From Jobert’s Site, our LSG President….
Fellow UP Law students:
UP
President Emerlinda Roman has recently approved the new Academic
Calendar for 2008-2009, which will observe a MONDAYS-OFF policy. This
is to avoid interruption of classes on Mondays, in view of RA 9492,
which mandates that most holidays, except those with religious
significance, will be shifted to the nearest Monday.
The
memo mentions that regular class schedules will now fall on
Tuesay-Thursday and Wednesday-Friday, instead of the usual
Monday-Thursday and Tuesday-Friday sched. Obviously, the memo refers to
the schedule of other colleges, notably undergrad. However, since the
rule applies to all, the
College
of
Law
is expected to comply with this memo, even if we don’t follow the undergrad sched.
It
is in this light that Prof. Lumba, the College Secretary, has asked the
Law Student Government for its position on this matter. If we want, the
college can file a letter asking for exemption from the said rule, but
only if the students do not agree to such policy.
We,
the incoming Executive Board, have our own diverging views on this
matter. We thought it best however to consult you guys about it. Please
send us an email at jobertn@gmail.com or reply to this post by SUNDAY
NIGHT. We will furnish Prof. Lumba, Associate Dean Daway and Dean
Carlota, a copy of your comments.
It
is the General Assembly however which will express the official stand
of the students. Even as you reply to this post, please inform your
block presidents about your vote and please remind him/her to relay
that vote to the officers of the GA by SUNDAY NIGHT also.
We
apologize for the short notice. Prof. Lumba talked to us just this
afternoon. We laud his effort to consult the students on this
important matter.
Thank you and we hope to hear from you soon.
Law Student Government Executive Board ‘08-’09
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