The Upsca Newsletters

The UPSCA Newsletters UPSCA stands for University of the Philippines Student Catholic Action. This organization has existed from pre-war times to the present. Over the years, membership has reportedly ranged from a high of a few thousand to just a handful at the lowest. From within that group who entered college in the late 50s, sets of friends have maintained close contact with each other. Starting from the early 90s, the internet played a big part in keeping them in touch. This cyber group of UPSCAns, known as the Loop, are about 150 strong, and span the college years from the late '50s to the mid '60s. A good number of these friends happened to be in Los Angeles, and they did have parties when the occasions arose, especially when visiting UPSCAns were passing through. On Christmas 1994, a printout of names and addresses of these friends was distributed, and this eventually started the UPSCA newsletters. Below is a listing of all the 17 issues over a 20 year period, followed by all the newsletters. Most of the issues were produced as B/W hardcopy, and mailed out to the members. These have been have been scanned to PDF. The last two issues were electronic files in color, emailed out to members. This book is in B/W only. Reported by Fernando "Danny" Gil - 22 February 2016I Contents ISSUE DATE HEADLINE Num 1 Dec 25 1994 UPSCA ROLADEX Num 2 1ST Qtr 1996 A BELATED HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL Num 3 1ST Qtr 1997 ALL HEP ABOUT LAKBAYAN USA '98 Num 4 3RD Qtr 1997 SOUTHERN CRUISE FELL THRU, BUT LAKBAYAN WON'T Num 5 1ST Qtr 1998 TIME TRAVEL CLAIMED BY SOME UPSCANS Num 6 2ND Qtr 1998 FUND RAISER FOR DELANEY HALL Num 7 3RD Qtr 1998 A TALE OF TWO PARTIES Num 8 4TH Qtr 1998 WORDSMITH BOOK WINS AWARD Num 9 1ST Qtr 1999 EMAIL LOOP LINKS UP AND DOWN Num 10 2nd Qtr 1999 THE TRIBE INCREASES AS OLD MEETS YOUNG Num 11 3RD Qtr 1999 THE LOOP GOES TO A HIGHER TECH PLANE Num 12 Spring-Summer 2000 BOOKS ON FR. DELANEY COME OUT Num 13 Sp. Edition 1st Half 2001 LAKBAYAN BECOMES A REALITY Num 14 Summer 2001 LAKBAYAN AGAIN IN 2003, IN PROVANCE? Num 15 Late Summer 2003 PHOENIX? RESURRECTION? WE'RE BACK Num 16 March 2007 RESURECTADO. ON BATANES LAKBAY. Num 17 Fall 2014 THE GREAT PHILADELPHIA GATE CRASH