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HEADS up, astrologers and horoscope readers.

A Belgian professor stressed Astrology’s rational basis last Feb. 22 at the Martyrs’ Hall of the Ecclesiastical Faculties building, during the lecture, “Astrology and Cosmology in Early Modern Europe: Some New Perspectives.”

Steven Van Den Broecke, a professor from the Catholic University of Brussels in Belgium, explained that there is logic in astrology, the study of the position of stars and planets and their relation to fate. He said astrological phenomena may also involve the sciences.

PHILIPPINE theater pillar and UST alumna Zeneida “Bibot” Amador was honored posthumously with the Presidential Medal of Merit Award (PMMA) last Feb. 22 at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañang Palace.

In an interview with the Varsitarian, Cecille Guidote-Alvarez, executive director of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, said the award was in recognition of Amador’s contributions to Philippine theater.

FOR THE Aetas of Tarlac, industrialization is perceived not as a sign of progress but as a threat to their ancestral land.

The claim of the Bamban Aeta Tribal Association (BATA) of Tarlac over their ancestral land was threatened when Malacañang ordered to put its titling on hold and have the land revalidated.

The UST Office for Community Development (OCD) and its partner community, the Bamban Aeta Tribal Association (BATA) of Tarlac has long applied for the certificate of ancestral domain title (CADT), which was supposedly awarded last December.

While early scientific accounts have challenged the story of the Exodus, claiming there had been “no Israelites in Egypt” during Pharoah Ramses II’s time (basing on the lack of historical records), Egyptologist James Hoffmeir, in Discovery Channel’s documentary, Who was Moses? (1996), said there were, indeed, enslaved Israelites based on archaeological proof.

SEVERAL professors from different universities urged students from different schools to promote education reforms during an education summit last Feb. 18 and 19 at the Fr. Angel de Blas, O.P. Hall of the Main Bldg.

Philippine Normal University (PNU) professor Rene Romero suggested education reforms through more civic programs and student organizations, which, he said, are instruments for “constructive change” that will channel the idealism and vigor of the youth toward serving the people.

While the Bible says there once was a man and a woman living in a garden, who were our first parents, science speaks of a similar story just underneath our skin.

Based on studies on genetic tracking of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), found in the human cell’s mitochondria, the “Mitochondrial Eve” theory was conceptualized in 1987 by Rebecca Cann, a professor at the University of California, suggesting that mankind can trace its root—all 15,000 generations of it—to an “Eve” who lived about 150,000 years ago in Africa.

in the beginning, God said, “Let there be light,” and light there was.

Could it be that the “light” mentioned in the Bible, accurately describes the beginning of the universe? Does science agree with faith?

HOW DO we determine the authentic apparitions from the hoaxes?

Cautious that visions may have merely pathological or other origins, the Church has ways to examine reports of divine appearances.

SISTER Lucia dos Santos, one of the visionaries of Fatima, passed away last month at the age of 97, finally joining her cousins in heaven.

In her memoirs, Sr. Lucia recounted her experiences from 1917 to the apparitions of Jesus when she entered the Carmelite convent.

The story of Fatima started in 1915 when an angel appeared while Sr. Lucia and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto were tending sheep.

THE EDUCATION High School topped the academic unit category for the overall total quality management (TQM) quality audit conducted by the Office for Planning and Development (OPD) for the academic year 2004-2005.

The overall winner was based on the three-quarter audit done by the OPD. The fourth quarter audit was not pursued due to time constraints.

The academic, administrative, and service offices were rated based on workplace management. A high score means that the workplace is conducive for the employees to be more productive.