Tag: May 26, 2003

WITH a number of programs and projects ready to run, the Central Student Council (CSC) is out to make its presence felt by Thomasian students this school year.

Incoming CSC president Halutz Parilla said that starting July, the council will coordinate with the University’s different colleges for alternative class programs, a year-long series of lectures to be held for free on Saturdays.

THE OFFICE for Student Affairs (OSA) has allowed delegate teams from the Thomasian Debaters’ Council to participate in the 10th All-Asians Intervarsity Debate Championships set on October 15 to 23 in Johor, Malaysia despite the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) threat.

Evelyn Songco, assistant to the Rector for student affairs, had earlier cancelled TDC’s participation in the tournament, which was initially scheduled on May 15 to 23, because of the reported SARS cases in Malaysia.

A UST psychotrauma specialist warned against not taking suicide threats seriously, while giving tips on crisis and suicide intervention.

In a seminar-workshop at St. Thomas Aquinas Research Complex last May 5 to 7, UST Graduate School and Psychotrauma Clinic consultant and counselor Dr. Johnny Decatoria told an audience composed mostly of psychologists that people with suicidal tendencies succeed in killing themselves because their suicide warning was not taken seriously.

AFTER only three years as Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets) dean, Dr. Armando de Jesus was appointed by Rector Fr. Tamerlane Lana, O.P. as the new vice-rector for academic affairs. He will be taking over from Fr. Jose Antonio Aureada, O.P. who held the position for three years.

To replace de Jesus is Dr. Belen Tangco, the executive assistant of Fr. Aureada in the academic affairs office, according to Fr. Lucio Gutierrez, O.P., regent of Artlets.

DESPITE the dip in its board exams performance last June, the College of Nursing still registered its highest number of student applicants in years.

According to College of Nursing Dean Glenda Vargas, there were more than 11,000 applicants vying for the 500 slots available.

“This was the highest number of applicants so far. However, we cannot increase the quota because we also have to see whether our faculty can handle the number,” Vargas said.

AFTER only three years as Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets) dean, Dr. Armando de Jesus was appointed by Rector Fr. Tamerlane Lana, O.P. as the new vice-rector for academic affairs. He will be taking over from Fr. Jose Antonio Aureada, O.P. who held the position for three years.

To replace de Jesus is Dr. Belen Tangco, the executive assistant of Fr. Aureada in the academic affairs office, according to Fr. Lucio Gutierrez, O.P., regent of Artlets.

Mother said one must get rid of luggage as soon as possible.

How I should, for example, learn to ride the bicycle again,

to balance weight on two flimsy rubber wheels.

Weight that took me 12 years to get rid of. Weight that was

ice cream/chocolate cake/ bowls of sinigang na baboy sagging down my arms,

dragging down my thighs, sucking my navel in like a deep hell hole.

I was on my way to Baguio two weeks ago and she packed my whole cabinet.

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” - Confucius

AT SOME point, I wished that this vacation would never end. But still, I’m grateful that I’ve enjoyed every single minute of it. I attended parties, visited long lost friends, even spent my time driving around the province for some sort of adventure.

Enero 24, 2003

8:43:08 ng gabi

Sa klase ni Propesor Coroza

Tatapakan ko ang iyong anino

sa tuwing tatangkain mong lumayo.

Igagapos kita nang ubod higpit

nang habambuhay ka nang kapalad ko.

Patulugin mang pilit, puso’t isip

lasunin man ang iyong gunita’t puri

mamumukadkad sa loob ko’ng punla

banal na binhing may dalawang kal’wa

na ‘di magbubunga kung wala’ng isa.

Kung kaya’t mula sa araw na ito,

ANO BA’NG nararapat na ganti sa isang taksil na mangingibig, poot o kapatawaran?

Sa pag-ibig, pagtataksil, poot, pagtatakwil, at pagpapatawad umiikot ang nobelang May Pagsinta’y Walang Puso ni Iñigo Ed. Regalado, isa sa mga itinuturing na “makapangyarihang tinig” noong unang bahagi ng 1900 kasama ang iba pang kasabayang patnugot ng mga diyaryo’t magasin na sina Julian Cruz Balmaseda, Lope K. Santos, at Severino Reyes.