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UniGames: La Salle strikes gold thrice

De La Salle University shined once again as the athletes in Green-and-White ended their weeklong stint in the 17th University Games last October 28 in Bacolod, Negros Occidental. The Taft-based athletes ended UniGames 2012 with three gold medals, four silver medals, and a bronze medal.   Different tournament, same result   UAAP champion, the Lady…

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Green Gallery: Jovet Mendoza

Jovet Mendoza entered De la Salle University in 2008 to play for the Green Archers after finishing his secondary education in Urdaneta National High School. In his five years as a player, the Taft-based squad made it to the Final Four for three seasons (season 71, 73 and 75). Having played with established PBA players…

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Green Gallery: Hannah Viterbo

Playing her fifth and final year this season for the Lady Archers, Team Captain Hannah Monica Viterbo, a known shooter from De La Salle- Santiago Zobel high school, is the second lead scorer for the Lady Archers this season. This 22 year old shooting guard proved that height is not a factor in shooting threes.…

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Green Gallery: Xaiver Stepanek

In the recently concluded Taekwondo matches in this year’s UAAP season, the DLSU Green Jins came in first runner up. Led by senior Xavier Stepanek, the Taft-based kickers proved DLSU Taekwondo is a force to be reckoned with. Xavier is one of DLSU’s graduating students who led the team this UAAP season. In his four-year…

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Green Gallery: Ted Yu

Five years ago, Ted Yu started playing table tennis. His father’s influence led him to practice the sport going into college, but in an unlikely turn of events, he picked up the sport rather quickly, eventually becoming one of the best in the UAAP. Yu is currently playing his fifth year of eligibility in the…

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Green Tankers slides to second; Lady Tankers stays at third

The Green and Lady Tankers showed promising performances, but came up short to bring home the championship to conclude this year’s UAAP’s Swimming Completion held at the Trace Aquatic Center, Los Baños Laguna, last September 27-30. Holding season 74’s title, the Green Tankers failed to defend its crown, losing to the Ateneo Blue Tankers by…

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Behind the spotlight: Bro. Bernie Oca, FSC

There is always one person in the sidelines cheering for the Green-and-White regardless of the sport or the situation a particular team is in. During UAAP games, he is usually spotted wearing his pair of shades matched with his Green-and-White varsity jacket. No Lasallian fails to recognize him because of his beaming smile and warm…

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100 Years of Lasallian presence… from the beyond! Tales of La Salle’s Animo Spirits

The Menagerie presents a compilation of stories, collected from the Internet, students and employees alike; stories that have struck the hearts of even the bravest of folk; rumors of ghosts and ghouls that have haunted our grand halls. Read further if you dare.   Bro. Connon Hall (SPS) It was a happy Thursday, and with…

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USG almost penalized for room reservation violations

On October 11, 2012 USG President Jana Cabuhat received a report that the USG venue reservation account had been suspended due to three venue reservation violations. Moreover, Cabuhat was informed that the USG room reservations done in the said account for the entire term would all be cancelled. As of press time, however, the suspension…

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Beyond Teaching: Life in the Academe

In an institution that breeds a system tuned to be, by nature, quick-paced, many are by default set on the premise and idea of pursuing careers outside of the academe. Because many are conditioned to break into fields of business, medicine and so forth, as sensationalized by the current capitalist frenzy of society, pursuing a…