Political parties clashed as they defended their respective brands of activism and student service in the miting de avance of the College of Mass Communication (CMC) on Thursday.
Each candidate challenged his or her counterpart from the other party in Hot Off the Grill, where parties attacked each other’s principles, past achievements and Specific Plans of Action (SPOA).
“When we say reform, what we mean is we want to strengthen the organization or alliance,” said ALYANSA chairperson candidate Kristine Borja said, recognizing that UNA has a great potential as an alliance.
The university’s three main political parties were given four minutes each to introduce their respective slates and discuss their plans of action for the USC next year before answering questions from CMC students.
The 62-year-old retired international development banker called for reviewing course curricula to account for the globalization trend and to respond to the need for UP students to take on leadership roles in the future.
The College of Education was able to maintain the lead in the 1st quarter, but the CMC Wildcats were able to seize this after a series of shots in the final moments of the 1st quarter.
Almost a week to Election Day, the university’s three main political parties convened and laid down plans for the next University Student Council in a student organization-hosted forum at the School of Economics yesterday.
The Wildcats came close to trimming the lead midway in the 4th quarter, when Martin Javier sank a three-pointer and rookie Miko Morales completed a 4-point play. But CSSP was able to regain momentum and hold on to the lead until the final moments of the game.
Candidates from STAND-UP CMC and ISA, as well as one independent candidate for Journalism representative gave their stances on issues such as the budget cut, tuition fee increase and the state’s selling of idle assets to private companies.