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.

Legend:
(check) = Party mentions item in their GPOA/SPOA
(blank) = GPOA/SPOA does not include it

Project idea	ISA	STAND-UP
Consultation with students and administration regarding college issues	“push for transparency, compromise, and dialogue for issues regarding laboratory fees, open consultation with administration and regularize talks between administration and CMC-SC”	“No To XOXO: a campaign to push for a moratorium on pending laboratory and rental fees hike and the scrapping of imposed exorbitant fees”
Empowerment of Council of Representatives (COR)	organizations will host COR meetings regularize dialogues between organizations and student council open COR meetings	EnCORe: “energize the council of representatives. Letting organizations to host meetings and set agenda”
Strengthening / empowerment of department teams by including them in CMC-SC constitution	(check)
Strengthening ties with alliances such as KASAMA SA UP, SHOUT NOW!, UMAKSYON, Youth Act Now, etc.	(check)
Suggestions for improvement of DZUP	DZUP Nandito Ako “coordinate with other colleges to widen the reach and increase listeners of DZUP” Push for repair of speakers under skywalk	Tapping other colleges and students to work for DZUP Expanding of coverage within the university
Coordination with / Empowerment of Graduate Students Association	Push for inclusion of GSA representative to SC under the SC constitution Coordinate and collaborate with graduate students for college activities	FGD (Forge Ties, Get Together, Disseminate)”a set of programs that aims to give graduate students a sense of belongingness in the college”
Student council website	post regular announcements on COR decisions and activities CMC Interactive: posting of student works on a section of the site	Go maskom.com: uploaded minutes of the SC meetings are, posted statements and directories Creation of web helpdesk and forums board
Store that sell items that students need (tapes, medicine, pens)		(Check)
Printing services	(free)	(low-cost)
Electricity for SC office		(check)
College drinking fountain	(check)
Space utilization	(idle spaces for organization activities)	(free use of SC office for meetings)
Push for open use of computer labs	(check)
Conversion of readings to PDF format	(check)
Boost wireless signal in college	(check)
Utilization of existing means of communication	Utilize mailing lists such as masocista yahoo group, verycmc.multiply.com	CMCentral: “threading existing communication platforms with new to effectively inform and serve the students”
Text hotline for feedback		(check)
Empowerment of student-interest groups such as Wildcats, Himig Maskom, Mass Commotion	(check)	(check)
Lobbying for organization representative in Faculty-Student Relations Committee		(check)
Basic masses integration		(check)
Tie-up with professors for photo visits, docu making, news writing and participative research		(check)
Tie-up with NGOs, mainstream companies and foundations	(check)
Video exhibit during Mass Media Awareness month		(check)
Freshmen orientation		Project Headstart: Plaridel 101 (orientation assembly), FreSHTr directory (database of contact details), La Solodarity Night (acquaintance party)
Awareness campaign on 2010 election	Best Ad and PSA, SWS surveys and reports, awareness SAA, bills passed online Bring registration to CMC
Fund raising	Selling CMC shirt and CMC planner Christmas tree dedication
Workshops	CMC Learn (resume writing, video editing, audio editing, marketing workshop, experimental photography, software workshops)	(integrated in department SPOAs)

SPOA for Broadcast Communication Department

Project idea	ISA	STAND-UP
Orientation and special projects for BC freshies, shiftees and transferees		(check)
Information dissemination on curriculum matters	“in preparation for pre-advising week”	“constructing a concrete schedule of the professor’s consultation hours:
Dialogue with alumni	Focusing on “success stories”	“give inspiring talks and provide students with information and insights into field”
Production workshops	Focuses on make-up and dress
Probing of exorbitant and questionable BD fees		(check)
Asserting of transparent student-faculty consultations		Open dialogues on new curriculum and individual thesis-making policy
Fund raising		Creation of “recycling bin” where students could donate their productions (proceeds will go to ScripTOfolio
Creation of portfolios		ScripTOfolio: automatic portfolios of production at end of semesters
Community immersions		(documentaries and PSA as outputs)
College-wide airings and evaluations of productions		(check)
Media tours		(check)
Intersection of college department		“exchange of knowledge and equipments among students of different departments”

SPOA for Communication Research Department

Projects	ISA	STAND-UP
Promotion of Communication Research as a course	(to high school students)
Forums on job opportunities	(check)
Solicitation of funds from alumni and donors	(check)
Semestral pay for electric socket usage	(check)
Compilation of research works	(online; password protected)
Online database of sources for literature	(check)
Push for more democratic departmental decision-making system on DERP topic, etc.		(check)
Promotion of grassroots research as alternative		(grassroots community paper presentation, connecting to institutions, organization and publication)
Dissemination of studies to high school campuses, colleges, universities, etc.		(check)
Solidarity night of Comm Res students		(where participation against commercialization will be encouraged)

SPOA for Film Department

Projects	ISA	STAND-UP
Film festival	(revival of UP film festival)	(each film organization will produce films, it will be open to the university
Casting fair	(check)
Film workshops	(check)
Donation of films to AV library	(check)
Creation of online database on film matters		(list of available films in AV library, inventory of equipment available, schedule of borrowing of equipment, films featured at Cine Adarna, database of contacts for location, cast, equipment rentals, etc)
Start tradition of featuring a filmmaker per semester		(check)
Gallery of film-related materials during Mass Media Awareness Month		(check)
Consultations between film students and faculty, student council, and among the students		(check)
Community immersion		(docus and PSA to be shown at Cine Adarna as trailers and will be featured at MMAM)

SPOA for Journalism Department

Projects	ISA	STAND-UP
Journalism Workshops	Called The Pen dialogues	Called Coffee Write Up
Empowering freshies, shiftees and transferees	Called Journalism Primer: an orientation about the basics of journalism profession, its perks, challenges and career opportunities	Called Kalayaan Express: include a series of activities including a talent night
Creation of beat directory	(check)
Assisting Tinig ng Plaridel and UPJourn.net		(increase the popularity, aid in recruitment
Community immersion		(teaching of basic journalism to community)
Regularize department assemblies		(check)
Solidarity night	Called Journ us	(check)

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Titus Tan of KAISA arrives at the College of Mass Communication for an informal debate for USC candidates.

