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Batch 2021 to ‘exit’ Arch of the

Centuries via Minecraft; online
Baccalaureate Mass set
By The Varsitarian Staff - June 23, 2021  2497
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A VIRTUAL march through UST Minecraft’s online recreation of the Arch of the Centuries will
exhausting,’ but participants
mark the end of college for this year’s Thomasian graduates. thankful
October 24, 2021

The Office of the Secretary General on Wednesday released a circular that announced the
Unlimited Zoom minutes return to
schedule of virtual exit rites for the Class of 2021. UST student accounts
October 23, 2021

NO FACE-TO-FACE SEND-OFF FOR BATCH 2021: Virtual Baccalaureate Mass, send-

off ceremonies and virtual exit through the Arch of Centuries via Minecraft scheduled for Eng’g, CICS, CTHM gear up for
July 23, 2021 pic.twitter.com/SMytd4owQq limited face-to-face classes next
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The Baccalaureate Mass, to be presided by UST Rector Fr. Richard Ang, O.P., will be held on July
October 19, 2021
23 at 4 p.m., according to the circular.

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The send-off proper will be held at 5 p.m., followed by a virtual exit through the Arch of the
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Centuries via the UST Minecraft server at 6 p.m. that...
October 13, 2021

The circular, signed by Acting Secretary General Fr. Louie Coronel O.P., also said that the
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ceremony for the UST Student Awards for Batch 2020 and Batch 2021 would be held online on
July 16. 

All events will be broadcast through the University’s official Facebook page.

UST Minecraft founder Charles Nobleza told the Varsitarian that the Office for Student Affairs
(OSA) and Tiger Media Network (TMN) proposed the idea of utilizing the UST Minecraft server
as an alternative to the traditional exit through the Arch of the Centuries.

“The proposal was to accommodate [by batches]…But according to OSA, baka one
representative per section na lang daw,” he said.

The UST Minecraft server was used to welcome freshmen during the Thomasian Welcome Walk
at the beginning of Academic Year 2020-2021. The server’s maximum capacity is up to 500 to
600 users.
In the traditional Welcome Walk, freshmen pass through the historic Arch of the Centuries in a
Thomasian rite of passage. This comes full circle with UST graduates’ exit out of the arch,
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which used to be the portal of the old UST building in Intramuros, the original campus. Christine
Joyce Paras

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