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has come a long way. SULAW President Lester Nuique, with a touch of humor, but with rhyme and reason, celebrated his journey from Aggie to the Bar in the most literal sense, sharing growing pains, trials and tribulations of a law student’s ordeal -- with foremost Bar buddy Enteng dela Plaza and his drinking family who may be too embarrassed to be mentioned by name. Probably this mix of serious intent and dedication to “tongue in cheek” humor, Lester decided to invite


ow on i ts 75th anniversary, the SU College of Law


two prize fighters to the activities of SULAW -- Dr. Rolando del Carmen and Cong. Manny Pacquiao. When Rolando Del


Court decision all over the world. He shared his thoughts


on justice which he considers innate in the nature of man. It is primordial since the beginning of time, and is a constant theme in biblical writings. The struggle for justice


success. But Manny is like a


lawyer wi th his fists, bringing honor to his country with each  ght. A lawyer has to do legal


is continuing, for “there can be no justice if there is no rule of law, and no one should be above the law”. Del Carmen said it is


obvious that President Ninoy’s No wang-wang policy is a simplistic and symbolic concept of what it is all about. He concluded with the suggestion of changing the lyrics of


Carmen is now an expert on Criminal Justice in the United States where he lives with his lovely wife, Josie, and is an author of books and publications which are quoted in Supreme


Carmen was appointed dean of the SU College of Law in 1962, his first graduates were the golden batch of Class 66 with a 100 percent passing in the Bar: Humilde Serate, Joshua Capunong, Jose Hernando Jr., Rene Gutierrez, Arturo Santos, Fructoso Villarin II, and two Bar topnotchers: Francisco Dy Yap (4th place), and Delia Sutton- (13th place). Dean Rolando Del


the song Let there be Peace on Earth with the word “Justice”, and that this would be more apt and  tting to remind everyone of his or her duties towards Justice for All. *****


duel in advocating for his client. He uses his mental skills, but we have heard of tales of those who have used their  sts to settle an issue. Well, if Manny was a


DOMINIQUE GERALD M. CIMAFRANCA


VILLAGE IDIOT SAVANT


dominique.cimafranca@gmail.com


DAVAO CITY -- I have to hand it to broadcast media: the networks really know how to milk a situation for what it’s worth. After their extensive live


lawyer, we would all want to watch him  ght to victory with his  sts. But one cannot be


Del Carmen vs. Pacquiao


a very sincere person, with a transparent desire to share his blessings and positive karma. One cannot help but like the guy, and even be held in awe by his mercurial


”Manny” Pacquiao was a giant among the legal Eagles. His life story is inspiring and known the world over that he was introduced very brie y like a bikini -- covering only the essential parts -- by his Sillimanian constituent lawyer Antonio Delim of Saranggani. Manny came through as


ROMEO G. CAPILITAN SYDNEY


out. She moves on. She moves like the moon gliding through the ocean blue. She moves like the sun dazzling the sky white. A dance is all about


Dance of Lucy’s Life She moves in. She moves


movement. From the click- clack of the  ngers to the rhythm of the beat, from the swaying of the hands to the sashaying of the hips and shoulders they all pulsate to breathe life to dancing feet. It is a movement in


space, movement in time, and a movement in grace. Movement personified. I n me t h o d acting, dance a nd d an c e r fuse into one. Dance becomes Lucy. Lucy Jumawan Sauer, crowned the 2010 Outstanding Si ll iman Awardee for Dance.


she remembers how she got initiated to her passion, the mission, and the dance of her life. She got started with a motherly advice. Back in time, she was the


Moving back in time, Moving in Time CONNECTION capromeo@gmail.com


fish beneath the meadow stream. In a little while, Lucy


forgot the pain and pangs of her hunger. Moving in Space


is a dance studio. In the meadows, her innate inclination grew. From the meadows in Dauin, she went to Dumaguete to study and learn the formal discipline of dancing. From thereon, Lucy’s passion for dance had taken her from Dumaguete to a lot of prominent places all over the World. At 17, she established


For Lucy, any place


Did research on Suban-on Muslim tribal dances in Mindanao. Worked for the bridging of Native Australia to Asian dances in Sydney after immersing herself in Black Theatre. And taught contemporary dance in Bangkok.


lie.


