Tag: March 24, 2003

THE RESEARCH Center for Natural Sciences (RCNS) recognized quality undergraduate researches during the S&T (Science and Technology) Undergraduate Research Symposium last Feb. 24 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex.

Over 50 students from the Faculty of Pharmacy, College of Science, College of Education, and Faculty of Engineering, presented their work this year.

A FACULTY of Arts and Letters professor has completed a certificate course at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Lawyer Enrique dela Cruz attended an executive program at the Harvard Institute of Politics in Public Policy and Leadership along with 40 other participants from other countries las December.

BUCKING a lackluster performance during the Dialectics debate championship, the Faculty of Arts and Letters defeated the Faculty of Engineering to capture the Third Crossfire Debate Championship last March 14.

It was the second straight title for the Artlets.

The team was composed of Communication Arts junior William Manalo, Jr., Journalism junior Shelah Jenkins de Jesus, and Sociology junior Rosella de Jesus. Manalo was chosen best speaker.

THE death of a loved one seems too bitter a pill to swallow. Yet for some, death means a new life. Author Alice Sebold tackles the subject in her debut novel, The Lovely Bones.

Narrated from the standpoint of 14-year-old Susie Salmon, The Lovely Bones is the compelling story of Susie’s death and its effects on the people she left behind.

IF YOU loved Moulin Rouge, you’ll love this movie even more. If you did not, it doesn’t matter because this movie is far better and more spectacular anyway.

Based on Maurine Watkins’ award-winning play, Miramax Films’ Chicago is a hybrid broadway musical and multi-genre film. It’s a story of the decline of a stage star, and the rise of a naïve but ambitious blonde, all because of one sensational murder.

For a school whose reputation has staunchly been on the conservative side, it’s quite surprising that some of the country’s best rock musicians hail from UST. Making their marks on a wide spectrum of genres like, alternative pop, spoken word, world music, rap-metal, and even to the indie persuasion, Thomasian alternative musicians have definitely had a hand on the apparent rebirth of the local rock scene.

UST has always boasted of the numerous presidents, tycoons and saints who once walked its hallowed halls. It’s about time we got to know our rock artists.

In celebration of the National Arts Month, the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences held the Thomasian Chalk Festival, the first ever museum-sponsored inter-school chalk art competition.

WHAT are your plans before turning thirty?

Teatro Tomasino’s Last Order sa Penguin, written by Palanca awardee Chris Martinez, explores the crisis of early adulthood— growing old and loveless. Directed by the comedian John Lapus, it was on stage from March 4 to 8 at the St. Albertus Magnus Auditorium.

Penguin, a bar in Malate, is the haven of five friends who come together to talk about their aspirations and update each other about their lives.

LAST month was another election period for the Faculty of Arts and Letters Student Council (ABSC). This time, I experienced something “new.”

Since it was my last time to vote in the ABSC elections, I was curious on how the votes were being tabulated. However, I was unaware that students except official representatives of the political parties are barred from entering the St. Raymund’s (Artlets-Commerce) Bldg. on the “big night.”

I wondered why there had to be a “closed gate” policy.

ANOTHER school year has come to a close; the candidates for graduation are eagerly waiting for their respective investitures. Some have even started working—good for them. The undergrads are putting the final touches to another school year, smiles evident on their faces as they excitedly hurry to finish all their requirements and tests. It’s a breezy March, and everyone walks along with a smile.

Nice picture, eh? Like a green pastoral field with a babbling brook.