The author is Ma. Monica M. Wong, a fourth year student taking up Philippine Studies at the College of Arts and Letters in UP Diliman.
She is a creative writing major also taking up journalism as a minor course. She believes that all the drama in the world is just misplaced energy.
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NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE
Ma. Monica Wong
Metro Manila, Philippines
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Brief History of TOFI
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October 2006
--Board of Regents (BOR) approved extensiive increase of lab fees
--3 new lab fees and 25 new increases
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--All of which were not properly conferreed with the students
1. GF=General Fund; funds from government
2. RLIP=Retirement Life Insurance Premiums; automatically intended for employees
3. RF=Revolving Fund; own funds earned by the university
4. IOB=Internal Operating Budget; entire budget of UP for one year (GF+RLIP+RF)
December 15, 2006
--Students waited at the steps of Quezon Hall for President Roman and the BOR for they wanted the president to defend the rationale of TOFI before them and explain the process by which it was arrived at
--UP President and the BOR refused to meeet with students, faculty and non-academic constituents to undergo democratic dialogues at the steps of Quezon Hall
--Students were forced to barricade doorss of Quezon Hall
--UP President and her staff avoided the crowd and furtively transferred to Malcolm Hall, College of Law
--UP BOR approved the TOFI
January 26, 2007
--President Roman once again, dragged thee BOR with her to Oasis Hotel at Dau, Pampanga when they were confronted by a group of student and faculty demonstrators at the gate of UP Clark
--Student Regent was billeted in a motel to avoid his interacting with other members of the BOR, before the meeting, to explain his position
June 2007
--Implementation of TOFI
Source:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/2006-11Nov23-upboycot/upboycotvstfi.htm#position%20papers
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