6 Dec. We celebrated the birthday of “Dhovi Kogul” (White Nightingale) Rev Fr Walter Albuquerque SJ. The title is given for his musical contribution to the Konkani world of music and liturgy.
Almost every musician in Konkani attributed his/ her talent/ skill to Fr Walter.
An excellent musician and music organiser Fr Walter has been in Mangalore for quite a few years. St Aloysius is blessed with his grace and zeal. At 86, you don’t expect him to move around; but we at SAC, are worried how to stop his movement (lest his movement outside the campus be detrimental to his health!).
Well, we celebrated his birthday at St Aloysius College Jesuit community, though his actual birthday comes on 8 Dec.
Fr Ronnie Prabhu’s program ‘Daivik Sakat’ was a grand success – Milagres hall being overfull! But that ‘undir’ song and dance was poor! No malice to the person who arranged it; nor to the kids who may not have known anything about it.
But Fr Ronnie, kudos! It was a great job done and being done throughout the year!

4 Dec. Here are the detailed marks of the St Aloysius College students – who sat the exam in October (semester I, III, V). Just click on the page “Results” and download the file!

4 Dec 2009

This is a note from Fr. Noel Sheth, S.J. :
I am at present in Manila, the Philippines, teaching a course on Buddhism at the Ateneo de Manila. I just got news about the passing away of Fr. Josef Neuner, S.J. Please pass on this news (see below) to those who knew him. The death of this renowned theologian, peritus of Vatican II, and one of the pillars of Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, leaves a great void in Pune, in India and the world.

Centenarian Fr. Josef Neuner, S.J. passed away last night (3rd December, the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, Patron of India) at the Pune Provincial’s House, Sanjeevan Ashram. His funeral is at 4.30 p.m. today in Papal Seminary-Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth. He will be buried in the Campus Cemetery, in accordance with his wish to be buried in the place where he spent most of his life, animating the professors and the students, building up the Church in India and radiating his influence throughout the world.

I thank God for the gift of Neuner to Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth, to Pune, to India and the world. May he continue to be an inspiration to all of us and in this way live on in our memories and our deeds.

Here is the list of toppers who have done well in their examinations in the recently held examinations – October. Any clarifications could be sought in the office.
Toppers in First Semester-Oct/Nov. 2009
Student-Name %ge BA-Sem-I
1.Afshana Khathun 80.13
2.Adeesh A 79
3.Haritha R 78.5
4.Anupama S 78.13
5.Arun Thomas 77.5

BSW-Sem-I
1.Shruthi P K 81.76

BCOM-Sem-I
1. Sumana S 87.29
2. Bianca Apoorva Pereira 86.59
3. Jeslyn Marina D’Souza 85.76
4. Vinisha Nishmitha Pais 85.29
5. Susan Pratheeksha Samuel 85.29

BBM-Sem-I
1.Nilushad Nausheen Jaffer 85.53
1.Glen Edric D’Souza 85.57
2.Radhiya Arif 80.94
3.Renita Flora D’Cunha 80.82
4.Anupama Kurian 80.71

BSC-Sem-I
Physical Sciences
1.Rekha Diana Pais 91.75
2.Anirudh Chandra 89.88
3.Amith Shastri K 89
4.Ranjana Madhyasta 88.38
5.Rakshitha K 86.5

BSc-Sem I Biological Sciences
1. Ganesh Pai B 90.75
2.Sangeetha Karanth 89.38
3.Bhavya P K 87.75
4.Swati S Rao 87.63
5.Niha Abdul Rehman Sheikh 87.5

BCA-Sem-I
1.Sophia Jowi Maria Saldanha 90.94
2.Shilpa Rao S 89.18
3.Pratheeksha Pai Maroor 87.76
4.Elfrieda Maria Rosario 83.76
5.Suman Diana 82.71

Toppers in Third Semester-Oct/Nov. 2009

BA-Sem-III
1.Archana R Nayak 87.38
2.Sharal Lobo 83.38
3.Anderson Inacio Anthony 81.38
4.Veena Lavena Sequeira 80.13
5.Maria Crystal D’Souza 80.13

BSW-Sem-III
1.Raisa Annica D’Souza 81.41
2.Megha H K 78.59
3.Navyashree A C 75.06

BCOM-Sem-III
1.Jason Lawrence D’Silva 91.65
2.Stephanie Tellis 88.71
3.Jasmine Nileema Lobo 88.35
4.Cyril 87.65
5.Muriel B.Mascarenhas 87.41

BBM-Sem-III
1. Josane Mary Joseph 84
2. Navya Roy P 81.06
3. Somanna K M 80.24
4. Gloria D.Fernandes 80.12
5. Soumya K M 80

BSC-Sem-III
Physical Sciences
1.Vinita Maria Tauro 90.5
2.Rachana R Pai 88
3.Ankitha Kamath 85.38
4.Elma Elizaba Mathew 85.25
5.Ankitha Chandrapal M 84.5

