Monthly Archives: September 2011
Green and Lady Spikers caught in early sands
| September 28, 2011 | By Troy Santiago under Sports, Sports Featured |
The strong winds and rainfall playing with the sun didn’t stop UAAP Season 74 Beach Volleyball Tournament to unfold once more at the hostile grounds of the University of the East-Caloocan sand courts. As newly-minted Beach Spikers Michele Therese Gumabao, rookie Camille Cruz and reinforcement Abigail Maraño finished the September 7 eliminations with a 3-2 win-loss record. From indoor to beach volleyball, transition didn’t go…
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Editorial: Looking good
| September 25, 2011 | By The LaSallian under Opinion |
Public Relations (PR) holds an important role in any government. It ensures that the government functions are stabilized especially when long-run policies are being planned. Good PR is important for any president because it will ensure that his or her presidency will run smoothly. Moreover, PR, a good one, creates a stable environment for policies. It can encourage people to support the advocacies of the…
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The truth hurts
| September 25, 2011 | By David Pagulayan under Opinion |
Society already has an established framework on certain things and beliefs. The set of principles that was thought to us by our parents have contributed to this framework. Our experiences that created the very fiber of our beliefs also have been a factor. Such framework, along with how we were raised and how our environment shaped us are the foundations of what we can become…
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Before the crossroads
| September 25, 2011 | By Patrick Ong under Opinion |
Jesus once said, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” The answer—do not. “I had a brother!,” said a member of the Bielski partisan, as she hit a German soldier with the end of her rifle. A crowd of justice-hungry Jews beat the soldier to death. The answer—I do not know. These are scenes from…
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DLSU establishes Gokongwei College of Engineering
| September 25, 2011 | By The LaSallian under Headlines, University |
The College of Engineering is now the Gokongwei College of Engineering (GCE). Last Aug. 11, the renaming of the college was officially announced after Chinese-Filipino Tycoon, John Gokongwei, gave a substantial amount worth of donations to the College. The donation was approved by the Board of Trustees before it sought the approval of the college. DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Jun Erguiza FSC explains that…
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Bridging the education gap: DLSU as a school for the poor
| September 25, 2011 | By Nina dela Cruz and Juan Batalla under University |
DLSU’s renewed vision-mission establishes the institution as a University geared towards serving the poor. Br. Jun Erguiza FSC, president and chancellor of DLSU, shares that addressing the concern of the poor has been aways the direction of the University. “[It is also in our best interest] for us to be able to give access to those who are financially poor but are intellectually capable of…
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Establishment of DLSU’s extension campus gets a go signal
| September 25, 2011 | By Jan-Ace Mendoza under Headlines, University |
With its efforts to expand its research capabilities and develop academic programs, DLSU is set to tie up with De La Salle Canlubang (DLSC) by establishing an extension campus in its 50-hectare property in Binan, Laguna. The extension campus will offer new degree programs in engineering, computer science and the natural sciences, and will tie-up with DLSU’s College of Engineering (COE), College of Computer Studies…
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Six-year-old research reveals contamination in library air
| September 25, 2011 | By Audrey Virgula and John Anthony Tang under Headlines, University |
The University Library is probably one of the most quiet places in the campus. However, it was just six years ago that DLSU silently dealt with hazards revealed by results from an in-house research. In 2005, Dr. Manuel C. Belino of the Mechanical Engineering Department conducted a study titled Assessment of Air Quality in Air-conditioned Buildings and Urban Buses, of which he used the University…
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A look at the US credit downgrade
| September 25, 2011 | By Juan Batalla and Kahlil Carmona under University |
Too much US government spending, too little savings and political indecisiveness compose the gist of the August credit rating downgrade of the United States by acclaimed credit rating agency Standard & Poor (S&P). From a triple-A rating that indicated the country’s extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitments, S&P has given the US, the world’s largest economy, an AA+ rating, which indicates only a very…
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In Review: Saturday classes and longer weeks in DLSU
| September 25, 2011 | By Catherine Ng, Michelle Lojo, and Caroline De Guzman under University |
Last term marked the beginning of the first run of the Rationalized Utilization (RCU) scheme. Designed primarily as a response to the increasing student density in the University, the new scheme should reduce the classroom utilization rate from 92.81 percent to 77.88 percent. However, the program has led to several social costs. Coping with changes The RCU paved the way for the six-day class schedule;…
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