MONDAY- January 23, 2012
Picnic with your Pamilya 

Wind down with your FSA pamilya after the worst day of the week at the 1st event for Reverse AKA Week! What better way to bond and reconnect than with food?? Adings, show your Ates and Kuyas how much you appreciate them by cooking them the best dish you got. Bring a blanket to lay on, a football to toss around, or a guitar to jam with — any and everything you’d like to make this family picnic more enjoyable :] it’ll take place this monday at 6pm on the Reitz North Lawn. Afterwards, check out the Barrio dance practice happening near the Reitz Wells Fargo atms! SEE YA THERE

TUESDAY- January 24, 2012
Scavenger Hunt

Come out to work with your priends, ates, kuya, adings, pamilya and try to win the Reverse AKA Scavenger Hunt! Everyone wins something just for even playing! The scavenger will start at the Reitz Colonnade at 6PM SHARP! All who are participating must donate at least $1 to play :D But don’t worry, if your team wins, you get the whole pot of money! SO TRY TO GET EVERYONE  TO PLAY. MORE PEOPLE = MORE MONEY FOR YOU!

Rules & Required Tools:
-5 people per team
-A digital camera
-A Map(s) (if needed)
-Each group must perform the necessary tasks.
-Before given task, all team members must be present.
-The group must have all letters to win.
-All team members must be present at the end in order to win.
6PM AT THE REITZ COLONNADE! NO ASIAN TIME -THE SOONER YOU COME THE FASTER IT’S DONE.

**Deadline to sign up is Jan. 22nd and its only $1 to sign up, but you can win the whole pot money from all the signs up if your team wins!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFpYMy02bURKbElIQzNHR0FUUHoxd1E6MQ#gid=0

1st Prizes - Nerf guns, Candies, & The whole pot of money everyone threw down!!
2nd Prize & 3rd Prizes - Candy, Mochi punch cards

WEDNESDAY- JANUARY 25, 2012
Maui Teriyaki

MAUIWOWOWEEEEEE. It’s going down! Nothing beats bonding and eating! Fill your face holes with your AKA family. We will be getting to Maui Teriyaki on 34th St at 7:30PM, right after Barrio dance practice. IT’S MAUI BABY. Come hungry, leave not hungry anymore.

THURSDAY- JANUARY 26, 2012
Movie Night

TAKE A BREATHER AND BOND WITH YOUR ADINGS, CO-ADINGS, ATES, AND KUYAS! Come snuggle and enjoy a FREE movie with your pamilya at 8pm!

LOCATION: TBA

If you have any movie preferences please fill out the google doc!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJOYmszQ2U2SmNNbnU0dkJhenptQlE6MQ 

Friday- January 27, 2012
GatorNights 

Let’s slow it all down towards the end of Reverse AKA week as we get our bodies ready for Woodser… physically and mentally. Bring your ate and kuya to the Reitz Union at 8:00 PM for some fun at GatorNights! Catch the movie Contagion at 9:00 or 11:30 PM, but make sure to get your own pair of shutter shades and airbrush tattoos before midnight! Get in a match of laser tag in before then as well! Then meet back up with the whole pamilya for some midnight breakfast!

SATURDAY- January 28,2012
Woodser

WOOOOOOOOOOOODSERRRRRR! It’s were ALLLLL DA FUN GOES DOWN. ENOUGH SAID. GET EXCITED!!!!

            FAHM (Filipino-American History Month) is UF’s yearly cultural event held in October. FAHM is geared towards enriching the student body at UF by showcasing Filipino customs and traditions as well as raising pertinent issues affecting Filipinos and Filipino-Americans today.

This year exhibits the best performances and activities yet! Opening with Ate-Kuya-Ading Week (learn more about the AKA Program here) at the beautiful Lake Wauburg, FAHM kicks it off with AKA Week, carries on with the Gawad Kalinga Forum, and holds a Dance Workshop with AKM and Filipino Food Night, Heart of Asia, a Scavenger Hunt, and the ultimate Closing Ceremony to follow.

