Tag: August 9, 2001

OUT OF 1,426 names in the Bible, 1,315 are male and only 111 are female.

According to Sister Judette Gallares, a member of the Cenacle of the Philippines, the figures illustrate that women in the biblical period were less regarded in a very patriarchal society. Thus, there will be a problem if the Bible will be used as a source for women’s perspectives, she said in a seminar conducted by the Sister’s Institute for Theological Formation at the Aula Magna, Faculty of Sacred Theology last July 23.

MANILA Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin is vehemently opposed to the proposed divorce bill by Sen. Rodolfo Biazon.

“Divorce is immoral. It is so un-Filipino and it is absurd. I trust that we have enough sensible and intelligent legislators to fight this insane proposal,” Sin said.

The divorce bill, one of the priority bills of Sen. Biazon, was one of the controversial measures that was discussed in the opening of the 12th Congress last July 23.

THE MOVIE All the Pretty Horses, adapted from the 1992 National Book Award-winning novel of Cormac McCarthy, shows that an understanding of life can be attained by striving for a certain goal and hurdling the problems that come along.

Directed by actor Billy Bob Thornton, the movie stars Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, and Spanish sensation Penelope Cruz. The supporting cast includes Ruben Blades and Miriam Colon.

AT LEAST once a year, the University turns into the lost city of Atlantis. Since the area is below sea level, even the slightest, showers could cause flooding in the area.

When this happens, students have no other choice but to spend the night on campus. Over night, the University becomes shelter to some 30,000 Thomasians.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,.”---Matthew 5:3

GOD LOVES you anyway.

I found these words in a colorful sticker in the jeepney bumper. It may sound funny but, for me, those four words sum up my Christian faith.

Now, before your eyes widen and your eyebrows reach high heavens, let me first clear my side through a story I read in a reader’s digest.

ISANG taon matapos itatag ang Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) sa Pilipinas, itinatag sa Unibersidad ang ngayo’y 64 nang taong kapatiran ng mga Tomasinong kadeteng opisyal, ang Golden Cross and Sabers Fraternity.

Itinatag noong 1937 ang samahan na ang pangunahing hangarin ay ang mabigyang halaga at mapaunlad ang disiplina, pagkakaisa, katapatan at integridad ng mga miyembro nito. Layunin ng samahan na mapanatili ang pagkakaisa at kapatiran ng mga miyembro nito. Hangad rin ng Golden Cross and Sabers na maitatak sa mga gawain ng mga miyembro nito ang dakilang pagnanais ng organisasyong mapabuti ang kanilang pagkatao at ang pagpapahalaga sa kaunlarang pang-ispirituwal ng bawat isa.

THE UNIVERSITY is missing in the popular Campus Bulletin of Globe because it refused the offer by the mobile phone industry leader to provide UST information through Short Message Service (SMS).

The project, Campus Bulletin, was supposed to provide information to Globe texters about different colleges and universities via text messaging.

According to Education Technology Director Fr. Melchor Saria, O.P., the University had to refuse because the institutional website of UST, where the information will be gathered, is not yet finished.

MILLIE, a junior medical student, sits down at one of the green pavilions near the canteen to have her lunch. She turns on her I-Mac notebook computer and leisurely munches on her chicken sandwich while checking her e-mail and researching on an online medical journal.

You wonder how that was done? Marvel not, for soon, everyone will have an access to the World Wide Web sans a phone line.

Surfing the Net involves two components—a computer modem and a telephone.

UST’s vision to enhance its glory in the new millennium is slowly being realized through the creation of state-of-the-art classrooms.

A DYNAMIC Chemistry teacher at the College of Science, an outstanding scientist, and a responsible homemaker. Those are only some of the roles Dr. Cristina Aquino Binag juggles everyday.

Though her different hats are tasking and tiring, Binag managed to complete her scientific research on conducting polymers.

Because of her pioneering work on conducting polymers, she was recently awarded as one of this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) during its 23rd Scientific Meeting last July 12.