ADS tops nat’l debate tilt
THE ATENEO Debate Society dominated the National Debate Championships held October 19 to 25 at the Ateneo de Davao University.
Four of the teams, namely, Ateneo A, B, D, and E made it to the semifinals against teams from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman), Manila, and De La Salle University (DLSU).
The final round was comprised of Ateneo A and B against UP-Diliman H and DLSU A. Ateneo A emerged victorious for the second consecutive year by a unanimous decision.
ADS also bagged awards for best speaker for both the finals and the tournament, best speaker award for the Master’s Cup Finals, among others.
Rachelle D. Gutierrez
MIS alumnus ‘hacks’ Yahoo!
ALUMNUS ANDREI Marinduque Navarro (BS MIS ‘05) proved hacking isn’t always a crime in Yahoo’s Open Hack Day held September 5 and 6 in Sunnyvale, California.
Navarro, along with teammates from Malaysia and Singapore deviated from their original programming ideas and opted instead to use natural queries on Yahoo.
Despite having job offers abroad as a result of the event, Navarro returned to the Philippines to work for the startup company, Halo Nine. He believes that there is great potential in the local development industry which, when tapped, could put the Philippines on the map of technological innovations.
Sasha D.P. Lim Uy
Rolyo awarded in Urian
FILIPINO ASSISTANT Professor Alvin Yapan’s independent short film Rolyo bagged the Best Short Film award in the 31st Gawad Urian Awards at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Oct. 1.
All the awards at this year’s Gawad Urian were won by indie films.
Rolyo was the Philippines’ official entry for short film to this year’s Paris Cinema International Film Festival. It also won Best Short Film in the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival this year.
Klarisse P. Felix
Atenean marks stage debut in Hairspray
THIS NOVEMBER, Madel Ching (III AB PoS) will be performing in this year’s local version of Hairspray the Musical. She will play the role of Tracy Turnblad and will be joining the likes of Nyoy Volante as Seeweed, Menchu Lauchengco Yulo as Velma, Michael de Mesa as Tracy’s mother Edna, and many other stage veterans.
This performance marks Ching’s entrance to professional theater acting. Directed by Atlantis Productions’ Bobby Garcia, the musical will run from November 14 to the first week of December at Star Theater in the CCP Complex.
Cindy S. Gorospe
BOx members jacked at Plevsem
BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (BOx) of the Ateneo members Nerisse Isabella Siazon (IV BS Bio) and Leigh Nicole Siazon (II AB MEco) were robbed of their valuables in the Caltex station at the South Luzon Expressway on November 8, as the org was coming back from their yearly planning and evaluation seminar.
The back window of the sisters’ car was smashed and their bags were stolen, the sisters said. The valuables stolen included two laptops, cellphones, Leigh’s iPod, and some money.
BOx President Stephen Michael Co (IV BS Bio) said the org already submitted an incident report of the robbery to the Office of Student Activities as it was an official org event. However, the Ateneo is not liable in the robbery since it happened outside school, said Co.
Anna V. Bueno
