The Birth of Guindaruhan Tribune

Time is too fast and too precious. One complete revolution is equal to one year. But a year slips just like day. It is just like a wink of an eye. Every second of our day is occupied with our daily works: from waking up in the morning, doing our daily works, back to sleep and vice versa. Thanks to God, finally we have the emergence of something mind-boggling activity that needs a journalistic wink of an eye. Burning the midnight oil puts emphasis on the significance of a school paper--it is a birth of a school paper publication right here at Guindaruhan National High School. It is a novel school organ, otherwise known as Guindaruhan Tribune. It is sui generis, isn't it?

The birth of Guindaruhan Tribune gives emphasis to the importance of the articles. The articles are printed not to degrade the name of the school but to put it on a high pedestal by checking irregularities through constructive criticism. Any comment against the school is not destroying the image of the school. Thus, constructive animadversions upon the internal and external affairs of the school only serve as reminders to check irregularities from time to time--not destructive criticisms. Canons of journalism take center stage at all times. They also serve as the "moral guide," not only the journalists but also the people outside of the media industry. There's nothing to worry about, as long as our conscience is very clear. In the end, nobody can question us because we follow what we think is right for the benefits of everyone.

The birth of Guindaruhan Tribune paves the way to information taken from different sources of newspaper, magazine or tabloid which gives emphasis to the so-called press freedom on the campus. It bolsters up the proposition of smooth journalism without any drawback to encounter and to agitate the mind of a campus writer. If it is not properly disseminated and well-presented, the tendency is that it becomes complicated and confusing because of its complexity and difficult journalistic lingo and other linguistic diversities. It also helps in augmenting vocabularies and learning how to utter English properly using the window of journalism as the other side of communicative approach. Most often, journalism book gives us much information without really dishing out its key role to society, as well as its practicality of learning.

The birth of Guindaruhan Tribune is therefore imperative that journalism, in order to obtain most out of it, should be practised at all times as pragmatic writing and not as a theory alone; neither should its objective be the main acquisition of the fundamentals of the language. The writer can do what he wants to reel off according to the limitation of his journalistic genre as long as it favors the majority. Freedom of the press on the campus is the right of every writer to turf out menace and intimidation apropos his sense of responsibility and journalistic sanctity due it.

The birth of Guindaruhan Tribune is in line with one's creativity and comes from the writer's mental infallibleness, based on what he observes inside the classroom, is not an impasse to his judgment to conduct such a journalistic propagation for the students in particular and for the learning institutions in general.

The birth of Guindaruhan Tribune has the right to inform the public and apprise the current news, so that the people will be aware of the controversial issue which needs further perusal and solution in order for the community to pan out.

Commencing an organization with a scratch, it needs a deep search in order to find out. Following a leadership full of uncertainty and malpractices for personal gains, nothing can be expected but simple angst of nothingness. Blindly we come, now we see the light. After nearly 29 years of searching, we are but fortunate to hold the bound-compiled works we proudly called GUINDARUHAN TRIBUNE. After the adventurous trek of the staff to the oblivion of the school library, pieces by pieces of the missing link were found, but still insufficient to connect the dots to complete the publication's history. Perhaps a blessing in disguise, the 'gods' made call.

Through our supportive class advisers we learned that the Guindaruhanon gods will meet and we are invited. Armed with pens, we interviewed them as slowly untangled puzzle the pieces of the publication's jigsaw as it unfolds. Making it emerge just for the common good for everyone concerned, the school paper will serve as a conduit for information inside and outside of the school activities.

Now only a small number of pieces are to be found, and later we will see what they will unfold. We thank our external predecessors for sharing with us the expertise and savvy to be prolific in journalism. We thank our mentors for giving us a rich history by example. And we are proud to list here to acknowledge them one by one. According to Atty. Pachico Seares' statement, "The student publication's role is to be an active medium of information and change." And, we reaffirm to that, from here on, the GUINDARUHAN TRIBUNE may have the birth paving the way to its success, later it may revolve and evolve but still the same spirit shall stay in a struggling, independent and committed high school student publication--we truly exist to inform!

