Tag: March 29, 2016

I USUALLY play role-playing games with characters that are “better” versions of myself–a “perfect” Rhenn for every game. I can spend four hours on the computer clicking and setting preferences for my character: cropped hair atop a widow’s peak, jet-black eyes, a slim bod with a knack for sleek clothing, and of course a penchant for the arcane arts.

This might be why I was nothing short of astounded when the United Kingdom last February approved a researcher’s request to permanently change the DNA of human embryos.

PHOTOS expose scenes that don’t normally fall under the limelight—the stories of the underdogs, the unheard of and unrecognized.

Bergel “Geloy” Concepcion, an advertising alumnus, opts to capture scenes in Philippine streets, which have an endless supply of “underappreciated stories.”

Concepcion never saw himself pursuing a profession other than cartooning or tattooing. He was first introduced to the photography scene when he enrolled at the University’s College of Fine Arts and Design in 2008.

Then 17-year-old Concepcion fell in love with capturing the “split seconds of life” and immortalizing them in photographs.

FIFTH-YEAR Civil Engineering major Paulo Miguel Gabuat was bestowed this year’s Rector’s Literary Award (RLA) during the the 31st Gawad Ustetika, the country’s longest-running campus-based literary derby, last March 5 at the Buenaventura G. Paredes, O.P. building.

Gabuat got the Rector’s Award for his short story, “The Lampiko,” which earlier had won first prize in the Fiction category.

The Rector’s Literary Award is chosen among first-prize winners of the various Ustetika categories and is awarded to the work that best reflects “the University’s Catholic vision of grace and redemption.”

BETWEEN the limbo

of sleep and wakefulness,

comes the time to yield

and surrender.

Those twin points

realign in my mind—

your firmness

and my restlessness.

They circle,

amidst whispered sentiments

that remain unanswered,

riling up nocturnal feelings,

as I retrace it all:

the widening

and narrowing breadth

between our bodies.

Still, my heart is elated

for even the most crooked

of conjoined arcs must meet

where the wandering orbit

comes to rest.

C.A.P. Sta. Cruz

TATLUMPUNG taon na ang nakalipas nang magmartsa ang humigit-kumulang 1,500 Tomasino sa Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa) kasama ang milyun-milyong Filipino para sa masidhing layuning pabagsakin ang rehimeng Marcos at tuldukan ang mahabang panahon ng kadiliman sa ilalim ng batas militar.

Sa pamumuno ng mga paring Dominikano, nakilahok ang mga guro, empleyado at mga mag-aaral ng Unibersidad sa mapayapang rebolusiyon na nagtagal mula ika-22 hanggang ika-25 ng Pebrero, 1986.