Tag: October 5, 2001

THE FALL each one of us undergoes is but a normal process. Unlike the ROTC, no one is exempted from it. Perfection is only for the gods, but for us humans, flaws, failures and mistakes are all part of the world we, fortunately or unfortunately, live in.

However, there is one thing that separates us from one another.

Among all those who failed, some have recovered, some have not.

Attitude towards these failures is what makes the difference.

MULI’Y nais naming ipauna ito: Pinasasalamatan ng Varsitarian ang dalawang patnugot ng aming edisyong Filipino, sina Prop. Michael Coroza at Prop. Reynaldo Candido. Maraming salamat po sa inyong patuloy na pagsuporta at pagtulong upang mapaunlad ang wika!

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“I’m the woman who has awoken

I have found my path and will never return.”

-Meena, founding leader of RAWA

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Three young girls huddle in a corner of a dilapidated home crying, endlessly. They struggle to convince themselves that they are just having a nightmare and their mother is not dead.

Taking sides is sometimes the hardest decision to make. The rule: It is better to take side with the Montagues or the Capulets than to be in the middle.

But, it is also true that options are not limited to two. One can choose not to take sides, which sometimes is the best choice.

PINATALSIK sa serbisyo ang isang security guard matapos magreklamo ang isang estudyante ng kasong sexual harassment noong Agosto 29.

“Hindi namin pinababayaan ang ganitong reklamo, higit pa kung nagmumula sa mga estudyante. Pilit naming binibigyan ng karampatang aksyon ang bawat reklamong idinudulog sa aming opisina,” wika ni Norberto Brosas, Detachment Commander ng Office for Security Affairs, tungkol sa pagpapatalsik kay Roque Esteron.

PINAHAHALAGAHAN ng Unibersidad ang mga katangi-tanging ambag ng sinuman, Pilipino man o dayuhan, sa anumang larangan sa pamamagitan ng paggagawad sa mga ito ng honorary degree o honoris causa.

Noong Pebrero 19, 1974, si Juan Carlos de Borbon ng Espanya ang naging kauna-unahang Tomasinong prinsipe na binigyan ng Unibersidad ng Doctor of Laws. Dahil dito, nakasama siya sa hanay ng mga kilalang personalidad na nauna nang nagawaran ng parehong karangalan. Sina Gob. Hen. Frank Murphy (Doctor of Laws, 1934); Andres Soriano (Doctor of Commerce, 1940); Unang Ginang Aurora Quezon (Doctor of Philiosophy in Pedagogy, 1940); at Hen. Douglas McArthur (Doctor of Laws, 1945) ang ilan lamang sa mga ito.

FOR THE second time in three years, the UST Civil Engineering (CE) department joined the Habitat for Humanity Philippines (HFHP) in constructing low-cost houses last August 6-8 in Caloocan City.

“(The experience will help the students) because it will complement their theoretical studies with actual situations,” CE department chairman Engr. Josefin de Alban, Jr. said.

Seventy-five graduating students and nine professors of the CE department participated in the three-day outreach program.

AN INTER-collegiate interpretative reading contest in English and Filipino was held last September 12 at the Albertus Magnus Auditorium. The contest was sponsored by the University’s Languages Department and the Office of Academic Affairs.

Faculty of Engineering’s Lourdez Corazon Wong bagged the first place in the English interpretative reading while Reynald Ramirez of the College of Rehabilitation Sciences (formerly the Institute of Physical Therapy), and Kenn Verald Lachenal of the College of Nursing won second and third places.

ISINAGAWA ng UST Center for Creative Writng and Studies ang kanilang ikaanim na USTingan Roundtable Discussion na may paksang “Literature in Cinema, Cinema in Literature” noong Agosto 22.

Sa talakayan, pinakita ng panauhing pandangal na si Dr. Paulino Lim Jr., dating patnugot sa seksyong Literary ng Varsitarian, ang tekstuwal na pagkakaugnay ng panitikan at pelikula sa nasabing talakayan. Bukod dito, tinalakay din niya ang paghahalintulad sa panitikan at pelikula sa aspekto ng paglalahad at media, at ang impluwensya ng mga medium sa isa’t isa.

ISINAGAWA ng UST Center for Creative Writng and Studies ang kanilang ikaanim na USTingan Roundtable Discussion na may paksang “Literature in Cinema, Cinema in Literature” noong Agosto 22.

Sa talakayan, pinakita ng panauhing pandangal na si Dr. Paulino Lim Jr., dating patnugot sa seksyong Literary ng Varsitarian, ang tekstuwal na pagkakaugnay ng panitikan at pelikula sa nasabing talakayan. Bukod dito, tinalakay din niya ang paghahalintulad sa panitikan at pelikula sa aspekto ng paglalahad at media, at ang impluwensya ng mga medium sa isa’t isa.