UST's 400th, what do you expect from it?

[clawed_out]

What will they unveil on 2011?

when will they do that?

Is there a laid out program for it?

How will they do those things?

As an alumnus/ student/employee of UST, what do you expect from the admin when we turn 400?

[markfroilan]

Hi clawed,

I dunnow what will UST unveil 3 yrs from now. But I heard invites have been sent to the King of Spain, The Pope, US ambassador, diplomats, the Philippine President, The catholic Curia.

[student_cpa]

so far, pasimula na ang bagong UST Sports Complex (forgot if thats the exact name) pero itatayo siya sa Eng'g Complex behind the AMV-CoA Building. May mga quadri-collectibles na din na mabibili sa q-cart sa loob ng campus, and also the upcoming commemorative plate.

UST is also to unveil the tetraglobal.. and also the 3 other campuses, - Santa Rosa, Gen. Santos, and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

i also heard about what markfroilan had posted according the invites, isama na din pala sa celebration ang sinasabing fireworks that would display "UST 400" or "400" lang..

sana lang maging maayos ang pagccelebrate ng UST ng Quadricentennial nito.. and hoping that the whole thomasian community can participate in celebrating with the university.

excited na ako sa 2011! haha.. hoping to fulfill the Quadricentennial Batch dream *okay*

[clawed_out]

well, that is a good plan.

I'm also hoping for a good turn out of our 400th.

[Ashlars]

I hope UST will acquire the services of a really great public relations firm to effectively drum up awareness about the 400th year celebration.

Last I heard, UST got EON public relations, which, honestly, isn't impressive in PR circles.

I also hope that the UST Quadricentennial Committee (or whatever they're called) would TRUTHFULLY listen to inputs from the alumni, particularly the young ones. Just so the celebraton would appeal to everyone.

[Tigercub]

yeah i heard, sisimulan na ang bagong sports complex sa may Engg complex, from what a friend told me, may tarp na daw dun showing how the complex would look like... 7,000 yata ang seating capacity niya... before 2011 ang target date na matapos siya...

:D

[Reiii]

yeah i heard, sisimulan na ang bagong sports complex sa may Engg complex, from what a friend told me, may tarp na daw dun showing how the complex would look like... 7,000 yata ang seating capacity niya... before 2011 ang target date na matapos siya...

:D

5,000 as I last saw it. Anyhow, ANG DAMI PA RIN NUN! :rotflmao:

I expect 2011 to be a UST-centric year for every Thomasian.

[student_cpa]

update regarding the UST Sports Complex..
the ground breaking ceremony is said to be on the 18th of June.

yata :D (according to some sources)

[markfroilan]

I hope design estimates of the sports complex would be soundproof outside its halls as this is beside the unupdated engineering and education buildings. Nevertheless, i know the architects have considered noise issues within the school zone.

[clawed_out]

^ so, where will the parking lot go?

Do not expect people to park their cars along Espanya.

[markfroilan]

the sports complex wont occupy the whole greenfield leftside USTs facade facing espana,may be they'll open that space for parking, coz after its construction i think UST will push for its use come UAAP basketball. Oh! ma mi miss ko *** "bato" sa harap ng eng. complex and *** canteen dun na may cakeshop na lasang burak dati when it was functional, *** tambayan namin nila iza calzado, pepo, coke, aiza suegerra, and the rest of CAFA students,hay!!

[Tigercub]

5,000 lang pala hehehe, pero madami pa din yun! parang ARENA sa San Juan... tama ba?! lolz!

sa pagkakaalam ko may dormitory pa itong sports complex... for the Thomasian athletes...

[clawed_out]

^ hindi ba may dormitory din dati sa tabi o likod ng UST gym?

I hope the bathrooms are not as filthy as the showerrooms along the pool area.

[Reiii]

Magiging mas mataas kaya ito sa tower ng main building? :) Diba dapat yun yung pinakamataas? tama ba? :)

[Tigercub]

clawed out...
alam ko din dormitory yun dati, parang wala na siya...
nilipat na dun sa bagong tayo na condo yun iba...



reiii...
siguro hindi pero kung malayo naman siya like the beato building, baka mas mataas sya...

[colorado]

I expect UST-CRS for WFOT Accreditation and go for Level III PACUCOA Accreditation for PT, OT and SpS.

[Viva La Tigresa]

I expect a grandiose display of fireworks (gusto ko 20 minutes!) never before seen in the Philippines (dapat daig yung international fireworks display na ginagawa sa may Roxas Blvd.) :glee:

At sana maging bongga ang media exposure ng UST a few months to the quadricentennial sa kadahilanang ito ang unang-unang unibersidad sa Pinas at sa Asya na magcecelebrate ng 400 years! (Shempre, malamang!)

At sana magsipunta ang alumni ng UST dito sa Pinas at sa ibang bansa (umuwi sila) para makidaos sa selebrasyong ito na ngayon lamang natin mararanasan ngayong henerasyong ito.

:)

[perfectionniste]

aside from all the grandeur and new infrastructures our university will be cashing out come 2011, i also hope that some of the UST's systems and management will be you know, be improved and be strengthened more... just like for example, USTET, i just hope that it would not stay as it is... why not try to make it a little bit more challenging but still doable? ideas peeps?? =D

[clawed_out]

^ I think it will be a good idea to have the USTET revised every year.

Nakakabobong kunin kasi.

I hope they would do something about the ridiculous admissions policy.

[jenifer_semilla]

groundbreaking is on the 26 of july... the project will result in 600 additional parking (ground level parking).. building height is 27 meters. retractable ang ringside bleachers, may indoor jogging path, fitness gym, irerelocate dito ang security bank, at may jolibee (ata)...

madadagdagan ang PE choices kasi merong spaces for taekwondo and fencing.

actual seating capacity is 5700.

[perfectionniste]

anyone will miss the good old p. noval gym??

[salbakuta02]

hi guys!

welcome ba ako dito kahit hindi taga-USTE? hehehe actually, im a graduate from UE and isa sa mga frustrations ko ay ang hindi ko lang nasubukang mag-entrance exam sa UST long time ago.

anyway, my elder sister (now based in Florida, USA) is a Sociology graduate bacth '95. na-implwensiyahan na rin ako manood ng UAAP especially during the 1993 season wherein napanood niya ang Growling Tigers, na naka-14-0 game sweep. talagang tuwang-tuwa talaga sila nun at maging sa bonfire hindi sila nagpahuli hehehe

I'm also expecting na sana there will be an exhibition or I should say it na reunion game between UST Tigers of yesteryears and the present batch. Kasi if my memory servces right, Noong 2004, nagkaroon na ng exhibition game eh pero sana mas malupit na reunion game.

[markfroilan]

personally ayaw ko sa loob ng UST campus *** sports complex, bakit hindi na lang siya dun sa tapat na building na luma other side espanya. *** may appliances shop sa baba dati na nagsara na ata *****(hindi pa daw sabi ng frend ko). sumisikip na po ang campus and 27 meters *** taas ng bldg?ok. natakpan na ang di dapat.

[ako si..]

sana mas maayos at mas magandang quality ng curriculum para sa lahat ng courses, nde puro panlabas na ganda ng university ang focus

[clawed_out]

^ I definitely agree.

Ang daming tinatanggap.

Ginagawang palengke na puro freshman at sophomores ang USTe.

[Viva La Tigresa]

Sana taasan ang suweldo ng mga guro!

:)

[gioboy]

My expectations (wishes) for UST before 2011 celebration:

> For all (most) Thomasians to be part of the celebration and be proud of the University. Dami kong kilala meek masyado when it comes to school pride.

> More Center of Excellence and Center of Development for UST courses and colleges, plus higher level of accreditations from Pacucoa.

> Transform each classroom into EDTECH type of classroom complete with the audio-visual equipments plus WIFI.

> UST dominating board exams

> magkaroon sana ng gallery ang UST for all the notable alumni's, to remind mga Tomasino na ibang level ang graduates ng UST from heroes, saints, presidents, national artists, doctors, nurses, beauty queens and celebrities... may tatak UST. (maraming di nakaka alam ng mga bagay ng ganito.)

> grand opening ng bagong UST gym "Home of the Growling Tigers". Sana shaped like a Tiger yung design ng gymnasium.

> sana mag-alaga ang UST ng Tiger tapos ilalagay sa may Botanical Garden area. (medyo longshot 'to pero sana lang hehehe.)

> Renovation ng mga lumang buildings sa UST, Eng'g, AB and Med bldg...

> grand homecoming ng mga notable graduates ng University.

[clawed_out]

^ they beauty of UST is that they don't brag. They don't parade the ones that brings name to the University.

With so many people doing that, the school still maintains a humble apperance. No banners, no frilly celebrations for them. Just some congratulatory remarks*.

The school needs to buy neighboring blocks along Sampaloc area for expansion.

I'm fearful that the other future branches would be assumed to have some specialized courses (like up diliman- up manila, up los banos) not to turn out like dlsu-csb type of stereotypical branding. I'm fearful that they would be able to maintain the quality of the other branches. Specially with the way they handle things here at our dear old Espanya. I'm doubtful and pessimistic of such future expansion projects.

There isn't much interest and press release for this event. There is no noteable alumni association ecept for the USTMA here in USA. Everything is low profile in which they don't really need when you have this kind of millenium event.

They are not all out yet.

[markfroilan]

naglabas na ng invites sa pope ang ust. punta kaya siya?
e ang hari ng espanya?

*** UST gymnasium gawin na sanang isang building for IPEA since may UST sports complex na, while preserving its first foundation, *** building stretches from p.noval gate til beato angelico bldg.
sana sumali na ang UST sa asean universities blah what the heck was that?
sana mag invest na UST for IT
sana ayusin *** fence sorrounding the campus, kahit pinturahan na.

[letsrockandroll]

try making the entrance exam harder. please, for goodness sake.

student selectivity must improve!, UST is like a market filled with freshies and sophomores! and that's a fact.

publicize more. let us market the Name of the Pontifical University like Ateneo, De La Salle and UP. (kaya tayo under rated eh)

and last but not the least, WE, as thomasians should be proud more than ever. well we cannot deny the fact that we are these type of species living in this world that tends to be very quite and very humble. in such, WE must also take into consideration and even remember that we need to show the world who we are and what we are made of. :) being students and alumni of the Ponitifical University. we should also stop thinking into ourselves that the other big three schools is ahead and even superior to us. UST has been what, three centuries and counting in the history of the philippines? heck, the other schools aforementioned may not exists without the help of the Royal University for the past 397 years in the Philippine History.

More often than not, i just wanted to say how i am proud to be a Thomasian and i am willing to show the world what are we made of.


Proud to be Thomasians @ 400!!

Just my 2 cents.

[Hisbenz]

^kid, we surely can be sophisticated, known and cultured if we remain docile towards the influence of Christian Civilization and the genteel action of the social graces, the arts and humanities.

A typical Thomasian IS conservative and humble. THAT's what sets us apart from the rest; it is our identifying characteristic

Let us be excellent by NOT compromising Truth, humility and moral principles.

UST does attract and produce its own stellar brand of intellectuals, professionals and academicians. So don't think that ateneans or UPians are superior

[gioboy]

^^ agree ako kay letsrockandroll!!!

sometimes masyado tayong humble kaya some people from the other 3 universities are implying na wala tayo binatbat, eh kung sa achievement na langdi naman tayo papahuli.

napansin ko rin yan UST, bihira magpa advertise sa mga abroadsheets. we are always under the radar. yun ang feeling ko,exaggerated ang pagiging humble ng University.

kung expansion ng university sa Sampaloc may mabibili pa bang lupa ang UST sa tabi, parang wala na yata. Sa Espana tatayuan na ng mga condo, Lacson puro dormitories, Dapitan wala na rin puro establishments na rin... best bet sa P.noval side sa likod ng Aquinas Research Center.

Gusto ko yung suggestion ni markfroilan, UST should have an IT building. para keeping up with the technology.

Basta proud na proud ako na isa kong Tomasino. see you sa 2011! woohoo!

[clawed_out]

Humility does not really corelate to most of our schoolmate's lack in having the gift of gab.

I am not buying that.

[pampi1010]

Gumawa sila ng Jose Rizal movie with a focus on his life as a Thomasian, all-Thomasian crew and cast dapat.

With this, we could give the Filipinos the reality behind Rizal's stay at UST and at the same time, we could inform the Thomasian alumni worldwide about the on-going quadricententennial celebrations!

[galileo_]

^ magandang ideya 'yan, pampi! ang daming mali kasi sa ginawa ni marilu diaz abaya sa "rizal". atenista kasi yung direktor eh.

[Altwegg]

I expect Viva La Tigresa to be the official mascot of UST 400.

:glee:

[Viva La Tigresa]

Sira ulo!

:lol:

[Altwegg]

:lol:

Ayaw mo nun? Parte ka ng UST 400.

[anima9]

*** ineexpect ko lang po eh *** sa sports complex talaga (since ang pangit talaga ng gym annex...honestly...) and *** bagong satellite universities sa laguna and...sorry nakalimutan ko LOL

sana improvements naman sa hospital and other facilities!!! >_>
*wishes that OHPs will be provided per classroom...ang LAYO ng equipment room namin! (well depende sa room, kaso lagi kaming mga boys ang pinapakuha...lalo na ako kasi 6 footer ako V_V tama ba naman yun?!)

and tama *** ilang suggestions nyo. dapat ngang hirapan ang exam.
pati *** IT building. kahit 2 floors lang.
expansion sana kaso...malabo na kasi masyado nang commercialized *** sides ng USTe. kabuhayan na ng tao ang gigibain nila kung bibilhin nila un. kaya walang choice ang mga dorm users or apartment users kung magtataas. no choice sila eh. mahirap maghanap ng ibang malilipatan.

sana pinalaki pa nila *** carpark para sa food establishments. ANG SIKIP!!! nakakawalang ganang kumain sa car park. forced to eat outside or within classrooms or halls.


