Fall Newsletter 2013
Content
PILIPINO AMERICAN STUDENT SOCIETY
FALL SEMESTER
2013 NEWSLETTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT EBOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT SPARTICIPATION & CULTURAL REMIX FIRST GBM: INTRO TO PASS BREAKING STEREOTYPES [PASS]PORT TO THE PHILIPPINES ALUMNI WEEKEND PASS CIDER MILL SOCIAL PHILIPPINE CULTURE NIGHT UPCOMING EVENTS
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Hello PASS! Welcome back to the grind, everyone! I hope everyone had a relaxing and cozy holiday season, filled with spending time with your family and reconnecting with old friends. Although you may be far from home and enduring the cold weather, hopefully PASS has warmly welcomed you into the organization this past semester (or in the case you’re an alum, I hope heart-warming PASS memories have kept you company). Winter break, or those terribly small 5 day weekends I hear about from postgraduates, is a great time to recharge from the hectic lifestyle every fall season traps us in. From opening resents to rolling around in snow pants, a holiday season without spending time in the comfort of my home and with my loved ones during my childhood is simply unimaginable. All too often, as I continue on the ambiguous journey of starting my life, I tend to scramble for ideas of self-improvement. Many hours have been spent on Pinterest looking for clean eating regimens, and promises about limiting my time on social media have been made. We’ve all fallen in this trap, making a list of things we need to work on, and forgetting to pause and realize that the mountains we climb are from the mountains we build. Self-improvement isn’t just about weight, better budgeting, or bad habits. The small battles we fight are from within ourselves and to truly grow as an individual, we must have genuine reflections on how we feel about ourselves. Instead of letting what we aren’t CONSUME us, we should be mindful of all the personal qualities and values that we do have. Save the time you’ve allotted to create your list of inferiorities to appreciate the simple things we experience every day. At times it can be overwhelming to think we have to grow up, but we shouldn’t let this phase in our life rid us from the excitement we once experienced during the holidays in our childhood. Last semester year PASS did some soul searching; we’ve learned plenty of lessons about prioritizing and balancing. With high expectations and plenty of fresh ideas, we took small victories and worked hard to make them into larger victories. It is with my greatest confidence to say that the PASS E-board of the 2013-2014 school year has delved deeper in exploring Filipino and Filipino-American culture. From the themes of our General Body Meetings, to our first annual Philippine Culture Night, our intentions have been pure to our promise to preach awareness of our culture, and WHY the development of our culture is important to embrace. With these same ideals in mind, PASS would like to introduce a new theme coming to the forefront this semester, the development of leadership and a sense of BAYANIHAN for our new members. Bayanihan in Tagalog normally refers to a spirit of communal unity and cooperation. It is our hope that not only will we be role models to our new members, but to help inspire the younger generations of Filipino-Americans by means of “bayanihan” for the incoming PASS generations to come. We invite you to take a look at some of the themes of our GBMs this past semester, and hope you may recognize some old traditions and events coming back for this semester. We’re bringing home the rice bowl this year! Cheers to a year of new beginnings! Kelly Ilagan
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT
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MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT
What’s up PASS people! I hope everyone had a joyful Christmas and Happy New Year. Fall 2013 was a terrific semester for our organization, and I am very proud of what we accomplished. Our executive board set high goals and I certainly believe that we exceeded them! One of our main goals was to carry out actions that would represent our theme for the year, which was “changing the mentality” My interpretation of “changing the mentality” was to instill leadership in our members. To no longer be satisfied with mediocrity and strive to become a leader. To have pride in who you are and where you’re from through cultural enlightenment. This organization proved that it was moving toward stronger leadership shortly after Typhoon Haiyan hit the homeland by hosting our first Philippine Culture Night. Through our hard-working members and heavyhearted supporters, our PCN fundraiser was a success. Donating $1000+, clothes, and non-perishable foods to the typhoon victims in the Philippines was most definitely my favorite highlight of the semester. Along with PCN, many other areas of our semester were also successful. PASS gained a good bunch of new active members that show loads of potential. Every general board meeting was packed with cultural teachings, but still remained fun. Our networking was at an all time high with APASO, Filamcco, and MAFA organizations. Our membership and finances are looking healthy! There really isn’t enough space in this newsletter to tell you how pleased I am with our first half of the school year! Lastly, congratulations to our new eboard additions this spring semester. I hope all of our PASS alumni are doing well. I hope to see many of you for our alumni weekend this upcoming semester. I’d like to thank all the students, friends, and families that have supported PASS this past year. May you all have a great and successful year in 2014. Look forward to what we have in store this year! Isang Pamilya, Isang Mahal Jerry Vedua
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EBOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
PASS would like to welcome our new Treasurer and Event Coordinator, Ron Ilagan and Loureen Prudente to the eboard family! PASS eboard has also decided to add two new positions: Programmer and Head of Froshboard. They will be filled by Michelle Francis and Maesee Lor.