By Rachel Miranda and Katrina Alba
Tinig ng Plaridel / UPJourn.net

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

Titus Tan, Nagkakaisang Iskolar para sa Pamantasan at Sambayanan (KAISA) candidate for University Student Council (USC) chairperson, gave this as an instance of a “productive” use for UP’s idle assets when asked for alternatives to tuition and other fees increase (TFI) at a USC mudslinging event last Feb. 20 at Palma Hall.

Tan and three other candidates from KAISA joined four candidates from Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral Para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (ALYANSA), four from Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND-UP), and one independent candidate at the debate dubbed “Babangon Ako’t Dudurugin Kita.”

A zoo, Tan said, was his favorite example of how using the university’s resources generate income for the university while still “encourag(ing) academic integrity,” one of five “safety nets” KAISA proposed to ensure that using these lands does not border on commercializing UP.

“Ang lupa kasi is a form of state subsidy that is given by the government for us to utilize,” Tan said. “So one example na pinakagusto kong i-share: kunwari magpatayo tayo ng zoo dyan. It is not commercialization.”

Other safeguards KAISA proposed in its General Program of Action (GPOA) were consulting with affected sectors, not using these lands as a substitute for the state subsidy, preserving the environment, and ensuring transparency.

Councilor candidate Raymond Pestana from STAND-UP replied, “The problem with (these proposals) is that they entice commodification. Iiba ang focus ng administration. Magtayo tayo ng structures sa UP para pumunta ang tao, magka-pera tayo. It’s not just for education.”

When asked if the global financial crisis would make it hard for UP to get a higher share in the national budget, STAND-UP’s Jemimah Garcia said the worsening economy is enough reason the government should invest more in social services for the people.

“May pera ang gobyerno. Ang problema ay allocation,” Garcia said. STAND-UP is calling for collective action by students to campaign for greater state subsidy for UP and other state universities and colleges.

KAISA, ALYANSA, and independent candidate Christopher Yu all called for UP to develop its lands to supplement the government subsidy which funds the university.

ALYANSA is also campaigning to strengthen the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) as an alternative to TFI.

JB Gomez, running for councilor under ALYANSA, said, “Naniniwala tayo na (kung) kayang magbayad, bakit hindi magbayad? Ang hindi kayang magbayad, bakit dapat magbayad? Tutulungan na lang.”

KAISA challenged ALYANSA’s answer, saying that such a system of the rich paying more to answer for the less-fortunate was already present in the taxes paid by the parents of UP students.

The mudslinging was organized by the Halalan sa Diliman ’09 team led by the Philippine Collegian and UP Solidaridad, a system-wide alliance of student publications and writers’ organizations.

Camerata, the only party running in the College of Music Student Council Elections this year, officially released its General Program of Action (GPOA) today, barely a week before elections.

Anna Achacoso, incumbent Music representative and candidate for SC Chairperson, said Camerata prioritized to campaign for Kris Dionisio who is currently running as the college representative from Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (ALYANSA).

“Kris’ campaign is more crucial because she is competing with a political rival. Camerata, on the other hand, has no one to compete with,” Achacoso said in Filipino.

Dionisio is competing with Catherine Razo of Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND-UP).

Achacoso clarified that while Camerata supports Dioniso, it does not necessarily mean that it supports ALYANSA as a whole.

“Majority of Camerata are ALYANSA supporters but it is up to the members’ individual discretions if they will support the entire party or not,” Achacoso added.

Achacoso was also an ALYANSA candidate when she ran as college representative in 2008.

While the GPOA may be available to students today, Camerata’s official campaign will start next week. The campaign will include room-to-room promotions and the giving of flyers.

Camerata’s GPOA focuses on lobbying for more practice rooms, equipment and other facilities for the students.

“Since the culture and attitude of most Music students is to practice and practice their pieces, we thought it might be useless if we organize so many college activities when what they really need are facilities they can use,” Achacoso said.

“We will also propose a building for practice rooms to the admin. It is a long-term goal that we want to achieve,” she added.

According to Achacoso, low student participation in SC-organized activities has been a persistent problem in the college. Achacoso cited the low voter’s turn-out in the recently-held Codified Rules for Student Regent Selection (CRSRS) referendum.

In addressing the problem, Camerata aims to bring university-wide issues and campaigns in the college through room-to-room promotion, forums and consultation.

“I don’t think Music students are apathetic. They just need to be more informed. They have different ways to raise their concerns or opinions,” Achacoso said.

Other plans include a seminar on Music Management to help the students in preparing and “packaging” themselves when they are hired for performances. Camerata also proposes a semestral recital, a fundraising concert showcasing the talents of different departments in the college.