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Filipino units retained in college; profs rejoice

IT WAS a day of delight for Filipino language advocates, including professors from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), as college students will continue learning Filipino subjects in the general education curriculum. Members of the UST Department of Filipino expressed their joy after the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) issued a…
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AB to also offer JRN, LM next academic year

AB to also offer JRN, LM next academic year

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in the Flame’s second issue during the academic year 2015-2016. THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (AB) will also offer Journalism and Legal Management in the next two academic years, alongside two other degree programs initially retained in the Faculty’s course offerings. Last year, the University…
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AB to offer only CA, PolSci in 2016

AB to offer only CA, PolSci in 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in the Flame's first issue during the academic year 2015-2016. THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (AB) will only offer Communication Arts and Political Science courses in anticipation of the full implementation of the K to 12 program next year, where a significant decrease…
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AB cancels JRN, LM first year offerings

AB cancels JRN, LM first year offerings

THERE WILL be no Journalism and Legal Management (LM) freshmen this academic year 2016-2017. Due to the low number of qualified applicants, the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) will no longer offer Journalism and LM during the full implementation of the K to 12 program, Asst. Dean Narcisa Tabirara revealed…
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Influence of language in law is evident – linguists

Influence of language in law is evident – linguists

THE DISCIPLINES of law and language found themselves at a crossroad as international forensic linguists highlighted the influence of language in the application and interpretation of law. International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL) Secretary Isabel Picornell said forensic linguistics plays a role in the justice system as “linguistic communication is the…
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Batch 2016 records most number of Latin honorees

Batch 2016 records most number of Latin honorees

THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (AB) produced 149 graduates with Latin honors—the highest number recorded in the last 120 years—during the 2016 Solemn Investitures held Monday. AB yielded one summa cum laude, 17 magna cum laudes, and 131 cum laudes out of 973 graduates. Leading this year’s Artlet graduates is…
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No podium finish for AYAA bets

No podium finish for AYAA bets

THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters Ambassador Jason Javier and Ambassadress Rafaella Potestades failed to win the crown in the Thomasian Youth Ambassador and Ambassadress (TYAA) Awards Night. But Javier did not go home empty-handed as he and Bea Aquino of College of Tourism and Hospitality Management (CTHM) were awarded as…
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AB slips in Pautakan 2016

AB slips in Pautakan 2016

AFTER LAST year’s bridesmaid finish in the team category of Pautakan, the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) failed to secure a spot in the top three of this year’s intercollegiate quiz contest. The AB team composed of the Flame Literary Editor Arvee Gomez, Imee Camille Advincula, Hannah Luise Baltazar,…
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Artlets student leaders, achievers excel in Student Awards

Artlets student leaders, achievers excel in Student Awards

SEVERAL STUDENTS and organizations in the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) received recognition for their exemplary academic and co-curricular performance in the 2016 Student Awards Day. Leading the student-awardees from the Faculty was Behavioral Science senior Zheanne Amira Dantis who received the Rector’s Academic Award after obtaining a general weighted…
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