RON ILAGAN Year: Sophomore Major: Political Science, Pre-Law Favorite PASS memory: Going to FACT for the first time Food You Can’t Live Without: Chicken wings Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: Working in Chicago or somewhere other than Michigan Dream GBM: Getting some famous Filipino Americans to talk about their own experiences
MICHELLE FRANCIS Year: Junior Major: Communication/Sales Favorite PASS memory: Going to FACT this past year even though my car starter died and I was stranded in the China Buffet parking lot Food You Can’t Live Without: White chicken chili Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: I see myself working at a logistics company or doing sales for companies like Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Living in a condo in San Diego, CA or Chicago. Traveling a lot; whether it’s cross country or out of the country. Possibly engaged, but probably not. I’ll also have an English Bulldog named LuLu. Dream GBM: Carnival night watching the Debut, having popcorn and cotton candy, and karaoke.
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EBOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
MAESEE LOR Year: Freshman Major: Nursing Favorite PASS memory: Bonding at FACT Food You Can’t Live Without: Rice Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: Out of Michigan Dream GBM: Having a role model or inspirational figure attend our GBM
LOUREEN PRUDENTE Year: Freshman Major: English Favorite PASS memory: Performing at PCN for pandanggo sa ilaw, bulaklakan, and tinikling Food You Can’t Live Without: Tocino Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: In 5 years I see myself being a student teacher aiming to become a teacher, while living in an apartment Dream GBM: My dream GBM would be where everyone would play either Filipino kids games or just kids games to promote bonds between members and encourage communication between everyone because in kids games anyone and everyone could play. Also there would be yummy Filipino food after the games
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NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Year: Freshman Major: Nursing Ate: Diana Bunag Kuya: Anthony Talampas Favorite PASS memory: My favorite PASS memory was our first GBM. I was terrified to go because I was really shy and didn’t know what would happen. After the first few minutes I was welcomed by so many new people and made several new friends. That day made me excited for what the new year and PASS would bring me. Favorite food: Chipotle Chicken Club Experience with PASS: My experience with PASS has helped me become more familiar with my Filipino culture in a fun way with people who I’ve come to love and consider my second family. PASS has given me many wonderful memories to look back on and amazing people I was lucky to meet.
PAIGE ALBITO
Year: Freshman Major: Pre-med Ate: Pazau Moua Kuya: Ray Wanninger Favorite PASS memory: My favorite PASS memory was definitely being the emcee for PASS’ very first Philippine Culture Night, as well as being able to perform and raise money for a great cause Favorite food: Chicken Adobo duhh Experience with PASS: PASS has made my first semester something special. I helped raise money through performance and I was in my first beauty pageant hahaa, all while making life long friends along the way.
