Thursday, February 19, 2015




        Majority of the students who attended the Faculty of Arts and Letters Speak Up forum gives the council frowning faces saying that they were not satisfied with the answers last Feb. 10 at AB lecture hall.
 

       ABSC left a drop box outside their office to let the students voice out their thoughts about the recently concluded Face to Face event with the student leaders and the administrators.
    

      The suggestion papers contain smileys and sad faces to indicate the performance rating of the council who answered every issue during the forum.
      

       Most of the entries shaded the sad face saying that the council was not able to clearly answer the questions especially about the lost fund issue.
       

      Sa nangyaring Student Dialogue, hindi naman nila nasagot ang katanungan na kung nasaan ang 50k. Bagkus ay ipinaliwanang lamang nila kung bakit hindi ito maaaring sagutin na siya pang nagpalabnaw ng isyu,”STRAW Committee head, John Robert Magsombol said.

        Also, Magsombol added that the council challenged the Artlet community to be keen observers, logical thinkers and make those who are related to the issue responsible.

       “Hindi natuldukan ng event na ito ang mga agam-agam ng mga tao bagkus ay nagluwal pa ito ng hindi pagtititwala sa AB council,” Magsombol stated.

     Other issues were also brought up during the forum but the students wanted to clear the issue about the lost fund first before jumping into another issue.

     When asked whether the council should hold another student dialogue, Magsombol said that the council should resolve the things that were mentioned on the first dialogue so that they can give more concise answers.

      On the other hand, two days after the forum, Artlets continued to ask the Faculty admins and leaders the question “Nasaan ang 50k?” during the AB parade.
 

        With this year’s “Trip around the World” theme, each course was expected to dress up like their representing country. And they have to do a chant in front of the AB building for the judges to have a better look of their props and costumes.
  

      During the parade, second year Journalism students were shouting “Why not here?” and “Uruguay is for LGBT rights!,” and when it is their time to stop in front of the building, they blurted out “Nasaan ang 50k?” which leads to a fuss in the social media network.
  

      “What we did during the AB Parade was no different. It was the proper avenue to voice out our message not just to our fellow Artlets and the AB administration but also to the whole University,” Xavier Gregorio said.
   

     In response, “You could've shown a little respect. But the purpose of our parade was not to voice out disgruntlements. You should've just shown propriety in behalf of our society and the Artlet community,” second year student, Natasha Isidro commented.
 

       Nevertheless, both of the sides are saying that the issue about the lost 50k is still unclear and that the forum was not enough for them for there are no definite answers given by the council.

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