Campus unfazed by flu virus
University-wide class suspension ruled out
By Mary Athena D. de Paz and Adrienne Jesse A. Maleficio
The A(H1N1) flu virus has arrived in UST, but Thomasians are not taking matters sitting down.
Following a new Department of Health memorandum, the school has modified its preparedness plan against the flu virus, refusing to immediately suspend classes and operations in infected areas.
Four Thomasians have gone down with the virus as of June 24, prompting school officials to shut down four buildings for at least a week.
As per government protocol, the patients were not identified. Health Service director Maria Salve Olalia said they were now “recovering.”
Despite the four cases, Secretary General Fr. Isidro Abaño, O.P. said there would be “no university-wide suspension of classes in compliance with the DOH directive.”
Olalia said three of the patients had traveled abroad while the fourth one from the Faculty of Engineering was supposedly infected by a friend from another university. read more »
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Amit is first Pinoy world pool champ
By MARY ATHENA D. DE PAZ and LESTER G. BABIERA
THE FIRST thing she did after pocketing the last ball was to sit down. And then, everything began to sink in – she had just made history.
UST’s Rubilen “Bingkay” Amit will forever be remembered as the first female Filipino cue artist to win a world champion. She trounced 48 of the world’s best to capture the World 10-ball title at the SM City North Edsa last June 2 to 6.
“I didn’t think of the winning part when I was on the game. My mindset was to play the game the way I practiced it,” said UST’s College of Commerce’s top cue master in 2000 and 2001.
Starting with dad
Amit, a 27-year-old accountancy graduate, was introduced to the pool table by her dad in their home province of Cebu. Eventually, her father and daughter’s billiard quests outside their home prompted Amit’s mother to buy them a table.
She wanted them home without keeping the young Amit from her budding pastime. read more »
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