SURAJ MAHADEVA
Year: Freshman Major: Human Bio Ate: Michelle Francis Kuya: Anthony Talampas Favorite PASS memory: Going to FACT Favorite food: Kari kari Experience with PASS: PASS has been very fun so far, it’s something other Filipinos should join because I know that not every single Filipino person on campus is in
JOSH CABATU
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SPARTICIPATION & CULTURAL REMIX
Every year, MSU hosts an event called Sparticipation, where students, mainly freshmen, go to find clubs that they might be interested in. This year it was unfortunate that we were moved to the Breslin Center, and were placed in the basement. Nonetheless, we managed to meet many people and got them to come out to our first GBM for which we had a full house. Every year it is important that we deck out at Sparticipation because it is the main event that we meet the most people at and this year we were fortunate to make the best out of the situation we were put in. On the other hand, Spartan Remix is another event and like a smaller version of Sparticipation. This year Ray Wanninger, one of PASS’ Eboard members, was fortunate enough to perform guitar at the event and represent PASS. We managed to extend many invitations on that day, and overall, it was a great event because it was outside and the weather was great. PASS also managed to demonstrate Tinikling by the side of our booth, attracting a variety of people of different ethnic backgrounds, because it is by nature a very fun dance. Overall, it was a great experience to be able to show off PASS at Spartan Remix, and we hope to broaden our circles at future events.
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FIRST GBM: INTRO TO PASS
The first GBM of the year was a general informational meeting about the exciting opportunities and events PASS had to offer this school year. PASS eboard became creative and hopped on the Vine line and made a short video explaining what PASS was all about. They then moved on to the icebreaker where members were split up into groups. Each group had a roll of toliet paper and was instructed to take as much as they would usually need. They then had to reveal one fact about themselves to the group for every sheet of toliet paper they had. It was an awesome way to learn about the new members that came out and a way to learn more about our visitors from the University of Michigan organization, FASA. The eboard members then explained more in depth about each section in PASS: from the Ate/Kuya Program (AKA Program) to PASS Dance Crew (PDC). Fried rice, egg rolls, empanadas, and pancit was also served. Overall, the first GBM this year was very successful. PASS gained great new members, who will hopefully keep the organization as successful as it already is.
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BREAKING STEREOTYPES
During the Fall Semester, PASS held numerous general body meetings, including a “Stereotype” meeting and a “Passport” meeting. During the “Stereotype” meeting, members, along with the executive board were able to discuss issues regarding their Filipino/ Asian background. It gave members a chance to speak about their experiences and hear other’s stories about the good and bad issues that surround their life.
[PASS]PORT TO THE PHILIPPINES
Another meeting that was held was the “Passport” meeting, in which the members were able to learn about three regions of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. They were able to visit a section of the Vincent Chin Room which referred to one of the three locations, then were able to view a short PowerPoint on the region and enjoy food from each region.
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ALUMNI WEEKEND
PASS had a nice turnout for this semester’s alumni weekend as the Spartans took on the Hoosiers for the Homecoming game. Festivities included a Tutti Frutti social, the annual alumni tailgate, and ended with a picnic at Valley Court. Alumni from across the country came back to East Lansing to bond with old classmates and meet the new members of PASS.
PASS CIDER MILL SOCIAL
In October, PASS had a cider mill social at Uncle John’s Cider Mill. The designated car rides provided a chance for everyone to get to know each other more. There, we had a taste of the fall weather, hot cider, and a delicious variety of donuts. There were wonderful smells everywhere as PASS had the time to bond and enjoy the place. Accompanying the festive atmosphere was a live singing performance while everyone snacked and chatted. We also explored the little shops at the cider mill and found many cool trinkets and Halloween-themed goods. There was also the option of exploring the endless apple fields, and of course, the cider mill wouldn’t have been complete without pictures by the pumpkin patch underneath the moonlight. Even though the weather began to get colder, the unity of PASS brought warmth through this social.
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FIRST PHILIPPINE CULTURE NIGHT!
