NEWS
JUNE-OCT 2014
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7UP! With smiles of triumph and joy, ASTEEGs grab the championship trophy at the awarding ceremony of MSU-GSC Intramurals 2014. (photo by: Jayson Deodor)
7th win for Engineering as overall Intrams champs DIXTER GLENN C. TANDOG
For the seventh year in a row, the College of Engineering (CoE), the ASTEEGs, won the overall championship in this year’s recently concluded 53rd Intramurals and Foundation Day Celebration. The celebration was held at the Mindanao State University–General Santos City campus from August 31 to September 5, 2014. The Asteegs garnered a total of 50 gold medals to clinch this year’s overall championship. Eight colleges—College of (CNSM), College of Agriculture Fisheries (CoF), College of Business (CoA), College of Law (CoL)—and Administration and Accountancy the Graduate School competed in (CBAA), College of Education various minor and major events. The first day of the week(CoEd), College of Engineering (CoE), College of Social Sciences long celebration was not on the and Humanities (CSSH), College of Asteegs’ favor as their official entry Natural Sciences and Mathematics for Street dancing competition, the
Intramurals’ opening event, did not make it to the top. But they won in many of the events, both major and minor, thus chalking up their seventh win. On the other hand, the College of Agriculture, or the Reapers, ranked 2nd in the overall result. The College of Education and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities ranked 3rd and 4th
respectively. Asteegs garnered five golds in the following events: Basketball, women; Volleyball (Men); Team Quiz, College Booth Exhibit and Baseball. Moreover, the CoE also got golds in the following events: Extemporaneous Speaking (English), Dramatic Singing (Duet), Math Quiz Bowl (Individual), Throwing (M) and Throwing (W).
Thankful CoE student president “This trophy signifies the efforts of all the ASTEEGs of the College of Engineering! The journey to this victory was not easy, and this year’s events were more thrilling than last year. Yet, we, ASTEEGs managed to attain our goal… God is really good!” said Mr. Fernnie Magalona, President of the College of Engineering students →→2
‘Dili ko kamo pakyason’Rivera delivers his first SOCA RONNIE BARRIENTOS
City
Mayor Ronnel C. Rivera delivered his first State of the City Address (SOCA) before the Sangguniang Panlungsod and thousands of government officials, employees, guests and constituents last August 5, at Lagao Gym, General Santos City. Mayor Rivera’s executive report focused on the improvements in the areas of education, health, social service and local economy →→3
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Educ’s Eunice Melicor, Ms MSU 2014; national celebs grace pageant night For the second consecutive year, the College of Education won the Miss MSU crown. Eunice Melicor, 17, from the College of Education was crowned Miss MSU 2014 during the glittering pageant night held at Mindanao State University-
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GSC Gymnasium, Aug. 31. The pageant night was worth remembering, not only for the second straight win of the College of Education representative, but also because of the presence of national celebrities as judges. Ms. Shamcey Supsup-Lee, Miss
Universe 2012 3rd runnerup, and her husband, modelbusinessman Lloyd Lee, graced the 2014 Ms. MSU pageant. Shamcey is truly a pride of General Santos–aside from being a ravishing beauty queen, she used to be a →→3