GOUSTe!

[letsrockandroll]

^^ haha, i agree. expand the parking area of the University! the carpark area should be bigger so that many cars will be accomodated.

To be frankly though, ang HIRAP maghanap ng parking. :(

[gioboy]

Gumawa sila ng Jose Rizal movie with a focus on his life as a Thomasian, all-Thomasian crew and cast dapat.

With this, we could give the Filipinos the reality behind Rizal's stay at UST and at the same time, we could inform the Thomasian alumni worldwide about the on-going quadricententennial celebrations!

maraming thomasian na celebrities na maaring gumanap sa papel ni Rizal... magandang ideya yan!

[clej]

share ko lang article sa star ngayon:

UST to invite Pope for school’s 400th year rites

Monday, June 9, 2008

The University of Sto. Tomas (UST), considered Asia’s oldest university, is set to invite Pope Benedict XVI to visit the country and grace its 400th founding anniversary in 2011.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said in its website that the pontifical school UST would send an invitation to the Pontiff.

“We are hopeful that the Holy Father will visit the Philippines and UST three years from now,” said UST rector Fr. Rolando de la Rosa.

The university holds three distinct titles: “Royal” granted by King Charles III of Spain in 1785, “Pontifical” bestowed by Pope Leo XIII on Sept 17, 1902, and “The Catholic University of the Philippines” conferred by Pope Pius XII in 1947.

Whenever a Pope goes to the Philippines, he drops by UST. Pope Paul VI visited in November 1970 while John Paul II came in February 1981 for the beatification of Lorenzo Ruiz and the 1995 World Youth Day.

UST was established through the initiative of Bishop Miguel de Benavides, the third Archbishop of Manila, who wanted to put up a seminary-college to prepare young men for priesthood.

It was originally located in Intramuros and was then called Colegio de Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario but was later renamed Colegio de Santo Tomas in memory of the foremost Dominican theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas.

The seminary-college, which was founded on April 28, 1611 has now grown into a university with 19 faculties, colleges and institutes, graduating men and women who have become industry, church, school, business and government leaders.

The continuing increase in enrollment prompted the administration in 1927 to move the university campus from Intramuros to its present site in Sampaloc, Manila that covers a total of 21.5 hectares. – Evelyn Macairan

[Viva La Tigresa]

Wow. Sana talaga matuloy 'yan. At naku, si Eve pa pala ang nagsulat. Isa rin siyang Thomasian journalist.

:)

[kiki_komikuto]

^^ agree ako kay letsrockandroll!!!

sometimes masyado tayong humble kaya some people from the other 3 universities are implying na wala tayo binatbat, eh kung sa achievement na langdi naman tayo papahuli.

napansin ko rin yan UST, bihira magpa advertise sa mga abroadsheets. we are always under the radar. yun ang feeling ko,exaggerated ang pagiging humble ng University.

kung expansion ng university sa Sampaloc may mabibili pa bang lupa ang UST sa tabi, parang wala na yata. Sa Espana tatayuan na ng mga condo, Lacson puro dormitories, Dapitan wala na rin puro establishments na rin... best bet sa P.noval side sa likod ng Aquinas Research Center.

Gusto ko yung suggestion ni markfroilan, UST should have an IT building. para keeping up with the technology.

Basta proud na proud ako na isa kong Tomasino. see you sa 2011! woohoo!

but ust WILL HAVE an IT building! it's going to be a mirror image of the Tan Yan Kee Building.:bop:

[gioboy]

^dun din ba itatayo sa tabi ng Tan Yan Kee bldg.?

offtopic: kakatuwa na naman name mo, meron ka bang crabs? hahaha!

[Viva La Tigresa]

Tabi ng Tan Yan Kee?! Susme, eh di ang sikip na sa likod kapag nagkataon. :mecry: Ampanget na.

[markfroilan]

As long as they make the campus cosmopolitan, maximizing all spaces while fully adhering to its functionality I believe UST can pull it off and expect to go up in accrediatiton of facilities and equalize other campuses.

For example, if the wasted space at the side of engineering bldg facing espana where a huge TV screen lords the lacson intersection is converted into a small garden or lounge then we would see students hanging out on that part of UST.

[princeangelo]

star studded celebration... may 50% discount sa tuition haha... all day fireworks... libre kainan... hehe... go uste,,, tom i will be a true tomasian..:lol: :lol:

[soulcrusher]

i heard sabi ng teacher namin na aalisin na daw yugn elementary and highschool so baka pwde na yugn gawing space for bagong buildings,

ang gusto ko lang sana hirapan nga ang entrance exam and taasan yung quality nila, para ngang masyado silang madaming inaacept kaya feeling ko overpopulated na ang ust, tska renoation ng buildings lalo na yung mga cr and classrooms, tska ok lang kahit hindi masyadong maganda ang fireworks, mas gusto ko mapunta yung pera sa pag papaganda ng university

[Ashlars]

Tabi ng Tan Yan Kee?! Susme, eh di ang sikip na sa likod kapag nagkataon. :mecry: Ampanget na.

Tama! Ang sikip na nga ngayon sa AB eh. At ang panget talaga ng pwesto ng Tan Yan Kee bldg na 'yan. Tinakpan ang Central Library.

[Viva La Tigresa]

I still prefer the 'old' UST where you can see the beauty of the 'backyard', with all the humonguous statues, the library and the park greeting you upon entrance from Dapitan.

Sana naman 'wag exaggerated ang pagpapatayo ng buildings sa loob ng USTe kesehodang preparasyon pa 'yan sa quadricentennial.

We need enough space!

:)

[Ashlars]

Tama!

Baka kalaunan ay puro gusali na lang ang buong UST campus.

"Ayoko ng tinatapakan ako. Ayoko ng masikip. Ayoko ng mabaho. Ayoko ng walang tubig. Ayoko ng walang pagkain. Ayoko ng putik."

- Maricel Soriano, Kaya Kong Abutin Ang Langit

[Gunnar]

I still prefer the 'old' UST where you can see the beauty of the 'backyard', with all the humonguous statues, the library and the park greeting you upon entrance from Dapitan.

Sana naman 'wag exaggerated ang pagpapatayo ng buildings sa loob ng USTe kesehodang preparasyon pa 'yan sa quadricentennial.

We need enough space!

:)


Wala na yun mga istatwa na yun?

Buti si benavides hindi pa tinatangal?

[Reiii]

^Wala na yung martyrs. Freshman year ko wala na yun. :c Sa pictures ko nalang nakikita.. ngayon puro kotse tsaka TYK Bldg.

[gioboy]

itaas na lang kaya nila ang AB bldg. sabay renovate na. masyado na ngang masikip sa harap ng central library kung magtayo nanaman ng bldg. dun.

Yung maliit na basketball court sa harap ng UST gym at tabi ng simbahan pwede pang tayuan ng bldg for the IT center planned for UST. :)

[gioboy]

nga pala, meron ba kayong idea kung anu ano ang mga courses na i-ooffer sa mga upcoming satelite campuses ng UST sa Sta. Rosa, Gen. San and Sri Lanka.

Ang nabalitaan ko puro IT courses daw ang i-ooffer sa UST Colombo, Sri Lanka.

[markfroilan]

medicine daw po at allied courses ang ilalagay at ililipat sa sta. rosa campus, thats what i heard fr my mother.as 4 d gen san camp, marine research natured stuff daw ang gagawin.

[Aleancelo]

^ magandang ideya 'yan, pampi! ang daming mali kasi sa ginawa ni marilu diaz abaya sa "rizal". atenista kasi yung direktor eh.

Di ko napanood yung Cesar Montano-Marilou Diaz Abaya movie (although napanuod ko yung Rizal sa Dapitan, starring A. Martinez and Amanda Page). Bakit, meron bang eksena duon ("Rizal") na medyo hindi maganda tungkol sa UST?

[rx_Tomasino]

The new Sports Complex and the IT Bldg are okay but I think UST needs to pay more attention on these things:

1. Student selectivity. USTET is just a walk in the park, di ko nga lubos maisip kung bakit inaadvertise pa yan ng mga review centers for incoming freshman.

2. Faculty profile. Sana by 2011, 95% of our university's faculty will have their MS/MA and or PhD's.

3. Research output. Hope that TARC would stand by its name. Sobrang kulang pa kung tutuusin. And sana din the other three satellite campuses (Laguna, Gen San, Sri Lanka) would add vital researches. Kung pwede nga concentrate nalang sa post graduate studies and research.

4. 100% ng programs offered ay COE na by 2011. Achievable naman, sana.

5. More scholars.

VIVA SANTO TOMAS :)

[Altwegg]

I still expect Viva La Tigresa to be the official mascot of UST 400.

[clawed_out]

^ hiindi ba maganda yan?! nagbabagang vasagulera! :glee:

I would expect UST to puch forward and harder on developing post graduate programs that will support our undergraduate programs.

I definitely agree with the admissions policy. it needs to be tightened, revised and reviewed. Eh parang pang highschool na lang yung laman ng test eh.

[Hisbenz]

I would expect UST to push forward and harder on developing post graduate programs that will support our undergraduate programs.

i feel for you. I know some of the good writers from the faculty of arts of letters na dahil walang creative writing as post graduate e lumilipat sa UP for their further studies.

[Aleancelo]

Puwede siguro itong maging legacy ng College of Architecture at College of Engineering para sa quadricentennial ng Uste:

A massive urban development and beautification of the entire City of Manila (all six legislative districts) that will be finished by 2011.
Paging the UST College of Architecture and College of Engineering.

[gioboy]

^ si popoy at basha ng "one more chance". hehehe

[gioboy]

i was just reading articles sa varsitarian.net...

maganda idea ba na magtayo ang UST ng museum at ihiwalay na ito ng tuluyan sa main building?

eto yung article: http://www.varsitarian.net/news/special_news/ust_museum_girds_for_art_preservation

[XCLUSIVEperson]

bakit hindi pa rin nirerenovate ang main building? ang dumi na ng interior at hindi na magandang tingnan. buti pa ang beato, yearly ang pagrerepaint.

[Ashlars]

bakit hindi pa rin nirerenovate ang main building? ang dumi na ng interior at hindi na magandang tingnan. buti pa ang beato, yearly ang pagrerepaint.

Oo nga naman.

Ba't di gawing mala Tower One ng Philippine Stock Exchange ang Main Building?

:rolleyes:

[XCLUSIVEperson]

Oo nga naman.

Ba't di gawing mala Tower One ng Philippine Stock Exchange ang Main Building?

:rolleyes:

sige na, hayaan na natin madeteriorate ang main building ha? next thing you'll know, magco-collapse na yung mga ceiling sa mga students.


:p

[sheekzaied]

i was just reading articles sa varsitarian.net...

maganda idea ba na magtayo ang UST ng museum at ihiwalay na ito ng tuluyan sa main building?

eto yung article: http://www.varsitarian.net/news/special_news/ust_museum_girds_for_art_preservation



parang mas okey kung gawin na lang museum ang buong main building, at dito ilagay ang buong koleksyon ng dominikano sa pilipinas.

[gioboy]

^ korek! the history of UST sa buong main building... magiging tourist attraction pa yan.

[soulcrusher]

i think narerenovate na ang loob ng main, kasi yung civil law na parang hall super ganda na iba na itsura, baka ganun din gawin sa iba baka lang naman

[sheekzaied]

matatapos na ang 2008 pero wala paring balita sa sta. rosa campus at sa general santos city. so wala na rin yung hospital na itatayo. may rendering ba ng itatayong gymnasium?

i hope sa 2011 celebration, ipasara ang buong espana, at mala- olympics ang stage and fireworks presentation, kung kaya ng budget. :love:

[marqueeyut]

Wala na yun mga istatwa na yun?

Buti si benavides hindi pa tinatangal?

FYI: yung nagdesign ng TYK eh taga other school of architecture...

[gioboy]

^ bakit kumuha pa ng hindi thomasian?

[kiki_komikuto]

^ bakit kumuha pa ng hindi thomasian?

Donated kasi yung building ni lucio tan and he had his freedom to use any architect...

[gioboy]

Destined to be rector magnificus - again

FATHER Rolando V. de la Rosa, O.P. is set to return to the scene of his greatest personal and professional achievement—the rectorship of UST. But even before he became rector during his first stint in the position in 1990, he had already been an “achiever,” according to Fr. Virgilio Ojoy, OP, a former UST vice rector who was De la Rosa’s companion during his days as a Dominican seminarian and as a postgraduate student in Louvain, Belgium.

During their philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies (DHS) and their theological studies in UST, De la Rosa passed his exams with flying colors and collected honors replete with the usual arcane but high-sounding Latin phrases (magna cum laude in theology and summa cum laude in Master’s in Higher Religious Studies).

“His brilliant scholastic achievements prefigured his rise as rector of Asia’s oldest higher education institution,” Ojoy said.

Ojoy entered the DHS at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City in 1972. He was a junior to De la Rosa.

As a seminarian, De la Rosa faithfully followed the schedules and rituals of the seminary, said Ojoy, also a former rector of Aquinas University in Legazpi City. “He was diligent, disciplined, and very observant of his duties,” he added.