In collaboration with the Filipino-American Community Council of Michigan (FILAMCCO), PASS was able to contribute towards the relief effort for the Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines. With the help of donations and fundraising, PASS was able to donate just over $1,000! The first annual Philippine Culture Night (PCN) was a night filled with cultural performances, talented performances from our affiliate organizations, and the PASS adviser Terese Monberg as the keynote speaker, all with the purpose to showcase what we believed embodies FilipinoAmerican culture. The event concluded with dinner featuring our favorite Filipino foods and line dancing music!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
RICE BOWL
PASS will be competing with Umich FASA in the annual Rice Bowl this year! The event will be hosted by PASS this year and therefore take place in East Lansing on Saturday, March 22. Members who are interested in participating will be updated on details soon.
The Lunar New Year show will be on Saturday, February 15th this year and PASS will be performing both cultural and modern dances. Those interested in joining PASS Dance Crew and performing should stay up to date with practice times on the PDC Facebook group!
HALO HALO
PASS will be having their annual variety show this spring semester on Saturday, April 5th. Headliner TBA! Those interested in being on the planning committee will be updated on details soon.
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LUNAR NEW YEAR
UPCOMING EVENTS
FROSHBOARD
Froshboard will take place this spring semester and is a great experience for those who are interested in joining eboard. Participants will plan a GBM (March 20th), shoot an eboard video, and get a general inside look at the responsibilities of an eboard member. Those interested should contact Head of Froshboard, Maesee Lor.
The MAFA Conference will take place March 14-16 at the University of Toledo. PASS will be organizing rides etc. for those interested in attending. The conference is a great opportunity for networking with other MAFA schools.
ROAD TRIPS
Here’s a list of upcoming events that PASS will be performing in and possibly attending! Anyone interested in attending will be informed about rides and such.
GVSU - PASS will be performing on January 30th at their Lunar New Year event OSU - Barrio Fiesta Event, date TBA
UIC - Battle of the Bamboo on Saturday, February 22nd St. Louis University - Annual Showcase on Saturday, April 26th
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MFAS CONFERENCE
FALL SEMESTER
2013 NEWSLETTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT EBOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT SPARTICIPATION & CULTURAL REMIX FIRST GBM: INTRO TO PASS BREAKING STEREOTYPES [PASS]PORT TO THE PHILIPPINES ALUMNI WEEKEND PASS CIDER MILL SOCIAL PHILIPPINE CULTURE NIGHT UPCOMING EVENTS
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10 11-12
Hello PASS! Welcome back to the grind, everyone! I hope everyone had a relaxing and cozy holiday season, filled with spending time with your family and reconnecting with old friends. Although you may be far from home and enduring the cold weather, hopefully PASS has warmly welcomed you into the organization this past semester (or in the case you’re an alum, I hope heart-warming PASS memories have kept you company). Winter break, or those terribly small 5 day weekends I hear about from postgraduates, is a great time to recharge from the hectic lifestyle every fall season traps us in. From opening resents to rolling around in snow pants, a holiday season without spending time in the comfort of my home and with my loved ones during my childhood is simply unimaginable. All too often, as I continue on the ambiguous journey of starting my life, I tend to scramble for ideas of self-improvement. Many hours have been spent on Pinterest looking for clean eating regimens, and promises about limiting my time on social media have been made. We’ve all fallen in this trap, making a list of things we need to work on, and forgetting to pause and realize that the mountains we climb are from the mountains we build. Self-improvement isn’t just about weight, better budgeting, or bad habits. The small battles we fight are from within ourselves and to truly grow as an individual, we must have genuine reflections on how we feel about ourselves. Instead of letting what we aren’t CONSUME us, we should be mindful of all the personal qualities and values that we do have. Save the time you’ve allotted to create your list of inferiorities to appreciate the simple things we experience every day. At times it can be overwhelming to think we have to grow up, but we shouldn’t let this phase in our life rid us from the excitement we once experienced during the holidays in our childhood. Last semester year PASS did