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PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo launched the Student’s Assistance Fund for Education for a Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR) program in the University last Feb. 2.

SAFE-4-SR is an interest-free student loan program for third, fourth, and graduating college students.

According to the President, the program aims to address the increasing number of college students dropping out of school due to financial difficulties.

“My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.” - 1 John 3:18

JUST like many teenagers, I experienced the pain of having a turbulent relationship with my dad.

Outside, I was the innocent teenager who did good deeds. At home, however, I was the brat who would argue about anything just to prove that I was old enough to be on my own — that I didn’t need anyone’s help.

MGA TELESERYE o teledrama ang kasalukuyang mabili sa mga pangunahing himpilan ng telebisyon at hindi maitatangging malaking bilang ng mga Pilipino ang tumatangkilik sa ganitong palabas.

Malaking bahagi rin ng mga Tomasino ang nanonood ng ganitong uri ng mga programa sa TV. Ngunit dahil sa kapaligirang mayroon tayo at sa kulturang sumisibol sa kasalukuyan partikular na sa mga tulad nating mag-aaral na pawang nagmamataas, nagmamagaling, nagmamalinis, at itinatangging nanonood sila ng pang-araw-araw na drama sa telebisyon.

COME February 21, 10 teams will try to stop the Faculty of Arts and Letters from achieving its hopes of a grand slam in the 27th annual Pautakan, the longest running intercollegiate quiz contest in the country.

WHAT is art? Does the term provide a ready template of some sort against which works are measured?

Any self-respecting artisté would have launched into a tirade against uniformity and insisted on boundlessness. But that is precisely what most of today’s art lacks of—boundlessness. Every maverick young Picasso starts out with lofty convictions, but more often than not fall into the rut of predictability swimming in still-lifes, landscapes and nudes.

THE CAMPUS has again been the scene of breathless repairs and renovations as the administration takes advantage of the summer vacation to construct physical and infrastructure improvements.

But the long hot summer has seen an odd construction. Snaking through several buildings are huge red steel pipes that somehow mar the dignity of the beautiful edifices of the campus. What are they? They are pipes for fire hydrants that the UST administration seem to have suddenly acquired a taste for.

“Those who trust the Lord will find new strength. They will be strong like eagles soaring upward on wings; they will walk and run without getting tired.” — Isaiah 40:30

I DON’T need a retreat.

These were the exact words I told myself at the start of the session with our retreat master, Fr. Raul. Considering that I was very much secure with my relationship with the Lord at this stage in my life, going on a retreat was the last thing on my mind. At least, that was what I thought.

A TEAM of Architecture students won the first prize in the recently held National Design competition for the Conceptual Development Plan of Nayong Pilipino last month.

Incoming senior architecture students Jason Buensagido and Karen Cheung bagged a total of P200,000 plus trophy from the competition. Jennifer B. Fortuno

FOR THE first time, a female Thomasian received the Globe Telecom Academic Achievement Award (GTAAA) last April 29 at the Hotel Inter-Continental, Makati City.

Marienne Tonette Rosario, a cum laude graduate of Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE), bested two other fellow ECE students to become UST’s nominee to the GTAAA.

Last year, ECE alumnus and Pautakan 2001 individual category champion Christian Anthony Reyes took the award.

TWO THOMASIANS joined the elite list of Thomasian beauty queens.

April Rose Perez and Justine Gabionza were adjudged the best among 23 other contestants in the Miss Earth-Philippines 2002 beauty contest last May 12 at the University of the Philippines Theater.

Perez, a student from the Faculty of Arts and Letters, was pronounced this year’s winner while Gabionza, a student from the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics, was crowned first runner-up. Gabionza is a member of the UST fencing team and a former member of the UST volleyball team.