But De la Rosa was never strait-laced.

Ojoy remembered that De la Rosa was fond of cracking jokes that would “elicit boisterous laughter” from the other seminarians.

His humor indicated his creativity, Ojoy explained. “He was a literary person,” Ojoy said. “He was very good in writing.”

Ojoy added De la Rosa would assist him in editing his manuscripts and papers.

The two seminarians’ writing skills would later find a channel when they joined the UST Varsitarian. De la Rosa entered the paper earlier, becoming editor of Witness, the Church and religious affairs section. Much later, Ojoy would also join the Varsitarian, becoming associate editor.

At DHS, De la Rosa finished AB Philosophy, magna cum laude, in 1977. In 1980, he finished his theology degree, magna cum laude, in UST. He was ordained priest on April 3, 1982.

In 1984, he earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology, magna cum Laude, and Master of Arts in Higher Religious Studies, summa cum Laude, both from UST.

Armed with a scholarship grant, he went to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium for his postgraduate studies. In 1988, he received from Louvain a civil doctoral degree in Higher Religious Studies and an ecclesiastical doctoral degree in Sacred Theology, both magna cum laude.

Ojoy was also taking up his Master’s in Theology at Louvain at around the same time.

In Belgium, Ojoy recalled how competitive De la Rosa was as a postgraduate student. He noted how serious a student he was as compared to the other international students.

“He sets goals which are reasonably practical, a goal that he knows he can achieve,” Ojoy said about De la Rosa. This goal-setting trait would explain De la Rosa’s later success as UST rector.

De la Rosa would not let anyone distract or hamper him, Ojoy recalled. For example, when he would write a term paper, De la Rosa would faithfully focus on the task and would refuse to entertain visitors or accept invitations to go out with friends.

Coming back to the Philippines after his Louvain studies, De la Rosa was appointed regent of the College of Education, then assistant secretaty general, and much later, full-fledged secretary general.

In 1990, when Fr. Norberto Castillo, another Varsitarian alumnus, ended his term as rector, De la Rosa was elected to replace him.

Ojoy said no one was surprised when De la Rosa, at that time only 37 years old, became rector. It was the same reaction when De la Rosa was hauled back from semi-retirement last September and appointed acting rector after the resignation of Fr. Ernesto Arceo, OP.

Ojoy said it is De la Rosa’s “destiny” to return as UST rector.

Troubled start

But when he became rector in 1990 at a very young age, De la Rosa was not exactly the envy of everyone. UST was facing industrial unrest and De la Rosa had to deal with several labor disputes.

Particularly pressing was the hospital labor dispute.

The Santo Tomas University Employees Association (STUEA) had filed a notice of strike with the labor department, citing unfair labor practice and Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) violations by management.

De la Rosa immediately proposed a “living wage” to the employees as set by the National Economic and Development Authority.

According to the Varsitarian’s Nov. 5, 1991 issue, De la Rosa proposed a salary increase of P1,010.29. He also proposed “to continue to upgrade the salaries through a system of promotion and incentives based on work performance and qualification of employees.”

Because of De la Rosa’s timely intervention, a strike was prevented and industrial peace prevailed in the hospital and on campus.

Academic and research excellence

De la Rosa then focused on his pet projects: fostering excellence in UST’s curricular programs and cultivating a culture of research among the faculty.

As if to emphasize research, De la Rosa had the Central Library Bldg. constructed. He also renovated the UST Archives so as to better service researchers and historians. It was also during his time that the groundwork was laid for the setting up of the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex, which was envisioned to house all of UST’s research centers in the natural and social sciences.

UST’s pre-eminent status as the country’s foremost Catholic university was cemented when several of its programs were declared centers of excellence and development by the Commission on Higher Education.

Declared centers of excellence were Medicine, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Nursing, Electronic and Communications Engineering, Accountancy, Physical Therapy, Music, Architecture, Literature and Philosophy. Declared centers of development were Biology, Business Administration, and Engineering programs.

It was also during De le Rosa’s time that it enjoyed a deregulated status.

“It was a big help to the University to be considered as a deregulated school. In the first place, it somehow occasioned a self-examination whether we are worthy of such status. We also learned to pinpoint those areas in the University that needed to be improved if we want to maintain that status in the future,” De la Rosa was quoted as saying.

Student services

Perhaps because of De la Rosa’s youth, students warmed up to him. It helped that De la Rosa as a priest had a pastoral spirit that made him easily reach out and relate to the students.

It was along this spirit that De la Rosa established the Office of the Campus Ministry in 1990. The Center was tasked to organize retreats and recollections for the students, the better to deepen their spirituality and bind together the campus.

Knowing fully well that the language of the media had become the language of the youth, De la Rosa also established the Educational Technology Center (EdTech), which produces educational media that could aid in classroom instruction.

The EdTech had a television studio where programs could be produced and aired.

The center also had an editing and production room with cutting-edge equipment (video cassette player, an editing controller, a digital video-audio-visual mixer, three color monitors, one multi laser disc player, an audio-mixer and a special effects generator).

The center’s preview room was equipped with four 21-inch color monitors, two videocassette players, and two omni-vision players.

EdTech also had a radio room with an audio-mixer, stereo double cassette tape deck, an analog delay machine and a two-channel power amplifier.

UAAP sweep

De la Rosa had personally pledged to work for the unity of the Thomasian community. He was able to achieve this by dealing with industrial unrest and making Thomasians proud about their curricular, research and extra-curricular programs and accomplishments.

De la Rosa’s efforts were boosted in 1993 when after 29 years, the UST Growling Tigers took home the UAAP basketball championship again by sweeping the games without missing a beat or losing a battle.

Because UST won the championship in grand fashion, one newspaper editorial proclaimed, “God is a Thomasian!”

The championship would be repeated three more times. And each time, De la Rosa would be in the midst of the packed crowd, cheering for the Tigers and urging other Thomasians to support them.

The Rector would wear a white shirt embossed with the Tiger image in yellow and black stripes.

“It was an eye-catching scene for Thomasian ringside spectators, what with their number one official spending his vocal chords, executing the now patented UST wave, and clapping his palms numb in a tremendous display of support to the cage team,” the Varsitarian reported in its Nov. 13, 1996 issue.

De la Rosa said he was not conscious about his rooting and the possibility that he was demeaning his position as a result.

“I do not feel any uneasiness doing all those things. After all, I am sure everybody is watching the game. Nobody is watching me,” he told the Varsitarian.

Papal visit

Perhaps the high point of De la Rosa’s rectorship came in 1995 when Pope John Paul II visited UST again (the first was in 1981 when the Pope came to Manila to beatify Lorenzo Ruiz and his companion-martyrs, most of them alumni of UST).

The Pope’s 1995 visit was in connection with the 10th World Youth Day which Manila was hosting.

The visit was noteworthy for De la Rosa’s rectorship since the Vatican had originally not wanted the Pope to make a visit again of UST, a pontifical university.

This was because another university—a Jesuit institution--had been initially chosen to host the International Youth Forum (IYF), the “United Nations” conference of young people from around the world which was a highlight of the World Youth Day. The school that would host the IYF would be the school that the Pope would visit.

De la Rosa showed again his competitive spirit by making moves to have the Vatican decision not to award UST the right to host IYF reconsidered. In the campaign, he enlisted the support of no less than Cardinal Jaime Sin, the powerful archbishop of Manila.

But since the Vatican representative arranging the Pope’s visit was a Jesuit, the campaign seemed a long shot.

And in fact, when the Vatican representative came, UST was not part of his itinerary since it had apparently been already decided that the IYF would be hosted by the Jesuit institution.

But according to Henrietta de Villa, the lay leader assisting in the Vatican’s preparations, the Vatican representative suddenly found himself being brought to UST apparently on orders of Cardinal Sin.

In UST, De la Rosa and the Thomasian community showered the Vatican representative with hospitality and gently made their case on why UST should be chosen to host the IYF.

Toward the end of the day, the Vatican representative declared: “I am a Jesuit but I choose UST.” Thus, it came to pass that UST became the only Catholic university in this part of the world to have been graced by papal presence not once (Paul VI in 1970), not twice (John Paul II in 1981), but thrice (John Paul II again in 1995).

For De la Rosa, for UST to welcome again John Paul the Great was like “love the second-time around.”

“Holy Father,” he told the Pope at the UST Grandstand before some 200,000 people, “it is said that love is lovelier the second time around. Today, we hope that the love you feel for us Filipinos has doubled in intensity because this is your second visit to the Philippines.”

The Pope thanked De la Rosa for his “kind words of welcome” and added, “As a Pontifical University, Santo Tomas has a special right to the Pope’s attention.”

Outbreak

Perhaps the most severe crisis that affected UST during De la Rosa’s first stint as rector was the hepatitis outbreak in 1997.

After the Christmas vacation in 1996, UST was rocked by the rise of hepatitis cases. From 28 students contracting the virus before the Christmas break, the number jumped to 475 in February 1997.

Investigations by the UST Student Health Service, Department of Health, and Manila Health Department showed that presence of coliform bacilli in the cistern tanks in the High School Building, the Cooperative Canteen, St. Raymund’s Building, and St. Martin de Porres Building.

But the presence of coliform couldn’t explain the outbreak as hepatitis is caused by a different bacterium altogether.

Nevertheless, UST suffered negative publicity, and for De la Rosa, whom close friends said was sensitive to criticism and was conscious always of the need to provide UST a positive public image, the controversy was very painful.

But De la Rosa showed he was up to the crisis. He activated UST’s public information system to assure the public that something was being done to contain the outbreak as well as to check disinformation and black propaganda by the enemies of UST.

Not leaving the victims unattended, De la Rosa offered them assistance, particularly granting them hospital privileges and benefits.

De la Rosa’s administration also closely scrutinized food establishments inside the University.

By March, the outbreak was contained.

No retirement

When he stepped down in 1998, De la Rosa said he wanted to take it easy since “I’ve been working since I was seven years old.”

But it wasn’t meant to be. He was elected prior of the St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, the community of Dominicans based in UST.

In 2003, the then provincial, Fr. Ernesto Arceo, OP, invoked obedience and ordered him to assume the rectorship of Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Calamba. The following year, he was appointed by President Macapagal-Arroyo as chairman of the Commission on Higher Education.

He resigned as CHEd chair in 2005 and rejoined UST, assuming several administrative positions that seemed to presage his comeback as rector of UST.

But by the start of schoolyear 2007-2008, De la Rosa had practically shed all his administrative positions in UST and was happy to be just a regular professor of the UST Ecclesiastical Faculties while earning a reputation as a good retreat master and preacher in several recollections for the diocesan clergy around the country.

De la Rosa had been settling down to semi-retirement when Arceo and the rest of UST’s key leadership resigned last September over the controversy over how best to redevelop and expand the UST Hospital.

The Master of the Order of Preachers, Vatican-based Fr. Jose Carlos Azpiroz, accepted the resignations and looked for a new leadership in UST.

Azpiroz didn’t have to look far. De la Rosa was not only an old hand in the rectorship; he was also a former chair of the CHEd and was respected not only by his Dominican brethren, but also by his peers in the higher education establishment here and abroad.

But where was De la Rosa?

He was in the Visayas ostensibly giving a retreat. Some say he was really there in hiding since he had an inkling he would be drafted again to the rectorship.

But the Dominican Master General’s emissary was able to locate him, and De la Rosa was given the official order—in Latin and invoking obedience—to be rector again of UST even on an acting capacity.

The next month, De la Rosa was elected as a regular rector. Last April, the Vatican’s Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education confirmed his election.

The rest may be history, but for Father Ojoy, the rest is really destiny.

“Yes, it is destiny because there seems to be no one else to lead the Thomasian community,” Ojoy said. “I hope the Rector will plant the seeds for the University to ascend to greater heights.” Nikki Q. Angulo, John Constantine G. Cordon, and Aura Marie P. Dagcutan


http://www.varsitarian.net/supplement/rectors_supplement/destined_to_be_rector_magnificus_again

[caseycan]

interesting!!!king of Spain will come...i'll probably attend the UST's 400 years.swerte mga graduates ng 2011!

[soulcrusher]

ako batch 2011 ako haha...swerte nga eh imagine mag iintay ko siguro uli ng 100 years or more para magkaroon ng ganitong event uli haha..

[prince20]

Sana gawin namang mas challenging yung USTET, hehehe.. And i hope they will give again brochures showing the grandeur of ust just like what they gave on the applicants (the glossy magazine-like magazine but it needs more improvement because konti lang yung pics and i think they need to put the names of our famous alumni) when i was in highschool (2002).

And maybe the webmaster of our official website, ust.edu.ph can change its format to a more visually appealing yet informative one because I know that they can do better than that.

[markfroilan]

Guys heres the thing with USTET:

"We do not accept the best, we make them" - Kenneth Esperame, 2000 Thomasian Debaters Council, Team Captain UST CAFA debating team, speech was aired nationally on ABS-CBN against other manila schools.

[clawed_out]

mark with all due respect i don't think that has been used by debaters so many times.

gasgas na ang linyang yan. we need to move on and act up on our alleged weak points.

[markfroilan]

^ok cge.hehehe

[clej]

Let UP and Ateneo get the best. Anyway, they needed them.

[markfroilan]

Pope Benedict announced that the next World Youth day in 2011 will be held in spain to the jubilant crowd during his closing mass in australia. Does this mean that his response to UST's invitation that is 'no' clearly solidifies this answer?

[gioboy]

Pwede naman sya pumunta anytime in 2011 sa UST kahit hindi World Youth Day, malay nyo mag-karoon sya ng state visit para quadri celebration.

