Aquarium and Museum (http://www.sheddaquarium.org/wildreef/tertiary_template.cfm?article=32) ng Chicago, USA ay gumawa ng permanent giant replica including the sand, corals, and live fish sa kanilang aquarium. Now that's something we Filipinos can boast and be proud of.

In terms academic performance, according to the report released by CHED and PRC in 2000, among the top 10 schools in the country with the highest overall passing rates on its courses offered for 1994-1998, Silliman ranked third behind Xavier University of Cagayan de Oro then UP-Dilliman. Among its alumni are Silliman trained Simeon Toribio (one of the first Olympic medalists), the only school in the south to produce 2 national artists, Eddie Romero (film) and Edith Tiempo (literature- almost all great names in modern phil. literature were under the Silliman Writers Workshop, the pioneering writers workshop in the country, like Nick Joaquin, Conrado de Quiros...) and Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia. Even today, the current secretary of the Dept. of Finance, Juanita Amatong, is an alumna. But even though it's a 66 hectare campus area (which includes beach, farm, hospital, village, mini forest <conservatory of country's endangered species like pilandok>...) it only produces a small number of graduates, only about 1 thousand per year. So that's why you rarely hear from its alumni but they do held key positions in our country and abroad.

The only thing that saddened me about my alma mater is that of its high tuition fee. Back in 1996, 8K lang ang tuition, ngayon 30K at pataas na. Kung ngayon ako nag-aaral siguro hindi na maka afford ang parents ko. Quality education daw comes with a price, kaya ngayon very few students na lang, siguro less than a thousand will graduate, pati ang performance sa board exams ay bumaba dahil sa kunti na lang ang mapipilian na mag-aaral. Usually, ang mga mahirap ang talagang nagsikap mag-aral kumpara sa mayayaman. We'll so much for it, for a virtual tour of the campus you can log-on to www.su.edu.ph.

www.suhs79.com/.../ 400_0/media/SU_old_better.jpg
Silliman Hall-the only remaining American Gothic Architecture in the country

www.dumaguete.gov.ph/ su-marine.gif
Marine Lab- home of the 2nd largest collection of whale bones in Asia

mhe-ann

November 30th, 2004, 01:10 PM

Quality education daw comes with a price, ......
hindi rin siguro. I have a very high tuition fee in College (wag mo na isama ang sobrang mahal na Lab fees, books, uniforms for different occasions, Org fee, etc. andami...) pero hindi mataas ang quality ng education (hindi ko na babanggitin ang name ng school kc hindi nyo rin naman kilala). :bash: I was supposed to transfer to DLSU Lipa, Bats. when I was 3rd year, same course (CoE), but decided to stay in my school because the tuition fee is much higher (double) and I'm going to be 1st year again. waahhh! :cry:

jbkayaker12

November 30th, 2004, 01:31 PM

bagel

December 1st, 2004, 08:03 PM

So likewise, would conservation efforts to save the Bengal Tiger by taking a tiger (and its surrounding vegetation) out of it's natural habitat in Asia and shipping it to a zoo in California actually be destructive?

jbkayaker12

December 2nd, 2004, 10:22 AM

Francis20

December 2nd, 2004, 06:29 PM

wow! we have an alumni (sp?) of Silliman University here.
I didn't know you have such a expensive tuition fee. That's probably comparable with Ateneo and DLSU's. Ours is comparable with SLU's. So it's affordable. Plus if you got scholarship, it would be no fuss.

Miguel

December 2nd, 2004, 11:34 PM

Can you imagine hauling sand from a beach and at the same time catching all those species of fish, that is plain destructive. It takes such a loooonnnnng time to create a natural beach and to just haul them overseas for an acquarium is definitely no no.

Well before this project was undertaken it was first consulted and then supervised by the marine biological experts that no damage would done to the marine habitat. It would be ironic to display a replica of a community managed marine reserve which served as a model for the world to follow when the original one no longer exist or is already damaged, and I'm quite sure also that the Apo Island community wouldn't allow of more than 20 years of effort be perished in an instant just like that. Unlike marine mammals, like the dolphin and whale which produces only a single offspring, fish breed hundreds of eggs which means they have the capability to multiply in huge population, so the number of fish found those in Shedd Aquarium is insignificant compared to those living in its original habitat. Though the sand is also part of the natural environment, those taken are from the beach not on the seas. To note also that sand is a non living thing so no life spared and as long as it will not be constantly taken, like quarrying, it will be naturally replenished. From what I have heard, those sands in Dakak is not originally from that area, as well as those in Shangrila Mactan which were said to be from Bohol. The sand used also in the Nestea Beach Volleyball, specially in its regional finals (as national finals is usually held in Boracay), were hoarded from a beach. So this sand transfer phenomena is not new and is tolerated as long as it will not cause damage.

So likewise, would conservation efforts to save the Bengal Tiger by taking a tiger (and its surrounding vegetation) out of it's natural habitat in Asia and shipping it to a zoo in California actually be destructive?

Yes, it can be destructive specially if the animal could not adopt to its new environment. But Silliman University is actually using this method of transferring the animal or "breeding loan" from its original habitat to another place in order for the animal to survive in number and not become extinct. As I have previously mentioned that SU also has a mini forest. This MINI FOREST (http://mobilemediaph.com/projectE/TwinLakes/TwinLakes_zoo.html) serves as a home and as a captive breeding area of some of the country's endangered and endemic species. Efforts have been made to save these animals from extinction like the fruit bats, philippine deer, and the visayan warty pig (http://www.zgap.de/english.html). The loaning also of animals to other zoos were made in concern of the animal's survival just like the PHILIPPINE SPOTTED DEER (http://www.inq7.net/reg/2003/sep/20/reg_6-1.htm) (different from the philippine deer) which is on the brink of total extinction. The marine lab also houses another critically endangered animal the PHILIPPINE CROCODILE (http://www.zoo.org.au/conservation/news_march2000_spp_snapshot.htm). Having these animals in a "zoo" is a must for their greater chance of survival.

I was just surfing and got here in this site by chance. Nice forum, good sharing of insights. I think Ateneo is more expensive but since La Salle is trimester(?) so they have much higher tuition overall. But Silliman's tuition is still high considering that Dumaguete is just a small city and the neighboring provinces in Visayas and Mindanao were not that rich also. The total population have greatly diminished on the verge of extinction also :), when i graduated in 2000, there were about 8000 of us, now just above 5000 only. Americans used to support the school but no longer so since this is now handled by Filipinos, fundings are mostly relied from donations of alumni and benefactors. Excellent teachers have transferred to state universities who offered a much higher salary and the campus maintains also a huge number of facilities. With few students around, performance have been affected. SU used to top in accountancy nationwide, batch 2000 got 100% considering that national passing ave. ranges only from 17- 20%. There is no other recourse than to increase tuition. Well as the song of Meja goes, "its all about the money, its all about the dum-dum-dee-dee-dum-dum..".

jbkayaker12

December 3rd, 2004, 11:07 AM

Miguel

December 3rd, 2004, 07:24 PM

It's nice to know your concern for nature Jon. But don't worry these marine biologists know what they are doing. They are experts on their field and knows what's best to do and what should not be done. In fact the lead biologist is a multi-awarded environmentalist both here and abroad, a Ramon Magsaysay Awardee (the Nobel Prize version of Asia), and a former Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources during the term of Ramos. He (http://www.inq7.net/lif/2004/jul/17/lif_9-1.htm) is undoubtedly the premiere expert of marine biology in this country. No need to worry, I assure you Apo Island is in good hands.

The purpose of Shedd Aquarium of having a replica of Apo Island is to create awareness to the whole world the harm and the damage on the aquatic environment brought about by fishing malpractices, yet all hope are not lost, that despite of the destruction it could still be repaired as long as there is a firm commitment to conserve it. Now here is a small island in the Philippines who have that commitment, that after years of destroying its seas, it has made a complete turnaround and is now rewarded with the abundance and beauty of marine life. Here is a real example for the world to follow that there is still a chance for change.

ron_guevara

December 4th, 2004, 08:24 AM

dlsu's field is very small compared to those of up, ateneo and ust's.

buildings also are pangit. maganda lang yung st. la salle hall (the one along taft, beside mcdonalds). and yung yuchengco hall.

http://bece.dlsu.edu.ph/images/yuchengco.jpg

I agree. Even as a DLSU graduate, there is not much to talk about there. Super liit ng campus ng DLSU-M. Kayang-kayang i-tour ng 1-2 hours on foot. Pag natapos mo ang freshman orientation tour, nakita mo nang lahat. Little space for quiet study and even less fresh air.

And yes, the majority of the buildings (except for the St. La Salle/Main Building and the Yuchengco Building which was modelled from it) just look plain and uninteresting. Just restrict your sightseeing to the south side of the campus.

jbkayaker12

December 4th, 2004, 08:55 AM

tyronne

December 5th, 2004, 10:37 PM

hi guys! :wave: i found this magazine in the men's room here in school and out of curiosity i scanned through it. it's a law magazine so a law student must have left it there. anyway, i found this interesting article so i immediately went to the computer lab and scanned it. by the way, the magazine is The National Jurist, November 2004 issue.

http://internet.ggu.edu/~tragudo/njurist_1.jpg

http://internet.ggu.edu/~tragudo/njurist_2.jpg

by the way, that's my school right there ^ GGU; im not a law student though :D

http://internet.ggu.edu/~tragudo/njurist_3.jpg

http://internet.ggu.edu/~tragudo/njurist_4.jpg

and another one from a different section of the magazine:
http://internet.ggu.edu/~tragudo/njurist_5.jpg

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ang galing no? di talaga pahuhuli ang pinoy :okay:

jbkayaker12

December 6th, 2004, 12:24 AM

rico

December 6th, 2004, 12:13 PM

but A.P.O. fraternity is in the University of the Philippines, not De La Salle University.

ronnaveth

December 6th, 2004, 01:40 PM

but A.P.O. fraternity is in the University of the Philippines, not De La Salle University.
yes...but the exam is held always at DLSU

rico

December 6th, 2004, 01:59 PM

yes...but the exam is held always at DLSU
i know but i was referring to the part (last part, short article) where they were talking about the oblation run being held in la salle. i've never heard of naked neophytes running around la salle.

edit: oh i'm sorry. i may have misunderstood the article.

ronnaveth

December 6th, 2004, 02:02 PM

they do run during exam seasons outside la salle...probabaly at taft avenue

Miguel

December 7th, 2004, 03:30 AM

Miguel>>>If those people involved were marine scientists as you have mentioned and world class in their fields then they should know better that it is destructive to haul sands from beaches anywhere in the world and not just in the Philippines. Perhaps because of the excitement brought on by their project they have forgotten that it took hundreds if not thousands of years for a beach to form while they were hauling those precious sands. :)

Jon

That would be the most ridiculous line I have ever read. Just mere logic Jon and you could get the whole picture or better yet visit Apo Island so that you could prevent your imagination from being blown out of proportion. It would be much better for you to see the real thing than just speculate or better yet search the net of the reactions of the foreigners after visiting the place. How dare you say that they were carried away by their excitement, it took them years to master their field and how easy for you to underestimate them. These are the same scientists who look after some of Philippines best diving and tourist destinations like those in Tubbataha, in Palawan, Cebu, and in Bohol. Dollars from tourists have poured in but best of all they help conserve our environment. So instead of just taking them for granted and assert your "knowledge", better yet thank these "real" experts for what they have contributed to our country. I don't want to make this forum into an argument so it would better for me to leave. :)

JudeD

December 7th, 2004, 08:21 AM

Miguel, don't mind jon that much. He really tends to feel strongly about things so he sometimes takes his arguments a bit too far and is rather agressive with his opinions, kaya medyo antipatiko ang dating. He was like this even at another forum.

jbkayaker12

December 7th, 2004, 08:54 AM

jbkayaker12

December 7th, 2004, 08:57 PM

bagel

December 7th, 2004, 09:19 PM

Can we just drop the topic and not belabor the issue? It's kind of getting old. We know where you stand and it feels like you're just arguing for the sake of arguing here. Miguel has been extremely helpful in providing us information (and educated information at that) on the process of the conservation effort. Sure it has taken millions of years to produce one grain of sand. So every single piece of sand that is carted away to Chicago has a legacy of millions of years. As anti-tourism as I am (and other people on this forum know that I am anti-tourism in many cases at the theory level sheerly for the exploitativeness of the very idea of tourism) I can understand this, the very logic that every piece of million year old sand that leaves the place is destructive is ridiculous, no matter the reason. Might as well not go to the beach since the little grains that embed themselves in your tsinelas are a potential environmental disaster.

It's getting old. Let's talk about universities.

