Pass Spring Newsletter 2016

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February 1, 2016

ASS

SPRING

NEWSLETTER


2/13


3/13

Hel lo PASS,

I hope

everyone is

feeling

rejuvenated

and had a

stellar

holiday

br eak. This

past semester

has been

quite

successfu l for

PASS. As an

organization, we?ve grown im mensely over

these past few months. Fr iendships wer e

for ged and mi lestones have been attained.

Thr oughout the semester, PASS was able to

recr uit many new members, continue to host

our 3rd annual Philippine Culture Night, hold

a ver y successfu l f undr aiser, per for m at the

University of Michigan s Philippine Culture

Night, as well as travel to the Filipino

Americans Coming Together Confer ence at

the Univer sity of Il lin ois at Urbana

Champagne. Lastly, for our phi lanthr opy,

PASS donated towards relief for Hur r icane

Lando.

I?m stoked for th is upcoming semester

Plann ing for our 25th Anniversar y event has

alr eady star ted. Chor eogr aphy for cultu ral

and modern per formances is underway and

Rice Bowl

(PASS competes again st U of M in

vari ous spor ts) is just ar ound the corn er. As

for our

25th Anniversary Event,

not only do

we want to celebr ate the great mi lestones of

thi s organization, but also to acknow ledge all

the past alum ni that have contr ibu ted to all

the accompli shm ents over the year s. We

know PASS alum ni are very busy and may

need to tr avel, but i t w ould

mean so much i f you could

attend the event. We would

be honor ed to hear your

stor y an d see how PASS has

shaped you. Whi le r eview ing

th is editi on of the PASS

newsletter, I encourage you

to take note of i mpor tant

dates. Lastly, let?s defend the

Rice Bowl

Isang Pami lya,

Isang Mahal.

Andrew Davenport

"I'M STOKED

FOR THE

UPCOMING

SEMESTER "

PASS has accompl ished SO much this fall

what w il l YOU contr ibute for the

remainder of the year? New members ar

always welcome to join the PASS Pamilya

MESSAGE

FROM YOUR

VICE

PRESIDENT

INTERNAL

andr ew davenpor t

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4/13

Hell o my

lovely PASS

Pamilya,

and Happy

New Year s

I hope

everyone

had a

wonderful

holiday

season. This

fall semester

has been

one of the most eventful semesters w ithi n

PASS and I couldn? be more proud of

what this

board has

accomplished

and the lar ge

str ides we?ve

taken. One of

the most

memorable

events th is

semester

would have to

go out to

volunteer ing w ith a

new M AFA school

,

Wayne State Fi lSoc. Dur ing the w eekend

of September 19, PASS and Fi lSoc

volunteered at the Nyaka AIDS Or phan

Project in East Lansing. The Nyaka AI DS

Orphan Project has a mi ssion to br eak the

cycle of pover ty i n Uganda by providi ng

schools to orphans in r ur al areas who are

affected by AIDS. Members fr om both

orgs helped organi ze letters, sor t thr ough

donati ons, and other miscell aneous jobs

that helped thi s organi zation br ing

awareness to the orphans in

Nyaka. Volun teer in g wi th

Fi lSoc br ought out a MAFA

bond that wi ll never be

for gotten. I?m super

excited for thi s upcomin g

semester w ith our main

event being PASS?25th

Anniversary in Apri l, but I

ur ge you guys to come out to the

other events and GBMs. Our board has

alr eady star ted

working hard

to bring you

guys another

unforgettable

semester

Isang Pami lya,

Isang Mahal.

Nicole Ramos

"t his fal l

semest er h

been one of

t he most

event f ul

semest er s

MESSAGE

FROM YOUR

VICE

PRESIDENT

EXTERNAL

NICOLE RAMOS

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5/13

Nicol e r amos

Year :

Jun ior

Major:Econom ics

What is your spir i t anim al?

Lion

Favor it e type of sandw ich?

anythi ng wi th an egg

Favor it e song at th e

moment? they don't know

us by bor egous

YOUR PILIPIN

AMERICAN

STUDENT

SOCIETY

EXECUTIVE

ESEE LOR

aNDREW DAVENPORT

:Jun ior

Food Science

our spir it anim al?

