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NEVER in recent UAAP history has there been a host school’s men’s basketball team winning the cage title at the end of the season. Can the Tigers buck the trend?

Going beyond expectations has marked the Tigers’ UAAP resurgence in Season 69 after essaying a Cinderella finish against tournament favorite Ateneo which ended a ten-year title drought for the España-based squad.

Nailed at the cellar after the first round, the Tigers got their act together in the second round to sneak into the final four with a 7-6 win-loss card in the eliminations, ultimately finishing with an 11-7 slate.

Apart from three more wins in the elimination round compared to their Season 68 campaign, the Tigers improved on their winning margin from 5 points in Season 68 to 7.1 points last season, a testament to the maturity developed by the players under the tutelage of then rookie head coach Pido Jarencio.

AFTER long, laborious, and grueling classes, students would be going out of classrooms with one hand on their empty stomachs and the other on their near-empty pockets. For old timers, choosing a place to eat would be a cinch. But for freshmen, finding cheap but clean and delicious food may prove difficult. To help them decide, here is an off-campus gastronomic guide.

A few blocks away from the Dapitan gate is V. Concepcion St., which boasts of four food joints—Cely’s, Lisa’s, Merrie’s and Hapag.

PERHAPS one of the perks of belonging to the Varsitarian’s Literary section is meeting creative writers, most especially Thomasians. These writers not only conduct poetry reading sessions and crafting book collections, but most of them actually end up in the academe as creative writing professors.

Ironically, more often than not, I find myself having to go out of the University just to scout and interview Thomasian writers. As a matter of fact, these writers are highly successful in other universities, being appointed as directors or associates of creative writing centers.