[gioboy]

http://www.ust.edu.ph/images/stories/news/2008/college/center_of_excellence_f.jpg

Dumami pa sana hanggang 2011...

[Tigercub]

^ thanks gioboy... ang dami pala nating centers of excellence...

anyways, yesterday July 29, 2008 natuloy ang Groundbreaking Ceremonies of the new UST Gym. a short mass was held at the site officiated by Fr. dela Rosa. Some of those who attended this event: Fr. de Sagon, Mrs. Felicitas Francisco, the UST MBT Coaching Staff (Coach Pido, Acot, Ma'm Gina Francisco), former Olympian Bogs Adornado, 2-time Olympian taekwondo jin Tshomlee Go, former Tigers who were part of the 4-peat in the 90's (Dennis Espino, Chris Cantonjos, Estong Ballesteros, Gerard Francisco), the dunking duo: Cyrus Baguio and Nino Gelig... andun din si Jojo Duncil and current Tigers Japs, Badong, and Francis.

this event was well-attended (mostly wearing yellow) with the Thomasian alumni, IPEA officials, Thomasian journalists and mga kaparian... syempre andun ako lol! the UST Yellow Jackets and 8-time UAAP CDC champion UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe graced the event

[Ashlars]

I don't think it would be a good idea for medicine and the allied health courses to be transferred to the Sta. Rosa campus. It's just too far in my opinion. And what about the professors? After doing surgery and hospital rounds, would a doctor travel all the way to Sta. Rosa to teach?

Actually perfect na naman lahat ng colleges sa current campus eh. I don't understand why some have to be transferred to Sta. Rosa.

@ Tigercub: Akala ko pari ka din! :lol: Wow, sana matapos na kaagad itong gym na ito---it's a long overdue gift for Thomasians and most importantly, the Thomasian athlete. Naman, ilang general championships na ba ang nasa UST?

Ano daw ba ang seating capacity ng gym na ito? Ano ang mga facilities? Sino ang nag-design?

[gioboy]

Sana parang tiger head ang design ng gym. Expected din ba matapos 'to by 2011?

[SonOfEmer]

Bakit nyo ba pinagpipilitan na pahirapan ang USTET. For all you know baka hindi pa nga kayo pumasa kung pahirapan to.
Wag nyo kasi masyado ikumpara skul natin sa ibang sinasabi nilang big. I am very confident that ust is big on its own.
There may be freshmen and sophies who trolls around here, but i assume na sa library nagiinternet yang mga yan dahil libre (meron pa ba nito?).

Give others a chance to grow, just what the university gave yours.

OT : ust still maintaining excellence towards 400
inaasahan ko na yung bonggang fireworks..
at hindi na ko magaangkin ng isa galing sa tuition ko. dahil
graduate na ko. hehe. penge naman ng stub.. ang sarap pa
rin ma-experience *** nakikilibre ng pagkain.
miss ko na uste.:mecry:

[clej]

maybe the full version of UST Hymn will be heard again by the entire thomasian community.

[clawed_out]

Bakit nyo ba pinagpipilitan na pahirapan ang USTET. For all you know baka hindi pa nga kayo pumasa kung pahirapan to.
Wag nyo kasi masyado ikumpara skul natin sa ibang sinasabi nilang big. I am very confident that ust is big on its own.
There may be freshmen and sophies who trolls around here, but i assume na sa library nagiinternet yang mga yan dahil libre (meron pa ba nito?).

Give others a chance to grow, just what the university gave yours.

OT : ust still maintaining excellence towards 400
inaasahan ko na yung bonggang fireworks..
at hindi na ko magaangkin ng isa galing sa tuition ko. dahil
graduate na ko. hehe. penge naman ng stub.. ang sarap pa
rin ma-experience *** nakikilibre ng pagkain.
miss ko na uste.:mecry:
I'm also confident that I can make it to UST even if they tighten the quality of their admission test. So, you are agreeing that their admission test is more like a hs sophomore's final exam?

I would like to believe that UST doesn't do it "bongga". They do it in little grand manner not bongga things.

Bongga is so pang masa.

You're a manager and you're asking for a food stub?

What are you? poor?

I also miss UST.

[SonOfEmer]

I do believe ust's admission test is a gauge for college placement to what course the examiner fit. Not for screening out and just admitting top hs grads.

it's not just the food. it's the experience of being a thomasian student.

and my answer to your question. yes i'm poor. :rotflmao:

[clawed_out]

uhmmm... then it should NOT be named college placement test.

it should not be named college at all as the contents are far from a collegiate level.

Where did you get that second sentence? Seriously.

Begging for a food stub was never an option for me and putting it on as being a "Thomasian" is not proper for anybody (aim higher and do something more productive people) . Having the company of friends and discovering what the world has to offer is more of my friends and my criteria of being a "Thomasian".

[SonOfEmer]

oo nga tama ka.. kaya entrance test. but we're agreeing naman di ba.
na ang USTET hindi mo masasabing madali.

sabi sakin hindi ako pwede sa AB dahil mababa english ko
:rotflmao: until now i don't know how to english.

hindi na ata food stubs ngayon.. id na lang..
oh well. alumni na nga ako. :D
not anymore thomasian student *okay*

[Ashlars]

maybe the full version of UST Hymn will be heard again by the entire thomasian community.

I haven't heard the hymn's full version.

Ang simula ba niyan ay "Seat of Aquinas, majestic, enduring...?"

Napaka humble ng UST hymn, ni hindi binanggit ang "University of Santo Tomas" kahit saan. Bagkus ang unang salita sa ating himno ay "God." Ang ganda.

Sa diploma din ng UST, unang una ang Diyos. "In the name of God. Amen."

Kaya naman imbued with unending grace ang UST.

[markfroilan]

I don't think it would be a good idea for medicine and the allied health courses to be transferred to the Sta. Rosa campus. It's just too far in my opinion. And what about the professors? After doing surgery and hospital rounds, would a doctor travel all the way to Sta. Rosa to teach?

Actually perfect na naman lahat ng colleges sa current campus eh. I don't understand why some have to be transferred to Sta. Rosa.

@ Tigercub: Akala ko pari ka din! :lol: Wow, sana matapos na kaagad itong gym na ito---it's a long overdue gift for Thomasians and most importantly, the Thomasian athlete. Naman, ilang general championships na ba ang nasa UST?

Ano daw ba ang seating capacity ng gym na ito? Ano ang mga facilities? Sino ang nag-design?

As part of the relocation plan for UST's medicine and allied courses to sta rosa. A UST village (flood free btw) with condo buiildings will rise within the 80 ha campus and house the faculty and students.Im not keen to cover the view of the main building fr espana by a juggernaut 5k seater gym. it should be sound proof.

[gioboy]

As part of the relocation plan for UST's medicine and allied courses to sta rosa. A UST village (flood free btw) with condo buiildings will rise within the 80 ha campus and house the faculty and students.Im not keen to cover the view of the main building fr espana by a juggernaut 5k seater gym. it should be sound proof.

akala ko naman yung Sta. Rosa campus will bring another branch of UST's allied health courses :eek:
kala ko UST will still offer Nursing, Pharmacy sa Espana campus. Ganun pala yun. On the bright side mas tahimik at masarap siguro mag-aral sa bagong campus ng UST sa Sta Rosa. :)

Any news kung ano na gagawin nila sa San Martin de Porres bldg.? Sana maganda talaga yang tiger gym na yan.

[tigerman]

Nasabi niyo na halos lahat ng dapat sabihin. Eto na lang ang sa akin.

1. Ibalik ang UST grade school.
2. Huwag ilipat ang UST High School.



USTE LO MEJOR!
VIVA SANTO TOMAS!

[Viva La Tigresa]

I am not in favor of the transfer of Medicine and allied sciences to Santa Rosa, if the plan pushes through.

It is such a delight to see Medicine students around the campus, like for example, Leo Doble.

:)

[gioboy]

^ ano bang nakikita nyo kay Leo Doble? hehehe! lagi rin yan pinag-uusapan ng classmates ko. Inaabangan pa nila yang mag-rounds. hehehe.

[colorado]

I don't think it would be a good idea for medicine and the allied health courses to be transferred to the Sta. Rosa campus. It's just too far in my opinion. And what about the professors? After doing surgery and hospital rounds, would a doctor travel all the way to Sta. Rosa to teach?

Actually perfect na naman lahat ng colleges sa current campus eh. I don't understand why some have to be transferred to Sta. Rosa.


Huwag naman sana ilipat 'yung mga allied health programs sa ibang campus, malayo na masyado baka ilipat na ako niyan sa Emilio Aguinaldo College. :lol:

[Viva La Tigresa]

^ ano bang nakikita nyo kay Leo Doble? hehehe! lagi rin yan pinag-uusapan ng classmates ko. Inaabangan pa nila yang mag-rounds. hehehe.

Huwaw. Is he still in UST?! During my time, Med student na siya noon and varsity player ng Medicine sa basketball (if I'm not mistaken). He used to jog every afternoon in the field.

Siguro nasa UST Hospital na siya ngayon ano?

:love:

colorado, ang mahirap kasi kapag nilipat mo ang Medicine at Allied Sciences sa Sta. Rosa campus, papayag naman kaya ang mga magulang na i-boarding house ang kanilang mga anak? Remember, marami pa rin mga magulang na ayaw ng ganyan. :glee: Isa pa, dagdag gastos pagdating sa bayad sa boarding house, allowance, etc.

Dapat pag-isipan ng kaparian ang isyung 'yan.

[markfroilan]

Solusyon?bilhin ang espanya blvd mula sampaloc (st. Thomas square) to welcome rotonda

[chevara]

2011..I expect UST

*Tighter Admissions
*Higher Maintaining Grades
*More Facilities
*More COE's and COD's
*More Topnotchers
*BAR Topnotchers! number 1!

and most specially hahahaa....**** **** mdyo malayo mangyari


UP
UST
ADMU
DLSU

or

UP
ADMU
UST
DLSU (e2ng pangalwa posible tlgang mangyari)

[Viva La Tigresa]

Bakit mo hinehelera ang University of Santo Tomas sa mga eskuwelahang yan? Di hamak naman na malayo na ang narating ng USTe kesa sa mga 'yan 'di ba?

Sabi nga, there is the big 3 kuno, and of course, the Biggest of them all -- UST.

*okay*

[Pharmaboi]

circle of 3 nga daw sila.....and sa gitna ng circle na yun....alam niyo na yun.....

[Viva La Tigresa]

I bet these big 3 kuno schools already know that FACT.

;)

[Ashlars]

Aba buti naman at sinisimulan na ito. Ang swerte ng mga USTedyante ngayon ha!

New sports complex ready by 2011

Sports No. 2 Vol. LXXX
WITH THE groundwork already in place, it’s now just a matter of time before the new home of the perennial UAAP general champions rises at the heart of the UST campus.

The four-story UST Sports Complex, whose groundbreaking was held last July 29, is set to be finished by 2011 in time for the University’s quadricentennial anniversary, said Fr. Roberto Pinto O. P., director of the Facilities Management Office.

An amount of roughly P500 million was allotted for the 65.98 x 76-square meter sports complex that will cover the entire land area where the Engineering sports complex and an adjacent football field is currently located.

The structure will include training areas for gymnastics, aerobics, taekwondo, judo, table tennis, fencing, and badminton at the ground floor.

It will also include a ticket counter, museum display, guidance office, and a dance hall for the Salinggawi Dance Troupe, fitness room, concessionaire, a mini bank, and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences office.

A mezzanine will hold four classrooms and spaces for costume storage.

The main basketball court, surrounded by bleachers rising up to the fourth floor of the building, will be situated at the center of the second floor. Along with the court are lounges for the players, one each for both the home and visiting teams. A concessionaire and souvenir shops will also be put up at the bleachers.

The second floor will hold the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) office, which is currently located at the entrance of the UST gymnasium along P. Noval Street. The institute will have a faculty room and other multimedia rooms for students. An indoor track will be built on the third floor.

Designed by Architects Jose Pedro C. Recio and Carmelo T. Rosas, the rooms in the sports complex will also be equipped with sound-proof technology to keep nearby classes regulated from noise.

The new complex will not totally displace the present gymnasium, Pinto said. The old structure would still be available for athletic purposes.

“It (the current gymnasium) is already a part of UST’s heritage because it existed since 1927,” he said. “It was considered a state-of-the-art building during that era.” Mika Rafaela A. Barrios

http://www.varsitarian.net/sports/new_sports_complex_ready_by_2011

500 million pesosesoses?! :eek:

Sabagay, mahirap daw ang UST sabi ng mga bashers jan. :rolleyes:

Bakit walang bagong swimming pool na gagawin? Yung existing swimming pool eh sobrang luma na. At bakit wala din tennis courts? Naman!

[Viva La Tigresa]

Ang mga pari talaga, napaka-sentimental. Talagang wala silang balak patayuan ng ibang building ang magiging lumang sports complex. :glee:

Sunod sa Araneta Coliseum, itong bagong sports complex ng USTe ang talagang dadayuhin ng mga bisita.

[chevara]

kelan matatapos 2011? ndi na maabutan yanng mga 3rd year *****??? huhuhu..T_T

[clawed_out]

text speak is for the illiterates.

we don't teach people how to type and spell properly.

ask your parents to do that gruesome job.

we are not teatro tomasino either. we watch plays but we'd rather not be part of your drama guild. stop crying cause nobody here will give you a tissue.

