Tag: Vol. LXXV

PEOPLE who start feeling dizzy, frazzled, and nervous the moment they step into an elevator are most of the time mistaken to be weird. They feel their heart beat faster and their hands become cold and clammy as they witness the steel doors slowly close the gap between their feet and the ground. As much as possible, these people will prefer the long and tiresome stairs instead.

MANILA Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales launched the nationwide charity foundation called “Pondong Batangan” to aid the country’s poor during the 10th Pope Leo XIII Lecture Symposium at the Medicine Auditorium last Feb. 2.

The name of the project was inspired by Rosales’ favorite Batangueño proverb: “Anumang magaling, kahit maliit, basta’t malimit ay patungong langit.”

BURGLARS broke into the Timbale canteen at the back of the Beato Angelico Building last month, taking around P10,000 from the cash register.

According to the University’s Security Office, the burglars scaled the perimeter wall by climbing up the cement post of the steel fence along España Boulevard.

Security guard Leopoldo Valmera, who discovered the intrusion a little after midnight, said he saw the lower part of the canteen’s glass door smashed. It was apparently caused by a steel chair found near the door. The intruders took the cash register.

THE OFFICE for Community Development (OCD) launched the first Action Camp for Thomasian Students (Acts), which seeks to rally Thomasian volunteerism in helping build houses for Aytas in Sitio Mabilog, Tarlac this summer.

According to OCD director and Acts project coordinator Joey Cruz, the housing project, the first of its kind for UST, will benefit the University’s 16 partner communities.

THE UNIVERSITY will introduce new or modified academic programs in the Conservatory of Music, Institute of Technological Courses (ITC), College of Education and the Faculty of Arts and Letters next school year, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Armando de Jesus told the Varsitarian.

“I give thanks to my God always on your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge, as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you, so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.” - 1 Corinthians 1:4-7

LOOKING at the extremely happy and relieved faces of this school year’s graduates, I cannot help but be amused by the peculiar position I am in.

ISANG linggo bago ang deadline ng pagrerehistro sa aming distrito, saka ko lang naisip na magparehistro.

Pasado alas-diyes ng umaga nang dumating ako sa opisina. Gaya ng inaasahan, maraming tao ang naroon. Mga tipikal na Pilipino nga naman, kung kailan malapit na ang deadline, saka pa lamang kikilos.

THE LORD of the Rings trilogy is undoubtedly one of the greatest box-office hits of all time. Everybody’s mentioning the name J.R.R. Tolkien, but few know details about the man behind the epic saga.

Tomasino siya

KILALA ba ninyo ang nagdisenyo ng iba’t ibang logo o coat of arms ng mga pakultad at kolehiyo sa UST?

Tahimik na naiangat ni Cenon M. Rivera ang sarili sa tagumpay. Dahil sa angking kagalingan, napasakamay niya ang halos 20 parangal sa loob at labas ng bansa.

GIGANTISM and dwarfism, which refers to the body’s overgrowth and undergrowth, respectively, can be prevented if detected early and treated with genetically-engineered growth hormones.

This was the thrust of the lecture given by Dr. Arlene Mercado, a pediatric endocrinologist from the National Institutes of Health of the United States of America, during the 4th Thomasian Endocrine Lecture last January 7 at the UST Continuing Medical Education Auditorium.