Tag: News Briefs

ADVERTISING students learned persuasion principles from the world’s biggest public relations firm and one of the country leading food corporation last September 2.

Mcann Erickson Philippines Managing Director Nandy Villar and Nestle Philippines President John Miller participated in “N-gage,” a special project for advertising practicum 4 of the third-year Advertising students of the College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD).

According to Gil Velez, professor of advertising practice and pioneer of the project, “N-gage” will help students and top officials learn from each other by sharing their experiences as youth of today and advertising practitioners, respectively.

THE HOUSE of Representatives has passed a resolution lauding the UST Singers for again winning the prestigious Choir of the World award.

Valenzuela Congressman Magtanggol Gunigundo, author of the resolution, recognized the choir’s achievement as champion in the 63rd Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod held in the United Kingdom last April. Llangolen is the biggest and oldest music festival in the world.

House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte gave the award to the conductor of the UST Singers, Fidel Calalang Jr., last August 31. The singers, in return, gave the legislators a sample of their winning performance.

The UST Singers first won the Choir of the World Prize in 1995. It is the only Asian choir that has won the much-coveted title.

TEATRO Tomasino, the university-wide theater guild of the University of Santo Tomas, will be staging “Ang Kalungkutan Ng Mga Reyna,” the guild’s first major production for the academic year 2010-2011.

Directed by Aina Katrina Dawang, the play tells about the story of a female leader preparing to join the ranks of the monarch. Believing that poeple will change their perception of her, she hires a hairstylist to change her physical image and mostly her hair.

THE RED Cross Youth Council (RCYC) -College of Science Unit organized the first “earthquake evacuation drill” last July 15 to prepare the college for emergencies.

The drill, conducted at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., lasted for seven minutes and 30 seconds and six minutes and 55 seconds, respectively.

“The faster the drill, the better since it would be safer for a person to evacuate the building during an earthquake,” said Gerson Contreras, RCYC-Science president.

THE STORAGE area of the Laboratory Equipment and Supplies Office (LESO) was evaluated last July 22 to check if it meets police safety requirements.

“[It’s a] test if UST conforms to Philippine National Police (PNP) standards of having a secure and safe storage facility,” said Ross Vasquez, LESO administrator.

The Explosive Fire Arm Law of the Philippines requires certificate permits for a school to buy explosive ingredients (usually nitrates and chlorides) for academic purposes. Without the permit, UST cannot buy, possess, or deal with distributors.

Out of PNP’s 58 listed nitrates, 22 are used in UST for courses such as general Chemistry and organic chemistry.

LESO regulates restricted chemicals within UST.

THE UST Central Seminary tapped the Varsitarian to give lectures for its Annual Journalism Seminar last June 24 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium.

Varsitarian editor in chief Cliff Harvey Venzon gave a lecture on news writing; former Varsitarian chief editor Anthony Andrew Divinagracia and artist Carlo Patricio Franco gave a seminar on editorial and features writing and layout design, respectively, while Faculty of Arts and Letters professor Eros Atalia delivered a talk on literary writing during parallel workshops.

Former Varsitarian editor in chief National Artist F. Sionil Jose and current publications adviser Joselito Zuleta delivered speeches on writing in the Philippine contemporary setting and press ethics, respectively.

A FACULTY of Arts and Letters alumnus placed second in the Philippine leg of World Quizzing Championships held at Murphy’s Irish Pub in Makati City last June 5.

Wilfred Ritona, 26, a graduate of political science in 2004 took the second spot for the second year with a score of 81 and ranked 259th among 1175 participants from 28 countries.

World Quizzing Championships is a worldwide quiz bee on culture, civilization, entertainment, lifestyle, sports and leisure, media, sciences, and world organized by the International Quizzing Association.