BSc Biological Sciences
1. Avita Melisa D’Costa 89.63
2. Madhuri Adiga 87.38
3. Madhavi Adiga 86.63
4. Akshaya K B 86.13
5. Sangeetha 85.88

BCA-Sem-III
1.Mohammed Shakeel Khan 90.59
2.Preethi 89.76
3.Flaviya Pinto M 88.12
4.Soudhamini A 88
5.Chaithra M 87.06

Toppers in Fifth Semester-Oct/Nov. 2009

BA-Sem-V
1.Sindhura Shetty K 89.11
2. Laveena Jennifer Sequeira 87.22
3.Joseph Dheeraj Adarsh 86.67
4.Meera Jacob 86.67
5.Gladwin Pamela Fernandes 85.11

BSW-Sem-V
1. Nidhi B N 84.88
2.Mary A T 82
3. Shwetha R 80.25

BCOM-Sem-V
1. Chaitra P 93.75
2.Flavia Deepika Tellis 90.88
3. Devika Sabhahita 90.63
3.Sweta Shenoy Basty 90.63
4.Ancilla Jasmine Pinto 89.75
4.Daphney Stella D’Souza 89.75

BBM-Sem-V
1. Karishma S David 90
2.Mary Lincy M P 88.63
3.Carol Renea Peres 87.13
4.Shabnam Lilly D’ Souza 86.25
5. Anolia Theresa Rebello 85.38

BSC-Sem-V
Physical Sciences
1. Danica Glenda Pinto 99
2. Carol Mancy D’Silva 94.56
3. Sharon Olivera 94.11
4.Sharon Menezes 93.78
5.Manjula 93.67

BSC-Sem-V
Biological Sciences
1.Kirthana Gadiyar H 93.67
2.Srikala P 93.33
3.Vineeth Kumar K 92.56
4.Glanis Sandra D’Silva 92.44
5.Debakshi Mullick 92

BCA-Sem-V
1. Flona D’Souza 96.5
2. Clarissa Rosario 95
3. Jenita Wilma Pinto 94.88

Hearty Congratulations to all the students -for their sweat, toil and labour!

04 Dec. The results of the Autonomous – St Aloysius College Mangalore for the semester ended October 2009, are ready and itching to be declared. ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE (AUTONOMIUS)

First Semester Degree Results – Oct. /Nov. 2009 (Provisional)

(Read always in the order of Subject and Male – Female students
B.A B.S.W. B.Com. B.B.M. B.Sc. B.C.A.
M – F M – F M-F M – F M – F M – F
No. of students appeared
47-76 12-5 213-141 164-67 71 -156 64-63
Total
123 17 354 231 227 127
First Class
17-44 3 3-84 105-51 42-43 122-40 51
Second Class (always read as Male-female)
9 16 1 – 41 20 49 10 12 9 7 1
Pass Class
4 1 1 – 4 – 9 – 1 – 1 –
Failed
17-15 7 2-84 16-55 15-15 25-16 11
No. of Students Passed
30 61 5 3 129 125 109 52 56 131 48 52
Total
91 8 254 161 187 100
Percentage
73.98 47.06 71.75 69.70 82.37 78.74

Third Semester Degree Results – Oct. /Nov. 2009 (Provisional)

B.A B.S.W. B.Com. B.B.M. B.Sc. B.C.A.
M-F M-F M-F M-F M – F M – F
No. of students appeared
38-55 13-18 215-123 155-67 72-130 64-79
Total
93 31 338 222 202 143
First Class
23-38 6-9 112-101 46-33 31-107 41-65
Second Class
9-6 4-4 53-16 50-23 10-3 3-7
Pass Class
1– –1 1– 5– —- – –
Failed
5-11 3-4 49-6 54-11 31-20 20-7
No. of Students Passed
33-44 10-14 166-117 101-56 41-110 44-72
Total
77 24 283 157 151 116
Percentage
82.80 77.42 83.72 70.72 74.75 81.11

Fifth Semester Degree Results – Oct. /Nov. 2009 (Provisional)
B.A B.S.W. B.Com. B.B.M. B.Sc. B.C.A.
M – F M – F M – F M F M -F M – F
No. of students appeared (Read M-F)
57 51 10 20 148 84 103 37 80 172 36 25
Total
108 30 232 140 253 61
First Class (M-F)
43 – 49 5 – 20 80 – 75 35 – 28 50 -148 31-24
Second Class (Read M-F)
8 – 2 2 – 37 – 6 35 – 5 7 – 6 4 –
Pass Class
2 – 2 – 2 – 12 — – – – –
Failed
4 – 1 – 29 – 3 21 – 4 23 – 18 1 – 1
No. of Students Passed
53 – 51 9 – 20 119 – 81 82 – 33 57-154 35-24
Total
104 29 200 115 211 59
Percentage
96.30 96.67 86.20 82.14 83.73 96.72
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ANNEXURE – II
Toppers in First Semester-Oct/Nov. 2009
(will be published a bit later – wait till the results are officially announced)

03 Dec. Have you heard of it? It’s something new: Radio SARANG 107.8fm will broadcast results of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) – completely autonomous scheme,- whose students sat the exams in October (hardly a month ago!!!).

