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Bench Cheering: A Dazzling Start This Year By Rohaina Dansal Photo by Kevin Photography The excitement starts to veil the atmosphere. I take a sit on the center aisle while holding a pen, and felt the energy from side to side. The moment it had not yet started, I already felt the folks could not wait to witness the performance of these three sets of performing young stars. After a few moments, the ambiance turns vivid as the noisy crowd starts to cheer their bet contenders.  Painting curve on my lips and expecting a great show from the performers, because I have the guts, that these talented young performers, although they differ in name, have always something great to showcase to everyone. “Viva humanista, humanista!” enthuses the first set of performing stars, as they start performing and pitching rhythmic notes in front of my sight. They’re wearing their decent, bluish, royal, dim blue shirts and comfy pants matched with their pair of shoes. Their hands are coated...

SMC Archangels & Titans Bags Awards in the First-Ever Street Jam By Rohaina Dansal                                                     Credits to the Rightful Owner of the Photo It was about an hour before brillig when excitement started to veil the atmosphere. The four-cornered venue was filled with a massive crowd, with some bringing and waving banners to support their bet contenders. The moment it started, the ambiance turned hotter as the noisy crowd started to cheer and spread positive energy along the gymnasium. The reason for all the excitement felt was the first ever Street Jam, an event composed of a dance concert by the one who initiated the event and one of the Iligan’s pride, the Street Movers. At the same time, it also features a Campus Dance Clash between the different participating schools. Each group was able to show...

SMC-Iligan Fiesta Kulinarya 2018 By Rohaina Dansal No copyright infringement intended The College of Hotel and Restaurant Management (CHRM) held its 12 th  Fiesta Kulinarya Events and Competitions on March 7 and 8, 2018 at the SMC Higher Education Department Campus.  It was organized and successfully made possible by the CHRM Student Council with the guidance of the CHRM Dean Loreluz L. Estolloso, MSHRM, and through the participation of the HRM students. The event eventually aims to showcase and hone the culinary skills and talent of the HRM students through learning from the inspirational and promising talks and orientation of its speakers and joining its different kinds of activities. This has somehow molded their potential as HRM students and became a stepping-stone for them to be more equipped in terms of learning with practical application in culinary arts. The first leg of the main event contains its set of seminars being held. The first part was about a talk ...

Mighty Drillers of Discipline and Passion By Rohaina Dansal No copyright infringement intended Decked out in their designated dress uniforms, are disciplined men who dazzled crowds and dignitaries with their acrobatic drill movements. They look dapper and diaphanous in their elegant suits and caps as they stand firm with pride and make meaningful motions with precision and passion while holding their rifles. They march with dignity and are led by their masters, but they act as a team when they move with the same principle. It’s been a sort of arduous task that has taken hundreds of hours of preparation, hands-on instruction, and practical application. But it would be all worth it in the end as they mark an awe-inspiring performance to their live audience and as they showcase their skills, especially, during a competition like this year’s Silent Drill Competition in Iligan City. It is already a tradition or annual event for Iliganons to witness every year, specifically, during the ...

Variety Show’s Splendid Music of Enthusiasm By Rohaina Dansal No copyright infringement intended Decked out in their colorful, enchanting, and intricately delightful costumes and dresses are talented Michaelites who dazzled and captured the attention of the crowd as they performed and gave tense on stage and created an atmosphere of excitement and bubbling enthusiasm. They’ve drawn a mixture of looks of dapper, promising, and frolicsome Michaelites that create meaningful and impressive motions and precisions on stage as they’ve showcased their God-given talents and potential to everyone. This was during the third and last day of ‘Kasaulogan 2017’, which was the variety show of the different societies of Michaelites that added spark and beauty to the said event. This has been as well considered a great highlight of the painting of the success of ‘Kasaulogan’ or the 102 nd  founding anniversary of St. Michael’s College as an institution of faith, excellence, and service. T...

SMC-BED Wins in Overall Indigay 2017 Literary Events By Rohaina Dansal No copyright Infringement Intended The Basic Education Department (BED) was declared the overall champion for the literary events category during the Indigay 2017 held at St. Joseph Gymnasium on September 21-26, 2017. Garnering a total points of 565, BED shows off their wit and skills in literary events as they excel the most among the other five contenders coming from different colleges. Following the overall total ranking of literary events, CED made it to the 2 nd  place with 484 points and NCAAS won the 3 rd  place with 475 points. On the other hand, CBA got the 4 th  place with 375 points, CECS got the 5 th  place with 345 points, and CHRM got the 6 th  place with 324 points. These literary events were the debate tournament, battle of the brains, speech choir competition, declamation, extemporaneous speech, oratorical speech, essay writing in both English and Filipino categorie...

SMC Participation in Araw ng Iligan Games By Rohaina Dansal No Copyright Infringement Intended The annual charter day of Iligan City which served as the 67 th  Araw ng Iligan was successfully celebrated by Iliganons last June 16, 2017, at the Anahaw Amphitheater, Iligan City through the initiative of the Local Government and administration of the city Mayor Celso G. Regencia. Despite the threats and reverse that the city government has been receiving because of this terrorist issue, it was not a hindrance or reason for Iligaonons to not pursue celebrating their annual event. It was said to be a grand triple celebration and a 3-day activity but it was extended until June 17 and 18, 2017. Activities were held through massive and tight security measures implemented by the law enforcers of the city of Iligan. With this annual event, Michaelis had been able to show their participation in this kind of community involvement activity through the games being held specif...

Does History Repeat Itself? By Rohaina Dansal Courtesy: News 5 - InterAksyon When people hear the phrase “Martial Law”, what usually pops up in their minds is the reminiscing of the dictatorial leadership of our former President Ferdinand Marcos way back in 1972. Let us say that history repeats itself but with a bit of change. Actually, lots of changes. History repeats itself in terms only that President Duterte was the second president to declare Martial Law after Former President Marcos. Today’s declaration of Martial Law is far different from the history we know. And I think it is very self-explanatory for us to observe these changes. The declaration of Martial Law in the entire island of Mindanao is felt by those people who are affected by it most. Strict checkpoints in every entry and exit route in those adjacent places of Marawi City are implemented, especially and specifically in Iligan City. You cannot immediately pass those checkpoints without presenting your valid Ident...