Save the UP Diliman Tennis Club
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We, the undersigned members of the UP community, support the UP Diliman Tennis Club's (UPDTC) request not to demolish the tennis courts beside the College of Engineering building.
It is our understanding that the UP Administration has mandated that the current grounds of the said courts be alloted for the construction of an extension for certain academic departments of the College of Engineering, and that this will take place on or before January 2009.
We forward this petition because this will greatly affect not only the UPDTC's members and their respective beneficiaries, but also the future of the University's tennis varsity program.
In line with the University's vision of holistic human development, the tennis courts have served as an environment to foster camaraderie and sportsmanship among various members and non-members of the UP community, a conducive venue for socialization and recreation.
Students and visitors alike regularly visit the courts to play and to learn the sport, with the help of tennis instructors, ballboys and concessionaires whose source of income is mainly dependent on the UPDTC's activities. Furthermore, the Club has become the base and training grounds of the UP Diliman's tennis varsity team, one of the most competitive among the current sports programs of the University.
Demolishing the courts would seriously put the futures of the aforementioned beneficiaries of the UPDTC at great risk, the former on their profession of sorts and the latter on their match performances, undermining not only the tennis program but possibly the whole athletic program of the University.
We feel that it is a very distressing situation to remove unaccounted for an established social group which it time has become a fine subculture within the confines of a largely diverse UP culture. We understand that the mandate is primarily for academic purposes, we being members of the academic community itself. Thus we urge the UP Administration to pursue other alternatives, such as re-evaluating other grounds on which to build the said infrastructures.
We want the tennis courts to stay, on behalf of the UPDTC, and we want to see the UP Administration uphold the tradition of total human development and excellence - not only academically, but in everything else.
It is our understanding that the UP Administration has mandated that the current grounds of the said courts be alloted for the construction of an extension for certain academic departments of the College of Engineering, and that this will take place on or before January 2009.
We forward this petition because this will greatly affect not only the UPDTC's members and their respective beneficiaries, but also the future of the University's tennis varsity program.
In line with the University's vision of holistic human development, the tennis courts have served as an environment to foster camaraderie and sportsmanship among various members and non-members of the UP community, a conducive venue for socialization and recreation.
Students and visitors alike regularly visit the courts to play and to learn the sport, with the help of tennis instructors, ballboys and concessionaires whose source of income is mainly dependent on the UPDTC's activities. Furthermore, the Club has become the base and training grounds of the UP Diliman's tennis varsity team, one of the most competitive among the current sports programs of the University.
Demolishing the courts would seriously put the futures of the aforementioned beneficiaries of the UPDTC at great risk, the former on their profession of sorts and the latter on their match performances, undermining not only the tennis program but possibly the whole athletic program of the University.
We feel that it is a very distressing situation to remove unaccounted for an established social group which it time has become a fine subculture within the confines of a largely diverse UP culture. We understand that the mandate is primarily for academic purposes, we being members of the academic community itself. Thus we urge the UP Administration to pursue other alternatives, such as re-evaluating other grounds on which to build the said infrastructures.
We want the tennis courts to stay, on behalf of the UPDTC, and we want to see the UP Administration uphold the tradition of total human development and excellence - not only academically, but in everything else.
130 Signatures
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Gabriel de Leon
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-07148
- Comments or Suggestions
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Yuri Zanarini
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John Raphael Fulgar
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 06-0717x
- Comments or Suggestions
- it's such a waste to destroy the courts... at least have a replacement ready, like a renovated SC courts
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Tim Arce
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lawrence arcangel
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Don Immanuel G. Lima
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006 - 18700
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Shane Kara R. dela Cruz
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2005-78741
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Katrina T. Raymundo
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-28778
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Lira Ruchelle M. Fiedacan
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2007-18482
- Comments or Suggestions
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Karl Romero
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-78066
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Jenin Velasquez
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 0607306
- Comments or Suggestions
- Please don't. Those tennis courts cater not just to UP students but many people outside the campus.
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Ronald Aaron S. Bola
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-03283
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Harry Henrian Bayona
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Ronald F. Jimenez
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-07327
- Comments or Suggestions
- There should still be other venues (ie. vacant lots) for the construction of the ME/IE dept. building. Why choose to build on the current location of UP Diliman Tennis Club Courts, which have already served the students and faculty of UP Diliman for a long time yet are still functional?
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Neil John D. Ortega
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-18626
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Arvin Dennis D. de la Cruz
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2005-21112
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Mariel Felizmenio
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 0617749
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Elvin Ashley Z. Agustin
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2007-01500
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Lyndon Loo
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2005-74055
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Angelo Lomboy
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-07335
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Raymond Joseph D. Solis
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-78031
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Rio Amir Cheng Dominguez
- Comments or Suggestions
- dun na lang sa tabi ng theather or sa college of music, dami vacant slots dun e -.-
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melissa dy
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-50882
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valerie corral
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Liza Rikka G. Mascardo
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 05-40430
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jo klausen macenas
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 04-37076
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joseph constantino
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2005-21306
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Lorena R. Santos
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 06-78516
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Marianne Therese R. Agcaoili
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 02-23557
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Kelvin A. Lagota
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2005-10986
- Comments or Suggestions
- Pls save UPD tennis court!
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Jaclyn Cua
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2001-03992
- Comments or Suggestions
- Ginagamit po ito ng mga estudyante at alumni! we need to keep a healthy mind and body!
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Jeanine Arias
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 200521737
- Comments or Suggestions
- please reevalute other grounds! it can't be the only patch of land around.
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Julienne A. Filoteo
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 06-58643
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jillian torres
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 05-16981
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Pamela Roqye
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Austin B. Chan
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-65235
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Tomas Maddela
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Michelle Stephanie D. Miranda
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2006-78887
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Maria Matelle U. Tarroza
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2003-16936
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Thomas Neil Balauag
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2005-32851
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mary kristine
- Comments or Suggestions
- Wag idemolish hanggang wala pang kapalit. =] Kahit eng'g ako.
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jaymie versoza
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2005-03504
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Nicasio A. Pimentel III
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2004-18656
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m. dollete
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Karen Chastine Agustin
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 04-12712
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Paolo Mendoza
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 06-09516
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Denice Palmos
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Julia Patricia Benitez
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2003-20785
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Ben Anthony Astilla Lopez
- Student Number (if applicable)
- 2007-46348
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Mikael Andre Pura
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