Tag: Vol. LXXVIII

FACULTY leaders of the College of Nursing are confident that their stand for a retake of the leakage-marred June nursing licensure exams will be sustained by the Court of Appeals (CA).

Earlier, President Macapagal-Arroyo made an about-face on the issue and ordered a retake of the exam. Previously, she had stated there was no need for a retake.

But apparently informed that the matter had been brought to the CA by the Faculty Association of the College of Nursing (Facon) of UST, she said she would wait for the court’s decision.

MEDICAL Technology (Med Tech) magna cum laude graduate Lorayne Ann Lim Chua topped the Med Tech licensure examinations last Sept. 2 and 3.

Chua registered an 87.30 per cent average. The last time a Thomasian topped the Med Tech exams was in 2004 when Mark Christian Pabustan averaged 89 per cent.

“I was so afraid of failing so I prayed about the exams,” Chua told the Varsitarian. “I just saw myself passing the exam but when I got the results, I was really shocked that I topped it.”

THIS artist may be a wood sculptor, but his art does not grow on trees.

Building a large, three-story house entirely of wood without cutting down a single tree has never been a problem for Benji Reyes, an internationally-acclaimed furniture designer and sculptor. Using recycled wood as material for his exquisitely made furniture and even for his own house, this Thomasian displays not only a passion for woodcrafting, but also a love for nature.

FILIPINOS and Japanese are trying to heal the wounds of war by photography. This year, the Philippine-Japan Friendship Year marks the golden anniversary of the two countries’ peace treaty. To celebrate the event, the Japan Foundation Manila (JFM) and the National Center for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) launched a photo exhibit featuring the two countries United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites, on May 22 to June 30 at the NCCA Lobby, in Intramuros, Manila.

RECREATING paradise here on earth is the high vision of the newest National Artist for Architecture, Ildefonso P. Santos Jr. The pioneer of landscape architecture in the Philippines, Santos has come a long way from copying pictures of plants and animals when he was a child. Now, he designs majestic parks and urban spaces.

NEGATIBO ang lahat ng resulta ng 6,034 Tomasinong sumailalim sa mandatory drug testing, mula Hulyo 21 hanggang Agosto 8.

Pawang nasa unang taon ang mga estudyanteng ito na nagmula sa Alfredo M. Velayo College of Accountancy, College of Architecture, College of Fine Arts and Design, College of Science, College of Education, Faculty of Pharmacy at Faculty of Engineering. Susunod na ang mga freshmen sa mga kolehiyo ng Nursing, Rehabilation Science, at Commerce, at sa mga fakultad ng Arts and Letters, Civil Law, at Medicine and Surgery.

UMARANGKADA ang UST sa nagdaang Pharmacy licensure examination noong Hulyo 4 at 5, at sa Nutrition and Dietetics licensure exam noong Hulyo 13 at 14.

Sa Pharmacy examinations, nakuha ni Sharlene Marie Lao, na may 90.3 porsiyentong marka, ang unang puwesto.Kasalukuyang freshman sa Faculty of Medicine and Surgery si Lao.

“Nakatulong sa akin ang mas pinaagang review course na ibinigay ng UST noong nakaraang semestre,” ani Lao.

HINILING ng UST College of Nursing kay Presidente Macapagal-Arroyo na bumuo ng isang independent board of inquiry na masusing mag-iimbestiga sa mga taong maaaring sangkot sa leakage ng mga sagot sa nursing board exams noong Hunyo 11 hanggang 12.

Sa isang pahayag noong Agosto 11, sinabi ng Faculty Association of the College of Nursing (Facon) na bubuuin ang board ng mga kilala at respetadong tao sa propesyong narsing.

Nais ng Facon na magrekomenda ang mga bubuo sa board ng mga paraan upang hindi na maulit ang iskandalong nangyari.

THE SEMESTER is almost over, but UST still has no rector yet. What’s keeping the Vatican from naming the new rector?

Three names have been submitted to the Vatican to succeed Fr. Tamerlane Lana, O.P., who was rector from 1998 to 2006: Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., Fr. Rolando de la Rosa, O.P., and Fr. Rodel Aligan, O.P.

Blame summer, said Fr. Edmund Nantes, O.P, prior provincial of the Philippine Dominican province and UST vice-chancellor.

FACULTY leaders of the UST College of Nursing have urged Philippine Regulation Commission chair Leonor Tripon-Rosero to resign for for allowing the oath-taking of some passers of the controversial June exam despite a court restraining order.

“The PRC commissioners led by Rosero should resign for mishandling the leakage issue,” Faculty Association of the College of Nursing (Facon) president Rene Tadle told the Varsitarian. “Rosero circumvented the law by allowing the oath-taking, when in fact she knew there was a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO).”