some soul searching; we’ve learned plenty of lessons about prioritizing and balancing. With high expectations and plenty of fresh ideas, we took small victories and worked hard to make them into larger victories. It is with my greatest confidence to say that the PASS E-board of the 2013-2014 school year has delved deeper in exploring Filipino and Filipino-American culture. From the themes of our General Body Meetings, to our first annual Philippine Culture Night, our intentions have been pure to our promise to preach awareness of our culture, and WHY the development of our culture is important to embrace. With these same ideals in mind, PASS would like to introduce a new theme coming to the forefront this semester, the development of leadership and a sense of BAYANIHAN for our new members. Bayanihan in Tagalog normally refers to a spirit of communal unity and cooperation. It is our hope that not only will we be role models to our new members, but to help inspire the younger generations of Filipino-Americans by means of “bayanihan” for the incoming PASS generations to come. We invite you to take a look at some of the themes of our GBMs this past semester, and hope you may recognize some old traditions and events coming back for this semester. We’re bringing home the rice bowl this year! Cheers to a year of new beginnings! Kelly Ilagan
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT
1
MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT
What’s up PASS people! I hope everyone had a joyful Christmas and Happy New Year. Fall 2013 was a terrific semester for our organization, and I am very proud of what we accomplished. Our executive board set high goals and I certainly believe that we exceeded them! One of our main goals was to carry out actions that would represent our theme for the year, which was “changing the mentality” My interpretation of “changing the mentality” was to instill leadership in our members. To no longer be satisfied with mediocrity and strive to become a leader. To have pride in who you are and where you’re from through cultural enlightenment. This organization proved that it was moving toward stronger leadership shortly after Typhoon Haiyan hit the homeland by hosting our first Philippine Culture Night. Through our hard-working members and heavyhearted supporters, our PCN fundraiser was a success. Donating $1000+, clothes, and non-perishable foods to the typhoon victims in the Philippines was most definitely my favorite highlight of the semester. Along with PCN, many other areas of our semester were also successful. PASS gained a good bunch of new active members that show loads of potential. Every general board meeting was packed with cultural teachings, but still remained fun. Our networking was at an all time high with APASO, Filamcco, and MAFA organizations. Our membership and finances are looking healthy! There really isn’t enough space in this newsletter to tell you how pleased I am with our first half of the school year! Lastly, congratulations to our new eboard additions this spring semester. I hope all of our PASS alumni are doing well. I hope to see many of you for our alumni weekend this upcoming semester. I’d like to thank all the students, friends, and families that have supported PASS this past year. May you all have a great and successful year in 2014. Look forward to what we have in store this year! Isang Pamilya, Isang Mahal Jerry Vedua
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EBOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
PASS would like to welcome our new Treasurer and Event Coordinator, Ron Ilagan and Loureen Prudente to the eboard family! PASS eboard has also decided to add two new positions: Programmer and Head of Froshboard. They will be filled by Michelle Francis and Maesee Lor.
RON ILAGAN Year: Sophomore Major: Political Science, Pre-Law Favorite PASS memory: Going to FACT for the first time Food You Can’t Live Without: Chicken wings Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: Working in Chicago or somewhere other than Michigan Dream GBM: Getting some famous Filipino Americans to talk about their own experiences
MICHELLE FRANCIS Year: Junior Major: Communication/Sales Favorite PASS memory: Going to FACT this past year even though my car starter died and I was stranded in the China Buffet parking lot Food You Can’t Live Without: White chicken chili Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: I see myself working at a logistics company or doing sales for companies like Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Living in a condo in San Diego, CA or Chicago. Traveling a lot; whether it’s cross country or out of the country. Possibly engaged, but probably not. I’ll also have an English Bulldog named LuLu. Dream GBM: Carnival night watching the Debut, having popcorn and cotton candy, and karaoke.
