December 2009
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Fireworks cap Ustetika's 25th year
By MIKA RAFAELA A. BARRIOS and MARK ANDREW S. FRANCISCO
THE UNIVERSITY paid tribute to the Ustetika, the longest-running campus literary derby in the country, for being “a true testimony to UST’s rich and robust intellectual life.”
“Many of the country’s greatest writers are products of the University of Santo Tomas,” said Vice Rector Fr. Pablo Tiong, O.P., during the 25th Ustetika Awards night...
UST Spikers show no mercy
BOLSTERING their chances of grabbing a “three-peat,” the UST Tiger Spikers demolished pesky Ateneo de Manila University, 19-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-10, to claim their third straight win in the 72nd UAAP men’s volleyball tournament at the Blue Eagle Gym last December 12.
The two-time defending champions relied on the sturdy quartet of Season 71 beach volleyball Most Valuable Player Henry...
Religious, but not moral
A STUDY by former Arts and Letters dean Armando de Jesus shows the Catholic Church losing her hold on the young. With one out of three Thomasians surveyed saying that “there is nothing wrong with using birth control pills” and that “euthanasia is justifiable if the person has a disease that cannot be cured,” the Church has become much like a cassette tape on repeat mode, playing the “pro-life”...
Paskuhan draws crowd of 50,000
THE COUNTDOWN to UST’s 400th year officially begun December 18, with the annual Paskuhan program launching four “quadricentennial symbols” before a record crowd of Thomasians and outsiders that flocked to the Pontifical and the Royal University’s “most memorable” Christmas celebration.
With the theme “4 horas, 4 dias, 400 days, 400 taon,” which represented the three cultures —...
