The LaSallianFor 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…
Last December 3, Lasallians in green and white trooped out in front of the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall in order to form the Signum Fidei, the first Human Lasallian Star to materialize in the Taft campus. From the height of the passing LRT, the sight is a tour de force: a human star of green…
On December 21, 2012, a while ago, we woke for the last time. The sky will be shadowed with gray clouds tinged a blood-red on a day the sun will not rise. A large celestial body, be it a comet or planet Nibiru, will come hurtling down as we watch helplessly. Conquest, War, Famine, and…
More than a thousand students gathered at the Henry Sy Sr., Hall lobby to form DLSU’s first Human Lasallian Star as part of the 2012 Animo Christmas Program. The project is a result of collaboration between the University Student Government (USG), SLIFE, Culture and Arts Office (CAO), Council of Student Organizations (CSO), DLSU Office…
On August 3, 2012, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III delivered a privilege speech against Senate Bill 2865 otherwise known as the Reproductive Health Bill. He managed to woo the public, including his harshest critics, after talking about an abortion his wife had due to contraceptive pills. Two days after, an allegation was made…
By Julio C. Teehankee Close to two and a half decades ago, I had the special privilege of serving as one of the editors of the bastion of issue-oriented critical thinking and the official student publication of De La Salle University – The LaSallian. From a cub reporter, in my froshie year, covering the twilight…
By Isabelle Yujuico School-home-school-home. That was the humdrum of my elementary and high school years except perhaps for the last two years. My parents did not promote after school activities. Come college, I was determined to do a 180. As an overenthusiastic freshman, I joined six organizations, but it was only The LaSallian (TLS) that…
By Philip Ella Juico I spent all my student life, except for the two years at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) where I obtained my Master of Business Management (MBM), now known as Master of Business Administration (MBA), in 1973, and a great part of my career as an education manager and academician at…
We from The LaSallian did not release an official stand on House Bill no. 4244, otherwise known as the Responsible Parenthood Bill, despite numerous requests and pressure from a majority of our own members, as well as various University stakeholders. This is because we respected, and we continue to respect, every person’s right to have…
October 5 marked the renaming of DLSU’s La Salle Institute of Governance (LSIG) to the DLSU Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance (JMRIG). The change in name was enacted to reflect the changes that the late Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Jesse Robredo implemented in the management of Naga City, and…