BSU studes emerge champs in regional press confab

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet After being the first runner-up for three consecutive years, The Mountain Collegian (MC), the official student publication of Benguet State University, is hailed this year’s the over-all champion after besting 12 other schools in the Cordillera Administrative Region during the 15^th Regional Higher Education Tertiary Schools Press Conference here Jan. 23-24.

Dominating the over-all group category contest and emerging 1^st runner-up in the over-all individual contest, MC took the competition by storm after its magazine, broadsheet, newsletter, and tabloid issues including its literary folio, Kalaleng were in for the top five ranking.

Also, all its 13 delegates in all individual categories were able to make it to the first five places.

In the Magazine Category, MC was adjudged champion in layout, opinion/editorial, news, and developmental communication (Dev Com) pages; 1st runner-up in literary, sports, and features pages.
On the other hand, MC's broadsheet paper bagged individual championships in layout, opinion/editorial, news, literary, features, and Dev. Com Pages; and 1st runner-up in Sports Page.

For the Newsletter Category, MC took home the championship titles in news, literary, features, and devcom pages; 1^st runner-up in sports page and lay-out; and 2^nd runner-up in opinion/editorial page.

MC performed well in the tabloid category championing the opinion/editorial, dev.com and literary pages; 1st runner-up in the features page and lay-out; 2nd runner-up in news page; and 3^rd runner-up in sports page.

Completing the titles, Kalaleng nine garnered awards in literary folio category: 1^st runner-up  in lay-out; 2^nd runner-up in literary content and 4^th runner-up in cover page.

Meanwhile, MC staffers placed in the top five of their respective events in the individual on-the-spot contests.

Janice Agrifino, BSDC-IV, was champion in both photojournalism (Filipino) and poetry writing (Filipino); Harmon Nicer, DVM-V, champion in literary graphics illustration (English) and 1st runner-up in editorial cartooning (English); Juman Kevin Tindo, BSES-IV, first in feature writing (English) and 2nd runner-up in copy reading and headline writing (English); Juliet Esther Cindy Guerrero, BSN-IV, in feature 2riting (Filipino) and 3rd runner-up in opinion writing (English); and Giselle Ocyaden, BSE-III,  literary graphics illustration (Filipino) and 4th runner-up editorial cartooning (Filipino).

Moreover, Rhe-Ann Ngayaan, BEE-III and Arniel Dumigsi, BSE-III were first in editorial writing (Filipino) and opinion writing (Filipino), respectively.

Also, Richard Giye was best in poetry writing (English). Mark Samuel De Guzman, and Bobby Mc Gee Lee, both BSE-III, landed 1st runner-ups in Comics Strip Drawing (Filipino) and editorial writing (English), respectively. Faith Belingon, BSDC-IV,  3rd runner-up in DevCom Writing (English); Mariel Laoana, BSN-IV, 3rd runner-up in photojournalism (English); and Gilbert Barro, BSHRM-II, 4th runner-up in comics strip drawing (English).

The MCians and other top five winners will be representing the region to the 13^th Luzonwide Higher Education Press Conference to be held at Lucban, Quezon this coming February 12-14.

“It is a hope that the Mountain Collegian staff together with the rest of the other school paper writers who will compete for CAR will raise the level of the region’s standing in the Luzonwide,” said Dr. Grace T. Bengwayan, MC adviser.

The White and Blue of Saint Louis University and last year’s title holder, The Alternative of the University of the Cordilleras, were over-all 1^st runner-up and 2^nd runner-up, respectively followed by Baguio College of Technology’s The Atom and Kalinga Apayao State College’s Earthline.  #by  -- Rhe-Ann B. Ngayaan