CHMSC bags second in RSCUAA meet

By Raymond Serrantes

Carlos Hilado Memorial State College [CHMSC] participants placed second in the over-all results of PASUC – VI Academic Cultural Festival during the Regional State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association [RSCUAA] Meet 2011.

Aklan State University [ASU] hosted the event on December 18 – 22, 2010.

Ruel Silvano and Edmar Villanueva grabbed gold medals and outshined other contenders in Government and Culture Quiz Bee and Poetry Interpretation respectively.

Among the participating schools were Capiz State University [CAPSU], GSC, Iloilo State College of Fisheries, Negros State College of Agriculture, Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology, Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College, University of Antique, Western Visayas College of Science and Technology, and West Visayas State University.

Other schools that made it to the top 5 include ASU and CAPSU.

“We [CHMSC] made it to the top 3 it is because of the willingness and eagerness of our talented participants to learn and to have rigid practice with their respective coaches and the full support given by the faculty and administration”, Campus Wide Cultural Coordinator Ger-Ann Lopez said.

“Next time we will work harder and we will aim for the championship”, Lopez added.

ICT dept opens 2 new labs

By Azela Batulan

& Hariette Montaño

To answer the growing number of clientele and to provide a facility for English proficiency, the Information and Communications Technology Department created the new Internet Laboratory 2 and renovated the Speech Laboratory, respectively.

ICT Department procured an additional 50 units of computers wherein 26 new units went to the Internet Laboratory 2 and the rest of the units were for the new Speech Laboratory.

Furthermore, the Speech Laboratory will serve all CHMSCians with subjects related to its use and it is considered as a Multi-Media Laboratory wherein users can share videos and recorded speech. Engr. Albert Joseph Gonzalo Monge, ICT director, said that the new Speech Lab can also venture to call center training because of its up-to-date technologies and equipments.

Part of the ICT's development plan for the next school year are the renovation and upgrading of facilities for the computer laboratories especially Rm. 401 and 402.

Aside from that, Engr. Monge said that they are planning to impose the "no Expiry Internet Connection"-which means that the 15 hours of internet access for the students paying internet fee if not fully consumed for the semester, it will be accumulated or added to the next semester.

They are also planning to impose Queuing System in order to organize the accommodation on the internet laboratories to serve fairly the CHMSCians.

Since we are nationally competitive state college, we are living to meet the standards of the fast changing technology to suffice the needs for knowledge and skills.

Flashflood stirs up CHMSC: midterm exam postponed

When the heavy rain pours and the damage it brings

By Joefell Francis Balagosa

Marking January 11, 2011 in CHMSC-Talisay, a historic flood poured into the state college leaving it to “Knee-deep” flood water that almost covered the college’s ground.

                  The abnormally large amounts of rainfall and the rising of the tide caused the water to inundate some areas in Negros.

The damage

                  Meanwhile, classes in CHMSC-T were called off after the heavy rains pummeled some classrooms and even some College offices-including the Technopacer’s, the SSG’s, and the Cashier’s as well as the Records’ section did not survived the surfeit of flood water. In those reasons, examination for the second semester that was scheduled on January 13-14 was moved to January 17-19.

The dormitory also suffered and lead to the evacuation of its occupants. As it occurred, heavy rains continued to shower Negros leaving several cities flooded.

Across Negros

Not only CHMSC-T suffered from the flood but also some cities in Negros Occ. including Silay City and was declared under state of Calamity. Passengers going to north were stranded for hours due to vehiclular traffic build up as the streets of the city became a river of flood water. A number of students who attended the class earlier this January 12 declined, most of them came from north.

When the tide meets the surfeit of flood water:

                  The same reason which made the city of Silay covered with flood and as to CHMSC-T and the rest of Talisay City was the 1.6-meter high tide, which occurred  roughly the same time Tuesday, also contributed to the sudden rise of flood waters. The flood water that suppose to be dispose on sea was pushed by the rising of the tide and flashed it back on land causing the water to rise for long hours.

Mr. Vicfran Defante, head of the Provincial Disaster Management Program (PDMP), said on Sunstar-Bacolod issue that heavy rains poured from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. with a rainfall of 78 millimeters. He also added that the heavy rain was due to the effect of La Niña weather phenomenon and the tail end of the cold front.

And how the rising of water was timed was same as how it declined.

What is pellucid now is that no solution can solve this natural occurrence, and that every hand should unite and will have to work together to address the problem.