Can’t wait to celebrate FAHM already? Then here are each of the event descriptions & their Event Pages:

FAHM 2011 Opening Ceremony

FAHM 2011: [Egg]Roll with Gawad Kalinga
Gawad Kalinga (GK) means to “give care” in Filipino. It is a Philippine-based poverty alleviation and nation-building movement. Last Summer, about 10 of our very own FSA pamilya went to the Philippines to help build homes for the less fortunate.

FAHM 2011 brings to you [Egg]Roll with GK where you are not only able to enjoy a delicious Filipino dish, but you are also able to give back to our community. We will be holding a school supply drive in which you are able to donate extra pens, pencils, highlighters, etc. that you may have. You can even bring old notebooks with leftover papers. All these items will go towards FSA’s Gawad Kalinga trip to the Philippines next summer and will be given to all the families. Just think about the difference YOU are making.

Our FSA pamilya who went on the GK trip will also share their most memorable experiences with you. Learn about what GK means to them and how their lives were changed.

[AKM 2011 + FAHM 2011] Rhythm Defined
Asian Kaleidoscope Month and the Filipino American History Month have teamed up this year to bring you RHYTHM DEFINED.

Rhythm Defined is a dance workshop featuring two of the best Filipino American dancers in the nation, Chad Mayate and Law Devera of POREOTICS. They will be speaking about being Asian American in the world of dance at our breakfast/ meet and greet with the choreographers. Then get ready to get your swagger on because later in the day they will be teaching their own hip hop pieces. So don’t forget to put on your dancing shoes because this will be a one event won’t want to miss.

FAHM 2011: A Filipino Feast
GET YO PINOY POOD ON WITH YOUR FSA PAMILYA @ MAUI TERIYAKI!!

Chester of Maui Teriyaki will be catering this event with legit authentic Filipino dishes, such as adobo, pancit and much more!

For only $5, fill yo bellays with an amazing home cooked noms and embrace the Filipino heritage while spending time with FSA :). You will also be able to create your own HALO-HALO for $1!!!

FAHM 2011: Scavenger Hunt
Get fit and clever for the FAHM 2011: Scavenger Hunt! Do you know a lot about the Filipino Culture? Be ready to be tested on your knowledge. Gather some friends, family, adings, kuyas, ates, and part take in this wild adventure. This event spans across three days to ensure you have enough time to get these tasks completed.

Come out to the FSA/ VSO Tubing event THIS SUNDAY for a great time to have fun in the Springs with everyone!

Meet at the Commuter Lot at 10 am and everyone will ride out together!

Price: $6 per car for entrance and only $3 for a tube to use down the river!

BRING ALL YO FRIENDS, YO FRIEND’S FRIENDS, AND YO FRIEND’S FRIEND’S FRIENDS too!

We’re going to Jason’s Deli on Newberry Road next to the mall right after!

Ask any FSA or VSO officer for more details! :)

See the Event

Meet new friends, eat good food, and play sweeeeet volleyball all in the summer sun :]

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VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
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Calling all volleyball players!
Start assembling your teams because registration is officially available.
It is $4 per person with a maximum of 6 people on one team.

Max 6 people per team. Max 3 males per team.
The team captain is required to fill out ONE form per team:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHRfZWJmdDVwdHZQMFZEVUh4OUwyM2c6MQ
A copy of the rules may be found at the end of your registration form or at this link:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7Wh-GAQKqTPZGMzZGUyMDQtMzQ0OS00ZjIwLThlODgtZDY3NmM0MDhhYTNk&hl=en_US&authkey=COyF5P4I

**Registration forms and all money for those participating in the volleyball tournament are due to Kristi Pagdanganan by Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 11:59P.M. (Contact information found below)**

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BARBECUE INFORMATION
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The barbecue is going to be $4 for people that wish to eat.
This is a great way to have fun/get to know your new FSA pamilya so come out and have a good time!
See you all there!

