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DLSU clubs in summer action

The spotlight has always been on DLSU teams that have gained a reputation for their intense training in preparation for the UAAP, especially the Men’s basketball and Women’s volleyball team. The big B and V, however, have always overshadowed DLSU’s other sports clubs; these teams have been spreading the Animo spirit, continuously keeping the sport…

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Injury cripples Archers’ lineup

The Green Archers’ offseason bid has been riddled with health problems and concerns, forcing some familiar faces to the sidelines and the bleachers. The Taft-based squad, who are in their rebuilding era, has encountered problems with team chemistry, rotation and play adjustments because of an incomplete bench, which the injuries caused. Starting center Arnold Van…

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The Lasallian brand of basketball: Then and now

After winning their first championship in the 1939 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)season, the De La Salle Green Archers have been established as a basketball powerhouse aiming to dominate every season of every college hoop action. During the Green Archers’ NCAA stint from 1924-1981, the ballers from Taft have collected five championships through Kurt Bachmann,…

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On advantageous hiatus

One may think that the off-season is vacation time for most of the UAAP teams. Some squads, however, have chosen to utilize their summer break to advance and hone their skills in preparation for the upcoming UAAP season.   Beach Volleyball: Sand skirmish First time partners Wensh Tiu and Kim Fajardo experienced their first bridesmaids…

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Lady Spikers captures three-peat, Green Spikers yields title to NU in InterCol

The Lady Spikers breezes through the tournament with a six-game sweep as the team snags its third straight crown in the PVF National Inter-Collegiate Volleyball Tournament. The Taft-based Volleybelles still managed to clobber reigning NCAA champion, University of Perpetual Help System Delta Lady Altas without team captain Cha Cruz and defense specialist Melissa Gohing, in…

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Brand new start, brand new home

The UAAP has found a new home for its intense basketball action in The Arena, widely known as the Mall of Asia (MoA) Arena, after  its phenomenal run in the Smart Araneta Coliseum. This year’s UAAP host, National University, owned by tycoon Henry Sy, will give the newly-built arena its amateur basketball “baptism of fire”…

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General Championship: Evaluating UAAP Season 74

The Basketball championship, highly-anticipated and hyped-up, is just a small trophy when compared to the UAAP General Championship (GC), which the University of Santo Tomas has monopolized for more than a decade already. La Salle in its last three seasons, however, has seen itself inch away from its first GC title; DLSU has always been…

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Henry Sy Sr. Hall construction delayed, blessing pushed through

The construction of the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall, more popularly known as the Centennial Hall, is one of the major highlights of DLSU’s centennial celebration. With the centennial year coming to an end this month, students eagerly anticipate the opening of the 15-storey (now 14-storey) building. But contrary to the initial plan, the building will…

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Change in La Salle’s security detail

As of May 31, the contract of DLSU’s security provider for eight years, Right 8 Security Agency, had expired, transferring the responsibility of campus security to Aglipay Security Inc., as a result of the bidding process held by the Procurement Office. The directive for bidding came from the administration as early as last academic year,…

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Br. Ricky, new President of DLSU

Following his term as President of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) and two years after his short stint as Chancellor of DLSU, Br. Ricky Laguda will officially take the post of President on June 16, 2012. Earlier this year, the Board of Trustees announced his appointment as the new President, amid Br. Jun Erguiza’s departure…