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Our epoch of music

Benjamin Britten, magnum compositor, had never been more spot-on when he quipped that music weaves both the “cruel beauty of nature and the everlasting beauty of monotony” in its chords. Indeed, music, as with many other facets of life, runs parallel to time and trends. For something so painfully abstract yet harshly concrete – an…

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Menagerie

A sense of familiarity

Going to and from high school, there is this certain coffee shop that I would always pass by. It has always been there for as long as I can remember. I have always loved peering in from the outside, studying people either conversing with one another, reading a book, or listening to music, among other…

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Menagerie

The Lasallian Life Cycle

A new term has begun, and it is the last for this academic year.  Where some are still beginning to feel, maybe even struggling, the realities of college life and culture, others are nearing the end of it all, the road to the world of work just a short distance away.  The start of a…

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Horology, relativity, and you

Continuum: a continuous extent, succession or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from adjacent parts.  One such phenomenon that constitutes a continuum: the curious, ambiguous matter of time. Since the dawn of their race, human beings have sought to study the measurement of time.  The fascination began as early as 5,000 to 6,000…

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University

Four questions: Former DLSU SC President and DIWA-Party-list Representative Emmeline Aglipay

Democratic Independent Workers’ Association (DIWA) Party-list Representative and former DLSU Student Council President Emmeline Aglipay was one of seven individuals who received The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award for 2012 last January 9, 2013. Aglipay was the only female TOYM awardee for the year. Rep. Aglipay recalls DLSU’s invaluable contribution to her accomplishments and her…

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Sports

UAAP Women’s Volleyball Poll: DLSU Lady Spikers ready for second round

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UAAP Women’s Volleyball Poll: DLSU Lady Spikers versus ADMU Lady Eagles

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University

Seven questions with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Ma Ke Qing

In an email interview with The LaSallian, Ambassador Ma Ke Qing sheds some light into Philippine-China relations. 1. How would you describe Philippine-China relations? China-Philippine relations are characterized by a legacy of a thousandyears of amicable exchanges between our two peoples. Exchanges between Chinese and Filipinos date back to at least the Tang Dynasty (7th…

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University

[OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND CHANCELLOR] New Year’s Message

TO : The Academic Community FR : Br. Ricky P. Laguda FSC President and Chancellor RE : New Year’s Message   Happy New Year to everyone! Welcome back to the third term of AY 2012-2013. As we begin the new year, let us look back with gratitude with the way God has been good to…

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Opinion

Editor’s Note

For many of us, Christmas is a time of giving. It is a time when everything in the world seems perfect—we buy gifts for the people we love, and at least for most, it is a time for reconciliation. During Christmas, the world seems like it is a smaller place. Barriers go down as people…