Grab somebody sexy and tell ‘em “hey” because the weekend you’ve been waiting for is finally here! Get ready for the HOTTEST event of the summer – Go-Fest Weekend 2011: Tempted to Touch featuring DJ Spinfamous at the Vault Nighclub!

Watch the Promo
See the Event

//Saturday, July 9, 2011//
☞ Dance Workshop | 2:00PM-6:00PM
Location: Ben Griffin Hill stadium (Right across the street from the O’Connell Center)
Deets:
2pm-3pm: UCF – Matt Nguyen
3pm-3:30: -break-
3:30-4:30: CDLC – Elvis Mangune
4:30-5pm: -break-
5pm-6pm: UF – Mike Phan, Felix Chai, & Ricky Huynh

☞ The Vault Nightclub | Doors open 10:30PM
Location: 238 W. University Avenue
Deets: $8 before 11:30PM, $10 after
18 to seduce, 21 to GET LOOSE!
$3 Rum Passions ’til 11PM
Alumni $5 admission through RSVP – Message Paolo
(for VIP bottles contact Camille @ (352) 593-0382)

//Sunday, July 10, 2011//
☞ 3-on-3 Men and Women’s Basketball Tournament | 9:30AM-1:00PM
Location: Campus Lodge Basketball Courts
2800 SW Williston Road
Deets:
Alright guys, this year for Go-Fest we’re having a 3-on-3 basketball tournament! So get your teams together and get ready to balllll.

3-On-3 Go-Fest Basketball Tournament
Sunday, July 10th, 2011 at 9:00A.M. @ Campus Lodge Basketball Courts

The fee is going to be $5 per person with a max of 6 people on one team. There are only two spots open for teams that represent UFFSA. SEND ALL FORMS/MONEY ASAP because ONLY THE FIRST TWO TEAMS to be able to get all the required information turned in will be secured spots in the tournament. All others will be placed on a waiting list and will be allowed to enter once other spots are open.

All the registration forms, waivers, and information can be found in this document below – so please download, print, read, and fill out all the required info.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7Wh-GAQKqTPMTQxN2U1NzMtM2RjNC00Y2YxLTg5YzYtYzliNmQ2MDVkMzRl&authkey=CJ7jsJAI&sort=name&layout=list&num=50

Contact Kristi Pagdanganan with all your forms/questions/information

☞ Pool Party | 1:00PM-5:00PM
Location: Campus Lodge
2800 SW Williston Road

See you there!

Class Colors & Captains:
Freshmen (Red): Andrea Espulgar and JonJon Tanawan
Sophomores (Orange): DP and Pauline Celestial
Juniors (Blue): Paolo Calizo and Hazel Lacson
Seniors (Green): Trisha Managad and Sherwin Rivera

SSG 2011 Rulebook

So get your game face on this Saturday, March 19! RAIN OR SHINE, BE AT HUME FIELD 8:30AM SHARP!

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ELECTIONS

Election season is near! This time, however, the 2010-2011 Eboard have proposed a revised FSA constitution, designed to clarify and close some of the loopholes in the current one. On April 14, eligible members will vote on whether to pass the revised constitution or not. To read the current constitution, click this link here. To read the new proposed constitution, click over here.

A basic summary of the major additions and changes to the current constitution are as follows:
1.) Voting Methods – explains the procedure of what happens on election day.
2.) Voter and Candidate Eligibility – voters and candidates must have attended at least 5 general body meetings in an academic year and the presidential candidates must have been on a previous Eboard.
3.) Re-order of Eboard Ranking – see proposed constitution for the list.
4.) Clarification of Eboard Responsibilities – see proposed constitution.
5.) Amendments regarding MAFFIA and Chair positions.

It is highly encouraged to read and compare both constitutions to make an informed vote.

Also, if you want to run for an officer position, please contact Theo Urbano at chye...@gmail.com to be a candidate!

Come out and join the Filipino Student Association as they celebrate their cultural roots through food, song, and dance at our annual Barrio Fiesta: Isang Lahi!

