The Varsitarian

THE BATTLE is far from over for the Faculty Association of the College of Nursing (Facon) as it filed a petition last Nov. 2 asking the Supreme Court (SC) to order a retake of the June nursing licensure exams.  read more »

INSTITUTE of Religion Director Fr. Clarence Victor Marquez, O.P. has been appointed by UST Rector Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., as the new vice-rector for finance last Nov.2, replacing Fr. Melchor Saria, O.P. Marquez will hold the two positions concurrently.  read more »

THE UNIVERSITY dominated the professional licensure examinations for teachers, certified public accountants (CPAs), and interior designers last October, but figured dismally in the Electrical Engineering board examinations last September.  read more »

FORMER Varsitarian editor in chief Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera, Jr. received the Southeast Asian Writer (SEA Write) Award last Oct. 9 at the Oriental Bangkok Hotel in Thailand. The award is given yearly by the Kingdom of Thailand to one writer each from the Southeast Asian countries for lifetime achievement in letters.  read more »

PARENTS should not worry much about their teenage children becoming too liberated, because adolescents nowadays are actually more conservative than their elders.

A survey presented by the McCann Worldgroup Philippines, a group of advertising companies, last Oct. 14 at the College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD) audio-visual room reported that respondents in the 12 to 19 age bracket had become more conservative than their older counterparts and had developed more profound values on family and education.  read more »

A SEMESTER proved well worth the wait for the much-delayed installation of the “quadricentennial” and 94th Rector of the University, Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P., who vowed to pursue and realize the 400th year anniversary vision of UST toward “academic and moral excellence.”  read more »

LAST but not the least?

The University of Santo Tomas occupied the last spot in a global survey of 500 leading universities topped by Harvard University of Boston.

UST, the oldest university in Asia, was fourth among Philippine schools that were included in the annual survey began in 2003 by the Times Higher Education Supplement-Quacquarelli Symonds (THES-QS).

The University of the Philippines ranked 299, De La Salle University 392, and Ateneo de Manila University 494, according to official results released by the two private firms last month.  read more »

ONE STEP backward, two steps forward.

And the ploy worked as the UST Golden Booters, overcoming a shaky first round campaign, rode on an eight-game winning splurge to land fourth place overall in the 4th Ang Liga Football Cup.

Despite missing the services of its top players due to conflicting final examination schedules in their 0-3 loss against San Beda College last Oct. 11, UST pummeled all its opponents with an average margin of 2.44 points a game en route to a 13-6-1 win-loss-draw slate, a marked improvement form its 4-5-1 record back in the first round.  read more »

UST PREVAILED over a feisty Far Eastern University squad in a topsy-turvy battle for third place in the UAAP Beach Volleyball Competition.

The UST Lady Spikers, composed of Cherry Ann Balse, Melissa Cu, and Verone Gutierrez, rained down various shots, from drops to down-the-line kills in the second and pay-off sets to bury FEU, 15-21, 21-18, 15-11, in a match that saw numerous ties and lead changes last Sept. 29 at the University of the East (UE)-Caloocan football field. Balse topscored for UST with 12 markers.  read more »

NOT EVEN a freak loss could dampen the UST Lady Booters’ fighting spirit.

Instead of licking their wounds, the Lady Booters turned their dismay into instant motivation as they posted a ruthless 13-0 thumping of the hapless San Beda Collage (SBC) team to remain unscathed in the inaugural staging of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF)-Ang Liga Filipina Football Cup last Nov. 9 at the UST football field.  read more »