[bleudsky_md]

I am not in favor of the transfer of Medicine and allied sciences to Santa Rosa, if the plan pushes through. :)

same here.

[gioboy]

ang ganda pala ng sports complex na yan pag-natayo... kaka-excite! 'Di na talaga tayo mahahabol pag dating sa overall championship, dahil gaganda na talaga ang training ng mga tomasinong atleta.

[herorot]

wahahahaha... cge kayo kayo magbolahan. knows niyo naman true anels? bwahahahs

[gioboy]

wahahahaha... cge kayo kayo magbolahan. knows niyo naman true anels? bwahahahs

wow! effort talaga makapag-bash lang dumadayo pa dito! :lol:

[Viva La Tigresa]

Malaki kasi inggit niyan sa atin, wala kasi siyang natutunan sa eskuwelahan niya. Tignan mo nga magpost, ang bobo. Nakakaawa.

:mecry:

[herorot]

:bop::bop::bop:

[herorot]

Bakit mo hinehelera ang University of Santo Tomas sa mga eskuwelahang yan? Di hamak naman na malayo na ang narating ng USTe kesa sa mga 'yan 'di ba?

Sabi nga, there is the big 3 kuno, and of course, the Biggest of them all -- UST.

*okay*

mahiya ka nga girl... nauna pa kayo sa harvard ah... san kayo ngayon?

bwahahahahahaha

[gioboy]

Sana nga i-renovate nila yung pool na ala Trace Aquatic Center. Malay natin mag-karoon ng diving event sa UAAP. Saka astig din ang Tigersharks ng UST para may bago silang lalanguyan. hehehe

[student_cpa]

update on the sports complex..

kaninang tanghali, the construction trucks are already in the field of engineering complex. waaah!

and tuloy-tuloy na to hanggang matapos ang sports complex before 2011. *okay*

goodluck nalang sa amin sa AMV. haha! the noise and other pollution of the construction.

[marqueeyut]

mahiya ka nga girl... nauna pa kayo sa harvard ah... san kayo ngayon?

bwahahahahahaha

UST - Pilipinas
Harvard - USA

'nuff said.

dahil yan sa mga corrupt officials na galing sa mga schools sa tabi-tabi.:bop::bop::bop::bop:

[herorot]

UST - Pilipinas
Harvard - USA

'nuff said.

dahil yan sa mga corrupt officials na galing sa mga schools sa tabi-tabi.:bop::bop::bop::bop:

Bwahaha, at ibaling ba ang sisi sa mga corrupt government officials, alam mo ba sinasabi mo?

Harvard - USA
UST- Pilinas

BWahahahahahahahaha... taga UST ka nga talaga...

[Viva La Tigresa]

Sana nga i-renovate nila yung pool na ala Trace Aquatic Center. Malay natin mag-karoon ng diving event sa UAAP. Saka astig din ang Tigersharks ng UST para may bago silang lalanguyan. hehehe

Siguro naman sa P600 million na 'yan, mayroong allotment para sa pagpapagawa ng isang Olympic Size, mala-Trace Aquatic Center na swimming pool.

*okay*

[Viva La Tigresa]

New sports complex ready by 2011

WITH THE groundwork already in place, it’s now just a matter of time before the new home of the perennial UAAP general champions rises at the heart of the UST campus.

The four-story UST Sports Complex, whose groundbreaking was held last July 29, is set to be finished by 2011 in time for the University’s quadricentennial anniversary, said Fr. Roberto Pinto O. P., director of the Facilities Management Office.

An amount of roughly P500 million was allotted for the 65.98 x 76-square meter sports complex that will cover the entire land area where the Engineering sports complex and an adjacent football field is currently located.

The structure will include training areas for gymnastics, aerobics, taekwondo, judo, table tennis, fencing, and badminton at the ground floor.

It will also include a ticket counter, museum display, guidance office, and a dance hall for the Salinggawi Dance Troupe, fitness room, concessionaire, a mini bank, and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences office.

A mezzanine will hold four classrooms and spaces for costume storage.

The main basketball court, surrounded by bleachers rising up to the fourth floor of the building, will be situated at the center of the second floor. Along with the court are lounges for the players, one each for both the home and visiting teams. A concessionaire and souvenir shops will also be put up at the bleachers.

The second floor will hold the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) office, which is currently located at the entrance of the UST gymnasium along P. Noval Street. The institute will have a faculty room and other multimedia rooms for students. An indoor track will be built on the third floor.

Designed by Architects Jose Pedro C. Recio and Carmelo T. Rosas, the rooms in the sports complex will also be equipped with sound-proof technology to keep nearby classes regulated from noise.

The new complex will not totally displace the present gymnasium, Pinto said. The old structure would still be available for athletic purposes.

“It (the current gymnasium) is already a part of UST’s heritage because it existed since 1927,” he said. “It was considered a state-of-the-art building during that era.” Mika Rafaela A. Barrios

http://www.varsitarian.net/sports/ne..._ready_by_2011


student_cpa, lahat na lang sa area ninyo sa AMV eh puro bago ah. :glee:

[chevara]

text speak is for the illiterates.

we don't teach people how to type and spell properly.

ask your parents to do that gruesome job.

we are not teatro tomasino either. we watch plays but we'd rather not be part of your drama guild. stop crying cause nobody here will give you a tissue.


____________________________
Grbe? are you pertaining to my--->" T_T" ?...pasensya ah? are you a thomasian? ask *** ****....

[clawed_out]

^ there is no grabe about that.

i'm just saying.

[Viva La Tigresa]

chevara, yes, textspeak/texttype is not allowed here in PEx. So please, spell/type the words correctly. It won't hurt.

;)

clawdie, bakit nagpupuyat ka 'ata?

[markfroilan]

mahiya ka nga girl... nauna pa kayo sa harvard ah... san kayo ngayon?

bwahahahahahaha

So?akala ko ba masayang mabuhay?bakit at the expense of thomasians ang kasayahan mong mabuhay ayon sa location mo at nag babash ka sa exclusivity ng UST forum?

[Pharmaboi]

huwag niyo na pinagpapansin yang mga trolls na yan mas nagmumuka kayong mga ****...tootoot

[Pharmaboi]

back to the topic....sana ilipat na lang yung museum dun sa pnoval gym....then gawing accounting/cashier office yung museum sa main building.....

[galileo_]

ang alam ko yung buong main building eh gagawing museum.

[student_cpa]

student_cpa, lahat na lang sa area ninyo sa AMV eh puro bago ah. :glee:

puro bago nga pero i'm not sure about the quality, lalo na sa building namin na wala naman sa plan ang paglalagay ng AMV-CoA sa taas nun.

puro cracks na and sana irenovate and patibayin yung building lalo na sa dumadaming bilang ng mga enrollees sa AMVCoA.


sana umabot ng 2011 ang building namin :lol: jowks

[Viva La Tigresa]

Really? Sabagay, sa pagkakaalam ko ay madami pang mga nakatagong artifacts sa UST. Yung mga nasa Library na nga lang, sandamakmak na eh. Ano nga ba yung libro na pinakaiingat-ingatan ng mga pari?

[Viva La Tigresa]

student, nakakatakot naman 'yan. Ang daming establishments sa paligid ninyo eh. Masyado na masikip ang USTe, lalo na sa bandang likod. Sana 'wag na sila magdagdag ng buildings.

[student_cpa]

Alam ko nasa USTe ang pinakaunang napublish na book sa Pilipinas...
Doctrina Christiana ata? and even the first printing press in the country nasa USTe din.

[Viva La Tigresa]

Bingo!

Doctrina Christiana nga yun.

*okay*

Hindi ko pa nakikita ang librong 'yan. Sana nga, kung gagawin nilang museum ang buong Main Building, idisplay nila 'yan.

Ayos!

[chevara]

chevara, yes, textspeak/texttype is not allowed here in PEx. So please, spell/type the words correctly. It won't hurt.

;)

clawdie, bakit nagpupuyat ka 'ata?

_____
Okay...Thanks for informing...Hindi ko kasi alam yun...kakasali ko *** this august...so forgive me if I did such...also to clawed-out...my apology...=)

[clawed_out]

no problem.

now you know.


enjoy! :)

[Altwegg]

I still expect Viva La Tigresa to be the official mascot of UST 400.

[markfroilan]

the UST benavidez library houses rare artifacts such as 16th-19th century manuscripts. di ko rin nakita un e. basta masarap matulog dun sa aircon.

[hagendazs]

hhhmmm... sana lang lumamig na sa engineering building... as of now kasi di ka mabubuhay doon ng walang pamaypay....

[gioboy]

^ ganyan din nag-simula college life ko sa UST. 1st floor lang dati sa St Martin de Porres ang may aircon, ngayon ang alam ko lahat ng rooms dun may aircon na. Baka sunod na ang eng'g bldg.

[jάzмγпє.¹8]

♂ ♥ ♀

makipasok ka nalang po sa mga room para malamig*okay* puro aircon na naman mga rooms sa eng'g..

ang dami pala naming hindi alam na nagaganap sa UST :bop:

mga dapat baguhin,

1. tighten the entrance exam but not that tight
2. tama na ang pagsulpot ng mga buildings.. please.. ang sikip-sikip na sa USTe.. [nakakahurt ang pagkakatayo ng TYK kasi hindi na kitang-kita yung central library sa likod.. parang tinakpan na talaga siya..]
3. gandahan nila yung building na malapit sa TARC na siyang kinalalagyan ng mga servers at cables ng university *okay*
4. enhance the WI-MESH [hehe.. wala lang.. mahina kasi ang signal sa ibang lugar kaya mahirap mag-internet.. :rotflmao:]
5. ang mga professors, sana yung mga the best [may mga professors kasi kami before, i won't mention my course para di naman nakakainsulto sa mga professors na ito, na malaki ang diperensya sa english grammar.. malala kasi.. nakakabobo lang..]
6. sana yung fireworks, makita UST [hehe.. epal lang ulit.. :bop: di na ko magrereklamo na tuition ko rin yun just like one of the posters said..]

actually marami pa, pero saka na.. :bashful:

proud to be thomasian.. *okay*

[cinemawall]

sigurado mas maganda *** new UST gym kesa sa MORO:D

[pontivs]

sana, gawin na nilang buong museum ang main building. baguhin nila ang landscaping ng uste, napaka ordinaryo. di ko talaga gusto yung grandstand, napapangitan na ako sa dinagdag nilang hagdan. pwede bang gibain yun at palitan na ang roofing ay tent?

agree ako na hindi nila giniba yung old gym dahil ang ganda kaya ng architecture nun.

i hope ayusin din nila ang seminary building. sana rin, gawan nila ng underground parking sa open field, solve na ang parking problem ng uste. ;)

[Ashlars]

[/B]sana, gawin na nilang buong museum ang main building. baguhin nila ang landscaping ng uste, napaka ordinaryo. di ko talaga gusto yung grandstand, napapangitan na ako sa dinagdag nilang hagdan. pwede bang gibain yun at palitan na ang roofing ay tent?

agree ako na hindi nila giniba yung old gym dahil ang ganda kaya ng architecture nun.

i hope ayusin din nila ang seminary building. sana rin, gawan nila ng underground parking sa open field, solve na ang parking problem ng uste. ;)


Hindi na siguro gigibain yang grandstand. Iconic na yan sa USTe. Isipin mo na lang, ilang beses na nagsilbi ang grandstand sa mga napakaraming momentous occasions sa UST tulad ng papal visits ni JP II at Paul VI.

Pero agree ako sa undergound parking sa open field. Pero naman, undertaking this project would pose a serious challenge to engineers and designers. Alam mo naman ang baha issue ng UST 'di ba? Parang I doubt kung may magpapark sa ilalim kung tag-ulan because doing so would really give justice to the warning: "Park at your own risk." :lol:

Exciting yung UST Sports Complex. At a cost of P500 million, I expect it to be nothing less than grand.

Dapat may indoor pool at tennis courts!

[gioboy]

I think UST should maximize the land area sa Espana campus, ihiwalay ang Graduate school sa espana campus, dalhin sa Makati to attract more business professionals. Tapos expand ang botanical garden.

kung gusto nila ng indoor pool na pang olympics or better than the Trace Aquatic Center sa Sta. Rosa na nila itayo.

