After several years in the making, We Gather Light to Scatter: Ninety Years of Upsilon Sigma Phi, a coffee table book on the Upsilon Sigma Phi published by the Leopoldo Yabes Foundation through the efforts of Upsilon Sigma Phi Batch 1966 was launched at ceremonies held at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni last November 19, 2009. Gracing the affair was UP President Emerlinda R. Roman, UPAA President and Alumni Regent Alfredo E. Pascual ‘67, UP Regent Gari M. Tiongco ‘62, UPLB Chancellor Luis Rey I. Velasco ‘74, former Justice Secretary and Alumni Regent Ponciano G. A. Mathay ‘48, USPAA President Jacinto “Tong” S. Puno ‘65, and Diliman Illustrious Fellow Paolo Marco R. Mapula among other resident and alumni fellows of the Upsilon Sigma Phi, and members of the Sigma Delta Phi. For reservations & inquiries, contact wegatherlight@yahoo.com.

The Bantayog ng mga Bayani on November 30 will honor several more men and women for the courage they showed in opposing, at great risk to their lives, the dictatorial government of the late Ferdinand Marcos ‘37. Among the honorees are Alfredo L. Malicay ‘64 and Melito T. Glor ‘67, who will be honored together with four other individuals including former president Corazon C. Aquino.

Ceremonies honoring the martyrs and heroes will be held on November 30 at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani shrine at the corner of EDSA and Quezon Avenue. The rites will include the unveiling of a section of the Wall of Remembrance on which the names of this year’s honorees have been inscribed, adding them to the illustrious names which include brods Armando J. Malay ‘34, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. ‘50, and Merardo T. Arce ‘70.

The Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation Inc. was organized in 1986 to nurture the memory of those who have “given their lives for the cause of freedom and justice.” It undertakes research and documentation on the lives of these exemplary Filipinos, building up an archive not likely to be found anywhere else.

Cory Aquino, nun, 4 activists join Bantayog heroes