The birth of a publication may be considered abrupt but exciting in the eyes of the reading public. Many have grumbled about the school paper for the reason that it adds burden to the school paper adviser and the students themselves, particularly their time, effort and money. Regardless of financial constraints, the GNHS administration stands firm in its decision to have the school paper this school year in order to train the students with a journalistic world of a pen and a paper through journalism competitions, both local and national levels. The school administrator is Dr. Ermetes F. Adolfo Jr., the campus paper founder of Guindaruhan National High School. The birth of a campus paper will bring more benefits not only the students in particular but also the school in general.

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The Effects of Mass Media: Definition of Terms

The following terms utilized in the school mass media study are defined operationally:

Mass media may refer to the instruments accessed by the students of the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus in making contact with someone for the sake of acquiring or disseminating information. It could be in the simplest form like the books to the most complicated ones like the computer-generated equipment. These sorts of instruments expressed various degrees of influence to the students, commencing with less to the most critical stage, thereby, presenting themselves as a threat to the society’s moral conduct.

Mass media-disoriented respondents are the group of students of the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus, aged 11.75 – 12.75 years old, who were the respondents of this study. They were not exposed and/or exposed to only limited media. They have no orientation to the modern media that they tend to pattern their lives based on the dictates of their own judgment of what is wrong or what is right—has something to do as the elders of the society who would accept and appreciate. These sorts of respondents tend to show a zero degree of influence of mass media as shown also in their answers to the test that was entirely conducted.

Mass media-less oriented respondents are the group of students of the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus, aged 12.75 – 14.25 years old, who were the respondents of this study. They were exposed but not well-acquainted with the different forms of mass media. Their orientation to the different mass media seemed not to be always dominant in their actions and to be revealed in their reactions to the tests given to the respondents in diverse situations.

Mass media-oriented respondents are the group of students of the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus, aged 14.25 – 16.5 years old, who were the respondents of this study. They were exposed and well-acquainted with the different forms of mass media. The orientation that they have from the media was explicitly revealed by their reactions to the tests given which could tell the high degree of influence that the media have really affected their lives.

Moral recovery may refer to the process by which the deteriorating moral standards of students of the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus; besides, subject to this study is being assessed for the purpose of rehabilitating with the application of the most appropriate strategy for its recovery. It is for this reason that the morale of the faculty and school administrators will continue boosting and continue teaching the students in order to produce morally upright individuals, and they are competent enough to face the morally deteriorated society. This will be done through the inculcation of values education in every subject matter in which the students are expected to acquire and appreciate the value of the Filipino cultural-traditional heritage, thus developing a sense of vigilance and having the necessary attitude towards the mass media.

Posttest refers to the test given to the respondents classified as being mass media-oriented, less oriented and disoriented. This test was composed of questions intended for the whole sample group in order to determine on what the actions are motivated by each other after a certain situation is manifested in the whole study of mass media. The results of this test would determine the degree and rate of difference among the representative samples, as well as the necessary actions to aid the campaign on mass media education inside the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus.

Pretest refers to the test given to the respondents of the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus after the acquisitions of data from the school’s guidance counselor. The result of the test would serve as the basis for the classification of the respondents and would determine what sort of questions would be asked later, applicable to all the respondents.

Quasi-experimental method refers to the type of method in an experimental research where the researchers employed only in a single set of subjects from the University of the Visayas-Minglanilla Campus, High School Department, as the respondents of the research. The experiment was also conducted inside the school campus in a definite time frame for the posttest and the pretest by the different respondents classified as mass media-oriented, less oriented and disoriented respondents.

Researcher-made-instrument refers to the instrument prepared by the researchers of this study as the medium for acquiring the necessary information. The acquisitions of acts were dealt with…using the researchers’ own initiatives through the implementation of suitably designed instruments.

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