JudeD

December 7th, 2004, 10:02 PM

Considerating? I guess my fingers or cursor must have slipped or I might have made that one up. Chalk that one up to creative license :)

Anyway jon, don't take my comment about your agressiveness negatively, I was just warning the others about how you tackle things. I'm kinda familiar with your style already from the Thorn Tree but the other members here aren't yet so I was just advising them on how to take your comments. Particularly Miguel, who's really new and has only posted here a few times. I do agree with you to a certain extent, but not completely. Like on the Thorn Tree, I did agree that those trolls needed to be dealt with, but just not exactly the way that you did.

ryanr

December 8th, 2004, 01:57 PM

Some pictures from the ADMU website.
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos01.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos02.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos03.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos04.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos05.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos06.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos07.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos08.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos09.jpg
http://www.admu.edu.ph/images/admu/photos10.jpg

ryanr

December 8th, 2004, 02:00 PM

ADMU has a beautiful campus, modern with many open spaces and parks.

kiretoce

December 8th, 2004, 03:40 PM

Ahh....ADMU rocks! :okay: I would have gone there for college but my parents would have nothing of it! Damn....I'm still bitter about it! :(

bagel

December 11th, 2004, 09:10 PM

Yeah it would be great to see some ADMU and UP Dili pics here. Those ADMU ones are kind of squished.

Out of the Metro Manila universities, I think ADMU has the most well-planned one. That's one good thing that happened after WWII--- they were forced to leave Padre Faura and were able to have a modern/integrated campus development plan and have an actual campus QC (or are they in Marikina?). They just need to modernize Loyola Gym and aircondition it...

I love wide open college campuses. One of these days, I'll post pics of my university campus in the Samahan section (since I don't go to a Filipino uni.)

Thunderflip

December 12th, 2004, 06:02 AM

OH goodness! That is an awesome university! Seems impossible in MM. That campus is really upscale! My dream is that a modern and world-class university would be built in Clark in the future...just a cool vision of mine. I had something like ADMU in mind.

ryanr

December 12th, 2004, 06:48 AM

@ mike - yeah the pics are squished coz it comes from their website banners.

I agree, ADMU and UP Diliman are beautiful, well planned campuses. To bad DLSU isnt the same.

weirdo

December 12th, 2004, 07:46 AM

DLSU isn't well plannd? i dunno. but yea still beautiful. pati students beautiful. :cheers:

ryanr

December 12th, 2004, 08:16 AM

Its ok planned...but its not an open campus like UP-Diliman or ADMU.
maybe you are right with the students part;)

weirdo

December 12th, 2004, 08:43 AM

too small to open up for non lasalllians. 5.04 hectares lang. about 13000 ang population. the uni has to ensure the safety of university community and its facilities. hirap nga makiusap ng university sa city police para ma ensure ang safety ng students and cellphones/wallets nila from people sa paligid ng campus then papapasukin pa natin sila?

di maybe ung students part. hehe.

ryanr

December 12th, 2004, 09:14 AM

hehehe...not maybe, for sure then:)

renell

December 12th, 2004, 09:50 AM

rmb

December 12th, 2004, 11:40 AM

Is there an LRT station near UST? :)

renell

December 12th, 2004, 11:43 AM

right now... when I was there I didn't notice one. I could be wrong though.

but i believe there's one planned to be near it. at least in Espana

Solblanc

December 12th, 2004, 02:18 PM

what those admu pics don't show are the people screaming in the well-manicured zen gardens because a higad fell on them :D

thomasian

December 12th, 2004, 03:57 PM

haha, it just reminds me of what happened in Colayco park in UST last week, nahulugan ako ng higad, grabe, tapos maya't maya eh may gumagapang sakin na langgam buti na lang hindi yung mga hantik na langgam yung gumapang sakin.

bukod sa higad, langgam at iba pang insekto, may napansin din akong beehive sa ibang mga puno doon so good luck na lang sa mga tao dun pag nalaglag yung beehive.

mhe-ann

December 13th, 2004, 04:50 AM

UST has got a pretty big front lawn. as for security, I don't know if its loose or not... since my cousin and I did look like students there (well he IS a student there :D) and I didnt need to show any ID.

I think their security is not tight, we've been there before and we just simply entered the main gate w/o showing our ID. nun bumalik kami ganun ulit. Siguro kc mukha naman kaming pangkaraniwang students lan dun. or dahil pogi at magaganda mga kasama ko? haha.:jk:

jbkayaker12

December 13th, 2004, 08:26 AM

thomasian

December 13th, 2004, 11:25 AM

UST has a hospital in its grounds where obviously not all patients are students so it is alot easier access for most people compared to other universities and colleges.

Jon

Add to the Hospital the Church which is also open to everyone and that makes a very unsecured campus where everyone can get inside.

rmb

December 14th, 2004, 11:05 AM

right now... when I was there I didn't notice one. I could be wrong though.

but i believe there's one planned to be near it. at least in Espana

Then what's the nearest station at the present time? :)

thomasian

December 14th, 2004, 11:39 AM

well, the nearest station in UST now is the Legarda station of the LRT 2. It can be reached with a trike/pedicab and it costs PhP 20 to get there using a trike. Yup... if you noticed it, the trike going to LRT is even more expensive than riding the LRT.

SunKing

December 14th, 2004, 03:05 PM

Well here's a so-so pic of Yuchengco:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/SunKing/106_0652.jpg

and here's the view from the right wing of the St La Salle Building, 2nd floor:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/SunKing/107_0742.jpg

SKYLINEPIGEON

December 14th, 2004, 03:31 PM

are the pines trees still there in front of ls building, the main entrance in the middle of the building was never open to the public when i was studying there

SunKing

December 14th, 2004, 03:51 PM

There is no more main entrance in the middle of LS; the driveway's gone. It's now the Gaerlan Conservatory, sort of a study hall.

ryanr

December 14th, 2004, 05:45 PM

Nice! Yuchengco Hall is very Grand.:okay:

SKYLINEPIGEON

December 14th, 2004, 06:36 PM

There is no more main entrance in the middle of LS; the driveway's gone. It's now the Gaerlan Conservatory, sort of a study hall.

by the way do u have any idea how much is the cost of tuition per unit in dlsu now, during my days we were charge per unit and not per subject and it depends on your course, some courses have a higher cost per unit like computer science or enginieering cost compared to commerce or arts

SunKing

December 15th, 2004, 05:25 AM

the_sailor_977

December 15th, 2004, 06:36 AM

Sana nandoon ako sa Cebu para makapag render ako for Cebu's universities.

1. University of San Carlos- the main campus is for me a perfect example of art deco
2. University of San Jose-Recoletos
3. University of Cebu
4. University of the Visayas
5. Southwestern University
6. Cebu Normal University
7. University of the Southern Philippines
8. University of the Philippines- Cebu

mhe-ann

December 15th, 2004, 07:00 AM

That is still being done today; for Commerce students, it's Ps1644, Computer Studies: Ps1938, Engineering: Ps1788, Liberal Arts: Ps1644, Science: Ps1708, and Education: Ps1535. There's an average of 20 units per term plus all other fees.
:dizzy: ang mahal talaga sa DLSU. si weirdo siguro super-yaman kc gusto pa ulit mag-shift ng course. hehe.

the_sailor_977

December 15th, 2004, 07:09 AM

sabi nila is ang DLSU ay para sa mayayaman,
btw, bakit tinatawag 'yan ng DLSU, kasi De La Salle is French, which means literally "in the room", so In the Room University.

mhe-ann

December 15th, 2004, 08:31 AM

ako, hindi ko alam. Wala akong alam sa French language. :bash:

jbkayaker12

December 15th, 2004, 10:25 AM

mhe-ann

December 15th, 2004, 10:41 AM

A cousin of mine graduated 2004 Psychology major at De La Salle and he informed me that the students at De La Salle gets admitted because they have brains while at the College of St. Benilde you dont need brains just plenty of money. Hehehe. :)

Jon
sabi ng housemate ko dati, un boyfriend nya taga College of St. Benilde..sabi ko naman, "eh di bagsak un sa DLSU?" haha. parang ganun na nga daw... :D

ryanr

December 15th, 2004, 04:43 PM

:dizzy: ang mahal talaga sa DLSU. si weirdo siguro super-yaman kc gusto pa ulit mag-shift ng course. hehe.

:lol: I've tried to tell you guys over the years...but no one listened:D

mhe-ann

December 16th, 2004, 01:57 AM

:lol: I've tried to tell you guys over the years...but no one listened:D
alam namin na mayaman cya. di ba andami nyang camera na sinira? :D

XetraDAX

December 17th, 2004, 09:35 AM

sabi nila is ang DLSU ay para sa mayayaman,
btw, bakit tinatawag 'yan ng DLSU, kasi De La Salle is French, which means literally "in the room", so In the Room University.

contrary to that, not all people in DLSU are rich. In fact, most rich people in our country would rather study abroad than in La Salle or Ateneo.

Pero some are filthy, MEGA rich. Pero konti lang sila. :D

Anyway, DLSU got its name from St. John Baptiste De La Salle, founder of the Brothers of Christian School (the ones who own DLSU).

renell

December 17th, 2004, 09:53 AM

alam namin na mayaman cya. di ba andami nyang camera na sinira? :D

well to be fair to weirdo, one of them was a free Pizza Hut camera, which if I'm not mistaken is a disposable one... and two others were normal instamatic cameras.

but to balance things out, he did lose a digital camera, and a mobile with a built-in cam:D

Romulus

December 17th, 2004, 10:15 AM

Here's some pictures of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_portal.jpg
Silliman Portal (Main Entrance)

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_auditorium.jpg
Silliman Luce Auditorium

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/sumainlibrary.jpg
Silliman Main Library

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_church.jpg
Silliman Church

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_hospital.jpg
Silliman Medical Center

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_businessad.jpg
Silliman Business Administration Building

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_gym.jpg
Silliman Gymnasium

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_mensdorm.jpg
Silliman Men's Dormitory

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_arts_bldg.jpg
Silliman Arts and Sciences Building

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_amphi.jpg
Silliman Amphi Theater

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/silliman_feedmill.jpg
Silliman Feed Mill

mysaong03

December 17th, 2004, 12:14 PM

Silliman's art & science bldg doesnt look interactive at all...but who knows, maybe it does look so inside. so that is what they tag, "the UP of the Visayas"...

weirdo

December 18th, 2004, 04:53 AM

wah yoko na pinagtitripan na naman ako dito. :(

mhe-ann

December 18th, 2004, 05:41 AM

o cya, hindi na po @weirdo. anyway, I went to UPLB earlier, ala masyado tao.

Francis20

December 18th, 2004, 06:23 AM

ano naman ginawa mo dun mhe-ann? n mi miss ko na ang campus. lam niyo ba, ggraduate na ako nung marealize ko that the powerlines and telephone lines are all underground. you can't see any of them overhead. that's what makes the campus nicer.

mhe-ann

December 18th, 2004, 06:34 AM

pinuntahan ko lan ung "magnetic hills" (un daw tawag dun)..at dahil nagkamali ako ng liko, UPLB na pala napasukan ko. :stupid: Ok na rin, naka-relax kahit sandali. :cucumber: :banana:

rmb

December 18th, 2004, 05:19 PM

Romulus, r u from dumaguete? :)

SKYLINEPIGEON

December 18th, 2004, 06:36 PM

contrary to that, not all people in DLSU are rich. In fact, most rich people in our country would rather study abroad than in La Salle or Ateneo.

Pero some are filthy, MEGA rich. Pero konti lang sila. :D

Anyway, DLSU got its name from St. John Baptiste De La Salle, founder of the Brothers of Christian School (the ones who own DLSU).

thats true , most of the very rich families in the philiipines send their children to school abroad in the usa or england, i would say most of the students in dlsu comes from upper middle class, even the chinese students which form a large part of the population in la salle does not come from very rich families but they are indeed some students who comes from very rich and prominet families but very few

kiretoce

December 19th, 2004, 07:38 AM

Are DLSU and ADMU in the Philippines equivalent to the "Ivy League" schools here in the US?

Romulus

December 20th, 2004, 10:51 AM

Romulus, r u from dumaguete? :)

Yes I am. Are you a Dumagueteño and a Sillimanian as well?

Francis20

December 20th, 2004, 11:03 AM

WOW! me 2 na tayong taga Silliman. Or are you the same? hehe...mahal nga lang ng airplane papunta jan. 5K ata back and forth. gusto ko sana mg beach jan.

Romulus

December 20th, 2004, 11:35 AM

Here's more pictures:

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_hall.jpg
Silliman Hall It was built in 1903 and is treasured as a historical landmark in Dumaguete City. It stood the test of time with its four-storey structure whose walls were made of local coral blocks and solid iron posts. The metal sheets used as ceiling were taken from a theater in New York City. Imported timber from the United States West Coast made the rest of the upper floors. It was inaugurated on November 30, 1903.