The theme this time around explores the ONE HERITAGE that we, as Filipinos (honorary or not ;]), share. It recognizes the very multi-faceted, yet unified culture that binds each individual with another.

BARRIO FIESTA 2011: Isang Lahi
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 12pm-4pm
Indian Cultural Education Center (ICEC)
1115 S.W. 13th Street
- $10 advance tickets/ $15 at the door:
includes a full meal, beverages, an entertaining show put on by your fellow peers, and special performances by You-Tube singer Jeff Bernat and HBO Def Talent poet Asia Samson:
- bring extra $$ for Sari-Sari stores booths!

**Buy tickets at the AASU office starting on Monday February 14th from 10 am-2 pm or at Dance Practice before prices go up!

Tickets will also be sold for $15 at the door on the day of Barrio! :)

UF FSA will be hosting a Sand Dodgeball Tournament the day after Barrio Fiesta on February 27th, 2011 in which all proceeds will benefit the Gawad Kalinga Foundation. “Gawad Kalinga” (GK) means “to give care” in the Filipino national language, and is an organization whose mission is to provide “land for the landless, home for the homeless, and food for the hungry,” by building communities for those struggling with poverty in the… Philippines. Don’t miss out on this wonderful weekend of celebration and philanthropy, as we strive towards the “GK Way,” and raise money for this amazing & life-changing organization!

“Dodgeball for GK” will be held on February 27th at 10:00 am on the sand-volleyball courts at Forest Park, here in Gainseville, Florida. It will be a round-robin style tournament, in which all teams will play each other once, and the top 4 teams will move on to a playoff to determine the winner. The first-place prize is still to be determined. Games will consist of a 6 vs 6 match-up in which both boys AND girls may participate, and where a special rule for girls will be in effect (see rules, link located below). The registration fee for each player will be $5 if payment is postmarked by Monday, February 21st. The fee will be raised to $7 if not sent before early registration. Teams MUST turn in their payments the morning of the tournament if not sent before Monday the 21st, and MUST pay the late registration fee of $7. Also, these teams MUST notify me that they are playing by Wednesday, February 23rd by 5:00pm.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Paolo Calizo, at paop...@gmail.com.

Free food will be provided for lunch!

*Dodgeball for GK*
Registration Form
Rules

—Summary—
- What: Dodgeball for GK 2011
- When: Sunday, February 27, 2011
- Where: Forest Park – 4501 SW 20th Ave Gainesville, FL 32607
- Early Registration: $5/person, if payment is postmarked by Monday, February 21st, 2011
- Late Registration: $7/person.
**Money MUST be given the day of the tournament if not sent before the early registration date.**

Deadline to confirm a spot in the tournament: Wednesday, February 23rd by 5:00 pm

* Checks made payable to: UF FSAA *
Please turn in registration form with payment either to Paolo Calizo, Mawi Mercado, or Sherwin Rivera! Thank you, and hope to see you all out there!

To sign up for Woodser, the admission price is $20.
To buy an FSA hoodie, they’ll be $18.
BUUUUT, if you want to go to Woodser AND get an FSA hoodie, you can get a combo deal for $35! So come out to the FSA first spring show!

Date: Thursday, January 13
Doors open at 6:00pm
Show starts at 6:30pm
Location: CSE E119
Facebook Event

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ASSASSINS 2011

It’s the game you’ve all been waiting for. Assassins is currently running sign-ups, but we’re going to try something different. This time around you’ll be working in pairs. You have the option of signing up alone or with a teammate. If you sign up alone, you’ll be paired off with someone. It will be $5 per person and sign-ups will be going on until Wednesday, January 19. Just text or send a Facebook message to JJ Arguelles or LA Mabilangan.

The General Rules:
1. Each assassin pair will be assigned a target pair to kill.
2. Assassin pairs will be assigned a new target pair after both persons of their original target pair are killed.
3. If one person from an assassin pair is killed, the dead person will not be allowed to make the kill him/herself, though the dead person is still allowed to distract bystanders or lure targets.
4. The only people that are allowed to see kills are the assassin pair / target person, hitmen, and the organizers. A target pair can save each other by one witnessing a hit on the other.
5. If after 2 weeks an assassin pair is unable to finish their target pair, hitmen will be assigned to remove the assassin pair from the game.

