Tag: July 12, 2011

MOMMY Tiger has left the lair.

Felicitas Francisco, one of UST’s longest-serving employees, was honored in a dinner held at the SyCip-Velayo Multi-purpose Hall at the AMV-College of Accountancy last June 22.

Francisco was responsible for the varsity team’s transition from the “Glowing Goldies” to the “Growling Tigers” in 1992, earning her the moniker “Mommy Tiger.”

Besides her contributions in collegiate sports, she was also known in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for wearing tiger-printed clothes and bags in the league’s events.

VARSITY teams have lost at least six key athletes due to academic deficiencies even before UST could formally begin its quest for another general championship in UAAP Season 74.

Sweet-shooting Clark Bautista will not suit up for the Growling Tigers after failing subjects in his Communication Arts major. Badminton standout Peter Magnaye, the Season 73 Most Valuable Player suffered a similar fate and opted to concentrate instead on the national team.

Swimmers Michael Godoy and Fritz Agapay will no longer be playing for UST owing to academic problems at the College of Commerce and Business Administration and Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA), respectively.

THE SEARCH for the next UST courtside reporter has led to a model-turned-beauty queen.

Meet Ma. Kristina Marasigan, 23, a Psychology graduate and a finalist in the prestigious Ford Supermodel of the World competition in 2009 and Bb. Pilipinas in 2011.

Marasigan, who works at DZMM Teleradyo, will replace Patricia Cansana in bringing news straight from the Growling Tigers’ bench and dugout.

“The pressure is high,” said Marasigan, who earned her degree two years ago. “But I’m looking at the pressure as a challenge to be good and I’m really glad that they gave me this responsibility and opportunity.”

ONE MORE signature and Cameroonian Karim Abdul is good to go for the Growling Tigers.

The 19-year-old Abdul only needs to have his birth certificate authenticated in Cameroon so the UAAP board could give its go-signal for his much-anticipated court debut.

Coach Pido Jarencio said Abdul’s mother would seek the validation in Nigeria because it is the country nearest to Cameroon with a Philippine embassy.

“Once it is done and got sealed, and the papers got sealed, they will be presented to the UAAP board,” he said.

“It will be a big problem if Abdul will not play for us this season, he is our man in the middle and I waited two years for him,” he said.

BALITA at kaalaman tampok sa programang panradyo ng mga Tomasino.

Taong 1968 nang ilunsad ng Unibersidad ang “UST Hour,” isang programa sa radyo tungkol sa sari-saring paksang magdudulot ng interes sa mga mag-aaral at iba pang tagapakinig. Ito’y maaaring mapakinggan noon mula Lunes hanggang Sabado sa ganap na ikapito ng gabi, sa istasyong pambansa na DZRV, Radyo Veritas. Ang dating assistant dean ng Faculty of Arts and Letters na si Piedad Rosales ang siyang namahala sa pagbuo ng konsepto ng mga programa, katulong ang Department of Communication Arts ng Unibersidad. Iba’t ibang tema ang isinasahimpapawid sa programa gaya ng kultura, musika, at mga panayam.