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24

Feb

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CASA Footworks bags 5-peat in Cypher

FOR THE fifth straight year, the Communication Arts Students Association (CASA) Footworks once again owned the dance floor as it defended its championship title in Cypher, the annual inter-major street dance competition in the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB). Besting 11 other dance troupes in AB, CASA Footworks garnered 96…

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24

Feb

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7 Artlets profs among Thomasian profs appointed to CHEd technical committees, panels

SEVEN PROFESSORS from the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) were among the 35 Thomasian educators who were appointed heads and members of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) technical committees and technical panels last Jan. 20. Department of Philosophy founding chair Prof. Alfredo Co will lead the technical committee…

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22

Feb

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PolSci eyes back-to-back volleyball titles, set to face BES

POLITICAL SCIENCE (PolSci) is back in the spotlight of the Athena Cup mixed volleyball tournament as it is set to defend its title against a red hot Behavioral Science (BES) squad on Feb. 24. PolSci prevailed over Legal Management (LegMa) in a heart-stopping five-set match, 27-29, 25-20, 19-25, 25-23, and 16-14…

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19

Feb

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LegMa, PolSci, BES, ELS lead AB volleyball tourney

THE TEAMS of Legal Management (LegMa), Political Science (PolSci), Behavioral Science (BES), and English Language Studies (ELS) inched closer to the semifinals of the Athena Cup mixed volleyball category after dominating their respective brackets during the elimination rounds. Meanwhile, both Journalism and Philosophy recorded a 1-1 standing after their recent…

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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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