Tag: October 1, 2010

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.

IS THE the government ready for another “Ondoy”?

The answer seems uncertain. While the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said the bureau is already capable of predicting the impact of tropical storms similar to “Ondoy,” Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino claimed that the metro’s clogged drainage systems and waterways would cause massive flooding should rainfall similar to ‘Ondoy’ hit the country.

WHAT do college students have in their minds these days?

An individual project that needs to be finished tomorrow, study for final examinations next week to at least get a 3.0 mark in Algebra, the need-to-lose-weight syndrome, show to spend monthsary with your boyfriend/girlfriend without sacrificing a group meeting, a recent fight with parents, the best place to hang out, and budgeting a weekly allowance are just some of the things that run in the minds of college students each day. Each has their own pins to juggle— academics, family, social life, relationship, and work.

YEARS have passed since the last Thomasian copped a Palanca award. Does this echo the Thomasian’s dwindling fervor for writing?

It has been said that the annual Don Carlos Palanca Awards, the nation’s most celebrated literary derby, is the “barometer” of literary excellence. Biases aside, Filipino literature will not flourish through the years as much as it has without the help of various Thomasian writers. Frankly speaking, their joust with the pen have influenced, and even established, the Filipino literary canon.

THE OFFICE for Quadricentennial Activities and Highlights, along with other student organizations, paid tribute to Thomasian artists last September 18 at the St. Martin de Porres Auditorium in an event called “UST Artists for UST.”

Touted as one of the events to drumbeat the Quadricentennial celebration, it was expected that the show would be grand and elaborate. But the show could have done with less kinks.

There were several miscues and glitches. For instance, the band Paraluman announced that they would perform three songs, but when they were to perform their third song, Jamie Rivera went on stage to sing.

With 50-100 million Dengue cases occurring worldwide, and the Department of Health (DOH) showing 77,012 confirmed cases from January to September 2010 (last year we had 36, 997 during the same period), including 15 Thomasians who consulted the Health Service, and knowing that there is no immunity and no treatment, what is the good news about dengue?

First, dengue can be prevented by following the 4S anti-dengue campaign of the DOH. With individual and community efforts, contraction of the disease can be avoided:

THOMASIANS will have to wait a little longer for the long-overdue Students’ Code or Magna Carta for Student Rights as it is still pending before the Rector, despite repeated reviews and revisions from administrators and the student council.

Central Student Council (CSC) President Leandro Santos II said the proposed code seems to be gathering dust despite the council’s efforts to hasten its adoption by holding a consultation with local student council officers as early as July.

THE JAPAN Foundation Manila (JFM) celebrated renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s 100th birth anniversary through the Kurosawa Film Festival last September 14 to 19 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and September 22 to 30 at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI).

“A lot of people really came to watch the films and showed great interest in Kurosawa’s works,” said Roland Samson, JFM’s project coordinator for the festival. He also said that more than 6,000 people headed to both venues, most of them were students.

The JFM, in partnership with the CCP and the UPFI, offered free public screenings of the Japanese icon’s 21 full-length films.

THOMASIAN artists Ramon Orlina, Joe Datuin, Al Perez and Maria Magdamit participated in the 6th Sculpture Review, Gallery Nine’s annual sculptural feast, along with other 32 artists from all over the country, last September 10 to September 26 at the Megamall Art Center in Mandaluyong City.

This year, established sculptors played it up through drastic changes in their media and style without losing their distinct flair while up and coming artists were given the chance to concretize their mark in the art scene.

ON ITS 30th year, Artistang Artlets (AA), the official theater guild of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, employed a new production tack to draw in the audience.

Anatomiya ng Pag-ibig, staged last September 15 to 17 at the Albertus Magnus Auditorium, is about the lives of several people whose love stories take a tragic turn as they try to fill in the void in their respective lives.

A new twist — the theater-in-the-round, where the audience is situated close to the performers to provoke a feeling of involvement, marked AA’s adaptation of award-winning playwright Allan Lopez’s drama on love and its wages.

Directed by Keavy Vicente and choreographed by Jhuneil Antipala, the play narrates 12 love stories told in episodic sequence.