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EBOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
MAESEE LOR Year: Freshman Major: Nursing Favorite PASS memory: Bonding at FACT Food You Can’t Live Without: Rice Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: Out of Michigan Dream GBM: Having a role model or inspirational figure attend our GBM
LOUREEN PRUDENTE Year: Freshman Major: English Favorite PASS memory: Performing at PCN for pandanggo sa ilaw, bulaklakan, and tinikling Food You Can’t Live Without: Tocino Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years: In 5 years I see myself being a student teacher aiming to become a teacher, while living in an apartment Dream GBM: My dream GBM would be where everyone would play either Filipino kids games or just kids games to promote bonds between members and encourage communication between everyone because in kids games anyone and everyone could play. Also there would be yummy Filipino food after the games
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NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Year: Freshman Major: Nursing Ate: Diana Bunag Kuya: Anthony Talampas Favorite PASS memory: My favorite PASS memory was our first GBM. I was terrified to go because I was really shy and didn’t know what would happen. After the first few minutes I was welcomed by so many new people and made several new friends. That day made me excited for what the new year and PASS would bring me. Favorite food: Chipotle Chicken Club Experience with PASS: My experience with PASS has helped me become more familiar with my Filipino culture in a fun way with people who I’ve come to love and consider my second family. PASS has given me many wonderful memories to look back on and amazing people I was lucky to meet.
PAIGE ALBITO
Year: Freshman Major: Pre-med Ate: Pazau Moua Kuya: Ray Wanninger Favorite PASS memory: My favorite PASS memory was definitely being the emcee for PASS’ very first Philippine Culture Night, as well as being able to perform and raise money for a great cause Favorite food: Chicken Adobo duhh Experience with PASS: PASS has made my first semester something special. I helped raise money through performance and I was in my first beauty pageant hahaa, all while making life long friends along the way.
SURAJ MAHADEVA
Year: Freshman Major: Human Bio Ate: Michelle Francis Kuya: Anthony Talampas Favorite PASS memory: Going to FACT Favorite food: Kari kari Experience with PASS: PASS has been very fun so far, it’s something other Filipinos should join because I know that not every single Filipino person on campus is in
JOSH CABATU
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SPARTICIPATION & CULTURAL REMIX
Every year, MSU hosts an event called Sparticipation, where students, mainly freshmen, go to find clubs that they might be interested in. This year it was unfortunate that we were moved to the Breslin Center, and were placed in the basement. Nonetheless, we managed to meet many people and got them to come out to our first GBM for which we had a full house. Every year it is important that we deck out at Sparticipation because it is the main event that we meet the most people at and this year we were fortunate to make the best out of the situation we were put in. On the other hand, Spartan Remix is another event and like a smaller version of Sparticipation. This year Ray Wanninger, one of PASS’ Eboard members, was fortunate enough to perform guitar at the event and represent PASS. We managed to extend many invitations on that day, and overall, it was a great event because it was outside and the weather was great. PASS also managed to demonstrate Tinikling by the side of our booth, attracting a variety of people of different ethnic backgrounds, because it is by nature a very fun dance. Overall, it was a great experience to be able to show off PASS at Spartan Remix, and we hope to broaden our circles at future events.
6
FIRST GBM: INTRO TO PASS
The first GBM of the year was a general informational meeting about the exciting opportunities and events PASS had to offer this school year. PASS eboard became creative and hopped on the Vine line and made a short video explaining what PASS was all about. They then moved on to the icebreaker where members were split up into groups. Each group had a roll of toliet paper and was instructed to take as much as they would usually need. They then had to reveal one fact about themselves to the group for every sheet of toliet paper they had. It was an awesome way to learn about the new members that came out and a way to learn more about our visitors from the University of Michigan organization, FASA. The eboard members then explained more in depth about each section in PASS: from the Ate/Kuya Program (AKA Program) to PASS Dance Crew (PDC). Fried rice, egg rolls, empanadas, and pancit was also served. Overall, the first GBM this year was very successful. PASS gained great new members, who will hopefully keep the organization as successful as it already is.
