FOURTH-year students from the Faculty of Arts and Letters dominate the Varsitarian’s roster of editors in its 86th year.
The editorial board is composed of Communication Arts senior Sarah Mae Jenna Ramos, and Journalism seniors Gracelyn Simon and Ralph Joshua Hernandez.
Gena Myrtle Terre, also a Communication Arts senior, and Journalism senior Lord Bien Lelay were appointed news editor and assistant news editor, respectively.
Other section editors taking up Journalism are Paul Kennedy Lintag (Sports), Andre Arnold Santiago (Special Reports), April Joy Dy (Witness), Kristelle-Ann Batchelor (Circle), and Michael Carlo Rodolfo (Online). Asian Studies senior Jonelle Marcos is the new Filipino editor.
Meanwhile, Microbiology senior Juan Carlos Moreno was appointed Features editor. Pharmacy senior Hedrix Ar-ar Caballe is the Science and Technology editor.
Advertising Arts seniors Keno Carlo Enriquez and John Paul Autor were appointed art director and photography editor, respectively.
The News section is composed of Journalism students, namely: Dayanara Cudal, Arianne Merez, Bianca Kristin Taray, Roberto Vergara, Jr., and Jerome Villanueva.
This year’s Sports writers are Angelica Abello, Karl Cedrick Basco, Delfin Ray Dioquino, and Josiah Darren Saynes.
Mary Grace Esmaya, a Secondary Education major, and Mary Gillan Frances Ropero, a Journalism student, are Special Reports writers while Marketing Management senior Jelina Anne Bunagan and Secondary Education senior Mone Virma Ginry Gumapac were named Features writers.
Journalism majors Erika Mariz Cunanan and Kimberly Joy Naparan, and Accountancy student Maria Koreena Eslava are this year’s Filipino writers. Pharmacy junior Marie Danielle Macalino and Journalism students Angeli Mae Cantillana and Danielle Ann Gabriel comprise the Witness section.
Josef Brian Ramil and Alpine Christopher Moldez, Medical Technology and Communication Arts students, respectively, were named Literary writers. Medical Technology and Journalism students Maritz Lubo and Rhenn Anthony Taguiam were assigned to the Science and Technology section.
This year’s Circle writers are Journalism senior Elyssa Christine Lopez, Physical Therapy junior Aliliana Margarette Uyao, and Communication Arts sophomore Ethan James Siat.
The Art section is composed of Advertising Arts majors Joel Francis Balquin, Jean Helene Estella, Maria Aurora Gonzales, Ava Mariangela Victoria, and Journalism sophomore Kirsten Jamilla.
Meanwhile, Communication Arts senior Nazzi Castro joins Advertising Arts sophomores Alvin Joseph Kasiban and Basilio Sepe in the Photography section.
Joselito Zulueta, Philippine Daily Inquirer Arts and Books editor, and Journalism lecturer Felipe Salvosa II remain the V’s publications adviser and assistant publications adviser, respectively.
To qualify for the Varsitarian, the staff underwent a three-level selection process consisting of a series of examinations, a panel interview, and other activities.
Philippine Daily Inquirer Senior Reporter Christian Esguerra, a two-time Varsitarian editor in chief, led this year’s selection committee. Members included Palanca awardee Carlomar Arcangel Daoana, former Varsitarian associate editor; lawyer Eldric Paul Peredo, former Varsitarian editor in chief; Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies Director Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo, former Varsitarian editor in chief; and UST Graduate School Dean Marilu Madrunio.