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_elem.jpg
Silliman Elementary Building

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_pt.jpg
Silliman Medical Technology and Physical Therapy Building

ryanr

December 20th, 2004, 12:54 PM

Cool...Silliman University is one of the best in Visayas. Nice mix of modern and historical buildings.

JudeD

December 20th, 2004, 05:24 PM

Wow, Silliman Hall is beautiful!

Romulus

December 21st, 2004, 08:36 AM

WOW! me 2 na tayong taga Silliman. Or are you the same? hehe...mahal nga lang ng airplane papunta jan. 5K ata back and forth. gusto ko sana mg beach jan.

Yes Francis, I'm a Sillimanian din! Oo nga mahal ang plane ticket papuntang Dumaguete.

ron_guevara

December 21st, 2004, 11:31 AM

Are DLSU and ADMU in the Philippines equivalent to the "Ivy League" schools here in the US?

I guess those two schools have a reputation for being the schools for the elite here in the Philippines, so people (including hiring officers) tend to look at graduates from these two schools a bit differently.

rmb

December 21st, 2004, 04:16 PM

Yes I am. Are you a Dumagueteño and a Sillimanian as well?

Yes Im from Dumaguete. But Im Paulinian not Sillimanian. "Mahal". Hehehhe.

rico

December 21st, 2004, 04:50 PM

Yes Im from Dumaguete. But Im Paulinian not Sillimanian. "Mahal". Hehehhe.
Wow! Another Paulinian! I'm also Paulinian (11 years). I'm both a Paulinian and a UPnian. :)

Miguel

December 22nd, 2004, 01:33 AM

Wow! Another Paulinian! I'm also Paulinian (11 years). I'm both a Paulinian and a UPnian. :)

Really?!! I'm a Paulinian also, sa St. Paul's ako nag high school. From what St. Paul ka galing Rico? How about you rmb, what batch ka? I graduated '96 sa high school. Did you attend the university's centennial celebration?

Abot pud diay ka diri Roms? Francis, Romulus is not my clone :colgate: , actually he's my friend. I told him about this site, di ko lang alam na nandito na pala.

mysa, one of the supposed feature of the AS bldg is that it is elevator ready. But I'm glad that they they did not pursue in installing it. It would just be an act of vanity and laziness, then the burden of cost would be pass on to the students. If you like to see the campus on a 360 degree view, with narration, you can log-on to www.su.edu.ph., just click virtual tour.:)

Sino na ang nakapunta doon sa Leyte State University (formerly Visayas State College of Agriculture) sa Baybay, Leyte? Ang ganda ng campus nila. Very beautiful and idyllic, ang dami ring puno, tahimik, pollution free, at yung mga teachers nila mostly have doctorate degrees. Very conducive talaga for learning.

Yung unique feature ng school is that their campus both have a beach and a mountain. Yung dagat ang linis at ang linaw. Parang swimming pool dahil kahit kunting alon ay wala. Siguro timing din sa panahon pero ganda talaga. Naka sanctuary din, merong ngang isda na biglang nag tumbling, ang laki!!

Athough some of their buildings are old pero hindi naman dilapidated. Right across the highway ay yung other campus nila papunta sa bundok. Lots of flowers and trees, along the way maririnig mo yung huni ng mga ibon. May nga pine trees, kaya para kang nasa America o Baguio.

Near the top they have 2 giant bronze naked statue of a man and a woman, Search for the Truth ang name ng sculpture, at same person lang daw na gumawa sa Oblation, Guillermo Tolentino right? It depicts Malakas at Maganda. Just a glimpse of that Marcos' touch. According to my uncle, Imelda has an influence on the construction of this school because Leyte is her home province. Well if its true, maybe not all acts of the Marcoses are entirely evil, they still have a good side. :applause:

Here are some pics:

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/proc_script1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/proc_script2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/proc_script3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/proc_script4.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/proc_script5.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/proc_script6.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/proc_script7.jpg

Romulus

December 22nd, 2004, 03:39 AM

Silliman University Marine Laboratory (SUML) was established as the marine research facility of the University in 1974. Its basic concern is the coastal and marine environments and their resources and users. Researches in taxonomy, biology, conservation, management, and feasible mariculture are conducted.

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_marine_botany.jpg
Silliman University Marine Laboratory

At present, it is recognized as the Center of Excellence in Coastal Resources Management and Center of Development in Marine Sciences by the University and the Commission on Higher Education, respectively.

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_genetics-lab-pan.jpg
Genetics Lab Pan

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_biochemistry.jpg
Biochemistry

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_invert-lab-pan.jpg
Invertebrae Lab Pan

http://www.geocities.com/sualumnicebu/su_fish-lab-pan.jpg
Fish Lab Pan

rmb

December 22nd, 2004, 09:07 AM

Really?!! I'm a Paulinian also, sa St. Paul's ako nag high school. From what St. Paul ka galing Rico? How about you rmb, what batch ka? I graduated '96 sa high school. Did you attend the university's centennial celebration?

College? 2003 Compsci, and m still continuing from my second course BS Accountancy and graduate this year, hopefully. I was there in the centennial celebration. :cheers:

rico

December 24th, 2004, 12:22 PM

Really?!! I'm a Paulinian also, sa St. Paul's ako nag high school. From what St. Paul ka galing Rico? How about you rmb, what batch ka? I graduated '96 sa high school. Did you attend the university's centennial celebration?
Sa St. Paul School of Sta. Maria, Bulacan (graduated 1990) ako nag-elementary tapos sa St. Paul College of Bocaue, Bulacan (graduated 1994) ako nag-highschool. therefore, i'm two years older than you perhaps. :)

weirdo

December 25th, 2004, 02:59 PM

naging paulinian rin ako. 1 yr lang. sa st paul sch makati. mga 5 yrs old pa lang ako nun. hehe.

Romulus

December 28th, 2004, 08:13 AM

Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Silliman University scores another 100% passing in nursing board
By Jimmy P. Abayon
Sunstar Dumaguete

SILLIMAN University's (SU) College of Nursing and Allied Health Services maintained its record of a 100 percent passing in the recent Nurses' Licensure Examinations given December 11-12.

SU was the only school to garner the 100 percent passing. A total of 60 examinees from SU took the examination.

Dr. Teresita Sinda, college dean, said this is the biggest number of successful examinees from the university.

The college's population ballooned last year to 1,602 due to the high demand for nurses abroad, making it the biggest student population in the university.

Dr. Sinda said she is excited with the development and believed this will boost Silliman's nursing program.

"The results prove that there is no secret formula to success...but day-to-day hard work complemented by a strong program, competent faculty, and the right facilities," the dean said.

Silliman's nursing program focuses on quality knowledge-based and practice-based training.

Because of its consistent top performance in the licensure examination, the Commission on Higher Education designated the college as a Centre of Excellence in Nursing Education, and its program accredited Level III by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities. :applause:

tyronne

December 28th, 2004, 08:20 AM

wow :) Mabuhay ang Silliman University! good job!

Miguel

December 29th, 2004, 03:04 AM

naging paulinian rin ako. 1 yr lang. sa st paul sch makati. mga 5 yrs old pa lang ako nun. hehe.

Uy meron pang isa! Marami rami rin pala tayo dito na atleast once in our life naging Paulinian tayo. Siguro dapat next time, isa sa atin mag feature yung university system ng st. paul's dito. Rico, Oo nga mas bata pa ako sa iyo pero mas gwapo ka naman kaysa akin. :bow: Pahinging peso naman diyan. :naughty:

YOUNG FILIPINO INVENTORS

I am already getting dizzy of seeing Silliman all over this thread. But since there's no other university I am familiar with, might as well add something about her again. I hope someone could feature about San Beda, Letran, or those other schools in the UAAP and NCAA. I keep seeing those names but don't really got a perfect picture of these schools.

Universities have always been proven breeding grounds for innovative minds. Here are some inventions from Silliman students. I know some other schools are doing same thing also, I have read articles about them, maybe someone could share on this also. Filipinos are very creative and innovative, I guess all humans are, except that it varies upon culture, inspiration, necessity, and that extra hereditary talent which make Filipinos unique. Things we might lack though are that additional technical know-how, availability of the technology, and financial support that could have advance us further.

"Eureka! 2004" is an exhibit of inventions from the SU Computer Engineering Department. These inventions are:

1. “Intelligent Electronic Lock System.” The system has multiple access capabilities for use. Includes keypad, radio frequency, I-button technology. For practically all security uses.

2. “Radio Frequency Controlled Shot Clock.” A game shot clock controller RF based which can be used by a basketball referee.

3. “Sumo Wresting Robots.” The design follows the basic rule of sumo wrestling to bring its opponent outside the ring. Consist of hardware, software and special sensor components.

4. “Mobile Home Appliance Control” It allows people to remote-switch home appliances and lights using a cellphone.

5. “Automated and Movable Laundry Hanger” It moves toward shelter or sun with the help of a Light Dependent Resistor to detect conditions suitable for drying.

6. “Portable Electronic Scoreboard” A portable electronic scoreboard that displays the usual game data: score, fouls, time and period.

7. “Auto-Flush for Urinals” Provides auto flush for urinals and automatic disinfectant fluid release along with the flush.

8. “Line Tracer Robot and LED Display Module”
9. “Computer Controlled PCB Plotter”
10. “Surveillance Camera Driven by 2 Stepper Motors”
11. “Automatic Backup Generator”
12. "Automatic Irrigation System”
13. “The 2 Wrestling Robots”

Another showcase of Filipino ingenuity is the NOBDF (Negros Oriental Business Development Foundation) organized by the local government and the private sector. It's a contest of inventions and the winner will be judge basing upon its innovativeness and market potential. The finalists were:

1. · Automated watering system controller - from computer-engineering students of Asian College of Science and Technology (ACSAT). A nine-volt prototype that had sensors on water level, rain, and soil humidity. The prototype activated valves that allowed water to flow to an area where the sensors detected a lack of water. The devise also can be programmed to dispense water on a timed basis. The devise will allow farm watering automation available to less than P1,200.

2. Wireless alarm for cell phones (http://www.su.edu.ph/masscom/mar4/atlast.htm) - from students from the College of Engineering of Silliman University comprised Feel TeK, a branch of Vortex Venture Club which is a special program of the university to enhance the students’ skills in entrepreneurial engineering. Club members are supported via a club room that has research and development facilities that the students can use to conduct experiments and work on prototypes. The product of Feel TeK is an alarm that warns a cell phone owner if his/her phone is out of range. The product is composed of 2 devices. One is in the cell phone and the other can be attached to the owner. At a predetermined distance, the wireless device will signal the owner that the phone is no longer in the range. Per their business plan, the product will be positioned as a preventive device that will reduce owner stress and trauma brought about by the loss of a cell phone.

3. Cost effective ink jet and photo copying ink - high school students of Ramon Teves Pastor Dumaguete Regional Science High School came up with an ink called SCI, which is the acronym for Soya oil, charcoal and isopropyl alcohol. They experimented and successfully produced a substitute for the ink used in ink jet and photo copying machines. The students also used g-melina fruit extract. The process requires a series of filtrations resulting in a print quality that is indistinguishable when compared to commercially available ink. The product will bring down the cost of ink by 80%.

4. Bricks from waste materials - faculty member of the Dumaguete City High School developed a construction/building material made out of waste materials from acetylene and gas manufacturing. The material is calcium oxide or CalBricks. Strength is what this product brings to the market. With a price lower than the products currently available in the market, this construction material offers better strength. The business plan is targeting the Dumaguete City market first and will use its initial success as a springboard to conquer the rest of the province and neighboring provinces. The product will be used in Dumaguete City High School to serve as testimony to the product’s performance.

5. And finally the WINNER is the invention "Transporting Live Fish Without Water" (http://www.inq7.net/reg/2004/jun/19/reg_13-1.htm) by a Silliman student taking masteral and then doctorate degree in marine biology. Imagine taking out a fish from the water, travelled a long distance, and after 9 hours put it back again to the water. Then suddenly... voila!! It comes back to life and is now swimming again. It's like resurrecting the dead. Miracle? Not exactly, it's just using the process of hibernation. Imagine the health and economic impact. You can now actually eat a fresh fish from the market even if you cook it some hours later. Our economy, being a major fish exporting country, could now export fish to other countries like Japan and Korea who wanted them fresh therefore increasing the value while minimizing air transportation cost as they said by as much as 75%.

I hope other local governments would take a cue from what Negros Oriental is doing. Other government agencies just don't offer support to Filipino inventors. I wondered what happened to that Engr. Dingel (?) featured in Magandang Gabi Bayan who invented a car that is fueled by water. We badly need that one now. The father also of my friend have a formula that could cure skin diseases but the agency said that it would cost him more than a hundred thousand pesos just for the reasearch alone that they have to make.

