Tag: November 14, 2006

THE BATTLE is far from over for the Faculty Association of the College of Nursing (Facon) as it filed a petition last Nov. 2 asking the Supreme Court (SC) to order a retake of the June nursing licensure exams.

INSTITUTE of Religion Director Fr. Clarence Victor Marquez, O.P. has been appointed by UST Rector Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., as the new vice-rector for finance last Nov.2, replacing Fr. Melchor Saria, O.P. Marquez will hold the two positions concurrently.

THE UNIVERSITY dominated the professional licensure examinations for teachers, certified public accountants (CPAs), and interior designers last October, but figured dismally in the Electrical Engineering board examinations last September.

FORMER Varsitarian editor in chief Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera, Jr. received the Southeast Asian Writer (SEA Write) Award last Oct. 9 at the Oriental Bangkok Hotel in Thailand. The award is given yearly by the Kingdom of Thailand to one writer each from the Southeast Asian countries for lifetime achievement in letters.

PARENTS should not worry much about their teenage children becoming too liberated, because adolescents nowadays are actually more conservative than their elders.

A survey presented by the McCann Worldgroup Philippines, a group of advertising companies, last Oct. 14 at the College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD) audio-visual room reported that respondents in the 12 to 19 age bracket had become more conservative than their older counterparts and had developed more profound values on family and education.

A SEMESTER proved well worth the wait for the much-delayed installation of the “quadricentennial” and 94th Rector of the University, Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., who vowed to pursue and realize the 400th year anniversary vision of UST toward “academic and moral excellence.”

LAST but not the least?

The University of Santo Tomas occupied the last spot in a global survey of 500 leading universities topped by Harvard University of Boston.

UST, the oldest university in Asia, was fourth among Philippine schools that were included in the annual survey began in 2003 by the Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquarelli Symonds (THES-QS).

The University of the Philippines ranked 299, De La Salle University 392, and Ateneo de Manila University 494, according to official results released by the two private firms last month.

ONE OUT of eight Filipinas is at risk of developing breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the country.

Dispelling myths about the killer disease, the Benavides Cancer Institute (BCI) held a forum on breast cancer awareness last Oct. 16 at the Angelo King Auditorium.

“Breast cancer is not caused by bumping or bruising and is not contagious,” Dr. Alberto Paulino, a UST Hospital surgeon, said.

NAGHIHIYAWAN at nagtatakbuhan ang mga bata papasok sa kanilang mga bahay sa sandaling makita ang anyo ng “babaeng nakaitim.” Mula sa likod ng mga kurtina, takot nila siyang sinisilip habang naghihintay na tuluyan siyang lumisan tungo sa kakahuyan sa kanluran ng bayan.

“Shhh. Huwag kayong maingay. Baka marinig tayo ng aswang,” ani ng isang bata.

SOME 17 Filipinas die from breast cancer everyday. Worldwide, over 1.2 million people will be diagnosed with breast cancer, making it the most common cancer among women.

Breast cancer, a disease of the breast tissue, is characterized by a lump or thickening in the breast or armpit, changes in the size and shape of the breast, fluid leaking from the breast, and changes in the color of the breast, areola or nipple. Why there is a growing surge in breast cancer incidence, physicians now have a clue.