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Monthly Archives: February 2009

3 parties divide USC in election of firsts

In results from the quickest election count in UP history, Titus Tan of Nagkakaisang Iskolar para sa Pamantasan at Sambayanan (KAISA) won chairperson of the 2009 University Student Council (USC) on Feb. 25, the first time for the yellow party since it was founded in 2005.

CMC SC ’09 in gridlock

The two competing parties at the College of Mass Communication will share seats in the next academic year’s student council, seven to six, in favor of the college chapter of the Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (Stand-UP).

CMC-SC Election Results

Chairperson: Rupert Francis Mangilit
Vice Chairperson: Paula Bianca Lim
Secretary: Jihad Mariano
Treasurer: Mish Miranda
BC Rep: Michaela Faeska Salonga,Athena Keziah Chavez
Journ Rep:  Kelvin Paulino, Judy Ann Espiritu
Comm Res Rep: Claire Pantoja, Michelin San Diego
Film and AVC Rep: Grace Simbulan, Thesa Tang
 
CMC Rep: Jo Javan Cerda
Corrected Jovan’s misspelled name. Apologies to him. – Ed.

CMC automated voting: so far, so good, says tech supervisor

There have been no problems as of 11:45am in this second year of the implementation of completely automated voting at the College of Mass Communication (CMC) said a technical supervisor from UP Linux Users’ Group (UnPLUG), the developer of the voting software Halalan.

Look closely: a check on CMC local parties’ GPOAs

The Interdependent Student-Centered Activism (ISA) and Student Alliance for Democratic Rights in UP (Stand-UP) have released their General Program of Actions (GPOA) for the upcoming elections. Find the similarities and differences in terms of their proposed projects.

Local CMC party violates election code

College of Mass Communication party Interdependent Student-Centered Activism (ISA) breached a provision of a memorandum released by the University Student Electoral Board by wearing shirts that show their party’s name and logo during the campaign period.

Tan: Zoo example of ‘productive’ UP assets’ use

If building call centers and commercial centers on UP’s unused land is commercialization, how about building a zoo?

Computerized elections secure, accurate, says programmers’ head

Keeping votes safe and correct need not be a problem in the upcoming University Student Council (USC) elections. Rystraum Gamonez, University of the Philippines Linux Users Group (UnPLUG) president, assured student voters this year’s fully computerized election system would run smoothly as planned.

Doc probs, not cash bond, moved filing deadline –NCPAG el-board

Contrary to what was earlier reported, the College Student Electoral Board (CSEB) of the National College of Public Administration (NCPAG) moved the deadline of filing for candidacy from Feb. 13 to 16 because the candidates failed to verify the documents required for the college student council elections.

USC Mudslinging Videos – Parts 3 to 7

Here are parts three to seven of the UP Diliman University Student Council Mudslinging (Debate) held on February 20, 2008 at Palma Hall 400 from 11 am to 2 pm. The event was entitled “Babangon Ako’t Dudurugin Kita” and was organized by the Philippine Collegian and UP Solidaridad.