heart. It communicates the range of human emotion, which the dancer likes to explore. To experience the emotion she projects. This spark of curiosity


Body movement can’t It’s the language of the


Moving in Grace SU’s prima ballerina


the Lucy Patrimonio Dance Studio here in Dumaguete mainly to teach ballet to young aspiring students. She later became the directress of the Dance Department at the School of Music in Silliman University. In these ventures, she


and  itted after the  uttering butter ies. She tiptoed after the jumping grasshoppers as if to grab and eat them. She wandered. She wondered at the undulating body of the


little girl chasing butter ies in a meadow of Dauin. It all began when she asked her mother for food. Food being scarce in a wanting family, mother told Lucy “to dance with the butter ies”. She went to the meadow


was able to produce dancers who became members of the world renowned Bayanihan Dancers of the Philippines. Her effort was recognized when the First Lady Mrs. Imelda Marcos presented her a plaque of appreciation for pioneering classical ballet in the Visayas in 1976. Received also the Immigrant of the Year citation from SBS in Sydney. Her interest in dance


went beyond the classical ballet genre. She studied American primitive dances in Massassuchetts, USA.


is what led contemporary dance pioneers like Isadora D u n c a n t o b r e a k away f rom the formal


discipline and stricture of classical ballet. Lucy fully subscribes


to the idea and breakaway movement without losing the t radi t ional dance values. Isadora-like, she adapts some of time the pioneer’s fetish of wearing a  owing silken scarf over the shoulders to underscore graceful body movement. Lucy learned and taught


C o n g . E mma n u e l


a champion in any field without brawn and brains. For that, Manny is the best “Pound for Pound Boxer” in the world. I t i s wa s a


avid fan of Manny, and collects the films on his fights; Manny was also in awe of all the lawyers, but his idea of “horizontal leadership” impressed Dr. Del Carmen. Being members of the


draw because Dr. Lando Del Carmen admitted he is an


coverage of the Quirino Grandstand hostage crisis which may have possibly - - q u i t e s o v e r y possibly -- brought it to its bloody end, they’re now spending airtime to ask out loud if they might have done wrong. Would that this public


hand-wringing were truly sincere! But from past history,


whatever lessons may be learned from this tragedy will go conveniently out the window when the next scoop comes a-knockin’. It’s not like this is the


mutual admiration club, SULAW, with Lester, Dean Mikhail Lee Maxino, and former Dean Myles Bejar, really made the anniversary memorable, and allowed for time for reunions, renewals of friendships, recollections, especially with the presence of Cong. George Arnaiz and classmates especially Justice Ramon Bato. Before part ing, the


words of the Silliman song rang out: Loyal will we be to Silliman!” Happy trip to all alumni,


friends, and family! Come back to Silliman soon.


first time something like this has happened. Three years ago, a deranged man held his own wards hostage in the same area under similar circumstances. Since no one died then, I suppose there weren’t any lessons in media coverage worth


learning? And to cap off this


Hypocritical vultures


dubious achievement, said deranged person became the subject of several interviews while the latest crisis was ongoing. And now they talk of


guidelines and rules: that perhaps, just perhaps, a news blackout might work for the best in critical situations. But really, what’s new


OLGA LUCIA ALINAS-UY


HOUSEWIVES ON THE MOVE


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minutes into Master Class, a play based on the series of master classes given by legendary opera singer Maria Callas at the Julliard School of Music in New York City in 1971 and 1972. I must say that I agree


I


don’t like her!” This was my 10-year old’s pronounc ement 30


before us. At the beginning, we


wi th my daught e r ’ s observation. Arrogant, insul t ing, dismissive, condescending, haughty, difficult, impatient ... are but a few of the words that I could think of to describe this diva. She spoke her mind at will, and with a wave of her aristocratic hand, trampled on people’s emotions as if they were dirt under her feet. Yes, she wasn’t likeable at all. But likeable or not, Maria


hated her with as much fervor as her “victims”, as she called them, must have hated La Divina herself. We laughed at her wicked humor and we sat in awe as we witnessed her live her art and delve into the passion of the characters she played in the opera. B u t s o m e t h i n g


unexpected happened towards the end. We stopped hat ing Maria Callas. And this was where


long time ago is a far cry from the commanding  gure we saw on stage, an aristocratic woman who could cower an ent ire auditorium into silence with a single look. Admittedly, that line


has achieved an almost- legendary status and continues to tickle our fancy through the years. Young children, including my 10-year old daughter, can deliver it with as much venom as Ms. Cherie Gil did in the movie Bituing


