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SINO ang mag-aakala na ang pangunahing gusali ng Unibersidad ay hindi nangunguna kumpara sa mga iba pagdating sa contingency measures?

TINAGURIANG pinakamahalaga sa mga naitulong ni dating Sen. Arturo Modesto Tolentino, o kilala sa tawag na “Ka Turing,” sa bansa ang Archipelagic Doctrine o Law of the Seas sa higit 2,000 bill na kanyang naipanukala o nasuportahan. Ito ang batas na kinikilala pati ng United Nations na naglatag ng malinaw na demarcation line sa pambansang teritoryo at nagdagdag ng 200 kilometro mula sa dalampasigan ng dating three-mile limit ng territorial maritime area ng bansa.

TUMANGGI sa pag-angkin ng mga papuri si Obispo Oscar Azarcon Solis, ang unang Filipinong obispo sa Amerika, sa isang Misa noong Agosto 19 sa UST Central Seminary Chapel upang ipagdiwang ang kanyang ika-25 taon bilang pari.

“These were not achievements. These are just living testimonies of God’s grace residing in me (and) that everything in my life as a priest is a gift and a testimony of God’s goodness and faithfulness,” ayon kay Obispo Solis na kasalukuyang auxiliary bishop ng archdiocese sa Los Angeles.

Bago pa man inilabas ng Ministry ng Edukasyon at Kultura (Kagawaran ng Edukasyon ngayon) ang Kautusan Bilang 22, Serye 1978 na naglalayong ituro ang araling Filipino sa lahat ng kurso sa bansa, itinuturo na ang Filipino sa Unibersidad.

Nauna nang pinag-aaralan ng Faculty of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, at College of Education ang asignaturang Filipino bilang bahagi ng mga yunit sa pag-aaral.

Nagprotesta ang ilang aktibistang kababaihan noong ika-9 ng Agosto sa harap ng tanggapan ng Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines sa Intramuros, Manila, upang ipaglaban ang karapatan ng mga kababaihan sa dokumento ng Vatican na pinamagatang “Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World.”

YOU SEE them hanging around Tinoko Park every Tuesdays and Fridays. You think they’re there for the same reasons you would have—catching up with friends, studying, relaxing, or killing time—so you never give them much thought until they gather round and start singing and praying. For someone unfamiliar, they may look odd and naïve. But any Tinoko Park regular would tell you the Youth for Christ (YFC) are just having another prayer meeting.

UPANG mas mapalawak ang serbisyo-publiko ng Unibersidad sa larangan ng medisina, pinangunahan ng UST ang pagpapatayo at pagkakaroon ng School for Midwives sa bansa dahil sa kukulangan ng mga bihasang kumadrona noong ika-18 siglo.

Sa bisa ng utos mula sa España, inaprubahan ang pagpapatayo nito noong Pebrero 20, 1879 na sinang-ayunan naman ng Santo Papa matapos ang tatlong taon.

Another Thomasian marks first.

UST Hospital cardiologist Dr. Crismelita Mariñas won the First Young Investigators Award from the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) for her study, “The Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin I in Non-Seratonin Elevation Myocordial Infarction (NSTMEI)” during the 35th PHA Annual Convention at Edsa Shangri-La Hotel last May 29.

There’s now a better pill for brittle bones.

A strontium-containing anti-osteoporosis drug was found to effectively lessen risks of bone factures in postmenopausal osteoporotics after a three-year study.

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, strontium ranelate, an orally administered drug, reduces risks of vertebral fractures and increases bone mineral density by increasing bone formation and lowering bone resorption or gradual bone loss.

AS A RESULT of the rising global demand for nurses, the College of Nursing (Nursing) has joined the bandwagon of hiring and “pirating” faculty members.

According to Nursing Dean Glenda Vargas, the College has been hiring recent graduates, instructors, and professors from other schools to replace about 20 faculty members who left the University for greener pastures.