Ateneans to proceed to Schneider Electric Go Green in the City 2019 Grand Finale
On August 22, Gabby Ozaeta (4 BS CH-MSE) and Yumi Briones (4 BS CH) won the Schneider Electric Go Green in the City 2019 Asia Pacific Regional Finals, which was conducted via video conference call at the Schneider Electric Office in Taguig City. The competition is a global business case challenge that seeks ideas on “efficient energy management in a city environment.” After winning the Philippine finals on July 12, the the company’s experts mentored the pair so that they could polish their proposal for Rainshine, a device that generates renewable energy from the sun and rain. Ozaeta explained that Rainshine aims to tackle energy consumption and power outage issues. “We didn’t invent the technology or the idea of a sun-rain energy device, but we did try to create a unique design for it and a business model that addresses issues in the country,” she said. Following their victory, Ozaeta and Briones shall proceed to the Grand Finale in October at the Barcelona International Convention Center in Spain. Franchesca Fajemolin
OSA hosts the Ignacianidad 2019 Leadership Summit
The Office of Student Activities hosted this year’s Ignacianidad 2019 Leadership Summit: Sonder, which took place at the Rizal Mini Theater on July 26 and at the First Pacific Leadership Academy in Antipolo on July 27 to July 28. 100 student leaders from five Jesuit universities across the country, including Ateneo de Naga, Ateneo de Davao, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, and Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan attended the event. In line with this year’s “Change narratives” theme, the event’s talks and activities emphasized that leadership is a mission to serve the people and improve their stories, especially those of the marginalized. Among its speakers were human rights lawyer Attorney Chel Diokno, Teach Peace, Build Peace Movement President and Chief Mission Keeper Bai Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman, and ABS-CBN News journalist and University alumnus Jeff Canoy. Franchesca Fajemolin
Kar Yen Leong, PhD probes Indonesian occult rituals in Kritika Kultura lecture
Tamkang University Department of Global Politics and Economics assistant professor Kar Yen Leong, PhD presented a lecture entitled “Keepers of the Grave: Ritual Guides, Ghosts, and Hidden Narratives in Indonesian History” at SEC-B 201A on August 6 as part of the Kritika Kultura lecture series. Using a political and historical lens, Leong discussed the ignored narratives of violence in Indonesian history that are kept alive by the juru kunci, the custodians of sacred graveyards in Indonesia. According to Leong, as the juru kunci were also former communists and political detainees, they keep contact with and allow the souls of slain communists “to speak through them.” Specifically, the juru kunci oppose the Indonesian government’s “enforced silence” on the anti-communist mass killings in Indonesia in 1965. Franchesca Fajemolin
COA holds two-day convention for student leaders
Council of Organizations of the Ateneo (COA) Central Board members gathered student organization leaders together at CTC 413 on August 1 and Faura AVR on August 2 for the first-ever COA Convention. The convention aimed to prepare student leaders for handling challenges in their respective organizations, such as project and finance management, member engagement, and the “quantity-over-quality mentality,” among others. Department of Chemistry instructor Erika Kirsten Vocal and Hirayang Kabataan Co-founder Carlo Africa also gave leadership formation talks on the first and second day, respectively. Although originally planned as a three-day affair, the event’s culminating day was canceled due to inclement weather. COA Vice President for Special Events Enzo Pisig stated that as a result of the cancellation, COA’s Central Board created a rough list of possible resolutions on the aforementioned challenges based on what was discussed during the first two days of the convention. Franchesca Fajemolin
ERRATUM: An earlier version of the article stated that it was the Office of Student Affairs. The article has been edited to read the Office of Student Activities (OSA).
ADDENDUM: Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) has been included to the list of Jesuit universities participating in the Igcianidad 2019 Leadership Summit.