Wolf

it e type of sandw ich?

i te song at th e

With You (Jai Wol f

x) - Dir ty South

Year : Senior

Major:

Computer Science


Hawk


Turkey and Sw iss

Favor it e song at th e

moment?The Last Goodbye

by Bill y Boyd

ESCA ALVAREZ

:

Sophom ore

Psychology

your spir i t anim al?

it e type of sandw ich?

ll ed cheese

it e song at th e

Sorr y by Justin

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6/13

CLAIRE RAYMUNDO

Year : Sophomore

Major :Psychology


Corgi


Italian

Favor it e song at th e mom ent?

Roses by t he chainsmokers

MINIC ZOTTOLO

EMILY LIEBAU

: Jun ior

Computer Science

our spir it anim al?

i te type of sandw ich?

led Pork

i te song at th e

The Feeling

Year : Sophomore

Major: Journ alism wi th a

mi nor in Gr aphic Design and

APA Studies

What is your spir i t animal?

Munchkin Cat

Favor it e ty pe of sandw ich?

Po' Boy

Favor it e song at t he mom ent?

The Ghetto by The Game

JOE SUN

Year :Sophomore

Major: Hospi tali ty Busin ess

What is your spir it anim al?

Bear

Favor i te type of sandw ich?

Cuban

Favor i te song at th e

moment?

Lor d Pretty Flocko

Jodye by A$AP Rocky

UR PILIPINO

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7/13

W MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

ecano

yabes

nel l e l u

Year :

Freshman

Major:

Elementary

Education

Ate/Kuya:

Chesca and

Kenny

What do you i denti fy

as?I consider myself a

full Fili pina

Year : Freshman

Major:

Human Biology

Ate/Kuya:

Claire

Raymundo/Kelly

Starrine


as?

Fil ipin o

Year :Sophomore

Major:

Supply chain

management

Ate/Kuya:

Matthew

Navarra


as?

Hong Kong -

Cantonese

What m ade you come out to PASS?I

heard about i t w hen I was sti ll in high

school f rom my br other who was in FA

It was the only student org that I r eally

wanted to join when I came to MSU

because I w anted to get to know other

Fil ipino students.

Favor i te PASS m emor y: All the dance

pr acti ces and gett ing to per for m at FAS

PCN.

Wh at m ade you com e

ou t to PASS?

Joe told me

how fun it was

Favor i te PASS m emor y:

FACT w eekend

Wh at m ade you com e

ou t to PASS?

Being able

to be r econnected w ith

Fili pino cultur e

Favor i te PASS m emor y:

FACT 2015

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8/13

PASS Penny

Wars was a huge

success in or der

to raise money

towar d PASS?s

3rd annual

Phi li ppine Cul tur e Night. Penny Wars in cluded

four dares in whi ch the losing team would get

their face pain ted, do a Fil ip in o dance call ed the

Otso-Otso, cross the Red Cedar River, and eat a

very special Halo Halo. The theme for Penny

Wars was Pokmon, in which the teams woul d

battle it out by donating either for their team or

against another. We would l ike to thank our

alumni for their generosity in donating towards

Penny War s. Please check out the State News for

a vi deo r ecap of PASS Penny War s.

PASS members also pain ted the rock i n the month

of October to celebrate Fil ipi no Amer ican History

Month. We also par took in a chal lenge given to

the Midw est Filipin o organizations known as

MAFA Filabucketl ist. This challenge involved

doin g cultur al dances, decorating your campus,

and postin g interestin g ar ticles related to Fili pin o

Ameri cans on the Midw est Association of Fili pin o

Ameri cans Facebook page. We are happy to

announce that PASS came in fi r st i n th is

challenge.

The pur pose of

th is event i s to

br in g awareness

of

Filipino/Filipino

American

cultur e at

Mi chigan State University and to help the Fil ipi no

commun iti es through our phil anthropy. For the

thir d annual Phil ippin e Cultur e Night, we were

met w ith the season's fi r st snowfall , whi ch

challenged our commit tee and attendees through

the r ough weather. But special thanks to our

fr iends, famil y, and the Mi dwest Associati on of

Fili pino Amer ican members for tr avelin g near

and far to attend, we w ere able to r aise money

for the Phi li ppine Red Cross in aid of those

affected by Typhoon Lando. Wi th cultur al

perf ormances such as Maglalatik and Banga, a

saxophone duet of the Phi li ppine anthem, a

power ful spoken w ord about Fili pino Amer ican

identi ty, and two rounds of authentic Fil ipi no

food and dessert , everyone tr uly enjoyed the

atmosphere

and each

other's

company.