Filipinos are surely creative and if only given enough support, our country would surely benefit from these inventions. Here only shows creative minds from Silliman and Negros Oriental, I'm very sure there are other geniuses from other parts of this country also (I hope someone could feature them) who are keeping the tradition with Filipino greats like Edgardo San Juan and Agapito Flores.

mhe-ann

December 29th, 2004, 03:28 AM

"Eureka! 2004" is an exhibit of inventions from the SU Computer Engineering Department. These inventions are:

1. “Intelligent Electronic Lock System.” The system has multiple access capabilities for use. Includes keypad, radio frequency, I-button technology. For practically all security uses.

2. “Radio Frequency Controlled Shot Clock.” A game shot clock controller RF based which can be used by a basketball referee.

3. “Sumo Wresting Robots.” The design follows the basic rule of sumo wrestling to bring its opponent outside the ring. Consist of hardware, software and special sensor components.

4. “Mobile Home Appliance Control” It allows people to remote-switch home appliances and lights using a cellphone.

5. “Automated and Movable Laundry Hanger” It moves toward shelter or sun with the help of a Light Dependent Resistor to detect conditions suitable for drying.

6. “Portable Electronic Scoreboard” A portable electronic scoreboard that displays the usual game data: score, fouls, time and period.

7. “Auto-Flush for Urinals” Provides auto flush for urinals and automatic disinfectant fluid release along with the flush.

8. “Line Tracer Robot and LED Display Module”
9. “Computer Controlled PCB Plotter”
10. “Surveillance Camera Driven by 2 Stepper Motors”
11. “Automatic Backup Generator”
12. "Automatic Irrigation System”
13. “The 2 Wrestling Robots”

1. · Automated watering system controller - from computer-engineering students of Asian College of Science and Technology (ACSAT). A nine-volt prototype that had sensors on water level, rain, and soil humidity. The prototype activated valves that allowed water to flow to an area where the sensors detected a lack of water. The devise also can be programmed to dispense water on a timed basis. The devise will allow farm watering automation available to less than P1,200.

all the said inventions were the theses of the Engineering Grads in my school (2001-2003). The prototypes were great!

XetraDAX

December 29th, 2004, 10:54 AM

Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Intramuros, Manila

Founded in 1620, turned over to the Dominican Fathers on 1630. Letran is the second oldest existing school in the Philipines, and the oldest exclusive school for boys in Asia.

A royal decree from Spain on May 1865 pronounced Letran as a "College of the First Class". In a span of more than three centuries, Letran produced alumni who became the builders of the Filipino nation. The names of Manuel Quezon, Sergio Osmena, Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo del Pilar, Padre Mariano Gomez, Francisco Balagtas and Emilio Aguinaldo, and many others are enshrined in the hearts of every Filipino. Its most illustrious alumnus is St. Vicente Liem dela Paz, a vietnamese saint.

St. John the Baptist Building (administration)
http://www.letran.edu/facilities/adminbldg.jpg

St. Vincent Ferrer Building (grade school)
http://www.letran.edu/facilities/elembldg.jpg

St. Raymond of Peñaport Building (high school)
http://www.letran.edu/facilities/hsbldg.jpg

St. Albert the Great Building (student center)
http://www.letran.edu/images/scbuilding.jpg

St. Thomas Aquinas Building (IMC, Library)
http://www.letran.edu/facilities/stthomasbldg.jpg

San Vicente Liem de la Paz Dormitory
http://www.letran.edu/images/dormitory.jpg

jbkayaker12

December 29th, 2004, 11:29 AM

XetraDAX

December 29th, 2004, 12:36 PM

SSC Go Stags!! Neo Gothic all steel San Sebastian Basilica. Only one of its kind in Asia. What is Letran famous for?

Jon

architecture-wise? its spanish style buildings.

Hey I love San Sebastian's Basilica! So unique. Ang mahal siguro mag maintain ng ganun

Miguel

January 5th, 2005, 07:39 AM

Exclusive for boys pala ang Letran. They have great sports program don't they? So it is still a college, how come after 4 centuries hindi siya naging university? cool! does this mean these are the same bldgs that were used during the hispanic era?

Jon, so you're from San Sebastian. How about doing the honor of featuring your school.

all the said inventions were the theses of the Engineering Grads in my school (2001-2003). The prototypes were great!
that would be awesome! really, with exact specifications in all of them? filipinos really have the potential.

sources:
eureka! 2004- http://su.edu.ph/masscom/mar4/frame5.htm
NOBDF - http://www.aim.edu.ph/home/announcementc.asp?id=488

XetraDAX

January 6th, 2005, 04:34 AM

Exclusive for boys pala ang Letran. They have great sports program don't they? So it is still a college, how come after 4 centuries hindi siya naging university? cool! does this mean these are the same bldgs that were used during the hispanic era?

sources:
eureka! 2004- http://su.edu.ph/masscom/mar4/frame5.htm
NOBDF - http://www.aim.edu.ph/home/announcementc.asp?id=488

Well, unfortunately, they're gonna be accepting female students for pre school, grade school and high school starting next academic year. The College dept. has beed coed for than 20 yrs. already. :(

Great sports program? yes, definitely.

almost 400 years of being a college and not applying for a university. Ahh yes, a question that has been bugging every Letranite for the longest time. I guess the Dominican Fathers are quite contented with Letran being a college rather than a university since there's UST already. Few courses offered (though they are expanding) and small campus size also hinders the Colegio form being a university.

Same buildings used in the spanish era? No. The old buildings were destroyed during the World War II. (infact the whole intramuros was, except for San Agustin Church)

jbkayaker12

January 6th, 2005, 06:11 AM

harvy

January 8th, 2005, 03:27 PM

Ateneo's campus is really, really nice. It's so spacious, so many trees and gardens. Definitely better than La Salle's. hehe

rico

January 10th, 2005, 09:55 AM

Ateneo's campus is really, really nice. It's so spacious, so many trees and gardens. Definitely better than La Salle's. hehe
the jesuits also planted lots of trees near katipunan. from katupunan, you won't be able to see ateneo's buildings. they're all hidden behind the "forest".

XetraDAX

January 10th, 2005, 02:44 PM

I think its called the "buffer zone" so the classes wont be disturbed by the noise, etc coming from Katipunan Road. Then sinadya talaga na yung buildings are built far from Katipunan due to the same reason.

o diba? yan ang planning!

rico

January 10th, 2005, 03:20 PM

Francis20

January 11th, 2005, 02:16 PM

sayang, sana dun ako nag aral. unfortunately, my parents could not afford to send me to that school. so i settled for a govt university.
pero ok na rin. a workmate said, our campus was designed and planned by Americans. that's why there are Royal Palms lining the streets and no powerlines visible inside the campus. Parang Pearl Harbour daw.

Miguel

January 14th, 2005, 10:22 PM

(i received an e-mail and maybe i could share it to everyone. some of you might be interested on this, i presume that there are engineers in this forum, you might find this some use in your line of work or for added knowledge. this is open to all professions by the way.)

INVITATION TO ALL

World Bank in cooperation with Silliman University Knowledge for Development Center and National Disaster Coordinating Council is inviting all to avail the FREE On-line Course on Disaster Risk Management . The course will be offered this coming February 7 till March 14. You can find more information about the course on the Silliman website (www.su.edu.ph). There are two things you can access in the "FREE Disaster Risk Management Course" link found under the "ANNOUNCEMENTS" link on the homepage, the Course Description and the Application Form. Deadline for submission of the application will be on January 22. Qualified applicants will be notified by January 29, 2005.

The presenters include international academic faculties and practitioners involved in different facets of disaster risk management. The course also trains civil engineers on how to build safer houses and infrastructure, financial managers on how to budget and spend money, and policy makers on how to provide services to people when disaster strikes.

The system requirements of the Course are:

Hardware- Pentium 166 or faster, 64Mb memory, CD-ROM, Sound Card
Software- Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 or SX Internet Explorer 4 or higher, Netscape 4 or higher Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, Powerpoint), Acrobat Reader 5

For more information log-on to or contact:

Silliman Website
www.su.edu.ph

Mr. MARK RAYGAN E. GARCIA
Information Officer
Office of Information and Publications
3/F Administration Building, Silliman University
Hibbard Avenue, Dumaguete City
Tel: +635 422-6002 (local 230)
Tel/Fax: +635 422-7194
E-Mail: oip@su.edu.ph

Ms. GEMMA PLASABAS
Librarian, Knowledge for Development Center
1/F SU Main Library
Silliman University
Tel: (63-35) 422-6002 loc. 517; 422-7208
E-Mail g_plasabas@yahoo.com

Related News:
http://su.edu.ph/netnews/v10n48.html
http://su.edu.ph/masscom/v3n1/more.htm#president

renell

January 31st, 2005, 07:50 AM

though id share some of the pics i took last april 04 in UST..

huge field
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/p94bfe30b3bb70d13aedf0d4690dddcfc/f547ea83.jpg

plans for a new gymnasium
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/p4cf8c1977833df6f301d9c0a993da344/f547ea75.jpg
i was amazed how small it was at the moment, anything changed?
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid156/pafbf0a93f7e9e7d5cc367b96f15fce79/f547ea7c.jpg

thomasian

January 31st, 2005, 07:56 AM

Nothing has changed in the Gymnasium.

Francis20

January 31st, 2005, 10:08 AM

wow. UST looks huge. Honestly, when I was in high school, I planned to go to UST for my college. but things have changed. sayang.

renell

January 31st, 2005, 10:43 AM

Nothing has changed in the Gymnasium.

that's a shame. actually francis, that was a shame too:D what happened?

Francis20

January 31st, 2005, 11:55 AM

i was a bit scrared, when my classmate told me that entrance exam for UST is a bit difficult on the vocabulary part. so yun...i never bothered to take entrance na sa USTE. so nag peyups na lang me. mas mura. well actually, UST and UP have same tuition fee rates. the only difference is...UP is subsidized by the government, and students pay off only 15% of the tuition fee.

jbkayaker12

February 1st, 2005, 12:58 PM

mhe-ann

February 1st, 2005, 01:26 PM

I've been inside the Central Library...maganda rin and very organized (sabihin pa bang library kung magulo :D).

XetraDAX

February 1st, 2005, 04:34 PM

astig yung first picture! parang european university. haha!

apiong

February 1st, 2005, 05:00 PM

- the new concrete carpark is now at Phase-2 (planned as a 3-level structure, 3rd level on hold at the moment)... as I remember, its is planned to have an eventual capacity of 1000+ vehicles

- some of you might have noticed the electronic billboard at main gate fronting Espana Blvd... it was finished late last year... can't vouch for its quality though (seems to only handle well text messages, as video and pictures gets pixelated and blurred if you ask me...)

- the UST Coop Bldg. is currently being demolished (the cooperative actually got evicted, as stated in the notice around the site) to make way for a new UST Student Center building... as I remember, all student-services based offices and facilities will transfer there eventually (Security Bank, Post Office, Health Service, etc...)

- good news for students (and future ones as well)... a great number of rooms have been upgraded to "multimedia rooms" equipped with an IBM laptop computer, podium with amplifier & speakers, and an LCD projector hung in the center of the room!

some speculative plans below... take note, I just heard them from other people myself, so take this with a grain of salt...

- UST Main Bldg. is envisioned to become a fully administrative office and museum... colleges inside are planned to transfer elsewhere (pharmacy, science, civil law)... development of the UST Sta. Rosa campus will aid in this account...

- UST's Sta. Rosa campus is planned to have its hospital operational there in a couple of years or even sooner (Medicine is probably one of the first colleges to transfer/expand there)... with operations going full swing by UST's quadcentennial (400 years) in 2011

- there is still a plan to build an I.T. building/center, problem is where...

JudeD

February 1st, 2005, 07:08 PM

Hoy Francis, anong peyups "na lang"!? :)

Found out recently from the Jefa De Estudios of the Instituto Cervantes that they're opening something like an Aula Cervantes in the new UST building this year.

bustero

February 1st, 2005, 11:52 PM

One really nice campus is UP LB, really nice, it's got everything. Huge Academic oval, lawn, requisite old building with ghosts of americans killed and intered in Japanese time, suicide bridge, huge trees everywhere with forest, and if you include HS for the Performing Arts, Fantastic setting for a concert.

renell

February 2nd, 2005, 07:02 AM

yeah bustero francis, who studied there provided us with some pics of quite a cool uni.

weirdo

February 2nd, 2005, 07:34 AM

sad nga e kasi magtransfer na ang Instituto Cervantes sa kalaw. wah. sabagay mas marami nang reasons ngayon para magpunta sa kalaw. at lapit na sa archives.

whyte

February 2nd, 2005, 08:47 AM

CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY - ILOILO
http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/index.htm
sister school of SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY

http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/page1.jpg
http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/page2.jpg
http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/page2d.jpghttp://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/page4d.jpg
http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/page8b.jpghttp://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/page9b.jpg
http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/aerial_1.jpg
http://www.cpu.edu.ph/tour/images/aerial_4.jpg

whyte

February 2nd, 2005, 08:59 AM

CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERISTY - ILOILO CITY
http://2.srv.fotopages.com/2/270207.jpg
The Univ. Church, the Parsonage (to its LEFT) and Kindergarten Area,to its right)

mhe-ann

February 2nd, 2005, 09:07 AM

ganda naman. :) parang ang lamig-lamig jan.

