By Tyrone Jay V. Samson

As one of the leading Information Technology institutions in Region 9, the DMC College Foundation College of Computer Studies (CCS) joined the whole IT community in the Philippines in launching “The New Efficiency” Windows 7 brand of the Microsoft Philippines held at the City Sports Club in Cebu City last November 24.

On hand to represent DMC in the said gathering are Associate in Computer Technology Coordinator Andy Wong and Philippine Society of Information Technology Students (PSITS) President Kim Therese Vale.

More than a thousand IT specialists, Internet café owners, IT professionals from all over the Philippines attended the said launching organized by Microsoft Philippines headed by its Managing Director John Bessey.

Among the speakers on the launching are Microsoft Phil. Solutions Specialist and Security Management Deo Co, Evangelism Platform Developer Dale Jose, Country General Manager of Lenovo (formerly IBM) Philippines Maria Victoria Agorrilla, and others.

“I am greatly honored and privileged that I was able to attend and witness the Windows 7 launching, the new version of the Windows operating system. This new version of this operating system (OS) is a lot better than its previous OS, the Windows Vista, because if this new OS will be used in notebooks and laptops, it can save up to 20% of its battery,” PSITS President Vale said. “Also, it has its feature that will record all the activities you are doing in a certain application you are using. I really had a great time there, the food being served was so delicious and the venue was big enough to accommodate more than a thousand people. Also, I was able to meet people behind Microsoft Philippines whose names I only heard before.”

By Krizaine Cordero and Jerranne Tejol (DMC Eximius Staff)

“Wag ganun men!”

These are the infamous words coming from the celebrated band, Rocksteddy, which recently held a concert in Dipolog City.

Yup! You read it right guys. Rocksteddy was here at the DMC-College Foundation campus last Monday, November 30.

The event was organized by the Globe Tatoo and Campus Connect in close coordination with DMC College Foundation.

As the popular host of the ABS-CBN’s “Showtime”, Teddy related that the band started since high school. Having been trained in their music ministry as Born Again Christians, they started joining battle of the bands originally as contingents. He even shared that sometimes they even borrow instruments from each other and see the same faces every time they join the “Battle of the Bands.” Until such time that they decided to form an acoustic band with “Rocksteady” as the original name for the band.

“Naging Rocksteddy siya dahil naging popular ‘yung i-feature ang pangalan ng lead vocalist like Kitchie Nadal’s band and Barbie Almalbis’, and hindi kami makasabay kina Aiza kaya naging Rocksteddy na siya,” Teddy.

You might probably ask the same question as we have in our minds before the interview as to their secret behind the success. And this is what they told us:

“Siguro ‘yung spirit namin, na we’re not a serious band type. All we want is to have fun and play on stage, landiin ang audience, and we are not that typical pa astig type,” as related by the band members.

Kamikazee, Parokya ni Edgar, Sandwich, Bamboo and Join D’ Club are just among the top favorite bands that the group look up to. Not being far from their vision which is to go Global and to dominate the world the band has been busy doing shows and gigs all over the Philippines. With their latest album, Ayos Lang Ako from Polyeast Universal records, “Lagi Mo Nalang Akong Dinidedma,” is becoming one of the more popular tracks among the list. It is based on Teddy’s college love story so to speak. The girl does really exist as how he puts it.

The band is composed of Jeff Cucullo in drums, Christian Sindico in bass and vocals, Juven Pelingon in guitar, and Teddy Corpuz in lead vocals. Rocksteddy was founded in March 2003. The band has released “Lagi Mo Na Lang Akong Dinededma,” “Gising Na,” and the Close Up Jingle “Smile at Me” as their singles. They have also been commissioned to provide the theme song titled “Superhero” for the ABS-CBN fantasy show Super Inggo. They also contributed to the “Kami nAPO Muna: Tribute to the Apo Hiking Society album where they recorded a cover of “Blue Jeans”. They became part of the Manila sound tribute album, “Hopia, Mani, Popcorn”, where they gave their own rendition of the Juan dela Cruz song, “No Touch”.

Lead singer Teddy Corpuz is a cousin of TV reporter, host and radio anchor Niña Corpuz-Rodriguez.

In their DMC concert, the band treated an audience from vast groups crowding the DMC open field to witness the “RockYouniverse Concert.” The evening was filled with screaming and drooling fans as the band showed their renowned showmanship! It was such a night to remember.

By Tyrone Jay V. Samson

To show its deep sympathy to the victims’ families and to hold a prayer for peace and justice in the Maguindanao Massacre, the DMC College Foundation recently held a Holy Mass at the DMC Covered Court last Friday, December 4.

Leading the prayer for the massacre victims’ souls to rest in peace was Reverend Father Beltran Patangan.

DMC students, college and high school alike, were on hand together with school officials to show solidarity in praying for the victims, their families, the government and the perpetrators for all of them  to see the light.

After the Holy Mass, DMC officials and students offered candles for a prayer for peace, harmony and justice in light with such despicable killings. A “Wall of Freedom” was also open for all students to post their words of sympathy, mourning and support to the victims’ families and the government in upholding justice in the said gruesome massacre of innocent lives.

Student leaders thereafter, through Eximius Staff associate editor and second year Nursing student Trizia Glae Tubungbanua, released the students’ official statement on the Maguindanao Massacre.

This is their statement.

“We, the DMC College Foundation youth leaders, feel the threat in the hopeful minds of youth to have a peaceful and mass murder-free country. The inhuman and barbaric act last November 23, the violence and savagery in the Ampatuan municipality in Maguindanao, erased 57 names from the statistics of living people including respected politicians, dedicated journalists and innocent people.

The spirit of leadership, the sense of security for the watchdogs of the government – the media men, the whole fabric of diplomacy and serenity in the country, the pillar of peace and our freedom from strife are now shaking. How can we become reasonable future leaders of this country if all we see from our current leaders are political bickering leading to such heinous and barbarous act? As if vote buying, and other government and political scandals are not enough to muddle the innocent and gullible minds of the young lads in colleges and universities in the country hoping to become better leaders in the future.

Needless to say, we cannot develop our utmost potentials if we live in a society where guns, gold and goons are its prevailing business.

Now, we the DMC College Foundation youth leaders are calling for genuine political reforms. We praise the expulsion of the Ampatuan family from the Lakas Party. But this is clearly not enough. We echo the call for truth and justice. And we want more responsibility for our government officials. If the government cannot protect its people, who else will?”

(And to show our support to the victims’ families, to the journalists all over the world, and the whole nation in our cry for justice and condemning such despicable act of inhumanity, the DMC College Foundation will place black arm bands in students, faculty and staff starting today.)