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TO IMPROVE corres-pondence and collaboration with other schools and companies, the Santo Tomas e-Service Providers (Steps) launched Thomasian e-mail (TEM) last April 25, replacing the old UST Computer Center e-mail system.

TEM is available to both the administrators and academic and non-academic employees and will help establish contacts outside UST, said Steps faculty trainer Charmaine Salvador.

A UNIVERSITY professor and Center for Intercultural Studies (CIS) researcher emphasized the use of basic principles of oral history as a new research methodology during the “University belt seminar on the streets of Manila” last April 21 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex (TARC) seminar-workshop rooms.

“Oral history is dependent on humans because they are an inexhaustible source of information, however, the basic features of this new research method may also be its downsides because the method is quite subjective and time-consuming,” Prof. Erlita Mendoza said.

DESPITE rumors of a pending phase-out, the Education High School (EHS), led by its new principal, College of Education Prof. Marisharl Tropicales, will gear up for its first accreditation this year

In an interview with the Varsitarian, the former EHS Math supervisor said she will be implementing stricter methods of instruction and a thorough supervision of Education practicum students in a bid to improve the education system.

FOR THOSE who paid tribute to National Artist for Visual Arts Ang Kiukok, few words were left to describe the painter who would rather show than tell.

In a necrological service to honor the world-renowned Thomasian painter last May 15, hundreds of mourners including family, friends, fellow National Artists, and admirers gathered to pay their last respects to the late expressionist at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Main Theater in Pasay City.

AFTER 27 years, another Thomasian has topped the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) board Exams.

Magna cum laude graduate Jhoanna Go registered a 93.86 per cent to lead the new batch of CPAs, who took the exams last May 8, 9, 15, and 16. Go graduated in 2003.

“Finally my dream had become a reality, I was so happy I cried,” Go said. “Also, I was very relieved because the ordeal was over.”

EVEN in death, Manuel and Aurora Quezon have not reneged on the promise they made on their wedding day—to be together no matter what. Thanks to the efforts of their children and the National Historical Institute, they have remained true to their vow.

To mark her 56th death anniversary last April 28, the late first lady’s remains were re-interred beside the crypt of her husband, Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon, at the Quezon Memorial Shrine.

HABANG binabagtas ni Francisco Duque III ang kursong Medisina sa Unibersidad, wala sa kanyang isipan na isang araw maninilbihan siya sa pamahalaan bilang kalihim ng Kagawaran ng Kalusugan (DOH).

Ngunit higit sa karangalan na nakamit, hindi pa rin nalilimutan ni Duque ang adhikain ng isang Tomasino.

“I would probably consider the value of having a strong religious conviction as my most important lesson from the UST,” ani Duque. “It was in those halls of the academe that my spiritual formation grew and my faith nurtured.”

UNTI-UNTI nang ginagawa ang eskinitang madalas kong daanan.

Gamit ang pinaghalo-halong graba at buhangin, tila malapit nang mawala ang dating baku-bakong kalyeng kapalit ang isang matibay at maayos na daanan.

Sino’ng mag-aakalang ang dating kalye, na nagmistulang ilog sa lalim ng baha mula sa kaunting patak ng ulan, ay handa na ngayon sa anumang bagyong maaaring dumating?

BEFORE the bells tolled and the new pope came out of the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica, I was one of the billion Catholics who were dazed at the moment. Excited but at the same time nervous, I waited to know the identity of the new pope.

I am one of those expecting and hoping that the new Pontiff will follow John Paul II’s footsteps. From the time Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger became a leading papabile, his life started to be an open book. But I initially had reservations on Ratzinger’s capacity to be the next leader of the Church.

Our very own Pinay superhero has finally landed on TV. When GMA-7 announced last year that it bought the rights to create a TV series out of Mars Ravelo’s Darna, it secured its place in Philippine television history as the series would eventually become the highest-rated “fantaserye” on primetime, and assure stardom as well for the new show’s lead actress, Angel Locsin.

From her days in Click and her role as Alwina in Mulawin, this teen actress has come a long way. Indeed, so far has she gone in her career that no one knows she was once a Thomasian student.