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17

Feb

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CA rules Athena Cup basketball bracket A; Philo, PolSci, Eco, BES post first wins

IT ONLY took Communication Arts (CA) one day to secure itself atop bracket A of this year’s Athena Cup men’s basketball tourney after posting back-to-back wins against the teams of Legal Management (LegMa) and Journalism last Feb. 16 at the Felix Huertas Court. CA’s Kiko Banal exploded with season-high 19 points,…

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15

Feb

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Profs praise Nick Joaquin as “Catholic writer”, tackle role of pop culture in PH literature

UNIVERSITY EDUCATORS underscored the influence of religion in the short stories and novels of National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin during the commemoration of the centennial birth year of the distinguished Filipino writer in English last Feb. 14. Charlson Ong, literature and creative writing professor at the University of the Philippines,…

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15

Feb

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Artlets urged to share accurate PH history to people

SEN. GREGORIO Honasan called on Artlets, especially History majors, to provide the next generation of Filipinos a "proper sense of history" in order to produce "better" leaders in the future. “You (Artlets) will play a very crucial part in giving the next generation, and your generation as well, the proper sense…

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12

Feb

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CSC President: Council will “genuinely” address student matters

A COUNCIL that upholds competence, commitment, and compassion is the council that the Central Student Council (CSC) is aiming to build, CSC President Janela Love Nartates told Thomasians in her State of the Council Address (SOCA) held Feb. 11. “We are the council which strives for an inclusive society [that]…

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10

Feb

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Manual voting a way to fair elections, says AB Comelec chair

THE DECISION of the UST Central Commission on Elections (Comelec) to revert to manual voting and canvassing for this year’s central and local student council elections could prevent the problems encountered in the previous polls, the chairperson of Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) Comelec said. “I think that the…

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09

Feb

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Risks of artificial intelligence to humanity discussed in lecture

AS ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) or “superintelligence” may negatively affect the human race in the future, it is important to carefully weigh its pros and cons, an Australian computer ethics professor told Thomasians in a lecture held Wednesday. “Artificial intelligence and machine learning will create computers so sophisticated and godlike that…

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31

Jan

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Acclaimed Fil-Am poet to hold writing workshop for Artlets

AN AWARD-WINNING Filipino-American poet will conduct a poetry writing workshop for Artlet writers this term as part of his activities as visiting professor in the country. Eugene Gloria, who is in the country through the Fulbright Program, aims to share the creative writing techniques he learned as a poet and professor…

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27

Jan

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Environmentalists call on youth to adopt zero waste living

STUDENTS SHOULD partake in achieving a zero waste surrounding as early as now to attain a sustainable world in the future, environmentalists from different countries told Thomasians in a forum held Thursday. “What we could do to the environment today will affect not just you, not just your children, not just…

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26

Jan

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Angara to Artlets: Know your history, know yourselves

FORMER SENATE president Edgardo Angara urged Artlets to be aware of their nation’s history for them to know and define their identities as Filipinos. “People who forget their history will never progress. Nations fail because they forget their history,” Angara said, quoting historians. “Therefore it’s important that you know the history…

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06

Jan

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JRN alumna’s Sunday Beauty Queen wins big in MMFF

ARTLET ALUMNA'S Sunday Beauty Queen bagged four awards, including Best Picture, in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2016 Gabi ng Parangal held Dec. 29. The documentary directed by Journalism alumna Baby Ruth Villarama-Gutierrez also won Best Editing, Children’s Choice Award, and the Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award, which is…

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