Tag: June 30, 2008

JUST when you think our country has not done something to alleviate the growing climate change problem, think again.

Both local and international scientists hailed the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 for creating a recess in the ever-hastening global warming process.

Pamantíng – (png) maliit na piraso ng metal na ginagamit upang makalikha ng apoy

KUNG HUNYO 12 ang araw ng Kalayaan, bakit sa Hunyo 9 walang pasok?

Ito marahil ang tanong na bumabagabag sa mga kabaataan ngayon matapos ilipat ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ang bakasyon para sa Araw ng Kalayaan.

THE WORLD appears to have reached an unprecedented era of ruthless and merciless capitalist speculation as can be gleaned from oil prices spiraling out of control.

FOR STEPHANIE Pagarigan, a member of the UST badminton team and a Sports Science junior, rice is important for a student-athlete like her.

“It’s hard to separate rice from our diet because rice is the main quick source of energy. Athletes’ metabolism rates are different,” Pagarigan said.

She regularly eats four-and-a-half to six servings of rice a day as part of her regular diet.

AFTER two years of protracted negotiations, faculty members are set to get an P18-million windfall along with a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the University that may be concluded this July, aside from higher salaries, adjusted benefits, and the customary signing bonus.

EVERY Thomasian must contribute to the betterment of the University and prevent “institutional sclerosis” from setting in, Quadricentennial UST Rector Fr. Rolando V. de la Rosa, O.P. said during his installation last June 10.

The comebacking rector said inititiative, co-responsibility and accountability are needed to overcome the “organizational malady” of passing the buck to the one who’s on top.

WHEN GOD closes a door, He opens a window. And it seems the window for Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, O.P. had been so wide that he easily “fit in.”

After the death of the De la Rosa’s parents in the late 1980’s, Bernie and Gloria Pamintuan, family friends of the De la Rosas, welcomed the future UST rector in their abode as the newest family member. The young Dominican priest had found a new home.

“We adopted Father De la Rosa and opened our home to him,” Bernie told the Varsitarian during the Rector’s installation.

DESPITE their hectic schedules, business tycoons, government officials, and university presidents were on hand to witness the historic installation of UST’s 95th Rector.

THOMASIANS are paying five percent more in tuition this school year, an increase that the UST administration says is reasonable given higher increases in the prices of other goods and services.

A FORMER dean of the old College of Architecture and Fine Arts (CAFA) was named Most Outstanding Professional of the Year in the field of Architecture by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC).

Yolanda Reyes, CAFA dean from 1991 to 1999, received the award last June 20 at the Manila Hotel, after being recommended by her colleagues for her valuable contributions to the field.

Other Thomasians who had received the award were Leandro Locsin in 1978 and Cesar Canchela in 2007.