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Rant and Rave: Beyoncé

No one saw it coming. It was literally a surprise release that even hardcore fans didn’t know about. A few days before the explosive return of Queen Bey, an insider source told the press that Beyoncé’s new album would be released sometime next year. At the stroke of midnight, Friday the 13th, iTunes became a…

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Rant and Rave: Lumia 625

With the world being filled with iPhones and Galaxies, it needs to make room for the Windows phone. The Lumia 625 is the new colorful phone brought to you by the convergence of Nokia and Microsoft. From far away, people may mistake it for the iPhone 5C because of its vibrant backing but a closer…

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Menagerie

Rant and Rave: The Hobbit— The Desolation of Smaug

“Oh, Misty Eye of the Mountain below Keep careful watch of my brothers’ souls And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke Keep watching over Durin’s sons” Unless you’ve been living under a hill for the past few days, these are the opening lines to Ed Sheeran’s I See Fire. Now, I can…

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Sports

Excellence in unconventional ways

Lasallians are known to be achievers and they excel in almost any possible field, may it be the business world, sports, music industry, or even the world of show business. There will always be Lasallians standing out and it is inevitable that they carry the name of their school with them. Lasallians are well-known in…

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Sports

Lasallians pick the best sporting moment of the year

A year ago, many things were uncertain for Lasallians with regards to the sporting world. UST still reigned as the 14-time UAAP General Champions though for the nth time, DLSU was right up there challenging for the top spot. The Lady Spikers, on the other hand, had several doubters after they lost their opening UAAP…

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Sports

Green Archers join relief efforts for typhoon victims

Last November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Typhoon Yolanda, made landfall in the central region of the Philippines. The typhoon, regarded as the strongest to hit land in the world’s history, brought strong winds and heavy rainfall that led to the death of more than five thousand people. Days after the devastating calamity,…

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Sports

The Year Revisited: 13 Things to watch out for in 2013

Before 2013 began, The LaSallian brought you 13 exciting things to look out for in 2013 from the entire DLSU Sports Program. It was a year of ups and downs, but in the end, it seemed like no other UAAP school had a better year than DLSU in the world of sports. Now, as the…

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Sports

LSAL Updates: On expansion and rescheduling

With the hoopla surrounding the DLSU Green Archers’ amazing run to the UAAP championship dying down, the focus has shifted back to the basketball court, though this time much closer to home. The on-going La Salle Athletic League (LSAL) men’s basketball tournament features former high school and college varsity players, friends from student organizations, and…

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Opinion

News sometimes kills

Nowadays news and information about pretty much anything seems like a simple click away provided that you have a stable connection to the internet and a piece of technology that will provide the required function. However convenient that may seem to you and me, a simple predicament which seems to plague the users and readers…

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Opinion

An unparalleled love

Becoming the best man or woman that you can be is a common aspiration among men and women. There is nothing wrong in striving to become the best possible version of yourself and it is in fact a noble aspiration. It takes a completely different tone though when you want someone else to become better…