Overshadowing Lavinia


Callas must have been an awesome human being. And this very quality, this essence that was Maria Callas, was brought to us by Ms. Cherie Gil with such clarity and intensity that left us reeling. That was some emotional roller coaster ride Ms. Gil made us go through. Ms. Cherie Gil was


Cherie Gil when we first met her during the press conference. But the person who came to the stage was Maria Callas, a formidable woman who, with the slightest tilt of her chin, made it clear to us that we mere mortals being graced with the presence of a goddess. From that point on, we were not seeing Ms. Gil. We had Maria Callas


choreographed Australian Aborigine dances in Paris. Moving Spirit


bal let in Dumaguete. She pirouetted the Swan Lakeand The Nutcracker at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila with Alexandra Danilova, then one of the world’s four most renowned prima ballerinas. She graced her way to the


She moves in space. The Spirit moves her. Lucy is living in accord to the will of the Heavenly Father. She declares, “He is the Choreographer for us all.” God choreographs the


She moves in time.


Opera House in Sydney in front of Australia’s number one then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. And


with a grateful heart . Thanks the people who have profound in uences in her


That’s why she’s ticking


Ms. Gil’s acting genius came to full force. She revealed to us a Maria Callas who was just as human as we all are ... she was lonely and she wanted to love and be loved just like any one of us. We cried for her as she gave up her unborn child for the love of a man who treated her with as much disdain as she treated those around her. And we held our breath as, letting go of every bit of pride she ever possessed, she begged and pleaded for him to marry her. She did not want to be alone. But it was all in vain. The love of her life chose another woman over her. We felt her pain. We felt her despair. Ms. Gil made us feel all that. Ms. Gil as a consummate


actress came to be as Maria Callas. The bratty Lavinia who hi s sed, “You’ re nothing but a second-rate, trying hard, copy cat!!!” to a hapless Sharon Cuneta a


respective, unique and intertwining dances of our lives.


formative years like music director Mimi Palmore and piano virtuoso Prof. Albert Faurot. Thanks Silliman University for instilling in her the pursuit of excellence that remains a constant guide in resolve to perfect her chosen Art. She thanks God for her late husband Max Jumawan who stood by her side. Max stood by her side when she formed the Silliman Dance Troupe in Dumaguete and oversaw the Aborigine Theatre Arts in Sydney. She is grateful for Walter Sauer who is


Walang Ningning. This is a richly-deserved honor for Ms. Gil. But it’s time to move on. Ms. Gil shouldn’t be


known as Lavinia alone for she shone even brighter as Maria Callas. Her strength as an actress has never before been laid out to an audience with as much intensity as it was in Master Class. Forget that copy cat


here? Didn’t ABS-CBN impose a news blackout when the Abu Sayyaf abducted their star reporter Ces Drilon? Didn’t they ask the same of the other news agencies? Since no ABS-CBN reporter was held hostage this time, I suppose they didn’ t think a news blackout worth considering?


media would come out quickly and decisively with a statement of regret, with a firm resolution to act responsibly in the future. But no, what we get


If only the broadcast


instead is an extended drama of self-justi cation drawn out, it seems, for the things that truly matters to the network: airtime, coverage, viewership, and self-promotion.


line. Ms. Cherie Gil has outgrown Lavinia. She is now Maria Callas, a woman, who without any shred of doubt in her being, could dismissively declare to the world: “How can I have rivals when no one can do what I can do?” And those very same


words could very well apply to Ms. Gil herself. For who, indeed, can do what Cherie Gil can do? Kudos to our favorite villainess. Keep the passion.


now standing by her side. She is eternally grateful for her life’s entire blessing. Lucy is homecoming to


her Alma Mater. Not solely to receive the accolade, but also to give back what she has taken. Hoping to establish a Dance Company to teach the art as a vehicle for discipline, even as a means of national discipline. Has faith in the Filipino when it comes to dancing. Asserts Pinoys have the edge in body movement over all other races. Believes


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