In 2009, the prestigious St Aloysius College, Mangalore, is under complete autonomy from this academic year. So far one or the other batch was under the clutches of Mangalore University.

[The University still continues to control its autonomous college! But at least, it cannot control the efficiency of the private colleges - just compare this: Mangalore University's results of the exams held in April 2009 were declared in October; marks cards are yet to come! That is their efficiency for the Government (your & mine) money! ]

And your own Community Radio SARANG 107.8MHz is upto the challenge: to broadcast the results on air. You will get the overalls, absolutes, and percentages. Don’t miss it (as our newest RJ Pravda would say!!!)

Tune in to Community Radio SARANG 107.8MHz – at 5.30pm on Friday.

By Roydon D’Souza, SAC News Service, II BCA ‘A’ @ SAC
Mangalore, December 03, 2009: St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore; the results of the End Semester Examinations held in the month of October 2009 will be out on 4th December 2009 at 3:30 P.M.
The fruits of over 4000 students’ study will be declared after the official announcement of the End Semester Autonomous Results on Friday evening.
The results will be officially published on the following websites:
www.staloysius.edu.in – Official College Portal
www.mangalorean.com – News Portal Serving Mangaloreans Around the World!
This News Report has been confirmed by the college authorities.

2 Dec. Mind is crammed with pre-occupations! Works and concerns – both professional and personal! A nice thing is a couple of attempts are bearing fruit: sustained efforts to secure something for better academic / professional proficiency seems working.

Sometimes it is disappointing to see how people react (shouldn’t it be respond!?) to your efforts! How I wish we could enter each one’s mind and convince of the merits! (Well, if wishes were horses beggars might ride upon!) But then, life would be so boring if all were to think/ feel alike! Terribly boring…
In the meantime, our beloved baby community Radio SARANG 107.8MHz aired its FIRST commercial at 7.00 pm! . I thought, we were quite good! Hurraaaah… to the team!

Blood donation at St. Aloysius College to commemorate the World AIDS day

Blood Donation is Life Donation

By Roydon D’Souza – SAC News Service; II BCA ‘A’ @ SAC

Mangalore, 01 Dec 2009: The All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF) units of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore along with National

Student Union leader lighting the lamp

Service Scheme (NSS) and Students Council of the College jointly organized a Blood Donation Camp to commemorate the World AIDS Day today at 9:20 AM in the College Auditorium.

Eager to be one with others... so many of them!

The inaugural program began with invoking God’s Blessing. The NSS students led the gathering into prayerful mood. Ovin Joel Lasrado, NSS member welcomed the gathering.

Mr. Ravindraswamy, NSS Officer, Mr. Darryl D’Souza, President Students’ Council, SAC and Rohan, Secretary of NSS were present on the dais. Dr. Jayaprakash, Blood Donation Officer Fr. Muller’s Charitable Hospitals was the Chief Guest of the function. Fr. Swebert D’Silva, Principal of St. Aloysius College, (Autonomous) presided over the function.

Addressing the students, Principal of St. Aloysius College, Rev. Fr. Swebert D’Silva stressed upon the need for donating the blood. He said that donating blood is donating life.
“Those who are selfless donate blood and they are the special people. They are not only worried themselves but also worried about those in need, these are the people who become successful in life”. He also expressed his happiness over the overwhelming response from the student community. Highlighting the importance of World AIDS Day he stressed on the need to educate the student community in this direction. It is of utmost importance to spread awareness and educate them to take necessary precautions before getting infected unknowingly.

Dr. Jayaprakash speaking on this occasion said that the need for blood is ever growing and there is no scientific substitute for blood. Voluntarily collected blood is the key for saving lives. “There is a need for around 4 lakh units annually but there is a shortage of 1 lakh units every year. This shortage can be achieved by organizing blood donation camps with the help of colleges, NGOs and other institutions.

He said that due to the scientific advancements in technology it is possible to separate RBC, WBC and other components from the blood easily and safely. Therefore it is possible to supply the necessary components in concentrated forms to the patients as per the need. A healthy male and female can donate blood once in three and six months respectively. There is no harm or danger in donating blood. But it in turn helps in building bone marrow quickly and contributes to a healthier growth of an individual.

On being asked about the process followed after the blood collection Dr Jayaprakash briefed Our Correspondent that the collected blood is stored in the refrigerated storage facilities.

The earlier collected sample are numbered and catalogued and then tested for any traces of infection. If the tests are passed then, it is moved to next category and is then moved to the blood bank. The blood can only be stored up to 34 days in liquid form and if there is no receiver within 34 days then it is discarded.

Only 400 ml of blood is collected from an individual. The packet in which it is collected contains 49 ml of anticoagulation liquid which will prevent it from clotting and makes it possible to be stored in liquid form for 34 days.
‘Change should come within us’- Blood donation can save lives, Think about it.

More than 150 students donated their blood on this occasion. This is the third blood donation camp in St Aloysius College in the academic year 2009-10.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/30/stories/2009113055240801.htm

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