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MAGNATES BAG PAINDINSANAY 2018 OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP Cydell Therese Machitar and Jones Jasper Malihan The Magnates of the BS Business Administration (Marketing) program trampled nine other Iloilo-based academic organizations in the Paindisanay, the annual university literary-musical contests, on Oct. 30 at the UPV Auditorium in Iloilo City. The College of Management-based academic organization was then followed by Redbolts of the Division of Social Sciences as overall first runner-up and Sotech (School of Technology) as overall second runnerup. The Paindisanay, which is sponsored by the Alpha Phi Omega – Kappa Gamma Chapter and the University Student Council, consisted of four events: the Vocal duet, A Capella, Poetry in Motion, and Creative Modern Dance. The concert-like rendition of Eraserheads’ “Magasin made the Tycoons defend their title in the vocal duet for the fourth time; Sotech and Magnates placed second and third respectively. On the other hand, Clovers, with their Harry Potter-themed A Capella performance, landed as first place in the said event; Elektrons and Sotech got the second and third spots respectively. Skimmers gave an astounding interpretation of the poem “Ang Bata sa Panahon ng Ligalig” written by Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee for Literature Noel G. de Leon that enabled them to earn the championship title in the Poetry in Motion while Clovers and Redbolts came to second and third places respectively. The “Rhythm & Blues”-themed Creative Modern Dance competition, turned to be the highlight of Paindisanay as the audience went wild when academic organizations rendered their dance moves; Magnates had a back-to-back win in the said competition with Redbolts in second place and Tycoons in third place. Paindisanay is part of the “Pahampang”, the university’s annual sports and cultural competition. ■ (Photos by Jan Zenne Genandoy)