UP deserts UAAP CDC in protest

The University of the Philippines Pep Squad has begged off from this season’s UAAP cheerdance competition, opting to stay true to its word of “foregoing with the competition, should the same organizers be hired to handle the event again.”

The UP Pep Squad was conspicuously not in the order of performances released yesterday where seven of eight member-school are set to participate.

An eight-time champion, UP finished third in the contest last year and filed a protest with head coach Lala Pereña saying the judges displayed prejudice toward her team.

The UAAP, however, upheld the results where the National U Pep Squad won for the third straight season. June Navarro, Bong Lozada