Miguel

February 3rd, 2005, 12:25 AM

Ah, so that is Central Philippine University. The current Silliman president, Pres. Agustin Pulido, used to be the university president there for 25 years. Actually CPU is one of the top 10 schools in the country on that 1994-1998 CHED-PRC report with the highest overall passing rates in all of its courses offered. It is one of the many underrated excellent universities in the country who does not always hug the media spotlight. Congratulations on your Centennial Anniversary.

tyronne

February 3rd, 2005, 01:18 AM

ang ganda nga! lots of greens :okay:

Francis20

February 3rd, 2005, 08:13 AM

hoy JudeD, joke ko lang yun. hehe...siyempre, Peyups was my first choice. Ganda nga ng campus @ bustero. was there the previous week. makiki seat in sana ako. kaso parang diyahe, muka na akong matanda, parang totoy pa yung mga nakita kong students. still, green pa rin...taas pa rin ng mga puno.
parang me similarities ang UPLB at CPU Ilo-ilo. mukang American din ang nag design. With those buildings, at yung street lined with Royal Palms, sarap ng pakiramdam pag nanjan. Hehe...

whyte

February 3rd, 2005, 03:37 PM

Pres. Pulido just "jumped" seats. The current CPU president, Atty Juanito Acanto, used to be the dean of the college of law and a former politician.It is during his term that most of the physical improvements have been made.

Henry Luce donated a library to CPU as well as he donated ? to silliman. Though the picture doesn't quite justify the library size, it is one of the biggest in the country.

MIGUEL
THANKS yup. its CPU'S CENTENNIAL celebs this year and the fun started last january with a motorcade across panay and a foot parade in the city of iloilo.

The univeristy church remains one of my fave buildings in the university.

JudeD

February 3rd, 2005, 04:40 PM

I have some relatives from Iloilo who went to CPU. Fortunately for them, naka-graduate na sila before CAP started having problems. I think a lot of CPU students are under CAP, has this affected the University?

By the way, CEU's Makati campus (it's along Buendia, near the Makati post office) is set to open this June. They're using the same color and sculptural motifs as the Mendiola campus to renovate the facade.

Actually, I like the Instituto's new location since it's closer to Luneta (and also where I live, hehe) and not as crowded as the current one. Kulang nga lang yata sa parking.

weirdo

February 4th, 2005, 08:28 AM

nakita ko ung design ng bagong instituto sa diaryo. ang ganda.

XetraDAX

February 4th, 2005, 11:09 AM

Where exactly in Kalaw is the new Instituto Cervantes? What's gonna happen to their old building in Leon Guinto?

mysaong03

February 4th, 2005, 01:50 PM

nakita ko ung design ng bagong instituto sa diaryo. ang ganda.

huh??! on what daily??!!! :)

mhe-ann

February 15th, 2005, 03:57 AM

May Feb. Fair sa UPLB. Feb. 14-18. wala lang. baka gusto nyo magpunta.

JudeD

February 15th, 2005, 09:00 AM

The new Instituto will be along Kalaw beside the Casino Espanol, behind Masagana supermarket. Pinakita yung design nung bagong builiding sa Philippine Star.

The current building the Instituto is in, the Mayflower building, really belongs to a Mr. Delgado. The Instituto has just been leasing it. Mr. Delgado is looking for a new tenant. You shouldn't worry about the building being demolished or anything because he is really very dedicated to preserving it.

XetraDAX

February 15th, 2005, 04:30 PM

^Pwede bang bilin na lang ng La Salle? Hehe!

bustero

February 16th, 2005, 03:55 AM

That's a very nice building. I'm referring to the old Mayflower building. Lasalle should rent it , I doubt of the Delgado wants to sell it as he's probably afraid people will not respect it architectural significance if they buy it! But Lasalle could certainly use the space!

JudeD

February 16th, 2005, 07:02 AM

You know, La Salle has already offered to buy it before! Pero ayaw talaga ni Mr. Delgado. May personal tie siya sa building eh.

XetraDAX

February 16th, 2005, 12:53 PM

^ Ohhhh.... hehehe. I hope Mr. Delgado changes his mind and let La Salle own the building. Im sure the school wont alter the building's architecture since alam naman siguro nila yung significance nun. If ever, the DLSU Museum can transfer there.

Miguel

February 18th, 2005, 02:02 AM

writing was never my forte though i like to speak my mind out, i don't write poems and stories but to those who have talent in writing literary pieces this is your chance.

The Dumaguete National Writers Workshop (formerly known as Silliman Writers Workshop), the pioneering writers workshop in the country will soon be having its annual workshop and is now inviting writers to be one of the fellows. The workshop is headed by its founder, National Artist for Literature, Edith Tiempo. This year is extra special as the workshop will go international. Writers from US will join, specially from University of Iowa, the pioneering writers workshop in the United States and a factory of Pulitzer winners. Being a writing fellow, your expenses will all be taken cared of but the greatest thing is that you could improve your craft and be a future Palanca awardee or even a National Artist in which the workshop have produced all through the years.
*************************

APPLICATIONS FOR DGTE. NATIONAL WRITERS WORKSHOP ACCEPTED

The Dumaguete Literary Arts Service Group Inc. (DüLA Inc.) is now accepting applications for fellowships to the 44th National Writers Workshop (NWW) to be held from May 2 to 21 here.

A parallel workshop to the NWW, titled the International Creative Non-Fiction Workshop, will be conducted together with creative writing fellows from the US.

The NWW panelists this year are Lito Zulueta, Ophelia Dimalanta, David Genotiva, Francis Macasantos, Jaime An Lim, Ricardo de Ungria, Marjorie Evasco, Susan Lara, D.M. Reyes, and Anthony Tan. They will compose the revolving panel together with National Artist for Literature Dr. Edith L. Tiempo, DüLA Inc. chairperson emeritus and NWW Director, and the NWW resident panelists/screening committee: Cesar Ruiz Aquino, Bobby Flores Villasis, and Ernesto Superal Yee.

The panel for the parallel international workshop are Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., Gemino H. Abad, Alfred A. Yuson, Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, and Prof. Robin Hemley from the University of Iowa.

Twelve NWW fellowships are open for young writers all over the country.

The NWW screening committee, composed of three of NWW’s Resident Writers, selects the writing fellows for the summer based on manuscripts submitted by the applicants. The director of the workshop will do the final screening and will formally approve the final line-up of writing fellows.

The NWW fellowship covers board and lodging for 21 days, and the cost of workshop manuscripts and reading materials.

The requirements are: 1) original manuscripts consisting of at least three to five short stories, or three to five personal essays/creative non-fiction, or two one-act plays, or seven to 10 poems. Stories, essays, plays, and poems in English are preferred.

Only unpublished manuscripts will be accepted. Works that have previously won in literary contests will not be accepted; 2) application letter addressed to NWW Director Dr. Edith L. Tiempo; 3) a disk containing the submitted literary works saved in Rich Text Format (.RTF); 4) a certification from a renowned writer or literature teacher that the works are original; 5) two 2x2 pictures; 6) a brief biodata or resume.

Requirements must be sent before the March 31, 2005 deadline to: Dr. Edith L. Tiempo, director, National Writers Workshop, 2nd floor, CAP Bldg., Rizal Boulevard, 6200 Dumaguete City.

Accepted fellows will be notified by DüLA Inc. via air mail and email. The complete list of fellows will be published in major Philippine dailies.

The 2005 National Writers Workshop is sponsored by the National Commission for Culture & the Arts, and the College Assurance Plan.

Romulus

February 18th, 2005, 11:42 AM

Wow! Both UST and CPU do have very nice land scapes! They really look beautiful huh! Nice schools! :)

the edge

February 18th, 2005, 11:45 AM

Punta din kayo UP Diliman. Last day ng fair. "Schizofairnia" i think that's tonight's theme. Night of the opposites.

jbkayaker12

February 22nd, 2005, 09:58 AM

thomasian

February 23rd, 2005, 05:50 AM

A neogothic cathedral? will the design be based on their current neogothic all-metal cathedral in Manila.

jbkayaker12

February 23rd, 2005, 11:08 AM

sandrin

February 23rd, 2005, 03:19 PM

I came across the JESSUP Cup posted previously. Dont' you know that the Universities in the Philippines won the 45-year old cup twice. The first time was in 1995 represented by the Univesity of the Philippines, and the second was in 2004 represented by the Ateneo de Manila. Bravo ang Pinoy!!!!!!

weirdo

February 24th, 2005, 05:29 AM

astig yan. may kapares na sa south ung magandang simbahan. lilipat rin 'daw' ang dlsu main sa canlubang sa 100th year nito. mga 2011 pa. sana naman graduate na ako pag dating nun.

Miguel

March 30th, 2005, 08:47 AM

YOUNG FILIPINO INVENTORS PART II

I wrote the first part in POST# 145 of this Thread. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=145354&page=8&pp=20) Now's edition was this year's 2nd Innovation Awards of the Negros Oriental Business Development Foundation. This contest of inventions turned out to be World Class when last year's winner, Bonifacio Comandante, won the Best International Business Plan Award in the University of San Francisco Business Plan competition in San Francisco, USA. (http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2005/03/16/MAIN2005031630754.html)

The Innovation Awards aims to encourage home-grown talents and funding innovations in the areas of agriculture, health, environment, science, engineering, and IT. 31 entries vied for the awards including sectors from high school, collegiate, graduate study students, teachers as well as out-of-school youth. Only 12 qualified in the semi-final round, 5 for the final round, and then finally 1 winner. I only have the info on the inventions of Silliman students since I could not find other sources. Here are some of the semi-finalists:

MAK MACHINE- is a mobile charger vending machine in which people can just plug their mobile phones in it whenever they are lowbatt. It's about the size of a CPU with a universal Nokia charger, a cellphone holder, and an electronic coin comparator. A customer will just put the phone in the holder and drop five Peso coin in the coin receiver. P5 is equivalent to 20 min. of charging. The scrolling lights on the opposite sides of the machine will indiate that the phone is being charged, while a sign board at the top of the machine will indicate if it is 'vacant' or 'occupied.' Ideal also for people who always travel.

NO-NO: A NEW AND NUTRITIOUS NOODLES- brainchild of some Business students. A new variety of noodles which is nutritious and boasts of squash as main ingredient.The concept is to provide balance diet since Filipinos tend to have overconsumption of carbohydrates with the ordinary noodles eaten together with rice, vegetables were often forgotten. They were able to develop the product with the help of a local noodle factory. "No-no" was coined first as a joke for "Norman's Noodles", a friend's name.

MOTORCYCLE AUTOMATIC DEACTIVATION SECURITY SYSTEM (MADDS)- Dumaguete being known as "Motorcyle Capital of the Philippines" by having the most number of vehicles of this type, a group of Comp. Eng. students created a security sytem for these which is better compared to present alarm system. Using RF Transreceiver and iButton, the receiver is placed inside the motorcyle and then a transmistter should be inserted to a slot in order to activate the engine. Even if the key is available, it will not function unless the receiver accepts signal from the transmitter. The slot is the power supply source to the transmitter which has a select switch to choose whether the power source comes from the slot or the battery source. When there is no power supply or if the signal is out of range, MADDS will automatically turn-off the connections to the ingition coil, thus disabling the engine because there is no current to trigger it. Another feature is that the seat key lock is installed with iButton probe. Even though each transceiver emits same frequency but each have different serial nos. making the key lock secure and guaranteed that each has its own identity. Even if the frequencies can be ascertained, the engine will not respond as the receiver fails to identify a transmitter other than its pair. The chances of stealing would be slim while the thief would just end up frustrated in attempting.

And now the finalists:

DETERMINING SULFITE CONTENT THROUGH FLOWER EXTRACTS- a Chemistry student offers a new method of using crude flower extract to determine the amount of sulfite a certain food product contains. He chooses white wine because it has the highest concentration of sulfite The concept of using flower extract is not new but what makes it revolutionary is that he uses flower extract as determinant for sulfite in white wine. There's a certain level of sulfite that a body can take. Although the instruments are expensive it can make the life of many individuals convenient because they become aware of the how much preservatives they're taking.

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM- this invention by Comp. Eng. students removes the hassle of lining up just to show the ID in order to enter. It uses Radio Frequency Identification, one of today's latest technology. Materials have to be ordered from US. A data is stored in a card wirelessly through radio frequency as long as it is within the range of the monitor, one won't have to show the card or swipe, all he has to do is to pass by. It can cover wide range of uses.

