Monthly Archives: November 2011
Editorial: Occupying what?
| November 29, 2011 | By The LaSallian under Opinion |
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is trying to occupy the world. The movement wants to address an unfair global economy, and how the one percent of the world’s population, the rich, is shaping and writing the rules of the global economy. Hence the popular slogan, “We are the 99 percent.” According to the website occupywallst.org, the initiative has spread to over 100 cities in the United…
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Imperfection
| November 29, 2011 | By Patrick Ong under Opinion |
The DLSU student discipline system is perfect—efficient, just and arguably flawless. Forgetting all the outlier cases that might have tarnished such a perfect record, which are of course perfectly acceptable much like a small virus on a desktop computer, say, a Trojan virus; the system still works fine. We have a clear, but more importantly, a free student handbook, which provides students with all the…
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Changing Tides
| November 29, 2011 | By Christopher Changco under Opinion |
Is this the Awakening? A growing wave of protests now dubbed the “Occupy Movement” is sweeping across the globe on a ticket of change. Peaceful for the most part, thousands of demonstrators in nearly a thousand cities around the world have embraced its rallying call, from London, Paris, Madrid, Frankfurt, to Kuala Lumpur, and cities across North America, even Mongolia. Made up of young and…
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Beyond Occupy
| November 29, 2011 | By Jan-Ace Mendoza under Opinion |
The “Occupy” movement has now reached a new height. What was once a small protest on Wall Street against the “greed” of American capitalists, has now spread across many countries. In Chile, roughly 25,000 citizens went to the capital to protest the vast amount of wealth its billionaire president has. In Spain, protesters went against new economic policies implemented by the outgoing president At the…
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DLSU athletes shine in UNIGAMES
| November 29, 2011 | By Adiel De Jesus and Tim Alejandro under Sports |
DLSU again showed its sporting prowess among the 48 competing colleges from all over the country in the recently concluded 16th Philippine University Games (UniGames), last Oct. 24-28. Lasallians athletes grabbed two top seed results and five runner-up finishes in the Philippine Sports Commission-organized event held in Roxas City, Capiz. The Green Booters reigned over the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) via a 4-1 victory…
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On leaving Ateneo and finding a new home at De La Salle
| November 29, 2011 | By Garren Elorde and Brian Tamayao under Sports |
A high school basketball superstar in Cebu, Mark “Macmac” Tallo is creating a buzz in Manila not only because of his feisty basketball skills, but also because of his controversial transfer from Ateneo to DLSU. This 17-year old basketball prodigy switched sides after playing time problems under the Ateneo Blue Eagle. He left Coach Noman Black’s fold after their Fil-Oil Flying V Preseason Tournament quarterfinals…
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Nikko Huelgas, National Triathlete
| November 29, 2011 | By Vrigette Vuelba under Sports |
Green Tanker and national triathlon record holder Nikko Huelgas nabbed the seventh over-all spot in the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Asian Championships Elite 23-Under category, held last Sept. 23 in Taipei, Taiwan. Fresh from a 7-day ITU Elite U23 training camp in Jeju, South Korea, 20-year old Huelgas is already eyeing the road to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Triathlon is…
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Lady Spikers, determined to retain championship crown
| November 29, 2011 | By Jerome Alvarez, Jamie Lau, and Troy Santiago under Sports, Sports Featured |
The departure of UAAP’s volleyball stars DLSU’s Jacq Alarca and Stephanie Mercado, UST’s Aiza Maizo and Adamson’s Angela Benting, seems to have made the 74th Season of the women’s volleyball a few stars duller. Teams, however, are beefing up their line-ups, making it more difficult for Lady Spikers Head Coach Ramil de Jesus to achieve another repeat, which he failed to achieve two years ago.…
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DLSU Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team
| November 29, 2011 | By Tim Alejandro under Sports |
After 17 years of dedication to constant improvement, powered by core values that shape the team, the DLSU Brazillian Jiu Jitsu they established themselves as an official DLSU sports organization. The team first planted its roots in 1993, under the guidance of Alvin Aguilar, the pioneer of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) in the Philippines. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is on the rise, alongside the famous Ultimate…
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GREEN GALLERY: 2nd Half Rookies!
| November 29, 2011 | By Adiel De Jesus, Troy Santiago, Jerome Alvarez, and Jewel Sumayo under Sports |
Women’s Volleyball: Mika Aereen Reyes “A force in the middle,” is how her Facebook fan page describes the former St. Scholastica’s College, Manila volleyball statuesque, Mika Aereen Reyes. Only an inch shy from being a six-footer, and still growing, this 5’11 stand-out is one of the most anticipated rookies of this year’s DLSU women’s volleyball line-up. This first year AB-PSM volleybelle, will be filling in…
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