Escribo Tomasino

Excellence Hard to attain, aimed by many Life-changing, gruelling, confidence-gaining An incredible feat dreamed by lots, but gained by plenty Never easy, loss of it is heartbreaking Not a quick process But steady Kaiser Carel Ocampo Back to top

Many can say that age does not matter in your pursuit of excellence and indeed this is a fact for 16-year old Filipino student Maria Isabel Layson of Iloilo National High School, the winner of DepEd’s 2019 National Science and Technology Fair in “Best Individual research in Life Science”. While most students at her age are expected to excel in athletics or in exams, instead she has shown excellence in the field of medical research. Despite her age, she was able to independently conduct a research on Jamaican cherry, which is a common fruit that grows abundantly in her native country, the Philippines.  Through her study, she has successfully proven that this unsuspecting fruit can cure type 2 diabetes through its bioactive compounds. So far, most biological plants that have been found as an effective regulator for the disease only has one or two components, either the root or the leaves, that has been proven to cure diabetes. However, Layson found that not only t...

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines, usually referred to as UAAP, founded its Cheerdance competition in 1994 to show a disparate kind of athleticism. Our very own UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe (SDT) showcased what Thomasian’s got and made Espana the pioneer home of the Cheerdance’s crown. After USTSDT’s win in 1994, it wasn’t just a repeat in 1995, but a three peat in 1996. Although 1997’s competition was suspended and 1998’s wasn’t joined by the troupe, it was a great comeback in 1999 for we ended up as runner up for, again, three consecutive years. Tired of being on the sides of the podium, Salinggawi once again got the gold for consecutive years, this time for five. 2007, 2008, and 2010 were also podium finishes for us, while the following years were quiet ones. It was 2014, 2015, and 2017, when we growled back as runner up. Since the opening of the UAAP Cheerdance Competition, Gawi, indeed, never failed to bring some bacon for the Tigers. Thirsty for another...

Among 4,977 who took the 2019 Licensure Exam in Electronics Engineering and Electronics Technician, 2,460 ECE students passed. Among these 2,460 passers two of students of the University of Santo Tomas made it to the top 10 and even one of them succeeded in being the topnotcher of their batch in both the ECE and Electronics Technician Licensure Exam. From last year’s 79.26-percent to an 80-percent passing rate, the University of Santo Tomas qualifies as the third top-performing school in the field of electronics engineering. 96 out of a total of 120 Thomasian examinees passed the Electronics Engineering Licensure Exam 2019.In line with this, the university maintained its rank as the second top-performing school of Electronics Engineering and Technician in the Philippines with a 92.55-percent passing rate which us 87 out of 94 Thomasian examinees. UST's ranking was maintained with the help of their very own ECE graduate Mr. Neil Kenneth Mendoza who topped the exams as...

Walking endlessly in this wearisome journey, hunger and thirst start to swallow me nothing is certain, but uncertainty for someone like me who was known to be a prodigy   Broken, bruised and beaten down but not a single battle is won blood, sweat and endless tears, and sacrifices throughout the years, appears to be all in vain and I was rewarded with nothing, but pain Little did I know that although the process is slow, all the intention is for me to grow into a beautiful butterfly to be admired on high, by every eye as the gold is pressed down in fire onto its shape, as desired, I will embrace the suffering required for greatness to be acquired. and take all these little steps Leading me onto excellence. Back to top

The proximity of each Thomasian student’s shelter varies greatly; some need only less than a hundred steps to reach their dorm, others may be a jeep away, but some take a couple of hours to arrive at their homes. Traffic has always been the bane of a commuter’s life. It is a hurdle that they cannot manipulate, yet traffic in itself manipulates the commuter instead: how long they should wait for a jeep to arrive, the number of songs that they have to listen to before reaching their stop, how much effort they need to exert in order to stay vigilant in public - and the list goes on.   The college life of a former UST student from the Faculty of Arts and Letters proved that the commute life wasn’t able to stop him from performing well in his academics. Mark James Capulong hailed all the way from San Pedro City, Laguna, where his daily travel time reaches about 5 hours. For 4 years, he has endured this but was still able to garner a bachelor’s degree in Economics while also ...