First Year Representative Election
By Charles Balinggao
BSED - ENGLISH
A year ago the SAMAHAN Central Board decided
not to have first year representative election because they didn’t saw the need
of having one. They believe that first year students will struggle to be
connected to the division where their courses belong when they reached second
year if they were under the supervision of first year representatives. But for
this year, first year representative election is back with its seven hopeful
candidates.
The
seven hopeful candidates were Mark Vincent Alpiz, Derizza Giselle Laburada,
Michael Zachary Leyson, Roren John Ong, Djumel Gerard Tinampay, Darwin Verallo
and May Fiel Divino who were launched during the miting de avance last July 12
2012 in Thibault grounds. Flock of first year students attended the event
including the supporters of each candidate. The event was a venue for helping
first year students to decide on who they think they will vote for the position
because it was also the venue where they were given the chance to ask questions
about the platforms of each candidate. It was also attended by the SAMAHAN
Central Board President, Maureen Villamor, who encouraged first year students
to be involved in the election.
First year students were given three
days to vote for their bets for the position. The election ran for three days and
on July 14 2012 after the votes were tallied, the COMELEC declared two of seven
hopeful candidates to be the first year representatives of the school year 2012
– 2013. These lucky hopefuls were Roren John Ong, AB Mass Communication student
who garnered 576 votes and Michael Zachary Leyson, BS Computer Science student
who garnered 577 votes. They won the election because they weren’t just lucky
but they were good in convincing their fellow first year students that they
would create programs and activities that would enhance the personality and
academic development of freshmen students.
This
year’s newly elected first year representative will be the voice of freshmen
students. They will empower first year students to be involve in school activities
that would help them gain more knowledge on how the system of education work in
the university. Hopefully, these first year representatives will not fail the
expectations of those who voted for them by doing their job well and by accommodating
the needs of their constituents.
