TSU-Student Publication Unit

𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 | OVPAA permits temporary adjustment of stude uniform policy due to high heat index

The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA) of Tarlac State University (TSU), through Office Memorandum No. 23, s. 2026 issued today, March 30, has permitted the temporary adjustment in the prescribed student uniform policy effective starting today until the remainder of the second semester.

This comes in light of the prevalence of high heat indexes across the country, particularly in the province of Tarlac, and in consideration of the health, safety, and general well-being of students.

With the adjustment, students can wear their university, college, or duly recognized organization uniforms as an alternative uniform during this period.

“This measure aims to provide more comfortable and climate-appropriate attire, while ensuring that students remain properly identified within the University premises,” the office stated.

The office, however, leaves to all colleges the discretion to decide their respective alternative uniform schedules while taking into consideration academic activities, laboratory requirements, and other relevant considerations.

Further, despite the relaxed uniform policy, students must “maintain proper grooming, modesty, and adherence to university standards of decorum at all times.”

Meanwhile, faculty members and concerned personnel are encouraged to extend necessary consideration in implementing the temporary adjustment.

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Report and layout by Andrei Opeña

Congratulations to The Work, the official university student publication of Tarlac State University, for bagging multiple awards at the 21st Luzon-wide Higher Education Press Conference held last March 17-19, 2026, at the NGN Gran Hotel, Tuguegarao. Padayon!

ICYMI: 𝐁𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐒𝐔-𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐎!

𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 | The Work rises on top of individual contests, places 3rd overall best in group categs in 24th RHEPC

With a total of 150 points, The Work, the official student publication of Tarlac State University (TSU), once again proved its mettle in regional journalism, being hailed as the 1𝒔𝒕 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 in the individual contests at the recently concluded 24th Regional Higher Education Press Conference (RHEPC).

Out of 32 English and Filipino individual categories, the publication secured 22 placements in the Top 10, 15 of which qualified and will represent Central Luzon to the 21st Luzon-wide Higher Education Press Conference (LHEPC) to be held in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan from March 17 to 19.

Here is the list of all The Work editorial board and staff who won awards in their respective individual categories:

𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐘𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐧
- 1st place, Digital Comic Strip Drawing Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)
- 3rd place, Opinion Writing Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐆𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐭
- 1st place, Traditional Comic Strip Drawing Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)
- 5th place, Traditional Editorial Cartooning Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐢 𝐎𝐩𝐞ñ𝐚
- 1st place, Sports Writing English (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)
- 7th place, News Writing English

𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐨
- 1st place, Photojournalism English (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦
- 1st place, Photojournalism Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚
- 2nd place, Copy Reading and Headline Writing English (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)
- 5th place, Poetry Writing Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐉𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐨
- 2nd place, Traditional Literary Graphic Illustration English (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐫.
- 3rd place, Layouting (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)
- 3rd place, Infographics (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐨
- 4th place, Traditional Editorial Cartooning Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)
- 6th place, Traditional Comic Strip Drawing Filipino
- 7th place, Traditional Literary Graphic Illustration Filipino

𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳
- 4th place, Editorial Writing Filipino (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)
- 8th place, Feature Writing Filipino

𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧
- 5th place, Digital Comic Strip Drawing English (𝑳𝑯𝑬𝑷𝑪 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒓)

𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚
- 6th place, Copy Reading and Headline Writing Filipino

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨
- 8th place, Digital Literary Graphic Illustration English

𝐈𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚
- 9th place, Digital Literary Graphic Illustration Filipino

Furthermore, the publication, despite falling short in its bid for a back-to-back championship in the group categories, remained on the podium, placing 3𝒓𝒅 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 after pocketing 26 awards, which are the following:

𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑: 𝑻𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔
• 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓
1st Best News Page
1st Best Editorial/Opinion Page
2nd Best Features Page
3rd Best Page Design
4th Best Literary Page
6th Best Sports Page
7th Best Devcomm Page

𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐈𝐃: 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝒑𝒊𝒊𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒕
• 5𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒊𝒅
1st Best Page Design
2nd Best News Page
3rd Best Devcomm Page
3rd Best Literary Page
6th Best Sports Page

𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐎: 𝑶𝑩𝑹𝑨: 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒐-𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒐
• 6𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒐
2nd Best Visual Arts
3rd Best Page Design
7th Best Literary Concept
10th Best Literary Content

𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐄: 𝑴𝑬𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑶𝑰𝑨: 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒌
• 7𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆
1st Best Photos
2nd Best Editorial/Opinion Page
2nd Best Page Design
6th Best News Page
10th Best Cover Design

𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃
• 8𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅

Meanwhile, venturing into their new leadership roles, The Work’s Development Communication Editor 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚 and Managing Editor 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 were elected as the new 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓 and 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒄 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 for the Young Journalists Association of Region III, respectively.

Themed “Voices Ablaze: Campus Journalists as Vigilant Truthtellers,” the annual regional competition gathered its biggest delegation of 615 campus journalists from 42 student publications across Central Luzon at the Palm Cabanas Resort in Arayat, Pampanga from February 11 to 13.

write. move. initiate.

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Report by Andrei Opeña
Layout by Allan Tipon Jr., Wildred Lamintao, and Sheena Panelo

𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗨𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 : 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦

We are thrilled to unveil the exceptional talent showcased during this year's competition! Kudos to all the winners whose creativity and passion have truly shone. Stay tuned as we celebrate their remarkable work and achievements!

The Awarding Ceremony will be held this aternoon, December 13, 2025 | 4 PM at Student Center Building, Lucinda Campus. Please bring a copy of your COR and a photocopy of your Student ID with 3 signatures.
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Ayuuun may pa-lash extension sa paskuhan si all-purpose kween! Wansa yan kasi ito computation ko👇
12-8>4+foilmethod +cos_scientific calculator= HYDROGEN!

(The deadline of submission of entries is extended by 4 days, from December 8 to December 12, 2025. The judging of outputs and awarding will still be on December 13, 2025.)

𝐲𝐨𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐨!

7 𝓓𝓐Ⴘ𝓢 𝑇𝓞 𝓖𝓞 ℬ𝓔ℱ𝓞ℛ𝓔 𝑇ℋ𝓔 𝓓𝓔𝓐𝓓ℒ𝓘𝓝𝓔

submit your Paskuhan 2025 entries via MSTeams ([email protected]) or walk-in at the SDS Office, 2nd Floor Student Center Bldg., TSU Lucinda Campus.

Greetings in the name of public service!

The Student Publication Unit of the Student Development Services cordially invites your student publication to participate in the Annual Paskuhan Literary and Arts Competition.

Submission of entries opens today and will continue until December 8, 2025. All entries must be submitted within this period for proper screening and evaluation.

The competition will culminate with the Awarding Ceremony on December 13, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the SAS Student Center Building, Lucinda Campus.

Anchored on the theme “Paskuhan 2025: Himig, Kulay, at Titik ng Pasko,” this event seeks to celebrate the yuletide season by showcasing the creativity, literary talent, and artistic expression of college student publications.

We encourage your publication to take part in this festive and meaningful celebration of artistry and campus journalism.

For inquiries or confirmation, you may contact the Student Publication Unit.

Thank you, and we look forward to receiving your entries!

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