INTERESTED

IN TRAVELING

TO MAFA

EVENTS WITH

PASS?

FALL SEMESTER

RECAP

PASS tr avels to mul ti ple events under oth

MAFA (Midwest Associati on of Fi l ipino

Amer icans) schools throughout the Fall

AND Spr ing semesters. Watch out for sign

up sheets dur ing our meetings or i f you

interested in a speci f ic event, be sur e to

contact an e-board member.

f il ipino amer ican

her itage mont h and

penny war s

t hir d

annual

pcn

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9/13

In ear ly November, PASS

attended the Filipino

Americans Coming

Together Conference wh ich is hosted by the

University of I ll in ois at Urbana Champagne.

PASS tr aveled w ith several cars whi ch

accounted for about 30 members The

conference all owed members to attend

vari ous wor kshops which di scussed l i festyl e,

cult ur e, stereotypes,

organizations, and more.

After attending the

workshops, delegates

gather ed for the vari ety show

where fi lipi no inspir ed

spoken wor d, music, cultur al

dances, and moder n dances

were per for med. The

conference all owed members

to expand their n etw ork w ith

other universities, discuss

dif fi cult cur rent events and

issues, and even learn how to

cook f il ip in o r ecipes. Also,

many m embers were able to unite or r euni te

w ith their MAFA famil ies. And as always, to

conclude the weekend, PASS members went

to the Chinatown Buf fet in order to feast and

share their favori te moments fr om the tri p.

This year, we

ended up

collaborating on

a tailgate wi th

the Korean Student Association and the

brothers of Lambda Phi Epsil on Inc. Inst

of havin g the typ ical tail gate food li ke ho

dogs and bur ger s; thi s collabor ation tail g

allowed us to enjoy a myr iad of di fferent

Asian foods fr om all three organizations

Ranging from Korean Bulgolgi to Fil ip in o

barbeque skewers, it was defin i tely a fun

time for ever yone that w as involved.

In addi ti on to the collaboration tail gate,

also hosted a

alumni

weekend/tailg

The pur pose

th is tai lgate w

to for ge bette

ties between

only our cur r

E-Board and

alumni, but

cur r ent m em

as well . We

enjoyed the

typical tailga

food along w

some special tr eats that our alum ni br ou

in for us and

it was a

really unique

experience

exchanging

dialogue

betw een our

younger and

older

members

about not

only the

cur rent state of PASS i tself but also

Asian-Amer ican issues and or gani zati on

a whole. Overall , an enl ightening and ve

fun exper ience

FALL SEMESTER

RECAP

fact at uiuc

col l ab tail gat es

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10/13

As the 2015

fal l semester

comes to a

close, PASS E-Board has a lot of

GBM?s to r eflect on. Fir stl y, we

kicked off the year w ith the

theme of ?Kamusta? where we

island

hopped

around the

Phi li ppines and

had traditi onal

Filipino

br eakfast f ood

to welcome

back old

members as

well as

introduce

our selves to

new ones. Our

second GBM

consisted of playing Fil ip in o jeopardy

as well as the whi sper challenge.