[pontivs]

sana yung isabel building, i-demolish na siya at patayuan ng multi-storey, atleast 20 stories, tutal, labas na ito ng campus. pwede ilipat dun ang hrm, IT, graduate, at iba pang courses. lagyan ng sariling overpass na magdudugtong sa campus.

i think yung pool pwede pang gawing moderno, pwede pang lagyan ng building sa ibabaw nito.

ang grandstand, sana medyo pagandahin na lang, i think pwede pa remedyuhan.

yung carpark na katabi ng itatayong gym, sana ginawa na ring multi-storey parking, sayang naman kung bubong lang ilalagay.

buti naman scrap na yung 17-storey hospital tower. i hope kunin nilang arkitekto ay si Francisco Manosa o kaya ang Recio+Casas na rin.

i hope ayusin din nila ang interior ng Sto. Rosario, ewan ko parang chopsuey ang dating ng disenyo sakin, di pwede ipantay sa chapel ng DLSU at San Beda. mas nagustuhan ko pa yung mas maliit na chapel sa seminary.

hanggang sa pisikal na pagbabago muna ako, medyo mas masinsinan na topic yung tungkol sa mga pinabili ng suka na mga instructors at prof na naligaw diyan sa uste. :D

[Ashlars]

sana yung isabel building, i-demolish na siya at patayuan ng multi-storey, atleast 20 stories, tutal, labas na ito ng campus. pwede ilipat dun ang hrm, IT, graduate, at iba pang courses. lagyan ng sariling overpass na magdudugtong sa campus.

i think yung pool pwede pang gawing moderno, pwede pang lagyan ng building sa ibabaw nito.

ang grandstand, sana medyo pagandahin na lang, i think pwede pa remedyuhan.

yung carpark na katabi ng itatayong gym, sana ginawa na ring multi-storey parking, sayang naman kung bubong lang ilalagay.

buti naman scrap na yung 17-storey hospital tower. i hope kunin nilang arkitekto ay si Francisco Manosa o kaya ang Recio+Casas na rin.

i hope ayusin din nila ang interior ng Sto. Rosario, ewan ko parang chopsuey ang dating ng disenyo sakin, di pwede ipantay sa chapel ng DLSU at San Beda. mas nagustuhan ko pa yung mas maliit na chapel sa seminary.

hanggang sa pisikal na pagbabago muna ako, medyo mas masinsinan na topic yung tungkol sa mga pinabili ng suka na mga instructors at prof na naligaw diyan sa uste. :D

Or kaya kunin nila yung Locsin architectural firm. Ang late National Artist for architecture na si Leandro Locsin ay isa sa mga sikat na produkto ng UST ngunit sa pagkakaalam ko, ni isang gusali, wala shang dinisenyo sa UST.

Okay din si Mañosa or Palafox. Recio+Casas na ang gagawa ng Sports Complex. 'Wag na kunin si Lor Calma please lang, kahit kakapasa pa lang nya sa architecture board exam.

About naman dun sa chapel, okay lang ang kasimplehan nya. Hindi man ito kasing garbo ng simbahan ng San Beda, DLSU or Ateneo pero sa UST Chapel naman nakapaggmisa na sina Pope John Paul II at si Pope Paul VI. *okay* Ilang simbahan lang ba sa Pilipinas ang binisita na ng Santo Papa? :) Isa ang UST Chapel duon.

Ang kinatutuwa ko pa sa UST Chapel ay ang pagiging "approachable" nito. Yung iba kasi, parang pang mayaman lang talaga ang dating, yung iba nga, hindi pa regular na nagdadaos ng misa. Kagaya na lang nitong simbahan ng St. Scholastica sa Manila, tuwing Visita Iglesia lang open to the public!

[pontivs]

Or kaya kunin nila yung Locsin architectural firm. Ang late National Artist for architecture na si Leandro Locsin ay isa sa mga sikat na produkto ng UST ngunit sa pagkakaalam ko, ni isang gusali, wala shang dinisenyo sa UST.

Okay din si Mañosa or Palafox. Recio+Casas na ang gagawa ng Sports Complex. 'Wag na kunin si Lor Calma please lang, kahit kakapasa pa lang nya sa architecture board exam.

About naman dun sa chapel, okay lang ang kasimplehan nya. Hindi man ito kasing garbo ng simbahan ng San Beda, DLSU or Ateneo pero sa UST Chapel naman nakapaggmisa na sina Pope John Paul II at si Pope Paul VI. *okay* Ilang simbahan lang ba sa Pilipinas ang binisita na ng Santo Papa? :) Isa ang UST Chapel duon.

Ang kinatutuwa ko pa sa UST Chapel ay ang pagiging "approachable" nito. Yung iba kasi, parang pang mayaman lang talaga ang dating, yung iba nga, hindi pa regular na nagdadaos ng misa. Kagaya na lang nitong simbahan ng St. Scholastica sa Manila, tuwing Visita Iglesia lang open to the public!



sa ust chapel, ano kaya kung ang gawin nila, lagyan ng napakagandang garden yung magkabilang open space at gawing glass yung side para maaliwalas.;)

[prince20]

Tatanggalin na ba ang lovers lane to give way sa ust sports complex o irerenovate lang?! Sa tingin ko kasi maraming mga pinutol na maliliit na puno kc maraming mga nagkalat na braches sa lupa tapos tinanggal na din yung mga santan shrubs na nakapalibot sa lovers. Sobrang lungkot ng atmosphere ng lovers kasi yung mga malalaki at matatandang puno na lang ang natira...

[Ashlars]

Tatanggalin na ba ang lovers lane to give way sa ust sports complex o irerenovate lang?! Sa tingin ko kasi maraming mga pinutol na maliliit na puno kc maraming mga nagkalat na braches sa lupa tapos tinanggal na din yung mga santan shrubs na nakapalibot sa lovers. Sobrang lungkot ng atmosphere ng lovers kasi yung mga malalaki at matatandang puno na lang ang natira...

I think the P500 million UST Sports Complex will be constructed beside the Engineering Bldg. so safe ang lover's lane.

Ang lover's lane na alam ko yung daan papuntang Main Bldg. ha. Unless may iba pang lover's lane.

[prince20]

^
Ang itatayong sports complex eh napapagitnaan ng Engg Bldg at lovers lane so may possibility na tamaan yung lovers kung maglalagay pa sila ng parking space. Hindi ko kasi alam kung masasakop ba nung mismong structure yung buong Engg complex (including yung field na nasa tapat ng amv) kasi based sa nakita kong pic sa ust.net eh may parking space pa sa gilid ng sports complex..

[-=MortiCiaN=-]

kung matatamaan ang lover's lane at gagawan ng parking lot ay maoout-of-place ang isang fountain.

[hunter_alchemst]

Ang Sports complex ay itatayo lamang sa pagitan ng AMV at Engg, so yung football field at Engg complex lang ang sakop nun. Yung lover's lane irerenovate daw yun sabi ni rector nung nagkaroon kami(Varsitarian) ng private luncheon meeting sa kanya. Gusto daw niya kasi na parang magkaroon ng open space dun para pag baccalaureate mass, sa plaza mayor na siya gagawin. In short, papagandahin ang lover's lane at hindi gagawing carpark space. :D

[galileo_]

Ang Sports complex ay itatayo lamang sa pagitan ng AMV at Engg, so yung football field at Engg complex lang ang sakop nun. Yung lover's lane irerenovate daw yun sabi ni rector nung nagkaroon kami(Varsitarian) ng private luncheon meeting sa kanya. Gusto daw niya kasi na parang magkaroon ng open space dun para pag baccalaureate mass, sa plaza mayor na siya gagawin. In short, papagandahin ang lover's lane at hindi gagawing carpark space. :D


magandang ideya 'yan. dapat palakihin pa yung open square sa tapat ng main building parang st. peter's square. dapat kung may mga outdoor mass ang ust eh sa tapat na lang ng main building gawin.

[Ashlars]

Tama, pwede pang pagandahin ang lover's lane.

Mukhang exciting ang gustong mangyari ni Fr. Rector. Sana maisagawa kaagad.

[jάzмγпє.¹8]

♂ ♥ ♀

nakakatuwa naman ang mga gagawing pagbabago.. sana nga maayos yung sa lovers lane.. medyo di na kasi kagandahan dun.. lalo yung flooring [hehe..] nya..

[pontivs]

sana parang ganito.

http://www.slrobertson.com/images/usa/georgia/savannah/forsyth-park-b.jpg

[sweeter_ion]

sana parang ganito.

http://www.slrobertson.com/images/usa/georgia/savannah/forsyth-park-b.jpg

ang ganda ng naisip mo na ito ah... sana nga ganito gawin nila...

[Viva La Tigresa]

sana parang ganito.

http://www.slrobertson.com/images/usa/georgia/savannah/forsyth-park-b.jpg



What place is this? The ambiance seems very romantic.

But since our own lover's lane has its own character, I doubt if the Dominican friars will transform it into this.

[pontivs]

What place is this? The ambiance seems very romantic.

But since our own lover's lane has its own character, I doubt if the Dominican friars will transform it into this.

sa Spain ito. nakuha ko sa isang blog. kaya naman parang uste ang ambience. ;)


anyway, share ko lang itong article ni ambeth ocampo about uste being a pontifical university.

Looking Back
‘Royal and Pontifical’

By Ambeth Ocampo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:28:00 08/13/2008

When I made the mistake of asking Teodoro Agoncillo a what-if question on history, he winced. Normally, that would have been followed by a crisp expletive but instead he advised, “Why waste your energy on something that did not happen, when just establishing what really happened is a fulltime job.”

Sometimes, I replied, what did not happen is more interesting than what happened.

Setting the defunct Colegio de San Ignacio founded by the Jesuits in 1590 against the Dominican-run University of Santo Tomas, the oldest existing university in the Philippines, that carries the honorific title “Royal and Pontifical,” drew kind comments from the eminent Dominican historian Fidel Villaroel who emailed last July 31, the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, to invite me to join him in tracing some historical steps as follows:

“The Colegio de San Ignacio was founded in 1590, and opened in 1595, 16 years before the Colegio de Santo Tomas, founded in 1611. San Ignacio was given ‘the faculty to confer university degrees’ in 1621 when a papal brief of Paul V granted that privilege to all the Jesuit colleges in the Indies. In 1619, the same Pope granted the same faculty to all Dominican colleges of the New World. Both papal decrees arrived in Manila in 1625. And both colleges here began to confer degrees. With regard to Santo Tomas, in 1645, Pope Innocent X reinforced that privilege by a papal bull elevating the college to the rank of academia, which the Dominicans interpreted a university, against the interpretation of the Jesuits. I am not sure whether San Ignacio received a similar bull at that time.

“God knows how many long and useless discussions were held between the two schools. What is certain is that in 1734, both schools became universities of ‘General Studies’ in the strict sense, when both established a non-ecclesiastical faculty of Jurisprudence or Civil Law. Since then, two real universities co-existed in Manila. But not for a long time, because the University of San Ignacio disappeared 30 years later when the Jesuits were expelled from the Philippines in 1768.”

Tracing the Ateneo de Manila University to the Colegio de San Ignacio was confusing, so Father Villaroel said: “The Jesuits did return in 1859 to resume their old and glorious mission here, but the Ateneo does not go back to the Colegio de San Ignacio. It goes back to a modest primary school, Escuela Pía de Manila, initiated in 1803 by a certain Don Pedro Vivanco and taken over by the municipality in 1817 (and renamed Ateneo Municipal), which the city entrusted to the Jesuits in 1859. San Ignacio as a pontifical university needs a little more discussion. In your column you stated twice that the Jesuit colegio [of San Ignacio] was also the first to be granted the exalted title and status of ‘royal and pontifical university’ before UST; and also that ‘it [San Ignacio] became in 1732 the first royal and pontifical university in the Philippines.’

“A look at the list of the present pontifical universities will illustrate the singular privilege granted to the University of Santo Tomas by the apostolic constitution Quae Mari Sinico in 1902. Anuario Pontificio, the annual official directory of the Holy See, in its edition for the year 2000, lists all the Catholic and or Pontifical institutes of higher learning, grouping them into two categories: Roman Ateneums and Catholic Universities. Only 24 are called Pontifical, and of these 24, six are located in Rome (Gregorian University, Lateran University, Urbanian University, University of Santo Tomas [known as The Angelicum], Salisian University and Holy Cross University); three are in Europe; fourteen in Latin America; and one in Asia, this one being the University of Santo Tomas of Manila.

“The oldest university to be denominated by the Holy See as Pontifical is the Jesuit Gregorian University in Rome. Although founded in 1551, it was Pope Pius IX who, in 1873, permitted the school to assume the title of ‘Pontifical University.’” All the other abovementioned 23 universities received the title of Pontifical in the 20th century. The University of Santo Tomas of Manila (UST), the oldest of them (founded in 1611), is second only to the Gregorian University to be declared Pontifical by the apostolic constitution Quae Mari Sinico in 1902.

“Was UST called Pontifical much earlier than 1902. In fact, references to it as ‘Royal and Pontifical’ are frequently seen in printed speeches and sermons delivered by Dominican rectors and professors to the Pontifical University. The same title is given to it in the official ‘Estatutos de la Real y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Tomas de Manila’ drafted in the years 1734, 1785 and 1859. It also appears in almost all the 12 seals used by the university through the centuries. But in all those instances, the title of Pontifical was self-given, from below (from the university) not from above (from Rome). The papal documents before 1902 always referred to the institution as universitas, or academia or lyceum, etc. of Santo Tomas, not as Pontificia or Pontifical. It was not until 1902 that Leo XIII endowed it with the official title of ‘Pontifical University of Santo Tomas.’ From these premises any reader can draw conclusions about the ‘pontifical’ title of San Ignacio, a nonexistent institution since 1786.”

[gioboy]

By Dr. Jaime I. Romero

When Msgr. Miguel de Benavides, O.P., a Dominican and Third Archbishop of Manila bequeathed his library and goods valued at P1,500 in 1611 as a nucleus of resources to form the oldest existing university in Asia, the University of Santo Tomas, little did he know that 25 years later, in 1636, a Presbyterian pastor in the new American colony of Massachusetts, Rev. John Harvard, was going to do the same thing – donate his 400-volume library and 780 Pounds Sterling in cash – to get the oldest university in America, Harvard, started.

Fr. de Benavides established his school 90 years after Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines, while Rev. Harvard founded his 144 years after Christopher Columbus discovered America.

The year 1611 was not a good time to found a school in the Philippines. The Isnegs in northwest Cagayan, led by Miguel Lanag, were revolting against Spain, having just looted some houses and beheaded the Dominican missionary, Fr. Alonzo Garcia, before burning his church and fleeing to the mountains of Apayao. At the same time, the Dutch menace was tormenting the Spanish authorities in Manila. Dutchman Oliver van Noort steered his two ships close to Manila, but the Spaniards put up a fight and when the Dutch lost a ship and one of their captains, Francois Wittert, the invaders left and fled for Borneo.

