Vol 49. No. 2 December 2022
Photo by Zle M. Yee
welcoming the future XUFD 2022 Held Full Onsite
By Danica Ela P. Armendarez & Levina Eunice O. Palarca
fter two years of the pandemic, XU finally reopened its doors to the public for the recent celebration of the Xavier University Festival Days (XUFD) 2022 held last Dec 1-3. Themed “Dayon! XU Welcomes You Back Home!,” the XU community celebrates the future with hopes to relive old memories and create new ones.
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A three-day homecoming This three-day festival welcomed all students, faculty, alumni, and guests—marking the first fully onsite celebration since 2019. The event aimed to highlight love, family, and hopes for a better future.
The annual celebration commenced with the onset of XUFD tradition, as the first day of the festivities began with a bike parade and food festival held along the Main Lane, followed by the wreath-laying ceremony, and tree lighting ceremony in the evening. Following the opening of the festivities, one of the first main events was the XU Festival Nights held at the XU Covered Court, which showcased talents from XU alumni, students, and faculty from levels ranging from grade school to higher education. Meanwhile, on the Main Lane, people jammed to the XUFD Live! The following days were jam-packed with an array of activities, starting with an Amazing Race participated in by XU Grade
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XU Crusaders dazzle in homecourt
XU hosts 39th BANLS
The University Athletics Office (UAO) held a series of friendly games on Dec 2 as part of the festivities in XUFD 2022.
School (XUGS) students, a performance from The Xavier Stage (TXS), Exhibition Matches from the XU Basketball Team, a trivia night organized by the XU Central Student Government (CSG), and a kick-off Concert with the XU Band alumni. In customary XUFD fashion, the threeday long festivities concluded with the Dayon! Music Fest featuring performances by SMART artist JKLRD. Other performances by Hazel Jane Libe, Late November, Cyberband, Squishy, Niq Ramsis, and DJ Poccholo also graced the stage.
On Nov 23, student leaders from five Jesuit Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) commenced the 39th Buklod Atenista National Leaders Summit (BANLS) at XU Grade School (XUGS).
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University News
A First and Last: XUCA feasts Aggie Fiesta Day in Manresa By Andre’ Socorro F. Doria
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n Nov 26, 200 blue- and green-blooded bulls of the XU College of Agriculture (XUCA), more than a fourth of whom are freshmen students, huddled in the Manresa farm to feast on the Aggie Fiesta day, a yoke of two events—the “Aggie Freshmen day” and the “Manresa days” tradition. The first half of the day served as the first welcome party for the freshmen students under the college who have yet to explore the premises due to the pandemic. The Manresa Days tradition was then exclusively celebrated by the University Aggie community for the last time along Masterson avenue in honor of Fr. William F. Masterson, SJ who founded XUCA in 1953, and the Manresa farm three years after that.
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