Dur ing our thi r d GBM, we in tr oduced

Fil ip ino folk lor e and pain ted the faces

of the losing team dur ing that w eek?s

Penny War s. Our four th GBM was an

excit ing one because i t w as the AKA

reveal w here general member s wer e

put in a second famil y her e at MSU by

getting an Ate/Kuya/Ading. Our last

GBM was in collabor ation w ith the

Asian Paci fi c Amer ican Student

Organi zation (APASO) w here it was

there was a White Elephant gif t

exchange. It was an amazing semester

w ith tons of smi les, laughs, and good

times. We hope to see you again in the

spring

as gener al

dy meet ings every

mest er t o

omot e a t hr iving

ce t o l ear n about

ipino and pil ipino

er ican cult ur e

e gr owing as a

munit y on

FALL SEMESTER

RECAP

gener al body

meet ings

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11/13

This semester, PASS

welcomed our n ew

member s w ith our

year ly tr aditi on of dr ink ing bubble tea

at Bubble Island as our fi r st social of

the year. We spent hour s just dr in ki ng

bubble tea, hanging out , playin g board

games and gett ing to know one

another. There was a gr eat tur nout

and people seemed to enjoy bubble tea

and their fi r st social w ith the

organization th is year. This inspi r ed

our need for more sim il ar socials,

whi ch led to the Cider Mi ll social. PASS

took a small group to Uncle John?s

Cider Mil l in Saint Johns, Michigan and

in tr oduced some new and old

members to good ol?Michigan apple

cider and donuts. From tr actor tour s to

the beauti fu l w eather by the orchard,

it was defini tely a fun fi lled, r elaxing

social w ith m any photogr aphic

oppor tuni ties. Lastly, the AKA progr am

was once again a huge success. We

tr ied a blanket r eveal thi s year where

the ate/kuya would be on one side and

their new ading(s) would be on the

other side. When the blanket dropped

your new famil y was made It was

followed by a fami ly di nner at Charl ie

Kang?s and w ith the newest addi ti ons

of ates,

kuyas,

and

adings,

our

Pamilya

continues

to grow.

Aside

from

socials,

PASS held a totaly of f ive successful

General Body M eeti ngs th is semester,

and we are very excited for the spr in g

meetings to come. If you have

questions about our meeting dates or

GBM's and socials in general, be sur e

to contact an executive boar d m ember.

INTERESTED

CONTRIBUTIN

TO PAS

SOCIALS AN

GBM IDEAS

FALL SEMESTER

RECAP

ot an i tching topic you w ant PASS to talk about or

aybe a new place on campus you want us to all

enture to? PASS Froshboard al lows PASS

embers interested in joini ng e-board a chance to

e how i t all comes together. From creating and

unning a general body meeting to par ti cipating in

ur rent e-board meetings, Froshboard is a great

epping stone in to the next year. If you are

terested please contact and e-board member as

on as possible. Thank you

pass social s

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12/13

Cheer s to 25 year s

Twenty sixteen marks the

25th anniver sar y

of PASS and you can bet w e are going to

celebrate. Our tentative date at t he moment is

Apr i l 9, 2016, please stay updated th rough the

MSU PASS page for all updates on the event

in general. Are you an alumni cur ious to get

involved? Got some gr eat pictur es fi ll ed w ith

memor ies or m aybe you can? attend but still

w ish to donate? Contact an execut ive board

member or check out our new PASS websi te?s

alum ni page for all the ways you can get

connected. That?s

http://msupass.wix.com/1991

Besides our 25th ann iversary PASS w il l stil l

be holdi ng var ious General Body Meetings

(GBMs) and socials

throughout

the semester.

Thus far, in January we held our fi r st k ick off

GBM of the semester. I t was ver y successful

as we had a recap of the history of the

Phi li ppi nes in the last twenty-fi ve years, PASS

history, and a matching game contr ibu ting to

the facts we lear ned. Our next GBM w il l be

February 4th at 7pm in the Vincent Chin

room in the basement of Holden Hall ,

"Mahali n ang sar il i mo.? Valenti ne?s Day is

just around t he corner, and typically w e

think about spending time wi th a special

someone. But this holi day season PASS wants

to remind you to love yourself .Come learn

about not only Pil ip ino AMERICAN hi story,

but about fi nding your i denti ty. Embr ace

your roots, li ve in the moment, and love

your self . Please check the MSU PASS

Facebook page for mor e GBMs to come. You

can also search Pil ipi no Amer ican Student

Society in t he State News for a recap of our

fi r st GBM of thi s semester.

This past

weekend

PASS also

went head

to head

with

Umich

FASA over the Rice Bowl in the annual day

long tour nament. Sadly, thi s year we lost the

r ice bowl and it has been given to the

Wolveri nes, but f ear not , there?s always next

year

Lastly, if you are interested in becoming an

e-board member at all next year please

contact any execut ive board member as soon

as you can. Each year w e hold Froshboard in

order to all ow the in terested candidates to

see how to create and r un GBMs, socials,

board meetings, and m ore. Again , please

contact us as soon as possib le i f you are

interested. Also,

PASS Dan ce Cr ew

(PDC) w il l

be per for min g at APASO's Lunar New Year in

Apri l as well. If you want to dance w ith us

please join the PDC facebook group for

pr acti ce schedules.

Cheers to t he 25th year

Ingat kaand we?l be seein g you soon.

SPRING EVENTS

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CHEERS TO

25

YEARS

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