UPD Reigns Supreme in Clash of the Brains March 5, 2006
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By Phillip Kimpo Jr. [http://blog.corsarius.net]
UP Diliman bagged the championship of this academic year’s Clash of the Brains, a computer science quizbee held by the De La Salle University. The La Salle Computer Society paid host to the event, which was held last November 24, 2005 at DLSU’s William Shaw Little Theater.
Three of the triumphant students came from the Department of Computer Science, namely Ardee Aram, Michael Chua, and Linda Sarmiento II. The fourth member, Prem Vilas Fortran Rara, hailed from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. DCS faculty Ma’am Joyce Avestro coached the team.
The UPD team got off to the worst start, finishing dead last after the first round. The team managed to claw back into contention in the second canto, finishing third. It was in the difficult round where the UPD team bared its fangs, reeling one correct answer after another.
Other participating teams were the Ateneo de Manila University, Far Eastern University, University of Santo Tomas, and Mapua Institute of Technology. Ateneo, winners of the two previous contests, needed to win this year’s tilt in order to keep the roving cup.
Trivia: Which CS batch won the first Clash of the Brains and who were the
members from DCS ?
Answer: Batch’89. Members were Havey P. Siy and Wilfred C. Jamison