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06

May

By Cris Eugene Gianan

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AB wins two-peat in Himig Tomasino

THE UST Chorus of Arts and Letters (AB Chorale) secured a back-to-back championship and bagged three of the four special awards in this year’s Himig Tomasino held Saturday. The choir took the championship after garnering a score of 93.21 points. It also took home a P40,000 prize, along with awards…

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01

May

By Maria Eden Dino

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ABDP ends 11-year title drought in univ-wide debate tilt

AFTER 11 years of title drought, the Faculty of Arts and Letters Debate Parliament (ABDP) brought home the championship in this year’s Dialectics, the university-wide debate competition organized by the Thomasian Debaters Council (TDC). The team composed of Communication Arts (CA) senior Miguel Aguado, Philosophy senior John Martin Ungria, and…

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01

May

By Maria Eden Dino

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Dapitan tackles tales of ‘skin’ as self-identity

THE QUALITY of one’s skin fades in time, but the identity that lies within remains the same. Litterateurs from the Faculty of Arts and Letters again shared a day of stories and poetry as the Flame launched this year’s edition of Dapitan, its official literary folio, with the theme, Balat…

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23

Apr

By Ali Ian Marcelino Biong

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SDP sweeps ABSC polls; former treasurer is new prexy

ALL SIX candidates of the Students' Democratic Party (SDP) secured a seat in the next academic year’s Arts and Letters Student Council (ABSC). Former ABSC Treasurer Rafael Arellano (SDP) will lead Artlets as new ABSC president after garnering 892 votes, defeating Grand Alliance for Progress’ (GAP) standard bearer and former…

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23

Apr

By Luis Miguel Arucan

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Artlets is new CSC President

FORMER CENTRAL Student Council (CSC) Public Relations Officer (PRO) and Political Science (PolSci) junior Francis Gabriel Santos will lead the CSC next academic year. Santos, who garnered a total 13,351 votes, beat rival Civil Law junior Karizza Kamille Cruz (9,414 votes), and 3,383 unanswered ballots. “We will focus on students’…

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17

Apr

By Ali Ian Marcelino Biong

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AB Comelec eyes higher voter turnout due to automated elections

THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (AB) Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting a higher voter turnout of 75 percent due to the revert from manual to automated system of voting and canvassing this coming central and local student council elections. “We believe that this year's elections will be less…

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17

Apr

By Luis Miguel Arucan

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ABSC bets vow to work with Artlets, address gender-based issues

THE CANDIDATES for this year’s Arts and Letters (AB) Student Council elections seek Artlet involvement to carry out their advocacies and promised to focus on gender-based issues during the mandatory debate held April 12. Wrexler Bayani from the Grand Alliance for Progress (GAP) challenged his fellow presidential candidate Dindo Jerome…

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12

Apr

By The Flame News

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AB to drop ‘abstain’ from ballots

“ABSTAIN” WILL be removed as an option in the ballots in this year’s Arts and Letters Student Council (ABSC) elections despite other colleges retaining it in their polls, the chairperson of the AB Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. AB Comelec Chairperson Ayla-Rhey Salapare said the Faculty will have to drop…

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12

Apr

By The Flame News

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Race for ABSC auditor down to solo candidate

ARTLETS ARE now left with one candidate to eye for the position of Arts and Letters (AB) Student Council auditor after the AB Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualified Dekada’s bet for failing to submit deficiencies on time. In a resolution released April 6, the AB Comelec said Dekada’s candidate for…

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09

Apr

By The Flame News

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Artlets bets for CSC vow to promote students’ rights, social awareness

STUDENTS’ RIGHTS and social awareness are among the concerns that the four independent Central Student Council (CSC) bets from the Faculty of Arts and Letters would like to focus on should they be elected to the council. Presidential candidate and former CSC Public Relations Officer (PRO) Francis Gabriel Santos said…

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