Elsewhere in the world, the Britishers had just authorized the use of the King James version of the Bible. In Italy, Galileo Galilei had just finished publishing Sidereal Messenger, describing his telescopic observations of the heavens, validating Nicholas Copernicus’ earlier mathematical observations on the movement of the planets, including earth, around the sun. Australia has just been discovered by Willem Janszoon.

In fact, when the Dominican priest was busy starting UST, the rave in the American colonies then was Pocahontas – not the movie – but the Indian princess in Jamestown, Virginia (and daughter of King Powhatan), who married a farmer John Rolfe, was held captive, then used as ransom for other captured Jamestown colonists.

Such were the times and events in the Philippines and the world when the University of Santo Tomas was formed.


PRODUCER OF PATRIOTS, PRESIDENTS, LEADERS


Now, almost 400 years since that historic donation in the Philippines, UST is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world, having graduated national heroes, 4 presidents, numerous senators, Supreme Court chief justices, saints, martyrs, artists, 26 delegates to the 1934 Constitutional Convention, 46 delegates to the 1972 Charter, sportsmen, builders, doctors, businessmen, and other leaders in a variety of fields required in the process of building a nation.

The story of UST cannot be complete without the mention of its illustrious alumni who, over the years, walked through the Arch of the Centuries with dignity, like: Dr. Jose Rizal, Apolinario Mabini, Frs. Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, the martyrs; Presidents Manuel Luis Quezon, Sergio Osmeña, Jose P. Laurel, and Diosdado Macapagal; Senators Claro M. Recto, Jose Yulo, Juan Sumulong, and Rafael Palma; Supreme Court Justices Cayetano Arellano (first Filipino Supreme Court Justice), Manuel Araullo, and Ramon Avancena; Secretary of Justice Gregorio Araneta; drafter of the Constitution of the First Republic, Felipe Calderon; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Florentino Torres; Director of the Public Library, Epifanio de los Santos; Mayor of Manila, Arsenio Lacson; and founders of the SGV accounting firm, Washington SyCip and Alfredo Velayo.

How did UST get from then to now? Through almost 400 years of experience in moral, education, and cultural formation; imparted in the highest level of both civil and sacred services; and promoted according to reason as enlightened by the Catholic faith and doctrine, that’s how.

The highlights of UST over its long life include the titles it has earned, such as: “The Royal University,” granted by King Charles III of Spain on March 7, 1785; “Pontifical University,” granted by Pope Leo XIII on Sept. 17, 1902; and “Catholic University,” granted by Pope Pius XII in 1947; and “The Civil Order of Alfonso X el Sabio,” Spain’s highest decoration for cultural and scientific achievements granted on July 18, 1961. The Colegio de Santo Tomas was elevated to a university by order of Pope Innocent X in 1645.

UST is also the only university, Catholic or not, to have been visited by two popes three times: once by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 28, 1970, and twice by Pope John Paul II on Feb. 18, 1981 and January 13, 1995.

It is the one university campus used by invaders, combatants, and internees alike during the various wars of conquest or revolutions during its four centuries of life. First, in 1762, the invading British used the UST buildings as temporary quarters for British officers. Next, during the Philippine revolution of 1898 to 1899, UST was converted into quarters for volunteers from among the professors and students. Afterwards, the Intramuros campus was turned into a hospital for the wounded during the revolutionary war. Finally, during the Second World War, the Japanese Occupational Forces used the Intramuros building for their troops, and the UST Main Building as a concentration camp for 4,000 foreign civilians they held prisoner.



MANY FIRSTS


It has notched many firsts in Philippine culture and history: Oldest school of Philosophy (1611); oldest museum in the Philippines (1682); oldest canon law school (1732); oldest school of Medicine and Surgery (1871); and oldest school of Pharmacy (1871).

It was one of the first universities in the Philippines to become co-educational when it admitted women for the first time in the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1924. A year later, it became one of the first universities in the Philippines to require the use of English as a medium of instruction, to replace Spanish. When it was appropriate to Filipinize the administration, Fr. Leonardo Z. Legazpi, O.P., on Oct. 9, 1971, became the first Filipino Rector of UST.

In terms of peer recognition, UST is considered one of the four top universities in the Philippines, and one of the top 100 in Asia.

Although many people know UST to be that 21.5-hectare university campus in España, Manila, it had not always been located there. The university spent over 300 years of its existence in Intramuros, bounded specifically by Aduana St. in the North, Plaza de España, Plaza de Santo Tomas, and the Ayuntamiento Building in the West. Prompted by increasing enrollments, which exceeded 1,000 students (large by 1920 standards), the Dominican fathers started looking elsewhere for expansion. Hence, the move to the present site in 1927, known then as Sulucan, Sampaloc, as soon as the first edifice, the magnificent, earthquake resistant Main Building, was completed by Fr. Roque Ruaño, O.P., the engineer-priest.

That move was providential because 18 years later, Japanese Army soldiers completely occupied the UST Intramuros campus and totally destroyed the 333-year old building during the Second World War.

The Dominicans, having introduced the first printing press in the Philippines, and indeed printed the first book in the Philippines, the Doctrina Christiana, were fortunate to have been able to transfer the UST printing press from Intramuros to the España campus in the nick of time in 1940, a year before the Pearl Harbor incident.

Other momentous physical transfers were the French-made bronze statue of Fr. Benavides, initially unveiled in 1891, and uncovered a second time at the new campus on Nov. 13, 1946. The Arch of the Centuries, which was the main gate in Intramuros, was reconstructed and transferred to its current site in 1954.



TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE


Significantly, intangible things hoarded in the collective memory of a nation are the traditions of excellence, integrity, and competence, known to many as the Thomasian spirit, which now resides in the hearts and minds of our leaders and professionals.

With such an illustrious past, it has not even started to rest on its laurels as it looks forward, with anticipation, to celebrating its Quadricentennial in 2011. UST is constantly reengineering itself to be at par with the best universities in the world through the hiring of more Ph.D.s among its faculty, constant and continuous faculty development, and the updating of its library resources, now one of the largest in Asia.

No less than the President of the Philippines, through ceremonies held at the Malacañang Palace, honored two UST graduates as among the 50 Top Men and Women of Science on the 50th anniversary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Moreover, UST’s graduates are currently recognized as Outstanding Professionals by the Professional Regulation Commission for outstanding achievements in Engineering, Chemistry, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Architecture, and Electronics.

UST is also topping the government licensure examinations in many fields, such as the recently-released Professional Regulation Commission board examinations in Nursing, Pharmacy, Architecture, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Engineering, and Medicine.

With its 40,000 students, it is the largest Catholic university in the world with that many students in one campus.

After a stringent evaluation by the Commission on Higher Education (ChEd), UST’s College of Education is now the latest unit in the university to be hailed a Center of Excellence. Earlier recognized for the same honors are the colleges of Architecture, Chemistry, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Literature, Medicine and Surgery, Music, Nursing, and Philosophy. Likewise, UST is now a Center of Development for Biology, Business Administration, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering.

In preparation for 2011, UST is establishing campuses outside España. Soon to rise will be the campus in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, and another one is forthcoming in General Santos City in Mindanao. Through these campuses, UST will be able to provide Filipinos with the characteristic holistic formation that has been a hallmark of this Thomasian institution. The mantra is excellence in instruction, expertise in research, and eminence in community service.

The steadfast mission of UST to build a strong Christian community firmly grounded on Thomasian traditions of technology transfer and values formation cannot but carry it forward to another 400 years of unending grace.

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A good read for Thomasians. :lol:

[almond17]

Pa POST lang po. tnx Hi guys.. AJ Perez is personally inviting us to attend the Candy Fair this Oct. 4 @ the Venue Makati my friends and classmate are attending we hope to see you there also!!!And by the way he will be in the Candy Chat this Sept 25 7pm to 8pm... just log in to Candy Chat...

[jefflacs]

Hinde ba gagawing parang "hall" yung lumang gym? I heard while I'm still in UST na kapag ginawa yung sports complex gagawin nilang hall yung lumang gym para sa mga events at graduation na din para hindi na magrent sa PICC.

[fossilFuel]

Hinde ba gagawing parang "hall" yung lumang gym? I heard while I'm still in UST na kapag ginawa yung sports complex gagawin nilang hall yung lumang gym para sa mga events at graduation na din para hindi na magrent sa PICC.

hindi nila magiba ang old gym kasi may historical value na yun, sabi eh it was constructed almost at the same time as the main building 1927+ and it was considered state-of-the-art back then. Sabi naman they will build the huge Saint Dominic Hall para sa mga PT, Pharma etc pero mukhang di na matutuloy yun kasi nga baka may mag welga ulit at sabihan ang uste na walang pagpapahalaga sa cultural heritage natin.

Naalala ko nun may suggestion si Dean Yolanda ng Archi, sabi nya we need to shield the university sa walang patumangang kabulukan sa paligid ng uste kasi mukhang walang long term plan ang city of manila to revive ang sampaloc area considering napakalapit nito sa malacanang. Ang isa sa mga suggestion ni former dean ay gawin medium to highrise yung mga buildings sa side(s) ng uste(p.noval, dapitan at lacson, ang model sana nuon ay ang Fra. angelico kaso dahil nga sa unwritten rule na no structure shall be higher than the cross located at the tower of the ust main building eh di ko na alam kung ano nang yari sa planong yun.

may tama din naman si former dean, para kasing wala ngang balak ang city of manila na revive yung area natin buti nalang maganda ang campus natin na siya nalang nagpapaganda duon sa area ng sampaloc kung hindi natabunan na tayo ng kaguluhan outside gaya ng university belt area although malapit tayo sa kanila parang may sariling mundo parin tayo.

ang haba pala nang sagot ko, wala nga akong magawa.;)

[marqueeyut]

^^ actually, yung plate namin ngayon sa archi ay yung UST alumni center.at ang site? yung old gym.pero di namin gigibain yung gym.

[clawed_out]

ano gagawin niyo sa old gym?

updates naman!

[gioboy]

balita ko UST is also in the process of establishing a campus in Mongolia!

[marqueeyut]

plate pa lang naman.
pero ang gagawin, iintegrate namin yung alumni center faclities dun sa structure nung gym.

[Viva La Tigresa]

O marqueeyut pagkatapos mo ng plate mo, ipost mo dito at nang makita namin ang galing ng mga Tomasinong arkitekto!

;)

[fanagster]

is it true na may itatayong 3 UST campuses sa 2011?
one sa sri lanka
tapus sa gensan
and *** isa di ko na alam...
pero is that true?

[pontivs]

Yung pangatlo at medyo sigurado na rin ay yung UST Sta. Rosa. Balita ko si Palafox ang arkitekto nito. yung arkitekto rin ng Rockwell.

Di ba may plano rin silang magtayo ng UST sa Baguio?

[gioboy]

Ang narinig ko sa Mongolia nila balak mag-tayo. Like Sri Lanka gusto ng dominican community to promote Christianity sa mga countries na hindi malaki population ng mga katoliko.

[paolo_8591]

ang ganda ng naisip mo na ito ah... sana nga ganito gawin nila...

maganda nga 'to.
kaso ang dami nang pinutol na puno sa lover's lane.
ano kaya plano don :confused:

[markfroilan]

^^pinaputol daw ni Fr Roberto Pinto OP ng buildings and grounds, ila landscape architecture daw for 2011.

UST Mongolia?E matagal na pala may UST sa rome bakit di tayo nakikipag coordinate dun or anything like it - well wala akong naririnig e, may UST Ethiopia na nga nag open this month e. UST sri lanka, UST Gen San, UST baguio, UST Sta Rosa - kahit ilang UST pa ang itayo kelangan may close ties and synergy lahat ng UST worldwide para ma alleviate natin ang education and in turn *** image natin ** sa local scene - and probably ma depose ang big 3 lethargy.

FYI, the highest peak in baguio is Mt. Santo Tomas where a convent thrives, rings a bell who likely owns that slab of mountain?hehe, why not create a high powered telescope observatory that would rival UP's Ismed.

[pontivs]

maganda nga 'to.
kaso ang dami nang pinutol na puno sa lover's lane.
ano kaya plano don :confused:

medyo naging masukal na rin kasi, lalo na dun sa bandan estatwa ni benavidez. i hope gawing european ang ambience, at wag bulacan garden landscaping ang gawin.

pwedeng ganito:

http://k53.pbase.com/g4/02/641802/2/61358964.FountainsatItalianGardens.jpg

http://wirednewyork.com/fountains/conservatory_garden_fountain_5oct03.jpg

http://www.european-city-parks.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/wilcastle_7_01.JPG

http://www.thechinaguide.com/old_summer_palace/garden.jpg

[letsrockandroll]

by the way, UST got its third BRAND new bus. mas maliit nga lang. hehe, di ako sure, pero i've seen it beside the big U-S-T letters in front of the Main Building. :)

[cfran55]

how difficult would it be to transfer to ust from a college in america.

im a third year cc student and i am now going to go back to the philippines to finish schooling. Ust is at the top of my list im still looking into other schools. Just wondering what is it that i need to do in order to transfer there.

[diesel_girl]

I think it will be a tourist attraction because of the school's longevity.

[Bagwell]

A great time to be with schoolmate and friends. Free flowing beer sa Plaza Mayor? :D

[Warwick Leyte]

Hmm, mga Tomasino at Tomasita hehe, actually sa THES-QS walang SPECIFIC ranking ang UST at DLSU. They are part of the 401-500 category then arranged alphabetically na sila. MALI ang Inquirer.

