UP Kabataang Pilosopo Tasyo
History
UP KAPITAS was conceptualized in the summer of 1990. It was officially recognized as a CSSP-based organization on the 27th of July of that same year. The founders, composed of ex-seminarians and ex-applicants of other philosophy organizations, envisioned to bring back the lost glory of Philosophy and create a unique Filipino philosophy that would alleviate the oppressive lives of the Filipino masses. They numbered about 21 in all.
The UP Kabataang Pilosopo Tasyo (UP KaPiTas) is a College of Social Sciences and Philosophy-based socio-academic organization pursuing the following OBJECTIVES:
1. To strive towards the development of a Filipino Philosophy that is relevant to Philippine Society
2. To yield Filipino thinkers who are dedicated to the service of others
3. To provide philosophy students with a venue for their philosophical endeavors; and,
4. To promote philosophy as a discipline
It is guided by the following PRINCIPLES:
1. Critical and Analytic Thinking
2. Academic Excellence
3. Moral Integrity
4. Economic Viability
Officers
EXECUTIVE BOARD
1st Semester A.Y. 2013-2014
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Suprema: Erin Grace Gonzales
Ikalawang Supremo: Nathaniel Malit
Kalihim: Jorge Vittorio Baviera
ACADEMICS COMMITTEE
Head: Valerie Fajardo
Secretary: Audrey Bulfango
MARKETING AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
Head: Czarina Thea Caga
Secretary: Carlo Sevilla
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Head: Rae Asistores
Secretary: JD Item
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Head: Shane Comota
Secretary: Felix Ley-son
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Head: John Paul Villanueva
Secretary: Mikee Resultan