The Killing Rules:
1. Each assassin will be assigned a weapon. Weapons can be traded among assassin pairs.
2. The weapon must touch the targets chest.
3. The only people that are allowed to see kills are the assassin pair / target person, hitmen, and the organizers. A target pair can save each other by one witnessing a hit on the other.
4. Any other FSA member may not witness a kill. Witnessess have the choice of “ratting out” the hit or “ignoring” the hit.
5. Hitmen shall follow the same rules regarding kills.

Endgame:
The game will run until Formal 2011 or until the last pair standing. If there is a last pair standing, that pair will win 40% of the pot, and the most kills will win 60% of the pot. If there is no last pair, most kills will take 100% of the pot.

This is a new way of play, so we may or may not change these rules leading up to the start of the game. :]

You know when there’s allcaps and sparkles involved, it’s super muy importante. Fourth fall show is where it’s at, yo! Mark your calendars. It’s the meeting before DTJ Weekend, so you better be there to learn how it’s gonna go down! We’ll also be selling DTJ shirts at the meeting for $10 each! You know you want one =D

I mean, look at it! It’s freakin’ baller, yo!

Facebook Event
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The most anticipated event of the fall semester is here. Clear all your weekend plans ’cause you know you’re going to DTJ weekend!!!

For the show itself, tickets are now available at the Reitz Union Box Office, Phillips Center Box Office, and ticketmaster.com (Ticketmaster may charge more than the Box Offices at UF due to processing fees). Tickets will be available at the University Auditorium Box Office starting at 5:00pm on the day of the show. If you went last year, you know how fast these tickets go. So make sure you and your friends get their tickets ASAP!

Saturday, November 6
Def Talent Jam XVIII: Shuffle Up Your Style
Doors open at 5:30pm
Show starts at 6:00pm
University Auditorium
$15 General Admission

Def Talent Jam XVIII After Party
The Vault Night Club
238 W University Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32601
Doors open at 10:00pm
$12 Admission, $10 with DTJ ticket stub
Half-priced drinks until 11:30pm

Sunday, November 7
Adobowl Flag Football Tournament
Squirrel Ridge Park
1603 SW Williston Road
Gainesville, Florida 32608
Games start at 8:00am

Visit the DTJ Website for information about the competing teams!

Facebook Event

If you have any questions, please contact Theo Urbano

Are you ready to end Filipino American History Month 2010 with an AMAZING SHOW for THE Ultimate Closing Weekend Celebration?!

This year, FSA has decided to dedicate our Closing Weekend as part of the Gawad Kalinga Campus Outreach, to spread awareness of this great non-profit organization that serves to “build communities to end poverty” in developing countries all over Asia. Join FSA in promoting this great organization and LET’S HELP TRANSFORM LIVES!

Gawad Kalinga Benefit Show
Friday, October 29, 2010
Show starts at 7pm in the Rion Ballroom

Not only do we have performances from our very own FSA Members, BUT… get ready for this, we have TWO amazing and talented performers lined up for you as well!

Featuring up-and-coming acoustic artist JOSEPH VINCENT AND internationally-recognized dance choreographer BRIAN PUSPOS!

Not only that, but we have a special guest performance by AVibe, a local group from Jacksonville, FL featured in FAP 2.0 in San Diego, California this past summer!

But wait, that’s just part one of FAHM Closing Weekend! FSA will also be hosting a dance workshop featuring Brian Puspos!

FSA Dance Workshop
Saturday, October 30, 2010
11:00am in the Stephen O’Connell Center Dance Studio

This event will be FREE and we will be accepting donations for Gawad Kalinga! First come first serve basis only!

THIS IS A GREAT WEEKEND YOU DEFINITELY DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON!