Two weeks more before UAAP 72

It's exactly two weeks more before the opening of the much-anticipated collegiate sports event of the year, the UAAP season 72 at the Araneta Coliseum on July 11, 2009 hosted by no less, Far Eastern University.

With the theme, “One color. One goal.” The Sarimanok (left picture), the official logo of the UAAP 72nd season which is featured in FEU’s coat of arms, has multi-colored wings representing the different universities in the UAAP.

FEU President’s Committee on Culture (PCC) Executive Director Martin Lopez explains that the theme of the UAAP is a call for unity among the participating schools and among the athletes. FEU’s cultural groups like The FEU Dance Company, The FEU Chorale, The FEU Bamboo Band, The FEU Theater Guild, The FEU Drum and Bugle Corp, The FEU pep squad and other organizations from FEU East Asia College and FEU-FERN College will all participate in this spectacular production.

Opening day matchups (senior men’s basketball) are UST against Adamson and the rematch of the 2007 finals La Salle versus  UE. The next day, UP and NU meet on opening week for the second consecutive year, to be followed by Ateneo vs. FEU.