Tag: No. 12

THE SANTISSIMO Rosario Parish has launched its own “Bigasan ng Parokya” in response to the Archdiocese of Manila’s move to cushion the impact of the on-going rice crisis, which is expected to last five more years.

The parish-wide program caters to needy families from five barangay zones in Sampaloc district – zones 41, 44, 45, 46, and 47.

UST parish priest Fr. Jaime Alamillo, O.P., said that Santissimo Rosario has enough weekly supply of rice to meet the demands from the five zones.

“Santissimo Rosario Parish is supplied 40 sacks of rice per week but the rice is sold at the same price in rice outlets,” Alamillo told the Varsitarian.

Rice sold at outlets authorized by the state-run National Food Authority (NFA) are sold at a subsidized price of P18 and P25 per kilogram. But unlike the parish, only 21 sacks of rice are supplied to these stores by the NFA per week.

A THOMASIAN now heads the United Architects of the Philippines Student Auxiliary (UAPSA) after winning the votes of fellow architecture students during the organization’s National Congress last March 31 to April 3 in Cebu City.

Vinson Serrano, a member of the UAPSA National Board and a former batch representative of UAPSA-UST, is the new UAPSA president and the third Thomasian to hold the position since the organization was established in 1989.

Architect Camille Calixto was the first Thomasian national president of the organization in 1993, and is now a member of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP). Architect Marian Eileen Florentino became the second Thomasian UAPSA president in 2000.

“I feel overwhelmed to represent our University and to serve not only Thomasian architecture students but every architecture student in the Philippines who is a member of the UAPSA,” Serrano told the Varsitarian.

BY INTERNATIONAL standards, the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences still has a long way to go when it comes to preserving its priceless collection of paintings, many of which cannot be displayed simply because of lack of space.

This is partly because the mezzanine of the Main Building which serves as the repository of UST’s heritage was not really meant for a museum, said Maita Oebanda, UST Museum collection management and documentation assistant.

“The Museum started as an auditorium called paraninfo. It’s a multi-purpose gathering hall where rectors would usually deliver their speeches,” Oebanda told the Varsitarian.