The squad marks hegemony in the ULS Soccer Championship, winning as champion for the fourth consecutive year.

The Mechanical Execution cast was once again crowned champion of the “Rodrigo Méndez López” Football Intercareers, defeating Civil Minas in the final by 5 goals 3, in an entertaining and dizzying match.

Both teams showed a good game, but it was the monarch who knew how to make use of the experience and hierarchy of his players to become champion for the fourth consecutive year, making history as one of the most winning teams in the tournament.

Meanwhile, third place was disputed by the Industrial Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering majors, with the latter being the one that achieved bronze.

At the awards ceremony, as is tradition, the family of Rodrigo Méndez López presented a cash prize ($180.000) to the champion of the traditional tournament.

Regarding statistics, the least beaten goalkeepers were Ignacio Ponce, for the miners, and Emilio Olivares Méndez, for the champion team. While the scorer of the contest was Emilio Fernández, from Civil Minas, with 13 goals.

Let us remember that the ULS Intercareer Football Championship is organized by the Department of Physical Education and Sports, dependent on the General Directorate of Student Affairs (DGAE).

Source: DGAE Press

A large audience was able to enjoy the two performances offered by the group, which delighted children and adults alike.

The Mining Circus, made up of students from the University of La Serena, was successfully presented during Papayo Week 2015 and before a large audience. The group offered two shows last Friday, December 18, leaving a pleasant sensation due to the quality of their numbers.

On the occasion, its members showed the fruit of two years of rehearsal, with shows that made the attendees enjoy. Cecilia González, secretary and member of the Circus, expressed her joy for both shows, where the applause was immediate from the public that came to the Circus headquarters, on Benavente Street. “There were new numbers like the jump and the triple trapeze and a guest artist from the Kalapurca circus of Copiapó who did the Spanish rope,” she added.

Meanwhile, Mauricio Castillo, coordinator of the Department of Extracurricular Activities of the DGAE, valued what was presented by the students. “Both performances were massive, many people enjoying themselves and the boys were very happy with this participation and the staging of what had been prepared these last two years,” he concluded.

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Circus magic returns to the University of La Serena. The Mining Circus will perform two performances this Friday, December 18.

The Mining Circus of the University of La Serena, about to celebrate 65 years of existence, announced two performances for this Friday, December 18, at the group's Amphitheater, located in Benavente s/n (in front of Placa Centro), where They will unveil the fruit of long days of rehearsals this year.

Cecilia González, student of Pedagogy in Basic General Education and secretary of the Mining Circus, specified that there will be top-level shows for the two performances on Friday, including “traditional numbers, clowns, hoops, fire, juggling, trapeze and some surprises.”

Likewise, Mauricio Castillo, coordinator of the Department of Extracurricular Activities of the DGAE, valued the Mining Circus as a relevant cultural heritage in the ULS. “It is one of the groups that generates the most ties with the environment, we receive many invitations from various places for the circus to perform, in fact this year they have performed in many places,” he concluded.

The ticket prices are 2 pesos for general admission, 500 pesos for ULS students, and 500 pesos for senior citizens and children. The only two performances will be on Friday at 19 and 22 p.m., respectively.

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The eight qualified teams will define the 2015 Intercarreras champion.

The “Rodrigo Méndez López” Interrace Championship begins its decisive phase, where only the eight teams classified for the playoffs will be able to compete for the 2015 title.

It should be noted that the current champion, Ecución Mecánica, qualified as the leader in the final phase and will play this Saturday to advance to the next round against the Cafilo team on court No. 1, at 9:30 hrs. At the same time, the match between Civil Minas and Ing. Execución Minas will be played on court No. 2, as one of the most attractive matches of the day.

In addition, at 10:45 hrs., on court No. 1, Construction will be facing off against Kinesiology and, at the same time, on court No. 2, Comercial will play its cards against Civil Industrial.

Finally, the teams that lost the category are Audit with 5 points, and Mathematics and Computing with only 2 points.

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The presentations will take place at the Paihuano Municipal Stadium and in front of the Regional Municipality in La Serena.

La Tuna San Bartolomé of the University of La Serena will celebrate its 25 years of life with two great events. The first of them will be held on Thursday, December 10 in the commune of Paihuano, in coordination with the municipality, and in which the Tuna Femenina Azahares of the ULS, the Tuna San Bartolomé and as special guests the Tuna Trovadores will be presented. from the University of La Frontera of Temuco. The Paihuano Municipal Stadium will be filled with this music, joy and tradition from medieval times, which reached our continent and country, expanding and lasting for almost a century.

This celebration culminates on Saturday, December 12, with a great main show in front of the Regional Municipality, in the city of La Serena, where the Estudiantentina Grail de Trova de Coquimbo joins these aforementioned groups. The main anniversary gala has the support of the Illustrious Municipality of La Serena.

The director of the musical group, Mauricio Cortés González, and its members, invited all the public who love these ancient traditions “to enjoy this free show on December 10 at 20:30 p.m. at the Estadio Techado de Paihuano and the Saturday the 12th at 20:30 p.m. in front of the Regional Administration.”

The Tuna San Bartolomé of the ULS, whose founder is the remembered professor Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, was created in 1990, thus becoming the first University Tuna in the Coquimbo Region. Since then she has toured the country and has been invited abroad to show his art. The group belongs to the Department of Extracurricular Activities, a unit dependent on the General Directorate of Student Affairs (DGAE) of the state campus.

The application period is until January 15 of next year.

The “Papayitos” Kindergarten and Nursery Room began a new enrollment process, which concludes on January 15, 2016. For this, the Garden's social worker, Marisol Avilés, will attend to the public on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. :30 hrs. and on Wednesdays from 15:00 p.m. to 18:00 p.m. in the premises located on Larraín Alcalde street #2450.

The documents to present are: Birth certificate for the child's family assignment, office card, photocopies of the identity cell of all members of the family group, regular student certificate, last salary settlement (month of October) , plus provisional contribution certificate for the last 12 months. If the family group does not have salary settlements, present documents that prove monthly income (fee slips for the last 12 months, F29 month of October) and Social Report if the family group performs informal work.

Marisol Avilés expressed the relevance of the prompt completion of the procedure, due to the places available at each level. “It is important to bring all the papers when applying and to go to the garden to apply,” said the professional.

The “Papayitos” Kindergarten and Nursery Room was born in 2006, given the need of the students of the University of La Serena with children, so that they had a place of care and that also provides knowledge while the students complete their academic studies.

Source: DGAE Press