3rd Place: COCONUT MILK BEVERAGE PROCESSING PLANT- by last year's winner, Bonifacio Commandante. Coco milk is a very good alternative for dairy milk products due to its health benefits and availability in our country, it is also alternative for sugar-based products like softdrinks because it has medicinal qualities for heart, liver, and kidneys. What is unique about the project is that it could offer coconut farmers alternative jobs and also create jobs as the plant needs 52 people.

2nd Place: E-AD BOARD- Another breakthrough in advertising. Instead of the usual flat electronic advertising board which uses a considerable number of light bulbs, the E-ad Board is a revolving machine with a single strip of Light Emitting Dios (LED) at one end. The advertisement is displayed as the series of lights are revolved. It is multicolored, computer-interfaced and will probably cost 90% cheaper than the usual electronic advertisement board both in terms of purchase and maintenance.

And finally the WINNER:

SOLAR INCLINED, RENEWABLE BIOMASS-FUELED FURNACE The fish dryer was a brainchild of Foundation University students. The system aims to provide a full-time fish drying facility day and night for 24 hours in any weather using the least amount of energy costs possible. The non-stop dehydration system creates a higher quality and thoroughly dried fish compared to traditional fish drying. The present traditional approach is unsanitary and prone to various chemical contaminations because it is exposed to open field or placed on the ceiling of houses that encourage more bacteria. The winning team received P50,000 to start business. ( click here for details (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2005/03/05/bus/foundation.u.bags.innovation.award.for.fish.dryer..html))

The ONIA panel of judges was chaired by AIM professor and 10 Most Outstanding Young Persons of the World in the Field of Entrepreneurship awardee Jay Bernardo. The panel members were Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Assistant Secretary Carissa Cruz, and the Asian Institute of Management’s financial and accounting guru, Prof. Richard Cruz

*****
I've seen the Pinoy Originals segment in ANC. I hope someone could also feature other Filipino inventions.

Romz

April 4th, 2005, 05:56 AM

THE TOP 10 SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES

This statistics is a result of the study
conducted
by the Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC)
and the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED),
based on the average passing in the BOARD
EXAMINATIONS OF ALL COURSES of all
universities and colleges in the Philippines.

This study is concluded every 10 years. The
following is the result of the first study from
1992 to 2001. Five schools come from Luzon,
two
from the Visayas and three from Mindanao.

1. University of the Philippines (Diliman
Campus /
Luzon)

2. Silliman University (Dumaguete City /
Visayas)

3. Ateneo de Davao University (Davao /
Mindanao)

4. Ateneo de Manila University (Manila /
Luzon)

5. University of Sto. Tomas (Manila / Luzon)

6. Mindanao State University (Mindanao)

7. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
(Manila /
Luzon)

8. Saint Louis University (Baguio City / Luzon)

9. University of San Carlos (Cebu City /
Visayas)

10. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro /
Mindanao)

mhe-ann

April 4th, 2005, 02:41 PM

bakit wala ang _ _ _ _? :?:

rico

April 4th, 2005, 05:26 PM

based on the average passing in the BOARD EXAMINATIONS OF ALL COURSES of all universities and colleges in the Philippines
This may be one way of "quantifying" the quality of a university but former UP President Nemenzo couldn't have said it better when he said in his farewell speech that the quality of a University should not be judged by the number of board passers it can produce but by the number of quality articles it can publish in reputable journals or something to that effect.

Miguel

April 5th, 2005, 01:21 AM

Please dont make this forum into pinoyexchange. Romz, please refrain from submitting post just like what you just made. As much as possible, let's make this thread informative.

wecky

April 5th, 2005, 01:32 AM

I agree with you, Miguel ... I hope this university thread will not end up like that of Pinoyexchange. We are here to exchange ideas, etc ... not to compete ... and definitely no plans for bashing this and that.

Thank you so much.

(PS - moderators please keep on eye on this thread)

amras

April 5th, 2005, 05:28 AM

i don't think there's a problem with @Romz posting that... i mean it's informative enough (and nothing he said would have insulted anyone, i think :) ...) For instance, I didnt even expect PLM to be in that list. There's a thin line between healthy competition and just mere bashing. Competition is actually good. It can even drive our universities to excel more.

Mango

April 5th, 2005, 07:01 AM

Mango

April 5th, 2005, 05:10 PM

http://www.mb.com.ph/SCAU20050405311985.html

Young geniuses on another hike to the 'Mount Science' top

by LEO ORTEGA LAPARAN II

It is yet another high time that the innate skill and wit of young explorers the world over be rekindled in trekking the path to and arriving at the much contested summit of the mountain that is science and technology.

For young Filipino geniuses, this period of the year is specially significant as another opportunity to take a shot at becoming the best in the science and engineering field just lies around the corner.

Coming off from medium-sized victories of three out of the six Philippine representatives – Joy Ann Aquino of E. Rodriguez, Jr. High School and the teams of Manila Science High School and Quezon City Science High School – in the Portland, Oregon, United States of America journey last year, it is but expected that the winners of the 2004-2005 Intel Philippine Science Fair (see boxed table) are out to gun for better positions, if not the best, than their predecessors’ in the international round.

The peak to climb: Phoenix, Arizona, USA – the 56th International Science and Engineering Fair – this coming May.

RICE BUG BUSTERThis year, the unexpectant and startled Daisy Galapia of Sinait National High School in Ilocos Sur, together with four other representatives in the individual division, will make an attempt in replicating, or even besting, Aquino’s attainment.

In her "Tabernaemontalan pandacaqui poir (pandakaki) as rice bug (leptocorisa acuta) eradicator" undertaking, Galapia thought of helping the rice industry, making it her foremost consideration. The declaration of 2004 as the International Year of the Rice likewise inspired the seemingly shy student.

"The declaration gave me an idea about this project plus the fact that rice is one of the primary products of the Philippines. As a Filipino citizen, rice form part of my everyday meal, so, it is only my responsibility to protect the rice industry," avers the ecstatic young scientist from Region I.

The same effort that won the nod of the judges will serve as the sine qua non in her own backpack, so to speak, when she hikes towards the top of the world levels.

Having a farmer for a father, Daisy realized the difficulty of cashing out for chemical pesticides to safeguard the palays, "that’s why I just created an extractor," she says. "My project is just a basic study, without any need to buy chemicals."

‘COMPUTERED’ JUICE

On the other hand, will the paramount biofilm-inhibition-on-proanthocyanidin-laced-fruit-juice- of the PhiSci-ans do the trick?

One can count on team member Roana Bianca Reyes.

"Not all of us know about this certain kind of layer of microorganism called biofilm," Reyes observes, "which can cause diarrhea, oral plaque in the mouth, urinary tract infection and such other infections in the body."

By testing grape, apple, tomato, and pear juices for biofilm inhibition, the very outspoken fourth year high school student of one of the top science schools in the country speaks of their project’s significance: "It develops a systematic, easier, and less expensive way of studying biofilm with limited resources. With the methodology that we have developed, students like us, or even the younger ones can explore more about biofilm, which is a relatively new and still unexplored field."

Reyes adds that upcoming researchers who might want to follow and utilize their procedure may test more types of juices and even herbal plants.

"Ang kailangan lang kasi talaga sa project na ito is a computer because one will have to use the scanner instead of the spectrophotometer, a gadget which is much more complicated, expensive, unavailable to all, and prone to errors," mentions teammate Arlou Kristina Angeles. "So, it’s actually the use of computer in our project to make life easier and much more convenient that edges our entry out from the others."

Interestingly, it seems that there are likely histories repeating themselves in this team as, according to the contest organizers and the participants themselves, siblings of two of the members –Michael and Roana – had inked participation (and victories, too!) in hiking previous IPSFs/ISEFs.

"My sister got a special award in 2001 while Mike’s sister won second grand award in the US in 1999," shares Reyes.

NO MOUNTAIN’S TOO HIGH

Not necessarily requiring the physical stamina to accompany one’s natural talent and intellectual capacity as that with reality shows "Amazing Race" or "Survivor", the local mountain trek called the IPSF aims to promote science and technology consciousness among the youth through the exhibition of science investigatory or research projects.

Ultimately, this annual Intel gathering of the geniuses implemented by the Science and Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (SEI–DOST) in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd), seeks to identify the best and the most creative among the science-inclined and technology-conscious students who can ably represent the country in various international science competition, including the ISEF, which is now in its 56th installment.

Focusing on the theme "Exploring Genius" for the current school year, a total of 97 entrants from as far north as Cagayan all the way down to Davao City recently flew, drove in to the University of the Philippines Diliman Ang Bahay ng Alumni, and walked the wire at the IPSF national finals to vie for the coveted slots to represent the Philippines in the world’s most prestigious science fair.

"The theme captures the [Department of Science and Technology’s] steady commitment to discover the talent and creativity of young Filipino scientists in harnessing the forces of nature and putting science to work for the benefit of society," emphasizes DOST Secretary Estrella Alabastro.

For his part, Intel Technology Philippines, Inc. general manager Peter Iredale regards the theme as a fitting tribute to bright, inquisitive minds of young scientists. "Science and Technology definitely have limitless potentials to make our lives better and it is up to you to turn these into practical realities," warrants Iredale, as if to encourage the geniuses.

"I am confident that we have the depth of young talent to mount a respectable showing in the international level this year and the years hence," Alabastro pronounces.

Here’s hoping for the best of our nation’s delegates in the upcoming rigorous climb. As Diana Ross tells everyone in her number one song, there "ain’t no mountain high enough

Romz

April 11th, 2005, 07:11 AM

Agree with amras. Personally, I appreciate Romz posting that info.
Some of us may worry this might start a fight, but its worth a second look considering it was done by two legitimate institutions, CHED and PRC. I believe forumers here are more than average thinkers and mature enough and :) :) would not resort to bashing just because of that. :)

Thanks Mango and Amras! I actually posted the the list to inform you guys and not to bash around. And I think that was informative enough knowing that it came from CHED and PRC. No other intention, Miguel, just mere fact that's all. :runaway:

Mango

April 11th, 2005, 08:38 AM

@Romz, you're welcome :) . Let's keep on posting!

Francis20

April 11th, 2005, 10:43 AM

yep...no hurt feelings! i can't see my campus on it...(UPLB)...and so what di ba? ok lang. i know how far can my campus go naman eh. and i am not repentant on choosing the school. di ko nga pala pinili. basta me mailagay lang sa entrance form dati.

JudeD

April 11th, 2005, 08:15 PM

I went to UP Diliman last Friday with some friends (although none of us are alumni of this campus). We just walked around and had merienda at Chocolate Kiss. Feeling college students ulit. I took the opportunity to snap a few pics with my new digital camera.

My 2 friends chatting while walking the campus' treelined streets.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid164/pc548af9d44814b7635f095aea4237eab/f480cfff.jpg

A scene like this is enough to make you forget you're in the middle of the metropolis

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid164/p6622a39e77b728184bc7d7319787311e/f480cf83.jpg

I don't really know the significance of this statue (Marcela Agoncillo in UP?), but it makes for an interesting subject

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid164/p1255ab71016e8d29f9bdf897dc5dc50d/f480cf4c.jpg

The entrance to Diliman, from behind, at sunset

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid164/p2f4139c3a7baf3070867cd9b02225148/f480cf24.jpg

The Oblation's backside

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid164/pe46a202ad9db14640806ade0c93ccf5a/f480cf02.jpg

sandrin

April 11th, 2005, 10:26 PM

My family lives in UP Diliman. My sister and I used to jog around the Academic Oval - the first pic. I'm feeling so nostaligic now =(, huhuhu.
My father used to work at the ADmin building.We had memorable picnics at the back of the Admin building and played beside the lagoon.
I heard there are a lot of sprouting buildings near the College of Science.

amras

April 12th, 2005, 01:50 AM

wow... UPD campus is very romantic... :) thanks for the photos!

thomasian

April 12th, 2005, 07:25 AM

@ JudeD, congrats on your new DigiCam. :cheers:

Miguel

April 12th, 2005, 09:05 AM

Ok, if that is the assurance that we are peace loving posters here, then so be it. actually i wasn't surprised with PLM being included in the list, it is an excellent school though it was not media hyped compared to other Manila schools. I've read in the 1994-1998 PRC & CHED study Performance of Philippine Schools in Various Licensure Examinations (you can google that)that PLM was part of the list. What surprised me though is the entry of Ateneo de Manila. No, I'm not saying that AdMU is not good, in fact it is probably one of the best business schools in this country together with La Salle, also in other fields like IT and managerial courses. They specialized in these fields but I thought most of these courses dont have board exams. They are also the best in law but it was sanctioned by the Supreme Court and not PRC. Sorry for my ignorance but I don't know how many of its courses really have board exams. Another surprise also is Xavier University, ranked no. 1 in that study but significantly dropped to no. 10. Anyway, here's the 1994-1998 results in board exams conducted also by CHED and PRC.

1. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro)
2. University of the Philippines-Diliman (Manila)
3. Silliman University (Dumaguete City)
4. University of Santo Tomas (Manila)
5. Ateneo de Davao (Davao City)
6. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila)
7. Mapua Institute of Technology (Manila)
8. Central Philippines University (Iloilo City)
9. St. Louis University (Baguio City)
10. Mindanao State University (Mindanao)
This may be one way of "quantifying" the quality of a university but former UP President Nemenzo couldn't have said it better when he said in his farewell speech that the quality of a University should not be judged by the number of board passers it can produce but by the number of quality articles it can publish in reputable journals or something to that effect.
I agree, universities should not just simply pass on the knowledge but also expand it by having their own researches. I've read before that there are only 11 Zonal Research Centers in the Country. UP have lots of research studies, a fine example of these is International Rice Research Institute in UP Los Banos. There are also research groups in my school like the Marine Studies. Faculties have been constantly invited for both local and international researches. In fact American schools have yearly excursions (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2005/January/17/negor6.htm) to Philippines just to observe and learn from the group. JUst recently they were commissioned by the Dept. of Foreign Affairs to study the marine environment and ocean resources (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2005/February/22/negor2.htm). They were supported by international foundations like Haribon Foundation and the Smithsonian Institute and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (US AID).

bagel

April 12th, 2005, 09:12 PM

I think Rico and Miguel are right about board examinations as only being one measure of how "successful" a school is and so on this front, those schools are great schools. It is also a measure of the strength of particular programs within those universities. I guess an engineering board exam would show how strong an engineering program is in these schools. But many universities specialize in fields that do not require board examinations. For instance, someone going to university for literature, sociology or physics even does not take a board exam. So the strength of (insert university here) Department of Mathematics isn't really reflected. We all know about the strength of the lit departments at UP, and De La Salle or the business admin department at whichever school. Agricultural Research at UPLB probably doesn't have a board exam but shows measured success in many academic journals.

Anyway, that's my view from my non-board university department.

Crazy4Airplanes

April 12th, 2005, 09:30 PM

Hello there!!! Im new to the University Thread and this is my first post at this particular thread. I just noticed that nobody has ever posted pictures nor talked about a great university in the heart of Ortigas Center which also happens to be my alma mater. The University of Asia and the Pacific or UA&P. Any other UAPers out there? hehehe.. Lets all stand up and sing the Star of the Orient!!!! Unitas!!!

Here are some pics i got from the school website: www.uap.edu.ph

the school seal
http://www.uap.edu.ph/images/titles/uapwwhiteseal.gif

the buildings
http://www.uap.edu.ph/images/photos/uap-buildings-smlr.jpg

the College of Arts and Sciences Building
http://www.uap.edu.ph/images/photos/casbldg.gif

The Stella Orientis Chapel
http://www.uap.edu.ph/images/photos/uapwebpics/uapwebpic4.jpg

The PLDT Hall
http://www.uap.edu.ph/images/photos/civasia.jpg

Computer lab (an IT class going on)
http://www.uap.edu.ph/images/photos/iits.jpg

mysaong03

April 13th, 2005, 01:26 AM

^^ grabe, rich kid kadin pala, UA&P is the most expensive school in the phil for the record, right? :)

Crazy4Airplanes

April 13th, 2005, 08:28 PM

yeah. it is. pero they grant scholarships naman on some students. I loved my school because its walking distance to shangri-la plaza, megamall, and a taxi ride away from galleria!!!! I remember those days. Me and my friends can watch 2 different movies in a row sa haba ng mga breaks and also, the convenience of having air-conditioned classroom!!! Including pipe-in music sa restrooms.

Francis20

April 14th, 2005, 05:37 AM

ha? two movies in a row? an daya mo naman! ibig sabihin 5 hours break niyo? ops, kami din pala dati. depende siyempre sa sked at curriculum.
me thesis mate ako nagtuturo ng Physics dun, pero Chem grad. msydo kayong mayayaman uy. pinakamahal nga siya sa buong Pilipinas.

thomasian

April 15th, 2005, 07:59 AM

Crazy4Airplanes

April 15th, 2005, 07:36 PM

nung panahon ko wala pa pero siguro ngayon pati Podium ginagawa na ring bahay ng mga taga-UA&P. hehehe

thomasian

April 16th, 2005, 08:25 AM

Malamang nga. :)

Romz

April 18th, 2005, 09:08 AM

^^ grabe, rich kid kadin pala, UA&P is the most expensive school in the phil for the record, right? :)

Hmmm....tanong ko lang kung sinong may alam kung anong school ang pinaka EXPENSIVE sa ngayon dito sa Philippines? Hmmm....

pau_p1

April 18th, 2005, 10:25 AM

how about Asian Institute of Management? or Brent International School?

bagel

April 18th, 2005, 10:45 AM

AIM--- prices are comparable to graduate education in the US. Meaning it's pretty expensive. The professors are top notch though. It really is a top notch education.

ryanr

May 3rd, 2005, 10:49 AM

How about Ateneo Graduate School in Rockwell? I heard that it is also top-notch. The building itself is nice:)

bagel

May 5th, 2005, 03:26 AM

Here's another one of those lists of rankings. The previous rankings posted here listed highest scores per CHED in board exams. This one lists highest AVERAGE. Again, the merits of using standardized testing as a ranking of schools should be complicated by asking about ranking methodology, basis of measurement, or rank in relation to what? Also, the value of ranking a standardized test, does it really have real world results as far as quality of work in the workplace? What about the non-board courses? How do they fit in as they don't have quantifiable measures of their successes? Howabout relative contribution to academia? Journals and research? Are courses more directed to doing well in tests or to general knowledge (these are two VERY different things)?

Anyway, without further ado, here they are. The UPers of these forums should be proud.

This statistics is a result of the study conducted by
the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the
Commission on Higher Education(CHED), based on the
average passing in the BOARD EXAMINATIONS OF ALL
COURSES of all universities and colleges in the
Philippines.

This study is concluded every 10 years. The following
is the result of the first study from
1992 to 2001. Eleven schools come from Luzon, two
from the Visayas and seven from Mindanao.

1. University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus
/Luzon)
2. University of the Philippines (Los Banos Campus/
Luzon)
3. University of the Philippines (Manila Campus
/Luzon)
4. Silliman University (Dumaguete City / Visayas)
5. Ateneo de Davao University (Davao / Mindanao)
6. Ateneo de Manila University (Manila / Luzon)
7. University of Sto. Tomas (Manila / Luzon)
8. Mindanao State University (Iligan Institute ofTech/
Mindanao)
9. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila /Luzon)
10. Saint Louis University (Baguio City / Luzon)
11. University of San Carlos (Cebu City / Visayas)
12. Xavier University (Cagayan de Oro / Mindanao)
13. Mindanao State University (Main / Mindanao)
14. Urios College (Butuan City / Mindanao)
15. Polytechnic University of the Philippines(Manila/
Luzon)
16. De La Salle University (Manila / Luzon)
17. Mapua Institute of Technology (Manila / Luzon)
18. Adamson University (Manila / Luzon)
19. Central Mindanao University ( Bukidnon/Mindanao)
20. University of Southern Philippines (Davao
/Mindanao)

Lili

May 5th, 2005, 06:25 AM

Thanks for sharing your lists Romz, Miguel and Boybaha. I agree with the observations of Boybaha and Rico as to the value of standardized tests to quantify success. As it relates to real world results as far as quality of work in the workplace, I guess the achievements and contributions of the alumni will attest to that. The same applies to non-board courses. I also agree that contributions to the general body of knowledge, to the academia either through research and/or publication of articles in respected academic, scientific and technical journals should also be taken into consideration as part of quantifying measures of success. But this criteria would apply more to those engaged in Masteral or Doctoral studies as well as to the quality of the faculty.

I'm indeed very proud of my alma mater. Sad to say that as far as politics is concerned, UP has produced the gamut from the most illustrious to the most notorious.

@JudeD, thanks for sharing your pictures of UP Diliman. It made me so nostalgic. I remember HHWW (holding hands while walking) along the tree-lined streets of the campus and catching the Ikot Jeep to go from one class to another (in different buildings!). I'm glad that the campus especially the Admin. Building (Agoncillo Hall) has not changed much. Those trees are more than a century-old.

c0kelitr0

July 26th, 2005, 11:45 AM

Wow! Another Paulinian! I'm also Paulinian (11 years). I'm both a Paulinian and a UPnian. :)

I'm a paulinian...and went to UP as well :D

thomasian

July 26th, 2005, 01:29 PM

UPnian??? Is that how we call UP guys?
Kami kasi we just call them "taga-UP" di ko kasi alam kung anong tawag eh, sorry talaga.

c0kelitr0

July 26th, 2005, 02:12 PM

UPnian??? Is that how we call UP guys?
Kami kasi we just call them "taga-UP" di ko kasi alam kung anong tawag eh, sorry talaga.

Iskolar ng Bayan

Lili

July 26th, 2005, 06:25 PM

First time I heard of UPnian, too, and I am "taga-UP". When I meet someone I think is a fellow alum, I will ask "UP ka ba? or Taga-UP ka?" I don't ask "UPnian ka?"

amras

July 26th, 2005, 08:38 PM

"UP ako. Ikaw? :rofl:

is it peyups? :)

Lili

July 26th, 2005, 08:54 PM

Isa pa yan, peyups for UP. Tulad ng lonsi (Upsilon), rhosig (Sigma Rho), pa-alps (Alpha Phi Beta), ano pa?

Rence

July 29th, 2005, 03:42 AM

:wtf: Huwag ninyo naman kalimutan ang mga schools within the University Belt area.

UST- I saw a number of post here!

University of the East (UE) or Red Warriors- Once considered as the biggest number of tertiary enrollment among private school in the Philippines and in Asia - 60,000 - 70,000 students siguro early 60's to mid 70's

Centro Escolar University(CEU) -Centro Escolar University houses 12 buildings that are used in catering to the educational needs to an average of 20,000 students per year. Considered as one of the most stable institution in the country, the university has pursued academic excellence in its course offerings by continuously raising quality standards, upgrading facilities, updating curricula, and developing a highly professional and dynamic teaching force and university staff.

All of the school programs have been accredited Levels 2 and 3 by the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP).

Centro Escolar University was established in June 3, 1907 by Dona Librada Avelino and Dona Carmen de Luna for the instruction and the training of the youth in all branches of the arts and sciences, offering classes in primary and secondary instruction as well as university and collegiate courses. With some benches, a single blackboard and a few books , the two philanthropists steadfastly nurtured a dream of establishing a nationalistic center of learning for Filipino women.

They have Malolos, Makati campus

SAN BEDA College - Colegio de San Beda was founded by Spanish Benedictine monks from the Abbey of Montserrat who came to the Philippines in 1895 to work as missionaries in the province of the Surigao, the southern island of Mindanao. After being arrested and imprisoned by the Filipino revolutionaries in 1899, the monks decided to leave the missions, settle in Manila, and consider another apostle.

The school opened on June 17, 1901, with 212 students taking primaria ense��a and secundaria ense��a, the equivalent respectively of grade school and high school with the first two years of college.

The country was ceded by Spain to the United States of America on December 10, 1898, under the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American War. With introduction of the American public school system and the arrival of Protestant missionaries, the Catholic church saw the need to defend the faith by establishing schools. As the Rector, Fr. Silvestre Jofre, OSB. said at the inauguration of the school. "The College of San Beda comes to the arena with the sole purpose of helping to defend the Catholic battlements in the field of education..."

In 1901, a new law required private schools to apply for government recognition. The college promptly submitted its application and was granted recognition on May 12, 1910. The curriculum was revised. Five hours were devoted to American history and English. Primaria enseñanza was restructed into the seven grades of the elementary course, and secundaria enseñanza into the four years of high school and the first two years in college. From that time on, English was used more and more as the medium of instruction. By 1916 one half of the subjects were taught in English. In 1918, all instructions was conducted in English, and the school began to carry the name San Beda College. In 1927 the courses included grade school, high school, the two year courses of pre-medicine and pre-law, and the first two years of commerce.

From 1940 to 1947, the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat, Manila, was under the apostolic administration of Abbot Alcuin Deutsch, OSB, of St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota. Three monks were sent to Manila to administer the Abbey and San Beda College. The college welcomed the only American Rector in its history, Fr. Boniface Axtman, OSB.