7
BREAKING STEREOTYPES
During the Fall Semester, PASS held numerous general body meetings, including a “Stereotype” meeting and a “Passport” meeting. During the “Stereotype” meeting, members, along with the executive board were able to discuss issues regarding their Filipino/ Asian background. It gave members a chance to speak about their experiences and hear other’s stories about the good and bad issues that surround their life.
[PASS]PORT TO THE PHILIPPINES
Another meeting that was held was the “Passport” meeting, in which the members were able to learn about three regions of the Philippines: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. They were able to visit a section of the Vincent Chin Room which referred to one of the three locations, then were able to view a short PowerPoint on the region and enjoy food from each region.
8
ALUMNI WEEKEND
PASS had a nice turnout for this semester’s alumni weekend as the Spartans took on the Hoosiers for the Homecoming game. Festivities included a Tutti Frutti social, the annual alumni tailgate, and ended with a picnic at Valley Court. Alumni from across the country came back to East Lansing to bond with old classmates and meet the new members of PASS.
PASS CIDER MILL SOCIAL
In October, PASS had a cider mill social at Uncle John’s Cider Mill. The designated car rides provided a chance for everyone to get to know each other more. There, we had a taste of the fall weather, hot cider, and a delicious variety of donuts. There were wonderful smells everywhere as PASS had the time to bond and enjoy the place. Accompanying the festive atmosphere was a live singing performance while everyone snacked and chatted. We also explored the little shops at the cider mill and found many cool trinkets and Halloween-themed goods. There was also the option of exploring the endless apple fields, and of course, the cider mill wouldn’t have been complete without pictures by the pumpkin patch underneath the moonlight. Even though the weather began to get colder, the unity of PASS brought warmth through this social.
9
FIRST PHILIPPINE CULTURE NIGHT!
In collaboration with the Filipino-American Community Council of Michigan (FILAMCCO), PASS was able to contribute towards the relief effort for the Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines. With the help of donations and fundraising, PASS was able to donate just over $1,000! The first annual Philippine Culture Night (PCN) was a night filled with cultural performances, talented performances from our affiliate organizations, and the PASS adviser Terese Monberg as the keynote speaker, all with the purpose to showcase what we believed embodies FilipinoAmerican culture. The event concluded with dinner featuring our favorite Filipino foods and line dancing music!
10
UPCOMING EVENTS
RICE BOWL
PASS will be competing with Umich FASA in the annual Rice Bowl this year! The event will be hosted by PASS this year and therefore take place in East Lansing on Saturday, March 22. Members who are interested in participating will be updated on details soon.
The Lunar New Year show will be on Saturday, February 15th this year and PASS will be performing both cultural and modern dances. Those interested in joining PASS Dance Crew and performing should stay up to date with practice times on the PDC Facebook group!
HALO HALO
PASS will be having their annual variety show this spring semester on Saturday, April 5th. Headliner TBA! Those interested in being on the planning committee will be updated on details soon.
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LUNAR NEW YEAR
UPCOMING EVENTS
FROSHBOARD
Froshboard will take place this spring semester and is a great experience for those who are interested in joining eboard. Participants will plan a GBM (March 20th), shoot an eboard video, and get a general inside look at the responsibilities of an eboard member. Those interested should contact Head of Froshboard, Maesee Lor.
The MAFA Conference will take place March 14-16 at the University of Toledo. PASS will be organizing rides etc. for those interested in attending. The conference is a great opportunity for networking with other MAFA schools.
ROAD TRIPS
Here’s a list of upcoming events that PASS will be performing in and possibly attending! Anyone interested in attending will be informed about rides and such.
GVSU - PASS will be performing on January 30th at their Lunar New Year event OSU - Barrio Fiesta Event, date TBA
UIC - Battle of the Bamboo on Saturday, February 22nd St. Louis University - Annual Showcase on Saturday, April 26th
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MFAS CONFERENCE
