The Centennial Escape: Debits ’08

by Eloisa Fe J. Lusotan JPIAns carried on their 5th Debits August 9 this year bringing together in one exhilarating venue pool of talents to spice up the academic arena. With the theme, “Cognition of the Formidable Palindrome of the Academic Profession,” Debits has once again succeeded in building up a neutralizing fun-zone within its bounds. Competing blocks comprise each year level vying for victory in 13 categories—music, art, literature. Filling the UPV Auditorium with pride, each batch showcased the flipside of scholarly dealings: leaving books aside to enjoy their batchmates’ company strengthening camaraderie and renewing vigor and life. Winning 1st place in A capella and Essay Writing, Batchoy(‘04) proved themselves a powerful batch in their 2nd streak as the over-all champion. Centennial Batch(’08) was a blast as the 2nd placer bagging the Modern Dance, Vocal solo, Impromptu Dialogo, Filipino Declamation and Oratorical Speech. Singko(’05) came 3rd as the masters of Poetry in Motion, Poem Writing and Poster Making. The day ended with 7up(’07) winning the Tall Tales and Extemporaneous Speech and Eggnog(’06) the Vocal Duet. With all these victories and more, Debits will always be a much-anticipated event; a JPIAn Tradition exemplifying versatility and full-growth—retain, retain, retain!

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