Alexander Belone II (aka Ka Tandis): Alex went to study in UP and much later transferred to the University of Nueva Caceres where he wrote the "Untitled Poem." He got involved in political activism and joined other activist-students who went to the countryside to work with the people. He also became a member of the Kabataang Makabayan (KM), and got involved in the First Quarter Storm and the relief work organized for the massive floods in 1970.