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Nuncio reiterates diocesan chancellors’ importance

Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales urged diocesal chancellors to foster a “sense of community” within the curia, while Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Antonio Franco reminded them not to view their responsibilities as “mere jobs,” during the first National Convention of Diocesan Chancellors (NCDC) last April 5 to 7 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex auditorium.

“Although you occupy a very important role, the chancery is only one (part) in the family of the curia,” Rosales said in his homily in the convention’s concluding Mass.

Medicine standardizes ‘revalida’ for seniors

FACULTY of Medicine and Surgery students can look forward to a “more objective” oral revalida, or final oral examinations, as the tests will be standardized starting next school year.

“Since the oral revalida is (deemed) ‘subjective’, the (Faculty) wanted to standardize it,” Medicine faculty secretary Dr. Jose Blas told the Varsitarian. “The question for the first student will be similar for the next student, provided they are put in (separate) areas (during the exams) just to prevent communication.”

University fetes top researchers

RECTOR Fr. Tamerlane Lana, O.P. called for researches that can contribute to the generation of knowledge as well as in the development of the society during the UST Research/Creative Works Recognition and International Publication Awards.

“The University should enhance world-class research projects, a dynamic culture for collaboration of research within and outside the University,” Fr. Lana told some 60 Thomasian researchers last March 16 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Center auditorium.

Birth control not the answer to poverty, says bioethicist

Doctor Edna Garayblas-Monzon, professor and chairperson of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery bioethics department, criticized the government’s population-control initiatives, calling them merely quick-fix against poverty and other various social crises in the country during the seminar, “Pagpapahalaga sa Sanggol at Pamilya,” last April 10 at the Missionary for Charities Convent in Tayuman, Manila.

“The error of abortion is not the artificiality of the contraceptives, but the contraception itself. It is a violation of the law of nature,” Garayblas-Monzon said.

UST Hospital eyes medical tourism

To raise much-needed revenues for the improvement of its operations, the UST Hospital is now eyeing “medical tourism” or transnational medical services.

“USTH is offering services (to foreign nationals) in the U.S., Europe, or Japan at much cheaper rates (compared with those in) their home country,” USTH medical director Dr. Rolando Cabatu told the Varsitarian. “This is in line with the government project to promote health care as one of the (country’s) attractions in tourism.”

Thomasian wins Ms. Asean beauty pageant

KAHIT na siya ay may pharyngitis, nakamit pa rin ng isang Tomasino ang korona sa unang Ms. Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) beauty contest noong Marso 19 sa Jakarta, Indonesia.

Itinuring ni Jhezarie Javier, 22, isang Hotel and Restaurant Management alumna, ang pagkapanalo bilang isang malaking biyaya na sumubok sa kanyang kakayahan.

“It was a blessing. I couldn’t even stand straight the day before the pageant and I only had enough strength to finish it,” ani Javier.

Writers’ workshop successful

FIFTEEN new fellows, including five UST Journalism students, attended the Sixth UST National Writers’ Workshop held by the Center for Creative Writing and Studies (CCWS) from April 18 to April 23 in Tagaytay City.

The fellows for poetry in English were Glenn Atanacio, Varsitarian Literary writer Sharline Bareng, alumna and former Varsitarian News writer Abigail Austriaco, Benedict Parfan, Cherie del Rio, Herminia Gabutina, Emmanuel Rentoy, and Raymond de Borja.

Law prof is still campus advisers group president

FACULTY of Civil Law (Civil Law) professor Judge Philip Aguinaldo intends to focus on providing guidance to student advisers on legal matters in his second term as Philippine Association of Campus Student Advisers (Pacsa) president.

The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court judge said he plans to create a handbook on parliamentary procedure for student advisers and establish links with the Commission on Higher Education (Ched), aside from reinforcing UST’s role as “big brother to smaller schools.”

Rector warns graduates: ‘Avoid shortcuts’

UST Rector Fr. Tamerlane Lana, O.P., warned 5,675 Thomasian graduates this year against taking “shortcuts to success” that may compromise Christian values during the Baccalaureate Mass last March 18 at the UST Grandstand.

“Because of wanting to get things easily, there are disvalues that often bring us trouble: lagay, lakad, lusot,” Fr. Lana said. “When instant money, power and fame are sought in the pursuit of our ambitions, we forever change those ambitions.”

University improves bar passing rate

Despite not having any alumnus in the top 10 of the 2004 bar exams, Faculty of Civil Law Dean Augusto Aligada, Jr. is happy about UST’s improved passing rate.

“I am more interested in a high passing rate for UST,” Aligada told the Varsitarian.

Based on the Faculty’s estimate, some 128 out of 178 Thomasian examinees who took the bar exams for the first time passed for a 71.91 per cent passing rate. In the 2003 bar exams, UST posted a 56.63 per cent passing rate.

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