In December 1941, World War II erupted. The Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Philippines, and from 1942 to 1945, when the country was liberated, Americans were imprisoned in concentration camps. Among them were the three American Benedictine monks. The college building was occupied by the Quartermaster Corps of the US Army, then, throughout the occupation, by the Japanese Quartermaster Corps, and briefly, after liberation, by a US Army hospital. During the war years, classes were held in the Abbey.

When San Beda College resumed normal operations after war, the pre-war curriculum was revived. New courses were introduced, some were short-lived, and others, like accountancy and law, became well established.

At present, San Beda College has eight departments: the Grade School; the High School; the College of Arts and Sciences, which offers liberal arts and business courses; the College of Law, founded in 1948, which is one of the top three law schools in the country, the Graduate Schools of Business and Liturgy, the College of Medicine, and the College of Nursing.

College of the Holy Spirit - The COLLEGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT is an exclusive school for women located in Manila. It is a Catholic institution recognized by the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

The College of the Holy Spirit Manila is part of the nationwide school system of the Missionary Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS-Philippines) whose founders are Blessed Arnold Janssen, Blessed M. Helena Stollenwerk and Mother Josepha Stenmanns. Based on the Founders’ Trinitarian spirituality, the College promotes the core values of deep faith, awareness of self and the world, mission, conciousness, perseverance and hard work, simplicity, community orientation, respect for equality and uniqueness, constant communication and unity of purpose. These are summed up in the motto: VERITAS IN CARITATE (TRUTH IN LOVE).

La Consolacion College-Four Catalan Augustinian Sisters arrived in Manila from the port of Barcelona, Spain, on April 6,1883 to dedicate themselves to care for and educate the orphans of the 1882 cholera epidemic by establishing the Asilo-Coleglo de Manadaloya. More Spanish Sisters came the following year but the tedious work and social condition of the country forced most of the Sisters to return to Spain with the exception of Sisters Rita and Joaquina Barcelo Y Pages.

When the Filipino-American War broke out, the remaining Spanish Sisters were forced to abandon the first Ten Filipino Sisters. In 1899, these Filipino Sisters took possession of the Franciscan buildings in Sampaloc and opened an asilo-colegio just in time for the start of classes in June. In 1902, through the beseeching of the clergy, the orphanage-school became a full-pledge academic institution whose specific and extraordinary objective was to provide training and instruction to those intending to pass the civil service exam that the students might be able to teach in the public schools. The first to be recognized of all private schools in Manila, Mr. G.A.O'Reilly, Superintendent of Private Schools, described it "most proficient

Mission and Vision
La Consolacion College Manila envisions a learning community through a life of mutual regard for its clientele and other people. It seeks to provide an environment in which respect for human dignity, personal initiative, academic freedom and scholarship can flourish. Cognizant of its national and international role, LCCM preserves and reserves Filipino culture and heritage while embracing and regenerating modern techno-logy, as well as, the aspirations of the society.

LCCM as a Catholic institution of higher learning exists to promote its mission of service and education whereby students are prepared to make better decisions in life, provided with fitting opportunities to advance, develop and benefit themselves and the society. To perform its educational apostolate, LCCM strives to develop in its community the spirit of searching for truth and passion for excellence through research, instruction, evangelization and extension services, thus providing holistic training for the students in the light of Christian Catholic teachings, and the Augustinian ideal and tradition.

The actualization and embodiment of life long learning and collaborative education characterize LCCM school culture, which encourages students and the community to evolve friendly relations and interdependence with God’s Creation.

:bash: Kilala itong apat na schools bilang "Mendiola Consortion "

The germ of the idea of the Mendiola Consortium was sown as early as 1969 when the school papers of the four institutions published a joint editorial entitled: "The Mendiola University." It was not until five years later, on March 3 1974, that germination took place with the CEAP sponsored Seminar-Workshop on Consortium held at Maryknoll Colllege, Quezon City. CEU President Dionisio C. Tiongco sent two representatives: Dr. Rosita Navarro and Dr. Maria Javier

Acting on the recommendation of Dr. Navarro and Dr. Javier, President Tiongco invited to an initial expoloratory meeting on July 16, 1974, the heads of San Beda College, College of the Holy Spirit and La Consolation College. A series of meeting soon followed, aimed at threshing out in detail the areas of cooperation. Hosting of the meetings was rotated among the schools so that the spirit of cooperation would be already manifest in the formation of the Consortium.

:) National Teachers College, San Sebastian,Colegio de Santa Rosa, ERIS , Arellano University , Santa Catalina College , TIP , PUP kasama din sa University Belt.

And my sentimental favorite:http://www.feu.edu.ph/facilities.asp

:wtf: Far Eastern University - FEU , Tamaraws , Green and Gold , Fast Earning University etc.........

GENERALAINFORMATION

A 3-hectare campus located in the heart of Manila

Founded in 1928

Private, non-sectarian institution

Primary, Secondary & Tertiary levels of education

Accredited by CHED with a "Deregulated Status"

More than 60% of faculty are masteral & doctorate degree holders

Sophisticated computerization of facilities & operations

Extensive establishment of academic linkages

Brief History

The University dates back to the founding of the Institute of Accountancy in 1928 by a group of eminent educators led by Dr. Nicanor Reyes Sr., then head of the Department of Economics of the University of the Philippines. With Dr. Reyes were Dr. Francisco Dalupan, Professors Antonio Aquino, Emmanuel Deymek and Clemente Uson, well-known educators from the U.P. Department of Economics. (Dr. Dalupan and Prof. Uson would later become FEU presidents themselves years after the founder's untimely demise).

In 1930, it became the Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance. It was finally elevated to the rank of a University in 1934 - the Far Eastern University. From the initial 117 students, population grew to 11,000 just before the war. No less than then President Manuel L. Quezon hailed Dr. Reyes for blazing new trails. He called FEU " the best non-sectarian institution in the country".

Philosophy

Far Eastern University is dedicated to the intellectual, moral and economic uplift of the Filipino, particularly the working class and the less privileged members of the society. As a pioneer in democratizing higher education, it is committed to the highest possible standards, consistent with its resources and its obligation to help build a progressive nation.

FEU believes that the benefits a person receives from education must help no only oneself but others as well. In this sense the University aims to prepare graduates who will contribute to the growth and stability of a larger society.

Known for its Art DECO style building created by National Artist Pablo Antonio
and Chapel mural and painting was done by Vicente Manansala.
The FEU Auditorium, located at the second floor of the Administration Building, is the venue for cultural, academic and social activities of the University. It has a seating capacity of 1,000 persons and is fully air-conditioned.

During the Japanese time the NRH building was made into a hospital and a small garisson.
During the late 60's to early 1980 's it rivaled UE for the biggest tertiary enrollment among private school.

Now there were 30,000 students enrolled in Nicanor Reyes Street (Morayta )
FEU hospital and some courses were transfered to Fairview It had some affiliate schools like East Asia and FERN College
:| Former President Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino also took up law in FEU for just one year before marrying Benigno Aquino.
:cheers: Ernie Baron , Lucio Tan also studied there however Lucio Tan did not finished his course in FEU

harvy_827

October 8th, 2005, 06:12 PM

Hello! I've been checking this forum since last year, but it's only now that I decided to join and post my first thread. :)

For this one, kindly post any infrastructure projects in your schools. Nice buildings, I believe, aren't only found in Makati and other business districts. There are many notable ones in our campuses too, don't you think? So kindly post them here.

P.S. Also, since I'm new, I don't know how to post photos here. So I'd like to ask whoever's willing to kindly help me with that. Thanks!

ryanr

October 8th, 2005, 09:20 PM

To learn how to post pictures go to this thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=200800

amras

October 8th, 2005, 10:16 PM

there's one Universtiy thread already existing. maybe you can also check it out:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=145354&page=1

harvy_827

October 9th, 2005, 07:54 AM

Thanks so much! Meron na palang thread about universities. Maybe we can just combine this with that. :)

Jimbu

October 9th, 2005, 03:45 PM

PRC: USC is top performing architecture school in 2005 exams

The Professional Regulation Commission has awarded a certificate to University San Carlos (Cebu) in recognition of its outstanding performance as first placer in the percentage of successful examinees in the January 2005 Architecture Licensure Examination. The award is given to schools with 20 or more examinees and wth at least a 50 percent passing percentage. USC outperformed all other schools in this category with thirty of its 35 examinees (or 86 percent) successfully hurdling the tough examination.

http://www.usc.edu.ph/news.php?id=0000000481

harvy_827

October 9th, 2005, 05:10 PM

Address of the Vice President for the Loyola Schools at the groundbreaking ceremonies of the Manuel V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership of the Loyola Schools

The Loyola Schools takes great pride in the holistic education that it provides its students. Academic excellence is emphasized in the core and major curricula. Over and above this, what makes college education in the Loyola Schools true to its mission of total development of students in character, spirituality, leadership and service are the many avenues for the non-academic formation of students. The Ateneo’s core belief in the total
development of men and women for others, together with the principle that learning does not only occur in the classroom, are the reasons why the Loyola Schools invests a great deal of human and material resources and energy in the development of student organizations. Student organizations are
our essential partners in the nonacademic formation of students into
culturally rooted, spiritually mature, and socially responsible leaders of
the future. There are at present thirty-nine accredited student organizations in the Loyola Schools that together with the Sanggunian ng mga Magaaral
ng Ateneo or Student Council, the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo, the Confederation of Publications, and the Athletics Council, help in carrying out the mission of giving students a holistic formation and create a strong foundation for leadership development among students. All these underscore the importance of providing excellent facilities to serve as the physical base for the non-academic formation of our students and the development of
student leadership. Every year, between seventy to eighty percent of our college student population are members of student organizations. This translates to over five thousand students. The previous student center had a floor area of only 782 square meters. The fourstory Manuel V. Pangilinan Center for Student Leadership will have a floor area of 4,282 square meters
with structural provision for an additional two floors for future expansion.
The Pangilinan Center will also bring together the Office of Student Activities (OSA), the Office for Social Concern and Involvement (OSCI), and the Campus Ministry Office (CMO) – the three units in the Loyola Schools most involved in student non-academic formation and leadership development. In
bringing these three student formation offices together under one roof with the student organizations, the Manuel V. Pangilinan Center for Student
Leadership will provide an excellent venue for the synergism among OSA, OSCI, CMO, and our student organizations towards the formation of our students into excellent leaders. Aside from the spacious rooms for the accredited student organizations and the offices of OSA, OSCI, and
CMO, the Center will also house a large multi-purpose hall, conference rooms, consultation rooms, and prayer rooms, the long-needed University Bookstore and photocopying station, a coffee shop and lobby-lounge for students, and a twenty-four-hour operations room with complete toilet and bath facilities
for students who need to work overnight on organization projects. For all of these we would like to express our deep gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Manuel V. Pangilinan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ateneo de Manila University, and Chairman of the Board of PLDT and Smart, and of
the Philippine Business for Social Progress, among others. We thank him for his great generosity to the Loyola Schools and to the Ateneo. As I had told the students last week when I met with them about the Center, Mr. Pangilinan has been a most generous donor to the Loyola Schools and the Ateneo through the years. Among the facilities that he and his companies have donated are the original Horacio de la Costa Hall building, the First Pacific Center for the Biological Sciences building in the SEC Complex, the PLDT Convergent Technologies Center Building, the Ateneo Java Wireless
Competency Center, and the Ateneo-PLDT Advanced Network Testbed. He and his companies are also among the major donors of the Church of the Gesù, the upcoming Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, and the Ateneo Macroeconomic Research Unit that prepares the quarterly economic
forecast Eaglewatch. Mr. Pangilinan has been a major supporter of student groups at the Ateneo that seek to excel, specially at national and international levels, such as the Ateneo Glee Club, the Ateneo Debate Society, the Ateneo Basketball Team, and other varsity athletic teams.
Outside of the Ateneo, Mr. Pangilinan through the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) has been working with corporations to put resources for the betterment of the poor and disadvantaged of our country. His companies are at the forefront of helping the poor – they are one of the biggest partners of Gawad Kalinga that have built the fire-ravaged Baseco, Tondo community, is the only partner of Gawad Kalinga in rebuilding the
typhoon-and-landslide ravaged community of General Nakar, Quezon. His companies have also been working for the development of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial spirit among the youth in schools, colleges, and
universities in the country. For example, just recently, SMART together with the Notre Dame of Marbel University reached out to more than three hundred students in South Cotabato through the SMART Entrepreneurial Program.
The SMART Entrepreneurial Program will be making its way through the heart of Mindanao in several colleges and universities in the region. Why am I relating all of these when my task this morning is to talk about the Center? Because Mr. Manuel V. Pangilinan embodies what the Center stands for and
what it hopes to develop in the generations of students who will live, love, laugh, cry, and grow in the Center. Because he embodies the leadership and generosity and the commitment to building a better future for our people that we hope and pray our students will embody as they leave the four walls of the Center when they finally go down from the hill of their alma mater and out into the world.
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