Regarding R&D, UST has one of the biggest research funding in the country pegged at almost 60 million per year. The real problem is the research culture in our dear University. ´Relatively new pa ito sa UST at konti lang ang faculty interested to do research.

good point. finally. matinong post.

pero ang tanong dito: kaunte lang ang merong grad and postgrad degree dyan sa UST, so papano makakagawa ng magandang research ang UST nyan?

Kaylangan i-upgrade muna ang faculty at lalo na ang kalidad ng students na tatanggapin. people like scud, gioboy, viva lang ilong, MisterHappy at lalo na si letsrockandroll na talagang pag ka ubob ni hindi mo alam kung marunong nga ba mag survive sa totoong buhay... ay hindi dapat tinatanggap ng UST. Dyan sirang-sira ang UST.

UST needs to cut its student population. by doing that, UST would become selective. (maiiwasan ang mga UST alumni na tulad ni scud, clawed_out, viva lang ilong, etc...)
UST needs to train their faculty and encourage them to take up grad and postgrad courses
UST needs to participate and/ or join organizations that are international in scope. umpisahan nila sa ASEAN University Network - http://www.aun-sec.org/member_u.html
UST needs to strengthen its ties with prestigious foreign universities
UST needs to upgrade its professional schools
UST needs to upgrade its graduate and postgradaute schools
UST needs to employ visiting faculty from a top global school
and if possible, UST should strengthen its alumni network and encourage them to give back to the university


Isipin nyo nalang ito: W.Sycip of SGV has given more money to UP than he has to UST, his alma mater school. He also sent his children and grandchildren to UP, not to UST. What does this tells me? Simply lang. Mas bilib siya, mga anak nya at mga apo nya sa UP.

isipin nyo nalang yan... :naughty:

[MisterHappy]

"Breeze yourselves for an exhilirating experience." :lol:

[Viva La Tigresa]

"I'm a vivid fan."

"You're a black ship in the family."

"I'll swift you off your feet."


:rotflmao:

[pontivs]

sa 2011:

1. Isang grandiosong concert ni Andrea Bocelli, kasama ang UST Symphony Orchestra at UST Singers. UST Main Building ang magiging backdrop.

2. Papal Visit

3. Isang dokumentaryo tungkol sa kasaysayan ng UST at ipapalabas ng sabay sa Channel 2 at 7.

4. Gawin nang isang buong museo ang Main Building, ilabas na ang nakatagong koleksyon ng mga Dominikano. At katulad ng ginawa noong 1995, dalhin ang Vatican Collections para sa isang eksibisyon.

5. Isang Grand Celebration kung saan ipasasara ang kahabaan ng Espana para sa isang engrandeng pagtitipon para sa lahat ng mga naging bahagi ng UST, at isang magarbong fireworks display ang magiging highlight. Parang EDSA Celebration nung 1st Anniversary nito.

[kohz]

sa 2011:
3. Isang dokumentaryo tungkol sa kasaysayan ng UST at ipapalabas ng sabay sa Channel 2 at 7.


tama! agree ako dito hehe

5. Isang Grand Celebration kung saan ipasasara ang kahabaan ng Espana para sa isang engrandeng pagtitipon para sa lahat ng mga naging bahagi ng UST, at isang magarbong fireworks display ang magiging highlight. Parang EDSA Celebration nung 1st Anniversary nito.

oo nga, baka siksikan sa campus, fore sure dadating mga alumni*okay*

[Ashlars]

sa 2011:

1. Isang grandiosong concert ni Andrea Bocelli, kasama ang UST Symphony Orchestra at UST Singers. UST Main Building ang magiging backdrop.

2. Papal Visit

3. Isang dokumentaryo tungkol sa kasaysayan ng UST at ipapalabas ng sabay sa Channel 2 at 7.

4. Gawin nang isang buong museo ang Main Building, ilabas na ang nakatagong koleksyon ng mga Dominikano. At katulad ng ginawa noong 1995, dalhin ang Vatican Collections para sa isang eksibisyon.

5. Isang Grand Celebration kung saan ipasasara ang kahabaan ng Espana para sa isang engrandeng pagtitipon para sa lahat ng mga naging bahagi ng UST, at isang magarbong fireworks display ang magiging highlight. Parang EDSA Celebration nung 1st Anniversary nito.

Hahahaha, sobrang engrande!

Yung 3rd suggestion, mahal 'yan ha! Lalo na kung prime time ipalalabas.

Sana lang si Father de la Rosa pa din ang rector sa 400th year.

[kohz]

sana ifeature na lang sa isang documentary show :lol:
parang ganun na din :lol::bop:

[onyxguapo]

Magkakaroon kaya ng 400-peso bill sa 2011??? :glee:

[gioboy]

sa 2011:

1. Isang grandiosong concert ni Andrea Bocelli, kasama ang UST Symphony Orchestra at UST Singers. UST Main Building ang magiging backdrop.

2. Papal Visit

3. Isang dokumentaryo tungkol sa kasaysayan ng UST at ipapalabas ng sabay sa Channel 2 at 7.

4. Gawin nang isang buong museo ang Main Building, ilabas na ang nakatagong koleksyon ng mga Dominikano. At katulad ng ginawa noong 1995, dalhin ang Vatican Collections para sa isang eksibisyon.

5. Isang Grand Celebration kung saan ipasasara ang kahabaan ng Espana para sa isang engrandeng pagtitipon para sa lahat ng mga naging bahagi ng UST, at isang magarbong fireworks display ang magiging highlight. Parang EDSA Celebration nung 1st Anniversary nito.

1&2. Maganda nga yang idea na yan tapos kakantahin nila yan habang nanunuod si Pope Benedict, Spanish Royal Family, RP president and lahat ng mga ambassador sa Pilipinas. (sana yung song Con Te Partiro with the UST Singers and Orchestra) :D

3. Matagal ko nga naiisip yan, may gagawa nyan, malabong wala kasi maraming Thomasians sa media. Saka UST is part of the RP history na talaga. Ang sarap panuorin nya ipapakita kung san nag-mula ang UST dun sa Intramuros. And sa palagay ko kulang ang isang 2 hour documentary to accurately depict UST's rich history.

4. Sana i-push nga nila yan since kung malilipat sa Sta.Rosa ang mga health-related courses ng UST and maraming mababakante na space sa USTe.

[pontivs]

sana ifeature na lang sa isang documentary show :lol:
parang ganun na din :lol::bop:



nope, 2-hour special. both channels. teka, pwede magdagdag, pwede bang gumawa rin ng isang movie about the University of Santo Tomas during the British Invasion of Manila. :love:

maganda yung suggestion na commemorative 400-peso bill. taga uste pa naman ang nagdedesign ng pera natin sa bangko sentral. syempre commemorative stamp na rin.

teka, ramdam ba ang centennial ng UP? parang wala lang sa kanila ang ikasandaang taon ng unibersidad ng pilipinas.

anyway, oo nga, dapat invited din ang royal family ng spain bukod sa pope.

[gioboy]

Magkakaroon kaya ng 400-peso bill sa 2011??? :glee:

We can have a sign petition sa BSP??? or kailangan pa ng legislation yan?

[MisterHappy]

Sana 'yung ibang buildings ay iakma sa Main Building para pagdating ng 2011 ay Europe na Europe na talaga ang dating ng USTe. *okay*

[rx_Tomasino]

Strengthen UST's R&D and the Graduate School. :)

[MisterHappy]

The UST Hymn (http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=tf3sUH4gdIk&feature=related). Kinilabutan ako.

Teka sabi 'yan ang official 2011 video? :confused:

[MisterHappy]

Pero eto talaga ang official 2011 video (http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=PaBm8uhmiZI&feature=related) o. Galing! *okay*

Ganda ng aerial shot ng Royal and Pontifical University sa bandang huli. Wow. *okay*

Imbued with unending grace!

[letsrockandroll]

watch this Thomasians!

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=BNOcnx6scYY&feature=related

[letsrockandroll]

oh eto pa!

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=PjWZu2JMNhw&feature=related

after how many years again?

kawawa naman yung Main Building, binomba :depressed:

[Ashlars]

Pero eto talaga ang official 2011 video (http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=PaBm8uhmiZI&feature=related) o. Galing! *okay*

Ganda ng aerial shot ng Royal and Pontifical University sa bandang huli. Wow. *okay*

Imbued with unending grace!

Hindi maganda yung video. 'Di maganda yung mga shots. Wala ata akong nakita na shot showing Pope Paul VI and Pope JPII during their respective visits.

Kulang sa "wow" factor.

[MisterHappy]

Hayaan mo na ako. Nagandahan ako eh. :lol:

Pangit lang siguro 'yung quality sa youtube. :glee:

[princeangelo]

Lahat ng artista na Tomasino Present at sila ang nagpeperform ... si Piolo ang HOST!

[kohz]

nope, 2-hour special. both channels. teka, pwede magdagdag, pwede bang gumawa rin ng isang movie about the University of Santo Tomas during the British Invasion of Manila. :love:

maganda yung suggestion na commemorative 400-peso bill. taga uste pa naman ang nagdedesign ng pera natin sa bangko sentral. syempre commemorative stamp na rin.

teka, ramdam ba ang centennial ng UP? parang wala lang sa kanila ang ikasandaang taon ng unibersidad ng pilipinas.

anyway, oo nga, dapat invited din ang royal family ng spain bukod sa pope.

wow pwede din 2-hr special, parang movie :lol:

maganda nga yung idea ng Php400 bill *okay*

[paolo_8591]

nope, 2-hour special. both channels. teka, pwede magdagdag, pwede bang gumawa rin ng isang movie about the University of Santo Tomas during the British Invasion of Manila. :love:

maganda yung suggestion na commemorative 400-peso bill. taga uste pa naman ang nagdedesign ng pera natin sa bangko sentral. syempre commemorative stamp na rin.

teka, ramdam ba ang centennial ng UP? parang wala lang sa kanila ang ikasandaang taon ng unibersidad ng pilipinas.

anyway, oo nga, dapat invited din ang royal family ng spain bukod sa pope.

ok din gawan ng movie yung naging buhay ng mga foreigners noon sa main building nung gawin siyang internment camp:

http://www.us-japandialogueonpows.org/essays/santo%20tomas%20liberated.jpg

http://www.cnac.org/emilscott/santotomas15_jeep.jpg

[MisterHappy]

Kelan kaya ilalabas ang full schedule/itinerary ng celebrations? Hmmm... :)

[MisterHappy]

Nakakatuwa itong UST Tour (http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=IN21RG9oYW8&feature=related) na ito. :)

[Viva La Tigresa]

Dapat ang UST celebration ang pinakabonggang selebrasyon sa 2011. Gawing mascot si Altwegg! Wooo!

[MunichSwiss]

Dapat ang UST celebration ang pinakabonggang selebrasyon sa 2011. Gawing mascot si Altwegg! Wooo!

Hahaha, sa 2011 mag-iinvite ako ng mga UP friends ko... then lolokohin ko sila, "ITO ANG TUNAY NA SELEBRASYON - ENGRANDE! Hala, kumain na kayo ng gusto nyo..." :lol:

[galileo_]

commemorative stamps

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[galileo_]

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[xtianchan]

Ang galing nmn ng mga Com. stamps n 2. Hehehe!

Sana s 2011, mging best university n ang UST s Pilipinas! Hehehe!
May God help us in doing this.

[MisterHappy]

Ganda ng mga istamp. *okay*

[clawed_out]

Oonga. Sana meron pa silang mga stamps.

[MisterHappy]

Sana magpaunlak si Viva Vasag sa 2011 na tumambling paikot sa USTe from Lacson to España tapos Noval papuntang Dapitan tapos isang ikot pa habang umuulan at unti-unting tumataas ang tubig sa campus. Very dramatic itong eksenang ito o! :lol:

[clawed_out]

Ay masaya yan kapag nagkataon!

Daig pa niyan ang Opening Ceremony ng Olympics. :glee:

Sige ako ang bibili ng glitters at confetti. Ikaw ang bumili ng fog machine. :glee: umarkila ka na rin ng mga taga saboy ng confetti at taga paypay ng fog. :lol:

[fossilFuel]

ang ganda naman nung mga stamps na yan, sana sa 2011 mas maganda pa ang gawin.

[pontivs]

-UST Commemorative Car Plate
-UST Marathon
-UST Tree-Planting Activities
-UST Fashion Show
-UST Coffee Table Book

[Viva La Tigresa]

galileo, where did you find those stamps? Sana may ganyan ulit. Sana nababasa ng kaparian ang ating mga suhestiyon sa thread na ito para gawin nila talagang super duper BONGGA ang 2011.

Gawing mascot si Altwegg! Woooo!

[Altwegg]

Mas maganda kung si Ate Vi ang mascot.

:glee:

[tanzki]

-UST Commemorative Car Plate


uy..
Meron na po nito..

:D

[Viva La Tigresa]

Gawing mascot si Altwegg! 'Wag nang damitan. As is! Hihihi.

[pontivs]

Pwede bang ganito kabongga ang fireworks sa ikaapat na daang taon ng UST?

http://www.atlantisthepalm.com/grandopening.aspx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7740887.stm

[fossilFuel]

sana may libreng wick-wick stuff toys....

[Viva La Tigresa]

Matutuwa niyan si student dos.

:)

[fossilFuel]

ayos yun gandang hyufee ang tatak.