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(Dec. 27) —UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL) professors Pedro “Edru” R. Abraham Jr., Glecy C. Atienza, Banaue Miclat-Janssen and Dexter M. Santos won in various categories at the 2017 Aliw Awards on Dec. 19. Atienza bagged the Best Production for Children award for “Mga Palaka Sa Balon” produced by Manila Tytana College; Miclat-Janssen won the Best Performance award in the New Concept Production category for her performance at the “Banaue and Kammerchor Manila” (Miclat Arts Foundation) while Santos bagged the Best Director award in the Non-Musical category for Dulaang UP’s…

(DEC. 21)—It was a perfect day blessed with fair weather and a cool gentle breeze when UP Diliman (UPD) once again staged its most awaited Christmas event of the year, the UPD Lantern Parade. As early as 4 p.m. on Dec. 15, students, faculty, staff, residents and spectators converged at the Oblation Plaza and Academic Oval to participate and/or witness the parade of big colorful floats ingeniously created by this year’s participants. The parade officially started at 5 p.m. Fifty-six groups participated this year, comprising degree-granting units, administration and support offices, student and…

“Pasyal”: UP Diliman Art Trail (“Pasyal 2017”), a monograph and map tandem featuring historical buildings, public art and open spaces at UP Diliman (UPD), is now available at the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA). Pasyal 2017 is a handy tool for visitors who want to roam the campus and explore the art trail, either by foot or on wheels. It features 63 sites and symbols of interest composed of academic and administrative buildings like the Palma Hall, Quezon Hall, Gonzales Hall and the newly-built College of Architecture and…

President Rodrigo Duterte is known for his colorful language and sometimes incendiary commentary, but is any of it truly harmful? Actually, it is. According to a 2017 study by Profs. Yvonne Chua, Maria Diosa Labiste and Maria Cristina Rara of the College of Mass Communication, 13 of the speeches Duterte made against the Catholic Church can be classified as “hate speech,” according to their analyses. Hate speech. Harvard professor Jeremy Waldron defines hate speech as “abusive, insulting and demeaning and stirs up hatred vs. individuals or groups.” The intention of such language is…

If there are two words to describe Sandwich’s mini concert at the Pag-iilaw 2017 held in front of the Oblation Plaza on Nov. 24, it will be electrifyingly nostalgic, figuratively and literally. After all, Raimund Marasigan is a very familiar face in the rock concert scenes having been known not only as Sandwich’s frontman but also as the former drummer of the Eraserheads, the highly popular Pinoy rock band in the ‘90s. Sandwich, a well-known Pinoy alternative rock band Marasigan formed in 1998, is composed of guitarists Diego Castillo (The Aga Muhlach Experience)…

(DEC. 7) — The rain before the show started did not dampen the mood of performers, crew and spectators alike as “Session Avenue” puts the spotlight on homegrown UP Diliman talents last Dec. 1. The show which lasted about three and a half hours featured bands, duos, solo artists and spoken word artists.  Most of the performers at Session Avenue were previously introduced at DZUP 1602. Fourteen year-old Jacquilyn Rose Bariatos opened the event with Kitchie Nadal’s “Bulong” and Vehnee Saturno’s “Hulog ng Langit” popularized by Donna Cruz. She was followed by Tripolar,…

The Office of International Linkages Diliman under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OILD-OVCAA) went on its first Cultural Exposure Field Trip last Nov. 26. International students from Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia were brought to Paete, Laguna and Angono, Rizal, the country’s wood carving capital and art capital, respectively, for them to get a glimpse of Filipino Artistry for a day. In Paete, the students were introduced to various forms of carving using different media such as wood, ice, vegetables and fruits.  The wood used for carving called…

(DEC. 1)—Holiday celebrations is now official in Diliman with Pag-iilaw 2017, the annual ceremony where all the Christmas lights on campus are lit up for the first time followed by a mini-concert. This year the theme is “Paaralan, Palaruan” inspired by “Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture,” a book written in 1938 by Dutch historian and philosopher Johan Huizinga. Faculty, staff, students and families gathered at the Oblation Plaza as early as 6 p.m. for the program’s first part. The UP Staff Chorale, under the baton of Chris…

Ugnayan Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman(Ugnayan) is a publication of the UP Diliman Information Office under the Office of the Chancellor, UP Diliman. Its editorial office is located at 2/F University Theater (Villamor Hall), Osmeña Avenue, UP Diliman, Quezon City, with telephone numbers 981-8500 loc. 3982/3983, email address upd.ugnayan@gmail.com. Ugnayan accepts announcements of activities and call for papers of UPD academic and administrative units and student organizations. Text should not exceed 400 words and must contain the title of the event, venue, date and time of the activity, contact information of the organizing group and…