NEWS

The University of La Salette College of Law garnered a 40 percent passing rate average in the
recently held November 2015 Bar Examinations.

The ULS College of Law has once again proved its excellence by producing 2 more lawyers out of
5 first takers. The examination results were made known to the public via internet last May, 3 2016, at
around 1 o’clock in the afternoon, 5 months, after the said examination which took place in the
University of Sto. Tomas, Manila. The University of La Salette Bar passers that are to be added in the roll
of attorneys after taking their oath on June 16, 2016 will be Mrs. Jacqueline Leoncia Mactal-Alino, RN
and Mr. Fritzgerald Ace S. Palac, RN, nurses turned attorneys.

Thru an event held last May 14. 2016 as spearheaded by the ULS College of Law Dean, Atty.
German M. Balot and organized by the ULS College of Law officers and students, the 2 bar passers were
recognized and congratulated for the pride they have brought to the University of La Salette.

The said Bar Examination passers, thru their speech, delivered a motivational message for the
upcoming ULS batch 2016 Bar takers, by giving tips and advises that could be helpful for the next batch
of examinees who will be taking a 6-month review prior to the month long Bar examination to be held
this coming November 2016.

The University of La Salette College of Law with the support of ULS administration has been
consistently molding dignified lawyers since it started its operation.
Editorial 1 A motherly calling

In one of my subjects, I was once asked with this question “What is the difference between an
educator and a teacher?” ponder on this question before proceeding to the next paragraph and let’s see
if we have the same opinion on the matter.

Anybody can be a teacher but only those who have earned a degree in education may be called
educators, persons who have the right set of knowledge, wisdom and attitude to educate students or
persons who are in need of guidance. “Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of
knowledge” is one of the lines often quoted by Alfred North Whitehead. It is the duty of educators to
see to it that every life it touches is thoroughly taught, inspired and educated, and never the other way
around. To obliterate the ignorance out of individuals and provide them a means to surpass their
potentials.

The Government thru the CHED has set a uniform system of educating and evaluating its citizens
who, in the first place, are unique and different from each other. In a famous line by Albert Einstein, a
well-known scientist and philanthropist “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to
climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”. Different folks, different strokes.
Educators must develop that so called “clinical eye” to assess the needs and proper means of teaching
their students.

It is only right to criticize some of the educators who, instead of prioritizing means of unlocking
our potential and provide better modes of learning, gives importance to numbers, grades, and other
forms of numerical measurements of intellect. It is as if the students are tagged with a price on their
foreheads. As a result, the failing students are branded by the society as delinquents, useless,
unproductive and are cut from the society. In a sense, this kind of educators, cuts the non-bearing
branches to give more nutrients to the fruit-bearing ones, well this is all good if we are talking about
fruits and trees, but we are not. This kind of approach corrupts and destroys the very core of our
students. The students, not all, in order to gain a remarkable passing grade, cheat on their subjects and
exhaust all efforts to survive another semester. As the saying goes “it’s better to cheat than to repeat”
hence, the students give importance to their grades rather than understanding the lessons laid before
them, in the process, going to school becomes a routine due to the importance of attendance instead of
a duty or devotion thus after finishing the semester, they have been taught but are still of modicum
retention and understanding. Well, how can you expect an average student to be simultaneously
efficient in 6-8 subjects in the span of 5 months per semester when the teacher who majored in
teaching such subject are still subjected to corrections and mistakes?

On the other hand, worth of admiration are the educators who devote their time in nurturing
students who have a hard time coping up with the way our Educational system stands, those who give
consideration to students who did their best but somewhat came short of what is required. Admirable
are the Educators who make their own means of bringing out the potential from others rather than
failing them, and not giving a chance thereby closing the windows of opportunities of learning.
Educators who are devoted in eliminating illiteracy, developing students and imparting knowledge and
wisdom instead of just grading them to comply with the requirements of their so called profession.
Giving care, guiding, and equipping them with the necessary set of knowledge and information that will
prepare them in anything the future may hold. Well, this is just my piece of pineapple in the pie, to you
our ever benevolent educators, our second mothers, Kudos!
Editorial 2

The study of Law…. thoughts?

Books, books, books, and more books, sleepless nights and nerve cracking recitations. That is
what studying Law is all about, a world of numbers and letters, a four years’ minimum additional study,
indubitably, a tedious course it is. But why should you waste your time studying Law when you have
already graduated and earned your bachelor’s, masters or doctorate degree?

Some of you might have already answered that question yourselves after reading the tittle.
Prestige? Power? Public Service? Well, for me, at first I didn’t even care. I just wanted to learn, to learn
the rules carefully so I can break them properly. Well, they say, Ignorance a bliss, I beg to differ, the
state of not knowing is very discomforting. I say, ignorance is a disease, a disease that can be remedied
with knowledge.

Knowledge truly is power, but again, little knowledge is dangerous. We are all ignorant until we
are educated. That’s a fitting line to say. So here is a glimpse of the universe of Law. First what is law?
Law is a binding custom or practice of a community; a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally
recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority. Laws exist to protect us, it maintains
orderliness in the society, it affects us in so many ways we can’t even count, from womb to tomb we are
governed and guided by it. Isn’t it only proper to study the things that hugely affects us? Study, we all
must.

If you agree, and would ask me how? Well, no specific preparatory course is favored or is
required when you wish to study Law, as long as you have met the standards set forth by the academe
and the institutions that govern the said course of study. The good thing is, the University of La Salette
offers this course, you need not go to Manila or other far situated universities. The University of La
Salette has been consistent in producing lawyers/ attorneys since it started its operation, though
continuously challenged and rivaled by other universities and colleges, the University of La Salette
stands resolute and proud in its own glorious achievements. So if you’re a graduating student, your alma
mater calls for your attention, support and dedication, you might be the missing topnotcher the College
of law has been looking for. Give it a try. Enroll.
Feauture

How To do:

As the summer comes to an end, rainy season will once again start to embrace us with its loving
coldness, it is only right and proper to embrace it back with a soothing and relaxing aroma of a warm
BULALO.

BULALO( Beef Bone Marrow Soup)

Bulalo is a beef dish from the Philippines. It is a light colored soup that is made by cooking beef shanks
and marrow bones until the collagen and fat has melted into the clear broth.

Ingredients:

2 kg beef bone marrow, have your butcher chop it into small pieces

1 kg boneless beef shank or stewing beef

1 onion, medium size, peeled and sliced

3 liters of water

2-3 medium size potatoes, peeled and quartered

2-3 saba (plantain) bananas, each cut into two pieces

1 whole medium cabbage, quartered

3-4 tablespoon fish sauce (patis)

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Blanch bone marrow and boneless beef shanks or stewing beef in hot boiling water for a
while and rinse in cold running water to remove scum and blood
2. Place bone marrow and onion in a stockpot, pour in 3 liters of water and bring to boil.
3. Lower heat and simmer for about 40 minutes.
4. Add the boneless beef shank or stewing beef and return to the boil
5. When it boils, lower heat and simmer until beef is tender, about 1 to 1 and a half hour.
6. Add the potatoes and bananas.
7. Simmer until potatoes and bananas are tender, about 10-15 minutes.
8. Addthe cabbage and stir in fish sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
9. Cook until cabbage is tender-crisp, about 2 minutes.
10. Serve with rice, wine and chill.