Tag: August 1, 2002

TAKING the bold step forward to ease research and academic output from both students and faculty members, the learning resource units (LRU) of the Conservatory of Music, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, and the College of Science have been instrumental in helping the University upgrade the quality of its instruction and research.

WITH the unrivalled success of Counterstrike (CS), network games have undoubtedly gained control of the young.

Playing CS or its contemporaries like Red Alert 2, Starcraft, Warcraft, Diablo II, and other popular network games continues to attract gamers.

The enhanced 3D graphics and realistic storyline take players into a world of hard action and adventure that do not only provide enjoyment but also spur their wildest imagination.

TENSION is always life in an emergency room (ER).

Composed of resident doctors, interns, medical clerks, and nurses, the ER provides the first management of disease and immediate treatment to patients.

The ER can be compared to a topsy-turvy living room where vigilant doctors welcome patients from all walks of life. These health care providers attend to all kinds of sicknesses. Some of the usual cases are stabbings, bullet wounds, and chronic illnesses like heart diseases.

DRIVING on or off the road has never been more convenient and practical with Autoindustriya (www.autoindustriya.com), a newcomer in cyberspace packed with everything the automotive industry and motoring enthusiast expect to see.

As one of the automotive websites in the country today visited by many, Autoindustriya is a one-stop automotive portal that features up-to-date automotive news, motoring articles, test-drive reviews, events coverage, and motorsports.

HIS PASSION and dedication to natural and applied science made have him one of the most respected scientists in the country today.

True enough, Assistant to the Rector for Research and Development Dr. Fortunato Sevilla III was named by the Professional Regulatory Commission as Outstanding Chemist for 2002. His sterling career in research and the academe has been recognized here and abroad, bringing fame to UST.

FILIPINO women are constantly pictured as conservative and secretive. But Norma Miraflor shows how they can be passionate in enriching and fulfilling their ideals in A Dream of Peace and Other Stories (Anvil Publishing, 1998). Miraflor’s book brings together 12 of her stories, written during the ‘60’s up to the ‘90’s, exhibiting the rich colors of a woman’s lifestyle, behavior, and beliefs in that period.

THIS MORNING brings more than the rain’s gloom. Thoughts and images waft in freely that I could draw them if I have pen and paper with me.

Maybe it’s just the early rain that muffles the city sounds a bit, the cramped space here at the back of the FX taxi, or the draft from the aircon, making me feel colder and more isolated. Whatever the reason, today seems like a perfect time to weave stories, even just inside my head.

Perhaps her only fault

was to look for that love

laid out on dry land,

a mere fragment washed in

by the lapping eyes of men

who used to probe her flesh.

At forty, there is already

something in the heat,

a sort of pale awakening,

her body missing the rain.

The skeleton now knows

how to move on its own,

dragging that sagging skin.

She strips her self of old

things dry, a rusting wire

WHEN the United Architects of the Philippines Student Auxiliary (UAPSA) - UST Chapter became stagnant for two years, it took only a simple question and a strong initiative to start anew and revive the moribund organization.

Two years ago, Marian Eileen Florentino, now a fourth-year Architecture student whose father is an active member of the UAP National Chapter, became curious why the UAPSA-UST was not collecting membership fees anymore. She later found out that the organization had been inactive due to the hectic schedule of the organization’s officers.

SELFLESS service, thinking about others’ welfare before one’s own—these are traits usually imprinted in the hearts of heroes. These same traits were in the heart of Hanz Paolo Lopez, a first-year student of the Faculty of Civil Law. These were the same traits that drove him to risk his own life in saving two young girls from electrocution in the flood in Sampaloc last month, which resulted in his own death.